اَلْمَزَامِيرُ 105

١ 1 اِحْمَدُوا ٱلرَّبَّ. ٱدْعُوا بِٱسْمِهِ. عَرِّفُوا بَيْنَ ٱلْأُمَمِ بِأَعْمَالِهِ.

Give ye thanks to Yahweh, Call upon his Name, Make known, among the peoples, his doings;

٢ 2 غَنُّوا لَهُ. رَنِّمُوا لَهُ. أَنْشِدُوا بِكُلِّ عَجَائِبِهِ.

Sing ye to him, Make ye music to him, Speak ye of all his wonders.

٣ 3 ٱفْتَخِرُوا بِٱسْمِهِ ٱلْقُدُّوسِ. لِتَفْرَحْ قُلُوبُ ٱلَّذِينَ يَلْتَمِسُونَ ٱلرَّبَّ.

Make your boast in his holy Name, Joyful be the heart of them who are seeking Yahweh.

٤ 4 اُطْلُبُوا ٱلرَّبَّ وَقُدْرَتَهُ. ٱلْتَمِسُوا وَجْهَهُ دَائِمًا.

Search out Yahweh and his strength, Seek diligently his face at all times.

٥ 5 ٱذْكُرُوا عَجَائِبَهُ ٱلَّتِي صَنَعَ، آيَاتِهِ وَأَحْكَامَ فِيهِ،

Remember his wonders which he hath done, His portents, and the just decisions of his mouth.

٦ 6 يَا ذُرِّيَّةَ إِبْراهِيمَ عَبْدِهِ، يَا بَنِي يَعْقُوبَ مُخْتَارِيهِ.

O ye Seed of Abraham—his servants, Sons of Jacob—his chosen ones:

٧ 7 هُوَ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُنَا فِي كُلِّ ٱلْأَرْضِ أَحْكَامُهُ.

Yahweh himself, is our God, Through all the land, are his just decision.

٨ 8 ذَكَرَ إِلَى ٱلدَّهْرِ عَهْدَهُ، كَلَامًا أَوْصَى بِهِ إِلَى أَلْفِ دَوْرٍ،

He hath remembered, unto times age-abiding, his covenant, The word he commanded, to a thousand generations;

٩ 9 ٱلَّذِي عَاهَدَ بِهِ إِبْراهِيمَ، وَقَسَمَهُ لِإِسْحاقَ،

Which he solemnised with Abraham, and his oath, to Isaac;

١٠ 10 فَثَبَّتَهُ لِيَعْقُوبَ فَرِيضَةً، وَلِإِسْرَائِيلَ عَهْدًا أَبَدِيًّا،

And confirmed it unto Jacob for a statute, To Israel, as a covenant age-abiding;

١١ 11 قَائِلًا: «لَكَ أُعْطِي أَرْضَ كَنْعَانَ حَبْلَ مِيرَاثِكُمْ».

Saying, To thee, will I give the land of Canaan, As your inherited portion;

١٢ 12 إِذْ كَانُوا عَدَدًا يُحْصَى، قَلِيلِينَ وَغُرَبَاءَ فِيهَا.

While as yet they were men easily counted, —A very few, and sojourners therein;

١٣ 13 ذَهَبُوا مِنْ أُمَّةٍ إِلَى أُمَّةٍ، مِنْ مَمْلَكَةٍ إِلَى شَعْبٍ آخَرَ.

And they wandered from nation to nation, From a kingdom, to another people.

١٤ 14 فَلَمْ يَدَعْ إِنْسَانًا يَظْلِمُهُمْ، بَلْ وَبَّخَ مُلُوكًا مِنْ أَجْلِهِمْ،

He suffered no son of earth to oppress them, And reproved—for their sakes—[even] kings!

١٥ 15 قَائِلًا: «لَا تَمَسُّوا مُسَحَائِي، وَلَا تُسِيئُوا إِلَى أَنْبِيَائِي».

Ye may not touch mine Anointed ones, And, to my Prophets, may ye do no wrong.

١٦ 16 دَعَا بِٱلْجُوعِ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ. كَسَرَ قِوَامَ ٱلْخُبْزِ كُلَّهُ.

Then called he a famine over the land, All the staff of bread, he brake;

١٧ 17 أَرْسَلَ أَمَامَهُمْ رَجُلًا. بِيعَ يُوسُفُ عَبْدًا.

He sent before them a man, For a slave, was he sold—[even] Joseph;

١٨ 18 آذَوْا بِٱلْقَيْدِ رِجْلَيْهِ. فِي ٱلْحَدِيدِ دَخَلَتْ نَفْسُهُ،

They forced, into a fetter, his foot, Into the iron, entered his soul;

١٩ 19 إِلَى وَقْتِ مَجِيءِ كَلِمَتِهِ. قَوْلُ ٱلرَّبِّ ٱمْتَحَنَهُ.

Until the time when his word came to pass, Speech of Yahweh, proved him;

٢٠ 20 أَرْسَلَ ٱلْمَلِكُ فَحَلَّهُ. أَرْسَلَ سُلْطَانُ ٱلشَّعْبِ فَأَطْلَقَهُ.

The king sent, and set him free, One having dominion over peoples, yet loosed he his bonds;

٢١ 21 أَقَامَهُ سَيِّدًا عَلَى بَيْتِهِ، وَمُسَلَّطًا عَلَى كُلِّ مُلْكِهِ،

He appointed him lord to his household, And one having dominion over all he possessed;

٢٢ 22 لِيَأْسُرَ رُؤَسَاءَهُ حَسَبَ إِرَادَتِهِ وَيُعَلِّمَ مَشَايِخَهُ حِكْمَةً.

That he might bind his rulers as he pleased, And, his elders, he might embue with wisdom.

٢٣ 23 فَجَاءَ إِسْرَائِيلُ إِلَى مِصْرَ، وَيَعْقُوبُ تَغَرَّبَ فِي أَرْضِ حَامٍ.

So Israel came into Egypt, And, Jacob, sojourned in the land of Ham;

٢٤ 24 جَعَلَ شَعْبَهُ مُثْمِرًا جِدًّا، وَأَعَزَّهُ عَلَى أَعْدَائِهِ.

And he made his people exceeding fruitful, —And caused them to become stronger than their adversaries.

٢٥ 25 حَوَّلَ قُلُوبَهُمْ لِيُبْغِضُوا شَعْبَهُ، لِيَحْتَالُوا عَلَى عَبِيدِهِ.

He let them turn their heart—To hate his people, To deal treacherously with his servants;

٢٦ 26 أَرْسَلَ مُوسَى عَبْدَهُ وَهارُونَ ٱلَّذِي ٱخْتَارَهُ.

He sent Moses his servant, Aaron, whom he had chosen.

٢٧ 27 أَقَامَا بَيْنَهُمْ كَلَامَ آيَاتِهِ، وَعَجَائِبَ فِي أَرْضِ حَامٍ.

He set among them his threatening signs, And his wonders, in the land of Ham;

٢٨ 28 أَرْسَلَ ظُلْمَةً فَأَظْلَمَتْ، وَلَمْ يَعْصَوْا كَلَامَهُ.

He sent darkness, and made it dark, But they rebelled against his words;

٢٩ 29 حَوَّلَ مِيَاهَهُمْ إِلَى دَمٍ وَقَتَلَ أَسْمَاكَهُمْ.

He turned their waters into blood, And so caused their fish to die;

٣٠ 30 أَفَاضَتْ أَرْضُهُمْ ضَفَادِعَ حَتَّى فِي مَخَادِعِ مُلُوكِهِمْ.

Their land swarmed with frogs, In the chambers of their kings!

٣١ 31 أَمَرَ فَجَاءَ ٱلذُّبَّانُ وَٱلْبَعُوضُ فِي كُلِّ تُخُومِهِمْ.

He spake, and there came in the gad-fly, Gnats, in all their bounds;

٣٢ 32 جَعَلَ أَمْطَارَهُمْ بَرَدًا وَنَارًا مُلْتَهِبَةً فِي أَرْضِهِمْ.

He made their showers—hail, A fire flaming throughout their land;

٣٣ 33 ضَرَبَ كُرُومَهُمْ وَتِينَهُمْ، وَكَسَّرَ كُلَّ أَشْجَارِ تُخُومِهِمْ.

And he smote their vines, and their fig-trees, And brake in pieces the trees of their bounds;

٣٤ 34 أَمَرَ فَجَاءَ ٱلْجَرَادُ وَغَوْغَاءُ بِلَا عَدَدٍ،

He spake—then came the swarming locust, —The devouring locust, and that without number;

٣٥ 35 فَأَكَلَ كُلَّ عُشْبٍ فِي بِلَادِهِمْ، وَأَكَلَ أَثْمَارَ أَرْضِهِمْ.

And devoured all the herbage in their land, And devoured the fruit of their ground.

٣٦ 36 قَتَلَ كُلَّ بِكْرٍ فِي أَرْضِهِمْ، أَوَائِلَ كُلِّ قُوَّتِهِمْ.

Then smote he every firstborn in their land, The beginning of all their strength;

٣٧ 37 فَأَخْرَجَهُمْ بِفِضَّةٍ وَذَهَبٍ، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ فِي أَسْبَاطِهِمْ عَاثِرٌ.

Thus brought he them forth, with silver and gold, Nor was there, throughout his tribes, one that faltered;

٣٨ 38 فَرِحَتْ مِصْرُ بِخُرُوجِهِمْ، لِأَنَّ رُعْبَهُمْ سَقَطَ عَلَيْهِمْ.

Egypt rejoiced when they went out, For the dread of them had fallen upon them.

٣٩ 39 بَسَطَ سَحَابًا سَجْفًا، وَنَارًا لِتُضِيءَ ٱللَّيْلَ.

He spread out a cloud as a covering, And fire, to give light by night,

٤٠ 40 سَأَلُوا فَأَتَاهُمْ بِٱلسَّلْوَى، وَخُبْزَ ٱلسَّمَاءِ أَشْبَعَهُمْ.

They asked, and he brought in the quail, —And, with the bread of the heavens, he satisfied them;

٤١ 41 شَقَّ ٱلصَّخْرَةَ فَٱنْفَجَرَتِ ٱلْمِيَاهُ. جَرَتْ فِي ٱلْيَابِسَةِ نَهْرًا.

He opened the rock, and there gushed forth waters, They flowed along, through parched places, as a river;

٤٢ 42 لِأَنَّهُ ذَكَرَ كَلِمَةَ قُدْسِهِ مَعَ إِبْراهِيمَ عَبْدِهِ،

For he remembered his holy word, With Abraham his servant.

٤٣ 43 فَأَخْرَجَ شَعْبَهُ بِٱبْتِهَاجٍ، وَمُخْتَارِيهِ بِتَرَنُّمٍ.

Thus brought he forth his people with gladness, —With shouts of triumph, his chosen ones;

٤٤ 44 وَأَعْطَاهُمْ أَرَاضِيَ ٱلْأُمَمِ، وَتَعَبَ ٱلشُّعُوبِ وَرِثُوهُ،

And gave them, the lands of the nations, And, of the toil of the peoples, took they possession:

٤٥ 45 لِكَيْ يَحْفَظُوا فَرَائِضَهُ وَيُطِيعُوا شَرَائِعَهُ. هَلِّلُويَا.

In order that they might observe his statutes, And, over his laws, might keep watch, Praise ye Yah.