اَلْمَزَامِيرُ 78
| قَصِيدَةٌ لِآسَافَ اِصْغَ يَا شَعْبِي إِلَى شَرِيعَتِي. أَمِيلُوا آذَانَكُمْ إِلَى كَلَامِ فَمِي. | ١ 1 |
AN INSTRUCTION OF ASAPH. Give ear, O my people, to my law, Incline your ear to sayings of my mouth.
| أَفْتَحُ بِمَثَلٍ فَمِي. أُذِيعُ أَلْغَازًا مُنْذُ ٱلْقِدَمِ. | ٢ 2 |
I open my mouth with an allegory, I bring forth hidden things of old,
| ٱلَّتِي سَمِعْنَاهَا وَعَرَفْنَاهَا وَآبَاؤُنَا أَخْبَرُونَا. | ٣ 3 |
That we have heard and know, And our fathers have recounted to us.
| لَا نُخْفِي عَنْ بَنِيهِمْ إِلَى ٱلْجِيلِ ٱلْآخِرِ، مُخْبِرِينَ بِتَسَابِيحِ ٱلرَّبِّ وَقُوَّتِهِ وَعَجَائِبِهِ ٱلَّتِي صَنَعَ. | ٤ 4 |
We do not hide from their sons, Recounting praises of YHWH to a later generation, And His strength, and His wonders that He has done.
| أَقَامَ شَهَادَةً فِي يَعْقُوبَ، وَوَضَعَ شَرِيعَةً فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، ٱلَّتِي أَوْصَى آبَاءَنَا أَنْ يُعَرِّفُوا بِهَا أَبْنَاءَهُمْ، | ٥ 5 |
And He raises up a testimony in Jacob, And has placed a law in Israel, That He commanded our fathers, To make them known to their sons.
| لِكَيْ يَعْلَمَ ٱلْجِيلُ ٱلْآخِرُ. بَنُونَ يُولَدُونَ فَيَقُومُونَ وَيُخْبِرُونَ أَبْنَاءَهُمْ، | ٦ 6 |
So that a later generation knows, Sons who are born, rise and recount to their sons,
| فَيَجْعَلُونَ عَلَى ٱللهِ ٱعْتِمَادَهُمْ، وَلَا يَنْسَوْنَ أَعْمَالَ ٱللهِ، بَلْ يَحْفَظُونَ وَصَايَاهُ. | ٧ 7 |
And place their confidence in God, And do not forget the doings of God, But keep His commands.
| وَلَا يَكُونُونَ مِثْلَ آبَائِهِمْ، جِيلًا زَائِغًا وَمَارِدًا، جِيلًا لَمْ يُثَبِّتْ قَلْبَهُ وَلَمْ تَكُنْ رُوحُهُ أَمِينَةً لِلهِ. | ٨ 8 |
And they are not like their fathers, A generation apostatizing and being rebellious, A generation—it has not prepared its heart, Nor [is] its spirit steadfast with God.
| بَنُو أَفْرَايِمَ ٱلنَّازِعُونَ فِي ٱلْقَوْسِ، ٱلرَّامُونَ، ٱنْقَلَبُوا فِي يَوْمِ ٱلْحَرْبِ. | ٩ 9 |
Sons of Ephraim—armed bearers of bow, Have turned in a day of conflict.
| لَمْ يَحْفَظُوا عَهْدَ ٱللهِ، وَأَبَوْا ٱلسُّلُوكَ فِي شَرِيعَتِهِ، | ١٠ 10 |
They have not kept the covenant of God, And they have refused to walk in His law,
| وَنَسُوا أَفْعَالَهُ وَعَجَائِبَهُ ٱلَّتِي أَرَاهُمْ. | ١١ 11 |
And they forget His doings, And His wonders that He showed them.
| قُدَّامَ آبَائِهِمْ صَنَعَ أُعْجُوبَةً فِي أَرْضِ مِصْرَ، بِلَادِ صُوعَنَ. | ١٢ 12 |
He has done wonders before their fathers, In the land of Egypt—the field of Zoan.
| شَقَّ ٱلْبَحْرَ فَعَبَّرَهُمْ، وَنَصَبَ ٱلْمِيَاهَ كَنَدٍّ. | ١٣ 13 |
He cleft a sea, and causes them to pass over, Indeed, He causes waters to stand as a heap.
| وَهَدَاهُمْ بِٱلسَّحَابِ نَهَارًا، وَٱللَّيْلَ كُلَّهُ بِنُورِ نَارٍ. | ١٤ 14 |
And leads them with a cloud by day, And with a light of fire all the night.
| شَقَّ صُخُورًا فِي ٱلْبَرِّيَّةِ، وَسَقَاهُمْ كَأَنَّهُ مِنْ لُجَجٍ عَظِيمَةٍ. | ١٥ 15 |
He cleaves rocks in a wilderness, And gives drink—as the great deep.
| أَخْرَجَ مَجَارِيَ مِنْ صَخْرَةٍ، وَأَجْرَى مِيَاهًا كَٱلْأَنْهَارِ. | ١٦ 16 |
And brings out streams from a rock, And causes waters to come down as rivers.
| ثُمَّ عَادُوا أَيْضًا لِيُخْطِئُوا إِلَيْهِ، لِعِصْيَانِ ٱلْعَلِيِّ فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ ٱلنَّاشِفَةِ. | ١٧ 17 |
And they still add to sin against Him, To provoke the Most High in the dry place.
| وَجَرَّبُوا ٱللهَ فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ، بِسُؤَالِهِمْ طَعَامًا لِشَهْوَتِهِمْ. | ١٨ 18 |
And they try God in their heart, To ask food for their lust.
| فَوَقَعُوا فِي ٱللهِ. قَالُوا: «هَلْ يَقْدِرُ ٱللهُ أَنْ يُرَتِّبَ مَائِدَةً فِي ٱلْبَرِّيَّةِ؟ | ١٩ 19 |
And they speak against God—they said: “Is God able to array a table in a wilderness?”
| هُوَذَا ضَرَبَ ٱلصَّخْرَةَ فَجَرَتِ ٱلْمِيَاهُ وَفَاضَتِ ٱلْأَوْدِيَةُ. هَلْ يَقْدِرُ أَيْضًا أَنْ يُعْطِيَ خُبْزًا، أَوْ يُهَيِّئَ لَحْمًا لِشَعْبِهِ؟». | ٢٠ 20 |
Behold, He has struck a rock, And waters flow, indeed, streams overflow. “Also, [is] He able to give bread? Does He prepare flesh for His people?”
| لِذَلِكَ سَمِعَ ٱلرَّبُّ فَغَضِبَ، وَٱشْتَعَلَتْ نَارٌ فِي يَعْقُوبَ، وَسَخَطٌ أَيْضًا صَعِدَ عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ، | ٢١ 21 |
Therefore YHWH has heard, And He shows Himself angry, And fire has been kindled against Jacob, And anger has also gone up against Israel,
| لِأَنَّهُمْ لَمْ يُؤْمِنُوا بِٱللهِ وَلَمْ يَتَّكِلُوا عَلَى خَلَاصِهِ. | ٢٢ 22 |
For they have not believed in God, Nor have they trusted in His salvation.
| فَأَمَرَ ٱلسَّحَابَ مِنْ فَوْقُ، وَفَتَحَ مَصَارِيعَ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ. | ٢٣ 23 |
And He commands clouds from above, Indeed, He has opened doors of the heavens.
| وَأَمْطَرَ عَلَيْهِمْ مَنًّا لِلْأَكْلِ، وَبُرَّ ٱلسَّمَاءِ أَعْطَاهُمْ. | ٢٤ 24 |
And He rains manna on them to eat, Indeed, He has given grain of the heavens to them.
| أَكَلَ ٱلْإِنْسَانُ خُبْزَ ٱلْمَلَائِكَةِ. أَرْسَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ زَادًا لِلشِّبَعِ. | ٢٥ 25 |
Each has eaten food of the mighty, He sent provision to them to satiety.
| أَهَاجَ شَرْقِيَّةً فِي ٱلسَّمَاءِ، وَسَاقَ بِقُوَّتِهِ جَنُوبِيَّةً. | ٢٦ 26 |
He causes an east wind to journey in the heavens, And leads a south wind by His strength,
| وَأَمْطَرَ عَلَيْهِمْ لَحْمًا مِثْلَ ٱلتُّرَابِ، وَكَرَمْلِ ٱلْبَحْرِ طُيُورًا ذَوَاتِ أَجْنِحَةٍ. | ٢٧ 27 |
And He rains on them flesh as dust, And as sand of the seas—winged bird,
| وَأَسْقَطَهَا فِي وَسَطِ مَحَلَّتِهِمْ حَوَالَيْ مَسَاكِنِهِمْ. | ٢٨ 28 |
And causes [it] to fall in the midst of His camp, Around His dwelling places.
| فَأَكَلُوا وَشَبِعُوا جِدًّا، وَأَتَاهُمْ بِشَهْوَتِهِمْ. | ٢٩ 29 |
And they eat, and are greatly satisfied, And He brings their desire to them.
| لَمْ يَزُوغُوا عَنْ شَهْوَتِهِمْ. طَعَامُهُمْ بَعْدُ فِي أَفْوَاهِهِمْ، | ٣٠ 30 |
They have not been estranged from their desire, Their food [is] yet in their mouth,
| فَصَعِدَ عَلَيْهِمْ غَضَبُ ٱللهِ، وَقَتَلَ مِنْ أَسْمَنِهِمْ، وَصَرَعَ مُخْتَارِي إِسْرَائِيلَ. | ٣١ 31 |
And the anger of God has gone up against them, And He slays among their fat ones, And He caused youths of Israel to bend.
| فِي هَذَا كُلِّهِ أَخْطَأُوا بَعْدُ، وَلَمْ يُؤْمِنُوا بِعَجَائِبِهِ. | ٣٢ 32 |
With all this they have sinned again, And have not believed in His wonders.
| فَأَفْنَى أَيَّامَهُمْ بِٱلْبَاطِلِ وَسِنِيهِمْ بِٱلرُّعْبِ. | ٣٣ 33 |
And He consumes their days in vanity, And their years in trouble.
| إِذْ قَتَلَهُمْ طَلَبُوهُ، وَرَجَعُوا وَبَكَّرُوا إِلَى ٱللهِ، | ٣٤ 34 |
If He slew them, then they sought Him, And turned back, and earnestly sought God,
| وَذَكَرُوا أَنَّ ٱللهَ صَخْرَتُهُمْ، وَٱللهَ ٱلْعَلِيَّ وَلِيُّهُمْ. | ٣٥ 35 |
And they remember that God [is] their rock, And God Most High their redeemer.
| فَخَادَعُوهُ بِأَفْوَاهِهِمْ، وَكَذَبُوا عَلَيْهِ بِأَلْسِنَتِهِمْ. | ٣٦ 36 |
And they deceive Him with their mouth, And lie to Him with their tongue,
| أَمَّا قُلُوبُهُمْ فَلَمْ تُثَبَّتْ مَعَهُ، وَلَمْ يَكُونُوا أُمَنَاءَ فِي عَهْدِهِ. | ٣٧ 37 |
And their heart has not been right with Him, And they have not been steadfast in His covenant.
| أَمَّا هُوَ فَرَؤُوفٌ، يَغْفِرُ ٱلْإِثْمَ وَلَا يُهْلِكُ. وَكَثِيرًا مَا رَدَّ غَضَبَهُ، وَلَمْ يُشْعِلْ كُلَّ سَخَطِهِ. | ٣٨ 38 |
And He, the Merciful One, pardons iniquity, and does not destroy, And has often turned back His anger, And does not awaken all His fury.
| ذَكَرَ أَنَّهُمْ بَشَرٌ. رِيحٌ تَذْهَبُ وَلَا تَعُودُ. | ٣٩ 39 |
And He remembers that they [are] flesh, A wind going on—and it does not return.
| كَمْ عَصَوْهُ فِي ٱلْبَرِّيَّةِ وَأَحْزَنُوهُ فِي ٱلْقَفْرِ! | ٤٠ 40 |
How often do they provoke Him in the wilderness, Grieve Him in the desolate place?
| رَجَعُوا وَجَرَّبُوا ٱللهَ وَعَنَّوْا قُدُّوسَ إِسْرَائِيلَ. | ٤١ 41 |
Indeed, they turn back, and try God, And have limited the Holy One of Israel.
| لَمْ يَذْكُرُوا يَدَهُ يَوْمَ فَدَاهُمْ مِنَ ٱلْعَدُوِّ، | ٤٢ 42 |
They have not remembered His hand The day He ransomed them from the adversary.
| حَيْثُ جَعَلَ فِي مِصْرَ آيَاتِهِ، وَعَجَائِبَهُ فِي بِلَادِ صُوعَنَ. | ٤٣ 43 |
When He set His signs in Egypt, And His wonders in the field of Zoan,
| إِذْ حَوَّلَ خُلْجَانَهُمْ إِلَى دَمٍ، وَمَجَارِيَهُمْ لِكَيْ لَا يَشْرَبُوا. | ٤٤ 44 |
And He turns their streams to blood, And they do not drink their floods.
| أَرْسَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ بَعُوضًا فَأَكَلَهُمْ، وَضَفَادِعَ فَأَفْسَدَتْهُمْ. | ٤٥ 45 |
He sends among them the beetle, and it consumes them, And the frog, and it destroys them,
| أَسْلَمَ لِلْجَرْدَمِ غَلَّتَهُمْ، وَتَعَبَهُمْ لِلْجَرَادِ. | ٤٦ 46 |
And gives their increase to the caterpillar, And their labor to the locust.
| أَهْلَكَ بِٱلْبَرَدِ كُرُومَهُمْ، وَجُمَّيْزَهُمْ بِٱلصَّقِيعِ. | ٤٧ 47 |
He destroys their vine with hail, And their sycamores with frost,
| وَدَفَعَ إِلَى ٱلْبَرَدِ بَهَائِمَهُمْ، وَمَوَاشِيَهُمْ لِلْبُرُوقِ. | ٤٨ 48 |
And delivers their beasts up to the hail, And their livestock to the burning flames.
| أَرْسَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ حُمُوَّ غَضَبِهِ، سَخَطًا وَرِجْزًا وَضِيْقًا، جَيْشَ مَلَائِكَةٍ أَشْرَارٍ. | ٤٩ 49 |
He sends on them the fury of His anger, Wrath, and indignation, and distress—A discharge of evil messengers.
| مَهَّدَ سَبِيلًا لِغَضَبِهِ. لَمْ يَمْنَعْ مِنَ ٱلْمَوْتِ أَنْفُسَهُمْ، بَلْ دَفَعَ حَيَاتَهُمْ لِلْوَبَإِ. | ٥٠ 50 |
He ponders a path for His anger, He did not keep back their soul from death, Indeed, He delivered up their life to the pestilence.
| وَضَرَبَ كُلَّ بِكْرٍ فِي مِصْرَ. أَوَائِلَ ٱلْقُدْرَةِ فِي خِيَامِ حَامٍ. | ٥١ 51 |
And He strikes every firstborn in Egypt, The first-fruit of the strong in tents of Ham.
| وَسَاقَ مِثْلَ ٱلْغَنَمِ شَعْبَهُ، وَقَادَهُمْ مِثْلَ قَطِيعٍ فِي ٱلْبَرِّيَّةِ. | ٥٢ 52 |
And causes His people to journey as a flock, And guides them as a drove in a wilderness,
| وَهَدَاهُمْ آمِنِينَ فَلَمْ يَجْزَعُوا. أَمَّا أَعْدَاؤُهُمْ فَغَمَرَهُمُ ٱلْبَحْرُ. | ٥٣ 53 |
And He leads them confidently, And they have not been afraid, And the sea has covered their enemies.
| وَأَدْخَلَهُمْ فِي تُخُومِ قُدْسِهِ، هَذَا ٱلْجَبَلِ ٱلَّذِي ٱقْتَنَتْهُ يَمِينُهُ. | ٥٤ 54 |
And He brings them to the border of His sanctuary, This mountain His right hand had acquired,
| وَطَرَدَ ٱلْأُمَمَ مِنْ قُدَّامِهِمْ وَقَسَمَهُمْ بِٱلْحَبْلِ مِيرَاثًا، وَأَسْكَنَ فِي خِيَامِهِمْ أَسْبَاطَ إِسْرَائِيلَ. | ٥٥ 55 |
And casts out nations from before them, And causes them to fall in the line of inheritance, And causes the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents,
| فَجَرَّبُوا وَعَصَوْا ٱللهَ ٱلْعَلِيَّ، وَشَهَادَاتِهِ لَمْ يَحْفَظُوا، | ٥٦ 56 |
And they tempt and provoke God Most High, And have not kept His testimonies.
| بَلِ ٱرْتَدُّوا وَغَدَرُوا مِثْلَ آبَائِهِمْ. ٱنْحَرَفُوا كَقَوْسٍ مُخْطِئَةٍ. | ٥٧ 57 |
And they turn back, And deal treacherously like their fathers, They have been turned like a deceitful bow,
| أَغَاظُوهُ بِمُرْتَفَعَاتِهِمْ، وَأَغَارُوهُ بِتَمَاثِيلِهِمْ. | ٥٨ 58 |
And make Him angry with their high places, And make Him zealous with their carved images,
| سَمِعَ ٱللهُ فَغَضِبَ، وَرَذَلَ إِسْرَائِيلَ جِدًّا، | ٥٩ 59 |
God has heard, and shows Himself angry. And kicks exceedingly against Israel.
| وَرَفَضَ مَسْكِنَ شِيلُوِ، ٱلْخَيْمَةَ ٱلَّتِي نَصَبَهَا بَيْنَ ٱلنَّاسِ. | ٦٠ 60 |
And He leaves the Dwelling Place of Shiloh, The tent He had placed among men,
| وَسَلَّمَ لِلسَّبْيِ عِزَّهُ، وَجَلَالَهُ لِيَدِ ٱلْعَدُوِّ. | ٦١ 61 |
And He gives His strength to captivity, And His beauty into the hand of an adversary,
| وَدَفَعَ إِلَى ٱلسَّيْفِ شَعْبَهُ، وَغَضِبَ عَلَى مِيرَاثِهِ. | ٦٢ 62 |
And delivers His people up to the sword, And showed Himself angry with His inheritance.
| مُخْتَارُوهُ أَكَلَتْهُمُ ٱلنَّارُ، وَعَذَارَاهُ لَمْ يُحْمَدْنَ. | ٦٣ 63 |
Fire has consumed His young men, And His virgins have not been praised.
| كَهَنَتُهُ سَقَطُوا بِٱلسَّيْفِ، وَأَرَامِلُهُ لَمْ يَبْكِينَ. | ٦٤ 64 |
His priests have fallen by the sword, And their widows do not weep.
| فَٱسْتَيْقَظَ ٱلرَّبُّ كَنَائِمٍ، كَجَبَّارٍ مُعَيِّطٍ مِنَ ٱلْخَمْرِ. | ٦٥ 65 |
And the Lord wakes as a sleeper, As a mighty one crying aloud from wine.
| فَضَرَبَ أَعْدَاءَهُ إِلَى ٱلْوَرَاءِ. جَعَلَهُمْ عَارًا أَبَدِيًّا. | ٦٦ 66 |
And He strikes His adversaries backward, He has put a continuous reproach on them,
| وَرَفَضَ خَيْمَةَ يُوسُفَ، وَلَمْ يَخْتَرْ سِبْطَ أَفْرَايِمَ. | ٦٧ 67 |
And He kicks against the tent of Joseph, And has not fixed on the tribe of Ephraim.
| بَلِ ٱخْتَارَ سِبْطَ يَهُوذَا، جَبَلَ صِهْيَوْنَ ٱلَّذِي أَحَبَّهُ. | ٦٨ 68 |
And He chooses the tribe of Judah, With Mount Zion that He loved,
| وَبَنَى مِثْلَ مُرْتَفَعَاتٍ مَقْدِسَهُ، كَٱلْأَرْضِ ٱلَّتِي أَسَّسَهَا إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ. | ٦٩ 69 |
And builds His sanctuary as a high place, Like the earth, He founded it for all time.
| وَٱخْتَارَ دَاوُدَ عَبْدَهُ، وَأَخَذَهُ مِنْ حَظَائِرِ ٱلْغَنَمِ. | ٧٠ 70 |
And He fixes on His servant David, And takes him from the folds of a flock,
| مِنْ خَلْفِ ٱلْمُرْضِعَاتِ أَتَى بِهِ، لِيَرْعَى يَعْقُوبَ شَعْبَهُ، وَإِسْرَائِيلَ مِيرَاثَهُ. | ٧١ 71 |
He has brought him in from behind suckling ones, To rule over Jacob His people, And over Israel His inheritance.
| فَرَعَاهُمْ حَسَبَ كَمَالِ قَلْبِهِ، وَبِمَهَارَةِ يَدَيْهِ هَدَاهُمْ. | ٧٢ 72 |
And he rules them according to the integrity of his heart, And leads them by the skillfulness of his hands!
