تَثنِيَة 28

١ 1 وَإِنْ أَطَعْتُمْ صَوْتَ الرَّبِّ طَاعَةً تَامَّةً، حِرْصاً مِنْكُمْ عَلَى تَنْفِيذِ جَمِيعِ وَصَايَاهُ الَّتِي أُوصِيكُمْ بِها الْيَوْمَ، فَإِنَّ الرَّبَّ إِلَهَكُمْ يَجْعَلُكُمْ أَسْمَى مِنْ جَمِيعِ أُمَمِ الأَرْضِ.

And it shall come to pass, if thou wilt hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the Lord thy God will set thee highest above all nations of the earth.

٢ 2 وَإذَا سَمِعْتُمْ لِصَوْتِ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمْ فَإِنَّ جَمِيعَ هَذِهِ الْبَرَكَاتِ تَنْسَكِبُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَتُلازِمُكُمْ.

And all these blessings shall come upon thee, and overtake thee; because thou wilt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God.

٣ 3 تَكُونُونَ مُبَارَكِينَ فِي الْمَدِينَةِ وَمُبَارَكِينَ فِي الْحُقُولِ.

Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.

٤ 4 كَمَا تَتَبَارَكُ ذُرِّيَّتُكُمْ، وَغَلّاتُ أَرْضِكُمْ، وَنِتَاجُ بَهَائِمِكُمْ وَبَقَرِكُمْ وَنِعَاجِكُمْ.

Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy cattle, and the young of thy flocks.

٥ 5 وَتَتَبَارَكُ أَيْضاً فَوَاكِهُ سِلالِكُمْ وَخُبْزُ مَعَاجِنِكُمْ.

Blessed shall be thy basket and thy kneading-through.

٦ 6 وَتَكُونُونَ مُبَارَكِينَ فِي دُخُولِكُمْ وَخُرُوجِكُمْ

Blessed shalt thou be at thy coming in, and blessed shalt thou be at thy going out.

٧ 7 وَيَهْزِمُ الرَّبُّ أَمَامَكُمْ أَعْدَاءَكُمُ الْقَائِمِينَ عَلَيْكُمْ، فَيُقْبِلُونَ عَلَيْكُمْ فِي طَرِيقٍ وَاحِدَةٍ، وَلَكِنَّهُمْ يُوَلُّونَ الأَدْبَارَ أَمَامَكُمْ فِي سَبْعِ طُرُقٍ.

The Lord will cause thy enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face: on one way shall they come out against thee, and on seven ways shall they flee before thee.

٨ 8 يَأْمُرُ الرَّبُّ لَكُمْ بِالْبَرَكَةِ، فَتَمْتَلِئُ خَزَائِنُكُمْ. وَيُبَارِكُ كُلَّ مَا تُنْتِجُهُ أَيْدِيكُمْ وَغَلّاتِ أَرْضِكُمُ الَّتِي يَهَبُهَا لَكُمْ.

The Lord will command upon thee the blessing in thy storehouse, and in all the acquisitions of thy hand; and he trill bless thee in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

٩ 9 وَإذَا حَفِظْتُمْ وَصَايَاهُ وَسَلَكْتُمْ فِي سُبُلِهِ فَإِنَّهُ يَجْعَلُكُمْ لِنَفْسِهِ شَعْباً مُقَدَّساً كَمَا حَلَفَ لَكُمْ،

The Lord will raise thee up unto himself as a holy people, as he hath sworn unto thee; if thou wilt keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, and walk in his ways.

١٠ 10 فَتُدْرِكُ جَمِيعُ شُعُوبِ الأَرْضِ أَنَّ اسْمَ الرَّبِّ قَدْ حَلَّ عَلَيْكُمْ، وَيَخَافُونَكُمْ.

And all the nations of the earth shall see, that thou art called by the name of the Lord; and they shall be afraid of thee.

١١ 11 وَيَزِيدُكُمُ الرَّبُّ وَفْرَةً فَيُكَثِّرُ مِنْ أَبْنَائِكُمْ وَنِتَاجِ بَهَائِمِكُمْ وَمِنْ غَلّاتِ أَرْضِكُمُ الَّتِي حَلَفَ لِآبَائِكُمْ أَنْ يَهَبَهَا لَكُمْ.

And the Lord will make thee pre-eminent for good, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the Lord swore unto thy fathers to give unto thee.

١٢ 12 وَيَفْتَحُ لَكُمُ الرَّبُّ كُنُوزَ سَمَائِهِ الصَّالِحَةَ، فَيُمْطِرُ عَلَى أَرْضِكُمْ فِي مَوَاسِمِهَا، وَيُبَارِكُ كُلَّ مَا تُنْتِجُهُ أَيْدِيكُمْ، فَتُقْرِضُونَ أُمَماً كَثِيرَةً وَأَنْتُمْ لَا تَقْتَرِضُونَ.

The Lord will open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven, to give the rain of thy land in its season, and to bless all the work of thy hand; and thou shalt lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not borrow.

١٣ 13 وَإذَا أَطَعْتُمْ وَصَايَا الرَّبِّ الَّتِي أَنَا آمُرُكُمْ بِها الْيَوْمَ لِتَحْفَظُوهَا وَتَعْمَلُوا بِها، فَإِنَّهُ يَجْعَلُكُمْ رُؤُوساً لَا أَذْنَاباً، مُتَسَامِينَ دَائِماً، وَلا يُدْرِكُكُمُ انْحِطَاطٌ أَبَداً.

And the Lord will constitute thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt only be uppermost, and thou shalt not be beneath; if thou wilt hearken unto the commandments of the Lord thy God, which I command thee this day to observe and to do;

١٤ 14 لَا تَنْحَرِفُوا يَمِيناً أَوْ شِمَالاً عَنْ جَمِيعِ هَذِهِ الشَّرَائِعِ الَّتِي أَنَا أُوصِيكُمْ بِها الْيَوْمَ، لِكَيْ لَا تَغْوُوا وَرَاءَ آلِهَةٍ أُخْرَى لِتَعْبُدُوهَا.

And thou wilt not go aside from all the words which I command thee this day, to the right, or to the left, to go after strange gods, to serve them.

١٥ 15 وَلَكِنْ إِنْ عَصَيْتُمْ صَوْتَ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمْ وَلَمْ تَحْرِصُوا عَلَى الْعَمَلِ بِجَمِيعِ وَصَايَاهُ وَفَرَائِضِهِ الَّتِي أَنَا آمُرُكُمُ الْيَوْمَ بِها، فَإِنَّ جَمِيعَ هَذِهِ اللَّعْنَاتِ تَحِلُّ بِكُمْ وَتُلازِمُكُمْ.

But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day: that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee.

١٦ 16 تَكُونُونَ مَلْعُونِينَ فِي الْمَدِينَةِ وَمَلْعُونِينَ فِي الْحُقُولِ.

Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field.

١٧ 17 وَتَكُونُ سِلالُكُمْ وَمَعَاجِنُكُمْ مَلْعُونَةً.

Cursed shall be thy basket and thy kneading-trough.

١٨ 18 وَتَحِلُّ اللَّعْنَةُ بِأَبْنَائِكُمْ وَغَلّاتِ أَرْضِكُمْ وَنِتَاجِ بَقَرِكُمْ وَنِعَاجِكُمْ،

Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy cattle, and the young of the flocks.

١٩ 19 وَتَكُونُونَ مَلْعُونِينَ فِي ذِهَابِكُمْ وَإِيَابِكُمْ،

Cursed shalt thou be at thy coming in, and cursed shalt thou be at thy going out.

٢٠ 20 وَيَصُبُّ الرَّبُّ عَلَيْكُمُ اللَّعْنَةَ وَالْفَوْضَى وَالْفَشَلَ فِي كُلِّ مَا تُنْتِجُهُ أَيْدِيكُمْ، حَتَّى تَهْلِكُوا وَتَفْنَوْا سَرِيعاً لِسُوءِ أَفْعَالِكُمْ، إِذْ تَرَكْتُمُونِي.

The Lord will send out against thee misfortune, confusion, and failure, in all the occupation of thy hand which thou mayest engage in; until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the wickedness of thy doings, that thou hast forsaken me.

٢١ 21 وَيَتَفَشَّى بَيْنَكُمُ الْوَبَاءُ حَتَّى يُبِيدَكُمْ عَنِ الأَرْضِ الَّتِي أَنْتُمْ مَاضُونَ إِلَيْهَا لامْتِلاكِهَا،

The Lord will cause the pestilence to cleave unto thee, until it have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest to possess it.

٢٢ 22 وَيَضْرِبُكُمُ الرَّبُّ بِالسُّلِّ وَالْحُمَّى وَالرَّعْشَةِ وَالالْتِهَابِ وَالْجَفَافِ وَاللَّفْحِ وَالذُّبُولِ، فَتُلازِمُكُمْ حَتَّى تَفْنَوْا.

The Lord will smite thee with consumption, and with fever, and with inflammation, and with extreme burning, and with drought, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou be lost.

٢٣ 23 وَتُصْبِحُ السَّمَاءُ الَّتِي فَوْقَكُمْ كَالنُّحَاسِ وَالأَرْضُ تَحْتَكُمْ كَالْحَدِيدِ.

And thy heavens that are over thy head shall be copper, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.

٢٤ 24 وَيُحَوِّلُ الرَّبُّ مَطَرَ أَرْضِكُمْ إِلَى غُبَارٍ وَعَوَاصِفَ تُرَابِيَّةٍ تَنْهَمِرُ عَلَيْكُمْ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ حَتَّى تَهْلِكُوا.

The Lord will give as the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.

٢٥ 25 وَيَهْزِمُكُمُ الرَّبُّ أَمَامَ أَعْدَائِكُمْ فَتُقْبِلُونَ عَلَيْهِمْ فِي طَرِيقٍ وَاحِدَةٍ وَتُوَلُّونَ الأَدْبَارَ أَمَامَهُمْ مُتَفَرِّقِينَ فِي سَبْعِ طُرُقٍ، وَتُصْبِحُونَ عِبْرَةً لِجَمِيعِ مَمَالِكِ الأَرْضِ.

The Lord will cause thee to be smitten before thy enemies: on one way shalt thou go out against them, and on seven ways shalt thou flee before them; and thou shalt become a horror unto all the kingdoms of the earth.

٢٦ 26 وَتَكُونُ جُثَثُكُمْ طَعَاماً لِجَمِيعِ طُيُورِ السَّمَاءِ وَوُحُوشِ الأَرْضِ وَلا يَطْرُدُهَا أَحَدٌ.

And thy carcass shall become food unto all the fowls of the heavens, and unto the beasts of the earth, but with no one to scare them away.

٢٧ 27 وَيُصِيبُكُمُ الرَّبُّ بِدَاءِ قُرْحَةِ مِصْرَ وَبِالْبَوَاسِيرِ وَالْجَرَبِ وَالْحِكَّةِ، وَلا تَجِدُونَ لَهَا عِلاجاً.

The Lord will smite thee with the inflammatory disease of Egypt, and with the hemorrhoids, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou shalt not be able to be healed.

٢٨ 28 وَيَبْتَلِيكُمُ الرَّبُّ بِالْجُنُونِ وَالْعَمَى وَارْتِبَاكِ الْفِكْرِ،

The Lord will sinite thee with madness, and with blindness, and with confusion of heart;

٢٩ 29 فَتَتَحَسَّسُونَ طُرُقَكُمْ فِي الظُّهْرِ كَمَا يَتَحَسَّسُ الأَعْمَى طَرِيقَهُ فِي الظَّلامِ، وَتَبُوءُ طُرُقُكُمْ بِالإِخْفَاقِ، وَلا تَكُونُونَ إِلّا مَظْلُومِينَ مَغْصُوبِينَ كُلَّ الأَيَّامِ، وَلَيْسَ مِنْ مُنْقِذٍ.

And thou shalt grope about at noonday, as the blind gropeth about in the darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways; and thou shalt be only oppressed and robbed all the days, but with no one to help.

٣٠ 30 يَخْطُبُ أَحَدُكُمُ امْرَأَةً وَلَكِنَّ آخَرَ يَتَزَوَّجُهَا وَيُضَاجِعُهَا. تَبْنِي بَيْتاً وَلا تَسْكُنُ فِيهِ، وَتَغْرِسُ كَرْماً وَلا تَجْنِيهِ.

A wife wilt thou betroth, and another man shall lie with her; a house wilt thou build, and thou shalt not dwell therein; a vineyard wilt thou plant, and thou shalt not redeem it.

٣١ 31 يُذْبَحُ ثَوْرُكَ أَمَامَ عَيْنَيْكَ وَلا تَأْكُلُ مِنْهُ، وَيُغْتَصَبُ حِمَارُكَ عَلَى مَرْأَىً مِنْكَ وَلا يُرَدُّ إِلَيْكَ، وَيَسْتَوْلِي أَعْدَاؤُكَ عَلَى مَاشِيَتِكَ وَلَيْسَ مِنْ مُنْقِذٍ.

Thy ox shall be slain before thy eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof; thy ass shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and shall not be brought back to thee; thy sheep shall be given unto thy enemies, without any one to help thee.

٣٢ 32 يُسَاقُ أَوْلادُكَ وَبَنَاتُكَ إِلَى أُمَّةٍ أُخْرَى وَعَيْنَاكَ تُرَاقِبَانِهِمْ طَوَالَ النَّهَارِ، حَتَّى تَكِلّا، وَمَا فِي يَدِكَ حِيلَةٌ.

Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thy eyes shall look on, and fail with longing for them all the day long; but without any power in thy hand.

٣٣ 33 مَحْصُولُ أَرْضِكَ وَثَمَرُ تَعَبِكَ يَأْكُلُهُ شَعْبٌ غَرِيبٌ عَنْكَ، وَلا تَكُونُ سِوَى مَظْلُومٍ مَسْحُوقٍ دَائِماً.

The fruit of thy soil, and all thy exertion, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt only be oppressed and crushed all the days.

٣٤ 34 وَيُصِيبُكَ الْجُنُونُ مِنْ هَوْلِ مَا تَرَى.

And thou shalt become mad from the sight of thy eyes which thou wilt see.

٣٥ 35 وَيَبْتَلِيكَ الرَّبُّ بِقُرُوحٍ خَبِيثَةٍ تُغَطِّي الرُّكْبَتَيْنِ وَالسَّاقَيْنِ، حَتَّى لَا تَجِدَ لَهَا شِفَاءً مِنْ قِمَّةِ الرَّأْسِ إِلَى أَخْمَصِ الْقَدَمِ.

The Lord will smite thee with a sore inflammation upon the knees, and upon the legs, of which thou shalt not be able to be healed, from the sole of thy foot unto the top of thy head.

٣٦ 36 يَنْفِيكُمُ الرَّبُّ أَنْتُمْ وَمَلِكَكُمُ الَّذِي تَخْتَارُونَهُ إِلَى أُمَّةٍ لَا تَعْرِفُونَهَا أَنْتُمْ وَلا آبَاؤُكُمْ، حَيْثُ تَعْبُدُونَ هُنَاكَ آلِهَةً أُخْرَى مِنْ خَشَبٍ وَحَجَرٍ،

The Lord will drive thee, and thy king whom thou wilt set over thee, unto a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers have known; and thou wilt serve there strange gods, of wood and stone.

٣٧ 37 وَتُصْبِحُونَ مَثَارَ دَهْشَةٍ وَسُخْرِيَةٍ وَعِبْرَةٍ فِي نَظَرِ جَمِيعِ الشُّعُوبِ الَّتِي يَنْفِيكُمُ الرَّبُّ إِلَيْهِمْ

And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a by-word, among all the nations whither the Lord will lead thee.

٣٨ 38 تَبْذُرُونَ كَثِيراً مِنَ الْبِذَارِ فِي الْحُقُولِ، وَلا تَحْصُدُونَ إِلّا الْقَلِيلَ، لأَنَّ الْجَرَادَ يَلْتَهِمُهُ.

Much seed wilt thou carry out into the field, yet but little shalt thou gather in; for the locust shall consume it.

٣٩ 39 تَكْدَحُونَ فِي غَرْسِ كُرُومٍ وَمِنْ خَمْرِهَا لَا تَشْرَبُونَ، وَمِنْ ثَمَرِهَا لَا تَجْنُونَ، لأَنَّ الدُّودَ يَنْخَرُهَا.

Vineyards wilt thou plant and dress; but wine shalt thou not drink nor lay up; for the worms shall eat them.

٤٠ 40 تَكْتَظُّ أَرَاضِيكُمْ بِأَشْجَارِ الزَّيْتُونِ، وَلَكِنْ مِنْ زَيْتِهَا لَا تَدَّهِنُونَ، لأَنَّ زَيْتُونَكُمْ يَنْتَثِرُ عَلَى الأَرْضِ قَبْلَ نُضْجِهِ.

Olive-trees wilt thou have throughout all thy borders; but with the oil shalt thou not anoint thyself; for thy olive shall cast the fruit.

٤١ 41 تُنْجِبُونَ بَنِينَ وَبَنَاتٍ وَلا يَكُونُونَ لَكُمْ، لأَنَّهُمْ يُسْبَوْنَ.

Sons and daughters wilt thou beget; but they shall not remain thine: for they shall go into captivity.

٤٢ 42 تَلْتَهِمُ أَسْرَابُ الْجَرَادِ أَشْجَارَكُمْ وَغَلّاتِ أَرْضِكُمْ.

All thy trees and the fruit of thy land shall the cricket strip bare.

٤٣ 43 يَعْظُمُ شَأْنُ الْغُرَبَاءِ الْمُقِيمِينَ بَيْنَكُمْ، وَيَتَفَاقَمُ انْحِطَاطُ شَأْنِكُمْ.

The stranger that is in the midst of thee shall get up above thee higher and higher; but thou shalt come down lower and lower;

٤٤ 44 هُمْ يُقْرِضُونَكُمْ وَأَنْتُمْ لَا تُقْرِضُونَهُمْ، وَهُمْ يَكُونُونَ رَأْساً وَأَنْتُمْ تَكُونُونَ ذَنَباً،

He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him; he shall become the head, and thou shalt become the tail.

٤٥ 45 وَتَحِلُّ بِكُمْ هَذِهِ اللَّعْنَاتُ وَتُلازِمُكُمْ وَتُلاحِقُكُمْ حَتَّى تَهْلِكُوا، لأَنَّكُمْ لَمْ تُطِيعُوا صَوْتَ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمْ لِتَحْفَظُوا وَصَايَاهُ وَفَرَائِضَهُ الَّتِي أَمَرَكُمْ بِها،

And there shall come upon thee all these curses, and they shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou didst not hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he hath commanded thee;

٤٦ 46 فَتَكُونُ فِيكُمْ وَفِي ذُرِّيَّتِكُمْ عِبْرَةً وَنَذِيراً إِلَى الأَبَدِ.

And they shall remain on thee for a sign and for a token, and on thy seed, for ever.

٤٧ 47 وَلأَنَّكُمْ لَمْ تَعْبُدُوا الرَّبَّ إِلَهَكُمْ بِفَرَحٍ وَغِبْطَةٍ فِي زَمَنِ الازْدِهَارِ وَالْوَفْرَةِ،

For the reason that thou didst not serve the Lord thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, while there was an abundance of all things;

٤٨ 48 فَإِنَّكُمْ تُصْبِحُونَ عَبِيداً لأَعْدَائِكُمُ الَّذِينَ يُرْسِلُهُمُ الرَّبُّ عَلَيْكُمْ فِي أَحْوَالِ الْجُوعِ وَالْعَطَشِ وَالْعُرْيِ وَالْفَاقَةِ، وَيَضَعُ نِيرَ حَدِيدٍ عَلَى أَعْنَاقِكُمْ حَتَّى يُهْلِكَكُمْ.

Therefore shalt thou serve thy enemies whom the Lord will send out against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of every thing; and they will put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until they have destroyed thee.

٤٩ 49 وَيَجْلِبُ الرَّبُّ عَلَيْكُمْ مِنْ بَعِيدٍ، مِنْ أَقْصَى الأَرْضِ، أُمَّةً لَا تَفْهَمُونَ لُغَتَهَا، فَتَنْقَضُّ عَلَيْكُمْ كَالنَّسْرِ.

The Lord will bring up against thee a nation from afar, from the end of the earth, as the eagle rusheth down; a nation whose tongue thou wilt not understand;

٥٠ 50 أُمَّةً يُثِيرُ مَنْظَرُهَا الرُّعْبَ، لَا تَهَابُ الشَّيْخَ وَلا تَرْأَفُ بِالطِّفْلِ،

A nation of a fierce countenance, that will not have respect for the old, nor show favor to the young;

٥١ 51 فَتَسْتَوْلِي عَلَى نِتَاجِ بَهَائِمِكُمْ، وَتَلْتَهِمُ غَلّاتِ أَرْضِكُمْ حَتَّى تَفْنَوْا، وَلا تُبْقِي لَكُمْ قَمْحاً وَلا خَمْراً وَلا زَيْتاً وَلا نِتَاجَ بَقَرِكُمْ وَنِعَاجِكُمْ حَتَّى تُهْلِكَكُمْ.

And it will eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy soil, until thou be destroyed; so that it will not leave unto thee corn, wine, or oil, the increase of thy cattle, or the young of thy flocks, until it have ruined thee.

٥٢ 52 وَتُحَاصِرُكُمْ فِي جَمِيعِ مُدُنِكُمْ حَتَّى تَتَهَدَّمَ أَسْوَارُكُمُ الشَّامِخَةُ الْحَصِينَةُ الَّتِي وَثِقْتُمْ بِمَنَاعَتِهَا فِي كُلِّ مُدُنِكُمْ. فَتُحَاصِرُكُمْ فِي جَمِيعِ مُدُنِكُمْ فِي كُلِّ أَرْضِكُمُ الَّتِي يَهَبُهَا الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ لَكُمْ.

And it will besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and strong walls come down, wherein thou trustest, throughout all thy land; and it will besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which the Lord thy God hath given thee.

٥٣ 53 فَتَأْكُلُونَ فِي أَثْنَاءِ الْحِصَارِ وَالضِّيقَةِ الَّتِي يُضَايِقُكُمْ بِها عَدُوُّكُمْ ثِمَارَ بُطُونِكُمْ، لَحْمَ أَبْنَائِكُمْ وَبَنَاتِكُمُ الَّذِينَ رَزَقَكُمْ بِهِمِ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ.

And thou shalt eat the fruit of thy own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, whom the Lord thy God hath given thee, in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thy enemy will distress thee.

٥٤ 54 فَيَقْسُو قَلْبُ أَكْثَرِكُمْ رِقَّةً وَرَأْفَةً عَلَى أَخِيهِ وَامْرَأَتِهِ الَّتِي فِي حِضْنِهِ وَسَائِرِ أَبْنَائِهِ الأَحْيَاءِ.

The man that is the most tender among thee, and who is very delicate, —his eye shall look enviously toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children whom he may spare;

٥٥ 55 فَلا يُعْطِي أَحَدَهُمْ مِنْ لَحْمِ أَبْنَائِهِ، الَّذِي يَأْكُلُهُ، لأَنَّهُ لَمْ يَبْقَ لَدَيْهِ شَيْءٌ سِوَاهُ فِي الْحِصَارِ وَالضِّيقَةِ الَّتِي يُضَايِقُكُمْ بِها عَدُوُّكُمْ فِي جَمِيعِ مُدُنِكُمْ.

So as not to give to any of them of the flesh of his children which he may eat; because there is nothing left unto him, in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thy enemy will distress thee in all thy gates.

٥٦ 56 وَكَذَلِكَ فَإِنَّ أَكْثَرَ النِّسَاءِ رِقَّةً وَرَأْفَةً، وَالَّتِي لِنُعُومَتِهَا وَتَرَفُّهِهَا لَا تَجْرُؤُ عَلَى لَمْسِ الأَرْضِ بِبَاطِنِ قَدَمِهَا، تَبْخَلُ عَلَى زَوْجِهَا رَجُلِ حِضْنِهَا وَعَلَى ابْنِهَا وَابْنَتِهَا

The woman, the most tender among thee, and the most delicate, who hath never adventured to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, —her eye shall look enviously toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter,

٥٧ 57 بِمَشِيمَتِهَا السَّاقِطَةِ مِنْهَا، وَبِأَوْلادِهَا الَّذِينَ تَلِدُهُمْ، لأَنَّهَا تَنْوِي أَنْ تَأْكُلَهُمْ سِرّاً فِي أَثْنَاءِ الْحِصَارِ، فِي الضِّيقَةِ الَّتِي يُضَايِقُكُمْ بِها عَدُوُّكُمْ فِي كُلِّ مُدُنِكُمْ.

And toward her young one that is come from between her feet, and toward her children which she hath born; for she shall eat them for want of every thing secretly, in the siege and in the straitness, wherewith thy enemy will distress thee in thy gates.

٥٨ 58 فَإِنْ لَمْ تَحْرِصُوا عَلَى الْعَمَلِ بِجَمِيعِ كَلِمَاتِ هَذِهِ الشَّرِيعَةِ الْمَكْتُوبَةِ فِي هَذَا الْكِتَابِ، لِتَهابُوا اسْمَ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمُ الْجَلِيلَ الْمَرْهُوبَ،

If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law which are written in this book; to fear this glorious and fearful name, the Lord thy God:

٥٩ 59 فَإِنَّ الرَّبَّ يَجْعَلُ الضَّرَبَاتِ النَّازِلَةَ بِكُمْ وَبِذُرِّيَّتِكُمْ ضَرَبَاتٍ مُخِيفَةً وَكَوَارِثَ رَهِيبَةً دَائِمَةً وَأَمْرَاضاً خَبِيثَةً مُزْمِنَةً،

Then will the Lord render peculiar thy plagues, and the plagues of thy seed, plagues great, and of long continuance, and sicknesses sore, and of long continuance.

٦٠ 60 وَيُرْسِلُ عَلَيْكُمْ كُلَّ أَمْرَاضِ مِصْرَ الَّتِي فَزِعْتُمْ مِنْهَا فَتُلازِمُكُمْ،

And he will bring back upon thee all the diseases of Egypt, of which thou wast afraid; and they shall cleave unto thee.

٦١ 61 وَيُسَلِّطُ الرَّبُّ عَلَيْكُمْ أَيْضاً كُلَّ دَاءٍ وَكُلَّ بَلِيَّةٍ لَمْ تَرِدْ فِي كِتَابِ الشَّرِيعَةِ هَذَا، حَتَّى تَهْلِكُوا.

Also every sickness, and every plague which is not written in the book of this law, will the Lord bring upon thee, until thou be destroyed.

٦٢ 62 فَتَصِيرُونَ قِلَّةً بَعْدَ أَنْ كُنْتُمْ فِي كَثْرَةِ نُجُومِ السَّمَاءِ، لأَنَّكُمْ لَمْ تَسْمَعُوا صَوْتَ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمْ.

And ye shall be left but few in number, instead of that ye once were as the stars of heaven for multitude; because thou didst not hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God.

٦٣ 63 وَكَمَا سُرَّ الرَّبُّ بِكُمْ فَأَحْسَنَ إِلَيْكُمْ وَكَثَّرَكُمْ، فَإِنَّهُ سَيُسَرُّ بِأَنْ يَفْنِيَكُمْ وَيُهْلِكَكُمْ فَتَنْقَرِضُونَ مِنَ الأَرْضِ الَّتِي أَنْتُمْ مَاضُونَ إِلَيْهَا لاِمْتِلاكِهَا.

And it shall come to pass, that, as the Lord rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you, so will the Lord rejoice over you to bring you to nought, and to destroy you; and ye shall be plucked from off the land whither thou goest to possess it.

٦٤ 64 وَيُشَتِّتُكُمُ الرَّبُّ بَيْنَ جَمِيعِ الأُمَمِ مِنْ أَقْصَى الأَرْضِ إِلَى أَقْصَاهَا، فَتَعْبُدُونَ هُنَاكَ آلِهَةً أُخْرَى مِنْ خَشَبٍ أَوْ حَجَرٍ لَمْ تَعْرِفُوهَا أَنْتُمْ وَلا آبَاؤُكُمْ،

And the Lord will scatter thee among all the nations, from one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth; and there wilt thou serve strange gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and stone.

٦٥ 65 وَلا تَجِدُونَ بَيْنَ تِلْكَ الأُمَمِ اطْمِئْنَاناً وَلا مَقَرّاً لِقَدَمٍ، بَلْ يُعْطِيكُمُ الرَّبُّ قَلْباً هَلِعاً، وَعُيُوناً أَوْهَنَهَا التَّرَقُّبُ، وَنُفُوساً يَائِسَةً.

And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, and there shall not be any rest for the sole of thy foot: and the Lord will give thee there a trembling heart, and a failing of eyes, and a faintness of soul.

٦٦ 66 وَتَعِيشُونَ حَيَاةً مُفْعَمَةً دَائِماً بِالتَّوَتُّرِ، مَلِيئَةً بِالرُّعْبِ لَيْلاً وَنَهَاراً.

And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt be in dread day and night, and thou shalt have no confidence of thy life;

٦٧ 67 وَتَقُولُونَ فِي الصَّبَاحِ: يَا لَيْتَهُ الْمَسَاءُ، وَفِي الْمَسَاءِ: يَا لَيْتَهُ الصَّبَاحُ، مِنْ فَرْطِ ارْتِعَابِ قُلُوبِكُمْ وَمَا تَشْهَدُهُ عُيُونُكُمْ مِنْ هَوْلٍ.

In the morning thou wilt say, Who would but grant that it were only evening! and at evening thou wilt say, Who would but grant that it were only morning! from the dread of thy heart which thou wilt experience, and from the sight of thy eyes which thou wilt see.

٦٨ 68 وَيَرُدُّكُمُ الرَّبُّ إِلَى دِيَارِ مِصْرَ فِي سُفُنٍ فِي طَرِيقٍ وَعَدَكُمْ أَلّا تَعُودُوا تَرَوْنَهَا، فَتُبَاعُونَ هُنَاكَ لأَعْدَائِكُمْ عَبِيداً وَإِمَاءً، وَلَيْسَ مَنْ يَشْتَرِي».

And the Lord will bring thee back to Egypt in ships, by the way whereof I have spoken unto thee, Thou shalt no more see it again: and there will ye offer yourselves for sale unto your enemies for bond-men and bond-women, without any one to buy you.