عَزْرا 9
| وَبَعْدَ أَنْ كَمَلَتْ هَذِهِ الأُمُورُ جَاءَنِي رُؤَسَاءُ الْيَهُودِ قَائِلِينَ: «إِنَّ شَعْبَ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَالْكَهَنَةَ وَاللّاوِيِّينَ مَا بَرِحُوا مُنْغَمِسِينَ فِي رَجَاسَاتِ أُمَمِ الأَرْضِ كَالْكَنْعَانِيِّينَ وَالْحِثِّيِّينَ وَالْفَرِزِّيِّينَ وَالْيَبُوسِيِّينَ وَالْعَمُّونِيِّينَ وَالْمُوآبِيِّينَ وَالْمِصْرِيِّينَ وَالأَمُورِيِّينَ، وَلَمْ يَنْفَصِلُوا عَنْهُمْ، | ١ 1 |
Now when these things were completed, the leaders approached me and said, "The people of Israel, and the priests and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the peoples of the lands, following their abominations, even those of the Canaanites, the Hethites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.
| لأَنَّهُمْ تَزَوَّجَوا هُمْ وَأَبْنَاؤُهُمْ مِنْ بَنَاتِهِمْ، فَاخْتَلَطَ النَّسْلُ الْمُقَدَّسُ بِأُمَمِ الأَرَاضِي، وَقَدْ كَانَ الرُّؤَسَاءُ وَالْوُلاةُ أَوَّلَ مَنِ ارْتَكَبَ هَذِهِ الْخِيَانَةَ». | ٢ 2 |
For they have taken of their daughters for themselves and for their sons, so that the holy seed have mixed themselves with the peoples of the lands. Indeed, the hand of the officials and leaders has been foremost in this trespass."
| وَعِنْدَمَا سَمِعْتُ ذَلِكَ مَزَّقْتُ ثِيَابِي وَرِدَائِي، وَنَتَّفْتُ شَعْرَ رَأْسِي وَذَقْنِي، وَجَلَسْتُ حَائِراً. | ٣ 3 |
When I heard this thing, I tore my garment and my robe, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down confounded.
| وَالْتَفَّ حَوْلِي كُلُّ مَنْ أَرْعَبَهُ قَضَاءُ إِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ أَجْلِ مَا ارْتَكَبَهُ الْمَسْبِيُّونَ مِنْ خِيَانَةٍ. أَمَّا أَنَا فَبَقِيتُ جَالِساً غَارِقاً فِي حَيْرَتِي إِلَى تَقْدِمَةِ الْمَسَاءِ. | ٤ 4 |
Then were assembled to me everyone who trembled at the words of the God of Israel, because of their trespass of the captivity; and I sat confounded until the evening offering.
| حِينَئِذٍ قُمْتُ مِنْ تَذَلُّلِي، وَأَنَا مَازِلْتُ مُرْتَدِياً رِدَائِي وثِيَابِي الْمُمَزَّقَةَ، وَجَثَوْتُ عَلَى رُكْبَتَيَّ وَبَسَطْتُ يَدَيَّ إِلَى الرَّبِّ إِلَهِي، | ٥ 5 |
At the evening offering I arose up from my humiliation, even with my garment and my robe torn; and I fell on my knees, and spread out my hands to YHWH my God;
| قَائِلاً: «الَّلهُمَّ، إِنِّي أَخْجَلُ وَأَخْزَى مِنْ أَنْ أَرْفَعَ وَجْهِي نَحْوَكَ، لأَنَّ آثَامَنَا قَدْ تَكَاثَرَتْ فَوْقَ رُؤُوسِنَا، وَمَعَاصِينَا قَدْ تَعَاظَمَتْ فَبَلَغَتْ عَنَانَ السَّمَاءِ، | ٦ 6 |
and I said, "My God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to you, my God; for our iniquities have increased over our head, and our guiltiness has grown up to the heavens.
| فَإِنَّنَا مُنْذُ عَهْدِ آبَائِنَا وَإِلَى هَذَا الْيَوْمِ غَارِقُونَ فِي إِثْمٍ عَظِيمٍ. وَمِنْ جَرَّاءِ مَعَاصِينَا سَطَا عَلَيْنَا وَعَلَى مُلُوكِنَا وَكَهَنَتِنَا سَيْفُ الأُمَمِ الْمُحِيطَةِ بِنَا، وَتَعَرَّضْنَا لِلسَّبْيِ وَالنَّهْبِ وَالْعَارِ إِلَى هَذَا الْيَوْمِ. | ٧ 7 |
Since the days of our fathers we have been exceeding guilty to this day; and for our iniquities we, our kings, and our priests, have been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, to plunder, and to confusion of face, as it is this day.
| وَلَكِنَّكَ الآنَ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْنَا لِلَحْظَةٍ وَتَعَطَّفْتَ عَلَيْنَا فَأَنْجَيْتَ لَنَا بَقِيَّةً لِتُعْطِيَنَا مَوْطِئَ قَدَمٍ فِي مَكَانِكَ الْمُقَدَّسِ حَتَّى تُنِيرَ أَعْيُنَنَا وَتَمْنَحَنَا بَعْضَ الحَيَاةِ فِي عُبُودِيَّتِنَا. | ٨ 8 |
Now for a little moment grace has been shown from YHWH our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage.
| وَمَعَ أَنَّنَا عَبِيدٌ لَمْ تَتَخَلَّ عَنَّا فِي عُبُودِيَّتِنَا، بَلْ ظَلَّلْتَنَا بِالرَّحْمَةِ أَمَامَ مُلُوكِ فَارِسَ وَمَنَحْتَنَا حَيَاةً لِنَبْنِيَ هَيْكَلاً وَنُرَمِّمَ خَرَائِبَهُ وَنَتَمَتَّعَ بِالْحِمَايَةِ فِي يَهُوذَا وَفِي أُورُشَلِيمَ. | ٩ 9 |
For we are bondservants; yet our God has not forsaken us in our bondage, but has extended loving kindness to us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair its ruins, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.
| فَمَاذَا نَقُولُ بَعْدَ كُلِّ مَا حَدَثَ؟ لَقَدْ نَبَذْنَا وَصَايَاكَ. | ١٠ 10 |
"Now, our God, what shall we say after this? For we have forsaken your commandments,
| الَّتِي أَمَرْتَنَا بِها عَلَى لِسَانِ عَبِيدِكَ الأَنْبِيَاءِ قَائِلاً: إِنَّ الأَرْضَ الَّتِي تَدْخُلُونَ لِتَرِثُوهَا هِيَ أَرْضٌ نَجَّسَتْهَا شُعُوبُهَا بِرَجَاسَاتِهِمْ، مِنْ أَقْصَاهَا إِلَى أَقْصَاهَا. | ١١ 11 |
which you have commanded by your servants the prophets, saying, 'The land, to which you go to possess it, is an unclean land through the uncleanness of the peoples of the lands, through their abominations, which have filled it from one end to another with their filthiness.
| وَالآنَ لَا تُزَوِّجُوا بَنَاتِكُمْ مِنْ بَنِيهِمْ، وَلا تُزَوِّجُوا أَبْنَاءَكُمْ مِنْ بَنَاتِهِمْ، وَلا تَسْعَوْا فِي سَبِيلِ أَمْنِهِمْ وَخَيْرِهِمْ، لِكَيْ تَتَرَسَّخَ قُوَّتُكُمْ وَتَأْكُلُوا خَيْرَ الأَرْضِ وَتُوَرِّثُوهَا لأَبْنَائِكُمْ إِلَى الأَبَدِ. | ١٢ 12 |
Now therefore do not give your daughters to their sons, neither take their daughters to your sons, nor seek their peace or their prosperity forever; that you may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children forever.'
| وَالآنَ بَعْدَ كُلِّ مَا جَرَى عَلَيْنَا مِنْ جَرَّاءِ أَعْمَالِنَا السَّيِّئَةِ وَآثَامِنَا الْعَظِيمَةِ، نَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ عَاقَبْتَنَا يَا إِلَهَنَا بِأَقَلَّ مِنْ آثَامِنَا، وَوَهَبْتَنَا نَجَاةً مِثْلَ هَذِهِ. | ١٣ 13 |
"After all that has come on us for our evil deeds, and for our great guilt, since you, our God, have punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and have given us such a remnant,
| أَنَعُودُ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ وَنَتَعَدَّى عَلَى وَصَايَاكَ وَنُنَاسِبُ الأُمَمَ الَّذِينَ يَرْتَكِبُونَ هَذِهِ الرَّجَاسَاتِ؟ أَلا تَسْخَطُ عَلَيْنَا آنَئِذٍ حَتَّى تُفْنِيَنَا فَلا تَبْقَى مِنَّا بَقِيَّةٌ وَلا تَكُونُ لَنَا نَجَاةٌ؟ | ١٤ 14 |
shall we again break your commandments, and join in affinity with the peoples that do these abominations? Wouldn't you be angry with us until you had consumed us, so that there should be no remnant, nor any to escape?
| أَيُّهَا الرَّبُّ إِلَهَ إِسْرَائِيلَ، أَنْتَ عَادِلٌ لأَنَّنَا مَازِلْنَا بَقِيَّةً نَاجِيَةً إِلَى هَذَا الْيَوْمِ، وَهَا نَحْنُ نَمْثُلُ أَمَامَكَ فِي آثَامِنَا، مَعَ أَنَّهُ لَا حَقَّ لَنَا فِي ذَلِكَ». | ١٥ 15 |
YHWH, the God of Israel, you are righteous; for we are left a remnant that has escaped, as it is this day. Look, we are before you in our guiltiness; for none can stand before you because of this."
