المَزامِير 105

١ 1 قَدِّمُوا الشُّكْرَ لِلرَّبِّ. ادْعُوا بِاسْمِهِ. عَرِّفُوا بِأَعْمَالِهِ بَيْنَ الشُّعُوبِ.

Alleluia. Give glory to the Lord, and call upon his name: declare his deeds among the Gentiles.

٢ 2 غَنُّوا لَهُ، اشْدُوا لَهُ. حَدِّثُوا بِكُلِّ عَجَائِبِهِ.

Sing to him, yea sing praises to him: relate all his wondrous works.

٣ 3 تَبَاهَوْا بِاسْمِهِ الْقُدُّوسِ، لِتَفْرَحْ قُلُوبُ طَالِبِي الرَّبِّ.

Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the Lord.

٤ 4 اطْلُبُوا الرَّبَّ وَقُوَّتَهُ، الْتَمِسُوا وَجْهَهُ دَائِماً.

Seek ye the Lord, and be strengthened: seek his face evermore.

٥ 5 اذْكُرُوا عَجَائِبَهُ الَّتِي صَنَعَهَا، مُعْجِزَاتِهِ وَأَحْكَامَهُ الَّتِي نَطَقَ بِها.

Remember his marvellous works which he hath done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth.

٦ 6 يَا ذُرِّيَّةَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَبْدِهِ، يَا بَنِي يَعْقُوبَ الَّذِينَ اخْتَارَهُمْ.

O ye seed of Abraham his servant; ye sons of Jacob his chosen.

٧ 7 هُوَ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُنَا، أَحْكَامُهُ تَمْلأُ الأَرْضَ كُلَّهَا.

He is the Lord our God: his judgments are in all the earth.

٨ 8 لَمْ يَنْسَ عَهْدَهُ قَطُّ وَلَا وَعْدَهُ الَّذِي قَطَعَهُ إِلَى أَلْفِ جِيلٍ،

He hath remembered his covenant for ever: the word which he commanded to a thousand generations.

٩ 9 الْعَهْدَ الَّذِي أَبْرَمَهُ مَعَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، وَالْقَسَمَ الَّذِي أَقْسَمَ بِهِ لإِسْحَاقَ.

Which he made to Abraham; and his oath to Isaac:

١٠ 10 ثُمَّ ثَبَّتَهُ لِيَعْقُوبَ فَرِيضَةً، وَلإِسْرَائِيلَ مِيثَاقاً أَبَدِيًّا،

And he appointed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting testament:

١١ 11 قَائِلاً: «لَكَ أُعْطِي أَرْضَ كَنْعَانَ نَصِيبَ مِيرَاثٍ لَكُمْ».

Saying: To thee will I give the land of Chanaan, the lot of your inheritance.

١٢ 12 إِذْ كَانُوا قِلَّةً بَعْدُ، نَفَراً ضَئِيلاً مُتَغَرِّبِينَ فِي الأَرْضِ.

When they were but a small number: yea very few, and sojourners therein:

١٣ 13 مُتَنَقِّلِينَ مِنْ أُمَّةٍ إِلَى أُمَّةٍ، وَمِنْ مَمْلَكَةٍ إِلَى أُخْرَى.

And they passed from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people.

١٤ 14 فَلَمْ يَدَعْ أَيَّ إِنْسَانٍ يَظْلِمُهُمْ، بَلْ وَبَّخَ مُلُوكاً مِنْ أَجْلِهِمْ.

He suffered no man to hurt them: and he reproved kings for their sakes.

١٥ 15 قَائِلاً: «لَا تَمَسُّوا مُسَحَائِي، وَلَا تُؤْذُوا أَنْبِيَائِي».

Touch ye not my anointed: and do no evil to my prophets.

١٦ 16 ثُمَّ أَفْشَى مَجَاعَةً فِي الأَرْضِ، وَقَطَعَ الْخُبْزَ قِوَامَ طَعَامِهِمْ.

And he called a famine upon the land: and he broke in pieces all the support of bread.

١٧ 17 لَكِنَّهُ أَرْسَلَ أَمَامَهُمْ يُوسُفَ، فَبِيعَ عَبْداً.

He sent a man before them: Joseph, who was sold for a slave.

١٨ 18 آذَوْا بِالْقُيُودِ قَدَمَيْهِ، وَبِالْحَدِيدِ طَوَّقُوا عُنُقَهُ.

They humbled his feet in fetters: the iron pierced his soul,

١٩ 19 إِلَى أَنْ تَحَقَّقَ تَفْسِيرُهُ لِلأَحْلامِ فِي أَوَانِهِ، وَبَرْهَنَتْ كَلِمَةُ الرَّبِّ صِدْقَهُ.

Until his word came. The word of the Lord inflamed him.

٢٠ 20 فَأَرْسَلَ الْمَلِكُ وَأَطْلَقَهُ، حَاكِمُ الشَّعْبِ حَرَّرَهُ.

The king sent, and he released him: the ruler of the people, and he set him at liberty.

٢١ 21 أَقَامَهُ سَيِّداً عَلَى قَصْرِهِ، وَمُتَسَلِّطاً عَلَى جَمِيعِ أَمْلاكِهِ.

He made him master of his house, and ruler of all his possession.

٢٢ 22 يَتَصَرَّفُ بِوُلاتِهِ حَسَبَ مَسَرَّتِهِ، وَيُلَقِّنُ شُيُوخَهُ الْحِكْمَةَ.

That he might instruct his princes as himself, and teach his ancients wisdom.

٢٣ 23 ثُمَّ جَاءَ إِسْرَائِيلُ إِلَى أَرْضِ مِصْرَ. تَغَرَّبَ يَعْقُوبُ فِي بَلَدِ حَامٍ.

And Israel went into Egypt: and Jacob was a sojourner in the land of Cham.

٢٤ 24 فَكَثَّرَ اللهُ شَعْبَهُ، وَجَعَلَهُ أَقْوَى مِنْ أَعْدَائِهِ،

And he increased his people exceedingly: and strengthened them over their enemies,

٢٥ 25 الَّذِينَ حَوَّلَ قُلُوبَهُمْ لِيُبْغِضُوا شَعْبَهُ، وَيَكِيدُوا لِعَبِيدِهِ.

He turned their heart to hate his people: and to deal deceitfully with his servants.

٢٦ 26 عِنْدَئِذٍ أَرْسَلَ مُوسَى عَبْدَهُ وَهَارُونَ مُخْتَارَهُ.

He sent Moses his servant: Aaron the man whom he had chosen.

٢٧ 27 فَأَجْرَيَا بَيْنَهُمْ آيَاتِهِ، وَصَنَعَا عَجَائِبَ فِي مِصْرَ.

He gave them power to shew his signs, and his wonders in the land of Cham.

٢٨ 28 بَعَثَ ظَلاماً، تَغَشَّتْ بِهِ الأَرْضُ، وَلَكِنَّ الْمِصْرِيِّينَ عَانَدُوا كَلِمَتَهُ.

He sent darkness, and made it obscure: and grieved not his words.

٢٩ 29 حَوَّلَ مِيَاهَهُمْ إِلَى دَمٍ وَأَمَاتَ أَسْمَاكَهُمْ.

He turned their waters into blood, and destroyed their fish.

٣٠ 30 فَاضَتْ أَرْضُهُمْ ضَفَادِعَ حَتَّى بَلَغَتْ مَخَادِعَ مُلُوكِهِمْ.

Their land brought forth frogs, in the inner chambers of their kings.

٣١ 31 أَمَرَ فَأَقْبَلَ الذُّبَابُ وَالْبَعُوضُ فَانْتَشَرَ فِي كُلِّ أَرْضِهِمْ

He spoke, and there came divers sorts of flies and sciniphs in all their coasts.

٣٢ 32 أَمْطَرَ عَلَيْهِمْ بَرَداً وَأَلْهَبَ أَرْضَهُمْ بِالْبُرُوقِ.

He gave them hail for rain, a burning fire in the land.

٣٣ 33 ضَرَبَ كُرُومَهُمْ وَتِينَهُمْ، وَهَشَّمَ كُلَّ أَشْجَارِهِمْ

And he destroyed their vineyards and their fig trees: and he broke in pieces the trees of their coasts.

٣٤ 34 أَمَرَ، فَتَوَافَدَ الْجَرَادُ الطَّيَّارُ وَالزَّحَّافُ بِأَعْدَادٍ لَا تُحْصَى،

He spoke, and the locust came, and the bruchus, of which there was no number.

٣٥ 35 فَالْتَهَمَ كُلَّ عُشْبِ أَرْضِهِمْ، وَأَكَلَ ثِمَارَ حُقُولِهِمْ.

And they devoured all the grass in their land, and consumed all the fruit of their ground.

٣٦ 36 ثُمَّ قَتَلَ الرَّبُّ جَمِيعَ أَبْكَارِ أَرْضِهِمْ، أَوَائِلَ ثِمَارِ خُصُوبَتِهِمْ جَمِيعاً.

And he slew all the firstborn in their land: the firstfruits of all their labour.

٣٧ 37 وَأَخْرَجَ شَعْبَهُ مُحَمَّلِينَ بِفِضَّةٍ وَذَهَبٍ، وَلَمْ يَتَعَثَّرْ فِي الْمَسِيرِ مِنْ عَشَائِرِهِمْ وَاحِدٌ.

And he brought them out with silver and gold: and there was not among their tribes one that was feeble.

٣٨ 38 فَرِحَ أَهْلُ مِصْرَ بِخُرُوجِهِمْ لأَنَّ رُعْبَهُمْ غَلَبَ عَلَيْهِمْ.

Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them lay upon them.

٣٩ 39 نَشَرَ سَحَابَةً فَوْقَ شَعْبِهِ، غِطَاءً لَهُمْ، وَأَرْسَلَ نَاراً تُضِيءُ لَهُمْ لَيْلاً.

He spread a cloud for their protection, and fire to give them light in the night.

٤٠ 40 طَلَبُوا طَعَاماً فَبَعَثَ لَهُمْ طُيُورَ السَّلْوَى وَمِنْ خُبْزِ السَّمَاءِ أَشْبَعَهُمْ.

They asked, and the quail came: and he filled them with the bread of heaven.

٤١ 41 فَلَقَ الصَّخْرَةَ وَفَجَّرَ مِنْهَا الْمِيَاهَ، فَجَرَتْ فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ كَأَنَّهَا نَهْرٌ.

He opened the rock, and waters flowed: rivers ran down in the dry land.

٤٢ 42 لأَنَّهُ ذَكَرَ كَلِمَتَهُ الْمُقَدَّسَةَ الَّتِي وَعَدَ بِها إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَبْدَهُ.

Because he remembered his holy word, which he had spoken to his servant Abraham.

٤٣ 43 وَهَكَذَا أَخْرَجَ شَعْبَهُ مِنْ مِصْرَ بِابْتِهَاجٍ وَمُخْتَارِيهِ بِتَرَانِيمِ الظَّفَرِ.

And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness.

٤٤ 44 وَوَهَبَهُمْ أَرَاضِيَ الأُمَمِ، فَامْتَلَكُوا غَلَّاتٍ تَعِبَتْ فِيهَا شُعُوبٌ أُخْرَى.

And he gave them the lands of the Gentiles: and they possessed the labours of the people:

٤٥ 45 لِيُمَارِسُوا فَرَائِضَهُ وَيُطِيعُوا شَرَائِعَهُ. هَلِّلُويَا.

That they might observe his justifications, and seek after his law.