المَزامِير 73
| مَزْمُورٌ لآسَافَ حَقّاً إِنَّ اللهَ رَفِيقٌ بِإِسْرَائِيلَ، بِذَوِي الْقُلُوبِ النَّقِيَّةِ. | ١ 1 |
God truly is good to [us] Israeli people, to those who totally want to do all that God desires.
| أَمَّا أَنَا فَقَدْ أَوْشَكَتْ قَدَمَايَ أَنْ تَزِلّا، وَخَطَوَاتِي أَنْ تَنْزَلِقَ، | ٢ 2 |
As for me, I almost [stopped trusting in God]; [it was as though] my feet slipped and I stumbled [MET],
| لأَنِّي حَسَدْتُ الْمُتَكَبِّرِينَ، إِذْ شَاهَدْتُ نَجَاحَ الأَشْرَارِ. | ٣ 3 |
because I envied those who proudly [said that they did not need God], and I saw that they prospered [even though] they were wicked.
| فَإِنَّ أَوْجَاعَ الْمَوْتِ لَا تُصِيبُهُمْ وَأَجْسَامَهُمْ سَمِينَةٌ. | ٤ 4 |
Those people do not have any pains; they are [always] strong and healthy.
| لَا يُقَاسُونَ مِنْ أَتْعَابِ الْبَشَرِ، وَلَا يُعَانُونَ مِنَ الْمَصَائِبِ كَالنَّاسِ. | ٥ 5 |
They do not have the troubles/difficulties that other people have; they do not have problems like others do.
| لِذَلِكَ لَبِسُوا الْكِبْرِيَاءَ كَقِلادَةٍ، وَارْتَدَوْا الظُّلْمَ كَثَوْبٍ. | ٦ 6 |
So they are proud, and their being proud is [like] a necklace [that they show to others], and they show off their violent actions like people show off their beautiful robes.
| عُيُونُهُمْ جَاحِظَةٌ مِنْ كَثْرَةِ شَحْمِ طَمَعِهِمْ. وَشَرُّهُمْ تَجَاوَزَ مَا يَتَصَوَّرُهُ الْقَلْبُ. | ٧ 7 |
From their inner beings they (pour out/do) evil deeds, and they are always thinking about more evil things to do.
| يَسْتَهْزِئُونَ وَيَتَكَلَّمُونَ بِالظُّلْمِ خُبْثاً، وَبِكِبْرِيَاءَ يَنْطِقُونَ. | ٨ 8 |
They scoff at [other people], and they talk about doing evil things to them; they are proud while they plan to oppress others.
| جَدَّفُوا عَلَى السَّمَاءِ بِأَفْوَاهِهِمْ، وَلَوَّثُوا الأَرْضَ بِخُبْثِ أَلْسِنَتِهِمْ. | ٩ 9 |
They say evil things about [God who is in] heaven [MTY], and they talk boastfully/proudly about things [that they have done] here on the earth.
| حَتَّى شَعْبُ اللهِ يَرْجِعُونَ إِلَيْهِمْ، وَيُصَدِّقُونَ مَا يَقُولُونَهُ لَهُمْ. | ١٠ 10 |
The result is that people listen to what they say and praise them and do not think that they have done anything that is wrong.
| أَمَّا هُمْ فَيَقُولُونَ: كَيْفَ يَعْلَمُ اللهُ، وَهَلْ يَدْرِي الْعَلِيُّ بِمَا يَحْدُثُ؟ | ١١ 11 |
Wicked people say [to themselves], “God will certainly not [RHQ] know [what we have done]; [people say that] he is greater than any other god, but he does not know [everything].”
| هَا هُمُ الأَشْرَارُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ فِي الْعَالَمِ يَزْدَادُونَ ثَرْوَةً. | ١٢ 12 |
That is what wicked people are like; they never worry about anything, and they are always becoming richer.
| بَاطِلاً قَدْ طَهَّرْتُ قَلْبِي وَغَسَلْتُ يَدَيَّ بِالنَّقَاوَةِ. | ١٣ 13 |
[So, God], I think it is useless that I have [RHQ] always done what you want me to, and that I have not sinned.
| لَقَدْ جَعَلْتَنِي يَا رَبُّ مُصَاباً طُولَ النَّهَارِ، وَأَوْقَعْتَ علَيَّ عِقَابَكَ كُلَّ صَبَاحٍ. | ١٤ 14 |
All day long I have problems, and every morning you punish me.
| لَوْ أَنَّنِي نَطَقْتُ بِمِثْلِ هَذَا، لَكُنْتُ قَدْ خُنْتُ جِيلَ أَوْلادِكَ. | ١٥ 15 |
If I had said the things that the wicked people say, I would have been sinning against your people.
| وَعِنْدَمَا نَوَيْتُ أَنْ أَفْهَمَ هَذَا، تَعَذَّرَ الأَمْرُ عَلَيَّ، | ١٦ 16 |
And when I tried to think about all this, it was very difficult for me [to understand it].
| إِلَى أَنْ دَخَلْتُ أَقْدَاسَ اللهِ، وَتَأَمَّلْتُ آخِرَةَ الأَشْرَارِ | ١٧ 17 |
But when I went to your temple, [you spoke to me], and I understood what will happen to the wicked people [after they die].
| حَقّاً إِنَّكَ أَوْقَفْتَهُمْ فِي أَمَاكِنَ زَلِقَةٍ، وَأَوْقَعْتَهُمْ فِي التَّهْلُكَاتِ. | ١٨ 18 |
[Now I know that] you will surely put them in slippery places, and they will fall down and die.
| كَيْفَ صَارُوا لِلْخَرَابِ فَجْأَةً؟ انْقَرَضُوا وَأَفْنَتْهُمُ الدَّوَاهِي. | ١٩ 19 |
They will be destroyed instantly; they will die in terrible ways.
| كَحُلْمٍ يَتَلاشَى عِنْدَ الْيَقَظَةِ هَكَذَا تَخْتَفِي صُورَتُهُمْ عِنْدَمَا تَنْهَضُ يَا رَبُّ لِمُعَاقَبَتِهِمْ. | ٢٠ 20 |
They [will disappear as quickly] as a dream disappears when a person awakes in the morning; Lord, when you arise, you will (cause them to disappear/forget all about them).
| عِنْدَمَا تَمَرْمَرَ قَلْبِي وَوَخَزَنِي ضَمِيرِي، | ٢١ 21 |
When I felt sad/bitter, and brokenhearted,
| أَدْرَكْتُ أَنَّنِي كُنْتُ غَبِيًّا لَا أَعْرِفُ شَيْئاً، إِذْ كُنْتُ كَبَهِيمَةٍ أَمَامَكَ. | ٢٢ 22 |
I was stupid and ignorant, and I behaved like an animal toward you.
| غَيْرَ أَنِّي مَعَكَ دَائِماً، وَأَنْتَ قَدْ أَمْسَكْتَ بِيَدِي الْيُمْنَى. | ٢٣ 23 |
But I am always close to you, and you hold my hand.
| تَهْدِينِي بِمَشُورَتِكَ، وَبَعْدَ ذَلِكَ تَأْخُذُنِي إِلَى الْمَجْدِ. | ٢٤ 24 |
You guide me by teaching me, and (at the end [of my life]/when I die), you will receive me and honor me.
| مَنْ لِي فِي السَّمَاءِ غَيْرُكَ؟ وَلَسْتُ أَبْغِي فِي الأَرْضِ أَحَداً مَعَكَ. | ٢٥ 25 |
You are in heaven and I belong to you [RHQ], and there is nothing on this earth that I desire more than that.
| إِنَّ جَسَدِي وَقَلْبِي يَفْنَيَانِ، أَمَّا اللهُ فَهُوَ صَخْرَةُ قَلْبِي وَنَصِيبِي إِلَى الدَّهْرِ. | ٢٦ 26 |
My body and my mind may become very weak, but God, you continue to enable me to be strong; I belong to you forever.
| هُوَذَا الْمُبْتَعِدُونَ عَنْكَ يَهْلِكُونَ وَأَنْتَ تُدَمِّرُ كُلَّ مَنْ يَخُونُكَ. | ٢٧ 27 |
Those who remain far from you will be destroyed; you will get rid of those who abandon you.
| أَمَّا أَنَا فَخَيْرٌ لِي أَنْ أَقْتَرِبَ إِلَى اللهِ، لأَنِّي عَلَى السَّيِّدِ تَوَكَّلْتُ، لأُحَدِّثَ بِجَمِيعِ عَجَائِبِكَ. | ٢٨ 28 |
But [as for] me, it is wonderful to be near to God and to be protected by Yahweh, and to proclaim to others all that he has done [for me].
