المَزامِير 78
| مَزْمُورٌ تَعْلِيمِيٌّ لآسَافَ أَصْغِ يَا شَعْبِي إِلَى شَرِيعَتِي، أَرْهِفُوا آذَانَكُمْ إِلَى أَقْوَالِ فَمِي. | ١ 1 |
“A psalm of Asaph.” Give ear, O my people, to my instruction! Incline your ears to the words of my mouth!
| أَفْتَحُ فَمِي بِمَثَلٍ وَأَنْطِقُ بِأَلْغَازٍ قَدِيمَةٍ جِدّاً، | ٢ 2 |
I will open my mouth in a psalm; I will utter sayings of ancient times.
| سَمِعْنَاهَا وَعَرَفْنَاهَا وَحَدَّثَنَا بِها آبَاؤُنَا. | ٣ 3 |
What we have heard and learned, And our fathers have told us,
| لَا نَكْتُمُهَا عَنْ أَبْنَائِنَا بَلْ نُخْبِرُ الْجِيلَ الْقَادِمَ عَنْ قُوَّةِ الرَّبِّ وَعَجَائِبِهِ الَّتِي صَنَعَ. | ٤ 4 |
We will not hide from their children; Showing to the generation to come the praises of Jehovah, His might, and the wonders he hath wrought.
| أَعْطَى شَرَائِعَ لِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ وَأَوَامِرَ لِذُرِّيَّةِ يَعْقُوبَ، أَوْصَى فِيهَا آبَاءَنَا أَنْ يُعَرِّفُوا بِها أَبْنَاءَهُمْ. | ٥ 5 |
For he appointed statutes in Jacob, And established a law in Israel, Which he commanded our fathers To make known to their children;
| لِكَيْ يَعْرِفَهَا الْجِيلُ الْقَادِمُ، الْبَنُونَ الَّذِينَ لَمْ يُوْلَدُوا بَعْدُ، فَيُعَلِّمُوهَا أَيْضاً لأَبْنَائِهِمْ، | ٦ 6 |
So that the generation to come might know them; The children, which should be born, and rise up, Who should declare them to their children;
| فَيَضَعُوا عَلَى اللهِ اتِّكَالَهُمْ وَلَا يَنْسَوْا أَعْمَالَهُ، بَلْ يَحْفَظُوا وَصَايَاهُ، | ٧ 7 |
That they might put their trust in God, And not forget his deeds, But keep his commandments;
| وَلَا يَكُونُوا مِثْلَ آبَائِهِمْ، جِيلاً عَنِيداً مُتَمَرِّداً، جِيلاً لَمْ يُثَبِّتْ قَلْبَهُ وَلَا كَانَتْ رُوحُهُ أَمِينَةً لِلهِ. | ٨ 8 |
And might not be, like their forefathers, A stubborn and rebellious generation, —A generation whose heart was not fixed upon God, And whose spirit was not steadfast toward the Almighty.
| رُمَاةُ الْقَوْسِ، بَنُو أَفْرَايِمَ تَقَهْقَرُوا فِي يَوْمِ الْمَعْرَكَةِ. | ٩ 9 |
The children of Ephraim were like armed bowmen, Who turn their backs in the day of battle.
| لأَنَّهُمْ لَمْ يُرَاعُوا عَهْدَ اللهِ، وَرَفَضُوا السُّلُوكَ فِي شَرِيعَتِهِ. | ١٠ 10 |
They kept not the covenant of God, And refused to walk in his law;
| نَسُوا أَفْعَالَهُ وَعَجَائِبَهُ الَّتِي أَظْهَرَهَا لَهُمُ، | ١١ 11 |
And forgot his mighty deeds, And the wonders he had shown them.
| الْعَجَائِبَ الَّتِي رَآهَا آبَاؤُهُمْ فِي سَهْلِ صُوعَنَ فِي أَرْضِ مِصْرَ. | ١٢ 12 |
Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, In the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
| شَقَّ الْبَحْرَ وَأَجَازَهُمْ، وَجَعَلَ الْمِيَاهَ تَقِفُ كَجِدَارٍ. | ١٣ 13 |
He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; Yea, he made the waters to stand as a heap.
| أَرْشَدَهُمْ بِالسَّحَابِ نَهَاراً وَبِنُورِ نَارٍ اللَّيْلَ كُلَّهُ. | ١٤ 14 |
By day he led them by a cloud, And all the night by a light of fire.
| شَقَّ صُخُوراً فِي الْبَرِّيَّةِ وَسَقَاهُمْ مَاءً غَزِيراً كَأَنَّهُ مِنَ اللُّجَجِ. | ١٥ 15 |
He clave the rocks in the wilderness, And gave them drink, as from the great deep.
| أَخْرَجَ مِنَ الصَّخْرَةِ سَوَاقِيَ، أَجْرَى مِيَاهَهَا كَأَنْهَارٍ. | ١٦ 16 |
From the rock he brought flowing streams, And made water to run down like rivers.
| لَكِنَّهُمْ أَوْغَلُوا فِي غَيِّهِمْ مُسْتَثِيرِينَ غَضَبَ الْعَلِيِّ فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ. | ١٧ 17 |
Yet still they sinned against him, And provoked the Most High in the desert.
| وَجَرَّبُوا اللهَ فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ، طَالِبِينَ طَعَاماً اشْتَهَتْهُ نُفُوسُهُمْ | ١٨ 18 |
They tempted God in their hearts, By asking food for their delight.
| وَتَذَمَّرُوا عَلَى اللهِ قَائِلِينَ: أَيَقْدِرُ اللهُ أَنْ يَبْسُطَ لَنَا مَائِدَةً فِي الْبَرِّيَّةِ؟ | ١٩ 19 |
Yea, they spake against God, and said, “Can God spread a table in the wilderness?
| هَا هُوَ قَدْ ضَرَبَ الصَّخْرَةَ فَتَفَجَّرَتْ مِنْهَا الْمِيَاهُ وَفَاضَتِ الأَنْهَارُ، فَهَلْ يَقْدِرُ أَيْضاً أَنْ يُقَدِّمَ الْخُبْزَ أَوْ يُوَفِّرَ اللَّحْمَ لِشَعْبِهِ؟ | ٢٠ 20 |
Behold! he smote the rock, and the water flowed, And streams gushed forth: Is he also able to give bread? Can he provide flesh for his people?”
| فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ اللهُ ذَلِكَ ثَارَ غَضَبُهُ، وَانْدَلَعَتِ النَّارُ فِي يَعْقُوبَ، وَاشْتَدَّ السَّخَطُ عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ، | ٢١ 21 |
When, therefore, the LORD heard this, he was wroth: So a fire was kindled against Jacob, And anger arose against Israel.
| لأَنَّهُمْ لَمْ يُؤْمِنُوا بِاللهِ وَلَمْ يَتَّكِلُوا عَلَى خَلاصِهِ. | ٢٢ 22 |
Because they believed not in God, And trusted not in his aid.
| وَمَعَ ذَلِكَ أَمَرَ السَّحَابَ وَفَتَحَ أَبْوَابَ السَّمَاوَاتِ، | ٢٣ 23 |
Yet he had commanded the clouds above, And had opened the doors of heaven;
| فَأَمْطَرَ عَلَيْهِمِ الْمَنَّ لِيَأْكُلُوا، وَأَنْزَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ حِنْطَةَ السَّمَاوَاتِ. | ٢٤ 24 |
And had rained down upon them manna for food, And had given them the corn of heaven.
| فَأَكَلَ الإِنْسَانُ خُبْزَ الْمَلائِكَةِ، إِذْ أَرْسَلَ لَهُمْ زَاداً حَتَّى شَبِعُوا. | ٢٥ 25 |
Every one ate the food of princes; He sent them bread to the full.
| أَثَارَ رِيحاً شَرْقِيَّةً فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ، وَبِقُوَّتِهِ سَاقَ رِيحاً جَنُوبِيَّةً. | ٢٦ 26 |
Then he caused a strong wind to blow in the heavens, And by his power he brought a south wind;
| فَأَمْطَرَ عَلَيْهِمْ لَحْماً كَثِيراً كَالتُّرَابِ، وَطُيُوراً كَرَمْلِ الْبَحْرِ، | ٢٧ 27 |
He rained down flesh upon them as dust, And feathered fowls as the sand of the sea.
| جَعَلَهَا تَتَسَاقَطُ فِي وَسَطِ خِيَامِهِمْ حَوْلَ مَسَاكِنِهِمْ. | ٢٨ 28 |
He caused them to fall in the midst of their camp, Round about their habitations.
| فَأَكَلُوا حَتَّى شَبِعُوا جِدّاً، وَأَعْطَاهُمْ مُشْتَهَاهُمْ. | ٢٩ 29 |
So they did eat, and were filled; For he gave them their own desire.
| وَقَبْلَ أَنْ يَفْرُغُوا مِنَ الطَّعَامِ الَّذِي اشْتَهَوْهُ، وَهُوَ بَعْدُ فِي أَفْوَاهِهِمْ، | ٣٠ 30 |
Their desire was not yet satisfied, And their meat was yet in their mouths,
| ثَارَ عَلَيْهِمْ غَضَبُ اللهِ، فَقَتَلَ أَسْمَنَهُمْ وَصَرَعَ نُخْبَتَهُمْ. | ٣١ 31 |
When the wrath of God came upon them, And slew their strong men, And smote down the chosen men of Israel.
| وَمَعَ هَذَا ظَلُّوا يُخْطِئُونَ، وَبِالرَّغْمِ مِن عَجَائِبِهِ لَمْ يُؤْمِنُوا، | ٣٢ 32 |
For all this they sinned still, And put no trust in his wondrous works.
| فَأَفْنَى أَيَّامَهُمْ بِالْبَاطِلِ وَسِنِيهِمْ فِي الرُّعْبِ. | ٣٣ 33 |
Therefore he consumed their days in vanity, And their years in sudden destruction.
| وَعِنْدَمَا قَتَلَ بَعْضَهُمْ، رَجَعُوا بِحَرَارَةٍ تَائِبِينَ يَلْتَمِسُونَ اللهَ. | ٣٤ 34 |
When he slew them, they sought him; They returned, and sought earnestly for God;
| تَذَكَّرُوا أَنَّ اللهَ صَخْرَتُهُمْ وَالإِلَهَ الْعَلِيَّ فَادِيهِمْ. | ٣٥ 35 |
And remembered that God was their rock, And the Most High their redeemer.
| وَلَكِنَّهُمْ خَادَعُوهُ بِأَفْوَاهِهِمْ، وَنَافَقُوهُ بِأَلْسِنَتِهِمْ. | ٣٦ 36 |
But they only flattered him with their mouths, And spake falsely to him with their tongues.
| لَمْ يَكُونُوا مُخْلِصِينَ لَهُ، وَلَا كَانُوا أَوْفِيَاءَ لِعَهْدِهِ. | ٣٧ 37 |
For their hearts were not true to him, Nor were they steadfast in his covenant.
| لَكِنَّهُ كَانَ رَحِيماً، فَعَفَا عَنِ الإِثْمِ وَلَمْ يُهْلِكْهُمْ. وَكَثِيراً مَا كَبَحَ غَضَبَهُ عَنْهُمْ وَلَمْ يُضْرِمْ كُلَّ سَخَطِهِ. | ٣٨ 38 |
Yet, being full of compassion, he forgave their iniquity, And would not utterly destroy them; Often he restrained his indignation, And stirred not up all his anger.
| ذَكَرَ أَنَّهُمْ بَشَرٌ كَالرِّيحِ الَّتِي تَذْهَبُ وَلَا تَعُودُ. | ٣٩ 39 |
He remembered that they were but flesh, —A breath, that passeth and cometh not back.
| كَمْ تَمَرَّدُوا عَلَيْهِ فِي الْبَرِّيَّةِ وَأَحْزَنُوهُ فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ. | ٤٠ 40 |
How often did they provoke him in the wilderness! How often did they anger him in the desert!
| ثُمَّ عَادُوا يُجَرِّبُونَ اللهَ وَيُغِيظُونَ قُدُّوسَ إِسْرَائِيلَ. | ٤١ 41 |
Again and again they tempted God, And offended the Holy One of Israel.
| لَمْ يَذْكُرُوا قُوَّتَهُ يَوْمَ أَنْقَذَهُمْ مِنْ طَالِبِيهِمْ، | ٤٢ 42 |
They remembered not his hand, Nor the day when he delivered them from the enemy;
| كَيْفَ أَجْرَى آيَاتِهِ فِي مِصْرَ وَعَجَائِبَهُ فِي سُهُولِ صُوعَنَ. | ٤٣ 43 |
What signs he had wrought in Egypt, And what wonders in the fields of Zoan.
| إِذْ حَوَّلَ أَنْهَارَهُمْ وَسَوَاقِيَهُمْ دَماً حَتَّى لَا يَشْرَبُوا. | ٤٤ 44 |
He turned their rivers into blood, So that they could not drink of their streams.
| أَرْسَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ بَعُوضاً فَأَكَلَهُمْ، وَضَفَادِعَ فَأَهْلَكَتْهُمْ. | ٤٥ 45 |
He sent amongst them flies, which devoured them, And frogs, which destroyed them.
| أَسْلَمَ غَلَّتَهُمْ لِلْجَنَادِبِ وَمَحَاصِيلَهُمْ لِلْجَرَادِ لِيُدَمِّرَهَا. | ٤٦ 46 |
He gave also their fruits to the caterpillar, And their labor to the locust.
| أَتْلَفَ كُرُومَهُمْ بِالْبَرَدِ وَجُمَّيْزَهُمْ بِالصَّقِيعِ، | ٤٧ 47 |
He destroyed their vines with hail, And their sycamore-trees with frost.
| وَدَفَعَ بَهَائِمَهُمْ إِلَى الْبَرَدِ، وَمَوَاشِيَهُمْ إِلَى نَارِ الْبُرُوقِ. | ٤٨ 48 |
He also gave up their cattle to hail, And their flocks to hot thunderbolts.
| أَرْسَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ حِمَمَ غَضَبِهِ، وَسَخَطِهِ وَغَيْظِهِ، وَأَطْلَقَ عَلَيْهِمْ حَمْلَةً مِنْ مَلائِكَةِ الْهَلاكِ. | ٤٩ 49 |
He sent against them the fierceness of his anger, Wrath, indignation, and woe, —A host of angels of evil.
| أَفْلَتَ عِنَانَ غَضَبِهِ، وَلَمْ يَحْفَظْهُمْ مِنَ الْمَوْتِ، بَلْ أَهْلَكَهُمْ بِالْوَبَإِ، | ٥٠ 50 |
He made a way for his anger, He spared them not from death, But gave up their lives to the pestilence.
| وَأَبَادَ كُلَّ أَبْكَارِ مِصْرَ، طَلائِعَ ثِمَارِ الرُّجُولَةِ فِي خِيَامِ حَامٍ. | ٥١ 51 |
He smote all the firstborn in Egypt; The first-fruits of their strength in the tents of Ham.
| ثُمَّ سَاقَ شَعْبَهُ كَالْغَنَمِ وَاقْتَادَهُمْ مِثْلَ الْقَطِيعِ فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ. | ٥٢ 52 |
But he led forth his own people like sheep, And guided them like a flock in the wilderness.
| هَدَاهُمْ آمِنِينَ فَلَمْ يَفْزَعُوا. أَمَّا أَعْدَاؤُهُمْ فَطَغَى الْبَحْرُ عَلَيْهِمْ وَغَمَرَهُمْ. | ٥٣ 53 |
He led them on safely, so that they feared not, While the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
| وَأَدْخَلَهُمْ إِلَى تُخُومِ أَرْضِهِ الْمُقَدَّسَةِ، إِلَى الْجَبَلِ الَّذِي امْتَلَكَتْهُ يَمِينُهُ. | ٥٤ 54 |
He brought them to his own sacred border, Even to this mountain which his right hand had gained.
| ثُمَّ طَرَدَ الأُمَمَ مِنْ أَمَامِهِمْ وَقَسَمَ أَرْضَهُمْ بِالْحَبْلِ لِيَجْعَلَهَا مِيرَاثاً لِشَعْبِهِ، وَأَسْكَنَ فِي خِيَامِهِمْ أَسْبَاطَ إِسْرَائِيلَ. | ٥٥ 55 |
He cast out the nations before them, And divided their land by a measuring-line, as an inheritance, And caused the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.
| غَيْرَ أَنَّهُمْ جَرَّبُوا اللهَ الْعَلِيَّ وَتَمَرَّدُوا عَلَيْهِ، وَلَمْ يُرَاعُوا شَهَادَاتِهِ. | ٥٦ 56 |
Yet they tempted and provoked God, the Most High, And kept not his statutes;
| بَلِ ارْتَدُّوا عَنْهُ وَغَدَرُوا كَمَا فَعَلَ آبَاؤُهُمْ، وَانْحَرَفُوا كَقَوْسٍ مُخْطِئَةٍ. | ٥٧ 57 |
Like their fathers they were faithless, and turned back; They turned aside, like a deceitful bow.
| وَأَغَاظُوهُ بِمَعَابِدِ مُرْتَفَعَاتِهِمْ وَأَثَارُوا غَيْرَتَهُ بِأَصْنَامِهِمْ. | ٥٨ 58 |
They provoked his anger by their high places, And stirred up his jealousy by their graven images.
| سَمِعَ اللهُ فَغَضِبَ، وَعَافَتْ نَفْسُهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ جِدّاً. | ٥٩ 59 |
God saw this, and was wroth, And greatly abhorred Israel;
| هَجَرَ مَسْكَنَهُ فِي شِيلُوهَ، تِلْكَ الْخَيْمَةَ الَّتِي نَصَبَهَا مَسْكَناً لَهُ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ. | ٦٠ 60 |
So that he forsook the habitation at Shiloh, The tabernacle where he dwelt among men,
| وَأَسْلَمَ تَابُوتَ عَهْدِ عِزَّتِهِ إِلَى السَّبْيِ وَجَلالَهُ إِلَى يَدِ الْعَدُوِّ. | ٦١ 61 |
And delivered his strength into captivity, And his glory into the hand of the enemy.
| وَدَفَعَ شَعْبَهُ إِلَى السَّيْفِ وَصَبَّ نِقْمَتَهُ عَلَى مِيْرَاثِهِ. | ٦٢ 62 |
His own people he gave up to the sword, And was wroth with his own inheritance.
| فَالْتَهَمَتِ النَّارُ فِتْيَانَهُمْ، وَلَمْ تُنْشَدْ لِعَذَارَاهُمْ أُغْنِيَةُ زَوَاجٍ. | ٦٣ 63 |
Fire consumed their young men, And their maidens did not bewail them.
| سَقَطَ كَهَنَتُهُمْ صَرْعَى السَّيْفِ، وَأَرَامِلُهُمْ لَمْ يَنْدُبْنَ عَلَيْهِمْ. | ٦٤ 64 |
Their priests fell by the sword, And their widows made no lamentation.
| ثُمَّ اسْتَيْقَظَ الرَّبُّ كَمَا يَسْتَيْقِظُ النَّائِمُ، مِثْلَ جَبَّارٍ يَصْرُخُ عَالِياً مِنَ الْخَمْرِ. | ٦٥ 65 |
But at length the Lord awaked as from sleep, As a hero who had been overpowered by wine;
| فَضَرَبَ أَعْدَاءَهُ وَقَهَرَهُمْ، وَجَعَلَهُمْ عَاراً مَدَى الدَّهْرِ. | ٦٦ 66 |
He smote his enemies, and drove them back, And covered them with everlasting disgrace.
| رَفَضَ السُّكْنَى فِي خَيْمَةِ يُوسُفَ وَلَمْ يَخْتَرْ سِبْطَ أَفْرَايِمَ. | ٦٧ 67 |
Yet he rejected the tents of Joseph, And chose not the tribe of Ephraim;
| بَلِ اصْطَفَى سِبْطَ يَهُوذَا، جَبَلَ صِهْيَوْنَ الَّذِي أَحَبَّهُ. | ٦٨ 68 |
But chose the tribe of Judah, The Mount Zion which he loved;
| فَشَيَّدَ هَيْكَلَهُ، (كَمَسْكِنِهِ) فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ العُلَى. جَعَلَهُ (ثَابِتاً) مِثْلَ الأَرْضِ الَّتِي أَسَّسَهَا إِلَى الأَبَدِ. | ٦٩ 69 |
Where he built, like the heavens, his sanctuary; Like the earth, which he hath established for ever.
| وَاصْطَفَى دَاوُدَ عَبْدَهُ، وَأَخَذَهُ مِنْ بَيْنِ حَظَائِرِ الْغَنَمِ. | ٧٠ 70 |
And he chose David, his servant, And took him from the sheepfolds;
| مِنْ خَلْفِ النِّعَاجِ الْمُرْضِعَةِ أَتَى بِهِ، لِيَرْعَى يَعْقُوبَ شَعْبَهُ وَإِسْرَائِيلَ مِيرَاثَهُ. | ٧١ 71 |
From tending the suckling ewes he brought him To feed Jacob his people, And Israel his inheritance.
| فَرَعَاهُمْ بِقَلْبٍ مُسْتَقِيمٍ، وَهَدَاهُمْ بِيَدَيْهِ الْمَاهِرَتَيْنِ. | ٧٢ 72 |
He fed them with an upright heart, And guided them with skilful hands.
