< المَزامِير 78 >

مَزْمُورٌ تَعْلِيمِيٌّ لآسَافَ أَصْغِ يَا شَعْبِي إِلَى شَرِيعَتِي، أَرْهِفُوا آذَانَكُمْ إِلَى أَقْوَالِ فَمِي. ١ 1
An Instruction of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my law, Incline your ear to sayings of my mouth.
أَفْتَحُ فَمِي بِمَثَلٍ وَأَنْطِقُ بِأَلْغَازٍ قَدِيمَةٍ جِدّاً، ٢ 2
I open with a simile my mouth, I bring forth hidden things of old,
سَمِعْنَاهَا وَعَرَفْنَاهَا وَحَدَّثَنَا بِها آبَاؤُنَا. ٣ 3
That we have heard and do know, And our fathers have recounted to us.
لَا نَكْتُمُهَا عَنْ أَبْنَائِنَا بَلْ نُخْبِرُ الْجِيلَ الْقَادِمَ عَنْ قُوَّةِ الرَّبِّ وَعَجَائِبِهِ الَّتِي صَنَعَ. ٤ 4
We do not hide from their sons, To a later generation recounting praises of Jehovah, And His strength, and His wonders that He hath done.
أَعْطَى شَرَائِعَ لِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ وَأَوَامِرَ لِذُرِّيَّةِ يَعْقُوبَ، أَوْصَى فِيهَا آبَاءَنَا أَنْ يُعَرِّفُوا بِها أَبْنَاءَهُمْ. ٥ 5
And He raiseth up a testimony in Jacob, And a law hath placed in Israel, That He commanded our fathers, To make them known to their sons.
لِكَيْ يَعْرِفَهَا الْجِيلُ الْقَادِمُ، الْبَنُونَ الَّذِينَ لَمْ يُوْلَدُوا بَعْدُ، فَيُعَلِّمُوهَا أَيْضاً لأَبْنَائِهِمْ، ٦ 6
So that a later generation doth know, Sons who are born, do rise and recount to their sons,
فَيَضَعُوا عَلَى اللهِ اتِّكَالَهُمْ وَلَا يَنْسَوْا أَعْمَالَهُ، بَلْ يَحْفَظُوا وَصَايَاهُ، ٧ 7
And place in God their confidence, And forget not the doings of God, But keep His commands.
وَلَا يَكُونُوا مِثْلَ آبَائِهِمْ، جِيلاً عَنِيداً مُتَمَرِّداً، جِيلاً لَمْ يُثَبِّتْ قَلْبَهُ وَلَا كَانَتْ رُوحُهُ أَمِينَةً لِلهِ. ٨ 8
And they are not like their fathers, A generation apostate and rebellious, A generation! it hath not prepared its heart, Nor stedfast with God [is] its spirit.
رُمَاةُ الْقَوْسِ، بَنُو أَفْرَايِمَ تَقَهْقَرُوا فِي يَوْمِ الْمَعْرَكَةِ. ٩ 9
Sons of Ephraim — armed bearers of bow, Have turned in a day of conflict.
لأَنَّهُمْ لَمْ يُرَاعُوا عَهْدَ اللهِ، وَرَفَضُوا السُّلُوكَ فِي شَرِيعَتِهِ. ١٠ 10
They have not kept the covenant of God, And in His law they have refused to walk,
نَسُوا أَفْعَالَهُ وَعَجَائِبَهُ الَّتِي أَظْهَرَهَا لَهُمُ، ١١ 11
And they forget His doings, And His wonders that He shewed them.
الْعَجَائِبَ الَّتِي رَآهَا آبَاؤُهُمْ فِي سَهْلِ صُوعَنَ فِي أَرْضِ مِصْرَ. ١٢ 12
Before their fathers He hath done wonders, In the land of Egypt — the field of Zoan.
شَقَّ الْبَحْرَ وَأَجَازَهُمْ، وَجَعَلَ الْمِيَاهَ تَقِفُ كَجِدَارٍ. ١٣ 13
He cleft a sea, and causeth them to pass over, Yea, He causeth waters to stand as a heap.
أَرْشَدَهُمْ بِالسَّحَابِ نَهَاراً وَبِنُورِ نَارٍ اللَّيْلَ كُلَّهُ. ١٤ 14
And leadeth them with a cloud by day, And all the night with a light of fire.
شَقَّ صُخُوراً فِي الْبَرِّيَّةِ وَسَقَاهُمْ مَاءً غَزِيراً كَأَنَّهُ مِنَ اللُّجَجِ. ١٥ 15
He cleaveth rocks in a wilderness, And giveth drink — as the great deep.
أَخْرَجَ مِنَ الصَّخْرَةِ سَوَاقِيَ، أَجْرَى مِيَاهَهَا كَأَنْهَارٍ. ١٦ 16
And bringeth out streams from a rock, And causeth waters to come down as rivers.
لَكِنَّهُمْ أَوْغَلُوا فِي غَيِّهِمْ مُسْتَثِيرِينَ غَضَبَ الْعَلِيِّ فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ. ١٧ 17
And they add still to sin against Him, To provoke the Most High in the dry place.
وَجَرَّبُوا اللهَ فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ، طَالِبِينَ طَعَاماً اشْتَهَتْهُ نُفُوسُهُمْ ١٨ 18
And they try God in their heart, To ask food for their lust.
وَتَذَمَّرُوا عَلَى اللهِ قَائِلِينَ: أَيَقْدِرُ اللهُ أَنْ يَبْسُطَ لَنَا مَائِدَةً فِي الْبَرِّيَّةِ؟ ١٩ 19
And they speak against God — they said: 'Is God able to array a table in a wilderness?'
هَا هُوَ قَدْ ضَرَبَ الصَّخْرَةَ فَتَفَجَّرَتْ مِنْهَا الْمِيَاهُ وَفَاضَتِ الأَنْهَارُ، فَهَلْ يَقْدِرُ أَيْضاً أَنْ يُقَدِّمَ الْخُبْزَ أَوْ يُوَفِّرَ اللَّحْمَ لِشَعْبِهِ؟ ٢٠ 20
Lo, He hath smitten a rock, And waters flow, yea, streams overflow. 'Also — bread [is] He able to give? Doth He prepare flesh for His people?'
فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ اللهُ ذَلِكَ ثَارَ غَضَبُهُ، وَانْدَلَعَتِ النَّارُ فِي يَعْقُوبَ، وَاشْتَدَّ السَّخَطُ عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ، ٢١ 21
Therefore hath Jehovah heard, And He sheweth Himself wroth, And fire hath been kindled against Jacob, And anger also hath gone up against Israel,
لأَنَّهُمْ لَمْ يُؤْمِنُوا بِاللهِ وَلَمْ يَتَّكِلُوا عَلَى خَلاصِهِ. ٢٢ 22
For they have not believed in God, Nor have they trusted in His salvation.
وَمَعَ ذَلِكَ أَمَرَ السَّحَابَ وَفَتَحَ أَبْوَابَ السَّمَاوَاتِ، ٢٣ 23
And He commandeth clouds from above, Yea, doors of the heavens He hath opened.
فَأَمْطَرَ عَلَيْهِمِ الْمَنَّ لِيَأْكُلُوا، وَأَنْزَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ حِنْطَةَ السَّمَاوَاتِ. ٢٤ 24
And He raineth on them manna to eat, Yea, corn of heaven He hath given to them.
فَأَكَلَ الإِنْسَانُ خُبْزَ الْمَلائِكَةِ، إِذْ أَرْسَلَ لَهُمْ زَاداً حَتَّى شَبِعُوا. ٢٥ 25
Food of the mighty hath each eaten, Venison He sent to them to satiety.
أَثَارَ رِيحاً شَرْقِيَّةً فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ، وَبِقُوَّتِهِ سَاقَ رِيحاً جَنُوبِيَّةً. ٢٦ 26
He causeth an east wind to journey in the heavens, And leadeth by His strength a south wind,
فَأَمْطَرَ عَلَيْهِمْ لَحْماً كَثِيراً كَالتُّرَابِ، وَطُيُوراً كَرَمْلِ الْبَحْرِ، ٢٧ 27
And He raineth on them flesh as dust, And as sand of the seas — winged fowl,
جَعَلَهَا تَتَسَاقَطُ فِي وَسَطِ خِيَامِهِمْ حَوْلَ مَسَاكِنِهِمْ. ٢٨ 28
And causeth [it] to fall in the midst of His camp, Round about His tabernacles.
فَأَكَلُوا حَتَّى شَبِعُوا جِدّاً، وَأَعْطَاهُمْ مُشْتَهَاهُمْ. ٢٩ 29
And they eat, and are greatly satisfied, And their desire He bringeth to them.
وَقَبْلَ أَنْ يَفْرُغُوا مِنَ الطَّعَامِ الَّذِي اشْتَهَوْهُ، وَهُوَ بَعْدُ فِي أَفْوَاهِهِمْ، ٣٠ 30
They have not been estranged from their desire, Yet [is] their food in their mouth,
ثَارَ عَلَيْهِمْ غَضَبُ اللهِ، فَقَتَلَ أَسْمَنَهُمْ وَصَرَعَ نُخْبَتَهُمْ. ٣١ 31
And the anger of God hath gone up against them, And He slayeth among their fat ones, And youths of Israel He caused to bend.
وَمَعَ هَذَا ظَلُّوا يُخْطِئُونَ، وَبِالرَّغْمِ مِن عَجَائِبِهِ لَمْ يُؤْمِنُوا، ٣٢ 32
With all this they have sinned again, And have not believed in His wonders.
فَأَفْنَى أَيَّامَهُمْ بِالْبَاطِلِ وَسِنِيهِمْ فِي الرُّعْبِ. ٣٣ 33
And He consumeth in vanity their days, And their years in trouble.
وَعِنْدَمَا قَتَلَ بَعْضَهُمْ، رَجَعُوا بِحَرَارَةٍ تَائِبِينَ يَلْتَمِسُونَ اللهَ. ٣٤ 34
If He slew them, then they sought Him, And turned back, and sought God earnestly,
تَذَكَّرُوا أَنَّ اللهَ صَخْرَتُهُمْ وَالإِلَهَ الْعَلِيَّ فَادِيهِمْ. ٣٥ 35
And they remember that God [is] their rock, And God Most High their redeemer.
وَلَكِنَّهُمْ خَادَعُوهُ بِأَفْوَاهِهِمْ، وَنَافَقُوهُ بِأَلْسِنَتِهِمْ. ٣٦ 36
And — they deceive Him with their mouth, And with their tongue do lie to Him,
لَمْ يَكُونُوا مُخْلِصِينَ لَهُ، وَلَا كَانُوا أَوْفِيَاءَ لِعَهْدِهِ. ٣٧ 37
And their heart hath not been right with Him, And they have not been stedfast in His covenant.
لَكِنَّهُ كَانَ رَحِيماً، فَعَفَا عَنِ الإِثْمِ وَلَمْ يُهْلِكْهُمْ. وَكَثِيراً مَا كَبَحَ غَضَبَهُ عَنْهُمْ وَلَمْ يُضْرِمْ كُلَّ سَخَطِهِ. ٣٨ 38
And He — the Merciful One, Pardoneth iniquity, and destroyeth not, And hath often turned back His anger, And waketh not up all His fury.
ذَكَرَ أَنَّهُمْ بَشَرٌ كَالرِّيحِ الَّتِي تَذْهَبُ وَلَا تَعُودُ. ٣٩ 39
And He remembereth that they [are] flesh, A wind going on — and it returneth not.
كَمْ تَمَرَّدُوا عَلَيْهِ فِي الْبَرِّيَّةِ وَأَحْزَنُوهُ فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ. ٤٠ 40
How often do they provoke Him in the wilderness, Grieve Him in the desolate place?
ثُمَّ عَادُوا يُجَرِّبُونَ اللهَ وَيُغِيظُونَ قُدُّوسَ إِسْرَائِيلَ. ٤١ 41
Yea, they turn back, and try God, And the Holy One of Israel have limited.
لَمْ يَذْكُرُوا قُوَّتَهُ يَوْمَ أَنْقَذَهُمْ مِنْ طَالِبِيهِمْ، ٤٢ 42
They have not remembered His hand The day He ransomed them from the adversary.
كَيْفَ أَجْرَى آيَاتِهِ فِي مِصْرَ وَعَجَائِبَهُ فِي سُهُولِ صُوعَنَ. ٤٣ 43
When He set His signs in Egypt, And His wonders in the field of Zoan,
إِذْ حَوَّلَ أَنْهَارَهُمْ وَسَوَاقِيَهُمْ دَماً حَتَّى لَا يَشْرَبُوا. ٤٤ 44
And He turneth to blood their streams, And their floods they drink not.
أَرْسَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ بَعُوضاً فَأَكَلَهُمْ، وَضَفَادِعَ فَأَهْلَكَتْهُمْ. ٤٥ 45
He sendeth among them the beetle, and it consumeth them, And the frog, and it destroyeth them,
أَسْلَمَ غَلَّتَهُمْ لِلْجَنَادِبِ وَمَحَاصِيلَهُمْ لِلْجَرَادِ لِيُدَمِّرَهَا. ٤٦ 46
And giveth to the caterpillar their increase, And their labour to the locust.
أَتْلَفَ كُرُومَهُمْ بِالْبَرَدِ وَجُمَّيْزَهُمْ بِالصَّقِيعِ، ٤٧ 47
He destroyeth with hail their vine, And their sycamores with frost,
وَدَفَعَ بَهَائِمَهُمْ إِلَى الْبَرَدِ، وَمَوَاشِيَهُمْ إِلَى نَارِ الْبُرُوقِ. ٤٨ 48
And delivereth up to the hail their beasts, And their cattle to the burning flames.
أَرْسَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ حِمَمَ غَضَبِهِ، وَسَخَطِهِ وَغَيْظِهِ، وَأَطْلَقَ عَلَيْهِمْ حَمْلَةً مِنْ مَلائِكَةِ الْهَلاكِ. ٤٩ 49
He sendeth on them the fury of His anger, Wrath, and indignation, and distress — A discharge of evil messengers.
أَفْلَتَ عِنَانَ غَضَبِهِ، وَلَمْ يَحْفَظْهُمْ مِنَ الْمَوْتِ، بَلْ أَهْلَكَهُمْ بِالْوَبَإِ، ٥٠ 50
He pondereth a path for His anger, He kept not back their soul from death, Yea, their life to the pestilence He delivered up.
وَأَبَادَ كُلَّ أَبْكَارِ مِصْرَ، طَلائِعَ ثِمَارِ الرُّجُولَةِ فِي خِيَامِ حَامٍ. ٥١ 51
And He smiteth every first-born in Egypt, The first-fruit of the strong in tents of Ham.
ثُمَّ سَاقَ شَعْبَهُ كَالْغَنَمِ وَاقْتَادَهُمْ مِثْلَ الْقَطِيعِ فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ. ٥٢ 52
And causeth His people to journey as a flock, And guideth them as a drove in a wilderness,
هَدَاهُمْ آمِنِينَ فَلَمْ يَفْزَعُوا. أَمَّا أَعْدَاؤُهُمْ فَطَغَى الْبَحْرُ عَلَيْهِمْ وَغَمَرَهُمْ. ٥٣ 53
And He leadeth them confidently, And they have not been afraid, And their enemies hath the sea covered.
وَأَدْخَلَهُمْ إِلَى تُخُومِ أَرْضِهِ الْمُقَدَّسَةِ، إِلَى الْجَبَلِ الَّذِي امْتَلَكَتْهُ يَمِينُهُ. ٥٤ 54
And He bringeth them in unto the border of His sanctuary, This mountain His right hand had got,
ثُمَّ طَرَدَ الأُمَمَ مِنْ أَمَامِهِمْ وَقَسَمَ أَرْضَهُمْ بِالْحَبْلِ لِيَجْعَلَهَا مِيرَاثاً لِشَعْبِهِ، وَأَسْكَنَ فِي خِيَامِهِمْ أَسْبَاطَ إِسْرَائِيلَ. ٥٥ 55
And casteth out nations from before them, And causeth them to fall in the line of inheritance, And causeth the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents,
غَيْرَ أَنَّهُمْ جَرَّبُوا اللهَ الْعَلِيَّ وَتَمَرَّدُوا عَلَيْهِ، وَلَمْ يُرَاعُوا شَهَادَاتِهِ. ٥٦ 56
And they tempt and provoke God Most High, And His testimonies have not kept.
بَلِ ارْتَدُّوا عَنْهُ وَغَدَرُوا كَمَا فَعَلَ آبَاؤُهُمْ، وَانْحَرَفُوا كَقَوْسٍ مُخْطِئَةٍ. ٥٧ 57
And they turn back, And deal treacherously like their fathers, They have been turned like a deceitful bow,
وَأَغَاظُوهُ بِمَعَابِدِ مُرْتَفَعَاتِهِمْ وَأَثَارُوا غَيْرَتَهُ بِأَصْنَامِهِمْ. ٥٨ 58
And make Him angry with their high places, And with their graven images make Him zealous,
سَمِعَ اللهُ فَغَضِبَ، وَعَافَتْ نَفْسُهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ جِدّاً. ٥٩ 59
God hath heard, and sheweth Himself wroth. And kicketh exceedingly against Israel.
هَجَرَ مَسْكَنَهُ فِي شِيلُوهَ، تِلْكَ الْخَيْمَةَ الَّتِي نَصَبَهَا مَسْكَناً لَهُ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ. ٦٠ 60
And He leaveth the tabernacle of Shiloh, The tent He had placed among men,
وَأَسْلَمَ تَابُوتَ عَهْدِ عِزَّتِهِ إِلَى السَّبْيِ وَجَلالَهُ إِلَى يَدِ الْعَدُوِّ. ٦١ 61
And He giveth His strength to captivity, And His beauty into the hand of an adversary,
وَدَفَعَ شَعْبَهُ إِلَى السَّيْفِ وَصَبَّ نِقْمَتَهُ عَلَى مِيْرَاثِهِ. ٦٢ 62
And delivereth up to the sword His people, And with His inheritance shewed Himself angry.
فَالْتَهَمَتِ النَّارُ فِتْيَانَهُمْ، وَلَمْ تُنْشَدْ لِعَذَارَاهُمْ أُغْنِيَةُ زَوَاجٍ. ٦٣ 63
His young men hath fire consumed, And His virgins have not been praised.
سَقَطَ كَهَنَتُهُمْ صَرْعَى السَّيْفِ، وَأَرَامِلُهُمْ لَمْ يَنْدُبْنَ عَلَيْهِمْ. ٦٤ 64
His priests by the sword have fallen, And their widows weep not.
ثُمَّ اسْتَيْقَظَ الرَّبُّ كَمَا يَسْتَيْقِظُ النَّائِمُ، مِثْلَ جَبَّارٍ يَصْرُخُ عَالِياً مِنَ الْخَمْرِ. ٦٥ 65
And the Lord waketh as a sleeper, As a mighty one crying aloud from wine.
فَضَرَبَ أَعْدَاءَهُ وَقَهَرَهُمْ، وَجَعَلَهُمْ عَاراً مَدَى الدَّهْرِ. ٦٦ 66
And He smiteth His adversaries backward, A reproach age-during He hath put on them,
رَفَضَ السُّكْنَى فِي خَيْمَةِ يُوسُفَ وَلَمْ يَخْتَرْ سِبْطَ أَفْرَايِمَ. ٦٧ 67
And He kicketh against the tent of Joseph, And on the tribe of Ephraim hath not fixed.
بَلِ اصْطَفَى سِبْطَ يَهُوذَا، جَبَلَ صِهْيَوْنَ الَّذِي أَحَبَّهُ. ٦٨ 68
And He chooseth the tribe of Judah, With mount Zion that He loved,
فَشَيَّدَ هَيْكَلَهُ، (كَمَسْكِنِهِ) فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ العُلَى. جَعَلَهُ (ثَابِتاً) مِثْلَ الأَرْضِ الَّتِي أَسَّسَهَا إِلَى الأَبَدِ. ٦٩ 69
And buildeth His sanctuary as a high place, Like the earth, He founded it to the age.
وَاصْطَفَى دَاوُدَ عَبْدَهُ، وَأَخَذَهُ مِنْ بَيْنِ حَظَائِرِ الْغَنَمِ. ٧٠ 70
And He fixeth on David His servant, And taketh him from the folds of a flock,
مِنْ خَلْفِ النِّعَاجِ الْمُرْضِعَةِ أَتَى بِهِ، لِيَرْعَى يَعْقُوبَ شَعْبَهُ وَإِسْرَائِيلَ مِيرَاثَهُ. ٧١ 71
From behind suckling ones He hath brought him in, To rule over Jacob His people, And over Israel His inheritance.
فَرَعَاهُمْ بِقَلْبٍ مُسْتَقِيمٍ، وَهَدَاهُمْ بِيَدَيْهِ الْمَاهِرَتَيْنِ. ٧٢ 72
And he ruleth them according to the integrity of his heart, And by the skilfulness of his hands leadeth them!

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