Ezra 9
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.
| وَلَمَّا كَمَلَتْ هَذِهِ تَقَدَّمَ إِلَيَّ ٱلرُّؤَسَاءُ قَائِلِينَ: «لَمْ يَنْفَصِلْ شَعْبُ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَٱلْكَهَنَةُ وَٱللَّاوِيُّونَ مِنْ شُعُوبِ ٱلْأَرَاضِي حَسَبَ رَجَاسَاتِهِمْ، مِنَ ٱلْكَنْعَانِيِّينَ وَٱلْحِثِّيِّينَ وَٱلْفِرِزِّيِّينَ وَٱلْيَبُوسِيِّينَ وَٱلْعَمُّونِيِّينَ وَٱلْمُوآبِيِّينَ وَٱلْمِصْرِيِّينَ وَٱلْأَمُورِيِّينَ. | ١ |
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."
| لِأَنَّهُمُ ٱتَّخَذُوا مِنْ بَنَاتِهِمْ لِأَنْفُسِهِمْ وَلِبَنِيهِمْ، وَٱخْتَلَطَ ٱلزَّرْعُ ٱلْمُقَدَّسُ بِشُعُوبِ ٱلْأَرَاضِي. وَكَانَتْ يَدُ ٱلرُّؤَسَاءِ وَٱلْوُلَاةِ فِي هَذِهِ ٱلْخِيَانَةِ أَوَّلًا». | ٢ |
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.
| فَلَمَّا سَمِعْتُ بِهَذَا ٱلْأَمْرِ مَزَّقْتُ ثِيَابِي وَرِدَائِي وَنَتَّفْتُ شَعْرَ رَأْسِي وَذَقْنِي وَجَلَسْتُ مُتَحَيِّرًا. | ٣ |
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.
| فَٱجْتَمَعَ إِلَيَّ كُلُّ مَنِ ٱرْتَعَدَ مِنْ كَلَامِ إِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ أَجْلِ خِيَانَةِ ٱلْمَسْبِيِّينَ، وَأَنَا جَلَسْتُ مُتَحَيِّرًا إِلَى تَقْدِمَةِ ٱلْمَسَاءِ. | ٤ |
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;
| وَعِنْدَ تَقْدِمَةِ ٱلْمَسَاءِ قُمْتُ مِنْ تَذَلُّلِي، وَفِي ثِيَابِي وَرِدَائِي ٱلْمُمَزَّقَةِ جَثَوْتُ عَلَى رُكْبَتَيَّ وَبَسَطْتُ يَدَيَّ إِلَى ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِي، | ٥ |
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.
| وَقُلْتُ: «ٱللَّهُمَّ، إِنِّي أَخْجَلُ وَأَخْزَى مِنْ أَنْ أَرْفَعَ يَا إِلَهِي وَجْهِي نَحْوَكَ، لِأَنَّ ذُنُوبَنَا قَدْ كَثُرَتْ فَوْقَ رُؤُوسِنَا، وَآثَامَنَا تَعَاظَمَتْ إِلَى ٱلسَّمَاءِ. | ٦ |
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.
| مُنْذُ أَيَّامِ آبَائِنَا نَحْنُ فِي إِثْمٍ عَظِيمٍ إِلَى هَذَا ٱلْيَوْمِ. وَلِأَجْلِ ذُنُوبِنَا قَدْ دُفِعْنَا نَحْنُ وَمُلُوكُنَا وَكَهَنَتُنَا لِيَدِ مُلُوكِ ٱلْأَرَاضِي لِلسَّيْفِ وَٱلسَّبْيِ وَٱلنَّهْبِ وَخِزْيِ ٱلْوُجُوهِ كَهَذَا ٱلْيَوْمِ. | ٧ |
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.
| وَٱلْآنَ كَلُحَيْظَةٍ كَانَتْ رَأْفَةٌ مِنْ لَدُنِ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِنَا لِيُبْقِيَ لَنَا نَجَاةً وَيُعْطِيَنَا وَتَدًا فِي مَكَانِ قُدْسِهِ، لِيُنِيرَ إِلَهُنَا أَعْيُنَنَا وَيُعْطِيَنَا حَيَاةً قَلِيلَةً فِي عُبُودِيَّتِنَا. | ٨ |
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.
| لِأَنَّنَا عَبِيدٌ نَحْنُ، وَفِي عُبُودِيَّتِنَا لَمْ يَتْرُكْنَا إِلَهُنَا بَلْ بَسَطَ عَلَيْنَا رَحْمَةً أَمَامَ مُلُوكِ فَارِسَ، لِيُعْطِيَنَا حَيَاةً لِنَرْفَعَ بَيْتَ إِلَهِنَا وَنُقِيمَ خَرَائِبَهُ، وَلْيُعْطِيَنَا حَائِطًا فِي يَهُوذَا وَفِي أُورُشَلِيمَ. | ٩ |
10 "Now, our God, what shall we say after this? For we have forsaken your commandments,
| وَٱلْآنَ، فَمَاذَا نَقُولُ يَا إِلَهَنَا بَعْدَ هَذَا؟ لِأَنَّنَا قَدْ تَرَكْنَا وَصَايَاكَ | ١٠ |
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.
| ٱلَّتِي أَوْصَيْتَ بِهَا عَنْ يَدِ عَبِيدِكَ ٱلْأَنْبِيَاءِ قَائِلًا: إِنَّ ٱلْأَرْضَ ٱلَّتِي تَدْخُلُونَ لِتَمْتَلِكُوهَا هِيَ أَرْضٌ مُتَنَجِّسَةٌ بِنَجَاسَةِ شُعُوبِ ٱلْأَرَاضِي، بِرَجَاسَاتِهِمِ ٱلَّتِي مَلَأُوهَا بِهَا مِنْ جِهَةٍ إِلَى جِهَةٍ بِنَجَاسَتِهِمْ. | ١١ |
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.'
| وَٱلْآنَ فَلَا تُعْطُوا بَنَاتِكُمْ لِبَنِيهِمْ وَلَا تَأْخُذُوا بَنَاتِهِمْ لِبَنِيكُمْ، وَلَا تَطْلُبُوا سَلَامَتَهُمْ وَخَيْرَهُمْ إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ لِكَيْ تَتَشَدَّدُوا وَتَأْكُلُوا خَيْرَ ٱلْأَرْضِ وَتُورِثُوا بَنِيكُمْ إِيَّاهَا إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ. | ١٢ |
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,
| وَبَعْدَ كُلِّ مَا جَاءَ عَلَيْنَا لِأَجْلِ أَعْمَالِنَا ٱلرَّدِيئَةِ وَآثَامِنَا ٱلْعَظِيمَةِ، لِأَنَّكَ قَدْ جَازَيْتَنَا يَا إِلَهَنَا أَقَلَّ مِنْ آثَامِنَا وَأَعْطَيْتَنَا نَجَاةً كَهَذِهِ، | ١٣ |
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?
| أَفَنَعُودُ وَنَتَعَدَّى وَصَايَاكَ وَنُصَاهِرُ شُعُوبَ هَذِهِ ٱلرَّجَاسَاتِ؟ أَمَا تَسْخَطُ عَلَيْنَا حَتَّى تُفْنِيَنَا فَلَا تَكُونُ بَقِيَّةٌ وَلَا نَجَاةٌ؟ | ١٤ |
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."
| أَيُّهَا ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهَ إِسْرَائِيلَ، أَنْتَ بَارٌّ لِأَنَّنَا بَقِينَا نَاجِينَ كَهَذَا ٱلْيَوْمِ. هَا نَحْنُ أَمَامَكَ فِي آثَامِنَا، لِأَنَّهُ لَيْسَ لَنَا أَنْ نَقِفَ أَمَامَكَ مِنْ أَجْلِ هَذَا». | ١٥ |
