Ezra 9
1 Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the people of the lands, doing according to their abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.
| وَبَعْدَ أَنْ كَمَلَتْ هَذِهِ الأُمُورُ جَاءَنِي رُؤَسَاءُ الْيَهُودِ قَائِلِينَ: «إِنَّ شَعْبَ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَالْكَهَنَةَ وَاللّاوِيِّينَ مَا بَرِحُوا مُنْغَمِسِينَ فِي رَجَاسَاتِ أُمَمِ الأَرْضِ كَالْكَنْعَانِيِّينَ وَالْحِثِّيِّينَ وَالْفَرِزِّيِّينَ وَالْيَبُوسِيِّينَ وَالْعَمُّونِيِّينَ وَالْمُوآبِيِّينَ وَالْمِصْرِيِّينَ وَالأَمُورِيِّينَ، وَلَمْ يَنْفَصِلُوا عَنْهُمْ، | 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 people of those lands: yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath been first in this trespass.
| لأَنَّهُمْ تَزَوَّجَوا هُمْ وَأَبْنَاؤُهُمْ مِنْ بَنَاتِهِمْ، فَاخْتَلَطَ النَّسْلُ الْمُقَدَّسُ بِأُمَمِ الأَرَاضِي، وَقَدْ كَانَ الرُّؤَسَاءُ وَالْوُلاةُ أَوَّلَ مَنِ ارْتَكَبَ هَذِهِ الْخِيَانَةَ». | ٢ |
3 And when I heard this thing, I tore my garment and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down appalled.
| وَعِنْدَمَا سَمِعْتُ ذَلِكَ مَزَّقْتُ ثِيَابِي وَرِدَائِي، وَنَتَّفْتُ شَعْرَ رَأْسِي وَذَقْنِي، وَجَلَسْتُ حَائِراً. | ٣ |
4 Then were assembled to me every one that trembled at the words of the God of Israel, because of the transgression of those that had been carried away; and I sat appalled until the evening sacrifice.
| وَالْتَفَّ حَوْلِي كُلُّ مَنْ أَرْعَبَهُ قَضَاءُ إِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ أَجْلِ مَا ارْتَكَبَهُ الْمَسْبِيُّونَ مِنْ خِيَانَةٍ. أَمَّا أَنَا فَبَقِيتُ جَالِساً غَارِقاً فِي حَيْرَتِي إِلَى تَقْدِمَةِ الْمَسَاءِ. | ٤ |
5 And at the evening sacrifice I arose from my heaviness; and having torn my garment and my mantle, I fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands to the LORD my God,
| حِينَئِذٍ قُمْتُ مِنْ تَذَلُّلِي، وَأَنَا مَازِلْتُ مُرْتَدِياً رِدَائِي وثِيَابِي الْمُمَزَّقَةَ، وَجَثَوْتُ عَلَى رُكْبَتَيَّ وَبَسَطْتُ يَدَيَّ إِلَى الرَّبِّ إِلَهِي، | ٥ |
6 And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up to the heavens.
| قَائِلاً: «الَّلهُمَّ، إِنِّي أَخْجَلُ وَأَخْزَى مِنْ أَنْ أَرْفَعَ وَجْهِي نَحْوَكَ، لأَنَّ آثَامَنَا قَدْ تَكَاثَرَتْ فَوْقَ رُؤُوسِنَا، وَمَعَاصِينَا قَدْ تَعَاظَمَتْ فَبَلَغَتْ عَنَانَ السَّمَاءِ، | ٦ |
7 Since the days of our fathers have we been in a great trespass to this day; and for our iniquities have we, our kings, and our priests, been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, and to a spoil, and to confusion of face, as it is this day.
| فَإِنَّنَا مُنْذُ عَهْدِ آبَائِنَا وَإِلَى هَذَا الْيَوْمِ غَارِقُونَ فِي إِثْمٍ عَظِيمٍ. وَمِنْ جَرَّاءِ مَعَاصِينَا سَطَا عَلَيْنَا وَعَلَى مُلُوكِنَا وَكَهَنَتِنَا سَيْفُ الأُمَمِ الْمُحِيطَةِ بِنَا، وَتَعَرَّضْنَا لِلسَّبْيِ وَالنَّهْبِ وَالْعَارِ إِلَى هَذَا الْيَوْمِ. | ٧ |
8 And now for a little moment grace hath been shown from the LORD our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may enlighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage.
| وَلَكِنَّكَ الآنَ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْنَا لِلَحْظَةٍ وَتَعَطَّفْتَ عَلَيْنَا فَأَنْجَيْتَ لَنَا بَقِيَّةً لِتُعْطِيَنَا مَوْطِئَ قَدَمٍ فِي مَكَانِكَ الْمُقَدَّسِ حَتَّى تُنِيرَ أَعْيُنَنَا وَتَمْنَحَنَا بَعْضَ الحَيَاةِ فِي عُبُودِيَّتِنَا. | ٨ |
9 For we were slaves; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy 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 the desolations of it, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.
| وَمَعَ أَنَّنَا عَبِيدٌ لَمْ تَتَخَلَّ عَنَّا فِي عُبُودِيَّتِنَا، بَلْ ظَلَّلْتَنَا بِالرَّحْمَةِ أَمَامَ مُلُوكِ فَارِسَ وَمَنَحْتَنَا حَيَاةً لِنَبْنِيَ هَيْكَلاً وَنُرَمِّمَ خَرَائِبَهُ وَنَتَمَتَّعَ بِالْحِمَايَةِ فِي يَهُوذَا وَفِي أُورُشَلِيمَ. | ٩ |
10 And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken thy commandments,
| فَمَاذَا نَقُولُ بَعْدَ كُلِّ مَا حَدَثَ؟ لَقَدْ نَبَذْنَا وَصَايَاكَ. | ١٠ |
11 Which thou hast commanded by thy servants the prophets, saying, The land, where ye go to possess it, is an unclean land with the filthiness of the people of the lands, with their abominations, which have filled it from one end to another with their uncleanness.
| الَّتِي أَمَرْتَنَا بِها عَلَى لِسَانِ عَبِيدِكَ الأَنْبِيَاءِ قَائِلاً: إِنَّ الأَرْضَ الَّتِي تَدْخُلُونَ لِتَرِثُوهَا هِيَ أَرْضٌ نَجَّسَتْهَا شُعُوبُهَا بِرَجَاسَاتِهِمْ، مِنْ أَقْصَاهَا إِلَى أَقْصَاهَا. | ١١ |
12 Now therefore give not your daughters to their sons, neither take their daughters to your sons, nor seek their peace or their wealth for ever: that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children for ever.
| وَالآنَ لَا تُزَوِّجُوا بَنَاتِكُمْ مِنْ بَنِيهِمْ، وَلا تُزَوِّجُوا أَبْنَاءَكُمْ مِنْ بَنَاتِهِمْ، وَلا تَسْعَوْا فِي سَبِيلِ أَمْنِهِمْ وَخَيْرِهِمْ، لِكَيْ تَتَرَسَّخَ قُوَّتُكُمْ وَتَأْكُلُوا خَيْرَ الأَرْضِ وَتُوَرِّثُوهَا لأَبْنَائِكُمْ إِلَى الأَبَدِ. | ١٢ |
13 And after all that hath come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great trespass, seeing that thou our God hast punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and hast given us such deliverance as this;
| وَالآنَ بَعْدَ كُلِّ مَا جَرَى عَلَيْنَا مِنْ جَرَّاءِ أَعْمَالِنَا السَّيِّئَةِ وَآثَامِنَا الْعَظِيمَةِ، نَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ عَاقَبْتَنَا يَا إِلَهَنَا بِأَقَلَّ مِنْ آثَامِنَا، وَوَهَبْتَنَا نَجَاةً مِثْلَ هَذِهِ. | ١٣ |
14 Should we again break thy commandments, and join in marriage with the people of these abominations? wouldest thou not be angry with us till thou hadst consumed us, so that there should be no remnant nor escaping?
| أَنَعُودُ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ وَنَتَعَدَّى عَلَى وَصَايَاكَ وَنُنَاسِبُ الأُمَمَ الَّذِينَ يَرْتَكِبُونَ هَذِهِ الرَّجَاسَاتِ؟ أَلا تَسْخَطُ عَلَيْنَا آنَئِذٍ حَتَّى تُفْنِيَنَا فَلا تَبْقَى مِنَّا بَقِيَّةٌ وَلا تَكُونُ لَنَا نَجَاةٌ؟ | ١٤ |
15 O LORD God of Israel, thou art righteous: for we having escaped, remain yet, as it is this day: behold, we are before thee in our trespasses: for we cannot stand before thee because of this.
| أَيُّهَا الرَّبُّ إِلَهَ إِسْرَائِيلَ، أَنْتَ عَادِلٌ لأَنَّنَا مَازِلْنَا بَقِيَّةً نَاجِيَةً إِلَى هَذَا الْيَوْمِ، وَهَا نَحْنُ نَمْثُلُ أَمَامَكَ فِي آثَامِنَا، مَعَ أَنَّهُ لَا حَقَّ لَنَا فِي ذَلِكَ». | ١٥ |
