¹قصيدة لآساف‎. ‎اصغ يا شعبي الى شريعتي. اميلوا آذانكم الى كلام فمي‎.

¹An Instruction of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my law, Incline your ear to sayings of my mouth.

²‎افتح بمثل فمي. اذيع الغازا منذ القدم‎.

²I open with a simile my mouth, I bring forth hidden things of old,

³‎التي سمعناها وعرفناها وآباؤنا اخبرونا‎.

³That we have heard and do know, And our fathers have recounted to us.

⁴‎لا نخفي عن بنيهم الى الجيل الآخر مخبرين بتسابيح الرب وقوته وعجائبه التي صنع‎.

⁴We do not hide from their sons, To a later generation recounting praises of Jehovah, And His strength, and His wonders that He hath done.

⁵‎اقام شهادة في يعقوب ووضع شريعة في اسرائيل التي اوصى آباءنا ان يعرّفوا بها ابناءهم

⁵And 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.

⁶لكي يعلم الجيل الآخر. بنون يولدون فيقومون ويخبرون ابناءهم

⁶So that a later generation doth know, Sons who are born, do rise and recount to their sons,

⁷فيجعلون على الله اعتمادهم ولا ينسون اعمال الله بل يحفظون وصاياه

⁷And place in God their confidence, And forget not the doings of God, But keep His commands.

⁸ولا يكونون مثل آبائهم جيلا زائغا وماردا جيلا لم يثبت قلبه ولم تكن روحه امينة لله

⁸And 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.

⁹بنو افرايم النازعون في القوس الرامون انقلبوا في يوم الحرب‎.

⁹Sons of Ephraim — armed bearers of bow, Have turned in a day of conflict.

¹⁰‎لم يحفظوا عهد الله وابوا السلوك في شريعته

¹⁰They have not kept the covenant of God, And in His law they have refused to walk,

¹¹ونسوا افعاله وعجائبه التي اراهم‎.

¹¹And they forget His doings, And His wonders that He shewed them.

¹²‎قدام آبائهم صنع اعجوبة في ارض مصر بلاد صوعن‎.

¹²Before their fathers He hath done wonders, In the land of Egypt — the field of Zoan.

¹³‎شق البحر فعبّرهم ونصب المياه كندّ‎.

¹³He cleft a sea, and causeth them to pass over, Yea, He causeth waters to stand as a heap.

¹⁴‎وهداهم بالسحاب نهارا والليل كله بنور نار‎.

¹⁴And leadeth them with a cloud by day, And all the night with a light of fire.

¹⁵‎شق صخورا في البرية وسقاهم كانه من لجج عظيمة‎.

¹⁵He cleaveth rocks in a wilderness, And giveth drink — as the great deep.

¹⁶‎اخرج مجاري من صخرة واجرى مياها كالانهار‎.

¹⁶And bringeth out streams from a rock, And causeth waters to come down as rivers.

¹⁷‎ثم عادوا ايضا ليخطئوا اليه لعصيان العلي في الارض الناشفة‎.

¹⁷And they add still to sin against Him, To provoke the Most High in the dry place.

¹⁸‎وجربوا الله في قلوبهم بسؤالهم طعاما لشهوتهم‎.

¹⁸And they try God in their heart, To ask food for their lust.

¹⁹‎فوقعوا في الله. قالوا هل يقدر الله ان يرتب مائدة في البرية‎.

¹⁹And they speak against God — they said: `Is God able to array a table in a wilderness?`

²⁰‎هوذا ضرب الصخرة فجرت المياه وفاضت الاودية. هل يقدر ايضا ان يعطي خبزا ويهيئ لحما لشعبه‎.

²⁰Lo, 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?`

²¹‎لذلك سمع الرب فغضب واشتعلت نار في يعقوب وسخط ايضا صعد على اسرائيل‎.

²¹Therefore hath Jehovah heard, And He sheweth Himself wroth, And fire hath been kindled against Jacob, And anger also hath gone up against Israel,

²²‎لانهم لم يؤمنوا بالله ولم يتكلوا على خلاصه‎.

²²For they have not believed in God, Nor have they trusted in His salvation.

²³‎فامر السحاب من فوق وفتح مصاريع السموات

²³And He commandeth clouds from above, Yea, doors of the heavens He hath opened.

²⁴وامطر عليهم منّا للأكل وبر السماء اعطاهم‎.

²⁴And He raineth on them manna to eat, Yea, corn of heaven He hath given to them.

²⁵‎اكل الانسان خبز الملائكة. ارسل عليهم زادا للشبع‎.

²⁵Food of the mighty hath each eaten, Venison He sent to them to satiety.

²⁶‎اهاج شرقية في السماء وساق بقوته جنوبية

²⁶He causeth an east wind to journey in the heavens, And leadeth by His strength a south wind,

²⁷وامطر عليهم لحما مثل التراب وكرمل البحر طيورا ذوات اجنحة‎.

²⁷And He raineth on them flesh as dust, And as sand of the seas — winged fowl,

²⁸‎واسقطها في وسط محلتهم حوالي مساكنهم‎.

²⁸And causeth [it] to fall in the midst of His camp, Round about His tabernacles.

²⁹‎فأكلوا وشبعوا جدا واتاهم بشهوتهم‎.

²⁹And they eat, and are greatly satisfied, And their desire He bringeth to them.

³⁰‎لم يزوغوا عن شهوتهم طعامهم بعد في افواههم

³⁰They have not been estranged from their desire, Yet [is] their food in their mouth,

³¹فصعد عليهم غضب الله وقتل من اسمنهم. وصرع مختاري اسرائيل‎.

³¹And the anger of God hath gone up against them, And He slayeth among their fat ones, And youths of Israel He caused to bend.

³²‎في هذا كله اخطأوا بعد ولم يؤمنوا بعجائبه

³²With all this they have sinned again, And have not believed in His wonders.

³³فافنى ايامهم بالباطل وسنيهم بالرعب‎.

³³And He consumeth in vanity their days, And their years in trouble.

³⁴‎اذ قتلهم طلبوه ورجعوا وبكروا الى الله

³⁴If He slew them, then they sought Him, And turned back, and sought God earnestly,

³⁵وذكروا ان الله صخرتهم والله العلي وليّهم‎.

³⁵And they remember that God [is] their rock, And God Most High their redeemer.

³⁶‎فخادعوه بافواههم وكذبوا عليه بالسنتهم‎.

³⁶And — they deceive Him with their mouth, And with their tongue do lie to Him,

³⁷‎اما قلوبهم فلم تثبت معه ولم يكونوا امناء في عهده

³⁷And their heart hath not been right with Him, And they have not been stedfast in His covenant.

³⁸اما هو فرؤوف يغفر الاثم ولا يهلك وكثيرا ما رد غضبه ولم يشعل كل سخطه‎.

³⁸And He — the Merciful One, Pardoneth iniquity, and destroyeth not, And hath often turned back His anger, And waketh not up all His fury.

³⁹‎ذكر انهم بشر ريح تذهب ولا تعود‎.

³⁹And He remembereth that they [are] flesh, A wind going on — and it returneth not.

⁴⁰‎كم عصوه في البرية واحزنوه في القفر‎.

⁴⁰How often do they provoke Him in the wilderness, Grieve Him in the desolate place?

⁴¹‎رجعوا وجربوا الله وعنّوا قدوس اسرائيل‎.

⁴¹Yea, they turn back, and try God, And the Holy One of Israel have limited.

⁴²‎لم يذكروا يده يوم فداهم من العدو

⁴²They have not remembered His hand The day He ransomed them from the adversary.

⁴³حيث جعل في مصر آياته وعجائبه في بلاد صوعن

⁴³When He set His signs in Egypt, And His wonders in the field of Zoan,

⁴⁴اذ حول خلجانهم الى دم ومجاريهم لكي لا يشربوا‎.

⁴⁴And He turneth to blood their streams, And their floods they drink not.

⁴⁵‎ارسل عليهم بعوضا فاكلهم وضفادع فافسدتهم‎.

⁴⁵He sendeth among them the beetle, and it consumeth them, And the frog, and it destroyeth them,

⁴⁶‎اسلم للجردم غلتهم وتعبهم للجراد‎.

⁴⁶And giveth to the caterpillar their increase, And their labour to the locust.

⁴⁷‎اهلك بالبرد كرومهم وجميزهم بالصقيع‎.

⁴⁷He destroyeth with hail their vine, And their sycamores with frost,

⁴⁸‎ودفع الى البرد بهائمهم ومواشيهم للبروق‎.

⁴⁸And delivereth up to the hail their beasts, And their cattle to the burning flames.

⁴⁹‎ارسل عليهم حمو غضبه سخطا ورجزا وضيقا جيش ملائكة اشرار‏‎.

⁴⁹He sendeth on them the fury of His anger, Wrath, and indignation, and distress — A discharge of evil messengers.

⁵⁰‎مهد سبيلا لغضبه. لم يمنع من الموت انفسهم بل دفع حياتهم للوبإ

⁵⁰He pondereth a path for His anger, He kept not back their soul from death, Yea, their life to the pestilence He delivered up.

⁵¹وضرب كل بكر في مصر. اوائل القدرة في خيام حام‎.

⁵¹And He smiteth every first-born in Egypt, The first-fruit of the strong in tents of Ham.

⁵²‎وساق مثل الغنم شعبه وقادهم مثل قطيع في البرية‎.

⁵²And causeth His people to journey as a flock, And guideth them as a drove in a wilderness,

⁵³‎وهداهم آمنين فلم يجزعوا. اما اعداؤهم فغمرهم البحر‎.

⁵³And He leadeth them confidently, And they have not been afraid, And their enemies hath the sea covered.

⁵⁴‎وادخلهم في تخوم قدسه هذا الجبل الذي اقتنته يمينه‎.

⁵⁴And He bringeth them in unto the border of His sanctuary, This mountain His right hand had got,

⁵⁵‎وطرد الامم من قدامهم وقسمهم بالحبل ميراثا واسكن في خيامهم اسباط اسرائيل

⁵⁵And 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,

⁵⁶فجربوا وعصوا الله العلي وشهاداته لم يحفظوا

⁵⁶And they tempt and provoke God Most High, And His testimonies have not kept.

⁵⁷بل ارتدّوا وغدروا مثل آبائهم. انحرفوا كقوس مخطئة‎.

⁵⁷And they turn back, And deal treacherously like their fathers, They have been turned like a deceitful bow,

⁵⁸‎اغاظوه بمرتفعاتهم واغاروه بتماثيلهم‎.

⁵⁸And make Him angry with their high places, And with their graven images make Him zealous,

⁵⁹‎سمع الله فغضب ورذل اسرائيل جدا

⁵⁹God hath heard, and sheweth Himself wroth. And kicketh exceedingly against Israel.

⁶⁰ورفض مسكن شيلو الخيمة التي نصبها بين الناس‎.

⁶⁰And He leaveth the tabernacle of Shiloh, The tent He had placed among men,

⁶¹‎وسلم للسبي عزه وجلاله ليد العدو‎.

⁶¹And He giveth His strength to captivity, And His beauty into the hand of an adversary,

⁶²‎ودفع الى السيف شعبه وغضب على ميراثه‎.

⁶²And delivereth up to the sword His people, And with His inheritance shewed Himself angry.

⁶³‎مختاروه اكلتهم النار وعذاراه لم يحمدن‎.

⁶³His young men hath fire consumed, And His virgins have not been praised.

⁶⁴‎كهنته سقطوا بالسيف وارامله لم يبكين

⁶⁴His priests by the sword have fallen, And their widows weep not.

⁶⁵فاستيقظ الرب كنائم كجبار معّيط من الخمر‎.

⁶⁵And the Lord waketh as a sleeper, As a mighty one crying aloud from wine.

⁶⁶‎فضرب اعداءه الى الوراء. جعلهم عارا ابديا‎.

⁶⁶And He smiteth His adversaries backward, A reproach age-during He hath put on them,

⁶⁷‎ورفض خيمة يوسف ولم يختر سبط افرايم‎.

⁶⁷And He kicketh against the tent of Joseph, And on the tribe of Ephraim hath not fixed.

⁶⁸‎بل اختار سبط يهوذا جبل صهيون الذي احبه‎.

⁶⁸And He chooseth the tribe of Judah, With mount Zion that He loved,

⁶⁹‎وبنى مثل مرتفعات مقدسه كالارض التي اسسها الى الابد‎.

⁶⁹And buildeth His sanctuary as a high place, Like the earth, He founded it to the age.

⁷⁰‎واختار داود عبده واخذه من حظائر الغنم‎.

⁷⁰And He fixeth on David His servant, And taketh him from the folds of a flock,

⁷¹‎من خلف المرضعات أتى به ليرعى يعقوب شعبه واسرائيل ميراثه‎.

⁷¹From behind suckling ones He hath brought him in, To rule over Jacob His people, And over Israel His inheritance.

⁷²‎فرعاهم حسب كمال قلبه وبمهارة يديه هداهم

⁷²And he ruleth them according to the integrity of his heart, And by the skilfulness of his hands leadeth them!