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

¹Maschil of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my law: Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.

²‎افتح بمثل فمي. اذيع الغازا منذ القدم‎.

²I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings of old,

³‎التي سمعناها وعرفناها وآباؤنا اخبرونا‎.

³Which we have heard and known, And our fathers have told us.

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

⁴We will not hide them from their children, Telling to the generation to come the praises of Jehovah, And his strength, and his wondrous works that he hath done.

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

⁵For he established a testimony in Jacob, And appointed a law in Israel, Which he commanded our fathers, That they should make them known to their children;

⁶لكي يعلم الجيل الآخر. بنون يولدون فيقومون ويخبرون ابناءهم

⁶That the generation to come might know [them], even the children that should be born; Who should arise and tell [them] to their children,

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

⁷That they might set their hope in God, And not forget the works of God, But keep his commandments,

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

⁸And might not be as their fathers, A stubborn and rebellious generation, A generation that set not their heart aright, And whose spirit was not stedfast with God.

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

⁹The children of Ephraim, being armed and carrying bows, Turned back in the day of battle.

¹⁰‎لم يحفظوا عهد الله وابوا السلوك في شريعته

¹⁰They kept not the covenant of God, And refused to walk in his law;

¹¹ونسوا افعاله وعجائبه التي اراهم‎.

¹¹And they forgat his doings, And his wondrous works that he had showed them.

¹²‎قدام آبائهم صنع اعجوبة في ارض مصر بلاد صوعن‎.

¹²Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, In the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.

¹³‎شق البحر فعبّرهم ونصب المياه كندّ‎.

¹³He clave the sea, and caused them to pass through; And he made the waters to stand as a heap.

¹⁴‎وهداهم بالسحاب نهارا والليل كله بنور نار‎.

¹⁴In the day-time also he led them with a cloud, And all the night with a light of fire.

¹⁵‎شق صخورا في البرية وسقاهم كانه من لجج عظيمة‎.

¹⁵He clave rocks in the wilderness, And gave them drink abundantly as out of the depths.

¹⁶‎اخرج مجاري من صخرة واجرى مياها كالانهار‎.

¹⁶He brought streams also out of the rock, And caused waters to run down like rivers.

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

¹⁷Yet went they on still to sin against him, To rebel against the Most High in the desert.

¹⁸‎وجربوا الله في قلوبهم بسؤالهم طعاما لشهوتهم‎.

¹⁸And they tempted God in their heart By asking food according to their desire.

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

¹⁹Yea, they spake against God; They said, Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?

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

²⁰Behold, he smote the rock, so that waters gushed out, And streams overflowed; Can he give bread also? Will he provide flesh for his people?

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

²¹Therefore Jehovah heard, and was wroth; And a fire was kindled against Jacob, And anger also went up against Israel;

²²‎لانهم لم يؤمنوا بالله ولم يتكلوا على خلاصه‎.

²²Because they believed not in God, And trusted not in his salvation.

²³‎فامر السحاب من فوق وفتح مصاريع السموات

²³Yet he commanded the skies above, And opened the doors of heaven;

²⁴وامطر عليهم منّا للأكل وبر السماء اعطاهم‎.

²⁴And he rained down manna upon them to eat, And gave them food from heaven.

²⁵‎اكل الانسان خبز الملائكة. ارسل عليهم زادا للشبع‎.

²⁵Man did eat the bread of the mighty: He sent them food to the full.

²⁶‎اهاج شرقية في السماء وساق بقوته جنوبية

²⁶He caused the east wind to blow in the heavens; And by his power he guided the south wind.

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

²⁷He rained flesh also upon them as the dust, And winged birds as the sand of the seas:

²⁸‎واسقطها في وسط محلتهم حوالي مساكنهم‎.

²⁸And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, Round about their habitations.

²⁹‎فأكلوا وشبعوا جدا واتاهم بشهوتهم‎.

²⁹So they did eat, and were well filled; And he gave them their own desire.

³⁰‎لم يزوغوا عن شهوتهم طعامهم بعد في افواههم

³⁰They were not estranged from that which they desired, Their food was yet in their mouths,

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

³¹When the anger of God went up against them, And slew of the fattest of them, And smote down the young men of Israel.

³²‎في هذا كله اخطأوا بعد ولم يؤمنوا بعجائبه

³²For all this they sinned still, And believed not in his wondrous works.

³³فافنى ايامهم بالباطل وسنيهم بالرعب‎.

³³Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, And their years in terror.

³⁴‎اذ قتلهم طلبوه ورجعوا وبكروا الى الله

³⁴When he slew them, then they inquired after him; And they returned and sought God earnestly.

³⁵وذكروا ان الله صخرتهم والله العلي وليّهم‎.

³⁵And they remembered that God was their rock, And the Most High God their redeemer.

³⁶‎فخادعوه بافواههم وكذبوا عليه بالسنتهم‎.

³⁶But they flattered him with their mouth, And lied unto him with their tongue.

³⁷‎اما قلوبهم فلم تثبت معه ولم يكونوا امناء في عهده

³⁷For their heart was not right with him, Neither were they faithful in his covenant.

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

³⁸But he, being merciful, forgave [their] iniquity, and destroyed [them] not: Yea, many a time turned he his anger away, And did not stir up all his wrath.

³⁹‎ذكر انهم بشر ريح تذهب ولا تعود‎.

³⁹And he remembered that they were but flesh, A wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.

⁴⁰‎كم عصوه في البرية واحزنوه في القفر‎.

⁴⁰How oft did they rebel against him in the wilderness, And grieve him in the desert!

⁴¹‎رجعوا وجربوا الله وعنّوا قدوس اسرائيل‎.

⁴¹And they turned again and tempted God, And provoked the Holy One of Israel.

⁴²‎لم يذكروا يده يوم فداهم من العدو

⁴²They remember not his hand, Nor the day when he redeemed them from the adversary;

⁴³حيث جعل في مصر آياته وعجائبه في بلاد صوعن

⁴³How he set his signs in Egypt, And his wonders in the field of Zoan,

⁴⁴اذ حول خلجانهم الى دم ومجاريهم لكي لا يشربوا‎.

⁴⁴And turned their rivers into blood, And their streams, so that they could not drink.

⁴⁵‎ارسل عليهم بعوضا فاكلهم وضفادع فافسدتهم‎.

⁴⁵He sent among them swarms of flies, which devoured them; And frogs, which destroyed them.

⁴⁶‎اسلم للجردم غلتهم وتعبهم للجراد‎.

⁴⁶He gave also their increase unto the caterpillar, And their labor unto the locust.

⁴⁷‎اهلك بالبرد كرومهم وجميزهم بالصقيع‎.

⁴⁷He destroyed their vines with hail, And their sycomore-trees with frost.

⁴⁸‎ودفع الى البرد بهائمهم ومواشيهم للبروق‎.

⁴⁸He gave over their cattle also to the hail, And their flocks to hot thunderbolts.

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

⁴⁹He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, Wrath, and indignation, and trouble, A band of angels of evil.

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

⁵⁰He made a path for his anger; He spared not their soul from death, But gave their life over to the pestilence,

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

⁵¹And smote all the first-born in Egypt, The chief of their strength in the tents of Ham.

⁵²‎وساق مثل الغنم شعبه وقادهم مثل قطيع في البرية‎.

⁵²But he led forth his own people like sheep, And guided them in the wilderness like a flock.

⁵³‎وهداهم آمنين فلم يجزعوا. اما اعداؤهم فغمرهم البحر‎.

⁵³And he led them safely, so that they feared not; But the sea overwhelmed their enemies.

⁵⁴‎وادخلهم في تخوم قدسه هذا الجبل الذي اقتنته يمينه‎.

⁵⁴And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, To this mountain, which his right hand had gotten.

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

⁵⁵He drove out the nations also before them, And allotted them for an inheritance by line, And made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.

⁵⁶فجربوا وعصوا الله العلي وشهاداته لم يحفظوا

⁵⁶Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God, And kept not his testimonies;

⁵⁷بل ارتدّوا وغدروا مثل آبائهم. انحرفوا كقوس مخطئة‎.

⁵⁷But turned back, and dealt treacherously like their fathers: They were turned aside like a deceitful bow.

⁵⁸‎اغاظوه بمرتفعاتهم واغاروه بتماثيلهم‎.

⁵⁸For they provoked him to anger with their high places, And moved him to jealousy with their graven images.

⁵⁹‎سمع الله فغضب ورذل اسرائيل جدا

⁵⁹When God heard [this], he was wroth, And greatly abhorred Israel;

⁶⁰ورفض مسكن شيلو الخيمة التي نصبها بين الناس‎.

⁶⁰So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, The tent which he placed among men;

⁶¹‎وسلم للسبي عزه وجلاله ليد العدو‎.

⁶¹And delivered his strength into captivity, And his glory into the adversary's hand.

⁶²‎ودفع الى السيف شعبه وغضب على ميراثه‎.

⁶²He gave his people over also unto the sword, And was wroth with his inheritance.

⁶³‎مختاروه اكلتهم النار وعذاراه لم يحمدن‎.

⁶³Fire devoured their young men; And their virgins had no marriage-song.

⁶⁴‎كهنته سقطوا بالسيف وارامله لم يبكين

⁶⁴Their priests fell by the sword; And their widows made no lamentation.

⁶⁵فاستيقظ الرب كنائم كجبار معّيط من الخمر‎.

⁶⁵Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, Like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.

⁶⁶‎فضرب اعداءه الى الوراء. جعلهم عارا ابديا‎.

⁶⁶And he smote his adversaries backward: He put them to a perpetual reproach.

⁶⁷‎ورفض خيمة يوسف ولم يختر سبط افرايم‎.

⁶⁷Moreover he refused the tent of Joseph, And chose not the tribe of Ephraim,

⁶⁸‎بل اختار سبط يهوذا جبل صهيون الذي احبه‎.

⁶⁸But chose the tribe of Judah, The mount Zion which he loved.

⁶⁹‎وبنى مثل مرتفعات مقدسه كالارض التي اسسها الى الابد‎.

⁶⁹And he built his sanctuary like the heights, Like the earth which he hath established for ever.

⁷⁰‎واختار داود عبده واخذه من حظائر الغنم‎.

⁷⁰He chose David also his servant, And took him from the sheepfolds:

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

⁷¹From following the ewes that have their young he brought him, To be the shepherd of Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.

⁷²‎فرعاهم حسب كمال قلبه وبمهارة يديه هداهم

⁷²So he was their shepherd according to the integrity of his heart, And guided them by the skilfulness of his hands.