¹Hear my teaching, my people. Turn your ears to the words of my mouth.

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

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

²‎افتح بمثل فمي. اذيع الغازا منذ القدم‎.

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

³‎التي سمعناها وعرفناها وآباؤنا اخبرونا‎.

⁴We will not hide them from their children, telling to the generation to come the praises of Yahweh, his strength, and his wondrous works that he has done.

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

⁵For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a teaching in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children;

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

⁶that the generation to come might know, even the children who should be born; who should arise and tell their children,

⁶لكي يعلم الجيل الآخر. بنون يولدون فيقومون ويخبرون ابناءهم

⁷that they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments,

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

⁸and might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that didn’t make their hearts loyal, whose spirit was not steadfast with God.

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

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

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

¹⁰They didn’t keep God’s covenant, and refused to walk in his law.

¹⁰‎لم يحفظوا عهد الله وابوا السلوك في شريعته

¹¹They forgot his doings, his wondrous works that he had shown them.

¹¹ونسوا افعاله وعجائبه التي اراهم‎.

¹²He did marvelous things in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.

¹²‎قدام آبائهم صنع اعجوبة في ارض مصر بلاد صوعن‎.

¹³He split the sea, and caused them to pass through. He made the waters stand as a heap.

¹³‎شق البحر فعبّرهم ونصب المياه كندّ‎.

¹⁴In the daytime he also led them with a cloud, and all night with a light of fire.

¹⁴‎وهداهم بالسحاب نهارا والليل كله بنور نار‎.

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

¹⁵‎شق صخورا في البرية وسقاهم كانه من لجج عظيمة‎.

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

¹⁶‎اخرج مجاري من صخرة واجرى مياها كالانهار‎.

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

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

¹⁸They tempted God in their heart by asking food according to their desire.

¹⁸‎وجربوا الله في قلوبهم بسؤالهم طعاما لشهوتهم‎.

¹⁹Yes, they spoke against God. They said, “Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?

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

²⁰Behold, he struck the rock, so that waters gushed out, and streams overflowed. Can he give bread also? Will he provide flesh for his people?”

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

²¹Therefore Yahweh heard, and was angry. A fire was kindled against Jacob, anger also went up against Israel,

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

²²because they didn’t believe in God, and didn’t trust in his salvation.

²²‎لانهم لم يؤمنوا بالله ولم يتكلوا على خلاصه‎.

²³Yet he commanded the skies above, and opened the doors of heaven.

²³‎فامر السحاب من فوق وفتح مصاريع السموات

²⁴He rained down manna on them to eat, and gave them food from the sky.

²⁴وامطر عليهم منّا للأكل وبر السماء اعطاهم‎.

²⁵Man ate the bread of angels. He sent them food to the full.

²⁵‎اكل الانسان خبز الملائكة. ارسل عليهم زادا للشبع‎.

²⁶He caused the east wind to blow in the sky. By his power he guided the south wind.

²⁶‎اهاج شرقية في السماء وساق بقوته جنوبية

²⁷He rained also flesh on them as the dust; winged birds as the sand of the seas.

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

²⁸He let them fall in the midst of their camp, around their habitations.

²⁸‎واسقطها في وسط محلتهم حوالي مساكنهم‎.

²⁹So they ate, and were well filled. He gave them their own desire.

²⁹‎فأكلوا وشبعوا جدا واتاهم بشهوتهم‎.

³⁰They didn’t turn from their cravings. Their food was yet in their mouths,

³⁰‎لم يزوغوا عن شهوتهم طعامهم بعد في افواههم

³¹when the anger of God went up against them, killed some of their fattest, and struck down the young men of Israel.

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

³²For all this they still sinned, and didn’t believe in his wondrous works.

³²‎في هذا كله اخطأوا بعد ولم يؤمنوا بعجائبه

³³Therefore he consumed their days in vanity, and their years in terror.

³³فافنى ايامهم بالباطل وسنيهم بالرعب‎.

³⁴When he killed them, then they inquired after him. They returned and sought God earnestly.

³⁴‎اذ قتلهم طلبوه ورجعوا وبكروا الى الله

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

³⁵وذكروا ان الله صخرتهم والله العلي وليّهم‎.

³⁶But they flattered him with their mouth, and lied to him with their tongue.

³⁶‎فخادعوه بافواههم وكذبوا عليه بالسنتهم‎.

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

³⁷‎اما قلوبهم فلم تثبت معه ولم يكونوا امناء في عهده

³⁸But he, being merciful, forgave iniquity, and didn’t destroy them. Yes, many times he turned his anger away, and didn’t stir up all his wrath.

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

³⁹He remembered that they were but flesh, a wind that passes away, and doesn’t come again.

³⁹‎ذكر انهم بشر ريح تذهب ولا تعود‎.

⁴⁰How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness, and grieved him in the desert!

⁴⁰‎كم عصوه في البرية واحزنوه في القفر‎.

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

⁴¹‎رجعوا وجربوا الله وعنّوا قدوس اسرائيل‎.

⁴²They didn’t remember his hand, nor the day when he redeemed them from the adversary;

⁴²‎لم يذكروا يده يوم فداهم من العدو

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

⁴³حيث جعل في مصر آياته وعجائبه في بلاد صوعن

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

⁴⁴اذ حول خلجانهم الى دم ومجاريهم لكي لا يشربوا‎.

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

⁴⁵‎ارسل عليهم بعوضا فاكلهم وضفادع فافسدتهم‎.

⁴⁶He gave also their increase to the caterpillar, and their labor to the locust.

⁴⁶‎اسلم للجردم غلتهم وتعبهم للجراد‎.

⁴⁷He destroyed their vines with hail, their sycamore fig trees with frost.

⁴⁷‎اهلك بالبرد كرومهم وجميزهم بالصقيع‎.

⁴⁸He gave over their livestock also to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts.

⁴⁸‎ودفع الى البرد بهائمهم ومواشيهم للبروق‎.

⁴⁹He threw on them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, indignation, and trouble, and a band of angels of evil.

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

⁵⁰He made a path for his anger. He didn’t spare their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence,

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

⁵¹and struck all the firstborn in Egypt, the chief of their strength in the tents of Ham.

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

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

⁵²‎وساق مثل الغنم شعبه وقادهم مثل قطيع في البرية‎.

⁵³He led them safely, so that they weren’t afraid, but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.

⁵³‎وهداهم آمنين فلم يجزعوا. اما اعداؤهم فغمرهم البحر‎.

⁵⁴He brought them to the border of his sanctuary, to this mountain, which his right hand had taken.

⁵⁴‎وادخلهم في تخوم قدسه هذا الجبل الذي اقتنته يمينه‎.

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

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

⁵⁶Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God, and didn’t keep his testimonies;

⁵⁶فجربوا وعصوا الله العلي وشهاداته لم يحفظوا

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

⁵⁷بل ارتدّوا وغدروا مثل آبائهم. انحرفوا كقوس مخطئة‎.

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

⁵⁸‎اغاظوه بمرتفعاتهم واغاروه بتماثيلهم‎.

⁵⁹When God heard this, he was angry, and greatly abhorred Israel;

⁵⁹‎سمع الله فغضب ورذل اسرائيل جدا

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

⁶⁰ورفض مسكن شيلو الخيمة التي نصبها بين الناس‎.

⁶¹and delivered his strength into captivity, his glory into the adversary’s hand.

⁶¹‎وسلم للسبي عزه وجلاله ليد العدو‎.

⁶²He also gave his people over to the sword, and was angry with his inheritance.

⁶²‎ودفع الى السيف شعبه وغضب على ميراثه‎.

⁶³Fire devoured their young men. Their virgins had no wedding song.

⁶³‎مختاروه اكلتهم النار وعذاراه لم يحمدن‎.

⁶⁴Their priests fell by the sword, and their widows couldn’t weep.

⁶⁴‎كهنته سقطوا بالسيف وارامله لم يبكين

⁶⁵Then the Lord awakened as one out of sleep, like a mighty man who shouts by reason of wine.

⁶⁵فاستيقظ الرب كنائم كجبار معّيط من الخمر‎.

⁶⁶He struck his adversaries backward. He put them to a perpetual reproach.

⁶⁶‎فضرب اعداءه الى الوراء. جعلهم عارا ابديا‎.

⁶⁷Moreover he rejected the tent of Joseph, and didn’t choose the tribe of Ephraim,

⁶⁷‎ورفض خيمة يوسف ولم يختر سبط افرايم‎.

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

⁶⁸‎بل اختار سبط يهوذا جبل صهيون الذي احبه‎.

⁶⁹He built his sanctuary like the heights, like the earth which he has established forever.

⁶⁹‎وبنى مثل مرتفعات مقدسه كالارض التي اسسها الى الابد‎.

⁷⁰He also chose David his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds;

⁷⁰‎واختار داود عبده واخذه من حظائر الغنم‎.

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

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

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

⁷²‎فرعاهم حسب كمال قلبه وبمهارة يديه هداهم