PSALMS 78	المزمور الثامن و السبعين
1 A Contemplation of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my law; Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.	1 قَصِيدَةٌ لآسَافَ اِصْغَ يَا شَعْبِي إِلَى شَرِيعَتِي. أَمِيلُوا آذَانَكُمْ إِلَى كَلاَمِ فَمِي.
2 I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings of old,	2 أَفْتَحُ بِمَثَلٍ فَمِي. أُذِيعُ أَلْغَازاً مُنْذُ الْقِدَمِ.
3 Which we have heard and known, And our fathers have told us.	3 الَّتِي سَمِعْنَاهَا وَعَرَفْنَاهَا وَآبَاؤُنَا أَخْبَرُونَا.
4 We will not hide them from their children, Telling to the generation to come the praises of the Lord, And His strength and His wonderful works that He has done.	4 لاَ نُخْفِي عَنْ بَنِيهِمْ إِلَى الْجِيلِ الآخِرِ مُخْبِرِينَ بِتَسَابِيحِ الرَّبِّ وَقُوَّتِهِ وَعَجَائِبِهِ الَّتِي صَنَعَ.
5 For 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;	5 أَقَامَ شَهَادَةً فِي يَعْقُوبَ وَوَضَعَ شَرِيعَةً فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ الَّتِي أَوْصَى آبَاءَنَا أَنْ يُعَرِّفُوا بِهَا أَبْنَاءَهُمْ
6 That the generation to come might know them, The children who would be born, That they may arise and declare them to their children,	6 لِكَيْ يَعْلَمَ الْجِيلُ الآخِرُ. بَنُونَ يُولَدُونَ فَيَقُومُونَ وَيُخْبِرُونَ أَبْنَاءَهُمْ
7 That they may set their hope in God, And not forget the works of God, But keep His commandments;	7 فَيَجْعَلُونَ عَلَى اللّهِ اعْتِمَادَهُم وَلاَ يَنْسُونَ أَعْمَالَ اللهِ بَلْ يَحْفَظُونَ وَصَايَاهُ
8 And may not be like their fathers, A stubborn and rebellious generation, A generation that did not set its heart aright, And whose spirit was not faithful to God.	8 وَلاَ يَكُونُونَ مِثْلَ آبَائِهِمْ جِيلاً زَائِغاً وَمَارِداً جِيلاً لَمْ يُثَبِّتْ قَلْبَهُ وَلَمْ تَكُنْ رُوحُهُ أَمِينَةً لِلَّهِ.
9 The children of Ephraim, being armed and carrying bows, Turned back in the day of battle.	9 بَنُو أَفْرَايِمَ النَّازِعُونَ فِي الْقَوْسِ الرَّامُونَ انْقَلَبُوا فِي يَوْمِ الْحَرْبِ.
10 They did not keep the covenant of God; They refused to walk in His law,	10 لَمْ يَحْفَظُوا عَهْدَ اللهِ وَأَبُوا السُّلُوكَ فِي شَرِيعَتِهِ
11 And forgot His works And His wonders that He had shown them.	11 وَنَسُوا أَفْعَالَهُ وَعَجَائِبَهُ الَّتِي أَرَاهُمْ.
12 Marvelous things He did in the sight of their fathers, In the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.	12 قُدَّامَ آبَائِهِمْ صَنَعَ أُعْجُوبَةً فِي أَرْضِ مِصْرَ بِلاَدِ صُوعَنَ.
13 He divided the sea and caused them to pass through; And He made the waters stand up like a heap.	13 شَقَّ الْبَحْرَ فَعَبَّرَهُمْ وَنَصَبَ الْمِيَاهَ كَنَدٍّ.
14 In the daytime also He led them with the cloud, And all the night with a light of fire.	14 وَهَدَاهُمْ بِالسَّحَابِ نَهَاراً وَاللَّيْلَ كُلَّهُ بِنُورِ نَارٍ.
15 He split the rocks in the wilderness, And gave them drink in abundance like the depths.	15 شَقَّ صُخُوراً فِي الْبَرِّيَّةِ وَسَقَاهُمْ كَأَنَّهُ مِنْ لُجَجٍ عَظِيمَةٍ.
16 He also brought streams out of the rock, And caused waters to run down like rivers.	16 أَخْرَجَ مَجَارِيَ مِنْ صَخْرَةٍ وَأَجْرَى مِيَاهاً كَالأَنْهَارِ.
17 But they sinned even more against Him By rebelling against the Most High in the wilderness.	17 ثُمَّ عَادُوا أَيْضاً لِيُخْطِئُوا إِلَيْهِ لِعِصْيَانِ الْعَلِيِّ فِي الأَرْضِ النَّاشِفَةِ.
18 And they tested God in their heart By asking for the food of their fancy.	18 وَجَرَّبُوا اللهَ فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ بِسُؤَالِهِمْ طَعَاماً لِشَهْوَتِهِمْ.
19 Yes, they spoke against God: They said, "Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?	19 فَوَقَعُوا فِي اللهِ. قَالُوا: [هَلْ يَقْدِرُ اللهُ أَنْ يُرَتِّبَ مَائِدَةً فِي الْبَرِّيَّةِ؟
20 Behold, He struck the rock, So that the waters gushed out, And the streams overflowed. Can He give bread also? Can He provide meat for His people?"	20 هُوَذَا ضَرَبَ الصَّخْرَةَ فَجَرَتِ الْمِيَاهُ وَفَاضَتِ الأَوْدِيَةُ. هَلْ يَقْدِرُ أَيْضاً أَنْ يُعْطِيَ خُبْزاً أَوْ يُهَيِّئَ لَحْماً لِشَعْبِهِ؟]
21 Therefore the Lord heard this and was furious; So a fire was kindled against Jacob, And anger also came up against Israel,	21 لِذَلِكَ سَمِعَ الرَّبُّ فَغَضِبَ وَاشْتَعَلَتْ نَارٌ فِي يَعْقُوبَ وَسَخَطٌ أَيْضاً صَعِدَ عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ
22 Because they did not believe in God, And did not trust in His salvation.	22 لأَنَّهُمْ لَمْ يُؤْمِنُوا بِاللهِ وَلَمْ يَتَّكِلُوا عَلَى خَلاَصِهِ.
23 Yet He had commanded the clouds above, And opened the doors of heaven,	23 فَأَمَرَ السَّحَابَ مِنْ فَوْقُ وَفَتَحَ مَصَارِيعَ السَّمَاوَاتِ
24 Had rained down manna on them to eat, And given them of the bread of heaven.	24 وَأَمْطَرَ عَلَيْهِمْ مَنّاً لِلأَكْلِ وَبُرَّ السَّمَاءِ أَعْطَاهُمْ.
25 Men ate angels' food; He sent them food to the full.	25 أَكَلَ الإِنْسَانُ خُبْزَ الْمَلاَئِكَةِ. أَرْسَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ زَاداً لِلشِّبَعِ.
26 He caused an east wind to blow in the heavens; And by His power He brought in the south wind.	26 أَهَاجَ رِيحَاً شَرْقِيَّةً فِي السَّمَاءِ وَسَاقَ بِقُوَّتِهِ جَنُوبِيَّةً
27 He also rained meat on them like the dust, Feathered fowl like the sand of the seas;	27 وَأَمْطَرَ عَلَيْهِمْ لَحْماً مِثْلَ التُّرَابِ وَكَرَمْلِ الْبَحْرِ طُيُوراً ذَوَاتِ أَجْنِحَةٍ.
28 And He let them fall in the midst of their camp, All around their dwellings.	28 وَأَسْقَطَهَا فِي وَسَطِ مَحَلَّتِهِمْ حَوَالَيْ مَسَاكِنِهِمْ.
29 So they ate and were well filled, For He gave them their own desire.	29 فَأَكَلُوا وَشَبِعُوا جِدّاً وَأَتَاهُمْ بِشَهْوَتِهِمْ.
30 They were not deprived of their craving; But while their food was still in their mouths,	30 لَمْ يَزُوغُوا عَنْ شَهْوَتِهِمْ. طَعَامُهُمْ بَعْدُ فِي أَفْوَاهِهِمْ
31 The wrath of God came against them, And slew the stoutest of them, And struck down the choice men of Israel.	31 فَصَعِدَ عَلَيْهِمْ غَضَبُ اللهِ وَقَتَلَ مِنْ أَسْمَنِهِمْ. وَصَرَعَ مُخْتَارِي إِسْرَائِيلَ.
32 In spite of this they still sinned, And did not believe in His wondrous works.	32 فِي هَذَا كُلِّهِ أَخْطَأُوا بَعْدُ وَلَمْ يُؤْمِنُوا بِعَجَائِبِهِ.
33 Therefore their days He consumed in futility, And their years in fear.	33 فَأَفْنَى أَيَّامَهُمْ بِالْبَاطِلِ وَسِنِيهِمْ بِالرُّعْبِ.
34 When He slew them, then they sought Him; And they returned and sought earnestly for God.	34 إِذْ قَتَلَهُمْ طَلَبُوهُ وَرَجَعُوا وَبَكَّرُوا إِلَى اللهِ
35 Then they remembered that God was their rock, And the Most High God their Redeemer.	35 وَذَكَرُوا أَنَّ اللهَ صَخْرَتُهُمْ وَاللهَ الْعَلِيَّ وَلِيُّهُمْ.
36 Nevertheless they flattered Him with their mouth, And they lied to Him with their tongue;	36 فَخَادَعُوهُ بِأَفْوَاهِهِمْ وَكَذَبُوا عَلَيْهِ بِأَلْسِنَتِهِمْ.
37 For their heart was not steadfast with Him, Nor were they faithful in His covenant.	37 أَمَّا قُلُوبُهُمْ فَلَمْ تُثَبَّتْ مَعَهُ وَلَمْ يَكُونُوا أُمَنَاءَ فِي عَهْدِهِ.
38 But He, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, And did not destroy them. Yes, many a time He turned His anger away, And did not stir up all His wrath;	38 أَمَّا هُوَ فَرَأُوفٌ يَغْفِرُ الإِثْمَ وَلاَ يُهْلِكُ وَكَثِيراً مَا رَدَّ غَضَبَهُ وَلَمْ يُشْعِلْ كُلَّ سَخَطِهِ.
39 For He remembered that they were but flesh, A breath that passes away and does not come again.	39 ذَكَرَ أَنَّهُمْ بَشَرٌ. رِيحٌ تَذْهَبُ وَلاَ تَعُودُ.
40 How often they provoked Him in the wilderness, And grieved Him in the desert!	40 كَمْ عَصُوهُ فِي الْبَرِّيَّةِ وَأَحْزَنُوهُ فِي الْقَفْرِ!
41 Yes, again and again they tempted God, And limited the Holy One of Israel.	41 رَجَعُوا وَجَرَّبُوا اللهَ وَعَنُّوا قُدُّوسَ إِسْرَائِيلَ.
42 They did not remember His power: The day when He redeemed them from the enemy,	42 لَمْ يَذْكُرُوا يَدَهُ يَوْمَ فَدَاهُمْ مِنَ الْعَدُوِّ
43 When He worked His signs in Egypt, And His wonders in the field of Zoan;	43 حَيْثُ جَعَلَ فِي مِصْرَ آيَاتِهِ وَعَجَائِبَهُ فِي بِلاَدِ صُوعَنَ
44 Turned their rivers into blood, And their streams, that they could not drink.	44 إِذْ حَوَّلَ خُلْجَانَهُمْ إِلَى دَمٍ وَمَجَارِيَهُمْ لِكَيْ لاَ يَشْرَبُوا.
45 He sent swarms of flies among them, which devoured them, And frogs, which destroyed them.	45 أَرْسَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ بَعُوضاً فَأَكَلَهُمْ وَضَفَادِعَ فَأَفْسَدَتْهُمْ.
46 He also gave their crops to the caterpillar, And their labor to the locust.	46 أَسْلَمَ لِلْجَرْدَمِ غَلَّتَهُمْ وَتَعَبَهُمْ لِلْجَرَادِ.
47 He destroyed their vines with hail, And their sycamore trees with frost.	47 أَهْلَكَ بِالْبَرَدِ كُرُومَهُمْ وَجُمَّيْزَهُمْ بِالصَّقِيعِ.
48 He also gave up their cattle to the hail, And their flocks to fiery lightning.	48 وَدَفَعَ إِلَى الْبَرَدِ بَهَائِمَهُمْ وَمَوَاشِيَهُمْ لِلْبُرُوقِ.
49 He cast on them the fierceness of His anger, Wrath, indignation, and trouble, By sending angels of destruction among them.	49 أَرْسَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ حُمُوَّ غَضَبِهِ سَخَطاً وَرِجْزاً وَضِيقاً جَيْشَ مَلاَئِكَةٍ أَشْرَارٍ.
50 He made a path for His anger; He did not spare their soul from death, But gave their life over to the plague,	50 مَهَّدَ سَبِيلاً لِغَضَبِهِ. لَمْ يَمْنَعْ مِنَ الْمَوْتِ أَنْفُسَهُمْ بَلْ دَفَعَ حَيَاتَهُمْ لِلْوَبَإِ.
51 And destroyed all the firstborn in Egypt, The first of their strength in the tents of Ham.	51 وَضَرَبَ كُلَّ بِكْرٍ فِي مِصْرَ. أَوَائِلَ الْقُدْرَةِ فِي خِيَامِ حَامٍ.
52 But He made His own people go forth like sheep, And guided them in the wilderness like a flock;	52 وَسَاقَ مِثْلَ الْغَنَمِ شَعْبَهُ وَقَادَهُمْ مِثْلَ قَطِيعٍ فِي الْبَرِّيَّةِ.
53 And He led them on safely, so that they did not fear; But the sea overwhelmed their enemies.	53 وَهَدَاهُمْ آمِنِينَ فَلَمْ يَجْزَعُوا. أَمَّا أَعْدَاؤُهُمْ فَغَمَرَهُمُ الْبَحْرُ.
54 And He brought them to His holy border, This mountain which His right hand had acquired.	54 وَأَدْخَلَهُمْ فِي تُخُومِ قُدْسِهِ هَذَا الْجَبَلِ الَّذِي اقْتَنَتْهُ يَمِينُهُ.
55 He also drove out the nations before them, Allotted them an inheritance by survey, And made the tribes of Israel dwell in their tents.	55 وَطَرَدَ الأُمَمَ مِنْ قُدَّامِهِمْ وَقَسَمَهُمْ بِالْحَبْلِ مِيرَاثاً وَأَسْكَنَ فِي خِيَامِهِمْ أَسْبَاطَ إِسْرَائِيلَ.
56 Yet they tested and provoked the Most High God, And did not keep His testimonies,	56 فَجَرَّبُوا وَعَصُوا اللهَ الْعَلِيَّ وَشَهَادَاتِهِ لَمْ يَحْفَظُوا
57 But turned back and acted unfaithfully like their fathers; They were turned aside like a deceitful bow.	57 بَلِ ارْتَدُّوا وَغَدَرُوا مِثْلَ آبَائِهِمْ. انْحَرَفُوا كَقَوْسٍ مُخْطِئَةٍ.
58 For they provoked Him to anger with their high places, And moved Him to jealousy with their carved images.	58 أَغَاظُوهُ بِمُرْتَفَعَاتِهِمْ وَأَغَارُوهُ بِتَمَاثِيلِهِمْ.
59 When God heard this, He was furious, And greatly abhorred Israel,	59 سَمِعَ اللهُ فَغَضِبَ وَرَذَلَ إِسْرَائِيلَ جِدّاً
60 So that He forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, The tent He had placed among men,	60 وَرَفَضَ مَسْكَنَ شِيلُوهَ الْخَيْمَةَ الَّتِي نَصَبَهَا بَيْنَ النَّاسِ.
61 And delivered His strength into captivity, And His glory into the enemy's hand.	61 وَسَلَّمَ لِلسَّبْيِ عِزَّهُ وَجَلاَلَهُ لِيَدِ الْعَدُوِّ.
62 He also gave His people over to the sword, And was furious with His inheritance.	62 وَدَفَعَ إِلَى السَّيْفِ شَعْبَهُ وَغَضِبَ عَلَى مِيرَاثِهِ.
63 The fire consumed their young men, And their maidens were not given in marriage.	63 مُخْتَارُوهُ أَكَلَتْهُمُ النَّارُ وَعَذَارَاهُ لَمْ يُحْمَدْنَ.
64 Their priests fell by the sword, And their widows made no lamentation.	64 كَهَنَتُهُ سَقَطُوا بِالسَّيْفِ وَأَرَامِلُهُ لَمْ يَبْكِينَ.
65 Then the Lord awoke as from sleep, Like a mighty man who shouts because of wine.	65 فَاسْتَيْقَظَ الرَّبُّ كَنَائِمٍ كَجَبَّارٍ مُعَيِّطٍ مِنَ الْخَمْرِ.
66 And He beat back His enemies; He put them to a perpetual reproach.	66 فَضَرَبَ أَعْدَاءَهُ إِلَى الْوَرَاءِ. جَعَلَهُمْ عَاراً أَبَدِيّاً.
67 Moreover He rejected the tent of Joseph, And did not choose the tribe of Ephraim,	67 وَرَفَضَ خَيْمَةَ يُوسُفَ وَلَمْ يَخْتَرْ سِبْطَ أَفْرَايِمَ.
68 But chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion which He loved.	68 بَلِ اخْتَارَ سِبْطَ يَهُوذَا جَبَلَ صِهْيَوْنَ الَّذِي أَحَبَّهُ.
69 And He built His sanctuary like the heights, Like the earth which He has established forever.	69 وَبَنَى مِثْلَ مُرْتَفَعَاتٍ مَقْدِسَهُ كَالأَرْضِ الَّتِي أَسَّسَهَا إِلَى الأَبَدِ.
70 He also chose David His servant, And took him from the sheepfolds;	70 وَاخْتَارَ دَاوُدَ عَبْدَهُ وَأَخَذَهُ مِنْ حَظَائِرِ الْغَنَمِ.
71 From following the ewes that had young He brought him, To shepherd Jacob His people, And Israel His inheritance.	71 مِنْ خَلْفِ الْمُرْضِعَاتِ أَتَى بِهِ لِيَرْعَى يَعْقُوبَ شَعْبَهُ وَإِسْرَائِيلَ مِيرَاثَهُ.
72 So he shepherded them according to the integrity of his heart, And guided them by the skillfulness of his hands.	72 فَرَعَاهُمْ حَسَبَ كَمَالِ قَلْبِهِ وَبِمَهَارَةِ يَدَيْهِ هَدَاهُمْ.