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1 But as to the wicked, even to the end
there came upon them wrath without mercy. For he knew before also what they
would do:
2 For when
they had given them leave to depart, and had sent them away with great care,
they repented, and pursued after them.
3 For
whilst they were yet mourning, and lamenting at the graves of the dead, they
took up another foolish device: and pursued them as fugitives whom they had
pressed to be gone:
4 For a
necessity, of which they were worthy, brought them to this end: and they lost
the remembrance of those things which had happened, that their punishment
might fill up what was wanting to their torments:
5 And that
thy people might wonderfully pass through, but they might find a new death.
6 For
every creature according to its kind was fashioned again as from the
beginning, obeying thy commandments, that thy children might be kept without
hurt.
7 For a
cloud overshadowed their camp, and where water was before, dry land appeared,
and in the Red Sea a way without hinderance, and out of the great deep a springing field:
8 Through
which all the nation passed which was protected with thy hand, seeing thy
miracles and wonders.
9 For they fed on their food like horses, and they skipped like
lambs, praising thee, O Lord, who hadst delivered
them.
10 For they
were yet mindful of those things which had been done in the time of their
sojourning, how the ground brought forth flies instead of cattle, and how the
river cast up a multitude of frogs instead of fishes.
11 And at
length they saw a new generation of birds, when being led by their appetite
they asked for delicate meats.
12 For to
satisfy their desire, the quail came up to them from the sea: and punishments
came upon the sinners, not without foregoing signs by the force of thunders:
for they suffered justly according to their own wickedness.
13 For they
exercised a more detestable inhospitality than any: others indeed received
not strangers unknown to them, but these brought their guests into bondage
that had deserved well of them.
14 And not
only so, but in another respect also they were worse: for the others against
their will received the strangers.
15 But
these grievously afflicted them whom they had received with joy, and who
lived under the same laws.
16 But they
were struck with blindness: as those others were at the doors of the just
man, when they were covered with sudden darkness, and every one sought the
passage of his own door.
17 For
while the elements are changed in themselves, as in an instrument the sound
of the quality is changed, yet all keep their sound: which may clearly be
perceived by the very sight.
18 For the
things of the land were turned into things of the water: and the things
before swam in the water passed upon the land.
19 The fire
had power in water above its own virtue, and the water forgot its quenching
nature.
20 On the
other side, the flames wasted not the flesh of corruptible animals walking
therein, neither did they melt that good food, which was apt to melt as ice.
For in all things thou didst magnify thy people, O Lord, and didst honour them, and didst not despise them, but didst assist
them at all times, and in every place.
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1- اما المنافقون فاستمر عليهم
الى الانقضاء غضب لا رحمة معه لانه كان يعلم من قبل ماذا سيكون من امرهم.
2- و انهم بعد ترخيصهم لهم في
الذهاب و مبادرتهم لاطلاقهم يندمون فيجدون في اثرهم.
3- فانهم قبل ان تنقضي مناحتهم و هم منتحبون
على قبور امواتهم عادوا فاتخذوا مشورة جهل اخرى و سعوا في اثار الذين حثوهم على
الرحيل سعيهم وراء قوم فارين.
4- و انما ساقهم الى هذا الاجل امر لا بد منه
انساهم ما سبق من الحوادث لكي يستتموا ما بقي من الام عقابهم.
5- و يعبر شعبك اعجب عبور و
يموت اولئك اغرب ميتة.
6- و كانت جميع الخلائق كل واحدة في جنسها
تستبدل طبعها و تخدمك بحسب ما رسم لها لكي يحفظ بنوك بغير ضر.
7- فالغمام ظلل المحلة و مما كان قبلا يغمر
بالمياه برزت ارض يابسة طريق ممهد في البحر الاحمر و مرج اخضر في قعر لجة عظيمة.
8- هناك عبرت الامة كلها و هم في ستر يدك يرون
عجائب الايات.
9- و رتعوا كالخيل و وثبوا كالحملان مسبحين لك
ايها الرب مخلصهم.
10- متذكرين ما وقع في غربتهم كيف اخرجت الارض
الذباب بدلا من نتاج الحيوان و فاض النهر بجم من الضفادع عوض الاسماك.
11- و اخيرا راوا صنفا جديدا من
الطير حين حثتهم شهوتهم ان يتطلبوا طعاما لذيذا.
12- فصعدت السلوى من البحر تسلية لهم اما
الخطاة فنزل عليهم الانتقام مع ما له من العلائم القديمة التي هي شدة الصواعق و
انما اصابهم ما استحقت فواحشهم.
13- اذ كانت معاملتهم للاضياف اشد كراهية فان
اولئك ابوا ان يقبلوا غرباء لم يعرفوهم اما هؤلاء فاستعبدوا اضيافا قد احسنوا
اليهم.
14- و فضلا عن ذلك فان عليهم افتقادا اخر اذ
ان اولئك انما قبلوا قوما اجنبيين كرها.
15- اما هؤلاء فانهم قبلوا اضيافا باحتفال و
فرح و اشركوهم في حقوقهم ثم اساءوا اليهم بصنوف العذاب الشديد.
16- فضربوا بالعمى مثل اولئك
الواقفين على باب الصديق الذين شملتهم ظلمة هائلة فجعل كل منهم يتلمس طالبا مدخل
بابه.
17- اذ تغيرت نسب العناصر بعضها الى بعض كما
يتغير في العود اسم صوت من اللحن و الصوت باق و ذلك بين لمن تامل تلك الحوادث.
18- فالارضيات تحولت الى مائيات و السابحات
سعت على الارض.
19- و النار كانت لها قوة في الماء اشد من
قوتها الغريزية و الماء نسي قوته المطفئة.
20- و بالعكس اللهيب لم يؤذ جسم السريع الفاسد
من الحيوان اذ كان يمشي فيه و لم يذب الطعام السماوي السريع الذوبان كالجليد
لانك يا رب عظمت شعبك في كل شيء و مجدته و لم تهمله بل كنت مؤازرا له في كل زمان
و مكان
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