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| 1 اِسْمَعُوا الْكَلِمَةَ الَّتِي تَكَلَّمَ بِهَا الرَّبُّ عَلَيْكُمْ يَا بَيْتَ إِسْرَائِيلَ. | 1 Hear ye the word which the LORD speaketh unto you, O house of Israel: |
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| 2 هكَذَا قَالَ الرَّبُّ: «لاَ تَتَعَلَّمُوا طَرِيقَ الأُمَمِ، وَمِنْ آيَاتِ السَّمَاوَاتِ لاَ تَرْتَعِبُوا، لأَنَّ الأُمَمَ تَرْتَعِبُ مِنْهَا. | 2 Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them. |
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| 3 لأَنَّ فَرَائِضَ الأُمَمِ بَاطِلَةٌ. لأَنَّهَا شَجَرَةٌ يَقْطَعُونَهَا مِنَ الْوَعْرِ. صَنْعَةُ يَدَيْ نَجَّارٍ بِالْقَدُومِ. | 3 For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe. |
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| 4 بِالْفِضَّةِ وَالذَّهَبِ يُزَيِّنُونَهَا، وَبِالْمَسَامِيرِ وَالْمَطَارِقِ يُشَدِّدُونَهَا فَلاَ تَتَحَرَّكُ. | 4 They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not. |
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| 5 هِيَ كَاللَّعِينِ فِي مَقْثَأَةٍ فَلاَ تَتَكَلَّمُ! تُحْمَلُ حَمْلاً لأَنَّهَا لاَ تَمْشِي! لاَ تَخَافُوهَا لأَنَّهَا لاَ تَضُرُّ، وَلاَ فِيهَا أَنْ تَصْنَعَ خَيْرًا». | 5 They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good. |
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| 6 لاَ مِثْلَ لَكَ يَا رَبُّ! عَظِيمٌ أَنْتَ، وَعَظِيمٌ اسْمُكَ فِي الْجَبَرُوتِ. | 6 Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O LORD; thou art great, and thy name is great in might. |
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| 7 مَنْ لاَ يَخَافُكَ يَا مَلِكَ الشُّعُوبِ؟ لأَنَّهُ بِكَ يَلِيقُ. لأَنَّهُ فِي جَمِيعِ حُكَمَاءِ الشُّعُوبِ وَفِي كُلِّ مَمَالِكِهِمْ لَيْسَ مِثْلَكَ. | 7 Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? for to thee doth it appertain: forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like unto thee. |
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| 8 بَلُدُوا وَحَمِقُوا مَعًا. أَدَبُ أَبَاطِيلَ هُوَ الْخَشَبُ. | 8 But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities. |
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| 9 فِضَّةٌ مُطَرَّقَةٌ تُجْلَبُ مِنْ تَرْشِيشَ، وَذَهَبٌ مِنْ أُوفَازَ، صَنْعَةُ صَانِعٍ وَيَدَيْ صَائِغٍ. أَسْمَانْجُونِيٌّ وَأُرْجُوَانٌ لِبَاسُهَا. كُلُّهَا صَنْعَةُ حُكَمَاءَ. | 9 Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple is their clothing: they are all the work of cunning men. |
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| 10 أَمَّا الرَّبُّ الإِلهُ فَحَقٌّ. هُوَ إِلهٌ حَيٌّ وَمَلِكٌ أَبَدِيٌّ. مِنْ سُخْطِهِ تَرْتَعِدُ الأَرْضُ، وَلاَ تَطِيقُ الأُمَمُ غَضَبَهُ. | 10 But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation. |
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| 11 هكَذَا تَقُولُونَ لَهُمْ: «الآلِهَةُ الَّتِي لَمْ تَصْنَعِ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضَ تَبِيدُ مِنَ الأَرْضِ وَمِنْ تَحْتِ هذِهِ السَّمَاوَاتِ» | 11 Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens. |
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| 12 صَانِعُ الأَرْضِ بِقُوَّتِهِ، مُؤَسِّسُ الْمَسْكُونَةِ بِحِكْمَتِهِ، وَبِفَهْمِهِ بَسَطَ السَّمَاوَاتِ. | 12 He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion. |
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| 13 إِذَا أَعْطَى قَوْلاً تَكُونُ كَثْرَةُ مِيَاهٍ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ، وَيُصْعِدُ السَّحَابَ مِنْ أَقَاصِي الأَرْضِ. صَنَعَ بُرُوقًا لِلْمَطَرِ، وَأَخْرَجَ الرِّيحَ مِنْ خَزَائِنِهِ. | 13 When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures. |
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| 14 بَلُدَ كُلُّ إِنْسَانٍ مِنْ مَعْرِفَتِهِ. خَزِيَ كُلُّ صَائِغٍ مِنَ التِّمْثَالِ، لأَنَّ مَسْبُوكَهُ كَذِبٌ وَلاَ رُوحَ فِيهِ. | 14 Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them. |
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| 15 هِيَ بَاطِلَةٌ صَنْعَةُ الأَضَالِيلِ. فِي وَقْتِ عِقَابِهَا تَبِيدُ. | 15 They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish. |
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| 16 لَيْسَ كَهذِهِ نَصِيبُ يَعْقُوبَ، لأَنَّهُ مُصَوِّرُ الْجَمِيعِ، وَإِسْرَائِيلُ قَضِيبُ مِيرَاثِهِ. رَبُّ الْجُنُودِ اسْمُهُ. | 16 The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: The LORD of hosts is his name. |
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خراب مدن يهوذا الآتي | |
| 17 اِجْمَعِي مِنَ الأَرْضِ حُزَمَكِ أَيَّتُهَا السَّاكِنَةُ فِي الْحِصَارِ. | 17 Gather up thy wares out of the land, O inhabitant of the fortress. |
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| 18 لأَنَّهُ هكَذَا قَالَ الرَّبُّ: «هأَنَذَا رَامٍ مِنْ مِقْلاَعٍ سُكَّانَ الأَرْضِ هذِهِ الْمَرَّةَ، وَأُضَيِّقُ عَلَيْهِمْ لِكَيْ يَشْعُرُوا». | 18 For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this once, and will distress them, that they may find it so. |
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| 19 وَيْلٌ لِي مِنْ أَجْلِ سَحْقِي! ضَرْبَتِي عَدِيمَةُ الشِّفَاءِ! فَقُلْتُ: «إِنَّمَا هذِهِ مُصِيبَةٌ فَأَحْتَمِلُهَا». | 19 Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous; but I said, Truly this is a grief, and I must bear it. |
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| 20 خَيْمَتِي خَرِبَتْ، وَكُلُّ أَطْنَابِي قُطِعَتْ. بَنِيَّ خَرَجُوا عَنِّي وَلَيْسُوا. لَيْسَ مَنْ يَبْسُطُ بَعْدُ خَيْمَتِي وَيُقِيمُ شُقَقِي. | 20 My tabernacle is spoiled, and all my cords are broken: my children are gone forth of me, and they are not: there is none to stretch forth my tent any more, and to set up my curtains. |
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| 21 لأَنَّ الرُّعَاةَ بَلُدُوا وَالرَّبَّ لَمْ يَطْلُبُوا. مِنْ أَجْلِ ذلِكَ لَمْ يَنْجَحُوا، وَكُلُّ رَعِيَّتِهِمْ تَبَدَّدَتْ. | 21 For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the LORD: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered. |
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| 22 هُوَذَا صَوْتُ خَبَرٍ جَاءَ، وَاضْطِرَابٌ عَظِيمٌ مِنْ أَرْضِ الشِّمَالِ لِجَعْلِ مُدُنِ يَهُوذَا خَرَابًا، مَأْوَى بَنَاتِ آوَى. | 22 Behold, the noise of the bruit is come, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah desolate, and a den of dragons. |
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| 23 عَرَفْتُ يَا رَبُّ أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ لِلإِنْسَانِ طَرِيقُهُ. لَيْسَ لإِنْسَانٍ يَمْشِي أَنْ يَهْدِيَ خَطَوَاتِهِ. | 23 O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps. |
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| 24 أَدِّبْنِي يَا رَبُّ وَلكِنْ بِالْحَقِّ، لاَ بِغَضَبِكَ لِئَلاَّ تُفْنِيَنِي. | 24 O LORD, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing. |
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| 25 اُسْكُبْ غَضَبَكَ عَلَى الأُمَمِ الَّتِي لَمْ تَعْرِفْكَ، وَعَلَى الْعَشَائِرِ الَّتِي لَمْ تَدْعُ بِاسْمِكَ. لأَنَّهُمْ أَكَلُوا يَعْقُوبَ. أَكَلُوهُ وَأَفْنَوْهُ وَأَخْرَبُوا مَسْكَنَهُ. | 25 Pour out thy fury upon the heathen that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name: for they have eaten up Jacob, and devoured him, and consumed him, and have made his habitation desolate. |
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