عَزْرَا 9
| وَلَمَّا كَمَلَتْ هَذِهِ تَقَدَّمَ إِلَيَّ ٱلرُّؤَسَاءُ قَائِلِينَ: «لَمْ يَنْفَصِلْ شَعْبُ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَٱلْكَهَنَةُ وَٱللَّاوِيُّونَ مِنْ شُعُوبِ ٱلْأَرَاضِي حَسَبَ رَجَاسَاتِهِمْ، مِنَ ٱلْكَنْعَانِيِّينَ وَٱلْحِثِّيِّينَ وَٱلْفِرِزِّيِّينَ وَٱلْيَبُوسِيِّينَ وَٱلْعَمُّونِيِّينَ وَٱلْمُوآبِيِّينَ وَٱلْمِصْرِيِّينَ وَٱلْأَمُورِيِّينَ. | ١ 1 |
Now when these things were done, the princes came near to me, saying, “The people of Israel, the priests, and the Levites have not separated themselves from the peoples of the lands, following their abominations, even those of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.
| لِأَنَّهُمُ ٱتَّخَذُوا مِنْ بَنَاتِهِمْ لِأَنْفُسِهِمْ وَلِبَنِيهِمْ، وَٱخْتَلَطَ ٱلزَّرْعُ ٱلْمُقَدَّسُ بِشُعُوبِ ٱلْأَرَاضِي. وَكَانَتْ يَدُ ٱلرُّؤَسَاءِ وَٱلْوُلَاةِ فِي هَذِهِ ٱلْخِيَانَةِ أَوَّلًا». | ٢ 2 |
For they have taken of their daughters for themselves and for their sons, so that the holy offspring have mixed themselves with the peoples of the lands. Yes, the hand of the princes and rulers has been chief in this trespass.”
| فَلَمَّا سَمِعْتُ بِهَذَا ٱلْأَمْرِ مَزَّقْتُ ثِيَابِي وَرِدَائِي وَنَتَّفْتُ شَعْرَ رَأْسِي وَذَقْنِي وَجَلَسْتُ مُتَحَيِّرًا. | ٣ 3 |
When I heard this thing, I tore my garment and my robe, and pulled the hair out of my head and of my beard, and sat down confounded.
| فَٱجْتَمَعَ إِلَيَّ كُلُّ مَنِ ٱرْتَعَدَ مِنْ كَلَامِ إِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ أَجْلِ خِيَانَةِ ٱلْمَسْبِيِّينَ، وَأَنَا جَلَسْتُ مُتَحَيِّرًا إِلَى تَقْدِمَةِ ٱلْمَسَاءِ. | ٤ 4 |
Then everyone who trembled at the words of the God of Israel were assembled to me because of the trespass of the exiles; and I sat confounded until the evening offering.
| وَعِنْدَ تَقْدِمَةِ ٱلْمَسَاءِ قُمْتُ مِنْ تَذَلُّلِي، وَفِي ثِيَابِي وَرِدَائِي ٱلْمُمَزَّقَةِ جَثَوْتُ عَلَى رُكْبَتَيَّ وَبَسَطْتُ يَدَيَّ إِلَى ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِي، | ٥ 5 |
At the evening offering I rose up from my humiliation, even with my garment and my robe torn; and I fell on my knees, and spread out my hands to Yahweh my God;
| وَقُلْتُ: «ٱللَّهُمَّ، إِنِّي أَخْجَلُ وَأَخْزَى مِنْ أَنْ أَرْفَعَ يَا إِلَهِي وَجْهِي نَحْوَكَ، لِأَنَّ ذُنُوبَنَا قَدْ كَثُرَتْ فَوْقَ رُؤُوسِنَا، وَآثَامَنَا تَعَاظَمَتْ إِلَى ٱلسَّمَاءِ. | ٦ 6 |
and I said, “My God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to you, my God, for our iniquities have increased over our head, and our guiltiness has grown up to the heavens.
| مُنْذُ أَيَّامِ آبَائِنَا نَحْنُ فِي إِثْمٍ عَظِيمٍ إِلَى هَذَا ٱلْيَوْمِ. وَلِأَجْلِ ذُنُوبِنَا قَدْ دُفِعْنَا نَحْنُ وَمُلُوكُنَا وَكَهَنَتُنَا لِيَدِ مُلُوكِ ٱلْأَرَاضِي لِلسَّيْفِ وَٱلسَّبْيِ وَٱلنَّهْبِ وَخِزْيِ ٱلْوُجُوهِ كَهَذَا ٱلْيَوْمِ. | ٧ 7 |
Since the days of our fathers we have been exceedingly guilty to this day; and for our iniquities we, our kings, and our priests have been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, to plunder, and to confusion of face, as it is this day.
| وَٱلْآنَ كَلُحَيْظَةٍ كَانَتْ رَأْفَةٌ مِنْ لَدُنِ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِنَا لِيُبْقِيَ لَنَا نَجَاةً وَيُعْطِيَنَا وَتَدًا فِي مَكَانِ قُدْسِهِ، لِيُنِيرَ إِلَهُنَا أَعْيُنَنَا وَيُعْطِيَنَا حَيَاةً قَلِيلَةً فِي عُبُودِيَّتِنَا. | ٨ 8 |
Now for a little moment grace has been shown from Yahweh our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a stake in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and revive us a little in our bondage.
| لِأَنَّنَا عَبِيدٌ نَحْنُ، وَفِي عُبُودِيَّتِنَا لَمْ يَتْرُكْنَا إِلَهُنَا بَلْ بَسَطَ عَلَيْنَا رَحْمَةً أَمَامَ مُلُوكِ فَارِسَ، لِيُعْطِيَنَا حَيَاةً لِنَرْفَعَ بَيْتَ إِلَهِنَا وَنُقِيمَ خَرَائِبَهُ، وَلْيُعْطِيَنَا حَائِطًا فِي يَهُوذَا وَفِي أُورُشَلِيمَ. | ٩ 9 |
For we are bondservants; yet our God has not forsaken us in our bondage, but has extended loving kindness to us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to revive us, to set up the house of our God, and to repair its ruins, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.
| وَٱلْآنَ، فَمَاذَا نَقُولُ يَا إِلَهَنَا بَعْدَ هَذَا؟ لِأَنَّنَا قَدْ تَرَكْنَا وَصَايَاكَ | ١٠ 10 |
“Now, our God, what shall we say after this? For we have forsaken your commandments,
| ٱلَّتِي أَوْصَيْتَ بِهَا عَنْ يَدِ عَبِيدِكَ ٱلْأَنْبِيَاءِ قَائِلًا: إِنَّ ٱلْأَرْضَ ٱلَّتِي تَدْخُلُونَ لِتَمْتَلِكُوهَا هِيَ أَرْضٌ مُتَنَجِّسَةٌ بِنَجَاسَةِ شُعُوبِ ٱلْأَرَاضِي، بِرَجَاسَاتِهِمِ ٱلَّتِي مَلَأُوهَا بِهَا مِنْ جِهَةٍ إِلَى جِهَةٍ بِنَجَاسَتِهِمْ. | ١١ 11 |
which you have commanded by your servants the prophets, saying, ‘The land to which you go to possess is an unclean land through the uncleanness of the peoples of the lands, through their abominations, which have filled it from one end to another with their filthiness.
| وَٱلْآنَ فَلَا تُعْطُوا بَنَاتِكُمْ لِبَنِيهِمْ وَلَا تَأْخُذُوا بَنَاتِهِمْ لِبَنِيكُمْ، وَلَا تَطْلُبُوا سَلَامَتَهُمْ وَخَيْرَهُمْ إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ لِكَيْ تَتَشَدَّدُوا وَتَأْكُلُوا خَيْرَ ٱلْأَرْضِ وَتُورِثُوا بَنِيكُمْ إِيَّاهَا إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ. | ١٢ 12 |
Now therefore don’t give your daughters to their sons. Don’t take their daughters to your sons, nor seek their peace or their prosperity forever, that you may be strong and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children forever.’
| وَبَعْدَ كُلِّ مَا جَاءَ عَلَيْنَا لِأَجْلِ أَعْمَالِنَا ٱلرَّدِيئَةِ وَآثَامِنَا ٱلْعَظِيمَةِ، لِأَنَّكَ قَدْ جَازَيْتَنَا يَا إِلَهَنَا أَقَلَّ مِنْ آثَامِنَا وَأَعْطَيْتَنَا نَجَاةً كَهَذِهِ، | ١٣ 13 |
“After all that has come on us for our evil deeds and for our great guilt, since you, our God, have punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and have given us such a remnant,
| أَفَنَعُودُ وَنَتَعَدَّى وَصَايَاكَ وَنُصَاهِرُ شُعُوبَ هَذِهِ ٱلرَّجَاسَاتِ؟ أَمَا تَسْخَطُ عَلَيْنَا حَتَّى تُفْنِيَنَا فَلَا تَكُونُ بَقِيَّةٌ وَلَا نَجَاةٌ؟ | ١٤ 14 |
shall we again break your commandments, and join ourselves with the peoples that do these abominations? Wouldn’t you be angry with us until you had consumed us, so that there would be no remnant, nor any to escape?
| أَيُّهَا ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهَ إِسْرَائِيلَ، أَنْتَ بَارٌّ لِأَنَّنَا بَقِينَا نَاجِينَ كَهَذَا ٱلْيَوْمِ. هَا نَحْنُ أَمَامَكَ فِي آثَامِنَا، لِأَنَّهُ لَيْسَ لَنَا أَنْ نَقِفَ أَمَامَكَ مِنْ أَجْلِ هَذَا». | ١٥ 15 |
Yahweh, the God of Israel, you are righteous; for we are left a remnant that has escaped, as it is today. Behold, we are before you in our guiltiness; for no one can stand before you because of this.”
