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اَلْآنَ تَتَجَيَّشِينَ يَا بِنْتَ ٱلْجُيُوشِ. قَدْ أَقَامَ عَلَيْنَا مِتْرَسَةً. يَضْرِبُونَ قَاضِيَ إِسْرَائِيلَ بِقَضِيبٍ عَلَى خَدِّهِ. ١ 1
Now gather yourself in troops, O daughter of troops: he has laid siege against us: they shall strike the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek.
«أَمَّا أَنْتِ يَا بَيْتَ لَحْمِ أَفْرَاتَةَ، وَأَنْتِ صَغِيرَةٌ أَنْ تَكُونِي بَيْنَ أُلُوفِ يَهُوذَا، فَمِنْكِ يَخْرُجُ لِي ٱلَّذِي يَكُونُ مُتَسَلِّطًا عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَمَخَارِجُهُ مُنْذُ ٱلْقَدِيمِ، مُنْذُ أَيَّامِ ٱلْأَزَلِ». ٢ 2
But you, Bethlehem Ephratah, though you be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of you shall he comes forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose activities forth have been from of old, from everlasting.
لِذَلِكَ يُسَلِّمُهُمْ إِلَى حِينَمَا تَكُونُ قَدْ وَلَدَتْ وَالِدَةٌ، ثُمَّ تَرْجِعُ بَقِيَّةُ إِخْوَتِهِ إِلَى بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ. ٣ 3
Therefore will he give them up, until the time that she which labors has brought forth: then the remnant of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel.
وَيَقِفُ وَيَرْعَى بِقُدْرَةِ ٱلرَّبِّ، بِعَظَمَةِ ٱسْمِ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِهِ، وَيَثْبُتُونَ. لِأَنَّهُ ٱلْآنَ يَتَعَظَّمُ إِلَى أَقَاصِي ٱلْأَرْضِ. ٤ 4
And he shall stand and feed in the strength of the LORD, in the majesty of the name of the LORD his God; and they shall abide: for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth.
وَيَكُونُ هَذَا سَلَامًا. إِذَا دَخَلَ أَشُّورُ فِي أَرْضِنَا، وَإِذَا دَاسَ فِي قُصُورِنَا، نُقِيمُ عَلَيْهِ سَبْعَةَ رُعَاةٍ وَثَمَانِيَةً مِنْ أُمَرَاءِ ٱلنَّاسِ، ٥ 5
And this man shall be the peace, when the Assyrian shall come into our land: and when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise against him seven shepherds, and eight principal men.
فَيَرْعَوْنَ أَرْضَ أَشُّورَ بِٱلسَّيْفِ، وَأَرْضَ نِمْرُودَ فِي أَبْوَابِهَا، فَيَنْفُذُ مِنْ أَشُّورَ إِذَا دَخَلَ أَرْضَنَا وَإِذَا دَاسَ تُخُومَنَا. ٦ 6
And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus shall he deliver us from the Assyrian, when he comes into our land, and when he treads within our borders.
وَتَكُونُ بَقِيَّةُ يَعْقُوبَ فِي وَسَطِ شُعُوبٍ كَثِيرِينَ كَٱلنَّدَى مِنْ عِنْدِ ٱلرَّبِّ، كَٱلْوَابِلِ عَلَى ٱلْعُشْبِ ٱلَّذِي لَا يَنْتَظِرُ إِنْسَانًا وَلَا يَصْبِرُ لِبَنِي ٱلْبَشَرِ. ٧ 7
And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from the LORD, as the showers upon the grass, that tarries not for man, nor waits for the sons of men.
وَتَكُونُ بَقِيَّةُ يَعْقُوبَ بَيْنَ ٱلْأُمَمِ فِي وَسَطِ شُعُوبٍ كَثِيرِينَ كَٱلْأَسَدِ بَيْنَ وُحُوشِ ٱلْوَعْرِ، كَشِبْلِ ٱلْأَسَدِ بَيْنَ قُطْعَانِ ٱلْغَنَمِ، ٱلَّذِي إِذَا عَبَرَ يَدُوسُ وَيَفْتَرِسُ وَلَيْسَ مَنْ يُنْقِذُ. ٨ 8
And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, both treads down, and tears in pieces, and none can deliver.
لِتَرْتَفِعْ يَدُكَ عَلَى مُبْغِضِيكَ وَيَنْقَرِضْ كُلُّ أَعْدَائِكَ. ٩ 9
your hand shall be lifted up upon your adversaries, and all of your enemies shall be cut off.
«وَيَكُونُ فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ، أَنِّي أَقْطَعُ خَيْلَكَ مِنْ وَسَطِكَ، وَأُبِيدُ مَرْكَبَاتِكَ. ١٠ 10
And it shall come to pass in that day, says the LORD, that I will cut off your horses out of the midst of you, and I will destroy your chariots:
وَأَقْطَعُ مُدُنَ أَرْضِكَ، وَأَهْدِمُ كُلَّ حُصُونِكَ. ١١ 11
And I will cut off the cities of your land, and throw down all your strong holds:
وَأَقْطَعُ ٱلسِّحْرَ مِنْ يَدِكَ، وَلَا يَكُونُ لَكَ عَائِفُونَ. ١٢ 12
And I will cut off witchcrafts out of your hand; and you shall have no more soothsayers:
وَأَقْطَعُ تَمَاثِيلَكَ ٱلْمَنْحُوتَةَ وَأَنْصَابَكَ مِنْ وَسَطِكَ، فَلَا تَسْجُدُ لِعَمَلِ يَدَيْكَ فِي مَا بَعْدُ. ١٣ 13
Your graven images also will I cut off, and your standing images out of the midst of you; and you shall no more worship the work of your hands.
وَأَقْلَعُ سَوَارِيَكَ مِنْ وَسَطِكَ وَأُبِيدُ مُدُنَكَ. ١٤ 14
And I will pluck up your groves out of the midst of you: so will I destroy your cities.
وَبِغَضَبٍ وَغَيْظٍ أَنْتَقِمُ مِنَ ٱلْأُمَمِ ٱلَّذِينَ لَمْ يَسْمَعُوا». ١٥ 15
And I will execute vengeance in anger and fury upon the heathen, such as they have not heard.

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