اَلْمَزَامِيرُ 135

١ 1 هَلِّلُويَا. سَبِّحُوا ٱسْمَ ٱلرَّبِّ. سَبِّحُوا يَا عَبِيدَ ٱلرَّبِّ،

Praise Yahweh! You who (do work for/serve) Yahweh, praise him!

٢ 2 ٱلْوَاقِفِينَ فِي بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ، فِي دِيَارِ بَيْتِ إِلَهِنَا.

You who stand in the temple of Yahweh our God and in the surrounding courtyard, praise him [MTY]!

٣ 3 سَبِّحُوا ٱلرَّبَّ لِأَنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ صَالِحٌ. رَنِّمُوا لِٱسْمِهِ لِأَنَّ ذَاكَ حُلْوٌ.

Praise Yahweh, because he does good things [for us]; sing to him [MTY], because he is kind [to us].

٤ 4 لِأَنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ قَدِ ٱخْتَارَ يَعْقُوبَ لِذَاتِهِ، وَإِسْرَائِيلَ لِخَاصَّتِهِ.

He has chosen [us, the descendants of] Jacob; he has chosen [us] Israelis to belong to him [DOU].

٥ 5 لِأَنِّي أَنَا قَدْ عَرَفْتُ أَنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ عَظِيمٌ، وَرَبَّنَا فَوْقَ جَمِيعِٱلْآلِهَةِ.

I know that Yahweh is great; he is greater than all the gods.

٦ 6 كُلَّ مَا شَاءَ ٱلرَّبُّ صَنَعَ فِي ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ وَفِي ٱلْأَرْضِ، فِي ٱلْبِحَارِ وَفِي كُلِّ ٱللُّجَجِ.

Yahweh does whatever he desires to do, in heaven and on the earth and in the seas/oceans, [down] to the bottom of the seas.

٧ 7 ٱلْمُصْعِدُ ٱلسَّحَابَ مِنْ أَقَاصِي ٱلْأَرْضِ. ٱلصَّانِعُ بُرُوقًا لِلْمَطَرِ. ٱلْمُخْرِجُ ٱلرِّيحِ مِنْ خَزَائِنِهِ.

He is the one who causes clouds to appear from very distant places on the earth; he sends lightning with the rain, and he brings the winds from the places where he stores them.

٨ 8 ٱلَّذِي ضَرَبَ أَبْكَارَ مِصْرَ مِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ إِلَى ٱلْبَهَائِمِ.

He is the one who killed [all] the firstborn [males] in Egypt, the firstborn of people and of animals.

٩ 9 أَرْسَلَ آيَاتٍ وَعَجَائِبَ فِي وَسَطِكِ يَا مِصْرُ، عَلَى فِرْعَوْنَ وَعَلَى كُلِّ عَبِيدِهِ.

There he performed many kinds of miracles [DOU] to punish the king and all his officials.

١٠ 10 ٱلَّذِي ضَرَبَ أُمَمًا كَثِيرَةً، وَقَتَلَ مُلُوكًا أَعِزَّاءَ:

He destroyed many nations and the powerful kings [who ruled them]:

١١ 11 سِيحُونَ مَلِكَ ٱلْأَمُورِيِّينَ، وَعُوجَ مَلِكَ بَاشَانَ، وَكُلَّ مَمَالِكِ كَنْعَانَ.

Sihon, the king of the Amor people-group, and Og, the king of Bashan [region], and all the other kings in Canaan [land].

١٢ 12 وَأَعْطَى أَرْضَهُمْ مِيرَاثًا، مِيرَاثًا لِإِسْرَائِيلَ شَعْبِهِ.

Then he gave their land to [us] Israeli people to belong to us [forever].

١٣ 13 يَارَبُّ، ٱسْمُكَ إِلَى ٱلدَّهْرِ. يَارَبُّ، ذِكْرُكَ إِلَى دَوْرٍ فَدَوْرٍ.

Yahweh your name will endure forever, and people who are not yet born will remember the great things [that you have done].

١٤ 14 لِأَنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ يَدِينُ شَعْبَهُ، وَعَلَى عَبِيدِهِ يُشْفِقُ.

Yahweh, [you] declare that we your people (are innocent/have not done things that are wrong), and you are merciful to us.

١٥ 15 أَصْنَامُ ٱلْأُمَمِ فِضَّةٌ وَذَهَبٌ، عَمَلُ أَيْدِي ٱلنَّاسِ.

But the idols that the [other] people-groups [worship] are only [statues made of] silver and gold, things that humans have made.

١٦ 16 لَهَا أَفْوَاهٌ وَلَا تَتَكَلَّمُ. لَهَا أَعْيُنٌ وَلَا تُبْصِرُ.

Their idols have mouths, but they cannot say [anything]; they have eyes, but they cannot see [anything].

١٧ 17 لَهَا آذَانٌ وَلَا تَسْمَعُ. كَذَلِكَ لَيْسَ فِي أَفْوَاهِهَا نَفَسٌ!

They have ears, but they cannot hear [anything], and they are not [even able to] breathe.

١٨ 18 مِثْلَهَا يَكُونُ صَانِعُوهَا، وَكُلُّ مَنْ يَتَّكِلُ عَلَيْهَا.

The people who make those idols are as [powerless as] those idols, and those who trust in those idols [can accomplish no more than] their idols can!

١٩ 19 يَا بَيْتَ إِسْرَائِيلَ، بَارِكُوا ٱلرَّبَّ. يَا بَيْتَ هَارُونَ، بَارِكُوا ٱلرَّبَّ.

[My fellow] Israelis, praise Yahweh! You [priests] who are descended from Aaron, praise Yahweh!

٢٠ 20 يَا بَيْتَ لَاوِي، بَارِكُوا ٱلرَّبَّ. يَا خَائِفِي ٱلرَّبِّ، بَارِكُوا ٱلرَّبَّ.

You [men] who are descended from Levi, [you who assist the priests], praise Yahweh! [All] you who revere Yahweh, praise him!

٢١ 21 مُبَارَكٌ ٱلرَّبُّ مِنْ صِهْيَوْنَ، ٱلسَّاكِنُ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ. هَلِّلُويَا.

Praise Yahweh in [the temple on] Zion [Hill] in Jerusalem, where he lives! Praise Yahweh!