اَلْمَزَامِيرُ 78

١ 1 قَصِيدَةٌ لِآسَافَ اِصْغَ يَا شَعْبِي إِلَى شَرِيعَتِي. أَمِيلُوا آذَانَكُمْ إِلَى كَلَامِ فَمِي.

The lernyng of Asaph. Mi puple, perseyue ye my lawe; bowe youre eere in to the wordis of my mouth.

٢ 2 أَفْتَحُ بِمَثَلٍ فَمِي. أُذِيعُ أَلْغَازًا مُنْذُ ٱلْقِدَمِ.

I schal opene my mouth in parablis; Y schal speke perfite resouns fro the bigynnyng.

٣ 3 ٱلَّتِي سَمِعْنَاهَا وَعَرَفْنَاهَا وَآبَاؤُنَا أَخْبَرُونَا.

Hou grete thingis han we herd, aud we han knowe tho; and oure fadris. telden to vs.

٤ 4 لَا نُخْفِي عَنْ بَنِيهِمْ إِلَى ٱلْجِيلِ ٱلْآخِرِ، مُخْبِرِينَ بِتَسَابِيحِ ٱلرَّبِّ وَقُوَّتِهِ وَعَجَائِبِهِ ٱلَّتِي صَنَعَ.

Tho ben not hid fro the sones of hem; in anothir generacioun. And thei telden the heriyngis of the Lord, and the vertues of hym; and hise merueilis, whyche he dide.

٥ 5 أَقَامَ شَهَادَةً فِي يَعْقُوبَ، وَوَضَعَ شَرِيعَةً فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، ٱلَّتِي أَوْصَى آبَاءَنَا أَنْ يُعَرِّفُوا بِهَا أَبْنَاءَهُمْ،

And he reiside witnessyng in Jacob; and he settide lawe in Israel. Hou grete thingis comaundide he to oure fadris, to make tho knowun to her sones;

٦ 6 لِكَيْ يَعْلَمَ ٱلْجِيلُ ٱلْآخِرُ. بَنُونَ يُولَدُونَ فَيَقُومُونَ وَيُخْبِرُونَ أَبْنَاءَهُمْ،

that another generacioun knowe. Sones, that schulen be born, and schulen rise vp; schulen telle out to her sones.

٧ 7 فَيَجْعَلُونَ عَلَى ٱللهِ ٱعْتِمَادَهُمْ، وَلَا يَنْسَوْنَ أَعْمَالَ ٱللهِ، بَلْ يَحْفَظُونَ وَصَايَاهُ.

That thei sette her hope in God, and foryete not the werkis of God; and that thei seke hise comaundementis.

٨ 8 وَلَا يَكُونُونَ مِثْلَ آبَائِهِمْ، جِيلًا زَائِغًا وَمَارِدًا، جِيلًا لَمْ يُثَبِّتْ قَلْبَهُ وَلَمْ تَكُنْ رُوحُهُ أَمِينَةً لِلهِ.

Lest thei be maad a schrewid generacioun; and terrynge to wraththe, as the fadris of hem. A generacioun that dresside not his herte; and his spirit was not bileued with God.

٩ 9 بَنُو أَفْرَايِمَ ٱلنَّازِعُونَ فِي ٱلْقَوْسِ، ٱلرَّامُونَ، ٱنْقَلَبُوا فِي يَوْمِ ٱلْحَرْبِ.

The sones of Effraym, bendinge a bouwe and sendynge arowis; weren turned in the dai of batel.

١٠ 10 لَمْ يَحْفَظُوا عَهْدَ ٱللهِ، وَأَبَوْا ٱلسُّلُوكَ فِي شَرِيعَتِهِ،

Thei kepten not the testament of God; and thei nolden go in his lawe.

١١ 11 وَنَسُوا أَفْعَالَهُ وَعَجَائِبَهُ ٱلَّتِي أَرَاهُمْ.

And thei foryaten hise benefices; and hise merueils, whiche he schewide to hem.

١٢ 12 قُدَّامَ آبَائِهِمْ صَنَعَ أُعْجُوبَةً فِي أَرْضِ مِصْرَ، بِلَادِ صُوعَنَ.

He dide merueils bifore the fadris of hem in the loond of Egipt; in the feeld of Taphneos.

١٣ 13 شَقَّ ٱلْبَحْرَ فَعَبَّرَهُمْ، وَنَصَبَ ٱلْمِيَاهَ كَنَدٍّ.

He brak the see, and ledde hem thorou; and he ordeynede the watris as in a bouge.

١٤ 14 وَهَدَاهُمْ بِٱلسَّحَابِ نَهَارًا، وَٱللَّيْلَ كُلَّهُ بِنُورِ نَارٍ.

And he ledde hem forth in a cloude of the dai; and al niyt in the liytnyng of fier.

١٥ 15 شَقَّ صُخُورًا فِي ٱلْبَرِّيَّةِ، وَسَقَاهُمْ كَأَنَّهُ مِنْ لُجَجٍ عَظِيمَةٍ.

He brak a stoon in deseert; and he yaf watir to hem as in a myche depthe.

١٦ 16 أَخْرَجَ مَجَارِيَ مِنْ صَخْرَةٍ، وَأَجْرَى مِيَاهًا كَٱلْأَنْهَارِ.

And he ledde watir out of the stoon; and he ledde forth watris as floodis.

١٧ 17 ثُمَّ عَادُوا أَيْضًا لِيُخْطِئُوا إِلَيْهِ، لِعِصْيَانِ ٱلْعَلِيِّ فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ ٱلنَّاشِفَةِ.

And thei `leiden to yit to do synne ayens hym; thei excitiden hiye God in to ire, in a place with out water.

١٨ 18 وَجَرَّبُوا ٱللهَ فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ، بِسُؤَالِهِمْ طَعَامًا لِشَهْوَتِهِمْ.

And thei temptiden God in her hertis; that thei axiden meetis to her lyues.

١٩ 19 فَوَقَعُوا فِي ٱللهِ. قَالُوا: «هَلْ يَقْدِرُ ٱللهُ أَنْ يُرَتِّبَ مَائِدَةً فِي ٱلْبَرِّيَّةِ؟

And thei spaken yuel of God; thei seiden, Whether God may make redi a bord in desert?

٢٠ 20 هُوَذَا ضَرَبَ ٱلصَّخْرَةَ فَجَرَتِ ٱلْمِيَاهُ وَفَاضَتِ ٱلْأَوْدِيَةُ. هَلْ يَقْدِرُ أَيْضًا أَنْ يُعْطِيَ خُبْزًا، أَوْ يُهَيِّئَ لَحْمًا لِشَعْبِهِ؟».

For he smoot a stoon, and watris flowiden; and streemys yeden out in aboundaunce. Whether also he may yyue breed; ether make redi a bord to his puple?

٢١ 21 لِذَلِكَ سَمِعَ ٱلرَّبُّ فَغَضِبَ، وَٱشْتَعَلَتْ نَارٌ فِي يَعْقُوبَ، وَسَخَطٌ أَيْضًا صَعِدَ عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ،

Therfor the Lord herde, and delaiede; and fier was kindelid in Jacob, and the ire of God stiede on Israel.

٢٢ 22 لِأَنَّهُمْ لَمْ يُؤْمِنُوا بِٱللهِ وَلَمْ يَتَّكِلُوا عَلَى خَلَاصِهِ.

For thei bileueden not in God; nether hopiden in his heelthe.

٢٣ 23 فَأَمَرَ ٱلسَّحَابَ مِنْ فَوْقُ، وَفَتَحَ مَصَارِيعَ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ.

And he comaundide to the cloudis aboue; and he openyde the yatis of heuene.

٢٤ 24 وَأَمْطَرَ عَلَيْهِمْ مَنًّا لِلْأَكْلِ، وَبُرَّ ٱلسَّمَاءِ أَعْطَاهُمْ.

And he reynede to hem manna for to eete; and he yaf to hem breed of heuene.

٢٥ 25 أَكَلَ ٱلْإِنْسَانُ خُبْزَ ٱلْمَلَائِكَةِ. أَرْسَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ زَادًا لِلشِّبَعِ.

Man eet the breed of aungels; he sent to hem meetis in aboundance.

٢٦ 26 أَهَاجَ شَرْقِيَّةً فِي ٱلسَّمَاءِ، وَسَاقَ بِقُوَّتِهِ جَنُوبِيَّةً.

He turnede ouere the south wynde fro heuene; and he brouyte in bi his vertu the weste wynde.

٢٧ 27 وَأَمْطَرَ عَلَيْهِمْ لَحْمًا مِثْلَ ٱلتُّرَابِ، وَكَرَمْلِ ٱلْبَحْرِ طُيُورًا ذَوَاتِ أَجْنِحَةٍ.

And he reynede fleischis as dust on hem; and `he reinede volatils fethered, as the grauel of the see.

٢٨ 28 وَأَسْقَطَهَا فِي وَسَطِ مَحَلَّتِهِمْ حَوَالَيْ مَسَاكِنِهِمْ.

And tho felden doun in the myddis of her castels; aboute the tabernaclis of hem.

٢٩ 29 فَأَكَلُوا وَشَبِعُوا جِدًّا، وَأَتَاهُمْ بِشَهْوَتِهِمْ.

And thei eeten, and weren fillid greetli, and he brouyte her desire to hem;

٣٠ 30 لَمْ يَزُوغُوا عَنْ شَهْوَتِهِمْ. طَعَامُهُمْ بَعْدُ فِي أَفْوَاهِهِمْ،

thei weren not defraudid of her desier. Yit her metis weren in her mouth;

٣١ 31 فَصَعِدَ عَلَيْهِمْ غَضَبُ ٱللهِ، وَقَتَلَ مِنْ أَسْمَنِهِمْ، وَصَرَعَ مُخْتَارِي إِسْرَائِيلَ.

and the ire of God stiede on hem. And he killide the fatte men of hem; and he lettide the chosene men of Israel.

٣٢ 32 فِي هَذَا كُلِّهِ أَخْطَأُوا بَعْدُ، وَلَمْ يُؤْمِنُوا بِعَجَائِبِهِ.

In alle these thingis thei synneden yit; and bileuede not in the merueils of God.

٣٣ 33 فَأَفْنَى أَيَّامَهُمْ بِٱلْبَاطِلِ وَسِنِيهِمْ بِٱلرُّعْبِ.

And the daies of hem failiden in vanytee; and the yeeris of hem faileden with haste.

٣٤ 34 إِذْ قَتَلَهُمْ طَلَبُوهُ، وَرَجَعُوا وَبَكَّرُوا إِلَى ٱللهِ،

Whanne he killide hem, thei souyten hym; and turneden ayen, and eerli thei camen to hym.

٣٥ 35 وَذَكَرُوا أَنَّ ٱللهَ صَخْرَتُهُمْ، وَٱللهَ ٱلْعَلِيَّ وَلِيُّهُمْ.

And thei bithouyten, that God is the helper of hem; and `the hiy God is the ayenbier of hem.

٣٦ 36 فَخَادَعُوهُ بِأَفْوَاهِهِمْ، وَكَذَبُوا عَلَيْهِ بِأَلْسِنَتِهِمْ.

And thei loueden hym in her mouth; and with her tunge thei lieden to hym.

٣٧ 37 أَمَّا قُلُوبُهُمْ فَلَمْ تُثَبَّتْ مَعَهُ، وَلَمْ يَكُونُوا أُمَنَاءَ فِي عَهْدِهِ.

Forsothe the herte of hem was not riytful with hym; nethir thei weren had feithful in his testament.

٣٨ 38 أَمَّا هُوَ فَرَؤُوفٌ، يَغْفِرُ ٱلْإِثْمَ وَلَا يُهْلِكُ. وَكَثِيرًا مَا رَدَّ غَضَبَهُ، وَلَمْ يُشْعِلْ كُلَّ سَخَطِهِ.

But he is merciful, and he schal be maad merciful to the synnes of hem; and he schal not destrie hem. And he dide greetli, to turne awei his yre; and he kyndelide not al his ire.

٣٩ 39 ذَكَرَ أَنَّهُمْ بَشَرٌ. رِيحٌ تَذْهَبُ وَلَا تَعُودُ.

And he bithouyte, that thei ben fleische; a spirit goynge, and not turnynge ayen.

٤٠ 40 كَمْ عَصَوْهُ فِي ٱلْبَرِّيَّةِ وَأَحْزَنُوهُ فِي ٱلْقَفْرِ!

Hou oft maden thei hym wrooth in desert; thei stireden hym in to ire in a place with out watir.

٤١ 41 رَجَعُوا وَجَرَّبُوا ٱللهَ وَعَنَّوْا قُدُّوسَ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

And thei weren turned, and temptiden God; and thei wraththiden the hooli of Israel.

٤٢ 42 لَمْ يَذْكُرُوا يَدَهُ يَوْمَ فَدَاهُمْ مِنَ ٱلْعَدُوِّ،

Thei bithouyten not on his hond; in the dai in the which he ayen bouyte hem fro the hond of the trobler.

٤٣ 43 حَيْثُ جَعَلَ فِي مِصْرَ آيَاتِهِ، وَعَجَائِبَهُ فِي بِلَادِ صُوعَنَ.

As he settide hise signes in Egipt; and hise grete wondris in the feeld of Taphneos.

٤٤ 44 إِذْ حَوَّلَ خُلْجَانَهُمْ إِلَى دَمٍ، وَمَجَارِيَهُمْ لِكَيْ لَا يَشْرَبُوا.

And he turnede the flodis of hem and the reynes of hem in to blood; that thei schulden not drynke.

٤٥ 45 أَرْسَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ بَعُوضًا فَأَكَلَهُمْ، وَضَفَادِعَ فَأَفْسَدَتْهُمْ.

He sente a fleisch flie in to hem, and it eet hem; and he sente a paddok, and it loste hem.

٤٦ 46 أَسْلَمَ لِلْجَرْدَمِ غَلَّتَهُمْ، وَتَعَبَهُمْ لِلْجَرَادِ.

And he yaf the fruytis of hem to rust; and he yaf the trauels of hem to locustis.

٤٧ 47 أَهْلَكَ بِٱلْبَرَدِ كُرُومَهُمْ، وَجُمَّيْزَهُمْ بِٱلصَّقِيعِ.

And he killide the vynes of hem bi hail; and the moore trees of hem bi a frost.

٤٨ 48 وَدَفَعَ إِلَى ٱلْبَرَدِ بَهَائِمَهُمْ، وَمَوَاشِيَهُمْ لِلْبُرُوقِ.

And he bitook the beestis of hem to hail; and the possessioun of hem to fier.

٤٩ 49 أَرْسَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ حُمُوَّ غَضَبِهِ، سَخَطًا وَرِجْزًا وَضِيْقًا، جَيْشَ مَلَائِكَةٍ أَشْرَارٍ.

He sente in to hem the ire of his indignacioun; indignacioun, and ire, and tribulacioun, sendingis in bi iuel aungels.

٥٠ 50 مَهَّدَ سَبِيلًا لِغَضَبِهِ. لَمْ يَمْنَعْ مِنَ ٱلْمَوْتِ أَنْفُسَهُمْ، بَلْ دَفَعَ حَيَاتَهُمْ لِلْوَبَإِ.

He made weie to the path of his ire, and he sparide not fro the deth of her lyues; and he closide togidere in deth the beestis of hem.

٥١ 51 وَضَرَبَ كُلَّ بِكْرٍ فِي مِصْرَ. أَوَائِلَ ٱلْقُدْرَةِ فِي خِيَامِ حَامٍ.

And he smoot al the first gendrid thing in the lond of Egipt; the first fruytis of alle the trauel of hem in the tabernaclis of Cham.

٥٢ 52 وَسَاقَ مِثْلَ ٱلْغَنَمِ شَعْبَهُ، وَقَادَهُمْ مِثْلَ قَطِيعٍ فِي ٱلْبَرِّيَّةِ.

And he took awei his puple as scheep; and he ledde hem forth as a flok in desert.

٥٣ 53 وَهَدَاهُمْ آمِنِينَ فَلَمْ يَجْزَعُوا. أَمَّا أَعْدَاؤُهُمْ فَغَمَرَهُمُ ٱلْبَحْرُ.

And he ledde hem forth in hope, and thei dredden not; and the see hilide the enemyes of hem.

٥٤ 54 وَأَدْخَلَهُمْ فِي تُخُومِ قُدْسِهِ، هَذَا ٱلْجَبَلِ ٱلَّذِي ٱقْتَنَتْهُ يَمِينُهُ.

And he brouyte hem in to the hil of his halewyng; in to the hil which his riythond gat. And he castide out hethene men fro the face of hem; and bi lot he departide to hem the lond in a cord of delyng.

٥٥ 55 وَطَرَدَ ٱلْأُمَمَ مِنْ قُدَّامِهِمْ وَقَسَمَهُمْ بِٱلْحَبْلِ مِيرَاثًا، وَأَسْكَنَ فِي خِيَامِهِمْ أَسْبَاطَ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

And he made the lynagis of Israel to dwelle in the tabernaclis of hem.

٥٦ 56 فَجَرَّبُوا وَعَصَوْا ٱللهَ ٱلْعَلِيَّ، وَشَهَادَاتِهِ لَمْ يَحْفَظُوا،

And thei temptiden, and wraththiden heiy God; and thei kepten not hise witnessyngis.

٥٧ 57 بَلِ ٱرْتَدُّوا وَغَدَرُوا مِثْلَ آبَائِهِمْ. ٱنْحَرَفُوا كَقَوْسٍ مُخْطِئَةٍ.

And thei turneden awei hem silf, and thei kepten not couenaunt; as her fadris weren turned in to a schrewid bouwe.

٥٨ 58 أَغَاظُوهُ بِمُرْتَفَعَاتِهِمْ، وَأَغَارُوهُ بِتَمَاثِيلِهِمْ.

Thei stiriden him in to ire in her litle hillis; and thei terriden hym to indignacioun of her grauen ymagis.

٥٩ 59 سَمِعَ ٱللهُ فَغَضِبَ، وَرَذَلَ إِسْرَائِيلَ جِدًّا،

God herde, and forsook; and brouyte to nouyt Israel greetli.

٦٠ 60 وَرَفَضَ مَسْكِنَ شِيلُوِ، ٱلْخَيْمَةَ ٱلَّتِي نَصَبَهَا بَيْنَ ٱلنَّاسِ.

And he puttide awei the tabernacle of Sylo; his tabernacle where he dwellide among men.

٦١ 61 وَسَلَّمَ لِلسَّبْيِ عِزَّهُ، وَجَلَالَهُ لِيَدِ ٱلْعَدُوِّ.

And he bitook the vertu of hem in to caitiftee; and the fairnesse of hem in to the hondis of the enemye.

٦٢ 62 وَدَفَعَ إِلَى ٱلسَّيْفِ شَعْبَهُ، وَغَضِبَ عَلَى مِيرَاثِهِ.

And he closide togidere his puple in swerd; and he dispiside his erytage.

٦٣ 63 مُخْتَارُوهُ أَكَلَتْهُمُ ٱلنَّارُ، وَعَذَارَاهُ لَمْ يُحْمَدْنَ.

Fier eet the yonge men of hem; and the virgyns of hem weren not biweilid.

٦٤ 64 كَهَنَتُهُ سَقَطُوا بِٱلسَّيْفِ، وَأَرَامِلُهُ لَمْ يَبْكِينَ.

The prestis of hem fellen doun bi swerd; and the widewis of hem weren not biwept.

٦٥ 65 فَٱسْتَيْقَظَ ٱلرَّبُّ كَنَائِمٍ، كَجَبَّارٍ مُعَيِّطٍ مِنَ ٱلْخَمْرِ.

And the Lord was reisid, as slepynge; as miyti greetli fillid of wiyn.

٦٦ 66 فَضَرَبَ أَعْدَاءَهُ إِلَى ٱلْوَرَاءِ. جَعَلَهُمْ عَارًا أَبَدِيًّا.

And he smoot hise enemyes on the hynderere partis; he yaf to hem euerlastyng schenschipe.

٦٧ 67 وَرَفَضَ خَيْمَةَ يُوسُفَ، وَلَمْ يَخْتَرْ سِبْطَ أَفْرَايِمَ.

And he puttide awei the tabernacle of Joseph; and he chees not the lynage of Effraym.

٦٨ 68 بَلِ ٱخْتَارَ سِبْطَ يَهُوذَا، جَبَلَ صِهْيَوْنَ ٱلَّذِي أَحَبَّهُ.

But he chees the lynage of Juda; he chees the hil of Syon, which he louede.

٦٩ 69 وَبَنَى مِثْلَ مُرْتَفَعَاتٍ مَقْدِسَهُ، كَٱلْأَرْضِ ٱلَّتِي أَسَّسَهَا إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ.

And he as an vnicorn bildide his hooli place; in the lond, which he foundide in to worldis.

٧٠ 70 وَٱخْتَارَ دَاوُدَ عَبْدَهُ، وَأَخَذَهُ مِنْ حَظَائِرِ ٱلْغَنَمِ.

And he chees Dauid his seruaunt, and took hym vp fro the flockis of scheep; he took hym fro bihynde scheep with lambren.

٧١ 71 مِنْ خَلْفِ ٱلْمُرْضِعَاتِ أَتَى بِهِ، لِيَرْعَى يَعْقُوبَ شَعْبَهُ، وَإِسْرَائِيلَ مِيرَاثَهُ.

To feed Jacob his seruaunt; and Israel his eritage.

٧٢ 72 فَرَعَاهُمْ حَسَبَ كَمَالِ قَلْبِهِ، وَبِمَهَارَةِ يَدَيْهِ هَدَاهُمْ.

And he fedde hem in the innocens of his herte; and he ledde hem forth in the vndurstondyngis of his hondis.