Psalms 81

Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.

رَنِّمُوا ِللهِ قُوَّتِنَا. اهْتِفُوا لإِلهِ يَعْقُوبَ.

Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.

ارْفَعُوا نَغْمَةً وَهَاتُوا دُفًّا، عُودًا حُلْوًا مَعَ رَبَابٍ.

Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.

انْفُخُوا فِي رَأْسِ الشَّهْرِ بِالْبُوقِ، عِنْدَ الْهِلاَلِ لِيَوْمِ عِيدِنَا.

For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.

لأَنَّ هذَا فَرِيضَةٌ لإِسْرَائِيلَ، حُكْمٌ لإِلهِ يَعْقُوبَ.

This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt: where I heard a language that I understood not.

جَعَلَهُ شَهَادَةً فِي يُوسُفَ عِنْدَ خُرُوجِهِ عَلَى أَرْضِ مِصْرَ. سَمِعْتُ لِسَانًا لَمْ أَعْرِفْهُ:

I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.

«أَبْعَدْتُ مِنَ الْحِمْلِ كَتِفَهُ. يَدَاهُ تَحَوَّلَتَا عَنِ السَّلِّ.

Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah.

فِي الضِّيقِ دَعَوْتَ فَنَجَّيْتُكَ. اسْتَجَبْتُكَ فِي سِتْرِ الرَّعْدِ. جَرَّبْتُكَ عَلَى مَاءِ مَرِيبَةَ. سِلاَهْ.

Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;

«اِسْمَعْ يَا شَعْبِي فَأُحَذِّرَكَ. يَا إِسْرَائِيلُ، إِنْ سَمِعْتَ لِي!

There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.

لاَ يَكُنْ فِيكَ إِلهٌ غَرِيبٌ، وَلاَ تَسْجُدْ لإِلهٍ أَجْنَبِيٍّ.

I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.

أَنَا الرَّبُّ إِلهُكَ، الَّذِي أَصْعَدَكَ مِنْ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ. أَفْغِرْ فَاكَ فَأَمْلأَهُ.

But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.

فَلَمْ يَسْمَعْ شَعْبِي لِصَوْتِي، وَإِسْرَائِيلُ لَمْ يَرْضَ بِي.

So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: and they walked in their own counsels.

فَسَلَّمْتُهُمْ إِلَى قَسَاوَةِ قُلُوبِهِمْ، لِيَسْلُكُوا فِي مُؤَامَرَاتِ أَنْفُسِهِمْ.

Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways!

لَوْ سَمِعَ لِي شَعْبِي، وَسَلَكَ إِسْرَائِيلُ فِي طُرُقِي،

I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.

سَرِيعًا كُنْتُ أُخْضِعُ أَعْدَاءَهُمْ، وَعَلَى مُضَايِقِيهِمْ كُنْتُ أَرُدُّ يَدِي.

The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever.

مُبْغِضُو الرَّبِّ يَتَذَلَّلُونَ لَهُ، وَيَكُونُ وَقْتُهُمْ إِلَى الدَّهْرِ.

He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.

وَكَانَ أَطْعَمَهُ مِنْ شَحْمِ الْحِنْطَةِ، وَمِنَ الصَّخْرَةِ كُنْتُ أُشْبِعُكَ عَسَلاً».