Psalms 81

1 For the choirmaster. According to Gittith. Of Asaph. Sing for joy to God our strength; make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob.

1 رَنِّمُوا بِفَرَحٍ للهِ قُوَّتِنَا، اهْتِفُوا عَالِياً لإِلَهِ يَعْقُوبَ.

2 Lift up a song, strike the tambourine, play the sweet-sounding harp and lyre.

2 أَنْشِدُوا نَشِيداً، وَانْقُرُوا عَلَى الدُّفِّ وَاعْزِفُوا عَلَى الْعُودِ الْمُطْرِبِ، وَعَلَى الرَّبَابِ.

3 Sound the ram’s horn at the New Moon, and at the full moon on the day of our Feast.

3 انْفُخُوا بِالْبُوقِ فِي أَوَّلِ الشَّهْرِ، فِي الْوَقْتِ الْمُعَيَّنِ لِيَوْمِ عِيدِنَا،

4 For this is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.

4 لأَنَّ هَذَا فَرِيضَةٌ مَرْسُومَةٌ عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَحُكْمٌ يُوْجِبُهُ إِلَهُ يَعْقُوبَ.

5 He ordained it as a testimony for Joseph when he went out over the land of Egypt, where I heard an unfamiliar language:

5 جَعَلَهُ شَهَادَةً لَهُ بَيْنَ (قَوْمِ) يُوسُفَ، عِنْدَمَا ضَرَبَ مِصْرَ، حَيْثُ سَمِعْنَا لُغَةً لَمْ نَعْرِفْهَا تَقُولُ:

6 “I relieved his shoulder of the burden; his hands were freed from the basket.

6 «أَزَحْتُ كَتِفَهُ مِنْ تَحْتِ الأَحْمَالِ الثَّقِيلَةِ، وَسَلِمَتْ يَدَاهُ مِنْ حَمْلِ السِّلالِ.

7 You called out in distress, and I rescued you; I answered you from the cloud of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah

7 دَعَوْتَنِي فِي الضِّيقِ فَنَجَّيْتُكَ. اسْتَجَبْتُ لَكَ مِنْ مَكْمَنِ الرَّعْدِ. جَرَّبْتُكَ عِنْدَ مِيَاهِ مَرِيبَةَ.

8 Hear, O My people, and I will warn you: O Israel, if only you would listen to Me!

8 اسْمَعْ يَا شَعْبِي فَأُحَذِّرَكَ، يَا إِسْرَائِيلُ هَلّا سَمِعْتَ لِي؟

9 There must be no strange god among you, nor shall you bow to a foreign god.

9 لَا تَكُنْ فِيكَ عِبَادَةٌ لإِلَهٍ غَرِيبٍ، وَلَا تَسْجُدْ لإِلَهٍ أَجْنَبِيٍّ.

10 I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth, and I will fill it.

10 أَنَا الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكَ الَّذِي أَنْقَذَكَ مِنْ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ: افْتَحْ فَمَكَ وَاسِعاً فَأَمْلأَهُ خَيْراً.

11 But My people would not listen to Me, and Israel would not obey Me.

11 غَيْرَ أَنَّ شَعْبِي لَمْ يَسْمَعْ لِي، وَإِسْرَائِيلَ لَمْ يَرْضَ بِي.

12 So I gave them up to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices.

12 لِذَلِكَ أَسْلَمْتُهُمْ إِلَى عِنَادِ قُلُوبِهِمْ. وَسَلَكُوا وَفْقاً لِمَشُورَاتِ أَنْفُسِهِمْ.

13 If only My people would listen to Me, if Israel would follow My ways,

13 لَوْ سَمِعَ لِي شَعْبِي وَسَلَكَ إِسْرَائِيلُ فِي طُرُقِي،

14 how soon I would subdue their enemies and turn My hand against their foes!

14 لَكُنْتُ أَخْضَعْتُ أَعْدَاءَهُمْ سَرِيعاً، وَحَوَّلْتُ يَدِي نَحْوَ خُصُومِهِمْ،

15 Those who hate the LORD would feign obedience, and their doom would last forever.

15 وَلَكَانَ مُبْغِضِيَّ يَتَمَلَّقُونَنِي، وَلَطَالَتْ حِقْبَةُ عِقَابِهِمْ إِلَى الأَبَدِ.

16 But I would feed you the finest wheat; with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”

16 وَلَكُنْتُ أُطْعِمُ شَعْبِي أَفْخَرَ الْحِنْطَةِ، وَأُشْبِعُهُمْ عَسَلاً مِنَ الصَّخْرَةِ».