God Will Give His People Victory
1 A day is coming when the people will sing this song in the land of Judah:
Our city is strong!
God himself defends its walls!
2 Open the city gates
and let the faithful nation enter,
the nation whose people do what is right.
3 You, Lord, give perfect peace
to those who keep their purpose firm
and put their trust in you.
4 Trust in the Lord forever;
he will always protect us.
5 He has humbled those who were proud;
he destroyed the strong city they lived in,
and sent its walls crashing into the dust.
6 Those who were oppressed walk over it now
and trample it under their feet.
7 Lord, you make the path smooth for good people;
the road they travel is level.
8 We follow your will and put our hope in you;
you are all that we desire.
9 At night I long for you with all my heart;
when you judge the earth and its people,
they will all learn what justice is.
10 Even though you are kind to the wicked,
they never learn to do what is right.
Even here in a land of righteous people
they still do wrong;
they refuse to recognize your greatness.
11 Your enemies do not know that you will punish them.
Lord, put them to shame and let them suffer;
let them suffer the punishment you have prepared.
Show them how much you love your people.
12 You will give us prosperity, Lord;
everything that we achieve
is the result of what you do.
13 Lord our God, we have been ruled by others,
but you alone are our Lord.
14 Now they are dead and will not live again;
their ghosts will not rise,
for you have punished them and destroyed them.
No one remembers them any more.
15 Lord, you have made our nation grow,
enlarging its territory on every side;
and this has brought you honor.
16 You punished your people, Lord,
and in anguish they prayed to you.
17 You, Lord, have made us cry out,
as a woman in labor cries out in pain.
18 We were in pain and agony,
but we gave birth to nothing.
We have won no victory for our land;
we have accomplished nothing.
19 Those of our people who have died will live again!
Their bodies will come back to life.
All those sleeping in their graves
will wake up and sing for joy.
As the sparkling dew refreshes the earth,
so the Lord will revive those who have long been dead.
Judgment and Restoration
20 Go into your houses, my people, and shut the door behind you. Hide yourselves for a little while until God's anger is over. 21 The Lord is coming from his heavenly dwelling place to punish the people of the earth for their sins. The murders that were secretly committed on the earth will be revealed, and the ground will no longer hide those who have been killed.
نشيد النصر
1 في ذلِكَ اليومِ يُنشَدُ هذا النَّشيدُ في أرضِ يَهوذا:
لنا مدينةٌ مَنيعةٌ!
حَصَّنَها الرّبُّ لِخَلاصِنا
بأسوارٍ ومتاريسَ.
2 إفتَحوا الأبوابَ
لتَدخُلَ الأُمَّةُ الوفيَّةُ لِلرّبِّ،
الأُمَّةُ الّتي تَحفَظُ الأمانَةَ.
3 أنتَ يا ربُّ تحفَظُ سالِما
مَنْ يَثبُتُ ويَحتَمي بِكَ.
4 توَكَّلوا بالرّبِّ إلى الأبدِ،
لأنَّ الرّبَّ صَخرةُ البقاءِ.
5 خفَضَ الّذينَ في الأعالي
وحَطَّ المدينةَ الشَّامِخَةَ،
حَطَّها وألصَقَها بالتُّرابِ،
6 لِتَدوسَها أقدامُ المَساكينِ،
وتطَأَها أرجُلُ الفُقراءِ.
7 طريقُ الأوفياءِ قَويمةٌ
وأنتَ تُمَهِّدُ سَبـيلَهُم.
8 سِرْنا على أحكامِكَ يا ربُّ،
وفيكَ جَعَلنا رجاءَنا.
إلى اسمِكَ وذِكرِكَ يا ربُّ
تشتاقُ نُفوسُنا.
9 في اللَّيلِ أتوقُ إليكَ
وفي الصَّباحِ إليكَ أُبكِّرُ.
تسودُ أحكامُكَ في الأرضِ
فيتَعَلَّمُ سُكَّانُها العَدلَ.
10 إذا تَحنَّنْتَ على الأشرارِ
فكَيفَ يتَعلَّمونَ العَدلَ.
حيثُ الاستِقامةُ يتَصَرَّفونَ باعوِجاجٍ،
ولا يَرَونَ جَلالَ الرّبِّ.
11 رفَعتَ يَدَكَ على أعدائِكَ
لكنَّهُم يا ربُّ لا يُبصِرونَ.
دَعهُم يرَونَ غيرَتَكَ على شعبِكَ
فيَخزوا وتأكُلُهُم نارُكَ.
12 يا ربُّ أعطَيتَنا السَّلامَ،
وكُلُّ أعمالِنا عمِلتَها لنا.
13 أربابٌ سواكَ سادوا علَينا
واسمُكَ وحدَهُ نَذكُرُ.
14 هُم أمواتٌ ولا يَحيَونَ!
هُم أشباحٌ ولا يَقومونَ،
لأنَّكَ عاقَبتَهُم ودَمَّرتَهُم
وأبَدْتَ كُلَّ ذكَرٍ لهُم.
15 أمَّا شعبُنا فأنمَيتَهُ يا ربُّ،
أنمَيتَهُ وزِدتَهُ مَجدا،
ووسَّعتَ حُدودَ أرضِهِ.
16 في ضيقِنا افتَقَدناكَ يا ربُّ،
وكانَ بُؤسُنا عقابَكَ لنا.
17 فكُنَّا أمامَكَ يا ربُّ
كامرَأةٍ قارَبَتِ الوِلادةَ،
تـتَوجَّعُ وتصرخُ في مَخاضِها.
18 لكنَّنا حَبِلْنا بوَجَعِنا ووَلَدْنا ريحا،
فلا جَعَلنا في الأرضِ خلاصا
ولا ازدادَ سُكَّانُ العالَمِ.
19 تَحيا موتاكَ وتقومُ أشلاؤُهُم،
فاستَفيقوا ورَنِّموا يا سُكَّانَ التُّرابِ!
نداكَ نَدى النُّورِ يا ربُّ
يسقُطُ على أرضِ الأشباحِ.
20 تعالَوا ادخُلوا بُيوتَكُم
واغلِقوا أبوابَكُم علَيكُم.
توارَوا قليلا يا شعبـي،
إلى أن يَعبُرَ الغضَبُ.
21 فها الرّبُّ خارِجٌ مِنْ مَسكِنِهِ
ليَتفَقَّدَ شُرورَ سُكَّانِ الأرضِ
فتَكشِفُ الأرضُ عَنْ دماءِ قَتلاها،
ولا تَستُرُهُم مِنْ بَعدُ.