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FIVE BOOKS OF MOSES
NEVI'IM
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Chapter 33

Translation and Transliteration of 

1Ha, you ravager who are not ravaged, You betrayer who have not been betrayed! When you have done ravaging, you shall be ravaged; When you have finished betraying, you shall be betrayed.

HOY sho-DED v'-a-TAH lo sha-DUD u-BO-ged v'-lo-ba-G'-DU BO ka-ha-TIM-kha sho-DED tu-SHAD ka-n'-lo-t'-KHA liv-GOD yiv-g'-DU-BAKH. (S)

אה֣וֹי שׁוֹדֵ֗ד וְאַתָּה֙ לֹ֣א שָׁד֔וּד וּבוֹגֵ֖ד וְלֹא־בָ֣גְדוּ ב֑וֹ כַּהֲתִֽמְךָ֤ שׁוֹדֵד֙ תּוּשַּׁ֔ד כַּנְּלֹתְךָ֥ לִבְגֹּ֖ד יִבְגְּדוּ־בָֽךְ׃

2Hashem, be gracious to us! It is to You we have looked; Be their arm every morning, Also our deliverance in time of stress.

a-do-NAI kha-NE-nu le-KHA ki-VI-nu, he-YEH z'-ro-AM la-b'-ka-REEM, af y'-shu-a-TE-nu b'-ET tza-RAH

ביְהֹוָ֥ה חׇנֵּ֖נוּ לְךָ֣ קִוִּ֑ינוּ הֱיֵ֤ה זְרֹעָם֙ לַבְּקָרִ֔ים אַף־יְשׁוּעָתֵ֖נוּ בְּעֵ֥ת צָרָֽה׃

3At [Your] roaring, peoples have fled, Before Your majesty nations have scattered;

mi-KOL ha-MOHN na-DU a-MEEM me-ro-m'-MU-te-KHA na-f'-TZU go-YEEM

גמִקּ֣וֹל הָמ֔וֹן נָדְד֖וּ עַמִּ֑ים מֵר֣וֹמְמֻתֶ֔ךָ נָפְצ֖וּ גּוֹיִֽם׃

4And spoil was gathered as locusts are gathered, It was amassed as grasshoppers are amassed.

v'-u-SAF sh'-lal-KHEM o-SEF he-cha-SIL k'-ma-SHAK ge-VIM sho-KEK BO

דוְאֻסַּ֣ף שְׁלַלְכֶ֔ם אֹ֖סֶף הֶֽחָסִ֑יל כְּמַשַּׁ֥ק גֵּבִ֖ים שֹׁקֵ֥ק בּֽוֹ׃

5Hashem is exalted, He dwells on high! [Of old] He filled Tzion With justice and righteousness.

nis-GAV a-do-NAI KEE sho-KHAYN ma-ROM mi-LAY tzi-YON mish-PAT utz-da-KAH

הנִשְׂגָּ֣ב יְהֹוָ֔ה כִּ֥י שֹׁכֵ֖ן מָר֑וֹם מִלֵּ֣א צִיּ֔וֹן מִשְׁפָּ֖ט וּצְדָקָֽה׃

 33:5   He filled Tzion with justice and righteousness

The last word of this verse is tzedaka (צדקה). In Hebrew, this word is used to mean both ‘charity’ and ‘justice.’ While in English these concepts are very different, the Hebrew word teaches that the act of giving to those who are less fortunate is not to be seen primarily as benevolence or kindness. Rather, it is an act of justice and righteousness, which fulfills a duty expected of everyone, both rich and poor.

6Faithfulness to Your charge was [her] wealth, Wisdom and devotion [her] triumph, Reverence for Hashem—that was her treasure.

v'-ha-YA e-MU-nat i-TE-kha KHO-sen y'-shu-OT kha-KH'-mat va-da-AT yir-AT a-do-NAI, hi OT-sa-RO.

ווְהָיָה֙ אֱמוּנַ֣ת עִתֶּ֔יךָ חֹ֥סֶן יְשׁוּעֹ֖ת חׇכְמַ֣ת וָדָ֑עַת יִרְאַ֥ת יְהֹוָ֖ה הִ֥יא אוֹצָרֽוֹ׃

7Hark! The Arielites cry aloud; Shalom's messengers weep bitterly.

HEN er-EL-am tsa-a-KU khu-TZA mal-a-KHEI sha-LOM mar yiv-ka-YUN.

זהֵ֚ן אֶרְאֶלָּ֔ם צָעֲק֖וּ חֻ֑צָה מַלְאֲכֵ֣י שָׁל֔וֹם מַ֖ר יִבְכָּיֽוּן׃

8Highways are desolate, Wayfarers have ceased. A covenant has been renounced, Cities rejected Mortal man despised.

na-SHA-mu m'-si-LOT sha-VAT o-VAYR o-RACH he-FAYR b'-REET ma-AS a-REEM lo kha-SHAV e-NOSh

חנָשַׁ֣מּוּ מְסִלּ֔וֹת שָׁבַ֖ת עֹבֵ֣ר אֹ֑רַח הֵפֵ֤ר בְּרִית֙ מָאַ֣ס עָרִ֔ים לֹ֥א חָשַׁ֖ב אֱנֽוֹשׁ׃

9The land is wilted and withered; Lebanon disgraced and moldering, Sharon is become like a desert, And Bashan and Carmel are stripped bare.

a-VAL u-m'-LA-lah a-RETZ he-KH'-pir l'-va-NON ka-MAL ha-SHA-ron ka-a-ra-VAH v'-no-ER ba-SHAN v'-khar-MEL.

טאָבַ֤ל אֻמְלְלָה֙ אָ֔רֶץ הֶחְפִּ֥יר לְבָנ֖וֹן קָמַ֑ל הָיָ֤ה הַשָּׁרוֹן֙ כָּֽעֲרָבָ֔ה וְנֹעֵ֥ר בָּשָׁ֖ן וְכַרְמֶֽל׃

10“Now I will arise,” says Hashem, “Now I will exalt Myself, now raise Myself high.

a-TAH a-KUM yo-MAR a-do-NAI, a-TAH e-ro-MAM, a-TAH e-na-SE

יעַתָּ֥ה אָק֖וּם יֹאמַ֣ר יְהֹוָ֑ה עַתָּה֙ אֵֽרוֹמָ֔ם עַתָּ֖ה אֶנָּשֵֽׂא׃

11You shall conceive hay, Give birth to straw; My breath will devour you like fire.

ta-HA-ru kha-SHASH te-LE-du KASH ru-kha-KHEM ESH to-a-khal-KHEM

יאתַּהֲר֥וּ חֲשַׁ֖שׁ תֵּ֣לְדוּ קַ֑שׁ רוּחֲכֶ֕ם אֵ֖שׁ תֹּאכַלְכֶֽם׃

12Peoples shall be burnings of lime, Thorns cut down that are set on fire.

v'-ha-YU a-MEEM mis-re-FOT SID ko-TZIM k'-su-KHEEM ba-ESH yi-TZA-tu.

יבוְהָי֥וּ עַמִּ֖ים מִשְׂרְפ֣וֹת שִׂ֑יד קוֹצִ֥ים כְּסוּחִ֖ים בָּאֵ֥שׁ יִצַּֽתּוּ׃

13Hear, you who are far, what I have done; You who are near, note My might.”

SHI-m'u r'-kho-KEEM a-SHER a-see-TEE, u-d'-U k'-ro-VEEM g'-vu-RA-TEE.

יגשִׁמְע֥וּ רְחוֹקִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשִׂ֑יתִי וּדְע֥וּ קְרוֹבִ֖ים גְּבֻֽרָתִֽי׃

14Sinners in Tzion are frightened, The godless are seized with trembling: “Who of us can dwell with the devouring fire: Who of us can dwell with the never-dying blaze?”

pa-cha-DU b'-tzi-YON kha-ta-EEM a-kha-ZA r'-a-DA kha-NEE-FEEM mee ya-GUR LA-nu AYSH o-KHE-la, mee ya-GUR LA-nu mo-k'-DEI o-LAM.

ידפָּחֲד֤וּ בְצִיּוֹן֙ חַטָּאִ֔ים אָחֲזָ֥ה רְעָדָ֖ה חֲנֵפִ֑ים מִ֣י ׀ יָג֣וּר לָ֗נוּ אֵ֚שׁ אֽוֹכֵלָ֔ה מִי־יָג֥וּר לָ֖נוּ מוֹקְדֵ֥י עוֹלָֽם׃

15He who walks in righteousness, Speaks uprightly, Spurns profit from fraudulent dealings, Waves away a bribe instead of grasping it, Stops his ears against listening to infamy, Shuts his eyes against looking at evil—

ho-LEKH t'-za-DO-khot v'-do-VAYR may-sha-REEM mo-ES b'-BE-tza ma-a-SHA-kot no-AYR ka-PAV mit-MOKH ba-sho-KHAD o-TEM o-TAY-no mi-she-MO-a da-MEEM v'-o-TZEM a-YE-na-YAV me-re-OT b'-RA

טוהֹלֵ֣ךְ צְדָק֔וֹת וְדֹבֵ֖ר מֵישָׁרִ֑ים מֹאֵ֞ס בְּבֶ֣צַע מַעֲשַׁקּ֗וֹת נֹעֵ֤ר כַּפָּיו֙ מִתְּמֹ֣ךְ בַּשֹּׁ֔חַד אֹטֵ֤ם אׇזְנוֹ֙ מִשְּׁמֹ֣עַ דָּמִ֔ים וְעֹצֵ֥ם עֵינָ֖יו מֵרְא֥וֹת בְּרָֽע׃

16Such a one shall dwell in lofty security, With inaccessible cliffs for his stronghold, With his food supplied And his drink assured.

HU me-ro-MEEM yish-KON me-tza-DOT se-LA-im mis-GA-VO la-KHO-mo ni-TAN mei-MAV ne-e-MA-nim.

טזה֚וּא מְרוֹמִ֣ים יִשְׁכֹּ֔ן מְצָד֥וֹת סְלָעִ֖ים מִשְׂגַּבּ֑וֹ לַחְמ֣וֹ נִתָּ֔ן מֵימָ֖יו נֶאֱמָנִֽים׃

17When your eyes behold a king in his beauty, When they contemplate the land round about,

me-LEKH b'-yo-FYO te-khe-ZE-nah e-YE-ne-KHA tir-E-ne-KHA e-RETZ mar-KHA-KEEM

יזמֶ֥לֶךְ בְּיׇפְי֖וֹ תֶּחֱזֶ֣ינָה עֵינֶ֑יךָ תִּרְאֶ֖ינָה אֶ֥רֶץ מַרְחַקִּֽים׃

18Your throat shall murmur in awe, “Where is one who could count? Where is one who could weigh? Where is one who could count [all these] towers?”

li-B'-kha ye-ge-HEH a-YE-mah, a-YEH so-FER, a-YEH sho-KEL, a-YEH so-FER et ha-mig-da-LEEM

יחלִבְּךָ֖ יֶהְגֶּ֣ה אֵימָ֑ה אַיֵּ֤ה סֹפֵר֙ אַיֵּ֣ה שֹׁקֵ֔ל אַיֵּ֖ה סֹפֵ֥ר אֶת־הַמִּגְדָּלִֽים׃

19No more shall you see the barbarian folk, The people of speech too obscure to comprehend, So stammering of tongue that they are not understood.

et-am no-AZ lo tir-EH, am im-KEI sa-FAH mi-sh'-MO-a ni-LA-ag la-SHON AYN bi-NAH

יטאֶת־עַ֥ם נוֹעָ֖ז לֹ֣א תִרְאֶ֑ה עַ֣ם עִמְקֵ֤י שָׂפָה֙ מִשְּׁמ֔וֹעַ נִלְעַ֥ג לָשׁ֖וֹן אֵ֥ין בִּינָֽה׃

20When you gaze upon Tzion, our city of assembly, Your eyes shall behold Yerushalayim As a secure homestead, A tent not to be transported, Whose pegs shall never be pulled up, And none of whose ropes shall break.

kha-ZAY tzi-YON kir-YAT mo-a-DE-nu, EY-ne-KHA tir-EY-na ye-ru-sha-LA-yim, na-VE sha-a-NAN, o-HEL bal-yit-SA-an, bal-yi-SA ye-te-do-TAV la-NE-tsakh, v'-kol kha-va-LA-vav bal-yi-na-TE-ku.

כחֲזֵ֣ה צִיּ֔וֹן קִרְיַ֖ת מוֹעֲדֵ֑נוּ עֵינֶ֩יךָ֩ תִרְאֶ֨ינָה יְרוּשָׁלַ֜͏ִם נָוֶ֣ה שַׁאֲנָ֗ן אֹ֤הֶל בַּל־יִצְעָן֙ בַּל־יִסַּ֤ע יְתֵדֹתָיו֙ לָנֶ֔צַח וְכׇל־חֲבָלָ֖יו בַּל־יִנָּתֵֽקוּ׃

21For there Hashem in His greatness shall be for us Like a region of rivers, of broad streams, Where no floating vessels can sail And no mighty craft can travel— Their ropes are slack, They cannot steady the sockets of their masts, They cannot spread a sail.*

ki im-SHAM a-DIR a-do-NAI LA-nu me-KOM-ne-ha-REEM ye-o-REEM ra-cha-VEI ya-da-YIM bal-TE-lekh BO o-NI-sha-YIT ve-TZI a-DIR lo ya-a-VE-ren-NU

כאכִּ֣י אִם־שָׁ֞ם אַדִּ֤יר יְהֹוָה֙ לָ֔נוּ מְקוֹם־נְהָרִ֥ים יְאֹרִ֖ים רַחֲבֵ֣י יָדָ֑יִם בַּל־תֵּ֤לֶךְ בּוֹ֙ אֳנִי־שַׁ֔יִט וְצִ֥י אַדִּ֖יר לֹ֥א יַעַבְרֶֽנּוּ׃

22For Hashem shall be our ruler, Hashem shall be our prince, Hashem shall be our king: He shall deliver us.

KI a-do-NAI sho-F'-TE-nu, a-do-NAI m'-kho-K'-KE-nu, a-do-NAI mal-K'-KE-nu, HU yo-shi-E-nu.

כבכִּ֤י יְהֹוָה֙ שֹׁפְטֵ֔נוּ יְהֹוָ֖ה מְחֹקְקֵ֑נוּ יְהֹוָ֥ה מַלְכֵּ֖נוּ ה֥וּא יוֹשִׁיעֵֽנוּ׃

23Then shall indeed much spoil be divided, Even the lame shall seize booty.

ni-t'-SHU kha-va-LA-yikh bal y'-cha-Z'-KU khen-tor-NAM bal pa-r'-SU nes az khoo-LAK ad sha-LAL mar-BEH pis-KHEEM ba-Z'-ZU baz

כגנִטְּשׁ֖וּ חֲבָלָ֑יִךְ בַּל־יְחַזְּק֤וּ כֵן־תׇּרְנָם֙ בַּל־פָּ֣רְשׂוּ נֵ֔ס אָ֣ז חֻלַּ֤ק עַד־שָׁלָל֙ מַרְבֶּ֔ה פִּסְחִ֖ים בָּ֥זְזוּ בַֽז׃

24And none who lives there shall say, “I am sick”; It shall be inhabited by folk whose sin has been forgiven.

u-val yo-MAR sha-KHEN kha-lee-TEE, ha-AM ha-yo-SHEV bah, n'-SU a-VON. (S)

כדוּבַל־יֹאמַ֥ר שָׁכֵ֖ן חָלִ֑יתִי הָעָ֛ם הַיֹּשֵׁ֥ב בָּ֖הּ נְשֻׂ֥א עָוֺֽן׃