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Aramaic Targum to Psalms Chapter 2

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לְמָה מִתְרַגְשִׁין עַמְמַיָא וְאוּמַיָא מְרַנְנִין סְרִיקוּתָא:

The Psalms Targum: An English Translation (Edward M. Cook)

Why are the nations disturbed, and murmuring vanity?

קָיְמִין מַלְכֵי אַרְעָא וְשִׁלְטוֹנַיָא יִתְחַבְּרוּן כַּחֲדָא לְמָרָדָא קֳדָם יְיָ וּלְמִנְצֵי עַל מְשִׁיחֵיהּ:

The Psalms Targum: An English Translation (Edward M. Cook)

The kings of the earth arise and the rulers will join together to rebel in the Lord’s presence, and to strive against His Anointed.

נִתְרַע יַת אֱסָרָתֵיהוֹן וְנִטְלוֹק מִנָנָא שַׁלְשְׁלָוָתֵהוֹן:

The Psalms Targum: An English Translation (Edward M. Cook)

They say, “Let us break their bonds, and let us throw off their chains from us.”

דְיָתֵיב בִּשְׁמַיָא יִגְחַךְ מֵימְרָא דַייָ יִדְהַךְ לְהוֹן:

The Psalms Targum: An English Translation (Edward M. Cook)

The One Who sits in Heaven will laugh; the word of the Lord will mock at them.

הֵידֵין יְמַלֵל לְהוֹן בְּתוּקְפֵיהּ וּבְרוּגְזֵיהּ יְבַהַלְאִנוּן:

The Psalms Targum: An English Translation (Edward M. Cook)

Then He will speak to them in His strength, and in His wrath He will frighten them.

וַאֲנָא רַבִּיתִי מַלְכִּי וּמַנִיתֵיהּ עַל טוּר מַקְדְשִׁי:

The Psalms Targum: An English Translation (Edward M. Cook)

"And I have anointed My king, and appointed him over My Sanctuary."

אֶשְׁתְּעֵי קְיָמָא דַייָ אֲמַר חֲבִיב כְּבַר לְאַבָּא לִי אַנְתְּ זַכָּאָה כְּאִלוּ יוֹמָא דֵין בְּרֵיתָךְ:

The Psalms Targum: An English Translation (Edward M. Cook)

I will tell of the covenant of the Lord. He said: “You are as dear to Me as a son to a father, pure as if this day I had created you.”

בְעֵי מִנִי וְאֶתֵּן נִכְסֵי עַמְמַיָא אַחְסַנְתָּךְ וַאֲחוּדָתָךְ שִׁלְטוֹנֵי סְיָפֵי אַרְעָא:

The Psalms Targum: An English Translation (Edward M. Cook)

"Ask Me and I will give the spoils of nations as your inheritance, the rulers of the ends of the earth as your holding."

תְּתַבְּרִנוּן הֵיךְ בְּחוּטְרָא דְפַרְזְלָא הֵיךְ מָאן דִפְחַר תִּתְרְעִנוּן:

The Psalms Targum: An English Translation (Edward M. Cook)

"You will shatter them as with a rod of iron, like a potter’s vessel you will break them."

וּכְדֵין מַלְכַיָא אַשְׂכִּלוּ קַבִּילוּ מַרְדוּתָא נְגִידֵי אַרְעָא:

The Psalms Targum: An English Translation (Edward M. Cook)

And now, O kings, grow wise; accept discipline, O princes of the earth.

פְּלָחוּ קֳדָם יְיָ בְּדַחֲלָא וְצַלוּ בִּרְתִיתָא:

The Psalms Targum: An English Translation (Edward M. Cook)

Worship in the presence of the Lord with fear, and pray with trembling.

קַבִּילוּ אוּלְפָנָא דִלְמָא יִרְגֵיז וּתְהוֹבְדוּן אוּרְחָא מְטוּל דְיֵיחוֹר כִּזְעֵר רוּגְזֵיהּ טוּבֵיהּ לְכָל דְסָבְרִין בְּמֵימְרֵיהּ:

The Psalms Targum: An English Translation (Edward M. Cook)

Accept instruction lest He be angry, and you lose your way; for His wrath will tarry a little. Happy all who trust in His Word!

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