فَاِستَراحَتso she found respite مِنfrom شرّهhis evil عِندَamong قَومٍa people
فَاِستَراحَت مِن شرّه عِندَ قَومٍ
عبدتthey worshipped عجلهمtheir calf إِلَهthe god of المَحالِabsurdity
عبدت عجلهم إِلَه المَحالِ
So she found respite from his evil among a people
So she found respite from his evil among a people
whose calf she worshipped—the god of the impossible.
Who worshipped their calf, the god of absurdity.
وَاِنثَنىand turned بَعضُهاone of them لِضَربto beating أَبيهhis father
وَاِنثَنى بَعضُها لِضَرب أَبيه
وَأَذاهand harming him وَربْطهand binding him بِالحِبالwith ropes
وَأَذاه وَربْطه بِالحِبال
And some of them turned to beating his father,
And one of them turned to beating his father,
harming him and binding him with ropes.
And harming him and binding him with ropes.
كادَhe nearly يَقضيput an end عَلَيهِto him لَولاwere it not for اِشتَراهhe bought him
كادَ يَقضي عَلَيهِ لَولا اِشتَراه
مِنهُfrom him قسa priest أَجارهprotected him مِنfrom نبالarrows
مِنهُ قس أَجاره مِن نبال
He nearly killed him, had he not been bought
He nearly killed him, but he was bought
from him by a Christian priest who sheltered him from arrows.
From him by a priest who protected him from arrows.
هَكَذاthus نصَّstated explicitly ليto me أَبوهhis father وَهَذيand these
هَكَذا نصَّ لي أَبوه وَهَذي
بَعضُsome of أَفعالهhis deeds الثِقالgrievous الطِوالlong-drawn-out
بَعضُ أَفعاله الثِقال الطِوال
Thus his father recounted it to me; and these
Thus his father told me, and these
are some of his grave and protracted deeds.
Are some of his grievous, long-drawn-out deeds.
