مَرَاثِي إِرْمِيَا 4
| كَيْفَ ٱكْدَرَّ ٱلذَّهَبُ، تَغَيَّرَ ٱلْإِبْرِيزُ ٱلْجَيِّدُ! ٱنْهَالَتْ حِجَارَةُ ٱلْقُدْسِ فِي رَأْسِ كُلِّ شَارِعٍ. | ١ 1 |
How gold has tarnished! Even pure gold has lost its shine! Jewels from the Temple have been scattered on every street corner.
| بَنُو صِهْيَوْنَ ٱلْكُرَمَاءُ ٱلْمَوْزُونُونَ بِٱلذَّهَبِ ٱلنَّقِيِّ، كَيْفَ حُسِبُوا أَبَارِيقَ خَزَفٍ عَمَلَ يَدَيْ فَخَّارِيٍّ! | ٢ 2 |
Look at how the precious people of Zion, worth their weight in gold, are now valued like cheap clay jars made by a potter!
| بَنَاتُ آوَى أَيْضًا أَخْرَجَتْ أَطْبَاءَهَا، أَرْضَعَتْ أَجْرَاءَهَا. أَمَّا بِنْتُ شَعْبِي فَجَافِيَةٌ كَٱلنَّعَامِ فِي ٱلْبَرِّيَّةِ. | ٣ 3 |
Even jackals nurse their young at their breasts, but the women of my people have become cruel, like an ostrich in the desert.
| لَصِقَ لِسَانُ ٱلرَّاضِعِ بِحَنَكِهِ مِنَ ٱلْعَطَشِ. اَلْأَطْفَالُ يَسْأَلُونَ خُبْزًا وَلَيْسَ مَنْ يَكْسِرُهُ لَهُمْ. | ٤ 4 |
The nursing babies are so thirsty that their tongues stick to the roof of their mouths. Little children beg for food, but nobody gives them anything.
| اَلَّذِينَ كَانُوا يَأْكُلُونَ ٱلْمَآكِلَ ٱلْفَاخِرَةَ قَدْ هَلِكُوا فِي ٱلشَّوَارِعِ. ٱلَّذِينَ كَانُوا يَتَرَبَّوْنَ عَلَى ٱلْقِرْمِزِ ٱحْتَضَنُوا ٱلْمَزَابِلَ. | ٥ 5 |
Those who used to eat gourmet food now die starving in the streets. Those who dressed in fine clothes from their childhood now live in heaps of rubbish.
| وَقَدْ صَارَ عِقَابُ بِنْتِ شَعْبِي أَعْظَمَ مِنْ قِصَاصِ خَطِيَّةِ سَدُومَ ٱلَّتِي ٱنْقَلَبَتْ كَأَنَّهُ فِي لَحْظَةٍ، وَلَمْ تُلْقَ عَلَيْهَا أَيَادٍ. | ٦ 6 |
Jerusalem's punishment is worse than sinful Sodom's, which was destroyed in a brief moment, without the help of human hands.
| كَانَ نُذُرُهَا أَنْقَى مِنَ ٱلثَّلْجِ وَأَكْثَرَ بَيَاضًا مِنَ ٱللَّبَنِ، وَأَجْسَامُهُمْ أَشَدَّ حُمْرَةً مِنَ ٱلْمَرْجَانِ. جَرَزُهُمْ كَٱلْيَاقُوتِ ٱلْأَزْرَقِ. | ٧ 7 |
Her leaders were purer than snow, whiter than milk; their bodies were a healthier red than coral, and they shone like lapis lazuli.
| صَارَتْ صُورَتُهُمْ أَشَدَّ ظَلَامًا مِنَ ٱلسَّوَادِ. لَمْ يُعْرَفُوا فِي ٱلشَّوَارِعِ. لَصِقَ جِلْدُهُمْ بِعَظْمِهِمْ. صَارَ يَابِسًا كَٱلْخَشَبِ. | ٨ 8 |
But now they look blacker than soot; no one recognizes them in the street. Their skin has shrunk to their bones and is as dry as wood.
| كَانَتْ قَتْلَى ٱلسَّيْفِ خَيْرًا مِنْ قَتْلَى ٱلْجُوعِ. لِأَنَّ هَؤُلَاءِ يَذُوبُونَ مَطْعُونِينَ لِعَدَمِ أَثْمَارِ ٱلْحَقْلِ. | ٩ 9 |
Those killed by the sword are better off than those who die of hunger, who slowly waste away in agony because the fields produce no crops.
| أَيَادِي ٱلنِّسَاءِ ٱلْحَنَائِنِ طَبَخَتْ أَوْلَادَهُنَّ. صَارُوا طَعَامًا لَهُنَّ فِي سَحْقِ بِنْتِ شَعْبِي. | ١٠ 10 |
The hands of loving women have cooked their own children to eat during the destruction of Jerusalem.
| أَتَمَّ ٱلرَّبُّ غَيْظَهُ. سَكَبَ حُمُوَّ غَضَبِهِ وَأَشْعَلَ نَارًا فِي صِهْيَوْنَ فَأَكَلَتْ أُسُسَهَا. | ١١ 11 |
The Lord has given full expression to his anger. He has poured out his fury. He has started a fire in Zion, and it has burned down her very foundations.
| لَمْ تُصَدِّقْ مُلُوكُ ٱلْأَرْضِ وَكُلُّ سُكَّانِ ٱلْمَسْكُونَةِ أَنَّ ٱلْعَدُوَّ وَٱلْمُبْغِضَ يَدْخُلَانِ أَبْوَابَ أُورُشَلِيمَ. | ١٢ 12 |
No king on earth—in fact nobody in all the world—thought that an enemy or attacker could enter the gates of Jerusalem.
| مِنْ أَجْلِ خَطَايَا أَنْبِيَائِهَا، وَآثَامِ كَهَنَتِهَا ٱلسَّافِكِينَ فِي وَسَطِهَا دَمَ ٱلصِّدِّيقِينَ، | ١٣ 13 |
But this happened because of the sins of her prophets and the wickedness of her priests, who shed the blood of the innocent right there in the city.
| تَاهُوا كَعُمْيٍ فِي ٱلشَّوَارِعِ، وَتَلَطَّخُوا بِٱلدَّمِ حَتَّى لَمْ يَسْتَطِعْ أَحَدٌ أَنْ يَمَسَّ مَلَابِسَهُمْ. | ١٤ 14 |
They wandered like blind men through the streets, made unclean by this blood, so no one would touch their clothes.
| «حِيدُوا! نَجِسٌ!» يُنَادُونَ إِلَيْهِمْ. «حِيدُوا! حِيدُوا لَا تَمَسُّوا!». إِذْ هَرَبُوا تَاهُوا أَيْضًا. قَالُوا بَيْنَ ٱلْأُمَمِ: «إِنَّهُمْ لَا يَعُودُونَ يَسْكُنُونَ». | ١٥ 15 |
“Go away! You're unclean!” people would shout at them, “Go away, go away! Don't touch us!” So they ran away and wandered from country to country, but the people there told them, “You can't stay here!”
| وَجْهُ ٱلرَّبِّ قَسَمَهُمْ. لَا يَعُودُ يَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِمْ. لَمْ يَرْفَعُوا وُجُوهَ ٱلْكَهَنَةِ، وَلَمْ يَتَرَأَّفُوا عَلَى ٱلشُّيُوخِ. | ١٦ 16 |
The Lord himself has scattered them; he doesn't bother with them anymore. Nobody respects the priests, and nobody admires the leaders.
| أَمَّا نَحْنُ فَقَدْ كَلَّتْ أَعْيُنُنَا مِنَ ٱلنَّظَرِ إِلَى عَوْنِنَا ٱلْبَاطِلِ. فِي بُرْجِنَا ٱنْتَظَرْنَا أُمَّةً لَا تُخَلِّصُ. | ١٧ 17 |
We wore out our eyes pointlessly looking for help the whole time; we watched from our towers for a nation to come that couldn't save us.
| نَصَبُوا فِخَاخًا لِخَطَوَاتِنَا حَتَّى لَا نَمْشِيَ فِي سَاحَاتِنَا. قَرُبَتْ نِهَايَتُنَا. كَمُلَتْ أَيَّامُنَا لِأَنَّ نِهَايَتَنَا قَدْ أَتَتْ. | ١٨ 18 |
The enemy tracked our every movement so we couldn't walk through our streets. Our end approached. Our time was up because our end had come.
| صَارَ طَارِدُونَا أَخَفَّ مِنْ نُسُورِ ٱلسَّمَاءِ. عَلَى ٱلْجِبَالِ جَدُّوا فِي أَثَرِنَا. فِي ٱلْبَرِّيَّةِ كَمَنُوا لَنَا. | ١٩ 19 |
Our pursuers were faster than eagles in the sky. They chased us across the mountains and ambushed us in the desert.
| نَفَسُ أُنُوفِنَا، مَسِيحُ ٱلرَّبِّ، أُخِذَ فِي حُفَرِهِمِ. ٱلَّذِي قُلْنَا عَنْهُ: «فِي ظِلِّهِ نَعِيشُ بَيْنَ ٱلْأُمَمِ». | ٢٠ 20 |
The king, the Lord's anointed, our country's “life-breath,” was trapped and captured by them. We had said about him, “Under his protection we will live among the nations.”
| اِطْرَبِي وَٱفْرَحِي يَا بِنْتَ أَدُومَ، يَا سَاكِنَةَ عَوْصٍ. عَلَيْكِ أَيْضًا تَمُرُّ ٱلْكَأْسُ. تَسْكَرِينَ وَتَتَعَرَّينَ. | ٢١ 21 |
Celebrate and be happy while you can, people of Edom, you who live in the land of Uz, because this cup will be passed to you too. You will get drunk and strip yourself naked.
| قَدْ تَمَّ إِثْمُكِ يَا بِنْتَ صِهْيَوْنَ. لَا يَعُودُ يَسْبِيكِ. سَيُعَاقِبُ إِثْمَكِ يَا بِنْتَ أَدُومَ وَيُعْلِنُ خَطَايَاكِ. | ٢٢ 22 |
People of Zion, your punishment is coming to an end—he won't continue your exile for long. But he is going to punish your sins, people of Edom; he will reveal your sins.
