مَرَاثِي إِرْمِيَا 5

١ 1 اُذْكُرْ يَارَبُّ مَاذَا صَارَ لَنَا. أَشْرِفْ وَٱنْظُرْ إِلَى عَارِنَا.

Remember, Yahweh, what has happened to us; look and see our disgrace.

٢ 2 قَدْ صَارَ مِيرَاثُنَا لِلْغُرَبَاءِ. بُيُوتُنَا لِلْأَجَانِبِ.

Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers; our houses to foreigners.

٣ 3 صِرْنَا أَيْتَامًا بِلَا أَبٍ. أُمَّهَاتُنَا كَأَرَامِلَ.

We have become orphans, the fatherless, and our mothers are like widows.

٤ 4 شَرِبْنَا مَاءَنَا بِٱلْفِضَّةِ. حَطَبُنَا بِٱلثَّمَنِ يَأْتِي.

We must pay silver for the water we drink, and we must pay silver to get our own wood.

٥ 5 عَلَى أَعْنَاقِنَا نُضْطَهَدُ. نَتْعَبُ وَلَا رَاحَةَ لَنَا.

Those who are coming after us are close behind us; we are weary and we can find no rest.

٦ 6 أَعْطَيْنَا ٱلْيَدَ لِلْمِصْرِيِّينَ وَٱلْأَشُّورِيِّينَ لِنَشْبَعَ خُبْزًا.

We have given ourselves to Egypt and to Assyria to get enough food.

٧ 7 آبَاؤُنَا أَخْطَأُوا وَلَيْسُوا بِمَوْجُودِينَ، وَنَحْنُ نَحْمِلُ آثَامَهُمْ.

Our fathers sinned, and they are no more, and we bear their iniquities.

٨ 8 عَبِيدٌ حَكَمُوا عَلَيْنَا. لَيْسَ مَنْ يُخَلِّصُ مِنْ أَيْدِيهِمْ.

Slaves rule over us, and there is no one to deliver us from their hand.

٩ 9 بِأَنْفُسِنَا نَأْتِي بِخُبْزِنَا مِنْ جَرَى سَيْفِ ٱلْبَرِّيَّةِ.

We get our bread only by risking our lives, because of the sword in the wilderness.

١٠ 10 جُلُودُنَا ٱسْوَدَّتْ كَتَنُّورٍ مِنْ جَرَى نِيرَانِ ٱلْجُوعِ.

Our skin has grown as hot as an oven because of the burning heat of hunger.

١١ 11 أَذَلُّوا ٱلنِّسَاءَ فِي صِهْيَوْنَ، ٱلْعَذَارَى فِي مُدُنِ يَهُوذَا.

Women are raped in Zion, and virgins in the cities of Judah.

١٢ 12 ٱلرُّؤَسَاءُ بِأَيْدِيهِمْ يُعَلَّقُونَ، وَلَمْ تُعْتَبَرْ وُجُوهُ ٱلشُّيُوخِ.

Princes are hung up by their own hands, and no honor is shown to the elders.

١٣ 13 أَخَذُوا ٱلشُّبَّانَ لِلطَّحْنِ، وَٱلصِّبْيَانَ عَثَرُوا تَحْتَ ٱلْحَطَبِ.

Young men are forced to grind grain with a millstone, and boys stagger under heavy loads of wood.

١٤ 14 كَفَّتِ ٱلشُّيُوخُ عَنِ ٱلْبَابِ، وَٱلشُّبَّانُ عَنْ غِنَائِهِمْ.

The elders have left the city gate, and the young men have left their music.

١٥ 15 مَضَى فَرَحُ قَلْبِنَا. صَارَ رَقْصُنَا نَوْحًا.

The joy of our heart has ceased and our dancing has turned into mourning.

١٦ 16 سَقَطَ إِكْلِيلُ رَأْسِنَا. وَيْلٌ لَنَا لِأَنَّنَا قَدْ أَخْطَأْنَا.

The crown has fallen from our head; woe to us, for we have sinned!

١٧ 17 مِنْ أَجْلِ هَذَا حَزِنَ قَلْبُنَا. مِنْ أَجْلِ هَذِهِ أَظْلَمَتْ عُيُونُنَا.

For this our heart has become sick, for these things our eyes grow dim

١٨ 18 مِنْ أَجْلِ جَبَلِ صِهْيَوْنَ ٱلْخَرِبِ. ٱلثَّعَالِبُ مَاشِيَةٌ فِيهِ.

for Mount Zion lies desolate, with jackals prowling over it.

١٩ 19 أَنْتَ يَارَبُّ إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ تَجْلِسُ. كُرْسِيُّكَ إِلَى دَوْرٍ فَدَوْرٍ.

But you, Yahweh, reign forever, and you will sit upon your throne from generation to generation.

٢٠ 20 لِمَاذَا تَنْسَانَا إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ وَتَتْرُكُنَا طُولَ ٱلْأَيَّامِ؟

Why do you forget us forever? Why do you forsake us for so many days?

٢١ 21 اُرْدُدْنَا يَارَبُّ إِلَيْكَ فَنَرْتَدَّ. جَدِّدْ أَيَّامَنَا كَٱلْقَدِيمِ.

Restore us to yourself, Yahweh, and we will be restored. Renew our days as they were long ago—

٢٢ 22 هَلْ كُلَّ ٱلرَّفْضِ رَفَضْتَنَا؟ هَلْ غَضِبْتَ عَلَيْنَا جِدًّا؟

unless you have utterly rejected us and you are angry with us beyond measure.