مَرَاثِي إِرْمِيَا 1
| كَيْفَ جَلَسَتْ وَحْدَهَا ٱلْمَدِينَةُ ٱلْكَثِيرَةُ ٱلشَّعْبِ! كَيْفَ صَارَتْ كَأَرْمَلَةٍ ٱلْعَظِيمَةُ فِي ٱلْأُمَمِ. ٱلسَّيِّدَةُ في ٱلْبُلْدَانِ صَارَتْ تَحْتَ ٱلْجِزْيَةِ! | ١ 1 |
How desolate sits the city of Jerusalem, once filled with people! She has become like a widow, she who was once great among the nations. The queen of all the world has become a slave-laborer.
| تَبْكِي في ٱللَّيْلِ بُكَاءً، وَدُمُوعُهَا علَى خَدَّيْهَا. لَيْسَ لَهَا مُعَزٍّ مِنْ كُلِّ مُحِبِّيهَا. كُلُّ أَصْحَابِهَا غَدَرُوا بِهَا، صَارُوا لهَا أَعْدَاءً. | ٢ 2 |
She cries bitterly through the night, tears rolling down her cheeks. Despite all her many lovers, no one comes to comfort her. Betrayed by all her friends, they are now her enemies.
| قَد سُبِيَتْ يَهُوذَا مِنَ ٱلْمَذَلَّةِ وَمِنْ كَثْرَةِ ٱلْعُبُودِيَّةِ. هِيَ تَسْكُنُ بَيْنَ ٱلْأُمَمِ. لَا تَجِدُ رَاحَةً. قَدْ أَدْرَكَهَا كُلُّ طَارِدِيهَا بَيْنَ ٱلضِّيقَاتِ. | ٣ 3 |
Judah has been dragged off into captivity, suffering miserably under brutal slavery; she lives among the nations but has no place of her own where she can rest. Those chasing her have brought her down and she cannot escape.
| طُرُقُ صِهْيَوْنَ نَائِحَةٌ لِعَدَمِ ٱلْآتِينَ إِلَى ٱلْعِيدِ. كُلُّ أَبْوَابِهَا خَرِبَةٌ. كَهَنَتُهَا يَتَنَهَّدُونَ. عَذَارَاهَا مُذَلَّلَةٌ وَهِيَ فِي مَرَارَةٍ. | ٤ 4 |
Even the roads to Zion are in mourning because no one travels on them to go to the religious festivals. All her gates are empty. Her priests groan in sadness. Her girls are suffering. She herself is in bitter distress.
| صَارَ مُضَايِقُوهَا رَأْسًا. نَجَحَ أَعْدَاؤُهَا لِأَنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ قَدْ أَذَلَّهَا لِأَجْلِ كَثْرَةِ ذُنُوبِهَا. ذَهَبَ أَوْلَادُهَا إِلَى ٱلسَّبْيِ قُدَّامَ ٱلْعَدُوِّ. | ٥ 5 |
Those who hated her now control her; her enemies enjoy life, because the Lord has made her suffer due to all her sins of rebellion. Her children have been taken away as prisoners of the enemy.
| وَقَدْ خَرَجَ مِنْ بِنْتِ صِهْيَوْنَ كُلُّ بَهَائِهَا. صَارَتْ رُؤَسَاؤُهَا كَأَيَائِلَ لَا تَجِدُ مَرْعًى، فَيَسِيرُونَ بِلَا قُوَّةٍ أَمَامَ ٱلطَّارِدِ. | ٦ 6 |
All the glory has left the Daughter of Zion. Her leaders are like deer that can't find any grass to eat. They don't even have the strength to run away when the hunter comes after them!
| قَدْ ذَكَرَتْ أُورُشَلِيمُ فِي أَيَّامِ مَذَلَّتِهَا وَتَطَوُّحِهَا كُلَّ مُشْتَهَيَاتِهَا ٱلَّتِي كَانَتْ فِي أَيَّامِ ٱلْقِدَمِ. عِنْدَ سُقُوطِ شَعْبِهَا بِيَدِ ٱلْعَدُوِّ وَلَيْسَ مَنْ يُسَاعِدُهَا. رَأَتْهَا ٱلْأَعْدَاءُ. ضَحِكُوا عَلَى هَلَاكِهَا. | ٧ 7 |
As she wanders around in her misery, Jerusalem thinks back to all the wonderful things she once had in the old days. When her enemies conquered her people, she didn't receive any help. Her enemies gloated over her, and laughed at her downfall.
| قَدْ أَخْطَأَتْ أُورُشَلِيمُ خَطِيَّةً، مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ صَارَتْ رَجِسَةً. كُلُّ مُكَرِّمِيهَا يَحْتَقِرُونَهَا لِأَنَّهُمْ رَأَوْا عَوْرَتَهَا، وَهِيَ أَيْضًا تَتَنَهَّدُ وَتَرْجِعُ إِلَى ٱلْوَرَاءِ. | ٨ 8 |
Jerusalem sinned terribly which is why she is now treated as someone unclean. Everyone who used to honor her now despise her, because they've seen her naked and ashamed. She herself groans as she turns away.
| نَجَاسَتُهَا فِي أَذْيَالِهَا. لَمْ تَذْكُرْ آخِرَتَهَا وَقَدِ ٱنْحَطَّتِ ٱنْحِطَاطًا عَجِيبًا. لَيْسَ لَهَا مُعَزٍّ. «ٱنْظُرْ يَارَبُّ إِلَى مَذَلَّتِي لِأَنَّ ٱلْعَدُوَّ قَدْ تَعَظَّمَ». | ٩ 9 |
Her uncleanness contaminates her skirts. She didn't think about what would happen. Her fall was a shock, and no one was there to comfort her. “Please, Lord, see how much I'm suffering, because the enemy has won!” she says.
| بَسَطَ ٱلْعَدُوُّ يَدَهُ عَلَى كُلِّ مُشْتَهَيَاتِهَا، فَإِنَّهَا رَأَتِ ٱلْأُمَمَ دَخَلُوا مَقْدِسَهَا، ٱلَّذِينَ أَمَرْتَ أَنْ لَا يَدْخُلُوا فِي جَمَاعَتِكَ. | ١٠ 10 |
The invader has stolen all her treasures. She even had to watch as heathen nations went into her sanctuary, people you had forbidden to enter.
| كُلُّ شَعْبِهَا يَتَنَهَّدُونَ، يَطْلُبُونَ خُبْزًا. دَفَعُوا مُشْتَهَيَاتِهِمْ لِلْأَكْلِ لِأَجْلِ رَدِّ ٱلنَّفْسِ. «ٱنْظُرْ يَارَبُّ وَتَطَلَّعْ لِأَنِّي قَدْ صِرْتُ مُحْتَقَرَةً». | ١١ 11 |
All her people groan, looking for bread. They have spent what they value the most to buy food so they can stay alive. “Please, Lord, look and see what's happening to me,” she says. “It's as if I'm worthless!
| «أَمَا إِلَيْكُمْ يَا جَمِيعَ عَابِرِي ٱلطَّرِيقِ؟ تَطَلَّعُوا وَٱنْظُرُوا إِنْ كَانَ حُزْنٌ مِثْلُ حُزْنِي ٱلَّذِي صُنِعَ بِي، ٱلَّذِي أَذَلَّنِي بِهِ ٱلرَّبُّ يَوْمَ حُمُوِّ غَضَبِهِ؟ | ١٢ 12 |
Don't you care anything about it, all you people passing by? Take a look and see! Is there any suffering as bad as mine, punished by the Lord when he became angry?
| مِنَ ٱلْعَلَاءِ أَرْسَلَ نَارًا إِلَى عِظَامِي فَسَرَتْ فِيهَا. بَسَطَ شَبَكَةً لِرِجْلَيَّ. رَدَّنِي إِلَى ٱلْوَرَاءِ. جَعَلَنِي خَرِبَةً. ٱلْيَوْمَ كُلَّهُ مَغْمُومَةً. | ١٣ 13 |
He sent down fire from heaven that destroyed my bones. He spread out a net to catch my feet, tripping me over. He abandoned me, leaving me sick all day long.
| شَدَّ نِيرَ ذُنُوبِي بِيَدِهِ، ضُفِرَتْ، صَعِدَتْ عَلَى عُنُقِي. نَزَعَ قُوَّتِي. دَفَعَنِي ٱلسَّيِّدُ إِلَى أَيْدٍ لَا أَسْتَطِيعُ ٱلْقِيَامَ مِنْهَا. | ١٤ 14 |
He took my rebellious sins and twisted them together into a yoke that he tied to my neck. He took away all my strength, and handed me over defenseless to my enemies.
| رَذَلَ ٱلسَّيِّدُ كُلَّ مُقْتَدِرِيَّ فِي وَسَطِي. دَعَا عَلَيَّ جَمَاعَةً لِحَطْمِ شُبَّانِي. دَاسَ ٱلسَّيِّدُ ٱلْعَذْرَاءَ بِنْتَ يَهُوذَا مِعْصَرَةً. | ١٥ 15 |
The Lord brushed aside all my strong soldiers defending me. He called up an army to attack me, to crush my young men. The Lord has trampled down the virgin Daughter of Judah like grapes in a winepress.
| عَلَى هَذِهِ أَنَا بَاكِيَةٌ. عَيْنِي، عَيْنِي تَسْكُبُ مِيَاهًا لِأَنَّهُ قَدِ ٱبْتَعَدَ عَنِّي ٱلْمُعَزِّي، رَادُّ نَفْسِي. صَارَ بَنِيَّ هَالِكِينَ لِأَنَّهُ قَدْ تَجَبَّرَ ٱلْعَدُوُّ». | ١٦ 16 |
This is why I'm weeping, tears flowing from my eyes, because there's is no one here to comfort me, no one to make me feel better. There's nothing left for my children because the enemy has conquered us.”
| بَسَطَتْ صِهْيَوْنُ يَدَيْهَا. لَا مُعَزِّيَ لَهَا. أَمَرَ ٱلرَّبُّ عَلَى يَعْقُوبَ أَنْ يَكُونَ مُضَايِقُوهُ حَوَالَيْهِ. صَارَتْ أُورُشَلِيمُ نَجِسَةً بَيْنَهُمْ. | ١٧ 17 |
Zion holds out her hands in distress, but there's no one to comfort her. The Lord issued orders against Jacob, and his neighbors became his enemies. Jerusalem is to them something disgusting.
| «بَارٌّ هُوَ ٱلرَّبُّ لِأَنِّي قَدْ عَصَيْتُ أَمْرَهُ. ٱسْمَعُوا يَا جَمِيعَ ٱلشُّعُوبِ وَٱنْظُرُوا إِلَى حُزْنِي. عَذَارَايَ وَشُبَّانِي ذَهَبُوا إِلَى ٱلسَّبْيِ. | ١٨ 18 |
“The Lord has done what's right, because I rebelled against his instructions. Listen, everyone everywhere; look at what I'm suffering. My young women and young men have been taken off into captivity.
| نَادَيْتُ مُحِبِّيَّ. هُمْ خَدَعُونِي. كَهَنَتِي وَشُيُوخِي فِي ٱلْمَدِينَةِ مَاتُوا، إِذْ طَلَبُوا لِذَوَاتِهِمْ طَعَامًا لِيَرُدُّوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ. | ١٩ 19 |
I called out for help to my lovers, but they betrayed me. My priests and elders starved to death in the city as they tried to find food to keep themselves alive.
| ٱنْظُرْ يَارَبُّ، فَإِنِّي فِي ضِيقٍ! أَحْشَائِي غَلَتْ. ٱرْتَدَّ قَلْبِي فِي بَاطِنِي لِأَنِّي قَدْ عَصَيْتُ مُتَمَرِّدَةً. فِي ٱلْخَارِجِ يَثْكُلُ ٱلسَّيْفُ، وَفِي ٱلْبَيْتِ مِثْلُ ٱلْمَوْتِ. | ٢٠ 20 |
Can't you see, Lord, how upset I am? inside I am in turmoil; my heart is breaking because I've been so rebellious. Outside, the sword kills those I love; inside, it's like I'm living in the house of death.
| سَمِعُوا أَنِّي تَنَهَّدْتُ. لَا مُعَزِّيَ لِي. كُلُّ أَعْدَائِي سَمِعُوا بِبَلِيَّتِي. فَرِحُوا لِأَنَّكَ فَعَلْتَ. تَأْتِي بِٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلَّذِي نَادَيْتَ بِهِ فَيَصِيرُونَ مِثْلِي. | ٢١ 21 |
People hear me groaning, but no one comes to comfort me. All my enemies have heard about the bad things that have happened to me, and they're delighted that it was you who did it. Please bring about the day of judgment that you promised so they can end up like me.
| لِيَأْتِ كُلُّ شَرِّهِمْ أَمَامَكَ. وَٱفْعَلْ بِهِمْ كَمَا فَعَلْتَ بِي مِنْ أَجْلِ كُلِّ ذُنُوبِي، لِأَنَّ تَنَهُّدَاتِي كَثِيرَةٌ وَقَلْبِي مَغْشِيٌّ عَلَيْهِ». | ٢٢ 22 |
May you see all the evil things they've done! Treat them the same way as you've treated me as a result of all my rebellious sins, for I'm groaning all the time, and I'm sick at heart.”
