مَرَاثِي إِرْمِيَا 3

١ 1 أَنَا هُوَ ٱلرَّجُلُ ٱلَّذِي رأَى مَذَلَّةً بِقَضِيبِ سَخَطِهِ.

I am a man who has seen misery under the rod of Yahweh's fury.

٢ 2 قَادَنِي وَسَيَّرَنِي فِي ٱلظَّلَامِ وَلَا نُورَ.

He drove me away and caused me to walk in darkness rather than light.

٣ 3 حَقًّا إِنَّهُ يَعُودُ وَيَرُدُّ عَلَيَّ يَدَهُ ٱلْيَوْمَ كُلَّهُ.

Surely he turned his hand against me again and again, the whole day long.

٤ 4 أَبْلَى لَحْمِي وَجِلْدِي. كَسَّرَ عِظَامِي.

He made my flesh and my skin waste away; he broke my bones.

٥ 5 بَنَى عَلَيَّ وَأَحَاطَنِي بِعَلْقَمٍ وَمَشَقَّةٍ.

He built up siege works against me, and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.

٦ 6 أَسْكَنَنِي فِي ظُلُمَاتٍ كَمَوْتَى ٱلْقِدَمِ.

He made me live in dark places, like those who died long ago.

٧ 7 سَيَّجَ عَلَيَّ فَلَا أَسْتَطِيعُ ٱلْخُرُوجَ. ثَقَّلَ سِلْسِلَتِي.

He built a wall around me and I cannot escape. He made my chains heavy

٨ 8 أَيْضًا حِينَ أَصْرُخُ وَأَسْتَغِيثُ يَصُدُّ صَلَاتِي.

and though I call out and cry for help, he shut out my prayer.

٩ 9 سَيَّجَ طُرُقِي بِحِجَارَةٍ مَنْحُوتَةٍ. قَلَبَ سُبُلِي.

He blocked my path with a wall of hewn stone; he made my paths crooked.

١٠ 10 هُوَ لِي دُبٌّ كَامِنٌ، أَسَدٌ فِي مَخَابِىءَ.

He is like a bear waiting to ambush me, a lion in hiding;

١١ 11 مَيَّلَ طُرُقِي وَمَزَّقَنِي. جَعَلَنِي خَرَابًا.

he turned aside my paths, he has made me desolate.

١٢ 12 مَدَّ قَوْسَهُ وَنَصَبَنِي كَغَرَضٍ لِلسَّهْمِ.

He bent his bow and set me as a target for his arrow.

١٣ 13 أَدْخَلَ فِي كُلْيَتَيَّ نِبَالَ جُعْبَتِهِ.

He pierced my kidneys with the arrows of his quiver.

١٤ 14 صِرْتُ ضُحْكَةً لِكُلِّ شَعْبِي، وَأُغْنِيَةً لَهُمُ ٱلْيَوْمَ كُلَّهُ.

I became a laughingstock to all my people, the object of their taunting all day long.

١٥ 15 أَشْبَعَنِي مَرَائِرَ وَأَرْوَانِي أَفْسَنْتِينًا،

He filled me with bitterness and forced me to drink wormwood.

١٦ 16 وَجَرَشَ بِٱلْحَصَى أَسْنَانِي. كَبَسَنِي بِٱلرَّمَادِ.

He has made my teeth grind with gravel, and he made me cower in the ashes.

١٧ 17 وَقَدْ أَبْعَدْتَ عَنِ ٱلسَّلَامِ نَفْسِي. نَسِيتُ ٱلْخَيْرَ.

My soul is deprived of peace; I have forgotten what happiness is.

١٨ 18 وَقُلْتُ: «بَادَتْ ثِقَتِي وَرَجَائِي مِنَ ٱلرَّبِّ».

So I say, “My endurance has perished and so has my hope in Yahweh.”

١٩ 19 ذِكْرُ مَذَلَّتِي وَتَيَهَانِي أَفْسَنْتِينٌ وَعَلْقَمٌ.

Remember my affliction and my wanderings, the wormwood and bitterness.

٢٠ 20 ذِكْرًا تَذْكُرُ نَفْسِي وَتَنْحَنِي فِيَّ.

I continually remember it and I am bowed down within me.

٢١ 21 أُرَدِّدُ هَذَا فِي قَلْبِي، مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ أَرْجُو:

But I call this to mind and therefore I have hope:

٢٢ 22 إِنَّهُ مِنْ إِحْسَانَاتِ ٱلرَّبِّ أَنَّنَا لَمْ نَفْنَ، لِأَنَّ مَرَاحِمَهُ لَا تَزُولُ.

The steadfast love of Yahweh never ceases and his compassions never end,

٢٣ 23 هِيَ جَدِيدَةٌ فِي كُلِّ صَبَاحٍ. كَثِيرَةٌ أَمَانَتُكَ.

they are new every morning; your faithfulness is great.

٢٤ 24 نَصِيبِي هُوَ ٱلرَّبُّ، قَالَتْ نَفْسِي، مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ أَرْجُوهُ.

“Yahweh is my inheritance,” I said, therefore I will hope in him.

٢٥ 25 طَيِّبٌ هُوَ ٱلرَّبُّ لِلَّذِينَ يَتَرَجَّوْنَهُ، لِلنَّفْسِ ٱلَّتِي تَطْلُبُهُ.

Yahweh is good to those who wait for him, to the one who seeks him.

٢٦ 26 جَيِّدٌ أَنْ يَنْتَظِرَ ٱلْإِنْسَانُ وَيَتَوَقَّعَ بِسُكُوتٍ خَلَاصَ ٱلرَّبِّ.

It is good to wait silently for the salvation of Yahweh.

٢٧ 27 جَيِّدٌ لِلرَّجُلِ أَنْ يَحْمِلَ ٱلنِّيرَ فِي صِبَاهُ.

It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.

٢٨ 28 يَجْلِسُ وَحْدَهُ وَيَسْكُتُ، لِأَنَّهُ قَدْ وَضَعَهُ عَلَيْهِ.

Let him sit alone in silence, when it is laid upon him.

٢٩ 29 يَجْعَلُ فِي ٱلتُّرَابِ فَمَهُ لَعَلَّهُ يُوجَدُ رَجَاءٌ.

Let him put his mouth in the dust—there may yet be hope.

٣٠ 30 يُعْطِي خَدَّهُ لِضَارِبِهِ. يَشْبَعُ عَارًا.

Let him offer his cheek to the one who strikes him, and let him be filled to the full with reproach.

٣١ 31 لِأَنَّ ٱلسَّيِّدَ لَا يَرْفُضُ إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ.

For the Lord will not reject us forever,

٣٢ 32 فَإِنَّهُ وَلَوْ أَحْزَنَ يَرْحَمُ حَسَبَ كَثْرَةِ مَرَاحِمِهِ.

but though he causes grief, he will have compassion according to the abundance of his steadfast love.

٣٣ 33 لِأَنَّهُ لَا يُذِلُّ مِنْ قَلْبِهِ، وَلَا يُحْزِنُ بَنِي ٱلْإِنْسَانِ.

For he does not afflict from his heart or torment the children of mankind.

٣٤ 34 أَنْ يَدُوسَ أَحَدٌ تَحْتَ رِجْلَيْهِ كُلَّ أَسْرَى ٱلْأَرْضِ،

To crush underfoot all the prisoners of the earth,

٣٥ 35 أَنْ يُحَرِّفَ حَقَّ ٱلرَّجُلِ أَمَامَ وَجْهِ ٱلْعَلِيِّ،

to deny a man justice in the presence of the Most High,

٣٦ 36 أَنْ يَقْلِبَ ٱلْإِنْسَانَ فِي دَعْوَاهُ. ٱلسَّيِّدُ لَا يَرَى!

to deny justice to a person—the Lord would not approve such things!

٣٧ 37 مَنْ ذَا ٱلَّذِي يَقُولُ فَيَكُونَ وَٱلرَّبُّ لَمْ يَأْمُرْ؟

Who has spoken and it came to pass, unless the Lord decreed it?

٣٨ 38 مِنْ فَمِ ٱلْعَلِيِّ أَلَا تَخْرُجُ ٱلشُّرُورُ وَٱلْخَيْرُ؟

Is it not from the mouth of the Most High that both calamities and the good come?

٣٩ 39 لِمَاذَا يَشْتَكِي ٱلْإِنْسَانُ ٱلْحَيُّ، ٱلرَّجُلُ مِنْ قِصَاصِ خَطَايَاهُ؟

How can any person alive complain? How can a person complain about the punishment for his sins?

٤٠ 40 لِنَفْحَصْ طُرُقَنَا وَنَمْتَحِنْهَا وَنَرْجِعْ إِلَى ٱلرَّبِّ.

Let us examine our ways and test them, and let us return to Yahweh.

٤١ 41 لِنَرْفَعْ قُلُوبَنَا وَأَيْدِيَنَا إِلَى ٱللهِ فِي ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ:

Let us lift up our hearts and our hands to God in the heavens:

٤٢ 42 «نَحْنُ أَذْنَبْنَا وَعَصَيْنَا. أَنْتَ لَمْ تَغْفِرْ.

“We have transgressed and rebelled, and you have not forgiven.

٤٣ 43 ٱلْتَحَفْتَ بِٱلْغَضَبِ وَطَرَدْتَنَا. قَتَلْتَ وَلَمْ تَشْفِقْ.

You have covered yourself with anger and pursued us, you have killed and you have not spared.

٤٤ 44 ٱلْتَحَفْتَ بِٱلسَّحَابِ حَتَّى لَا تَنْفُذَ ٱلصَّلَاةُ.

You have covered yourself with a cloud so that no prayer can pass through.

٤٥ 45 جَعَلْتَنَا وَسَخًا وَكَرْهًا فِي وَسَطِ ٱلشُّعُوبِ.

You have made us like filthy scum and refuse among the nations.

٤٦ 46 فَتَحَ كُلُّ أَعْدَائِنَا أَفْوَاهَهُمْ عَلَيْنَا.

All our enemies curse us,

٤٧ 47 صَارَ عَلَيْنَا خَوْفٌ وَرُعْبٌ، هَلَاكٌ وَسَحْقٌ».

panic and pitfall have come upon us, ruin and destruction.

٤٨ 48 سَكَبَتْ عَيْنَايَ يَنَابِيعَ مَاءٍ عَلَى سَحْقِ بِنْتِ شَعْبِي.

My eyes flow with streams of tears because my people are destroyed.

٤٩ 49 عَيْنِي تَسْكُبُ وَلَا تَكُفُّ بِلَا ٱنْقِطَاعٍ

My eyes will shed tears without ceasing, without relief,

٥٠ 50 حَتَّى يُشْرِفَ وَيَنْظُرَ ٱلرَّبُّ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَاءِ.

until Yahweh from heaven looks down and sees.

٥١ 51 عَيْنِي تُؤَثِّرُ فِي نَفْسِي لِأَجْلِ كُلِّ بَنَاتِ مَدِينَتِي.

My eyes cause me grief because of all the daughters of my city.

٥٢ 52 قَدِ ٱصْطَادَتْنِي أَعْدَائِي كَعُصْفُورٍ بِلَا سَبَبٍ.

I have been hunted like a bird by those who were my enemies; they hunted me without a reason.

٥٣ 53 قَرَضُوا فِي ٱلْجُبِّ حَيَاتِي وَأَلْقَوْا عَلَيَّ حِجَارَةً.

They cast me into a pit and they threw a stone on me,

٥٤ 54 طَفَتِ ٱلْمِيَاهُ فَوْقَ رَأْسِي. قُلْتُ: «قَدْ قُرِضْتُ!».

and they caused waters to overflow, covering my head. I said, 'I have been cut off!'

٥٥ 55 دَعَوْتُ بِٱسْمِكَ يَارَبُّ مِنَ ٱلْجُبِّ ٱلْأَسْفَلِ.

I called on your name, Yahweh, from the depths of the pit.

٥٦ 56 لِصَوْتِي سَمِعْتَ: «لَا تَسْتُرْ أُذُنَكَ عَنْ زَفْرَتِي، عَنْ صِيَاحِي».

You heard my voice when I said, 'Do not close your ear to my cry for help.'

٥٧ 57 دَنَوْتَ يَوْمَ دَعَوْتُكَ. قُلْتَ: «لَا تَخَفْ!».

You came near on the day I called on you; you said, 'Do not fear.'

٥٨ 58 خَاصَمْتَ يَا سَيِّدُ خُصُومَاتِ نَفْسِي. فَكَكْتَ حَيَاتِي.

Lord, you defended my case, you saved my life!

٥٩ 59 رَأَيْتَ يَارَبُّ ظُلْمِي. أَقِمْ دَعْوَايَ.

Yahweh, you have seen the wrong they have done to me; judge my case.

٦٠ 60 رَأَيْتَ كُلَّ نَقْمَتِهِمْ، كُلَّ أَفْكَارِهِمْ عَلَيَّ.

You have seen their insults, all their plots against me—

٦١ 61 سَمِعْتَ تَعْيِيرَهُمْ يَارَبُّ، كُلَّ أَفْكَارِهِمْ عَلَيَّ.

You have heard their scorn, Yahweh, and all their plans regarding me.

٦٢ 62 كَلَامُ مُقَاوِمِيَّ وَمُؤَامَرَتُهُمْ عَلَيَّ ٱلْيَوْمَ كُلَّهُ.

The lips and the accusations of my enemies come against me all the day.

٦٣ 63 اُنْظُرْ إِلَى جُلُوسِهِمْ وَوُقُوفِهِمْ، أَنَا أُغْنِيَتُهُمْ!

Look at how they sit and then rise up; they mock me with their songs.

٦٤ 64 رُدَّ لَهُمْ جَزَاءً يَارَبُّ حَسَبَ عَمَلِ أَيَادِيهِمْ.

Pay back to them, Yahweh, according to what they have done.

٦٥ 65 أَعْطِهِمْ غِشَاوَةَ قَلْبٍ، لَعْنَتَكَ لَهُمْ.

You will let their hearts be shameless! May your condemnation be upon them!

٦٦ 66 اِتْبَعْ بِٱلْغَضَبِ وَأَهْلِكْهُمْ مِنْ تَحْتِ سَمَاوَاتِ ٱلرَّبِّ.

You pursue them in anger and destroy them from under the heavens, Yahweh!”