< مَراثِي إرْمِي 3 >

أَنَا هُوَ الرَّجُلُ الَّذِي شَهِدَ الْبَلِيَّةَ الَّتِي أَنْزَلَهَا قَضِيبُ سُخْطِهِ. ١ 1
I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
قَادَنِي وَسَيَّرَنِي فِي الظُّلْمَةِ مِنْ غَيْرِ نُورٍ. ٢ 2
Me hath he led, and brought into darkness, and not into light.
حَقّاً إِنَّهُ يَمُدُّ يَدَهُ عَلَيَّ مَرَّةً تِلْوَ الْمَرَّةِ طُولَ النَّهَارِ. ٣ 3
Surely against me hath he turned again and again his hand all the day.
أَبْلَى لَحْمِي وَجِلْدِي. هَشَّمَ عِظَامِي. ٤ 4
My flesh and my skin hath he wasted away, he hath broken my bones.
حَاصَرَنِي وَأَحَاطَنِي بِالْعَلْقَمِ وَالْمَشَقَّةِ. ٥ 5
He hath built against me, and encompassed [me] with gall and toil.
أَسْكَنَنِي فِي الظُّلْمَةِ كَمَوْتَى الْحِقَبِ الْغَابِرَةِ. ٦ 6
He hath made me to dwell in dark places as those that have been long dead.
سَيَّجَ حَوْلِي حَتَّى لَا أُفْلِتَ. أَثْقَلَ عَلَيَّ قُيُودِي. ٧ 7
He hath hedged me about that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
حَتَّى حِينَ أَصْرُخُ وَأَسْتَغِيثُ يَصُدُّ صَلاتِي. ٨ 8
Even when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
قَدْ أَغْلَقَ عَلَيَّ طُرُقِي بِحِجَارَةٍ مَنْحُوتَةٍ، وَجَعَلَ مَسَالِكِي مُلْتَوِيَةً. ٩ 9
He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
هُوَ لِي كَدُبٍّ مُتَرَبِّصٍ، وَكَأَسَدٍ مُتَرَصِّدٍ فِي مَكْمَنِهِ. ١٠ 10
He is unto me [as] a bear lying in wait, a lion in secret places.
أَضَلَّ طُرُقِي وَمَزَّقَنِي إِرْباً. دَمَّرَنِي. ١١ 11
He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces; he hath made me desolate.
وَتَّرَ قَوْسَهُ وَنَصَبَنِي هَدَفاً لِسَهْمِهِ. ١٢ 12
He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
اخْتَرَقَ كُلْيَتَيَّ بِنِبَالِ جُعْبَتِهِ. ١٣ 13
He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.
صِرْتُ مَثَارَ هُزْءٍ لِشَعْبِي وَأُهْجِيَةً لَهُمُ الْيَوْمَ كُلَّهُ. ١٤ 14
I am become a derision to all my people; their song all the day.
أَشْبَعَنِي مَرَارَةً، وَأَرْوَانِي أَفْسَنْتِيناً. ١٥ 15
He hath sated me with bitterness, he hath made me drunk with wormwood.
هَشَّمَ أَسْنَانِي بِالْحَصَى، وَطَمَرَنِي بِالرَّمَادِ. ١٦ 16
He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.
فَتَنَاءَتْ نَفْسِي عَنِ السَّلامِ، وَنَسِيتُ طَعْمَ الْخَيْرَاتِ. ١٧ 17
And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I have forgotten prosperity.
فَقُلْتُ: «تَلاشَتْ قُوَّتِي، وَكُلُّ مَا كُنْتُ أَرْجُوهُ مِنَ الرَّبِّ». ١٨ 18
And I said, My strength is perished, and my hope in Jehovah.
اُذْكُرْ بَلِيَّتِي وَتَيَهَانِي وَالأَفْسَنْتِينَ وَالْمَرَارَةَ. ١٩ 19
Remember thou mine affliction and my wandering, the wormwood and the gall.
مَا بَرِحَتْ نَفْسِي تَذْكُرُهَا وَهِيَ مُنْحَنِيَةٌ فِي دَاخِلِي. ٢٠ 20
My soul hath [them] constantly in remembrance, and is humbled in me.
وَلَكِنْ هَذَا مَا أُنَاجِي بِهِ نَفْسِي، لِذَلِكَ يَغْمُرُنِي الرَّجَاءُ: ٢١ 21
— This I recall to heart, therefore have I hope.
مِنْ إِحْسَانَاتِ الرَّبِّ أَنَّنَا لَمْ نَفْنَ، لأَنَّ مَرَاحِمَهُ لَا تَزُولُ. ٢٢ 22
It is of Jehovah's loving-kindness we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not;
تَتَجَدَّدُ فِي كُلِّ صَبَاحٍ. فَائِقَةٌ أَمَانَتُكَ. ٢٣ 23
they are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
تَقُولُ نَفْسِي: «الرَّبُّ هُوَ نَصِيبِي فَلِذَلِكَ أَرْجُوهُ». ٢٤ 24
Jehovah is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
الرَّبُّ صَالِحٌ لِمَنْ يَرْجُونَهُ وَلِلنَّفْسِ الَّتِي تَلْتَمِسُهُ. ٢٥ 25
Jehovah is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul [that] seeketh him.
خَيْرٌ لِلْمَرْءِ أَنْ يَنْتَظِرَ بِصَمْتٍ خَلاصَ الرَّبِّ. ٢٦ 26
It is good that one should both wait, and that in silence, for the salvation of Jehovah.
خَيْرٌ لِلْمَرْءِ أَنْ يَحْمِلَ النِّيرَ فِي حَدَاثَتِهِ. ٢٧ 27
It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth:
لِيَعْتَكِفْ وَحِيداً فِي صَمْتٍ لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ قَدْ وَضَعَ النِّيرَ عَلَيْهِ. ٢٨ 28
He sitteth solitary and keepeth silence, because he hath laid it upon him;
لِيُوَارِ وَجْهَهُ فِي التُّرَابِ تَذَلُّلاً، عَسَى أَنْ يَكُونَ هُنَاكَ رَجَاءٌ. ٢٩ 29
he putteth his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope;
لِيَبْذُلْ خَدَّهُ لِلاطِمِ، وَيَشْبَعْ تَعْيِيراً. ٣٠ 30
he giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him; he is filled full with reproach.
لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ لَا يَنْبِذُ إِلَى الأَبَدِ. ٣١ 31
For the Lord will not cast off for ever;
فَإِنَّهُ وَلَوْ أَحْزَنَ يَرْأَفُ بِمُقْتَضَى رَحْمَتِهِ الْفَائِقَةِ. ٣٢ 32
but if he have caused grief, he will have compassion according to the multitude of his loving-kindnesses:
لأَنَّهُ لَا يَتَعَمَّدُ أَنْ يَبْتَلِيَ أَبْنَاءَ الْبَشَرِ بِالْبُؤْسِ وَالأَسَى، ٣٣ 33
for he doth not willingly afflict or grieve the children of men.
وَلا أَنْ يَسْحَقَ أَسْرَى الأَرْضِ تَحْتَ الأَقْدَامِ، ٣٤ 34
To crush under foot all the prisoners of the earth,
وَلا أَنْ يَجُورَ أَحَدٌ عَلَى حُقُوقِ الإِنْسَانِ، أَمَامَ عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ الْعَلِيِّ ٣٥ 35
to turn aside the right of a man before the face of the Most High,
أَوْ أَنْ لَا يُنْصَفَ الإِنْسَانُ فِي دَعْوَاهُ. أَلا يَرَى الرَّبُّ هَذِهِ الأُمُورَ؟ ٣٦ 36
to wrong a man in his cause, — will not the Lord see it?
مَنْ ذَا الَّذِي يَقْضِي بِأَمْرٍ فَيَتَحَقَّقَ إِنْ لَمْ يَكُنِ الرَّبُّ قَدْ أَمَرَ بِهِ؟ ٣٧ 37
Who is he that saith, and there cometh to pass, what the Lord hath not commanded?
أَلَيْسَ مِنْ فَمِ الْعَلِيِّ يَصْدُرُ الضُّرُّ وَالْخَيْرُ؟ ٣٨ 38
Out of the mouth of the Most High doth not there proceed evil and good?
فَلِمَاذَا يَشْتَكِي الإِنْسَانُ الْحَيُّ حِينَ يُعَاقَبُ عَلَى خَطَايَاهُ؟ ٣٩ 39
Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
لِنَفْحَصْ طُرُقَنَا وَنَخْتَبِرْهَا وَنَرْجِعْ إِلَى الرَّبِّ. ٤٠ 40
Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to Jehovah.
لِنَرْفَعْ قُلُوبَنَا وَأَيْدِيَنَا إِلَى اللهِ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ. ٤١ 41
Let us lift up our heart with [our] hands unto God in the heavens.
قَدْ تَعَدَّيْنَا وَتَمَرَّدْنَا، وَأَنْتَ لَمْ تَغْفِرْ. ٤٢ 42
We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned.
لَفَّعْتَ نَفْسَكَ بِالْغَضَبِ وَتَعَقَّبْتَنَا. قَتَلْتَ مِنْ غَيْرِ رَحْمَةٍ. ٤٣ 43
Thou hast covered thyself with anger, and pursued us; thou hast slain, thou hast not spared.
تَلَفَّعْتَ بِالسَّحَابِ حَتَّى لَا تَبْلُغَ إِلَيْكَ صَلاةٌ. ٤٤ 44
Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that prayer should not pass through.
قَدْ جَعَلْتَنَا أَوْسَاخاً وَأَقْذَاراً بَيْنَ الشُّعُوبِ. ٤٥ 45
Thou hast made us the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the peoples.
فَتَحَ عَلَيْنَا جَمِيعُ أَعْدَائِنَا أفْوَاهَهُمْ، ٤٦ 46
All our enemies have opened their mouth against us.
وَحَلَّ بِنَا الرُّعْبُ وَالْهَلاكُ وَالدَّمَارُ وَالسَّحْقُ. ٤٧ 47
Fear and the pit are come upon us, devastation and ruin.
تَفِيضُ عَيْنَايَ بِأَنْهَارِ مِيَاهٍ عَلَى دَمَارِ ابْنَةِ شَعْبِي. ٤٨ 48
Mine eye runneth down with streams of water for the ruin of the daughter of my people.
لَنْ تَكُفَّ عَيْنَايَ عَنِ الْبُكَاءِ أَبداً، ٤٩ 49
Mine eye poureth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,
حَتَّى يُشْرِفَ الرَّبُّ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ وَيُبْصِرَ. ٥٠ 50
till Jehovah look down and behold from the heavens.
تَتْلَفُ عَيْنَايَ عَلَى مَصِيرِ كُلِّ بَنَاتِ مَدِينَتِي. ٥١ 51
Mine eye affecteth my soul, because of all the daughters of my city.
قَدِ اصْطَادَنِي، كَعُصْفُورٍ، أَعْدَائِي الَّذِينَ لَمْ أُسِئْ إِلَيْهِمْ، ٥٢ 52
They that are mine enemies without cause have chased me sore like a bird.
طَرَحُونِي حَيًّا فِي الْجُبِّ وَرَجَمُونِي بِالْحِجَارَةِ. ٥٣ 53
They have cut off my life in a pit, and cast a stone upon me.
طَغَتِ الْمِيَاهُ فَوْقَ رَأْسِي، فَقُلْتُ: «قَدْ هَلَكْتُ». ٥٤ 54
Waters streamed over my head; I said, I am cut off.
اسْتَغَثْتُ بِاسْمِكَ يَا رَبُّ مِنْ أَعْمَاقِ الْجُبِّ، ٥٥ 55
I called upon thy name, Jehovah, out of the lowest pit.
فَسَمِعْتَ صَوْتِي. لَا تَصُمَّ أُذُنَيْكَ عَنْ صُرَاخِ اسْتِغَاثَتِي. ٥٦ 56
Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my sighing, at my cry.
اقْتَرَبْتَ حِينَ دَعَوْتُكَ إِذْ قُلْتَ: «لا تَخَفْ». ٥٧ 57
Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee; thou saidst, Fear not.
قَدْ دَافَعْتَ عَنْ دَعْوَايَ يَا رَبُّ، وَافْتَدَيْتَ حَيَاتِي. ٥٨ 58
Lord, thou hast pleaded the cause of my soul, thou hast redeemed my life.
أَنْتَ شَهِدْتَ مَا أَسَاءُوا بِهِ إِلَيَّ يَا رَبُّ، فَاقْضِ فِي دَعْوَايَ. ٥٩ 59
Jehovah, thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my cause.
قَدْ رَأَيْتَ انْتِقَامَهُمْ كُلَّهُ وَسَائِرَ مُؤَامَرَاتِهِمْ عَلَيَّ. ٦٠ 60
Thou hast seen all their vengeance, all their imaginations against me.
سَمِعْتَ تَعْيِيرَهُمْ يَا رَبُّ، وَجَمِيعَ مُؤَامَرَاتِهِمْ عَلَيَّ. ٦١ 61
Thou hast heard their reproach, O Jehovah, all their imaginations against me;
وَسَمِعْتَ كَلامَ أَعْدَائِي وَتَدْبِيرَاتِهِمْ ضِدِّي الْيَوْمَ كُلَّهُ. ٦٢ 62
the lips of those that rise up against me and their meditation against me all the day.
رَاقِبْ جُلُوسَهُمْ وَقِيَامَهُمْ، فَقَدْ أَصْبَحْتُ أُهْجِيَةً لَهُمْ. ٦٣ 63
Behold thou their sitting down and their rising up: I am their song.
جَازِهِمْ يَا رَبُّ بِمُقْتَضَى مَا جَنَتْهُ أَيْدِيهِمْ. ٦٤ 64
Render unto them a recompence, O Jehovah, according to the work of their hands;
اجْعَلْ عَلَى قُلُوبِهِمْ غَشَاوَةً، وَلْتَكُنْ لَعْنَتُكَ عَلَيْهِمْ. ٦٥ 65
give them obduracy of heart, thy curse unto them;
تَعَقَّبْهُمْ بِسُخْطٍ وَأَهْلِكْهُمْ مِنْ تَحْتِ سَمَاوَاتِكَ يَا رَبُّ. ٦٦ 66
pursue them in anger, and destroy them from under the heavens of Jehovah.

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