مَراثِي إرْمِي 3

١ 1 أَنَا هُوَ الرَّجُلُ الَّذِي شَهِدَ الْبَلِيَّةَ الَّتِي أَنْزَلَهَا قَضِيبُ سُخْطِهِ.

Aleph. I am the man that see my poverty by the rod of his indignation.

٢ 2 قَادَنِي وَسَيَّرَنِي فِي الظُّلْمَةِ مِنْ غَيْرِ نُورٍ.

Aleph. He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, and not into light.

٣ 3 حَقّاً إِنَّهُ يَمُدُّ يَدَهُ عَلَيَّ مَرَّةً تِلْوَ الْمَرَّةِ طُولَ النَّهَارِ.

Aleph. Only against me he hath turned, and turned again his hand all the day.

٤ 4 أَبْلَى لَحْمِي وَجِلْدِي. هَشَّمَ عِظَامِي.

Beth. My skin and my flesh he hath made old, he hath broken my bones.

٥ 5 حَاصَرَنِي وَأَحَاطَنِي بِالْعَلْقَمِ وَالْمَشَقَّةِ.

Beth. He hath built round about me, and he hath compassed me with gall and labour.

٦ 6 أَسْكَنَنِي فِي الظُّلْمَةِ كَمَوْتَى الْحِقَبِ الْغَابِرَةِ.

Beth. He hath set me in dark places as those that are dead for ever.

٧ 7 سَيَّجَ حَوْلِي حَتَّى لَا أُفْلِتَ. أَثْقَلَ عَلَيَّ قُيُودِي.

Ghimel. He hath built against me round about, that I may not get out: he hath made my fetters heavy.

٨ 8 حَتَّى حِينَ أَصْرُخُ وَأَسْتَغِيثُ يَصُدُّ صَلاتِي.

Ghimel. Yea, and when I cry, and entreat, he hath shut out my prayer.

٩ 9 قَدْ أَغْلَقَ عَلَيَّ طُرُقِي بِحِجَارَةٍ مَنْحُوتَةٍ، وَجَعَلَ مَسَالِكِي مُلْتَوِيَةً.

Ghimel. He hath shut up my ways with square stones, he hath turned my paths upside down.

١٠ 10 هُوَ لِي كَدُبٍّ مُتَرَبِّصٍ، وَكَأَسَدٍ مُتَرَصِّدٍ فِي مَكْمَنِهِ.

Daleth. He is become to me as a bear lying in wait: as a lion in secret places.

١١ 11 أَضَلَّ طُرُقِي وَمَزَّقَنِي إِرْباً. دَمَّرَنِي.

Daleth. He hath turned aside my paths, and hath broken me in pieces, he hath made me desolate.

١٢ 12 وَتَّرَ قَوْسَهُ وَنَصَبَنِي هَدَفاً لِسَهْمِهِ.

Daleth. He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for his arrows.

١٣ 13 اخْتَرَقَ كُلْيَتَيَّ بِنِبَالِ جُعْبَتِهِ.

He. He hath shot into my reins the daughters of his quiver.

١٤ 14 صِرْتُ مَثَارَ هُزْءٍ لِشَعْبِي وَأُهْجِيَةً لَهُمُ الْيَوْمَ كُلَّهُ.

He. I am made a derision to all my people, their song all the day long.

١٥ 15 أَشْبَعَنِي مَرَارَةً، وَأَرْوَانِي أَفْسَنْتِيناً.

He. He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath inebriated me with wormwood.

١٦ 16 هَشَّمَ أَسْنَانِي بِالْحَصَى، وَطَمَرَنِي بِالرَّمَادِ.

Vau. And he hath broken my teeth one by one, he hath fed me with ashes.

١٧ 17 فَتَنَاءَتْ نَفْسِي عَنِ السَّلامِ، وَنَسِيتُ طَعْمَ الْخَيْرَاتِ.

Vau. And my soul is removed far off from peace, I have forgotten good things.

١٨ 18 فَقُلْتُ: «تَلاشَتْ قُوَّتِي، وَكُلُّ مَا كُنْتُ أَرْجُوهُ مِنَ الرَّبِّ».

Vau. And I said: My end and my hope is perished from the Lord.

١٩ 19 اُذْكُرْ بَلِيَّتِي وَتَيَهَانِي وَالأَفْسَنْتِينَ وَالْمَرَارَةَ.

Zain. Remember my poverty, and transgression, the wormwood, and the gall.

٢٠ 20 مَا بَرِحَتْ نَفْسِي تَذْكُرُهَا وَهِيَ مُنْحَنِيَةٌ فِي دَاخِلِي.

Zain. I will be mindful and remember, and my soul shall languish within me.

٢١ 21 وَلَكِنْ هَذَا مَا أُنَاجِي بِهِ نَفْسِي، لِذَلِكَ يَغْمُرُنِي الرَّجَاءُ:

Zain. These things I shall think over in my heart, therefore will I hope.

٢٢ 22 مِنْ إِحْسَانَاتِ الرَّبِّ أَنَّنَا لَمْ نَفْنَ، لأَنَّ مَرَاحِمَهُ لَا تَزُولُ.

Heth. The mercies of the Lord that we are not consumed: because his commiserations have not failed.

٢٣ 23 تَتَجَدَّدُ فِي كُلِّ صَبَاحٍ. فَائِقَةٌ أَمَانَتُكَ.

Heth. They are new every morning, great is thy faithfulness.

٢٤ 24 تَقُولُ نَفْسِي: «الرَّبُّ هُوَ نَصِيبِي فَلِذَلِكَ أَرْجُوهُ».

Heth. The Lord is my portion, said my soul: therefore will I wait for him.

٢٥ 25 الرَّبُّ صَالِحٌ لِمَنْ يَرْجُونَهُ وَلِلنَّفْسِ الَّتِي تَلْتَمِسُهُ.

Teth. The Lord is good to them that hope in him, to the soul that seeketh him.

٢٦ 26 خَيْرٌ لِلْمَرْءِ أَنْ يَنْتَظِرَ بِصَمْتٍ خَلاصَ الرَّبِّ.

Teth. It is good to wait with silence for the salvation of God.

٢٧ 27 خَيْرٌ لِلْمَرْءِ أَنْ يَحْمِلَ النِّيرَ فِي حَدَاثَتِهِ.

Teth. It is good for a man, when he hath borne the yoke from his youth.

٢٨ 28 لِيَعْتَكِفْ وَحِيداً فِي صَمْتٍ لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ قَدْ وَضَعَ النِّيرَ عَلَيْهِ.

Jod. He shall sit solitary, and hold his peace: because he hath taken it up upon himself.

٢٩ 29 لِيُوَارِ وَجْهَهُ فِي التُّرَابِ تَذَلُّلاً، عَسَى أَنْ يَكُونَ هُنَاكَ رَجَاءٌ.

Jod. He shall put his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope.

٣٠ 30 لِيَبْذُلْ خَدَّهُ لِلاطِمِ، وَيَشْبَعْ تَعْيِيراً.

Jod. He shall give his cheek to him that striketh him, he shall be filled with reproaches.

٣١ 31 لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ لَا يَنْبِذُ إِلَى الأَبَدِ.

Caph. For the Lord will not cast off for ever.

٣٢ 32 فَإِنَّهُ وَلَوْ أَحْزَنَ يَرْأَفُ بِمُقْتَضَى رَحْمَتِهِ الْفَائِقَةِ.

Caph. For if he hath cast off, he will also have mercy, according to the multitude of his mercies.

٣٣ 33 لأَنَّهُ لَا يَتَعَمَّدُ أَنْ يَبْتَلِيَ أَبْنَاءَ الْبَشَرِ بِالْبُؤْسِ وَالأَسَى،

Caph. For he hath not willingly afflicted, nor cast off the children of men.

٣٤ 34 وَلا أَنْ يَسْحَقَ أَسْرَى الأَرْضِ تَحْتَ الأَقْدَامِ،

Lamed. To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the land,

٣٥ 35 وَلا أَنْ يَجُورَ أَحَدٌ عَلَى حُقُوقِ الإِنْسَانِ، أَمَامَ عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ الْعَلِيِّ

Lamed. To turn aside the judgment of a man before the face of the most High,

٣٦ 36 أَوْ أَنْ لَا يُنْصَفَ الإِنْسَانُ فِي دَعْوَاهُ. أَلا يَرَى الرَّبُّ هَذِهِ الأُمُورَ؟

Lamed. To destroy a man wrongfully in his judgment, the Lord hath not approved.

٣٧ 37 مَنْ ذَا الَّذِي يَقْضِي بِأَمْرٍ فَيَتَحَقَّقَ إِنْ لَمْ يَكُنِ الرَّبُّ قَدْ أَمَرَ بِهِ؟

Mem. Who is he that hath commanded a thing to be done, when the Lord commandeth it not?

٣٨ 38 أَلَيْسَ مِنْ فَمِ الْعَلِيِّ يَصْدُرُ الضُّرُّ وَالْخَيْرُ؟

Mem. Shall not both evil and good proceed out of the mouth of the Highest?

٣٩ 39 فَلِمَاذَا يَشْتَكِي الإِنْسَانُ الْحَيُّ حِينَ يُعَاقَبُ عَلَى خَطَايَاهُ؟

Mem. Why hath a living man murmured, man suffering for his sins?

٤٠ 40 لِنَفْحَصْ طُرُقَنَا وَنَخْتَبِرْهَا وَنَرْجِعْ إِلَى الرَّبِّ.

Nun. Let us search our ways, and seek, and return to the Lord.

٤١ 41 لِنَرْفَعْ قُلُوبَنَا وَأَيْدِيَنَا إِلَى اللهِ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ.

Nun. Let us lift up our hearts with our hands to the Lord in the heavens.

٤٢ 42 قَدْ تَعَدَّيْنَا وَتَمَرَّدْنَا، وَأَنْتَ لَمْ تَغْفِرْ.

Nun. We have done wickedly, and provoked thee to wrath: therefore thou art inexorable.

٤٣ 43 لَفَّعْتَ نَفْسَكَ بِالْغَضَبِ وَتَعَقَّبْتَنَا. قَتَلْتَ مِنْ غَيْرِ رَحْمَةٍ.

Samech. Thou hast covered in thy wrath, and hast struck us: thou hast killed and hast not spared.

٤٤ 44 تَلَفَّعْتَ بِالسَّحَابِ حَتَّى لَا تَبْلُغَ إِلَيْكَ صَلاةٌ.

Samech. Thou hast set a cloud before thee, that our prayer may not pass through.

٤٥ 45 قَدْ جَعَلْتَنَا أَوْسَاخاً وَأَقْذَاراً بَيْنَ الشُّعُوبِ.

Samech. Thou hast made me as an outcast, and refuse in the midst of the people.

٤٦ 46 فَتَحَ عَلَيْنَا جَمِيعُ أَعْدَائِنَا أفْوَاهَهُمْ،

Phe. All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.

٤٧ 47 وَحَلَّ بِنَا الرُّعْبُ وَالْهَلاكُ وَالدَّمَارُ وَالسَّحْقُ.

Phe. Prophecy is become to us a fear, and a snare, and destruction.

٤٨ 48 تَفِيضُ عَيْنَايَ بِأَنْهَارِ مِيَاهٍ عَلَى دَمَارِ ابْنَةِ شَعْبِي.

Phe. My eye hath run down with streams of water, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.

٤٩ 49 لَنْ تَكُفَّ عَيْنَايَ عَنِ الْبُكَاءِ أَبداً،

Ain. My eye is afflicted, and hath not been quiet, because there was no rest:

٥٠ 50 حَتَّى يُشْرِفَ الرَّبُّ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ وَيُبْصِرَ.

Ain. Till the Lord regarded and looked down from the heavens.

٥١ 51 تَتْلَفُ عَيْنَايَ عَلَى مَصِيرِ كُلِّ بَنَاتِ مَدِينَتِي.

Ain. My eye hath wasted my soul because of all the daughters of my city.

٥٢ 52 قَدِ اصْطَادَنِي، كَعُصْفُورٍ، أَعْدَائِي الَّذِينَ لَمْ أُسِئْ إِلَيْهِمْ،

Sade. My enemies have chased me and caught me like a bird, without cause.

٥٣ 53 طَرَحُونِي حَيًّا فِي الْجُبِّ وَرَجَمُونِي بِالْحِجَارَةِ.

Sade. My life is fallen into the pit, and they have laid a stone over me.

٥٤ 54 طَغَتِ الْمِيَاهُ فَوْقَ رَأْسِي، فَقُلْتُ: «قَدْ هَلَكْتُ».

Sade. Waters have flowed over my head: I said: I am cut off.

٥٥ 55 اسْتَغَثْتُ بِاسْمِكَ يَا رَبُّ مِنْ أَعْمَاقِ الْجُبِّ،

Coph. I have called upon thy name, O Lord, from the lowest pit.

٥٦ 56 فَسَمِعْتَ صَوْتِي. لَا تَصُمَّ أُذُنَيْكَ عَنْ صُرَاخِ اسْتِغَاثَتِي.

Coph. Thou hast heard my voice: turn not away thy ear from my sighs, and cries.

٥٧ 57 اقْتَرَبْتَ حِينَ دَعَوْتُكَ إِذْ قُلْتَ: «لا تَخَفْ».

Coph. Thou drewest near in the day, when I called upon thee, thou saidst: Fear not.

٥٨ 58 قَدْ دَافَعْتَ عَنْ دَعْوَايَ يَا رَبُّ، وَافْتَدَيْتَ حَيَاتِي.

Res. Thou hast judged, O Lord, the cause of my soul, thou the Redeemer of my life.

٥٩ 59 أَنْتَ شَهِدْتَ مَا أَسَاءُوا بِهِ إِلَيَّ يَا رَبُّ، فَاقْضِ فِي دَعْوَايَ.

Res. Thou hast seen, O Lord, their iniquity against me: judge thou my judgment.

٦٠ 60 قَدْ رَأَيْتَ انْتِقَامَهُمْ كُلَّهُ وَسَائِرَ مُؤَامَرَاتِهِمْ عَلَيَّ.

Res. Thou hast seen all their fury, and all their thoughts against me.

٦١ 61 سَمِعْتَ تَعْيِيرَهُمْ يَا رَبُّ، وَجَمِيعَ مُؤَامَرَاتِهِمْ عَلَيَّ.

Sin. Thou hast heard their reproach, O Lord, all their imaginations against me.

٦٢ 62 وَسَمِعْتَ كَلامَ أَعْدَائِي وَتَدْبِيرَاتِهِمْ ضِدِّي الْيَوْمَ كُلَّهُ.

Sin. The lips of them that rise up against me: and their devices against me all the day.

٦٣ 63 رَاقِبْ جُلُوسَهُمْ وَقِيَامَهُمْ، فَقَدْ أَصْبَحْتُ أُهْجِيَةً لَهُمْ.

Sin. Behold their sitting down, and their rising up, I am their song.

٦٤ 64 جَازِهِمْ يَا رَبُّ بِمُقْتَضَى مَا جَنَتْهُ أَيْدِيهِمْ.

Thau. Thou shalt render them a recompense, O Lord, according to the works of their hands.

٦٥ 65 اجْعَلْ عَلَى قُلُوبِهِمْ غَشَاوَةً، وَلْتَكُنْ لَعْنَتُكَ عَلَيْهِمْ.

Thau. Thou shalt give them a buckler of heart, thy labour.

٦٦ 66 تَعَقَّبْهُمْ بِسُخْطٍ وَأَهْلِكْهُمْ مِنْ تَحْتِ سَمَاوَاتِكَ يَا رَبُّ.

Thau. Thou shalt persecute them in anger, and shalt destroy them from under the heavens, O Lord.