مَراثِي إرْمِي 4
| كَيْفَ اكْمَدَّ الذَّهَبُ وَاكْدَرَّ لَوْنُ النُّضَارِ الخَالِصِ؟ كَيْفَ تَبَعْثَرَتْ حِجَارَةُ الْقُدْسِ فِي نَاصِيَةِ كُلِّ شَارِعٍ؟ | ١ 1 |
ALEPH. O how the gold has become dulled, the finest color has been altered, the stones of the sanctuary have been scattered at the head of every street.
| كَيْفَ حُسِبَ أَبْنَاءُ صِهْيَوْنَ الْكِرَامُ الْمَوْزُونُونَ بِالذَّهَبِ النَّقِيِّ، كَآنِيَةٍ خَزَفِيَّةٍ مِنْ عَمَلِ يَدِ الْفَخَّارِيِّ؟ | ٢ 2 |
BETH. The famous sons of Zion, and those clothed with the foremost gold: how they have become like earthen vessels, the work of the hands of a potter.
| حَتَّى بَنَاتُ آوَى تَكْشِفُ عَنْ ثَدْيهَا وَتُرْضِعُ أَجْرَاءَهَا، أَمَّا ابْنَةُ شَعْبِي فَقَاسِيَةٌ كَالنَّعَامِ فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ. | ٣ 3 |
GHIMEL. Yet even savages expose their breast and give milk to their young. But the daughter of my people is cruel, like the ostrich in the desert.
| قَدِ الْتَصَقَ لِسَانُ الرَّضِيعِ بِحَنَكِهِ عَطَشاً، وَالْتَمَسَ الأَطْفَالُ خُبْزاً وَلَيْسَ مَنْ يُعْطِيهِ لَهُمْ. | ٤ 4 |
DALETH. The tongue of the infant adheres to his palate out of thirst. The little ones have asked for bread, and there was no one to break it for them.
| هَلَكَ فِي الشَّوَارِعِ الَّذِينَ كَانُوا يَأْكُلُونَ الطَّيِّبَاتِ، وَاحْتَضَنَ الْمَزَابِلَ المُتَرَبُّونَ عَلَى لِبْسِ الْحَرِيرِ. | ٥ 5 |
HE. Those who were fed indulgently have passed away in the roads. Those who were nourished with saffron have welcomed filth.
| لأَنَّ عِقَابَ إِثْمِ ابْنَةِ شَعْبِي أَعْظَمُ مِنْ عِقَابِ خَطِيئَةِ سَدُومَ الَّتِي انْقَلَبَتْ فِي لَحْظَةٍ، مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ تَمْتَدَّ إِلَيْهَا يَدُ إِنْسَانٍ. | ٦ 6 |
VAU. And the iniquity of the daughter of my people has been made greater than the sin of Sodom, which was overthrown in a moment, and yet hands did not take captives in her.
| كَانَ نُبَلاَؤُهَا أَنْقَى مِنَ الثَّلْجِ وَأَنْصَعَ مِنَ اللَّبَنِ. أَجْسَادُهُمْ أَكْثَرُ حُمْرَةً مِنَ الْمُرْجَانِ، وَقَامَاتُاهُمْ كَالْيَاقُوتِ العأَزْرَقِ، | ٧ 7 |
ZAIN. Her Nazirites were whiter than snow, shinier than milk, more ruddy than ancient ivory, more beautiful than sapphire.
| فَأَصْبَحَتْ صُورَتُهُمْ أَكْثَرَ سَوَاداً مِنَ الْفَحْمِ، فَلَمْ يُعْرَفُوا فِاي الشَّوَارِعِ. لَصِقَتْ جُلُودُهُمْ بِعِظَامِهِمْ، وَصَارَتْ جَافَّةً كَالْحَطَبِ. | ٨ 8 |
HETH. Their face has been blacked more than coals, and they are not recognized in the streets. Their skin has adhered to their bones; it dried out and became like wood.
| كَانَ مَصِيرُ ضَحَايَا السَّيْفِ أَفْضَلَ مِنْ مَصِيرِ ضَحَايَا الْجُوعِ، الَّذِينَ اضْمَحَلُّوا مِنْ طَعْنَةِ عُقْمِ الْحَقْلِ. | ٩ 9 |
TETH. It was better for those slain by the sword, than for those put to death by famine. For these waste away, being consumed by the sterility of the land.
| طَهَتْ أَيْدِي الأُمَّهَاتِ الْحَانِيَاتِ أَوْلاَدَهُنَّ لِيَكُونُوا طَعَاماً لَهُنَّ فِي أَثْنَاءِ دَمَارِ ابْنَةِ شَعْبِي. | ١٠ 10 |
JOD. The hands of pitiable women have boiled their sons. They became their food in the grief of the daughter of my people.
| نَفَثَ الرَّبُّ كَامِلَ سُخْطِهِ وَصَبَّ حُمُوَّ غَضَبِهِ، وَأَضْرَمَ نَاراً فِي صِهْيَوْنَ فَالْتَهَمَتْ أُسُسَهَا. | ١١ 11 |
CAPH. The Lord has completed his fury; he has poured out the wrath of his indignation. And he has kindled a fire in Zion, and it has devoured its foundations.
| لَمْ يُصَدِّقْ مُلُوكُ الأَرْضِ وَسُكَّانُ الْمَعْمُورَةِ أَنَّ الْعَدُوَّ وَالْخَصْمَ يَقْتَحِمَانِ بَوَّابَاتِ أُورُشَلِيمَ. | ١٢ 12 |
LAMED. The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world, did not believe that the adversary and the enemy would enter through the gates of Jerusalem.
| عِقَاباً لَهَا عَلَى خَطَايَا أَنْبِيَائِهَا وَآثَامِ كَهَنَتِهَا، الَّذِينَ سَفَكُوا فِي وَسَطِهَا دَمَ الصِّدِّيقِينَ. | ١٣ 13 |
MEM. It is because of the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, who have shed the blood of the just in her midst.
| تَاهُوا كَعُمْيٍ فِي الشَّوَارِعِ، مُلَطَّخِينَ بِالدَّمِ حَتَّى لَمْ يَقْدِرْ أَحَدٌ أَنْ يَلْمُسَ ثِيَابَهُمْ. | ١٤ 14 |
NUN. They have wandered in the streets like the blind; they have been defiled with blood. And when they were not able, they held their garments.
| هَتَفُوا بِهِمْ: «ابْتَعِدُوا: تَنَحَّوْا لاَ تَلْمُسُوا شَيْئاً». فَهَرَبُوا وَتَشَرَّدُوا! غَيْرَ أَنَّ أَهْلَ الأُمَمِ قَالُوا: لاَ يُمْكِنُ أَنْ يَسْكُنُوا مَعَنَا! | ١٥ 15 |
SAMECH. “Go back, you polluted ones!” they cried out to them. “Go back, go away, do not touch!” Of course, they argued, and being removed, they said among the Gentiles, “He will no longer dwell among them.”
| قَدْ بَدَّدَهُمُ الرَّبُّ نَفْسُهُ، وَلَمْ يَعُدْ يَعْبَأُ بِهِمْ، لَمْ يُكْرِمُوا الْكَهَنَةَ وَلَمْ يَتَرَأَّفُوا بِالشُّيُوخِ. | ١٦ 16 |
PHE. The face of the Lord has divided them. He will no longer respect them. They were not ashamed before the faces of the priests, nor did they take pity on the elderly.
| كَلَّتْ عُيُونُنَا مِنْ تَرَقُّبِ نُصْرَةٍ بَاطِلَةٍ. فِي أَبْرَاجِنَا انْتَظَرْنَا مَعُونَةَ أُمَّةٍ لاَ تُخَلِّصُ. | ١٧ 17 |
AIN. While we were still standing, our eyes failed, expecting help for us in vain, when we looked attentively toward a nation that was not able to save.
| تَصَيَّدَ الرِّجَالُ خَطَوَاتِنَا حَتَّى لاَ نَخْطُوَ فِي شَوَارِعِنَا. آذَنَتْ نِهَايَتُنَا، وَتَمَّتْ أَيَّامُنَا وَأَزِفَتْ خَاتِمَتُنَا. | ١٨ 18 |
SADE. Our footsteps have slipped on the paths of our own streets. Our end draws near. Our days have been completed, for our end has arrived.
| كَانَ مُطَارِدُونَا أَسْرَعَ مِنْ نُسُورِ السَّمَاءِ، تَعَقَّبُونَا عَلَى الْجِبَالِ، وَتَرَبَّصُوا بِنَا فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ. | ١٩ 19 |
COPH. Our persecutors have been swifter than the eagles of the sky. They have been pursuing us above the mountains; they have lain in wait for us in the desert.
| وَقَعَ فِي حُفَرِهِمْ مَصْدَرُ حَيَاتِنَا، الْمَلِكُ الَّذِي اخْتَارَهُ الرَّبُّ، الَّذِي قُلْنَا: فِي ظِلِّهِ نَعِيشُ بَيْنَ الأُمَمِ. | ٢٠ 20 |
RES. The spirit of our mouth, Christ the Lord, has been captured by our sins; to him, we said, “In your shadow, we will live among the Gentiles.”
| ابْتَهِجِي وَافْرَحِي يَاابْنَةَ أَدُومَ، يَاسَاكِنَةَ عَوْصٍ. إِنَّمَا هَذِهِ الْكَأْسُ سَتَجُوزُ عَلَيْكِ أَيْضاً فَتَسْكَرِينَ وَتَتَعَرَّيْنَ. | ٢١ 21 |
SIN. Be glad and rejoice, O daughter of Edom, who dwells in the Land of Uz. The cup will also pass to you; you will be inebriated as well as naked.
| قَدْ تَمَّ إِثْمُكِ يَاابْنَةَ صِهْيَوْنَ، وَلَنْ يُطِيلَ (اللهُ) مِنْ حِقْبَةِ سَبْيِكِ. أَمَّا أَنْتِ يَاابْنَةَ أَدُومَ فَإِنَّهُ يُعَاقِبُكِ وَيَفْضَحُ خَطَايَاكِ. | ٢٢ 22 |
THAU. Your iniquity has been completed, O daughter of Zion. He will no longer send you away to captivity. He has visited your iniquity, O daughter of Edom; he has uncovered your sins.
