مَرَاثِي إِرْمِيَا 3

١ 1 أَنَا هُوَ ٱلرَّجُلُ ٱلَّذِي رأَى مَذَلَّةً بِقَضِيبِ سَخَطِهِ.

I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.

٢ 2 قَادَنِي وَسَيَّرَنِي فِي ٱلظَّلَامِ وَلَا نُورَ.

Me hath he led, and brought into darkness, and not into light.

٣ 3 حَقًّا إِنَّهُ يَعُودُ وَيَرُدُّ عَلَيَّ يَدَهُ ٱلْيَوْمَ كُلَّهُ.

Surely against me hath he turned again and again his hand all the day.

٤ 4 أَبْلَى لَحْمِي وَجِلْدِي. كَسَّرَ عِظَامِي.

My flesh and my skin hath he wasted away, he hath broken my bones.

٥ 5 بَنَى عَلَيَّ وَأَحَاطَنِي بِعَلْقَمٍ وَمَشَقَّةٍ.

He hath built against me, and encompassed [me] with gall and toil.

٦ 6 أَسْكَنَنِي فِي ظُلُمَاتٍ كَمَوْتَى ٱلْقِدَمِ.

He hath made me to dwell in dark places as those that have been long dead.

٧ 7 سَيَّجَ عَلَيَّ فَلَا أَسْتَطِيعُ ٱلْخُرُوجَ. ثَقَّلَ سِلْسِلَتِي.

He hath hedged me about that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.

٨ 8 أَيْضًا حِينَ أَصْرُخُ وَأَسْتَغِيثُ يَصُدُّ صَلَاتِي.

Even when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.

٩ 9 سَيَّجَ طُرُقِي بِحِجَارَةٍ مَنْحُوتَةٍ. قَلَبَ سُبُلِي.

He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.

١٠ 10 هُوَ لِي دُبٌّ كَامِنٌ، أَسَدٌ فِي مَخَابِىءَ.

He is unto me [as] a bear lying in wait, a lion in secret places.

١١ 11 مَيَّلَ طُرُقِي وَمَزَّقَنِي. جَعَلَنِي خَرَابًا.

He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces; he hath made me desolate.

١٢ 12 مَدَّ قَوْسَهُ وَنَصَبَنِي كَغَرَضٍ لِلسَّهْمِ.

He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.

١٣ 13 أَدْخَلَ فِي كُلْيَتَيَّ نِبَالَ جُعْبَتِهِ.

He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.

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

I am become a derision to all my people; their song all the day.

١٥ 15 أَشْبَعَنِي مَرَائِرَ وَأَرْوَانِي أَفْسَنْتِينًا،

He hath sated me with bitterness, he hath made me drunk with wormwood.

١٦ 16 وَجَرَشَ بِٱلْحَصَى أَسْنَانِي. كَبَسَنِي بِٱلرَّمَادِ.

He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.

١٧ 17 وَقَدْ أَبْعَدْتَ عَنِ ٱلسَّلَامِ نَفْسِي. نَسِيتُ ٱلْخَيْرَ.

And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I have forgotten prosperity.

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

And I said, My strength is perished, and my hope in Jehovah.

١٩ 19 ذِكْرُ مَذَلَّتِي وَتَيَهَانِي أَفْسَنْتِينٌ وَعَلْقَمٌ.

Remember thou mine affliction and my wandering, the wormwood and the gall.

٢٠ 20 ذِكْرًا تَذْكُرُ نَفْسِي وَتَنْحَنِي فِيَّ.

My soul hath [them] constantly in remembrance, and is humbled in me.

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

— This I recall to heart, therefore have I hope.

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

It is of Jehovah's loving-kindness we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not;

٢٣ 23 هِيَ جَدِيدَةٌ فِي كُلِّ صَبَاحٍ. كَثِيرَةٌ أَمَانَتُكَ.

they are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.

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

Jehovah is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.

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

Jehovah is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul [that] seeketh him.

٢٦ 26 جَيِّدٌ أَنْ يَنْتَظِرَ ٱلْإِنْسَانُ وَيَتَوَقَّعَ بِسُكُوتٍ خَلَاصَ ٱلرَّبِّ.

It is good that one should both wait, and that in silence, for the salvation of Jehovah.

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.

He sitteth solitary and keepeth silence, because he hath laid it upon him;

٢٩ 29 يَجْعَلُ فِي ٱلتُّرَابِ فَمَهُ لَعَلَّهُ يُوجَدُ رَجَاءٌ.

he putteth his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope;

٣٠ 30 يُعْطِي خَدَّهُ لِضَارِبِهِ. يَشْبَعُ عَارًا.

he giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him; he is filled full with reproach.

٣١ 31 لِأَنَّ ٱلسَّيِّدَ لَا يَرْفُضُ إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ.

For the Lord will not cast off for ever;

٣٢ 32 فَإِنَّهُ وَلَوْ أَحْزَنَ يَرْحَمُ حَسَبَ كَثْرَةِ مَرَاحِمِهِ.

but if he have caused grief, he will have compassion according to the multitude of his loving-kindnesses:

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

for he doth not willingly afflict or grieve the children of men.

٣٤ 34 أَنْ يَدُوسَ أَحَدٌ تَحْتَ رِجْلَيْهِ كُلَّ أَسْرَى ٱلْأَرْضِ،

To crush under foot all the prisoners of the earth,

٣٥ 35 أَنْ يُحَرِّفَ حَقَّ ٱلرَّجُلِ أَمَامَ وَجْهِ ٱلْعَلِيِّ،

to turn aside the right of a man before the face of the Most High,

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

to wrong a man in his cause, — will not the Lord see it?

٣٧ 37 مَنْ ذَا ٱلَّذِي يَقُولُ فَيَكُونَ وَٱلرَّبُّ لَمْ يَأْمُرْ؟

Who is he that saith, and there cometh to pass, what the Lord hath not commanded?

٣٨ 38 مِنْ فَمِ ٱلْعَلِيِّ أَلَا تَخْرُجُ ٱلشُّرُورُ وَٱلْخَيْرُ؟

Out of the mouth of the Most High doth not there proceed evil and good?

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

Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?

٤٠ 40 لِنَفْحَصْ طُرُقَنَا وَنَمْتَحِنْهَا وَنَرْجِعْ إِلَى ٱلرَّبِّ.

Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to Jehovah.

٤١ 41 لِنَرْفَعْ قُلُوبَنَا وَأَيْدِيَنَا إِلَى ٱللهِ فِي ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ:

Let us lift up our heart with [our] hands unto God in the heavens.

٤٢ 42 «نَحْنُ أَذْنَبْنَا وَعَصَيْنَا. أَنْتَ لَمْ تَغْفِرْ.

We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned.

٤٣ 43 ٱلْتَحَفْتَ بِٱلْغَضَبِ وَطَرَدْتَنَا. قَتَلْتَ وَلَمْ تَشْفِقْ.

Thou hast covered thyself with anger, and pursued us; thou hast slain, thou hast not spared.

٤٤ 44 ٱلْتَحَفْتَ بِٱلسَّحَابِ حَتَّى لَا تَنْفُذَ ٱلصَّلَاةُ.

Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that prayer should not pass through.

٤٥ 45 جَعَلْتَنَا وَسَخًا وَكَرْهًا فِي وَسَطِ ٱلشُّعُوبِ.

Thou hast made us the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the peoples.

٤٦ 46 فَتَحَ كُلُّ أَعْدَائِنَا أَفْوَاهَهُمْ عَلَيْنَا.

All our enemies have opened their mouth against us.

٤٧ 47 صَارَ عَلَيْنَا خَوْفٌ وَرُعْبٌ، هَلَاكٌ وَسَحْقٌ».

Fear and the pit are come upon us, devastation and ruin.

٤٨ 48 سَكَبَتْ عَيْنَايَ يَنَابِيعَ مَاءٍ عَلَى سَحْقِ بِنْتِ شَعْبِي.

Mine eye runneth down with streams of water for the ruin of the daughter of my people.

٤٩ 49 عَيْنِي تَسْكُبُ وَلَا تَكُفُّ بِلَا ٱنْقِطَاعٍ

Mine eye poureth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,

٥٠ 50 حَتَّى يُشْرِفَ وَيَنْظُرَ ٱلرَّبُّ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَاءِ.

till Jehovah look down and behold from the heavens.

٥١ 51 عَيْنِي تُؤَثِّرُ فِي نَفْسِي لِأَجْلِ كُلِّ بَنَاتِ مَدِينَتِي.

Mine eye affecteth my soul, because of all the daughters of my city.

٥٢ 52 قَدِ ٱصْطَادَتْنِي أَعْدَائِي كَعُصْفُورٍ بِلَا سَبَبٍ.

They that are mine enemies without cause have chased me sore like a bird.

٥٣ 53 قَرَضُوا فِي ٱلْجُبِّ حَيَاتِي وَأَلْقَوْا عَلَيَّ حِجَارَةً.

They have cut off my life in a pit, and cast a stone upon me.

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

Waters streamed over my head; I said, I am cut off.

٥٥ 55 دَعَوْتُ بِٱسْمِكَ يَارَبُّ مِنَ ٱلْجُبِّ ٱلْأَسْفَلِ.

I called upon thy name, Jehovah, out of the lowest pit.

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

Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my sighing, at my cry.

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

Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee; thou saidst, Fear not.

٥٨ 58 خَاصَمْتَ يَا سَيِّدُ خُصُومَاتِ نَفْسِي. فَكَكْتَ حَيَاتِي.

Lord, thou hast pleaded the cause of my soul, thou hast redeemed my life.

٥٩ 59 رَأَيْتَ يَارَبُّ ظُلْمِي. أَقِمْ دَعْوَايَ.

Jehovah, thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my cause.

٦٠ 60 رَأَيْتَ كُلَّ نَقْمَتِهِمْ، كُلَّ أَفْكَارِهِمْ عَلَيَّ.

Thou hast seen all their vengeance, all their imaginations against me.

٦١ 61 سَمِعْتَ تَعْيِيرَهُمْ يَارَبُّ، كُلَّ أَفْكَارِهِمْ عَلَيَّ.

Thou hast heard their reproach, O Jehovah, all their imaginations against me;

٦٢ 62 كَلَامُ مُقَاوِمِيَّ وَمُؤَامَرَتُهُمْ عَلَيَّ ٱلْيَوْمَ كُلَّهُ.

the lips of those that rise up against me and their meditation against me all the day.

٦٣ 63 اُنْظُرْ إِلَى جُلُوسِهِمْ وَوُقُوفِهِمْ، أَنَا أُغْنِيَتُهُمْ!

Behold thou their sitting down and their rising up: I am their song.

٦٤ 64 رُدَّ لَهُمْ جَزَاءً يَارَبُّ حَسَبَ عَمَلِ أَيَادِيهِمْ.

Render unto them a recompence, O Jehovah, according to the work of their hands;

٦٥ 65 أَعْطِهِمْ غِشَاوَةَ قَلْبٍ، لَعْنَتَكَ لَهُمْ.

give them obduracy of heart, thy curse unto them;

٦٦ 66 اِتْبَعْ بِٱلْغَضَبِ وَأَهْلِكْهُمْ مِنْ تَحْتِ سَمَاوَاتِ ٱلرَّبِّ.

pursue them in anger, and destroy them from under the heavens of Jehovah.