مَرَاثِي إِرْمِيَا 4
| كَيْفَ ٱكْدَرَّ ٱلذَّهَبُ، تَغَيَّرَ ٱلْإِبْرِيزُ ٱلْجَيِّدُ! ٱنْهَالَتْ حِجَارَةُ ٱلْقُدْسِ فِي رَأْسِ كُلِّ شَارِعٍ. | ١ 1 |
How the gold has become dim, the most pure gold changed! The stones of the sanctuary are poured out at the head of every street.
| بَنُو صِهْيَوْنَ ٱلْكُرَمَاءُ ٱلْمَوْزُونُونَ بِٱلذَّهَبِ ٱلنَّقِيِّ، كَيْفَ حُسِبُوا أَبَارِيقَ خَزَفٍ عَمَلَ يَدَيْ فَخَّارِيٍّ! | ٢ 2 |
The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how they are esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!
| بَنَاتُ آوَى أَيْضًا أَخْرَجَتْ أَطْبَاءَهَا، أَرْضَعَتْ أَجْرَاءَهَا. أَمَّا بِنْتُ شَعْبِي فَجَافِيَةٌ كَٱلنَّعَامِ فِي ٱلْبَرِّيَّةِ. | ٣ 3 |
Even the jackals draw out the breast; they give suck to their young ones. The daughter of my people has become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.
| لَصِقَ لِسَانُ ٱلرَّاضِعِ بِحَنَكِهِ مِنَ ٱلْعَطَشِ. اَلْأَطْفَالُ يَسْأَلُونَ خُبْزًا وَلَيْسَ مَنْ يَكْسِرُهُ لَهُمْ. | ٤ 4 |
The tongue of the sucking child clings to the roof of his mouth for thirst. The young sons ask bread, and no man breaks it to them.
| اَلَّذِينَ كَانُوا يَأْكُلُونَ ٱلْمَآكِلَ ٱلْفَاخِرَةَ قَدْ هَلِكُوا فِي ٱلشَّوَارِعِ. ٱلَّذِينَ كَانُوا يَتَرَبَّوْنَ عَلَى ٱلْقِرْمِزِ ٱحْتَضَنُوا ٱلْمَزَابِلَ. | ٥ 5 |
Those who fed luxuriously are desolate in the streets. Those who were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.
| وَقَدْ صَارَ عِقَابُ بِنْتِ شَعْبِي أَعْظَمَ مِنْ قِصَاصِ خَطِيَّةِ سَدُومَ ٱلَّتِي ٱنْقَلَبَتْ كَأَنَّهُ فِي لَحْظَةٍ، وَلَمْ تُلْقَ عَلَيْهَا أَيَادٍ. | ٦ 6 |
For the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the sin of Sodom, that was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands were laid upon her.
| كَانَ نُذُرُهَا أَنْقَى مِنَ ٱلثَّلْجِ وَأَكْثَرَ بَيَاضًا مِنَ ٱللَّبَنِ، وَأَجْسَامُهُمْ أَشَدَّ حُمْرَةً مِنَ ٱلْمَرْجَانِ. جَرَزُهُمْ كَٱلْيَاقُوتِ ٱلْأَزْرَقِ. | ٧ 7 |
Her ranking men were purer than snow. They were whiter than milk. They were more ruddy in body than rubies. Their polishing was as of sapphire.
| صَارَتْ صُورَتُهُمْ أَشَدَّ ظَلَامًا مِنَ ٱلسَّوَادِ. لَمْ يُعْرَفُوا فِي ٱلشَّوَارِعِ. لَصِقَ جِلْدُهُمْ بِعَظْمِهِمْ. صَارَ يَابِسًا كَٱلْخَشَبِ. | ٨ 8 |
Their visage is blacker than a coal. They are not known in the streets. Their skin clings to their bones. It is withered. It has become like a stick.
| كَانَتْ قَتْلَى ٱلسَّيْفِ خَيْرًا مِنْ قَتْلَى ٱلْجُوعِ. لِأَنَّ هَؤُلَاءِ يَذُوبُونَ مَطْعُونِينَ لِعَدَمِ أَثْمَارِ ٱلْحَقْلِ. | ٩ 9 |
Those who are slain with the sword are better than those who are slain with hunger, for these pine away, stricken through, for want of the fruits of the field.
| أَيَادِي ٱلنِّسَاءِ ٱلْحَنَائِنِ طَبَخَتْ أَوْلَادَهُنَّ. صَارُوا طَعَامًا لَهُنَّ فِي سَحْقِ بِنْتِ شَعْبِي. | ١٠ 10 |
The hands of the pitiful women have boiled their own children. They were their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
| أَتَمَّ ٱلرَّبُّ غَيْظَهُ. سَكَبَ حُمُوَّ غَضَبِهِ وَأَشْعَلَ نَارًا فِي صِهْيَوْنَ فَأَكَلَتْ أُسُسَهَا. | ١١ 11 |
Jehovah has accomplished his wrath. He has poured out his fierce anger, and he has kindled a fire in Zion, which has devoured the foundations thereof.
| لَمْ تُصَدِّقْ مُلُوكُ ٱلْأَرْضِ وَكُلُّ سُكَّانِ ٱلْمَسْكُونَةِ أَنَّ ٱلْعَدُوَّ وَٱلْمُبْغِضَ يَدْخُلَانِ أَبْوَابَ أُورُشَلِيمَ. | ١٢ 12 |
The kings of the earth did not believe, nor all the inhabitants of the world, that the adversary and the enemy would enter into the gates of Jerusalem.
| مِنْ أَجْلِ خَطَايَا أَنْبِيَائِهَا، وَآثَامِ كَهَنَتِهَا ٱلسَّافِكِينَ فِي وَسَطِهَا دَمَ ٱلصِّدِّيقِينَ، | ١٣ 13 |
It is because of the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, who have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her.
| تَاهُوا كَعُمْيٍ فِي ٱلشَّوَارِعِ، وَتَلَطَّخُوا بِٱلدَّمِ حَتَّى لَمْ يَسْتَطِعْ أَحَدٌ أَنْ يَمَسَّ مَلَابِسَهُمْ. | ١٤ 14 |
They wander as blind men in the streets. They are polluted with blood, so that men cannot touch their garments.
| «حِيدُوا! نَجِسٌ!» يُنَادُونَ إِلَيْهِمْ. «حِيدُوا! حِيدُوا لَا تَمَسُّوا!». إِذْ هَرَبُوا تَاهُوا أَيْضًا. قَالُوا بَيْنَ ٱلْأُمَمِ: «إِنَّهُمْ لَا يَعُودُونَ يَسْكُنُونَ». | ١٥ 15 |
Depart ye, they cried to them. Unclean! Depart, depart, do not touch! When they fled away and wandered, men said among the nations, They shall no more sojourn here.
| وَجْهُ ٱلرَّبِّ قَسَمَهُمْ. لَا يَعُودُ يَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِمْ. لَمْ يَرْفَعُوا وُجُوهَ ٱلْكَهَنَةِ، وَلَمْ يَتَرَأَّفُوا عَلَى ٱلشُّيُوخِ. | ١٦ 16 |
The anger of Jehovah has scattered them. He will no more regard them. They did not respect the persons of the priests. They did not favor the elders.
| أَمَّا نَحْنُ فَقَدْ كَلَّتْ أَعْيُنُنَا مِنَ ٱلنَّظَرِ إِلَى عَوْنِنَا ٱلْبَاطِلِ. فِي بُرْجِنَا ٱنْتَظَرْنَا أُمَّةً لَا تُخَلِّصُ. | ١٧ 17 |
Our eyes do yet fail in looking for our vain help. In our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save.
| نَصَبُوا فِخَاخًا لِخَطَوَاتِنَا حَتَّى لَا نَمْشِيَ فِي سَاحَاتِنَا. قَرُبَتْ نِهَايَتُنَا. كَمُلَتْ أَيَّامُنَا لِأَنَّ نِهَايَتَنَا قَدْ أَتَتْ. | ١٨ 18 |
They hunt our steps, so that we cannot go in our streets. Our end is near, our days are fulfilled, for our end has come.
| صَارَ طَارِدُونَا أَخَفَّ مِنْ نُسُورِ ٱلسَّمَاءِ. عَلَى ٱلْجِبَالِ جَدُّوا فِي أَثَرِنَا. فِي ٱلْبَرِّيَّةِ كَمَنُوا لَنَا. | ١٩ 19 |
Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the heavens. They chased us upon the mountains. They laid wait for us in the wilderness.
| نَفَسُ أُنُوفِنَا، مَسِيحُ ٱلرَّبِّ، أُخِذَ فِي حُفَرِهِمِ. ٱلَّذِي قُلْنَا عَنْهُ: «فِي ظِلِّهِ نَعِيشُ بَيْنَ ٱلْأُمَمِ». | ٢٠ 20 |
The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of Jehovah, was taken in their pits, of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the nations.
| اِطْرَبِي وَٱفْرَحِي يَا بِنْتَ أَدُومَ، يَا سَاكِنَةَ عَوْصٍ. عَلَيْكِ أَيْضًا تَمُرُّ ٱلْكَأْسُ. تَسْكَرِينَ وَتَتَعَرَّينَ. | ٢١ 21 |
Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, who dwells in the land of Uz. Yet the cup shall pass through to thee also. Thou shall be drunken, and shall make thyself naked.
| قَدْ تَمَّ إِثْمُكِ يَا بِنْتَ صِهْيَوْنَ. لَا يَعُودُ يَسْبِيكِ. سَيُعَاقِبُ إِثْمَكِ يَا بِنْتَ أَدُومَ وَيُعْلِنُ خَطَايَاكِ. | ٢٢ 22 |
The punishment of thine iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion. He will no more carry thee away into captivity. He will visit thine iniquity, O daughter of Edom. He will uncover thy sins.
