مَرَاثِي إِرْمِيَا 4
| كَيْفَ ٱكْدَرَّ ٱلذَّهَبُ، تَغَيَّرَ ٱلْإِبْرِيزُ ٱلْجَيِّدُ! ٱنْهَالَتْ حِجَارَةُ ٱلْقُدْسِ فِي رَأْسِ كُلِّ شَارِعٍ. | ١ 1 |
How the gold has become dim. How the most pure gold has 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 regarded as clay jars, 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 offer the breast, they nurse their young ones, but 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 nursing infant's tongue sticks to the roof of his mouth for thirst. The young children ask for bread, but no one gives to them.
| اَلَّذِينَ كَانُوا يَأْكُلُونَ ٱلْمَآكِلَ ٱلْفَاخِرَةَ قَدْ هَلِكُوا فِي ٱلشَّوَارِعِ. ٱلَّذِينَ كَانُوا يَتَرَبَّوْنَ عَلَى ٱلْقِرْمِزِ ٱحْتَضَنُوا ٱلْمَزَابِلَ. | ٥ 5 |
Those who ate delicacies are destitute in the streets. Those who were brought up in purple embrace ash heaps.
| 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, which was overthrown in an instant, and no hands were laid on her.
| كَانَ نُذُرُهَا أَنْقَى مِنَ ٱلثَّلْجِ وَأَكْثَرَ بَيَاضًا مِنَ ٱللَّبَنِ، وَأَجْسَامُهُمْ أَشَدَّ حُمْرَةً مِنَ ٱلْمَرْجَانِ. جَرَزُهُمْ كَٱلْيَاقُوتِ ٱلْأَزْرَقِ. | ٧ 7 |
Her consecrated ones were purer than snow, whiter than milk; their bodies more ruddy than rubies, their appearance was like lapis lazuli.
| صَارَتْ صُورَتُهُمْ أَشَدَّ ظَلَامًا مِنَ ٱلسَّوَادِ. لَمْ يُعْرَفُوا فِي ٱلشَّوَارِعِ. لَصِقَ جِلْدُهُمْ بِعَظْمِهِمْ. صَارَ يَابِسًا كَٱلْخَشَبِ. | ٨ 8 |
They appear darker than soot; they are not known in the streets. Their skin cleaves to their bones; it is withered and has become as dry as a stick.
| كَانَتْ قَتْلَى ٱلسَّيْفِ خَيْرًا مِنْ قَتْلَى ٱلْجُوعِ. لِأَنَّ هَؤُلَاءِ يَذُوبُونَ مَطْعُونِينَ لِعَدَمِ أَثْمَارِ ٱلْحَقْلِ. | ٩ 9 |
Those who are killed with the sword are better than those who are killed with hunger; those who waste away, pierced through, for lack of the fruits of the field.
| أَيَادِي ٱلنِّسَاءِ ٱلْحَنَائِنِ طَبَخَتْ أَوْلَادَهُنَّ. صَارُوا طَعَامًا لَهُنَّ فِي سَحْقِ بِنْتِ شَعْبِي. | ١٠ 10 |
The hands of the compassionate women have cooked 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 |
The LORD has accomplished his wrath, he has poured out his fierce anger; he has kindled a fire in Zion, which has devoured its foundations.
| لَمْ تُصَدِّقْ مُلُوكُ ٱلْأَرْضِ وَكُلُّ سُكَّانِ ٱلْمَسْكُونَةِ أَنَّ ٱلْعَدُوَّ وَٱلْمُبْغِضَ يَدْخُلَانِ أَبْوَابَ أُورُشَلِيمَ. | ١٢ 12 |
The kings of the earth did not believe, neither all the inhabitants of the world, that the adversary or 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, that 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 can't touch their garments.
| «حِيدُوا! نَجِسٌ!» يُنَادُونَ إِلَيْهِمْ. «حِيدُوا! حِيدُوا لَا تَمَسُّوا!». إِذْ هَرَبُوا تَاهُوا أَيْضًا. قَالُوا بَيْنَ ٱلْأُمَمِ: «إِنَّهُمْ لَا يَعُودُونَ يَسْكُنُونَ». | ١٥ 15 |
"Go away." they cried to them, "Unclean. Away, away. Do not touch." When they fled away and wandered, men said among the nations, "They shall not live here anymore."
| وَجْهُ ٱلرَّبِّ قَسَمَهُمْ. لَا يَعُودُ يَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِمْ. لَمْ يَرْفَعُوا وُجُوهَ ٱلْكَهَنَةِ، وَلَمْ يَتَرَأَّفُوا عَلَى ٱلشُّيُوخِ. | ١٦ 16 |
The LORD himself has scattered them; he will no more regard them. They did not respect 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 still fail, looking in vain for our 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 can't 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 sky. They chased us on the mountains, they lay in 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 the LORD, was taken in their pits; of whom we said, "Under his shadow we can live among the nations."
| اِطْرَبِي وَٱفْرَحِي يَا بِنْتَ أَدُومَ، يَا سَاكِنَةَ عَوْصٍ. عَلَيْكِ أَيْضًا تَمُرُّ ٱلْكَأْسُ. تَسْكَرِينَ وَتَتَعَرَّينَ. | ٢١ 21 |
Rejoice and be glad, daughter of Edom, that dwell in the land of Uz. The cup shall pass through to you also; you will get drunk, and shall make yourself naked.
| قَدْ تَمَّ إِثْمُكِ يَا بِنْتَ صِهْيَوْنَ. لَا يَعُودُ يَسْبِيكِ. سَيُعَاقِبُ إِثْمَكِ يَا بِنْتَ أَدُومَ وَيُعْلِنُ خَطَايَاكِ. | ٢٢ 22 |
The punishment of your iniquity is accomplished, daughter of Zion; he will no more carry you away into captivity. He will visit your iniquity, daughter of Edom; he will uncover your sins.
