مَراثِي إرْمِي 2
| كَيْفَ خَيَّمَ الرَّبُّ فِي غَضَبِهِ بِالظَّلامِ عَلَى ابْنَةِ صِهْيَوْنَ، وَطَرَحَ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ إِلَى الأَرْضِ جَلالَ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَلَمْ يَذْكُرْ مَوْطِئَ قَدَمَيْهِ فِي يَوْمِ سُخْطِهِ؟ | ١ 1 |
Yahweh was extremely angry [with us]; as a result, [it was as though] [MET] he covered Jerusalem with a dark cloud. Previously it was a beautiful/glorious city, but he has caused it to become a ruins. At the time he punished [MET] Israel, he [even] abandoned his temple [MET] [in Jerusalem].
| قَدْ هَدَمَ الرَّبُّ مِنْ غَيْرِ رَحْمَةٍ جَمِيعَ مَسَاكِنِ يَعْقُوبَ. قَوَّضَ بِغَضَبِهِ مَعَاقِلَ ابْنَةِ يَهُوذَا، وَأَلْحَقَ الْعَارَ بِالْمَمْلَكَةِ وَحُكَّامِهَا، إِذْ سَوَّاهَا بِالأَرْضِ. | ٢ 2 |
Yahweh destroyed the homes of [the people of] [PRS] Judah; he did not act mercifully. Because he was very angry, he broke down the fortresses of Judah. He has caused our kingdom and our rulers to become disgraced, and he has gotten rid of them.
| بَتَرَ فِي احْتِدَامِ غَضَبِهِ كُلَّ قُوَّةِ إِسْرَائِيلَ. رَدَّ يَمِينَهُ إِلَى الْوَرَاءِ أَمَامَ الأَعْدَاءِ، وَاشْتَعَلَ مِثْلَ نَارٍ مُلْتَهِبَةٍ فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، تَلْتَهِمُ كُلَّ مَا حَوْلَهَا. | ٣ 3 |
Because he was extremely angry, he has caused Israel to not be powerful [MET] any more. He has refused to assist us when our enemies attacked us. He has destroyed Israel like [SIM] a raging fire destroys everything.
| وَتَّرَ قَوْسَهُ كَعَدُوٍّ. نَصَبَ يَمِينَهُ كَمُبْغِضٍ. ذَبَحَ كَعَدُوٍّ كُلَّ عَزِيزٍ فِي عُيُونِنَا. وَسَكَبَ سُخْطَهُ كَنَارٍ عَلَى خَيْمَةِ ابْنَةِ صِهْيَوْنَ. | ٤ 4 |
He bent his bow [to prepare to shoot us, his people], as though we were his enemies. He [prepared to] kill the people whom we love the most [MET], members of our own families. He is extremely angry [MTY] with us people of Jerusalem; his anger is like [SIM] a fire.
| وَأَصْبَحَ الرَّبُّ كَعَدُوٍّ، فَقَوَّضَ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَهَدَمَ جَمِيعَ قُصُورِهَا، وَدَمَّرَ حُصُونَهَا، وَأَكْثَرَ النَّوْحَ وَالْعَويِلَ فِي ابْنَةِ صِهْيَوْنَ. | ٥ 5 |
Yahweh has become like an enemy to [us] Israelis; he has destroyed our palaces and caused our fortresses to become ruins. He has gotten rid of many people in Jerusalem, and caused us to mourn and weep [for those who were killed].
| نَقَضَ مَظَلَّتَهُ كَمَا يُنْقَضُ كُوخٌ مِنَ الأَغْصَانِ فِي حَدِيقَةٍ، وَرَدَمَ مَقَرَّ مُجْتَمَعِهِ. جَعَلَ الرَّبُّ صِهْيَوْنَ تَنْسَى مَوَاسِمَ أَعْيَادِهَا وَسُبُوتَهَا. وَنَبَذَ بِاحْتِدَامِ سُخْطِهِ الْمَلِكَ وَالْكَاهِنَ. | ٦ 6 |
He has caused his temple to be smashed [as easily] as [SIM] if it was a shelter in a garden. He has caused [us, his people], to forget all our sacred festivals and Sabbath days. He has caused [our] kings and priests to be rejected because he was extremely angry with them.
| كَرِهَ الرَّبُّ مَذْبَحَهُ، وَتَبَرَّأَ مِنْ مَقْدِسِهِ، وَسَلَّمَ أَسْوَارَ قُصُورِهَا إِلَى يَدِ الأَعْدَاءِ الَّذِينَ عَلا هُتَافُهُمْ فِي بَيْتِ الرَّبِّ كَمَا كَانَ يَعْلُو هُتَافُنَا فِي الأَعْيَادِ. | ٧ 7 |
Yahweh has rejected his own altar and abandoned his temple. He has allowed [our] enemies to tear down the walls of [our temple and] our palaces. They shout [victoriously] in the temple of Yahweh, like we [previously shouted] during our sacred festivals.
| عَزَمَ الرَّبُّ أَنْ يُقَوِّضَ سُورَ ابْنَةِ صِهْيَوْنَ. مَدَّ خَيْطَ الْقِيَاسِ وَلَمْ يَرُدَّ يَدَهُ عَنْ سَحْقِهَا، فَاسْتَبْكَى الْمِتْرَسَةَ وَالسُّورَ فَسَقَطَا مَعاً. | ٨ 8 |
Yahweh was determined to cause the walls of our city [MTY] to be torn down. [It was as though] he measured the walls and [then he completely] destroyed [MTY] them. [It was as though] he caused the towers and walls to lament/weep, [because they were now ruins].
| غَاصَتْ فِي الأَرْضِ بَوَّابَاتُهَا، دَمَّرَ وَحَطَّمَ مَزَالِيجَهَا. نَفَى مَلِكَهَا وَرُؤَسَاءَهَا بَيْنَ الأُمَمِ. زَالَتِ الشَّرِيعَةُ، وَلَمْ يَعُدْ أَنْبِيَاؤُهَا يَحْصُلُونَ عَلَى رُؤْيَا مِنْ عِنْدِ الرَّبِّ. | ٩ 9 |
The city gates have collapsed; the bars that fastened the gates shut have been smashed. The king and his officials have [been forced to] go to other countries. No longer does anyone teach the people the laws [that God gave to Moses]. The prophets do not receive any visions [because] Yahweh does not give them any.
| يَجْلِسُ شُيُوخُ ابْنَةِ صِهْيَوْنَ عَلَى الأَرْضِ صَامِتِينَ. عَفَّرُوا بِالرَّمَادِ رُؤُوسَهُمْ، وَارْتَدَوْا الْمُسُوحَ، وَطَأْطَأَتْ عَذَارَى أُورُشَلِيمَ رُؤُوسَهُنَّ إِلَى الأَرْضِ. | ١٠ 10 |
The old men of Jerusalem [MTY] sit on the ground, and they say nothing. They wear rough sackcloth and throw dust on their heads [to show that they are sad]. The young girls of Jerusalem bow down [sorrowfully], their faces touching the ground.
| كَلَّتْ عَيْنَايَ مِنَ الْبُكَاءِ، جَاشَتْ أَحْشَائِي وَأُرِيقَتْ كَبِدِي عَلَى الأَرْضِ حُزْناً لِدَمَارِ ابْنَةِ شَعْبِي، لأَنَّ الأَطْفَالَ وَالرُّضَّعَ غُشِيَ عَلَيْهِمْ فِي شَوَارِعِ الْمَدِينَةِ. | ١١ 11 |
My eyes are very tired because of my tears; I am very grieved in my soul. Because [very many of] my people have been killed, I grieve and am exhausted. [Even] children and babies are fainting [and dying] in the streets [because they have no food].
| يَقُولُونَ لأُمَّهَاتِهِمْ بَاكِينَ: «أَيْنَ الْخُبْزُ وَالْخَمْرُ؟» ثُمَّ يُغْشَى عَلَيْهِمْ كَالْجَرْحَى فِي شَوَارِعِ الْمَدِينَةِ، حِينَ تُهْرَقُ حَيَاتُهُمْ فِي أَحْضَانِ أُمَّهَاتِهِمْ. | ١٢ 12 |
They cry out to their mothers, “We need [RHQ] something to eat and drink!” They faint like wounded men in the streets of the city. They slowly die in the arms of their mothers.
| بِمَاذَا أُنْذِرُكِ وَبِأَيِّ شَيْءٍ أُشَبِّهُكِ يَا ابْنَةَ أُورُشَلِيمَ؟ بِمَاذَا أُقَارِنُكِ فَأُعَزِّيَكِ أَيَّتُهَا الْعَذْرَاءُ ابْنَةُ صِهْيَوْنَ؟ إِنَّ خَرَابَكِ عَظِيمٌ كَالْبَحْرِ، فَمَنْ ذَا يُبْرِئُكِ؟ | ١٣ 13 |
You people of Jerusalem [MTY, DOU], (what can I/there is nothing that I can) say [to help you]. No people have [RHQ] suffered like you are suffering; I do not know what I can do to comfort you. The disaster [MET] that you have experienced is as great as the ocean is deep; there is no one [RHQ] who can restore your [city].
| رَأَى لَكِ أَنْبِيَاؤُكِ رُؤىً بَاطِلَةً خَادِعَةً. لَمْ يَفْضَحُوا إِثْمَكِ لِيَرُدُّوا سَبْيَكِ. إِنَّمَا رَأَوْا لَكِ وَحْياً كَاذِباً مُضِلاً. | ١٤ 14 |
The prophets among you claimed that they had seen visions [from Yahweh], but what they said was false and worthless. They did not save you from being (exiled/forced to go to other countries), because they did not proclaim that you had sinned. Instead, the messages that they gave you deceived you [because] they were not true.
| كُلُّ عَابِرِي السَّبِيلِ صَفَّقُوا عَلَيْكِ بِالأَيَادِي فَرَحاً. صَفَرُوا وَهَزُّوا رُؤُوسَهُمْ عَلَى ابْنَةِ أُورُشَلِيمَ وَتَسَاءَلُوا: أَهَذِهِ هِيَ الْمَدِينَةُ الَّتِي تُدْعَى كَامِلَةَ الْجَمَالِ وَبَهْجَةَ الأَرْضِ بِأَسْرِهَا؟ | ١٥ 15 |
All those who pass by you make fun of [IDM] you; they shake their heads and they hiss/sneer at you. [They say], “Is this that great city of Jerusalem? Is it the city that was the most beautiful city in the world, the city that caused all [the people on] the earth to be joyful?”
| قَدْ فَتَحَ جَمِيعُ أَعْدَائِكِ أَفْوَاهَهُمْ. يُصَفِّرُونَ وَيُحَرِّقُونَ الأَسْنَانَ. يَهْتِفُونَ: قَدِ ابْتَلَعْنَاهَا. هَذَا هُوَ الْيَوْمُ الَّذِي طَالَ انْتِظَارُنَا لَهُ. قَدْ عِشْنَا وَشَهِدْنَاهُ! | ١٦ 16 |
[Now] all our enemies scoff [IDM] at you; they hiss/sneer [at you] and gnash their teeth [to show that they hate you]. They say, “We have destroyed them! This is what we longed/waited for, and now it has happened!”
| نَفَّذَ الرَّبُّ قَضَاءَهُ، وَحَقَّقَ وَعِيدَهُ الَّذِي حَكَمَ بِهِ مُنْذُ الْحِقَبِ السَّالِفَةِ. هَدَمَ وَلَمْ يَرْأَفْ، فَأَشْمَتَ بِكِ الْخَصْمَ، وَعَظَّمَ قُوَّةَ عَدُوِّكِ. | ١٧ 17 |
Yahweh has done what he planned; long ago he threatened to destroy you, and [now] he has done it. He has destroyed [your city] without acting mercifully [toward you]; he has enabled your enemies to he happy about defeating you; he has enabled your enemies to [continually] become stronger.
| اسْتَغَاثَتْ قُلُوبُهُمْ بِالرَّبِّ. لِتَجْرِ الدُّمُوعُ، يَا أَسْوَارَ ابْنَةِ صِهْيَوْنَ، كَالنَّهْرِ لَيْلاً وَنَهَاراً. لَا تَسْتَكِينِي وَلا تَكُفَّ عَيْنَاكِ عَنِ الْبُكَاءِ. | ١٨ 18 |
I wish/desire that the walls of Jerusalem [APO] would cry out to Yahweh! You people of Jerusalem [MET], Cry day and night! Let your tears flow like rivers. Do not stop grieving; do not stop crying.
| قُومِي وَانْتَحِبِي فِي الرُّبْعِ الأَوَّلِ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ. اسْكُبِي كَالْمَاءِ قَلْبَكِ فِي مَحْضَرِ الرَّبِّ. ارْفَعِي إِلَيْهِ يَدَيْكِ مِنْ أَجْلِ نُفُوسِ أَطْفَالِكِ الْمَغْشِيِّ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنَ الْجُوعِ عِنْدَ نَاصِيَةِ كُلِّ شَارِعٍ. | ١٩ 19 |
Get up [every] night and cry out; tell Yahweh what you are feeling. Raise your arms to plead to him to act mercifully to prevent our children from dying; they are fainting on the street corners because they have no food to eat.
| انْظُرْ يَا رَبُّ وَتَأَمَّلْ! بِمَنْ صَنَعْتَ هَذَا؟ أَعَلَى النِّسَاءِ أَنْ يَأْكُلْنَ ثَمَرَةَ بُطُونِهِنَّ، وَأَطْفَالَ حَضَانَتِهِنَّ؟ أَيَتَحَتَّمُ عَلَى الْكَاهِنِ وَالنَّبِيِّ أَنْ يُقْتَلا فِي مَقْدِسِ الرَّبِّ؟ | ٢٠ 20 |
Yahweh, look, and think [about it]! Have you ever [RHQ] caused people to suffer like this before? [It is certainly not right that] [RHQ] women are eating the flesh of their own children, the children whom they have always taken care of! [It is not right that] [RHQ] priests and prophets are being killed in your own temple!
| قَدِ انْطَرَحَ الصَّبِيُّ وَالشُّيُوخُ فِي غُبَارِ الطُّرُقَاتِ. سَقَطَ عَذَارَايَ وَشُبَّانِي بِالسَّيْفِ. قَدْ قَتَلْتَهُمْ فِي يَوْمِ غَضَبِكَ، وَنَحَرْتَهُمْ مِنْ غَيْرِ رَحْمَةٍ. | ٢١ 21 |
[The corpses of] people of all ages lie in the streets; [there are even corpses of] young men and young women who have been killed by [our enemies’] swords. Because you were very angry, you caused them to be killed; you have slaughtered them without pitying them [at all].
| أَنْتَ دَعَوْتَ، كَمَا فِي يَوْمِ عِيدٍ، مُرَوِّعِيَّ الْمُحِيطِينَ بِي. فَلَمْ يُفْلِتْ وَلَمْ يَنْجُ أَحَدٌ فِي يَوْمِ سُخْطِكَ يَا رَبُّ. قَدْ أَفْنَى عَدُوِّي الَّذِينَ حَضَنْتُهُمْ وَرَبَّيْتُهُمْ. | ٢٢ 22 |
You summoned our enemies to attack us from every direction, as though you were calling/inviting them to come to a feast. At that time when [you showed that] you were very angry, no one escaped. Our enemies murdered [our little children, ] ones whom we took care of and reared/brought up.
