مَراثِي إرْمِي 3

١ 1 أَنَا هُوَ الرَّجُلُ الَّذِي شَهِدَ الْبَلِيَّةَ الَّتِي أَنْزَلَهَا قَضِيبُ سُخْطِهِ.

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

٢ 2 قَادَنِي وَسَيَّرَنِي فِي الظُّلْمَةِ مِنْ غَيْرِ نُورٍ.

Me hath he driven out, and led into darkness, but not into light.

٣ 3 حَقّاً إِنَّهُ يَمُدُّ يَدَهُ عَلَيَّ مَرَّةً تِلْوَ الْمَرَّةِ طُولَ النَّهَارِ.

Surely against me doth he turn again and again his hand all the day.

٤ 4 أَبْلَى لَحْمِي وَجِلْدِي. هَشَّمَ عِظَامِي.

He hath caused my flesh and my skin to wear out, he hath broken my bones.

٥ 5 حَاصَرَنِي وَأَحَاطَنِي بِالْعَلْقَمِ وَالْمَشَقَّةِ.

He hath built around me, and encompassed me with poison and hardship.

٦ 6 أَسْكَنَنِي فِي الظُّلْمَةِ كَمَوْتَى الْحِقَبِ الْغَابِرَةِ.

In dark places hath he set me to dwell, like the dead of olden times.

٧ 7 سَيَّجَ حَوْلِي حَتَّى لَا أُفْلِتَ. أَثْقَلَ عَلَيَّ قُيُودِي.

He hath placed a fence round about me, that I cannot get out; he hath made heavy my chain.

٨ 8 حَتَّى حِينَ أَصْرُخُ وَأَسْتَغِيثُ يَصُدُّ صَلاتِي.

Also when I cry aloud and make entreaty, he shutteth out my prayer.

٩ 9 قَدْ أَغْلَقَ عَلَيَّ طُرُقِي بِحِجَارَةٍ مَنْحُوتَةٍ، وَجَعَلَ مَسَالِكِي مُلْتَوِيَةً.

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

١٠ 10 هُوَ لِي كَدُبٍّ مُتَرَبِّصٍ، وَكَأَسَدٍ مُتَرَصِّدٍ فِي مَكْمَنِهِ.

A bear lying in wait is he to me, a lion in secret places.

١١ 11 أَضَلَّ طُرُقِي وَمَزَّقَنِي إِرْباً. دَمَّرَنِي.

On my ways hath he placed thorns, and torn me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.

١٢ 12 وَتَّرَ قَوْسَهُ وَنَصَبَنِي هَدَفاً لِسَهْمِهِ.

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

١٣ 13 اخْتَرَقَ كُلْيَتَيَّ بِنِبَالِ جُعْبَتِهِ.

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

١٤ 14 صِرْتُ مَثَارَ هُزْءٍ لِشَعْبِي وَأُهْجِيَةً لَهُمُ الْيَوْمَ كُلَّهُ.

I am become a laughing-stock to all my people, their [jeering] song all the day.

١٥ 15 أَشْبَعَنِي مَرَارَةً، وَأَرْوَانِي أَفْسَنْتِيناً.

He hath sated me with bitter things, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.

١٦ 16 هَشَّمَ أَسْنَانِي بِالْحَصَى، وَطَمَرَنِي بِالرَّمَادِ.

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

١٧ 17 فَتَنَاءَتْ نَفْسِي عَنِ السَّلامِ، وَنَسِيتُ طَعْمَ الْخَيْرَاتِ.

And my soul hath given up all thoughts of peace: I forget happiness.

١٨ 18 فَقُلْتُ: «تَلاشَتْ قُوَّتِي، وَكُلُّ مَا كُنْتُ أَرْجُوهُ مِنَ الرَّبِّ».

And I said, Lost is my strength, my expectation also from the Lord.

١٩ 19 اُذْكُرْ بَلِيَّتِي وَتَيَهَانِي وَالأَفْسَنْتِينَ وَالْمَرَارَةَ.

Remembering my affliction and [the cause of] my complaint, wormwood and poison.

٢٠ 20 مَا بَرِحَتْ نَفْسِي تَذْكُرُهَا وَهِيَ مُنْحَنِيَةٌ فِي دَاخِلِي.

Remembering [this] continually my soul is bowed down deeply within me.

٢١ 21 وَلَكِنْ هَذَا مَا أُنَاجِي بِهِ نَفْسِي، لِذَلِكَ يَغْمُرُنِي الرَّجَاءُ:

[Yet] this answer will I give to my heart: therefore will I wait [in confidence].

٢٢ 22 مِنْ إِحْسَانَاتِ الرَّبِّ أَنَّنَا لَمْ نَفْنَ، لأَنَّ مَرَاحِمَهُ لَا تَزُولُ.

It is through the Lord's kindness that we are not consumed, because his mercies have no end;

٢٣ 23 تَتَجَدَّدُ فِي كُلِّ صَبَاحٍ. فَائِقَةٌ أَمَانَتُكَ.

They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.

٢٤ 24 تَقُولُ نَفْسِي: «الرَّبُّ هُوَ نَصِيبِي فَلِذَلِكَ أَرْجُوهُ».

The Lord is my portion, saith my soul, therefore will I wait for him.

٢٥ 25 الرَّبُّ صَالِحٌ لِمَنْ يَرْجُونَهُ وَلِلنَّفْسِ الَّتِي تَلْتَمِسُهُ.

The Lord is good unto those that hope in him, to the soul that seeketh him.

٢٦ 26 خَيْرٌ لِلْمَرْءِ أَنْ يَنْتَظِرَ بِصَمْتٍ خَلاصَ الرَّبِّ.

It is good that one should wait and this in silence for the salvation of the Lord.

٢٧ 27 خَيْرٌ لِلْمَرْءِ أَنْ يَحْمِلَ النِّيرَ فِي حَدَاثَتِهِ.

It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth;

٢٨ 28 لِيَعْتَكِفْ وَحِيداً فِي صَمْتٍ لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ قَدْ وَضَعَ النِّيرَ عَلَيْهِ.

That he sit in solitude and be silent; because He hath laid it upon him;

٢٩ 29 لِيُوَارِ وَجْهَهُ فِي التُّرَابِ تَذَلُّلاً، عَسَى أَنْ يَكُونَ هُنَاكَ رَجَاءٌ.

That he put his mouth in the dust; perhaps there still is hope;

٣٠ 30 لِيَبْذُلْ خَدَّهُ لِلاطِمِ، وَيَشْبَعْ تَعْيِيراً.

That he offer his cheek to him that smiteth him; that he be satisfied with reproach.

٣١ 31 لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ لَا يَنْبِذُ إِلَى الأَبَدِ.

For the Lord will not cast off for ever;

٣٢ 32 فَإِنَّهُ وَلَوْ أَحْزَنَ يَرْأَفُ بِمُقْتَضَى رَحْمَتِهِ الْفَائِقَةِ.

But though he have caused grief, yet will he have mercy according to the abundance of his kindnesses.

٣٣ 33 لأَنَّهُ لَا يَتَعَمَّدُ أَنْ يَبْتَلِيَ أَبْنَاءَ الْبَشَرِ بِالْبُؤْسِ وَالأَسَى،

For he doth not afflict of his own will, and aggrieve the children of men.

٣٤ 34 وَلا أَنْ يَسْحَقَ أَسْرَى الأَرْضِ تَحْتَ الأَقْدَامِ،

To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,

٣٥ 35 وَلا أَنْ يَجُورَ أَحَدٌ عَلَى حُقُوقِ الإِنْسَانِ، أَمَامَ عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ الْعَلِيِّ

To pervert the justice [due to man] before the face of the Most High.

٣٦ 36 أَوْ أَنْ لَا يُنْصَفَ الإِنْسَانُ فِي دَعْوَاهُ. أَلا يَرَى الرَّبُّ هَذِهِ الأُمُورَ؟

To subvert a man in his contest—should the Lord not see this?

٣٧ 37 مَنْ ذَا الَّذِي يَقْضِي بِأَمْرٍ فَيَتَحَقَّقَ إِنْ لَمْ يَكُنِ الرَّبُّ قَدْ أَمَرَ بِهِ؟

Who is he that saith aught, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord hath not ordained it?

٣٨ 38 أَلَيْسَ مِنْ فَمِ الْعَلِيِّ يَصْدُرُ الضُّرُّ وَالْخَيْرُ؟

Do not out of the mouth of the Most High come both the evil things and the good?

٣٩ 39 فَلِمَاذَا يَشْتَكِي الإِنْسَانُ الْحَيُّ حِينَ يُعَاقَبُ عَلَى خَطَايَاهُ؟

Wherefore should a living man complain? let every man complain because of his sins.

٤٠ 40 لِنَفْحَصْ طُرُقَنَا وَنَخْتَبِرْهَا وَنَرْجِعْ إِلَى الرَّبِّ.

Let us search through and investigate our ways, and let us return to the Lord.

٤١ 41 لِنَرْفَعْ قُلُوبَنَا وَأَيْدِيَنَا إِلَى اللهِ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ.

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

٤٢ 42 قَدْ تَعَدَّيْنَا وَتَمَرَّدْنَا، وَأَنْتَ لَمْ تَغْفِرْ.

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

٤٣ 43 لَفَّعْتَ نَفْسَكَ بِالْغَضَبِ وَتَعَقَّبْتَنَا. قَتَلْتَ مِنْ غَيْرِ رَحْمَةٍ.

Thou hast covered [us] with thy anger, and made pursuit after us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied.

٤٤ 44 تَلَفَّعْتَ بِالسَّحَابِ حَتَّى لَا تَبْلُغَ إِلَيْكَ صَلاةٌ.

Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that no prayer should pass through.

٤٥ 45 قَدْ جَعَلْتَنَا أَوْسَاخاً وَأَقْذَاراً بَيْنَ الشُّعُوبِ.

As something loathsome and rejected hast thou rendered us in the midst of the people.

٤٦ 46 فَتَحَ عَلَيْنَا جَمِيعُ أَعْدَائِنَا أفْوَاهَهُمْ،

Wide have all our enemies opened against us their mouth.

٤٧ 47 وَحَلَّ بِنَا الرُّعْبُ وَالْهَلاكُ وَالدَّمَارُ وَالسَّحْقُ.

Terror and a snare are come upon us, [with] desolation and breaches.

٤٨ 48 تَفِيضُ عَيْنَايَ بِأَنْهَارِ مِيَاهٍ عَلَى دَمَارِ ابْنَةِ شَعْبِي.

With streams of water runneth my eye down, because of the breach of the daughter of my people.

٤٩ 49 لَنْ تَكُفَّ عَيْنَايَ عَنِ الْبُكَاءِ أَبداً،

My eye trickleth down, and resteth not, without any intermission,

٥٠ 50 حَتَّى يُشْرِفَ الرَّبُّ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ وَيُبْصِرَ.

Till the Lord look down, and behold from heaven.

٥١ 51 تَتْلَفُ عَيْنَايَ عَلَى مَصِيرِ كُلِّ بَنَاتِ مَدِينَتِي.

My eye affecteth my soul because of all the daughters of my city.

٥٢ 52 قَدِ اصْطَادَنِي، كَعُصْفُورٍ، أَعْدَائِي الَّذِينَ لَمْ أُسِئْ إِلَيْهِمْ،

Those who are my enemies, without a cause, have chased me about like a bird.

٥٣ 53 طَرَحُونِي حَيًّا فِي الْجُبِّ وَرَجَمُونِي بِالْحِجَارَةِ.

They have shut up in the dungeon my life, and have cast stones upon me.

٥٤ 54 طَغَتِ الْمِيَاهُ فَوْقَ رَأْسِي، فَقُلْتُ: «قَدْ هَلَكْتُ».

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

٥٥ 55 اسْتَغَثْتُ بِاسْمِكَ يَا رَبُّ مِنْ أَعْمَاقِ الْجُبِّ،

I called on thy name, O Lord, out of the dungeon of the lowest depth.

٥٦ 56 فَسَمِعْتَ صَوْتِي. لَا تَصُمَّ أُذُنَيْكَ عَنْ صُرَاخِ اسْتِغَاثَتِي.

Thou didst hear my voice: hide not thy ear to give me enlargement at my cry.

٥٧ 57 اقْتَرَبْتَ حِينَ دَعَوْتُكَ إِذْ قُلْتَ: «لا تَخَفْ».

Thou wast ever near on the day that I called on thee: thou saidst, Fear not.

٥٨ 58 قَدْ دَافَعْتَ عَنْ دَعْوَايَ يَا رَبُّ، وَافْتَدَيْتَ حَيَاتِي.

Thou didst plead, O Lord, the causes of my soul: thou didst [before this] redeem my life.

٥٩ 59 أَنْتَ شَهِدْتَ مَا أَسَاءُوا بِهِ إِلَيَّ يَا رَبُّ، فَاقْضِ فِي دَعْوَايَ.

Thou hast [now] seen, O Lord, the wrong I suffer: judge thou my cause.

٦٠ 60 قَدْ رَأَيْتَ انْتِقَامَهُمْ كُلَّهُ وَسَائِرَ مُؤَامَرَاتِهِمْ عَلَيَّ.

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

٦١ 61 سَمِعْتَ تَعْيِيرَهُمْ يَا رَبُّ، وَجَمِيعَ مُؤَامَرَاتِهِمْ عَلَيَّ.

Thou hast heard their reviling, O Lord, all their plans against me,

٦٢ 62 وَسَمِعْتَ كَلامَ أَعْدَائِي وَتَدْبِيرَاتِهِمْ ضِدِّي الْيَوْمَ كُلَّهُ.

The speeches of these that rise up against me, and their device against me all the day.

٦٣ 63 رَاقِبْ جُلُوسَهُمْ وَقِيَامَهُمْ، فَقَدْ أَصْبَحْتُ أُهْجِيَةً لَهُمْ.

Oh look upon their sitting down, and their rising up: I am their [jeering] song.

٦٤ 64 جَازِهِمْ يَا رَبُّ بِمُقْتَضَى مَا جَنَتْهُ أَيْدِيهِمْ.

Render unto them a recompense, O Lord, according to the work of their hands.

٦٥ 65 اجْعَلْ عَلَى قُلُوبِهِمْ غَشَاوَةً، وَلْتَكُنْ لَعْنَتُكَ عَلَيْهِمْ.

Give them confusion of heart, thy curse he upon them.

٦٦ 66 تَعَقَّبْهُمْ بِسُخْطٍ وَأَهْلِكْهُمْ مِنْ تَحْتِ سَمَاوَاتِكَ يَا رَبُّ.

Pursue them in anger and destroy from under the heavens of the Lord.