مَراثِي إرْمِي 3

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

I am the man that hath seen affliction under the rod of His wrath;

٢ 2 قَادَنِي وَسَيَّرَنِي فِي الظُّلْمَةِ مِنْ غَيْرِ نُورٍ.

He hath led me and brought me into darkness, and not into light;

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

Yea, against me doth he again and again turn his hand all the day long.

٤ 4 أَبْلَى لَحْمِي وَجِلْدِي. هَشَّمَ عِظَامِي.

My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.

٥ 5 حَاصَرَنِي وَأَحَاطَنِي بِالْعَلْقَمِ وَالْمَشَقَّةِ.

He hath builded against me, and encompassed me with bitterness and woe.

٦ 6 أَسْكَنَنِي فِي الظُّلْمَةِ كَمَوْتَى الْحِقَبِ الْغَابِرَةِ.

He hath set me in dark places, as those that have long been dead.

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

He hath hedged me about, so that I cannot get out; he hath made my chain heavy;

٨ 8 حَتَّى حِينَ أَصْرُخُ وَأَسْتَغِيثُ يَصُدُّ صَلاتِي.

Yea, when I cry and call aloud, he shutteth out my prayer.

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

He blocketh up my way with hewn stone; he maketh my paths crooked.

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

A bear lying in wait hath he been to me, a lion in lurking-places.

١١ 11 أَضَلَّ طُرُقِي وَمَزَّقَنِي إِرْباً. دَمَّرَنِي.

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

١٢ 12 وَتَّرَ قَوْسَهُ وَنَصَبَنِي هَدَفاً لِسَهْمِهِ.

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

١٣ 13 اخْتَرَقَ كُلْيَتَيَّ بِنِبَالِ جُعْبَتِهِ.

He hath caused the sons of his quiver to pierce my reins.

١٤ 14 صِرْتُ مَثَارَ هُزْءٍ لِشَعْبِي وَأُهْجِيَةً لَهُمُ الْيَوْمَ كُلَّهُ.

I have been a laughing-stock to all my people, their song all the day.

١٥ 15 أَشْبَعَنِي مَرَارَةً، وَأَرْوَانِي أَفْسَنْتِيناً.

He hath filled me with bitterness; he hath made me drunk 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.

Yea, thou hast removed my soul far from peace; I have forgotten prosperity.

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

And I say, “My confidence and my hope in Jehovah are gone!”

١٩ 19 اُذْكُرْ بَلِيَّتِي وَتَيَهَانِي وَالأَفْسَنْتِينَ وَالْمَرَارَةَ.

Remember my affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall!

٢٠ 20 مَا بَرِحَتْ نَفْسِي تَذْكُرُهَا وَهِيَ مُنْحَنِيَةٌ فِي دَاخِلِي.

Yea, thou wilt remember them, for my soul sinketh within me!

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

This I recall to my mind; therefore have I hope;

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

It is of the mercy of Jehovah that we are not consumed; yea, his compassion faileth not;

٢٣ 23 تَتَجَدَّدُ فِي كُلِّ صَبَاحٍ. فَائِقَةٌ أَمَانَتُكَ.

It is new every morning; great is thy faithfulness.

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

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

٢٥ 25 الرَّبُّ صَالِحٌ لِمَنْ يَرْجُونَهُ وَلِلنَّفْسِ الَّتِي تَلْتَمِسُهُ.

Jehovah is good to them that trust in him, to the soul that seeketh him.

٢٦ 26 خَيْرٌ لِلْمَرْءِ أَنْ يَنْتَظِرَ بِصَمْتٍ خَلاصَ الرَّبِّ.

It is good that a man hope, and quietly wait for salvation from Jehovah.

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 alone and keep silence, since He layeth it upon him;

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

That he put his mouth in the dust, [[saying to himself, ]] “Perhaps there may be hope!”

٣٠ 30 لِيَبْذُلْ خَدَّهُ لِلاطِمِ، وَيَشْبَعْ تَعْيِيراً.

That he offer his cheek to the smiter; that he be filled with reproach.

٣١ 31 لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ لَا يَنْبِذُ إِلَى الأَبَدِ.

For the Lord will not cast off forever;

٣٢ 32 فَإِنَّهُ وَلَوْ أَحْزَنَ يَرْأَفُ بِمُقْتَضَى رَحْمَتِهِ الْفَائِقَةِ.

For though he cause grief, yet doth he have compassion according to his great mercy;

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

For he doth not willingly afflict and grieve the children of men.

٣٤ 34 وَلا أَنْ يَسْحَقَ أَسْرَى الأَرْضِ تَحْتَ الأَقْدَامِ،

Doth one trample under foot all the prisoners of the earth,

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

Doth he bend the right of a man before the face of the Most High,

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

Doth he subvert a man in his cause, and shall not the Lord behold it?

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

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

٣٨ 38 أَلَيْسَ مِنْ فَمِ الْعَلِيِّ يَصْدُرُ الضُّرُّ وَالْخَيْرُ؟

Cometh not evil, as well as good, from the mouth of the Most High?

٣٩ 39 فَلِمَاذَا يَشْتَكِي الإِنْسَانُ الْحَيُّ حِينَ يُعَاقَبُ عَلَى خَطَايَاهُ؟

Wherefore then murmureth the living man? Let him murmur at his own sin!

٤٠ 40 لِنَفْحَصْ طُرُقَنَا وَنَخْتَبِرْهَا وَنَرْجِعْ إِلَى الرَّبِّ.

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

٤١ 41 لِنَرْفَعْ قُلُوبَنَا وَأَيْدِيَنَا إِلَى اللهِ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ.

Let us lift up our hearts with our hands to God in the heavens!

٤٢ 42 قَدْ تَعَدَّيْنَا وَتَمَرَّدْنَا، وَأَنْتَ لَمْ تَغْفِرْ.

We have transgressed; we have rebelled; thou hast not forgiven!

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

Thou hast hidden thyself in anger, and hast pursued us; thou hast slain and hast not spared;

٤٤ 44 تَلَفَّعْتَ بِالسَّحَابِ حَتَّى لَا تَبْلُغَ إِلَيْكَ صَلاةٌ.

Thou hast hidden thyself in a cloud, that our prayer may not pass through;

٤٥ 45 قَدْ جَعَلْتَنَا أَوْسَاخاً وَأَقْذَاراً بَيْنَ الشُّعُوبِ.

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

٤٦ 46 فَتَحَ عَلَيْنَا جَمِيعُ أَعْدَائِنَا أفْوَاهَهُمْ،

All our enemies have opened their mouths against us;

٤٧ 47 وَحَلَّ بِنَا الرُّعْبُ وَالْهَلاكُ وَالدَّمَارُ وَالسَّحْقُ.

Terror and the pit have come upon us, desolation and destruction;

٤٨ 48 تَفِيضُ عَيْنَايَ بِأَنْهَارِ مِيَاهٍ عَلَى دَمَارِ ابْنَةِ شَعْبِي.

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

٤٩ 49 لَنْ تَكُفَّ عَيْنَايَ عَنِ الْبُكَاءِ أَبداً،

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

٥٠ 50 حَتَّى يُشْرِفَ الرَّبُّ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ وَيُبْصِرَ.

Until Jehovah look down and behold from heaven.

٥١ 51 تَتْلَفُ عَيْنَايَ عَلَى مَصِيرِ كُلِّ بَنَاتِ مَدِينَتِي.

Mine eye is painful to me on account of all the daughters of my city.

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

They that are my enemies without cause hunt me down like a bird;

٥٣ 53 طَرَحُونِي حَيًّا فِي الْجُبِّ وَرَجَمُونِي بِالْحِجَارَةِ.

They take away my life in the dungeon; they cast a stone upon me;

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

Waters flow over my head; I say, “I am undone!”

٥٥ 55 اسْتَغَثْتُ بِاسْمِكَ يَا رَبُّ مِنْ أَعْمَاقِ الْجُبِّ،

I call upon thy name, O Jehovah, from the deep dungeon;

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

Hear thou my voice! hide not thine ear from my cry for relief!

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

Be near to me, when I call upon thee! Say, “Fear not!”

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

Thou maintainest my cause, O Lord; thou redeemest my life!

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

Thou, O Jehovah, seest the wrong done to me; Maintain thou my cause!

٦٠ 60 قَدْ رَأَيْتَ انْتِقَامَهُمْ كُلَّهُ وَسَائِرَ مُؤَامَرَاتِهِمْ عَلَيَّ.

Thou seest all their vengeance, all their devices against me.

٦١ 61 سَمِعْتَ تَعْيِيرَهُمْ يَا رَبُّ، وَجَمِيعَ مُؤَامَرَاتِهِمْ عَلَيَّ.

Thou hearest their reproach, O Jehovah, all their devices against me,

٦٢ 62 وَسَمِعْتَ كَلامَ أَعْدَائِي وَتَدْبِيرَاتِهِمْ ضِدِّي الْيَوْمَ كُلَّهُ.

The words of my adversaries, and their machinations against me all the day long!

٦٣ 63 رَاقِبْ جُلُوسَهُمْ وَقِيَامَهُمْ، فَقَدْ أَصْبَحْتُ أُهْجِيَةً لَهُمْ.

Behold their sitting down and their rising up! I am their song.

٦٤ 64 جَازِهِمْ يَا رَبُّ بِمُقْتَضَى مَا جَنَتْهُ أَيْدِيهِمْ.

Render to them a recompense, O Jehovah, according to the work of their hands!

٦٥ 65 اجْعَلْ عَلَى قُلُوبِهِمْ غَشَاوَةً، وَلْتَكُنْ لَعْنَتُكَ عَلَيْهِمْ.

Give them blindness of mind! thy curse be upon them!

٦٦ 66 تَعَقَّبْهُمْ بِسُخْطٍ وَأَهْلِكْهُمْ مِنْ تَحْتِ سَمَاوَاتِكَ يَا رَبُّ.

Pursue them in thine anger, and destroy them from under Jehovah's heaven!