مَراثِي إرْمِي 5

١ 1 اذْكُرْ يَا رَبُّ مَا أَصَابَنَا. انْظُرْ وَعَايِنْ عَارَنَا.

Remember O Yahweh what? has it happened to us (look! *Q(K)*) and see reproach our.

٢ 2 قَدْ تَحَوَّلَ مِيرَاثُنَا إِلَى الْغُرَبَاءِ وَبُيُوتُنَا إِلَى الأَجَانِبِ.

Inheritance our it has been turned over to strangers houses our to foreigners.

٣ 3 أَصْبَحْنَا أَيْتَاماً لَا أَبَ لَنَا، وَأُمَّهَاتُنَا كَالأَرَامِلِ.

Fatherless ones we have become (and there not *Q(K)*) [is] a father mothers our [are] like widows.

٤ 4 بِالْفِضَّةِ شَرِبْنَا مَاءَنَا. وَبِثَمَنٍ ابْتَعْنَا حَطَبَنَا.

Water our for money we have drunk wood our for a price they come.

٥ 5 دَاسَ مُضْطَهِدُونَا أَعْنَاقَنَا، أَعْيَيْنَا وَلَمْ نَجِدْ رَاحَةً.

At neck our we have been pursued we have become weary (and not *Q(K)*) it has been given rest to us.

٦ 6 خَضَعْنَا بَاسِطِينَ أَيْدِينَا إِلَى أَشُّورَ وَمِصْرَ لِنَشْبَعَ خُبْزاً.

Egypt we have given a hand Assyria to be satisfied bread.

٧ 7 قَدْ أَخْطَأَ آبَاؤُنَا، وَتَوَارَوْا عَنِ الْوُجُودِ، وَنَحْنُ نَتَحَمَّلُ عِقَابَ آثَامِهِمْ.

Ancestors our they sinned (and not [are] they and we *Q(K)*) iniquities their we have borne.

٨ 8 تَسَلَّطَ عَلَيْنَا عَبِيدٌ، وَلَيْسَ مَنْ يُنْقِذُنَا مِنْ أَيْدِيهِمْ.

Slaves they have ruled over us [is one who] rescues there not from hand their.

٩ 9 بِأَنْفُسِنَا نَأْتِي بِخُبْزِنَا مُجَازِفِينَ بِحَيَاتِنَا مِنْ جَرَّاءِ السَّيْفِ الْكَامِنِ لَنَا فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ.

With life our we bring bread our because of [the] sword of the wilderness.

١٠ 10 جِلْدُنَا مُلْتَهِبٌ كَتَنُّورٍ مِنْ نِيرَانِ الْجُوعِ الْمُحْرِقَةِ.

Skin our like an oven they have grown hot because of [the] burning heat of hunger.

١١ 11 اغْتَصَبُوا النِّسَاءَ فِي صِهْيَوْنَ وَالْعَذَارَى فِي مُدُنِ يَهُوذَا.

Women in Zion men have humiliated virgins in [the] cities of Judah.

١٢ 12 عُلِّقَ النُّبَلاءُ بِأَيْدِيهِمْ وَلَمْ يُوَقِّرُوا الشُّيُوخَ.

Princes by hand their they have been hanged [the] face of elders not they have been honored.

١٣ 13 سَخَّرُوا الشُّبَّانَ لِلطَّحْنِ، وَهَوَى الصِّبْيَانُ تَحْتَ الْحَطَبِ.

Young men a mill they have lifted and young men with wood they have staggered.

١٤ 14 هَجَرَ الشُّيُوخُ بَوَّابَةَ الْمَدِينَةِ، وَكَفَّ الشُّبَّانُ عَنْ غِنَائِهِمْ.

Old [men] from [the] gate they have ceased young men from music their.

١٥ 15 انْقَطَعَ فَرَحُ قَلْبِنَا وَتَحَوَّلَ رَقْصُنَا إِلَى نَوْحٍ.

It has ceased [the] joy of heart our it has been changed into mourning dancing our.

١٦ 16 تَهَاوَى إِكْلِيلُ رَأْسِنَا، فَوَيْلٌ لَنَا لأَنَّنَا قَدْ أَخْطَأْنَا.

It has fallen [the] crown of head our woe! please to us for we have sinned.

١٧ 17 لِهَذَا غُشِيَ عَلَى قُلُوبِنَا، وَأَظْلَمَتْ عُيُونُنَا.

On this it has become faint heart our on these [things] they have grown dim eyes our.

١٨ 18 لأَنَّ جَبَلَ صِهْيَوْنَ أَضْحَى أَطْلالاً تَرْتَعُ فِيهِ الثَّعَالِبُ.

On [the] mountain of Zion that [is] desolate foxes they have prowled on it.

١٩ 19 أَمَّا أَنْتَ يَا رَبُّ، فَتَمْلِكُ إِلَى الأَبَدِ، وَعَرْشُكَ ثَابِتٌ مِنْ جِيلٍ إِلَى جِيلٍ.

You O Yahweh for ever you will sit throne your [is] to a generation and a generation.

٢٠ 20 لِمَاذَا تَنْسَانَا إِلَى الأَبَدِ وَتَتْرُكُنَا طُولَ الأَيَّامِ؟

Why? to perpetuity do you forget us do you abandon? us for length of days.

٢١ 21 رُدَّنَا يَا رَبُّ إِلَيْكَ فَنَرْجِعَ. جِدِّدْ أَيَّامَنَا كَمَا فِي الْعُهُودِ السَّالِفَةِ.

Cause to return us O Yahweh - to yourself (so let us return *Q(K)*) renew days our like ancient time.

٢٢ 22 إِلا إِنْ كُنْتَ قَدْ رَفَضْتَنَا كُلَّ الرَّفْضِ وَغَضِبْتَ عَلَيْنَا أَشَدَّ الْغَضَبِ.

That except certainly you have rejected us you are angry towards us up to muchness.