Lamentations 1

1 How lonely lies the city, once so full of people! She who was great among the nations has become a widow. The princess of the provinces has become a slave.

١ كَيْفَ جَلَسَتْ وَحْدَهَا ٱلْمَدِينَةُ ٱلْكَثِيرَةُ ٱلشَّعْبِ! كَيْفَ صَارَتْ كَأَرْمَلَةٍ ٱلْعَظِيمَةُ فِي ٱلْأُمَمِ. ٱلسَّيِّدَةُ في ٱلْبُلْدَانِ صَارَتْ تَحْتَ ٱلْجِزْيَةِ!

2 She weeps aloud in the night, with tears upon her cheeks. Among all her lovers there is no one to comfort her. All her friends have betrayed her; they have become her enemies.

٢ تَبْكِي في ٱللَّيْلِ بُكَاءً، وَدُمُوعُهَا علَى خَدَّيْهَا. لَيْسَ لَهَا مُعَزٍّ مِنْ كُلِّ مُحِبِّيهَا. كُلُّ أَصْحَابِهَا غَدَرُوا بِهَا، صَارُوا لهَا أَعْدَاءً.

3 Judah has gone into exile under affliction and harsh slavery; she dwells among the nations but finds no place to rest. All her pursuers have overtaken her in the midst of her distress.

٣ قَد سُبِيَتْ يَهُوذَا مِنَ ٱلْمَذَلَّةِ وَمِنْ كَثْرَةِ ٱلْعُبُودِيَّةِ. هِيَ تَسْكُنُ بَيْنَ ٱلْأُمَمِ. لَا تَجِدُ رَاحَةً. قَدْ أَدْرَكَهَا كُلُّ طَارِدِيهَا بَيْنَ ٱلضِّيقَاتِ.

4 The roads to Zion mourn, because no one comes to her appointed feasts. All her gates are deserted; her priests groan, her maidens grieve, and she herself is bitter with anguish.

٤ طُرُقُ صِهْيَوْنَ نَائِحَةٌ لِعَدَمِ ٱلْآتِينَ إِلَى ٱلْعِيدِ. كُلُّ أَبْوَابِهَا خَرِبَةٌ. كَهَنَتُهَا يَتَنَهَّدُونَ. عَذَارَاهَا مُذَلَّلَةٌ وَهِيَ فِي مَرَارَةٍ.

5 Her foes have become her masters; her enemies are at ease. For the LORD has brought her grief because of her many transgressions. Her children have gone away as captives before the enemy.

٥ صَارَ مُضَايِقُوهَا رَأْسًا. نَجَحَ أَعْدَاؤُهَا لِأَنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ قَدْ أَذَلَّهَا لِأَجْلِ كَثْرَةِ ذُنُوبِهَا. ذَهَبَ أَوْلَادُهَا إِلَى ٱلسَّبْيِ قُدَّامَ ٱلْعَدُوِّ.

6 All the splendor has departed from the Daughter of Zion. Her princes are like deer that find no pasture; they lack the strength to flee in the face of the hunter.

٦ وَقَدْ خَرَجَ مِنْ بِنْتِ صِهْيَوْنَ كُلُّ بَهَائِهَا. صَارَتْ رُؤَسَاؤُهَا كَأَيَائِلَ لَا تَجِدُ مَرْعًى، فَيَسِيرُونَ بِلَا قُوَّةٍ أَمَامَ ٱلطَّارِدِ.

7 In the days of her affliction and wandering Jerusalem remembers all the treasures that were hers in days of old. When her people fell into enemy hands she received no help. Her enemies looked upon her, laughing at her downfall.

٧ قَدْ ذَكَرَتْ أُورُشَلِيمُ فِي أَيَّامِ مَذَلَّتِهَا وَتَطَوُّحِهَا كُلَّ مُشْتَهَيَاتِهَا ٱلَّتِي كَانَتْ فِي أَيَّامِ ٱلْقِدَمِ. عِنْدَ سُقُوطِ شَعْبِهَا بِيَدِ ٱلْعَدُوِّ وَلَيْسَ مَنْ يُسَاعِدُهَا. رَأَتْهَا ٱلْأَعْدَاءُ. ضَحِكُوا عَلَى هَلَاكِهَا.

8 Jerusalem has sinned greatly; therefore she has become an object of scorn. All who honored her now despise her, for they have seen her nakedness; she herself groans and turns away.

٨ قَدْ أَخْطَأَتْ أُورُشَلِيمُ خَطِيَّةً، مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ صَارَتْ رَجِسَةً. كُلُّ مُكَرِّمِيهَا يَحْتَقِرُونَهَا لِأَنَّهُمْ رَأَوْا عَوْرَتَهَا، وَهِيَ أَيْضًا تَتَنَهَّدُ وَتَرْجِعُ إِلَى ٱلْوَرَاءِ.

9 Her uncleanness stains her skirts; she did not consider her end. Her downfall was astounding; there was no one to comfort her. Look, O LORD, on my affliction, for the enemy has triumphed!

٩ نَجَاسَتُهَا فِي أَذْيَالِهَا. لَمْ تَذْكُرْ آخِرَتَهَا وَقَدِ ٱنْحَطَّتِ ٱنْحِطَاطًا عَجِيبًا. لَيْسَ لَهَا مُعَزٍّ. «ٱنْظُرْ يَارَبُّ إِلَى مَذَلَّتِي لِأَنَّ ٱلْعَدُوَّ قَدْ تَعَظَّمَ».

10 The adversary has seized all her treasures. For she has seen the nations enter her sanctuary— those You had forbidden to enter Your assembly.

١٠ بَسَطَ ٱلْعَدُوُّ يَدَهُ عَلَى كُلِّ مُشْتَهَيَاتِهَا، فَإِنَّهَا رَأَتِ ٱلْأُمَمَ دَخَلُوا مَقْدِسَهَا، ٱلَّذِينَ أَمَرْتَ أَنْ لَا يَدْخُلُوا فِي جَمَاعَتِكَ.

11 All her people groan as they search for bread. They have traded their treasures for food to keep themselves alive. Look, O LORD, and consider, for I have become despised.

١١ كُلُّ شَعْبِهَا يَتَنَهَّدُونَ، يَطْلُبُونَ خُبْزًا. دَفَعُوا مُشْتَهَيَاتِهِمْ لِلْأَكْلِ لِأَجْلِ رَدِّ ٱلنَّفْسِ. «ٱنْظُرْ يَارَبُّ وَتَطَلَّعْ لِأَنِّي قَدْ صِرْتُ مُحْتَقَرَةً».

12 Is this nothing to you, all you who pass by? Look around and see! Is there any sorrow like mine, which was inflicted on me, which the LORD made me suffer on the day of His fierce anger?

١٢ «أَمَا إِلَيْكُمْ يَا جَمِيعَ عَابِرِي ٱلطَّرِيقِ؟ تَطَلَّعُوا وَٱنْظُرُوا إِنْ كَانَ حُزْنٌ مِثْلُ حُزْنِي ٱلَّذِي صُنِعَ بِي، ٱلَّذِي أَذَلَّنِي بِهِ ٱلرَّبُّ يَوْمَ حُمُوِّ غَضَبِهِ؟

13 He sent fire from on high, and it overpowered my bones. He spread a net for my feet and turned me back. He made me desolate, faint all the day long.

١٣ مِنَ ٱلْعَلَاءِ أَرْسَلَ نَارًا إِلَى عِظَامِي فَسَرَتْ فِيهَا. بَسَطَ شَبَكَةً لِرِجْلَيَّ. رَدَّنِي إِلَى ٱلْوَرَاءِ. جَعَلَنِي خَرِبَةً. ٱلْيَوْمَ كُلَّهُ مَغْمُومَةً.

14 My transgressions are bound into a yoke, knit together by His hand; they are draped over my neck, and the Lord has broken my strength. He has delivered me into the hands of those I cannot withstand.

١٤ شَدَّ نِيرَ ذُنُوبِي بِيَدِهِ، ضُفِرَتْ، صَعِدَتْ عَلَى عُنُقِي. نَزَعَ قُوَّتِي. دَفَعَنِي ٱلسَّيِّدُ إِلَى أَيْدٍ لَا أَسْتَطِيعُ ٱلْقِيَامَ مِنْهَا.

15 The Lord has rejected all the mighty men in my midst; He has summoned an army against me to crush my young warriors. Like grapes in a winepress, the Lord has trampled the Virgin Daughter of Judah.

١٥ رَذَلَ ٱلسَّيِّدُ كُلَّ مُقْتَدِرِيَّ فِي وَسَطِي. دَعَا عَلَيَّ جَمَاعَةً لِحَطْمِ شُبَّانِي. دَاسَ ٱلسَّيِّدُ ٱلْعَذْرَاءَ بِنْتَ يَهُوذَا مِعْصَرَةً.

16 For these things I weep; my eyes flow with tears. For there is no one nearby to comfort me, no one to revive my soul. My children are destitute because the enemy has prevailed.

١٦ عَلَى هَذِهِ أَنَا بَاكِيَةٌ. عَيْنِي، عَيْنِي تَسْكُبُ مِيَاهًا لِأَنَّهُ قَدِ ٱبْتَعَدَ عَنِّي ٱلْمُعَزِّي، رَادُّ نَفْسِي. صَارَ بَنِيَّ هَالِكِينَ لِأَنَّهُ قَدْ تَجَبَّرَ ٱلْعَدُوُّ».

17 Zion stretches out her hands, but there is no one to comfort her. The LORD has decreed against Jacob that his neighbors become his foes. Jerusalem has become an unclean thing among them.

١٧ بَسَطَتْ صِهْيَوْنُ يَدَيْهَا. لَا مُعَزِّيَ لَهَا. أَمَرَ ٱلرَّبُّ عَلَى يَعْقُوبَ أَنْ يَكُونَ مُضَايِقُوهُ حَوَالَيْهِ. صَارَتْ أُورُشَلِيمُ نَجِسَةً بَيْنَهُمْ.

18 The LORD is righteous, for I have rebelled against His command. Listen, all you people; look upon my suffering. My young men and maidens have gone into captivity.

١٨ «بَارٌّ هُوَ ٱلرَّبُّ لِأَنِّي قَدْ عَصَيْتُ أَمْرَهُ. ٱسْمَعُوا يَا جَمِيعَ ٱلشُّعُوبِ وَٱنْظُرُوا إِلَى حُزْنِي. عَذَارَايَ وَشُبَّانِي ذَهَبُوا إِلَى ٱلسَّبْيِ.

19 I called out to my lovers, but they have betrayed me. My priests and elders perished in the city while they searched for food to keep themselves alive.

١٩ نَادَيْتُ مُحِبِّيَّ. هُمْ خَدَعُونِي. كَهَنَتِي وَشُيُوخِي فِي ٱلْمَدِينَةِ مَاتُوا، إِذْ طَلَبُوا لِذَوَاتِهِمْ طَعَامًا لِيَرُدُّوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ.

20 See, O LORD, how distressed I am! I am churning within; my heart is pounding within me, for I have been most rebellious. Outside, the sword bereaves; inside, there is death.

٢٠ ٱنْظُرْ يَارَبُّ، فَإِنِّي فِي ضِيقٍ! أَحْشَائِي غَلَتْ. ٱرْتَدَّ قَلْبِي فِي بَاطِنِي لِأَنِّي قَدْ عَصَيْتُ مُتَمَرِّدَةً. فِي ٱلْخَارِجِ يَثْكُلُ ٱلسَّيْفُ، وَفِي ٱلْبَيْتِ مِثْلُ ٱلْمَوْتِ.

21 People have heard my groaning, but there is no one to comfort me. All my enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that You have caused it. May You bring the day You have announced, so that they may become like me.

٢١ سَمِعُوا أَنِّي تَنَهَّدْتُ. لَا مُعَزِّيَ لِي. كُلُّ أَعْدَائِي سَمِعُوا بِبَلِيَّتِي. فَرِحُوا لِأَنَّكَ فَعَلْتَ. تَأْتِي بِٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلَّذِي نَادَيْتَ بِهِ فَيَصِيرُونَ مِثْلِي.

22 Let all their wickedness come before You, and deal with them as You have dealt with me because of all my transgressions. For my groans are many, and my heart is faint.

٢٢ لِيَأْتِ كُلُّ شَرِّهِمْ أَمَامَكَ. وَٱفْعَلْ بِهِمْ كَمَا فَعَلْتَ بِي مِنْ أَجْلِ كُلِّ ذُنُوبِي، لِأَنَّ تَنَهُّدَاتِي كَثِيرَةٌ وَقَلْبِي مَغْشِيٌّ عَلَيْهِ».