Lamentations 3
1 I am the man who has seen trouble by the rod of his wrath.
| أَنَا هُوَ الرَّجُلُ الَّذِي شَهِدَ الْبَلِيَّةَ الَّتِي أَنْزَلَهَا قَضِيبُ سُخْطِهِ. | ١ |
2 By him I have been made to go in the dark where there is no light.
| قَادَنِي وَسَيَّرَنِي فِي الظُّلْمَةِ مِنْ غَيْرِ نُورٍ. | ٢ |
3 Truly against me his hand has been turned again and again all the day.
| حَقّاً إِنَّهُ يَمُدُّ يَدَهُ عَلَيَّ مَرَّةً تِلْوَ الْمَرَّةِ طُولَ النَّهَارِ. | ٣ |
4 My flesh and my skin have been used up by him and my bones broken.
| أَبْلَى لَحْمِي وَجِلْدِي. هَشَّمَ عِظَامِي. | ٤ |
5 He has put up a wall against me, shutting me in with bitter sorrow.
| حَاصَرَنِي وَأَحَاطَنِي بِالْعَلْقَمِ وَالْمَشَقَّةِ. | ٥ |
6 He has kept me in dark places, like those who have been long dead.
| أَسْكَنَنِي فِي الظُّلْمَةِ كَمَوْتَى الْحِقَبِ الْغَابِرَةِ. | ٦ |
7 He has put a wall round me, so that I am not able to go out; he has made great the weight of my chain.
| سَيَّجَ حَوْلِي حَتَّى لَا أُفْلِتَ. أَثْقَلَ عَلَيَّ قُيُودِي. | ٧ |
8 Even when I send up a cry for help, he keeps my prayer shut out.
| حَتَّى حِينَ أَصْرُخُ وَأَسْتَغِيثُ يَصُدُّ صَلاتِي. | ٨ |
9 He has put up a wall of cut stones about my ways, he has made my roads twisted.
| قَدْ أَغْلَقَ عَلَيَّ طُرُقِي بِحِجَارَةٍ مَنْحُوتَةٍ، وَجَعَلَ مَسَالِكِي مُلْتَوِيَةً. | ٩ |
10 He is like a bear waiting for me, like a lion in secret places.
| هُوَ لِي كَدُبٍّ مُتَرَبِّصٍ، وَكَأَسَدٍ مُتَرَصِّدٍ فِي مَكْمَنِهِ. | ١٠ |
11 By him my ways have been turned on one side and I have been pulled in bits; he has made me waste.
| أَضَلَّ طُرُقِي وَمَزَّقَنِي إِرْباً. دَمَّرَنِي. | ١١ |
12 With his bow bent, he has made me the mark for his arrows.
| وَتَّرَ قَوْسَهُ وَنَصَبَنِي هَدَفاً لِسَهْمِهِ. | ١٢ |
13 He has let loose his arrows into the inmost parts of my body.
| اخْتَرَقَ كُلْيَتَيَّ بِنِبَالِ جُعْبَتِهِ. | ١٣ |
14 I have become the sport of all the peoples; I am their song all the day.
| صِرْتُ مَثَارَ هُزْءٍ لِشَعْبِي وَأُهْجِيَةً لَهُمُ الْيَوْمَ كُلَّهُ. | ١٤ |
15 He has made my life nothing but pain, he has given me the bitter root in full measure.
| أَشْبَعَنِي مَرَارَةً، وَأَرْوَانِي أَفْسَنْتِيناً. | ١٥ |
16 By him my teeth have been broken with crushed stones, and I am bent low in the dust.
| هَشَّمَ أَسْنَانِي بِالْحَصَى، وَطَمَرَنِي بِالرَّمَادِ. | ١٦ |
17 My soul is sent far away from peace, I have no more memory of good.
| فَتَنَاءَتْ نَفْسِي عَنِ السَّلامِ، وَنَسِيتُ طَعْمَ الْخَيْرَاتِ. | ١٧ |
18 And I said, My strength is cut off, and my hope from the Lord.
| فَقُلْتُ: «تَلاشَتْ قُوَّتِي، وَكُلُّ مَا كُنْتُ أَرْجُوهُ مِنَ الرَّبِّ». | ١٨ |
19 Keep in mind my trouble and my wandering, the bitter root and the poison.
| اُذْكُرْ بَلِيَّتِي وَتَيَهَانِي وَالأَفْسَنْتِينَ وَالْمَرَارَةَ. | ١٩ |
20 My soul still keeps the memory of them; and is bent down in me.
| مَا بَرِحَتْ نَفْسِي تَذْكُرُهَا وَهِيَ مُنْحَنِيَةٌ فِي دَاخِلِي. | ٢٠ |
21 This I keep in mind, and because of this I have hope.
| وَلَكِنْ هَذَا مَا أُنَاجِي بِهِ نَفْسِي، لِذَلِكَ يَغْمُرُنِي الرَّجَاءُ: | ٢١ |
22 It is through the Lord's love that we have not come to destruction, because his mercies have no limit.
| مِنْ إِحْسَانَاتِ الرَّبِّ أَنَّنَا لَمْ نَفْنَ، لأَنَّ مَرَاحِمَهُ لَا تَزُولُ. | ٢٢ |
23 They are new every morning; great is your good faith.
| تَتَجَدَّدُ فِي كُلِّ صَبَاحٍ. فَائِقَةٌ أَمَانَتُكَ. | ٢٣ |
24 I said to myself, The Lord is my heritage; and because of this I will have hope in him.
| تَقُولُ نَفْسِي: «الرَّبُّ هُوَ نَصِيبِي فَلِذَلِكَ أَرْجُوهُ». | ٢٤ |
25 The Lord is good to those who are waiting for him, to the soul which is looking for him.
| الرَّبُّ صَالِحٌ لِمَنْ يَرْجُونَهُ وَلِلنَّفْسِ الَّتِي تَلْتَمِسُهُ. | ٢٥ |
26 It is good to go on hoping and quietly waiting for the salvation of the Lord.
| خَيْرٌ لِلْمَرْءِ أَنْ يَنْتَظِرَ بِصَمْتٍ خَلاصَ الرَّبِّ. | ٢٦ |
27 It is good for a man to undergo the yoke when he is young.
| خَيْرٌ لِلْمَرْءِ أَنْ يَحْمِلَ النِّيرَ فِي حَدَاثَتِهِ. | ٢٧ |
28 Let him be seated by himself, saying nothing, because he has put it on him.
| لِيَعْتَكِفْ وَحِيداً فِي صَمْتٍ لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ قَدْ وَضَعَ النِّيرَ عَلَيْهِ. | ٢٨ |
29 Let him put his mouth in the dust, if by chance there may be hope.
| لِيُوَارِ وَجْهَهُ فِي التُّرَابِ تَذَلُّلاً، عَسَى أَنْ يَكُونَ هُنَاكَ رَجَاءٌ. | ٢٩ |
30 Let his face be turned to him who gives him blows; let him be full of shame.
| لِيَبْذُلْ خَدَّهُ لِلاطِمِ، وَيَشْبَعْ تَعْيِيراً. | ٣٠ |
31 For the Lord does not give a man up for ever.
| لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ لَا يَنْبِذُ إِلَى الأَبَدِ. | ٣١ |
32 For though he sends grief, still he will have pity in the full measure of his love.
| فَإِنَّهُ وَلَوْ أَحْزَنَ يَرْأَفُ بِمُقْتَضَى رَحْمَتِهِ الْفَائِقَةِ. | ٣٢ |
33 For he has no pleasure in troubling and causing grief to the children of men.
| لأَنَّهُ لَا يَتَعَمَّدُ أَنْ يَبْتَلِيَ أَبْنَاءَ الْبَشَرِ بِالْبُؤْسِ وَالأَسَى، | ٣٣ |
34 In a man's crushing under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,
| وَلا أَنْ يَسْحَقَ أَسْرَى الأَرْضِ تَحْتَ الأَقْدَامِ، | ٣٤ |
35 In his turning away the right of a man before the face of the Most High.
| وَلا أَنْ يَجُورَ أَحَدٌ عَلَى حُقُوقِ الإِنْسَانِ، أَمَامَ عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ الْعَلِيِّ | ٣٥ |
36 In his doing wrong to a man in his cause, the Lord has no pleasure.
| أَوْ أَنْ لَا يُنْصَفَ الإِنْسَانُ فِي دَعْوَاهُ. أَلا يَرَى الرَّبُّ هَذِهِ الأُمُورَ؟ | ٣٦ |
37 Who is able to say a thing, and give effect to it, if it has not been ordered by the Lord?
| مَنْ ذَا الَّذِي يَقْضِي بِأَمْرٍ فَيَتَحَقَّقَ إِنْ لَمْ يَكُنِ الرَّبُّ قَدْ أَمَرَ بِهِ؟ | ٣٧ |
38 Do not evil and good come from the mouth of the Most High?
| أَلَيْسَ مِنْ فَمِ الْعَلِيِّ يَصْدُرُ الضُّرُّ وَالْخَيْرُ؟ | ٣٨ |
39 What protest may a living man make, even a man about the punishment of his sin?
| فَلِمَاذَا يَشْتَكِي الإِنْسَانُ الْحَيُّ حِينَ يُعَاقَبُ عَلَى خَطَايَاهُ؟ | ٣٩ |
40 Let us make search and put our ways to the test, turning again to the Lord;
| لِنَفْحَصْ طُرُقَنَا وَنَخْتَبِرْهَا وَنَرْجِعْ إِلَى الرَّبِّ. | ٤٠ |
41 Lifting up our hearts with our hands to God in the heavens.
| لِنَرْفَعْ قُلُوبَنَا وَأَيْدِيَنَا إِلَى اللهِ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ. | ٤١ |
42 We have done wrong and gone against your law; we have not had your forgiveness.
| قَدْ تَعَدَّيْنَا وَتَمَرَّدْنَا، وَأَنْتَ لَمْ تَغْفِرْ. | ٤٢ |
43 Covering yourself with wrath you have gone after us, cutting us off without pity;
| لَفَّعْتَ نَفْسَكَ بِالْغَضَبِ وَتَعَقَّبْتَنَا. قَتَلْتَ مِنْ غَيْرِ رَحْمَةٍ. | ٤٣ |
44 Covering yourself with a cloud, so that prayer may not get through.
| تَلَفَّعْتَ بِالسَّحَابِ حَتَّى لَا تَبْلُغَ إِلَيْكَ صَلاةٌ. | ٤٤ |
45 You have made us like waste and that for which there is no use, among the peoples.
| قَدْ جَعَلْتَنَا أَوْسَاخاً وَأَقْذَاراً بَيْنَ الشُّعُوبِ. | ٤٥ |
46 The mouths of all our haters are open wide against us.
| فَتَحَ عَلَيْنَا جَمِيعُ أَعْدَائِنَا أفْوَاهَهُمْ، | ٤٦ |
47 Fear and deep waters have come on us, wasting and destruction.
| وَحَلَّ بِنَا الرُّعْبُ وَالْهَلاكُ وَالدَّمَارُ وَالسَّحْقُ. | ٤٧ |
48 Rivers of water are running down from my eyes, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
| تَفِيضُ عَيْنَايَ بِأَنْهَارِ مِيَاهٍ عَلَى دَمَارِ ابْنَةِ شَعْبِي. | ٤٨ |
49 My eyes are streaming without stopping, they have no rest,
| لَنْ تَكُفَّ عَيْنَايَ عَنِ الْبُكَاءِ أَبداً، | ٤٩ |
50 Till the Lord's eye is turned on me, till he sees my trouble from heaven.
| حَتَّى يُشْرِفَ الرَّبُّ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ وَيُبْصِرَ. | ٥٠ |
51 The Lord is unkind to my soul, more than all the daughters of my town.
| تَتْلَفُ عَيْنَايَ عَلَى مَصِيرِ كُلِّ بَنَاتِ مَدِينَتِي. | ٥١ |
52 They who are against me without cause have gone hard after me as if I was a bird;
| قَدِ اصْطَادَنِي، كَعُصْفُورٍ، أَعْدَائِي الَّذِينَ لَمْ أُسِئْ إِلَيْهِمْ، | ٥٢ |
53 They have put an end to my life in the prison, stoning me with stones.
| طَرَحُونِي حَيًّا فِي الْجُبِّ وَرَجَمُونِي بِالْحِجَارَةِ. | ٥٣ |
54 Waters were flowing over my head; I said, I am cut off.
| طَغَتِ الْمِيَاهُ فَوْقَ رَأْسِي، فَقُلْتُ: «قَدْ هَلَكْتُ». | ٥٤ |
55 I was making prayer to your name, O Lord, out of the lowest prison.
| اسْتَغَثْتُ بِاسْمِكَ يَا رَبُّ مِنْ أَعْمَاقِ الْجُبِّ، | ٥٥ |
56 My voice came to you; let not your ear be shut to my breathing, to my cry.
| فَسَمِعْتَ صَوْتِي. لَا تَصُمَّ أُذُنَيْكَ عَنْ صُرَاخِ اسْتِغَاثَتِي. | ٥٦ |
57 You came near in the day when I made my prayer to you: you said, Have no fear.
| اقْتَرَبْتَ حِينَ دَعَوْتُكَ إِذْ قُلْتَ: «لا تَخَفْ». | ٥٧ |
58 O Lord, you have taken up the cause of my soul, you have made my life safe.
| قَدْ دَافَعْتَ عَنْ دَعْوَايَ يَا رَبُّ، وَافْتَدَيْتَ حَيَاتِي. | ٥٨ |
59 O Lord, you have seen my wrong; be judge in my cause.
| أَنْتَ شَهِدْتَ مَا أَسَاءُوا بِهِ إِلَيَّ يَا رَبُّ، فَاقْضِ فِي دَعْوَايَ. | ٥٩ |
60 You have seen all the evil rewards they have sent on me, and all their designs against me.
| قَدْ رَأَيْتَ انْتِقَامَهُمْ كُلَّهُ وَسَائِرَ مُؤَامَرَاتِهِمْ عَلَيَّ. | ٦٠ |
61 Their bitter words have come to your ears, O Lord, and all their designs against me;
| سَمِعْتَ تَعْيِيرَهُمْ يَا رَبُّ، وَجَمِيعَ مُؤَامَرَاتِهِمْ عَلَيَّ. | ٦١ |
62 The lips of those who came up against me, and their thoughts against me all the day.
| وَسَمِعْتَ كَلامَ أَعْدَائِي وَتَدْبِيرَاتِهِمْ ضِدِّي الْيَوْمَ كُلَّهُ. | ٦٢ |
63 Take note of them when they are seated, and when they get up; I am their song.
| رَاقِبْ جُلُوسَهُمْ وَقِيَامَهُمْ، فَقَدْ أَصْبَحْتُ أُهْجِيَةً لَهُمْ. | ٦٣ |
64 You will give them their reward, O Lord, answering to the work of their hands.
| جَازِهِمْ يَا رَبُّ بِمُقْتَضَى مَا جَنَتْهُ أَيْدِيهِمْ. | ٦٤ |
65 You will let their hearts be covered over with your curse on them.
| اجْعَلْ عَلَى قُلُوبِهِمْ غَشَاوَةً، وَلْتَكُنْ لَعْنَتُكَ عَلَيْهِمْ. | ٦٥ |
66 You will go after them in wrath, and put an end to them from under the heavens of the Lord.
| تَعَقَّبْهُمْ بِسُخْطٍ وَأَهْلِكْهُمْ مِنْ تَحْتِ سَمَاوَاتِكَ يَا رَبُّ. | ٦٦ |
