Lamentations 3
1 I am the man that has seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
| أَنَا هُوَ الرَّجُلُ الَّذِي شَهِدَ الْبَلِيَّةَ الَّتِي أَنْزَلَهَا قَضِيبُ سُخْطِهِ. | ١ |
2 He has led me and caused me to walk in darkness, and not in light.
| قَادَنِي وَسَيَّرَنِي فِي الظُّلْمَةِ مِنْ غَيْرِ نُورٍ. | ٢ |
3 Surely against me he turns his hand again and again all the day.
| حَقّاً إِنَّهُ يَمُدُّ يَدَهُ عَلَيَّ مَرَّةً تِلْوَ الْمَرَّةِ طُولَ النَّهَارِ. | ٣ |
4 My flesh and my skin he has made old; he has broken my bones.
| أَبْلَى لَحْمِي وَجِلْدِي. هَشَّمَ عِظَامِي. | ٤ |
5 He has built against me, and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.
| حَاصَرَنِي وَأَحَاطَنِي بِالْعَلْقَمِ وَالْمَشَقَّةِ. | ٥ |
6 He has made me to dwell in dark places, like those that have been long dead.
| أَسْكَنَنِي فِي الظُّلْمَةِ كَمَوْتَى الْحِقَبِ الْغَابِرَةِ. | ٦ |
7 He has walled me in, so I can't escape; he has made my chains heavy.
| سَيَّجَ حَوْلِي حَتَّى لَا أُفْلِتَ. أَثْقَلَ عَلَيَّ قُيُودِي. | ٧ |
8 Yes, when I cry, and call for help, he shuts out my prayer.
| حَتَّى حِينَ أَصْرُخُ وَأَسْتَغِيثُ يَصُدُّ صَلاتِي. | ٨ |
9 He has walled up my ways with cut stone; he has made my paths crooked.
| قَدْ أَغْلَقَ عَلَيَّ طُرُقِي بِحِجَارَةٍ مَنْحُوتَةٍ، وَجَعَلَ مَسَالِكِي مُلْتَوِيَةً. | ٩ |
10 He is to me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in hiding.
| هُوَ لِي كَدُبٍّ مُتَرَبِّصٍ، وَكَأَسَدٍ مُتَرَصِّدٍ فِي مَكْمَنِهِ. | ١٠ |
11 He has obstructed my path, and torn me in pieces; he has made me desolate.
| أَضَلَّ طُرُقِي وَمَزَّقَنِي إِرْباً. دَمَّرَنِي. | ١١ |
12 He has bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
| وَتَّرَ قَوْسَهُ وَنَصَبَنِي هَدَفاً لِسَهْمِهِ. | ١٢ |
13 He has caused the arrows of his quiver to pierce my inward parts.
| اخْتَرَقَ كُلْيَتَيَّ بِنِبَالِ جُعْبَتِهِ. | ١٣ |
14 I have become a laughingstock to all peoples, and their song all the day.
| صِرْتُ مَثَارَ هُزْءٍ لِشَعْبِي وَأُهْجِيَةً لَهُمُ الْيَوْمَ كُلَّهُ. | ١٤ |
15 He has filled me with bitterness, he has given me in full measure wormwood.
| أَشْبَعَنِي مَرَارَةً، وَأَرْوَانِي أَفْسَنْتِيناً. | ١٥ |
16 He has also broken my teeth with gravel; he has pressed me down in the dust.
| هَشَّمَ أَسْنَانِي بِالْحَصَى، وَطَمَرَنِي بِالرَّمَادِ. | ١٦ |
17 You have removed my soul far away from peace; I have forgotten what prosperity is.
| فَتَنَاءَتْ نَفْسِي عَنِ السَّلامِ، وَنَسِيتُ طَعْمَ الْخَيْرَاتِ. | ١٧ |
18 And I said, "My strength and my hope has perished from the LORD."
| فَقُلْتُ: «تَلاشَتْ قُوَّتِي، وَكُلُّ مَا كُنْتُ أَرْجُوهُ مِنَ الرَّبِّ». | ١٨ |
19 Remember my affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.
| اُذْكُرْ بَلِيَّتِي وَتَيَهَانِي وَالأَفْسَنْتِينَ وَالْمَرَارَةَ. | ١٩ |
20 My soul considers them, and is depressed.
| مَا بَرِحَتْ نَفْسِي تَذْكُرُهَا وَهِيَ مُنْحَنِيَةٌ فِي دَاخِلِي. | ٢٠ |
21 But this I call to my mind; therefore I have hope:
| وَلَكِنْ هَذَا مَا أُنَاجِي بِهِ نَفْسِي، لِذَلِكَ يَغْمُرُنِي الرَّجَاءُ: | ٢١ |
22 The LORD's faithful love does not cease; his compassion does not fail.
| مِنْ إِحْسَانَاتِ الرَّبِّ أَنَّنَا لَمْ نَفْنَ، لأَنَّ مَرَاحِمَهُ لَا تَزُولُ. | ٢٢ |
23 They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
| تَتَجَدَّدُ فِي كُلِّ صَبَاحٍ. فَائِقَةٌ أَمَانَتُكَ. | ٢٣ |
24 "The LORD is my portion," says my soul, "therefore I will hope in him."
| تَقُولُ نَفْسِي: «الرَّبُّ هُوَ نَصِيبِي فَلِذَلِكَ أَرْجُوهُ». | ٢٤ |
25 The LORD is good to those who wait for him, to the soul that seeks him.
| الرَّبُّ صَالِحٌ لِمَنْ يَرْجُونَهُ وَلِلنَّفْسِ الَّتِي تَلْتَمِسُهُ. | ٢٥ |
26 It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
| خَيْرٌ لِلْمَرْءِ أَنْ يَنْتَظِرَ بِصَمْتٍ خَلاصَ الرَّبِّ. | ٢٦ |
27 It is good for a man that he bear the yoke while he is young.
| خَيْرٌ لِلْمَرْءِ أَنْ يَحْمِلَ النِّيرَ فِي حَدَاثَتِهِ. | ٢٧ |
28 Let him sit alone and keep silence when he is disciplining him.
| لِيَعْتَكِفْ وَحِيداً فِي صَمْتٍ لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ قَدْ وَضَعَ النِّيرَ عَلَيْهِ. | ٢٨ |
29 Let him put his mouth to the dust, there may yet be hope.
| لِيُوَارِ وَجْهَهُ فِي التُّرَابِ تَذَلُّلاً، عَسَى أَنْ يَكُونَ هُنَاكَ رَجَاءٌ. | ٢٩ |
30 Let him give his cheek to him who strikes him; let him be filled with insults.
| لِيَبْذُلْ خَدَّهُ لِلاطِمِ، وَيَشْبَعْ تَعْيِيراً. | ٣٠ |
31 For the LORD will not reject forever.
| لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ لَا يَنْبِذُ إِلَى الأَبَدِ. | ٣١ |
32 For though he may cause grief, yet he will have compassion according to the abundance of his loving kindness.
| فَإِنَّهُ وَلَوْ أَحْزَنَ يَرْأَفُ بِمُقْتَضَى رَحْمَتِهِ الْفَائِقَةِ. | ٣٢ |
33 For he is not predisposed to bring affliction or suffering to human beings.
| لأَنَّهُ لَا يَتَعَمَّدُ أَنْ يَبْتَلِيَ أَبْنَاءَ الْبَشَرِ بِالْبُؤْسِ وَالأَسَى، | ٣٣ |
34 To crush under foot all the prisoners of the earth;
| وَلا أَنْ يَسْحَقَ أَسْرَى الأَرْضِ تَحْتَ الأَقْدَامِ، | ٣٤ |
35 to deprive a man of justice before the face of the Most High,
| وَلا أَنْ يَجُورَ أَحَدٌ عَلَى حُقُوقِ الإِنْسَانِ، أَمَامَ عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ الْعَلِيِّ | ٣٥ |
36 to subvert a man in his cause, the LORD does not approve.
| أَوْ أَنْ لَا يُنْصَفَ الإِنْسَانُ فِي دَعْوَاهُ. أَلا يَرَى الرَّبُّ هَذِهِ الأُمُورَ؟ | ٣٦ |
37 Who can speak a thing and have it come to pass, unless the LORD has commanded it?
| مَنْ ذَا الَّذِي يَقْضِي بِأَمْرٍ فَيَتَحَقَّقَ إِنْ لَمْ يَكُنِ الرَّبُّ قَدْ أَمَرَ بِهِ؟ | ٣٧ |
38 Doesn't both calamity and good come out of the mouth of the Most High?
| أَلَيْسَ مِنْ فَمِ الْعَلِيِّ يَصْدُرُ الضُّرُّ وَالْخَيْرُ؟ | ٣٨ |
39 Why does a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
| فَلِمَاذَا يَشْتَكِي الإِنْسَانُ الْحَيُّ حِينَ يُعَاقَبُ عَلَى خَطَايَاهُ؟ | ٣٩ |
40 Let us examine and search our ways, and return to the LORD.
| لِنَفْحَصْ طُرُقَنَا وَنَخْتَبِرْهَا وَنَرْجِعْ إِلَى الرَّبِّ. | ٤٠ |
41 Let us lift up our heart with our hands to God in the heavens.
| لِنَرْفَعْ قُلُوبَنَا وَأَيْدِيَنَا إِلَى اللهِ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ. | ٤١ |
42 We have transgressed and have rebelled, and you have not forgiven.
| قَدْ تَعَدَّيْنَا وَتَمَرَّدْنَا، وَأَنْتَ لَمْ تَغْفِرْ. | ٤٢ |
43 You have covered yourself with anger and pursued us; you killed without sparing.
| لَفَّعْتَ نَفْسَكَ بِالْغَضَبِ وَتَعَقَّبْتَنَا. قَتَلْتَ مِنْ غَيْرِ رَحْمَةٍ. | ٤٣ |
44 You have covered yourself with a cloud, so that no prayer can pass through.
| تَلَفَّعْتَ بِالسَّحَابِ حَتَّى لَا تَبْلُغَ إِلَيْكَ صَلاةٌ. | ٤٤ |
45 You have made us rubbish and refuse in the midst of the peoples.
| قَدْ جَعَلْتَنَا أَوْسَاخاً وَأَقْذَاراً بَيْنَ الشُّعُوبِ. | ٤٥ |
46 All our enemies have opened their mouth wide against us.
| فَتَحَ عَلَيْنَا جَمِيعُ أَعْدَائِنَا أفْوَاهَهُمْ، | ٤٦ |
47 Fear and the pit have come on us, devastation and destruction.
| وَحَلَّ بِنَا الرُّعْبُ وَالْهَلاكُ وَالدَّمَارُ وَالسَّحْقُ. | ٤٧ |
48 Streams of tears run down from my eyes because of the destruction of the daughter of my people.
| تَفِيضُ عَيْنَايَ بِأَنْهَارِ مِيَاهٍ عَلَى دَمَارِ ابْنَةِ شَعْبِي. | ٤٨ |
49 My tears flow and do not cease, without respite,
| لَنْ تَكُفَّ عَيْنَايَ عَنِ الْبُكَاءِ أَبداً، | ٤٩ |
50 until the LORD looks down and sees from heaven.
| حَتَّى يُشْرِفَ الرَّبُّ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ وَيُبْصِرَ. | ٥٠ |
51 My eyes bring my soul grief, because of all the daughters of my city.
| تَتْلَفُ عَيْنَايَ عَلَى مَصِيرِ كُلِّ بَنَاتِ مَدِينَتِي. | ٥١ |
52 They have chased me relentlessly like a bird, those who are my enemies without cause.
| قَدِ اصْطَادَنِي، كَعُصْفُورٍ، أَعْدَائِي الَّذِينَ لَمْ أُسِئْ إِلَيْهِمْ، | ٥٢ |
53 They have cut off my life in a pit, and have cast a stone on me.
| طَرَحُونِي حَيًّا فِي الْجُبِّ وَرَجَمُونِي بِالْحِجَارَةِ. | ٥٣ |
54 Waters flowed over my head; I said, 'I am finished.'
| طَغَتِ الْمِيَاهُ فَوْقَ رَأْسِي، فَقُلْتُ: «قَدْ هَلَكْتُ». | ٥٤ |
55 I called on your name, LORD, out of the depths of the pit.
| اسْتَغَثْتُ بِاسْمِكَ يَا رَبُّ مِنْ أَعْمَاقِ الْجُبِّ، | ٥٥ |
56 You heard my voice; do not hide your ear at my sighs, to my cry.
| فَسَمِعْتَ صَوْتِي. لَا تَصُمَّ أُذُنَيْكَ عَنْ صُرَاخِ اسْتِغَاثَتِي. | ٥٦ |
57 You drew near in the day that I called on you; you said, "Do not be afraid."
| اقْتَرَبْتَ حِينَ دَعَوْتُكَ إِذْ قُلْتَ: «لا تَخَفْ». | ٥٧ |
58 LORD, you have taken up the case for my soul; you have redeemed my life.
| قَدْ دَافَعْتَ عَنْ دَعْوَايَ يَا رَبُّ، وَافْتَدَيْتَ حَيَاتِي. | ٥٨ |
59 You have seen, LORD, the wrong done to me; judge my case.
| أَنْتَ شَهِدْتَ مَا أَسَاءُوا بِهِ إِلَيَّ يَا رَبُّ، فَاقْضِ فِي دَعْوَايَ. | ٥٩ |
60 You have seen all their vengeance and all their plots against me.
| قَدْ رَأَيْتَ انْتِقَامَهُمْ كُلَّهُ وَسَائِرَ مُؤَامَرَاتِهِمْ عَلَيَّ. | ٦٠ |
61 You have heard their insults, LORD, and all their plots against me.
| سَمِعْتَ تَعْيِيرَهُمْ يَا رَبُّ، وَجَمِيعَ مُؤَامَرَاتِهِمْ عَلَيَّ. | ٦١ |
62 The lips of those that rose up against me, and their plots against me all day long.
| وَسَمِعْتَ كَلامَ أَعْدَائِي وَتَدْبِيرَاتِهِمْ ضِدِّي الْيَوْمَ كُلَّهُ. | ٦٢ |
63 Look their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their mocking song.
| رَاقِبْ جُلُوسَهُمْ وَقِيَامَهُمْ، فَقَدْ أَصْبَحْتُ أُهْجِيَةً لَهُمْ. | ٦٣ |
64 You will render to them what they deserve, LORD, according to the work of their hands.
| جَازِهِمْ يَا رَبُّ بِمُقْتَضَى مَا جَنَتْهُ أَيْدِيهِمْ. | ٦٤ |
65 You will give them hardness of heart as your curse to them.
| اجْعَلْ عَلَى قُلُوبِهِمْ غَشَاوَةً، وَلْتَكُنْ لَعْنَتُكَ عَلَيْهِمْ. | ٦٥ |
66 You will pursue them in anger, and destroy them from under the heavens of the LORD.
| تَعَقَّبْهُمْ بِسُخْطٍ وَأَهْلِكْهُمْ مِنْ تَحْتِ سَمَاوَاتِكَ يَا رَبُّ. | ٦٦ |
