Lamentations 3

1 I [the] great man to see: see affliction in/on/with tribe: staff fury his

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

2 [obj] me to lead and to go: take darkness and not light

٢ قَادَنِي وَسَيَّرَنِي فِي الظُّلْمَةِ مِنْ غَيْرِ نُورٍ.

3 surely in/on/with me to return: return to overturn hand his all [the] day

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

4 to become old flesh my and skin my to break bone my

٤ أَبْلَى لَحْمِي وَجِلْدِي. هَشَّمَ عِظَامِي.

5 to build upon me and to surround poison and hardship

٥ حَاصَرَنِي وَأَحَاطَنِي بِالْعَلْقَمِ وَالْمَشَقَّةِ.

6 in/on/with darkness to dwell me like/as to die forever: antiquity

٦ أَسْكَنَنِي فِي الظُّلْمَةِ كَمَوْتَى الْحِقَبِ الْغَابِرَةِ.

7 to wall up/off about/through/for me and not to come out: come to honor: heavy bronze my

٧ سَيَّجَ حَوْلِي حَتَّى لَا أُفْلِتَ. أَثْقَلَ عَلَيَّ قُيُودِي.

8 also for to cry out and to cry to stopper prayer my

٨ حَتَّى حِينَ أَصْرُخُ وَأَسْتَغِيثُ يَصُدُّ صَلاتِي.

9 to wall up/off way: road my in/on/with cutting path my to twist

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

10 bear to ambush he/she/it to/for me (lion *Q(K)*) in/on/with hiding

١٠ هُوَ لِي كَدُبٍّ مُتَرَبِّصٍ، وَكَأَسَدٍ مُتَرَصِّدٍ فِي مَكْمَنِهِ.

11 way: journey my to turn aside: turn aside and to tear me to set: make me devastated

١١ أَضَلَّ طُرُقِي وَمَزَّقَنِي إِرْباً. دَمَّرَنِي.

12 to tread (bow his *L(abh)*) and to stand me like/as guardhouse to/for arrow

١٢ وَتَّرَ قَوْسَهُ وَنَصَبَنِي هَدَفاً لِسَهْمِهِ.

13 to come (in): bring in/on/with kidney my son: type of quiver his

١٣ اخْتَرَقَ كُلْيَتَيَّ بِنِبَالِ جُعْبَتِهِ.

14 to be laughter to/for all people my music their all [the] day

١٤ صِرْتُ مَثَارَ هُزْءٍ لِشَعْبِي وَأُهْجِيَةً لَهُمُ الْيَوْمَ كُلَّهُ.

15 to satisfy me in/on/with bitterness to quench me wormwood

١٥ أَشْبَعَنِي مَرَارَةً، وَأَرْوَانِي أَفْسَنْتِيناً.

16 and to break in/on/with gravel tooth my to cower me in/on/with ashes

١٦ هَشَّمَ أَسْنَانِي بِالْحَصَى، وَطَمَرَنِي بِالرَّمَادِ.

17 and to reject from peace soul my to forget welfare

١٧ فَتَنَاءَتْ نَفْسِي عَنِ السَّلامِ، وَنَسِيتُ طَعْمَ الْخَيْرَاتِ.

18 and to say to perish perpetuity my and hope my from LORD

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

19 to remember affliction my and wandering my wormwood and poison

١٩ اُذْكُرْ بَلِيَّتِي وَتَيَهَانِي وَالأَفْسَنْتِينَ وَالْمَرَارَةَ.

20 to remember to remember (and to sink *Q(K)*) upon me soul my

٢٠ مَا بَرِحَتْ نَفْسِي تَذْكُرُهَا وَهِيَ مُنْحَنِيَةٌ فِي دَاخِلِي.

21 this to return: recall to(wards) heart my upon so to wait: hope

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

22 kindness LORD for not to finish for not to end: finish compassion his

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

23 new to/for morning many faithfulness your

٢٣ تَتَجَدَّدُ فِي كُلِّ صَبَاحٍ. فَائِقَةٌ أَمَانَتُكَ.

24 portion my LORD to say soul my upon so to wait: hope to/for him

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

25 pleasant LORD (to/for to await him *Q(K)*) to/for soul to seek him

٢٥ الرَّبُّ صَالِحٌ لِمَنْ يَرْجُونَهُ وَلِلنَّفْسِ الَّتِي تَلْتَمِسُهُ.

26 pleasant and waiting and silence to/for deliverance: salvation LORD

٢٦ خَيْرٌ لِلْمَرْءِ أَنْ يَنْتَظِرَ بِصَمْتٍ خَلاصَ الرَّبِّ.

27 pleasant to/for great man for to lift: bear yoke in/on/with youth his

٢٧ خَيْرٌ لِلْمَرْءِ أَنْ يَحْمِلَ النِّيرَ فِي حَدَاثَتِهِ.

28 to dwell isolation and to silence: silent for to lift upon him

٢٨ لِيَعْتَكِفْ وَحِيداً فِي صَمْتٍ لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ قَدْ وَضَعَ النِّيرَ عَلَيْهِ.

29 to give: put in/on/with dust lip his perhaps there hope

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

30 to give: give to/for to smite him jaw to satisfy in/on/with reproach

٣٠ لِيَبْذُلْ خَدَّهُ لِلاطِمِ، وَيَشْبَعْ تَعْيِيراً.

31 for not to reject to/for forever: enduring Lord

٣١ لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ لَا يَنْبِذُ إِلَى الأَبَدِ.

32 that if: except if: except to suffer and to have compassion like/as abundance (kindness his *Q(K)*)

٣٢ فَإِنَّهُ وَلَوْ أَحْزَنَ يَرْأَفُ بِمُقْتَضَى رَحْمَتِهِ الْفَائِقَةِ.

33 for not to afflict from heart his and to suffer (son: child *L(abh)*) man

٣٣ لأَنَّهُ لَا يَتَعَمَّدُ أَنْ يَبْتَلِيَ أَبْنَاءَ الْبَشَرِ بِالْبُؤْسِ وَالأَسَى،

34 to/for to crush underneath: under foot his all prisoner land: country/planet

٣٤ وَلا أَنْ يَسْحَقَ أَسْرَى الأَرْضِ تَحْتَ الأَقْدَامِ،

35 to/for to stretch justice great man before face Most High

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

36 to/for to pervert man in/on/with strife his Lord not to see: select

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

37 who? this to say and to be Lord not to command

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

38 from lip Most High not to come out: come [the] distress: harm and [the] pleasant

٣٨ أَلَيْسَ مِنْ فَمِ الْعَلِيِّ يَصْدُرُ الضُّرُّ وَالْخَيْرُ؟

39 what? to complain man alive great man upon (sin his *Q(K)*)

٣٩ فَلِمَاذَا يَشْتَكِي الإِنْسَانُ الْحَيُّ حِينَ يُعَاقَبُ عَلَى خَطَايَاهُ؟

40 to search way: conduct our and to search and to return: return till LORD

٤٠ لِنَفْحَصْ طُرُقَنَا وَنَخْتَبِرْهَا وَنَرْجِعْ إِلَى الرَّبِّ.

41 to lift: trust heart our to(wards) palm to(wards) God in/on/with heaven

٤١ لِنَرْفَعْ قُلُوبَنَا وَأَيْدِيَنَا إِلَى اللهِ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ.

42 we to transgress and to rebel you(m. s.) not to forgive

٤٢ قَدْ تَعَدَّيْنَا وَتَمَرَّدْنَا، وَأَنْتَ لَمْ تَغْفِرْ.

43 to cover in/on/with face: anger and to pursue us to kill not to spare

٤٣ لَفَّعْتَ نَفْسَكَ بِالْغَضَبِ وَتَعَقَّبْتَنَا. قَتَلْتَ مِنْ غَيْرِ رَحْمَةٍ.

44 to cover in/on/with cloud to/for you from to pass prayer

٤٤ تَلَفَّعْتَ بِالسَّحَابِ حَتَّى لَا تَبْلُغَ إِلَيْكَ صَلاةٌ.

45 offscouring and refuse to set: make us in/on/with entrails: among [the] people

٤٥ قَدْ جَعَلْتَنَا أَوْسَاخاً وَأَقْذَاراً بَيْنَ الشُّعُوبِ.

46 to open upon us lip their all enemy our

٤٦ فَتَحَ عَلَيْنَا جَمِيعُ أَعْدَائِنَا أفْوَاهَهُمْ،

47 dread and pit to be to/for us [the] devastation and [the] breaking

٤٧ وَحَلَّ بِنَا الرُّعْبُ وَالْهَلاكُ وَالدَّمَارُ وَالسَّحْقُ.

48 stream water to go down eye my upon breaking daughter people my

٤٨ تَفِيضُ عَيْنَايَ بِأَنْهَارِ مِيَاهٍ عَلَى دَمَارِ ابْنَةِ شَعْبِي.

49 eye my to pour and not to cease from nothing cessation

٤٩ لَنْ تَكُفَّ عَيْنَايَ عَنِ الْبُكَاءِ أَبداً،

50 till to look and to see: see LORD from heaven

٥٠ حَتَّى يُشْرِفَ الرَّبُّ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ وَيُبْصِرَ.

51 eye my to abuse to/for soul: myself my from all daughter city my

٥١ تَتْلَفُ عَيْنَايَ عَلَى مَصِيرِ كُلِّ بَنَاتِ مَدِينَتِي.

52 to hunt to hunt me like/as bird enemy my for nothing

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

53 to destroy in/on/with pit life my and to give thanks stone in/on/with me

٥٣ طَرَحُونِي حَيًّا فِي الْجُبِّ وَرَجَمُونِي بِالْحِجَارَةِ.

54 to flow water upon head my to say to cut

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

55 to call: call to name your LORD from pit lower

٥٥ اسْتَغَثْتُ بِاسْمِكَ يَا رَبُّ مِنْ أَعْمَاقِ الْجُبِّ،

56 voice my to hear: hear not to conceal ear your to/for relief my to/for cry my

٥٦ فَسَمِعْتَ صَوْتِي. لَا تَصُمَّ أُذُنَيْكَ عَنْ صُرَاخِ اسْتِغَاثَتِي.

57 to present: come in/on/with day to call: call to you to say not to fear

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

58 to contend Lord strife soul: myself my to redeem: redeem life my

٥٨ قَدْ دَافَعْتَ عَنْ دَعْوَايَ يَا رَبُّ، وَافْتَدَيْتَ حَيَاتِي.

59 to see: see LORD oppression my to judge [emph?] justice my

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

60 to see: see all vengeance their all plot their to/for me

٦٠ قَدْ رَأَيْتَ انْتِقَامَهُمْ كُلَّهُ وَسَائِرَ مُؤَامَرَاتِهِمْ عَلَيَّ.

61 to hear: hear reproach their LORD all plot their upon me

٦١ سَمِعْتَ تَعْيِيرَهُمْ يَا رَبُّ، وَجَمِيعَ مُؤَامَرَاتِهِمْ عَلَيَّ.

62 lips to arise: attack me and meditation their upon me all [the] day

٦٢ وَسَمِعْتَ كَلامَ أَعْدَائِي وَتَدْبِيرَاتِهِمْ ضِدِّي الْيَوْمَ كُلَّهُ.

63 seat their and rising their to look [emph?] I mocking their

٦٣ رَاقِبْ جُلُوسَهُمْ وَقِيَامَهُمْ، فَقَدْ أَصْبَحْتُ أُهْجِيَةً لَهُمْ.

64 to return: pay to/for them recompense LORD like/as deed: work hand their

٦٤ جَازِهِمْ يَا رَبُّ بِمُقْتَضَى مَا جَنَتْهُ أَيْدِيهِمْ.

65 to give: give to/for them covering heart curse your to/for them

٦٥ اجْعَلْ عَلَى قُلُوبِهِمْ غَشَاوَةً، وَلْتَكُنْ لَعْنَتُكَ عَلَيْهِمْ.

66 to pursue in/on/with face: anger and to destroy them from underneath: under heaven LORD

٦٦ تَعَقَّبْهُمْ بِسُخْطٍ وَأَهْلِكْهُمْ مِنْ تَحْتِ سَمَاوَاتِكَ يَا رَبُّ.