Lamentations 2

1 How hath the LORD covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger, [and] cast down from heaven to the earth the beauty of Israel, and remembered not his footstool in the day of his anger!

١ كَيْفَ خَيَّمَ الرَّبُّ فِي غَضَبِهِ بِالظَّلامِ عَلَى ابْنَةِ صِهْيَوْنَ، وَطَرَحَ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ إِلَى الأَرْضِ جَلالَ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَلَمْ يَذْكُرْ مَوْطِئَ قَدَمَيْهِ فِي يَوْمِ سُخْطِهِ؟

2 The LORD hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath not pitied: he hath thrown down in his wrath the strong holds of the daughter of Judah; he hath brought [them] down to the ground: he hath polluted the kingdom and its princes.

٢ قَدْ هَدَمَ الرَّبُّ مِنْ غَيْرِ رَحْمَةٍ جَمِيعَ مَسَاكِنِ يَعْقُوبَ. قَوَّضَ بِغَضَبِهِ مَعَاقِلَ ابْنَةِ يَهُوذَا، وَأَلْحَقَ الْعَارَ بِالْمَمْلَكَةِ وَحُكَّامِهَا، إِذْ سَوَّاهَا بِالأَرْضِ.

3 He hath cut off in [his] fierce anger all the horn of Israel: he hath drawn back his right hand from before the enemy, and he burned against Jacob like a flaming fire, [which] devoureth on every side.

٣ بَتَرَ فِي احْتِدَامِ غَضَبِهِ كُلَّ قُوَّةِ إِسْرَائِيلَ. رَدَّ يَمِينَهُ إِلَى الْوَرَاءِ أَمَامَ الأَعْدَاءِ، وَاشْتَعَلَ مِثْلَ نَارٍ مُلْتَهِبَةٍ فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، تَلْتَهِمُ كُلَّ مَا حَوْلَهَا.

4 He hath bent his bow like an enemy: he stood with his right hand as an adversary, and slew all [that were] pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion: he poured out his fury like fire.

٤ وَتَّرَ قَوْسَهُ كَعَدُوٍّ. نَصَبَ يَمِينَهُ كَمُبْغِضٍ. ذَبَحَ كَعَدُوٍّ كُلَّ عَزِيزٍ فِي عُيُونِنَا. وَسَكَبَ سُخْطَهُ كَنَارٍ عَلَى خَيْمَةِ ابْنَةِ صِهْيَوْنَ.

5 The LORD was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, he hath swallowed up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.

٥ وَأَصْبَحَ الرَّبُّ كَعَدُوٍّ، فَقَوَّضَ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَهَدَمَ جَمِيعَ قُصُورِهَا، وَدَمَّرَ حُصُونَهَا، وَأَكْثَرَ النَّوْحَ وَالْعَويِلَ فِي ابْنَةِ صِهْيَوْنَ.

6 And he hath violently taken away his tabernacle, as [if it were of] a garden: he hath destroyed his places of the assembly: the LORD hath caused the solemn feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion, and in the indignation of his anger hath despised the king and the priest.

٦ نَقَضَ مَظَلَّتَهُ كَمَا يُنْقَضُ كُوخٌ مِنَ الأَغْصَانِ فِي حَدِيقَةٍ، وَرَدَمَ مَقَرَّ مُجْتَمَعِهِ. جَعَلَ الرَّبُّ صِهْيَوْنَ تَنْسَى مَوَاسِمَ أَعْيَادِهَا وَسُبُوتَهَا. وَنَبَذَ بِاحْتِدَامِ سُخْطِهِ الْمَلِكَ وَالْكَاهِنَ.

7 The LORD hath cast off his altar, he hath abhorred his sanctuary, he hath given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces; they have made a noise in the house of the LORD, as in the day of a solemn feast.

٧ كَرِهَ الرَّبُّ مَذْبَحَهُ، وَتَبَرَّأَ مِنْ مَقْدِسِهِ، وَسَلَّمَ أَسْوَارَ قُصُورِهَا إِلَى يَدِ الأَعْدَاءِ الَّذِينَ عَلا هُتَافُهُمْ فِي بَيْتِ الرَّبِّ كَمَا كَانَ يَعْلُو هُتَافُنَا فِي الأَعْيَادِ.

8 The LORD hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: he hath stretched out a line, he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying: therefore he made the rampart and the wall to lament; they languished together.

٨ عَزَمَ الرَّبُّ أَنْ يُقَوِّضَ سُورَ ابْنَةِ صِهْيَوْنَ. مَدَّ خَيْطَ الْقِيَاسِ وَلَمْ يَرُدَّ يَدَهُ عَنْ سَحْقِهَا، فَاسْتَبْكَى الْمِتْرَسَةَ وَالسُّورَ فَسَقَطَا مَعاً.

9 Her gates are sunk into the ground; he hath destroyed and broken her bars: her king and her princes [are] among the Gentiles: the law [is] no [more]: her prophets also find no vision from the LORD.

٩ غَاصَتْ فِي الأَرْضِ بَوَّابَاتُهَا، دَمَّرَ وَحَطَّمَ مَزَالِيجَهَا. نَفَى مَلِكَهَا وَرُؤَسَاءَهَا بَيْنَ الأُمَمِ. زَالَتِ الشَّرِيعَةُ، وَلَمْ يَعُدْ أَنْبِيَاؤُهَا يَحْصُلُونَ عَلَى رُؤْيَا مِنْ عِنْدِ الرَّبِّ.

10 The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, [and] keep silence: they have cast up dust upon their heads; they have girded themselves with sackcloth: the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.

١٠ يَجْلِسُ شُيُوخُ ابْنَةِ صِهْيَوْنَ عَلَى الأَرْضِ صَامِتِينَ. عَفَّرُوا بِالرَّمَادِ رُؤُوسَهُمْ، وَارْتَدَوْا الْمُسُوحَ، وَطَأْطَأَتْ عَذَارَى أُورُشَلِيمَ رُؤُوسَهُنَّ إِلَى الأَرْضِ.

11 My eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled, my liver is poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; because the children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city.

١١ كَلَّتْ عَيْنَايَ مِنَ الْبُكَاءِ، جَاشَتْ أَحْشَائِي وَأُرِيقَتْ كَبِدِي عَلَى الأَرْضِ حُزْناً لِدَمَارِ ابْنَةِ شَعْبِي، لأَنَّ الأَطْفَالَ وَالرُّضَّعَ غُشِيَ عَلَيْهِمْ فِي شَوَارِعِ الْمَدِينَةِ.

12 They say to their mothers, Where [is] corn and wine? when they swooned as the wounded in the streets of the city, when their soul was poured out into their mothers' bosom.

١٢ يَقُولُونَ لأُمَّهَاتِهِمْ بَاكِينَ: «أَيْنَ الْخُبْزُ وَالْخَمْرُ؟» ثُمَّ يُغْشَى عَلَيْهِمْ كَالْجَرْحَى فِي شَوَارِعِ الْمَدِينَةِ، حِينَ تُهْرَقُ حَيَاتُهُمْ فِي أَحْضَانِ أُمَّهَاتِهِمْ.

13 What thing shall I take to witness for thee? what thing shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? What shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? for thy breach [is] great like the sea: who can heal thee?

١٣ بِمَاذَا أُنْذِرُكِ وَبِأَيِّ شَيْءٍ أُشَبِّهُكِ يَا ابْنَةَ أُورُشَلِيمَ؟ بِمَاذَا أُقَارِنُكِ فَأُعَزِّيَكِ أَيَّتُهَا الْعَذْرَاءُ ابْنَةُ صِهْيَوْنَ؟ إِنَّ خَرَابَكِ عَظِيمٌ كَالْبَحْرِ، فَمَنْ ذَا يُبْرِئُكِ؟

14 Thy prophets have seen vain and foolish things for thee: and they have not revealed thy iniquity, to turn away thy captivity; but have seen for thee false burdens and causes of banishment.

١٤ رَأَى لَكِ أَنْبِيَاؤُكِ رُؤىً بَاطِلَةً خَادِعَةً. لَمْ يَفْضَحُوا إِثْمَكِ لِيَرُدُّوا سَبْيَكِ. إِنَّمَا رَأَوْا لَكِ وَحْياً كَاذِباً مُضِلاً.

15 All that pass by, clap [their] hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, [saying], [Is] this the city that [men] call the Perfection of beauty, the Joy of the whole earth?

١٥ كُلُّ عَابِرِي السَّبِيلِ صَفَّقُوا عَلَيْكِ بِالأَيَادِي فَرَحاً. صَفَرُوا وَهَزُّوا رُؤُوسَهُمْ عَلَى ابْنَةِ أُورُشَلِيمَ وَتَسَاءَلُوا: أَهَذِهِ هِيَ الْمَدِينَةُ الَّتِي تُدْعَى كَامِلَةَ الْجَمَالِ وَبَهْجَةَ الأَرْضِ بِأَسْرِهَا؟

16 All thy enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed [her] up: certainly this [is] the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen [it].

١٦ قَدْ فَتَحَ جَمِيعُ أَعْدَائِكِ أَفْوَاهَهُمْ. يُصَفِّرُونَ وَيُحَرِّقُونَ الأَسْنَانَ. يَهْتِفُونَ: قَدِ ابْتَلَعْنَاهَا. هَذَا هُوَ الْيَوْمُ الَّذِي طَالَ انْتِظَارُنَا لَهُ. قَدْ عِشْنَا وَشَهِدْنَاهُ!

17 The LORD hath done [that] which he had devised; he hath fulfilled his word that he had commanded in the days of old: he hath thrown down, and hath not pitied: and he hath caused [thy] enemy to rejoice over thee, he hath set up the horn of thy adversaries.

١٧ نَفَّذَ الرَّبُّ قَضَاءَهُ، وَحَقَّقَ وَعِيدَهُ الَّذِي حَكَمَ بِهِ مُنْذُ الْحِقَبِ السَّالِفَةِ. هَدَمَ وَلَمْ يَرْأَفْ، فَأَشْمَتَ بِكِ الْخَصْمَ، وَعَظَّمَ قُوَّةَ عَدُوِّكِ.

18 Their heart cried to the LORD, O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night: give thyself no rest; let not the apple of thy eye cease.

١٨ اسْتَغَاثَتْ قُلُوبُهُمْ بِالرَّبِّ. لِتَجْرِ الدُّمُوعُ، يَا أَسْوَارَ ابْنَةِ صِهْيَوْنَ، كَالنَّهْرِ لَيْلاً وَنَهَاراً. لَا تَسْتَكِينِي وَلا تَكُفَّ عَيْنَاكِ عَنِ الْبُكَاءِ.

19 Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thy heart like water before the face of the LORD: lift up thy hands towards him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger at the head of every street.

١٩ قُومِي وَانْتَحِبِي فِي الرُّبْعِ الأَوَّلِ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ. اسْكُبِي كَالْمَاءِ قَلْبَكِ فِي مَحْضَرِ الرَّبِّ. ارْفَعِي إِلَيْهِ يَدَيْكِ مِنْ أَجْلِ نُفُوسِ أَطْفَالِكِ الْمَغْشِيِّ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنَ الْجُوعِ عِنْدَ نَاصِيَةِ كُلِّ شَارِعٍ.

20 Behold, O LORD, and consider to whom thou hast done this. Shall the women eat their fruit, children of a span long? shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the LORD?

٢٠ انْظُرْ يَا رَبُّ وَتَأَمَّلْ! بِمَنْ صَنَعْتَ هَذَا؟ أَعَلَى النِّسَاءِ أَنْ يَأْكُلْنَ ثَمَرَةَ بُطُونِهِنَّ، وَأَطْفَالَ حَضَانَتِهِنَّ؟ أَيَتَحَتَّمُ عَلَى الْكَاهِنِ وَالنَّبِيِّ أَنْ يُقْتَلا فِي مَقْدِسِ الرَّبِّ؟

21 The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my virgins and my young men have fallen by the sword; thou hast slain [them] in the day of thy anger; thou hast killed, [and] not pitied.

٢١ قَدِ انْطَرَحَ الصَّبِيُّ وَالشُّيُوخُ فِي غُبَارِ الطُّرُقَاتِ. سَقَطَ عَذَارَايَ وَشُبَّانِي بِالسَّيْفِ. قَدْ قَتَلْتَهُمْ فِي يَوْمِ غَضَبِكَ، وَنَحَرْتَهُمْ مِنْ غَيْرِ رَحْمَةٍ.

22 Thou hast called as in a solemn day my terrors around, so that in the day of the LORD'S anger none escaped nor remained: those that I have swaddled and brought up, hath my enemy consumed.

٢٢ أَنْتَ دَعَوْتَ، كَمَا فِي يَوْمِ عِيدٍ، مُرَوِّعِيَّ الْمُحِيطِينَ بِي. فَلَمْ يُفْلِتْ وَلَمْ يَنْجُ أَحَدٌ فِي يَوْمِ سُخْطِكَ يَا رَبُّ. قَدْ أَفْنَى عَدُوِّي الَّذِينَ حَضَنْتُهُمْ وَرَبَّيْتُهُمْ.