Lamentations 3

1 I [am] the man [that] hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.

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

2 He hath led me, and brought [me into] darkness, but not [into] light.

٢ قَادَنِي وَسَيَّرَنِي فِي الظُّلْمَةِ مِنْ غَيْرِ نُورٍ.

3 Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand [against me] all the day.

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

4 My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.

٤ أَبْلَى لَحْمِي وَجِلْدِي. هَشَّمَ عِظَامِي.

5 He hath built against me, and compassed [me] with gall and labor.

٥ حَاصَرَنِي وَأَحَاطَنِي بِالْعَلْقَمِ وَالْمَشَقَّةِ.

6 He hath set me in dark places, as [they that are] dead of old.

٦ أَسْكَنَنِي فِي الظُّلْمَةِ كَمَوْتَى الْحِقَبِ الْغَابِرَةِ.

7 He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.

٧ سَيَّجَ حَوْلِي حَتَّى لَا أُفْلِتَ. أَثْقَلَ عَلَيَّ قُيُودِي.

8 Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.

٨ حَتَّى حِينَ أَصْرُخُ وَأَسْتَغِيثُ يَصُدُّ صَلاتِي.

9 He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.

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

10 He [was] to me [as] a bear lying in wait, [and as] a lion in secret places.

١٠ هُوَ لِي كَدُبٍّ مُتَرَبِّصٍ، وَكَأَسَدٍ مُتَرَصِّدٍ فِي مَكْمَنِهِ.

11 He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.

١١ أَضَلَّ طُرُقِي وَمَزَّقَنِي إِرْباً. دَمَّرَنِي.

12 He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.

١٢ وَتَّرَ قَوْسَهُ وَنَصَبَنِي هَدَفاً لِسَهْمِهِ.

13 He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.

١٣ اخْتَرَقَ كُلْيَتَيَّ بِنِبَالِ جُعْبَتِهِ.

14 I was a derision to all my people; [and] their song all the day.

١٤ صِرْتُ مَثَارَ هُزْءٍ لِشَعْبِي وَأُهْجِيَةً لَهُمُ الْيَوْمَ كُلَّهُ.

15 He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.

١٥ أَشْبَعَنِي مَرَارَةً، وَأَرْوَانِي أَفْسَنْتِيناً.

16 He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.

١٦ هَشَّمَ أَسْنَانِي بِالْحَصَى، وَطَمَرَنِي بِالرَّمَادِ.

17 And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity.

١٧ فَتَنَاءَتْ نَفْسِي عَنِ السَّلامِ، وَنَسِيتُ طَعْمَ الْخَيْرَاتِ.

18 And I said, My strength and my hope hath perished from the LORD:

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

19 Remembering my affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.

١٩ اُذْكُرْ بَلِيَّتِي وَتَيَهَانِي وَالأَفْسَنْتِينَ وَالْمَرَارَةَ.

20 My soul hath [them] still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.

٢٠ مَا بَرِحَتْ نَفْسِي تَذْكُرُهَا وَهِيَ مُنْحَنِيَةٌ فِي دَاخِلِي.

21 This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.

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

22 [It is of] the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.

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

23 [They are] new every morning: great [is] thy faithfulness.

٢٣ تَتَجَدَّدُ فِي كُلِّ صَبَاحٍ. فَائِقَةٌ أَمَانَتُكَ.

24 The LORD [is] my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.

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

25 The LORD [is] good to them that wait for him, to the soul [that] seeketh him.

٢٥ الرَّبُّ صَالِحٌ لِمَنْ يَرْجُونَهُ وَلِلنَّفْسِ الَّتِي تَلْتَمِسُهُ.

26 [It is] good that [a man] should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.

٢٦ خَيْرٌ لِلْمَرْءِ أَنْ يَنْتَظِرَ بِصَمْتٍ خَلاصَ الرَّبِّ.

27 [It is] good for a man that he should bear the yoke in his youth.

٢٧ خَيْرٌ لِلْمَرْءِ أَنْ يَحْمِلَ النِّيرَ فِي حَدَاثَتِهِ.

28 He sitteth alone, and keepeth silence, because he hath borne [it] upon him.

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

29 He putteth his mouth in the dust; if there may be hope.

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

30 He giveth [his] cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach.

٣٠ لِيَبْذُلْ خَدَّهُ لِلاطِمِ، وَيَشْبَعْ تَعْيِيراً.

31 For the LORD will not cast off for ever:

٣١ لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ لَا يَنْبِذُ إِلَى الأَبَدِ.

32 But though he causeth grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.

٣٢ فَإِنَّهُ وَلَوْ أَحْزَنَ يَرْأَفُ بِمُقْتَضَى رَحْمَتِهِ الْفَائِقَةِ.

33 For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.

٣٣ لأَنَّهُ لَا يَتَعَمَّدُ أَنْ يَبْتَلِيَ أَبْنَاءَ الْبَشَرِ بِالْبُؤْسِ وَالأَسَى،

34 To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,

٣٤ وَلا أَنْ يَسْحَقَ أَسْرَى الأَرْضِ تَحْتَ الأَقْدَامِ،

35 To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High,

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

36 To subvert a man in his cause, the LORD approveth not.

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

37 Who [is] he [that] saith, and it cometh to pass, [when] the LORD commandeth [it] not?

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

38 Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?

٣٨ أَلَيْسَ مِنْ فَمِ الْعَلِيِّ يَصْدُرُ الضُّرُّ وَالْخَيْرُ؟

39 Why doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?

٣٩ فَلِمَاذَا يَشْتَكِي الإِنْسَانُ الْحَيُّ حِينَ يُعَاقَبُ عَلَى خَطَايَاهُ؟

40 Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.

٤٠ لِنَفْحَصْ طُرُقَنَا وَنَخْتَبِرْهَا وَنَرْجِعْ إِلَى الرَّبِّ.

41 Let us lift up our heart with [our] hands to God in the heavens.

٤١ لِنَرْفَعْ قُلُوبَنَا وَأَيْدِيَنَا إِلَى اللهِ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ.

42 We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned.

٤٢ قَدْ تَعَدَّيْنَا وَتَمَرَّدْنَا، وَأَنْتَ لَمْ تَغْفِرْ.

43 Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied.

٤٣ لَفَّعْتَ نَفْسَكَ بِالْغَضَبِ وَتَعَقَّبْتَنَا. قَتَلْتَ مِنْ غَيْرِ رَحْمَةٍ.

44 Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that [our] prayer should not pass through.

٤٤ تَلَفَّعْتَ بِالسَّحَابِ حَتَّى لَا تَبْلُغَ إِلَيْكَ صَلاةٌ.

45 Thou hast made us [as] the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people.

٤٥ قَدْ جَعَلْتَنَا أَوْسَاخاً وَأَقْذَاراً بَيْنَ الشُّعُوبِ.

46 All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.

٤٦ فَتَحَ عَلَيْنَا جَمِيعُ أَعْدَائِنَا أفْوَاهَهُمْ،

47 Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.

٤٧ وَحَلَّ بِنَا الرُّعْبُ وَالْهَلاكُ وَالدَّمَارُ وَالسَّحْقُ.

48 My eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people.

٤٨ تَفِيضُ عَيْنَايَ بِأَنْهَارِ مِيَاهٍ عَلَى دَمَارِ ابْنَةِ شَعْبِي.

49 My eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,

٤٩ لَنْ تَكُفَّ عَيْنَايَ عَنِ الْبُكَاءِ أَبداً،

50 Till the LORD shall look down, and behold from heaven.

٥٠ حَتَّى يُشْرِفَ الرَّبُّ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ وَيُبْصِرَ.

51 My eye affecteth my heart because of all the daughters of my city.

٥١ تَتْلَفُ عَيْنَايَ عَلَى مَصِيرِ كُلِّ بَنَاتِ مَدِينَتِي.

52 My enemies chased me fiercely, like a bird without cause.

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

53 They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.

٥٣ طَرَحُونِي حَيًّا فِي الْجُبِّ وَرَجَمُونِي بِالْحِجَارَةِ.

54 Waters flowed over my head; [then] I said, I am cut off.

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

55 I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon.

٥٥ اسْتَغَثْتُ بِاسْمِكَ يَا رَبُّ مِنْ أَعْمَاقِ الْجُبِّ،

56 Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thy ear at my breathing, at my cry.

٥٦ فَسَمِعْتَ صَوْتِي. لَا تَصُمَّ أُذُنَيْكَ عَنْ صُرَاخِ اسْتِغَاثَتِي.

57 Thou drewest near in the day [that] I called upon thee: thou saidst, Fear not.

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

58 O LORD, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life.

٥٨ قَدْ دَافَعْتَ عَنْ دَعْوَايَ يَا رَبُّ، وَافْتَدَيْتَ حَيَاتِي.

59 O LORD, thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my cause.

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

60 Thou hast seen all their vengeance [and] all their imaginations against me.

٦٠ قَدْ رَأَيْتَ انْتِقَامَهُمْ كُلَّهُ وَسَائِرَ مُؤَامَرَاتِهِمْ عَلَيَّ.

61 Thou hast heard their reproach, O LORD, [and] all their imaginations against me;

٦١ سَمِعْتَ تَعْيِيرَهُمْ يَا رَبُّ، وَجَمِيعَ مُؤَامَرَاتِهِمْ عَلَيَّ.

62 The lips of those that rose up against me, and their device against me all the day.

٦٢ وَسَمِعْتَ كَلامَ أَعْدَائِي وَتَدْبِيرَاتِهِمْ ضِدِّي الْيَوْمَ كُلَّهُ.

63 Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I [am] their music.

٦٣ رَاقِبْ جُلُوسَهُمْ وَقِيَامَهُمْ، فَقَدْ أَصْبَحْتُ أُهْجِيَةً لَهُمْ.

64 Render to them a recompense, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.

٦٤ جَازِهِمْ يَا رَبُّ بِمُقْتَضَى مَا جَنَتْهُ أَيْدِيهِمْ.

65 Give them sorrow of heart, thy curse to them.

٦٥ اجْعَلْ عَلَى قُلُوبِهِمْ غَشَاوَةً، وَلْتَكُنْ لَعْنَتُكَ عَلَيْهِمْ.

66 Persecute and destroy them in anger from under the heavens of the LORD.

٦٦ تَعَقَّبْهُمْ بِسُخْطٍ وَأَهْلِكْهُمْ مِنْ تَحْتِ سَمَاوَاتِكَ يَا رَبُّ.