Lamentations 4
1 How the gold has become dim! The most pure gold has changed! The stones of the sanctuary are poured out at the head of every street.
| كَيْفَ اكْمَدَّ الذَّهَبُ وَاكْدَرَّ لَوْنُ النُّضَارِ الخَالِصِ؟ كَيْفَ تَبَعْثَرَتْ حِجَارَةُ الْقُدْسِ فِي نَاصِيَةِ كُلِّ شَارِعٍ؟ | ١ |
2 The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how they are esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!
| كَيْفَ حُسِبَ أَبْنَاءُ صِهْيَوْنَ الْكِرَامُ الْمَوْزُونُونَ بِالذَّهَبِ النَّقِيِّ، كَآنِيَةٍ خَزَفِيَّةٍ مِنْ عَمَلِ يَدِ الْفَخَّارِيِّ؟ | ٢ |
3 Even the jackals offer their breast. They nurse their young ones. But the daughter of my people has become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.
| حَتَّى بَنَاتُ آوَى تَكْشِفُ عَنْ ثَدْيهَا وَتُرْضِعُ أَجْرَاءَهَا، أَمَّا ابْنَةُ شَعْبِي فَقَاسِيَةٌ كَالنَّعَامِ فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ. | ٣ |
4 The tongue of the nursing child clings to the roof of his mouth for thirst. The young children ask for bread, and no one breaks it for them.
| قَدِ الْتَصَقَ لِسَانُ الرَّضِيعِ بِحَنَكِهِ عَطَشاً، وَالْتَمَسَ الأَطْفَالُ خُبْزاً وَلَيْسَ مَنْ يُعْطِيهِ لَهُمْ. | ٤ |
5 Those who ate delicacies are desolate in the streets. Those who were brought up in purple embrace dunghills.
| هَلَكَ فِي الشَّوَارِعِ الَّذِينَ كَانُوا يَأْكُلُونَ الطَّيِّبَاتِ، وَاحْتَضَنَ الْمَزَابِلَ المُتَرَبُّونَ عَلَى لِبْسِ الْحَرِيرِ. | ٥ |
6 For the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the sin of Sodom, which was overthrown as in a moment. No hands were laid on her.
| لأَنَّ عِقَابَ إِثْمِ ابْنَةِ شَعْبِي أَعْظَمُ مِنْ عِقَابِ خَطِيئَةِ سَدُومَ الَّتِي انْقَلَبَتْ فِي لَحْظَةٍ، مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ تَمْتَدَّ إِلَيْهَا يَدُ إِنْسَانٍ. | ٦ |
7 Her Nazirites were purer than snow. They were whiter than milk. They were more ruddy in body than rubies. Their polishing was like sapphire.
| كَانَ نُبَلاؤُهَا أَنْقَى مِنَ الثَّلْجِ وَأَنْصَعَ مِنَ اللَّبَنِ. أَجْسَادُهُمْ أَكْثَرُ حُمْرَةً مِنَ الْمُرْجَانِ، وَقَامَاتُاهُمْ كَالْيَاقُوتِ الأَزْرَقِ، | ٧ |
8 Their appearance is blacker than a coal. They are not known in the streets. Their skin clings to their bones. It is withered. It has become like wood.
| فَأَصْبَحَتْ صُورَتُهُمْ أَكْثَرَ سَوَاداً مِنَ الْفَحْمِ، فَلَمْ يُعْرَفُوا فِي الشَّوَارِعِ. لَصِقَتْ جُلُودُهُمْ بِعِظَامِهِمْ، وَصَارَتْ جَافَّةً كَالْحَطَبِ. | ٨ |
9 Those who are killed with the sword are better than those who are killed with hunger; for these pine away, stricken through, for lack of the fruits of the field.
| كَانَ مَصِيرُ ضَحَايَا السَّيْفِ أَفْضَلَ مِنْ مَصِيرِ ضَحَايَا الْجُوعِ، الَّذِينَ اضْمَحَلُّوا مِنْ طَعْنَةِ عُقْمِ الْحَقْلِ. | ٩ |
10 The hands of the pitiful women have boiled their own children. They were their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
| طَهَتْ أَيْدِي الأُمَّهَاتِ الْحَانِيَاتِ أَوْلادَهُنَّ لِيَكُونُوا طَعَاماً لَهُنَّ فِي أَثْنَاءِ دَمَارِ ابْنَةِ شَعْبِي. | ١٠ |
11 The LORD has accomplished his wrath. He has poured out his fierce anger. He has kindled a fire in Zion, which has devoured its foundations.
| نَفَثَ الرَّبُّ كَامِلَ سُخْطِهِ وَصَبَّ حُمُوَّ غَضَبِهِ، وَأَضْرَمَ نَاراً فِي صِهْيَوْنَ فَالْتَهَمَتْ أُسُسَهَا. | ١١ |
12 The kings of the earth didn’t believe, neither did all the inhabitants of the world, that the adversary and the enemy would enter into the gates of Jerusalem.
| لَمْ يُصَدِّقْ مُلُوكُ الأَرْضِ وَسُكَّانُ الْمَعْمُورَةِ أَنَّ الْعَدُوَّ وَالْخَصْمَ يَقْتَحِمَانِ بَوَّابَاتِ أُورُشَلِيمَ. | ١٢ |
13 It is because of the sins of her prophets and the iniquities of her priests, that have shed the blood of the just in the middle of her.
| عِقَاباً لَهَا عَلَى خَطَايَا أَنْبِيَائِهَا وَآثَامِ كَهَنَتِهَا، الَّذِينَ سَفَكُوا فِي وَسَطِهَا دَمَ الصِّدِّيقِينَ. | ١٣ |
14 They wander as blind men in the streets. They are polluted with blood, So that men can’t touch their garments.
| تَاهُوا كَعُمْيٍ فِي الشَّوَارِعِ، مُلَطَّخِينَ بِالدَّمِ حَتَّى لَمْ يَقْدِرْ أَحَدٌ أَنْ يَلْمُسَ ثِيَابَهُمْ. | ١٤ |
15 “Go away!” they cried to them. “Unclean! Go away! Go away! Don’t touch! When they fled away and wandered, men said amongst the nations, “They can’t live here any more.”
| هَتَفُوا بِهِمْ: «ابْتَعِدُوا: تَنَحَّوْا لَا تَلْمَسُوا شَيْئاً». فَهَرَبُوا وَتَشَرَّدُوا! غَيْرَ أَنَّ أَهْلَ الأُمَمِ قَالُوا: لَا يُمْكِنُ أَنْ يَسْكُنُوا مَعَنَا! | ١٥ |
16 The LORD’s anger has scattered them. He will not pay attention to them any more. They didn’t respect the persons of the priests. They didn’t favour the elders.
| قَدْ بَدَّدَهُمُ الرَّبُّ نَفْسُهُ، وَلَمْ يَعُدْ يَعْبَأُ بِهِمْ، لَمْ يُكْرِمُوا الْكَهَنَةَ وَلَمْ يَتَرَأَّفُوا بِالشُّيُوخِ. | ١٦ |
17 Our eyes still fail, looking in vain for our help. In our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save.
| كَلَّتْ عُيُونُنَا مِنْ تَرَقُّبِ نُصْرَةٍ بَاطِلَةٍ. فِي أَبْرَاجِنَا انْتَظَرْنَا مَعُونَةَ أُمَّةٍ لَا تُخَلِّصُ. | ١٧ |
18 They hunt our steps, so that we can’t go in our streets. Our end is near. Our days are fulfilled, for our end has come.
| تَصَيَّدَ الرِّجَالُ خَطْوَاتِنَا حَتَّى لَا نَخْطُوَ فِي شَوَارِعِنَا. آذَنَتْ نِهَايَتُنَا، وَتَمَّتْ أَيَّامُنَا وَأَزِفَتْ خَاتِمَتُنَا. | ١٨ |
19 Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the sky. They chased us on the mountains. They set an ambush for us in the wilderness.
| كَانَ مُطَارِدُونَا أَسْرَعَ مِنْ نُسُورِ السَّمَاءِ، تَعَقَّبُونَا عَلَى الْجِبَالِ، وَتَرَبَّصُوا بِنَا فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ. | ١٩ |
20 The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the LORD, was taken in their pits; of whom we said, under his shadow we will live amongst the nations.
| وَقَعَ فِي حُفَرِهِمْ مَصْدَرُ حَيَاتِنَا، الْمَلِكُ الَّذِي اخْتَارَهُ الرَّبُّ، الَّذِي قُلْنَا: فِي ظِلِّهِ نَعِيشُ بَيْنَ الأُمَمِ. | ٢٠ |
21 Rejoice and be glad, daughter of Edom, who dwells in the land of Uz. The cup will pass through to you also. You will be drunken, and will make yourself naked.
| ابْتَهِجِي وَافْرَحِي يَا ابْنَةَ أَدُومَ، يَا سَاكِنَةَ عَوْصٍ. إِنَّمَا هَذِهِ الْكَأْسُ سَتَجُوزُ عَلَيْكِ أَيْضاً فَتَسْكَرِينَ وَتَتَعَرَّيْنَ. | ٢١ |
22 The punishment of your iniquity is accomplished, daughter of Zion. He will no more carry you away into captivity. He will visit your iniquity, daughter of Edom. He will uncover your sins.
| قَدْ تَمَّ إِثْمُكِ يَا ابْنَةَ صِهْيَوْنَ، وَلَنْ يُطِيلَ (اللهُ) مِنْ حِقْبَةِ سَبْيِكِ. أَمَّا أَنْتِ يَا ابْنَةَ أَدُومَ فَإِنَّهُ يُعَاقِبُكِ وَيَفْضَحُ خَطَايَاكِ. | ٢٢ |
