1 O h that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!

لَيتَ رَأسِي مَلِيئاً بِالماءِ، وَعَينَيَّ نَبعُ دُمُوعٍ. حِينَئِذٍ، كُنتُ سَأبكِي عَلَى جَرحَى شَعبِيَ العَزِيزِ لَيلاً وَنَهاراً.

2 O h that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they be all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.

لَيتَ لِي نُزلاً لِلمُتَغَرِّبينَ فِي الصَّحْراءِ، لَتَرَكْتُ شَعبِيَ وَرَحَلْتُ بَعِيداً عَنهُمْ، لأنَّهُمْ جَمِيعاً زُناةٌ، وَجَماعَةٌ مِنَ المُخادِعِينَ.

3 A nd they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the Lord.

يَقُولُ اللهُ: «يَحنُونَ ألسِنَتَهُمْ كَأقواسٍ لإطلاقِ سِهامِ الكَذِبِ، وَأصبَحُوا أقوِياءَ فِي الأرْضِ لَيسَ لأجلِ الحَقِّ، لأنَّهُمْ يَتَقَدَّمُونَ مِنْ شَرٍّ إلَى آخَرَ، وَهُمْ لا يَعرِفُونَنِي.»

4 T ake ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders.

«فَليَحذَرْ بَعْضُكُمْ مِنْ بَعضٍ، وَلا تَثِقُوا بِأقرِبائِكُمْ. لأنَّ كُلَّ أخٍ غَشّاشٌ، وَكُلَّ قَرِيبٍ يَجُولُ مُتَكَلِّماً بِالنَّمِيمَةِ.

5 A nd they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity.

يَخدَعُ النّاسُ أصحابَهُمْ، وَلا يَتَكَلَّمُ أحَدٌ بِالحَقِّ. يُعَلِّمُونَ لِسانَهُمْ عَلَى الكَذِبِ. أتعَبتْهُمْ آثامُهُمْ حَتَّى تَكاسَلُوا عِنِ التَّوبَةِ.

6 T hine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the Lord.

«ظُلمٌ بَعدَ ظُلمٍ، وَخِداعٌ فُوقَ خِداعٍ! رَفَضُوا أنْ يَعرِفُونِي،» يَقُولُ اللهُ.

7 T herefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how shall I do for the daughter of my people?

لِذَلِكَ هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ: «سَأُنَقِّيهِمْ وَسَأمتَحِنُهُمْ. لأنَّهُ ماذا أعمَلُ غَيرَ هَذا لأجلِ شَعبِيَ العَزِيزِ؟

8 T heir tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait.

لِسانُهُمْ سَهمٌ مَبرِيٌّ، وَيَتَكَلَّمُونَ بِالخِيانَةِ بِألسِنَتِهِمْ. كُلُّ واحِدٍ يَتَكَلَّمُ بِالسَّلامِ مَعَ صاحِبِهِ، وَلَكِنْ فِي داخِلِهِ يُفَكِّرُ بِالانقِضاضِ عَلَيهِ.

9 S hall I not visit them for these things? saith the Lord: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

ألا يَنْبَغِي أنْ أُعاقِبَهُمْ لأجلِ هَذِهِ الأُمُورِ؟ ألا يَنْبَغِي أنْ أنتَقِمَ مِنْ أُمَّةٍ مِثلِ هَذِهِ؟» يَقُولُ اللهُ:

10 F or the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the habitations of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none can pass through them; neither can men hear the voice of the cattle; both the fowl of the heavens and the beast are fled; they are gone.

سَأبكِي وَأُوَلوِلُ عَلَى الجِبالِ، سَأُغَنِّي أُغنِيَةً حَزِينَةً عَلَى مَراعِي البَرِّيَّةِ، لأنَّها خَرِبَتْ، ولا يَمُرُّ فِيها أحَدٌ، وَلا يُسمَعُ صَوتُ الماشِيَةِ فِي الأرْضِ. مِنْ طَيرِ السَّماءِ إلَى وَحشِ الأرْضِ، كُلُّهُمْ تاهُوا وَذَهَبُوا.

11 A nd I will make Jerusalem heaps, and a den of dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.

وَيَقُولُ اللهُ: «سَأجعَلُ مَدينَةَ القُدْسِ كَومَةَ خَرابٍ وَمَسكِناً لِبَناتِ آوَى. سَأُحَوِّلُ مُدُنَ يَهُوذا إلَى خَرائِبَ، بِلا ساكِنِينَ.»

12 W ho is the wise man, that may understand this? and who is he to whom the mouth of the Lord hath spoken, that he may declare it, for what the land perisheth and is burned up like a wilderness, that none passeth through?

مَنْ هُوَ الحَكِيمُ الَّذِي يَفَهمُ هَذا؟ وَالَّذِي تَكَلَّمَ فَمُ اللهِ إلَيهِ، فَلِيَشرَحْ سَبَبَ خَرابِ الأرْضِ، وَسَبَبَ احتِراقِها كَالصَّحراءِ الَّتِي لا يَعبُرُها أحَدٌ.

13 A nd the Lord saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein;

وَقالَ اللهُ: «هَذا بِسَبَبِ تَركِهِمْ لِشَرِيعَتِي الَّتِي وَضَعتُها أمامَهُمْ. وَلَمْ يَستَمِعُوا لِي، وَلَمْ يَعمَلُوا ما تَقُولُهُ الشَّرِيعَةُ.

14 b ut have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them:

بَلْ أصَرُّوا بِعِنادٍ عَلَى السَّيرِ فِي طَرِيقِهِمْ، وَأصَرُّوا عَلَى السَّيرِ وَراءَ البَعلِ، الَّذِي عَلَّمَهُمْ آباؤُهُمْ عَنهُ.»

15 t herefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink.

لِذَلِكَ هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ، إلَهُ إسْرائِيلَ: «سَأجعَلُ هَذا الشَّعبَ يَأكُلُ المَرارَةَ، وَسَأسقِيهِمْ ماءَ العَلقَمِ.

16 I will scatter them also among the heathen, whom neither they nor their fathers have known: and I will send a sword after them, till I have consumed them.

سَأُبَدِّدُهُمْ بَينَ الأُمَمِ الَّتِي لَمْ يَعرِفْها آباؤُهُمْ وَلا هُمْ عَرَفُوها. وَسَأُرسِلُ السَّيفَ وَراءَهُمْ حَتَّى أُبِيدَهُمْ تَماماً.»

17 T hus saith the Lord of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for cunning women, that they may come:

هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ: «فَكِّرُوا بِما سَيَحدُثُ، وَاستَدْعُوا النَّواحاتِ، النِّساءِ الماهِراتِ فِي البُكاءِ.

18 a nd let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters.

لِيَأتِينَ سَرِيعاً، وَلْيَرفَعنَ عَلَينا وَلوَلَةً وَنُواحاً، حَتَّى تَفِيضَ الدُّمُوعُ مِنْ عُيُونِنا، وَتَتَدَفَّقُ أجفانُنا بِالماءِ.»

19 F or a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we spoiled! we are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because our dwellings have cast us out.

«صَوتُ النُّواحِ مَسمُوعٌ مِنْ صِهْيَوْنَ: ‹كَيفَ خَرِبنا! نَحنُ خَجِلُونَ جِدّاً تَرَكْنا الأرْضَ! هَدَمَ الأعداءُ مَسكَنَنا.›»

20 Y et hear the word of the Lord, O ye women, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth, and teach your daughters wailing, and every one her neighbour lamentation.

أيَّتُها النِّساءُ، اسْمَعْنَ كَلِمَةَ اللهِ ، وَأصغِيْنَ إلَى ما يَقُولُهُ. عَلِّمْنَ بَناتِكُنَّ النُّواحَ، وَلْتُعَلِّمِ المَرأةُ جارَتَها أغنِيَةَ الحُزنِ هَذِهِ:

21 F or death is come up into our windows, and is entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from without, and the young men from the streets.

«دَخَلَ المَوتُ مِنْ نَوافِذِنا، وَصَلَ إلَى حُصُونِنا، لِيَبتَعِدِ الأطفالَ عَنِ الشَّوارِعِ، وَالشَّبابَ عَنْ ساحاتِ المَدِينَةِ.»

22 S peak, Thus saith the Lord, Even the carcases of men shall fall as dung upon the open field, and as the handful after the harvestman, and none shall gather them.

«قُلْ: ‹هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ: سَتَسقُطُ الجُثَثُ فِي الحُقُولِ كَرَوْثِ الماشِيَةِ، وَكَحُزمَةٍ مِنَ القَمحِ تُرِكَتْ بَعدَ الحَصادِ، وَلا يُوجَدُ مَنْ يَأخُذُها.›»

23 T hus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches:

هَذَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ: «لا يَفتَخِرِ الحَكِيمُ بِحِكمَتِهِ، وَلا القَوِيُّ بِقُوَّتِهِ، وَلا الغَنِيُّ بِثَروَتِهِ،

24 b ut let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the Lord which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the Lord.

لَكِنْ، إنْ أرادَ أحَدٌ أنْ يَفتَخِرَ، فَلْيَفتَخِرْ بِأنَّهُ يَفهَمُنِي وَيَعرِفُنِي أنا اللهَ الرَّحِيمَ العادِلَ البارَّ فِي الأرْضِ، وَمِثلُ هَؤُلاءِ يَحظَوْنَ بِرِضايَ.» يَقُولُ اللهُ.

25 B ehold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will punish all them which are circumcised with the uncircumcised;

يَقُولُ اللهُ: «ها الأيّامُ آتِيَةٌ، حِينَ أُعاقِبُ كُلَّ المَختُونِينَ فِي الظّاهِرِ فَقَطْ:

26 E gypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and all that are in the utmost corners, that dwell in the wilderness: for all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in the heart.

مِصْرَ وَيَهُوذا وَأدُومَ وَالعَمُّونِيِّينَ وَمُوآبَ. وَسَأُعاقِبُ كُلَّ سُكّانِ البَرِّيَّةِ الَّذِينَ يَحلِقُونَ سَوالِفَهُمْ. وَكَذَلِكَ جَمِيعُ الأُمَمِ اللّامَختُونِينَ فِي أجسادِهِمْ، وَجَمِيعُ بَني إسْرائِيلَ الذِينَ قُلُوبُهُمْ غَيرُ مَختُونَةٍ.»