1 W oe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not;

وَيلٌ لَكِ يا مَدِينَةَ القَتَلَةِ، المَلِيئِةَ بِالكَذِبِ، المَلِيئِةِ بِالغَنائِمِ، الَّتِي لا تَخلُو مِنَ الفَرائِسِ.

2 t he noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the pransing horses, and of the jumping chariots.

صَوتُ ضَرباتِ سَوطٍ، وَضَجِيجُ دَوالِيبَ، وَصَوتُ خُيُولٍ تَجرِي وَمَركَباتٍ تَتَقافَزُ.

3 T he horseman lifteth up both the bright sword and the glittering spear: and there is a multitude of slain, and a great number of carcases; and there is none end of their corpses; they stumble upon their corpses:

الجَيادُ مُندَفِعَةٌ، وَالسَّيفُ يَلمَعُ، الرُّمحُ يُبرِقُ. أكوامٌ مِنَ القُتلَى، أكداسٌ مِنَ الجُثَثِ بِلا حُدُودٍ. إنَّهُمْ يَتَعَثَّرونَ بِالجُثَثِ!

4 b ecause of the multitude of the whoredoms of the wellfavoured harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts.

بِسَبَبِ الزِّنَى الكَثِيرِ لِلزّانِيَةِ، السّاحِرَةِ الجَمِيلَةِ الفاتِنَةِ، الَّتِي تَستَعبِدُ أُمَماً كامِلَةً بِطُرُقِها الخادِعَةِ، وَعَشائِرَ كامِلَةً بِأسحارِها،

5 B ehold, I am against thee, saith the Lord of hosts; and I will discover thy skirts upon thy face, and I will shew the nations thy nakedness, and the kingdoms thy shame.

فَإنَّ اللهَ القَدِيرَ يَقُولُ: «أنا ضِدُّكِ، وَسَأرفَعُ أطرافَ ثَوبِكِ إلَى وَجهِكِ، وَسَأُرِي الأُمَمَ جَسَدَكِ عارِياً، وَأُرِي المَمالِكَ خِزْيَكِ.

6 A nd I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazingstock.

سَأرميكِ بِالنِّفاياتِ، وَسَأُعامِلُكِ بِاحتِقارٍ، وَسَأُشَهِّرُ بِكِ أمامَ الجَمِيعِ.

7 A nd it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon thee shall flee from thee, and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her? whence shall I seek comforters for thee?

حَينَئِذٍ سَيَهرُبُ مِنكِ كُلُّ مَنْ يَراكِ، وَسَيَقُولُ الجَمِيعُ: ‹نِينَوَى خَرِبَةٌ، فَمَنْ سَيَحزَنُ عَلَيها؟› لَنْ يَكُونَ هُناكَ مَنْ يُشفِقُ عَلَيكِ.»

8 A rt thou better than populous No, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about it, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was from the sea?

هَلْ أنتِ أفضَلُ مِنْ طِيبَةَ القائِمَةِ بَينَ جَداوِلِ نَهْرِالنِّيلِ، المُحاطَةِ بِالماءِ؟ قَدْ كانَ البَحْرُ لَها حِصْناً، وَالماءُ سُوراً مِنْ حَولِها.

9 E thiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers.

كُوشُ وَمِصْرُ أعطَياها قُوَّةً عَظِيمَةً. كانَتِ فُوطُ وَلِيبيا مِنْ حُلَفائِها وَداعِمِيها.

10 Y et was she carried away, she went into captivity: her young children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets: and they cast lots for her honourable men, and all her great men were bound in chains.

وَمَعَ هَذا نُفِيَتْ وَسُبِيَتْ. حَتَّى أطفالُها حُطِّمُوا فِي زاوِيَةِ كُلِّ شارِعٍ. اُلقِيَتِ القُرعَةُ عَلَى أشرافِها، وَكُلُّ وُجَهائِها قُيِّدُوا بِالسَّلاسِلِ.

11 T hou also shalt be drunken: thou shalt be hid, thou also shalt seek strength because of the enemy.

حَتَّى أنتِ سَتُصبِحِينَ كَسَكرَى، وَسَتُحاوِلِينَ الاختِباءَ. حَتَّى أنتِ سَتَبحَثِينَ عَنْ مَلاذٍ مِنَ العَدُوِّ.

12 A ll thy strong holds shall be like fig trees with the firstripe figs: if they be shaken, they shall even fall into the mouth of the eater.

سَتَكُونُ كُلُّ حُصُونِكِ كَأشجارِ تِينٍ مُحَمَّلَةٍ بِأفضَلِ ثِمارٍ، إنْ هُزَّتْ يَتَساقَطُ ثَمَرُها فِي فَمِ الآكِلِ.

13 B ehold, thy people in the midst of thee are women: the gates of thy land shall be set wide open unto thine enemies: the fire shall devour thy bars.

يا نِينَوَى، سَيَبدُو شَعبُكِ فِيكِ كَالنِّساءِ! أبوابُ أرْضِكِ مَفتُوحَةٌ تَماماً لِأعدائِكِ. النّارُ التَهَمَتْ أقفالَها.

14 D raw thee waters for the siege, fortify thy strong holds: go into clay, and tread the morter, make strong the brickkiln.

اجمَعِي ماءً مِنْ أجلِ أيّامِ الحِصارِ. قَوِّي تَحصِيناتِكِ. أجبِلِي الطِّينَ وَالرَّملَ، وَجَهِّزِي قَوالِبَ اللِّبْنِ.

15 T here shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off, it shall eat thee up like the cankerworm: make thyself many as the cankerworm, make thyself many as the locusts.

سَتَلتَهِمُكِ النّارُ، وَسَيَقطَعُكِ السَّيفُ. سَتَأكُلُكِ النّارُ كَالجَرادِ. تَكاثَرِي كَالجَرادِ، وَازدادَي كَالجَنادِبِ!

16 T hou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the cankerworm spoileth, and flieth away.

كَثِّرِي تُجّارَكِ كَنُجُومِ السَّماءِ. إنَّهُمْ كَالجَرادِ الّذي يَلْتَهِمُ كُلَّ ما هُوَ أمامَهُ، وَبَعْدَ ذَلِكَ يَطِيرُ.

17 T hy crowned are as the locusts, and thy captains as the great grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.

حُرّاسُكِ كَالجَرادِ، وقادتُكِ كَأسْرابِ الجرادِ الَّتِي تَسكُنُ فِي الجُدرانِ فِي يَومٍ بارِدٍ. لَكِنْ حِينَ تُشْرِقُ الشَّمسُ، فَإنَّها تَطِيرُ، وَلا يَعرِفُ أحَدٌ إلَى أينَ تَذْهَبُ.

18 T hy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria: thy nobles shall dwell in the dust: thy people is scattered upon the mountains, and no man gathereth them.

يا مَلِكَ أشُّورَ، رُعاتُكَ نَعِسُوا وَنامُوا! قادَتُكَ استَلْقُوا لِقَضاءِ اللَّيلِ. شَعبُكَ مُشَتَّتٌ عَلَى التِّلالِ، وَلَيسَ مَنْ يَجمَعُهُ.

19 T here is no healing of thy bruise; thy wound is grievous: all that hear the bruit of thee shall clap the hands over thee: for upon whom hath not thy wickedness passed continually?

لَيسَ عِلاجٌ لِكَسرِكَ، وَجُرحُكَ لا شِفاءَ لَهُ. كُلُّ الَّذينَ يَسمَعُونَ هَذا الخَبَرَ عَنْكَ، سَيُصَفِّقُونَ بِأيدِيهِمْ فَرَحاً. لِأنَّهُ مَنْ لَمْ يُعانِ مِنْ شُرُورِكِ المُتَواصِلَةِ؟