1 H ow doth the city sit solitary was full of people! She that was great among the nations is become as a widow; the princess among the provinces is become tributary!

مَهجُورَةً تَجلِسُ المَدِينَةُ، وَكانَتْ مَلأَى بِالنّاسِ. كَأرمَلَةٍ صارَتْ، وَهِيَ الَّتِي كانَتْ عَظِيمَةً بَينَ الشُّعُوبِ. أمِيرَةً كانَتْ بَينَ البُلْدانِ، أمّا الآنَ، فَقَدْ أُجْبِرَتْ عَلَى العُبُودِيَّةِ.

2 S he weepeth sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks; among all her lovers she hath no comforter; all her friends have dealt treacherously with her, they are become her enemies.

فِي اللَّيلِ تَبكِي بُكاءً، وَعَلَى خَدَّيها دُمُوعُها. لَيسَ مِنْ بَينِ مُحِبِّيها مَنْ يُعَزِّيها. كُلُّ أصدِقائِها خانُوها، وَانقَلَبُوا أعداءً لَها.

3 J udah is gone into captivity because of affliction, and because of great servitude; she dwelleth among the nations, she findeth no rest: all her pursuers have overtaken her within the straits.

إلَى الأسْرِ مَضَتْ يَهُوذا بَعْدَ ذُلٍّ وَاسْتِعبادٍ كَثِيرٍ. تَسكُنُ بَينَ الشُّعُوبِ، وَلا تَجِدُ لَها مَكانَ راحَةٍ. أدرَكَها كُلُّ مُطارِدِيها فِي أمكِنَةٍ ضَيِّقَةٍ.

4 T he ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn assembly: all her gates are desolate; her priests sigh, her virgins are in grief; and as for her, she is in bitterness.

طُرُقاتُ صِهْيَوْنَ تَبكِي، إذْ لَيسَ مَنْ يَأْتِي إلَى العِيدِ. مَهجُورَةٌ بوّاباتُها. وَكَهَنَتُها يَئِنُّونَ حَسْرَةً. عَذاراها يَتَلَوَّعْنَ، وَهِيَ فِي مَرارَةٍ.

5 H er adversaries have become the head, her enemies prosper; for Jehovah hath afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: her children are gone into captivity before the adversary.

خُصُومُها مُسَيطِرُونَ، وَأعداؤُها مُسْتَرِيحُونَ. فَقَدْ أذَلَّها اللهُ لِكَثْرَةِ تَعَدِّياتِها. سِيقَ صِغارُها أسْرَى أمامَ العَدُوِّ.

6 A nd from the daughter of Zion all her splendour is departed: her princes are become like harts that find no pasture; and they are gone without strength before the pursuer.

زالَ عَنِ العَزِيزَةِ صِهْيَوْنَ كُلُّ جَمالِها. أشْرافُها صارُوا كَغُزلانٍ، لا تَجِدُ لَها مَرعَى، فَتَركُضُ بِلا قُوَّةٍ أمامَ صَيّادِيها.

7 I n the days of her affliction and of her wanderings, since her people fell into the hand of an adversary, and none did help her, Jerusalem remembereth all her precious things which she had in the days of old: the adversaries have seen her, they mock at her ruin.

وَفِي أيّامِ بَلْواها وَتَشَرُّدِ أهلِها تَتَذَكَّرُ القُدْسُ كُلَّ ثَمِينٍ كانَ لَها فِيما مَضَى. تَتَذَكَّرُ يَوْمَ سَقَطَ أهلُها بِيَدِ العَدُوِّ، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَها مُعِينٌ. نَظَرَ إلَيها أعداؤُها. وَضَحِكُوا عَلَى نِهايَتِها.

8 J erusalem hath grievously sinned; therefore is she removed as an impurity: all that honoured her despise her because they have seen her nakedness; and she sigheth, and turneth backward.

أخطَأتِ القُدْسُ خَطِيَّةً عَظِيمَةً. فَصارَتْ نَجِسَةً. الَّذِينَ كَرَّمُوها فِي الماضِي، يُحَقِّرُونَها الآنَ، بَعْدَ أنْ عاشَرُوها وَأذَلُّوها. وَهِيَ تَئِنُّ، وَتَرتَدُّ خَجلَى.

9 H er impurity was in her skirts, she remembered not her latter end; and she came down wonderfully: she hath no comforter. Jehovah, behold my affliction; for the enemy hath magnified himself.

عَلَى ثَوْبِها نَجاسَتُها. لَمْ تُفَكِّرْ بِما سَيَحِلُّ بِها. سَقَطَتْ فِي عارٍ عَجِيبٍ. فَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَها مَنْ يُعَزِّيها. تَصْرُخُ: «انظُرْ، إلَى مَذَلَّتِي يا اللهُ ، لِأنَّ العَدُوَّ قَدْ تَجَبَّرَ.»

10 T he adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her precious things; for she hath seen the nations enter into her sanctuary, concerning whom thou didst command that they should not enter into thy congregation.

مَدَّ العَدُوُّ يَدَهُ إلَى كُلِّ ثَمِينٍ لَدَيها. وَرَأتْ أُمَماً غَرِيبَةً تَدخُلُ هَيكَلَها. أمَرْتَ أُمَماً بِشَأْنِها يا اللهُ، أنْ لا يَشْتَرِكُوا فِي اجتِماعاتِكَ.

11 A ll her people sigh, they seek bread; they have given their precious things for food to revive soul. See, Jehovah, and consider, for I am become vile.

أهلُها جَمِيعاً يَئِنُّونَ، وَيَبحَثُونَ عَنِ الخُبْزِ. بادَلُوا كُلَّ ثَمِينٍ لَدَيهِمْ بِالطَّعامِ، لِيَبْقُوا أحْياءً. وَتَقُولُ: «انظُرْ يا اللهُ كَمْ صِرْتُ مُحتَقَرَةً.

12 I s it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? Behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, whom Jehovah hath afflicted in the day of his fierce anger.

أيُّها العابِرُونَ مِنْ هُنا تَطَلَّعُوا إلَيَّ وَانْظُرُوا ألَمِي، الألَمُ الَّذِي حَلَّ بِي، الألَمُ الَّذِي أمَرَ بِهِ اللهُ عِندَما حَمِيَ غَضَبُهُ!

13 F rom on high hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them; he hath spread a net for my feet; he hath turned me back; he hath made me desolate faint all the day.

مِنْ فَوقُ أرسَلَ ناراً، وَجَعَلَها تَسرِي فِي عُمْقِ عِظامِي. نَشَرَ شَبَكَةً لِيَصْطادَنِي، وَضَرَبَنِي. أمرَضَنِي طُولَ النَّهارِ.

14 T he yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand: they are wreathed, they are come up upon my neck; he hath made my strength to fail; the Lord hath delivered me into hands out of which I am not able to rise up.

«ثَبَّتَ حِملَ تَعَدِّياتِي عَلَى كَتِفِي. أوقَعَنِي فِي شَرَكٍ، أمسَكَ بِي، مُلتَفّاً حَولَ عُنُقِي كَلَولَبٍ، امتَصَّ قُوَّتِي. أسلَمَنِي رَبِّي إلَى أيدِي مَنْ هُمْ أقوَى مِنِّي.

15 T he Lord hath cast down all my mighty men in the midst of me; he hath called an assembly against me to crush my young men; the Lord hath trodden as a winepress the virgin daughter of Judah.

رَفَضَ الرَّبُّ جَمِيعَ قادَتِي الأقوِياءِ هُنا فِي المَدِينَةِ. جَمَعَ شُعُوباً كَثِيرَةً مَعاً، لِكَي يَسحَقُوا شُبّانِي. داسَ الرَّبُّ العَزِيزَةَ يَهُوذا.

16 F or these things I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water: for the comforter that should revive my soul is far from me; my children are desolate, for the enemy hath prevailed.

«عَلَى هَذِهِ أبكِي، تَسكُبُ عَينايَ ماءً. فَالمُعَزِّي بَعِيدٌ عَنِّي، وَأبنائِي بائِسُونَ. قَوِيَ عَلَيهِمْ عَدُوُّهُمْ.»

17 Z ion spreadeth forth her hands; there is none to comfort her; Jehovah hath commanded concerning Jacob, his adversaries round about him; Jerusalem is as an impurity among them.

تَمُدُّ صِهْيَوْنُ يَدَها، وَلَكِنْ لا مُعَزِّيَ لَها. أمَرَ اللهُ أعداءَ يَعقُوبَ بِأنْ يُحاصِرُوهُ. أصبَحَتِ القُدْسُ نَجاسَةً فِي وَسَطِهِمْ.

18 J ehovah is righteous; for I have rebelled against his commandment. Hear, I pray you, all ye peoples, and behold my sorrow. My virgins and my young men are gone into captivity.

وَتَقُولُ: «عادِلٌ هُوَ اللهُ فِي مُعاقَبَتِي، فَإنِّي قَدْ عَصَيتُ وَصاياهُ. اسْمَعُوا يا كُلَّ شُعُوبِ الأرْضِ، وَانظُرُوا ألَمِي. فَتَياتِي وَشُبّانِي المُختارُونَ ذَهَبُوا إلَى الأسْرِ.

19 I called for my lovers, they have deceived me; my priests and mine elders have expired in the city, while they sought them food to revive their soul.

نادَيتُ أحِبَّتِي، لَكِنَّهُمْ غَدَرُوا بِي. كَهَنَتِي وَشُيُوخِي ماتُوا فِي المَدِينَةِ. ماتُوا وَهُمْ يَسْعَوْنَ إلَى الطَّعامِ لِأنفُسِهِمْ، لِكَي يَبْقُوا عَلَى قَيْدِ الحَياةِ.

20 S ee, Jehovah, for I am in distress, my bowels are troubled; my heart is turned within me, for I have grievously rebelled: without, the sword hath bereaved, within, it is as death.

«انظُرْ يا اللهُ ضِيقِي. مَضْطَرِبٌ ما فِي داخِلِي. انقَلَبَ قَلْبِي داخِلِي نَدَماً، لِأنِّي تَمَرَّدْتُ. فِي الخارِجِ يَفتِكُ السَّيفُ بِأبنائِي. وَفِي الدّاخِلِ ما يُشبِهُ المَوْتِ.

21 T hey have heard that I sigh: I have no comforter: all mine enemies have heard of my calamity; they are glad that thou hast done it. Thou wilt bring the day that thou hast called, and they shall be like unto me.

«سَمِعَ النّاسُ عَنْ أنِينِي. سَمِعُوا أنَّهُ لا مُعَزِّيَ لِي. كُلُّ أعدائِي سَمِعُوا بِمُصِيبَتِي. يُغَنُّونَ فَرَحاً لِأنَّكَ فَعَلْتَ هَذا بِي. لَيتَكَ تَجلِبُ عَلَيهِمِ اليَوْمَ الَّذِي وَعَدْتَ بِهِ، وَلَيتَ حالَهُمْ تَصِيرُ كَحالِي.

22 L et all their wickedness come before thee; and do unto them, as thou hast done unto me for all my transgressions: for my sighs are many, and my heart is faint.

«لَيتَكَ تَنظُرُ إلَى كُلِّ شُرُورِهِمْ، وَتَبطِشُ بِهِمْ. لَيتَكَ تَبطِشُ بِهِمْ كَما فَعَلْتَ بِي مِنْ أجلِ تَعَدِّياتِي. ها قّدْ كَثُرَ أنِينِي، وَقَلْبِي ضَعِيفٌ جِدّاً!»