1 H ow is the gold become dim! the most pure gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary poured out at the top of all the streets!

ها قَدَ فَقَدَ الذَّهَبُ بَرِيقَهُ، أفضَلُ الذَّهَبِ فَقَدَ لَمَعانَهُ. تُلقَى الحِجارَةُ الثَّمِينَةُ المُقَدَّسَةُ هُنا وَهُناكَ فِي زَوايا كُلِّ الطُّرُقاتِ.

2 T he sons of Zion, so precious, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!

ما كانَ أثْمَنَ أبناءِ صِهْيَوْنَ! يُوزَنُونَ بِالذَّهَبِ النَّقِيَّ. أمّا الآنَ فَيُحسُبُونَ آنِيَةً رَخِيصَةً، كَأوْعِيَةٍ فَخّارِيَّةٍ صَنَعَها الفَخّارِي.

3 E ven the jackals offer the breast, they give suck to their young; the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.

حَتَّى بَناتُ آوَى يُرضِعْنَ صِغارَهُنَّ. أمّا ابنَةُ شَعبِي فَقَدْ تَقَسَّتْ كَثِيِراً كَالنَّعامِ فِي البَرِّيَّةِ.

4 T he tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst; the young children ask bread, no man breaketh it unto them.

يَلصُقُ لِسانُ الرَّضِيعِ بِحَنَكِهِ مِنَ العَطَشِ. وَالصِّغارُ يَطلُبُونَ خُبْزاً، وَلا مَنْ يَمُدُّ لَهُمْ يَداً.

5 T hey that fed delicately are desolate in the streets; they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dung-hills.

وَالَّذِينَ تَعَوَّدُوا أكلَ الأطايِبِ، هُمْ فِي الطُّرُقاتِ مُعدَمُونَ. وَالَّذِينَ تَعَوَّدُوا لِبْسَ أغلَى الثِّيابِ يَعِيشُونَ وَسَطَ المَزابِلِ.

6 A nd the punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the reward of the sin of Sodom, which was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands were violently laid upon her.

تَجاوَزَ إثْمُ شَعبِي خَطِيَّةَ سَدُومَ. وَفِي لَحظَةٍ أُطِيحَ بِسَدُومَ، مِنْ دُونِ يَدِ إنسان.

7 H er Nazarites were purer than snow, whiter than milk; they were more ruddy in body than rubies, their figure was as sapphire.

كانَ المُكَرَّسُونَ فِيها أنقَى مِنَ الثَّلْجِ وَأشَدَّ بَياضاً مِنَ الحَلِيبِ. كانَتْ أجسامُهُمْ أكثَرَ حُمرَةً مِنَ المُرجانِ، وَمَنظَرُهُمْ كَالياقُوتِ الأزرَقِ.

8 T heir visage is darker than blackness, they are not known in the streets; their skin cleaveth to their bones, it is withered, it is become like a stick.

وَالآنَ صارُوا أشَدَّ سَواداً مِنَ السِّخامِ. فَلا يُمَيَّزُونَ النّاسَ فِي الطُّرُقاتِ. التَصَقَ جِلْدُهُمْ بِعَظمِهِمْ. وَيَبِسَ كَالخَشَبِ.

9 T he slain with the sword are happier than the slain with hunger; for these pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field.

الَّذِينَ قُتِلُوا فِي الحَربِ كانُوا أفضَلَ حالاً مِنَ الَّذِينَ ماتُوا جُوعاً. الَّذِينَ اختَرَقَتْهُمُ السُّيُوفُ كانُوا أفضَلَ حالاً مِنَ الَّذِينَ ماتُوا مَحرُومِينَ مِنْ ثِمارِ الحُقُولِ.

10 T he hands of pitiful women have boiled their own children: they were their meat in the ruin of the daughter of my people.

أكثَرُ الأُمَّهاتِ حَناناً طَبَخْنَ أولادَهُنَّ بِأيدِيهِنَّ، فَأصبَحُوا طَعاماً لَهُنّ عِندَما سُحِقَ شَعبِي.

11 J ehovah hath accomplished his fury; he hath poured out his fierce anger, and hath kindled a fire in Zion, which hath consumed the foundations thereof.

أظهَرَ اللهُ غَيظَهُ. وَسَكَبَ نارَ غَضَبِهِ. أضْرَمَ فِي صِهْيَوْنَ ناراً، فَالْتَهَمَتْ أساساتِها.

12 T he kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world, would not have believed that the adversary and the enemy should enter into the gates of Jerusalem.

لَمْ يُصَدِّقْ مُلُوكُ الأرْضِ ذَلِكَ، وَلا أيُّ ساكِنٍ فِي العالَمِ. لَمْ يُصَدِّقُوا أنَّ خَصْماً وَعَدُوّاً يُمكِنُ أنْ يَدخُلا بَوّاباتِ القُدْسِ.

13 f or the sins of her prophets, the iniquities of her priests, who have shed the blood of the righteous in the midst of her.

كانَ هَذا بِسَبَبِ خَطايا أنبِيائِها وَآثامِ كَهَنَتِها، الَّذِينَ سَفَكُوا فِي وَسَطِها دَمَ الأبرِياءِ.

14 T hey wandered about blind in the streets; they were polluted with blood, so that men could not touch their garments.

هامُوا كَالعِمْيانِ فِي الطُّرُقاتِ، مُلَطَّخِينَ بِالدَّمِ. تَنَجَّسَتْ مَلابِسُهُمْ. لَمَسَتْ ما لا يَنْبَغِي أنْ يُلْمَسَ أبَداً.

15 T hey cried unto them, Depart! Unclean! Depart! depart, touch not! When they fled away, and wandered about, it was said among the nations, They shall no more sojourn.

وَالآنَ يُنادِي عَلَيهِمْ آخَرُونَ: «ابتَعِدُوا! أنتُمْ نَجِسُونَ! ابتَعِدُوا! ابتَعِدُوا! لا تَلْمَسُونا!» الدَّمارُ حَلَّ بِهِمْ، فَهامُوا عَلَى وُجُوهِهِمْ. وَقالَتِ الشُّعُوبُ: «لَنْ نُسكِنَهُمْ بَينَنا فِيما بَعْدُ.»

16 T he face of Jehovah hath divided them; he will no more regard them. They respected not the persons of the priests, they favoured not the aged.

اللهُ نَفسُهُ شَتَّتَهُمْ، وَلا يَرعاهُمْ بَعْدُ. لَمْ يُكرَمُوا الكَهَنَةَ، وَلا أشْفَقُوا عَلَى الشُّيُوخِ.

17 O ur eyes still failed for our vain help; in our watching, we have watched for a nation that did not save.

ضَعُفَتْ عُيُونُنا وَنَحنُ نَنظُرُ إلَى مَنْ يُعِينُنا، لَكِنْ دُونَ جَدوَى. راقَبْنا وَراقَبْنا مِنْ بُرْجِنا مُتَوَقِّعِينَ أمَّةً لَمْ تُخَلِّصْنا.

18 T hey hunted our steps, that we could not go in our streets: our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come.

تَتَبَّعُوا خُطانا فَلَمْ نَستَطِعْ أنْ نَمشِيَ فِي ساحاتِ مَدِينَتِنا. اقتَرَبَتْ نِهايَتُنا. انتَهَى وَقْتُنا. جاءَتْ نِهايَتُنا حَقّاً.

19 O ur pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the heavens; they chased us hotly upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.

كانَ مُطارِدُونا أسرَعَ مِنْ كُلِّ نُسُورِ السَّماءِ. عَلَى التِّلالِ طارَدُونا بِضَراوَةٍ. وَنَصَبُوا لَنا فِي البَرِّيَّةِ كَمِيناً.

20 T he breath of our nostrils, the anointed of Jehovah, was taken in their pits; of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the nations.

حَتَّى مَلِكُنا الَّذِي مَسَحَهُ اللهُ ، الَّذِي هُوَ كَالهَواءِ لِحَياتِنا، وَقَعَ فِي فَخِّهِمْ. وَهُوَ الَّذِي قُلْنا عَنْهُ: «سَنَعِيشُ تَحتَ ظِلِّهِ بَينَ الأُمَمِ.»

21 R ejoice and be glad, daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of Uz: the cup shall pass also unto thee; thou shalt be drunken, and make thyself naked.

غَنِّي وَاحتَفِلِي أيَّتُها الابنَةُ أدُومُ. يا مَنْ تَسكُنِينَ أرْضَ عُوصَ. عَلَيكِ أيضاً سَتَمُرُّ الكَأْسُ. سَتَسكَرِينَ وَتَتَعَرَّينَ.

22 T he punishment of thine iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion; he will no more carry thee away into captivity. He will visit thine iniquity, O daughter of Edom; he will discover thy sins.

سَيَنتَهِي عِقابُكِ أيَّتُها العَزِيزَةُ صِهْيَوْنُ. وَلَنْ يَطُولَ نَفْيُكِ. لِكِنَّكَ سَتُعاقَبِينَ عَلَى آثامِكِ أيَّتُها الابْنَةُ أدُومُ. سَيُعَرِّي خَطاياكِ.