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

Oh, that my head were waters and my eyes a reservoir of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!

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

Oh, that I had in the wilderness a lodging place (a mere shelter) for wayfaring men, that I might leave my people and go away from them! For they are all adulterers; they are a gang of treacherous men.

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

And they bend their tongue, their bow for the lies. And not according to faithfulness do they rule and become strong in the land; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not know and understand and acknowledge Me, says the Lord.

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

Let everyone beware of his neighbor and put no trust in any brother. For every brother is an utter and complete supplanter (one who takes by the heel and trips up, a deceiver, a Jacob), and every neighbor goes about as a slanderer.

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

And they deceive and mock every one his neighbor and do not speak the truth. They have taught their tongues to speak lies; they weary themselves committing iniquity.

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

Your habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know and understand Me, says the Lord.

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

Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts: Behold, I will melt them and test them, for how else should I deal with the daughter of My people?

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

Their tongue is a murderous arrow; it speaks deceitfully; one speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart he lays snares and waits in ambush for him.

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

Shall I not punish them for these things? says the Lord. Shall I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?

10 س َأبكِي 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.

For the mountains I will take up a weeping and wailing and for the pastures of the wilderness a lament, because they are burned up and desolated, so that no one passes through; neither can men hear the lowing of cattle. Both the fowls of the air and the beasts have fled, they are gone!

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

I will make Jerusalem heaps, a dwelling place of jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.

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

Who is the wise man who may understand this? To whom has the mouth of the Lord spoken, that he may declare it? Why is the land ruined and laid waste like a wilderness, so that no one passes through it?

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

And the Lord says, Because they have forsaken My law, which I set before them, and have not listened to and obeyed My voice or walked in accordance with it

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

But have walked stubbornly after their own hearts and after the Baals, as their fathers taught them,

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

Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood and give them bitter and poisonous water to drink.

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

I will scatter them also among nations that neither they nor their fathers have known, and I will send the sword among them and after them until I have consumed them.

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

Thus says the Lord of hosts: Consider and call for the mourning women to come; send for the skillful women to come.

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

Let them make haste and raise a wailing over us and for us, that our eyes may run down with tears and our eyelids gush with water.

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

For a sound of wailing is heard out of Zion: How we are plundered and ruined! We are greatly confounded and utterly put to shame, because we have forsaken the land, because they have cast down our dwellings.

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

Yet hear the word of the Lord, O you women, and let your ears receive the word of His mouth; teach your daughters a lament, and each one her neighbor a dirge.

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

For death has come up into our windows; it has entered into our palaces, cutting off the children from outdoors and the young men from the streets.

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

Speak, Thus says the Lord: The dead bodies of men shall fall like dung on the open field and like sheaves behind the reaper, and none shall gather them.

23 ه َذَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ: «لا يَفتَخِرِ الحَكِيمُ بِحِكمَتِهِ، وَلا القَوِيُّ بِقُوَّتِهِ، وَلا الغَنِيُّ بِثَروَتِهِ،

Thus says the Lord: Let not the wise and skillful person glory and boast in his wisdom and skill; let not the mighty and powerful person glory and boast in his strength and power; let not the person who is rich glory and boast in his riches;

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

But let him who glories glory in this: that he understands and knows Me, that I am the Lord, Who practices loving-kindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth, for in these things I delight, says the Lord.

25 ي َقُولُ اللهُ: «ها الأيّامُ آتِيَةٌ، حِينَ أُعاقِبُ كُلَّ المَختُونِينَ فِي الظّاهِرِ فَقَطْ:

Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will punish all who though circumcised are still uncircumcised —

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

Egypt, Judah, Edom, the children of Ammon, Moab, and all who live in the desert and who clip off the corners of their hair and beards; for all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel is uncircumcised in heart.