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 mine eyes a fountain 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 of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they are all adulterers, an assembly 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, as it were their bow, for falsehood; and they are grown strong in the land, but not for truth: for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith Jehovah.

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

Take ye heed every one of his neighbor, and trust ye not in any brother; for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will go about with slanders.

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

And they will deceive every one his neighbor, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies; they weary themselves to commit iniquity.

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

Thy habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith Jehovah.

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

Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how else should I do, because of 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 deadly arrow; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart he layeth wait for him.

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

Shall I not visit them for these things? saith Jehovah; shall not my soul be avenged 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 will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the pastures of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none passeth through; neither can men hear the voice of the cattle; both the birds of the heavens and the beasts are fled, they are gone.

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

And 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, that may understand this? and who is he to whom the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken, that he may declare it? wherefore is the land perished and burned up like a wilderness, so that none passeth through?

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

And Jehovah saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein,

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

but have walked after the stubbornness of their own heart, and after the Baalim, which 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 saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall 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 the nations, whom neither they nor their fathers have known; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them.

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

Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for the skilful women, that they may come:

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

and 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.

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

For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we ruined! we are greatly confounded, 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 Jehovah, O ye women, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth; and teach your daughters wailing, and every one her neighbor lamentation.

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

For death is come up into our windows, it is entered into our palaces; to cut off the children from without, 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 saith Jehovah, The dead bodies of men shall fall as dung upon the open field, and as the handful after the harvestman; and none shall gather them.

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

Thus saith Jehovah, 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;

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 that glorieth glory in this, that he hath understanding, and knoweth me, that I am Jehovah who exerciseth lovingkindness, justice, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith Jehovah.

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

Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that I will punish all them that are circumcised in their uncircumcision:

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, and Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and all that have the corners of their hair cut off, that dwell in the wilderness; for all the nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in heart.