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

How dark the gold has become, How the pure gold has changed! The sacred stones are poured out At the corner of every street.

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

The precious sons of Zion, Weighed against fine gold, How they are regarded as earthen jars, The work of a potter’s hands!

3 ح َتَّى بَناتُ آوَى يُرضِعْنَ صِغارَهُنَّ. أمّا ابنَةُ شَعبِي فَقَدْ تَقَسَّتْ كَثِيِراً كَالنَّعامِ فِي البَرِّيَّةِ.

Even jackals offer the breast, They nurse their young; But the daughter of my people has become cruel Like ostriches in the wilderness.

4 ي َلصُقُ لِسانُ الرَّضِيعِ بِحَنَكِهِ مِنَ العَطَشِ. وَالصِّغارُ يَطلُبُونَ خُبْزاً، وَلا مَنْ يَمُدُّ لَهُمْ يَداً.

The tongue of the infant cleaves To the roof of its mouth because of thirst; The little ones ask for bread, But no one breaks it for them.

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

Those who ate delicacies Are desolate in the streets; Those reared in purple Embrace ash pits.

6 ت َجاوَزَ إثْمُ شَعبِي خَطِيَّةَ سَدُومَ. وَفِي لَحظَةٍ أُطِيحَ بِسَدُومَ، مِنْ دُونِ يَدِ إنسان.

For the iniquity of the daughter of my people Is greater than the sin of Sodom, Which was overthrown as in a moment, And no hands were turned toward her.

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

Her consecrated ones were purer than snow, They were whiter than milk; They were more ruddy in body than corals, Their polishing was like lapis lazuli.

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

Their appearance is blacker than soot, They are not recognized in the streets; Their skin is shriveled on their bones, It is withered, it has become like wood.

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

Better are those slain with the sword Than those slain with hunger; For they pine away, being stricken For lack of the fruits of the field.

10 أ كثَرُ الأُمَّهاتِ حَناناً طَبَخْنَ أولادَهُنَّ بِأيدِيهِنَّ، فَأصبَحُوا طَعاماً لَهُنّ عِندَما سُحِقَ شَعبِي.

The hands of compassionate women Boiled their own children; They became food for them Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people.

11 أ ظهَرَ اللهُ غَيظَهُ. وَسَكَبَ نارَ غَضَبِهِ. أضْرَمَ فِي صِهْيَوْنَ ناراً، فَالْتَهَمَتْ أساساتِها.

The Lord has accomplished His wrath, He has poured out His fierce anger; And He has kindled a fire in Zion Which has consumed its foundations.

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

The kings of the earth did not believe, Nor did any of the inhabitants of the world, That the adversary and the enemy Could enter the gates of Jerusalem.

13 ك انَ هَذا بِسَبَبِ خَطايا أنبِيائِها وَآثامِ كَهَنَتِها، الَّذِينَ سَفَكُوا فِي وَسَطِها دَمَ الأبرِياءِ.

Because of the sins of her prophets And the iniquities of her priests, Who have shed in her midst The blood of the righteous;

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

They wandered, blind, in the streets; They were defiled with blood So that no one could touch their garments.

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

“Depart! Unclean!” they cried of themselves. “Depart, depart, do not touch!” So they fled and wandered; Men among the nations said, “They shall not continue to dwell with us.”

16 ا للهُ نَفسُهُ شَتَّتَهُمْ، وَلا يَرعاهُمْ بَعْدُ. لَمْ يُكرَمُوا الكَهَنَةَ، وَلا أشْفَقُوا عَلَى الشُّيُوخِ.

The presence of the Lord has scattered them, He will not continue to regard them; They did not honor the priests, They did not favor the elders.

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

Yet our eyes failed, Looking for help was useless; In our watching we have watched For a nation that could not save.

18 ت َتَبَّعُوا خُطانا فَلَمْ نَستَطِعْ أنْ نَمشِيَ فِي ساحاتِ مَدِينَتِنا. اقتَرَبَتْ نِهايَتُنا. انتَهَى وَقْتُنا. جاءَتْ نِهايَتُنا حَقّاً.

They hunted our steps So that we could not walk in our streets; Our end drew near, Our days were finished For our end had come.

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

Our pursuers were swifter Than the eagles of the sky; They chased us on the mountains, They waited in ambush for us in the wilderness.

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

The breath of our nostrils, the Lord’s anointed, Was captured in their pits, Of whom we had said, “Under his shadow We shall live among the nations.”

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

Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, Who dwells in the land of Uz; But the cup will come around to you as well, You will become drunk and make yourself naked.

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

The punishment of your iniquity has been completed, O daughter of Zion; He will exile you no longer. But He will punish your iniquity, O daughter of Edom; He will expose your sins!