1 ا نظُرْ يا اللهُ ما حَلَّ بِنا. تَطَلَّعْ وَانظُرْ إلَى تَعيِيرِنا.

Remember, O Lord, what has befallen us; Look, and see our reproach!

2 ا لأرْضُ الَّتِي وَرِثْناها صارَتْ لِلغُرَباءِ، وَأُعطِيَتْ بُيُوتُنا لِلأجانِبِ.

Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, Our houses to aliens.

3 أ يتاماً صِرْنا دُونَ آباءٍ، وَكَأرامِلَ أُمَّهاتُنا.

We have become orphans without a father, Our mothers are like widows.

4 ب ِالمالِ نَشْرَبُ ماءَنا، وَنَدفَعُ ثَمَنَ حَطَبِنا.

We have to pay for our drinking water, Our wood comes to us at a price.

5 ي ُلاحِقُونَنا عَنْ كَثَبٍ. تَعِبْنا، وَلَمْ نَلتَقِطْ أنفاسَنا.

Our pursuers are at our necks; We are worn out, there is no rest for us.

6 م َدَدْنا أيادِينا إلَى مِصْرَ وَأشُّورَ لِيَكُونَ لَنا طَعامٌ يَكفِينا.

We have submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.

7 أ خطَأ آباؤُنا، وَهُمُ الآنَ مَوْتَى، وَنَحنُ نُعانِي مِنْ عَواقِبِ آثامِهِمْ.

Our fathers sinned, and are no more; It is we who have borne their iniquities.

8 ا لعَبِيدُ يَحكُمُونَنا، وَلَيسَ مَنْ يُحَرِّرُنا مِنْ قُوَّتِهِمْ.

Slaves rule over us; There is no one to deliver us from their hand.

9 ب ِحَياتِنا نُخاطِرُ لِنَجلِبَ طَعامَنا، بِسَبَبِ سَيفِ المُطارِدِ.

We get our bread at the risk of our lives Because of the sword in the wilderness.

10 ا سْوَدَّتْ جُلُودُنا كَفُرْنٍ بِسَبَبِ حُمَّى المَجاعَةِ.

Our skin has become as hot as an oven, Because of the burning heat of famine.

11 ا غتَصَبَ جُنُودُ العَدُوِّ نِساءَ صِهْيَوْنَ، العَذارَى فِي مُدُنِ يَهُوذا.

They ravished the women in Zion, The virgins in the cities of Judah.

12 ب ِأمرِهِمْ شُنِقَ الأُمَراءُ، وَلَمْ يُوَقَّرِ الشُّيُوخُ.

Princes were hung by their hands; Elders were not respected.

13 ي ُدِيرَ شَبابُنا المُختارُونَ حَجَرَ الرَّحَى، وَمِنَ العَمَلِ الشّاقِّ يَتَعَثَّرُ الفِتيانُ.

Young men worked at the grinding mill, And youths stumbled under loads of wood.

14 ك َفَّ الشُّيُوخُ عَنِ الجُلُوسِ عِندَ البَوّابَةِ، وَكَفَّ الشُّبّانُ عَنْ عَزفِ المُوسِيقَى.

Elders are gone from the gate, Young men from their music.

15 ت َوَقَّفَتْ قُلُوبُنا عَنِ الفَرَحِ، وَتَحَوَّلَ رَقْصُنا إلَى بُكاءٍ.

The joy of our hearts has ceased; Our dancing has been turned into mourning.

16 س َقَطَ التّاجُ عَنْ رَأْسِنا. يا وَيلَنا، لِأنَّنا أخطَأْنا!

The crown has fallen from our head; Woe to us, for we have sinned!

17 ل ِهَذا كُلِّهِ قُلُوبُنا مُكتَئِبَةٌ. وَبِسَبَبِ هَذِهِ كُلِّها، لا تَرَى رَجاءً.

Because of this our heart is faint, Because of these things our eyes are dim;

18 ع َلَى جَبَلِ صِهْيَوْنَ المَهجُورِ تَسرَحُ الثَّعالِبُ.

Because of Mount Zion which lies desolate, Foxes prowl in it.

19 ل َكِنَّكَ يا اللهُ إلَى الأبَدِ تَسُودُ. عَرْشُكَ يَدُومُ جِيلاً بَعْدَ جِيلٍ.

You, O Lord, rule forever; Your throne is from generation to generation.

20 ل ِماذا تَظَلُّ تَتَجاهَلُنا؟ لِماذا تَترُكُنا هَكَذا طَوِيلاً؟

Why do You forget us forever? Why do You forsake us so long?

21 أ رْجِعْنا إلَيْكَ يا اللهُ فَنَرْجِعَ، وَاجْعَلْ حَياتَنا كَما كانَتْ قَدِيماً.

Restore us to You, O Lord, that we may be restored; Renew our days as of old,

22 أ مْ لَعَلَّكَ رَفَضِتَنا رَفْضاً تامّاً؟ وَغَضِبْتَ كَثِيراً عَلَينا؟

Unless You have utterly rejected us And are exceedingly angry with us.