1 ¶ Aleph How does the city sit solitary, that was full of people! The great one among the nations is become as a widow; the princess of provinces is become tributary.

مَهجُورَةً تَجلِسُ المَدِينَةُ، وَكانَتْ مَلأَى بِالنّاسِ. كَأرمَلَةٍ صارَتْ، وَهِيَ الَّتِي كانَتْ عَظِيمَةً بَينَ الشُّعُوبِ. أمِيرَةً كانَتْ بَينَ البُلْدانِ، أمّا الآنَ، فَقَدْ أُجْبِرَتْ عَلَى العُبُودِيَّةِ.

2 B eth She weeps sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks; among all her lovers she has none to comfort her; all her friends have dealt treacherously with her; they are become her enemies.

فِي اللَّيلِ تَبكِي بُكاءً، وَعَلَى خَدَّيها دُمُوعُها. لَيسَ مِنْ بَينِ مُحِبِّيها مَنْ يُعَزِّيها. كُلُّ أصدِقائِها خانُوها، وَانقَلَبُوا أعداءً لَها.

3 G imel Judah is gone into captivity because of the affliction and because of the greatness of the servitude; she dwells among the Gentiles; she finds no rest; all her persecutors overtook her between the straits.

إلَى الأسْرِ مَضَتْ يَهُوذا بَعْدَ ذُلٍّ وَاسْتِعبادٍ كَثِيرٍ. تَسكُنُ بَينَ الشُّعُوبِ، وَلا تَجِدُ لَها مَكانَ راحَةٍ. أدرَكَها كُلُّ مُطارِدِيها فِي أمكِنَةٍ ضَيِّقَةٍ.

4 D aleth The streets of Zion mourn because there are none to come to the solemnities; all her gates are destroyed; her priests sigh, her virgins are afflicted, and she is in bitterness.

طُرُقاتُ صِهْيَوْنَ تَبكِي، إذْ لَيسَ مَنْ يَأْتِي إلَى العِيدِ. مَهجُورَةٌ بوّاباتُها. وَكَهَنَتُها يَئِنُّونَ حَسْرَةً. عَذاراها يَتَلَوَّعْنَ، وَهِيَ فِي مَرارَةٍ.

5 H e Her enemies have been made the head; those who hated her have been prospered; for the LORD has afflicted her for the multitude of her rebellions; her children are gone into captivity before the enemy.

خُصُومُها مُسَيطِرُونَ، وَأعداؤُها مُسْتَرِيحُونَ. فَقَدْ أذَلَّها اللهُ لِكَثْرَةِ تَعَدِّياتِها. سِيقَ صِغارُها أسْرَى أمامَ العَدُوِّ.

6 V au And from the daughter of Zion all her beauty is departed; her princes are become like harts that find no pasture, and they are gone without strength before the pursuer.

زالَ عَنِ العَزِيزَةِ صِهْيَوْنَ كُلُّ جَمالِها. أشْرافُها صارُوا كَغُزلانٍ، لا تَجِدُ لَها مَرعَى، فَتَركُضُ بِلا قُوَّةٍ أمامَ صَيّادِيها.

7 Z ain Jerusalem remembered the days of her affliction and of her rebellions and of all her desirable things that she had in the times of old when her people fell into the hand of the enemy, and no one helped her; the enemies saw her and mocked at her days of rest.

وَفِي أيّامِ بَلْواها وَتَشَرُّدِ أهلِها تَتَذَكَّرُ القُدْسُ كُلَّ ثَمِينٍ كانَ لَها فِيما مَضَى. تَتَذَكَّرُ يَوْمَ سَقَطَ أهلُها بِيَدِ العَدُوِّ، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَها مُعِينٌ. نَظَرَ إلَيها أعداؤُها. وَضَحِكُوا عَلَى نِهايَتِها.

8 C heth Jerusalem has grievously sinned; therefore she is removed; all that honoured her despise her because they have seen her nakedness; yea, she sighs and is turned backward.

أخطَأتِ القُدْسُ خَطِيَّةً عَظِيمَةً. فَصارَتْ نَجِسَةً. الَّذِينَ كَرَّمُوها فِي الماضِي، يُحَقِّرُونَها الآنَ، بَعْدَ أنْ عاشَرُوها وَأذَلُّوها. وَهِيَ تَئِنُّ، وَتَرتَدُّ خَجلَى.

9 T eth Her filthiness is in her skirts; she did not remember her latter end; therefore she came down surprisingly; she has no comforter. O LORD, behold my affliction, for the enemy has magnified himself.

عَلَى ثَوْبِها نَجاسَتُها. لَمْ تُفَكِّرْ بِما سَيَحِلُّ بِها. سَقَطَتْ فِي عارٍ عَجِيبٍ. فَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَها مَنْ يُعَزِّيها. تَصْرُخُ: «انظُرْ، إلَى مَذَلَّتِي يا اللهُ ، لِأنَّ العَدُوَّ قَدْ تَجَبَّرَ.»

10 J od The enemy has spread out his hand upon all her precious things, and she saw the Gentiles enter into her sanctuary, whom thou didst command that they should not enter into thy congregation.

مَدَّ العَدُوُّ يَدَهُ إلَى كُلِّ ثَمِينٍ لَدَيها. وَرَأتْ أُمَماً غَرِيبَةً تَدخُلُ هَيكَلَها. أمَرْتَ أُمَماً بِشَأْنِها يا اللهُ، أنْ لا يَشْتَرِكُوا فِي اجتِماعاتِكَ.

11 C aph All her people sought their bread with sadness; they have given all their precious things for food to maintain life; see, O LORD, and consider, for I am become vile.

أهلُها جَمِيعاً يَئِنُّونَ، وَيَبحَثُونَ عَنِ الخُبْزِ. بادَلُوا كُلَّ ثَمِينٍ لَدَيهِمْ بِالطَّعامِ، لِيَبْقُوا أحْياءً. وَتَقُولُ: «انظُرْ يا اللهُ كَمْ صِرْتُ مُحتَقَرَةً.

12 ¶ Lamed Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if there is any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is come unto me because the LORD has afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger.

أيُّها العابِرُونَ مِنْ هُنا تَطَلَّعُوا إلَيَّ وَانْظُرُوا ألَمِي، الألَمُ الَّذِي حَلَّ بِي، الألَمُ الَّذِي أمَرَ بِهِ اللهُ عِندَما حَمِيَ غَضَبُهُ!

13 M em From upon high he has sent fire into my bones, and it prevails against them; he has spread a net for my feet; he has turned me back; he has made me desolate and always with pain.

مِنْ فَوقُ أرسَلَ ناراً، وَجَعَلَها تَسرِي فِي عُمْقِ عِظامِي. نَشَرَ شَبَكَةً لِيَصْطادَنِي، وَضَرَبَنِي. أمرَضَنِي طُولَ النَّهارِ.

14 N un The yoke of my rebellions is bound in his hand; they are wreathed and come up upon my neck; he has made my strength to fall; the Lord has delivered me into their hands, from whom I am not able to rise up.

«ثَبَّتَ حِملَ تَعَدِّياتِي عَلَى كَتِفِي. أوقَعَنِي فِي شَرَكٍ، أمسَكَ بِي، مُلتَفّاً حَولَ عُنُقِي كَلَولَبٍ، امتَصَّ قُوَّتِي. أسلَمَنِي رَبِّي إلَى أيدِي مَنْ هُمْ أقوَى مِنِّي.

15 S amech The Lord has trodden under foot all my mighty men in the midst of me; he has called a company against me to crush my young men; the Lord has trodden the virgin daughter of Judah as in a winepress.

رَفَضَ الرَّبُّ جَمِيعَ قادَتِي الأقوِياءِ هُنا فِي المَدِينَةِ. جَمَعَ شُعُوباً كَثِيرَةً مَعاً، لِكَي يَسحَقُوا شُبّانِي. داسَ الرَّبُّ العَزِيزَةَ يَهُوذا.

16 A in For these things I weep; my eyes, my eyes stream with water because the comforter that gives rest unto my soul has left me; my sons are desolate because the enemy prevailed.

«عَلَى هَذِهِ أبكِي، تَسكُبُ عَينايَ ماءً. فَالمُعَزِّي بَعِيدٌ عَنِّي، وَأبنائِي بائِسُونَ. قَوِيَ عَلَيهِمْ عَدُوُّهُمْ.»

17 P e Zion spread forth her hands and has no comforter; the LORD gave a commandment against Jacob that his enemies should besiege him; Jerusalem was an abomination in the midst of them.

تَمُدُّ صِهْيَوْنُ يَدَها، وَلَكِنْ لا مُعَزِّيَ لَها. أمَرَ اللهُ أعداءَ يَعقُوبَ بِأنْ يُحاصِرُوهُ. أصبَحَتِ القُدْسُ نَجاسَةً فِي وَسَطِهِمْ.

18 T zaddi The LORD is righteous, for I have rebelled against his mouth; hear now, all the peoples and see my sorrow; my virgins and my young men are gone into captivity.

وَتَقُولُ: «عادِلٌ هُوَ اللهُ فِي مُعاقَبَتِي، فَإنِّي قَدْ عَصَيتُ وَصاياهُ. اسْمَعُوا يا كُلَّ شُعُوبِ الأرْضِ، وَانظُرُوا ألَمِي. فَتَياتِي وَشُبّانِي المُختارُونَ ذَهَبُوا إلَى الأسْرِ.

19 K oph I called unto my lovers, but they have deceived me; my priests and my elders in the city perished seeking food to maintain their lives.

نادَيتُ أحِبَّتِي، لَكِنَّهُمْ غَدَرُوا بِي. كَهَنَتِي وَشُيُوخِي ماتُوا فِي المَدِينَةِ. ماتُوا وَهُمْ يَسْعَوْنَ إلَى الطَّعامِ لِأنفُسِهِمْ، لِكَي يَبْقُوا عَلَى قَيْدِ الحَياةِ.

20 R esh Look, O LORD; for I am in distress; my bowels are troubled; my heart is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled; abroad the sword bereaves; at home there is as death.

«انظُرْ يا اللهُ ضِيقِي. مَضْطَرِبٌ ما فِي داخِلِي. انقَلَبَ قَلْبِي داخِلِي نَدَماً، لِأنِّي تَمَرَّدْتُ. فِي الخارِجِ يَفتِكُ السَّيفُ بِأبنائِي. وَفِي الدّاخِلِ ما يُشبِهُ المَوْتِ.

21 S chin They have heard that I sigh; and there is no comforter for me; all my enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that thou hast done it. Thou hast brought the day that thou hast spoken of, but they shall be like unto me.

«سَمِعَ النّاسُ عَنْ أنِينِي. سَمِعُوا أنَّهُ لا مُعَزِّيَ لِي. كُلُّ أعدائِي سَمِعُوا بِمُصِيبَتِي. يُغَنُّونَ فَرَحاً لِأنَّكَ فَعَلْتَ هَذا بِي. لَيتَكَ تَجلِبُ عَلَيهِمِ اليَوْمَ الَّذِي وَعَدْتَ بِهِ، وَلَيتَ حالَهُمْ تَصِيرُ كَحالِي.

22 T au Let all their wickedness come before thee; and do unto them as thou hast done unto me for all my rebellions; for my sighs are many, and my heart is filled with pain.

«لَيتَكَ تَنظُرُ إلَى كُلِّ شُرُورِهِمْ، وَتَبطِشُ بِهِمْ. لَيتَكَ تَبطِشُ بِهِمْ كَما فَعَلْتَ بِي مِنْ أجلِ تَعَدِّياتِي. ها قّدْ كَثُرَ أنِينِي، وَقَلْبِي ضَعِيفٌ جِدّاً!»