1 H ow the gold has become dim! The most pure gold has changed! The stones of the sanctuary are poured out at the head of every street.

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

2 T he precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, How are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!

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

3 E ven the jackals draw out the breast, they nurse their young ones: The daughter of my people has become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.

حَتَّى بَناتُ آوَى يُرضِعْنَ صِغارَهُنَّ. أمّا ابنَةُ شَعبِي فَقَدْ تَقَسَّتْ كَثِيِراً كَالنَّعامِ فِي البَرِّيَّةِ.

4 T he tongue of the nursing child clings to the roof of his mouth for thirst: The young children ask bread, and no man breaks it to them.

يَلصُقُ لِسانُ الرَّضِيعِ بِحَنَكِهِ مِنَ العَطَشِ. وَالصِّغارُ يَطلُبُونَ خُبْزاً، وَلا مَنْ يَمُدُّ لَهُمْ يَداً.

5 T hose who fed delicately are desolate in the streets: Those who were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.

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

6 F or the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the sin of Sodom, That was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands were laid on her.

تَجاوَزَ إثْمُ شَعبِي خَطِيَّةَ سَدُومَ. وَفِي لَحظَةٍ أُطِيحَ بِسَدُومَ، مِنْ دُونِ يَدِ إنسان.

7 H er nobles were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk; They were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was as of sapphire.

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

8 T heir appearance is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: Their skin clings to their bones; it is withered, it has become like a stick.

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

9 T hose who are killed with the sword are better than those who are killed with hunger; For these pine away, stricken through, for want of the fruits of the field.

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

10 T he hands of the pitiful women have boiled their own children; They were their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people.

أكثَرُ الأُمَّهاتِ حَناناً طَبَخْنَ أولادَهُنَّ بِأيدِيهِنَّ، فَأصبَحُوا طَعاماً لَهُنّ عِندَما سُحِقَ شَعبِي.

11 Y ahweh has accomplished his wrath, he has poured out his fierce anger; He has kindled a fire in Zion, which has devoured its foundations.

أظهَرَ اللهُ غَيظَهُ. وَسَكَبَ نارَ غَضَبِهِ. أضْرَمَ فِي صِهْيَوْنَ ناراً، فَالْتَهَمَتْ أساساتِها.

12 T he kings of the earth didn’t believe, neither all the inhabitants of the world, That the adversary and the enemy would enter into the gates of Jerusalem.

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

13 I t is because of the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, That have shed the blood of the just in the middle of her.

كانَ هَذا بِسَبَبِ خَطايا أنبِيائِها وَآثامِ كَهَنَتِها، الَّذِينَ سَفَكُوا فِي وَسَطِها دَمَ الأبرِياءِ.

14 T hey wander as blind men in the streets, they are polluted with blood, So that men can’t touch their garments.

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

15 D epart! they cried to them, Unclean! depart, depart, don’t touch! When they fled away and wandered, men said among the nations, They shall not live here any more.

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

16 Y ahweh’s anger has scattered them; he will no more regard them: They didn’t respect the persons of the priests, they didn’t favor the elders.

اللهُ نَفسُهُ شَتَّتَهُمْ، وَلا يَرعاهُمْ بَعْدُ. لَمْ يُكرَمُوا الكَهَنَةَ، وَلا أشْفَقُوا عَلَى الشُّيُوخِ.

17 O ur eyes still fail, looking in vain for our help: In our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save.

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

18 T hey hunt our steps, so that we can’t go in our streets: Our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end has come.

تَتَبَّعُوا خُطانا فَلَمْ نَستَطِعْ أنْ نَمشِيَ فِي ساحاتِ مَدِينَتِنا. اقتَرَبَتْ نِهايَتُنا. انتَهَى وَقْتُنا. جاءَتْ نِهايَتُنا حَقّاً.

19 O ur pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the sky: They chased us on the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.

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

20 T he breath of our nostrils, the anointed of Yahweh, was taken in their pits; Of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the nations.

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

21 R ejoice and be glad, daughter of Edom, that dwell in the land of Uz: The cup shall pass through to you also; you shall be drunken, and shall make yourself naked.

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

22 T he punishment of your iniquity is accomplished, daughter of Zion; he will no more carry you away into captivity: He will visit your iniquity, daughter of Edom; he will uncover your sins.

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