LAMENTATIONS 3	مراثي إرميا 3
1 I am the man who has seen affliction by the rod of His wrath.	1 أَنَا هُوَ الرَّجُلُ الَّذِي رأَى مَذَلَّةً بِقَضِيبِ سَخَطِهِ.
2 He has led me and made me walk In darkness and not in light.	2 قَادَنِي وَسَيَّرَنِي فِي الظَّلاَمِ وَلاَ نُورَ.
3 Surely He has turned His hand against me Time and time again throughout the day.	3 حَقّاً إِنَّهُ يَعُودُ وَيَرُدُّ عَلَيَّ يَدَهُ الْيَوْمَ كُلَّهُ.
4 He has aged my flesh and my skin, And broken my bones.	4 أَبْلَى لَحْمِي وَجِلْدِي. كَسَّرَ عِظَامِي.
5 He has besieged me And surrounded me with bitterness and woe.	5 بَنَى عَلَيَّ وَأَحَاطَنِي بِعَلْقَمٍ وَمَشَقَّةٍ.
6 He has set me in dark places Like the dead of long ago.	6 أَسْكَنَنِي فِي ظُلُمَاتٍ كَمَوْتَى الْقِدَمِ.
7 He has hedged me in so that I cannot get out; He has made my chain heavy.	7 سَيَّجَ عَلَيَّ فَلاَ أَسْتَطِيعُ الْخُرُوجَ. ثَقَّلَ سِلْسِلَتِي.
8 Even when I cry and shout, He shuts out my prayer.	8 أَيْضاً حِينَ أَصْرُخُ وَأَسْتَغِيثُ يَصُدُّ صَلاَتِي.
9 He has blocked my ways with hewn stone; He has made my paths crooked.	9 سَيَّجَ طُرُقِي بِحِجَارَةٍ مَنْحُوتَةٍ. قَلَبَ سُبُلِي.
10 He has been to me a bear lying in wait, Like a lion in ambush.	10 هُوَ لِي دُبٌّ كَامِنٌ أَسَدٌ فِي مَخَابِئَ.
11 He has turned aside my ways and torn me in pieces; He has made me desolate.	11 مَيَّلَ طُرُقِي وَمَزَّقَنِي. جَعَلَنِي خَرَاباً.
12 He has bent His bow And set me up as a target for the arrow.	12 مَدَّ قَوْسَهُ وَنَصَبَنِي كَغَرَضٍ لِلسَّهْمِ.
13 He has caused the arrows of His quiver To pierce my loins.*	13 أَدْخَلَ فِي كُلْيَتَيَّ نِبَالَ جُعْبَتِهِ.
14 I have become the ridicule of all my people-- Their taunting song all the day.	14 صِرْتُ ضِحْكَةً لِكُلِّ شَعْبِي وَأُغْنِيَةً لَهُمُ الْيَوْمَ كُلَّهُ.
15 He has filled me with bitterness, He has made me drink wormwood.	15 أَشْبَعَنِي مَرَائِرَ وَأَرْوَانِي أَفْسَنْتِيناً
16 He has also broken my teeth with gravel, And covered me with ashes.	16 وَجَرَشَ بِالْحَصَى أَسْنَانِي. كَبَسَنِي بِالرَّمَادِ.
17 You have moved my soul far from peace; I have forgotten prosperity.	17 وَقَدْ أَبْعَدْتَ عَنِ السَّلاَمِ نَفْسِي. نَسِيتُ الْخَيْرَ.
18 And I said, "My strength and my hope Have perished from the Lord."	18 وَقُلْتُ: بَادَتْ ثِقَتِي وَرَجَائِي مِنَ الرَّبِّ.
19 Remember my affliction and roaming, The wormwood and the gall.	19 ذِكْرُ مَذَلَّتِي وَتَيَهَانِي أَفْسَنْتِينٌ وَعَلْقَمٌ.
20 My soul still remembers And sinks within me.	20 ذِكْراً تَذْكُرُ نَفْسِي وَتَنْحَنِي فِيَّ.
21 This I recall to my mind, Therefore I have hope.	21 أُرَدِّدُ هَذَا فِي قَلْبِي مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ أَرْجُو.
22 Through the Lord's mercies we are not consumed, Because His compassions fail not.	22 إِنَّهُ مِنْ إِحْسَانَاتِ الرَّبِّ أَنَّنَا لَمْ نَفْنَ لأَنَّ مَرَاحِمَهُ لاَ تَزُولُ.
23 They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness.	23 هِيَ جَدِيدَةٌ فِي كُلِّ صَبَاحٍ. كَثِيرَةٌ أَمَانَتُكَ.
24 "The Lord is my portion," says my soul, "Therefore I hope in Him!"	24 نَصِيبِي هُوَ الرَّبُّ قَالَتْ نَفْسِي مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ أَرْجُوهُ.
25 The Lord is good to those who wait for Him, To the soul who seeks Him.	25 طَيِّبٌ هُوَ الرَّبُّ لِلَّذِينَ يَتَرَجُّونَهُ لِلنَّفْسِ الَّتِي تَطْلُبُهُ.
26 It is good that one should hope and wait quietly For the salvation of the Lord.	26 جَيِّدٌ أَنْ يَنْتَظِرَ الإِنْسَانُ وَيَتَوَقَّعَ بِسُكُوتٍ خَلاَصَ الرَّبِّ.
27 It is good for a man to bear The yoke in his youth.	27 جَيِّدٌ لِلرَّجُلِ أَنْ يَحْمِلَ النِّيرَ فِي صِبَاهُ.
28 Let him sit alone and keep silent, Because God has laid it on him;	28 يَجْلِسُ وَحْدَهُ وَيَسْكُتُ لأَنَّهُ قَدْ وَضَعَهُ عَلَيْهِ.
29 Let him put his mouth in the dust-- There may yet be hope.	29 يَجْعَلُ فِي التُّرَابِ فَمَهُ لَعَلَّهُ يُوجَدُ رَجَاءٌ.
30 Let him give his cheek to the one who strikes him, And be full of reproach.	30 يُعْطِي خَدَّهُ لِضَارِبِهِ. يَشْبَعُ عَاراً.
31 For the Lord will not cast off forever.	31 لأَنَّ السَّيِّدَ لاَ يَرْفُضُ إِلَى الأَبَدِ.
32 Though He causes grief, Yet He will show compassion According to the multitude of His mercies.	32 فَإِنَّهُ وَلَوْ أَحْزَنَ يَرْحَمُ حَسَبَ كَثْرَةِ مَرَاحِمِهِ.
33 For He does not afflict willingly, Nor grieve the children of men.	33 لأَنَّهُ لاَ يُذِلُّ مِنْ قَلْبِهِ وَلاَ يُحْزِنُ بَنِي الإِنْسَانِ.
34 To crush under one's feet All the prisoners of the earth,	34 أَنْ يَدُوسَ أَحَدٌ تَحْتَ رِجْلَيْهِ كُلَّ أَسْرَى الأَرْضِ
35 To turn aside the justice due a man Before the face of the Most High,	35 أَنْ يُحَرِّفَ حَقَّ الرَّجُلِ أَمَامَ وَجْهِ الْعَلِيِّ
36 Or subvert a man in his cause-- The Lord does not approve.	36 أَنْ يَقْلِبَ الإِنْسَانَ فِي دَعْوَاهُ - السَّيِّدُ لاَ يَرَى!
37 Who is he who speaks and it comes to pass, When the Lord has not commanded it?	37 مَنْ ذَا الَّذِي يَقُولُ فَيَكُونَ وَالرَّبُّ لَمْ يَأْمُرْ؟
38 Is it not from the mouth of the Most High That woe and well-being proceed?	38 مِنْ فَمِ الْعَلِيِّ أَلاَ تَخْرُجُ الشُّرُورُ وَالْخَيْرُ؟
39 Why should a living man complain, A man for the punishment of his sins?	39 لِمَاذَا يَشْتَكِي الإِنْسَانُ الْحَيُّ الرَّجُلُ مِنْ قِصَاصِ خَطَايَاهُ؟
40 Let us search out and examine our ways, And turn back to the Lord;	40 لِنَفْحَصْ طُرُقَنَا وَنَمْتَحِنْهَا وَنَرْجِعْ إِلَى الرَّبِّ.
41 Let us lift our hearts and hands To God in heaven.	41 لِنَرْفَعْ قُلُوبَنَا وَأَيْدِينَا إِلَى اللَّهِ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ
42 We have transgressed and rebelled; You have not pardoned.	42 نَحْنُ أَذْنَبْنَا وَعَصِينَا. أَنْتَ لَمْ تَغْفِرْ.
43 You have covered Yourself with anger And pursued us; You have slain and not pitied.	43 الْتَحَفْتَ بِالْغَضَبِ وَطَرَدْتَنَا. قَتَلْتَ وَلَمْ تُشْفِقْ.
44 You have covered Yourself with a cloud, That prayer should not pass through.	44 الْتَحَفْتَ بِالسَّحَابِ حَتَّى لاَ تَنْفُذَ الصَّلاَةُ.
45 You have made us an offscouring and refuse In the midst of the peoples.	45 جَعَلْتَنَا وَسَخاً وَكَرْهاً فِي وَسَطِ الشُّعُوبِ.
46 All our enemies Have opened their mouths against us.	46 فَتَحَ كُلُّ أَعْدَائِنَا أَفْوَاهَهُمْ عَلَيْنَا.
47 Fear and a snare have come upon us, Desolation and destruction.	47 صَارَ عَلَيْنَا خَوْفٌ وَرُعْبٌ هَلاَكٌ وَسَحْقٌ.
48 My eyes overflow with rivers of water For the destruction of the daughter of my people.	48 سَكَبَتْ عَيْنَايَ يَنَابِيعَ مَاءٍ عَلَى سَحْقِ بِنْتِ شَعْبِي.
49 My eyes flow and do not cease, Without interruption,	49 عَيْنِي تَسْكُبُ وَلاَ تَكُفُّ بِلاَ انْقِطَاعٍ
50 Till the Lord from heaven Looks down and sees.	50 حَتَّى يُشْرِفَ وَيَنْظُرَ الرَّبُّ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ.
51 My eyes bring suffering to my soul Because of all the daughters of my city.	51 عَيْنِي تُؤَثِّرُ فِي نَفْسِي لأَجْلِ كُلِّ بَنَاتِ مَدِينَتِي.
52 My enemies without cause Hunted me down like a bird.	52 قَدِ اصْطَادَتْنِي أَعْدَائِي كَعُصْفُورٍ بِلاَ سَبَبٍ.
53 They silenced* my life in the pit And threw stones at me.	53 قَرَضُوا فِي الْجُبِّ حَيَاتِي وَأَلْقُوا عَلَيَّ حِجَارَةً.
54 The waters flowed over my head; I said, "I am cut off!"	54 طَفَتِ الْمِيَاهُ فَوْقَ رَأْسِي. قُلْتُ: «قَدْ قُرِضْتُ!].
55 I called on Your name, O Lord, From the lowest pit.	55 دَعَوْتُ بِاسْمِكَ يَا رَبُّ مِنَ الْجُبِّ الأَسْفَلِ.
56 You have heard my voice: "Do not hide Your ear From my sighing, from my cry for help."	56 لِصَوْتِي سَمِعْتَ. لاَ تَسْتُرْ أُذُنَكَ عَنْ زَفْرَتِي عَنْ صِيَاحِي.
57 You drew near on the day I called on You, And said, "Do not fear!"	57 دَنَوْتَ يَوْمَ دَعَوْتُكَ. قُلْتَ: «لاَ تَخَفْ!]
58 O Lord, You have pleaded the case for my soul; You have redeemed my life.	58 خَاصَمْتَ يَا سَيِّدُ خُصُومَاتِ نَفْسِي. فَكَكْتَ حَيَاتِي.
59 O Lord, You have seen how I am wronged; Judge my case.	59 رَأَيْتَ يَا رَبُّ ظُلْمِي. أَقِمْ دَعْوَايَ.
60 You have seen all their vengeance, All their schemes against me.	60 رَأَيْتَ كُلَّ نَقْمَتِهِمْ كُلَّ أَفْكَارِهِمْ عَلَيَّ.
61 You have heard their reproach, O Lord, All their schemes against me,	61 سَمِعْتَ تَعْيِيرَهُمْ يَا رَبُّ كُلَّ أَفْكَارِهِمْ عَلَيَّ.
62 The lips of my enemies And their whispering against me all the day.	62 كَلاَمُ مُقَاوِمِيَّ وَمُؤَامَرَتُهُمْ عَلَيَّ الْيَوْمَ كُلَّهُ.
63 Look at their sitting down and their rising up; I am their taunting song.	63 اُنْظُرْ إِلَى جُلُوسِهِمْ وَوُقُوفِهِمْ أَنَا أُغْنِيَتُهُمْ!
64 Repay them, O Lord, According to the work of their hands.	64 رُدَّ لَهُمْ جَزَاءً يَا رَبُّ حَسَبَ عَمَلِ أَيَادِيهِمْ.
65 Give them a veiled* heart; Your curse be upon them!	65 أَعْطِهِمْ غَشَاوَةَ قَلْبٍ لَعْنَتَكَ لَهُمْ.
66 In Your anger, Pursue and destroy them From under the heavens of the Lord.	66 اِتْبَعْ بِالْغَضَبِ وَأَهْلِكْهُمْ مِنْ تَحْتِ سَمَاوَاتِ الرَّبِّ.