Lamentations 3

1 I am the man who has seen affliction under the rod of God’s wrath.

1 أَنَا هُوَ الرَّجُلُ الَّذِي شَهِدَ الْبَلِيَّةَ الَّتِي أَنْزَلَهَا قَضِيبُ سُخْطِهِ.

2 He has driven me away and made me walk in darkness instead of light.

2 قَادَنِي وَسَيَّرَنِي فِي الظُّلْمَةِ مِنْ غَيْرِ نُورٍ.

3 Indeed, He keeps turning His hand against me all day long.

3 حَقّاً إِنَّهُ يَمُدُّ يَدَهُ عَلَيَّ مَرَّةً تِلْوَ الْمَرَّةِ طُولَ النَّهَارِ.

4 He has worn away my flesh and skin; He has shattered my bones.

4 أَبْلَى لَحْمِي وَجِلْدِي. هَشَّمَ عِظَامِي.

5 He has besieged me and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.

5 حَاصَرَنِي وَأَحَاطَنِي بِالْعَلْقَمِ وَالْمَشَقَّةِ.

6 He has made me dwell in darkness like those dead for ages.

6 أَسْكَنَنِي فِي الظُّلْمَةِ كَمَوْتَى الْحِقَبِ الْغَابِرَةِ.

7 He has walled me in so I cannot escape; He has weighed me down with chains.

7 سَيَّجَ حَوْلِي حَتَّى لَا أُفْلِتَ. أَثْقَلَ عَلَيَّ قُيُودِي.

8 Even when I cry out and plead for help, He shuts out my prayer.

8 حَتَّى حِينَ أَصْرُخُ وَأَسْتَغِيثُ يَصُدُّ صَلاتِي.

9 He has barred my ways with cut stones; He has made my paths crooked.

9 قَدْ أَغْلَقَ عَلَيَّ طُرُقِي بِحِجَارَةٍ مَنْحُوتَةٍ، وَجَعَلَ مَسَالِكِي مُلْتَوِيَةً.

10 He is a bear lying in wait, a lion hiding in ambush.

10 هُوَ لِي كَدُبٍّ مُتَرَبِّصٍ، وَكَأَسَدٍ مُتَرَصِّدٍ فِي مَكْمَنِهِ.

11 He forced me off my path and tore me to pieces; He left me without help.

11 أَضَلَّ طُرُقِي وَمَزَّقَنِي إِرْباً. دَمَّرَنِي.

12 He bent His bow and set me as the target for His arrow.

12 وَتَّرَ قَوْسَهُ وَنَصَبَنِي هَدَفاً لِسَهْمِهِ.

13 He pierced my kidneys with His arrows.

13 اخْتَرَقَ كُلْيَتَيَّ بِنِبَالِ جُعْبَتِهِ.

14 I am a laughingstock to all my people; they mock me in song all day long.

14 صِرْتُ مَثَارَ هُزْءٍ لِشَعْبِي وَأُهْجِيَةً لَهُمُ الْيَوْمَ كُلَّهُ.

15 He has filled me with bitterness; He has intoxicated me with wormwood.

15 أَشْبَعَنِي مَرَارَةً، وَأَرْوَانِي أَفْسَنْتِيناً.

16 He has ground my teeth with gravel and trampled me in the dust.

16 هَشَّمَ أَسْنَانِي بِالْحَصَى، وَطَمَرَنِي بِالرَّمَادِ.

17 My soul has been deprived of peace; I have forgotten what prosperity is.

17 فَتَنَاءَتْ نَفْسِي عَنِ السَّلامِ، وَنَسِيتُ طَعْمَ الْخَيْرَاتِ.

18 So I say, “My strength has perished, along with my hope from the LORD.”

18 فَقُلْتُ: «تَلاشَتْ قُوَّتِي، وَكُلُّ مَا كُنْتُ أَرْجُوهُ مِنَ الرَّبِّ».

19 Remember my affliction and wandering, the wormwood and the gall.

19 اُذْكُرْ بَلِيَّتِي وَتَيَهَانِي وَالأَفْسَنْتِينَ وَالْمَرَارَةَ.

20 Surely my soul remembers and is humbled within me.

20 مَا بَرِحَتْ نَفْسِي تَذْكُرُهَا وَهِيَ مُنْحَنِيَةٌ فِي دَاخِلِي.

21 Yet I call this to mind, and therefore I have hope:

21 وَلَكِنْ هَذَا مَا أُنَاجِي بِهِ نَفْسِي، لِذَلِكَ يَغْمُرُنِي الرَّجَاءُ:

22 Because of the loving devotion of the LORD we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail.

22 مِنْ إِحْسَانَاتِ الرَّبِّ أَنَّنَا لَمْ نَفْنَ، لأَنَّ مَرَاحِمَهُ لَا تَزُولُ.

23 They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness!

23 تَتَجَدَّدُ فِي كُلِّ صَبَاحٍ. فَائِقَةٌ أَمَانَتُكَ.

24 “The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in Him.”

24 تَقُولُ نَفْسِي: «الرَّبُّ هُوَ نَصِيبِي فَلِذَلِكَ أَرْجُوهُ».

25 The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him.

25 الرَّبُّ صَالِحٌ لِمَنْ يَرْجُونَهُ وَلِلنَّفْسِ الَّتِي تَلْتَمِسُهُ.

26 It is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD.

26 خَيْرٌ لِلْمَرْءِ أَنْ يَنْتَظِرَ بِصَمْتٍ خَلاصَ الرَّبِّ.

27 It is good for a man to bear the yoke while he is still young.

27 خَيْرٌ لِلْمَرْءِ أَنْ يَحْمِلَ النِّيرَ فِي حَدَاثَتِهِ.

28 Let him sit alone in silence, for the LORD has laid it upon him.

28 لِيَعْتَكِفْ وَحِيداً فِي صَمْتٍ لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ قَدْ وَضَعَ النِّيرَ عَلَيْهِ.

29 Let him bury his face in the dust—perhaps there is still hope.

29 لِيُوَارِ وَجْهَهُ فِي التُّرَابِ تَذَلُّلاً، عَسَى أَنْ يَكُونَ هُنَاكَ رَجَاءٌ.

30 Let him offer his cheek to the one who would strike him; let him be filled with reproach.

30 لِيَبْذُلْ خَدَّهُ لِلاطِمِ، وَيَشْبَعْ تَعْيِيراً.

31 For the Lord will not cast us off forever.

31 لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ لَا يَنْبِذُ إِلَى الأَبَدِ.

32 Even if He causes grief, He will show compassion according to His abundant loving devotion.

32 فَإِنَّهُ وَلَوْ أَحْزَنَ يَرْأَفُ بِمُقْتَضَى رَحْمَتِهِ الْفَائِقَةِ.

33 For He does not willingly afflict or grieve the sons of men.

33 لأَنَّهُ لَا يَتَعَمَّدُ أَنْ يَبْتَلِيَ أَبْنَاءَ الْبَشَرِ بِالْبُؤْسِ وَالأَسَى،

34 To crush underfoot all the prisoners of the land,

34 وَلا أَنْ يَسْحَقَ أَسْرَى الأَرْضِ تَحْتَ الأَقْدَامِ،

35 to deny a man justice before the Most High,

35 وَلا أَنْ يَجُورَ أَحَدٌ عَلَى حُقُوقِ الإِنْسَانِ، أَمَامَ عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ الْعَلِيِّ

36 to subvert a man in his lawsuit—of these the Lord does not approve.

36 أَوْ أَنْ لَا يُنْصَفَ الإِنْسَانُ فِي دَعْوَاهُ. أَلا يَرَى الرَّبُّ هَذِهِ الأُمُورَ؟

37 Who has spoken and it came to pass, unless the Lord has ordained it?

37 مَنْ ذَا الَّذِي يَقْضِي بِأَمْرٍ فَيَتَحَقَّقَ إِنْ لَمْ يَكُنِ الرَّبُّ قَدْ أَمَرَ بِهِ؟

38 Do not both adversity and good come from the mouth of the Most High?

38 أَلَيْسَ مِنْ فَمِ الْعَلِيِّ يَصْدُرُ الضُّرُّ وَالْخَيْرُ؟

39 Why should any mortal man complain, in view of his sins?

39 فَلِمَاذَا يَشْتَكِي الإِنْسَانُ الْحَيُّ حِينَ يُعَاقَبُ عَلَى خَطَايَاهُ؟

40 Let us examine and test our ways, and turn back to the LORD.

40 لِنَفْحَصْ طُرُقَنَا وَنَخْتَبِرْهَا وَنَرْجِعْ إِلَى الرَّبِّ.

41 Let us lift up our hearts and hands to God in heaven:

41 لِنَرْفَعْ قُلُوبَنَا وَأَيْدِيَنَا إِلَى اللهِ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ.

42 “We have sinned and rebelled; You have not forgiven.”

42 قَدْ تَعَدَّيْنَا وَتَمَرَّدْنَا، وَأَنْتَ لَمْ تَغْفِرْ.

43 You have covered Yourself in anger and pursued us; You have killed without pity.

43 لَفَّعْتَ نَفْسَكَ بِالْغَضَبِ وَتَعَقَّبْتَنَا. قَتَلْتَ مِنْ غَيْرِ رَحْمَةٍ.

44 You have covered Yourself with a cloud that no prayer can pass through.

44 تَلَفَّعْتَ بِالسَّحَابِ حَتَّى لَا تَبْلُغَ إِلَيْكَ صَلاةٌ.

45 You have made us scum and refuse among the nations.

45 قَدْ جَعَلْتَنَا أَوْسَاخاً وَأَقْذَاراً بَيْنَ الشُّعُوبِ.

46 All our enemies open their mouths against us.

46 فَتَحَ عَلَيْنَا جَمِيعُ أَعْدَائِنَا أفْوَاهَهُمْ،

47 Panic and pitfall have come upon us—devastation and destruction.

47 وَحَلَّ بِنَا الرُّعْبُ وَالْهَلاكُ وَالدَّمَارُ وَالسَّحْقُ.

48 Streams of tears flow from my eyes over the destruction of the daughter of my people.

48 تَفِيضُ عَيْنَايَ بِأَنْهَارِ مِيَاهٍ عَلَى دَمَارِ ابْنَةِ شَعْبِي.

49 My eyes overflow unceasingly, without relief,

49 لَنْ تَكُفَّ عَيْنَايَ عَنِ الْبُكَاءِ أَبداً،

50 until the LORD looks down from heaven and sees.

50 حَتَّى يُشْرِفَ الرَّبُّ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ وَيُبْصِرَ.

51 My eyes bring grief to my soul because of all the daughters of my city.

51 تَتْلَفُ عَيْنَايَ عَلَى مَصِيرِ كُلِّ بَنَاتِ مَدِينَتِي.

52 Without cause my enemies hunted me like a bird.

52 قَدِ اصْطَادَنِي، كَعُصْفُورٍ، أَعْدَائِي الَّذِينَ لَمْ أُسِئْ إِلَيْهِمْ،

53 They dropped me alive into a pit and cast stones upon me.

53 طَرَحُونِي حَيًّا فِي الْجُبِّ وَرَجَمُونِي بِالْحِجَارَةِ.

54 The waters flowed over my head, and I thought I was going to die.

54 طَغَتِ الْمِيَاهُ فَوْقَ رَأْسِي، فَقُلْتُ: «قَدْ هَلَكْتُ».

55 I called on Your name, O LORD, out of the depths of the Pit.

55 اسْتَغَثْتُ بِاسْمِكَ يَا رَبُّ مِنْ أَعْمَاقِ الْجُبِّ،

56 You heard my plea: “Do not ignore my cry for relief.”

56 فَسَمِعْتَ صَوْتِي. لَا تَصُمَّ أُذُنَيْكَ عَنْ صُرَاخِ اسْتِغَاثَتِي.

57 You drew near when I called on You; You said, “Do not be afraid.”

57 اقْتَرَبْتَ حِينَ دَعَوْتُكَ إِذْ قُلْتَ: «لا تَخَفْ».

58 You defend my cause, O Lord; You redeem my life.

58 قَدْ دَافَعْتَ عَنْ دَعْوَايَ يَا رَبُّ، وَافْتَدَيْتَ حَيَاتِي.

59 You have seen, O LORD, the wrong done to me; vindicate my cause!

59 أَنْتَ شَهِدْتَ مَا أَسَاءُوا بِهِ إِلَيَّ يَا رَبُّ، فَاقْضِ فِي دَعْوَايَ.

60 You have seen all their malice, all their plots against me.

60 قَدْ رَأَيْتَ انْتِقَامَهُمْ كُلَّهُ وَسَائِرَ مُؤَامَرَاتِهِمْ عَلَيَّ.

61 O LORD, You have heard their insults, all their plots against me—

61 سَمِعْتَ تَعْيِيرَهُمْ يَا رَبُّ، وَجَمِيعَ مُؤَامَرَاتِهِمْ عَلَيَّ.

62 the slander and murmuring of my assailants against me all day long.

62 وَسَمِعْتَ كَلامَ أَعْدَائِي وَتَدْبِيرَاتِهِمْ ضِدِّي الْيَوْمَ كُلَّهُ.

63 When they sit and when they rise, see how they mock me in song.

63 رَاقِبْ جُلُوسَهُمْ وَقِيَامَهُمْ، فَقَدْ أَصْبَحْتُ أُهْجِيَةً لَهُمْ.

64 You will pay them back what they deserve, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.

64 جَازِهِمْ يَا رَبُّ بِمُقْتَضَى مَا جَنَتْهُ أَيْدِيهِمْ.

65 Put a veil of anguish over their hearts; may Your curse be upon them!

65 اجْعَلْ عَلَى قُلُوبِهِمْ غَشَاوَةً، وَلْتَكُنْ لَعْنَتُكَ عَلَيْهِمْ.

66 You will pursue them in anger and exterminate them from under Your heavens, O LORD.

66 تَعَقَّبْهُمْ بِسُخْطٍ وَأَهْلِكْهُمْ مِنْ تَحْتِ سَمَاوَاتِكَ يَا رَبُّ.