Lamentations 3

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

1 أَنَا هُوَ ٱلرَّجُلُ ٱلَّذِي رأَى مَذَلَّةً بِقَضِيبِ سَخَطِهِ.

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

2 قَادَنِي وَسَيَّرَنِي فِي ٱلظَّلَامِ وَلَا نُورَ.

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

3 حَقًّا إِنَّهُ يَعُودُ وَيَرُدُّ عَلَيَّ يَدَهُ ٱلْيَوْمَ كُلَّهُ.

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

4 أَبْلَى لَحْمِي وَجِلْدِي. كَسَّرَ عِظَامِي.

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

5 بَنَى عَلَيَّ وَأَحَاطَنِي بِعَلْقَمٍ وَمَشَقَّةٍ.

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

6 أَسْكَنَنِي فِي ظُلُمَاتٍ كَمَوْتَى ٱلْقِدَمِ.

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

7 سَيَّجَ عَلَيَّ فَلَا أَسْتَطِيعُ ٱلْخُرُوجَ. ثَقَّلَ سِلْسِلَتِي.

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

8 أَيْضًا حِينَ أَصْرُخُ وَأَسْتَغِيثُ يَصُدُّ صَلَاتِي.

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

9 سَيَّجَ طُرُقِي بِحِجَارَةٍ مَنْحُوتَةٍ. قَلَبَ سُبُلِي.

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

10 هُوَ لِي دُبٌّ كَامِنٌ، أَسَدٌ فِي مَخَابِىءَ.

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

11 مَيَّلَ طُرُقِي وَمَزَّقَنِي. جَعَلَنِي خَرَابًا.

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

12 مَدَّ قَوْسَهُ وَنَصَبَنِي كَغَرَضٍ لِلسَّهْمِ.

13 He pierced my kidneys with His arrows.

13 أَدْخَلَ فِي كُلْيَتَيَّ نِبَالَ جُعْبَتِهِ.

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

14 صِرْتُ ضُحْكَةً لِكُلِّ شَعْبِي، وَأُغْنِيَةً لَهُمُ ٱلْيَوْمَ كُلَّهُ.

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

15 أَشْبَعَنِي مَرَائِرَ وَأَرْوَانِي أَفْسَنْتِينًا،

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

16 وَجَرَشَ بِٱلْحَصَى أَسْنَانِي. كَبَسَنِي بِٱلرَّمَادِ.

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

17 وَقَدْ أَبْعَدْتَ عَنِ ٱلسَّلَامِ نَفْسِي. نَسِيتُ ٱلْخَيْرَ.

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

18 وَقُلْتُ: «بَادَتْ ثِقَتِي وَرَجَائِي مِنَ ٱلرَّبِّ».

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

19 ذِكْرُ مَذَلَّتِي وَتَيَهَانِي أَفْسَنْتِينٌ وَعَلْقَمٌ.

20 Surely my soul remembers and is humbled within me.

20 ذِكْرًا تَذْكُرُ نَفْسِي وَتَنْحَنِي فِيَّ.

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

21 أُرَدِّدُ هَذَا فِي قَلْبِي، مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ أَرْجُو:

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

22 إِنَّهُ مِنْ إِحْسَانَاتِ ٱلرَّبِّ أَنَّنَا لَمْ نَفْنَ، لِأَنَّ مَرَاحِمَهُ لَا 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 will hope in Him.”

24 نَصِيبِي هُوَ ٱلرَّبُّ، 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 ٱلرَّبُّ لِلَّذِينَ يَتَرَجَّوْنَهُ، لِلنَّفْسِ ٱلَّتِي تَطْلُبُهُ.

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

26 جَيِّدٌ أَنْ يَنْتَظِرَ ٱلْإِنْسَانُ وَيَتَوَقَّعَ بِسُكُوتٍ خَلَاصَ ٱلرَّبِّ.

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

27 جَيِّدٌ لِلرَّجُلِ أَنْ يَحْمِلَ ٱلنِّيرَ فِي صِبَاهُ.

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

28 يَجْلِسُ وَحْدَهُ وَيَسْكُتُ، لِأَنَّهُ قَدْ وَضَعَهُ عَلَيْهِ.

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

29 يَجْعَلُ فِي ٱلتُّرَابِ فَمَهُ لَعَلَّهُ يُوجَدُ رَجَاءٌ.

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

30 يُعْطِي خَدَّهُ لِضَارِبِهِ. يَشْبَعُ عَارًا.

31 For the Lord will not cast us off forever.

31 لِأَنَّ ٱلسَّيِّدَ لَا يَرْفُضُ إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ.

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

32 فَإِنَّهُ وَلَوْ أَحْزَنَ يَرْحَمُ حَسَبَ كَثْرَةِ مَرَاحِمِهِ.

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

33 لِأَنَّهُ لَا يُذِلُّ مِنْ قَلْبِهِ، وَلَا يُحْزِنُ بَنِي ٱلْإِنْسَانِ.

34 To crush underfoot all the prisoners of the land,

34 أَنْ يَدُوسَ أَحَدٌ تَحْتَ رِجْلَيْهِ كُلَّ أَسْرَى ٱلْأَرْضِ،

35 to deny a man justice before the Most High,

35 أَنْ يُحَرِّفَ حَقَّ ٱلرَّجُلِ أَمَامَ وَجْهِ ٱلْعَلِيِّ،

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

36 أَنْ يَقْلِبَ ٱلْإِنْسَانَ فِي دَعْوَاهُ. ٱلسَّيِّدُ لَا يَرَى!

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

37 مَنْ ذَا ٱلَّذِي يَقُولُ فَيَكُونَ وَٱلرَّبُّ لَمْ يَأْمُرْ؟

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

38 مِنْ فَمِ ٱلْعَلِيِّ أَلَا تَخْرُجُ ٱلشُّرُورُ وَٱلْخَيْرُ؟

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

39 لِمَاذَا يَشْتَكِي ٱلْإِنْسَانُ ٱلْحَيُّ، ٱلرَّجُلُ مِنْ قِصَاصِ خَطَايَاهُ؟

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

40 لِنَفْحَصْ طُرُقَنَا وَنَمْتَحِنْهَا وَنَرْجِعْ إِلَى ٱلرَّبِّ.

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

41 لِنَرْفَعْ قُلُوبَنَا وَأَيْدِيَنَا إِلَى ٱللهِ فِي ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ:

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

42 «نَحْنُ أَذْنَبْنَا وَعَصَيْنَا. أَنْتَ لَمْ تَغْفِرْ.

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

43 ٱلْتَحَفْتَ بِٱلْغَضَبِ وَطَرَدْتَنَا. قَتَلْتَ وَلَمْ تَشْفِقْ.

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

44 ٱلْتَحَفْتَ بِٱلسَّحَابِ حَتَّى لَا تَنْفُذَ ٱلصَّلَاةُ.

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

45 جَعَلْتَنَا وَسَخًا وَكَرْهًا فِي وَسَطِ ٱلشُّعُوبِ.

46 All our enemies open their mouths against us.

46 فَتَحَ كُلُّ أَعْدَائِنَا أَفْوَاهَهُمْ عَلَيْنَا.

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

47 صَارَ عَلَيْنَا خَوْفٌ وَرُعْبٌ، هَلَاكٌ وَسَحْقٌ».

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

48 سَكَبَتْ عَيْنَايَ يَنَابِيعَ مَاءٍ عَلَى سَحْقِ بِنْتِ شَعْبِي.

49 My eyes overflow unceasingly, without relief,

49 عَيْنِي تَسْكُبُ وَلَا تَكُفُّ بِلَا ٱنْقِطَاعٍ

50 until the LORD looks down from heaven and sees.

50 حَتَّى يُشْرِفَ وَيَنْظُرَ ٱلرَّبُّ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَاءِ.

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

51 عَيْنِي تُؤَثِّرُ فِي نَفْسِي لِأَجْلِ كُلِّ بَنَاتِ مَدِينَتِي.

52 Without cause my enemies hunted me like a bird.

52 قَدِ ٱصْطَادَتْنِي أَعْدَائِي كَعُصْفُورٍ بِلَا سَبَبٍ.

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

53 قَرَضُوا فِي ٱلْجُبِّ حَيَاتِي وَأَلْقَوْا عَلَيَّ حِجَارَةً.

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

54 طَفَتِ ٱلْمِيَاهُ فَوْقَ رَأْسِي. قُلْتُ: «قَدْ قُرِضْتُ!».

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

55 دَعَوْتُ بِٱسْمِكَ يَارَبُّ مِنَ ٱلْجُبِّ ٱلْأَسْفَلِ.

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

56 لِصَوْتِي سَمِعْتَ: «لَا تَسْتُرْ أُذُنَكَ عَنْ زَفْرَتِي، عَنْ صِيَاحِي».

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

57 دَنَوْتَ يَوْمَ دَعَوْتُكَ. قُلْتَ: «لَا تَخَفْ!».

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

58 خَاصَمْتَ يَا سَيِّدُ خُصُومَاتِ نَفْسِي. فَكَكْتَ حَيَاتِي.

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

59 رَأَيْتَ يَارَبُّ ظُلْمِي. أَقِمْ دَعْوَايَ.

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

60 رَأَيْتَ كُلَّ نَقْمَتِهِمْ، كُلَّ أَفْكَارِهِمْ عَلَيَّ.

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

61 سَمِعْتَ تَعْيِيرَهُمْ يَارَبُّ، كُلَّ أَفْكَارِهِمْ عَلَيَّ.

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

62 كَلَامُ مُقَاوِمِيَّ وَمُؤَامَرَتُهُمْ عَلَيَّ ٱلْيَوْمَ كُلَّهُ.

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

63 اُنْظُرْ إِلَى جُلُوسِهِمْ وَوُقُوفِهِمْ، أَنَا أُغْنِيَتُهُمْ!

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

64 رُدَّ لَهُمْ جَزَاءً يَارَبُّ حَسَبَ عَمَلِ أَيَادِيهِمْ.

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

65 أَعْطِهِمْ غِشَاوَةَ قَلْبٍ، لَعْنَتَكَ لَهُمْ.

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

66 اِتْبَعْ بِٱلْغَضَبِ وَأَهْلِكْهُمْ مِنْ تَحْتِ سَمَاوَاتِ ٱلرَّبِّ.