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| 1 «اِنْزِلِي وَاجْلِسِي عَلَى التُّرَابِ أَيَّتُهَا الْعَذْرَاءُ ابْنَةَ بَابِلَ. اجْلِسِي عَلَى الأَرْضِ بِلاَ كُرْسِيٍّ يَا ابْنَةَ الْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ، لأَنَّكِ لاَ تَعُودِينَ تُدْعَيْنَ نَاعِمَةً وَمُتَرَفِّهَةً. | 1 Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate. |
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| 2 خُذِي الرَّحَى وَاطْحَنِي دَقِيقًا. اكْشِفِي نِقَابَكِ. شَمِّرِي الذَّيْلَ. اكْشِفِي السَّاقَ. اعْبُرِي الأَنْهَارَ. | 2 Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers. |
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| 3 تَنْكَشِفُ عَوْرَتُكِ وَتُرَى مَعَارِيكِ. آخُذُ نَقْمَةً وَلاَ أُصَالِحُ أَحَدًا». | 3 Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and I will not meet thee as a man. |
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| 4 فَادِينَا رَبُّ الْجُنُودِ اسْمُهُ. قُدُّوسُ إِسْرَائِيلَ. | 4 As for our redeemer, the LORD of hosts is his name, the Holy One of Israel. |
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| 5 «اجْلِسِي صَامِتَةً وَادْخُلِي فِي الظَّلاَمِ يَا ابْنَةَ الْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ، لأَنَّكِ لاَ تَعُودِينَ تُدْعَيْنَ سَيِّدَةَ الْمَمَالِكِ. | 5 Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called, The lady of kingdoms. |
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| 6 «غَضِبْتُ عَلَى شَعْبِي. دَنَّسْتُ مِيرَاثِي وَدَفَعْتُهُمْ إِلَى يَدِكِ. لَمْ تَصْنَعِي لَهُمْ رَحْمَةً. عَلَى الشَّيْخِ ثَقَّلْتِ نِيرَكِ جِدًّا. | 6 I was wroth with my people, I have polluted mine inheritance, and given them into thine hand: thou didst shew them no mercy; upon the ancient hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke. |
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| 7 وَقُلْتِ: إِلَى الأَبَدِ أَكُونُ سَيِّدَةً! حَتَّى لَمْ تَضَعِي هذِهِ فِي قَلْبِكِ. لَمْ تَذْكُرِي آخِرَتَهَا. | 7 And thou saidst, I shall be a lady for ever: so that thou didst not lay these things to thy heart, neither didst remember the latter end of it. |
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| 8 فَالآنَ اسْمَعِي هذَا أَيَّتُهَا الْمُتَنَعِّمَةُ الْجَالِسَةُ بِالطُّمَأْنِينَةِ، الْقَائِلَةُ فِي قَلْبِهَا: أَنَا وَلَيْسَ غَيْرِي. لاَ أَقْعُدُ أَرْمَلَةً وَلاَ أَعْرِفُ الثَّكَلَ. | 8 Therefore hear now this, thou that art given to pleasures, that dwellest carelessly, that sayest in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children: |
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| 9 فَيَأْتِي عَلَيْكِ هذَانِ الاثْنَانِ بَغْتَةً فِي يَوْمٍ وَاحِدٍ: الثَّكَلُ وَالتَّرَمُّلُ. بِالتَّمَامِ قَدْ أَتَيَا عَلَيْكِ مَعَ كَثْرَةِ سُحُورِكِ، مَعَ وُفُورِ رُقَاكِ جِدًّا. | 9 But these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon thee in their perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries, and for the great abundance of thine enchantments. |
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| 10 وَأَنْتِ اطْمَأْنَنْتِ فِي شَرِّكِ. قُلْتِ: لَيْسَ مَنْ يَرَانِي. حِكْمَتُكِ وَمَعْرِفَتُكِ هُمَا أَفْتَنَاكِ، فَقُلْتِ فِي قَلْبِكِ: أَنَا وَلَيْسَ غَيْرِي. | 10 For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and thou hast said in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me. |
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| 11 فَيَأْتِي عَلَيْكِ شَرٌّ لاَ تَعْرِفِينَ فَجْرَهُ، وَتَقَعُ عَلَيْكِ مُصِيبَةٌ لاَ تَقْدِرِينَ أَنْ تَصُدِّيهَا، وَتَأْتِي عَلَيْكِ بَغْتَةً تَهْلُكَةٌ لاَ تَعْرِفِينَ بِهَا. | 11 Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know from whence it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it off: and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, which thou shalt not know. |
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| 12 «قِفِي فِي رُقَاكِ وَفِي كَثْرَةِ سُحُورِكِ الَّتِي فِيهَا تَعِبْتِ مُنْذُ صِبَاكِ، رُبَّمَا يُمْكِنُكِ أَنْ تَنْفَعِي، رُبَّمَا تُرْعِبِينَ. | 12 Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail. |
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13 قَدْ ضَعُفْتِ مِنْ كَثْرَةِ مَشُورَاتِكِ. لِيَقِفْ قَاسِمُو السَّمَاءِ الرَّاصِدُونَ النُّجُومَ، الْمُعَرِّفُونَ عِنْدَ رُؤُوسِ الشُّهُورِ، وَيُخَلِّصُوكِ مِمَّا يَأْتِي عَلَيْكِ.  | 13 Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from these things that shall come upon thee. |
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| 14 هَا إِنَّهُمْ قَدْ صَارُوا كَالْقَشِّ. أَحْرَقَتْهُمُ النَّارُ. لاَ يُنَجُّونَ أَنْفُسَهُمْ مِنْ يَدِ اللَّهِيبِ. لَيْسَ هُوَ جَمْرًا لِلاسْتِدْفَاءِ وَلاَ نَارًا لِلْجُلُوسِ تُجَاهَهَا. | 14 Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: there shall not be a coal to warm at, nor fire to sit before it. |
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| 15 هكَذَا صَارَ لَكِ الَّذِينَ تَعِبْتِ فِيهِمْ. تُجَّارُكِ مُنْذُ صِبَاكِ قَدْ شَرَدُوا كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ، وَلَيْسَ مَنْ يُخَلِّصُكِ. | 15 Thus shall they be unto thee with whom thou hast laboured, even thy merchants, from thy youth: they shall wander every one to his quarter; none shall save thee. |
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