¹هوذا الرب يخلي الارض ويفرغها ويقلب وجهها ويبدد سكانها.

¹Lo, Jehovah is emptying the land, And is making it waste, And hath overturned [it on] its face, And hath scattered its inhabitants.

²وكما يكون الشعب هكذا الكاهن. كما العبد هكذا سيده. كما الامة هكذا سيدتها. كما الشاري هكذا البائع. كما المقرض هكذا المقترض وكما الدائن هكذا المديون.

²And it hath been — as a people so a priest, As the servant so his master, As the maid-servant so her mistress, As the buyer so the seller, As the lender so the borrower, As the usurer so he who is lifting [it] on himself.

³تفرغ الارض افراغا وتنهب نهبا لان الرب قد تكلم بهذا القول.

³Utterly emptied is the land, and utterly spoiled, For Jehovah hath spoken this word:

⁴ناحت ذبلت الارض. حزنت ذبلت المسكونة. حزن مرتفعو شعب الارض

⁴Mourned, faded hath the land, Languished, faded hath the world, Languished have they — the high place of the people of the land.

⁵والارض تدنست تحت سكانها لانهم تعدوا الشرائع غيروا الفريضة نكثوا العهد الابدي.

⁵And the land hath been defiled under its inhabitants, Because they have transgressed laws, They have changed a statute, They have made void a covenant age-during.

⁶لذلك لعنة اكلت الارض وعوقب الساكنون فيها لذلك احترق سكان الارض وبقي اناس قلائل.

⁶Therefore a curse hath consumed the land, And the inhabitants in it are become desolate, Therefore consumed have been inhabitants of the land, And few men have been left.

⁷ناح المسطار ذبلت الكرمة أنّ كل مسروري القلوب.

⁷Mourned hath the new wine, languished the vine, Sighed have all the joyful of heart.

⁸بطل فرح الدفوف انقطع ضجيج المبتهجين بطل فرح العود.

⁸Ceased hath the joy of tabrets, Ceased hath the noise of exulting ones, Ceased hath the joy of a harp.

⁹لا يشربون خمرا بالغناء. يكون المسكر مرا لشاربيه.

⁹With a song they drink not wine, Bitter is strong drink to those drinking it.

¹⁰دمرت قرية الخراب. أغلق كل بيت عن الدخول.

¹⁰It was broken down — a city of emptiness, Shut hath been every house from entrance.

¹¹صراخ على الخمر في الازقة. غرب كل فرح. انتفى سرور الارض.

¹¹A cry over the wine [is] in out-places, Darkened hath been all joy, Removed hath been the joy of the land.

¹²الباقي في المدينة خراب وضرب الباب ردما.

¹²Left in the city [is] desolation, And [with] wasting is the gate smitten.

¹³انه هكذا يكون في وسط الارض بين الشعوب كنفاضة زيتونة كالخصاصة اذا انتهى القطاف

¹³When thus it is in the heart of the land, In the midst of the peoples, As the compassing of the olive, As gleanings when harvest hath been finished,

¹⁴هم يرفعون اصواتهم ويترنمون. لاجل عظمة الرب يصوّتون من البحر.

¹⁴They — they lift up their voice, They sing of the excellency of Jehovah, They have cried aloud from the sea.

¹⁵لذلك في المشارق مجدوا الرب. في جزائر البحر مجدوا اسم الرب اله اسرائيل

¹⁵Therefore in prosperity honour ye Jehovah, In isles of the sea, the name of Jehovah, God of Israel.

¹⁶من اطراف الارض سمعنا ترنيمة مجدا للبار. فقلت يا تلفي يا تلفي. ويل لي. الناهبون نهبوا الناهبون نهبوا نهبا.

¹⁶From the skirt of the earth we heard songs, The desire of the righteous. And I say, `Leanness [is] to me, Leanness [is] to me, wo [is] to me.` Treacherous dealers dealt treacherously, Yea, treachery, treacherous dealers dealt treacherously.

¹⁷عليك رعب وحفرة وفخ يا ساكن الارض.

¹⁷Fear, and a snare, and a gin, [Are] on thee, O inhabitant of the land.

¹⁸ويكون ان الهارب من صوت الرعب يسقط في الحفرة والصاعد من وسط الحفرة يؤخذ بالفخ. لان ميازيب من العلاء انفتحت واسس الارض تزلزلت.

¹⁸And it hath come to pass, He who is fleeing from the noise of the fear Doth fall into the snare, And he who is coming up from the midst of the snare, Is captured by the gin, For windows on high have been opened, And shaken are foundations of the land.

¹⁹انسحقت الارض انسحاقا. تشققت الارض تشققا. تزعزعت الارض تزعزعا.

¹⁹Utterly broken down hath been the land, Utterly broken hath been the land, Utterly moved hath been the land.

²⁰ترنحت الارض ترنحا كالسكران وتدلدلت كالعرزال وثقل عليها ذنبها فسقطت ولا تعود تقوم

²⁰Stagger greatly doth the land as a drunkard, And it hath been moved as a lodge, And heavy on it hath been its transgression, And it hath fallen, and addeth not to rise.

²¹ويكون في ذلك اليوم ان الرب يطالب جند العلاء في العلاء وملوك الارض على الارض.

²¹And it hath come to pass, in that day, Jehovah layeth a charge on the host of the high place in the high place, And on the kings of the land on the land.

²²ويجمعون جمعا كاسارى في سجن ويغلق عليهم في حبس. ثم بعد ايام كثيرة يتعهدون.

²²And they have been gathered — A gathering of bound ones in a pit, And shut up they have been in a prison, And after a multitude of days are inspected.

²³ويخجل القمر وتخزى الشمس لان رب الجنود قد ملك في جبل صهيون وفي اورشليم. وقدام شيوخه مجد

²³And confounded hath been the moon, And ashamed hath been the sun, For reigned hath Jehovah of Hosts In mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, And over-against His elders — honour!