¹فانه هوذا السيد رب الجنود ينزع من اورشليم ومن يهوذا السند والركن كل سند خبز وكل سند ماء.

¹For, lo, the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, Is turning aside from Jerusalem, And from Judah, stay and staff, Every stay of bread, and every stay of water.

²الجبار ورجل الحرب. القاضي والنبي والعراف والشيخ.

²Hero and man of war, judge and prophet, And diviner and elder,

³رئيس الخمسين والمعتبر والمشير والماهر بين الصناع والحاذق بالرقية.

³Head of fifty, and accepted of faces, And counsellor, and the wise of artificers, And the intelligent of charmers.

⁴واجعل صبيانا رؤساء لهم واطفالا تتسلط عليهم.

⁴And I have made youths their heads, And sucklings rule over them.

⁵ويظلم الشعب بعضهم بعضا والرجل صاحبه. يتمرد الصبي على الشيخ والدنيء على الشريف.

⁵And the people hath exacted — man upon man, Even a man on his neighbour, Enlarge themselves do the youths against the aged, And the lightly esteemed against the honoured.

⁶اذا امسك انسان باخيه في بيت ابيه قائلا لك ثوب فتكون لنا رئيسا وهذا الخراب تحت يدك

⁶When one layeth hold on his brother, [Of] the house of his father, [by] the garment, `Come, a ruler thou art to us, And this ruin [is] under thy hand.`

⁷يرفع صوته في ذلك اليوم قائلا لا اكون عاصبا وفي بيتي لا خبز ولا ثوب. لا تجعلوني رئيس الشعب.

⁷He lifteth up, in that day, saying: `I am not a binder up, And in my house is neither bread nor garment, Ye do not make me a ruler of the people.`

⁸لان اورشليم عثرت ويهوذا سقطت لان لسانهما وافعالهما ضد الرب لاغاظة عيني مجده.

⁸For stumbled hath Jerusalem, and Judah hath fallen, For their tongue and their doings [are] against Jehovah, To provoke the eyes of His glory.

⁹نظر وجوههم يشهد عليهم وهم يخبرون بخطيتهم كسدوم. لا يخفونها. ويل لنفوسهم لانهم يصنعون لانفسهم شرا.

⁹The appearance of their faces witnessed against them, And their sin, as Sodom, they declared, They have not hidden! Wo to their soul, For they have done to themselves evil.

¹⁰قولوا للصدّيق خير. لانهم يأكلون ثمر افعالهم.

¹⁰Say ye to the righteous, that [it is] good, Because the fruit of their doings they eat.

¹¹ويل للشرير شر. لان مجازاة يديه تعمل به.

¹¹Wo to the wicked — evil, Because the deed of his hand is done to him.

¹²شعبي ظالموه اولاد. ونساء يتسلطن عليه. يا شعبي مرشدوك مضلون ويبلعون طريق مسالكك

¹²My people — its exactors [are] sucklings, And women have ruled over it. My people — thy eulogists are causing to err, And the way of thy paths swallowed up.

¹³قد انتصب الرب للمخاصمة وهو قائم لدينونة الشعوب.

¹³Jehovah hath stood up to plead, And He is standing to judge the peoples.

¹⁴الرب يدخل في المحاكمة مع شيوخ شعبه ورؤسائهم. وانتم قد اكلتم الكرم. سلب البائس في بيوتكم.

¹⁴Jehovah into judgment doth enter With elders of His people, and its heads: `And ye, ye have consumed the vineyard, Plunder of the poor [is] in your houses.

¹⁵مالكم تسحقون شعبي وتطحنون وجوه البائسين يقول السيد رب الجنود

¹⁵What — to you? ye bruise My people, And the faces of the poor ye grind.` An affirmation of the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, And Jehovah saith:

¹⁶وقال الرب من اجل ان بنات صهيون يتشامخن ويمشين ممدودات الاعناق وغامزات بعيونهنّ وخاطرات في مشيهنّ ويخشخشن بارجلهنّ

¹⁶`Because that daughters of Zion have been haughty, And they walk stretching out the neck, And deceiving [with] the eyes, Walking and mincing they go, And with their feet they make a tinkling,

¹⁷يصلع السيد هامة بنات صهيون ويعري الرب عورتهنّ.

¹⁷The Lord also hath scabbed The crown of the head of daughters of Zion, And Jehovah their simplicity exposeth.

¹⁸ينزع السيد في ذلك اليوم زينة الخلاخيل والضفائر والاهلة

¹⁸In that day doth the Lord turn aside The beauty of the tinkling ornaments, And of the embroidered works, And of the round tires like moons,

¹⁹والحلق والاساور والبراقع

¹⁹Of the drops, and the bracelets, and the mufflers,

²⁰والعصائب والسلاسل والمناطق وحناجر الشمامات والاحراز

²⁰Of the bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, And of the bands, And of the perfume boxes, and the amulets,

²¹والخواتم وخزائم الانف

²¹Of the seals, and of the nose-rings,

²²والثياب المزخرفة والعطف والاردية والاكياس

²²Of the costly apparel, and of the mantles, And of the coverings, and of the purses,

²³والمرائي والقمصان والعمائم والازر.

²³Of the mirrors, and of the linen garments, And of the hoods, and of the vails,

²⁴فيكون عوض الطيب عفونة وعوض المنطقة حبل وعوض الجدائل قرعة وعوض الديباج زنار مسح وعوض الجمال كي.

²⁴And it hath been, instead of spice is muck, And instead of a girdle, a rope, And instead of curled work, baldness, And instead of a stomacher a girdle of sackcloth.

²⁵رجالك يسقطون بالسيف وابطالك في الحرب.

²⁵For instead of glory, thy men by sword do fall, And thy might in battle.

²⁶فتئن وتنوح ابوابها وهي فارغة تجلس على الارض

²⁶And lamented and mourned have her openings, Yea, she hath been emptied, on the earth she sitteth!