< إِرْمِيَا 13 >
هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ لِي: «ٱذْهَبْ وَٱشْتَرِ لِنَفْسِكَ مِنْطَقَةً مِنْ كَتَّانٍ وَضَعْهَا عَلَى حَقْوَيْكَ وَلَا تُدْخِلْهَا فِي ٱلْمَاءِ». | ١ 1 |
Thus saith the Lord, Go and procure for thyself a linen girdle, and put it about thy loins, and let it not be put in water.
فَٱشْتَرَيْتُ ٱلْمِنْطَقَةَ كَقَوْلِ ٱلرَّبِّ وَوَضَعْتُهَا عَلَى حَقْوَيَّ. | ٢ 2 |
So I procured the girdle according to the word of the Lord, and put it about my loins.
فَصَارَ كَلَامُ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَيَّ ثَانِيَةً قَائِلًا: | ٣ 3 |
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
«خُذِ ٱلْمِنْطَقَةَ ٱلَّتِي ٱشْتَرَيْتَهَا ٱلَّتِي هِيَ عَلَى حَقَوَيْكَ، وَقُمِ ٱنْطَلِقْ إِلَى ٱلْفُرَاتِ، وَٱطْمِرْهَا هُنَاكَ فِي شَقِّ صَخْرٍ». | ٤ 4 |
Take the girdle that is upon thy loins, and arise, and go to the Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of the rock.
فَٱنْطَلَقْتُ وَطَمَرْتُهَا عِنْدَ ٱلْفُرَاتِ كَمَا أَمَرَنِي ٱلرَّبُّ. | ٥ 5 |
So I went, and hid it by the Euphrates, as the Lord commanded me.
وَكَانَ بَعْدَ أَيَّامٍ كَثِيرَةٍ أَنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ قَالَ لِي: «قُمِ ٱنْطَلِقْ إِلَى ٱلْفُرَاتِ وَخُذْ مِنْ هُنَاكَ ٱلْمِنْطَقَةَ ٱلَّتِي أَمَرْتُكَ أَنْ تَطْمِرَهَا هُنَاكَ». | ٦ 6 |
And it came to pass after many days, that the Lord said to me, Arise, go to the Euphrates, and take thence the girdle, which I commanded thee to hide there.
فَٱنْطَلَقْتُ إِلَى ٱلْفُرَاتِ، وَحَفَرْتُ وَأَخَذْتُ ٱلْمِنْطَقَةَ مِنَ ٱلْمَوْضِعِ ٱلَّذِي طَمَرْتُهَا فِيهِ. وَإِذَا بِٱلْمِنْطَقَةِ قَدْ فَسَدَتْ. لَا تَصْلُحُ لِشَيْءٍ. | ٧ 7 |
So I went to the river Euphrates, and dug, and took the girdle out of the place where I [had] buried it: and, behold, it was rotten, utterly good for nothing.
فَصَارَ كَلَامُ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَيَّ قَائِلًا: | ٨ 8 |
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, Thus saith the Lord,
«هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: هَكَذَا أُفْسِدُ كِبْرِيَاءَ يَهُوذَا، وَكِبْرِيَاءَ أُورُشَلِيمَ ٱلْعَظِيمَةِ. | ٩ 9 |
Thus will I mar the pride of Juda, and the pride of Jerusalem;
هَذَا ٱلشَّعْبُ ٱلشِّرِّيرُ ٱلَّذِي يَأْبَى أَنْ يَسْمَعَ كَلَامِي، ٱلَّذِي يَسْلُكُ فِي عِنَادِ قَلْبِهِ وَيَسِيرُ وَرَاءَ آلِهَةٍ أُخْرَى لِيَعْبُدَهَا وَيَسْجُدَ لَهَا، يَصِيرُ كَهَذِهِ ٱلْمِنْطَقَةِ ٱلَّتِي لَا تَصْلُحُ لِشَيْءٍ. | ١٠ 10 |
[even] this great pride [of the men] that will not hearken to my words, and have gone after strange gods, to serve them, and to worship them: and they shall be as this girdle, which can be used for nothing.
لِأَنَّهُ كَمَا تَلْتَصِقُ ٱلْمِنْطَقَةُ بِحَقْوَيِ ٱلْإِنْسَانِ، هَكَذَا أَلْصَقْتُ بِنَفْسِي كُلَّ بَيْتِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَكُلَّ بَيْتِ يَهُوذَا، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ، لِيَكُونُوا لِي شَعْبًا وَٱسْمًا وَفَخْرًا وَمَجْدًا، وَلَكِنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَسْمَعُوا. | ١١ 11 |
For as a girdle cleaves about the loins of a man, so have I caused to cleave to myself the house of Israel, and the whole house of Juda; that they might be to me a famous people, and a praise, and a glory: but they did not hearken to me.
«فَتَقُولُ لَهُمْ هَذِهِ ٱلْكَلِمَةَ: هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: كُلُّ زِقٍّ يَمْتَلِئُ خَمْرًا. فَيَقُولُونَ لَكَ: أَمَا نَعْرِفُ مَعْرِفَةً أَنَّ كُلَّ زِقٍّ يَمْتَلِئُ خَمْرًا؟ | ١٢ 12 |
And thou shalt say to this people, Every bottle shall be filled with wine: and it shall come to pass, if they shall say to thee, Shall we not certainly know that every bottle shall be filled with wine? that thou shalt say to them,
فَتَقُولُ لَهُمْ: هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: هَأَنَذَا أَمْلَأُ كُلَّ سُكَّانِ هَذِهِ ٱلْأَرْضِ وَٱلْمُلُوكَ ٱلْجَالِسِينَ لِدَاوُدَ عَلَى كُرْسِيِّهِ، وَٱلْكَهَنَةَ وَٱلْأَنْبِيَاءَ وَكُلَّ سُكَّانِ أُورُشَلِيمَ سُكْرًا. | ١٣ 13 |
Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I [will] fill the inhabitants of this land, and their kings the sons of David that sit upon their throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and Juda and all the dwellers in Jerusalem, with strong drink.
وَأُحَطِّمُهُمُ ٱلْوَاحِدَ عَلَى أَخِيهِ، ٱلْآبَاءَ وَٱلْأَبْنَاءَ مَعًا، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ. لَا أُشْفِقُ وَلَا أَتَرَأَّفُ وَلَا أَرْحَمُ مِنْ إِهْلَاكِهِمْ». | ١٤ 14 |
And I will scatter them a man and his brother, and their fathers and their sons together: I will not have compassion, saith the Lord, and I will not spare, neither will I pity [to save them] from destruction.
اِسْمَعُوا وَٱصْغَوْا. لَا تَتَعَظَّمُوا لِأَنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ تَكَلَّمَ. | ١٥ 15 |
Hear ye, and give ear, and be not proud: for the Lord has spoken.
أَعْطُوا ٱلرَّبَّ إِلَهَكُمْ مَجْدًا قَبْلَ أَنْ يَجْعَلَ ظَلَامًا، وَقَبْلَمَا تَعْثُرُ أَرْجُلُكُمْ عَلَى جِبَالِ ٱلْعَتَمَةِ، فَتَنْتَظِرُونَ نُورًا فَيَجْعَلُهُ ظِلَّ مَوْتٍ، وَيَجَعْلُهُ ظَلَامًا دَامِسًا. | ١٦ 16 |
Give glory to the Lord your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble on the dark mountains, and ye shall wait for light, and behold the shadow of death, and they shall be brought into darkness.
وَإِنْ لَمْ تَسْمَعُوا ذَلِكَ، فَإِنَّ نَفْسِي تَبْكِي فِي أَمَاكِنَ مُسْتَتِرَةً مِنْ أَجْلِ ٱلْكِبْرِيَاءِ، وَتَبْكِي عَيْنَيَّ بُكَاءً وَتَذْرِفُ ٱلدُّمُوعَ، لِأَنَّهُ قَدْ سُبِيَ قَطِيعُ ٱلرَّبِّ. | ١٧ 17 |
But if ye will not hearken, your soul shall weep in secret because of pride, and your eyes shall pour down tears, because the Lord's flock is sorely bruised.
قُلْ لِلْمَلِكِ وَلِلْمَلِكَةِ: «ٱتَّضِعَا وَٱجْلِسَا، لِأَنَّهُ قَدْ هَبَطَ عَنْ رَأْسَيْكُمَا تَاجُ مَجْدِكُمَا». | ١٨ 18 |
Say ye to the king and the princes, Humble yourselves, and sit down; for your crown of glory is removed from your head.
أُغْلِقَتْ مُدُنُ ٱلْجَنُوبِ وَلَيْسَ مَنْ يَفْتَحُ. سُبِيَتْ يَهُوذَا كُلُّهَا. سُبِيَتْ بِٱلتَّمَامِ. | ١٩ 19 |
The cities toward the south were shut, and there was none to open [them]: Juda is removed [into captivity, ]they have suffered a complete removal.
اِرْفَعُوا أَعْيُنَكُمْ وَٱنْظُرُوا ٱلْمُقْبِلِينَ مِنَ ٱلشِّمَالِ. أَيْنَ ٱلْقَطِيعُ ٱلَّذِي أُعْطِيَ لَكِ، غَنَمُ مَجْدِكِ؟ | ٢٠ 20 |
Lift up thine eyes, O Jerusalem, and behold them that come from the north; where is the flock that was given thee, the sheep of thy glory?
مَاذَا تَقُولِينَ حِينَ يُعَاقِبُكِ، وَقَدْ عَلَّمْتِهِمْ عَلَى نَفْسِكِ قُوَّادًا لِلرِّيَاسَةِ؟ أَمَا تَأْخُذُكِ ٱلْأَوْجَاعُ كَٱمْرَأَةٍ مَاخِضٍ؟ | ٢١ 21 |
What wilt thou say when they shall visit thee, for thou didst teach them lessons for rule against thyself; shall not pangs seize thee as a woman in travail?
وَإِنْ قُلْتِ فِي قَلْبِكِ: «لِمَاذَا أَصَابَتْنِي هَذِهِ؟». لِأَجْلِ عَظَمَةِ إِثْمِكِ هُتِكَ ذَيْلَاكِ وَٱنْكَشَفَ عَنَفًا عَقِبَاكِ. | ٢٢ 22 |
And if thou shouldest say in thine heart, Wherefore have these things happened to me? Because of the abundance of thine iniquity have thy skirts been discovered, that thine heels might be exposed.
هَلْ يُغَيِّرُ ٱلْكُوشِيُّ جِلْدَهُ أَوِ ٱلنَّمِرُ رُقَطَهُ؟ فَأَنْتُمْ أَيْضًا تَقْدِرُونَ أَنْ تَصْنَعُوا خَيْرًا أَيُّهَا ٱلْمُتَعَلِّمُونَ ٱلشَّرَّ! | ٢٣ 23 |
If the Ethiopian shall change his skin, or the leopardess her spots, then shall ye be able to do good, having learnt evil.
«فَأُبَدِّدُهُمْ كَقَشٍّ يَعْبُرُ مَعَ رِيحِ ٱلْبَرِّيَّةِ. | ٢٤ 24 |
So I scattered them as sticks carried by the wind into the wilderness.
هَذِهِ قُرْعَتُكِ، ٱلنَّصِيبُ ٱلْمَكِيلُ لَكِ مِنْ عِنْدِي، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ، لِأَنَّكِ نَسِيتِنِي وَٱتَّكَلْتِ عَلَى ٱلْكَذِبِ. | ٢٥ 25 |
Thus is thy lot, and the reward of your disobedience to me, saith the Lord; as thou didst forget me, and trust in lies,
فَأَنَا أَيْضًا أَرْفَعُ ذَيْلَيْكِ عَلَى وَجْهِكِ فَيُرَى خِزْيُكِ. | ٢٦ 26 |
I also will expose thy skirts upon thy face, and thy shame shall be seen;
فِسْقُكِ وَصَهِيلُكِ وَرَذَالَةُ زِنَاكِ عَلَى ٱلْآكَامِ فِي ٱلْحَقْلِ. قَدْ رَأَيْتُ مَكْرَهَاتِكِ. وَيْلٌ لَكِ يَا أُورُشَلِيمُ! لَا تَطَهَرِينَ. حَتَّى مَتَى بَعْدُ؟». | ٢٧ 27 |
thine adultery also, and thy neighing, and the looseness of thy fornication: on the hills and in the fields I have seen thine abominations. Woe to thee, O Jerusalem, for thou hast not been purified so as to follow me; how long yet [shall it be]?