إِرْمِيَا 13
| هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ لِي: «ٱذْهَبْ وَٱشْتَرِ لِنَفْسِكَ مِنْطَقَةً مِنْ كَتَّانٍ وَضَعْهَا عَلَى حَقْوَيْكَ وَلَا تُدْخِلْهَا فِي ٱلْمَاءِ». | ١ 1 |
This is what the Lord told me to do: Go and buy yourself a linen loincloth and put it on, but don't wash it.
| فَٱشْتَرَيْتُ ٱلْمِنْطَقَةَ كَقَوْلِ ٱلرَّبِّ وَوَضَعْتُهَا عَلَى حَقْوَيَّ. | ٢ 2 |
So I went and bought a loincloth as the Lord had instructed me, and I put it on.
| فَصَارَ كَلَامُ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَيَّ ثَانِيَةً قَائِلًا: | ٣ 3 |
Then the Lord gave me another message:
| «خُذِ ٱلْمِنْطَقَةَ ٱلَّتِي ٱشْتَرَيْتَهَا ٱلَّتِي هِيَ عَلَى حَقَوَيْكَ، وَقُمِ ٱنْطَلِقْ إِلَى ٱلْفُرَاتِ، وَٱطْمِرْهَا هُنَاكَ فِي شَقِّ صَخْرٍ». | ٤ 4 |
Take the loincloth that you bought and put on, and go immediately to the River Perath and hide it there in a hole among the rocks.
| فَٱنْطَلَقْتُ وَطَمَرْتُهَا عِنْدَ ٱلْفُرَاتِ كَمَا أَمَرَنِي ٱلرَّبُّ. | ٥ 5 |
So I went and hid it at the River Perath, as the Lord had told me.
| وَكَانَ بَعْدَ أَيَّامٍ كَثِيرَةٍ أَنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ قَالَ لِي: «قُمِ ٱنْطَلِقْ إِلَى ٱلْفُرَاتِ وَخُذْ مِنْ هُنَاكَ ٱلْمِنْطَقَةَ ٱلَّتِي أَمَرْتُكَ أَنْ تَطْمِرَهَا هُنَاكَ». | ٦ 6 |
A long time later the Lord told me, Go to Perath, and get the loincloth that I ordered you to hide there.
| فَٱنْطَلَقْتُ إِلَى ٱلْفُرَاتِ، وَحَفَرْتُ وَأَخَذْتُ ٱلْمِنْطَقَةَ مِنَ ٱلْمَوْضِعِ ٱلَّذِي طَمَرْتُهَا فِيهِ. وَإِذَا بِٱلْمِنْطَقَةِ قَدْ فَسَدَتْ. لَا تَصْلُحُ لِشَيْءٍ. | ٧ 7 |
I went to Perath and dug up the loincloth, and removed it from where I'd hidden it. Obviously it was ruined—completely useless.
| فَصَارَ كَلَامُ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَيَّ قَائِلًا: | ٨ 8 |
Then a message from the Lord came to me:
| «هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: هَكَذَا أُفْسِدُ كِبْرِيَاءَ يَهُوذَا، وَكِبْرِيَاءَ أُورُشَلِيمَ ٱلْعَظِيمَةِ. | ٩ 9 |
This is what the Lord says: I will ruin the arrogance of Judah and the great arrogance of Jerusalem in exactly the same way.
| 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 |
These evil people refuse to listen to what I tell them. They follow their own stubborn and evil thinking and run off to worship other gods—they will be like this loincloth, completely useless.
| 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 |
In the same way that a loincloth holds tightly to the body, so I made all the people of Israel and Judah hold tightly to me, declares the Lord. Then they could have been my people, representing me, giving me honor and praise. But they refused to listen.
| «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 |
So tell them this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: Every wine jar shall be filled with wine. When they reply, “Don't we know that already? Of course every wine jar should be filled with wine!”
| فَتَقُولُ لَهُمْ: هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: هَأَنَذَا أَمْلَأُ كُلَّ سُكَّانِ هَذِهِ ٱلْأَرْضِ وَٱلْمُلُوكَ ٱلْجَالِسِينَ لِدَاوُدَ عَلَى كُرْسِيِّهِ، وَٱلْكَهَنَةَ وَٱلْأَنْبِيَاءَ وَكُلَّ سُكَّانِ أُورُشَلِيمَ سُكْرًا. | ١٣ 13 |
then tell them that this is what the Lord says: I'm going to make everyone who lives in this land drunk—the kings sitting on David's throne, the priests, the prophets, and all the people of Jerusalem.
| وَأُحَطِّمُهُمُ ٱلْوَاحِدَ عَلَى أَخِيهِ، ٱلْآبَاءَ وَٱلْأَبْنَاءَ مَعًا، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ. لَا أُشْفِقُ وَلَا أَتَرَأَّفُ وَلَا أَرْحَمُ مِنْ إِهْلَاكِهِمْ». | ١٤ 14 |
I'm going to smash them against each other like wine jars, both parents and children, declares the Lord. I won't let any mercy or pity or compassion stop me from destroying them.
| اِسْمَعُوا وَٱصْغَوْا. لَا تَتَعَظَّمُوا لِأَنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ تَكَلَّمَ. | ١٥ 15 |
Listen and pay attention. Don't be arrogant, 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 |
Honor the Lord your God before he brings the darkness, before you trip and fall in the twilight on the mountains. You long for light to come, but he send only gloom and complete 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 you refuse to listen, I will weep secretly inside because of your pride. My tears pouring down because the Lord's flock has been captured.
| قُلْ لِلْمَلِكِ وَلِلْمَلِكَةِ: «ٱتَّضِعَا وَٱجْلِسَا، لِأَنَّهُ قَدْ هَبَطَ عَنْ رَأْسَيْكُمَا تَاجُ مَجْدِكُمَا». | ١٨ 18 |
Tell the king and the queen mother: Get down from your thrones, because your splendid crowns have fallen from your heads.
| أُغْلِقَتْ مُدُنُ ٱلْجَنُوبِ وَلَيْسَ مَنْ يَفْتَحُ. سُبِيَتْ يَهُوذَا كُلُّهَا. سُبِيَتْ بِٱلتَّمَامِ. | ١٩ 19 |
The towns in the Negev are surrounded; no one can get through to them. The whole of Judah has been taken away into exile, everyone has been exiled.
| اِرْفَعُوا أَعْيُنَكُمْ وَٱنْظُرُوا ٱلْمُقْبِلِينَ مِنَ ٱلشِّمَالِ. أَيْنَ ٱلْقَطِيعُ ٱلَّذِي أُعْطِيَ لَكِ، غَنَمُ مَجْدِكِ؟ | ٢٠ 20 |
Look up and you'll see the invaders coming from the north. Where is the flock that was given to you to look after? Where are the sheep you were so proud of?
| مَاذَا تَقُولِينَ حِينَ يُعَاقِبُكِ، وَقَدْ عَلَّمْتِهِمْ عَلَى نَفْسِكِ قُوَّادًا لِلرِّيَاسَةِ؟ أَمَا تَأْخُذُكِ ٱلْأَوْجَاعُ كَٱمْرَأَةٍ مَاخِضٍ؟ | ٢١ 21 |
What are you going to say when he puts your enemies in charge of you, people you once counted as your friends? Won't you suffer pains like a woman in labor?
| وَإِنْ قُلْتِ فِي قَلْبِكِ: «لِمَاذَا أَصَابَتْنِي هَذِهِ؟». لِأَجْلِ عَظَمَةِ إِثْمِكِ هُتِكَ ذَيْلَاكِ وَٱنْكَشَفَ عَنَفًا عَقِبَاكِ. | ٢٢ 22 |
If you say to yourself, Why has this happened to me? it's because you have been so wicked. That's why your skirts were stripped off and you were raped.
| هَلْ يُغَيِّرُ ٱلْكُوشِيُّ جِلْدَهُ أَوِ ٱلنَّمِرُ رُقَطَهُ؟ فَأَنْتُمْ أَيْضًا تَقْدِرُونَ أَنْ تَصْنَعُوا خَيْرًا أَيُّهَا ٱلْمُتَعَلِّمُونَ ٱلشَّرَّ! | ٢٣ 23 |
Can Ethiopians change the color of their skin? Can a leopard change its spots? In the same way you can't change and do good because you're so used to doing evil.
| «فَأُبَدِّدُهُمْ كَقَشٍّ يَعْبُرُ مَعَ رِيحِ ٱلْبَرِّيَّةِ. | ٢٤ 24 |
I'm going to scatter you like chaff blown away by the desert wind.
| هَذِهِ قُرْعَتُكِ، ٱلنَّصِيبُ ٱلْمَكِيلُ لَكِ مِنْ عِنْدِي، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ، لِأَنَّكِ نَسِيتِنِي وَٱتَّكَلْتِ عَلَى ٱلْكَذِبِ. | ٢٥ 25 |
This is what's going to happen to you; this is what I have decided to do to you, declares the Lord, because you have forgotten me and believed in lies.
| فَأَنَا أَيْضًا أَرْفَعُ ذَيْلَيْكِ عَلَى وَجْهِكِ فَيُرَى خِزْيُكِ. | ٢٦ 26 |
I will pull your skirts up over your face, so you will be seen naked and ashamed.
| فِسْقُكِ وَصَهِيلُكِ وَرَذَالَةُ زِنَاكِ عَلَى ٱلْآكَامِ فِي ٱلْحَقْلِ. قَدْ رَأَيْتُ مَكْرَهَاتِكِ. وَيْلٌ لَكِ يَا أُورُشَلِيمُ! لَا تَطَهَرِينَ. حَتَّى مَتَى بَعْدُ؟». | ٢٧ 27 |
I watched your acts of adultery and lust, how you prostituted yourselves shamelessly, worshiping idols on the hills and in the fields. Yes, I saw the disgusting things you did. Disaster is coming to you, Jerusalem! How long are you going to remain unclean?
