إِرْمِيَا 13

١ 1 هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ لِي: «ٱذْهَبْ وَٱشْتَرِ لِنَفْسِكَ مِنْطَقَةً مِنْ كَتَّانٍ وَضَعْهَا عَلَى حَقْوَيْكَ وَلَا تُدْخِلْهَا فِي ٱلْمَاءِ».

Thus said the LORD unto me, Go, and buy thee a linen girdle, and put it upon thy loins, and put it not in water.

٢ 2 فَٱشْتَرَيْتُ ٱلْمِنْطَقَةَ كَقَوْلِ ٱلرَّبِّ وَوَضَعْتُهَا عَلَى حَقْوَيَّ.

So I bought a girdle according to the word of the LORD, and put it upon my loins.

٣ 3 فَصَارَ كَلَامُ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَيَّ ثَانِيَةً قَائِلًا:

And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying,

٤ 4 «خُذِ ٱلْمِنْطَقَةَ ٱلَّتِي ٱشْتَرَيْتَهَا ٱلَّتِي هِيَ عَلَى حَقَوَيْكَ، وَقُمِ ٱنْطَلِقْ إِلَى ٱلْفُرَاتِ، وَٱطْمِرْهَا هُنَاكَ فِي شَقِّ صَخْرٍ».

Take the girdle that thou hast bought, which is upon thy loins, and arise, go to Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of the rock.

٥ 5 فَٱنْطَلَقْتُ وَطَمَرْتُهَا عِنْدَ ٱلْفُرَاتِ كَمَا أَمَرَنِي ٱلرَّبُّ.

So I went, and hid it by Euphrates, as the LORD commanded me.

٦ 6 وَكَانَ بَعْدَ أَيَّامٍ كَثِيرَةٍ أَنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ قَالَ لِي: «قُمِ ٱنْطَلِقْ إِلَى ٱلْفُرَاتِ وَخُذْ مِنْ هُنَاكَ ٱلْمِنْطَقَةَ ٱلَّتِي أَمَرْتُكَ أَنْ تَطْمِرَهَا هُنَاكَ».

And it came to pass after many days, that the LORD said unto me, Arise, go to Euphrates, and take the girdle from thence, which I commanded thee to hide there.

٧ 7 فَٱنْطَلَقْتُ إِلَى ٱلْفُرَاتِ، وَحَفَرْتُ وَأَخَذْتُ ٱلْمِنْطَقَةَ مِنَ ٱلْمَوْضِعِ ٱلَّذِي طَمَرْتُهَا فِيهِ. وَإِذَا بِٱلْمِنْطَقَةِ قَدْ فَسَدَتْ. لَا تَصْلُحُ لِشَيْءٍ.

Then I went to Euphrates, and digged, and took the girdle from the place where I had hid it: and, behold, the girdle was marred, it was profitable for nothing.

٨ 8 فَصَارَ كَلَامُ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَيَّ قَائِلًا:

Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

٩ 9 «هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: هَكَذَا أُفْسِدُ كِبْرِيَاءَ يَهُوذَا، وَكِبْرِيَاءَ أُورُشَلِيمَ ٱلْعَظِيمَةِ.

Thus saith the LORD, After this manner will I mar the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem.

١٠ 10 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.

This evil people, which refuse to hear my words, which walk in the stubbornness of their heart, and are gone after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle, which is profitable for nothing.

١١ 11 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.

For as the girdle cleaveth to the loins of a man, so have I caused to cleave unto me the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah, saith the LORD; that they might be unto me for a people, and for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory: but they would not hear.

١٢ 12 «فَتَقُولُ لَهُمْ هَذِهِ ٱلْكَلِمَةَ: هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: كُلُّ زِقٍّ يَمْتَلِئُ خَمْرًا. فَيَقُولُونَ لَكَ: أَمَا نَعْرِفُ مَعْرِفَةً أَنَّ كُلَّ زِقٍّ يَمْتَلِئُ خَمْرًا؟

Therefore thou shalt speak unto them this word: Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, Every bottle shall be filled with wine: and they shall say unto thee, Do we not know that every bottle shall be filled with wine?

١٣ 13 فَتَقُولُ لَهُمْ: هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: هَأَنَذَا أَمْلَأُ كُلَّ سُكَّانِ هَذِهِ ٱلْأَرْضِ وَٱلْمُلُوكَ ٱلْجَالِسِينَ لِدَاوُدَ عَلَى كُرْسِيِّهِ، وَٱلْكَهَنَةَ وَٱلْأَنْبِيَاءَ وَكُلَّ سُكَّانِ أُورُشَلِيمَ سُكْرًا.

Then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, even the kings that sit upon David’s throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with drunkenness.

١٤ 14 وَأُحَطِّمُهُمُ ٱلْوَاحِدَ عَلَى أَخِيهِ، ٱلْآبَاءَ وَٱلْأَبْنَاءَ مَعًا، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ. لَا أُشْفِقُ وَلَا أَتَرَأَّفُ وَلَا أَرْحَمُ مِنْ إِهْلَاكِهِمْ».

And I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together, saith the LORD: I will not pity, nor spare, nor have compassion, that I should not destroy them.

١٥ 15 اِسْمَعُوا وَٱصْغَوْا. لَا تَتَعَظَّمُوا لِأَنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ تَكَلَّمَ.

Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud: for the LORD hath spoken.

١٦ 16 أَعْطُوا ٱلرَّبَّ إِلَهَكُمْ مَجْدًا قَبْلَ أَنْ يَجْعَلَ ظَلَامًا، وَقَبْلَمَا تَعْثُرُ أَرْجُلُكُمْ عَلَى جِبَالِ ٱلْعَتَمَةِ، فَتَنْتَظِرُونَ نُورًا فَيَجْعَلُهُ ظِلَّ مَوْتٍ، وَيَجَعْلُهُ ظَلَامًا دَامِسًا.

Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains; and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.

١٧ 17 وَإِنْ لَمْ تَسْمَعُوا ذَلِكَ، فَإِنَّ نَفْسِي تَبْكِي فِي أَمَاكِنَ مُسْتَتِرَةً مِنْ أَجْلِ ٱلْكِبْرِيَاءِ، وَتَبْكِي عَيْنَيَّ بُكَاءً وَتَذْرِفُ ٱلدُّمُوعَ، لِأَنَّهُ قَدْ سُبِيَ قَطِيعُ ٱلرَّبِّ.

But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret for [your] pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because the LORD’S flock is taken captive.

١٨ 18 قُلْ لِلْمَلِكِ وَلِلْمَلِكَةِ: «ٱتَّضِعَا وَٱجْلِسَا، لِأَنَّهُ قَدْ هَبَطَ عَنْ رَأْسَيْكُمَا تَاجُ مَجْدِكُمَا».

Say thou unto the king and to the queen-mother, Humble yourselves, sit down: for your headtires are come down, even the crown of your glory.

١٩ 19 أُغْلِقَتْ مُدُنُ ٱلْجَنُوبِ وَلَيْسَ مَنْ يَفْتَحُ. سُبِيَتْ يَهُوذَا كُلُّهَا. سُبِيَتْ بِٱلتَّمَامِ.

The cities of the South are shut up, and there is none to open them: Judah is carried away captive all of it; it is wholly carried away captive.

٢٠ 20 اِرْفَعُوا أَعْيُنَكُمْ وَٱنْظُرُوا ٱلْمُقْبِلِينَ مِنَ ٱلشِّمَالِ. أَيْنَ ٱلْقَطِيعُ ٱلَّذِي أُعْطِيَ لَكِ، غَنَمُ مَجْدِكِ؟

Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the north: where is the flock that was given thee, thy beautiful flock?

٢١ 21 مَاذَا تَقُولِينَ حِينَ يُعَاقِبُكِ، وَقَدْ عَلَّمْتِهِمْ عَلَى نَفْسِكِ قُوَّادًا لِلرِّيَاسَةِ؟ أَمَا تَأْخُذُكِ ٱلْأَوْجَاعُ كَٱمْرَأَةٍ مَاخِضٍ؟

What wilt thou say, when he shall set [thy] friends over thee as head, seeing thou thyself hast instructed them against thee? shall not sorrows take hold of thee, as of a woman in travail?

٢٢ 22 وَإِنْ قُلْتِ فِي قَلْبِكِ: «لِمَاذَا أَصَابَتْنِي هَذِهِ؟». لِأَجْلِ عَظَمَةِ إِثْمِكِ هُتِكَ ذَيْلَاكِ وَٱنْكَشَفَ عَنَفًا عَقِبَاكِ.

And if thou say in thine heart, Wherefore are these things come upon me? for the greatness of thine iniquity are thy skirts discovered, and thy heels suffer violence.

٢٣ 23 هَلْ يُغَيِّرُ ٱلْكُوشِيُّ جِلْدَهُ أَوِ ٱلنَّمِرُ رُقَطَهُ؟ فَأَنْتُمْ أَيْضًا تَقْدِرُونَ أَنْ تَصْنَعُوا خَيْرًا أَيُّهَا ٱلْمُتَعَلِّمُونَ ٱلشَّرَّ!

Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.

٢٤ 24 «فَأُبَدِّدُهُمْ كَقَشٍّ يَعْبُرُ مَعَ رِيحِ ٱلْبَرِّيَّةِ.

Therefore will I scatter them, as the stubble that passeth away, by the wind of the wilderness.

٢٥ 25 هَذِهِ قُرْعَتُكِ، ٱلنَّصِيبُ ٱلْمَكِيلُ لَكِ مِنْ عِنْدِي، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ، لِأَنَّكِ نَسِيتِنِي وَٱتَّكَلْتِ عَلَى ٱلْكَذِبِ.

This is thy lot, the portion measured unto thee from me, saith the LORD; because thou hast forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood.

٢٦ 26 فَأَنَا أَيْضًا أَرْفَعُ ذَيْلَيْكِ عَلَى وَجْهِكِ فَيُرَى خِزْيُكِ.

Therefore will I also discover thy skirts upon thy face, and thy shame shall appear.

٢٧ 27 فِسْقُكِ وَصَهِيلُكِ وَرَذَالَةُ زِنَاكِ عَلَى ٱلْآكَامِ فِي ٱلْحَقْلِ. قَدْ رَأَيْتُ مَكْرَهَاتِكِ. وَيْلٌ لَكِ يَا أُورُشَلِيمُ! لَا تَطَهَرِينَ. حَتَّى مَتَى بَعْدُ؟».

I have seen thine abominations, even thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy whoredom, on the hills in the field. Woe unto thee, O Jerusalem! thou wilt not be made clean; how long shall it yet be?