إِرْمِيَا 15

١ 1 ثُمَّ قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ لِي: «وَإِنْ وَقَفَ مُوسَى وَصَمُوئِيلُ أَمَامِي لَا تَكُونُ نَفْسِي نَحْوَ هَذَا ٱلشَّعْبِ. اِطْرَحْهُمْ مِنْ أَمَامِي فَيَخْرُجُوا.

And the Lord said to me: If Moses and Samuel shall stand before me, my soul is not towards this people: cast them out from my sight, and let them go forth.

٢ 2 وَيَكُونُ إِذَا قَالُوا لَكَ: إِلَى أَيْنَ نَخْرُجُ؟ أَنَّكَ تَقُولُ لَهُمْ: هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: ٱلَّذِينَ لِلْمَوْتِ فَإِلَى ٱلْمَوْتِ، وَٱلَّذِينَ لِلسَّيْفِ فَإِلَى ٱلسَّيْفِ، وَٱلَّذِينَ لِلْجُوعِ فَإِلَى ٱلْجُوعِ، وَٱلَّذِينَ لِلسَّبْيِ فَإِلَى ٱلسَّبْيِ.

And if they shall say unto thee: Whither shall we go forth? thou shalt say to them: Thus saith the Lord: Such as are for death, to death: and such as are to the sword, to the sword: and such as are for famine, to famine: and such as are to captivity, to captivity.

٣ 3 وَأُوَكِّلُ عَلَيْهِمْ أَرْبَعَةَ أَنْوَاعٍ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ: ٱلسَّيْفَ لِلْقَتْلِ، وَٱلْكِلَابَ لِلسَّحْبِ، وَطُيُورَ ٱلسَّمَاءِ وَوُحُوشَ ٱلْأَرْضِ لِلْأَكْلِ وَٱلْإِهْلَاكِ.

And I will visit them with four kinds, saith the Lord: The sword to kill, and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the air, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and destroy.

٤ 4 وَأَدْفَعُهُمْ لِلْقَلَقِ فِي كُلِّ مَمَالِكِ ٱلْأَرْضِ مِنْ أَجْلِ مَنَسَّى بْنِ حَزَقِيَّا مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا، مِنْ أَجْلِ مَا صَنَعَ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ.

And I will give them up to the rage of all the kingdoms of the earth: because of Manasses the son of Ezechias the king of Juda, for all that he did in Jerusalem.

٥ 5 فَمَنْ يَشْفُقُ عَلَيْكِ يَا أُورُشَلِيمُ، وَمَنْ يُعَزِّيكِ، وَمَنْ يَمِيلُ لِيَسْأَلَ عَنْ سَلَامَتِكِ؟

For who shall have pity on thee, O Jerusalem? or who shall bemoan thee? or who shall go to pray for thy peace?

٦ 6 أَنْتِ تَرَكْتِنِي، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ. إِلَى ٱلْوَرَاءِ سِرْتِ. فَأَمُدُّ يَدِي عَلَيْكِ وَأُهْلِكُكِ. مَلِلْتُ مِنَ ٱلنَّدَامَةِ.

Thou hast forsaken me, saith the Lord, thou art gone backward: and I will stretch out my hand against thee, and I will destroy thee: I am weary of entreating thee.

٧ 7 وَأُذْرِيهِمْ بِمِذْرَاةٍ فِي أَبْوَابِ ٱلْأَرْضِ. أُثْكِلُ وَأُبِيدُ شَعْبِي. لَمْ يَرْجِعُوا عَنْ طُرُقِهِمْ.

And I will scatter them with a fan in the gates of the land: I have killed and destroyed my people, and yet they are not returned form their ways.

٨ 8 كَثُرَتْ لِي أَرَامِلُهُمْ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ رَمْلِ ٱلْبِحَارِ. جَلَبْتُ عَلَيْهِمْ، عَلَى أُمِّ ٱلشُّبَّانِ، نَاهِبًا فِي ٱلظَّهِيرَةِ. أَوْقَعْتُ عَلَيْهَا بَغْتَةً رَعْدَةً وَرُعُبَاتٍ.

Their widows are multiplied unto me above the sand of the sea: I have brought upon them against the mother of the young man a spoiler at noonday: I have cast a terror on a sudden upon the cities.

٩ 9 ذَبُلَتْ وَالِدَةُ ٱلسَّبْعَةِ. أَسْلَمَتْ نَفْسَهَا. غَرَبَتْ شَمْسُهَا إِذْ بَعْدُ نَهَارٌ. خَزِيَتْ وَخَجِلَتْ. أَمَّا بَقِيَّتُهُمْ فَلِلسَّيْفِ أَدْفَعُهَا أَمَامَ أَعْدَائِهِمْ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ».

She that hath borne seven is become weak, her soul hath fainted away: her sun is gone down, while it was yet day: she is confounded, and ashamed: and the residue of them I will give up to the sword in the sight of their enemies, saith the Lord.

١٠ 10 وَيْلٌ لِي يَا أُمِّي لِأَنَّكِ وَلَدْتِنِي إِنْسَانَ خِصَامٍ وَإِنْسَانَ نِزَاعٍ لِكُلِّ ٱلْأَرْضِ. لَمْ أَقْرِضْ وَلَا أَقْرَضُونِي، وَكُلُّ وَاحِدٍ يَلْعَنُنِي.

Woe is me, my mother: why hast thou borne me a man of strife, a man of contention to all the earth? I have not lent on usury, neither hath any man lent to me on usury: yet all curse me.

١١ 11 قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: «إِنِّي أَحُلُّكَ لِلْخَيْرِ. إِنِّي أَجْعَلُ ٱلْعَدُوَّ يَتَضَرَّعُ إِلَيْكَ فِي وَقْتِ ٱلشَّرِّ وَفِي وَقْتِ ٱلضِّيقِ.

The Lord saith to me: Assuredly it shall be well with thy remnant, assuredly I shall help thee in the time of affliction, and in the time of tribulation against the enemy.

١٢ 12 «هَلْ يَكْسِرُ ٱلْحَدِيدُ ٱلْحَدِيدَ ٱلَّذِي مِنَ ٱلشِّمَالِ وَٱلنُّحَاسَ؟

Shall iron be allied with the iron from the north, and the brass?

١٣ 13 ثَرْوَتُكَ وَخَزَائِنُكَ أَدْفَعُهَا لِلنَّهْبِ، لَا بِثَمَنٍ، بَلْ بِكُلِّ خَطَايَاكَ وَفِي كُلِّ تُخُومِكَ.

Thy riches and thy treasures I will give unto spoil for nothing, because of all thy sins, even in all thy borders.

١٤ 14 وَأُعَبِّرُكَ مَعَ أَعْدَائِكَ فِي أَرْضٍ لَمْ تَعْرِفْهَا، لِأَنَّ نَارًا قَدْ أُشْعِلَتْ بِغَضَبِي تُوقَدُ عَلَيْكُمْ».

And I will bring thy enemies out of a land, which thou knowest not: for a fire is kindled in my rage, it shall burn upon you.

١٥ 15 أَنْتَ يَارَبُّ عَرَفْتَ. ٱذْكُرْنِي وَتَعَهَّدْنِي وَٱنْتَقِمْ لِي مِنْ مُضْطَهِدِيَّ. بِطُولِ أَنَاتِكَ لَا تَأْخُذْنِي. اِعْرِفِ ٱحْتِمَالِي ٱلْعَارَ لِأَجْلِكَ.

O Lord, thou knowest, remember me, and visit me, and defend me from them that persecute me, do not defend me in thy patience: know that for thy sake I have sufferred reproach.

١٦ 16 وُجِدَ كَلَامُكَ فَأَكَلْتُهُ، فَكَانَ كَلَامُكَ لِي لِلْفَرَحِ وَلِبَهْجَةِ قَلْبِي، لِأَنِّي دُعِيتُ بِٱسْمِكَ يَارَبُّ إِلَهَ ٱلْجُنُودِ.

Thy words were found, and I did eat them, and thy word was to me a joy and gladness of my heart: for thy name is called upon me, O Lord God of hosts.

١٧ 17 لَمْ أَجْلِسْ فِي مَحْفَلِ ٱلْمَازِحِينَ مُبْتَهِجًا. مِنْ أَجْلِ يَدِكَ جَلَسْتُ وَحْدِي، لِأَنَّكَ قَدْ مَلَأْتَنِي غَضَبًا.

I sat not in the assembly of jesters, nor did I make a boast of the presence of thy hand: I sat alone, because thou hast filled me with threats.

١٨ 18 لِمَاذَا كَانَ وَجَعِي دَائِمًا وَجُرْحِي عَدِيمَ ٱلشِّفَاءِ، يَأْبَى أَنْ يُشْفَى؟ أَتَكُونُ لِي مِثْلَ كَاذِبٍ، مِثْلَ مِيَاهٍ غَيْرِ دَائِمَةٍ؟

Why is my sorrow become perpetual, and my wound desperate so as to refuse to be healed? it is become to me as the falsehood of deceitful waters that cannot be trusted.

١٩ 19 لِذَلِكَ هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: «إِنْ رَجَعْتَ أُرَجِّعْكَ، فَتَقِفْ أَمَامِي. وَإِذَا أَخْرَجْتَ ٱلثَّمِينَ مِنَ ٱلْمَرْذُولِ فَمِثْلَ فَمِي تَكُونُ. هُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ إِلَيْكَ وَأَنْتَ لَا تَرْجِعُ إِلَيْهِمْ.

Therefore thus saith the Lord: If thou wilt be converted, I will convert thee, and thou shalt stand before my face; and if thou wilt separate the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth: they shall be turned to thee, and thou shalt not be turned to them.

٢٠ 20 وَأَجْعَلُكَ لِهَذَا ٱلشَّعْبِ سُورَ نُحَاسٍ حَصِينًا، فَيُحَارِبُونَكَ وَلَا يَقْدِرُونَ عَلَيْكَ، لِأَنِّي مَعَكَ لِأُخَلِّصَكَ وَأُنْقِذَكَ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ.

And I will make thee to this people as a strong wall of brass: and they shall fight against thee, and shall not prevail: for I am with thee to save thee, and to deliver thee, saith the Lord.

٢١ 21 فَأُنْقِذُكَ مِنْ يَدِ ٱلْأَشْرَارِ وَأَفْدِيكَ مِنْ كَفِّ ٱلْعُتَاةِ».

And I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem thee out of the hand of the mighty.