إِرْمِيَا 15

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

Then said the LORD unto me: 'Though Moses and Samuel stood before Me, yet My mind could not be toward this people; cast them out of 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 it shall come to pass, when they say unto thee: Whither shall we go forth? then thou shall tell them: Thus saith the LORD: Such as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; and such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for captivity, to captivity.

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

And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith the LORD: the sword to slay, and the dogs to drag, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and to 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 cause them to be a horror among all the kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh the son of Hezekiah king of Judah, for that which he did in Jerusalem.

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

For who shall have pity upon thee, O Jerusalem? Or who shall bemoan thee? Or who shall turn aside to ask of thy welfare?

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

Thou hast cast Me off, saith the LORD, thou art gone backward; Therefore do I stretch out My hand against thee, and destroy thee; I am weary with repenting.

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

And I fan them with a fan in the gates of the land; I bereave them of children, I destroy My people, since they return not from 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 increased to Me above the sand of the seas; I bring upon them, against the mother, a chosen one, even a spoiler at noonday; I cause anguish and terrors to fall upon her suddenly.

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 languisheth; her spirit droopeth; her sun is gone down while it was yet day, she is ashamed and confounded; and the residue of them will I deliver to the sword before 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, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have not lent, neither have men lent to me; yet every one of them doth curse me.

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

The LORD said: 'Verily I will release thee for good; verily I will cause the enemy to make supplication unto thee in the time of evil and in the time of affliction.

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

Can iron break iron from the north and brass?

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

Thy substance and thy treasures will I give for a spoil without price, and that for 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 make thee to pass with thine enemies into a land which thou knowest not; for a fire is kindled in My nostril, which shall burn upon you.'

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

Thou, O LORD, knowest; Remember me, and think of me, and avenge me of my persecutors; take me not away because of Thy long-suffering; know that for Thy sake I have suffered taunts.

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 words were unto me a joy and the rejoicing of my heart; because Thy name was called on 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 them that make merry, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of Thy hand; for Thou hast filled me with indignation.

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

Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, so that it refuseth to be healed? Wilt Thou indeed be unto me as a deceitful brook, as waters that fail?

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 return, and I bring thee back, thou shalt stand before Me; and if thou bring forth the precious out of the vile, thou shalt be as My mouth; let them return unto thee, but thou shalt not return unto them.

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

And I will make thee unto this people a fortified brazen wall; and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee; 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 terrible.