إِرْمِيَا 19

١ 1 هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: «ٱذْهَبْ وَٱشْتَرِ إِبْرِيقَ فَخَّارِيٍّ مِنْ خَزَفٍ، وَخُذْ مِنْ شُيُوخِ ٱلشَّعْبِ وَمِنْ شُيُوخِ ٱلْكَهَنَةِ،

This is what the Lord says: Go and buy a clay jar from a potter. Take some of the elders of the people and leaders of the priests with you,

٢ 2 وَٱخْرُجْ إِلَى وَادِي ٱبْنِ هِنُّومَ ٱلَّذِي عِنْدَ مَدْخَلِ بَابِ ٱلْفَخَّارِ، وَنَادِ هُنَاكَ بِٱلْكَلِمَاتِ ٱلَّتِي أُكَلِّمُكَ بِهَا.

and go through the Broken Pottery Gate to the valley of Ben-hinnom. Announce this message I'm giving you.

٣ 3 وَقُلِ: ٱسْمَعُوا كَلِمَةَ ٱلرَّبِّ يَا مُلُوكَ يَهُوذَا وَسُكَّانَ أُورُشَلِيمَ. هَكَذَا قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلْجُنُودِ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: هَأَنَذَا جَالِبٌ عَلَى هَذَا ٱلْمَوْضِعِ شَرًّا، كُلُّ مَنْ سَمِعَ بِهِ تَطِنُّ أُذْنَاهُ.

Tell them, Listen to what the Lord says, kings of Judah and people living in Jerusalem. This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: I am going to bring down on this place such a disaster that it will make the ears of anyone who hears about it ring.

٤ 4 مِنْ أَجْلِ أَنَّهُمْ تَرَكُونِي، وَأَنْكَرُوا هَذَا ٱلْمَوْضِعَ وَبَخَّرُوا فِيهِ لِآلِهَةٍ أُخْرَى لَمْ يَعْرِفُوهَا هُمْ وَلَا آبَاؤُهُمْ وَلَا مُلُوكُ يَهُوذَا، وَمَلَأُوا هَذَا ٱلْمَوْضِعَ مِنْ دَمِ ٱلْأَزْكِيَاءِ،

My people have deserted me and have made this a place where foreign gods are worshiped. They have burned incense in it to other gods that they and their forefathers and the kings of Judah never knew anything about. They have filled this place with the blood of innocent people.

٥ 5 وَبَنَوْا مُرْتَفَعَاتٍ لِلْبَعْلِ لِيُحْرِقُوا أَوْلَادَهُمْ بِٱلنَّارِ مُحْرَقَاتٍ لِلْبَعْلِ، ٱلَّذِي لَمْ أُوْصِ وَلَا تَكَلَّمْتُ بِهِ وَلَا صَعِدَ عَلَى قَلْبِي.

They have built pagan shrines to Baal where they burn their children in the fire as offerings to Baal. This is something I never commanded or even mentioned. I never even thought of such a thing!

٦ 6 لِذَلِكَ هَا أَيَّامٌ تَأْتِي، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ، وَلَا يُدْعَى بَعْدُ هَذَا ٱلْمَوْضِعُ تُوفَةَ وَلَا وَادِي ٱبْنِ هِنُّومَ، بَلْ وَادِي ٱلْقَتْلِ.

So watch out! The time is coming, declares the Lord, when instead of Topheth and the Valley of Hinnom this place will be called the Valley of Killing.

٧ 7 وَأَنْقُضُ مَشُورَةَ يَهُوذَا وَأُورُشَلِيمَ فِي هَذَا ٱلْمَوْضِعِ، وَأَجْعَلُهُمْ يَسْقُطُونَ بِٱلسَّيْفِ أَمَامَ أَعْدَائِهِمْ وَبِيَدِ طَالِبِي نُفُوسِهِمْ، وَأَجْعَلُ جُثَثَهُمْ أُكْلًا لِطُيُورِ ٱلسَّمَاءِ وَلِوُحُوشِ ٱلْأَرْضِ.

Right here in this place I'm going to spoil the plans of Judah and Jerusalem. I will let their enemies who want to kill them come and do exactly that. Their dead bodies will be food for birds of prey and wild animals.

٨ 8 وَأَجْعَلُ هَذِهِ ٱلْمَدِينَةَ لِلدَّهَشِ وَٱلصَّفِيرِ. كُلُّ عَابِرٍ بِهَا يَدْهَشُ وَيَصْفِرُ مِنْ أَجْلِ كُلِّ ضَرَبَاتِهَا.

I'm going to make this city desolate, a place that is mocked. Everyone who passes by will be horrified, shocked by all its damage.

٩ 9 وَأُطْعِمُهُمْ لَحْمَ بَنِيهِمْ وَلَحْمَ بَنَاتِهِمْ، فَيَأْكُلُونَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ لَحْمَ صَاحِبِهِ فِي ٱلْحِصَارِ وَٱلضِّيقِ ٱلَّذِي يُضَايِقُهُمْ بِهِ أَعْدَاؤُهُمْ وَطَالِبُو نُفُوسِهِمْ.

The siege brought by their enemies who want to kill them will be so terrible that I will make them eat each other, even their own sons and daughters.

١٠ 10 ثُمَّ تَكْسِرُ ٱلْإِبْرِيقَ أَمَامَ أَعْيُنِ ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلَّذِينَ يَسِيرُونَ مَعَكَ

Then smash the jar in front of the people with you.

١١ 11 وَتَقُولُ لَهُمْ: هَكَذَا قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلْجُنُودِ: هَكَذَا أَكْسِرُ هَذَا ٱلشَّعْبَ وَهَذِهِ ٱلْمَدِينَةَ كَمَا يُكْسَرُ وِعَاءُ ٱلْفَخَّارِيِّ بِحَيْثُ لَا يُمْكِنُ جَبْرُهُ بَعْدُ، وَفِي تُوفَةَ يُدْفَنُونَ حَتَّى لَا يَكُونَ مَوْضِعٌ لِلدَّفْنِ.

Tell them: this is what the Lord Almighty says: I'm going to smash this nation and this city, just like a clay jar is smashed so it can't ever be repaired. People will bury their dead in Topheth until it's full.

١٢ 12 هَكَذَا أَصْنَعُ لِهَذَا ٱلْمَوْضِعِ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ، وَلِسُكَّانِهِ. وَأَجْعَلُ هَذِهِ ٱلْمَدِينَةَ مِثْلَ تُوفَةَ.

This is what I'm going to do to this place and to the people who live here, declares the Lord. I will turn this city into Topheth.

١٣ 13 وَتَكُونُ بُيُوتُ أُورُشَلِيمَ وَبُيُوتُ مُلُوكِ يَهُوذَا كَمَوْضِعِ تُوفَةَ، نَجِسَةً كُلُّ ٱلْبُيُوتِ ٱلَّتِي بَخَّرُوا عَلَى سُطُوحِهَا لِكُلِّ جُنْدِ ٱلسَّمَاءِ وَسَكَبُوا سَكَائِبَ لِآلِهَةٍ أُخْرَى».

All the houses of Jerusalem and the palaces of the kings of Judah will become unclean just like Topheth, because they are all the houses whose rooftops they used to burn incense to the sun, moon, and stars, and poured out drink offerings to other gods.

١٤ 14 ثُمَّ جَاءَ إِرْمِيَا مِنْ تُوفَةَ ٱلَّتِي أَرْسَلَهُ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَيْهَا لِيَتَنَبَّأَ، وَوَقَفَ فِي دَارِ بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ وَقَالَ لِكُلِّ ٱلشَّعْبِ:

Jeremiah returned from Topheth, where the Lord had sent him to deliver this message. He went and stood in the court of the Lord's Temple and announced to everyone,

١٥ 15 «هَكَذَا قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلْجُنُودِ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: هَأَنَذَا جَالِبٌ عَلَى هَذِهِ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ وَعَلَى كُلِّ قُرَاهَا كُلَّ ٱلشَّرِّ ٱلَّذِي تَكَلَّمْتُ بِهِ عَلَيْهَا، لِأَنَّهُمْ صَلَّبُوا رِقَابَهُمْ فَلَمْ يَسْمَعُوا لِكَلَامِي».

This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Watch out! I am about to bring down on this city and on all its surrounding villages every disaster I warned them about, because they have stubbornly refused to listen to what I say.