إِرْمِيَا 21

١ 1 اَلْكَلَامُ ٱلَّذِي صَارَ إِلَى إِرْمِيَا مِنْ قِبَلِ ٱلرَّبِّ، حِينَ أَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِ ٱلْمَلِكُ صِدْقِيَّا فَشْحُورَ بْنَ مَلْكِيَّا وَصَفَنْيَا بْنَ مَعْسِيَّا ٱلْكَاهِنَ قَائِلًا:

The word which came unto Jeremiah from Yhwh, when king Zedekiah sent unto him Pashur the son of Melchiah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, saying,

٢ 2 «ٱسْأَلِ ٱلرَّبَّ مِنْ أَجْلِنَا، لِأَنَّ نَبُوخَذْراَصَّرَ مَلِكَ بَابِلَ يُحَارِبُنَا. لَعَلَّ ٱلرَّبَّ يَصْنَعُ مَعَنَا حَسَبَ كُلِّ عَجَائِبِهِ فَيَصْعَدَ عَنَّا».

Enquire, I pray thee, of Yhwh for us; for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon maketh war against us; if so be that Yhwh will deal with us according to all his wondrous works, that he may go up from us.

٣ 3 فَقَالَ لَهُمَا إِرْمِيَا: «هَكَذَا تَقُولَانِ لِصِدْقِيَّا:

Then said Jeremiah unto them, Thus shall ye say to Zedekiah:

٤ 4 هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: هَأَنَذَا أَرُدُّ أَدَوَاتِ ٱلْحَرْبِ ٱلَّتِي بِيَدِكُمُ ٱلَّتِي أَنْتُمْ مُحَارِبُونَ بِهَا مَلِكَ بَابِلَ وَٱلْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ ٱلَّذِينَ يُحَاصِرُونَكُمْ خَارِجَ ٱلسُّورِ، وَأَجْمَعُهُمْ فِي وَسْطِ هَذِهِ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ.

Thus saith Yhwh God of Israel; Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, wherewith ye fight against the king of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans, which besiege you without the walls, and I will assemble them into the midst of this city.

٥ 5 وَأَنَا أُحَارِبُكُمْ بِيَدٍ مَمْدُودَةٍ وَبِذِرَاعٍ شَدِيدَةٍ، وَبِغَضَبٍ وَحُمُوٍّ وَغَيْظٍ عَظِيمٍ.

And I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even in anger, and in fury, and in great wrath.

٦ 6 وَأَضْرِبُ سُكَّانَ هَذِهِ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ، ٱلنَّاسَ وَٱلْبَهَائِمَ مَعًا. بِوَبَإٍ عَظِيمٍ يَمُوتُونَ.

And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence.

٧ 7 ثُمَّ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: أَدْفَعُ صِدْقِيَّا مَلِكَ يَهُوذَا وَعَبِيدَهُ وَٱلشَّعْبَ وَٱلْبَاقِينَ فِي هَذِهِ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ مِنَ ٱلْوَبَإِ وَٱلسَّيْفِ وَٱلْجُوعِ لِيَدِ نَبُوخَذْرَاصَّرَ مَلِكِ بَابِلَ وَلِيَدِ أَعْدَائِهِمْ وَلِيَدِ طَالِبِي نُفُوسِهِمْ، فَيَضْرِبُهُمْ بِحَدِّ ٱلسَّيْفِ. لَا يَتَرَأَّفُ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا يَشْفُقُ وَلَا يَرْحَمُ».

And afterward, saith Yhwh, I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, and such as are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those that seek their life: and he shall smite them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare them, neither have pity, nor have mercy.

٨ 8 «وَتَقُولُ لِهَذَا ٱلشَّعْبِ: هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: هَأَنَذَا أَجْعَلُ أَمَامَكُمْ طَرِيقَ ٱلْحَيَاةِ وَطَرِيقَ ٱلْمَوْتِ.

And unto this people thou shalt say, Thus saith Yhwh; Behold, I set before you the way of life, and the way of death.

٩ 9 ٱلَّذِي يُقِيمُ فِي هَذِهِ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ يَمُوتُ بِٱلسَّيْفِ وَٱلْجُوعِ وَٱلْوَبَإِ. وَٱلَّذِي يَخْرُجُ وَيَسْقُطُ إِلَى ٱلْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ ٱلَّذِينَ يُحَاصِرُونَكُمْ يَحْيَا وَتَصِيرُ نَفْسُهُ لَهُ غَنِيمَةً.

He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth out, and falleth to the Chaldeans that besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be unto him for a prey.

١٠ 10 لِأَنِّي قَدْ جَعَلْتُ وَجْهِي عَلَى هَذِهِ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ لِلشَّرِّ لَا لِلْخَيْرِ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ. لِيَدِ مَلِكِ بَابِلَ تُدْفَعُ فَيُحْرِقُهَا بِٱلنَّارِ.

For I have set my face against this city for evil, and not for good, saith Yhwh: it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.

١١ 11 «وَلِبَيْتِ مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا تَقُولُ: ٱسْمَعُوا كَلِمَةَ ٱلرَّبِّ

And touching the house of the king of Judah, say, Hear ye the word of Yhwh;

١٢ 12 يَا بَيْتَ دَاوُدَ، هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: ٱقْضُوا فِي ٱلصَّبَاحِ عَدْلًا، وَأَنْقِذُوا ٱلْمَغْصُوبَ مِنْ يَدِ ٱلظَّالِمِ، لِئَلَّا يَخْرُجَ كَنَارٍ غَضَبِي فَيُحْرِقَ وَلَيْسَ مَنْ يُطْفِئُ، مِنْ أَجْلِ شَرِّ أَعْمَالِكُمْ،

O house of David, thus saith Yhwh; Execute judgment in the morning, and deliver him that is spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my fury go out like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.

١٣ 13 هَأَنَذَا ضِدُّكِ يَا سَاكِنَةَ ٱلْعُمْقِ، صَخْرَةَ ٱلسَّهْلِ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ. ٱلَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ: مَنْ يَنْزِلُ عَلَيْنَا وَمَنْ يَدْخُلُ إِلَى مَنَازِلِنَا؟

Behold, I am against thee, O inhabitant of the valley, and rock of the plain, saith Yhwh; which say, Who shall come down against us? or who shall enter into our habitations?

١٤ 14 وَلَكِنَّنِي أُعَاقِبُكُمْ حَسَبَ ثَمَرِ أَعْمَالِكُمْ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ، وَأُشْعِلُ نَارًا فِي وَعْرِهِ فَتَأْكُلُ مَا حَوَالَيْهَا.

But I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings, saith Yhwh: and I will kindle a fire in the forest thereof, and it shall devour all things round about it.