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 to Jeremiah from Jehovah, when King Zedekiah sent to 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».

Inquire, I pray thee, of Jehovah for us; for Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, maketh war against us; whether Jehovah 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:

And Jeremiah said to 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 Jehovah, the God of Israel: Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war which are in your hands, with which ye fight against the king of Babylon and the Chaldaeans, which besiege you without the walls, and I will assemble them in 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, with anger and fury and 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; by a great pestilence shall they die.

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 after this, saith Jehovah, I will deliver Zedekiah, the king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, and those in the city who shall be left alive by the pestilence, the sword, and the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, the 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, nor have pity, nor show mercy.

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

And to this people thou shalt say, Thus saith Jehovah: 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 famine, and by pestilence; but he that goeth out and surrendereth himself to the Chaldaeans that besiege you, he shall live, and bear away his life as 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 Jehovah. 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 to the house of the king of Judah: Hear ye the word of Jehovah,

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 Jehovah: Administer justice in season, and deliver him that is spoiled from the hand of the oppressor, lest my fury go forth like fire, and burn so 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, thou inhabitant of the valley, the rock of the plain, who sayest, “Who shall come down against us? Or who shall enter our habitations?”

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

But I will punish you with the fruit of your doings. I will kindle a fire in her forest, which shall consume all around her.