إِرْمِيَا 26

١ 1 فِي ٱبْتِدَاءِ مُلْكِ يَهُويَاقِيمَ بْنِ يُوشِيَّا مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا، صَارَ هَذَا ٱلْكَلَامُ مِنْ قِبَلِ ٱلرَّبِّ قَائِلًا:

In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word from Yhwh, saying,

٢ 2 «هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: قِفْ فِي دَارِ بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ، وَتَكَلَّمْ عَلَى كُلِّ مُدُنِ يَهُوذَا ٱلْقَادِمَةِ لِلسُّجُودِ فِي بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ بِكُلِّ ٱلْكَلَامِ ٱلَّذِي أَوْصَيْتُكَ أَنْ تَتَكَلَّمَ بِهِ إِلَيْهِمْ. لَا تُنَقِّصْ كَلِمَةً.

Thus saith Yhwh; Stand in the court of Yhwh's house, and speak unto all the cities of Judah, which come to worship in Yhwh's house, all the words that I command thee to speak unto them; diminish not a word:

٣ 3 لَعَلَّهُمْ يَسْمَعُونَ وَيَرْجِعُونَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ عَنْ طَرِيقِهِ ٱلشِّرِّيرِ، فَأَنْدَمَ عَنِ ٱلشَّرِّ ٱلَّذِي قَصَدْتُ أَنْ أَصْنَعَهُ بِهِمْ، مِنْ أَجْلِ شَرِّ أَعْمَالِهِمْ.

If so be they will hearken, and turn every man from his evil way, that I may repent me of the evil, which I purpose to do unto them because of the evil of their doings.

٤ 4 وَتَقُولُ لَهُمْ هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: إِنْ لَمْ تَسْمَعُوا لِي لِتَسْلُكُوا فِي شَرِيعَتِي ٱلَّتِي جَعَلْتُهَا أَمَامَكُمْ،

And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith Yhwh; If ye will not hearken to me, to walk in my law, which I have set before you,

٥ 5 لِتَسْمَعُوا لِكَلَامِ عَبِيدِي ٱلْأَنْبِيَاءِ ٱلَّذِينَ أَرْسَلْتُهُمْ أَنَا إِلَيْكُمْ مُبَكِّرًا وَمُرْسِلًا إِيَّاهُمْ، فَلَمْ تَسْمَعُوا.

To hearken to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I sent unto you, both rising up early, and sending them, but ye have not hearkened;

٦ 6 أَجْعَلُ هَذَا ٱلْبَيْتَ كَشِيلُوهَ، وَهَذِهِ ٱلْمَدِينَةُ أَجْعَلُهَا لَعْنَةً لِكُلِّ شُعُوبِ ٱلْأَرْضِ».

Then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.

٧ 7 وَسَمِعَ ٱلْكَهَنَةُ وَٱلْأَنْبِيَاءُ وَكُلُّ ٱلشَّعْبِ إِرْمِيَا يَتَكَلَّمُ بِهَذَا ٱلْكَلَامِ فِي بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ.

So the priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of Yhwh.

٨ 8 وَكَانَ لَمَّا فَرَغَ إِرْمِيَا مِنَ ٱلتَّكَلُّمِ بِكُلِّ مَا أَوْصَاهُ ٱلرَّبُّ أَنْ يُكَلِّمَ كُلَّ ٱلشَّعْبِ بِهِ، أَنَّ ٱلْكَهَنَةَ وَٱلْأَنْبِيَاءَ وَكُلَّ ٱلشَّعْبِ أَمْسَكُوهُ قَائِلِينَ: «تَمُوتُ مَوْتًا!

Now it came to pass, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all that Yhwh had commanded him to speak unto all the people, that the priests and the prophets and all the people took him, saying, Thou shalt surely die.

٩ 9 لِمَاذَا تَنَبَّأْتَ بِٱسْمِ ٱلرَّبِّ قَائِلًا: مِثْلَ شِيلُوهَ يَكُونُ هَذَا ٱلْبَيْتُ، وَهَذِهِ ٱلْمَدِينَةُ تَكُونُ خَرِبَةً بِلَا سَاكِنٍ؟». وَٱجْتَمَعَ كُلُّ ٱلشَّعْبِ عَلَى إِرْمِيَا فِي بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ.

Why hast thou prophesied in the name of Yhwh, saying, This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate without an inhabitant? And all the people were gathered against Jeremiah in the house of Yhwh.

١٠ 10 فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ رُؤَسَاءُ يَهُوذَا بِهَذِهِ ٱلْأُمُورِ، صَعِدُوا مِنْ بَيْتِ ٱلْمَلِكِ إِلَى بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ وَجَلَسُوا فِي مَدْخَلِ بَابِ ٱلرَّبِّ ٱلْجَدِيدِ.

When the princes of Judah heard these things, then they came up from the king’s house unto the house of Yhwh, and sat down in the entry of the new gate of Yhwh's house.

١١ 11 فَتَكَلَّمَ ٱلْكَهَنَةُ وَٱلْأَنْبِيَاءُ مَعَ ٱلرُّؤَسَاءِ وَكُلِّ ٱلشَّعْبِ قَائِلِينَ: «حَقُّ ٱلْمَوْتِ عَلَى هَذَا ٱلرَّجُلِ لِأَنَّهُ قَدْ تَنَبَّأَ عَلَى هَذِهِ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ كَمَا سَمِعْتُمْ بِآذَانِكُمْ».

Then spake the priests and the prophets unto the princes and to all the people, saying, This man is worthy to die; for he hath prophesied against this city, as ye have heard with your ears.

١٢ 12 فَكَلَّمَ إِرْمِيَا كُلَّ ٱلرُّؤَسَاءِ وَكُلَّ ٱلشَّعْبِ قَائِلًا: «ٱلرَّبُّ أَرْسَلَنِي لِأَتَنَبَّأَ عَلَى هَذَا ٱلْبَيْتِ وَعَلَى هَذِهِ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ بِكُلِّ ٱلْكَلَامِ ٱلَّذِي سَمِعْتُمُوهُ.

Then spake Jeremiah unto all the princes and to all the people, saying, Yhwh sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that ye have heard.

١٣ 13 فَٱلْآنَ أَصْلِحُوا طُرُقَكُمْ وَأَعْمَالَكُمْ، وَٱسْمَعُوا لِصَوْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمْ، فَيَنْدَمَ ٱلرَّبُّ عَنِ ٱلشَّرِّ ٱلَّذِي تَكَلَّمَ بِهِ عَلَيْكُمْ.

Therefore now amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice of Yhwh your God; And Yhwh will repent him of the evil that he hath pronounced against you.

١٤ 14 أَمَّا أَنَا فَهَأَنَذَا بِيَدِكُمُ. ٱصْنَعُوا بِي كَمَا هُوَ حَسَنٌ وَمُسْتَقِيمٌ فِي أَعْيُنِكُمْ.

As for me, behold, I am in your hand: do with me as seemeth good and meet unto you.

١٥ 15 لَكِنِ ٱعْلَمُوا عِلْمًا أَنَّكُمْ إِنْ قَتَلْتُمُونِي، تَجْعَلُونَ دَمًا زَكِيًّا عَلَى أَنْفُسِكُمْ وَعَلَى هَذِهِ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ وَعَلَى سُكَّانِهَا، لِأَنَّهُ حَقًّا قَدْ أَرْسَلَنِي ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَيْكُمْ لِأَتَكَلَّمَ فِي آذَانِكُمْ بِكُلِّ هَذَا ٱلْكَلَامِ».

But know ye for certain, that if ye put me to death, ye shall surely bring innocent blood upon yourselves, and upon this city, and upon the inhabitants thereof: for of a truth Yhwh hath sent me unto you to speak all these words in your ears.

١٦ 16 فَقَالَ ٱلرُّؤَسَاءُ وَكُلُّ ٱلشَّعْبِ لِلْكَهَنَةِ وَٱلْأَنْبِيَاءِ: «لَيْسَ عَلَى هَذَا ٱلرَّجُلِ حَقُّ ٱلْمَوْتِ، لِأَنَّهُ إِنَّمَا كَلَّمَنَا بِٱسْمِ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِنَا».

Then said the princes and all the people unto the priests and to the prophets; This man is not worthy to die: for he hath spoken to us in the name of Yhwh our God.

١٧ 17 فَقَامَ أُنَاسٌ مِنْ شُيُوخِ ٱلْأَرْضِ وَكَلَّمُوا كُلَّ جَمَاعَةِ ٱلشَّعْبِ قَائِلِينَ:

Then rose up certain of the elders of the land, and spake to all the assembly of the people, saying,

١٨ 18 «إِنَّ مِيخَا ٱلْمُورَشْتِيَّ تَنَبَّأَ فِي أَيَّامِ حَزَقِيَّا مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا، وَكَلَّمَ كُلِّ شَعْبِ يَهُوذَا قَائِلًا: هَكَذَا قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلْجُنُودِ: إِنَّ صِهْيَوْنَ تُفْلَحُ كَحَقْلٍ وَتَصِيرُ أُورُشَلِيمُ خِرَبًا وَجَبَلُ ٱلْبَيْتِ شَوَامِخَ وَعْرٍ.

Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith Yhwh of Armies; Zion shall be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.

١٩ 19 هَلْ قَتْلًا قَتَلَهُ حَزَقِيَّا مَلِكُ يَهُوذَا وَكُلُّ يَهُوذَا؟ أَلَمْ يَخَفِ ٱلرَّبَّ وَطَلَبَ وَجْهَ ٱلرَّبِّ، فَنَدِمَ ٱلرَّبُّ عَنِ ٱلشَّرِّ ٱلَّذِي تَكَلَّمَ بِهِ عَلَيْهِمْ؟ فَنَحْنُ عَامِلُونَ شَرًّا عَظِيمًا ضِدَّ أَنْفُسِنَا».

Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him at all to death? did he not fear Yhwh, and besought Yhwh, And Yhwh repented him of the evil which he had pronounced against them? Thus might we procure great evil against our souls.

٢٠ 20 وَقَدْ كَانَ رَجُلٌ أَيْضًا يَتَنَبَّأُ بِٱسْمِ ٱلرَّبِّ، أُورِيَّا بْنُ شِمْعِيَا مِن قَرْيَةِ يَعَارِيمَ، فَتَنَبَّأَ عَلَى هَذِهِ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ وَعَلَى هَذِهِ ٱلْأَرْضِ بِكُلِّ كَلَامِ إِرْمِيَا.

And there was also a man that prophesied in the name of Yhwh, Urijah the son of Shemaiah of Kirjath–jearim, who prophesied against this city and against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah:

٢١ 21 وَلَمَّا سَمِعَ ٱلْمَلِكُ يَهُويَاقِيمُ وَكُلُّ أَبْطَالِهِ وَكُلُّ ٱلرُّؤَسَاءِ كَلَامَهُ، طَلَبَ ٱلْمَلِكُ أَنْ يَقْتُلَهُ. فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ أُورِيَّا خَافَ وَهَرَبَ وَأَتَى إِلَى مِصْرَ.

And when Jehoiakim the king, with all his mighty men, and all the princes, heard his words, the king sought to put him to death: but when Urijah heard it, he was afraid, and fled, and went into Egypt;

٢٢ 22 فَأَرْسَلَ ٱلْمَلِكُ يَهُويَاقِيمُ أُنَاسًا إِلَى مِصْرَ، أَلْنَاثَانَ بْنَ عَكْبُورَ وَرِجَالًا مَعَهُ إِلَى مِصْرَ،

And Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, namely, Elnathan the son of Achbor, and certain men with him into Egypt.

٢٣ 23 فَأَخْرَجُوا أُورِيَّا مِنْ مِصْرَ وَأَتَوْا بِهِ إِلَى ٱلْمَلِكِ يَهُويَاقِيمَ، فَضَرَبَهُ بِٱلسَّيْفِ وَطَرَحَ جُثَّتَهُ فِي قُبُورِ بَنِي ٱلشَّعْبِ.

And they fetched forth Urijah out of Egypt, and brought him unto Jehoiakim the king; who slew him with the sword, and cast his dead body into the graves of the common people.

٢٤ 24 وَلَكِنَّ يَدَ أَخِيقَامَ بْنِ شَافَانَ كَانَتْ مَعَ إِرْمِيَا حَتَّى لَا يُدْفَعَ لِيَدِ ٱلشَّعْبِ لِيَقْتُلُوهُ.

Nevertheless the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, that they should not give him into the hand of the people to put him to death.