إِرْمِيَا 4

١ 1 «إِنْ رَجَعْتَ يَا إِسْرَائِيلُ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ، إِنْ رَجَعْتَ إِلَيَّ وَإِنْ نَزَعْتَ مَكْرُهَاتِكَ مِنْ أَمَامِي، فَلَا تَتِيهُ.

If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the LORD, yea, return unto Me; and if thou wilt put away thy detestable things out of My sight, and wilt not waver;

٢ 2 وَإِنْ حَلَفْتَ: حَيٌّ هُوَ ٱلرَّبُّ، بِٱلْحَقِّ وَٱلْعَدْلِ وَٱلْبِرِّ، فَتَتَبَرَّكُ ٱلشُّعُوبُ بِهِ، وَبِهِ يَفْتَخِرُونَ.

And wilt swear: 'As the LORD liveth' in truth, in justice, and in righteousness; then shall the nations bless themselves by Him, and in Him shall they glory.

٣ 3 «لِأَنَّهُ هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ لِرِجَالِ يَهُوذَا وَلِأُورُشَلِيمَ: ٱحْرُثُوا لِأَنْفُسِكُمْ حَرْثًا وَلَا تَزْرَعُوا فِي ٱلْأَشْوَاكِ.

For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem: Break up for you a fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.

٤ 4 اِخْتَتِنُوا لِلرَّبِّ وَٱنْزِعُوا غُرَلَ قُلُوبِكُمْ يَا رِجَالَ يَهُوذَا وَسُكَّانَ أُورُشَلِيمَ، لِئَلَّا يَخْرُجَ كَنَارٍ غَيْظِي، فَيُحْرِقَ وَلَيْسَ مَنْ يُطْفِئُ، بِسَبَبِ شَرِّ أَعْمَالِكُمْ.

Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem; lest My fury go forth like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.

٥ 5 أَخْبِرُوا فِي يَهُوذَا، وَسَمِّعُوا فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَقُولُوا: ٱضْرِبُوا بِٱلْبُوقِ فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ. نَادُوا بِصَوْتٍ عَالٍ وَقُولُوا: ٱجْتَمِعُوا، فَلْنَدْخُلِ ٱلْمُدُنَ ٱلْحَصِينَةَ.

Declare ye in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem, and say: 'Blow ye the horn in the land'; cry aloud and say: 'Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the fortified cities.'

٦ 6 اِرْفَعُوا ٱلرَّايَةَ نَحْوَ صِهْيَوْنَ. اِحْتَمُوا. لَا تَقِفُوا. لِأَنِّي آتِي بِشَرٍّ مِنَ ٱلشِّمَالِ، وَكَسْرٍ عَظِيمٍ.

Set up a standard toward Zion; put yourselves under covert, stay not; for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction.

٧ 7 قَدْ صَعِدَ ٱلْأَسَدُ مِنْ غَابَتِهِ، وَزَحَفَ مُهْلِكُ ٱلْأُمَمِ. خَرَجَ مِنْ مَكَانِهِ لِيَجْعَلَ أَرْضَكِ خَرَابًا. تُخْرَبُ مُدُنُكِ فَلَا سَاكِنَ.

A lion is gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations is set out, gone forth from his place; to make thy land desolate, that thy cities be laid waste, without inhabitant.

٨ 8 مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ تَنَطَّقُوا بِمُسُوحٍ. ٱلْطُمُوا وَوَلْوِلُوا لِأَنَّهُ لَمْ يَرْتَدَّ حُمُوُّ غَضَبِ ٱلرَّبِّ عَنَّا.

For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and wail; for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us.

٩ 9 وَيَكُونُ فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ، أَنَّ قَلْبَ ٱلْمَلِكِ يُعْدَمُ، وَقُلُوبَ ٱلرُّؤَسَاءِ. وَتَتَحَيَّرُ ٱلْكَهَنَةُ وَتَتَعَجَّبُ ٱلْأَنْبِيَاءُ».

And it shall come to pass at that day, saith the LORD, that the heart of the king shall fail, and the heart of the princes; and the priests shall be astonished, and the prophets shall wonder.

١٠ 10 فَقُلْتُ: «آهِ، يَا سَيِّدُ ٱلرَّبُّ، حَقًّا إِنَّكَ خِدَاعًا خَادَعْتَ هَذَا ٱلشَّعْبَ وَأُورُشَلِيمَ، قَائِلًا: يَكُونُ لَكُمْ سَلَامٌ وَقَدْ بَلَغَ ٱلسَّيْفُ ٱلنَّفْسَ».

Then said I: 'Ah, Lord GOD! surely Thou hast greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying: Ye shall have peace; whereas the sword reacheth unto the soul.'

١١ 11 فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلزَّمَانِ يُقَالُ لِهَذَا ٱلشَّعْبِ وَلِأُورُشَلِيمَ: «رِيحٌ لَافِحَةٌ مِنَ ٱلْهِضَابِ فِي ٱلْبَرِّيَّةِ نَحْوَ بِنْتِ شَعْبِي، لَا لِلتَّذْرِيَةِ وَلَا لِلتَّنْقِيَةِ.

At that time shall it be said of this people and of Jerusalem; A hot wind of the high hills in the wilderness toward the daughter of My people, not to fan, nor to cleanse;

١٢ 12 رِيحٌ أَشَدُّ تَأْتِي لِي مِنْ هَذِهِ. ٱلْآنَ أَنَا أَيْضًا أُحَاكِمُهُمْ».

A wind too strong for this shall come for Me; now will I also utter judgments against them.

١٣ 13 هُوَذَا كَسَحَابٍ يَصْعَدُ، وَكَزَوْبَعَةٍ مَرْكَبَاتُهُ. أَسْرَعُ مِنَ ٱلنُّسُورِ خَيْلُهُ. وَيْلٌ لَنَا لِأَنَّنَا قَدْ أُخْرِبْنَا.

Behold, he cometh up as clouds, and his chariots are as the whirlwind; his horses are swifter than eagles. — 'Woe unto us! for we are undone.' —

١٤ 14 اِغْسِلِي مِنَ ٱلشَّرِّ قَلْبَكِ يَا أُورُشَلِيمُ لِكَيْ تُخَلَّصِي. إِلَى مَتَى تَبِيتُ فِي وَسَطِكِ أَفْكَارُكِ ٱلْبَاطِلَةُ؟

O Jerusalem, wash thy heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy baleful thoughts lodge within thee?

١٥ 15 لِأَنَّ صَوْتًا يُخْبِرُ مِنْ دَانَ، وَيُسْمَعُ بِبَلِيَّةٍ مِنْ جَبَلِ أَفْرَايِمَ:

For hark! one declareth from Dan, and announceth calamity from the hills of Ephraim:

١٦ 16 «اُذْكُرُوا لِلْأُمَمِ. ٱنْظُرُوا. أَسْمِعُوا عَلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ. ٱلْمُحَاصِرُونَ آتُونَ مِنْ أَرْضٍ بَعِيدَةٍ، فَيُطْلِقُونَ عَلَى مُدُنِ يَهُوذَا صَوْتَهُمْ.

'Make ye mention to the nations: Behold — publish concerning Jerusalem — watchers come from a far country, and give out their voice against the cities of Judah.'

١٧ 17 كَحَارِسِي حَقْلٍ صَارُوا عَلَيْهَا حَوَالَيْهَا، لِأَنَّهَا تَمَرَّدَتْ عَلَيَّ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ.

As keepers of a field are they against her round about; because she hath been rebellious against Me, saith the LORD.

١٨ 18 طَرِيقُكِ وَأَعْمَالُكِ صَنَعَتْ هَذِهِ لَكِ. هَذَا شَرُّكِ. فَإِنَّهُ مُرٌّ، فَإِنَّهُ قَدْ بَلَغَ قَلْبَكِ».

Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness; yea, it is bitter, yea, it reacheth unto thy heart.

١٩ 19 أَحْشَائِي، أَحْشَائِي! تُوجِعُنِي جُدْرَانُ قَلْبِي. يَئِنُّ فِيَّ قَلْبِي. لَا أَسْتَطِيعُ ٱلسُّكُوتَ. لِأَنَّكِ سَمِعْتِ يَا نَفْسِي صَوْتَ ٱلْبُوقِ وَهُتَافَ ٱلْحَرْبِ.

My bowels, my bowels! I writhe in pain! The chambers of my heart! My heart moaneth within me! I cannot hold my peace! because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the horn, the alarm of war.

٢٠ 20 بِكَسْرٍ عَلَى كَسْرٍ نُودِيَ، لِأَنَّهُ قَدْ خَرِبَتْ كُلُّ ٱلْأَرْضِ. بَغْتَةً خَرِبَتْ خِيَامِي، وَشُقَقِي فِي لَحْظَةٍ.

Destruction followeth upon destruction, for the whole land is spoiled; suddenly are my tents spoiled, my curtains in a moment.

٢١ 21 حَتَّى مَتَى أَرَى ٱلرَّايَةَ وَأَسْمَعُ صَوْتَ ٱلْبُوقِ؟

How long shall I see the standard, shall I hear the sound of the horn?

٢٢ 22 «لِأَنَّ شَعْبِي أَحْمَقُ. إِيَّايَ لَمْ يَعْرِفُوا. هُمْ بَنُونَ جَاهِلُونَ وَهُمْ غَيْرُ فَاهِمِينَ. هُمْ حُكَمَاءُ فِي عَمَلِ ٱلشَّرِّ، وَلِعَمَلِ ٱلصَّالِحِ مَا يَفْهَمُونَ».

For My people is foolish, they know Me not; they are sottish children, and they have no understanding; they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

٢٣ 23 نَظَرْتُ إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَإِذَا هِيَ خَرِبَةٌ وَخَالِيَةٌ، وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ فَلَا نُورَ لَهَا.

I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was waste and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.

٢٤ 24 نَظَرْتُ إِلَى ٱلْجِبَالِ وَإِذَا هِيَ تَرْتَجِفُ، وَكُلُّ ٱلْآكَامِ تَقَلْقَلَتْ.

I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved to and fro.

٢٥ 25 نَظَرْتُ وَإِذَا لَا إِنْسَانَ، وَكُلُّ طُيُورِ ٱلسَّمَاءِ هَرَبَتْ.

I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.

٢٦ 26 نَظَرْتُ وَإِذَا ٱلْبُسْتَانُ بَرِّيَّةٌ، وَكُلُّ مُدُنِهَا نُقِضَتْ مِنْ وَجْهِ ٱلرَّبِّ، مِنْ وَجْهِ حُمُوِّ غَضَبِهِ.

I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful field was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the LORD, and before His fierce anger.

٢٧ 27 لِأَنَّهُ هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: «خَرَابًا تَكُونُ كُلُّ ٱلْأَرْضِ، وَلَكِنَّنِي لَا أُفْنِيهَا.

For thus saith the LORD: The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end.

٢٨ 28 مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ تَنُوحُ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَتُظْلِمُ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتُ مِنْ فَوْقُ، مِنْ أَجْلِ أَنِّي قَدْ تَكَلَّمْتُ. قَصَدْتُ وَلَا أَنْدَمُ وَلَا أَرْجِعُ عَنْهُ».

For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black; because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and I have not repented, neither will I turn back from it.

٢٩ 29 مِنْ صَوْتِ ٱلْفَارِسِ وَرَامِي ٱلْقَوْسِ كُلُّ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ هَارِبَةٌ. دَخَلُوا ٱلْغَابَاتِ وَصَعِدُوا عَلَى ٱلصُّخُورِ. كُلُّ ٱلْمُدُنِ مَتْرُوكَةٌ، وَلَا إِنْسَانَ سَاكِنٌ فِيهَا.

For the noise of the horsemen and bowmen the whole city fleeth; they go into the thickets, and climb up upon the rocks; every city is forsaken, and not a man dwelleth therein.

٣٠ 30 وَأَنْتِ أَيَّتُهَا ٱلْخَرِبَةُ، مَاذَا تَعْمَلِينَ؟ إِذَا لَبِسْتِ قِرْمِزًا، إِذَا تَزَيَّنْتِ بِزِينَةٍ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ، إِذَا كَحَّلْتِ بِٱلْأُثْمُدِ عَيْنَيْكِ، فَبَاطِلًا تُحَسِّنِينَ ذَاتَكِ، فَقَدْ رَذَلَكِ ٱلْعَاشِقُونَ. يَطْلُبُونَ نَفْسَكِ.

And thou, that art spoiled, what doest thou, that thou clothest thyself with scarlet, that thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, that thou enlargest thine eyes with paint? In vain dost thou make thyself fair; thy lovers despise thee, they seek thy life.

٣١ 31 لِأَنِّي سَمِعْتُ صَوْتًا كَمَاخِضَةٍ، ضِيقًا مِثْلَ ضِيقِ بِكْرِيَّةٍ. صَوْتَ ٱبْنَةِ صِهْيَوْنَ تَزْفِرُ. تَبْسُطُ يَدَيْهَا قَائِلَةً: «وَيْلٌ لِي، لِأَنَّ نَفْسِي قَدْ أُغْمِيَ عَلَيْهَا بِسَبَبِ ٱلْقَاتِلِينَ».

For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, that gaspeth for breath, that spreadeth her hands: 'Woe is me, now! for my soul fainteth before the murderers.'