إِرْمِيَا 42

١ 1 فَتَقَدَّمَ كُلُّ رُؤَسَاءِ ٱلْجُيُوشِ وَيُوحَانَانُ بْنُ قَارِيحَ، وَيَزَنْيَا بْنُ هُوشَعْيَا، وَكُلُّ ٱلشَّعْبِ مِنَ ٱلصَّغِيرِ إِلَى ٱلْكَبِيرِ،

Then all the captains of the forces, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least even to the greatest, came near,

٢ 2 وَقَالُوا لِإِرْمِيَا ٱلنَّبِيِّ: «لَيْتَ تَضَرُّعَنَا يَقَعُ أَمَامَكَ، فَتُصَلِّيَ لِأَجْلِنَا إِلَى ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِكَ لِأَجْلِ كُلِّ هَذِهِ ٱلْبَقِيَّةِ. لِأَنَّنَا قَدْ بَقِينَا قَلِيلِينَ مِنْ كَثِيرِينَ كَمَا تَرَانَا عَيْنَاكَ.

and said to Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we pray thee, our supplication be presented before thee, and pray for us to Jehovah thy God, even for all this remnant, for we are left but a few of many, as thine eyes do behold us,

٣ 3 فَيُخْبِرُنَا ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُكَ عَنِ ٱلطَّرِيقِ ٱلَّذِي نَسِيرُ فِيهِ، وَٱلْأَمْرِ ٱلَّذِي نَفْعَلُهُ».

that Jehovah thy God may show us the way in which we should walk, and the thing that we should do.

٤ 4 فَقَالَ لَهُمْ إِرْمِيَا ٱلنَّبِيُّ: «قَدْ سَمِعْتُ. هَأَنَذَا أُصَلِّي إِلَى ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمْ كَقَوْلِكُمْ، وَيَكُونُ أَنَّ كُلَّ ٱلْكَلَامِ ٱلَّذِي يُجِيبُكُمُ ٱلرَّبُّ أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِهِ. لَا أَمْنَعُ عَنْكُمْ شَيْئًا».

Then Jeremiah the prophet said to them, I have heard you. Behold, I will pray to Jehovah your God according to your words, and it shall come to pass that whatever thing Jehovah shall answer you, I will declare it to you. I will keep nothing back from you.

٥ 5 فَقَالُوا هُمْ لِإِرْمِيَا: «لِيَكُنِ ٱلرَّبُّ بَيْنَنَا شَاهِدًا صَادِقًا وَأَمِينًا إِنَّنَا نَفْعَلُ حَسَبَ كُلِّ أَمْرٍ يُرْسِلُكَ بِهِ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُكَ إِلَيْنَا،

Then they said to Jeremiah, Jehovah be a true and faithful witness amongst us, if we do not according to all the word with which Jehovah thy God shall send thee to us.

٦ 6 إِنْ خَيْرًا وَإِنْ شَرًّا. فَإِنَّنَا نَسْمَعُ لِصَوْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِكَ ٱلَّذِي نَحْنُ مُرْسِلُوكَ إِلَيْهِ لِيُحْسَنَ إِلَيْنَا إِذَا سَمِعْنَا لِصَوْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِنَا».

Whether it be good, or whether it be evil, we will obey the voice of Jehovah our God, to whom we send thee, that it may be well with us when we obey the voice of Jehovah our God.

٧ 7 وَكَانَ بَعْدَ عَشَرَةِ أَيَّامٍ أَنَّ كَلِمَةَ ٱلرَّبِّ صَارَتْ إِلَى إِرْمِيَا.

And it came to pass after ten days, that the word of Jehovah came to Jeremiah.

٨ 8 فَدَعَا يُوحَانَانَ بْنَ قَارِيحَ وَكُلَّ رُؤَسَاءِ ٱلْجُيُوشِ ٱلَّذِينَ مَعَهُ، وَكُلَّ ٱلشَّعْبِ مِنَ ٱلصَّغِيرِ إِلَى ٱلْكَبِيرِ،

Then he called Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces who were with him, and all the people from the least even to the greatest,

٩ 9 وَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ ٱلَّذِي أَرْسَلْتُمُونِي إِلَيْهِ لِكَيْ أُلْقِيَ تَضَرُّعَكُمْ أَمَامَهُ:

and said to them, Thus says Jehovah, the God of Israel, to whom ye sent me to present your supplication before him:

١٠ 10 إِنْ كُنْتُمْ تَسْكُنُونَ فِي هَذِهِ ٱلْأَرْضِ، فَإِنِّي أَبْنِيكُمْ وَلَا أَنْقُضُكُمْ، وَأَغْرِسُكُمْ وَلَا أَقْتَلِعُكُمْ. لِأَنِّي نَدِمْتُ عَنِ ٱلشَّرِّ ٱلَّذِي صَنَعْتُهُ بِكُمْ.

If ye will still abide in this land, then I will build you, and not pull you down, and I will plant you, and not pluck you up, for I relent of the evil that I have done to you.

١١ 11 لَا تَخَافُوا مَلِكَ بَابِلَ ٱلَّذِي أَنْتُمْ خَائِفُوهُ. لَا تَخَافُوهُ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ، لِأَنِّي أَنَا مَعَكُمْ لِأُخَلِّصَكُمْ وَأُنْقِذَكُمْ مِنْ يَدِهِ.

Be not afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom ye are afraid. Be not afraid of him, says Jehovah, for I am with you to save you, and to deliver you from his hand.

١٢ 12 وَأُعْطِيَكُمْ نِعْمَةً، فَيَرْحَمُكُمْ وَيَرُدُّكُمْ إِلَى أَرْضِكُمْ.

And I will grant you mercy, that he may have mercy upon you, and cause you to return to your own land.

١٣ 13 «وَإِنْ قُلْتُمْ: لَا نَسْكُنُ فِي هَذِهِ ٱلْأَرْضِ. وَلَمْ تَسْمَعُوا لِصَوْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمْ،

But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land, so that ye do not obey the voice of Jehovah your God,

١٤ 14 قَائِلِينَ: لَا بَلْ إِلَى أَرْضِ مِصْرَ نَذْهَبُ، حَيْثُ لَا نَرَى حَرْبًا، وَلَا نَسْمَعُ صَوْتَ بُوقٍ، وَلَا نَجُوعُ لِلْخُبْزِ، وَهُنَاكَ نَسْكُنُ.

saying, No, but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we shall see no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor have hunger of bread, and we will dwell there-

١٥ 15 فَٱلْآنَ لِذَلِكَ ٱسْمَعُوا كَلِمَةَ ٱلرَّبِّ يَابَقِيَّةَ يَهُوذَا، هَكَذَا قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلْجُنُودِ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: إِنْ كُنْتُمْ تَجْعَلُونَ وُجُوهَكُمْ لِلدُّخُولِ إِلَى مِصْرَ، وَتَذْهَبُونَ لِتَتَغَرَّبُوا هُنَاكَ،

Now therefore hear ye the word of Jehovah, O remnant of Judah. Thus says Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: If ye indeed set your faces to enter into Egypt, and go to sojourn there,

١٦ 16 يَحْدُثُ أَنَّ ٱلسَّيْفَ ٱلَّذِي أَنْتُمْ خَائِفُونَ مِنْهُ يُدْرِكُكُمْ هُنَاكَ فِي أَرْضِ مِصْرَ، وَٱلْجُوعَ ٱلَّذِي أَنْتُمْ خَائِفُونَ مِنْهُ يَلْحَقُكُمْ هُنَاكَ فِي مِصْرَ، فَتَمُوتُونَ هُنَاكَ.

then it shall come to pass, that the sword, which ye fear, shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine, of which ye are afraid, shall follow hard after you there in Egypt, and there ye shall die.

١٧ 17 وَيَكُونُ أَنَّ كُلَّ ٱلرِّجَالِ ٱلَّذِينَ جَعَلُوا وُجُوهَهُمْ لِلدُّخُولِ إِلَى مِصْرَ لِيَتَغَرَّبُوا هُنَاكَ، يَمُوتُونَ بِٱلسَّيْفِ وَٱلْجُوعِ وَٱلْوَبَإِ، وَلَا يَكُونُ مِنْهُمْ بَاقٍ وَلَا نَاجٍ مِنَ ٱلشَّرِّ ٱلَّذِي أَجْلِبُهُ أَنَا عَلَيْهِمْ.

So shall it be with all the men who set their faces to go into Egypt to sojourn there. They shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, and none of them shall remain or escape from the evil that I will bring upon them.

١٨ 18 لِأَنَّهُ هَكَذَا قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلْجُنُودِ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: كَمَا ٱنْسَكَبَ غَضَبِي وَغَيْظِي عَلَى سُكَّانِ أُورُشَلِيمَ، هَكَذَا يَنْسَكِبُ غَيْظِي عَلَيْكُمْ عِنْدَ دُخُولِكُمْ إِلَى مِصْرَ، فَتَصِيرُونَ حَلَفًا وَدَهَشًا وَلَعْنَةً وَعَارًا، وَلَا تَرَوْنَ بَعْدُ هَذَا ٱلْمَوْضِعَ».

For thus says Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: As my anger and my wrath has been poured forth upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so shall my wrath be poured forth upon you when ye shall enter into Egypt. And ye shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach. And ye shall see this place no more.

١٩ 19 «قَدْ تَكَلَّمَ ٱلرَّبُّ عَلَيْكُمْ يَا بَقِيَّةَ يَهُوذَا: لَا تَدْخُلُوا مِصْرَ. ٱعْلَمُوا عِلْمًا أَنِّي قَدْ أَنْذَرْتُكُمُ ٱلْيَوْمَ.

Jehovah has spoken concerning you, O remnant of Judah, Go ye not into Egypt. Know certainly that I have testified to you this day.

٢٠ 20 لِأَنَّكُمْ قَدْ خَدَعْتُمْ أَنْفُسَكُمْ إِذْ أَرْسَلْتُمُونِي إِلَى ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمْ قَائِلِينَ: صَلِّ لِأَجْلِنَا إِلَى ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِنَا، وَحَسَبَ كُلِّ مَا يَقُولُهُ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُنَا هَكَذَا أَخْبِرْنَا فَنَفْعَلَ.

For ye have dealt deceitfully against your own souls. For ye sent me to Jehovah your God, saying, Pray for us to Jehovah our God, and according to all that Jehovah our God shall say, so declare to us, and we will do it.

٢١ 21 فَقَدْ أَخْبَرْتُكُمُ ٱلْيَوْمَ فَلَمْ تَسْمَعُوا لِصَوْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمْ، وَلَا لِشَيْءٍ مِمَّا أَرْسَلَنِي بِهِ إِلَيْكُمْ.

And I have this day declared it to you. But ye have not obeyed the voice of Jehovah your God in anything for which he has sent me to you.

٢٢ 22 فَٱلْآنَ ٱعْلَمُوا عِلْمًا أَنَّكُمْ تَمُوتُونَ بِٱلسَّيْفِ وَٱلْجُوعِ وَٱلْوَبَإِ فِي ٱلْمَوْضِعِ ٱلَّذِي ٱبْتَغَيْتُمْ أَنْ تَدْخُلُوهُ لِتَتَغَرَّبُوا فِيهِ».

Now therefore know certainly that ye shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, in the place where ye desire to go to sojourn there.