إِرْمِيَا 49
| عَنْ بَنِي عَمُّونَ: «هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: أَلَيْسَ لِإِسْرَائِيلَ بَنُونَ، أَوْ لَا وَارِثٌ لَهُ؟ لِمَاذَا يَرِثُ مَلِكُهُمْ جَادَ، وَشَعْبُهُ يَسْكُنُ فِي مُدُنِهِ؟ | ١ 1 |
[This message is] about the Ammon people-group. This is what Yahweh says: “There are [RHQ] plenty of Israeli people left to occupy [the land of the tribe of] Gad. So, why are [RHQ] [the people who worship the god] Molech living in those towns?
| لِذَلِكَ هَا أَيَّامٌ تَأْتِي، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ، وَأُسْمِعُ فِي رَبَّةِ بَنِي عَمُّونَ جَلَبَةَ حَرْبٍ، وَتَصِيرُ تَّلًا خَرِبًا، وَتُحْرَقُ بَنَاتُهَا بِٱلنَّارِ، فَيَرِثُ إِسْرَائِيلُ ٱلَّذِينَ وَرِثُوهُ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ. | ٢ 2 |
There will be a time when I will sound the battle-cry [for their enemies] to attack [their capital city], Rabbah. [Then] it will become a heap of ruins, and [all] the nearby towns will be burned. Then [the people of] Israel will again possess the land that the Ammon people-group took away from them.
| وَلْوِلِي يَاحَشْبُونُ لِأَنَّ عَايَ قَدْ خَرِبَتْ. اُصْرُخْنَ يَا بَنَاتِ رَبَّةَ. تَنَطَّقْنَ بِمُسُوحٍ. ٱنْدُبْنَ وَطَوِّفْنَ بَيْنَ ٱلْجُدْرَانِ، لِأَنَّ مَلِكَهُمْ يَذْهَبُ إِلَى ٱلسَّبْيِ هُوَ وَكَهَنَتُهُ وَرُؤَسَاؤُهُ مَعًا. | ٣ 3 |
You people of Heshbon [city] [MTY], wail, because Ai [town nearby] will be destroyed. You people of Rabbah [city], weep; put on (rough clothing/sackcloth) [to show you are mourning]; run back and forth [in confusion] inside the city walls, because [your god] Milcom, along with its priests and officials, will be taken away (in exile/to other countries).
| مَا بَالُكِ تَفْتَخِرِينَ بِٱلْأَوْطِيَةِ؟ قَدْ فَاضَ وَطَاؤُكِ دَمًا أَيَّتُهَا ٱلْبِنْتُ ٱلْمُرْتَدَّةُ وَٱلْمُتَوَكِّلَةُ عَلَى خَزَائِنِهَا، قَائِلَةً: مَنْ يَأْتِي إِلَيَّ؟ | ٤ 4 |
You are [RHQ] very proud of your very fertile valleys, [but they will soon be ruined]. You rebellious people, you trusted in your wealth, and you said, ‘Certainly no [RHQ] army will be able to attack us!’
| هَأَنَذَا أَجْلِبُ عَلَيْكِ خَوْفًا، يَقُولُ ٱلسَّيِّدُ رَبُّ ٱلْجُنُودِ، مِنْ جَمِيعِ ٱلَّذِينَ حَوَالَيْكِ، وَتُطْرَدُونَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ إِلَى مَا أَمَامَهُ، وَلَيْسَ مَنْ يَجْمَعُ ٱلتَّائِهِينَ. | ٥ 5 |
But listen to this: 'I, the Commander of the armies of angels, will cause you to become terrified. You will all be forced to flee [to other countries], and no one will be able to bring you together [again].'
| ثُمَّ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ أَرُدُّ سَبْيَ بَنِي عَمُّونَ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ». | ٦ 6 |
But some day I will enable the Ammon people-group to return to their land. [That will surely happen, because I, ] Yahweh, have said it.”
| عَنْ أَدُومَ: «هَكَذَا قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلْجُنُودِ: أَلَا حِكْمَةَ بَعْدُ فِي تِيْمَانَ؟ هَلْ بَادَتِ ٱلْمَشُورَةُ مِنَ ٱلْفُهَمَاءِ؟ هَلْ فَرَغَتْ حِكْمَتُهُمْ؟ | ٧ 7 |
[This message is] about the Edom people-group. This is what the Commander of the armies of angels says: “It seems that [RHQ] there are no wise people in Teman [district in Edom]! There are no people left who can give others [good] advice. The people who were wise [PRS] have disappeared.
| اُهْرُبُوا. ٱلْتَفِتُوا. تَعَمَّقُوا فِي ٱلسَّكَنِ يَا سُكَّانَ دَدَانَ، لِأَنِّي قَدْ جَلَبْتُ عَلَيْهِ بَلِيَّةَ عِيسُو حِينَ عَاقَبْتُهُ. | ٨ 8 |
You people of Dedan [city in the south of Edom], turn and flee and hide in deep [caves], because when I cause the Edom people-group to experience disaster, I will punish you, too.
| لَوْ أَتَاكَ ٱلْقَاطِفُونَ، أَفَمَا كَانُوا يَتْرُكُونَ عُلَالَةً؟ أَوِ ٱللُّصُوصُ لَيْلًا، أَفَمَا كَانُوا يُهْلِكُونَ مَا يَكْفِيهِمْ؟ | ٩ 9 |
Those who harvest grapes always [RHQ] leave some on the vines. When thieves come at night, they surely [RHQ] steal only as much as they want.
| وَلَكِنَّنِي جَرَّدْتُ عِيسُوَ، وَكَشَفْتُ مُسْتَتَرَاتِهِ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ يَخْتَبِئَ. هَلَكَ نَسْلُهُ وَإِخْوَتُهُ وَجِيرَانُهُ، فَلَا يُوجَدُ. | ١٠ 10 |
But I will cause everything in Edom to be destroyed, and there will be nothing left, and there will be no place for people to hide. [Many of] [HYP] the children, their relatives and their neighbors, will die, and Edom will not exist any more.
| اُتْرُكْ أَيْتَامَكَ أَنَا أُحْيِيهِمْ، وَأَرَامِلُكَ عَلَيَّ لِيَتَوَكَّلْنَ. | ١١ 11 |
But I will protect the orphans, and the widows [also] will [be able to] depend on me [to help them].”
| لِأَنَّهُ هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: هَا إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا حَقَّ لَهُمْ أَنْ يَشْرَبُوا ٱلْكَأْسَ قَدْ شَرِبُوا، فَهَلْ أَنْتَ تَتَبَرَّأُ تَبَرُّؤًا؟ لَا تَتَبَرَّأُ! بَلْ إِنَّمَا تَشْرَبُ شُرْبًا. | ١٢ 12 |
And this is [also] what Yahweh says: “If those who do not deserve to suffer [MET] must suffer, you people of Edom must [RHQ] suffer much more [DOU]! You will not escape being punished.
| لِأَنِّي بِذَاتِي حَلَفْتُ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ، إِنَّ بُصْرَةَ تَكُونُ دَهَشًا وَعَارًا وَخَرَابًا وَلَعْنَةً، وَكُلُّ مُدُنِهَا تَكُونُ خِرَبًا أَبَدِيَّةً. | ١٣ 13 |
I, Yahweh, have solemnly promised, using my own name, that [your chief city] Bozrah will become a place that people will be horrified about. It will be a heap of ruins. People will make fun of it and use its name when they curse people. All the nearby towns and villages will be a ruins forever.”
| قَدْ سَمِعْتُ خَبَرًا مِنْ قِبَلِ ٱلرَّبِّ، وَأُرْسِلَ رَسُولٌ إِلَى ٱلْأُمَمِ قَائِلًا: تَجَمَّعُوا وَتَعَالَوْا عَلَيْهَا، وَقُومُوا لِلْحَرْبِ. | ١٤ 14 |
I heard this message from Yahweh: “I have sent an ambassador to [many] nations, [to tell them to] gather together to attack Edom. They must prepare for battle!”
| لِأَنِّي هَا قَدْ جَعَلْتُكَ صَغِيرًا بَيْنَ ٱلشُّعُوبِ، وَمُحْتَقَرًا بَيْنَ ٱلنَّاسِ. | ١٥ 15 |
[And Yahweh says to the people of Edom, ] “I will cause your nation to become very unimportant among the [other] nations. They will all despise your country.
| قَدْ غَرَّكَ تَخْوِيفُكَ، كِبْرِيَاءُ قَلْبِكَ، يَاسَاكِنُ فِي مَحَاجِئِ ٱلصَّخْرِ، ٱلْمَاسِكَ مُرْتَفَعِ ٱلْأَكَمَةِ. وَإِنْ رَفَعْتَ كَنَسْرٍ عُشَّكَ، فَمِنْ هُنَاكَ أُحْدِرُكَ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ. | ١٦ 16 |
You have caused [people of other nations] to be terrified, and you [MTY] have been very proud, but you have deceived yourselves. You live in caves in the rock cliffs; [you think that you are safe there because] you live high up there. But even if you make your homes as high up as the eagles’ nests, I will cause you to come [crashing] down.
| وَتَصِيرُ أَدُومُ عَجَبًا. كُلُّ مَارٍّ بِهَا يَتَعَجَّبُ وَيَصْفِرُ بِسَبَبِ كُلِّ ضَرَبَاتِهَا! | ١٧ 17 |
Edom will become a place about which people are horrified; people who pass by will be horrified and will (gasp/be shocked) when they see the destruction.
| كَٱنْقِلَابِ سَدُومَ وَعَمُورَةَ وَمُجَاوَرَاتِهِمَا، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ، لَا يَسْكُنُ هُنَاكَ إِنْسَانٌ وَلَا يَتَغَرَّبُ فِيهَا ٱبْنُ آدَمَ. | ١٨ 18 |
Edom will be destroyed as [completely as] Sodom and Gomorrah and the nearby towns were destroyed [long ago]. [As a result, ] no one will live there [any more] [DOU].
| هُوَذَا يَصْعَدُ كَأَسَدٍ مِنْ كِبْرِيَاءِ ٱلْأُرْدُنِّ إِلَى مَرْعًى دَائِمٍ. لِأَنِّي أَغْمِزُ وَأَجْعَلُهُ يَرْكُضُ عَنْهُ. فَمَنْ هُوَ مُنْتَخَبٌ، فَأُقِيمَهُ عَلَيْهِ؟ لِأَنَّهُ مَنْ مِثْلِي؟ وَمَنْ يُحَاكِمُنِي؟ وَمَنْ هُوَ ٱلرَّاعِي ٱلَّذِي يَقِفُ أَمَامِي؟ | ١٩ 19 |
I will come to Edom [suddenly] like [SIM] a lion comes out of the jungle and [leaps on the sheep that are] eating in the good pastureland. I will quickly chase the people of Edom from their land. And [then] I will appoint for them a leader whom I will choose; [I can do that] because there is no one [RHQ] like me who can object to what I do. No ruler can oppose me.
| لِذَلِكَ ٱسْمَعُوا مَشُورَةَ ٱلرَّبِّ ٱلَّتِي قَضَى بِهَا عَلَى أَدُومَ، وَأَفْكَارَهُ ٱلَّتِي ٱفْتَكَرَ بِهَا عَلَى سُكَّانِ تِيمَانَ: إِنَّ صِغَارَ ٱلْغَنَمِ تَسْحَبُهُمْ. إِنَّهُ يَخْرِبُ مَسْكَنَهُمْ عَلَيْهِمْ. | ٢٠ 20 |
Listen to what I have planned to do to the people of Teman [town] and [the rest of] Edom: Even the little children will be dragged away, and I will completely get rid of the people [MET] who live there.
| مِنْ صَوْتِ سُقُوطِهِمْ رَجَفَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ. صَرْخَةٌ سُمِعَ صَوْتُهَا فِي بَحْرِ سُوفَ. | ٢١ 21 |
When Edom is destroyed, the noise [will be extremely great], with the result that the earth will shake, and the wailing of the people will be heard [as far away as] the Red Sea.
| هُوَذَا كَنَسْرٍ يَرْتَفِعُ وَيَطِيرُ وَيَبْسُطُ جَنَاحَيْهِ عَلَى بُصْرَةَ، وَيَكُونُ قَلْبُ جَبَابِرَةِ أَدُومَ فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ كَقَلْبِ ٱمْرَأَةٍ مَاخِضٍ». | ٢٢ 22 |
Look! The enemy troops will swoop/rush down over Bozrah like an eagle spreads its wings when it swoops down [to seize an animal]. On that day, [even the strongest] warriors of Edom will [be afraid] like [SIM] a woman who is about to give birth.”
| عَنْ دِمَشْقَ: «خَزِيَتْ حَمَاةُ وَأَرْفَادُ. قَدْ ذَابُوا لِأَنَّهُمْ قَدْ سَمِعُوا خَبَرًا رَدِيئًا. فِي ٱلْبَحْرِ ٱضْطِرَابٌ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُ ٱلْهُدُوءَ. | ٢٣ 23 |
[This message is] about Damascus. [This is what Yahweh says]: “[The people in the nearby cities of] Hamath and Arpad are confused, because they have heard bad news [about Damascus]. They are very anxious and restless, like [SIM] a sea in a big storm.
| ٱرْتَخَتْ دِمَشْقُ وَٱلْتَفَتَتْ لِلْهَرَبِ. أَمْسَكَتْهَا ٱلرِّعْدَةُ، وَأَخَذَهَا ٱلضِّيقُ وَٱلْأَوْجَاعُ كَمَاخِضٍ. | ٢٤ 24 |
The people of Damascus have become very weak, and [they all] have (panicked/fled [because] they are very afraid). The people are anguished and in pain like [SIM] a woman [experiences] who is about to give birth.
| كَيْفَ لَمْ تُتْرَكِ ٱلْمَدِينَةُ ٱلشَّهِيرَةُ، قَرْيَةُ فَرَحِي؟ | ٢٥ 25 |
That famous city, that I was [previously] pleased with, will be abandoned.
| لِذَلِكَ تَسْقُطُ شُبَّانُهَا فِي شَوَارِعِهَا، وَتَهْلِكُ كُلُّ رِجَالِ ٱلْحَرْبِ فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ، يَقُولُ رَبُّ ٱلْجُنُودِ. | ٢٦ 26 |
Its young men will fall in the streets. Its soldiers will all be killed in one day.
| وَأُشْعِلُ نَارًا فِي سُورِ دِمَشْقَ فَتَأْكُلُ قُصُورَ بَنْهَدَدَ». | ٢٧ 27 |
And I, the Commander of the armies of angels, will start a fire to burn the walls that surround Damascus, and the palaces of [King] Ben-Hadad will be burned down.”
| عَنْ قِيدَارَ وَعَنْ مَمَالِكِ حَاصُورَ ٱلَّتِي ضَرَبَهَا نَبُوخَذْرَاصَّرُ مَلِكُ بَابِلَ: «هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: قُومُوا ٱصْعَدُوا إِلَى قِيدَارَ. ٱخْرِبُوا بَنِي ٱلْمَشْرِقِ. | ٢٨ 28 |
[This is a message] about the Kedar [people-group] and the kingdom of Hazor which [the army of] Nebuchadnezzar King of Babylon attacked. This is what Yahweh says: “[I will cause an army to] advance to attack Kedar and destroy those people who live east [of Judah].
| يَأْخُذُونَ خِيَامَهُمْ وَغَنَمَهُمْ، وَيَأْخُذُونَ لِأَنْفُسِهِمْ شُقَقَهُمْ وَكُلَّ آنِيَتِهِمْ وَجِمَالَهُمْ، وَيُنَادُونَ إِلَيْهِمِ: ٱلْخَوْفَ مِنْ كُلِّ جَانِبٍ. | ٢٩ 29 |
Their tents and their flocks [of sheep] will be captured. The curtains [in their tents] and their camels and their other possessions will be taken away. [Everywhere] men will shout, ‘We are terrified [because terrible things are happening] all around us!’
| «اُهْرُبُوا. ٱنْهَزِمُوا جِدًّا. تَعَمَّقُوا فِي ٱلسَّكَنِ يَاسُكَّانَ حَاصُورَ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ، لِأَنَّ نَبُوخَذْرَاصَّرَ مَلِكَ بَابِلَ قَدْ أَشَارَ عَلَيْكُمْ مَشُورَةً، وَفَكَّرَ عَلَيْكُمْ فِكْرًا. | ٣٠ 30 |
So [I, ] Yahweh, say, ‘Run away [quickly]! You people who live in Hazor, go and hide in deep [caves], because King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon wants to attack you [with his army]; he is planning to destroy you!’
| قُومُوا ٱصْعَدُوا إِلَى أُمَّةٍ مُطْمَئِنَّةٍ سَاكِنَةٍ آمِنَةٍ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ، لَا مَصَارِيعَ وَلَا عَوَارِضَ لَهَا. تَسْكُنُ وَحْدَهَا. | ٣١ 31 |
But I say [to Nebuchadnezzar], ‘Go up and attack that nation whose people feel secure; they do not have allies [who will help them] and do not have [walls with] gates that have bars in them.
| وَتَكُونُ جِمَالُهُمْ نَهْبًا، وَكَثْرَةُ مَاشِيَتِهِمْ غَنِيمَةً، وَأُذْرِي لِكُلِّ رِيحٍ مَقْصُوصِي ٱلشَّعْرِ مُسْتَدِيرًا، وَآتِي بِهَلَاكِهِمْ مِنْ كُلِّ جِهَاتِهِ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ. | ٣٢ 32 |
Your troops will seize their camels and [other] livestock. I will scatter in every direction [IDM] those people who live in remote places (OR, who cut their hair short). I will cause them to experience disasters from every direction.
| وَتَكُونُ حَاصُورُ مَسْكَنَ بَنَاتِ آوَى، وَخَرِبَةً إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ. لَا يَسْكُنُ هُنَاكَ إِنْسَانٌ، وَلَا يَتَغَرَّبُ فِيهَا ٱبْنُ آدَمَ». | ٣٣ 33 |
Hazor will become a place where jackals/wolves live, and it will be deserted forever. No one will live there again; no one will settle there [DOU].’”
| كَلِمَةُ ٱلرَّبِّ ٱلَّتِي صَارَتْ إِلَى إِرْمِيَا ٱلنَّبِيِّ عَلَى عِيلَامَ، فِي ٱبْتِدَاءِ مُلْكِ صِدْقِيَّا مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا قَائِلَةً: | ٣٤ 34 |
I received this message from Yahweh when King Zedekiah was starting to rule Judah.
| «هَكَذَا قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلْجُنُودِ: هَأَنَذَا أُحَطِّمُ قَوْسَ عِيلَامَ أَوَّلَ قُوَّتِهِمْ. | ٣٥ 35 |
This is what the Commander of the armies of angels says: “The men of Elam are famous (archers/men who shoot arrows well); that is how they have made their country very powerful. But I will get rid of them [MET].
| وَأَجْلِبُ عَلَى عِيلَامَ أَرْبَعَ رِيَاحٍ مِنْ أَرْبَعَةِ أَطْرَافِ ٱلسَّمَاءِ، وَأُذْرِيهِمْ لِكُلِّ هَذِهِ ٱلرِّيَاحِ وَلَا تَكُونُ أُمَّةٌ إِلَّا وَيَأْتِي إِلَيْهَا مَنْفِيُّو عِيلَامَ. | ٣٦ 36 |
I will bring their enemies from all directions [IDM, DOU], and they will scatter the people of Elam in all directions. The people of Elam will be exiled to every nation on the earth [LIT, HYP].
| وَأَجْعَلُ ٱلْعِيلَامِيِّينَ يَرْتَعِبُونَ أَمَامَ أَعْدَائِهِمْ وَأَمَامَ طَالِبِي نُفُوسِهِمْ، وَأَجْلِبُ عَلَيْهِمْ شَرًّا، حُمُوَّ غَضَبِي، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ. وَأُرْسِلُ وَرَاءَهُمُ ٱلسَّيْفَ حَتَّى أُفْنِيَهُمْ. | ٣٧ 37 |
Because I am very angry with the people of Elam, I will enable their enemies to smash Elam; I will cause the people of Elam to experience great disasters. I will enable their enemies, who want to kill them, to pursue them [and kill them] with swords until I completely get rid of all of them.
| وَأَضَعُ كُرْسِيِّي فِي عِيلَامَ، وَأُبِيدُ مِنْ هُنَاكَ ٱلْمَلِكَ وَٱلرُّؤَسَاءَ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ. | ٣٨ 38 |
I, Yahweh, will judge them there [MTY], and [then] I will get rid of their king and [his] officials.
| «وَيَكُونُ فِي آخِرِ ٱلْأَيَّامِ أَنِّي أَرُدُّ سَبْيَ عِيلَامَ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ». | ٣٩ 39 |
But some day, I will enable the people of Elam to return to their land. [That will surely happen because I, ] Yahweh, have said it.”
