إِرْمِيَا 7

١ 1 اَلْكَلِمَةُ ٱلَّتِي صَارَتْ إِلَى إِرْمِيَا مِنْ قِبَلِ ٱلرَّبِّ قَائِلًا:

The word that came to Jeremias from the Lord, saying:

٢ 2 «قِفْ فِي بَابِ بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ وَنَادِ هُنَاكَ بِهَذِهِ ٱلْكَلِمَةِ وَقُلْ: اِسْمَعُوا كَلِمَةَ ٱلرَّبِّ يَا جَمِيعَ يَهُوذَا ٱلدَّاخِلِينَ فِي هَذِهِ ٱلْأَبْوَابِ لِتَسْجُدُوا لِلرَّبِّ.

Stand in the gate of the house of the Lord, and proclaim there this word, and say: Hear ye the word of the Lord, all ye men of Juda, that enter in at these gates, to adore the Lord.

٣ 3 هَكَذَا قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلْجُنُودِ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: أَصْلِحُوا طُرُقَكُمْ وَأَعْمَالَكُمْ فَأُسْكِنَكُمْ فِي هَذَا ٱلْمَوْضِعِ.

Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: Make your ways and your doings good: and I will dwell with you in this place.

٤ 4 لَا تَتَّكِلُوا عَلَى كَلَامِ ٱلْكَذِبِ قَائِلِينَ: هَيْكَلُ ٱلرَّبِّ، هَيْكَلُ ٱلرَّبِّ، هَيْكَلُ ٱلرَّبِّ هُوَ!

Trust not in lying words, saying: The temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, it is the temple of the Lord.

٥ 5 لِأَنَّكُمْ إِنْ أَصْلَحْتُمْ إِصْلَاحًا طُرُقَكُمْ وَأَعْمَالَكُمْ، إِنْ أَجْرَيْتُمْ عَدْلًا بَيْنَ ٱلْإِنْسَانِ وَصَاحِبِهِ،

For if you will order well your ways, and your doings: if you will execute judgement between a man and his neighbor,

٦ 6 إِنْ لَمْ تَظْلِمُوا ٱلْغَرِيبَ وَٱلْيَتِيمَ وَٱلْأَرْمَلَةَ، وَلَمْ تَسْفِكُوا دَمًا زَكِيًّا فِي هَذَا ٱلْمَوْضِعِ، وَلَمْ تَسِيرُوا وَرَاءَ آلِهَةٍ أُخْرَى لِأَذَائِكُمْ

If you opress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, and walk not after strange gods to your own hurt,

٧ 7 فَإِنِّي أُسْكِنُكُمْ فِي هَذَا ٱلْمَوْضِعِ، فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ ٱلَّتِي أَعْطَيْتُ لِآبَائِكُمْ مِنَ ٱلْأَزَلِ وَإِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ.

I will dwell with you in this place: in the land, which I gave to your fathers from the beginning and for evermore.

٨ 8 «هَا إِنَّكُمْ مُتَّكِلُونَ عَلَى كَلَامِ ٱلْكَذِبِ ٱلَّذِي لَا يَنْفَعُ.

Behold you put your trust in lying words, which shall not profit you:

٩ 9 أَتَسْرِقُونَ وَتَقْتُلُونَ وَتَزْنُونَ وَتَحْلِفُونَ كَذِبًا وَتُبَخِّرُونَ لِلْبَعْلِ، وَتَسِيرُونَ وَرَاءَ آلِهَةٍ أُخْرَى لَمْ تَعْرِفُوهَا،

To steal, to murder, to commit adultery, to swear falsely, to offer to Baalim, and to go after strange gods, which you know not.

١٠ 10 ثُمَّ تَأْتُونَ وَتَقِفُونَ أَمَامِي فِي هَذَا ٱلْبَيْتِ ٱلَّذِي دُعِيَ بِٱسْمِي عَلَيْهِ وَتَقُولُونَ: قَدْ أُنْقِذْنَا. حَتَّى تَعْمَلُوا كُلَّ هَذِهِ ٱلرَّجَاسَاتِ؟

And you have come, and stood before me in this house, in which my name is called upon, and have said: We are delivered, because we have done all these abominations.

١١ 11 هَلْ صَارَ هَذَا ٱلْبَيْتُ ٱلَّذِي دُعِيَ بِٱسْمِي عَلَيْهِ مَغَارَةَ لُصُوصٍ فِي أَعْيُنِكُمْ؟ هَأَنَذَا أَيْضًا قَدْ رَأَيْتُ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ.

Is this house then, in which my name hath been called upon, in your eyes become a den of robbers? I, I am he: I have seen it, saith the Lord.

١٢ 12 لَكِنِ ٱذْهَبُوا إِلَى مَوْضِعِي ٱلَّذِي فِي شِيلُوهَ ٱلَّذِي أَسْكَنْتُ فِيهِ ٱسْمِي أَوَّلًا، وَٱنْظُرُوا مَا صَنَعْتُ بِهِ مِنْ أَجْلِ شَرِّ شَعْبِي إِسْرَائِيلَ.

Go ye to my place in Silo, where my name dwelt from the beginning: and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel:

١٣ 13 وَٱلْآنَ مِنْ أَجْلِ عَمَلِكُمْ هَذِهِ ٱلْأَعْمَالَ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ، وَقَدْ كَلَّمْتُكُمْ مُبَكِّرًا وَمُكَلِّمًا فَلَمْ تَسْمَعُوا، وَدَعَوْتُكُمْ فَلَمْ تُجِيبُوا،

And now, because you have done all these works, saith the Lord: and I have spoken to you rising up early, and speaking, and you have not heard: and I have called you, and you have not answered:

١٤ 14 أَصْنَعُ بِٱلْبَيْتِ ٱلَّذِي دُعِيَ بِٱسْمِي عَلَيْهِ ٱلَّذِي أَنْتُمْ مُتَّكِلُونَ عَلَيْهِ، وَبِالْمَوْضِعِ ٱلَّذِي أَعْطَيْتُكُمْ وَآبَاءَكُمْ إِيَّاهُ، كَمَا صَنَعْتُ بِشِيلُوهَ.

I will do to this house, in which my name is called upon, and in which you trust, and to the places which I have given you and your fathers, as I did to Silo.

١٥ 15 وَأَطْرَحُكُمْ مِنْ أَمَامِي كَمَا طَرَحْتُ كُلَّ إِخْوَتِكُمْ، كُلَّ نَسْلِ أَفْرَايِمَ.

And I will cast you away from before my face, as I have cast away all your brethren, the whole seed of Ephraim.

١٦ 16 وَأَنْتَ فَلَا تُصَلِّ لِأَجْلِ هَذَا ٱلشَّعْبِ وَلَا تَرْفَعْ لِأَجْلِهِمْ دُعَاءً وَلَا صَلَاةً، وَلَا تُلِحَّ عَلَيَّ لِأَنِّي لَا أَسْمَعُكَ.

Therefore, do not thou pray for this people, nor take to thee praise and supplication for them: and do not withstand me: for I will not hear thee.

١٧ 17 «أَمَا تَرَى مَاذَا يَعْمَلُونَ فِي مُدُنِ يَهُوذَا وَفِي شَوَارِعِ أُورُشَلِيمَ؟

Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Juda, and in the streets of Jerusalem?

١٨ 18 ٱلْأَبْنَاءُ يَلْتَقِطُونَ حَطَبًا، وَٱلْآبَاءُ يُوقِدُونَ ٱلنَّارَ، وَٱلنِّسَاءُ يَعْجِنَّ ٱلْعَجِينَ، لِيَصْنَعْنَ كَعْكًا لِمَلِكَةِ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ، وَلِسَكْبِ سَكَائِبَ لِآلِهَةٍ أُخْرَى لِكَيْ يُغِيظُونِي.

The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire and the women knead the dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to offer libations to strange gods, and to provoke me to anger.

١٩ 19 أَفَإِيَّايَ يُغِيظُونَ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ؟ أَلَيْسَ أَنْفُسَهُمْ لِأَجْلِ خِزْيِ وُجُوهِهِمْ؟

Do they provoke me to anger, saith the Lord? Is it not themselves, to the confusion of their contenance?

٢٠ 20 لِذَلِكَ هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلسَّيِّدُ ٱلرَّبُّ: هَا غَضَبِي وَغَيْظِي يَنْسَكِبَانِ عَلَى هَذَا ٱلْمَوْضِعِ، عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ وَعَلَى ٱلْبَهَائِمِ وَعَلَى شَجَرِ ٱلْحَقْلِ وَعَلَى ثَمَرِ ٱلْأَرْضِ، فَيَتَّقِدَانِ وَلَا يَنْطَفِئَانِ.

Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Behold my wrath and my indignation was enkindled against this place, upon men and upon beasts, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruits of the land, and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched.

٢١ 21 «هَكَذَا قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلْجُنُودِ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: ضُمُّوا مُحْرَقَاتِكُمْ إِلَى ذَبَائِحِكُمْ وَكُلُوا لَحْمًا.

Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: Add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices, and eat ye the flesh.

٢٢ 22 لِأَنِّي لَمْ أُكَلِّمْ آبَاءَكُمْ وَلَا أَوْصَيْتُهُمْ يَوْمَ أَخْرَجْتُهُمْ مِنْ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ مِنْ جِهَةِ مُحْرَقَةٍ وَذَبِيحَةٍ.

For I spoke not to your fathers, and I commanded them not, in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning the matter of burnt offerings and sacrifices.

٢٣ 23 بَلْ إِنَّمَا أَوْصَيْتُهُمْ بِهَذَا ٱلْأَمْرِ قَائِلًا: ٱسْمَعُوا صَوْتِي فَأَكُونَ لَكُمْ إِلَهًا، وَأَنْتُمْ تَكُونُونَ لِي شَعْبًا، وَسِيرُوا فِي كُلِّ ٱلطَّرِيقِ ٱلَّذِي أُوصِيكُمْ بِهِ لِيُحْسَنَ إِلَيْكُمْ.

But this thing I commanded them, saying: Hearken to my voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be my people: and walk ye in all the way that I have commanded you, that it may be well with you.

٢٤ 24 فَلَمْ يَسْمَعُوا وَلَمْ يُمِيلُوا أُذْنَهُمْ، بَلْ سَارُوا فِي مَشُورَاتِ وَعِنَادِ قَلْبِهِمِ ٱلشِّرِّيرِ، وَأَعْطَوْا ٱلْقَفَا لَا ٱلْوَجْهَ.

But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear: but walked in their own will, and in the perversity of their wicked heart: and went backward and not forward,

٢٥ 25 فَمِنَ ٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلَّذِي خَرَجَ فِيهِ آبَاؤُكُمْ مِنْ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ إِلَى هَذَا ٱلْيَوْمِ، أَرْسَلْتُ إِلَيْكُمْ كُلَّ عَبِيدِي ٱلْأَنْبِيَاءِ، مُبَكِّرًا كُلَّ يَوْمٍ وَمُرْسِلًا.

From the day that their fathers came out of the land of Egypt, even to this day. And I have sent to you all my servants the prophets from day to day, rising up early and sending.

٢٦ 26 فَلَمْ يَسْمَعُوا لِي وَلَمْ يُمِيلُوا أُذُنَهُمْ، بَلْ صَلَّبُوا رِقَابَهُمْ. أَسَاءُوا أَكْثَرَ مِنْ آبَائِهِمْ.

And they have not hearkened to me: nor inclined their ear: but have hardened their neck, and have done worse than their fathers.

٢٧ 27 فَتُكَلِّمُهُمْ بِكُلِّ هَذِهِ ٱلْكَلِمَاتِ وَلَا يَسْمَعُونَ لَكَ، وَتَدْعُوهُمْ وَلَا يُجِيبُونَكَ.

And thou shalt speak to them all these words, but they will not hearken to thee: and thou shalt call them, but they will not answer thee.

٢٨ 28 فَتَقُولُ لَهُمْ: هَذِهِ هِيَ ٱلْأُمَّةُ ٱلَّتِي لَمْ تَسْمَعْ لِصَوْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِهَا وَلَمْ تَقْبَلْ تَأْدِيبًا. بَادَ ٱلْحَقُّ وَقُطِعَ عَنْ أَفْوَاهِهِمْ.

And thou shalt say to them: This is a nation which hath not hearkened to the voice of the Lord their God, nor received instruction: Faith is lost, and is carried away out of their mouth.

٢٩ 29 «جُزِّي شَعْرَكِ وَٱطْرَحِيهِ، وَٱرْفَعِي عَلَى ٱلْهِضَابِ مَرْثَاةً، لِأَنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ قَدْ رَفَضَ وَرَذَلَ جِيلَ رِجْزِهِ.

Cut off thy hair, and cast it away: and take up a lamentation on high: for the Lord hath rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath,

٣٠ 30 لِأَنَّ بَنِي يَهُوذَا قَدْ عَمِلُوا ٱلشَّرَّ فِي عَيْنَيَّ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ. وَضَعُوا مَكْرَهَاتِهِمْ فِي ٱلْبَيْتِ ٱلَّذِي دُعِيَ بِٱسْمِي لِيُنَجِّسُوهُ.

Because the children of Juda have done evil in my eyes, saith the Lord. They have set their abominations in the house in which my name is called upon, to pollute it;

٣١ 31 وَبَنَوْا مُرْتَفَعَاتِ تُوفَةَ ٱلَّتِي فِي وَادِي ٱبْنِ هِنُّومَ لِيُحْرِقُوا بَنِيهِمْ وَبَنَاتِهِمْ بِٱلنَّارِ، ٱلَّذِي لَمْ آمُرْ بِهِ وَلَا صَعِدَ عَلَى قَلْبِي.

And they have built the high places of Topeth, which is in the valley of the son of Ennom, to burn their sons, and their daughters in the fire: which I commanded not, nor thought on in my heart.

٣٢ 32 «لِذَلِكَ هَا هِيَ أَيَّامٌ تَأْتِي، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ، وَلَا يُسَمَّى بَعْدُ تُوفَةُ وَلَا وَادِي ٱبْنِ هِنُّومَ، بَلْ وَادِي ٱلْقَتْلِ. وَيَدْفِنُونَ فِي تُوفَةَ حَتَّى لَا يَكُونَ مَوْضِعٌ.

Therefore behold the days shall come, saith the Lord, and it shall no more be called Topeth, nor the valley of the son of Ennom: but the valley of slaughter, and they shall bury in Topeth, because there is no place.

٣٣ 33 وَتَصِيرُ جُثَثُ هَذَا ٱلشَّعْبِ أُكْلًا لِطُيُورِ ٱلسَّمَاءِ وَلِوُحُوشِ ٱلْأَرْضِ، وَلَا مُزْعِجَ.

And the carcasses of this people shall be meat for the fowls of the air, and for the beasts of the earth, and there shall be non to drive them away.

٣٤ 34 وَأُبَطِّلُ مِنْ مُدُنِ يَهُوذَا وَمِنْ شَوَارِعِ أُورُشَلِيمَ صَوْتَ ٱلطَّرَبِ وَصَوْتَ ٱلْفَرَحِ، صَوْتَ ٱلْعَرِيسِ وَصَوْتَ ٱلْعَرُوسِ، لِأَنَّ ٱلْأَرْضَ تَصِيرُ خَرَابًا.

And I will cause to cease out of the cities of Juda, and out of the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride: for the land shall be desolate.