إرْمِيا 13
| ثُمَّ قَالَ الرَّبُّ لِي: «امْضِ وَاشْتَرِ لِنَفْسِكَ مِنْطَقَةً مِنْ كَتَّانٍ وَلُفَّهَا حَوْلَ حَقْوَيْكَ، وَلا تَضَعْهَا فِي الْمَاءِ». | ١ 1 |
The LORD said to me, “Go, and buy yourself a linen belt, and put it on your waist, and don’t put it in water.”
| فَاشْتَرَيْتُ مِنْطَقَةً كَأَمْرِ الرَّبِّ وَلَفَفْتُهَا حَوْلَ حَقْوَيَّ، | ٢ 2 |
So I bought a belt according to the LORD’s word, and put it on my waist.
| ثُمَّ كَلَّمَنِي الرَّبُّ ثَانِيَةً | ٣ 3 |
The LORD’s word came to me the second time, saying,
| «خُذِ الْمِنْطَقَةَ الَّتِي اشْتَرَيْتَهَا، الْمَلْفُوفَةَ حَوْلَ حَقْوَيْكَ، وَاذْهَبْ إِلَى نَهْرِ الْفُرَاتِ، وَاطْمُرْهَا فِي شَقِّ صَخْرٍ». | ٤ 4 |
“Take the belt that you have bought, which is on your waist, and arise, go to the Euphrates, and hide it there in a cleft of the rock.”
| فَانْطَلَقْتُ وَطَمَرْتُهَا عِنْدَ الْفُرَاتِ كَأَمْرِ الرَّبِّ. | ٥ 5 |
So I went and hid it by the Euphrates, as the LORD commanded me.
| وَبَعْدَ عِدَّةِ أَيَّامٍ قَالَ لِيَ الرَّبُّ: «اذْهَبْ إِلَى الْفُرَاتِ وَخُذِ الْمِنْطَقَةَ الَّتِي أَمَرْتُكَ أَنْ تَطْمِرَهَا هُنَاكَ». | ٦ 6 |
After many days, the LORD said to me, “Arise, go to the Euphrates, and take the belt from there, which I commanded you to hide there.”
| فَقَصَدْتُ إِلَى الْفُرَاتِ وَحَفَرْتُ الْمَوْضِعَ وَأَخَذْتُ الْمِنْطَقَةَ مِنْ حَيْثُ طَمَرْتُهَا، وَإذَا بِها قَدْ تَلِفَتْ وَلَمْ تَعُدْ تَصْلُحُ لِشَيْءٍ. | ٧ 7 |
Then I went to the Euphrates, and dug, and took the belt from the place where I had hidden it; and behold, the belt was ruined. It was profitable for nothing.
| فَأَوْحَى إِلَيَّ الرَّبُّ بِكَلِمَتِهِ. | ٨ 8 |
Then the LORD’s word came to me, saying,
| «هَكَذَا سَأُحَطِّمُ كِبْرِيَاءَ يَهُوذَا وَكِبْرِيَاءَ أُورُشَلِيمَ الْعَظِيمَةِ. | ٩ 9 |
“The LORD says, ‘In this way I will ruin the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem.
| إِنَّ هَذَا الشَّعْبَ الشِّرِّيرَ الَّذِي أَبَى أَنْ يَسْتَمِعَ إِلَى كَلِمَتِي، وَانْسَاقَ بِعِنَادٍ خَلْفَ أَهْوَاءِ قَلْبِهِ، وَضَلَّ وَرَاءَ الأَصْنَامِ لِيَسْجُدَ لَهَا وَيَعْبُدَهَا، سَيُصْبِحُ مِثْلَ هَذِهِ الْمِنْطَقَةِ. | ١٠ 10 |
This evil people, who refuse to hear my words, who walk in the stubbornness of their heart, and have gone after other gods to serve them and to worship them, will even be as this belt, which is profitable for nothing.
| وَكَمَا أَنَّ الْمِنْطَقَةَ تَلْتَفُّ حَوْلَ حَقْوَيِ الإِنْسَانِ، هَكَذَا جَعَلْتُ كُلَّ ذُرِّيَّةِ يَهُوذَا تَلْتَفُّ حَوْلِي، لِيَكُونُوا لِي شَعْباً وَمَثَارَ شُهْرَةٍ وَفَخْرٍ وَمَجْدٍ. وَلَكِنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَسْمَعُوا». | ١١ 11 |
For as the belt clings to the waist of a man, so I have caused the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah to cling to me,’ says the LORD; ‘that they may be to me for a people, for a name, for praise, and for glory; but they would not hear.’
| لِذَلِكَ قُلْ لَهُمْ: «هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: كُلُّ زِقٍّ يَمْتَلِئُ خَمْراً، فَيُجِيبُونَكَ: أَلَسْنَا نَعْرِفُ أَنَّ كُلَّ زِقٍّ يَمْتَلِئُ خَمْراً؟» | ١٢ 12 |
“Therefore you shall speak to them this word: ‘The LORD, the God of Israel says, “Every container should be filled with wine.”’ They will tell you, ‘Do we not certainly know that every container should be filled with wine?’
| فَتَقُولُ لَهُمْ، «هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ الرَّبُّ: هَا أَنَا أَمْلَأُ بِالسُّكْرِ جَمِيعَ سُكَّانِ هَذِهِ الأَرْضِ وَالْمُلُوكَ مِنْ ذُرِّيَّةِ دَاوُدَ الْجَالِسِينَ عَلَى عَرْشِهِ، وَالْكَهَنَةَ، وَالأَنْبِيَاءَ وَكُلَّ أَهْلِ أُورُشَلِيمَ. | ١٣ 13 |
Then tell them, ‘The LORD says, “Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, even the kings who sit on David’s throne, the priests, the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with drunkenness.
| وَأُهَشِّمُهُمُ الْوَاحِدَ فَوْقَ الآخَرِ، الآبَاءَ وَالأَبْنَاءَ مَعاً، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ. لَا أُشْفِقُ وَلا أَتَرَأَّفُ وَلا أَرْحَمُ، بَلْ أُهْلِكُهُمْ». | ١٤ 14 |
I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together,” says the LORD: “I will not pity, spare, or have compassion, that I should not destroy them.”’”
| فَاسْمَعُوا وَأصْغَوْا وَلا تَسْتَكْبِرُوا، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ قَدْ تَكَلَّمَ. | ١٥ 15 |
Hear, and give ear. Don’t be proud, for the LORD has spoken.
| مَجِّدُوا الرَّبَّ إِلَهَكُمْ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَجْعَلَ الظَّلامَ يُخَيِّمُ عَلَيْكُمْ، وَقَبْلَ أَنْ تَتَعَثَّرَ أَقْدَامُكُمْ عَلَى الْجِبَالِ الْمُعْتِمَةِ. أَنْتُمْ تَرْتَقِبُونَ النُّورَ وَلَكِنَّهُ يُحَوِّلُهُ إِلَى ظَلامِ الْمَوْتِ وَيَجْعَلُهُ لَيْلاً دَامِساً. | ١٦ 16 |
Give glory to the LORD your God, before he causes darkness, and before your feet stumble on the dark mountains, and while you look for light, he turns it into the shadow of death, and makes it deep darkness.
| وَإِنْ لَمْ تُنْصِتُوا فَإِنَّ نَفْسِي تَبْكِي فِي الْخَفَاءِ مِنْ أَجْلِ كِبْرِيَائِكُمْ، وَتَذْرِفُ عَيْنَايَ الدُّمُوعَ الْمَرِيرَةَ، فَتَسِيلُ الْعَبَراتُ لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ قَدْ سَبَى شَعْبَهُ. | ١٧ 17 |
But if you will not hear it, my soul will weep in secret for your pride. My eye will weep bitterly, and run down with tears, because the LORD’s flock has been taken captive.
| قُلْ لِلْمَلِكِ وَلِلْمَلِكَةِ: «تَوَاضَعَا، وَتَنَازَلا عَنْ مَوْضِعِكُمَا لأَنَّ تَاجَ مَجْدِكُمَا قَدْ سَقَطَ عَنْ رَأْسَيْكُمَا». | ١٨ 18 |
Say to the king and to the queen mother, “Humble yourselves. Sit down, for your crowns have come down, even the crown of your glory.
| قَدْ أُغْلِقَتْ مُدُنُ النَّقَبِ وَلَيْسَ مَنْ يَفْتَحُهَا. سُبِيَ أَهْلُ يَهُوذَا بِجُمْلَتِهِمْ. سُبُوا جَمِيعاً وَلَمْ يَبْقَ مِنْهُمْ أَحَدٌ. | ١٩ 19 |
The cities of the South are shut up, and there is no one to open them. Judah is carried away captive: all of them. They are wholly carried away captive.
| ارْفَعُوا عُيُونَكُمْ وَشَاهِدُوا الْمُقْبِلِينَ مِنَ الشِّمَالِ. أَيْنَ الْقَطِيعُ الَّذِي عُهِدَ بِهِ إِلَيْكِ يَا أُورُشَلِيمُ؟ أَيْنَ قَطِيعُ افْتِخَارِكِ؟ | ٢٠ 20 |
Lift up your eyes, and see those who come from the north. Where is the flock that was given to you, your beautiful flock?
| مَاذَا تَقُولِينَ حِينَ يُقِيمُ الرَّبُّ عَلَيْكِ رُؤَسَاءَ أُولَئِكَ الَّذِينَ عَلَّمْتِهِمْ أَنْ يَكُونُوا لَكِ أَحْلافاً؟ أَفَلا تَنْتَابُكِ الأَوْجَاعُ كَامْرَأَةٍ مَاخِضٍ؟ | ٢١ 21 |
What will you say when he sets over you as head those whom you have yourself taught to be friends to you? Won’t sorrows take hold of you, as of a woman in travail?
| وَإِنْ تَسَاءَلْتِ فِي نَفْسِكِ: «لِمَاذَا ابْتُلِيتُ بِهَذِهِ الأُمُورِ؟» إِنَّهَا عَاقِبَةُ كَثْرَةِ آثَامِكِ. قَدْ هُتِكَتْ أَذْيَالُكِ، وَاغْتُصِبَ جَسَدُكِ. | ٢٢ 22 |
If you say in your heart, “Why have these things come on me?” Your skirts are uncovered because of the greatness of your iniquity, and your heels suffer violence.
| هَلْ يُمْكِنُ لِلإِثْيُوبِيِّ أَنْ يُغَيِّرَ جِلْدَهُ، أَوْ لِلنَّمِرِ رُقَطَهُ؟ كَذَلِكَ أَنْتُمْ لَا تَقْدِرُونَ أَنْ تَصْنَعُوا خَيْراً بَعْدَ أَنْ أَلِفْتُمُ ارْتِكَابَ الشَّرِّ. | ٢٣ 23 |
Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Then may you also do good, who are accustomed to do evil.
| «سَأُبَدِّدُكُمْ كَالْعُصَافَةِ الَّتِي تُذَرِّيهَا رِيحُ الْبَرِّيَّةِ. | ٢٤ 24 |
“Therefore I will scatter them as the stubble that passes away by the wind of the wilderness.
| هَذِهِ قُرْعَتُكِ، النَّصِيبُ الَّذِي كِلْتُهُ لَكِ»، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ، «لأَنَّكِ نَسِيتِنِي وَاتَّكَلْتِ عَلَى الْكَذِبِ. | ٢٥ 25 |
This is your lot, the portion measured to you from me,” says the LORD, “because you have forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood.”
| فَأَنَا أَيْضاً أَرْفَعُ أَذْيَالَكِ عَلَى وَجْهِكِ لِيَنْكَشِفَ عَارُكِ. | ٢٦ 26 |
Therefore I will also uncover your skirts on your face, and your shame will appear.
| قَدْ شَهِدْتُ عَلَى التِّلالِ فِي الْحُقُولِ فِسْقَكِ وَحَمْحَمَةَ فُجُورِكِ وَعَهْرَ زِنَاكِ. وَيْلٌ لَكِ يَا أُورُشَلِيمُ. إِلَى مَتَى تَظَلِّينَ غَيْرَ طَاهِرَةٍ؟» | ٢٧ 27 |
I have seen your abominations, even your adulteries and your neighing, the lewdness of your prostitution, on the hills in the field. Woe to you, Jerusalem! You will not be made clean. How long will it yet be?”
