إرْمِيا 15

١ 1 ثُمَّ قَالَ لِيَ الرَّبُّ: «وحَتَّى لَوْ مَثَلَ مُوسَى وَصَمُوئِيلُ أَمَامِي، مِنْ أَجْلِ الشَّعْبِ فَإِنَّ قَلْبِي لَنْ يَلْتَفِتَ إِلَى هَذَا الشَّعْبِ. اطْرَحْهُمْ مِنْ مَحْضَرِي فَيَخْرُجُوا.

Then the LORD said to me: “Even if Moses and Samuel should stand before Me, My heart would not go out to this people. Send them from My presence, and let them go.

٢ 2 وَعِنْدَمَا يَسْأَلُونَكَ: إِلَى أَيْنَ نَذْهَبُ؟ أَجِبْهُمْ: هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ الرَّبُّ: مَنْ هُوَ لِلْوَبَأِ فَبِالْوَبَأِ يَمُوتُ، وَمَنْ هُوَ لِلسَّيْفِ فَبِالسَّيْفِ يُقْتَلُ، وَمَنْ هُوَ لِلْمَجَاعَةِ فَبِالْمَجَاعَةِ يَفْنَى، وَمَنْ هُوَ لِلسَّبْيِ فَإِلَى السَّبْيِ يَذْهَبُ.

If they ask you, ‘Where shall we go?’ you are to tell them that this is what the LORD says: ‘Those destined for death, to death; those destined for the sword, to the sword; those destined for famine, to famine; and those destined for captivity, to captivity.’

٣ 3 وَأَعْهَدُ بِهِمْ إِلَى أَرْبَعَةِ أَصْنَافٍ مِنَ الْخَرَابِ يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ: السَّيْفِ لِلذَّبْحِ، وَالْكِلابِ لِلتَّمْزِيقِ، وَطُيُورِ السَّمَاءِ وَوُحُوشِ الأَرْضِ لِلاِفْتِرَاسِ وَالإِهْلاكِ.

I will appoint over them four kinds of destroyers, declares the LORD: the sword to kill, the dogs to drag away, and the birds of the air and beasts of the earth to devour and destroy.

٤ 4 وَأَجْعَلُهُمْ مَثَارَ رُعْبِ أُمَمِ الأَرْضِ نَتِيجَةً لِمَا ارْتَكَبَهُ مَنَسَّى بْنُ حَزَقِيَّا فِي أُورُشَلِيمُ.

I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth because of what Manasseh son of Hezekiah king of Judah did in Jerusalem.

٥ 5 فَمَنْ يَعْطِفُ عَلَيْكِ يَا أُورُشَلِيمُ، وَمَنْ يَرْثِي لَكِ؟ مَنْ يَتَوَقَّفُ لِيَسْأَلَ عَنْ سَلامَتِكِ؟

Who will have pity on you, O Jerusalem? Who will mourn for you? Who will turn aside to ask about your welfare?

٦ 6 قَدْ رَفَضْتِنِي» يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ، «وَوَاظَبْتِ عَلَى الارْتِدَادِ، لِذَلِكَ مَدَدْتُ يَدِي ضِدَّكِ وَدَمَّرْتُكِ، إِذْ سَئِمْتُ مِنْ كَثْرَةِ الصَّفْحِ عَنْكِ.

You have forsaken Me, declares the LORD. You have turned your back. So I will stretch out My hand against you and I will destroy you; I am weary of showing compassion.

٧ 7 وَأُذَرِّيهِمْ بِالْمِذْرَاةِ فِي أَبْوَابِ مُدُنِ الأَرْضِ؛ وَأُثْكِلُ وَأُهْلِكُ شَعْبِي لأَنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَرْجِعُوا عَنْ طُرُقِهِمِ الأَثِيمَةِ.

I will scatter them with a winnowing fork at the gates of the land. I will bereave and destroy My people who have not turned from their ways.

٨ 8 وَأَجْعَلُ عَدَدَ أَرَامِلِهِمْ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ عَدَدِ رَمْلِ الْبَحْرِ، وَأَجْلِبُ فِي الظَّهِيرَةِ مُهْلِكاً عَلَى أُمَّهَاتِ الشُّبَّانِ، وَأُوْقِعُ عَلَيْهِمِ الرُّعْبَ وَالْهَوْلَ بَغْتَةً.

I will make their widows more numerous than the sand of the sea. I will bring a destroyer at noon against the mothers of young men. I will suddenly bring upon them anguish and dismay.

٩ 9 ذَبُلَتْ وَالِدَةُ السَّبْعَةِ الأَبْنَاءِ. أَسْلَمَتْ رُوحَهَا وَغَرَبَتْ شَمْسُ حَيَاتِهَا وَالنَّهَارُ لَمْ يَغِبْ بَعْدُ. لَحِقَ بِها الْخِزْيُ وَالْعَارُ. أَمَّا بَقِيَّتُهُمْ فَأَدْفَعُهُمْ إِلَى حَدِّ السَّيْفِ أَمَامَ أَعْدَائِهِمْ»، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ.

The mother of seven will grow faint; she will breathe her last breath. Her sun will set while it is still day; she will be disgraced and humiliated. And the rest I will put to the sword in the presence of their enemies,”

١٠ 10 وَيْلٌ لِي يَا أُمِّي لأَنَّكِ أَنْجَبْتِنِي لأَكُونَ إِنْسَانَ خِصَامٍ وَرَجُلَ نِزَاعٍ لِكُلِّ الأَرْضِ. لَمْ أَقْرِضْ وَلَمْ أَقْتَرِضْ. وَمَعَ ذَلِكَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ يَلْعَنُنِي.

Woe to me, my mother, that you have borne me, a man of strife and conflict in all the land. I have neither lent nor borrowed, yet everyone curses me.

١١ 11 دَعْهُمْ يَشْتِمُونَ يَا رَبُّ. أَلَمْ أَتَضَرَّعْ إِلَيْكَ مِنْ أَجْلِ خَيْرِهِمْ؟ إِنِّي أَبْتَهِلُ إِلَيْكَ الآنَ مِنْ أَجْلِ أَعْدَائِي فِي وَقْتِ الضِّيقِ وَالْمِحْنَةِ.

The LORD said: “Surely I will deliver you for a good purpose; surely I will intercede with your enemy in your time of trouble, in your time of distress.

١٢ 12 «أَيُمْكِنُ لِلْمَرْءِ أَنْ يَكْسِرَ حَدِيداً وَنُحَاساً مِنَ الشِّمَالِ؟

Can anyone smash iron— iron from the north—or bronze?

١٣ 13 سَأَجْعَلُ ثَرْوَتَكَ وَكُنُوزَكَ نَهْباً بِلا ثَمَنٍ بِسَبَبِ كُلِّ خَطَايَاكَ فِي جَمِيعِ أَرْضِكَ.

Your wealth and your treasures I will give up as plunder, without charge for all your sins within all your borders.

١٤ 14 وَأُصَيِّرُكَ عَبْداً لأَعْدَائِكَ فِي أَرْضٍ لَا تَعْرِفُهَا، لأَنَّ نَاراً قَدِ اضْطَرَمَتْ فِي احْتِدَامِ غَضَبِي، سَوْفَ تُحْرِقُكُمْ».

Then I will enslave you to your enemies in a land you do not know, for My anger will kindle a fire that will burn against you.”

١٥ 15 يَا رَبُّ، أَنْتَ عَرَفْتَ. اذْكُرْنِي وَارْعَنِي وَانْتَقِمْ لِي مِنْ مُضْطَهِدِيَّ. لَا تَتَمَهَّلْ طَوِيلاً فِي الانْتِقَامِ لِي، فَأَنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنِّي مِنْ أَجْلِكَ احْتَمَلْتُ التَّعْيِيرَ.

You understand, O LORD; remember me and attend to me. Avenge me against my persecutors. In Your patience, do not take me away. Know that I endure reproach for Your honor.

١٦ 16 حَالَمَا بَلَغَتْنِي كَلِمَاتُكَ أَكَلْتُهَا فَأَصْبَحَتْ لِي بَهْجَةً وَمَسَرَّةً لِقَلْبِي، لأَنِّي دُعِيتُ بِاسْمِكَ أَيُّهَا الرَّبُّ الإِلَهُ الْقَدِيرُ.

Your words were found, and I ate them. Your words became my joy and my heart’s delight. For I bear Your name, O LORD God of Hosts.

١٧ 17 لَمْ أَجْلِسْ فِي مَجَالِسِ الْعَابِثِينَ، وَلَمْ أَشْتَرِكْ فِي لَهْوِهِمْ. اعْتَزَلْتُ وَحْدِي لأَنَّ يَدَكَ كَانَتْ عَلَيَّ، وَقَدْ مَلأْتَنِي سُخْطاً.

I never sat with the band of revelers, nor did I celebrate with them. Because Your hand was on me, I sat alone, for You have filled me with indignation.

١٨ 18 لِمَاذَا لَا يَنْقَطِعُ أَلَمِي، وَجُرْحِي لَا يُشْفَى، وَيَأْبَى الالْتِئَامَ؟ أَتَكُونُ لِي كَجَدْوَلٍ كَاذِبٍ أَوْ مِيَاهٍ سَرِيعَةِ النُّضُوبِ؟

Why is my pain unending, and my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? You have indeed become like a mirage to me— water that is not there.

١٩ 19 لِذَلِكَ، هَكَذَا قَالَ الرَّبُّ: «إِنْ رَجَعْتَ أَسْتَرِدَّكَ فَتَمْثُلَ أَمَامِي. إِنْ نَطَقْتَ بِالْقَوْلِ السَّدِيدِ وَنَبَذْتَ الْكَلامَ الْغَثَّ، أَجْعَلْكَ الْمُتَحَدِّثَ بِفَمِي، فَيُقْبِلُونَ إِلَيْكَ مُسْتَرْشِدِينَ، وَأَنْتَ لَا تَلْجَأُ إِلَيْهِمْ طَالِباً نَصِيحَةً.

Therefore this is what the LORD says: “If you return, I will restore you; you will stand in My presence. And if you speak words that are noble instead of worthless, you will be My spokesman. It is they who must turn to you, but you must not turn to them.

٢٠ 20 وَأَجْعَلُكَ سُوراً نُحَاسِيًّا مَنِيعاً لِهَذَا الشَّعْبِ، فَيُحَارِبُونَكَ وَلَكِنَّهُمْ يُخْفِقُونَ، لأَنِّي أَنَا مَعَكَ لأُنْقِذَكَ وَأُخَلِّصَكَ.

Then I will make you a wall to this people, a fortified wall of bronze; they will fight against you but will not overcome you, for I am with you to save and deliver you, declares the LORD.

٢١ 21 أُنْقِذُكَ مِنْ قَبْضَةِ الأَشْرَارِ، وَأَفْدِيكَ مِنْ أَكُفِّ الْعُتَاةِ».

I will deliver you from the hand of the wicked and redeem you from the grasp of the ruthless.”