< إرْمِيا 18 >
هَذَا مَا أَوْحَى الرَّبُّ بِهِ إِلَى إِرْمِيَا قَائِلاً: | ١ 1 |
The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
«قُمْ وَامْضِ إِلَى بَيْتِ الْفَخَّارِيِّ، وَهُنَاكَ أُسْمِعُكَ كَلامِي». | ٢ 2 |
Arise, and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words.
فَانْطَلَقْتُ إِلَى بَيْتِ الْفَخَّارِيِّ، فَإِذَا بِهِ يَعْمَلُ عَلَى دُولابِهِ. | ٣ 3 |
Then I went down to the potter’s house, and, behold, he wrought his work on the wheels.
غَيْرَ أَنَّ الإِنَاءَ الَّذِي كَانَ يَصْنَعُهُ فَسَدَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ، فَعَادَ يُشَكِّلُهُ إِنَاءً آخَرَ كَمَا طَابَ لِلْفَخَّارِيِّ أَنْ يَصُوغَهُ. | ٤ 4 |
And when the vessel that he made of the clay was marred in the hand of the potter, he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.
عِنْدَئِذٍ قَالَ لِيَ الرَّبُّ: | ٥ 5 |
Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
«يَا ذُرِّيَّةَ إِسْرَائِيلَ: أَلا أَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ أَصْنَعَ بِكُمْ كَمَا صَنَعَ الْفَخَّارِيُّ؟ إِنَّكُمْ فِي يَدِي كَالطِّينِ فِي يَدِ الْفَخَّارِيِّ. | ٦ 6 |
O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the LORD. Behold, as the clay in the potter’s hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel.
تَارَةً أَقْضِي عَلَى أُمَّةٍ وَعَلَى مَمْلَكَةٍ بِالاسْتِئْصَالِ وَالْهَدْمِ وَالدَّمَارِ، | ٧ 7 |
At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy it;
فَتَرْتَدُّ تِلْكَ الأُمَّةُ الَّتِي قَضَيْتُ عَلَيْهَا بِالْعِقَابِ عَنْ شَرِّهَا، فَأَكُفُّ عَنِ الشَّرِّ الَّذِي نَوَيْتُ مُعَاقَبَتَهَا بِهِ. | ٨ 8 |
if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.
وَتَارَةً أَقْضِي بِمُكَافَأَةِ أُمَّةٍ أَوْ مَمْلَكَةٍ بِبِنَاءِ قُوَّتِهَا وَإِنْمَائِهَا. | ٩ 9 |
And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it;
ثُمَّ لَا تَلْبَثُ أَنْ تَرْتَكِبَ الشَّرَّ أَمَامِي وَلا تَسْمَعُ لِصَوْتِي، فَأَكُفُّ عَنِ الْخَيْرِ الَّذِي نَوَيْتُ أَنْ أُنْعِمَ بِهِ عَلَيْهَا. | ١٠ 10 |
if it do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them.
لِذَلِكَ قُلْ لِرِجَالِ يَهُوذَا وَأَهْلِ أُورُشَلِيمَ، هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ الرَّبُّ: هَا أَنَا أُدَبِّرُ لَكُمْ شَرّاً، وأُعِدُّ لَكُمْ مُؤَامَرَةً، فَلْيَرْجِعْ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْكُمْ عَنْ طَرِيقِهِ الشِّرِّيرِ وَقَوِّمُوا سُبُلَكُمْ وَأَعْمَالَكُمْ. | ١١ 11 |
Now therefore go to, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD: Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you: return ye now every one from his evil way, and amend your ways and your doings.
وَلَكِنَّهُمْ يُجِيبُونَ: لَا جَدْوَى مِنْ هَذَا، بَلْ نَسْعَى وَرَاءَ أَهْوَاءِ أَفْكَارِنَا، وَكُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنَّا يَفْعَلُ مَا يَرُوقُ لِعِنَادِ قَلْبِهِ الأَثِيمِ». | ١٢ 12 |
But they say, There is no hope: for we will walk after our own devices, and we will do every one after the stubbornness of his evil heart.
لِذَلِكَ هَكَذَا يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ: «اسْأَلُوا بَيْنَ الشُّعُوبِ مَنْ سَمِعَ بِمِثْلِ هَذَا؟ قَدِ ارْتَكَبَتِ الْعَذْرَاءُ إِسْرَائِيلُ أَمْراً شَدِيدَ الْهَوْلِ. | ١٣ 13 |
Therefore thus saith the LORD: Ask ye now among the nations, who hath heard such things; the virgin of Israel hath done a very horrible thing.
هَلْ يَخْتَفِي ثَلْجُ لُبْنَانَ عَنْ مُنْحَدَرَاتِ جِبَالِهِ الصَّخْرِيَّةِ؟ وَهَلْ تَتَوَقَّفُ مِيَاهُهُ الْبَارِدَةُ الْمُنْحَدِرَةُ مِنْ يَنَابِيعَ بَعِيدَةٍ عَنِ التَّدَفُّقِ؟ | ١٤ 14 |
Shall the snow of Lebanon fail from the rock of the field? [or] shall the cold waters that flow down from afar be dried up?
لَكِنَّ شَعْبِي قَدْ نَسِيَنِي وَأَحْرَقَ بَخُوراً لأَوْثَانٍ بَاطِلَةٍ، جَعَلَتْهُ يَتَعَثَّرُ فِي طُرُقِهِ، فِي السُّبُلِ الْقَدِيمَةِ، فَسَلَكَ فِي مَمَرَّاتٍ وَطُرُقٍ غَيْرِ مُعَبَّدَةٍ. | ١٥ 15 |
For my people hath forgotten me, they have burned incense to vanity; and they have caused them to stumble in their ways, in the ancient paths, to walk in bypaths, in a way not cast up;
فَتُصْبِحُ أَرْضُهُ خَرَاباً، مَثَارَ صَفِيرِ دَهْشَةٍ، وَكُلُّ مَنْ يَعْبُرُ بِها يَعْتَرِيهِ رُعْبٌ وَيَهُزُّ رَأْسَهُ. | ١٦ 16 |
to make their land an astonishment, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and shake his head.
فَأُشَتِّتُهُمْ أَمَامَ أَعْدَائِهِمْ كَرِيحٍ شَرْقِيَّةٍ، وَلا أَلْتَفِتُ إِلَيْهِمْ بَلْ أُدِيرُ لَهُمُ القَفَا فِي يَوْمِ مِحْنَتِهِمْ». | ١٧ 17 |
I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will look upon their back, and not their face, in the day of their calamity.
ثُمَّ قَالُوا: «تَعَالَوْا نَتَآمَرُ عَلَى إرْمِيَا، لأَنَّ الشَّرِيعَةَ لَا تَبِيدُ عَنِ الْكَاهِنِ، وَلا الْمَشُورَةَ عَنِ الْحَكِيمِ، وَلا الوَحْيَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ. تَعَالَوْا نَلْذَعُهُ بِوَخْزَاتِ اللِّسَانِ وَنَصُمُّ آذَانَنَا عَنْ كَلامِهِ». | ١٨ 18 |
Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.
أَصْغِ لِي يَا رَبُّ، وَاسْتَمِعْ إِلَى اتِّهَامَاتِ خُصُومِي. | ١٩ 19 |
Give heed to me, O LORD, and hearken to the voice of them that contend with me.
هَلْ يُجَازَى عَنْ خَيْرٍ بِشَرٍّ؟ قَدْ نَقَرُوا حُفْرَةً لِنَفْسِي. اذْكُرْ كَيْفَ وَقَفْتُ أَمَامَكَ أُثْنِي عَلَيْهِمْ خَيْراً لأَصْرِفَ غَضَبَكَ عَنْهُمْ. | ٢٠ 20 |
Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before thee to speak good for them, to turn away thy fury from them.
لِذَلِكَ أَسْلِمْ بَنِيهِمْ لأَنْيَابِ الْجُوعِ، وَاعْهَدْ بِهِمْ إِلَى قَبْضَةِ السَّيْفِ فَتُصْبِحَ نِسَاؤُهُمْ ثَكَالَى وَأَرَامِلَ، وَلْيَمُتْ رِجَالُهُمْ، وَلْيَلْقَ شُبَّانُهُمْ حَتْفَهُمْ فِي الْمَعَارِكِ بِحَدِّ السَّيْفِ. | ٢١ 21 |
Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and give them over to the power of the sword; and let their wives become childless, and widows; and let their men be slain of death, [and] their young men smitten of the sword in battle.
لِيَتَرَدَّدْ صُرَاخٌ فِي بُيُوتِهِمْ عِنْدَمَا تُرْسِلُ عَلَيْهِمْ جَيْشَ الْغُزَاةِ بَغْتَةً، لأَنَّهُمْ حَفَرُوا هُوَّةً لِيَقْتَنِصُونِي، وَنَصَبُوا فِخَاخاً لِرِجْلَيَّ. | ٢٢ 22 |
Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.
أَمَّا أَنْتَ يَا رَبُّ فَقَدْ عَرَفْتَ جَمِيعَ مَا تَآمَرُوا بِهِ عَلَيَّ، فَلا تَصْفَحْ عَنْ إِثْمِهِمْ، وَلا تَمْحُ خَطِيئَتَهُمْ مِنْ أَمَامِكَ، بَلْ لِيَعْثُرُوا مُنْطَرِحِينَ فِي حَضْرَتِكَ، وَعَاقِبْهُمْ فِي أَوَانِ غَضَبِكَ. | ٢٣ 23 |
Yet, LORD, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me; forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight: but let them be overthrown before thee; deal thou with them in the time of thine anger.