إرْمِيا 18
| هَذَا مَا أَوْحَى الرَّبُّ بِهِ إِلَى إِرْمِيَا قَائِلاً: | ١ 1 |
Yahweh gave another message to me. [He said],
| «قُمْ وَامْضِ إِلَى بَيْتِ الْفَخَّارِيِّ، وَهُنَاكَ أُسْمِعُكَ كَلامِي». | ٢ 2 |
“Go to the shop of the man who makes clay pots. I will give you a message there.”
| فَانْطَلَقْتُ إِلَى بَيْتِ الْفَخَّارِيِّ، فَإِذَا بِهِ يَعْمَلُ عَلَى دُولابِهِ. | ٣ 3 |
So I went to that shop, and I saw the man who makes pots. He was working at the wheel [that he uses to form pots].
| غَيْرَ أَنَّ الإِنَاءَ الَّذِي كَانَ يَصْنَعُهُ فَسَدَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ، فَعَادَ يُشَكِّلُهُ إِنَاءً آخَرَ كَمَا طَابَ لِلْفَخَّارِيِّ أَنْ يَصُوغَهُ. | ٤ 4 |
But when he finished making one jar, it was not as good as he hoped/wanted it to be. [So], he took that clay and formed it into another jar, shaping it as he desired.
| عِنْدَئِذٍ قَالَ لِيَ الرَّبُّ: | ٥ 5 |
Then Yahweh gave me this message:
| «يَا ذُرِّيَّةَ إِسْرَائِيلَ: أَلا أَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ أَصْنَعَ بِكُمْ كَمَا صَنَعَ الْفَخَّارِيُّ؟ إِنَّكُمْ فِي يَدِي كَالطِّينِ فِي يَدِ الْفَخَّارِيِّ. | ٦ 6 |
“Perhaps the people of Israel [think that] I cannot do to them like this man who makes pots has done [RHQ]. [But what they think is wrong]. I [can control what happens to them like] this man [controls what he does with the clay] in his hands.
| تَارَةً أَقْضِي عَلَى أُمَّةٍ وَعَلَى مَمْلَكَةٍ بِالاسْتِئْصَالِ وَالْهَدْمِ وَالدَّمَارِ، | ٧ 7 |
There may be a time when I proclaim that I will get rid of a nation or kingdom, [like someone] pulls up [a plant with its roots], and smashes it, and destroys it.
| فَتَرْتَدُّ تِلْكَ الأُمَّةُ الَّتِي قَضَيْتُ عَلَيْهَا بِالْعِقَابِ عَنْ شَرِّهَا، فَأَكُفُّ عَنِ الشَّرِّ الَّذِي نَوَيْتُ مُعَاقَبَتَهَا بِهِ. | ٨ 8 |
But if [the people of] that nation repent of doing evil things, I will not send to them the disasters that I planned to send.
| وَتَارَةً أَقْضِي بِمُكَافَأَةِ أُمَّةٍ أَوْ مَمْلَكَةٍ بِبِنَاءِ قُوَّتِهَا وَإِنْمَائِهَا. | ٩ 9 |
And there may be a time when I proclaim that I will establish a nation or kingdom and cause it to be strong [MET].
| ثُمَّ لَا تَلْبَثُ أَنْ تَرْتَكِبَ الشَّرَّ أَمَامِي وَلا تَسْمَعُ لِصَوْتِي، فَأَكُفُّ عَنِ الْخَيْرِ الَّذِي نَوَيْتُ أَنْ أُنْعِمَ بِهِ عَلَيْهَا. | ١٠ 10 |
But if [the people of] that nation [start to] do evil things and refuse to obey me, then I will not bless them as I said that I would do.
| 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 |
Therefore, [Jeremiah, go and warn all] the people in Jerusalem and [in other places] in Judah. Say to them, ‘This is what Yahweh says: “I am planning to cause you to experience a disaster [DOU]. [So], each of you should turn from your evil behavior and start doing what is right, [in order that you will not experience that disaster].”’’”
| وَلَكِنَّهُمْ يُجِيبُونَ: لَا جَدْوَى مِنْ هَذَا، بَلْ نَسْعَى وَرَاءَ أَهْوَاءِ أَفْكَارِنَا، وَكُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنَّا يَفْعَلُ مَا يَرُوقُ لِعِنَادِ قَلْبِهِ الأَثِيمِ». | ١٢ 12 |
[So I told that message to the people], but they replied, “It is useless [for you to tell us that]. We will [continue to] be stubborn and behave as we want to.”
| لِذَلِكَ هَكَذَا يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ: «اسْأَلُوا بَيْنَ الشُّعُوبِ مَنْ سَمِعَ بِمِثْلِ هَذَا؟ قَدِ ارْتَكَبَتِ الْعَذْرَاءُ إِسْرَائِيلُ أَمْراً شَدِيدَ الْهَوْلِ. | ١٣ 13 |
So, this is what Yahweh says: “Ask the [people who live in other] nations if they have [RHQ] ever heard of such a thing. My Israeli people, who [have been pure like] [MET] virgins, have done a terrible thing!
| هَلْ يَخْتَفِي ثَلْجُ لُبْنَانَ عَنْ مُنْحَدَرَاتِ جِبَالِهِ الصَّخْرِيَّةِ؟ وَهَلْ تَتَوَقَّفُ مِيَاهُهُ الْبَارِدَةُ الْمُنْحَدِرَةُ مِنْ يَنَابِيعَ بَعِيدَةٍ عَنِ التَّدَفُّقِ؟ | ١٤ 14 |
The snow certainly never [RHQ] completely disappears/melts from the rocky slopes of the mountains in Lebanon. The cold streams that flow down from those distant mountains never [RHQ] cease flowing.
| لَكِنَّ شَعْبِي قَدْ نَسِيَنِي وَأَحْرَقَ بَخُوراً لأَوْثَانٍ بَاطِلَةٍ، جَعَلَتْهُ يَتَعَثَّرُ فِي طُرُقِهِ، فِي السُّبُلِ الْقَدِيمَةِ، فَسَلَكَ فِي مَمَرَّاتٍ وَطُرُقٍ غَيْرِ مُعَبَّدَةٍ. | ١٥ 15 |
But my people [are not as reliable as those streams: ] They have abandoned me. They burn incense to [honor/worship] worthless idols. [It is as though] they have stumbled as they walked along very old roads that are good roads, and now, instead, they are walking on dirt paths.
| فَتُصْبِحُ أَرْضُهُ خَرَاباً، مَثَارَ صَفِيرِ دَهْشَةٍ، وَكُلُّ مَنْ يَعْبُرُ بِها يَعْتَرِيهِ رُعْبٌ وَيَهُزُّ رَأْسَهُ. | ١٦ 16 |
Therefore, their land will become desolate, and people who see it will hiss [to ridicule it]. Everyone who passes by will be appalled; they will shake their heads [to show that they are shocked].
| فَأُشَتِّتُهُمْ أَمَامَ أَعْدَائِهِمْ كَرِيحٍ شَرْقِيَّةٍ، وَلا أَلْتَفِتُ إِلَيْهِمْ بَلْ أُدِيرُ لَهُمُ القَفَا فِي يَوْمِ مِحْنَتِهِمْ». | ١٧ 17 |
I will scatter the people when their enemies [attack them] like dust is scattered by an east wind. And when they experience all those difficulties/disasters, I will turn my back on them [and refuse] to help them.”
| 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 some of the people said, “Come, let’s plan to attack Jeremiah. We have [many] priests who teach us God’s laws, and wise men who give us good advice, and prophets who tell us [what will happen. We do not need Jeremiah!] So, let’s slander him and not pay attention to anything that he says.”
| أَصْغِ لِي يَا رَبُّ، وَاسْتَمِعْ إِلَى اتِّهَامَاتِ خُصُومِي. | ١٩ 19 |
[Then I prayed], “Yahweh, [please] listen to me! And listen to what my enemies are saying about me.
| هَلْ يُجَازَى عَنْ خَيْرٍ بِشَرٍّ؟ قَدْ نَقَرُوا حُفْرَةً لِنَفْسِي. اذْكُرْ كَيْفَ وَقَفْتُ أَمَامَكَ أُثْنِي عَلَيْهِمْ خَيْراً لأَصْرِفَ غَضَبَكَ عَنْهُمْ. | ٢٠ 20 |
I am doing things that are good, so it is disgusting that [RHQ] they are paying me back by doing evil [things to me]. [It is as though] they have dug a pit for me [to fall into] and die. Do not forget that [one time] I stood in front of you and pleaded for you [to help them], and I tried to prevent you from [punishing them] [MTY], even though you were very angry with 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 |
So [now], allow their children to die from hunger! Or cause them to be killed by [their enemies’] swords! Cause their wives to become widows, whose children are all dead! Cause their [old] men to die in a plague, and cause their young men to be killed in battles!
| لِيَتَرَدَّدْ صُرَاخٌ فِي بُيُوتِهِمْ عِنْدَمَا تُرْسِلُ عَلَيْهِمْ جَيْشَ الْغُزَاةِ بَغْتَةً، لأَنَّهُمْ حَفَرُوا هُوَّةً لِيَقْتَنِصُونِي، وَنَصَبُوا فِخَاخاً لِرِجْلَيَّ. | ٢٢ 22 |
Cause people to scream in their homes when enemy soldiers suddenly come into their houses! [Cause all those things to happen to them] because they [want to kill me]. [It is as though] they have dug a pit for me [to fall into], and they have hidden traps along my path.
| 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 |
Yahweh, you know all the things that they are planning to do to kill me. Do not forgive them for their crimes or blot out [the record of] their sins. Cause them to be destroyed; punish them because of your being angry [with them]!”
