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 you 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 was making something on the wheels.
| غَيْرَ أَنَّ الإِنَاءَ الَّذِي كَانَ يَصْنَعُهُ فَسَدَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ، فَعَادَ يُشَكِّلُهُ إِنَاءً آخَرَ كَمَا طَابَ لِلْفَخَّارِيِّ أَنْ يَصُوغَهُ. | ٤ 4 |
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 LORD’s word came to me, saying,
| «يَا ذُرِّيَّةَ إِسْرَائِيلَ: أَلا أَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ أَصْنَعَ بِكُمْ كَمَا صَنَعَ الْفَخَّارِيُّ؟ إِنَّكُمْ فِي يَدِي كَالطِّينِ فِي يَدِ الْفَخَّارِيِّ. | ٦ 6 |
“House of Israel, can’t I do with you as this potter?” says the LORD. “Behold, as the clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in my hand, house of Israel.
| تَارَةً أَقْضِي عَلَى أُمَّةٍ وَعَلَى مَمْلَكَةٍ بِالاسْتِئْصَالِ وَالْهَدْمِ وَالدَّمَارِ، | ٧ 7 |
At the instant I 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, turns from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do to them.
| وَتَارَةً أَقْضِي بِمُكَافَأَةِ أُمَّةٍ أَوْ مَمْلَكَةٍ بِبِنَاءِ قُوَّتِهَا وَإِنْمَائِهَا. | ٩ 9 |
At the instant I 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 they do that which is evil in my sight, that they not obey my voice, then I will repent of the good with which 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, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, ‘The LORD says: “Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a plan against you. Everyone return from his evil way now, 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, ‘It is in vain; for we will walk after our own plans, and we will each follow 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 the LORD says: “Ask now amongst the nations, ‘Who has heard such things?’ The virgin of Israel has 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 |
Will the snow of Lebanon fail from the rock of the field? Will 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 have forgotten me. They have burnt incense to false gods. They have been made to stumble in their ways in the ancient paths, to walk in byways, in a way not built 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. Everyone who passes by it will 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 show them the back, and not the 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 they said, “Come! Let’s devise plans against Jeremiah; for the law won’t perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let’s strike him with the tongue, and let’s not give heed to any of his words.”
| أَصْغِ لِي يَا رَبُّ، وَاسْتَمِعْ إِلَى اتِّهَامَاتِ خُصُومِي. | ١٩ 19 |
Give heed to me, LORD, and listen to the voice of those who contend with me.
| هَلْ يُجَازَى عَنْ خَيْرٍ بِشَرٍّ؟ قَدْ نَقَرُوا حُفْرَةً لِنَفْسِي. اذْكُرْ كَيْفَ وَقَفْتُ أَمَامَكَ أُثْنِي عَلَيْهِمْ خَيْراً لأَصْرِفَ غَضَبَكَ عَنْهُمْ. | ٢٠ 20 |
Should evil be recompensed for good? For they have dug a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before you to speak good for them, to turn away your wrath 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. Let their wives become childless and widows. Let their men be killed and their young men struck by 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 you bring a troop suddenly on them; for they have dug a pit to take me and hidden 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, you know all their counsel against me to kill me. Don’t forgive their iniquity. Don’t blot out their sin from your sight, Let them be overthrown before you. Deal with them in the time of your anger.
