إرْمِيا 19

١ 1 وَقَالَ لِيَ الرَّبُّ: «امْضِ وَاشْتَرِ جَرَّةَ خَزَفٍ، وَاصْطَحِبْ مَعَكَ بَعْضَ شُيُوخِ الشَّعْبِ وَشُيُوخِ الْكَهَنَةِ،

This is what the Lord says: Go and buy a clay jar from a potter. Take some of the elders of the people and leaders of the priests with you,

٢ 2 وَانْطَلِقْ إِلَى وَادِي ابْنِ هِنُّومَ الْقَائِمِ عِنْدَ مَدْخَلِ بَابِ الْفَخَّارِ، وَنَادِ هُنَاكَ بِالْكَلِمَاتِ الَّتِي أُمْلِيهَا عَلَيْكَ،

and go through the Broken Pottery Gate to the valley of Ben-hinnom. Announce this message I'm giving you.

٣ 3 وَقُلْ: اسْمَعُوا يَا مُلُوكَ يَهُوذَا، وَيَا أَهْلَ أُورُشَلِيمَ كَلِمَةَ الرَّبِّ. هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: انْظُرُوا، هَا أَنَا أَجْلِبُ عَلَى هَذَا الْمَوْضِعِ شَرّاً تَطِنُّ لَهُ أُذُنَا كُلِّ مَنْ يَسْمَعُ بِهِ،

Tell them, Listen to what the Lord says, kings of Judah and people living in Jerusalem. This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: I am going to bring down on this place such a disaster that it will make the ears of anyone who hears about it ring.

٤ 4 لأَنَّهُمْ تَرَكُونِي، وَتَنَكَّرُوا لِهَذَا الْمَوْضِعِ وَدَنَّسُوهُ بِإِحْرَاقِ بَخُورٍ لِآلِهَةِ أَوْثَانٍ لَمْ يَعْرِفُوهَا لَا هُمْ وَلا آبَاؤُهُمْ وَلا مُلُوكُ يَهُوذَا أَيْضاً، وَلأَنَّهُمْ مَلَأُوا هَذَا الْمَوْضِعَ مِنْ دَمِ الأَبْرِيَاءِ.

My people have deserted me and have made this a place where foreign gods are worshiped. They have burned incense in it to other gods that they and their forefathers and the kings of Judah never knew anything about. They have filled this place with the blood of innocent people.

٥ 5 وَبَنَوْا مُرْتَفَعَاتٍ لِعِبَادَةِ الْبَعْلِ لِيُحْرِقُوا بَنِيهِمْ بِالنَّارِ كَقَرَابِينِ مُحْرَقَاتٍ لِلْبَعْلِ مِمَّا لَمْ أُوْصِ بِهِ وَلَمْ أَتَحَدَّثْ عَنْهُ وَلَمْ يَخْطُرْ بِبَالِي.

They have built pagan shrines to Baal where they burn their children in the fire as offerings to Baal. This is something I never commanded or even mentioned. I never even thought of such a thing!

٦ 6 لِذَلِكَ، هَا أَيَّامٌ مُقْبِلَةٌ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ، لَا يُدْعَى فِيهَا هَذَا الْمَكَانُ تُوفَةَ مِنْ بَعْدُ أَوْ وَادِي ابْنِ هِنُّومَ، بَلْ وَادِي الْقَتْلِ.

So watch out! The time is coming, declares the Lord, when instead of Topheth and the Valley of Hinnom this place will be called the Valley of Killing.

٧ 7 وَأُبْطِلُ فِي هَذَا الْمَوْضِعِ مَشُورَاتِ أَهْلِ يَهُوذَا وَأُورُشَلِيمَ، فَيَتَسَاقَطُونَ بِحَدِّ السَّيْفِ أَمَامَ أَعْدَائِهِمْ وَبِأَيْدِي طَالِبِي نُفُوسِهِمْ، وَأَجْعَلُ جُثَثَهُمْ طَعَاماً لِجَوَارِحِ السَّمَاءِ وَوُحُوشِ الأَرْضِ.

Right here in this place I'm going to spoil the plans of Judah and Jerusalem. I will let their enemies who want to kill them come and do exactly that. Their dead bodies will be food for birds of prey and wild animals.

٨ 8 وَأُدَمِّرُ هَذِهِ الْمَدِينَةَ وَأَجْعَلُهَا مَثَارَ صَفِيرٍ. كُلُّ مَنْ يَمُرُّ بِها تَعْتَرِيهِ الدَّهْشَةُ وَيَصْفِرُ لِمَا حَلَّ بِها مِنْ نَكْبَاتٍ.

I'm going to make this city desolate, a place that is mocked. Everyone who passes by will be horrified, shocked by all its damage.

٩ 9 وَأُطْعِمُهُمْ لُحُومَ أَبْنَائِهِمْ وَبَنَاتِهِمْ، وَيَأْكُلُ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ لَحْمَ جَارِهِ فِي أَثْنَاءِ الْحِصَارِ وَالضِّيقَةِ الَّتِي يُضَايِقُهُمْ بِها أَعْدَاؤُهُمْ وَطَالِبُو نُفُوسِهِمْ.

The siege brought by their enemies who want to kill them will be so terrible that I will make them eat each other, even their own sons and daughters.

١٠ 10 ثُمَّ حَطِّمِ الْجَرَّةَ عَلَى مَرْأَى الرِّجَالِ الذَّاهِبِينَ مَعَكَ،

Then smash the jar in front of the people with you.

١١ 11 وَقُلْ لَهُمْ: هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ: سَأُحَطِّمُ هَذَا الشَّعْبَ وَأُدَمِّرُ هَذِهِ الْمَدِينَةَ كَمَا يُحَطِّمُ الْمَرْءُ إِنَاءَ الْخَزَّافِ، بِحَيْثُ لَا يُمْكِنُ إِصْلاحُهُ، وَيُدْفَنُ الرِّجَالُ فِي تُوفَةَ إِذْ لَنْ يَتَوَافَرَ مَوْضِعٌ آخَرُ لِلدَّفْنِ.

Tell them: this is what the Lord Almighty says: I'm going to smash this nation and this city, just like a clay jar is smashed so it can't ever be repaired. People will bury their dead in Topheth until it's full.

١٢ 12 هَذَا مَا سَأُجْرِيهِ عَلَى هَذَا الْمَكَانِ وَعَلَى سُكَّانِهِ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ، سَأَجْعَلُ هَذِهِ الْمَدِينَةَ مِثْلَ تُوفَةَ،

This is what I'm going to do to this place and to the people who live here, declares the Lord. I will turn this city into Topheth.

١٣ 13 وَأُحِيلُ بُيُوتَ أُورُشَلِيمَ وَبُيُوتَ مُلُوكِ يَهُوذَا إِلَى مَوْضِعِ نَجَاسَةٍ، وَكَذَلِكَ كُلَّ الْبُيُوتِ الَّتِي أَحْرَقُوا عَلَى سُطُوحِهَا بَخُوراً لِكَوَاكِبِ السَّمَاءِ، وَسَكَبُوا سَكَائِبَ خَمْرٍ لِآلِهَةٍ أُخْرَى».

All the houses of Jerusalem and the palaces of the kings of Judah will become unclean just like Topheth, because they are all the houses whose rooftops they used to burn incense to the sun, moon, and stars, and poured out drink offerings to other gods.

١٤ 14 وَجَاءَ إِرْمِيَا مِنْ تُوفَةَ، الَّتِي كَانَ الرَّبُّ قَدْ أَرْسَلَهُ إِلَيْهَا لِيَتَنَبَّأَ، وَوَقَفَ فِي سَاحَةِ هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ، وَخَاطَبَ جَمِيعَ الشَّعْبِ:

Jeremiah returned from Topheth, where the Lord had sent him to deliver this message. He went and stood in the court of the Lord's Temple and announced to everyone,

١٥ 15 هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: «هَا أَنَا جَالِبٌ عَلَى هَذِهِ الْمَدِينَةِ وَعَلَى جَمِيعِ قُرَاهَا كُلَّ الشَّرِّ الَّذِي قَضَيْتُ بِهِ عَلَيْهَا، لأَنَّهُمْ قَسَّوْا قُلُوبَهُمْ فَلَمْ يَسْمَعُوا كَلامِي».

This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Watch out! I am about to bring down on this city and on all its surrounding villages every disaster I warned them about, because they have stubbornly refused to listen to what I say.