إرْمِيا 2
| وَقَالَ لِي الرَّبُّ: | ١ 1 |
The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
| «امْضِ وَأَعْلِنْ فِي مَسَامِعِ أَهْلِ أُورُشَلِيمَ هَاتِفاً: هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ: قَدْ ذَكَرْتُ لَكِ وَلاءَ صِبَاكِ، وَمَحَبَّتَكِ كَعَرُوسٍ لِي، وَكَيْفَ تَبِعْتِنِي فِي الْبَرِّيَّةِ فِي أَرْضٍ لَا زَرْعَ فِيهَا. | ٢ 2 |
“Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem. Say, 'Yahweh says this: I have called to mind on your behalf the covenant faithfulness in your youthfulness, your love at the time when we were engaged, when you went after me in the wilderness, the land that was not sown.
| كَانَ إِسْرَائِيلُ مُقَدَّساً لِلرَّبِّ وَبَاكُورَةَ غَلَّتِهِ، وَكُلُّ مَنْ يَعْتَدِي عَلَيْهِ، يَرْتَكِبُ إِثْماً وَيَحُلُّ بِهِ شَرٌّ. | ٣ 3 |
Israel was set apart to Yahweh, the firstfruits of his harvest! All who ate from the firstfruits were held guilty; disaster came upon them—this is Yahweh's declaration.'”
| اسْمَعُوا كَلِمَةَ الرَّبِّ يَا ذُرِّيَّةَ يَعْقُوبَ، وَيَا جَمِيعَ عَشَائِرِ إِسْرَائِيلَ: | ٤ 4 |
Hear the word of Yahweh, house of Jacob, all you clans of the house of Israel.
| أَيُّ خَطَإٍ وَجَدَهُ فِيَّ آبَاؤُكُمْ حَتَّى نَبَذُونِي وَضَلُّوا وَرَاءَ الْبَاطِلِ وَصَارُوا بَاطِلاً؟ | ٥ 5 |
Yahweh says this, “What did your fathers find wrong with me, that they went far from following me? That they went after useless idols and became useless themselves?
| لَمْ يَسْأَلُوا: أَيْنَ الرَّبُّ الَّذِي أَخْرَجَنَا مِنْ مِصْرَ وَقَادَنَا فِي الْبَرِّيَّةِ، فِي أَرْضِ مَتَاهَاتٍ وَحُفَرٍ، فِي أَرْضِ قَفْرٍ جَدْبَاءَ، فِي أَرْضِ ظِلالِ الْمَوْتِ، مَا اجْتَازَهَا أَحَدٌ وَلا أَقَامَ فِيهَا بَشَرٌ؟ | ٦ 6 |
They did not say, 'Where is Yahweh, who brought us up from the land of Egypt? Where is Yahweh, who led us to the wilderness, into the land of the Arabah and pits, in a land of drought and deep darkness, a land through which no one passes and where no one lives?'
| وَأَتَيْتُ بِكُمْ إِلَى أَرْضِ خَيْرَاتٍ لِتَسْتَمْتِعُوا بِأَكْلِ ثِمَارِهَا وَطَيِّبَاتِهَا. وَلَكِنَّكُمْ عِنْدَمَا دَخَلْتُمُوهَا نَجَّسْتُمْ أَرْضِي وَجَعَلْتُمْ مِيَراثِي رِجْساً. | ٧ 7 |
But I brought you to the land of Carmel, to eat its fruit and other good things! Yet when you came, you defiled my land, you made my inheritance an abomination!
| إِنَّ الْكَهَنَةَ لَمْ يَسْأَلُوا: أَيْنَ الرَّبُّ؟ وَأَهْلَ الشَّرِيعَةِ لَمْ يَعْرِفُونِي، وَحُكَّامَ الشَّعْبِ تَمَرَّدُوا عَلَيَّ، وَالأَنْبِيَاءَ تَنَبَّأُوا بِتَأْثِيرِ بَعْلٍ وَضَلُّوا وَرَاءَ مَا لَا جَدْوَى مِنْهُ. | ٨ 8 |
The priest did not say, 'Where is Yahweh?' and the experts in the law did not care about me! The shepherds transgressed against me. The prophets prophesied for Baal and walked after unprofitable things.
| لِذَلِكَ أُخَاصِمُكُمْ وَأُخَاصِمُ أَحْفَادَكُمْ يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ. | ٩ 9 |
So I will still accuse you—this is Yahweh's declaration—and I will accuse your sons' sons.
| فَاعْبُرُوا إِلَى جَزِيرَةِ قُبْرُصَ وَالسَّوَاحِلِ الْغَرْبِيَّةِ، وَأَرْسِلُوا إِلَى قِيدَارَ، وَتَفَحَّصُوا جَيِّداً، وَانْظُرُوا: هَلْ جَرَى مِثْلُ هَذَا؟ | ١٠ 10 |
For cross over to the coasts of Kittim and look. Send messengers out to Kedar and find out and see if there has ever before been anything like this.
| هَلِ اسْتَبْدَلَتْ أُمَّةٌ آلِهَتَهَا مَعَ أَنَّهَا لَيْسَتْ حَقّاً آلِهَةً؟ أَمَّا شَعْبِي فَاسْتَبْدَلَ مَجْدَهُ بِمَا لَا جَدْوَى مِنْهُ. | ١١ 11 |
Has a nation exchanged gods, even though they were not gods? But my people have exchanged their glory for what cannot help them.
| فَاذْهَلِي أَيَّتُهَا السَّمَاوَاتُ، وَارْتَجِفِي وَارْتَعِدِي جِدّاً. | ١٢ 12 |
Shudder, heavens, because of this! Be shocked and horrified—this is Yahweh's declaration.
| قَدِ ارْتَكَبَ شَعْبِي شَرَّيْنِ: نَبَذُونِي أَنَا يَنْبُوعَ الْحَيَاةِ، وَحَفَرُوا لأَنْفُسِهِمْ آبَاراً مُشَقَّقَةً لَا تَضْبُطُ مَاءً. | ١٣ 13 |
For my people have committed two evils against me: They have abandoned the springs of living waters, and they have dug out cisterns for themselves, broken cisterns that cannot hold water.
| هَلْ إِسْرَائِيلُ عَبْدٌ، أَمْ وَلِيدُ بَيْتِ الْعُبُودِيَّةِ؟ فَمَا بَالُهُ أَضْحَى نَهْباً؟ | ١٤ 14 |
Is Israel a slave? Was he born in his master's home? So why has he become plunder?
| قَدْ زَأَرَتِ الأُسُودُ عَلَيْهِ زَئِيراً مُدَوِّياً، وَجَعَلَتْ أَرْضَهُ خَرِبَةً. أُحْرِقَتْ مُدُنُهُ فَأَصْبَحَتْ مَهْجُورَةً. | ١٥ 15 |
Young lions roared against him. They made a lot of noise and made his land a horror. His cities are destroyed without any inhabitants.
| كَذَلِكَ رِجَالُ مَمْفِيسَ وَتَحْفَنِيسَ حَطَّمُوا تَاجَ رَأْسِكِ. | ١٦ 16 |
Also, the people of Memphis and Tahpanhes will shave your skull.
| أَلَسْتِ أَنْتِ الَّتِي جَلَبْتِ هَذَا الدَّمَارَ عَلَى نَفْسِكِ، لأَنَّكِ تَنَاسَيْتِ الرَّبَّ إِلَهَكِ حِينَ قَادَكِ فِي الطَّرِيقِ؟ | ١٧ 17 |
Did you not do this to yourselves when you abandoned Yahweh your God, while he was leading you along the way?
| وَالآنَ مَا بَالُكِ تَتَوَجَّهِينَ صَوْبَ مِصْرَ لِشُرْبِ مِيَاهِ شِيحُورَ؟ وَمَا بَالُكِ تَقْصِدِينَ إِلَى أَشُورَ لِشُرْبِ مِيَاهِ الْفُرَاتِ؟ | ١٨ 18 |
So now, why take the road to Egypt and drink the waters of Shihor? Why take the road to Assyria and drink the waters of the Euphrates River?
| إِنَّ شَرَّكِ يُقَرِّعُكِ، وَارتِدَادُكِ يُؤَنِّبُكِ. فَتَبَيَّنِي وَاعْلَمِي أَنَّ نَبْذَكِ لِلرَّبِّ إِلَهِكِ شَرٌّ وَمَرَارَةٌ، وَأَنَّكِ تَجَرَّدْتِ مِنْ مَهَابَتِي. | ١٩ 19 |
Your wickedness rebukes you, and your faithlessness punishes you. So think about it and understand that it is wicked and bitter when you forsake Yahweh your God, and have no fear of me—this is the declaration of Lord Yahweh of hosts.
| قَدْ حَطَّمْتِ نِيرَكِ مِنْ زَمَنٍ بَعِيدٍ، وَقَطَعْتِ قُيُودَكِ وَقُلْتِ: لَنْ أَتَعَبَّدَ لَكَ، وَصِرْتِ تَضْطَجِعِينَ كَزَانِيَةٍ فَوْقَ كُلِّ أَكَمَةٍ مُرْتَفِعَةٍ وَتَحْتَ كُلِّ شَجَرَةٍ خَضْرَاءَ (أَيْ عَبَدْتِ الأَوْثَانَ). | ٢٠ 20 |
For I broke your yoke that you had in ancient days; I tore your fetters off you. Still you said, 'I will not serve!' since you bowed down on every high hill and beneath every leafy tree, you adulterer.
| وَأَنَا غَرَسْتُكِ كَكَرْمَةٍ مُخْتَارَةٍ، وَمِنْ بُذُورٍ سَلِيمَةٍ كَامِلَةٍ، فَكَيْفَ تَحَوَّلْتِ إِلَى كَرْمَةٍ فَاسِدَةٍ غَرِيبَةٍ؟ | ٢١ 21 |
I planted you as a choice vine, completely from pure seed. How then have you have changed yourself into a corrupt, worthless vine?
| وَإِنِ اغْتَسَلْتِ بِالنَّطْرُونِ، وَأَكْثَرْتِ مِنِ اسْتِعْمَالِ الإِشْنَانِ (الصَّابُونِ)، فَإِنَّ لَطْخَةَ إِثْمِكِ تَظَلُّ مَاثِلَةً أَمَامِي. | ٢٢ 22 |
For even if you clean yourself in the river or wash with strong soap, your iniquity is a stain before me—this is the declaration of the Lord Yahweh.
| كَيْفَ تَقُولِينَ: لَمْ أَتَدَنَّسْ وَلَمْ أَذْهَبْ وَرَاءَ الْبَعْلِ؟ تَأَمَّلِي فِي طَرِيقِكِ فِي وَادِي هِنُّومَ، وَاعْرِفِي مَا ارْتَكَبْتِ أَيَّتُهَا النَّاقَةُ الْجَامِحَةُ الْهَائِمَةُ فِي طُرُقِهَا بَحْثاً عَنْ جَمَلٍ. | ٢٣ 23 |
How can you say, 'I am not defiled! I have not walked after the Baals'? Look at what you did in the valleys! Consider what you have done—you are a swift female camel running here and there,
| أَنْتِ أَتَانُ فَرَا اعْتَادَتْ حَيَاةَ الْقَفْرِ، تَتَنَسَّمُ فِي شَهْوَتِهَا الْهَوَاءَ لَعَلَّهَا تَظْفَرُ بِرَائِحَةِ حِمَارٍ وَحْشِيٍّ. وَمَنْ يَرُدُّهَا؟ لَا يَعْيَا طَالِبُوهَا لأَنَّهُمْ يَجِدُونَهَا حَاضِرَةً فِي مَوْسِمِ الْتَّزَاوُجِ. | ٢٤ 24 |
a wild donkey accustomed to the wilderness, in her heat sniffing the wind! Who can restrain her lust? None of the males need wear themselves out pursuing her; at mating time they will find her.
| صُونِي قَدَمَكِ مِنَ الْحَفَاءِ، وَحَلْقَكِ مِنَ الظَّمَأ، لَكِنَّكِ قُلْتِ: لَا جَدْوَى مِنَ الأَمْرِ، فَقَدْ أَحْبَبْتُ آلِهَةً غَرِيبَةً، وَسَأَسْعَى وَرَاءَهَا. | ٢٥ 25 |
You must restrain your feet from becoming bare and your throat from being thirsty! But you have said, 'It is hopeless! No, I love strangers and go after them!'
| وَكَمَا يَعْتَرِي الْخِزْيُ السَّارِقَ حِينَ يُقْبَضُ عَلَيْهِ، كَذَلِكَ اعْتَرَى الْخِزْيُ بَيْتَ يَعْقُوبَ: هُمْ وَمُلُوكَهُمْ، وَرُؤَسَاءَهُمْ، وَكَهَنَتَهُمْ وَأَنْبِيَاءَهُمْ. | ٢٦ 26 |
Like the shame of a thief when he is found, so the house of Israel will be ashamed— they, their kings, their princes, and their priests and prophets!
| إِذْ قَالُوا لِنُصُبِ الْخَشَبِ: أَنْتَ أَبِي، وَلِلْحَجَرِ الْمَنْحُوتِ صَنَماً: أَنْتَ أَنْجَبْتَنِي. وَوَلَّوْا أَدْبَارَهُمْ وَلَيْسَ وُجُوهَهُمْ نَحْوِي، وَفِي وَقْتِ بَلِيَّتِهِمِ اسْتَغَاثُوا بِي قَائِلِينَ: قُمْ وَأَنْقِذْنَا. | ٢٧ 27 |
These are the ones who say to the tree, 'You are my father,' and to the stone, 'You gave birth to me.' For their back faces me and not their faces. Nevertheless, they say in the time of troubles, 'Arise and save us!'
| فَأَيْنَ إِذاً الآلِهَةُ الَّتِي صَنَعْتُمُوهَا لأَنْفُسِكُمْ؟ لِتَقُمْ إِنْ كَانَتْ قَادِرَةً عَلَى إِنْقَاذِكُمْ فِي وَقْتِ ضِيقِكُمْ، لأَنَّ عَدَدَ آلِهَتِكُمْ يَا أَبْنَاءَ يَهُوذَا صَارَ كَعَدَدِ مُدُنِكُمْ. | ٢٨ 28 |
Yet where are the gods that you made for yourselves? Let them arise if they wish to save you in your time of troubles, for your idols equal your cities in number, Judah!
| لِمَاذَا تُخَاصِمُونَنِي وَأَنْتُمْ كُلُّكُمْ قَدْ تَمَرَّدْتُمْ عَلَيَّ؟ | ٢٩ 29 |
So why do you accuse me of doing wrong? All of you have sinned against me—this is Yahweh's declaration.
| عَبَثاً عَاقَبْتُ بَنِيكُمْ، فَهُمْ أَبَوْا التَّقْوِيمَ وَافْتَرَسَتْ سُيُوفُكُمْ أَنْبِيَاءَكُمْ كَأَسَدٍ كَاسِرٍ. | ٣٠ 30 |
I have punished your people in vain. They would not accept discipline. Your sword has devoured your prophets like a destructive lion!
| وَأَنْتَ أَيُّهَا الْجِيلُ، اسْمَعْ قَضَاءَ الرَّبِّ: أَكُنْتُ صَحْرَاءَ لإِسْرَائِيلَ أَوْ أَرْضَ ظَلامٍ دَامِسٍ؟ إِذاً لِمَاذَا يَقُولُ شَعْبِي: نَحْنُ طَلِيقُونَ نَسْعَى حَيْثُ شِئْنَا، وَلَنْ نُقْبِلَ إِلَيْكَ بَعْدُ؟ | ٣١ 31 |
You who belong to this generation! Pay attention to my word, the word of Yahweh! Have I been a wilderness to Israel? Or a land of deep darkness? Why would my people say, 'Let us wander around, we will not go to you anymore'?
| هَلْ تَنْسَى عَذْرَاءُ زِينَتَهَا؟ أَوْ عَرُوسٌ حُلِيَّ زَفَافِهَا؟ لَكِنَّ شَعْبِي نَسِيَنِي أَيَّاماً لَا تُحْصَى. | ٣٢ 32 |
Will a virgin forget her jewelry, a bride her veils? Yet my people have forgotten me for days without number!
| لَكَمْ بَرَعْتُمْ فِي تَمْهِيدِ طُرُقِكُمْ طَلَباً لِلشَّهَوَاتِ، فَعَلَّمْتُمْ أَسَالِيبَكُمْ حَتَّى لِلشِّرِّيرَاتِ. | ٣٣ 33 |
How well you make your way to look for love. You have even taught your ways to wicked women.
| فَوُجِدَ فِي أَذْيَالِكُمْ أَيْضاً دَمُ الْمَسَاكِينِ الأَبْرِيَاءِ الَّذِينَ لَمْ تَقْبِضُوا عَلَيْهِمْ مُتَلَبِّسِينَ بِجَرِيمَةِ الاقْتِحَامِ. وَمَعَ كُلِّ ذَلِكَ | ٣٤ 34 |
The blood that was the life of innocent, poor people has been found on your clothes. These people were not discovered in acts of burglary.
| تَقُولُونَ: نَحْنُ أَبْرِيَاءُ، فَلِذَلِكَ قَدْ تَحَوَّلَ عَنَّا غَضَبُ الرَّبِّ. غَيْرَ أَنِّي سَأَدِينُكُمْ لِقَوْلِكُمْ إِنَّنَا لَمْ نُخْطِئْ. | ٣٥ 35 |
Yet you say, 'I am innocent; surely his anger has turned away from me.' But look! I will bring down judgment on you because you say, 'I have not sinned.'
| لِمَاذَا تَتَهَافَتُونَ عَلَى تَغْيِيرِ اتِّجَاهِكُمْ؟ سَتُلْحِقُ بِكُمْ مِصْرُ الْخِزْيَ كَمَا أَلْحَقَهُ بِكُمُ الأَشُورِيُّونَ. | ٣٦ 36 |
Why do you treat so very lightly this change in your ways? You will also be disappointed by Egypt, just as you were by Assyria.
| مِنْ هُنَاكَ تَخْرُجُونَ أَيْضاً وَأَيْدِيكُمْ تُغَطِّي رُؤُوسَكُمْ خَجَلاً، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ رَفَضَ الَّذِينَ وَثِقْتُمْ بِهِمْ، وَلَنْ يُصِيبَكُمْ مِنْهُمْ نَجَاحٌ. | ٣٧ 37 |
You will also go out from there dejected, with your hands on your head, for Yahweh has rejected the ones whom you trusted, so you will not be helped by them.”
