إرْمِيا 21

١ 1 الْكَلامُ الَّذِي أَوْحَى بِهِ الرَّبُّ إِلَى إِرْمِيَا النَّبِيِّ، عِنْدَمَا أَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِ الْمَلِكُ صِدْقِيَّا فَشْحُورَ بْنَ مَلْكِيَّا وَصَفَنْيَا بْنَ مَعْسِيَّا الْكَاهِنَ، قَائِلاً:

The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, when King Zedekiah sent to him Pashhur the son of Malchijah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, saying,

٢ 2 «اسْأَلِ الرَّبَّ عَنَّا، لأَنَّ نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرَ مَلِكَ بَابِلَ قَدْ أَعْلَنَ عَلَيْنَا حَرْباً، لَعَلَّ الرَّبَّ يُجْرِي لَنَا مُعْجِزَةً كَسَابِقِ مُعْجِزَاتِهِ، وَيَصْرِفُهُ عَنَّا».

“Please inquire of the LORD for us; for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon makes war against us. Perhaps the LORD will deal with us according to all his wondrous works, that he may withdraw from us.”

٣ 3 فَقَالَ لَهُمَا إِرْمِيَا: «هَذَا مَا تَقُولانِ لِصِدْقِيَّا:

Then Jeremiah said to them, “Tell Zedekiah:

٤ 4 هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: هَا أَنَا أَرُدُّ أَسْلِحَتَكُمُ الَّتِي بِأَيْدِيكُمُ الَّتِي تُحَارِبُونَ بِها مَلِكَ بَابِلَ وَالْكِلْدَانِيِّينَ الَّذِينَ يُحَاصِرُونَكُمْ مِنْ خَارِجِ السُّورِ، وَأَجْمَعُهُمْ فِي وَسَطِ هَذِهِ الْمَدِينَةِ.

‘The LORD, the God of Israel says, “Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, with which you fight against the king of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans who besiege you outside the walls; and I will gather them into the middle of this city.

٥ 5 وَأُحَارِبُكُمْ بِنَفْسِي بِيَدٍ مَمْدُودَةٍ وَذِرَاعٍ شَدِيدَةٍ، بِغَضَبٍ وَحَنَقٍ وَسُخْطٍ عَظِيمٍ.

I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even in anger, in wrath, and in great indignation.

٦ 6 وَأُبِيدُ أَهْلَ هَذِهِ الْمَدِينَةِ رِجَالاً وَبَهَائِمَ، فَيَمُوتُونَ بِوَبَأٍ رَهِيبٍ،

I will strike the inhabitants of this city, both man and animal. They will die of a great pestilence.

٧ 7 وَأُسْلِمُ صِدْقِيَّا مَلِكَ يَهُوذَا وَخُدَّامَهُ وَمَنْ بَقِيَ مِنْ أَهْلِ هَذِهِ الْمَدِينَةِ، النَّاجِينَ مِنَ الْوَبَأ وَالسَّيْفِ وَالْجُوعِ، إِلَى يَدِ نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرَ مَلِكِ بَابِلَ، وَإِلَى أَيْدِي أَعْدَائِهِمْ وَطَالِبِي نُفُوسِهِمْ، فَيَقْتُلُهُمْ بِحَدِّ السَّيْفِ، وَلا يَرْثِي لَهُمْ وَلا يَشْفُقُ أَوْ يَرْحَمُ.

Afterward,” says the LORD, “I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, his servants, and the people, even those who are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those who seek their life. He will strike them with the edge of the sword. He will not spare them, have pity, or have mercy.”’

٨ 8 وَتَقُولُ لِهَذَا الشَّعْبِ: هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ الرَّبُّ: هَا أَنَا أَعْرِضُ أَمَامَكُمْ طَرِيقَ الْحَيَاةِ وَطَرِيقَ الْمَوْتِ.

“You shall say to this people, ‘The LORD says: “Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death.

٩ 9 فَمَنْ يَمْكُثُ فِي هَذِهِ الْمَدِينَةِ يَمُوتُ بِالسَّيْفِ وَالْجُوعِ وَالْوَبَاءِ، وَمَنْ يَلْجَأُ إِلَى الْكِلْدَانِيِّينَ الَّذِينَ يُحَاصِرُونَكُمْ وَيَسْتَسْلِمُ لَهُمْ يَحْيَا وَيَغْنَمُ نَفْسَهُ.

He who remains in this city will die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, but he who goes out and passes over to the Chaldeans who besiege you, he will live, and he will escape with his life.

١٠ 10 فَإِنِّي قَدْ قَضَيْتُ عَلَى هَذِهِ الْمَدِينَةِ بِالشَّرِّ لَا بِالْخَيْرِ يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ، لِهَذَا يَسْتَوْلِي عَلَيْهَا مَلِكُ بَابِلَ فَيُحْرِقُهَا بِالنَّارِ».

For I have set my face on this city for evil, and not for good,” says the LORD. “It will be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will burn it with fire.”’

١١ 11 «وَتَقُولُ لِبَيْتِ مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا: اسْمَعُوا قَضَاءَ الرَّبِّ:

“Concerning the house of the king of Judah, hear the LORD’s word:

١٢ 12 يَا ذُرِّيَّةَ دَاوُدَ، هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ الرَّبُّ: أَجْرُوا الْعَدْلَ فِي الصَّبَاحِ، وَأَنْقِذُوا الْمُغْتَصَبَ مِنْ يَدِ الْمُغْتَصِبِ لِئَلَّا يَنْصَبَّ غَضَبِي كَنَارٍ، فَيُحْرِقَ وَلَيْسَ مَنْ يُخْمِدُهُ لِفَرْطِ مَا ارْتَكَبْتُمْ مِنْ أَعْمَالٍ شِرِّيرَةٍ.

House of David, the LORD says, ‘Execute justice in the morning, and deliver him who is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my wrath go out like fire, and burn so that no one can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.

١٣ 13 يَا أُورُشَلِيمُ يَا سَاكِنَةَ الْوَادِي، يَا صَخْرَةَ السَّهْلِ، هَا أَنَا أَقِفُ ضِدَّكِ» يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ، «وَأَنْتُمْ يَا مَنْ تَقُولُونَ:’مَنْ يُهَاجِمُنَا؟ وَمَنْ يَقْتَحِمُ مَنَازِلَنَا؟‘

Behold, I am against you, O inhabitant of the valley, and of the rock of the plain,’ says the LORD. ‘You that say, “Who would come down against us?” or, “Who would enter into our homes?”

١٤ 14 هَا أَنَا أُعَاقِبُكُمْ بِحَسَبِ ثِمَارِ أَعْمَالِكُمْ، وَأُوْقِدُ نَاراً فِي غَابَةِ مَدِينَتِكُمْ فَتَلْتَهِمُ كُلَّ مَا حَوْلَهَا».

I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings,’ says the LORD; ‘and I will kindle a fire in her forest, and it will devour all that is around her.’”