إرْمِيا 22

١ 1 هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ الرَّبُّ: «انْحَدِرْ إِلَى قَصْرِ مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا وَأَعْلِنْ هُنَاكَ هَذَا الْقَضَاءَ:

Thus, said Yahweh, Go thou down to the house of king of Judah, and speak thou there this word,

٢ 2 اسْمَعْ كَلِمَةَ الرَّبِّ يَا مَلِكَ يَهُوذَا الْمُتَرَبِّعَ عَلَى عَرْشِ دَاوُدَ، أَنْتَ وَخُدَّامُكَ وَشَعْبُكَ الْمُجْتَازِينَ مِنْ هَذِهِ الْبَوَّابَاتِ:

and say—Hear thou the word of Yahweh O king of Judah who sittest upon the throne of David, —thou, and thy servants and thy people who enter in at these gates,

٣ 3 أَجْرُوا الْعَدْلَ وَأَنْقِذُوا الْمُغْتَصَبَ مِنْ يَدِ الْمُغْتَصِبِ، وَلا تَجُورُوا عَلَى الْغَرِيبِ وَالْيَتِيمِ وَالأَرْمَلَةِ، وَلا تَتَعَسَّفُوا عَلَيْهِمْ، وَلا تَسْفِكُوا دَماً بَرِيئاً فِي هَذَا الْمَوْضِعِ.

Thus, saith Yahweh, —Execute ye justice, and righteousness, And deliver the robbed out of the hand of the oppressor, —But the sojourner the fatherless, and the widow, do not oppress neither commit violence, And the blood of the innocent, do not ye shed, in this place.

٤ 4 لأَنَّكُمْ إِنْ أَطَعْتُمْ هَذَا الْكَلامَ فَإِنَّ مُلُوكاً يَتَرَبَّعُونَ عَلَى عَرْشِ دَاوُدَ، رَاكِبيِنَ مَرْكَبَاتٍ وَخُيُولاً يَجْتَازُونَ هُمْ وَخُدَّامُهُمْ وَشَعْبُهُمْ بَوَّابَاتِ هَذَا الْقَصْرِ.

For if ye, indeed do, this thing, then shall there enter into the gates of this house—kings, sitting for David upon his throne riding in chariots and on horses, he and his servants, and his people.

٥ 5 وَلَكِنْ إِنْ عَصَيْتُمْ هَذِهِ الْوَصَايَا، فَقَدْ أَقْسَمْتُ بِنَفْسِي يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ، أَنْ يَتَحَوَّلَ هَذَا الْقَصْرُ إِلَى أَطْلالٍ».

But if ye will not hear these words, By myself have I sworn Declareth Yahweh—That, a ruin, shall this house become.

٦ 6 لأَنَّهُ هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ عَنْ قَصْرِ مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا: «أَنْتَ عَزِيزٌ عَلَيَّ كَجِلْعَادَ وَكَرَأْسِ لُبْنَانَ، وَمَعَ ذَلِكَ فَإِنِّي سَأَجْعَلُكَ قَفْراً وَمُدُناً مَهْجُورَةً.

For Thus, saith Yahweh Concerning the house of the king of Judah, —Though thou wast Gilead, to me, The summit of Lebanon, Yet surely I will make thee, A wilderness, Cities, not habitable;

٧ 7 سَأُجَنِّدُ عَلَيْكَ مُهْلِكِينَ مُدَجَّجِينَ بِسِلاحِهِمْ فَيَقْطَعُونَ نُخْبَةَ أَرْزِكَ وَيَطْرَحُونَهَا إِلَى النَّارِ.

And I will hallow against thee Destroyers Every man with his weapons, —And they shall cut down of the choicest of thy cedars, and cast upon the fire.

٨ 8 وَتَعْبُرُ فِي هَذِهِ الْمَدِينَةِ أُمَمٌ كَثِيرَةٌ، فَيَقُولُ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ لِرَفِيقِهِ: لِمَاذَا صَنَعَ الرَّبُّ هَكَذَا بِهَذِهِ الْمَدِينَةِ الْعَظِيمَةِ؟

Then shall many nations pass by this city, —and shall say, every man to his neighbour, For what cause, hath Yahweh done thus, unto this great city?

٩ 9 فَيُجِيبُونَ: لأَنَّهُمْ نَبَذُوا عَهْدَ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِهِمْ وَسَجَدُوا لِلأَوْثَانِ وَعَبَدُوهَا».

And they shall say, Because they forsook the covenant of Yahweh, their God, —And bowed down to other gods And served them.

١٠ 10 لَا تَنُوحُوا عَلَى الْمَيْتِ وَلا تَنْدُبُوهُ، إِنَّمَا ابْكُوا عَلَى الْمَنْفِيِّ الَّذِي لَنْ يَرْجِعَ وَلَنْ يَرَى أَرْضَ مَوْطِنِهِ

Do not ye lament for him that is dead Neither bemoan ye, him, But weep ye—weep on—for him that is going away, For he shall not return any more Nor see the land of his birth.

١١ 11 لأَنَّهُ هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ الرَّبُّ عَنْ شَلُّومَ بْنِ يُوشِيَّا مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا، الَّذِي تَوَلَّى الْعَرْشَ مَكَانَ أَبِيهِ، وَخَرَجَ مَنْفِيًّا مِنْ هَذَا الْمَكَانِ: «إِنَّهُ لَنْ يَرْجِعَ إِلَى هُنَا بَعْدُ.

For Thus, saith Yahweh—Touching Shallum, son of Josiah king of Judah, That reigneth instead of Josiah his father, Who hath gone forth out of this place, He shall not return thither any more;

١٢ 12 بَلْ يَمُوتُ فِي مَنْفَاهُ الَّذِي سَبَوْهُ إِلَيْهِ وَلَنْ يَرْجِعَ لِيَرَى هَذِهِ الأَرْضَ ثَانِيَةً».

For in the place whither they have taken him captive, There, shall he die, —And this land, shall he see no more.

١٣ 13 «وَيْلٌ لِمَنْ يَبْنِي بَيْتَهُ عَلَى الظُّلْمِ وَمَخَادِعَهُ الْعَالِيَةَ عَلَى الْجَوْرِ، الَّذِي يَسْتَخْدِمُ جَارَهُ مَجَّاناً وَلا يُوْفِيهِ أُجْرَةَ عَمَلِهِ،

Alas! for him who buildeth his house without righteousness, And his roof-chambers without justice, —Of his neighbour, taketh service for nought, And recompense for his work, giveth him not.

١٤ 14 الَّذِي يَقُولُ:’سَأَبْنِي لِنَفْسِي بَيْتاً رَحْباً وَغُرَفاً عَالِيةً فَسِيحَةً. وَأَفْتَحُ لَهُ كُوىً وَأُغَشِّيهِ بِأَلْوَاحِ الأَرْزِ وَأَدْهِنُهُ بِأَلْوَانٍ حَمْرَاءَ.‘

Who saith—I will build me a roomy house, with spacious roof-chambers, —So he cutteth him open its windows, And it is covered in with cedar, And he painteth it with vermilion.

١٥ 15 أَتَظُنُّ أَنَّكَ صِرْتَ مَلِكاً لأَنَّكَ بَنَيْتَ بَيْتَكَ مِنَ الأَرْزِ؟ أَمَا أَكَلَ أَبُوكَ وَشَرِبَ وَأَجْرَى عَدْلاً وَحَقّاً، فَتَمَتَّعَ بِالْخَيْرَاتِ؟

Shalt thou reign, because, thou, art eager to excel in cedar? Thy father, did he not eat and drink, and do justice and righteousness, And, then, it was well with him?

١٦ 16 قَدْ قَضَى بِالْعَدْلِ لِلْبَائِسِ وَالْمِسْكِينِ فَأَحْرَزَ خَيْراً. أَلَيْسَتْ هَذِهِ هِيَ مَعْرِفَتِي؟» يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ

[Did he not] plead the cause of the oppressed and the needy, And, then, it was well? Was not, that, to know, me? Demandeth Yahweh.

١٧ 17 «أَمَّا أَنْتَ فَعَيْنَاكَ وَقَلْبُكَ مُتَهَافِتَةٌ عَلَى الرِّبْحِ الْحَرَامِ، وَعَلَى سَفْكِ الدَّمِ الْبَرِيءِ، وَعَلَى الظُّلْمِ وَالاِبْتِزَازِ».

Verily thou hast neither eyes nor heart, save for thy plundering and for thy shedding of innocent blood, and for oppression and for crushing to do them!

١٨ 18 لِذَلِكَ هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ عَنْ يَهُويَاقِيمَ بْنِ يُوشِيَّا، مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا: «لَنْ يَنْدُبَكَ أَحَدٌ قَائِلاً: آهِ يَا أَخِي أَوْ آهِ يَا أُخْتِي، أَوْ يَنْدُبُونَ عَلَيْهِ قَائِلِينَ: آوَّاهُ يَا سَيِّدِي، أَوْ آهِ عَلَى جَلالِهِ.

Therefore—Thus, saith Yahweh, Touching Jehoiakim son of Josiah King of Judah, They shall not cry in lament for him Alas my brother! or Alas sister! They shall not cry in lament for him Alas lord! or Alas! his renown!

١٩ 19 بَلْ يُدْفَنُ دَفْنَ حِمَارٍ، مَجْرُوراً وَمَطْرُوحاً خَارِجَ بَوَّابَاتِ أُورُشَلِيمَ».

With the burial of an ass, shall he be buried, Dragged along and cast forth, beyond the gates of Jerusalem.

٢٠ 20 «اصْعَدِي يَا أُورُشَلِيمُ إِلَى لُبْنَانَ وَاصْرُخِي. أَطْلِقِي صَوْتَكِ فِي بَاشَانَ وَأَعْوِلِي مِنْ عَبَارِيمَ لأَنَّ جَمِيعَ مُحِبِّيكِ قَدْ سُحِقُوا.

Ascend the Lebanon and make outcry, And in Bashan, put forth thy voice, —And make outcry from Abarim, For all thy lovers are torn in pieces.

٢١ 21 حَذَّرْتُكِ فِي أَثْنَاءِ عِزِّكِ فَقُلْتِ: لَنْ أَصْغِيَ. أَنْتِ مُتَمَرِّدَةٌ مُنْذُ صِبَاكِ لَا تَسْمَعِينَ لِصَوْتِي.

I spake unto thee, in thy carelessness, —Thou saidst I will not hearken! This hath been thy way from thy youth, That thou hast not hearkened to my voice.

٢٢ 22 سَتَعْصِفُ الرِّيحُ بِكُلِّ رُعَاتِكِ، وَيَذْهَبُ مُحِبُّوكِ إِلَى السَّبْيِ. عِنْدَئِذٍ يَعْتَرِيكِ الْخِزْيُ وَالْعَارُ لِشَرِّكِ.

All thy shepherds, the wind shall feed, And, thy lovers into captivity, shall depart, —Surely, then shalt thou turn pale and be confounded, by reason of all thy wickedness.

٢٣ 23 يَا سَاكِنَةَ لُبْنَانَ الْمُعَشِّشَةَ فِي الأَرْزِ، لَشَدَّ مَا تَئِنِّينَ عِنْدَمَا تُفَاجِئُكِ الأَوْجَاعُ، فَتَكُونِينَ كَامْرَأَةٍ تُقَاسِي مِنَ الْمَخَاضِ».

O inhabitress of Lebanon that makest thy nest in the cedars, —How hast thou bemoaned thyself Now that pangs have overtaken thee, Anguish, as of her that giveth birth.

٢٤ 24 «حَيٌّ أَنَا» يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ، «لَوْ كَانَ كُنْيَاهُو بْنُ يَهُويَاقِيمَ مَلِكُ يَهُوذَا خَاتِماً فِي يَدِي الْيُمْنَى لَنَزَعْتُهُ مِنْهَا.

As I live, Declareth Yahweh, —Even though Coniah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet-ring upon my right hand, yet, from thence, would I pull thee off;

٢٥ 25 وَأَسْلَمْتُهُ لِطَالِبِي نَفْسِهِ، إِلَى أَيْدِي مَنْ يَفْزَعُ مِنْهُمْ، وَإِلَى قَبْضَةِ نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرَ مَلِكِ بَابِلَ، وَإِلَى أَيْدِي الْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ.

and I would give thee into the hand of them who seek thy life and into the hand of them from the face of whom, thou dost shrink in fear, —even into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and into the hand of the Chaldeans;

٢٦ 26 سَأُطَوِّحُ بِهِ وَبِأُمِّهِ الَّتِي حَمَلَتْهُ إِلَى أَرْضٍ أُخْرَى، لَمْ يُوْلَدَا فِيهَا، وَهُنَاكَ يَمُوتَانِ.

and I will hurl thee out and thy mother who bare thee, upon another land where ye were not born, —and, there, shall ye die.

٢٧ 27 وَلَنْ يَعُودَا قَطُّ إِلَى الأَرْضِ الَّتِي يَتُوقَانِ إِلَى الرُّجُوعِ إِلَيْهَا».

But unto the land whither they shall be lifting up their souls to return, thither, shall they not return.

٢٨ 28 هَذَا الرَّجُلُ كُنْيَاهُو وَعَاءٌ مَنْبُوذٌ مُحَطَّمٌ، وَإِنَاءٌ لَا يَحْفِلُ بِهِ أَحَدٌ. لِمَاذَا طُوِّحَ بِهِ وَبِأَبْنَائِهِ إِلَى أَرْضٍ لَا يَعْرِفُونَهَا؟

An earthen vessel to be despised thrown about, is this man Coniah? Or an instrument, in which is no pleasure? Wherefore are they to be cast out, he and his seed, and to be thrown forth upon a land which they have not known?

٢٩ 29 يَا أَرْضُ! يَا أَرْضُ! يَا أَرْضُ! اسْمَعِي كَلِمَةَ الرَّبِّ:

O land, land, land! Hear thou the word of Yahweh!

٣٠ 30 «سَجِّلُوا أَنَّ هَذَا الإِنْسَانَ عَقِيمٌ، رَجُلٌ لَنْ يُفْلِحَ فِي حَيَاتِهِ، وَلَنْ يَنْجَحَ أَحَدٌ مِنْ ذُرِّيَّتِهِ فِي الْجُلُوسِ عَلَى عَرْشِ دَاوُدَ وَتَوَلِّي مُلْكِ يَهُوذَا».

Thus, saith Yahweh, —Register ye this man, childless, A man who shall not prosper in his days, —For there shall prosper of his seed No man sitting upon the throne of David, Or ruling any more over Judah.