إرْمِيا 23

١ 1 يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ: «وَيْلٌ لِلرُّعَاةِ الَّذِينَ يُبِيدُونَ وَيُبَدِّدُونَ غَنَمَ رَعِيَّتِي (أَيْ شَعْبِي)».

Woe to the shepherds, Who lose and scatter the sheep of my pasture, saith Jehovah.

٢ 2 لِذَلِكَ هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ عَنِ الرُّعَاةِ الَّذِينَ يَرْعَوْنَ شَعْبِي: «لَقَدْ بَدَّدْتُمْ غَنَمِي (أَيْ شَعْبِي) وَطَرَدْتُمُوهَا، وَلَمْ تَتَعَهَّدُوهَا. فَهَا أَنَا أُعَاقِبُكُمْ عَلَى شَرِّ أَعْمَالِكُمْ.

For concerning the shepherds, the feeders of my people, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel: Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, And have not taken care of them. Behold, I am about to requite you For the evil of your doings, saith Jehovah.

٣ 3 وَأَجْمَعُ شَتَاتَ غَنَمِي مِنْ جَمِيعِ الأَرَاضِي الَّتِي أَجْلَيْتُهَا إِلَيْهَا، وَأَرُدُّهَا إِلَى مَرَاعِيهَا فَتَنْمُو وَتَتَكَاثَرُ،

But I will gather the remnant of my flock From all the countries whither I have driven them, And I will bring them back to their folds, And they shall be fruitful and increase.

٤ 4 وَأُقِيمُ عَلَيْهَا رُعَاةً يَتَعَهَّدُونَهَا فَلا يَعْتَرِيهَا خَوْفٌ مِنْ بَعْدُ وَلا تَرْتَعِدُ وَلا تَضِلُّ.

And I will raise up shepherds over them, who shall feed them; They shall fear no more, nor be dismayed; Nor shall they be lost, saith Jehovah.

٥ 5 هَا أَيَّامٌ مُقْبِلَةٌ أُقِيمُ فِيهَا لِدَاوُدَ ذُرِّيَّةَ بِرٍّ، مَلِكاً يَسُودُ بِحِكْمَةٍ، وَيُجْرِي فِي الأَرْضِ عَدْلاً وَحَقّاً.

Behold, the days are coming, saith Jehovah, When I will raise up from David a righteous Branch, And a king shall reign and prosper, And shall maintain justice and equity in the land.

٦ 6 فِي عَهْدِهِ يَتِمُّ خَلاصُ شَعْبِ يَهُوذَا، وَيَسْكُنُ شَعْبُ إِسْرَائِيلَ آمِناً. أَمَّا الاسْمُ الَّذِي سَيُدْعَى بِهِ فَهُوَ: الرَّبُّ بِرُّنَا.

In his days Judah shall be saved, And Israel shall dwell securely; And this is the name which shall be given him, Jehovah-is-our-salvation.

٧ 7 لِذَلِكَ هَا أَيَّامٌ مُقْبِلَةٌ لَا يُرَدِّدُ فِيهَا النَّاسُ مِنْ بَعْدُ: حَيٌّ هُوَ الرَّبُّ الَّذِي أَخْرَجَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ دِيَارِ مِصْرَ.

Therefore, behold, the days shall come, saith Jehovah, When they shall no more say, “As Jehovah liveth Who brought up the children of Israel from the land of Egypt!”

٨ 8 بَلْ يَقُولُونَ: حَيٌّ هُوَ الرَّبُّ الَّذِي أَخْرَجَ ذُرِّيَّةَ شَعْبِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَأَتَى بِهِمْ مِنْ أَرْضِ الشِّمَالِ وَمِنْ كَافَّةِ الدِّيَارِ الَّتِي أَجْلاهُمْ إِلَيْهَا، فَيَسْكُنُونَ فِي أَرْضِهِمْ».

But, “As Jehovah liveth Who brought up and led the race of Israel from the north country, And from all the countries whither I had driven them!” And they shall dwell in their own land.

٩ 9 ثُمَّ تَكَلَّمَ إِرْمِيَا عَنِ الأَنْبِيَاءِ الكَذَبَةِ فَقَالَ: «إِنَّ قَلْبِي مُنْكَسِرٌ فِي دَاخِلِي، وَجَمِيعَ عِظَامِي تَرْتَجِفُ، فَأَنَا، بِتَأْثِيرِ الرَّبِّ وَبِفِعْلِ كَلامِهِ الْمُقَدَّسِ كَرَجُلٍ سَكْرَانَ غَلَبَتْ عَلَيْهِ الْخَمْرُ

Concerning the Prophets. My heart is broken within me; All my bones tremble. I am become like a drunken man, Like a man whom wine hath overcome, Because of Jehovah, And because of his holy words.

١٠ 10 لأَنَّ الأَرْضَ قَدِ اكْتَظَّتْ بِالْفَاسِقِينَ، وَنَاحَتْ مِنْ عَاقِبَةِ لَعْنَةِ اللهِ، فَجَفَّتْ مَرَاعِي الْحُقُولِ لأَنَّ مَسَاعِيَهُمْ بَاتَتْ شِرِّيرَةً، وَجَبَرُوتَهُمْ مُسَخَّرٌ لِلْبَاطِلِ».

For the land is full of adulteries; Because of a curse doth the land mourn; The pastures of the waste are dried up; For they run to do evil, And their might is without right.

١١ 11 وَيَقُولُ الرَّبُّ: «النَّبِيُّ وَالْكَاهِنُ كَافِرَانِ، وَفِي بَيْتِي وَجَدْتُ شَرَّهُمَا.

Yea, both prophet and priest are profane; Even in my house have I found their wickedness, saith Jehovah.

١٢ 12 لِذَلِكَ يُضْحِي طَرِيقُهُمَا مَزَالِقَ لَهُمَا، تُفْضِي بِهِمَا إِلَى الظُّلُمَاتِ الَّتِي يُطْرَدُونَ إِلَيْهَا، وَيَهْوِيانَ فِيهَا لأَنِّي أَجْلِبُ عَلَيْهِمَا شَرّاً فِي سَنَةِ عِقَابِهِمَا.

Therefore shall their way become as slippery places in the dark; They shall be driven on and fall therein; For I will bring evil upon them In the time of their visitation, saith Jehovah.

١٣ 13 فِي أَوْسَاطِ أَنْبِيَاءِ السَّامِرَةِ شَهِدْتُ أُمُوراً كَرِيهَةً، إِذْ تَنَبَّأُوا بِاسْمِ الْبَعْلِ، وَأَضَلُّوا شَعْبِي إِسْرَائِيلَ.

In the prophets of Samaria have I seen folly; They prophesy in the name of Baal, and cause my people Israel to err.

١٤ 14 وَفِي أَوْسَاطِ أَنْبِيَاءِ أُورُشَلِيمَ رَأَيْتُ أُمُوراً مَهُولَةً: يَرْتَكِبُونَ الْفِسْقَ، وَيَسْلُكُونَ فِي الأَكَاذِيبِ، يُشَدِّدُونَ أَيْدِي فَاعِلِي الإِثْمِ لِئَلَّا يَتُوبَ أَحَدٌ عَنْ شَرِّهِ. صَارُوا جَمِيعاً كَسُكَّانِ سَدُومَ وَأَصْبَحَ أَهْلُهَا كَأَهْلِ عَمُورَةَ».

In the prophets of Jerusalem also have I seen a horrible thing; They commit adultery, and walk in falsehood; They strengthen the hands of evil-doers, So that none doth turn from his iniquity. They have all become to me as Sodom, And her inhabitants as Gomorrah.

١٥ 15 لِذَلِكَ هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ عَنِ الأَنْبِيَاءِ: «هَا أَنَا أُطْعِمُهُمْ أَفْسَنْتِيناً وَأَسْقِيهِمْ مَاءً مَسْمُوماً، لأَنَّهُ مِنْ أَنْبِيَاءِ أُورُشَلِيمَ شَاعَ الْكُفْرُ فِي كُلِّ أَرْجَاءِ الأَرْضِ».

Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts concerning the prophets: Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, And give them the water of hemlock to drink; For from the prophets of Jerusalem Hath profaneness gone forth into all the land.

١٦ 16 «لا تَسْمَعُوا لأَقْوَالِ الأَنْبِيَاءِ الَّذِينَ يَتَنَبَّأُونَ لَكُمْ وَيَخْدَعُونَكُمْ بِالأَوْهَامِ، لأَنَّهُمْ يَنْطِقُونَ بِرُؤَى مُخَيَّلاتِهِمْ، وَلا يَتَكَلَّمُونَ بِمَا أَوْحَى بِهِ فَمِي.

Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Hearken not to the words of the prophets; They lead you to vanity; They utter the vision of their own heart, And not from the mouth of Jehovah.

١٧ 17 قَائِلِينَ بِإِصْرَارٍ لِمَنْ يَحْتَقِرُونَنِي:’قَدْ أَعْلَنَ الرَّبُّ أَنَّ السَّلامَ يَسُودُكُمْ‘وَيُرَدِّدُونَ لِكُلِّ مَنْ يَجْرِي وَرَاءَ أَهْوَاءِ قَلْبِهِ:’لَنْ يُصِيبَكُمْ ضَرُّ.‘

To them that despise me they say continually, “Jehovah hath said, Ye shall have peace”; And to every one that walketh after the perverseness of his heart, “No evil shall come upon you.”

١٨ 18 مَعَ أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ بَيْنَهُمْ مَنْ مَثَلَ فِي مَجْلِسِ الرَّبِّ وَرَأَى وَأَنْصَتَ لِكَلِمَتِهِ، وَلا مَنْ أَصْغَى لِقَوْلِهِ وَأَطَاعَهُ.

For who of them hath stood in the council of Jehovah, And hath seen and heard his word? Who hath listened to his word and heard it?

١٩ 19 هَا عَاصِفَةُ سُخْطِ الرَّبِّ قَدِ انْطَلَقَتْ، وَزَوْبَعَةٌ هَوْجَاءُ قَدْ ثَارَتْ لِتَجْتَاحَ رُؤُوسَ الأَشْرَارِ.

Behold a whirlwind from Jehovah goeth forth in fury, Even a rushing whirlwind; Upon the head of the wicked shall it rush.

٢٠ 20 فَغَضَبُ الرَّبِّ لَنْ يَرْتَدَّ حَتَّى يُنْجِزَ مَقَاصِدَ قَلْبِهِ الَّتِي سَتُدْرِكُونَهَا بِوُضُوحٍ فِي آخِرِ الأَيَّامِ.

The fierce anger of Jehovah shall not turn back, Until he shall have executed, until he shall have accomplished the purpose of his heart. In the latter days ye shall understand it fully.

٢١ 21 إِنِّي لَمْ أُرْسِلْ هَؤُلاءِ الأَنْبِيَاءَ، وَمَعَ ذَلِكَ انْطَلَقُوا رَاكِضِينَ، وَلَمْ أُوْحِ لَهُمْ وَمَعَ ذَلِكَ يَتَنَبَّأُونَ.

I sent not these prophets, yet they ran; I spake not to them, yet they prophesied.

٢٢ 22 لَوْ مَثَلُوا حَقّاً فِي مَجْلِسِي لَبَلَّغُوا كَلامِي لِشَعْبِي، وَلَكَانُوا رَدُّوهُمْ عَنْ مَسَاوِئِهِمْ وَعَنْ شَرِّ أَعْمَالِهِمْ.

For if they had stood in my council, Then would they have caused my people to hear my words, And would have turned them from their evil way. And from the wickedness of their doings.

٢٣ 23 أَلَعَلِّي أَرَى فَقَطْ مَا يَجْرِي عَنْ قُربٍ، وَلَسْتُ إِلَهاً يَرْقُبُ مَا يَجْرِي عَنْ بُعْدٍ؟

Am I a God near at hand, saith Jehovah, And not a God afar off?

٢٤ 24 أَيُمْكِنُ لأَحَدٍ أَنْ يَتَوَارَى فِي أَمَاكِنَ خَفِيَّةٍ فَلا أَرَاهُ؟ أَمَا أَمْلأُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضَ؟

Can any one hide himself in secret places, So that I shall not see him? saith Jehovah; Do I nor fill heaven and earth? saith Jehovah.

٢٥ 25 قَدْ سَمِعْتُ مَا نَطَقَ بِهِ الْمُتَنَبِّئُونَ بِاسْمِي زُوراً قَائِلِينَ:’قَدْ حَلِمْتُ، قَدْ حَلِمْتُ.‘

I have heard what the prophets say, Who prophesy falsehood in my name, Saying, “I have dreamed, I have dreamed.”

٢٦ 26 إِلَى مَتَى يَظَلُّ هَذَا الْخِدَاعُ مَكْنُوناً فِي قُلُوبِ الْمُتَنَبِّئِينَ زُوراً؟ إِنَّهُمْ حَقّاً أَنْبِيَاءُ خِدَاعٍ، يَتَنَبَّأُونَ بَأَوْهَامِ قُلُوبِهِمْ.

How long shall this be In the heart of the prophets, who prophesy falsehood, The prophets of the deceit of their own heart,

٢٧ 27 فَيُنَسُّونَ شَعْبِي اسْمِي بِمَا يَقُصُّهُ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمْ عَلَى صَاحِبِهِ مِنْ أَحْلامِهِ، كَمَا نَسِيَ آبَاؤُهُمُ اسْمِي لأَجْلِ وَثَنِ الْبَعْلِ.

Who think to cause my people to forget my name By the dreams which they relate one to another, As their fathers forgot my name through Baal?

٢٨ 28 فَلْيَقُصَّ النَّبِيُّ الْحَالِمُ حُلْمَهُ. وَلَكِنْ مَنْ لَدَيْهِ كَلِمَتِي فَلْيُعْلِنْهَا بِالْحَقِّ، إِذْ مَاذَا يَجْمَعُ بَيْنَ التِّبْنِ وَالْقَمْحِ؟

The prophet who hath a dream, let him tell a dream; And he that hath my word, let him speak my word truly! What is the chaff to the wheat? saith Jehovah.

٢٩ 29 أَلَيْسَتْ كَلِمَتِي كَالنَّارِ، وَكَالْمِطْرَقَةِ الَّتِي تُحَطِّمُ الصُّخُورَ؟

Is not my word like fire, saith Jehovah, And like a hammer, that breaketh the rock in pieces?

٣٠ 30 لِذَلِكَ هَا أَنَا أُقَاوِمُ هَؤُلاءِ الأَنْبِيَاءَ الَّذِينَ يَنْتَحِلُ كُلٌّ مِنْهُمْ كَلامَ الآخَرِ،

Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith Jehovah, That steal my words one from another.

٣١ 31 وَأُقَاوِمُ الأَنْبِيَاءَ الَّذِينَ يُسَخِّرُونَ أَلْسِنَتَهُمْ قَائِلِينَ:’الرَّبُّ يَقُولُ هَذَا.‘

Behold, I am against the prophets, saith Jehovah, That take their tongues and utter oracles.

٣٢ 32 هَا أَنَا أُقَاوِمُ الْمُتَنَبِّئِينَ بِأَحْلامٍ كَاذِبَةٍ وَيَقُصُّونَهَا مُضِلِّينَ شَعْبِي بِأَكَاذِيبِهِمْ وَاسْتِخْفَافِهِمْ، مَعَ أَنِّي لَمْ أُرْسِلْهُمْ وَلَمْ أُكَلِّفْهُمْ بِشَيْءٍ. وَلا جَدْوَى مِنْهُمْ لِهَذَا الشَّعْبِ».

Behold, I am against the prophets of false dreams, saith Jehovah, Who tell them, and cause my people to err By their lies and their arrogance. I have not sent them, nor commanded them, And they shall not profit this people at all, saith Jehovah.

٣٣ 33 «إِذَا سَأَلَكَ أَحَدٌ مِنْ هَذَا الشَّعْبِ أَوْ نَبِيٌّ أَوْ كَاهِنٌ:’مَا هُوَ وَحْيُ قَضَاءِ الرَّبِّ؟‘فَأَجِبْهُمْ:’أَنْتُمْ وَحْيُ قَضَائِهِ. وَسَأَطْرَحُكُمْ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ.‘

And when this people, or a prophet, or a priest Shall ask thee, saying, “What is the burden from Jehovah?” Then say thou to them, “What is the burden?” That I will cast you away, saith Jehovah.

٣٤ 34 أَمَّا النَّبِيُّ أَوِ الْكَاهِنُ أَوْ أَيُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنَ الشَّعْبِ يَدَّعِي قَائِلاً:’هَذَا وَحْيُ الرَّبِّ‘فَإِنِّي سَأُعَاقِبُهُ مَعَ أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ.

And the prophet, the priest, and the people, Who shall say, “The burden of Jehovah,” I will punish that man and his house.

٣٥ 35 لِذَلِكَ هَكَذَا يُوَاظِبُ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ عَلَى الْقَوْلِ لِصَاحِبِهِ، وَكُلُّ جَارٍ لِجَارِهِ:’مَا هُوَ جَوَابُ الرَّبِّ؟‘أَوْ’بِمَاذَا تَكَلَّمَ الرَّبُّ؟‘

Thus shall ye speak, one to another: “What hath Jehovah answered?” And, “What hath Jehovah spoken?”

٣٦ 36 أَمَّا ادِّعَاءُ وَحْيِ الرَّبِّ فَلا تَذْكُرُوهُ مِنْ بَعْدُ، فَإِنَّ كَلِمَةَ الْمَرْءِ تَغْدُو وَحْيَ قَضَائِهِ، إِذْ قَدْ حَرَّفْتُمْ كَلامَ الإِلَهِ الْحَيِّ، الرَّبِّ الْقَدِيرِ، إِلَهِنَا.

And of a burden of Jehovah shall ye speak no more; Else shall every man's word be his burden, Because ye pervert the words of the living God, Of Jehovah of hosts, our God.

٣٧ 37 لِذَلِكَ هَذَا مَا تَسْأَلُ بِهِ النَّبِيَّ:’بِمَاذَا أَجَابَ الرَّبُّ؟ وَبِمَاذَا تَكَلَّمَ؟‘

Thus shalt thou say to the prophet: “What hath Jehovah answered thee?” And, “What hath Jehovah spoken?”

٣٨ 38 فَإِنِ ادَّعَيْتُمْ وَحْيَ قَضَاءِ الرَّبِّ، فَهَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ الرَّبُّ: لأَنَّكُمُ ادَّعَيْتُمْ وَحْيَ قَضَائِهِ بَعْدَ أَنْ حَظَرْتُهُ عَلَيْكُمْ قَائِلاً:’لَا تَقُولُوا هَذَا وَحْيُ قَضَائِهِ‘

If ye shall say, “The burden of Jehovah,” Then thus saith Jehovah: Because ye say, “The burden of Jehovah,” Although I sent to you and said, Ye shall not say, “The burden of Jehovah,”

٣٩ 39 لِذَلِكَ هَا أَنَا أَنْسَاكُمْ تَمَاماً، وَأَطْرُدُكُمْ مِنْ مَحْضَرِي أَنْتُمْ وَالْمَدِينَةَ الَّتِي وَهَبْتُهَا لَكُمْ وَلِآبَائِكُمْ.

Therefore, behold, I will utterly forget you, And I will cast you, and the city which I gave to your fathers, out of my presence;

٤٠ 40 وَأُلْحِقُ بِكُمْ عَاراً أَبَدِيًّا وَخِزْياً لَا يُنْسَى».

And I will bring upon you an everlasting reproach, And a perpetual shame which shall not be forgotten.