إرْمِيا 24

١ 1 وَبَعْدَمَا سَبَى نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرُ، مَلِكُ بَابِلَ، يَكُنْيَا بْنَ يَهُويَاقِيمَ مَلِكَ يَهُوذَا مَعَ سَائِرِ رُؤَسَاءِ يَهُوذَا، وَالنَّجَّارِينَ وَالْحَدَّادِينَ، مِنْ أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَأَتَى بِهِمْ إِلَى بَابِلَ، أَرَانِي الرَّبُّ فِي رُؤْيَا سَلَّتَيْ تِينٍ مَوْضُوعَتَيْنِ أَمَامَ هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ.

[The army of] King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon captured Jehoiachin, the king of Judah, and his officials, and all his skilled workers [DOU] and took them to Babylon. After that happened, Yahweh gave me a vision. [In the vision] I saw two baskets of figs that had been placed in front of the temple.

٢ 2 وَكَانَ فِي إِحْدَى السَّلَّتَيْنِ تِينٌ جَيِّدٌ كَالتِّينِ الْبَاكُورِيِّ، وَفِي الأُخْرَى تِينٌ رَدِيءٌ تَعَافُ النَّفْسُ أَكْلَهُ مِنْ فَرْطِ رَدَاءَتِهِ.

One basket was full of good figs, like the kind that ripen first. The other basket was filled with figs that were bad/rotten, with the result that they could not be eaten.

٣ 3 فَقَالَ لِيَ الرَّبُّ: «مَاذَا تَرَى يَا إِرْمِيَا؟» فَأَجَبْتُ: «تِيناً: الْجَيِّدُ مِنْهُ يَمْتَازُ بِجَوْدَتِهِ، وَالرَّدِيءُ مِنْهُ تَعَافُهُ النَّفْسُ لِفَرْطِ رَدَاءَتِهِ».

Then Yahweh said to me, “Jeremiah, what do you see?” I replied, “[I see some] figs. Some are very good ones, but some are very bad, with the result that no one would eat them.”

٤ 4 فَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِي:

Then Yahweh gave me this message:

٥ 5 «هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: سَأَعْتَنِي بِالْمَسْبِيِّينَ مِنْ يَهُوذَا الَّذِينَ أَجْلَيْتُهُمْ لِخَيْرِهِمْ عَنْ هَذَا الْمَوْضِعِ إِلَى أَرْضِ الْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ، كَمِثْلِ هَذَا التِّينِ الْجَيِّدِ.

“This is what [I], Yahweh, the God whom the Israeli people [say that they worship], say: ‘The good figs represent [SIM] the people of Judah whom I exiled to Babylonia.

٦ 6 وَسَأَرْعَاهُمْ بِعَيْنَيَّ لِخَيْرِهِمْ، وَأَرُدُّهُمْ إِلَى هَذِهِ الأَرْضِ، وَأَبْنِيهِمْ وَلا أَهْدِمُهُمْ، وَأَغْرِسُهُمْ وَلا أَسْتَأْصِلُهُمْ.

I [SYN] will (watch over/take care of) them well, and [some day] I will bring them back here [to Judah]. I will establish them and cause them to be strong. I will cause them to be prosperous [MET], and I will not exile them [again].

٧ 7 وَأَهَبُهُمْ قَلْباً لِيَعْرِفُوا أَنِّي أَنَا الرَّبُّ، فَيَكُونُوا لِي شَعْباً وَأَكُونَ لَهُمْ إِلَهاً، لأَنَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ إِلَيَّ مِنْ كُلِّ قُلُوبِهِمْ.

I will enable them to desire to know [IDM] that I am Yahweh. They will be my people, and I will be their God, because they will return to me sincerely.’

٨ 8 أَمَّا صِدْقِيَّا مَلِكُ يَهُوذَا وَعُظَمَاؤُهُ وَسَائِرُ أَهْلِ أُورُشَلِيمَ الَّذِينَ مَكَثُوا فِي هَذِهِ الأَرْضِ وَالَّذِينَ نَزَحُوا إِلَى دِيَارِ مِصْرَ، فَإِنِّي أَجْعَلُهُمْ مِثْلَ هَذَا التِّينِ الرَّدِيءِ الَّذِي تَعَافُ النَّفْسُ أَكْلَهُ لِفَرْطِ رَدَاءَتِهِ.

But [I], Yahweh, [also] say, ‘The bad figs represent [SIM] Zedekiah, the king of Judah, and his officials, and all the [other] people who remain in Jerusalem, and those who have gone to Egypt. I will do to them like people do to rotten figs.

٩ 9 وَأُوْقِعُهُمْ فِي الضِّيقِ وَالشَّرِّ فِي جَمِيعِ مَمَالِكِ الأَرْضِ، وَأَجْعَلُهُمْ عَاراً وَعِبْرَةً وَأُحْدُوثَةً وَلَعْنَةً فِي جَمِيعِ الأَمَاكِنِ الَّتِي أُجْلِيهِمْ إِلَيْهَا.

I will [get rid of them], with the result that people in every nation on the earth will be horrified, and will hate them because they are evil people. Wherever I scatter them, people will make fun of them, and say that they are disgraced, and ridicule them, and curse them.

١٠ 10 وَأُعَرِّضُهُمْ لِلسَّيْفِ وَالْجُوعِ وَالْوَبَاءِ حَتَّى يَفْنَوْا فِي الأَرْضِ الَّتِي وَهَبْتُهَا لَهُمْ وَلِآبَائِهِمْ».

And I will cause them to experience wars and famines and diseases, until they have disappeared from this land which I gave to them and to their ancestors.’”