إرْمِيا 38
| وَبَلَغَ مَسَامِعَ شَفَطْيَا بْنِ مَتَّانَ، وَجَدَلْيَا بْنِ فَشْحُورَ، وَيُوخَلَ بْنِ شَلَمْيَا، وَفَشْحُورَ بْنِ مَلْكِيَّا، الْكَلامُ الَّذِي كَانَ إِرْمِيَا يُخَاطِبُ بِهِ كُلَّ الشَّعْبِ قَائِلاً: | ١ 1 |
Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashhur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur the son of Malchijah, heard the words that Jeremiah spoke to all the people, saying,
| «هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ الرَّبُّ: إِنَّ كُلَّ مَنْ يَمْكُثُ فِي هَذِهِ الْمَدِينَةِ يَمُوتُ بِحَدِّ السَّيْفِ وَبِالْجُوعِ وَالْوَبَاءِ. أَمَّا مَنْ يَلْجَأْ إِلَى الْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ فَإِنَّهُ يَنْجُو بِنَفْسِهِ وَيُفْلِتُ بِحَيَاتِهِ وَيَحْيَا. | ٢ 2 |
"Thus says the LORD, 'He who remains in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence; but he who goes forth to the Chaldeans shall live, and his life shall be to him for a prey, and he shall live.'
| سَتُسَلَّمُ هَذِهِ الْمَدِينَةُ حَتْماً إِلَى يَدِ جَيْشِ مَلِكِ بَابِلَ فَيَسْتَوْلِي عَلَيْهَا». | ٣ 3 |
Thus says the LORD, 'This city shall surely be given into the hand of the army of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it.'"
| فَقَالَ رُؤَسَاءُ الْبِلادِ لِلْمَلِكِ: «يَجِبُ إِعْدَامُ هَذَا الرَّجُلِ، لأَنَّهُ يُثَبِّطُ عَزِيمَةَ الْمُحَارِبِينَ الْبَاقِينَ فِي هَذِهِ الْمَدِينَةِ وَعَزِيمَةَ سَائِرِ الشَّعْبِ، لأَنَّهُ يُخَاطِبُهُمْ بِمِثْلِ هَذَا الْكَلامِ. فَهَذَا الرَّجُلُ لَا يَلْتَمِسُ لِهَذَا الشَّعْبِ خَيْراً بَلْ شَرّاً». | ٤ 4 |
Then the officials said to the king, "Please let this man be put to death; because he weakens the hands of the men of war who remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words to them: for this man doesn't seek the welfare of this people, but the hurt."
| فَأَجَابَ الْمَلِكُ صِدْقِيَّا: «هَا هُوَ بَيْنَ أَيْدِيكُمْ. افْعَلُوا بِهِ مَا تَشَاؤُونَ، لأَنَّ الْمَلِكَ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ يُعَارِضَكُمْ». | ٥ 5 |
Zedekiah the king said, "Look, he is in your hand; for the king is not he who can do anything against you."
| فَأَخَذُوا إِرْمِيَا وَطَرَحُوهُ فِي جُبِّ مَلْكِيَّا ابْنِ الْمَلِكِ الْقَائِمِ فِي دَارِ الْحَرَسِ. وَدَلَّوْا إِرْمِيَا بِحِبَالٍ، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ فِي الْجُبِّ مَاءٌ بَلْ وَحْلٌ، فَغَاصَ فِيهِ إِرْمِيَا. | ٦ 6 |
Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the king's son, that was in the court of the guard: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. In the dungeon there was no water, but mire; and Jeremiah sank in the mire.
| فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ عَبْدَ مَلِكُ الْخَصِيُّ الإِثْيُوبِيُّ الْمُقِيمُ فِي قَصْرِ الْمَلِكِ أَنَّهُمْ أَلْقَوْا بِإِرْمِيَا فِي الْجُبِّ، وَكَانَ الْمَلِكُ آنَئِذٍ جَالِساً فِي بَوَّابَةِ بِنْيَامِينَ، | ٧ 7 |
Now when Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, a eunuch, who was in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon (the king then sitting in the Benjamin Gate),
| غَادَرَ عَبْدَ مَلِكُ الْقَصْرَ، وَقَالَ لِلْمَلِكِ: | ٨ 8 |
Ebedmelech went forth out of the king's house, and spoke to the king, saying,
| «يَامَوْلايَ الْمَلِكَ، قَدْ أَسَاءَ هَؤُلاءِ الرِّجَالُ إِلَى إِرْمِيَا النَّبِيِّ بِمَا أَوْقَعُوهُ بِهِ مِنْ شَرٍّ حِينَ زَجُّوهُ فِي الْجُبِّ. فَإِنَّهُ لابُدَّ أَنْ يَتَعَرَّضَ لِلْمَوْتِ مِنْ جَرَّاءِ الْجُوعِ، إِذْ لَا خُبْزَ فِي الْمَدِينَةِ». | ٩ 9 |
"My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is likely to die in the place where he is, because of the famine; for there is no more bread in the city."
| فَأَمَرَ الْمَلِكُ عَبْدَمَلِكَ الإِثْيُوبِيَّ: «اصْطَحِبْ مَعَكَ مِنْ هُنَا ثَلاثِينَ رَجُلاً، وَاسْحَبْ إِرْمِيَا مِنَ الْجُبِّ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَمُوتَ». | ١٠ 10 |
Then the king commanded Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, "Take from here thirty men with you, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he dies."
| فَاصْطَحَبَ عَبْدَ مَلِكُ الرِّجَالَ مَعَهَ، وَمَضَى إِلَى قَصْرِ الْمَلِكِ إِلَى قَبْوِ الْمُسْتَوْدَعِ، وَأَخَذَ مِنْ هُنَاكَ ثِيَاباً رَثَّةً، وَخِرَقاً بَالِيَةً، وَدَلّاهَا إِلَى إِرْمِيَا إِلَى الْجُبِّ بِحِبَالٍ، | ١١ 11 |
So Ebedmelech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took there rags and worn-out garments, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah.
| وَقَالَ لإِرْمِيَا: «ضَعِ الثِّيَابَ الرَّثَّةَ وَالْخِرَقَ الْبَالِيَةَ بَيْنَ إِبْطَيْكَ وَالْحِبَالِ». فَفَعَلَ إِرْمِيَا كَذَلِكَ. | ١٢ 12 |
Ebedmelech the Ethiopian said to Jeremiah, "Put now these rags and worn-out garments under your armpits under the cords." Jeremiah did so.
| فَسَحَبُوا إِرْمِيَا بِالْحِبَالِ وَأَخْرَجُوهُ مِنَ الْجُبِّ. وَمَكَثَ إِرْمِيَا فِي دَارِ الْحَرَسِ. | ١٣ 13 |
So they drew up Jeremiah with the cords, and took him up out of the dungeon: and Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.
| ثُمَّ بَعَثَ الْمَلِكُ صِدْقِيَّا وَاسْتَدْعَى إِلَيْهِ إِرْمِيَا النَّبِيَّ، وَاسْتَقْبَلَهُ فِي الْمَدْخَلِ الثَّالِثِ لِهَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ. وَقَالَ الْمَلِكُ لإِرْمِيَا: «أَسَأَلُكَ عَنْ أَمْرٍ فَلا تَكْتُمْ عَنِّي شَيْئاً». | ١٤ 14 |
Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took Jeremiah the prophet to him into the third entry that is in the house of the LORD: and the king said to Jeremiah, "I will ask you something. Hide nothing from me."
| فَأَجَابَ إِرْمِيَا صِدْقِيَّا: «إِنْ أَنْبَأْتُكَ، أَلا تَقْتُلُنِي حَتْماً؟ وَإِنْ أَشَرْتُ عَلَيْكَ فَأَنْتَ لَا تَقْبَلُ مَشُورَتِي». | ١٥ 15 |
Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, "If I declare it to you, will you not surely put me to death? And if I give you counsel, you will not listen to me."
| فَحَلَفَ الْمَلِكُ صِدْقِيَّا لإِرْمِيَا سِرّاً قَائِلاً: «حَيٌّ هُوَ الرَّبُّ الَّذِي صَنَعَ لَنَا أَنْفُسَنَا، أَنِّي لَا أَقْتُلُكَ وَلا أُسَلِّمُكَ إِلَى يَدِ أَعْدَائِكَ طَالِبِي نَفْسِكَ». | ١٦ 16 |
So Zedekiah the king swore secretly to Jeremiah, saying, "As the LORD lives, who made us this soul, I will not put you to death, neither will I give you into the hand of these men who seek your life."
| عِنْدَئِذٍ قَالَ إِرْمِيَا لِصِدْقِيَّا: «هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: إِنِ اسْتَسْلَمْتَ إِلَى قُوَّادِ مَلِكِ بَابِلَ تَنْجُو بِنَفْسِكَ مِنَ الْمَوْتِ، وَلا تُحْرَقُ هَذِهِ الْمَدِينَةُ بِالنَّارِ بَلْ تَحْيَا أَنْتَ وَأَهْلُ بَيْتِكَ. | ١٧ 17 |
Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, "Thus says the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel: 'If you will go forth to the king of Babylon's officers, then your soul shall live, and this city shall not be burned with fire; and you shall live, and your house.
| وَلَكِنْ إِنْ لَمْ تَسْتَسْلِمْ لِقُوَّادِ مَلِكِ بَابِلَ فَإِنَّ هَذِهِ الْمَدِينَةَ تَقَعُ فِي قَبْضَةِ الْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ، فَيُحْرِقُونَهَا بِالنَّارِ، وَأَنْتَ لَا تُفْلِتُ مِنْ أَيْدِيهِمْ». | ١٨ 18 |
But if you will not go forth to the king of Babylon's officers, then shall this city be given into the hand of the Chaldeans, and they shall burn it with fire, and you shall not escape out of their hand.'"
| فَأَجَابَ الْمَلِكُ: «أَخْشَى أَنْ أَقَعَ فِي يَدِ الْيَهُودِ الَّذِينَ لَجَأُوا إِلَى الْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ فَيَسْخَرُوا مِنِّي». | ١٩ 19 |
Zedekiah the king said to Jeremiah, "I am afraid of the Jews who are fallen away to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me into their hand, and they mock me."
| فَقَالَ إِرْمِيَا: «إِنَّكَ لَنْ تُسَلَّمَ إِلَيْهِمْ. اسْمَعْ لِصَوْتِ الرَّبِّ فِي كُلِّ مَا أَقُولُهُ لَكَ، فَتَنْعَمَ بِالْخَيْرِ وَتَنْجُوَ نَفْسُكَ. | ٢٠ 20 |
But Jeremiah said, "They shall not deliver you. Obey, I beg you, the voice of the LORD, in that which I speak to you: so it shall be well with you, and your soul shall live.
| لَكِنْ إِنْ أَبَيْتَ الاسْتِسْلامَ، فَإِلَيْكَ الرُّؤْيَا الَّتِي أَعْلَنَهَا لِيَ الرَّبُّ: | ٢١ 21 |
But if you refuse to go forth, this is the word that the LORD has shown me:
| هَا جَمِيعُ النِّسَاءِ اللَّوَاتِي مَابَرِحْنَ فِي قَصْرِ مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا يُؤْسَرْنَ وَيُحْمَلْنَ إِلَى قُوَّادِ مَلِكِ بَابِلَ، وَهُنَّ قَائِلاتٍ: قَدْ خَدَعَكَ أَصْدِقَاؤُكَ مَوْضِعُ ثِقَتِكَ وَتَغَلَّبُوا عَلَى رَأْيِكَ. وَحَالَمَا غَرِقَتْ رِجْلاكَ فِي الْحَمْأَةِ تَخَلَّوْا عَنْكَ. | ٢٢ 22 |
look, all the women who are left in the king of Judah's house shall be brought forth to the king of Babylon's officers, and those women shall say, 'Your familiar friends have set you on, and have prevailed over you. Your feet are sunk in the mire, they have turned away back.'
| وَتُحْمَلُ جَمِيعُ نِسَائِكَ وَأَبْنَائِكَ إِلَى الْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ، وَأَنْتَ لَا تُفْلِتُ مِنْ أَيْدِيهِمْ، بَلْ يَأْسِرُكَ مَلِكُ بَابِلَ، وَتُحْرَقُ هَذِهِ الْمَدِينَةُ بِالنَّارِ». | ٢٣ 23 |
They shall bring out all your wives and your children to the Chaldeans; and you shall not escape out of their hand, but shall be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon: and you shall cause this city to be burned with fire."
| فَقَالَ صِدْقِيَّا لإِرْمِيَا: «اكْتُمْ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ فَلا يَعْلَمُ بِهِ أَحَدٌ لِئَلَّا تَمُوتَ. | ٢٤ 24 |
Then Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, "Let no man know of these words, and you shall not die.
| فَإِذَا سَمِعَ الرُّؤَسَاءُ أَنِّي تَحَدَّثْتُ إِلَيْكَ وَسَأَلُوكَ: بِمَاذَا خَاطَبْتَ الْمَلِكَ، وَمَاذَا قَالَ الْمَلِكُ؟ لَا تَكْتُمْ عَنَّا شَيْئاً، وَنَحْنُ لَنْ نَقْتُلَكَ. | ٢٥ 25 |
But if the officials hear that I have talked with you, and they come to you, and tell you, 'Declare to us now what you have said to the king; do not hide it from us, and we will not put you to death; also what the king said to you':
| فَأَجِبْهُمْ: إِنِّي تَوَسَّلْتُ إِلَى الْمَلِكِ أَنْ لَا يَرُدَّنِي إِلَى بَيْتِ يُونَاثَانَ لأَمُوتَ هُنَاكَ». | ٢٦ 26 |
then you shall tell them, 'I presented my petition before the king, that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan's house, to die there.'"
| فَأَقْبَلَ كُلُّ الرُّؤَسَاءِ إِلَى إِرْمِيَا وَاسْتَجْوَبُوهُ، فَأَخْبَرَهُمْ بِمُقْتَضَى مَا أَوْصَاهُ بِهِ الْمَلِكُ مِنْ كَلامٍ. فَكَفُّوا عَنْهُ لأَنَّ الْحَدِيثَ الَّذِي دَارَ بَيْنَهُمَا لَمْ يَشِعْ. | ٢٧ 27 |
Then all the officials came to Jeremiah, and asked him; and he told them according to all these words that the king had commanded. So they left off speaking with him; for the matter was not perceived.
| فَأَقَامَ إِرْمِيَا فِي دَارِ الْحَرَسِ إِلَى الْيَوْمِ الَّذِي سَقَطَتْ فِيهِ أُورُشَلِيمُ. | ٢٨ 28 |
So Jeremiah stayed in the court of the guard until the day that Jerusalem was taken.
