إرْمِيا 4
| وَيَقُولُ الرَّبُّ: «إِنْ رَجَعْتَ إِلَيَّ يَا شَعْبَ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَأَزَلْتَ أَصْنَامَكَ الْمَقِيتَةَ مِنْ أَمَامِي، وَكَفَفْتَ عَنِ الضَّلالِ، | ١ 1 |
“If you will return, Israel,” says the LORD, “if you will return to me, and if you will put away your abominations out of my sight; then you will not be removed;
| وَإِنْ حَلَفْتَ بِالْحَقِّ وَالْعَدْلِ وَالْبِرِّ قَائِلاً:’حَيٌّ هُوَ الرَّبُّ‘، عِنْدَئِذٍ تَتَبَارَكُ بِهِ الأُمَمُ، وَتَفْتَخِرُ.» | ٢ 2 |
and you will swear, ‘As the LORD lives,’ in truth, in justice, and in righteousness. The nations will bless themselves in him, and they will glory in him.”
| لأَنَّ هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ الرَّبُّ لِرِجَالِ يَهُوذَا وَلأَهْلِ أُورُشَلِيمَ: «احْرُثُوا لَكُمْ حَرْثاً، وَلا تَزْرَعُوا بَيْنَ الأَشْوَاكِ. | ٣ 3 |
For the LORD says to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem, “Break up your fallow ground, and don’t sow amongst thorns.
| اخْتَتِنُوا لِلرَّبِّ، وَأَزِيلُوا قُلَفَ قُلُوبِكُمْ (أَيْ طَهِّرُوا عُقُولَكُمْ وَقُلُوبَكُمْ وَلَيْسَ أَجْسَادَكُمْ فَقَطْ) لِئَلَّا يَتَفَجَّرَ غَضَبِي كَنَارٍ فَتُحْرِقَ وَلَيْسَ مَنْ يُخْمِدُهَا، مِنْ جَرَّاءِ أَعْمَالِكُمُ الشِّرِّيرَةِ. | ٤ 4 |
Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of your heart, you men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem; lest my wrath go out like fire, and burn so that no one can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.
| أَذِيعُوا فِي يَهُوذَا، وَأَعْلِنُوا فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ قَائِلِينَ: انْفُخُوا بِالْبُوقِ فِي الْبِلادِ، وَنَادُوا بِصَوْتٍ مُرْتَفِعٍ، وَقُولُوا: احْتَشِدُوا وَلْنَدْخُلِ الْمُدُنَ الْمُحَصَّنَةَ، | ٥ 5 |
Declare in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, ‘Blow the trumpet in the land!’ Cry aloud and say, ‘Assemble yourselves! Let’s go into the fortified cities!’
| ارْفَعُوا الرَّايَةَ دَاعِينَ لِلُّجُوءِ إِلَى صِهْيَوْنَ. لُوذُوا بِمَأْمَنٍ. لَا تَتَقَاعَسُوا، لأَنِّي جَالِبٌ عَلَيْكُمْ مِنَ الشِّمَالِ دَمَاراً وَخَرَاباً. | ٦ 6 |
Set up a standard towards Zion. Flee for safety! Don’t wait; for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction.”
| قَدْ بَرَزَ أَسَدٌ مِنْ عَرِينِهِ، وَزَحَفَ مُدَمِّرُ الشُّعُوبِ. قَدْ أَقْبَلَ مِنْ مَكَانِهِ لِيَخْرِبَ أَرْضَكُمْ، فَتُصْبِحُ مُدُنُكُمْ أَطْلالاً مَهْجُورَةً مِنَ السُّكَّانِ. | ٧ 7 |
A lion has gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations. He is on his way. He has gone out from his place, to make your land desolate, that your cities be laid waste, without inhabitant.
| لِذَلِكَ تَمَنْطَقُوا بِالْمُسُوحِ، وَنُوحُوا وَوَلْوِلُوا، لأَنَّ غَضَبَ الرَّبِّ الْمُحْتَدِمَ لَمْ يَرْتَدَّ عَنَّا» | ٨ 8 |
For this, clothe yourself with sackcloth, lament and wail; for the fierce anger of the LORD hasn’t turned back from us.
| وَيَقُولُ الرَّبُّ: «فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ يَنْهَارُ قَلْبُ الْمَلِكِ وَقُلُوبُ رِجَالِ دَوْلَتِهِ خَوْفاً. وَيَعْتَرِي الْكَهَنَةَ الْفَزَعُ، وَيَسْتَوْلِي الذُّهُولُ عَلَى الأَنْبِيَاءِ». | ٩ 9 |
“It will happen at that day,” says the LORD, “that the heart of the king will perish, along with the heart of the princes. The priests will be astonished, and the prophets will wonder.”
| عِنْدَئِذٍ قُلْتُ: «آهِ أَيُّهَا السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ، حَقّاً إِنَّكَ خَدَعْتَ هَذَا الشَّعْبَ، وَأَوْهَمْتَ أَهْلَ أُورُشَلِيمَ قَائِلاً: سَيَكُونُ لَكُمْ سَلامٌ، وَهَا السَّيْفُ قَدْ بَلَغَ حَدَّ النَّفْسِ. | ١٠ 10 |
Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD! Surely you have greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, ‘You will have peace;’ whereas the sword reaches to the heart.”
| وَيُقَالُ فِي ذَلِكَ الْحِينِ لِهَذَا الشَّعْبِ وَلأَهْلِ أُورُشَلِيمَ: سَتَهُبُّ رِيحٌ لافِحَةٌ مِنْ هِضَابِ الصَّحْرَاءِ نَحْوَ بِنْتِ شَعْبِي، لَا تَسْتَهْدِفُ التَّذْرِيَةَ وَلا التَّنْقِيَةَ، | ١١ 11 |
At that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem, “A hot wind blows from the bare heights in the wilderness towards the daughter of my people, not to winnow, nor to cleanse.
| إِنَّمَا هِيَ رِيحٌ أَشَدُّ عُتُوّاً مِنْهَا، تَهُبُّ بِأَمْرِي، فَأُصْدِرُ أَنَا أَيْضاً أَحْكَامِي عَلَيْهِمْ». | ١٢ 12 |
A full wind from these will come for me. Now I will also utter judgements against them.”
| انْظُرُوا، هَا هُوَ مُقْبِلٌ كَسَحَابٍ، وَمَرْكَبَاتُهُ كَزَوْبَعَةٍ، وَجِيَادُهُ أَسْرَعُ مِنَ النُّسُورِ. وَيْلٌ لَنَا لأَنَّنَا قَدْ هَلَكْنَا. | ١٣ 13 |
Behold, he will come up as clouds, and his chariots will be as the whirlwind. His horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us! For we are ruined.
| يَا أُورُشَلِيمُ، اغْسِلِي مِنَ الشَّرِّ قَلْبَكِ فَتَخْلُصِي. إِلَى مَتَى تَظَلُّ أَفْكَارُكِ الْبَاطِلَةُ مُتَرَعْرِعَةً فِي وَسَطِكِ؟ | ١٤ 14 |
Jerusalem, wash your heart from wickedness, that you may be saved. How long will your evil thoughts lodge within you?
| هَا صَوْتٌ يُنَادِي مِنْ أَرْضِ ذُرِّيَّةِ دَانٍ، يُعْلِنُ عَنْ وُقُوعِ كَارِثَةٍ مِنْ جَبَلِ أَفْرَايِمَ. | ١٥ 15 |
For a voice declares from Dan, and publishes evil from the hills of Ephraim:
| «خَبِّرُوا الأُمَمَ وَأَعْلِنُوهُ لأَهْلِ أُورُشَلِيمَ: إنَّ جَيْشَ الْمُحَاصِرِينَ مُقْبِلٌ مِنْ أَرْضٍ بَعِيدَةٍ، وَقَدْ أَطْلَقَ هُتَافَاتِ الْحَرْبِ عَلَى مُدُنِ يَهُوذَا. | ١٦ 16 |
“Tell the nations, behold, publish against Jerusalem, ‘Watchers come from a far country, and raise their voice against the cities of Judah.
| أَحَاطُوا بِها كَحُرَّاسِ الْحُقُولِ لأَنَّهَا تَمَرَّدَتْ عَلَيَّ» يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ. | ١٧ 17 |
As keepers of a field, they are against her all around, because she has been rebellious against me,’” says the LORD.
| «طُرُقُكِ وَأَعْمَالُكِ جَرَّتْ عَلَيْكِ هَذَا الْعِقَابَ، هَذَا قَصَاصُكِ وَمَا أَمَرَّهُ مِنْ قَصَاصٍ، لأَنَّهُ يَخْتَرِقُ ذَاتَ قَلْبِكِ». | ١٨ 18 |
“Your way and your doings have brought these things to you. This is your wickedness, for it is bitter, for it reaches to your heart.”
| لَشَدَّ مَا أَتَعَذَّبُ! لَشَدَّ مَا أَتَعَذَّبُ! قَلْبِي يَتَلَوَّى أَلَماً. فُؤَادِي يَئِنُّ فِي دَاخِلِي فَلا أَسْتَطِيعُ الصَّمْتَ، لأَنِّي سَمِعْتُ دَوِيَّ الْبُوقِ وَصَيْحَاتِ الْقِتَالِ. | ١٩ 19 |
My anguish, my anguish! I am pained at my very heart! My heart trembles within me. I can’t hold my peace, because you have heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.
| كَارِثَةٌ فِي أَعْقَابِ كَارِثَةٍ، وَالأَرْضُ قَاطِبَةً قَدِ اسْتَحَالَتْ خَرَاباً، فَتَهَدَّمَتْ فِي لَحْظَةٍ خِيَامِي، وَبُيُوتِي تَدَمَّرَتْ بَغْتَةً. | ٢٠ 20 |
Destruction on destruction is decreed, for the whole land is laid waste. Suddenly my tents are destroyed, and my curtains gone in a moment.
| إِلَى مَتَى أَظَلُّ أَرَى رَايَةَ الْمَعْرَكَةِ، وَأَسْمَعُ دَوِيَّ الْبُوقِ؟ | ٢١ 21 |
How long will I see the standard and hear the sound of the trumpet?
| «إِنَّ قَوْمِي حَمْقَى لَا يَعْرِفُونَنِي. هُمْ أَبْنَاءٌ أَغْبِيَاءُ مُجَرَّدُونَ مِنَ الْفَهْمِ، حَاذِقُونَ فِي ارْتِكَابِ الشَّرِّ، وَجُهَلاءُ فِي صُنْعِ الْخَيْرِ». | ٢٢ 22 |
“For my people are foolish. They don’t know me. They are foolish children, and they have no understanding. They are skilful in doing evil, but they don’t know how to do good.”
| تَأَمَّلْتُ الأَرْضَ فَإِذَا هِيَ خَرِبَةٌ خَاوِيَةٌ، وَتَطَلَّعْتُ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ فَإِذَا هِيَ مُظْلِمَةٌ. | ٢٣ 23 |
I saw the earth and, behold, it was waste and void, and the heavens, and they had no light.
| نَظَرْتُ إِلَى الْجِبَالِ وَإذَا بِها تَرْتَجِفُ، وَإِلَى الآكَامِ وَإذَا بِها تَتَقَلْقَلُ. | ٢٤ 24 |
I saw the mountains, and behold, they trembled, and all the hills moved back and forth.
| تَلَفَّتُّ حَوْلِي فَلَمْ أَجِدْ إِنْسَاناً، وَإذَا كُلُّ الطُّيُورِ قَدْ هَرَبَتْ. | ٢٥ 25 |
I saw, and behold, there was no man, and all the birds of the sky had fled.
| نَظَرْتُ وَإذَا بِالأَرْضِ الْخَصِيبَةِ قَدْ تَحَوَّلَتْ إِلَى بَرِّيَّةٍ، وَأَصْبَحَتْ جَمِيعُ مُدُنِهَا أَطْلالاً أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ وَأَمَامَ غَضَبِهِ الْمُحْتَدِمِ. | ٢٦ 26 |
I saw, and behold, the fruitful field was a wilderness, and all its cities were broken down at the presence of the LORD, before his fierce anger.
| وَهَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ: «سَتَحِيقُ الْوَحْشَةُ بِكُلِّ الأَرْضِ، وَلَكِنِّي لَنْ أُفْنِيَهَا. | ٢٧ 27 |
For the LORD says, “The whole land will be a desolation; yet I will not make a full end.
| فَمِنْ أَجْلِ هَذَا تَنُوحُ الأَرْضُ وَتُظْلِمُ السَّمَاوَاتُ مِنْ فَوْقُ، لأَنِّي قَدْ نَطَقْتُ بِقَضَائِي. وَهَكَذَا قَرَّرْتُ، لِذَلِكَ لَا أَنْدَمُ وَلا أَرْجِعُ عَنْ عَزْمِي.» | ٢٨ 28 |
For this the earth will mourn, and the heavens above be black, because I have spoken it. I have planned it, and I have not repented, neither will I turn back from it.”
| مِنْ جَلَبَةِ الْفَارِسِ وَرَامِي السِّهَامِ يَهْرُبُ أَهْلُ الْمُدُنِ، وَيُوْغِلُونَ فِي الْغَابَاتِ وَيَتَسَلَّقُونَ الصُّخُورَ. قَدْ أَصْبَحَتِ الْمُدُنُ جَمِيعُهَا مَهْجُورَةً لَا يُقِيمُ فِيهَا إِنْسَانٌ. | ٢٩ 29 |
Every city flees for the noise of the horsemen and archers. They go into the thickets and climb up on the rocks. Every city is forsaken, and not a man dwells therein.
| وَأَنْتِ أَيَّتُهَا الْمَدِينَةُ الْمُوْحِشَةُ، مَاذَا تَصْنَعِينَ؟ مَهْمَا لَبِسْتِ الثِّيَابَ الْقِرْمِزِيَّةَ، وَتَحَلَّيْتِ بِزِينَةٍ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ، مَهْمَا كَحَّلْتِ عَيْنَيْكِ، فَبَاطِلاً تُجَمِّلِينَ ذَاتَكِ، فَقَدْ نَبَذَكِ عُشَّاقُكِ وَسَعَوْا لِلْقَضَاءِ عَلَيْكِ. | ٣٠ 30 |
You, when you are made desolate, what will you do? Though you clothe yourself with scarlet, though you deck yourself with ornaments of gold, though you enlarge your eyes with makeup, you make yourself beautiful in vain. Your lovers despise you. They seek your life.
| لأَنِّي سَمِعْتُ صَرْخَةً كَصَرْخَةِ امْرَأَةٍ فِي مَخَاضٍ، وَأَنَّةَ عَذَابٍ كَعَذَابِ مَنْ تُقَاسِي فِي وِلادَةِ بِكْرِهَا. إِنَّهَا صَرْخَةُ ابْنَةِ صِهْيَوْنَ الَّتِي تَزْفِرُ لاهِثَةً وَتَبْسُطُ يَدَيْهَا قَائِلَةً: وَيْلٌ لِي! قَدْ غُشِيَ عَلَيَّ أَمَامَ الْقَتَلَةِ. | ٣١ 31 |
For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, the anguish as of her who gives birth to her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, who gasps for breath, who spreads her hands, saying, “Woe is me now! For my soul faints before the murderers.”
