إرْمِيا 42

١ 1 ثُمَّ اجْتَمَعَ كُلُّ قُوَّادِ الْقُوَّاتِ وَيُوحَانَانُ بْنُ قَارِيحَ وَيَزَنْيا بْنُ هُوشَعْيَا وَجَمِيعُ الشَّعْبِ صَغِيرُهُمْ وَكَبِيرُهُمْ،

Then all the commanders of the forces, along with Johanan son of Kareah, Jezaniah son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least to the greatest, approached

٢ 2 إِلَى إِرْمِيَا قَائِلِينَ: «لَيْتَ تَوَسُّلَنَا يَكُونُ مَقْبُولاً لَدَيْكَ، فَتُصَلِّيَ إِلَى الرَّبِّ إِلَهِكَ مِنْ أَجْلِ هَذِهِ الْبَقِيَّةِ كُلِّهَا، فَقَدْ كُنَّا كَثِيرِينَ وَلَكِنْ صِرْنَا الآنَ قَلِيلِينَ كَمَا تَرَى،

Jeremiah the prophet and said, “May our petition come before you; pray to the LORD your God on behalf of this entire remnant. For few of us remain of the many, as you can see with your own eyes.

٣ 3 فَيُنْبِئُنَا الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكَ بِالطَّرِيقِ الَّذِي يَتَحَتَّمُ عَلَيْنَا سُلُوكُهُ وَبِمَا يَجِبُ عَلَيْنَا عَمَلُهُ».

Pray that the LORD your God will tell us the way we should walk and the thing we should do.”

٤ 4 فَأَجَابَهُمْ إِرْمِيَا النَّبِيُّ: «قَدِ اسْتَجَبْتُ لَكُمْ، وَهَا أَنَا أُصَلِّي إِلَى الرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمْ بِحَسَبِ كَلامِكُمْ، وَكُلُّ مَا يُجِيبُ بِهِ الرَّبُّ أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِهِ. لَا أَكْتُمُ عَنْكُمْ شَيْئاً».

“I have heard you,” replied Jeremiah the prophet. “I will surely pray to the LORD your God as you request, and I will tell you everything that the LORD answers; I will not withhold a word from you.”

٥ 5 ثُمَّ قَالُوا لإِرْمِيَا: «لِيَكُنِ الرَّبُّ بَيْنَنَا شَاهِداً أَمِيناً صَادِقاً، أَنَّنَا نُنَفِّذُ كُلَّ كَلِمَةٍ يُوْحِي بِها الرَّبُّ إِلَيْنَا عَلَى لِسَانِكَ،

Then they said to Jeremiah, “May the LORD be a true and faithful witness against us if we do not act upon every word that the LORD your God sends you to tell us.

٦ 6 سَوَاءٌ كَانَتْ خَيْراً أَوْ شَرّاً، فَنُطِيعَ صَوْتَ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِنَا الَّذِي نُرْسِلُكَ إِلَيْهِ، فَنَنَالَ خَيْراً إِنْ أَطَعْنَاهُ».

Whether it is pleasant or unpleasant, we will obey the voice of the LORD our God to whom we are sending you, so that it may go well with us, for we will obey the voice of the LORD our God!”

٧ 7 وَبَعْدَ عَشَرَةِ أَيَّامٍ أَوْحَى الرَّبُّ إِلَى إِرْمِيَا بِرِسَالَةٍ،

After ten days the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah,

٨ 8 فَاسْتَدْعَى إِرْمِيَا يُوحَانَانَ بْنَ قَارِيحَ وَقُوَّادَ الْقُوَّاتِ الَّذِينَ مَعَهُ وَسَائِرَ الشَّعْبِ مِنْ صَغِيرِهِمْ إِلَى كَبِيرِهِمْ،

and he summoned Johanan son of Kareah, all the commanders of the forces who were with him, and all the people from the least to the greatest.

٩ 9 وَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ الَّذِي أَرْسَلْتُمُونِي لأَرْفَعَ تَوَسُّلَكُمْ إِلَيْهِ:

Jeremiah told them, “Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, to whom you sent me to present your petition:

١٠ 10 إِنْ أَقَمْتُمْ فِي هَذِهِ الأَرْضِ فَإِنِّي أَبْنِيكُمْ وَلا أَهْدِمُكُمْ، وَأَغْرِسُكُمْ وَلا أَسْتَأْصِلُكُمْ، لأَنِّي أَسِفْتُ عَلَى الشَّرِّ الَّذِي أَلْحَقْتُهُ بِكُمْ.

‘If you will indeed stay in this land, then I will build you up and not tear you down; I will plant you and not uproot you, for I will relent of the disaster I have brought upon you.

١١ 11 لَا تَخْشَوْا مَلِكَ بَابِلَ الَّذِي أَنْتُمْ مِنْهُ خَائِفُونَ فَإِنِّي مَعَكُمْ لأُخَلِّصَكُمْ وَأُنَجِّيَكُمْ مِنْ يَدِهِ،

Do not be afraid of the king of Babylon, whom you now fear; do not be afraid of him, declares the LORD, for I am with you to save you and deliver you from him.

١٢ 12 وَأُنْعِمَ عَلَيْكُمْ فَيَرْحَمَكُمْ وَيَرُدُّكُمْ إِلَى أَرْضِكُمْ.

And I will show you compassion, and he will have compassion on you and restore you to your own land.’

١٣ 13 وَلَكِنْ إِنْ قُلْتُمْ: لَنْ نُقِيمَ فِي هَذِهِ الأَرْضِ، وَلَمْ تُطِيعُوا صَوْتَ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمْ.

But if you say, ‘We will not stay in this land,’ and you thus disobey the voice of the LORD your God,

١٤ 14 قَائِلِينَ: لَا بَلْ نَنْطَلِقُ إِلَى دِيَارِ مِصْرَ حَيْثُ لَا نَشْهَدُ قِتَالاً، وَلا نَسْمَعُ نَفِيرَ بُوقٍ، وَلا يُعْوِزُنَا خُبْزٌ، فَنَمْكُثُ هُنَاكَ،

and if you say, ‘No, but we will go to the land of Egypt and live there, where we will not see war or hear the sound of the ram’s horn or hunger for bread,’

١٥ 15 إِذاً اسْمَعُوا قَضَاءَ الرَّبِّ يَا بَقِيَّةَ يَهُوذَا: إِنْ وَطَّدْتُمِ الْعَزْمَ عَلَى الذَّهَابِ إِلَى مِصْرَ وَارْتَحَلْتُمْ لِتَتَغَرَّبُوا هُنَاكَ،

then hear the word of the LORD, O remnant of Judah! This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘If you are determined to go to Egypt and reside there,

١٦ 16 فَالسَّيْفُ الْكَلْدَانِيُّ الَّذِي تَخْشَوْنَهُ يُدْرِكُكُمْ هُنَاكَ فِي دِيَارِ مِصْرَ، وَالْجُوعُ الَّذِي تَفْزَعُونَ مِنْهُ يُلاحِقُكُمْ إِلَى مِصْرَ فَتَمُوتُونَ هُنَاكَ.

then the sword you fear will overtake you there, and the famine you dread will follow on your heels into Egypt, and you will die there.

١٧ 17 وَكُلُّ مَنِ اسْتَقَرَّ عَزْمُهُ مِنَ الشَّعْبِ عَلَى الانْطِلاقِ إِلَى مِصْرَ وَالتَّغَرُّبِ هُنَاكَ يَمُوتُ بِالسَّيْفِ وَالْجُوعِ وَالْوَبَاءِ، وَلا يُفْلِتُ نَاجٍ مِنَ الشَّرِّ الَّذِي أَجْلِبُهُ عَلَيْهِمْ.

So all who resolve to go to Egypt to reside there will die by sword and famine and plague. Not one of them will survive or escape the disaster I will bring upon them.’

١٨ 18 لأَنَّ هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ. كَمَا انْسَكَبَ غَضَبِي وَسُخْطِي عَلَى أَهْلِ أُورُشَلِيمَ، كَذَلِكَ يَنْسَكِبُ سُخْطِي عَلَيْكُمْ إِذَا ذَهَبْتُمْ إِلَى مِصْرَ، فَتُصْبِحُونَ مَثَارَ سُبَّةٍ وَدَهْشَةٍ وَلَعْنَةٍ وَعَارٍ، وَلا تَعُودُونَ تَرَوْنَ هَذَا المَوْضِعَ».

For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Just as My anger and wrath were poured out on the residents of Jerusalem, so will My wrath be poured out on you if you go to Egypt. You will become an object of cursing and horror, of vilification and disgrace, and you will never see this place again.’

١٩ 19 «فَيَا بَقِيَّةَ إِسْرَائِيلَ لَا تُهَاجِرُوا إِلَى مِصْرَ. تَيَقَّنُوا أَنِّي قَدْ حَذَّرْتُكُمُ الْيَوْمَ.

The LORD has told you, O remnant of Judah, ‘Do not go to Egypt.’ Know for sure that I have warned you today!

٢٠ 20 لأَنَّكُمْ قَدْ خَدَعْتُمْ أَنْفُسَكُمْ حِينَ بَعَثْتُمْ بِي إِلَى الرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمْ قَائِلِينَ: صَلِّ لأَجْلِنَا إِلَى الرَّبِّ إِلَهِنَا وَأَنْبِئْنَا بِكُلِّ مَا يَقُولُ فَنَفْعَلَ بِمُقْتَضَاهُ.

For you have deceived yourselves by sending me to the LORD your God, saying, ‘Pray to the LORD our God on our behalf, and as for all that the LORD our God says, tell it to us and we will do it.’

٢١ 21 وَهَا أَنَا قَدْ أَنْبَأْتُكُمُ الْيَوْمَ بِكَلامِهِ فَلَمْ تُطِيعُوا صَوْتَ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمْ فِي أَيِّ شَيْءٍ أَرْسَلَنِي بِهِ إِلَيْكُمْ.

For I have told you today, but you have not obeyed the voice of the LORD your God in all He has sent me to tell you.

٢٢ 22 فَثِقُوا الآنَ أَنَّكُمْ تَمُوتُونَ بِالسَّيْفِ وَالْجُوعِ وَالْوَبَاءِ فِي ذَاتِ الْمَوْضِعِ الَّذِي نَوَيْتُمُ الارْتِحَالَ إِلَيْهِ وَالتَّغَرُّبَ فِيهِ».

Now therefore, know for sure that by sword and famine and plague you will die in the place where you desire to go to reside.”