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١ 1 هَذَا هُوَ الْكَلامُ الَّذِي خَاطَبَ بِهِ إِرْمِيَا النَّبِيُّ بَارُوخَ بْنَ نِيرِيَّا حِينَ دَوَّنَ هَذِهِ الْعِبَارَاتِ فِي كِتَابٍ عَنْ لِسَانِ إِرْمِيَا، فِي السَّنَةِ الرَّابِعَةِ لِحُكْمِ يَهُويَاقِيمَ بْنِ يُوشِيَّا مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا.

This is the word that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch son of Neriah when he wrote these words on a scroll at the dictation of Jeremiah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah:

٢ 2 «هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ لَكَ يَا بَارُوخُ:

“This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says to you, Baruch:

٣ 3 قَدْ قُلْتَ: وَيْلٌ لِي لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ قَدْ أَضَافَ حُزْناً إِلَى أَلَمِي، وَأَعْيَيْتُ فِي أَنِينِي، وَلَمْ أَجِدْ رَاحَةً.

You have said, ‘Woe is me because the LORD has added sorrow to my pain! I am worn out with groaning and have found no rest.’”

٤ 4 لِذَلِكَ هَذَا مَا تَقُولُهُ لَهُ: هَكَذَا يُعْلِنُ الرَّبُّ، هَا أَنَا أَهْدِمُ مَا بَنَيْتُهُ وَأَسْتَأْصِلُ مَا غَرَسْتُهُ فِي كُلِّ هَذِهِ الأَرْضِ.

Thus Jeremiah was to say to Baruch: “This is what the LORD says: Throughout the land I will demolish what I have built and uproot what I have planted.

٥ 5 وَأَنْتَ، هَلْ تَلْتَمِسُ لِنَفْسِكَ عَظَائِمَ الأُمُورِ؟ لَا تَلْتَمِسْ، فَهَا أَنَا جَالِبٌ بَلاءً عَلَى كُلِّ بَشَرٍ يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ. أَمَّا أَنْتَ فَأَهَبُ لَكَ النَّجَاةَ، فَتَكُونُ لَكَ نَفْسُكَ غَنِيمَةً فِي جَمِيعِ الأَمَاكِنِ الَّتِي تَذْهَبُ إِلَيْهَا».

But as for you, do you seek great things for yourself? Stop seeking! For I will bring disaster on every living creature, declares the LORD, but wherever you go, I will grant your life as a spoil of war.”