إرْمِيا 47

١ 1 هَذِهِ هِيَ النُّبُوءَةُ الَّتِي أَوْحَى بِها الرَّبُّ إِلَى إِرْمِيَا عَنِ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُهَاجِمَ فِرْعَوْنُ غَزَّةَ.

The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the Philistines, before that Pharaoh struck Gaza.

٢ 2 هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ الرَّبُّ: «هَا هِيَ مِيَاهٌ تَطْغَى مِنَ الشِّمَالِ، فَتُصْبِحُ سَيْلاً جَارِفاً، فَتَغْمُرُ الأَرْضَ وَمَنْ عَلَيْهَا، الْمَدِينَةَ والسَّاكِنِينَ فِيهَا. فَيَسْتَغِيثُ النَّاسُ وَيُوَلْوِلُ كُلُّ أَهْلِ الْبِلادِ،

"Thus says the LORD: 'Look, waters rise up out of the north, and shall become an overflowing stream, and shall overflow the land and all that is in it, the city and those who dwell in it; and the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall wail.

٣ 3 مِنْ صَوْتِ وَقْعِ حَوَافِرِ خَيْلِهِ، وَمِنْ جَلَبَةِ مَرْكَبَاتِهِ، وَمِنْ صَرِيرِ عَجَلاتِهَا، فَلا يَلْتَفِتُ الآبَاءُ إِلَى الأَبْنَاءِ مِنْ فَرْطِ مَا يَعْتَرِيهِمْ مِنْ وَهْنٍ.

At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong ones, at the rushing of his chariots, at the rumbling of his wheels, the fathers do not look back to their children for feebleness of hands;

٤ 4 رُعْباً مِنَ الْيَوْمِ الْمُقْبِلِ لإِبَادَةِ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ، ولاِسْتِئْصَالِ صُورَ وَصِيدُونَ وَكُلَّ مُعِينٍ بَاقٍ، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ يُدَمِّرُ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ بَقِيَّةَ جَزِيرَةِ كَفْتُورَ.

because of the day that comes to destroy all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon every helper who remains: for the LORD will destroy the Philistines, the remnant of the isle of Caphtor.

٥ 5 قَدْ أَصْبَحَتْ غَزَّةُ جَرْدَاءَ، وَسَادَ أَشْقَلُونَ صَمْتُ الْمَوْتِ. يَا بَقِيَّةَ الْعَنَاقِيِّينَ، إِلَى مَتَى تَظَلُّونَ تُجَرِّحُونَ أَنْفُسَكُمْ حُزْناً؟

Baldness has come on Gaza; Ashkelon is brought to nothing, the remnant of their valley: how long will you cut yourself?

٦ 6 يَا سَيْفَ الرَّبِّ، مَتَى تَسْتَكِينُ؟ اسْتَقِرَّ فِي غِمْدِكَ وَاهْدَأْ وَاسْتَرِحْ.

You sword of the LORD, "how long will it be before you be quiet? Put up yourself into your sheath; rest, and be still."

٧ 7 كَيْفَ يُمْكِنُ لَهُ أَنْ يَسْتَكِينَ، وَقَدْ أَصْدَرَ الرَّبُّ لَهُ أَمْرَهُ لِيَضْرِبَ أَشْقَلُونَ وَمُدُنَ سَاحِلِ الْبَحْرِ، هُنَاكَ وَاعَدَهُ الرَّبُّ عَلَى اللِّقَاءِ».

How can it be quiet, since the LORD has given you a command? Against Ashkelon, and against the seashore, there has he appointed it.'"