إرْمِيا 47

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

That which hath been the word of Jehovah unto Jeremiah concerning the Philistines, before Pharaoh smiteth 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 said Jehovah: Lo, waters are coming up from the north, And have been for an overflowing stream, And they overflow the land and its fulness, The city, and the inhabitants in it, And men have cried out, And howled hath every inhabitant of the land.

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

From the sound of the stamping of the hoofs of his mighty ones, From the rushing of his chariot, the noise of his wheels, Fathers have not turned unto sons, From 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 hath come to spoil all the Philistines, To cut off to Tyre and to Zidon every helping remnant. For Jehovah is spoiling 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؟

Come hath baldness unto Gaza, Cut off hath been Ashkelon, O remnant of their valley, Till when dost thou cut thyself?

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

Ho, sword of Jehovah, till when art thou not quiet? Be removed unto thy sheath, rest and cease.

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

How shall it be quiet, And Jehovah hath given a charge to it, Against Ashkelon, and against the sea shore? There hath He appointed it!'