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١ 1 النُّبُوءَةُ الَّتِي قَضَى بِها الرَّبُّ عَلَى بَابِلَ وَعَلَى بِلادِ الْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ عَلَى لِسَانِ إِرْمِيَا النَّبِيِّ:

The word that the LORD spoke concerning Babylon, concerning the land of the Chaldeans, by Jeremiah the prophet.

٢ 2 «أَذِيعُوا بَيْنَ الأُمَمِ، وَأَعْلِنُوا. انْصِبُوا الرَّايَةَ وَخَبِّرُوا. لَا تَكْتُمُوا. قُولُوا: قَدْ تَمَّ الاسْتِيْلاءُ عَلَى بَابِلَ وَلَحِقَ بِبِيلَ الْعَارُ وَتَحَطَّمَ مَرُودَخُ. خَرِبَتْ أَصْنَامُهَا وَانْسَحَقَتْ أَوْثَانُهَا.

"Declare among the nations and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and do not conceal: say, 'Babylon is taken, Bel is disappointed, Marduk is dismayed; her images are disappointed, her idols are dismayed.

٣ 3 لأَنَّ أُمَّةً مِنَ الشِّمَالِ قَدْ زَحَفَتْ عَلَيْهَا لِتَجْعَلَ أَرْضَهَا مَهْجُورَةً. شَرَدَ مِنْهَا النَّاسُ وَالْبَهَائِمُ جَمِيعاً.

For out of the north there comes up a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell in it: they are fled, they are gone, both man and animal.

٤ 4 وَفِي تِلْكَ الأَيَّامِ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ، يَتَوَافَدُ أَبْنَاءُ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَأَبْنَاءُ يَهُوذَا مَعاً. يَبْكُونَ فِي سَيْرِهِمْ وَيَلْتَمِسُونَ الرَّبَّ إِلَهَهُمْ.

In those days, and in that time,' says the LORD, 'the children of Israel shall come, they and the people of Judah together; they shall go on their way weeping, and shall seek the LORD their God.

٥ 5 يَسْأَلُونَ عَنِ الطَّرِيقِ إِلَى صِهْيَوْنَ، وَيَتَوَجَّهُونَ إِلَيْهَا قَائِلِينَ: هَلُمَّ نَنْضَمُّ إِلَى الرَّبِّ بِعَهْدٍ أَبَدِيٍّ لَا يُنْسَى.

They shall inquire concerning Zion with their faces turned toward it. They will come and join themselves to the LORD in an everlasting covenant that shall not be forgotten.

٦ 6 إِنَّ شَعْبِي كَغَنَمٍ ضَالَّةٍ، أَضَلَّهُمْ رُعَاتُهُمْ، وَشَرَّدُوهُمْ عَلَى الْجِبَالِ، فَتَاهُوا مَا بَيْنَ الْجَبَلِ وَالتَّلِّ وَنَسَوْا مَرْبَضِهُمْ.

My people have been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray; they have turned them away on the mountains; they have gone from mountain to hill; they have forgotten their resting place.

٧ 7 كُلُّ مَنْ وَجَدَهُمُ افْتَرَسَهُمْ، وَقَالَ أَعْدَاؤُهُمْ: لَا ذَنْبَ عَلَيْنَا لأَنَّهُمْ هُمُ الَّذِينَ أَخْطَأُوا فِي حَقِّ الرَّبِّ الَّذِي هُوَ مَلاذُهُمُ الْحَقُّ، وَرَجَاءُ آبَائِهِمْ.

All who found them have devoured them; and their adversaries said, "We are not guilty, because they have sinned against the LORD, the habitation of righteousness, even the LORD, the hope of their fathers."

٨ 8 اهْرُبُوا مِنْ وَسَطِ بَابِلَ وَاخْرُجُوا مِنْ دِيَارِ الْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ وَكُونُوا كَالتُّيُوسِ أَمَامَ قَطِيعِ الْغَنَمِ.

Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and go forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, and be as the male goats before the flocks.

٩ 9 فَهَا أَنَا أُثِيرُ وَأَجْلِبُ عَلَى بَابِلَ حُشُودَ أُمَمٍ عَظِيمَةٍ مِنْ أَرْضِ الشِّمَالِ فَيَصْطَفُّونَ عَلَيْهَا، وَيَسْتَوْلُونَ عَلَيْهَا مِنَ الشِّمَالِ، وَتَكُونُ سِهَامُهُمْ كَجَبَّارٍ مُتَمَرِّسٍ لَا يَرْجِعُ فَارِغاً،

For, look, I will stir up and cause to come up against Babylon a company of great nations from the north country; and they shall set themselves in array against her; from there she shall be taken. Their arrows shall be like a skilled warrior who does not return empty-handed.

١٠ 10 فَتُصْبِحُ أَرْضُ الْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ غَنِيمَةً، وَكُلُّ مَنْ يَسْلُبُهَا يُتْخَمُ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ.

Chaldea shall be a prey: all who prey on her shall be satisfied,' says the LORD.'

١١ 11 لأَنَّكُمْ تَبْتَهِجُونَ وَتَطْفُرُونَ غِبْطَةً يَا نَاهِبِي شَعْبِي، وَتَمْرَحُونَ كَعِجْلَةٍ فَوْقَ الْعُشْبِ وَتَصْهِلُونَ كَالْخَيْلِ.

Because you are glad, because you rejoice, O you who plunder my heritage, because you are wanton as a heifer that treads out the grain, and neigh as strong horses;

١٢ 12 فَإِنَّ أُمَّكُمْ قَدْ لَحِقَهَا الْخِزْيُ الشَّدِيدُ وَانْتَابَهَا الْخَجَلُ. هَا هِيَ تُضْحِي أَقَلَّ الشُّعُوبِ، وَأَرْضُهَا تَصِيرُ قَفْراً جَافّاً وَصَحْرَاءَ.

your mother shall be utterly disappointed; she who bore you shall be confounded: look, she shall be the least of the nations, a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.

١٣ 13 وَتَظَلُّ بِأَسْرِهَا مَهْجُورَةً وَخَرِبَةً، كُلُّ مَنْ يَمُرُّ بِبَابِلَ يُصِيبُهُ الذُّعْرُ وَيَصْفَرُ دَهْشَةً لِمَا ابْتُلِيَتْ بِهِ مِنْ نَكْبَاتٍ، لأَنَّهَا أَثَارَتْ غَضَبَ الرَّبِّ.

Because of the wrath of the LORD she shall not be inhabited, but she shall be wholly desolate: everyone who goes by Babylon shall be astonished, and hiss at all her plagues.

١٤ 14 اصْطَفُّوا عَلَى بَابِلَ مِنْ كُلِّ نَاحِيَةٍ يَا جَمِيعَ مُوَتِّرِي الأَقْوَاسِ. ارْمُوا السِّهَامَ وَلا تُبْقُوا مِنْهَا سَهْماً وَاحِداً، لأَنَّهَا قَدْ أَخْطَأَتْ فِي حَقِّ الرَّبِّ.

"Set yourselves in array against Babylon all around, all you who bend the bow; shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she has sinned against the LORD.

١٥ 15 أَطْلِقُوا هُتَافَ الْحَرْبِ عَلَيْهَا مِنْ كُلِّ جَانِبٍ، فَقَدِ اسْتَسْلَمَتْ وَانْهَارَتْ أُسُسُهَا، وَتَقَوَّضَتْ أَسْوَارُهَا، لأَنَّ هَذَا هُوَ انْتِقَامُ الرَّبِّ، فَاثْأَرُوا مِنْهَا، وَعَامِلُوهَا بِمِثْلِ مَا عَامَلَتْكُمْ.

Shout against her all around: she has submitted herself; her towers are fallen, her walls are thrown down; for it is the vengeance of the LORD: take vengeance on her; as she has done, do to her.

١٦ 16 اسْتَأْصِلُوا الزَّارِعَ مِنْ بَابِلَ وَالْحَاصِدَ بِالْمِنْجَلِ فِي مَوْسِمِ الْحَصَادِ إِذْ يَرْجِعُ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ إِلَى قَوْمِهِ، وَيَهْرُبُ إِلَى أَرْضِهِ فِرَاراً مِنْ سَيْفِ الْعَاتِي.

Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him who handles the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shall turn everyone to his people, and they shall flee everyone to his own land."'

١٧ 17 إِسْرَائِيلُ قَطِيعُ غَنَمٍ مُتَشَتِّتٌ، طَرَدَتْهُ الأُسُودُ. كَانَ مَلِكُ أَشُّورَ أَوَّلَ مَنِ افْتَرَسَهُ، وَنَبُوخَذْنَصَّرُ آخِرَ مَنْ هَشَّمَ عِظَامَهُ.

'Israel is a hunted sheep; the lions have driven him away: first, the king of Assyria devoured him; and now at last Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has broken his bones.

١٨ 18 لِذَلِكَ هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: هَا أَنَا أُعَاقِبُ مَلِكَ بَابِلَ وَأَرْضَهُ. كَمَا عَاقَبْتُ مَلِكَ أَشُّورَ مِنْ قَبْلُ.

Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: "Look, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, as I have punished the king of Assyria.

١٩ 19 وَأَرُدُّ إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَى مَرْتَعِهِ، فَيَرْعَى فِي الْكَرْمَلِ وَفِي بَاشَانَ، وَتَشْبَعُ نَفْسُهُ فِي جَبَلِ أَفْرَايِمَ وَجِلْعَادَ.

I will bring Israel again to his pasture, and he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan, and his soul shall be satisfied on the hills of Ephraim and in Gilead.

٢٠ 20 وَفِي ذَلِكَ الزَّمَانِ وَالأَوَانِ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ، يُلْتَمَسُ إِثْمُ إِسْرَائِيلَ فَلا يُوْجَدُ، وَخَطِيئَةُ يَهُوذَا فَلا تَكُونُ، لأَنِّي أَعْفُو عَمَّنْ أَبْقَيْتُهُ مِنْهُمَا.

In those days, and in that time, says the LORD, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I leave as a remnant."'"

٢١ 21 ازْحَفْ عَلَى أَرْضِ مِيَراثَايِمَ (وَمَعْنَاهُ: الْمُفْرِطُ فِي التَّمَرُّدِ)، وَعَلَى الْمُقِيمِينَ فِي فَقُودَ (وَمَعْنَاهُ: الْعِقَابُ). خَرِّبْ، وَدَمِّرْ وَرَاءَهُمْ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ وَافْعَلْ كُلَّ مَا آمُرُكَ بِهِ.

"Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod: kill and utterly destroy after them," says the LORD, "and do according to all that I have commanded you.

٢٢ 22 قَدْ عَلَتْ جَلَبَةُ الْقِتَالِ فِي الأَرْضِ. صَوْتُ تَحْطِيمٍ عَظِيمٍ.

A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.

٢٣ 23 كَيْفَ تَكَسَّرَتْ وَتَحَطَّمَتْ بَابِلُ، مِطْرَقَةُ الأَرْضِ كُلِّهَا؟ كَيْفَ أَصْبَحَتْ بَابِلُ مَثَارَ دَهْشَةٍ عِنْدَ الأُمَمِ؟

How is the hammer of the whole earth cut apart and broken. How is Babylon become a desolation among the nations.

٢٤ 24 قَدْ نَصَبْتُ الشَّرَكَ فَوَقَعْتِ فِيهِ، يَا بَابِلُ، مِنْ غَيرِ أَنْ تَشْعُرِي بِهِ. قَدْ وُجِدْتِ وَقُبِضَ عَلَيْكِ، لأَنَّكِ خَاصَمْتِ الرَّبَّ.

I have laid a snare for you, and you are also taken, Babylon, and you weren't aware: you are found, and also caught, because you have striven against the LORD.

٢٥ 25 قَدْ فَتَحَ الرَّبُّ مَخْزَنَ سِلاحِهِ، وَأَخْرَجَ آلاتِ سُخْطِهِ، لأَنَّهُ مَا بَرِحَ لِلسَّيِّدِ الرَّبِّ الْقَدِيرِ عَمَلٌ يُنْجِزُهُ فِي دِيَارِ الْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ.

The LORD has opened his armory, and has brought forth the weapons of his indignation; for the Lord, the LORD of hosts, has a work to do in the land of the Chaldeans.

٢٦ 26 ازْحَفُوا عَلَيْهَا مِنْ أَقَاصِي الأَرْضِ، وَافْتَحُوا أَهْرَاءَهَا، وَكَوِّمُوهَا أَعْرَاماً وَاقْضُوا عَلَيْهَا قَاطِبَةً وَلا تَتْرُكُوا مِنْهَا بَقِيَّةً.

Come against her from the utmost border; open her storehouses; cast her up as heaps, and destroy her utterly; let nothing of her be left.

٢٧ 27 اذْبَحُوا جَمِيعَ ثِيرَانِهَا، أَحْضِرُوهَا لِلذَّبْحِ. وَيْلٌ لَهُمْ لأَنَّ يَوْمَ مَوْعِدِ عِقَابِهِمْ قَدْ حَانَ.

Kill all her bulls; let them go down to the slaughter. Woe to them, their day has come, the time of their visitation."

٢٨ 28 اسْمَعُوا! هَا جَلَبَةُ الْفَارِّينَ النَّاجِينَ مِنْ دِيَارِ بَابِلَ لِكَيْ يُذِيعُوا فِي صِهْيَوْنَ أَنْبَاءَ انْتِقَامِ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِنَا وَالثَّأْرِ لِهَيْكَلِهِ.

The voice of those who flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, the vengeance of his temple.

٢٩ 29 اسْتَدْعُوا إِلَى بَابِلَ رُمَاةَ السِّهَامِ، جَمِيعَ مُوَتِّرِي الْقِسِيِّ. عَسْكِرُوا حَوْلَهَا فَلا يُفْلِتَ مِنْهَا أَحَدٌ. جَازُوهَا بِمُقْتَضَى أَعْمَالِهَا، وَاصْنَعُوا بِها كَمَا صَنَعَتْ بِكُمْ، لأَنَّهَا بَغَتْ عَلَى الرَّبِّ قُدُّوسِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

"Call together the archers against Babylon, all those who bend the bow; camp against her all around; let none of it escape: recompense her according to her work; according to all that she has done, do to her; for she has been proud against the LORD, against the Holy One of Israel.

٣٠ 30 لِذَلِكَ يُصْرَعُ شُبَّانُهَا فِي سَاحَاتِهَا، وَيَبِيدُ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ جَمِيعُ جُنُودِهَا، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ.

Therefore her young men will fall in her streets, and all her men of war will be brought to silence in that day," says the LORD.

٣١ 31 هَا أَنَا أُقَاوِمُكِ أَيَّتُهَا الْمُتَغَطْرِسَةُ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ، لأَنَّ يَوْمَ إِدَانَتِكِ وَتَنْفِيذِ الْعِقَابِ فِيكِ قَدْ حَانَ،

"Look, I am against you, you proud one," says the LORD of hosts; for your day has come, the time that I will visit you.

٣٢ 32 فَيَتَعَثَّرُ الْمُتَغَطْرِسُ وَيَكْبُو وَلا يُوْجَدُ مَنْ يُنْهِضُهُ، وَأُضْرِمُ نَاراً فِي مُدُنِهِ فَتَلْتَهِمُ مَا حَوْلَهُ».

The proud one shall stumble and fall, and none shall raise him up; and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all who are around him."

٣٣ 33 وَهَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ: «قَدْ وَقَعَ الظُّلْمُ عَلَى شَعْبِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَعَلَى شَعْبِ يَهُوذَا، وَجَمِيعُ الَّذِينَ سَبَوْهُمْ تَشَبَّثُوا بِهِمْ وَأَبَوْا أَنْ يُطْلِقُوهُمْ.

Thus says the LORD of hosts: "The children of Israel and the people of Judah are oppressed together; and all who took them captive hold them fast; they refuse to let them go.

٣٤ 34 غَيْرَ أَنَّ فَادِيَهُمْ قَوِيٌّ، الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ اسْمُهُ، وَهُوَ حَتْماً يُدَافِعُ عَنْ قَضِيَّتِهِمْ لِكَيْ يُشِيعَ رَاحَةً فِي الأَرْضِ وَيُقْلِقَ أَهْلَ بَابِلَ.

Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of hosts is his name: he will thoroughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the earth, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.

٣٥ 35 هَا سَيْفٌ عَلَى الْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ»، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ، «وَعَلَى أَهْلِ بَابِلَ، وَعَلَى أَشْرَافِهَا، وَعَلَى حُكَمَائِهَا.

A sword is on the Chaldeans," says the LORD, "and on the inhabitants of Babylon, and on her officials, and on her wise men.

٣٦ 36 هَا سَيْفٌ عَلَى عَرَّافِيهَا، فَيُصْبِحُونَ حَمْقَى. وَهَا سَيْفٌ عَلَى مُحَارِبِيهَا، فَيَمْتَلِئُونَ رُعْباً.

A sword is on the boasters, and they shall become fools; a sword is on her mighty men, and they shall be dismayed.

٣٧ 37 هَا سَيْفٌ عَلَى خَيْلِهَا، وَعَلَى مَرْكَبَاتِهَا، وَعَلَى فِرَقِ مُرْتَزَقَتِهَا، فَيَصِيرُونَ كَالنِّسَاءِ. هَا سَيْفٌ عَلَى كُنُوزِهَا فَتُنْهَبُ.

A sword is on their horses, and on their chariots, and on all the mixed people who are in the midst of her; and they shall become as women: a sword is on her treasures, and they shall be robbed.

٣٨ 38 هَا الْحَرُّ عَلَى مِيَاهِهَا فَيُصِيبُهَا الْجَفَافُ لأَنَّهَا أَرْضُ أَصْنَامٍ، وَقَدْ أُولِعَ أَهْلُهَا بِالأَوْثَانِ.

A drought is on her waters, and they shall be dried up; for it is a land of engraved images, and they glory over idols.

٣٩ 39 لِذَلِكَ يَسْكُنُهَا وَحْشُ الْقَفْرِ مَعَ بَنَاتِ آوَى، وَتَأْوِي إِلَيْهَا رِعَالُ النَّعَامِ، وَتَظَلُّ مَهْجُورَةً إِلَى الأَبَدِ، غَيْرَ آهِلَةٍ بِالسُّكَّانِ إِلَى مَدَى الدَّهْرِ.

Therefore the wild animals of the desert with the wolves shall dwell there, and the ostriches shall dwell in it: and it shall be no more inhabited forever; neither shall it be lived in from generation to generation.

٤٠ 40 وَكَمَا قَلَبَ اللهُ سَدُومَ وَعَمُورَةَ وَمَا جَاوَرَهُمَا، هَكَذَا لَنْ يَسْكُنَ فِيهَا أَحَدٌ أَوْ يُقِيمَ فِيهَا إِنْسَانٌ».

As when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbor cities of it," says the LORD, "so shall no man dwell there, neither shall any son of man live in it."

٤١ 41 هَا شَعْبٌ مُقْبِلٌ مِنَ الشِّمَالِ، أُمَّةٌ عَظِيمَةٌ وَلَفِيفٌ مِنَ الْمُلُوكِ قَدْ هَبُّوا مِنْ أَقَاصِي الأَرْضِ.

"Look, a people comes from the north; and a great nation and many kings shall be stirred up from the uttermost parts of the earth.

٤٢ 42 يُمْسِكُونَ بِالْقِسِيِّ وَيَتَقَلَّدُونَ بِالرِّمَاحِ. قُسَاةٌ لَا يَعْرِفُونَ الرَّحْمَةَ، جَلَبَتُهُمْ كَهَدِيرِ الْبَحْرِ، يَمْتَطُونَ الْخَيْلَ وَقَدِ اصْطَفُّوا كَرَجُلٍ وَاحِدٍ لِمُحَارَبَتِكِ يَا بِنْتَ بَابِلَ.

They lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roars like the sea; and they ride on horses, everyone set in array, as a man to the battle, against you, daughter of Babylon.

٤٣ 43 قَدْ بَلَغَ خَبَرُهُمْ مَلِكَ بَابِلَ فَاسْتَرْخَتْ يَدُهُ وَانْتَابَتْهُ الضِّيقَةُ وَوَجَعُ امْرَأَةٍ فِي مَخَاضِهَا.

The king of Babylon has heard the news of them, and his hands wax feeble: anguish has taken hold of him, pains as of a woman in labor.

٤٤ 44 انْظُرْ، هَا هُوَ يَنْقَضُّ عَلَيْهَا كَمَا يَنْقَضُّ أَسَدٌ مِنْ أَجَمَاتِ نَهْرِ الأُرْدُنِّ، هَكَذَا وَفِي لَحْظَةٍ أَطْرُدُهُمْ مِنْهَا، وَأُوَلِّي عَلَيْهَا مَنْ أَخْتَارُهُ لأَنَّهُ مَنْ هُوَ نَظِيرِي؟ وَمَنْ يُحَاكِمُنِي؟ وَأَيُّ رَاعٍ يَقْوَى عَلَى مُوَاجَهَتِي؟

Look, the enemy shall come up like a lion from the pride of the Jordan against the strong habitation: for I will suddenly make them run away from it; and whoever is chosen, him will I appoint over it: for who is like me? And who will appoint me a time? And who is the shepherd who can stand before me?"

٤٥ 45 لِذَلِكَ اسْمَعُوا مَا خَطَّطَهُ الرَّبُّ ضِدَّ بَابِلَ، وَمَا دَبَّرَهُ ضِدَّ دِيَارِ الْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ. هَا صِغَارُهُمْ يُجَرُّونَ جَرّاً، وَيَخْرِبُ مَسَاكِنَهُمْ عَلَيْهِمْ.

Therefore hear the counsel of the LORD, that he has taken against Babylon; and his purposes, that he has purposed against the land of the Chaldeans: "Surely they shall drag them away, even the little ones of the flock; surely he shall make their habitation desolate over them.

٤٦ 46 مِنْ دَوِيِّ أَصْدَاءِ سُقُوطِ بَابِلَ تَرْجُفُ الأَرْضُ، وَيَتَرَدَّدُ صُرَاخُهَا بَيْنَ الأُمَمِ.

At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth trembles, and the cry is heard among the nations."