Jeremiah 15

1 Then the LORD said to me, “Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind would not turn toward this people. Cast them out of my sight, and let them go out!

١ ثُمَّ قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ لِي: «وَإِنْ وَقَفَ مُوسَى وَصَمُوئِيلُ أَمَامِي لَا تَكُونُ نَفْسِي نَحْوَ هَذَا ٱلشَّعْبِ. اِطْرَحْهُمْ مِنْ أَمَامِي فَيَخْرُجُوا.

2 It will happen when they ask you, ‘Where shall we go out?’ then you shall tell them, ‘The LORD says: “Such as are for death, to death; such as are for the sword, to the sword; such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for captivity, to captivity.”’

٢ وَيَكُونُ إِذَا قَالُوا لَكَ: إِلَى أَيْنَ نَخْرُجُ؟ أَنَّكَ تَقُولُ لَهُمْ: هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: ٱلَّذِينَ لِلْمَوْتِ فَإِلَى ٱلْمَوْتِ، وَٱلَّذِينَ لِلسَّيْفِ فَإِلَى ٱلسَّيْفِ، وَٱلَّذِينَ لِلْجُوعِ فَإِلَى ٱلْجُوعِ، وَٱلَّذِينَ لِلسَّبْيِ فَإِلَى ٱلسَّبْيِ.

3 “I will appoint over them four kinds,” says the LORD: “the sword to kill, the dogs to tear, the birds of the sky, and the animals of the earth, to devour and to destroy.

٣ وَأُوَكِّلُ عَلَيْهِمْ أَرْبَعَةَ أَنْوَاعٍ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ: ٱلسَّيْفَ لِلْقَتْلِ، وَٱلْكِلَابَ لِلسَّحْبِ، وَطُيُورَ ٱلسَّمَاءِ وَوُحُوشَ ٱلْأَرْضِ لِلْأَكْلِ وَٱلْإِهْلَاكِ.

4 I will cause them to be tossed back and forth among all the kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh, the son of Hezekiah, king of Judah, for that which he did in Jerusalem.

٤ وَأَدْفَعُهُمْ لِلْقَلَقِ فِي كُلِّ مَمَالِكِ ٱلْأَرْضِ مِنْ أَجْلِ مَنَسَّى بْنِ حَزَقِيَّا مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا، مِنْ أَجْلِ مَا صَنَعَ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ.

5 For who will have pity on you, Jerusalem? Who will mourn you? Who will come to ask of your welfare?

٥ فَمَنْ يَشْفُقُ عَلَيْكِ يَا أُورُشَلِيمُ، وَمَنْ يُعَزِّيكِ، وَمَنْ يَمِيلُ لِيَسْأَلَ عَنْ سَلَامَتِكِ؟

6 You have rejected me,” says the LORD. “You have gone backward. Therefore I have stretched out my hand against you and destroyed you. I am weary of showing compassion.

٦ أَنْتِ تَرَكْتِنِي، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ. إِلَى ٱلْوَرَاءِ سِرْتِ. فَأَمُدُّ يَدِي عَلَيْكِ وَأُهْلِكُكِ. مَلِلْتُ مِنَ ٱلنَّدَامَةِ.

7 I have winnowed them with a fan in the gates of the land. I have bereaved them of children. I have destroyed my people. They did not return from their ways.

٧ وَأُذْرِيهِمْ بِمِذْرَاةٍ فِي أَبْوَابِ ٱلْأَرْضِ. أُثْكِلُ وَأُبِيدُ شَعْبِي. لَمْ يَرْجِعُوا عَنْ طُرُقِهِمْ.

8 Their widows are increased more than the sand of the seas. I have brought on them against the mother of the young men a destroyer at noonday. I have caused anguish and terrors to fall on her suddenly.

٨ كَثُرَتْ لِي أَرَامِلُهُمْ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ رَمْلِ ٱلْبِحَارِ. جَلَبْتُ عَلَيْهِمْ، عَلَى أُمِّ ٱلشُّبَّانِ، نَاهِبًا فِي ٱلظَّهِيرَةِ. أَوْقَعْتُ عَلَيْهَا بَغْتَةً رَعْدَةً وَرُعُبَاتٍ.

9 She who has borne seven languishes. She has given up the spirit. Her sun has gone down while it was yet day. She has been disappointed and confounded. I will deliver their residue to the sword before their enemies,” says the LORD.

٩ ذَبُلَتْ وَالِدَةُ ٱلسَّبْعَةِ. أَسْلَمَتْ نَفْسَهَا. غَرَبَتْ شَمْسُهَا إِذْ بَعْدُ نَهَارٌ. خَزِيَتْ وَخَجِلَتْ. أَمَّا بَقِيَّتُهُمْ فَلِلسَّيْفِ أَدْفَعُهَا أَمَامَ أَعْدَائِهِمْ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ».

10 Woe is me, my mother, that you have borne me, a man of strife, and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have not lent, neither have men lent to me; yet every one of them curses me.

١٠ وَيْلٌ لِي يَا أُمِّي لِأَنَّكِ وَلَدْتِنِي إِنْسَانَ خِصَامٍ وَإِنْسَانَ نِزَاعٍ لِكُلِّ ٱلْأَرْضِ. لَمْ أَقْرِضْ وَلَا أَقْرَضُونِي، وَكُلُّ وَاحِدٍ يَلْعَنُنِي.

11 The LORD said, “Most certainly I will strengthen you for good. Most certainly I will cause the enemy to make supplication to you in the time of evil and in the time of affliction.

١١ قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: «إِنِّي أَحُلُّكَ لِلْخَيْرِ. إِنِّي أَجْعَلُ ٱلْعَدُوَّ يَتَضَرَّعُ إِلَيْكَ فِي وَقْتِ ٱلشَّرِّ وَفِي وَقْتِ ٱلضِّيقِ.

12 Can one break iron, even iron from the north, and bronze?

١٢ «هَلْ يَكْسِرُ ٱلْحَدِيدُ ٱلْحَدِيدَ ٱلَّذِي مِنَ ٱلشِّمَالِ وَٱلنُّحَاسَ؟

13 I will give your substance and your treasures for a plunder without price, and that for all your sins, even in all your borders.

١٣ ثَرْوَتُكَ وَخَزَائِنُكَ أَدْفَعُهَا لِلنَّهْبِ، لَا بِثَمَنٍ، بَلْ بِكُلِّ خَطَايَاكَ وَفِي كُلِّ تُخُومِكَ.

14 I will make them to pass with your enemies into a land which you do not know; for a fire is kindled in my anger, which will burn on you.”

١٤ وَأُعَبِّرُكَ مَعَ أَعْدَائِكَ فِي أَرْضٍ لَمْ تَعْرِفْهَا، لِأَنَّ نَارًا قَدْ أُشْعِلَتْ بِغَضَبِي تُوقَدُ عَلَيْكُمْ».

15 LORD, you know. Remember me, visit me, and avenge me of my persecutors. You are patient, so do not take me away. Know that for your sake I have suffered reproach.

١٥ أَنْتَ يَارَبُّ عَرَفْتَ. ٱذْكُرْنِي وَتَعَهَّدْنِي وَٱنْتَقِمْ لِي مِنْ مُضْطَهِدِيَّ. بِطُولِ أَنَاتِكَ لَا تَأْخُذْنِي. اِعْرِفِ ٱحْتِمَالِي ٱلْعَارَ لِأَجْلِكَ.

16 Your words were found, and I ate them. Your words were to me a joy and the rejoicing of my heart, for I am called by your name, LORD, God of Armies.

١٦ وُجِدَ كَلَامُكَ فَأَكَلْتُهُ، فَكَانَ كَلَامُكَ لِي لِلْفَرَحِ وَلِبَهْجَةِ قَلْبِي، لِأَنِّي دُعِيتُ بِٱسْمِكَ يَارَبُّ إِلَهَ ٱلْجُنُودِ.

17 I did not sit in the assembly of those who make merry and rejoice. I sat alone because of your hand, for you have filled me with indignation.

١٧ لَمْ أَجْلِسْ فِي مَحْفَلِ ٱلْمَازِحِينَ مُبْتَهِجًا. مِنْ أَجْلِ يَدِكَ جَلَسْتُ وَحْدِي، لِأَنَّكَ قَدْ مَلَأْتَنِي غَضَبًا.

18 Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuses to be healed? Will you indeed be to me as a deceitful brook, like waters that fail?

١٨ لِمَاذَا كَانَ وَجَعِي دَائِمًا وَجُرْحِي عَدِيمَ ٱلشِّفَاءِ، يَأْبَى أَنْ يُشْفَى؟ أَتَكُونُ لِي مِثْلَ كَاذِبٍ، مِثْلَ مِيَاهٍ غَيْرِ دَائِمَةٍ؟

19 Therefore the LORD says, “If you return, then I will bring you again, that you may stand before me; and if you take out the precious from the vile, you will be as my mouth. They will return to you, but you will not return to them.

١٩ لِذَلِكَ هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: «إِنْ رَجَعْتَ أُرَجِّعْكَ، فَتَقِفْ أَمَامِي. وَإِذَا أَخْرَجْتَ ٱلثَّمِينَ مِنَ ٱلْمَرْذُولِ فَمِثْلَ فَمِي تَكُونُ. هُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ إِلَيْكَ وَأَنْتَ لَا تَرْجِعُ إِلَيْهِمْ.

20 I will make you to this people a fortified bronze wall. They will fight against you, but they will not prevail against you; for I am with you to save you and to deliver you,” says the LORD.

٢٠ وَأَجْعَلُكَ لِهَذَا ٱلشَّعْبِ سُورَ نُحَاسٍ حَصِينًا، فَيُحَارِبُونَكَ وَلَا يَقْدِرُونَ عَلَيْكَ، لِأَنِّي مَعَكَ لِأُخَلِّصَكَ وَأُنْقِذَكَ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ.

21 “I will deliver you out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem you out of the hand of the terrible.”

٢١ فَأُنْقِذُكَ مِنْ يَدِ ٱلْأَشْرَارِ وَأَفْدِيكَ مِنْ كَفِّ ٱلْعُتَاةِ».