Jeremiah 21

1 The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, when King Zedekiah sent to him Pashhur, the son of Malchiah, and Zephaniah, the son of Maaseiah the priest, saying,

١ اَلْكَلَامُ ٱلَّذِي صَارَ إِلَى إِرْمِيَا مِنْ قِبَلِ ٱلرَّبِّ، حِينَ أَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِ ٱلْمَلِكُ صِدْقِيَّا فَشْحُورَ بْنَ مَلْكِيَّا وَصَفَنْيَا بْنَ مَعْسِيَّا ٱلْكَاهِنَ قَائِلًا:

2 Will you get directions from the Lord for us; for Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, is making war against us; it may be that the Lord will do something for us like all the wonders he has done, and make him go away from us.

٢ «ٱسْأَلِ ٱلرَّبَّ مِنْ أَجْلِنَا، لِأَنَّ نَبُوخَذْراَصَّرَ مَلِكَ بَابِلَ يُحَارِبُنَا. لَعَلَّ ٱلرَّبَّ يَصْنَعُ مَعَنَا حَسَبَ كُلِّ عَجَائِبِهِ فَيَصْعَدَ عَنَّا».

3 Then Jeremiah said to them, This is what you are to say to Zedekiah:

٣ فَقَالَ لَهُمَا إِرْمِيَا: «هَكَذَا تَقُولَانِ لِصِدْقِيَّا:

4 The Lord God of Israel has said, See, I am turning back the instruments of war in your hands, with which you are fighting against the king of Babylon and the Chaldaeans, who are outside the walls and shutting you in; and I will get them together inside this town.

٤ هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: هَأَنَذَا أَرُدُّ أَدَوَاتِ ٱلْحَرْبِ ٱلَّتِي بِيَدِكُمُ ٱلَّتِي أَنْتُمْ مُحَارِبُونَ بِهَا مَلِكَ بَابِلَ وَٱلْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ ٱلَّذِينَ يُحَاصِرُونَكُمْ خَارِجَ ٱلسُّورِ، وَأَجْمَعُهُمْ فِي وَسْطِ هَذِهِ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ.

5 And I myself will be fighting against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even with angry feeling and passion and in great wrath.

٥ وَأَنَا أُحَارِبُكُمْ بِيَدٍ مَمْدُودَةٍ وَبِذِرَاعٍ شَدِيدَةٍ، وَبِغَضَبٍ وَحُمُوٍّ وَغَيْظٍ عَظِيمٍ.

6 And I will send a great disease on the people living in this town, on man and on beast, causing their death.

٦ وَأَضْرِبُ سُكَّانَ هَذِهِ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ، ٱلنَّاسَ وَٱلْبَهَائِمَ مَعًا. بِوَبَإٍ عَظِيمٍ يَمُوتُونَ.

7 And after that, says the Lord, I will give up Zedekiah, king of Judah, and his servants and his people, even those in the town who have not come to their end from the disease and the sword and from need of food, into the hands of Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, and into the hands of their haters, and into the hands of those desiring their death: he will put them to the sword; he will not let anyone get away, he will have no pity or mercy.

٧ ثُمَّ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: أَدْفَعُ صِدْقِيَّا مَلِكَ يَهُوذَا وَعَبِيدَهُ وَٱلشَّعْبَ وَٱلْبَاقِينَ فِي هَذِهِ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ مِنَ ٱلْوَبَإِ وَٱلسَّيْفِ وَٱلْجُوعِ لِيَدِ نَبُوخَذْرَاصَّرَ مَلِكِ بَابِلَ وَلِيَدِ أَعْدَائِهِمْ وَلِيَدِ طَالِبِي نُفُوسِهِمْ، فَيَضْرِبُهُمْ بِحَدِّ ٱلسَّيْفِ. لَا يَتَرَأَّفُ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا يَشْفُقُ وَلَا يَرْحَمُ».

8 And to this people you are to say, The Lord has said, See, I put before you the way of life and the way of death.

٨ «وَتَقُولُ لِهَذَا ٱلشَّعْبِ: هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: هَأَنَذَا أَجْعَلُ أَمَامَكُمْ طَرِيقَ ٱلْحَيَاةِ وَطَرِيقَ ٱلْمَوْتِ.

9 He who keeps in this town will come to his death by the sword and through need of food and through disease; but he who goes out and gives himself up to the Chaldaeans who are shutting you in, will go on living, and will keep his life safe.

٩ ٱلَّذِي يُقِيمُ فِي هَذِهِ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ يَمُوتُ بِٱلسَّيْفِ وَٱلْجُوعِ وَٱلْوَبَإِ. وَٱلَّذِي يَخْرُجُ وَيَسْقُطُ إِلَى ٱلْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ ٱلَّذِينَ يُحَاصِرُونَكُمْ يَحْيَا وَتَصِيرُ نَفْسُهُ لَهُ غَنِيمَةً.

10 For my face is turned to this town for evil and not for good, says the Lord: it will be given into the hands of the king of Babylon, and he will have it burned with fire.

١٠ لِأَنِّي قَدْ جَعَلْتُ وَجْهِي عَلَى هَذِهِ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ لِلشَّرِّ لَا لِلْخَيْرِ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ. لِيَدِ مَلِكِ بَابِلَ تُدْفَعُ فَيُحْرِقُهَا بِٱلنَّارِ.

11 About the family of the king of Judah. Give ear to the word of the Lord;

١١ «وَلِبَيْتِ مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا تَقُولُ: ٱسْمَعُوا كَلِمَةَ ٱلرَّبِّ

12 O family of David, this is what the Lord has said: Do what is right in the morning, and make free from the hands of the cruel one him whose goods have been violently taken away, or my wrath will go out like fire, burning so that no one may put it out, because of the evil of your doings.

١٢ يَا بَيْتَ دَاوُدَ، هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: ٱقْضُوا فِي ٱلصَّبَاحِ عَدْلًا، وَأَنْقِذُوا ٱلْمَغْصُوبَ مِنْ يَدِ ٱلظَّالِمِ، لِئَلَّا يَخْرُجَ كَنَارٍ غَضَبِي فَيُحْرِقَ وَلَيْسَ مَنْ يُطْفِئُ، مِنْ أَجْلِ شَرِّ أَعْمَالِكُمْ،

13 See, I am against you, you who are living on the rock of the valley, says the Lord; you who say, Who will come down against us? or who will get into our houses?

١٣ هَأَنَذَا ضِدُّكِ يَا سَاكِنَةَ ٱلْعُمْقِ، صَخْرَةَ ٱلسَّهْلِ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ. ٱلَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ: مَنْ يَنْزِلُ عَلَيْنَا وَمَنْ يَدْخُلُ إِلَى مَنَازِلِنَا؟

14 I will send punishment on you in keeping with the fruit of your doings, says the Lord: and I will put a fire in her woodlands, burning up everything round about her.

١٤ وَلَكِنَّنِي أُعَاقِبُكُمْ حَسَبَ ثَمَرِ أَعْمَالِكُمْ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ، وَأُشْعِلُ نَارًا فِي وَعْرِهِ فَتَأْكُلُ مَا حَوَالَيْهَا.