Jeremiah 32

1 The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord in the tenth year of Zedekiah, king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar.

١ اَلْكَلِمَةُ ٱلَّتِي صَارَتْ إِلَى إِرْمِيَا مِنْ قِبَلِ ٱلرَّبِّ، فِي ٱلسَّنَةِ ٱلْعَاشِرَةِ لِصِدْقِيَّا مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا، هِيَ ٱلسَّنَةُ ٱلثَّامِنَةُ عَشَرَةَ لِنَبُوخَذْرَاصَّرَ،

2 Now at that time the king of Babylon's army was round Jerusalem, shutting it in: and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the place of the armed watchmen, in the house of the king of Judah.

٢ وَكَانَ حِينَئِذٍ جَيْشُ مَلِكِ بَابِلَ يُحَاصِرُ أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَكَانَ إِرْمِيَا ٱلنَّبِيُّ مَحْبُوسًا فِي دَارِ ٱلسِّجْنِ ٱلَّذِي فِي بَيْتِ مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا،

3 For Zedekiah, king of Judah, had had him shut up, saying, Why have you, as a prophet, been saying, The Lord has said, See, I will give this town into the hands of the king of Babylon, and he will take it;

٣ لِأَنَّ صِدْقِيَّا مَلِكَ يَهُوذَا حَبَسَهُ قَائِلًا: «لِمَاذَا تَنَبَّأْتَ قَائِلًا: هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: هَأَنَذَا أَدْفَعُ هَذِهِ ٱلْمَدِينَةَ لِيَدِ مَلِكِ بَابِلَ، فَيَأْخُذُهَا؟

4 And Zedekiah, king of Judah, will not get away from the hands of the Chaldaeans, but will certainly be given up into the hands of the king of Babylon, and will have talk with him, mouth to mouth, and see him, eye to eye.

٤ وَصِدْقِيَّا مَلِكُ يَهُوذَا لَا يُفْلِتُ مِنْ يَدِ ٱلْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ بَلْ إِنَّمَا يُدْفَعُ لِيَدِ مَلِكِ بَابِلَ، وَيُكَلِّمُهُ فَمًا لِفَمٍ وَعَيْنَاهُ تَرَيَانِ عَيْنَيْهِ،

5 And he will take Zedekiah away to Babylon, where he will be till I have pity on him, says the Lord: though you are fighting with the Chaldaeans, things will not go well for you?

٥ وَيَسِيرُ بِصِدْقِيَّا إِلَى بَابِلَ فَيَكُونُ هُنَاكَ حَتَّى أَفْتَقِدَهُ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ. إِنْ حَارَبْتُمُ ٱلْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ لَا تَنْجَحُونَ».

6 And Jeremiah said, The word of the Lord came to me, saying,

٦ فَقَالَ إِرْمِيَا: «كَلِمَةُ ٱلرَّبِّ صَارَتْ إِلَيَّ قَائِلَةً:

7 See, Hanamel, the son of Shallum, your father's brother, will come to you and say, Give the price and get for yourself my property in Anathoth: for you have the right of the nearest relation.

٧ هُوَذَا حَنَمْئِيلُ بْنُ شَلُّومَ عَمِّكَ يَأْتِي إِلَيْكَ قَائِلًا: ٱشْتَرِ لِنَفْسِكَ حَقْلِي ٱلَّذِي فِي عَنَاثُوثَ، لِأَنَّ لَكَ حَقَّ ٱلْفِكَاكِ لِلشِّرَاءِ».

8 So Hanamel, the son of my father's brother, came to me, as the Lord had said, to the place of the armed watchmen, and said to me, Give the price and get my property which is in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin: for you have the nearest relation's right to the heritage; so get it for yourself. Then it was clear to me that this was the word of the Lord.

٨ فَجَاءَ إِلَيَّ حَنَمْئِيلُ ٱبْنُ عَمِّي حَسَبَ كَلِمَةِ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَى دَارِ ٱلسِّجْنِ، وَقَالَ لِي: «ٱشْتَرِ حَقْلِي ٱلَّذِي فِي عَنَاثُوثَ ٱلَّذِي فِي أَرْضِ بِنْيَامِينَ، لِأَنَّ لَكَ حَقَّ ٱلْإِرْثِ، وَلَكَ ٱلْفِكَاكُ. ٱشْتَرِهِ لِنَفْسِكَ». فَعَرَفْتُ أَنَّهَا كَلِمَةُ ٱلرَّبِّ.

9 So I got for a price the property in Anathoth from Hanamel, the son of my father's brother, and gave him the money, seventeen shekels of silver;

٩ فَٱشْتَرَيْتُ مِنْ حَنَمْئِيلَ ٱبْنِ عَمِّي ٱلْحَقْلَ ٱلَّذِي فِي عَنَاثُوثَ، وَوَزَنْتُ لَهُ ٱلْفِضَّةَ، سَبْعَةَ عَشَرَ شَاقِلًا مِنَ ٱلْفِضَّةِ.

10 And I put it in writing, stamping it with my stamp, and I took witnesses and put the money into the scales.

١٠ وَكَتَبْتُهُ فِي صَكٍّ وَخَتَمْتُ وَأَشْهَدْتُ شُهُودًا، وَوَزَنْتُ ٱلْفِضَّةَ بِمَوَازِينَ.

11 So I took the paper witnessing the business, one copy rolled up and stamped, and one copy open:

١١ وَأَخَذْتُ صَكَّ ٱلشِّرَاءِ ٱلْمَخْتُومَ حَسَبَ ٱلْوَصِيَّةِ وَٱلْفَرِيضَةِ وَٱلْمَفْتُوحَ.

12 And I gave the paper to Baruch, the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, before the eyes of Hanamel, the son of my father's brother, and of the witnesses who had put their names to the paper, and before all the Jews who were seated in the place of the armed watchmen.

١٢ وَسَلَّمْتُ صَكَّ ٱلشِّرَاءِ لِبَارُوخَ بْنِ نِيرِيَّا بْنِ مَحْسِيَا أَمَامَ حَنَمْئِيلَ ٱبْنِ عَمِّي، وَأَمَامَ ٱلشُّهُودِ ٱلَّذِينَ أَمْضَوْا صَكَّ ٱلشِّرَاءِ أَمَامَ كُلِّ ٱلْيَهُودِ ٱلْجَالِسِينَ فِي دَارِ ٱلسِّجْنِ.

13 And I gave orders to Baruch in front of them, saying,

١٣ وَأَوْصَيْتُ بَارُوخَ أَمَامَهُمْ قَائِلًا:

14 This is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: Take these papers, the witness of this business, the one which is rolled up and stamped, and the one which is open; and put them in a vessel of earth so that they may be kept for a long time.

١٤ «هَكَذَا قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلْجُنُودِ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: خُذْ هَذَيْنِ ٱلصَّكَّيْنِ، صَكَّ ٱلشِّرَاءِ هَذَا ٱلْمَخْتُومَ، وَٱلصَّكَّ ٱلْمَفْتُوحَ هَذَا، وَٱجْعَلْهُمَا فِي إِنَاءٍ مِنْ خَزَفٍ لِكَيْ يَبْقَيَا أَيَّامًا كَثِيرَةً.

15 For the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said, There will again be trading in houses and fields and vine-gardens in this land.

١٥ لِأَنَّهُ هَكَذَا قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلْجُنُودِ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: سَيَشْتَرُونَ بَعْدُ بُيُوتًا وَحُقُولًا وَكُرُومًا فِي هَذِهِ ٱلْأَرْضِ».

16 Now after I had given the paper to Baruch, the son of Neriah, I made my prayer to the Lord, saying,

١٦ ثُمَّ صَلَّيْتُ إِلَى ٱلرَّبِّ بَعْدَ تَسْلِيمِ صَكِّ ٱلشِّرَاءِ لِبَارُوخَ بْنِ نِيرِيَّا قَائِلًا:

17 Ah Lord God! see, you have made the heaven and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm, and there is nothing you are not able to do:

١٧ «آهِ، أَيُّهَا ٱلسَّيِّدُ ٱلرَّبُّ، هَا إِنَّكَ قَدْ صَنَعْتَ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ بِقُوَّتِكَ ٱلْعَظِيمَةِ، وَبِذِرَاعِكَ ٱلْمَمْدُودَةِ. لَا يَعْسُرُ عَلَيْكَ شَيْءٌ.

18 You have mercy on thousands, and send punishment for the evil-doing of the fathers on their children after them: the great, the strong God, the Lord of armies is his name:

١٨ صَانِعُ ٱلْإِحْسَانِ لِأُلُوفٍ، وَمُجَازِي ذَنْبِ ٱلْآبَاءِ فِي حِضْنِ بَنِيهِمْ بَعْدَهُمُ، ٱلْإِلَهُ ٱلْعَظِيمُ ٱلْجَبَّارُ، رَبُّ ٱلْجُنُودِ ٱسْمُهُ.

19 Great in wisdom and strong in act: whose eyes are open on all the ways of the sons of men, giving to everyone the reward of his ways and the fruit of his doings:

١٩ عَظِيمٌ فِي ٱلْمَشُورَةِ، وَقَادِرٌ فِي ٱلْعَمَلِ، ٱلَّذِي عَيْنَاكَ مَفْتُوحَتَانِ عَلَى كُلِّ طُرُقِ بَنِي آدَمَ لِتُعْطِيَ كُلَّ وَاحِدٍ حَسَبَ طُرُقِهِ، وَحَسَبَ ثَمَرِ أَعْمَالِهِ.

20 You have done signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, and even to this day, in Israel and among other men; and have made a name for yourself as at this day;

٢٠ ٱلَّذِي جَعَلْتَ آيَاتٍ وَعَجَائِبَ فِي أَرْضِ مِصْرَ إِلَى هَذَا ٱلْيَوْمِ، وَفِي إِسْرَائِيلَ وَفِي ٱلنَّاسِ، وَجَعَلْتَ لِنَفْسِكَ ٱسْمًا كَهَذَا ٱلْيَوْمِ،

21 And have taken your people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs and with wonders and with a strong hand and an outstretched arm, causing great fear;

٢١ وَأَخْرَجْتَ شَعْبَكَ إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ بِآيَاتٍ وَعَجَائِبَ، وَبِيَدٍ شَدِيدَةٍ وَذِرَاعٍ مَمْدُودَةٍ وَمَخَافَةٍ عَظِيمَةٍ،

22 And have given them this land, which you gave your word to their fathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey;

٢٢ وَأَعْطَيْتَهُمْ هَذِهِ ٱلْأَرْضَ ٱلَّتِي حَلَفْتَ لِآبَائِهِمْ أَنْ تُعْطِيَهُمْ إِيَّاهَا، أَرْضًا تَفِيضُ لَبَنًا وَعَسَلًا.

23 And they came in and took it for their heritage, but they did not give ear to your voice, and were not ruled by your law; they have done nothing of all you gave them orders to do: so you have made all this evil come on them:

٢٣ فَأَتَوْا وَٱمْتَلَكُوهَا، وَلَمْ يَسْمَعُوا لِصَوْتِكَ، وَلَا سَارُوا فِي شَرِيعَتِكَ. كُلُّ مَا أَوْصَيْتَهُمْ أَنْ يَعْمَلُوهُ لَمْ يَعْمَلُوهُ، فَأَوْقَعْتَ بِهِمْ كُلَّ هَذَا ٱلشَّرِّ.

24 See, they have made earthworks against the town to take it; and the town is given into the hands of the Chaldaeans who are fighting against it, because of the sword and need of food and disease: and what you have said has taken place, and truly you see it.

٢٤ هَا ٱلْمَتَارِسُ! قَدْ أَتَوْا إِلَى ٱلْمَدِينَةِ لِيَأْخُذُوهَا، وَقَدْ دُفِعَتِ ٱلْمَدِينَةُ لِيَدِ ٱلْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ ٱلَّذِينَ يُحَارِبُونَهَا بِسَبَبِ ٱلسَّيْفِ وَٱلْجُوعِ وَٱلْوَبَإِ، وَمَا تَكَلَّمْتَ بِهِ فَقَدْ حَدَثَ، وَهَا أَنْتَ نَاظِرٌ.

25 And you have said to me, Give the money to get yourself a property, and have the business witnessed; though the town is given into the hands of the Chaldaeans.

٢٥ وَقَدْ قُلْتَ أَنْتَ لِي أَيُّهَا ٱلسَّيِّدُ ٱلرَّبُّ: ٱشْتَرِ لِنَفْسِكَ ٱلْحَقْلَ بِفِضَّةٍ وَأَشْهِدْ شُهُودًا، وَقَدْ دُفِعَتِ ٱلْمَدِينَةُ لِيَدِ ٱلْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ».

26 And the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying,

٢٦ ثُمَّ صَارَتْ كَلِمَةُ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَى إِرْمِيَا قَائِلَةً:

27 See, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh: is there anything so hard that I am unable to do it?

٢٧ «هَأَنَذَا ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُ كُلِّ ذِي جَسَدٍ. هَلْ يَعْسُرُ عَلَيَّ أَمْرٌ مَّا؟

28 So this is what the Lord has said: See, I am giving this town into the hands of the Chaldaeans and into the hands of Nebuchadrezzar, the king of Babylon, and he will take it:

٢٨ لِذَلِكَ هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: هَأَنَذَا أَدْفَعُ هَذِهِ ٱلْمَدِينَةَ لِيَدِ ٱلْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ وَلِيَدِ نَبُوخَذْرَاصَّرَ مَلِكِ بَابِلَ فَيَأْخُذُهَا.

29 And the Chaldaeans, who are fighting against this town, will come and put the town on fire, burning it together with the houses, on the roofs of which perfumes have been burned to the Baal, and drink offerings have been drained out to other gods, moving me to wrath.

٢٩ فَيَأْتِي ٱلْكَلْدَانِيُّونَ ٱلَّذِينَ يُحَارِبُونَ هَذِهِ ٱلْمَدِينَةَ، فَيُشْعِلُونَ هَذِهِ ٱلْمَدِينَةَ بِٱلنَّارِ، وَيُحْرِقُونَهَا وَٱلْبُيُوتَ ٱلَّتِي بَخَّرُوا عَلَى سُطُوحِهَا لِلْبَعْلِ وَسَكَبُوا سَكَائِبَ لِآلِهَةٍ أُخْرَى لِيُغِيظُونِي.

30 For the children of Israel and the children of Judah have done nothing but evil in my eyes from their earliest years: the children of Israel have only made me angry with the work of their hands, says the Lord.

٣٠ لِأَنَّ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ وَبَنِي يَهُوذَا إِنَّمَا صَنَعُوا ٱلشَّرَّ فِي عَيْنَيَّ مُنْذُ صِبَاهُمْ. لِأَنَّ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ إِنَّمَا أَغَاظُونِي بِعَمَلِ أَيْدِيهِمْ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ.

31 For this town has been to me a cause of wrath and of burning passion from the day of its building till this day, so that I put it away from before my face:

٣١ لِأَنَّ هَذِهِ ٱلْمَدِينَةَ قَدْ صَارَتْ لِي لِغَضَبِي وَلِغَيْظِي مِنَ ٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلَّذِي فِيهِ بَنَوْهَا إِلَى هَذَا ٱلْيَوْمِ، لِأَنْزِعَهَا مِنْ أَمَامِ وَجْهِي

32 Because of all the evil of the children of Israel and of the children of Judah, which they have done to make me angry, they and their kings, their princes, their priests, and their prophets, and the men of Judah and the people of Jerusalem.

٣٢ مِنْ أَجْلِ كُلِّ شَرِّ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ وَبَنِي يَهُوذَا ٱلَّذِي عَمِلُوهُ لِيُغِيظُونِي بِهِ، هُمْ وَمُلُوكُهُمْ وَرُؤَسَاؤُهُمْ وَكَهَنَتُهُمْ وَأَنْبِيَاؤُهُمْ وَرِجَالُ يَهُوذَا وَسُكَّانُ أُورُشَلِيمَ.

33 And they have been turning their backs and not their faces to me: and though I was their teacher, getting up early and teaching them, their ears were not open to teaching.

٣٣ وَقَدْ حَوَّلُوا لِي ٱلْقَفَا لَا ٱلْوَجْهَ. وَقَدْ عَلَّمْتُهُمْ مُبَكِّرًا وَمُعَلِّمًا، وَلَكِنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَسْمَعُوا لِيَقْبَلُوا أَدَبًا.

34 But they put their disgusting images into the house which is named by my name, making it unclean.

٣٤ بَلْ وَضَعُوا مَكْرُهَاتِهِمْ فِي ٱلْبَيْتِ ٱلَّذِي دُعِيَ بِٱسْمِي، لِيُنَجِّسُوهُ.

35 And they put up the high places of the Baal in the valley of the son of Hinnom, making their sons and their daughters go through the fire to Molech; which I did not give them orders to do, and it never came into my mind that they would do this disgusting thing, causing Judah to be turned out of the way.

٣٥ وَبَنَوْا ٱلْمُرْتَفِعَاتِ لِلْبَعْلِ ٱلَّتِي فِي وَادِي ٱبْنِ هِنُّومَ، لِيُجِيزُوا بَنِيهِمْ وَبَنَاتِهِمْ فِي ٱلنَّارِ لِمُولَكَ، ٱلْأَمْرَ ٱلَّذِي لَمْ أُوصِهِمْ بِهِ، وَلَا صَعِدَ عَلَى قَلْبِي، لِيَعْمَلُوا هَذَا ٱلرِّجْسَ، لِيَجْعَلُوا يَهُوذَا يُخْطِئُ.

36 And now the Lord, the God of Israel, has said of this town, about which you say, It is given into the hands of the king of Babylon by the sword and by need of food and by disease:

٣٦ «وَٱلْآنَ لِذَلِكَ هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ عَنْ هَذِهِ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ ٱلَّتِي تَقُولُونَ إِنَّهَا قَدْ دُفِعَتْ لِيَدِ مَلِكِ بَابِلَ بِٱلسَّيْفِ وَٱلْجُوعِ وَٱلْوَبَإِ:

37 See, I will get them together from all the countries where I have sent them in my wrath and in the heat of my passion and in my bitter feeling; and I will let them come back into this place where they may take their rest safely.

٣٧ هَأَنَذَا أَجْمَعُهُمْ مِنْ كُلِّ ٱلْأَرَاضِي ٱلَّتِي طَرَدْتُهُمْ إِلَيْهَا بِغَضَبِي وَغَيْظِي وَبِسُخْطٍ عَظِيمٍ، وَأَرُدُّهُمْ إِلَى هَذَا ٱلْمَوْضِعِ، وَأُسَكِّنُهُمْ آمِنِينَ.

38 And they will be my people, and I will be their God:

٣٨ وَيَكُونُونَ لِي شَعْبًا وَأَنَا أَكُونُ لَهُمْ إِلَهًا.

39 And I will give them one heart and one way, so that they may go on in the worship of me for ever, for their good and the good of their children after them:

٣٩ وَأُعْطِيهِمْ قَلْبًا وَاحِدًا وَطَرِيقًا وَاحِدًا لِيَخَافُونِي كُلَّ ٱلْأَيَّامِ، لِخَيْرِهِمْ وَخَيْرِ أَوْلَادِهِمْ بَعْدَهُمْ.

40 And I will make an eternal agreement with them, that I will never give them up, but ever do them good; and I will put the fear of me in their hearts, so that they will not go away from me.

٤٠ وَأَقْطَعُ لَهُمْ عَهْدًا أَبَدِيًّا أَنِّي لَا أَرْجِعُ عَنْهُمْ لِأُحْسِنَ إِلَيْهِمْ، وَأَجْعَلُ مَخَافَتِي فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ فَلَا يَحِيدُونَ عَنِّي.

41 And truly, I will take pleasure in doing them good, and all my heart and soul will be given to planting them in this land in good faith.

٤١ وَأَفْرَحُ بِهِمْ لِأُحْسِنَ إِلَيْهِمْ، وَأَغْرِسَهُمْ فِي هَذِهِ ٱلْأَرْضِ بِٱلْأَمَانَةِ بِكُلِّ قَلْبِي وَبِكُلِّ نَفْسِي.

42 For the Lord has said: As I have made all this great evil come on this people, so I will send on them all the good which I said about them.

٤٢ لِأَنَّهُ هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: كَمَا جَلَبْتُ عَلَى هَذَا ٱلشَّعْبِ كُلَّ هَذَا ٱلشَّرِّ ٱلْعَظِيمِ، هَكَذَا أَجْلِبُ أَنَا عَلَيْهِمْ كُلَّ ٱلْخَيْرِ ٱلَّذِي تَكَلَّمْتُ بِهِ إِلَيْهِمْ.

43 And there will be trading in fields in this land of which you say, It is a waste, without man or beast; it is given into the hands of the Chaldaeans.

٤٣ فَتُشْتَرَى ٱلْحُقُولُ فِي هَذِهِ ٱلْأَرْضِ ٱلَّتِي تَقُولُونَ إِنَّهَا خَرِبَةٌ بِلَا إِنْسَانٍ وَبِلَا حَيَوَانٍ، وَقَدْ دُفِعَتْ لِيَدِ ٱلْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ.

44 Men will get fields for money, and put the business in writing, stamping the papers and having them witnessed, in the land of Benjamin and in the country round Jerusalem and in the towns of Judah and in the towns of the hill-country and in the towns of the lowland and in the towns of the South: for I will let their fate be changed, says the Lord.

٤٤ يَشْتَرُونَ ٱلْحُقُولَ بِفِضَّةٍ، وَيَكْتُبُونَ ذَلِكَ فِي صُكُوكٍ، وَيَخْتِمُونَ وَيُشْهِدُونَ شُهُودًا فِي أَرْضِ بِنْيَامِينَ وَحَوَالَيْ أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَفِي مُدُنِ يَهُوذَا وَمُدُنِ ٱلْجَبَلِ وَمُدُنِ ٱلسَّهْلِ وَمُدُنِ ٱلْجَنُوبِ، لِأَنِّي أَرُدُّ سَبْيَهُمْ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ».