Jeremiah 44

1 The word which came to Jeremiah about all the Jews who were living in the land of Egypt, in Migdol and at Tahpanhes and at Noph and in the country of Pathros, saying,

١ اَلْكَلِمَةُ ٱلَّتِي صَارَتْ إِلَى إِرْمِيَا مِنْ جِهَةِ كُلِّ ٱلْيَهُودِ ٱلسَّاكِنِينَ فِي أَرْضِ مِصْرَ، ٱلسَّاكِنِينَ فِي مَجْدَلَ وَفِي تَحْفَنْحِيسَ، وَفِي نُوفَ وَفِي أَرْضِ فَتْرُوسَ قَائِلَةً:

2 The Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: You have seen all the evil which I have sent on Jerusalem and on all the towns of Judah; and now, this day they are waste and unpeopled;

٢ «هَكَذَا قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلْجُنُودِ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: أَنْتُمْ رَأَيْتُمْ كُلَّ ٱلشَّرِّ ٱلَّذِي جَلَبْتُهُ عَلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَعَلَى كُلِّ مُدُنِ يَهُوذَا، فَهَا هِيَ خَرِبَةٌ هَذَا ٱلْيَوْمَ وَلَيْسَ فِيهَا سَاكِنٌ،

3 Because of the evil which they have done, moving me to wrath by burning perfumes in worship to other gods, who were not their gods or yours or the gods of their fathers.

٣ مِنْ أَجْلِ شَرِّهِمِ ٱلَّذِي فَعَلُوهُ لِيُغِيظُونِي، إِذْ ذَهَبُوا لِيُبَخِّرُوا وَيَعْبُدُوا آلِهَةً أُخْرَى لَمْ يَعْرِفُوهَا هُمْ وَلَا أَنْتُمْ وَلَا آبَاؤُكُمْ.

4 And I sent all my servants the prophets to you, getting up early and sending them, saying, Do not do this disgusting thing which is hated by me.

٤ فَأَرْسَلْتُ إِلَيْكُمْ كُلَّ عَبِيدِي ٱلْأَنْبِيَاءِ مُبَكِّرًا وَمُرْسِلًا قَائِلًا: لَا تَفْعَلُوا أَمْرَ هَذَا ٱلرِّجْسِ ٱلَّذِي أَبْغَضْتُهُ.

5 But they gave no attention, and their ears were not open so that they might be turned from their evil-doing and from burning perfume to other gods.

٥ فَلَمْ يَسْمَعُوا وَلَا أَمَالُوا أُذْنَهُمْ لِيَرْجِعُوا عَنْ شَرِّهِمْ فَلَا يُبَخِّرُوا لِآلِهَةٍ أُخْرَى.

6 Because of this, my passion and my wrath were let loose, burning in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they are waste and unpeopled as at this day.

٦ فَٱنْسَكَبَ غَيْظِي وَغَضَبِي، وَٱشْتَعَلَا في مُدُنِ يَهُوذَا وَفِي شَوَارِعِ أُورُشَلِيمَ، فَصَارَتْ خَرِبَةً مُقْفِرَةً كَهَذَا ٱلْيَوْمِ.

7 So now, the Lord, the God of armies, the God of Israel, has said, Why are you doing this great evil against yourselves, causing every man and woman, little child and baby at the breast among you in Judah to be cut off till not one is still living;

٧ فَٱلْآنَ هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُ ٱلْجُنُودِ، إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: لِمَاذَا أَنْتُمْ فَاعِلُونَ شَرًّا عَظِيمًا ضِدَّ أَنْفُسِكُمْ لِٱنْقِرَاضِكُمْ رِجَالًا وَنِسَاءً أَطْفَالًا وَرُضَّعًا مِنْ وَسْطِ يَهُوذَا وَلَا تَبْقَى لَكُمْ بَقِيَّةٌ؟

8 Moving me to wrath with the work of your hands, burning perfumes to other gods in the land of Egypt, where you have gone to make a place for yourselves, so that you may become a curse and a name of shame among all the nations of the earth?

٨ لِإِغَاظَتِي بِأَعْمَالِ أَيَادِيكُمْ، إِذْ تُبَخِّرُونَ لِآلِهَةٍ أُخْرَى فِي أَرْضِ مِصْرَ ٱلَّتِي أَتَيْتُمْ إِلَيْهَا لِتَتَغَرَّبُوا فِيهَا، لِكَيْ تَنْقَرِضُوا وَلِكَيْ تَصِيرُوا لَعْنَةً وَعَارًا بَيْنَ كُلِّ أُمَمِ ٱلْأَرْضِ.

9 Have you no memory of the evil-doing of your fathers, and the evil-doing of the kings of Judah, and the evil-doing of their wives, and the evil which you yourselves have done, and the evil which your wives have done, in the land of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?

٩ هَلْ نَسِيتُمْ شُرُورَ آبَائِكُمْ وَشُرُورَ مُلُوكِ يَهُوذَا وَشُرُورَ نِسَائِهِمْ، وَشُرُورَكُمْ وَشُرُورَ نِسَائِكُمُ ٱلَّتِي فُعِلَتْ فِي أَرْضِ يَهُوذَا وَفِي شَوَارِعِ أُورُشَلِيمَ؟

10 Even to this day their hearts are not broken, and they have no fear, and have not gone in the way of my law or of my rules which I gave to you and to your fathers.

١٠ لَمْ يُذَلُّوا إِلَى هَذَا ٱلْيَوْمِ، وَلَا خَافُوا وَلَا سَلَكُوا فِي شَرِيعَتِي وَفَرَائِضِي ٱلَّتِي جَعَلْتُهَا أَمَامَكُمْ وَأَمَامَ آبَائِكُمْ.

11 So this is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: See, my face will be turned against you for evil, for the cutting off of all Judah;

١١ «لِذَلِكَ هَكَذَا قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلْجُنُودِ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: هَأَنَذَا أَجْعَلُ وَجْهِي عَلَيْكُمْ لِلشَّرِّ، وَلِأَقْرِضَ كُلَّ يَهُوذَا.

12 And I will take the last of Judah, whose minds are fixed on going into the land of Egypt and stopping there, and they will all come to their end, falling in the land of Egypt by the sword and by being short of food and by disease; death will overtake them, from the least to the greatest, death by the sword and by need of food: they will become an oath and a cause of wonder and a curse and a name of shame.

١٢ وَآخُذُ بَقِيَّةَ يَهُوذَا ٱلَّذِينَ جَعَلُوا وُجُوهَهُمْ لِلدُّخُولِ إِلَى أَرْضِ مِصْرَ لِيَتَغَرَّبُوا هُنَاكَ، فَيَفْنَوْنَ كُلُّهُمْ فِي أَرْضِ مِصْرَ. يَسْقُطُونَ بِٱلسَّيْفِ وَبِالْجُوعِ. يَفْنَوْنَ مِنَ ٱلصَّغِيرِ إِلَى ٱلْكَبِيرِ بِٱلسَّيْفِ وَٱلْجُوعِ. يَمُوتُونَ وَيَصِيرُونَ حَلْفًا وَدَهَشًا وَلَعْنَةً وَعَارًا.

13 For I will send punishment on those who are living in the land of Egypt, as I have sent punishment on Jerusalem, by the sword and by need of food and by disease:

١٣ وَأُعَاقِبُ ٱلَّذِينَ يَسْكُنُونَ فِي أَرْضِ مِصْرَ، كَمَا عَاقَبْتُ أُورُشَلِيمَ بِٱلسَّيْفِ وَٱلْجُوعِ وَٱلْوَبَإِ.

14 So that not one of the rest of Judah, who have gone into the land of Egypt and are living there, will get away or keep his life, to come back to the land of Judah where they are hoping to come back and be living again: for not one will come back, but only those who are able to get away.

١٤ وَلَا يَكُونُ نَاجٍ وَلَا بَاقٍ لِبَقِيَّةِ يَهُوذَا ٱلْآتِينَ لِيَتَغَرَّبُوا هُنَاكَ فِي أَرْضِ مِصْرَ، لِيَرْجِعُوا إِلَى أَرْضِ يَهُوذَا ٱلَّتِي يَشْتَاقُونَ إِلَى ٱلرُّجُوعِ لِأَجْلِ ٱلسَّكَنِ فِيهَا، لِأَنَّهُ لَا يَرْجِعُ مِنْهُمْ إِلَّا ٱلْمُنْفَلِتُونَ».

15 Then all the men who had knowledge that their wives were burning perfumes to other gods, and all the women who were present, a great meeting, answering Jeremiah, said,

١٥ فَأَجَابَ إِرْمِيَا كُلُّ ٱلرِّجَالِ ٱلَّذِينَ عَرَفُوا أَنَّ نِسَاءَهُمْ يُبَخِّرْنَ لِآلِهَةٍ أُخْرَى، وَكُلُّ ٱلنِّسَاءِ ٱلْوَاقِفَاتِ، مَحْفَلٌ كَبِيرٌ، وَكُلُّ ٱلشَّعْبِ ٱلسَّاكِنِ فِي أَرْضِ مِصْرَ فِي فَتْرُوسَ قَائِلِينَ:

16 As for the word which you have said to us in the name of the Lord, we will not give ear to you.

١٦ «إِنَّنَا لَا نَسْمَعُ لَكَ ٱلْكَلِمَةَ ٱلَّتِي كَلَّمْتَنَا بِهَا بِٱسْمِ ٱلرَّبِّ،

17 But we will certainly do every word which has gone out of our mouths, burning perfumes to the queen of heaven and draining out drink offerings to her as we did, we and our fathers and our kings and our rulers, in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem: for then we had food enough and did well and saw no evil.

١٧ بَلْ سَنَعْمَلُ كُلَّ أَمْرٍ خَرَجَ مِنْ فَمِنَا، فَنُبَخِّرُ لِمَلِكَةِ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ، وَنَسْكُبُ لَهَا سَكَائِبَ. كَمَا فَعَلْنَا نَحْنُ وَآبَاؤُنَا وَمُلُوكُنَا وَرُؤَسَاؤُنَا فِي أَرْضِ يَهُوذَا وَفِي شَوَارِعِ أُورُشَلِيمَ، فَشَبِعْنَا خُبْزًا وَكُنَّا بِخَيْرٍ وَلَمْ نَرَ شَرًّا.

18 But from the time when we gave up burning perfumes to the queen of heaven and draining out drink offerings to her, we have been in need of all things, and have been wasted by the sword and by need of food.

١٨ وَلَكِنْ مِنْ حِينَ كَفَفْنَا عَنِ ٱلتَّبْخِيرِ لِمَلِكَةِ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ وَسَكْبِ سَكَائِبَ لَهَا، ٱحْتَجْنَا إِلَى كُلٍّ، وَفَنِينَا بِٱلسَّيْفِ وَٱلْجُوعِ.

19 And the women said, When we were burning perfumes to the queen of heaven and draining out drink offerings to her, did we make cakes in her image and give her our drink offerings without the knowledge of our husbands?

١٩ وَإِذْ كُنَّا نُبَخِّرُ لِمَلِكَةِ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ وَنَسْكُبُ لَهَا سَكَائِبَ، فَهَلْ بِدُونِ رِجَالِنَا كُنَّا نَصْنَعُ لَهَا كَعْكًا لِنَعْبُدَهَا وَنَسْكُبُ لَهَا ٱلسَّكَائِبَ؟».

20 Then Jeremiah said to all the people, to the men and women and all the people who had given him that answer,

٢٠ فَكَلَّمَ إِرْمِيَا كُلَّ ٱلشَّعْبِ، ٱلرِّجَالَ وَٱلنِّسَاءَ وَكُلَّ ٱلشَّعْبِ ٱلَّذِينَ جَاوَبُوهُ بِهَذَا ٱلْكَلَامِ قَائِلًا:

21 The perfumes which you have been burning in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, you and your fathers and your kings and your rulers and the people of the land, had the Lord no memory of them, and did he not keep them in mind?

٢١ «أَلَيْسَ ٱلْبَخُورُ ٱلَّذِي بَخَّرْتُمُوهُ فِي مُدُنِ يَهُوذَا وَفِي شَوَارِعِ أُورُشَلِيمَ، أَنْتُمْ وَآبَاؤُكُمْ وَمُلُوكُكُمْ وَرُؤَسَاؤُكُمْ وَشَعْبُ ٱلْأَرْضِ، هُوَ ٱلَّذِي ذَكَرَهُ ٱلرَّبُّ وَصَعِدَ عَلَى قَلْبِهِ.

22 And the Lord was no longer able to put up with the evil of your doings and the disgusting things you did; and because of this your land has become a waste and a cause of wonder and a curse, with no one living in it, as at this day.

٢٢ وَلَمْ يَسْتَطِعِ ٱلرَّبُّ أَنْ يَحْتَمِلَ بَعْدُ مِنْ أَجْلِ شَرِّ أَعْمَالِكُمْ، مِنْ أَجْلِ ٱلرَّجَاسَاتِ ٱلَّتِي فَعَلْتُمْ، فَصَارَتْ أَرْضُكُمْ خَرِبَةً وَدَهَشًا وَلَعْنَةً بِلَا سَاكِنٍ كَهَذَا ٱلْيَوْمِ.

23 Because you have been burning perfumes, and sinning against the Lord, and have not given ear to the voice of the Lord, or gone in the way of his law or his rules or his orders; for this reason this evil has come on you, as it is today.

٢٣ مِنْ أَجْلِ أَنَّكُمْ قَدْ بَخَّرْتُمْ وَأَخْطَأْتُمْ إِلَى ٱلرَّبِّ، وَلَمْ تَسْمَعُوا لِصَوْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ، وَلَمْ تَسْلُكُوا فِي شَرِيعَتِهِ وَفَرَائِضِهِ وَشَهَادَاتِهِ مِنْ أَجِلِ ذَلِكُمْ قَدْ أَصَابَكُمْ هَذَا ٱلشَّرُّ كَهَذَا ٱلْيَوْمِ».

24 Further, Jeremiah said to all the people and all the women, Give ear to the word of the Lord, all those of Judah who are living in Egypt:

٢٤ ثُمَّ قَالَ إِرْمِيَا لِكُلِّ ٱلشَّعْبِ وَلِكُلِّ ٱلنِّسَاءِ: «ٱسْمَعُوا كَلِمَةَ ٱلرَّبِّ يَا جَمِيعَ يَهُوذَا ٱلَّذِينَ فِي أَرْضِ مِصْرَ.

25 This is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: You women have said with your mouths, and with your hands you have done what you said, We will certainly give effect to the oaths we have made, to have perfumes burned to the queen of heaven and drink offerings drained out to her: then give effect to your oaths and do them.

٢٥ هَكَذَا تَكَلَّمَ رَبُّ ٱلْجُنُودِ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ قَائِلًا: أَنْتُمْ وَنِسَاؤُكُمْ تَكَلَّمْتُمْ بِفَمِكُمْ وَأَكْمَلْتُمْ بِأَيَادِيكُمْ قَائِلِينَ: إِنَّنَا إِنَّمَا نُتَمِّمُ نُذُورَنَا ٱلَّتِي نَذَرْنَاهَا، أَنْ نُبَخِّرَ لِمَلِكَةِ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ وَنَسْكُبُ لَهَا سَكَائِبَ، فَإِنَّهُنَّ يُقِمْنَ نُذُورَكُمْ، وَيُتَمِّمْنَ نُذُورَكُمْ.

26 And now give ear to the word of the Lord, all you of Judah who are living in the land of Egypt: Truly, I have taken an oath by my great name, says the Lord, that my name is no longer to be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, By the life of the Lord God.

٢٦ لِذَلِكَ ٱسْمَعُوا كَلِمَةَ ٱلرَّبِّ يَاجَمِيعَ يَهُوذَا ٱلسَّاكِنِينَ فِي أَرْضِ مِصْرَ: هَأَنَذَا قَدْ حَلَفْتُ بِٱسْمِي ٱلْعَظِيمِ، قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ، إِنَّ ٱسْمِي لَنْ يُسَمَّى بَعْدُ بِفَمِ إِنْسَانٍ مَّا مِنْ يَهُوذَا فِي كُلِّ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ قَائِلًا: حَيٌّ ٱلسَّيِّدُ ٱلرَّبُّ.

27 See, I am watching over them for evil and not for good: all the men of Judah who are in the land of Egypt will be wasted by the sword and by need of food till there is an end of them.

٢٧ هَأَنَذَا أَسْهَرُ عَلَيْهِمْ لِلشَّرِّ لَا لِلْخَيْرِ، فَيَفْنَى كُلُّ رِجَالِ يَهُوذَا ٱلَّذِينَ فِي أَرْضِ مِصْرَ بِٱلسَّيْفِ وَٱلْجُوعِ حَتَّى يَتَلَاشَوْا.

28 And those who get away safe from the sword will come back from the land of Egypt to the land of Judah, a very small number; and all the rest of Judah, who have gone into the land of Egypt and are living there, will see whose word has effect, mine or theirs.

٢٨ وَٱلنَّاجُونَ مِنَ ٱلسَّيْفِ يَرْجِعُونَ مِنْ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ إِلَى أَرْضِ يَهُوذَا نَفَرًا قَلِيلًا، فَيَعْلَمُ كُلُّ بَقِيَّةِ يَهُوذَا ٱلَّذِينَ أَتُوْا إِلَى أَرْضِ مِصْرَ لِيَتَغَرَّبُوا فِيهَا، كَلِمَةَ أَيِّنَا تَقُومُ.

29 And this will be the sign to you, says the Lord, that I will give you punishment in this place, so that you may see that my words will certainly have effect against you for evil:

٢٩ «وَهَذِهِ هِيَ ٱلْعَلَامَةُ لَكُمْ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ، إِنِّي أُعَاقِبُكُمْ فِي هَذَا ٱلْمَوْضِعِ، لِتَعْلَمُوا أَنَّهُ لَا بُدَّ أَنْ يَقُومَ كَلَامِي عَلَيْكُمْ لِلشَّرِّ.

30 The Lord has said, See, I will give up Pharaoh Hophra, king of Egypt, into the hands of those who are fighting against him and desiring to take his life, as I gave Zedekiah, king of Judah, into the hands of Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, his hater, who had designs against his life.

٣٠ هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: هَأَنَذَا أَدْفَعُ فِرْعَوْنَ حَفْرَعَ مَلِكَ مِصْرَ لِيَدِ أَعْدَائِهِ وَلِيَدِ طَالِبِي نَفْسِهِ، كَمَا دَفَعْتُ صِدْقِيَّا مَلِكَ يَهُوذَا لِيَدِ نَبُوخَذْرَاصَّرَ مَلِكِ بَابِلَ عَدُوِّهِ وَطَالِبِ نَفْسِهِ».