Jeremiah 13
1 Thus saith the Lord to me: Go, and get thee a linen girdle, and thou shalt put it about thy loins, and shalt not put it into water.
| ثُمَّ قَالَ الرَّبُّ لِي: «امْضِ وَاشْتَرِ لِنَفْسِكَ مِنْطَقَةً مِنْ كَتَّانٍ وَلُفَّهَا حَوْلَ حَقْوَيْكَ، وَلا تَضَعْهَا فِي الْمَاءِ». | ١ |
2 And I got a girdle accoding to the word of the Lord, and put it about my loins.
| فَاشْتَرَيْتُ مِنْطَقَةً كَأَمْرِ الرَّبِّ وَلَفَفْتُهَا حَوْلَ حَقْوَيَّ، | ٢ |
3 And the word of the Lord came to me the second time, saying:
| ثُمَّ كَلَّمَنِي الرَّبُّ ثَانِيَةً | ٣ |
4 Take the girdle which thou hast got, which is about thy loins, and arise, and go to the Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of the rock.
| «خُذِ الْمِنْطَقَةَ الَّتِي اشْتَرَيْتَهَا، الْمَلْفُوفَةَ حَوْلَ حَقْوَيْكَ، وَاذْهَبْ إِلَى نَهْرِ الْفُرَاتِ، وَاطْمُرْهَا فِي شَقِّ صَخْرٍ». | ٤ |
5 And I went, and hid it by the Euphrates, as the Lord had commanded me.
| فَانْطَلَقْتُ وَطَمَرْتُهَا عِنْدَ الْفُرَاتِ كَأَمْرِ الرَّبِّ. | ٥ |
6 And it came to pass after many days, that the Lord said to me: Arise, go to the Euphrates, and take from thence the girdle, which I commanded thee to hide there.
| وَبَعْدَ عِدَّةِ أَيَّامٍ قَالَ لِيَ الرَّبُّ: «اذْهَبْ إِلَى الْفُرَاتِ وَخُذِ الْمِنْطَقَةَ الَّتِي أَمَرْتُكَ أَنْ تَطْمِرَهَا هُنَاكَ». | ٦ |
7 And I went to the Euphrates, and digged, and took the girdle out of the place where I had hid it: and behold the girdle was rotten, so that it was fit for no use.
| فَقَصَدْتُ إِلَى الْفُرَاتِ وَحَفَرْتُ الْمَوْضِعَ وَأَخَذْتُ الْمِنْطَقَةَ مِنْ حَيْثُ طَمَرْتُهَا، وَإذَا بِها قَدْ تَلِفَتْ وَلَمْ تَعُدْ تَصْلُحُ لِشَيْءٍ. | ٧ |
8 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
| فَأَوْحَى إِلَيَّ الرَّبُّ بِكَلِمَتِهِ. | ٨ |
9 Thus saith the Lord: after this manner will I make the pride of Juda, and the great pride of Jerusalem to rot.
| «هَكَذَا سَأُحَطِّمُ كِبْرِيَاءَ يَهُوذَا وَكِبْرِيَاءَ أُورُشَلِيمَ الْعَظِيمَةِ. | ٩ |
10 This wicked people, that will not hear my words, and that walk in the perverseness of their heart, and have gone after strange gods to serve them, and to adore them: and they shall be as this girdle which is fit for no use.
| إِنَّ هَذَا الشَّعْبَ الشِّرِّيرَ الَّذِي أَبَى أَنْ يَسْتَمِعَ إِلَى كَلِمَتِي، وَانْسَاقَ بِعِنَادٍ خَلْفَ أَهْوَاءِ قَلْبِهِ، وَضَلَّ وَرَاءَ الأَصْنَامِ لِيَسْجُدَ لَهَا وَيَعْبُدَهَا، سَيُصْبِحُ مِثْلَ هَذِهِ الْمِنْطَقَةِ. | ١٠ |
11 For as the girdle sticketh close to the loins of a man, so have I brought close to me all of the house of Israel, and all the house of Juda, saith the Lord: that they might be my people, and for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory: but they would not hear.
| وَكَمَا أَنَّ الْمِنْطَقَةَ تَلْتَفُّ حَوْلَ حَقْوَيِ الإِنْسَانِ، هَكَذَا جَعَلْتُ كُلَّ ذُرِّيَّةِ يَهُوذَا تَلْتَفُّ حَوْلِي، لِيَكُونُوا لِي شَعْباً وَمَثَارَ شُهْرَةٍ وَفَخْرٍ وَمَجْدٍ. وَلَكِنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَسْمَعُوا». | ١١ |
12 Thou shalt speak therefore to them this word: Thus saith the Lord God of Israel: Every bottle shall be filled with wine, and they shall say to thee: Do we not know that every bottle shall be filled with wine?
| لِذَلِكَ قُلْ لَهُمْ: «هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: كُلُّ زِقٍّ يَمْتَلِئُ خَمْراً، فَيُجِيبُونَكَ: أَلَسْنَا نَعْرِفُ أَنَّ كُلَّ زِقٍّ يَمْتَلِئُ خَمْراً؟» | ١٢ |
13 And thou shalt say to them: Thus saith the Lord: Behold I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, and the kings of the race of David that sit upon his throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem. with drunkenness.
| فَتَقُولُ لَهُمْ، «هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ الرَّبُّ: هَا أَنَا أَمْلَأُ بِالسُّكْرِ جَمِيعَ سُكَّانِ هَذِهِ الأَرْضِ وَالْمُلُوكَ مِنْ ذُرِّيَّةِ دَاوُدَ الْجَالِسِينَ عَلَى عَرْشِهِ، وَالْكَهَنَةَ، وَالأَنْبِيَاءَ وَكُلَّ أَهْلِ أُورُشَلِيمَ. | ١٣ |
14 And I will scatter them every man from his brother, and fathers and sons in like manner, saith the Lord: I will not spare, and I will not pardon: nor will I have mercy, but to destroy them.
| وَأُهَشِّمُهُمُ الْوَاحِدَ فَوْقَ الآخَرِ، الآبَاءَ وَالأَبْنَاءَ مَعاً، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ. لَا أُشْفِقُ وَلا أَتَرَأَّفُ وَلا أَرْحَمُ، بَلْ أُهْلِكُهُمْ». | ١٤ |
15 Hear ye, and give ear: Be not proud, for the Lord hath spoken.
| فَاسْمَعُوا وَأصْغَوْا وَلا تَسْتَكْبِرُوا، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ قَدْ تَكَلَّمَ. | ١٥ |
16 Give ye glory to the Lord your God, before it be dark, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains: you shall look for light, and he will turn it into the shadow of death, and into darkness.
| مَجِّدُوا الرَّبَّ إِلَهَكُمْ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَجْعَلَ الظَّلامَ يُخَيِّمُ عَلَيْكُمْ، وَقَبْلَ أَنْ تَتَعَثَّرَ أَقْدَامُكُمْ عَلَى الْجِبَالِ الْمُعْتِمَةِ. أَنْتُمْ تَرْتَقِبُونَ النُّورَ وَلَكِنَّهُ يُحَوِّلُهُ إِلَى ظَلامِ الْمَوْتِ وَيَجْعَلُهُ لَيْلاً دَامِساً. | ١٦ |
17 But if you will not hear this, my soul shall weep in secret for your pride: weeping it shall weep, and my eyes shall run down the tears, because the flock of the Lord is carried away captive.
| وَإِنْ لَمْ تُنْصِتُوا فَإِنَّ نَفْسِي تَبْكِي فِي الْخَفَاءِ مِنْ أَجْلِ كِبْرِيَائِكُمْ، وَتَذْرِفُ عَيْنَايَ الدُّمُوعَ الْمَرِيرَةَ، فَتَسِيلُ الْعَبَراتُ لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ قَدْ سَبَى شَعْبَهُ. | ١٧ |
18 Say to the king, and to the queen: Humble yourselves, sit down: for the crown of your glory is come down from your head.
| قُلْ لِلْمَلِكِ وَلِلْمَلِكَةِ: «تَوَاضَعَا، وَتَنَازَلا عَنْ مَوْضِعِكُمَا لأَنَّ تَاجَ مَجْدِكُمَا قَدْ سَقَطَ عَنْ رَأْسَيْكُمَا». | ١٨ |
19 The cities of the south are shut up, and there is none to open them: all Juda is carried away captive with an entire captivity.
| قَدْ أُغْلِقَتْ مُدُنُ النَّقَبِ وَلَيْسَ مَنْ يَفْتَحُهَا. سُبِيَ أَهْلُ يَهُوذَا بِجُمْلَتِهِمْ. سُبُوا جَمِيعاً وَلَمْ يَبْقَ مِنْهُمْ أَحَدٌ. | ١٩ |
20 Lift up your eyes, and see, you that come from the north: where is the flock that is given thee, thy beautiful cattle?
| ارْفَعُوا عُيُونَكُمْ وَشَاهِدُوا الْمُقْبِلِينَ مِنَ الشِّمَالِ. أَيْنَ الْقَطِيعُ الَّذِي عُهِدَ بِهِ إِلَيْكِ يَا أُورُشَلِيمُ؟ أَيْنَ قَطِيعُ افْتِخَارِكِ؟ | ٢٠ |
21 What wilt thou say when he shall visit thee? for thou hast taught them against thee, and instructed them against thy own head: shall not sorrows lay hold on thee, as a woman in labour?
| مَاذَا تَقُولِينَ حِينَ يُقِيمُ الرَّبُّ عَلَيْكِ رُؤَسَاءَ أُولَئِكَ الَّذِينَ عَلَّمْتِهِمْ أَنْ يَكُونُوا لَكِ أَحْلافاً؟ أَفَلا تَنْتَابُكِ الأَوْجَاعُ كَامْرَأَةٍ مَاخِضٍ؟ | ٢١ |
22 And if thou shalt say in thy heart: Why are these things come upon me? For the greatness of thy iniquity, thy nakedness is discovered, the soles of thy feet are defiled.
| وَإِنْ تَسَاءَلْتِ فِي نَفْسِكِ: «لِمَاذَا ابْتُلِيتُ بِهَذِهِ الأُمُورِ؟» إِنَّهَا عَاقِبَةُ كَثْرَةِ آثَامِكِ. قَدْ هُتِكَتْ أَذْيَالُكِ، وَاغْتُصِبَ جَسَدُكِ. | ٢٢ |
23 If the Ethiopian can change his skin, or the leopard his spots: you may also do well, when you have learned evil.
| هَلْ يُمْكِنُ لِلإِثْيُوبِيِّ أَنْ يُغَيِّرَ جِلْدَهُ، أَوْ لِلنَّمِرِ رُقَطَهُ؟ كَذَلِكَ أَنْتُمْ لَا تَقْدِرُونَ أَنْ تَصْنَعُوا خَيْراً بَعْدَ أَنْ أَلِفْتُمُ ارْتِكَابَ الشَّرِّ. | ٢٣ |
24 And I will scatter them as stubble, which is carried away by the wind in the desert.
| «سَأُبَدِّدُكُمْ كَالْعُصَافَةِ الَّتِي تُذَرِّيهَا رِيحُ الْبَرِّيَّةِ. | ٢٤ |
25 This is thy lot, and the portion of thy measure from me, saith the Lord, because thou hast forgotten me, and hast trusted in falsehood.
| هَذِهِ قُرْعَتُكِ، النَّصِيبُ الَّذِي كِلْتُهُ لَكِ»، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ، «لأَنَّكِ نَسِيتِنِي وَاتَّكَلْتِ عَلَى الْكَذِبِ. | ٢٥ |
26 Wherefore I have also bared my thighs against thy face, and thy shame hath appeared.
| فَأَنَا أَيْضاً أَرْفَعُ أَذْيَالَكِ عَلَى وَجْهِكِ لِيَنْكَشِفَ عَارُكِ. | ٢٦ |
27 I have seen thy adulteries, and thy neighing, the wickedness of thy fornication: and thy abominations, upon the hills in the field. Woe to thee, Jerusalem, wilt thou not be made clean after me: how long yet?
| قَدْ شَهِدْتُ عَلَى التِّلالِ فِي الْحُقُولِ فِسْقَكِ وَحَمْحَمَةَ فُجُورِكِ وَعَهْرَ زِنَاكِ. وَيْلٌ لَكِ يَا أُورُشَلِيمُ. إِلَى مَتَى تَظَلِّينَ غَيْرَ طَاهِرَةٍ؟» | ٢٧ |
