< Jeremiah 27 >

1 In the beginning of the reign of Joakim the son of Josias king of Juda, this word came to Jeremias from the Lord, saying:
وَفِي مُسْتَهَلِّ حُكْمِ يَهُويَاقِيمَ بْنِ يُوشِيَّا مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا أَوْحَى الرَّبُّ بِهَذِهِ النُّبُوءَةِ إِلَى إِرْمِيَا:١
2 Thus saith the Lord to me: Make thee bands, and chains: and thou shalt put them on thy neck.
«هَذَا مَا أَعْلَنَهُ الرَّبُّ: اصْنَعْ لِنَفْسِكَ رُبُطاً وَأَنْيَاراً وَضَعْهَا عَلَى عُنْقِكَ،٢
3 And thou shalt send them to the of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the children of Ammon, and to the king of Tyre, and to the king of Sidon: by the hand of the messengers that are come to Jerusalem to Sedecias the king of Juda.
وَابْعَثْ بِرِسَالَةٍ إِلَى مُلُوكِ أَدُومَ وَمُوآبَ وَبَنِي عَمُّونَ وَصُورَ وَصِيدُونَ مَعَ الرُّسُلِ الْمُوْفَدِينَ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ إِلَى صِدْقِيَّا مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا،٣
4 And thou shalt command them to speak to their masters: Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: Thus shall you say to your masters:
وَأَوْصِهِمْ أَنْ يَنْقُلُوا هَذِهِ الرِّسَالَةَ إِلَى سَادَتِهِمْ قَائِلاً: هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ:٤
5 I made the earth, and the men, and the beasts that are upon the face of the earth, by my great power, and by my stretched out arm: and I have given it to whom it seemed good in my eyes.
أَنَا بِقُوَّتِي الْعَظِيمَةِ وَبِذِرَاعِي الْمَمْدُودَةِ صَنَعْتُ الأَرْضَ بِمَا عَلَيْهَا مِنْ بَشَرٍ وَبَهَائِمَ، وَوَهَبْتُهَا لِمَنْ طَابَ لِي أَنْ أَهَبَهَا لَهُ.٥
6 And now I have given all these lands into the hand of Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon my servant: moreover also the beasts of the field I have given him to serve him.
وَالآنَ قَدْ عَهِدْتُ بِجَمِيعِ هَذِهِ الأَرَاضِي إِلَى نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرَ مَلِكِ بَابِلَ عَبْدِي، وَأَعْطَيْتُهُ أَيْضاً حَيَوَانَ الْحَقْلِ لِيَكُونَ فِي خِدْمَتِهِ.٦
7 And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son’s son: till the time come for his land and himself: and many nations and great kings shall serve him.
فَتُسْتَعْبَدُ لَهُ وَلابْنِهِ وَلِحَفِيدِهِ جَمِيعُ أُمَمِ الأَرْضِ، إِلَى أَنْ يَحِينَ مَوْعِدُ اسْتِعْبَادِ أَرْضِهِ، عِنْدَئِذٍ تَسْتَعْبِدُهُ أُمَمٌ كَثِيرَةٌ وَمُلُوكٌ عُظَمَاءُ.٧
8 But the nation and kingdom that will not serve Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon, and whosoever will not bend his neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon: I will visit upon that nation with the sword, and with famine, and with pestilence, saith the Lord: till I consume them by his hand.
وَلَكِنْ إِنْ أَبَتْ أَيَّةُ أُمَّةٍ أَوْ مَمْلَكَةٍ الاسْتِعْبَادَ لِنَبُوخَذْنَصَّرَ مَلِكِ بَابِلَ، وَرَفَضَتْ أَنْ تَضَعَ عُنُقَهَا تَحْتَ نِيرِهِ، فَإِنِّي أُعَاقِبُهَا بِالسَّيْفِ وَالْجَوعِ وَالْوَبَاءِ إِلَى أَنْ أُبِيدَهُمْ بِيَدِهِ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ.٨
9 Therefore hearken not to your prophets, and diviners, and dreamers, and soothsayers, and sorcerers, that say to you: You shall not serve the king Babylon.
فَلا تُصْغُوا إِلَى أَنْبِيَائِكُمُ الْكَذَبَةِ وَعَرَّافِيكُمْ وَحَالِمِيكُمْ وَمُشَعْوِذِيكُمْ وَسَحَرَتِكُمُ الْقَائِلِينَ لَكُمْ: لَنْ تُسْتَعْبَدُوا لِمَلِكِ بَابِلَ،٩
10 For they prophesy lies to you: to remove you far from your country, and east you out, and to make you perish.
لأَنَّهُمْ إِنَّمَا يَتَنَبَّأُونَ لَكُمْ بِالْبَاطِلِ لِيُبْعِدُوكُمْ عَنْ أَرْضِكُمْ وَلأُجْلِيَكُمْ عَنْهَا فَتَهْلِكُوا١٠
11 But the nation that shall bend down their neck under the yoke of the king Babylon, and shall serve him: Will let them remain in their own land, saith the Lord: and they shall till it, and dwell in it.
وَلَكِنَّ كُلَّ أُمَّةٍ تَسْتَسْلِمُ لِمَلِكِ بَابِلَ وَتُسْتَعْبَدُ لَهُ أُبْقِيهَا فِي أَرْضِهَا، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ، فَتَحْرُثُهَا وَتُقِيمُ فِيهَا».١١
12 And I spoke to Sedecias the king of Juda according to all these words, saying: Bend down your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him, and his people, and you shall live.
فَبَلَّغْتُ صِدْقِيَّا مَلِكَ يَهُوذَا جَمِيعَ هَذَا الْكَلامِ وَقُلْتُ: «اخْضَعُوا لِمَلِكِ بَابِلَ وَاخْدُمُوهُ وَشَعْبَهُ فَتَحْيَوْا.١٢
13 Why will you die, thou and thy people by the sword, and by famine, and by the pestilence, as the Lord hath spoken against the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon?
فَلِمَاذَا تَمُوتُ أَنْتَ وَشَعْبُكَ بِحَدِّ السَّيْفِ وَالْجُوعِ وَالْوَبَاءِ كَمَا قَضَى الرَّبُّ عَلَى الأُمَّةِ الَّتِي لَا تُسْتَعْبَدُ لِمَلِكِ بَابِلَ؟١٣
14 Hearken not to the words of the prophets that say to you: You shall not serve the king of Babylon: for they tell you a lie.
لَا تَسْتَمِعُوا لِكَلامِ الأَنْبِيَاءِ الْكَذَبَةِ الَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ لَكُمْ: لَا تُسْتَعْبَدُوا لِمَلِكِ بَابِلَ لأَنَّهُمْ يَتَنَبَّأُونَ لَكُمْ كَذِباً،١٤
15 For I have not sent them, saith the Lord: and they prophesy in my name falsely: to drive you out, and that you may perish, both you, and the prophets that prophesy to you.
فَأَنَا لَمْ أَرْسِلْهُمْ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ، إِنَّمَا هُمْ يَتَنَبَّأُونَ بِاسْمِي كَذِباً لأَجْلِكُمْ فَتُطْرَدُونَ أَنْتُمْ وَأَنْبِيَاؤُكُمُ الْمُتَنَبِّئُونَ لَكُمْ».١٥
16 I spoke also to the priests, and to this people, saying: Thus saith the Lord: Hearken not to the words of your prophets, that prophesy to you, saying: Behold the vessels of the Lord shall now in a short time be brought again from Babylon: for they prophesy a lie unto you.
وَقُلْتُ لِلْكَهَنَةِ وَكُلِّ الشَّعْبِ: «هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ الرَّبُّ: لَا تَسْمَعُوا لِكَلامِ أَنْبِيَائِكُمُ الْكَذَبَةِ الَّذِينَ يَتَنَبَّأُونَ لَكُمْ قَائِلِينَ إِنَّ آنِيَةَ هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ سَتُرَدُّ سَرِيعاً مِنْ بَابِلَ، فَإِنَّهُمْ يَتَنَبَّأُونَ لَكُمْ كَذِباً.١٦
17 Therefore hearken not to them, but serve the king of Babylon, that you may live. Why should this city be given up to desolation?
لَا تُصْغُوا لَهُمْ، بَلِ اخْدُمُوا مَلِكَ بَابِلَ وَاحْيَوْا، فَلِمَاذَا تَتَحَوَّلُ هَذِهِ الْمَدِينَةُ إِلَى أَطْلالٍ؟١٧
18 But if they be prophets, and the word of the Lord be in them: let them interpose themselves before the Lord of hosts, that the vessels which were left in the house of the Lord, and in the house of the king of Juda, and in Jerusalem, may not go to Babylon.
وَإِنْ كَانُوا حَقّاً أَنْبِيَاءَ، وَإِنْ كَانَ حَقّاً وَحْيُ الرَّبِّ لَدَيْهِمْ فَلْيَبْتَهِلُوا إِلَى الرَّبِّ الْقَدِيرِ لِكَيْ لَا يُحْمَلَ مَا تَبَقَّى مِنْ آنِيَةِ هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ، وَقَصْرِ مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا، وَأُورُشَلِيمَ إِلَى بَابِلَ.١٨
19 For thus saith the Lord of hosts to the pillars, and to the sea, and to the bases, and to the rest of the vessels that remain in this city:
فَإِنَّ الرَّبَّ الْقَدِيرَ يَقُولُ عَنِ الأَعْمِدَةِ، وَبِرْكَةِ الْمَاءِ وَالْقَوَاعِدِ وَسَائِرِ الآنِيَةِ الْمُتَبَقِّيَةِ فِي هَذِهِ الْمَدِينَةِ١٩
20 Which Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon did not take, when he carried away Jechonias the son of Joakim the king of Juda, from Jerusalem to Babylon, and all the great men of Juda and Jerusalem.
مِمَّا لَمْ يَسْتَوْلِ عَلَيْهَا نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرُ مَلِكُ بَابِلَ عِنْدَمَا سَبَى يَكُنْيَا بْنَ يَهُويَاقِيمَ مَلِكَ يَهُوذَا مِنْ أُورُشَلِيمَ مَعَ جَمِيعِ أَشْرَافِ يَهُوذَا وَأُورُشَلِيمَ،٢٠
21 For thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel, to the vessels that are left in the house of the Lord, and in the house of the king of Juda and Jerusalem:
فَبَقِيَتْ فِي هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ وَفِي قَصْرِ الْمَلِكِ وَفِي أُورُشَلِيمَ:٢١
22 They shall be carried to Babylon, and there they shall be until the day of their visitation, saith the Lord: and I will cause them to be brought, and to be restored in this place.
إِنَّهَا سَتُحْمَلُ إِلَى بَابِلَ وَتَبْقَى هُنَاكَ إِلَى يَوْمِ افْتِقَادِي، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ، فَأَسْتَرْجِعُهَا وَأَرُدُّهَا إِلَى هَذَا الْمَوْضِعِ».٢٢

< Jeremiah 27 >