Jeremiah 44

1 The word that came to Jeremias, concerning all the Jews that dwelt in the land of Egypt, dwelling in Magdal, and in Taphnis, and in Memphis, and in the land of Phatures, saying:

١ هَذِهِ هِيَ النُّبُوءَةُ الَّتِي أُوْحِيَ بِها إِلَى إِرْمِيَا عَنِ الْيَهُودِ الْمُقِيمِينَ فِي مِصْرَ، النَّازِلِينَ فِي مَجْدَلَ وَفِي تَحَفَنْحِيسَ وَمَمْفِيسَ وَفِي مِنْطَقَةِ جَنُوبِ مِصْرَ.

2 Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: You have seen all this evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, and upon all the cities of Juda: and behold they are desolate this day, and there is not an inhabitant in them:

٢ «هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: قَدْ شَهِدْتُمْ كُلَّ مَا أَوْقَعْتُهُ مِنْ شَرٍّ بِأُورُشَلِيمَ وَبِكَافَّةِ مُدُنِ يَهُوذَا. هَا هِيَ الْيَوْمَ خَرِبَةٌ مَهْجُورَةٌ

3 Because of the wickedness which they have committed, to provoke me to wrath, and to go and offer sacrifice, and worship other gods, which neither they, nor you, nor your fathers knew.

٣ لِشَرِّ أَهْلِهَا الَّذِي ارْتَكَبُوهُ لِيُثِيرُوا سُخْطِي، إِذْ ذَهَبُوا لِيُحْرِقُوا بَخُوراً وَيَعْبُدُوا آلِهَةً أُخْرَى مِنَ الأَصْنَامِ لَمْ يَعْرِفُوهَا هُمْ وَلا أَنْتُمْ وَلا آبَاؤُكُمْ.

4 And I sent to you all my servants the prophets, rising early, and sending, and saying: Do not commit this abominable thing, which I hate.

٤ وَقَدْ أَرْسَلْتُ إِلَيْكُمْ مُنْذِراً مُنْذُ الْبَدْءِ جَمِيعَ عَبِيدِي الأَنْبِيَاءِ قَائِلاً: لَا تَقْتَرِفُوا رِجْساً مِثْلَ هَذَا لأَنِّي أَمْقُتُهُ،

5 But they heard not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their evil ways, and not to sacrifice to strange gods.

٥ فَلَمْ يَرْتَدِعُوا وَلا سَمِعُوا لِيَتُوبُوا وَيَكُفُّوا عَنْ إِحْرَاقِ الْبَخُورِ لِتِلْكَ الأَصْنَامِ،

6 Wherefore my indignation and my fury was poured forth, and was kindled in the cities of Juda, and in the streets of Jerusalem: and they are turned to desolation and waste, as at this day.

٦ فَانْصَبَّ غَيْظِي وَحَنَقِي، وَأَشْعَلا مُدُنَ يَهُوذَا وَشَوَارِعَ أُورُشَلِيمَ حَتَّى أَصْبَحَتْ جَمِيعاً أَطْلالاً وَخَرَاباً كَمَا هِيَ فِي هَذَا الْيَوْمِ.

7 And now thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: Why do you commit this great evil against your own souls, that there should die of you man and woman, child and suckling out of the midst of Juda, and no remnant should be left you:

٧ وَالآنَ هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: لِمَاذَا تَرْتَكِبُونَ هَذَا الشَّرَّ الْعَظِيمَ فِي حَقِّ أَنْفُسِكُمْ، لِيَنْقَرِضَ مِنْكُمُ الرَّجُلُ وَالْمَرْأَةُ وَالطِّفْلُ وَالرَّضِيعُ مِنْ بَيْنِ شَعْبِ يَهُوذَا وَلا تَبْقَى مِنْكُمْ بَقِيَّةٌ؟

8 In that you provoke me to wrath with the works of your hands, by sacrificing to other gods in the land of Egypt, into which you are come to dwell there: and that you should perish, and be a curse, and a reproach to all the nations of the earth?

٨ لِمَاذَا تُغِيظُونَنِي بِاقْتِرَافِ الإِثْمِ إِذْ تُحْرِقُونَ بَخُوراً لِآلِهَةِ أَصْنَامِ مِصْرَ الَّتِي هَاجَرْتُمْ إِلَيْهَا لِتَتَغَرَّبُوا فِيهَا، فَتَنْقَرِضُونَ وَتُصْبِحُونَ لَعْنَةً وَعَاراً بَيْنَ كُلِّ أُمَمِ الأَرْضِ؟

9 Have you forgotten the evils of your fathers, and the evils of the kings of Juda, and the evils of their wives, and your evils, and the evils of your wives, that they have done in the land of Juda, and in the streets of Jerusalem?

٩ هَلْ نَسِيتُمْ شُرُورَ آبَائِكُمْ وَشُرُورَ مُلُوكِ يَهُوذَا وَشُرُورَ نِسَائِهِمْ، وَشُرُورَكُمْ وَشُرُورَ نِسَائِكُمْ الَّتِي ارْتُكِبَتْ فِي أَرْضِ يَهُوذَا وَفِي شَوَارِعِ أُورُشَلِيمَ؟

10 They are not cleansed even to this day: neither have they feared, nor walked in the law of the Lord, nor in my commandments, which I set before you and your fathers.

١٠ إِنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَتَذَلَّلُوا إِلَى هَذَا الْيَوْمِ وَلا اتَّقُوا وَلا سَلَكُوا فِي شَرِيعَتِي وَفَرَائِضِي الَّتِي سَنَنْتُهَا لَكُمْ وَلِآبَائِكُمْ.

11 Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: Behold I will set my face upon you for evil: and I will destroy all Juda.

١١ لِذَلِكَ هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: هَا أَنَا أَتَرَصَّدُكُمْ لأُجَازِيَكُمْ شَرّاً لَا خَيْراً، لأَسْتَأْصِلَكُمْ مِنْ يَهُوذَا.

12 And I will take the remnant of Juda that have set their faces to go into the land of Egypt, and to dwell there: and they shall be all consumed in the land of Egypt: they shall fall by the sword, and by the famine: and they shall be consumed from the least even to the greatest, by the sword, and by the famine shall they die: and they shall be for an execration, and for a wonder, and for a curse, and for a reproach.

١٢ وَآخُذُ بَقِيَّةَ يَهُوذَا الَّذِينَ وَطَّدُوا الْعَزْمَ عَلَى الرَّحِيلِ إِلَى مِصْرَ لِيَتَغَرَّبُوا فِيهَا، وَأُفْنِيهِمْ كُلَّهُمْ هُنَاكَ، فَيَهْلِكُونَ بِالسَّيْفِ وَالْجُوعِ مِنْ صَغِيرِهِمْ إِلَى كَبِيرِهِمْ، فَيَمُوتُونَ وَيُصْبِحُونَ سُبَّةً وَدَهْشَةً وَلَعْنَةً وَعَاراً.

13 And I will visit them that dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have visited Jerusalem by the sword, and by famine, and by pestilence.

١٣ وَأُعَاقِبُ الْمُقِيمِينَ فِي مِصْرَ كَمَا عَاقَبْتُ أَهْلَ أُورُشَلِيمَ بِالسَّيْفِ وَالْجُوعِ وَالْوَبَاءِ،

14 And there shall be none that shall escape, and remain of the remnant of the Jews that are gone to sojourn in the land of Egypt: and that shall return into the land of Juda, to which they have a desire to return to dwell there: there shall none return but they that shall flee.

١٤ فَلا يُفْلِتُ مِنْهُمْ نَاجٍ، وَلا يَسْلَمُ أَحَدٌ مِنْ بَقِيَّةِ يَهُوذَا الْمُرْتَحِلِينَ لِيَتَغَرَّبُوا هُنَاكَ فِي مِصْرَ، لِيَرْجِعَ إِلَى أَرْضِ يَهُوذَا الَّتِي يَتُوقُ لِلْعَوْدَةِ إِلَيْهَا وَالإِقَامَةِ فِيهَا، لأَنَّهُ لَنْ يَرْجِعَ إِلَيْهَا إِلا قِلَّةٌ مِنَ الطَّرِيدِينَ».

15 Then all the men that knew that their wives sacrificed to other gods: and all the women of whom there stood by a great multitude, and all the people of them that dwelt in the land of Egypt in Phatures, answered Jeremias, saying:

١٥ غَيْرَ أَنَّ جَمِيعَ الرِّجَالِ الَّذِينَ يَعْرِفُونَ أَنَّ نِسَاءَهُمْ يُحْرِقْنَ بَخُوراً لآلِهَةِ الأَصْنَامِ، وَكَذَلِكَ النِّسَاءَ الْحَاضِرَاتِ، وَسَائِرَ الْمُقِيمِينَ فِي الْمِنْطَقَةِ الْجَنُوبِيَّةِ فِي مِصْرَ، وَهُمْ عَدَدٌ كَبِيرٌ قَالُوا لإِرْمِيَا:

16 As for the word which thou hast spoken to us in the name of the Lord, we will not hearken to thee:

١٦ «لَنْ نُطِيعَكَ فِي مَا خَاطَبْتَنَا بِهِ مِنْ كَلامٍ بِاسْمِ الرَّبِّ،

17 But we will certainly do every word that shall proceed out of our own mouth, to sacrifice to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings to her, as we and our fathers have done, our kings, and our princes in the cities of Juda, and in the streets of Jerusalem: and we were filled with bread, and it was well with us, and we saw no evil.

١٧ بَلْ نَعْمَلَ بِمُقْتَضَى مَا تَعَهَّدْنَا بِهِ، فَنُحْرِقُ بَخُوراً لِمَلِكَةِ السَّمَاءِ وَنُقَرِّبُ لَهَا السَّكَائِبَ كَمَا سَبَقَ أَنْ فَعَلْنَا نَحْنُ وَآبَاؤُنَا وَمُلُوكُنَا وَرُؤَسَاؤُنَا فِي مُدُنِ يَهُوذَا وَفِي شَوَارِعِ أُورُشَلِيمَ، فَكَانَتْ لَنَا وَفْرَةٌ مِنَ الطَّعَامِ وَتَمَتَّعْنَا بِالْخَيْرِ وَلَمْ يُصِبْنَا شَرٌّ.

18 But since we left off to offer sacrifice to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings to her, we have wanted all things, and have been consumed by the sword, and by famine.

١٨ وَلَكِنْ مُنْذُ أَنْ أَهْمَلْنَا إِحْرَاقَ الْبَخُورِ لِمَلِكَةِ السَّمَاءِ وَتَقْرِيبَ السَّكَائِبِ لَهَا، افْتَقَرْنَا إِلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ، وَفَنِينَا بِالسَّيْفِ وَالْجُوعِ».

19 And if we offer sacrifice to the queen of heaven, and pour out drink offerings to her: did we make cakes to worship her, to pour out drink offerings to her, without our husbands?

١٩ وَقَالَتِ النِّسَاءُ: «عِنْدَمَا أَحْرَقْنَا الْبَخُورَ لِمَلِكَةِ السَّمَاءِ وَقَرَّبْنَا لَهَا السَّكَائِبَ وَعَمِلْنَا أَقْرَاصاً مُمَاثِلَةً لِصُورَتِهَا، وَقَرَّبْنَا السَّكَائِبَ لَهَا، هَلْ فَعَلْنَا ذَلِكَ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمِ أَزْوَاجِنَا؟».

20 And Jeremias spoke to all the people, to the men, and to the women, and to all the people which had given him that answer, saying:

٢٠ فَقَالَ إِرْمِيَا لِلْقَوْمِ مِنْ رِجَالٍ وَنِسَاءٍ وَسَائِرِ الشَّعْبِ الَّذِينَ أَجَابُوهُ بِهَذَا الْكَلامِ:

21 Was it not the sacrifice that you offered in the cities of Juda, and in the streets of Jerusalem, you and Sour fathers, your kings, and your princes, and the people of the land, which the Lord hath remembered, and hath it not entered into his heart?

٢١ «أَلَيْسَ مَا أَحْرَقْتُمُوهُ مِنْ بَخُورٍ فِي مُدُنِ يَهُوذَا وَفِي شَوَارِعِ أُورُشَلِيمَ أَنْتُمْ وَآبَاؤُكُمْ وَمُلُوكُكُمْ وَرُؤَسَاؤُكُمْ وَسُكَّانُ الأَرْضِ، هُوَ الَّذِي ذَكَرَهُ الرَّبُّ وَخَطَرَ عَلَى بَالِهِ؟

22 So that the Lord could no longer bear, because of the evil of your doings, and because of the abominations which you have committed: therefore your land is become a desolation, and an astonishment, and a curse, without an inhabitant, as at this day.

٢٢ فَلَمْ يُطِقِ الرَّبُّ بَعْدُ تَحَمُّلَ مَا ارْتَكَبْتُمْ مِنْ شَرٍّ وَمَا اقْتَرَفْتُمْ مِنْ أَرْجَاسٍ، فَصَارَتْ أَرْضُكُمْ أَطْلالاً وَمَثَارَ دَهْشَةٍ وَلَعْنَةٍ وَمَهْجُورَةً كَالْعَهْدِ بِها فِي هَذَا الْيَوْمِ.

23 Because you have sacrificed to idols, and have sinned against the Lord: and have not obeyed the voice of the Lord, and have not walked in his law, and in his commandments, and in his testimonies: therefore are these evils come upon you, as at this day.

٢٣ إِنَّ الْبَلاءَ الَّذِي حَلَّ بِكُمْ كَمَا فِي هَذَا الْيَوْمِ هُوَ عِقَابٌ لَكُمْ عَلَى إحْرَاقِكُمُ الْبَخُورَ وَتَعَدِّيكُمْ عَلَى الرَّبِّ وَعِصْيَانِكُمْ لِصَوْتِهِ، وَعَدَمِ سُلُوكِكُمْ فِي شَرِيعَتِهِ وَفَرَائِضِهِ وَشَهَادَاتِهِ.»

24 And Jeremias said to all the people, and to all the women: Hear ye the word of the Lord, all Juda, you that dwell in the land of Egypt:

٢٤ وَالآنَ اسْمَعُوا قَضَاءَ الرَّبِّ يَا جَمِيعَ أَهْلِ يَهُوذَا الْمُقِيمِينَ فِي مِصْرَ:

25 Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel, saying: You and your wives have spoken with your mouth, and fulfilled with your hands, saying: Let us perform our vows which we have made, to offer sacrifice to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings to her: you have fulfilled your vows, and have performed them indeed.

٢٥ هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: «قَدْ نَطَقْتُمْ بِأَفْوَاهِكُمْ أَنْتُمْ وَنِسَاؤُكُمْ، وَنَفَّذْتُمْ بِأَيْدِيكُمْ مَا نَطَقْتُمْ بِهِ قَائِلِينَ:’إِنَّنَا نَفِي بِنُذُورِنَا الَّتِي نَذَرْنَاهَا بِأَنْ نُحْرِقَ الْبَخُورَ لِمَلِكَةِ السَّمَاءِ، وَنُقَرِّبَ لَهَا السَّكَائِبَ‘، فَهَيَّا إِذاً أَوْفُوا نُذُورَكُمْ وَأَنْجِزُوهَا.»

26 Therefore hear ye the word of the Lord, all Juda, you that dwell in the land of Egypt: Behold I have sworn by my great name, saith the Lord: that my name shall no more be named in the mouth of any man of Juda, in the land of Egypt, saying: The Lord God liveth.

٢٦ لِذَلِكَ اسْمَعُوا كَلِمَةَ الرَّبِّ يَا جَمِيعَ شَعْبِ يَهُوذَا الْمُقِيمِينَ فِي مِصْرَ: «هَا أَنَا قَدْ أَقْسَمْتُ بِاسْمِي الْعَظِيمِ يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ، أَنْ لَا يَتَرَدَّدَ اسْمِي مِنْ بَعْدُ عَلَى فَمِ أَحَدٍ مِنْ شَعْبِ يَهُوذَا فِي كَافَّةِ دِيَارِ مِصْرَ قَائِلاً:’حَيٌّ هُوَ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ‘.

27 Behold I will watch over them for evil, and not for good: and all the men of Juda that are in the land of Egypt, shall be consumed, by the sword, and by famine, till there be an end of them.

٢٧ هَا أَنَا أَتَرَصَّدُهُمْ لأُوْقِعَ بِهِمْ شَرّاً لَا خَيْراً، فَيَهْلِكُ كُلُّ رِجَالِ يَهُوذَا الَّذِينَ فِي أَرْضِ مِصْرَ بِالسَّيْفِ وَالْجُوعِ حَتَّى يَتِمَّ اسْتِئْصَالُهُمْ.

28 And a few men that shall flee from the sword, shall return out of the land of Egypt into the land of Juda: and all the remnant of Juda that are gone into the land of Egypt to dwell there, shall know whose word shall stand, mine, or theirs.

٢٨ وَتَرْجِعُ الْقِلَّةُ النَّاجِيَةُ مِنَ السَّيْفِ مِنْ مِصْرَ إِلَى أَرْضِ يَهُوذَا، فَتَعْلَمُ كُلُّ بَقِيَّةِ يَهُوذَا الَّذِينَ هَاجَرُوا إِلَى مِصْرَ لِيَتَغَرَّبُوا فِيهَا أَيَّ كَلامٍ يَتَحَقَّقُ: كَلامِي أَمْ كَلامُهُمْ؟»

29 And this shall be a sign to you, saith the Lord, that I will punish you in this place: that you may know that my words shall be accomplished indeed against you for evil.

٢٩ وَيَقُولُ الرَّبُّ: «وَهَذِهِ لَكُمْ عَلامَةٌ أَنَّنِي أُعَاقِبُكُمْ فِي هَذَا الْمَوْضِعِ بِالذَّاتِ، لِتُدْرِكُوا أَنَّ قَضَائِي عَلَيْكُمْ بِالشَّرِّ حَتْماً يَتِمُّ.

30 Thus saith the Lord: Behold I will deliver Pharao Ephree king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of them that seek his life: as I delivered Sedecias king of Juda into the hand of Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon his enemy, and that sought his life.

٣٠ هَا أَنَا أُسَلِّمُ فِرْعَوْنَ حَفْرَعَ مَلِكَ مِصْرَ إِلَى يَدِ أَعْدَائِهِ وَطَالِبِي نَفْسِهِ كَمَا أَسْلَمْتُ صِدْقِيَّا مَلِكَ يَهُوذَا إِلَى يَدِ نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرَ مَلِكِ بَابِلَ عَدُوِّهِ وَطَالِبِ نَفْسِهِ».