Jeremiah 5
1 Run to and from by the streetes of Ierusalem, and beholde nowe, and knowe, and inquire in the open places thereof, if ye can finde a man, or if there be any that executeth iudgement, and seeketh the trueth, and I will spare it.
| اذْرَعُوا شَوَارِعَ أُورُشَلِيمَ ذِهَاباً وَإِيَاباً، وَانْظُرُوا وَاعْتَبِرُوا. ابْحَثُوا فِي أَرْجَاءِ سَاحَاتِهَا لَعَلَّكُمْ تَجِدُونَ رَجُلاً وَاحِداً يُجْرِي الْعَدْلَ وَيَنْشُدُ الْحَقَّ، فَأَصْفَحَ عَنْهَا. | ١ |
2 For though they say, The Lord liueth, yet doe they sweare falsely.
| فَإِنَّهُمْ وَإِنْ قَالُوا: حَيٌّ هُوَ الرَّبُّ، فَإِنَّمَا يَحْلِفُونَ زُوراً. | ٢ |
3 O Lord, are not thine eyes vpon the trueth? thou hast striken them, but they haue not sorowed: thou hast consumed them, but they haue refused to receiue correction: they haue made their faces harder then a stone, and haue refused to returne.
| أَيُّهَا الرَّبُّ، أَلَيْسَتْ عَيْنَاكَ تَطْلُبَانِ الْحَقَّ؟ لَقَدْ عَاقَبْتَهُمْ وَلَكِنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَتَوَجَّعُوا. أَهْلَكْتَهُمْ وَلَكِنَّهُمْ أَبَوْا التَّقْوِيمَ. صَلَّبُوا وُجُوهَهُمْ أَكْثَرَ مِنَ الصَّخْرِ، وَرَفَضُوا التَّوْبَةَ. | ٣ |
4 Therefore I saide, Surely they are poore, they are foolish, for they know not the way of the Lord, nor the iudgement of their God.
| فَقُلْتُ فِي نَفْسِي: «إِنَّمَا هُمْ مَسَاكِينُ حَمْقَى، يَجْهَلُونَ طَرِيقَ الرَّبِّ وَقَضَاءَ إِلَهِهِمْ. | ٤ |
5 I will get me vnto the great men, and will speake vnto them: for they haue knowen the way of the Lord, and the iudgement of their God: but these haue altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bondes.
| فَلأَقْصِدَنَّ الْعُظَمَاءَ وَأُكَلِّمْهُمْ لأَنَّهُمْ يَعْرِفُونَ طَرِيقَ الرَّبِّ وَقَضَاءَ إِلَهِهِمْ». فَإِذَا هَؤُلاءِ جَمِيعاً قَدْ حَطَّمُوا النِّيرَ وَقَطَعُوا الرُّبُطَ. | ٥ |
6 Wherefore a lyon out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolfe of the wildernesse shall destroy them: a leopard shall watch ouer their cities: euery one that goeth out thence, shall be torne in pieces, because their trespasses are many, and their rebellions are increased.
| لِذَلِكَ يَنْقَضُّ عَلَيْهِمْ أَسَدٌ مِنَ الْغَابِ وَيَقْتُلُهُمْ، وَيَفْتَرِسُهُمْ ذِئْبٌ مِنَ الصَّحْرَاءِ، وَيَكْمُنُ النَّمِرُ حَوْلَ مُدُنِهِمْ، فَيُمَزِّقُ إِرْباً كُلَّ مَنْ يَخْرُجُ مِنْهُمْ، لأَنَّ آثَامَهُمْ كَثِيرَةٌ، وَارْتِدَادَاتِهِمْ مُتَعَاظِمَةٌ. | ٦ |
7 Howe should I spare thee for this? thy children haue forsaken me, and sworne by them that are no gods: though I fed them to the full, yet they committed adulterie, and assembled them selues by companies in the harlots houses.
| «كَيْفَ أَعْفُو عَنْ أَعْمَالِكِ؟ تَخَلَّى عَنِّي أَبْنَاؤُكِ وَأَقْسَمُوا بِأَوْثَانٍ. وَعِنْدَمَا أَشْبَعْتُهُمْ ارْتَكَبُوا الْفِسْقَ، وَهَرْوَلُوا طَوَائِفَ إِلَى مَوَاخِيرِ الزَّانِيَاتِ. | ٧ |
8 They rose vp in the morning like fed horses: for euery man neyed after his neighbours wife.
| صَارُوا كَحُصُنٍ مَعْلُوفَةٍ سَائِبَةٍ يَصْهَلُ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمْ عَلَى امْرَأَةِ صَاحِبِهِ. | ٨ |
9 Shall I not visite for these things, saith the Lord? Shall not my soule be auenged on such a nation as this?
| أَلا أُعَاقِبُهُمْ عَلَى هَذِهِ الأُمُورِ؟» يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ، «أَلا أَنْتَقِمُ لِنَفْسِي مِنْ أُمَّةٍ مِثْلَ هَذِهِ؟ | ٩ |
10 Clime vp vpon their walles, and destroy them, but make not a full ende: take away their batilments, for they are not the Lords.
| اذْهَبُوا إِلَى أَتْلامِ كُرُومِهَا وَدَمِّرُوهَا وَلَكِنْ لَا تُفْنُوهَا. انْزِعُوا أَغْصَانَهَا لأَنَّهَا لَيْسَتْ لِلرَّبِّ. | ١٠ |
11 For the house of Israel, and the house of Iudah haue grieuously trespassed against me, saith the Lord.
| فَذُرِّيَّةُ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَذُرِّيَّةُ يَهُوذَا قَدْ غَدَرَتَا بِي»، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ. | ١١ |
12 They haue denied the Lord, and saide, It is not he, neither shall the plague come vpon vs, neither shall we see sworde nor famine.
| قَدْ أَنْكَرُوا الرَّبَّ وَقَالُوا: «لَنْ يُعَاقِبَنَا وَلَنْ يُصِيبَنَا مَكْرُوهٌ، وَلَنْ نَرَى سَيْفاً وَلَنْ نَتَعَرَّضَ لِجُوعٍ، | ١٢ |
13 And the Prophetes shall be as winde, and the worde is not in them: thus shall it come vnto them.
| وَالأَنْبِيَاءُ كَالرِّيحِ وَوَحْيُ الرَّبِّ لَيْسَ مَعَهُمْ. فَلْيَأْتِ عَلَيْهِمْ مَا تَنَبَّأُوا بِهِ». | ١٣ |
14 Wherefore thus saith the Lord God of hostes, Because ye speake such wordes, beholde, I will put my wordes into thy mouth, like a fire, and this people shall be as wood, and it shall deuoure them.
| لِذَلِكَ يُعْلِنُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ: «لأَنَّكُمْ قُلْتُمْ هَذَا الْكَلامَ، فَهَا أَنَا أَجْعَلُ كَلِمَاتِي فِي فَمِكَ نَاراً، وَهَذَا الشَّعْبَ حَطَباً، فَتَلْتَهِمُهُمُ النَّارُ. | ١٤ |
15 Loe, I will bring a nation vpon you from farre, O house of Israel, saith the Lord, which is a mightie nation, and an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither vnderstandest what they say.
| هَا أَنَا أَجْلِبُ عَلَيْكُمْ يَا ذُرِّيَّةَ إِسْرَائِيلَ، أُمَّةً قَدِيمَةً قَوِيَّةً مِنْ أَرْضٍ نَائِيَةٍ، تَجْهَلُونَ لُغَةَ أَهْلِهَا وَلا تَفْهَمُونَ مَا يَقُولُونَ. | ١٥ |
16 Whose quiuer is as an open sepulchre: they are all very strong.
| جُعْبَتُهَا كَقَبْرٍ مَفْتُوحٍ، وَكُلُّ رِجَالِهَا جَبَابِرَةٌ، | ١٦ |
17 And they shall eate thine haruest and thy bread: they shall deuoure thy sonnes and thy daughters: they shall eate vp thy sheepe and thy bullocks: they shall eate thy vines and thy figge trees: they shall destroy with the sworde thy fenced cities, wherein thou didest trust.
| فَيَأْكُلُونَ حَصَادَكُمْ وَطَعَامَكُمْ، وَيُهْلِكُونَ أَبْنَاءَكُمْ وَبَنَاتِكُمْ، وَيَلْتَهِمُونَ مَوَاشِيَكُمْ وَقُطْعَانَكُمْ، وَيَأْكُلُونَ كُرُومَكُمْ وَأَشْجَارَ تِينِكُمْ، وَيُدَمِّرُونَ بِالسَّيْفِ مُدُنَكُمُ الْحَصِينَةَ الَّتِي عَلَيْهَا تَتَوَكَّلُونَ. | ١٧ |
18 Neuerthelesse at those dayes, sayth the Lord, I will not make a full ende of you.
| وَلَكِنْ حَتَّى فِي تِلْكَ الأَيَّامِ لَنْ أُفْنِيَكُمْ»، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ. | ١٨ |
19 And when ye shall say, Wherefore doeth the Lord our God doe these things vnto vs? then shalt thou answere them, Like as ye haue forsaken me and serued strange gods in your land, so shall ye serue strangers in a land that is not yours.
| «وَعِنْدَمَا يَسْأَلُونَ:’لِمَاذَا صَنَعَ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُنَا بِنَا هَذِهِ الأُمُورَ كُلَّهَا؟‘تَقُولُ لَهُمْ:’كَمَا أَنَّكُمْ تَخَلَّيْتُمْ عَنِّي وَعَبَدْتُمُ الأَوْثَانَ الْغَرِيبَةَ فِي أَرْضِكُمْ، كَذَلِكَ تُسْتَعْبَدُونَ لِلْغُرَبَاءِ فِي أَرْضٍ لَيْسَتْ لَكُمْ‘». | ١٩ |
20 Declare this in the house of Iaakob, and publish it in Iudah, saying,
| وَأَذيعُوا أَيْضاً هَذَا فِي ذُرِّيَّةِ يَعْقُوبَ، وَأَعْلِنُوهُ لِبَنِي يَهُوذَا قَائِلِينَ: | ٢٠ |
21 Heare nowe this, O foolish people, and without vnderstanding, which haue eyes and see not, which haue eares and heare not.
| «اسْمَعْ هَذَا أَيُّهَا الشَّعْبُ الأَحْمَقُ الْغَبِيُّ، يَا مَنْ لَهُ عُيُونٌ وَلَكِنَّهُ لَا يُبْصِرُ، وَلَهُ آذَانٌ وَلَكِنَّهُ لَا يَسْمَعُ. | ٢١ |
22 Feare ye not me, saith the Lord? or will ye not be afraide at my presence, which haue placed the sand for the bounds of the sea by the perpetuall decree that it cannot passe it, and though the waues thereof rage, yet can they not preuaile, though they roare, yet can they not passe ouer it?
| أَلا تَخْشَوْنَنِي؟»، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ، «أَلا تَرْتَعِدُونَ فِي حَضْرَتِي؟ قَدْ جَعَلْتُ الرَّمْلَ حَدّاً لِمِيَاهِ الْبَحْرِ، حَاجِزاً أَبَدِيًّا لَا يَتَخَطَّاهُ. تَتَلاطَمُ أَمْوَاجُهُ وَلَكِنَّهَا تَعْجَزُ عَنْ تَعَدِّيهِ، وَتَهْدِرُ وَلَكِنَّهَا لَا تَتَجَاوَزُهُ. | ٢٢ |
23 But this people hath an vnfaithfull and rebellious heart: they are departed and gone.
| أَمَّا هَذَا الشَّعْبُ فَذُو قَلْبٍ مُتَمَرِّدٍ عَاصٍ، ثَارُوا عَلَيَّ وَمَضَوْا، | ٢٣ |
24 For they say not in their heart, Let vs nowe feare the Lord our God, that giueth raine both early and late in due season: hee reserueth vnto vs the appointed weekes of the haruest.
| وَلَمْ يَتَنَاجَوْا فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ قَائِلِينَ:’لِنَتَّقِ الرَّبَّ إِلَهَنَا الَّذِي يُغْدِقُ الْمَطَرَ فِي مَوَاعِيدِهِ فِي مَوْسِمَيِ الرَّبِيعِ وَالْخَرِيفِ، وَيَحْفَظُ لَنَا أَسَابِيعَ الْحَصَادِ حَسَبَ مَوَاقِيتِهَا.‘ | ٢٤ |
25 Yet your iniquities haue turned away these things, and your sinnes haue hindred good things from you.
| غَيْرَ أَنَّ آثَامَكُمْ قَدْ حَوَّلَتْ عَنْكُمْ هَذِهِ الْبَرَكَاتِ، وَخَطَايَاكُمْ حَرَمَتْكُمْ مِنَ الْخَيْرِ. | ٢٥ |
26 For among my people are founde wicked persons, that lay waite as hee that setteth snares: they haue made a pit, to catch men.
| فَفِي وَسَطِ شَعْبِي قَوْمٌ أَشْرَارٌ يَكْمُنُونَ كَمَا يَكْمِنُ الْقَنَّاصُونَ لِلطُّيُورِ، وَيَنْصِبُونَ الْفَخَّ لاقْتِنَاصِ النَّاسِ. | ٢٦ |
27 As a cage is full of birdes, so are their houses full of deceite: thereby they are become great and waxen riche.
| بُيُوتُهُمْ تَكْتَظُّ بِالْخَدِيعَةِ كَقَفَصٍ مَمْلُوءٍ طُيُوراً، لِذَلِكَ عَظُمُوا وَأَثْرَوْا. | ٢٧ |
28 They are waxen fat and shining: they doe ouerpasse the deedes of the wicked: they execute no iudgement, no not the iudgement of the fatherlesse: yet they prosper, though they execute no iudgement for the poore.
| ازْدَادُوا سِمَنةً وَنُعُومَةً، وَارْتَكَبُوا الشَّرَّ مُتَجَاوِزِينَ كُلَّ حَدٍّ. لَمْ يَحْكُمُوا بِعَدْلٍ فِي دَعْوَى الْيَتِيمِ حَتَّى تَنْجَحَ، وَلَمْ يُدَافِعُوا عَنْ حُقُوقِ الْمَسَاكِينِ. | ٢٨ |
29 Shall I not visite for these things, sayth the Lord? or shall not my soule be auenged on such a nation as this?
| أَفَلا أُعَاقِبُهُمْ عَلَى هَذِهِ الأُمُورِ؟» يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ. «أَلا أَنْتَقِمُ لِنَفْسِي مِنْ أُمَّةٍ كَهَذِهِ؟ | ٢٩ |
30 An horrible and filthie thing is committed in the land.
| قَدْ جَرَى فِي الْبِلادِ حَدَثٌ مُذْهِلٌ فَظِيعٌ. | ٣٠ |
31 The Prophets prophesie lies, and ye Priests receiue giftes in their handes, and my people delite therein. What will ye then doe in the ende thereof?
| فَالأَنْبِيَاءُ يَتَنَبَّأُونَ زُوراً، وَالْكَهَنَةُ يَتَصَرَّفُونَ بِمُقْتَضَى أَحْكَامِهِمْ، وَشَعْبِي أَحَبَّ مِثْلَ هَذَا. وَلَكِنْ مَاذَا تَصْنَعُونَ فِي نِهَايَةِ الْمَطَافِ؟» | ٣١ |
