Jeremiah 14

1 The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the droughts.

١ هَذِهِ كَلِمَةُ الرَّبِّ الَّتِي أَوْحَى بِها إِلَى إرْمِيَا بِشَأْنِ الْقَحْطِ:

2 Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish, they bow down in black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.

٢ «أَرْضُ يَهُوذَا تَنُوحُ وَأَبْوَابُهَا وَاهِيَةٌ. أَهْلُهَا يَنْدُبُونَ مَطْرُوحِينَ إِلَى الأَرْضِ، وَعَوِيلُ أُورُشَلِيمَ قَدْ صَعِدَ إِلَى الْعُلَى.

3 And their nobles send their lads for water: they come to the pits, and find no water; their vessels return empty; they are ashamed and confounded, and cover their heads.

٣ أَرْسَلَ أَشْرَافُهُمْ خُدَّامَهُمْ لِيَحْمِلُوا إِلَيْهِمِ الْمَاءَ، فَأَقْبَلُوا إِلَى الْجِبَابِ وَإذَا بِها فَارِغَةٌ مِنَ الْمَاءِ، فَرَجَعُوا بِجِرَارٍ خَاوِيَةٍ وَقَدِ اعْتَرَاهُمُ الْخِزْيُ وَالْخَجَلُ وَغَطَّوْا رُؤُوسَهُمْ.

4 Because of the ground which is cracked, for there hath been no rain in the land, the plowmen are ashamed, they cover their heads.

٤ خَزِيَ الْفَلاحُونَ وَغَطَّوْا رُؤُوسَهُمْ لأَنَّ الأَرْضَ قَدْ تَشَقَّقَتْ لاِنْقِطَاعِ الْمَطَرِ عَنْهَا.

5 Yea, the hind also in the field calveth, and forsaketh her young, because there is no grass,

٥ حَتَّى الإِيَّلُ فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ قَدْ هَجَرَتْ وَلِيدَهَا لِتَعَذُّرِ وُجُودِ الْكَلَأ.

6 And the wild asses stand on the high hills, they gasp for air like jackals; their eyes fail, because there is no herbage.

٦ وَقَفَتِ الْفِرَاءُ عَلَى الرَّوَابِي وَتَنَسَّمَتِ الرِّيحَ كَبَنَاتِ آوَى فَكَلَّتْ عُيُونُهَا لِعَدَمِ وُجُودِ الْعُشْبِ».

7 Though our iniquities testify against us, O LORD, work Thou for Thy name's sake; for our backslidings are many, we have sinned against Thee.

٧ وَإِنْ تَكُنْ آثَامُنَا تَشْهَدُ عَلَيْنَا يَا رَبُّ، فَلأَجْلِ اسْمِكَ خَلِّصْنَا، لأَنَّ مَعَاصِيَنَا كَثُرَتْ وَقَدْ أَخْطَأْنَا إِلَيْكَ.

8 O Thou hope of Israel, the Saviour thereof in time of trouble, why shouldest Thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry for a night?

٨ يَا رَجَاءَ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَمُخَلِّصَهُ فِي وَقْتِ الضِّيقِ، لِمَاذَا تَكُونُ كَغَرِيبٍ فِي الأَرْضِ، وَكَعَابِرِ سَبِيلٍ يَمِيلُ لِيَبِيتَ ثُمَّ يَمْضِي؟

9 Why shouldest thou be as a man overcome, as a mighty man that cannot save? Yet Thou, O LORD, art in the midst of us, and Thy name is called upon us; leave us not.

٩ لِمَاذَا تَكُونُ كَالرَّجُلِ الْمُتَحَيِّرِ وكَجَبَّارٍ يَعْجِزُ عَنِ الْخَلاصِ؟ وَأَنْتَ يَا رَبُّ قَائِمٌ فِي وَسَطِنَا، وَبِاسْمِكَ دُعِينَا، فَلا تَتْرُكْنَا.

10 Thus saith the LORD unto this people: Even so have they loved to wander, they have not refrained their feet; therefore the LORD doth not accept them, now will He remember their iniquity, and punish their sins.

١٠ وَهَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ الرَّبُّ لِهَذَا الشَّعْبِ: «لَشَدَّ مَا أَحَبُّوا التَّجَوُّلَ وَلَمْ يَمْتَنِعُوا عَنِ الشَّرِّ، لِذَلِكَ لَا يَقْبَلُهُمُ اللهُ. وَالآنَ يَذْكُرُ إِثْمَهُمْ وَيُعَاقِبُ خَطَايَاهُمْ».

11 And the LORD said unto me: 'Pray not for this people for their good.

١١ وَقَالَ لِيَ الرَّبُّ: «لا تُصَلِّ لِخَيْرِ الشَّعْبِ.

12 When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt-offering and meal-offering, I will not accept them; but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence.'

١٢ وَإِنْ صَامُوا فَلَنْ أَسْتَجِيبَ إِلَى صُرَاخِهِمْ، وَإِنْ قَرَّبُوا مُحْرَقَاتٍ وَتَقْدِمَاتِ دَقِيقٍ فَلَنْ أَتَقَبَّلَهَا، وَلَكِنِّي أُفْنِيهِمْ بِالسَّيْفِ وَالْمَجَاعَةِ وَالْوَبَاءِ».

13 Then said I: 'Ah, Lord GOD! behold, the prophets say unto them: Ye shall not see the sword, neither shall ye have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place.'

١٣ ثُمَّ قُلْتُ: «آهِ أَيُّهَا السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ، هَا الأَنْبِيَاءُ الْكَذَبَةُ يَقُولُونَ لَهُمْ: لَنْ تَتَعَرَّضُوا لِلسَّيْفِ وَلا لِلْجُوعِ، بَلْ أُنْعِمُ عَلَيْكُمْ بِسَلامٍ مُحَقَّقٍ فِي هَذَا الْمَوْضِعِ».

14 Then the LORD said unto me: 'The prophets prophesy lies in My name; I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spoke I unto them; they prophesy unto you a lying vision, and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their own heart.

١٤ وَقَالَ لِيَ الرَّبُّ: «إِنَّ الأَنْبِيَاءَ يَتَنَبَّأُونَ زُوراً بِاسْمِي وَأَنَا لَمْ أُرْسِلْهُمْ وَلَمْ آمُرْهُمْ، وَلَمْ أُكَلِّمْهُمْ، إِنَّمَا هُمْ يَتَنَبَّأُونَ لَكُمْ بِرُؤْيَا كَاذِبَةٍ وَعِرَافَةٍ بَاطِلَةٍ مُسْتَوْحَاةٍ مِنْ ضَلالِ قُلُوبِهِمْ.

15 Therefore thus saith the LORD: As for the prophets that prophesy in My name, and I sent them not, yet they say: Sword and famine shall not be in this land, by sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed;

١٥ لِذَلِكَ هَكَذَا يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ عَنْ هَؤُلاءِ الأَنْبِيَاءِ الْمُتَنَبِّئِينَ بِاسْمِي: مَعَ أَنِّي لَمْ أُرْسِلْهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ يَقُولُونَ: لَنْ تُبْتَلَى هَذِهِ الأَرْضُ بِسَيْفٍ وَلا مَجَاعَةٍ، لِهَذَا فَإِنَّ هَؤلاءِ الأَنْبِيَاءَ يَفْنَوْنَ بِالسَّيْفِ وَالْمَجَاعَةِ.

16 and the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; and they shall have none to bury them, them, their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters; for I will pour their evil upon them.'

١٦ وَيَغْدُو الشَّعْبُ الَّذِي يَتَنَبَّأُونَ لَهُ، مَطْرُوحاً صَرِيعاً فِي شَوَارِعِ أُورُشَلِيمَ فَرِيسَةَ الْجُوعِ وَالسَّيْفِ، وَلَيْسَ مَنْ يَدْفِنُهُمْ هُمْ وَنِسَاءَهُمْ وَأَبْنَاءَهُمْ وَبَنَاتِهِمْ، وَأَصُبُّ شَرَّهُمْ عَلَيْهِمْ».

17 And thou shalt say this word unto them: Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease; for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous blow.

١٧ وَقُلْ لَهُمْ هَذَا الْكَلامَ: «لِتَذْرِفْ عَيْنَايَ دُمُوعاً لَيْلاً وَنَهَاراً، وَلا تَكُفَّا أَبَداً لأَنَّ أُورُشَلِيمَ سُحِقَتْ سَحْقاً عَظِيماً بِضَرْبَةٍ أَلِيمَةٍ جِدّاً.

18 If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the sword! And if I enter into the city, then behold them that are sick with famine! For both the prophet and the priest are gone about to a land, and knew it not.

١٨ إِنْ خَرَجْتُ إِلَى الْحُقُولِ أَشْهَدُ قَتْلَى السَّيْفِ، وَإِنْ دَخَلْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ أَرَى ضَحَايَا الْمَجَاعَةِ. وَهَا النَّبِيُّ وَالْكَاهِنُ كِلاهُمَا يَذْهَبَانِ إِلَى أَرْضٍ لَا يَعْرِفَانِهَا».

19 Hast Thou utterly rejected Judah? Hath Thy soul loathed Zion? Why hast Thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of healing, and behold terror!

١٩ هَلْ تَنَكَّرْتَ لِيَهُوذَا كُلَّ التَّنَكُّرِ؟ وَهَلْ كَرِهَتْ نَفْسُكَ صِهْيَوْنَ؟ مَا بَالُكَ قَدِ ابْتَلَيْتَنَا بِضَرْبَةٍ لَا شِفَاءَ مِنْهَا؟ وَقَدْ طَلَبْنَا السَّلامَ فَلَمْ نَحْظَ بِالْخَيْرِ. رَجَوْنَا وَقْتَ الشِّفَاءِ وَإذَا بِنَا نَلْقَى الرُّعْبَ.

20 We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, even the iniquity of our fathers; for we have sinned against Thee.

٢٠ نَحْنُ نُقِرُّ بِشَرِّنَا يَا رَبُّ وَبِآثَامِ آبَائِنَا، لأَنَّنَا قَدْ أَخْطَأْنَا إِلَيْكَ.

21 Do not contemn us, for Thy name's sake, do not dishonour the throne of Thy glory; remember, break not Thy covenant with us.

٢١ لَا تَرْفُضْنَا مِنْ أَجْلِ اسْمِكَ وَلا تَهِنْ عَرْشَكَ الْمَجِيدَ. اذْكُرْ عَهْدَكَ مَعَنَا وَلا تَنْقُضْهُ.

22 Are there any among the vanities of the nations that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? Art not Thou He, O LORD our God, and do we not wait for Thee? For Thou hast made all these things.

٢٢ هَلْ بَيْنَ أَصْنَامِ الأُمَمِ الْبَاطِلَةِ مَنْ يَمْطُرُ؟ أَوْ هَلْ تَسْكُبُ السَّمَوَاتُ بِنَفْسِهَا وَابِلَ الْغَيْثِ؟ أَلَسْتَ أَنْتَ الرَّبَّ إِلَهَنَا؟ إِنَّنَا إِيَّاكَ نَرْجُو لأَنَّكَ أَنْتَ صَنَعْتَ هَذِهِ جَمِيعَهَا.