Jeremiah 4
1 If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the LORD, yea, return unto Me; and if thou wilt put away thy detestable things out of My sight, and wilt not waver;
| وَيَقُولُ الرَّبُّ: «إِنْ رَجَعْتَ إِلَيَّ يَا شَعْبَ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَأَزَلْتَ أَصْنَامَكَ الْمَقِيتَةَ مِنْ أَمَامِي، وَكَفَفْتَ عَنِ الضَّلالِ، | ١ |
2 And wilt swear: 'As the LORD liveth' in truth, in justice, and in righteousness; then shall the nations bless themselves by Him, and in Him shall they glory.
| وَإِنْ حَلَفْتَ بِالْحَقِّ وَالْعَدْلِ وَالْبِرِّ قَائِلاً:’حَيٌّ هُوَ الرَّبُّ‘، عِنْدَئِذٍ تَتَبَارَكُ بِهِ الأُمَمُ، وَتَفْتَخِرُ.» | ٢ |
3 For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem: Break up for you a fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.
| لأَنَّ هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ الرَّبُّ لِرِجَالِ يَهُوذَا وَلأَهْلِ أُورُشَلِيمَ: «احْرُثُوا لَكُمْ حَرْثاً، وَلا تَزْرَعُوا بَيْنَ الأَشْوَاكِ. | ٣ |
4 Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem; lest My fury go forth like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.
| اخْتَتِنُوا لِلرَّبِّ، وَأَزِيلُوا قُلَفَ قُلُوبِكُمْ (أَيْ طَهِّرُوا عُقُولَكُمْ وَقُلُوبَكُمْ وَلَيْسَ أَجْسَادَكُمْ فَقَطْ) لِئَلَّا يَتَفَجَّرَ غَضَبِي كَنَارٍ فَتُحْرِقَ وَلَيْسَ مَنْ يُخْمِدُهَا، مِنْ جَرَّاءِ أَعْمَالِكُمُ الشِّرِّيرَةِ. | ٤ |
5 Declare ye in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem, and say: 'Blow ye the horn in the land'; cry aloud and say: 'Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the fortified cities.'
| أَذِيعُوا فِي يَهُوذَا، وَأَعْلِنُوا فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ قَائِلِينَ: انْفُخُوا بِالْبُوقِ فِي الْبِلادِ، وَنَادُوا بِصَوْتٍ مُرْتَفِعٍ، وَقُولُوا: احْتَشِدُوا وَلْنَدْخُلِ الْمُدُنَ الْمُحَصَّنَةَ، | ٥ |
6 Set up a standard toward Zion; put yourselves under covert, stay not; for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction.
| ارْفَعُوا الرَّايَةَ دَاعِينَ لِلُّجُوءِ إِلَى صِهْيَوْنَ. لُوذُوا بِمَأْمَنٍ. لَا تَتَقَاعَسُوا، لأَنِّي جَالِبٌ عَلَيْكُمْ مِنَ الشِّمَالِ دَمَاراً وَخَرَاباً. | ٦ |
7 A lion is gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations is set out, gone forth from his place; to make thy land desolate, that thy cities be laid waste, without inhabitant.
| قَدْ بَرَزَ أَسَدٌ مِنْ عَرِينِهِ، وَزَحَفَ مُدَمِّرُ الشُّعُوبِ. قَدْ أَقْبَلَ مِنْ مَكَانِهِ لِيَخْرِبَ أَرْضَكُمْ، فَتُصْبِحُ مُدُنُكُمْ أَطْلالاً مَهْجُورَةً مِنَ السُّكَّانِ. | ٧ |
8 For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and wail; for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us.
| لِذَلِكَ تَمَنْطَقُوا بِالْمُسُوحِ، وَنُوحُوا وَوَلْوِلُوا، لأَنَّ غَضَبَ الرَّبِّ الْمُحْتَدِمَ لَمْ يَرْتَدَّ عَنَّا» | ٨ |
9 And it shall come to pass at that day, saith the LORD, that the heart of the king shall fail, and the heart of the princes; and the priests shall be astonished, and the prophets shall wonder.
| وَيَقُولُ الرَّبُّ: «فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ يَنْهَارُ قَلْبُ الْمَلِكِ وَقُلُوبُ رِجَالِ دَوْلَتِهِ خَوْفاً. وَيَعْتَرِي الْكَهَنَةَ الْفَزَعُ، وَيَسْتَوْلِي الذُّهُولُ عَلَى الأَنْبِيَاءِ». | ٩ |
10 Then said I: 'Ah, Lord GOD! surely Thou hast greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying: Ye shall have peace; whereas the sword reacheth unto the soul.'
| عِنْدَئِذٍ قُلْتُ: «آهِ أَيُّهَا السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ، حَقّاً إِنَّكَ خَدَعْتَ هَذَا الشَّعْبَ، وَأَوْهَمْتَ أَهْلَ أُورُشَلِيمَ قَائِلاً: سَيَكُونُ لَكُمْ سَلامٌ، وَهَا السَّيْفُ قَدْ بَلَغَ حَدَّ النَّفْسِ. | ١٠ |
11 At that time shall it be said of this people and of Jerusalem; A hot wind of the high hills in the wilderness toward the daughter of My people, not to fan, nor to cleanse;
| وَيُقَالُ فِي ذَلِكَ الْحِينِ لِهَذَا الشَّعْبِ وَلأَهْلِ أُورُشَلِيمَ: سَتَهُبُّ رِيحٌ لافِحَةٌ مِنْ هِضَابِ الصَّحْرَاءِ نَحْوَ بِنْتِ شَعْبِي، لَا تَسْتَهْدِفُ التَّذْرِيَةَ وَلا التَّنْقِيَةَ، | ١١ |
12 A wind too strong for this shall come for Me; now will I also utter judgments against them.
| إِنَّمَا هِيَ رِيحٌ أَشَدُّ عُتُوّاً مِنْهَا، تَهُبُّ بِأَمْرِي، فَأُصْدِرُ أَنَا أَيْضاً أَحْكَامِي عَلَيْهِمْ». | ١٢ |
13 Behold, he cometh up as clouds, and his chariots are as the whirlwind; his horses are swifter than eagles. — 'Woe unto us! for we are undone.' —
| انْظُرُوا، هَا هُوَ مُقْبِلٌ كَسَحَابٍ، وَمَرْكَبَاتُهُ كَزَوْبَعَةٍ، وَجِيَادُهُ أَسْرَعُ مِنَ النُّسُورِ. وَيْلٌ لَنَا لأَنَّنَا قَدْ هَلَكْنَا. | ١٣ |
14 O Jerusalem, wash thy heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy baleful thoughts lodge within thee?
| يَا أُورُشَلِيمُ، اغْسِلِي مِنَ الشَّرِّ قَلْبَكِ فَتَخْلُصِي. إِلَى مَتَى تَظَلُّ أَفْكَارُكِ الْبَاطِلَةُ مُتَرَعْرِعَةً فِي وَسَطِكِ؟ | ١٤ |
15 For hark! one declareth from Dan, and announceth calamity from the hills of Ephraim:
| هَا صَوْتٌ يُنَادِي مِنْ أَرْضِ ذُرِّيَّةِ دَانٍ، يُعْلِنُ عَنْ وُقُوعِ كَارِثَةٍ مِنْ جَبَلِ أَفْرَايِمَ. | ١٥ |
16 'Make ye mention to the nations: Behold — publish concerning Jerusalem — watchers come from a far country, and give out their voice against the cities of Judah.'
| «خَبِّرُوا الأُمَمَ وَأَعْلِنُوهُ لأَهْلِ أُورُشَلِيمَ: إنَّ جَيْشَ الْمُحَاصِرِينَ مُقْبِلٌ مِنْ أَرْضٍ بَعِيدَةٍ، وَقَدْ أَطْلَقَ هُتَافَاتِ الْحَرْبِ عَلَى مُدُنِ يَهُوذَا. | ١٦ |
17 As keepers of a field are they against her round about; because she hath been rebellious against Me, saith the LORD.
| أَحَاطُوا بِها كَحُرَّاسِ الْحُقُولِ لأَنَّهَا تَمَرَّدَتْ عَلَيَّ» يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ. | ١٧ |
18 Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness; yea, it is bitter, yea, it reacheth unto thy heart.
| «طُرُقُكِ وَأَعْمَالُكِ جَرَّتْ عَلَيْكِ هَذَا الْعِقَابَ، هَذَا قَصَاصُكِ وَمَا أَمَرَّهُ مِنْ قَصَاصٍ، لأَنَّهُ يَخْتَرِقُ ذَاتَ قَلْبِكِ». | ١٨ |
19 My bowels, my bowels! I writhe in pain! The chambers of my heart! My heart moaneth within me! I cannot hold my peace! because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the horn, the alarm of war.
| لَشَدَّ مَا أَتَعَذَّبُ! لَشَدَّ مَا أَتَعَذَّبُ! قَلْبِي يَتَلَوَّى أَلَماً. فُؤَادِي يَئِنُّ فِي دَاخِلِي فَلا أَسْتَطِيعُ الصَّمْتَ، لأَنِّي سَمِعْتُ دَوِيَّ الْبُوقِ وَصَيْحَاتِ الْقِتَالِ. | ١٩ |
20 Destruction followeth upon destruction, for the whole land is spoiled; suddenly are my tents spoiled, my curtains in a moment.
| كَارِثَةٌ فِي أَعْقَابِ كَارِثَةٍ، وَالأَرْضُ قَاطِبَةً قَدِ اسْتَحَالَتْ خَرَاباً، فَتَهَدَّمَتْ فِي لَحْظَةٍ خِيَامِي، وَبُيُوتِي تَدَمَّرَتْ بَغْتَةً. | ٢٠ |
21 How long shall I see the standard, shall I hear the sound of the horn?
| إِلَى مَتَى أَظَلُّ أَرَى رَايَةَ الْمَعْرَكَةِ، وَأَسْمَعُ دَوِيَّ الْبُوقِ؟ | ٢١ |
22 For My people is foolish, they know Me not; they are sottish children, and they have no understanding; they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
| «إِنَّ قَوْمِي حَمْقَى لَا يَعْرِفُونَنِي. هُمْ أَبْنَاءٌ أَغْبِيَاءُ مُجَرَّدُونَ مِنَ الْفَهْمِ، حَاذِقُونَ فِي ارْتِكَابِ الشَّرِّ، وَجُهَلاءُ فِي صُنْعِ الْخَيْرِ». | ٢٢ |
23 I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was waste and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.
| تَأَمَّلْتُ الأَرْضَ فَإِذَا هِيَ خَرِبَةٌ خَاوِيَةٌ، وَتَطَلَّعْتُ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ فَإِذَا هِيَ مُظْلِمَةٌ. | ٢٣ |
24 I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved to and fro.
| نَظَرْتُ إِلَى الْجِبَالِ وَإذَا بِها تَرْتَجِفُ، وَإِلَى الآكَامِ وَإذَا بِها تَتَقَلْقَلُ. | ٢٤ |
25 I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.
| تَلَفَّتُّ حَوْلِي فَلَمْ أَجِدْ إِنْسَاناً، وَإذَا كُلُّ الطُّيُورِ قَدْ هَرَبَتْ. | ٢٥ |
26 I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful field was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the LORD, and before His fierce anger.
| نَظَرْتُ وَإذَا بِالأَرْضِ الْخَصِيبَةِ قَدْ تَحَوَّلَتْ إِلَى بَرِّيَّةٍ، وَأَصْبَحَتْ جَمِيعُ مُدُنِهَا أَطْلالاً أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ وَأَمَامَ غَضَبِهِ الْمُحْتَدِمِ. | ٢٦ |
27 For thus saith the LORD: The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end.
| وَهَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ: «سَتَحِيقُ الْوَحْشَةُ بِكُلِّ الأَرْضِ، وَلَكِنِّي لَنْ أُفْنِيَهَا. | ٢٧ |
28 For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black; because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and I have not repented, neither will I turn back from it.
| فَمِنْ أَجْلِ هَذَا تَنُوحُ الأَرْضُ وَتُظْلِمُ السَّمَاوَاتُ مِنْ فَوْقُ، لأَنِّي قَدْ نَطَقْتُ بِقَضَائِي. وَهَكَذَا قَرَّرْتُ، لِذَلِكَ لَا أَنْدَمُ وَلا أَرْجِعُ عَنْ عَزْمِي.» | ٢٨ |
29 For the noise of the horsemen and bowmen the whole city fleeth; they go into the thickets, and climb up upon the rocks; every city is forsaken, and not a man dwelleth therein.
| مِنْ جَلَبَةِ الْفَارِسِ وَرَامِي السِّهَامِ يَهْرُبُ أَهْلُ الْمُدُنِ، وَيُوْغِلُونَ فِي الْغَابَاتِ وَيَتَسَلَّقُونَ الصُّخُورَ. قَدْ أَصْبَحَتِ الْمُدُنُ جَمِيعُهَا مَهْجُورَةً لَا يُقِيمُ فِيهَا إِنْسَانٌ. | ٢٩ |
30 And thou, that art spoiled, what doest thou, that thou clothest thyself with scarlet, that thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, that thou enlargest thine eyes with paint? In vain dost thou make thyself fair; thy lovers despise thee, they seek thy life.
| وَأَنْتِ أَيَّتُهَا الْمَدِينَةُ الْمُوْحِشَةُ، مَاذَا تَصْنَعِينَ؟ مَهْمَا لَبِسْتِ الثِّيَابَ الْقِرْمِزِيَّةَ، وَتَحَلَّيْتِ بِزِينَةٍ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ، مَهْمَا كَحَّلْتِ عَيْنَيْكِ، فَبَاطِلاً تُجَمِّلِينَ ذَاتَكِ، فَقَدْ نَبَذَكِ عُشَّاقُكِ وَسَعَوْا لِلْقَضَاءِ عَلَيْكِ. | ٣٠ |
31 For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, that gaspeth for breath, that spreadeth her hands: 'Woe is me, now! for my soul fainteth before the murderers.'
| لأَنِّي سَمِعْتُ صَرْخَةً كَصَرْخَةِ امْرَأَةٍ فِي مَخَاضٍ، وَأَنَّةَ عَذَابٍ كَعَذَابِ مَنْ تُقَاسِي فِي وِلادَةِ بِكْرِهَا. إِنَّهَا صَرْخَةُ ابْنَةِ صِهْيَوْنَ الَّتِي تَزْفِرُ لاهِثَةً وَتَبْسُطُ يَدَيْهَا قَائِلَةً: وَيْلٌ لِي! قَدْ غُشِيَ عَلَيَّ أَمَامَ الْقَتَلَةِ. | ٣١ |
