Jeremiah 3

1 They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man's, shall he return unto her again? shall not that land be greatly polluted? but you have played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, says the LORD.

١ «قَائِلًا: إِذَا طَلَّقَ رَجُلٌ ٱمْرَأَتَهُ فَٱنْطَلَقَتْ مِنْ عِنْدِهِ وَصَارَتْ لِرَجُلٍ آخَرَ، فَهَلْ يَرْجِعُ إِلَيْهَا بَعْدُ؟ أَلَا تَتَنَجَّسُ تِلْكَ ٱلْأَرْضُ نَجَاسَةً؟ أَمَّا أَنْتِ فَقَدْ زَنَيْتِ بِأَصْحَابٍ كَثِيرِينَ! لَكِنِ ٱرْجِعِي إِلَيَّ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ.

2 Lift up your eyes unto the high places, and see where you have not been lien with. In the ways have you sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and you have polluted the land with your whoredoms and with your wickedness.

٢ اِرْفَعِي عَيْنَيْكِ إِلَى ٱلْهِضَابِ وَٱنْظُرِي، أَيْنَ لَمْ تُضَاجَعِي؟ فِي ٱلطُّرُقَاتِ جَلَسْتِ لَهُمْ كَأَعْرَابِيٍّ فِي ٱلْبَرِّيَّةِ، وَنَجَّسْتِ ٱلْأَرْضَ بِزِنَاكِ وَبِشَرِّكِ.

3 Therefore the showers have been withheld, and there has been no latter rain; and you had a whore's forehead, you refused to be ashamed.

٣ فَٱمْتَنَعَ ٱلْغَيْثُ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ مَطَرٌ مُتَأَخِّرٌ. وَجَبْهَةُ ٱمْرَأَةٍ زَانِيَةٍ كَانَتْ لَكِ. أَبَيْتِ أَنْ تَخْجَلِي.

4 Will you not from this time cry unto me, My father, you are the guide of my youth?

٤ أَلَسْتِ مِنَ ٱلْآنَ تَدْعِينَنِي: يَا أَبِي، أَلِيفُ صِبَايَ أَنْتَ؟

5 Will he reserve his anger for ever? will he keep it to the end? Behold, you have spoken and done evil things as you could.

٥ هَلْ يَحْقِدُ إِلَى ٱلدَّهْرِ، أَوْ يَحْفَظُ غَضَبَهُ إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ؟ هَا قَدْ تَكَلَّمْتِ وَعَمِلْتِ شُرُورًا، وَٱسْتَطَعْتِ!».

6 The LORD said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Have you seen that which backsliding Israel has done? she is gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there has played the harlot.

٦ وَقَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ لِي فِي أَيَّامِ يُوشِيَّا ٱلْمَلِكِ: «هَلْ رَأَيْتَ مَا فَعَلَتِ ٱلْعَاصِيَةُ إِسْرَائِيلُ؟ اِنْطَلَقَتْ إِلَى كُلِّ جَبَلٍ عَالٍ، وَإِلَى كُلِّ شَجَرَةٍ خَضْرَاءَ وَزَنَتْ هُنَاكَ.

7 And I said after she had done all these things, Turn you unto me. But she returned not. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it.

٧ فَقُلْتُ بَعْدَ مَا فَعَلَتْ كُلَّ هَذِهِ: ٱرْجِعِي إِلَيَّ. فَلَمْ تَرْجِعْ. فَرَأَتْ أُخْتُهَا ٱلْخَائِنَةُ يَهُوذَا.

8 And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.

٨ فَرَأَيْتُ أَنَّهُ لِأَجْلِ كُلِّ ٱلْأَسْبَابِ إِذْ زَنَتِ ٱلْعَاصِيَةُ إِسْرَائِيلُ فَطَلَّقْتُهَا وَأَعْطَيْتُهَا كِتَابَ طَلَاقِهَا، لَمْ تَخَفِ ٱلْخَائِنَةُ يَهُوذَا أُخْتُهَا، بَلْ مَضَتْ وَزَنَتْ هِيَ أَيْضًا.

9 And it came to pass through the levity of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.

٩ وَكَانَ مِنْ هَوَانِ زِنَاهَا أَنَّهَا نَجَّسَتِ ٱلْأَرْضَ وَزَنَتْ مَعَ ٱلْحَجَرِ وَمَعَ ٱلشَّجَرِ.

10 And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah has not turned unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, says the LORD.

١٠ وَفِي كُلِّ هَذَا أَيْضًا لَمْ تَرْجِعْ إِلَيَّ أُخْتُهَا ٱلْخَائِنَةُ يَهُوذَا بِكُلِّ قَلْبِهَا، بَلْ بِٱلْكَذِبِ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ».

11 And the LORD said unto me, The backsliding Israel has justified herself more than treacherous Judah.

١١ فَقَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ لِي: «قَدْ بَرَّرَتْ نَفْسَهَا ٱلْعَاصِيَةُ إِسْرَائِيلُ أَكْثَرَ مِنَ ٱلْخَائِنَةِ يَهُوذَا.

12 Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, you backsliding Israel, says the LORD; and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, says the LORD, and I will not keep anger for ever.

١٢ «اِذْهَبْ وَنَادِ بِهَذِهِ ٱلْكَلِمَاتِ نَحْوَ ٱلشِّمَالِ، وَقُلِ: ٱرْجِعِي أَيَّتُهَا ٱلْعَاصِيَةُ إِسْرَائِيلُ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ. لَا أُوقِعُ غَضَبِي بِكُمْ لِأَنِّي رَؤُوفٌ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ. لَا أَحْقِدُ إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ.

13 Only acknowledge your iniquity, that you have transgressed against the LORD your God, and have scattered your ways to the strangers under every green tree, and all of you have not obeyed my voice, says the LORD.

١٣ اِعْرِفِي فَقَطْ إِثْمَكِ أَنَّكِ إِلَى ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِكِ أَذْنَبْتِ، وَفَرَّقْتِ طُرُقَكِ لِلْغُرَبَاءِ تَحْتَ كُلِّ شَجَرَةٍ خَضْرَاءَ، وَلِصَوْتِي لَمْ تَسْمَعُوا، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ.

14 Turn, O backsliding children, says the LORD; for I am married unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion:

١٤ اِرْجِعُوا أَيُّهَا ٱلْبَنُونَ ٱلْعُصَاةُ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ، لِأَنِّي سُدْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ فَآخُذَكُمْ وَاحِدًا مِنَ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ، وَٱثْنَيْنِ مِنَ ٱلْعَشِيرَةِ، وَآتِي بِكُمْ إِلَى صِهْيَوْنَ،

15 And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.

١٥ وَأُعْطِيكُمْ رُعَاةً حَسَبَ قَلْبِي، فَيَرْعُونَكُمْ بِٱلْمَعْرِفَةِ وَٱلْفَهْمِ.

16 And it shall come to pass, when all of you be multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, says the LORD, they shall say no more, The ark of the covenant of the LORD: neither shall it come to mind: neither shall they remember it; neither shall they visit it; neither shall that be done any more.

١٦ وَيَكُونُ إِذْ تَكْثُرُونَ وَتُثْمِرُونَ فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ فِي تِلْكَ ٱلْأَيَّامِ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ، أَنَّهُمْ لَا يَقُولُونَ بَعْدُ: تَابُوتَ عَهْدِ ٱلرَّبِّ، وَلَا يَخْطُرُ عَلَى بَالٍ، وَلَا يَذْكُرُونَهُ وَلَا يَتَعَهَّدُونَهُ وَلَا يُصْنَعُ بَعْدُ.

17 At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the LORD; and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of the LORD, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after the imagination of their evil heart.

١٧ فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلزَّمَانِ يُسَمُّونَ أُورُشَلِيمَ كُرْسِيَّ ٱلرَّبِّ، وَيَجْتَمِعُ إِلَيْهَا كُلُّ ٱلْأُمَمِ، إِلَى ٱسْمِ ٱلرَّبِّ، إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَلَا يَذْهَبُونَ بَعْدُ وَرَاءَ عِنَادِ قَلْبِهِمِ ٱلشِّرِّيرِ.

18 In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north to the land that I have given for an inheritance unto your fathers.

١٨ فِي تِلْكَ ٱلْأَيَّامِ يَذْهَبُ بَيْتُ يَهُوذَا مَعَ بَيْتِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَيَأْتِيَانِ مَعًا مِنْ أَرْضِ ٱلشِّمَالِ إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ ٱلَّتِي مَلَّكْتُ آبَاءَكُمْ إِيَّاهَا.

19 But I said, How shall I put you among the children, and give you a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, You shall call me, My father; and shall not turn away from me.

١٩ وَأَنَا قُلْتُ: كَيْفَ أَضَعُكِ بَيْنَ ٱلْبَنِينَ، وَأُعْطِيكِ أَرْضًا شَهِيَّةً، مِيرَاثَ مَجْدِ أَمْجَادِ ٱلْأُمَمِ؟ وَقُلْتُ: تَدْعِينَنِي يَا أَبِي، وَمِنْ وَرَائِي لَا تَرْجِعِينَ.

20 Surely as a wife treacherously departs from her husband, so have all of you dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, says the LORD.

٢٠ «حَقًّا إِنَّهُ كَمَا تَخُونُ ٱلْمَرْأَةُ قَرِينَهَا، هَكَذَا خُنْتُمُونِي يَا بَيْتَ إِسْرَائِيلَ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ».

21 A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and supplications of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, and they have forgotten the LORD their God.

٢١ سُمِعَ صَوْتٌ عَلَى ٱلْهِضَابِ، بُكَاءُ تَضَرُّعَاتِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ. لِأَنَّهُمْ عَوَّجُوا طَرِيقَهُمْ. نَسُوا ٱلرَّبَّ إِلَهَهُمْ.

22 Return, all of you backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto you; for you are the LORD our God.

٢٢ «اِرْجِعُوا أَيُّهَا ٱلْبَنُونَ ٱلْعُصَاةُ فَأَشْفِيَ عِصْيَانَكُمْ». «هَا قَدْ أَتَيْنَا إِلَيْكَ، لِأَنَّكَ أَنْتَ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُنَا.

23 Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the multitude of mountains: truly in the LORD our God is the salvation of Israel.

٢٣ حَقًّا بَاطِلَةٌ هِيَ ٱلْآكَامُ ثَرْوَةُ ٱلْجِبَالِ. حَقًّا بِٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِنَا خَلَاصُ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

24 For shame has devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.

٢٤ وَقَدْ أَكَلَ ٱلْخِزْيُ تَعَبَ آبَائِنَا مُنْذُ صِبَانَا، غَنَمَهُمْ وَبَقَرَهُمْ بَنِيهِمْ وَبَنَاتِهِمْ.

25 We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covers us: for we have sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God.

٢٥ نَضْطَجِعُ فِي خِزْيِنَا وَيُغَطِّينَا خَجَلُنَا، لِأَنَّنَا إِلَى ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِنَا أَخْطَأْنَا، نَحْنُ وَآبَاؤُنَا مُنْذُ صِبَانَا إِلَى هَذَا ٱلْيَوْمِ، وَلَمْ نَسْمَعْ لِصَوْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِنَا».