Jeremias 13
1 Thus says the Lord, Go and procure for yourself a linen girdle, and put it about your loins, and let it not be put in water.
| ثُمَّ قَالَ الرَّبُّ لِي: «امْضِ وَاشْتَرِ لِنَفْسِكَ مِنْطَقَةً مِنْ كَتَّانٍ وَلُفَّهَا حَوْلَ حَقْوَيْكَ، وَلا تَضَعْهَا فِي الْمَاءِ». | ١ |
2 So I procured the girdle according to the word of the Lord, and put it about my loins.
| فَاشْتَرَيْتُ مِنْطَقَةً كَأَمْرِ الرَّبِّ وَلَفَفْتُهَا حَوْلَ حَقْوَيَّ، | ٢ |
3 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
| ثُمَّ كَلَّمَنِي الرَّبُّ ثَانِيَةً | ٣ |
4 Take the girdle that is upon your loins, and arise, and go to the Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of the rock.
| «خُذِ الْمِنْطَقَةَ الَّتِي اشْتَرَيْتَهَا، الْمَلْفُوفَةَ حَوْلَ حَقْوَيْكَ، وَاذْهَبْ إِلَى نَهْرِ الْفُرَاتِ، وَاطْمُرْهَا فِي شَقِّ صَخْرٍ». | ٤ |
5 So I went, and hid it by the Euphrates, as the Lord commanded me.
| فَانْطَلَقْتُ وَطَمَرْتُهَا عِنْدَ الْفُرَاتِ كَأَمْرِ الرَّبِّ. | ٥ |
6 And it came to pass after many days, that the Lord said to me, Arise, go to the Euphrates, and take thence the girdle, which I commanded you to hide there.
| وَبَعْدَ عِدَّةِ أَيَّامٍ قَالَ لِيَ الرَّبُّ: «اذْهَبْ إِلَى الْفُرَاتِ وَخُذِ الْمِنْطَقَةَ الَّتِي أَمَرْتُكَ أَنْ تَطْمِرَهَا هُنَاكَ». | ٦ |
7 So I went to the river Euphrates, and dug, and took the girdle out of the place where I [had] buried it: and, behold, it was rotten, utterly good for nothing.
| فَقَصَدْتُ إِلَى الْفُرَاتِ وَحَفَرْتُ الْمَوْضِعَ وَأَخَذْتُ الْمِنْطَقَةَ مِنْ حَيْثُ طَمَرْتُهَا، وَإذَا بِها قَدْ تَلِفَتْ وَلَمْ تَعُدْ تَصْلُحُ لِشَيْءٍ. | ٧ |
8 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, Thus says the Lord,
| فَأَوْحَى إِلَيَّ الرَّبُّ بِكَلِمَتِهِ. | ٨ |
9 Thus will I mar the pride of Juda, and the pride of Jerusalem;
| «هَكَذَا سَأُحَطِّمُ كِبْرِيَاءَ يَهُوذَا وَكِبْرِيَاءَ أُورُشَلِيمَ الْعَظِيمَةِ. | ٩ |
10 [even] this great pride [of the men] that will not listen to my words, and have gone after strange gods, to serve them, and to worship them: and they shall be as this girdle, which can be used for nothing.
| إِنَّ هَذَا الشَّعْبَ الشِّرِّيرَ الَّذِي أَبَى أَنْ يَسْتَمِعَ إِلَى كَلِمَتِي، وَانْسَاقَ بِعِنَادٍ خَلْفَ أَهْوَاءِ قَلْبِهِ، وَضَلَّ وَرَاءَ الأَصْنَامِ لِيَسْجُدَ لَهَا وَيَعْبُدَهَا، سَيُصْبِحُ مِثْلَ هَذِهِ الْمِنْطَقَةِ. | ١٠ |
11 For as a girdle cleaves about the loins of a man, so have I caused to cleave to myself the house of Israel, and the whole house of Juda; that they might be to me a famous people, and a praise, and a glory: but they did not listen to me.
| وَكَمَا أَنَّ الْمِنْطَقَةَ تَلْتَفُّ حَوْلَ حَقْوَيِ الإِنْسَانِ، هَكَذَا جَعَلْتُ كُلَّ ذُرِّيَّةِ يَهُوذَا تَلْتَفُّ حَوْلِي، لِيَكُونُوا لِي شَعْباً وَمَثَارَ شُهْرَةٍ وَفَخْرٍ وَمَجْدٍ. وَلَكِنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَسْمَعُوا». | ١١ |
12 And you shall say to this people, Every bottle shall be filled with wine: and it shall come to pass, if they shall say to you, Shall we not certainly know that every bottle shall be filled with wine? that you shall say to them,
| لِذَلِكَ قُلْ لَهُمْ: «هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: كُلُّ زِقٍّ يَمْتَلِئُ خَمْراً، فَيُجِيبُونَكَ: أَلَسْنَا نَعْرِفُ أَنَّ كُلَّ زِقٍّ يَمْتَلِئُ خَمْراً؟» | ١٢ |
13 Thus says the Lord, Behold, I [will] fill the inhabitants of this land, and their kings the sons of David that sit upon their throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and Juda and all the dwellers in Jerusalem, with strong drink.
| فَتَقُولُ لَهُمْ، «هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ الرَّبُّ: هَا أَنَا أَمْلَأُ بِالسُّكْرِ جَمِيعَ سُكَّانِ هَذِهِ الأَرْضِ وَالْمُلُوكَ مِنْ ذُرِّيَّةِ دَاوُدَ الْجَالِسِينَ عَلَى عَرْشِهِ، وَالْكَهَنَةَ، وَالأَنْبِيَاءَ وَكُلَّ أَهْلِ أُورُشَلِيمَ. | ١٣ |
14 And I will scatter them a man and his brother, and their fathers and their sons together: I will not have compassion, says the Lord, and I will not spare, neither will I pity [to save them] from destruction.
| وَأُهَشِّمُهُمُ الْوَاحِدَ فَوْقَ الآخَرِ، الآبَاءَ وَالأَبْنَاءَ مَعاً، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ. لَا أُشْفِقُ وَلا أَتَرَأَّفُ وَلا أَرْحَمُ، بَلْ أُهْلِكُهُمْ». | ١٤ |
15 Hear you, and give ear, and be not proud: for the Lord has spoken.
| فَاسْمَعُوا وَأصْغَوْا وَلا تَسْتَكْبِرُوا، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ قَدْ تَكَلَّمَ. | ١٥ |
16 Give glory to the Lord your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble on the dark mountains, and you shall wait for light, and behold the shadow of death, and they shall be brought into darkness.
| مَجِّدُوا الرَّبَّ إِلَهَكُمْ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَجْعَلَ الظَّلامَ يُخَيِّمُ عَلَيْكُمْ، وَقَبْلَ أَنْ تَتَعَثَّرَ أَقْدَامُكُمْ عَلَى الْجِبَالِ الْمُعْتِمَةِ. أَنْتُمْ تَرْتَقِبُونَ النُّورَ وَلَكِنَّهُ يُحَوِّلُهُ إِلَى ظَلامِ الْمَوْتِ وَيَجْعَلُهُ لَيْلاً دَامِساً. | ١٦ |
17 But if you will not listen, your soul shall weep in secret because of pride, and your eyes shall pour down tears, because the Lord's flock is sorely bruised.
| وَإِنْ لَمْ تُنْصِتُوا فَإِنَّ نَفْسِي تَبْكِي فِي الْخَفَاءِ مِنْ أَجْلِ كِبْرِيَائِكُمْ، وَتَذْرِفُ عَيْنَايَ الدُّمُوعَ الْمَرِيرَةَ، فَتَسِيلُ الْعَبَراتُ لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ قَدْ سَبَى شَعْبَهُ. | ١٧ |
18 Say you to the king and the princes, Humble yourselves, and sit down; for your crown of glory is removed from your head.
| قُلْ لِلْمَلِكِ وَلِلْمَلِكَةِ: «تَوَاضَعَا، وَتَنَازَلا عَنْ مَوْضِعِكُمَا لأَنَّ تَاجَ مَجْدِكُمَا قَدْ سَقَطَ عَنْ رَأْسَيْكُمَا». | ١٨ |
19 The cities toward the south were shut, and there was none to open [them]: Juda is removed [into captivity, ]they have suffered a complete removal.
| قَدْ أُغْلِقَتْ مُدُنُ النَّقَبِ وَلَيْسَ مَنْ يَفْتَحُهَا. سُبِيَ أَهْلُ يَهُوذَا بِجُمْلَتِهِمْ. سُبُوا جَمِيعاً وَلَمْ يَبْقَ مِنْهُمْ أَحَدٌ. | ١٩ |
20 Lift up your eyes, O Jerusalem, and behold them that come from the north; where is the flock that was given you, the sheep of your glory?
| ارْفَعُوا عُيُونَكُمْ وَشَاهِدُوا الْمُقْبِلِينَ مِنَ الشِّمَالِ. أَيْنَ الْقَطِيعُ الَّذِي عُهِدَ بِهِ إِلَيْكِ يَا أُورُشَلِيمُ؟ أَيْنَ قَطِيعُ افْتِخَارِكِ؟ | ٢٠ |
21 What will you say when they shall visit you, for you did teach them lessons for rule against yourself; shall not pangs seize you as a woman in travail?
| مَاذَا تَقُولِينَ حِينَ يُقِيمُ الرَّبُّ عَلَيْكِ رُؤَسَاءَ أُولَئِكَ الَّذِينَ عَلَّمْتِهِمْ أَنْ يَكُونُوا لَكِ أَحْلافاً؟ أَفَلا تَنْتَابُكِ الأَوْجَاعُ كَامْرَأَةٍ مَاخِضٍ؟ | ٢١ |
22 And if you should say in your heart, Therefore have these things happened to me? Because of the abundance of your iniquity have your skirts been discovered, that your heels might be exposed.
| وَإِنْ تَسَاءَلْتِ فِي نَفْسِكِ: «لِمَاذَا ابْتُلِيتُ بِهَذِهِ الأُمُورِ؟» إِنَّهَا عَاقِبَةُ كَثْرَةِ آثَامِكِ. قَدْ هُتِكَتْ أَذْيَالُكِ، وَاغْتُصِبَ جَسَدُكِ. | ٢٢ |
23 If the Ethiopian shall change his skin, or the leopardess her spots, then shall you be able to do good, having learned evil.
| هَلْ يُمْكِنُ لِلإِثْيُوبِيِّ أَنْ يُغَيِّرَ جِلْدَهُ، أَوْ لِلنَّمِرِ رُقَطَهُ؟ كَذَلِكَ أَنْتُمْ لَا تَقْدِرُونَ أَنْ تَصْنَعُوا خَيْراً بَعْدَ أَنْ أَلِفْتُمُ ارْتِكَابَ الشَّرِّ. | ٢٣ |
24 So I scattered them as sticks carried by the wind into the wilderness.
| «سَأُبَدِّدُكُمْ كَالْعُصَافَةِ الَّتِي تُذَرِّيهَا رِيحُ الْبَرِّيَّةِ. | ٢٤ |
25 Thus is your lot, and the reward of your disobedience to me, says the Lord; as you did forget me, and trust in lies,
| هَذِهِ قُرْعَتُكِ، النَّصِيبُ الَّذِي كِلْتُهُ لَكِ»، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ، «لأَنَّكِ نَسِيتِنِي وَاتَّكَلْتِ عَلَى الْكَذِبِ. | ٢٥ |
26 I also will expose your skirts upon your face, and your shame shall be seen;
| فَأَنَا أَيْضاً أَرْفَعُ أَذْيَالَكِ عَلَى وَجْهِكِ لِيَنْكَشِفَ عَارُكِ. | ٢٦ |
27 your adultery also, and your neighing, and the looseness of your fornication: on the hills and in the fields I have seen your abominations. Woe to you, O Jerusalem, for you have not been purified so as to follow me; how long yet [shall it be]?
| قَدْ شَهِدْتُ عَلَى التِّلالِ فِي الْحُقُولِ فِسْقَكِ وَحَمْحَمَةَ فُجُورِكِ وَعَهْرَ زِنَاكِ. وَيْلٌ لَكِ يَا أُورُشَلِيمُ. إِلَى مَتَى تَظَلِّينَ غَيْرَ طَاهِرَةٍ؟» | ٢٧ |
