Jeremiah 6

1 Assemble, O ye children of Benjamin, to flee out of the midst of Jerusalem, and in Tekoa, blow the cornet, and on Beth-hakkerem set up a fire signal; for evil is seen [coming] out of the north, and great havoc.

١ «لُوذُوا بِالْنَّجَاةِ يَا ذُرِّيَّةَ بِنْيَامِينَ، وَاهْرُبُوا مِنْ وَسَطِ أُورُشَلِيمَ. انْفُخُوا بِالْبُوقِ فِي تَقُوعَ، وَأَشْعِلُوا عَلَمَ نَارٍ عَلَى بَيْتِ هَكَّارِيمَ، لأَنَّ الشَّرَّ قَدْ أَقْبَلَ مِنَ الشِّمَالِ لِيَعِيثَ فِي الأَرْضِ خَرَاباً.

2 The comely and the delicate, the daughter of Zion do I destroy.

٢ هَا أَنَا أُهْلِكُ أُورُشَلِيمَ الْجَمِيلَةَ الْمُتْرَفَةَ ابْنَةَ صِهْيَوْنَ،

3 Unto her shall come shepherds with their flocks; they shall pitch their tents against her round about; they shall feed off every one his own place.

٣ فَيَحُلُّ بِها الرُّعَاةُ مَعَ قُطْعَانِهِمْ، وَيَضْرِبُونَ حَوْلَهَا خِيَامَهُمْ، وَيَرْعَى كُلٌّ مِنْهُمْ حَيْثُ نَزَلَ.

4 Prepare ye war against her! “Arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe unto us! for the day waneth, for the shadows of the evening are stretched out.

٤ أَعِدُّوا عَلَيْهَا حَرْباً. قُومُوا نُهَاجِمُهَا عِنْدَ الظَّهِيرَةِ. وَيْلٌ لَنَا فَقَدْ مَالَ النَّهَارُ وَانْتَشَرَتْ ظِلالُ الْمَسَاءِ.

5 Arise, and let us go up by night, and let us destroy her palaces.”

٥ هُبُّوا لِنَهْجُمَ فِي اللَّيْلِ وَنَهْدِمَ قُصُورَهَا».

6 For thus hath said the Lord of hosts, Cut ye down trees, and cast up a mound against Jerusalem: this is the city whose time of punishment is come; she is full of oppression in her midst.

٦ لأَنَّ هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ: «اقْطَعُوا الشَّجَرَ، وَأَقِيمُوا مِتْرَسَةً حَوْلَ أُورُشَلِيمَ، إِذْ يَجِبُ أَنْ تُعَاقَبَ هَذِهِ الْمَدِينَةُ، لأَنَّ دَاخِلَهَا مُفْعَمٌ بِالظُّلْمِ.

7 As a well sendeth forth its waters, so doth she cause her wickedness to spring forth: violence and robbery are heard in her; in my presence there are continually disease and wounds.

٧ وَكَمَا تُنْبِعُ الْعَيْنُ مِيَاهَهَا كَذَلِكَ هِيَ تُنْبِعُ شَرَّهَا. يَتَرَدَّدُ فِي أَرْجَائِهَا الظُّلْمُ وَيَعُمُّهَا السَّلْبُ، وَأَمَامِي دَائِماً مَرَضٌ وَبَلايَا.

8 Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, that my soul tear itself not away from thee; that I render thee not desolate, a land which is not inhabited.

٨ فَاحْذَرِي يَا أُورُشَلِيمُ لِئَلَّا أَجْفُوَكِ وَأَجْعَلَكِ مُوْحِشَةً وَأَرْضاً مَهْجُورَةً».

9 Thus hath said the Lord of hosts, They shall thoroughly glean like a vine the remnant of Israel: carry back thy hand as a grape-gatherer frequently to the baskets.

٩ وَهَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ: «لِيَجْمَعُوا بِدِقَّةٍ لِقَاطَ بَقِيَّةِ إِسْرَائِيلَ كَمَا يَجْمَعُونَ لِقَاطَ كَرْمَةٍ. رُدَّ يَدَكَ إِلَى الأَغْصَانِ ثَانِيَةً كَلاقِطِ الْعِنَبِ».

10 To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot be attentive: behold, the word of the Lord is become unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it.

١٠ لِمَنْ أَتَحَدَّثُ وَأُنْذِرُ حَتَّى يَسْمَعُوا؟ انْظُرْ! إِنَّ آذَانَهُمْ صَمَّاءُ فَلا يَسْمَعُونَ، وَكَلِمَةَ الرَّبِّ مَثَارُ خِزْيٍ لَهُمْ فَلا يُسَرُّونَ بِها.

11 And I am full of the fury of the Lord; I am weary with sustaining it: [I must] pour it out over the child in the street, and over the assembly of young men together; for even the husband with the wife shall be seized, the aged with him that is full of days.

١١ لِذَلِكَ امْتَلَأْتُ مِنْ سَخَطِ الرَّبِّ وَأَعْيَانِي كَبْتُهُ. «أَسْكُبُهُ عَلَى الأَوْلادِ فِي الطَّرِيقِ وَعَلَى الشُّبَّانِ الْمُجْتَمِعِينَ فِي مَجَالِسِهِمْ، فَيُصِيبُ الرَّجُلَ وَزَوْجَتَهُ وَالشَّيْخَ وَالطَّاعِنَ فِي السِّنِّ.

12 And their houses shall be transferred unto others, fields and wives together; for I will stretch out my hand over the inhabitants of the land, saith the Lord.

١٢ وَتَتَحَوَّلُ بُيُوتُهُمْ وَحقُولُهُمْ لآخَرِينَ، وَكَذَلِكَ نِسَاؤُهُمْ، لأَنِّي أَبْسُطُ يَدِي ضِدَّ سُكَّانِ الأَرْضِ» يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ

13 For from their least even unto their greatest, every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one practiseth falsehood.

١٣ «لأَنَّهُمْ جَمِيعاً، صِغَارَهُمْ وَكِبَارَهُمْ، مُوْلَعُونَ بالرِّبْحِ الْحَرَامِ. حَتَّى النَّبِيُّ وَالْكَاهِنُ يَرْتَكِبَانِ الزُّورَ فِي أَعْمَالِهِمَا.

14 And they heal the breach of the daughter of my people very lightly, saying, Peace, peace: when there is no peace.

١٤ يُعَالِجُونَ جِرَاحَ شَعْبِي بِاسْتِخْفَافٍ قَائِلِينَ:’سَلامٌ، سَلامٌ.‘فِي حِينِ لَا يُوْجَدُ سَلامٌ.

15 They should have been ashamed, because they had committed an abomination; but they neither felt the least shame, nor did they know how to blush: therefore shall they fall among those that fall; at the time that I punish their sin shall they stumble, saith the Lord.

١٥ هَلْ خَجِلُوا لأَنَّهُمُ اقْتَرَفُوا الرِّجْسَ؟ كَلا! لَمْ يَخْزَوْا قَطُّ وَلَمْ يَعْرِفُوا الْخَجَلَ، لِذَلِكَ سَيَسْقُطُونَ بَيْنَ السَّاقِطِينَ، وَحِينَ أُعَاقِبُهُمْ يُطَوَّحُ بِهِمْ».

16 Thus hath said the Lord, Place yourselves on the ways, and see, and ask after the ancient paths, where is the way which is good, that ye may walk thereon, and find rest for your soul. But they said, We will not walk [thereon].

١٦ وَهَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ الرَّبُّ: «قِفُوا فِي الطُّرُقَاتِ وَانْظُرُوا، وَاسْأَلُوا عَنِ الْمَسَالِكِ الصَّالِحَةِ الْقَدِيمَةِ وَاطْرُقُوهَا، فَتَجِدُوا رَاحَةً لِنُفُوسِكُمْ. وَلَكِنَّكُمْ قُلْتُمْ:’لَنْ نَسِيرَ فِيهَا.‘

17 Then did I set watchmen over you, [saying, ] Listen to the sound of the cornet. But they said, We will not listen.

١٧ فَأَقَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ رُقَبَاءَ قَائِلاً: اسْمَعُوا دَوِيَّ الْبُوقِ. وَلَكِنَّكُمْ قُلْتُمْ:’لَنْ نَسْمَعَ!‘

18 Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O assembly, what [guilt] is among them.

١٨ لِذَلِكَ اسْمَعُوا أَيُّهَا الأُمَمُ، وَاعْلَمِي أَيَّتُهَا الْجَمَاعَةُ مَاذَا يَحُلُّ بِهِمْ.

19 Hear, O earth! behold, I will bring evil upon this people, the fruit of their thoughts; because unto my words have they not been attentive, and as regardeth my law, —that have they despised.

١٩ اسْمَعِي أَيَّتُهَا الأَرْضُ وَانْظُرِي، لأَنِّي جَالِبٌ شَرّاً عَلَى هَذَا الشَّعْبِ عِقَاباً لَهُمْ عَلَى أَفْكَارِهِمِ الأَثِيمَةِ، لأَنَّهُمْ لَمْ يُطِيعُوا كَلِمَاتِي وَتَنَكَّرُوا لِشَرِيعَتِي.

20 To what purpose serveth me the frankincense which cometh from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far-off country? your burnt-offerings are not acceptable, and your sacrifices are not agreeable unto me.

٢٠ لأَيِّ غَرَضٍ يَصْعَدُ إِلَيَّ الْبَخُورُ مِنْ شَبَا، وَقَصَبُ الطِّيبِ مِنْ أَرْضٍ نَائِيَةٍ؟ مُحْرَقَاتُكُمْ مَرْفُوضَةٌ، وَتَقْدِمَاتُكُمْ لَا تَسُرُّنِي».

21 Therefore thus hath said the Lord, Behold, I will place before this people stumbling-blocks, and thereon shall stumble the fathers and the sons together, the neighbor and his friend, and they shall perish.

٢١ لِذَلِكَ يُعْلِنُ الرَّبُّ: «هَا أَنَا أُقِيمُ لِهَذَا الشَّعْبِ مَعَاثِرَ يَتَعَثَّرُ بِها الآبَاءُ وَالأَبْنَاءُ مَعاً، وَيَهْلِكُ بِها الْجَارُ وَصَدِيقُهُ».

22 Thus hath said the Lord, Behold, a people is coming from the north country, and a great nation shall wake up from the farthest ends of the earth.

٢٢ «انْظُرُوا، هَا شَعْبٌ زَاحِفٌ مِنَ الشِّمَالِ، وَأُمَّةٌ عَظِيمَةٌ تَهُبُّ مِنْ أَقَاصِي الأَرْضِ،

23 Bow and spear shall they firmly grasp; cruel are they, and will have no mercy; their voice roareth like the sea; and upon horses do they ride; set in array as one man for the war, against thee, O daughter of Zion.

٢٣ تَسَلَّحَتْ بِالْقَوْسِ وَالرُّمْحِ، وَهِيَ قَاسِيَةٌ لَا تَرْحَمُ. جَلَبَتُهَا كَهَدِيرِ الْبَحْرِ وَهِيَ مُقْبِلَةٌ عَلَى صَهَوَاتِ الْخَيْلِ. قَدِ اصْطَفَّتْ كَإِنْسَانٍ وَاحِدٍ لِمُحَارَبَتِكِ يَا أُورُشَلِيمُ».

24 We have heard the fame of him—our hands grow feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, pain, as of a woman in giving birth.

٢٤ سَمِعْنَا أَخْبَارَهُمُ الْمُرْعِبَةَ فَدَبَّ الضَّعْفُ فِي أَيْدِينَا، وَتَوَلّانَا كَرْبٌ وَأَلَمٌ كَأَلَمِ امْرَأَةٍ تُعَانِي مِنَ الْمَخَاضِ.

25 Go not forth into the field, on the road must ye not walk; for [there is] the sword of the enemy, terror on every side.

٢٥ لَا تَخْرُجُوا إِلَى الْحَقْلِ وَلا تَمْشُوا فِي الطَّرِيقِ، فَلِلْعَدُوِّ سَيْفٌ، وَالْهَوْلُ مُحْدِقٌ مِنْ كُلِّ جِهَةٍ.

26 O daughter of my people, gird thyself with sackcloth, and roll thyself in the ashes: a mourning as for an only son prepare unto thee, a most bitter lamentation; for suddenly will the destroyer come over us.

٢٦ فَيَا أُورُشَلِيمُ ارْتَدِي الْمُسُوحَ وَتَمَرَّغِي فِي الرَّمَادِ، وَنُوحِي كَمَنْ يَنُوحُ عَلَى وَحِيدِهِ، وَانْتَحِبِي نَحِيباً مُرّاً، لأَنَّ الْمُدَمِّرَ يَنْقَضُّ عَلَيْنَا فَجْأَةً.

27 I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and probe their way.

٢٧ «إِنِّي أَقَمْتُكَ مُمْتَحِناً لِلْمَعْدِنِ، وَجَعَلْتُ شَعْبِي مَادَّةَ خَامٍ لِكَيْ تَعْرِفَ طُرُقَهُمْ وَتَفْحَصَهَا.

28 They all are grievous revolters, going about as talebearers, copper and iron: they all are corrupt.

٢٨ فَكُلُّهُمْ عُصَاةٌ مُتَمَرِّدُونَ سَاعُونَ فِي النَّمِيمَةِ. هُمْ نُحَاسٌ وَحَدِيدٌ وَكُلُّهُمْ فَاسِدُونَ.

29 The bellows are burnt, by the fire the lead is consumed: in vain the melter refineth; for the wicked are not separated away.

٢٩ لَشَدَّ مَا تُضْرِمُ رِيحُ المِنْفَاخِ الشَّدِيدَةُ النَّارَ فَتَلْتَهِمُ الرَّصَاصَ وَلَكِنْ كَمَا يَتَعَذَّرُ تَنْقِيَتُهُ مِنَ الزَّغَلِ كَذَلِكَ يَتَعَذَّرُ فَصْلُ الأَشْرَارِ.

30 Refuse silver men call them; because the Lord hath rejected them.

٣٠ وَهُمْ يُدْعَوْنَ حُثَالَةَ الْفِضَّةِ الْمَرْذُولَةِ، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ قَدْ رَفَضَهُمْ».