Jeremiah 14

1 That which has been the word of YHWH to Jeremiah concerning the matters of the scarcities:

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

2 “Judah has mourned, and her gates have languished, They have mourned to the earth, And the cry of Jerusalem has gone up.

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

3 And their majestic ones have sent their little ones to the water, They have come to ditches, They have not found water, They have turned back—their vessels empty! They have been ashamed, And have blushed and covered their head.

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 the ground has been broken, For there has been no rain in the land, Farmers have been ashamed, They have covered their head.

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

5 For even the doe in the field has brought forth—to forsake [it!] For there has been no grass.

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

6 And wild donkeys have stood on high places, They have swallowed up wind like dragons, Their eyes have been consumed, for there is no herb.”

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

7 Surely our iniquities have testified against us, O YHWH, work for Your Name’s sake, For our backslidings have been many, We have sinned against You.

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

8 O Hope of Israel—its Savior in time of trouble, Why are You as a sojourner in the land? And as a traveler turned aside to lodge?

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

9 Why are You as one mute? As a mighty one not able to save? And You [are] in our midst, O YHWH, And Your Name is called over us, Do not leave us.

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

10 Thus said YHWH concerning this people: “They have loved to wander well, They have not restrained their feet, And YHWH has not accepted them, Now He remembers their iniquity, And inspects their sin.”

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 YHWH says to me: “You do not pray for this people for good.

١١ وَقَالَ لِيَ الرَّبُّ: «لا تُصَلِّ لِخَيْرِ الشَّعْبِ.

12 When they fast, I do not listen to their cry, and when they cause burnt-offering and present to ascend, I do not accept them; for I am consuming them by sword, and by famine, and by pestilence.”

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

13 And I say, “Aah! Lord YHWH, behold, the prophets are saying to them: You do not see a sword, indeed, famine is not [on] you, for I give true peace to you 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 And YHWH says to me: “The prophets are prophesying falsehood in My Name. I did not send them, nor command them, nor have I spoken to them. A false vision, and divination, and vanity—indeed, they are prophesying the deceit of their own heart to you.

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 said YHWH concerning the prophets who are prophesying in My Name and I have not sent them, and they are saying, Sword and famine is not in this land: By sword and by famine are these prophets 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 are prophesying are cast into out-places of Jerusalem, because of the famine and the sword, and they have none burying them—them, their wives, and their sons, and their daughters—and I have poured out their evil on 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 you have said this word to them: Tears come down my eyes night and day, And they do not cease, For [with] a great breach, The virgin daughter of my people has been broken, A very grievous stroke.

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

18 If I have gone forth to the field, Then, behold, the pierced of the sword! And if I have entered the city, Then, behold, the diseased of famine! For both prophet and priest have gone up and down To a land that they did not know.”

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

19 Have You utterly rejected Judah? Has Your soul loathed Zion? Why have You struck us, And there is no healing to us? Looking for peace, and there is no good, 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 have known, O YHWH, our wickedness, The iniquity of our fathers, For we have sinned against You.

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

21 Do not despise, for Your Name’s sake, Do not dishonor the throne of Your glory, Remember, do not break Your 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 causing rain? And do the heavens give showers? Are You not He, O our God YHWH? And we wait for you, for You have done all these!

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.