Jeremiah 23

1 “Woe to shepherds destroying, And scattering the flock of My pasture,” A declaration of YHWH.

١ يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ: «وَيْلٌ لِلرُّعَاةِ الَّذِينَ يُبِيدُونَ وَيُبَدِّدُونَ غَنَمَ رَعِيَّتِي (أَيْ شَعْبِي)».

2 Therefore, thus said YHWH, God of Israel, Against the shepherds who feed My people: “You have scattered My flock, and drive them away, And have not inspected them, Behold, I am charging on you the evil of your doings,” A declaration of YHWH.

٢ لِذَلِكَ هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ عَنِ الرُّعَاةِ الَّذِينَ يَرْعَوْنَ شَعْبِي: «لَقَدْ بَدَّدْتُمْ غَنَمِي (أَيْ شَعْبِي) وَطَرَدْتُمُوهَا، وَلَمْ تَتَعَهَّدُوهَا. فَهَا أَنَا أُعَاقِبُكُمْ عَلَى شَرِّ أَعْمَالِكُمْ.

3 “And I gather the remnant of My flock Out of all the lands to where I drove them, And have brought them back to their fold, And they have been fruitful, and multiplied.

٣ وَأَجْمَعُ شَتَاتَ غَنَمِي مِنْ جَمِيعِ الأَرَاضِي الَّتِي أَجْلَيْتُهَا إِلَيْهَا، وَأَرُدُّهَا إِلَى مَرَاعِيهَا فَتَنْمُو وَتَتَكَاثَرُ،

4 And I have raised shepherds for them, And they have fed them, And they no longer fear, nor are frightened, Nor are they lacking,” A declaration of YHWH.

٤ وَأُقِيمُ عَلَيْهَا رُعَاةً يَتَعَهَّدُونَهَا فَلا يَعْتَرِيهَا خَوْفٌ مِنْ بَعْدُ وَلا تَرْتَعِدُ وَلا تَضِلُّ.

5 “Behold, days are coming,” A declaration of YHWH, “And I have raised a righteous shoot to David, And a king has reigned and acted wisely, And done judgment and righteousness in the earth.

٥ هَا أَيَّامٌ مُقْبِلَةٌ أُقِيمُ فِيهَا لِدَاوُدَ ذُرِّيَّةَ بِرٍّ، مَلِكاً يَسُودُ بِحِكْمَةٍ، وَيُجْرِي فِي الأَرْضِ عَدْلاً وَحَقّاً.

6 Judah is saved in His days, and Israel dwells confidently, And this [is] His Name that YHWH proclaims Him: Our Righteousness.

٦ فِي عَهْدِهِ يَتِمُّ خَلاصُ شَعْبِ يَهُوذَا، وَيَسْكُنُ شَعْبُ إِسْرَائِيلَ آمِناً. أَمَّا الاسْمُ الَّذِي سَيُدْعَى بِهِ فَهُوَ: الرَّبُّ بِرُّنَا.

7 Therefore, behold, days are coming,” A declaration of YHWH, “And they no longer say, YHWH lives who brought up The sons of Israel out of the land of Egypt,

٧ لِذَلِكَ هَا أَيَّامٌ مُقْبِلَةٌ لَا يُرَدِّدُ فِيهَا النَّاسُ مِنْ بَعْدُ: حَيٌّ هُوَ الرَّبُّ الَّذِي أَخْرَجَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ دِيَارِ مِصْرَ.

8 But—YHWH lives, who brought up, And who brought in, the seed of the house of Israel, From the land of the north, And from all the lands to where I drove them, And they have dwelt on their own ground!”

٨ بَلْ يَقُولُونَ: حَيٌّ هُوَ الرَّبُّ الَّذِي أَخْرَجَ ذُرِّيَّةَ شَعْبِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَأَتَى بِهِمْ مِنْ أَرْضِ الشِّمَالِ وَمِنْ كَافَّةِ الدِّيَارِ الَّتِي أَجْلاهُمْ إِلَيْهَا، فَيَسْكُنُونَ فِي أَرْضِهِمْ».

9 In reference to the prophets: My heart has been broken in my midst, All my bones have fluttered, I have been as a man—a drunkard, And as a man—wine has passed over him, Because of YHWH, and of His holy words.

٩ ثُمَّ تَكَلَّمَ إِرْمِيَا عَنِ الأَنْبِيَاءِ الكَذَبَةِ فَقَالَ: «إِنَّ قَلْبِي مُنْكَسِرٌ فِي دَاخِلِي، وَجَمِيعَ عِظَامِي تَرْتَجِفُ، فَأَنَا، بِتَأْثِيرِ الرَّبِّ وَبِفِعْلِ كَلامِهِ الْمُقَدَّسِ كَرَجُلٍ سَكْرَانَ غَلَبَتْ عَلَيْهِ الْخَمْرُ

10 For the land has been full of adulterers, For the land has mourned because of these, The pleasant places of the wilderness have dried up, And their course is evil, and their might—not right.

١٠ لأَنَّ الأَرْضَ قَدِ اكْتَظَّتْ بِالْفَاسِقِينَ، وَنَاحَتْ مِنْ عَاقِبَةِ لَعْنَةِ اللهِ، فَجَفَّتْ مَرَاعِي الْحُقُولِ لأَنَّ مَسَاعِيَهُمْ بَاتَتْ شِرِّيرَةً، وَجَبَرُوتَهُمْ مُسَخَّرٌ لِلْبَاطِلِ».

11 “For both prophet and priest have been profane, Indeed, I found their wickedness in My house,” A declaration of YHWH.

١١ وَيَقُولُ الرَّبُّ: «النَّبِيُّ وَالْكَاهِنُ كَافِرَانِ، وَفِي بَيْتِي وَجَدْتُ شَرَّهُمَا.

12 “Therefore their way is as slippery places to them, They are driven into thick darkness, And they have fallen in it, For I bring in calamity against them, The year of their inspection,” A declaration of YHWH.

١٢ لِذَلِكَ يُضْحِي طَرِيقُهُمَا مَزَالِقَ لَهُمَا، تُفْضِي بِهِمَا إِلَى الظُّلُمَاتِ الَّتِي يُطْرَدُونَ إِلَيْهَا، وَيَهْوِيانَ فِيهَا لأَنِّي أَجْلِبُ عَلَيْهِمَا شَرّاً فِي سَنَةِ عِقَابِهِمَا.

13 “And I have seen folly in prophets of Samaria, They have prophesied by Ba‘al, And cause My people—Israel—to err.

١٣ فِي أَوْسَاطِ أَنْبِيَاءِ السَّامِرَةِ شَهِدْتُ أُمُوراً كَرِيهَةً، إِذْ تَنَبَّأُوا بِاسْمِ الْبَعْلِ، وَأَضَلُّوا شَعْبِي إِسْرَائِيلَ.

14 And I have seen a horrible thing in prophets of Jerusalem, Committing adultery, and walking falsely, Indeed, they strengthened the hands of evildoers, So that they have not turned back, Each from his wickedness, All of them have been as Sodom to me, And its inhabitants as Gomorrah.”

١٤ وَفِي أَوْسَاطِ أَنْبِيَاءِ أُورُشَلِيمَ رَأَيْتُ أُمُوراً مَهُولَةً: يَرْتَكِبُونَ الْفِسْقَ، وَيَسْلُكُونَ فِي الأَكَاذِيبِ، يُشَدِّدُونَ أَيْدِي فَاعِلِي الإِثْمِ لِئَلَّا يَتُوبَ أَحَدٌ عَنْ شَرِّهِ. صَارُوا جَمِيعاً كَسُكَّانِ سَدُومَ وَأَصْبَحَ أَهْلُهَا كَأَهْلِ عَمُورَةَ».

15 Therefore, thus said YHWH of Hosts, concerning the prophets: “Behold, I am causing them to eat wormwood, And have caused them to drink water of gall, For from prophets of Jerusalem Profanity has gone forth to all the land.”

١٥ لِذَلِكَ هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ عَنِ الأَنْبِيَاءِ: «هَا أَنَا أُطْعِمُهُمْ أَفْسَنْتِيناً وَأَسْقِيهِمْ مَاءً مَسْمُوماً، لأَنَّهُ مِنْ أَنْبِيَاءِ أُورُشَلِيمَ شَاعَ الْكُفْرُ فِي كُلِّ أَرْجَاءِ الأَرْضِ».

16 Thus said YHWH of Hosts: “You do not listen to the words Of the prophets who are prophesying to you, They are making you vain things, They speak a vision of their own heart, Not from the mouth of YHWH.

١٦ «لا تَسْمَعُوا لأَقْوَالِ الأَنْبِيَاءِ الَّذِينَ يَتَنَبَّأُونَ لَكُمْ وَيَخْدَعُونَكُمْ بِالأَوْهَامِ، لأَنَّهُمْ يَنْطِقُونَ بِرُؤَى مُخَيَّلاتِهِمْ، وَلا يَتَكَلَّمُونَ بِمَا أَوْحَى بِهِ فَمِي.

17 Diligently saying to those despising, The word of YHWH: Peace is for you, And [to] everyone walking in the stubbornness of his heart, they have said: Evil does not come to you.”

١٧ قَائِلِينَ بِإِصْرَارٍ لِمَنْ يَحْتَقِرُونَنِي:’قَدْ أَعْلَنَ الرَّبُّ أَنَّ السَّلامَ يَسُودُكُمْ‘وَيُرَدِّدُونَ لِكُلِّ مَنْ يَجْرِي وَرَاءَ أَهْوَاءِ قَلْبِهِ:’لَنْ يُصِيبَكُمْ ضَرُّ.‘

18 For who has stood in the counsel of YHWH, And sees and hears His word? Who has regarded My word, and listens?

١٨ مَعَ أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ بَيْنَهُمْ مَنْ مَثَلَ فِي مَجْلِسِ الرَّبِّ وَرَأَى وَأَنْصَتَ لِكَلِمَتِهِ، وَلا مَنْ أَصْغَى لِقَوْلِهِ وَأَطَاعَهُ.

19 Behold, a whirlwind of YHWH—Fury has gone out, even a piercing whirlwind, It stays on the head of the wicked.

١٩ هَا عَاصِفَةُ سُخْطِ الرَّبِّ قَدِ انْطَلَقَتْ، وَزَوْبَعَةٌ هَوْجَاءُ قَدْ ثَارَتْ لِتَجْتَاحَ رُؤُوسَ الأَشْرَارِ.

20 The anger of YHWH does not turn back Until His doing, and until His establishing, The thoughts of His heart, In the latter end of the days You attend to it with understanding.

٢٠ فَغَضَبُ الرَّبِّ لَنْ يَرْتَدَّ حَتَّى يُنْجِزَ مَقَاصِدَ قَلْبِهِ الَّتِي سَتُدْرِكُونَهَا بِوُضُوحٍ فِي آخِرِ الأَيَّامِ.

21 “I have not sent the prophets, and they have run, I have not spoken to them, and they have prophesied.

٢١ إِنِّي لَمْ أُرْسِلْ هَؤُلاءِ الأَنْبِيَاءَ، وَمَعَ ذَلِكَ انْطَلَقُوا رَاكِضِينَ، وَلَمْ أُوْحِ لَهُمْ وَمَعَ ذَلِكَ يَتَنَبَّأُونَ.

22 But if they stood in My counsel, Then they cause My people to hear My words, And they turn them back from their evil way, And from the evil of their doings.

٢٢ لَوْ مَثَلُوا حَقّاً فِي مَجْلِسِي لَبَلَّغُوا كَلامِي لِشَعْبِي، وَلَكَانُوا رَدُّوهُمْ عَنْ مَسَاوِئِهِمْ وَعَنْ شَرِّ أَعْمَالِهِمْ.

23 [Am] I a God near,” A declaration of YHWH, “And not a God far off?

٢٣ أَلَعَلِّي أَرَى فَقَطْ مَا يَجْرِي عَنْ قُربٍ، وَلَسْتُ إِلَهاً يَرْقُبُ مَا يَجْرِي عَنْ بُعْدٍ؟

24 Is anyone hidden in secret places, And I do not see him?” A declaration of YHWH, “Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?” A declaration of YHWH.

٢٤ أَيُمْكِنُ لأَحَدٍ أَنْ يَتَوَارَى فِي أَمَاكِنَ خَفِيَّةٍ فَلا أَرَاهُ؟ أَمَا أَمْلأُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضَ؟

25 “I have heard that which the prophets said, Who prophesy falsehood in My Name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.

٢٥ قَدْ سَمِعْتُ مَا نَطَقَ بِهِ الْمُتَنَبِّئُونَ بِاسْمِي زُوراً قَائِلِينَ:’قَدْ حَلِمْتُ، قَدْ حَلِمْتُ.‘

26 Until when is it in the heart of the prophets? The prophets of falsehood, Indeed, prophets of the deceit of their heart,

٢٦ إِلَى مَتَى يَظَلُّ هَذَا الْخِدَاعُ مَكْنُوناً فِي قُلُوبِ الْمُتَنَبِّئِينَ زُوراً؟ إِنَّهُمْ حَقّاً أَنْبِيَاءُ خِدَاعٍ، يَتَنَبَّأُونَ بَأَوْهَامِ قُلُوبِهِمْ.

27 Who are devising to cause My people To forget My Name by their dreams, That they each recount to his neighbor, As their fathers forgot My Name for Ba‘al.

٢٧ فَيُنَسُّونَ شَعْبِي اسْمِي بِمَا يَقُصُّهُ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمْ عَلَى صَاحِبِهِ مِنْ أَحْلامِهِ، كَمَا نَسِيَ آبَاؤُهُمُ اسْمِي لأَجْلِ وَثَنِ الْبَعْلِ.

28 The prophet with whom [is] a dream, Let him recount the dream, And he with whom [is] My word, Let him truly speak My word. What does the straw [have to do] with the grain?” A declaration of YHWH.

٢٨ فَلْيَقُصَّ النَّبِيُّ الْحَالِمُ حُلْمَهُ. وَلَكِنْ مَنْ لَدَيْهِ كَلِمَتِي فَلْيُعْلِنْهَا بِالْحَقِّ، إِذْ مَاذَا يَجْمَعُ بَيْنَ التِّبْنِ وَالْقَمْحِ؟

29 “Is it not thus? My word [is] as fire,” A declaration of YHWH. “And as a hammer—it breaks a rock in pieces.

٢٩ أَلَيْسَتْ كَلِمَتِي كَالنَّارِ، وَكَالْمِطْرَقَةِ الَّتِي تُحَطِّمُ الصُّخُورَ؟

30 Therefore, behold, I [am] against the prophets,” A declaration of YHWH, “Each stealing My words from his neighbor.

٣٠ لِذَلِكَ هَا أَنَا أُقَاوِمُ هَؤُلاءِ الأَنْبِيَاءَ الَّذِينَ يَنْتَحِلُ كُلٌّ مِنْهُمْ كَلامَ الآخَرِ،

31 Behold, I [am] against the prophets,” A declaration of YHWH, “Who are making their tongue smooth, And they affirm—an affirmation.

٣١ وَأُقَاوِمُ الأَنْبِيَاءَ الَّذِينَ يُسَخِّرُونَ أَلْسِنَتَهُمْ قَائِلِينَ:’الرَّبُّ يَقُولُ هَذَا.‘

32 Behold, I [am] against the prophets of false dreams,” A declaration of YHWH, “And they recount them, and cause My people to err, By their falsehoods, and by their instability, And I have not sent them, Nor have I commanded them, And they are not profitable to this people at all,” A declaration of YHWH.

٣٢ هَا أَنَا أُقَاوِمُ الْمُتَنَبِّئِينَ بِأَحْلامٍ كَاذِبَةٍ وَيَقُصُّونَهَا مُضِلِّينَ شَعْبِي بِأَكَاذِيبِهِمْ وَاسْتِخْفَافِهِمْ، مَعَ أَنِّي لَمْ أُرْسِلْهُمْ وَلَمْ أُكَلِّفْهُمْ بِشَيْءٍ. وَلا جَدْوَى مِنْهُمْ لِهَذَا الشَّعْبِ».

33 “And when this people, or the prophet, Or a priest, asks you, saying, What [is] the burden of YHWH? Then you have said to them: You [are] the burden, and I have left you,” A declaration of YHWH.

٣٣ «إِذَا سَأَلَكَ أَحَدٌ مِنْ هَذَا الشَّعْبِ أَوْ نَبِيٌّ أَوْ كَاهِنٌ:’مَا هُوَ وَحْيُ قَضَاءِ الرَّبِّ؟‘فَأَجِبْهُمْ:’أَنْتُمْ وَحْيُ قَضَائِهِ. وَسَأَطْرَحُكُمْ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ.‘

34 “And the prophet, and the priest, and the people, That says, The burden of YHWH, I have seen after that man, and after his house.

٣٤ أَمَّا النَّبِيُّ أَوِ الْكَاهِنُ أَوْ أَيُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنَ الشَّعْبِ يَدَّعِي قَائِلاً:’هَذَا وَحْيُ الرَّبِّ‘فَإِنِّي سَأُعَاقِبُهُ مَعَ أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ.

35 Thus you each say to his neighbor, And each to his brother: What has YHWH answered? And what has YHWH spoken?

٣٥ لِذَلِكَ هَكَذَا يُوَاظِبُ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ عَلَى الْقَوْلِ لِصَاحِبِهِ، وَكُلُّ جَارٍ لِجَارِهِ:’مَا هُوَ جَوَابُ الرَّبِّ؟‘أَوْ’بِمَاذَا تَكَلَّمَ الرَّبُّ؟‘

36 And you do not mention the burden of YHWH anymore, For the burden to each is His word, And you have overturned the words of the living God, YHWH of Hosts, our God.

٣٦ أَمَّا ادِّعَاءُ وَحْيِ الرَّبِّ فَلا تَذْكُرُوهُ مِنْ بَعْدُ، فَإِنَّ كَلِمَةَ الْمَرْءِ تَغْدُو وَحْيَ قَضَائِهِ، إِذْ قَدْ حَرَّفْتُمْ كَلامَ الإِلَهِ الْحَيِّ، الرَّبِّ الْقَدِيرِ، إِلَهِنَا.

37 Thus you say to the prophet, What has YHWH answered you? And what has YHWH spoken?

٣٧ لِذَلِكَ هَذَا مَا تَسْأَلُ بِهِ النَّبِيَّ:’بِمَاذَا أَجَابَ الرَّبُّ؟ وَبِمَاذَا تَكَلَّمَ؟‘

38 And if you say, The burden of YHWH, Therefore, thus said YHWH: Because of your saying this word, The burden of YHWH, And I send to you, saying, You do not say, The burden of YHWH.

٣٨ فَإِنِ ادَّعَيْتُمْ وَحْيَ قَضَاءِ الرَّبِّ، فَهَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ الرَّبُّ: لأَنَّكُمُ ادَّعَيْتُمْ وَحْيَ قَضَائِهِ بَعْدَ أَنْ حَظَرْتُهُ عَلَيْكُمْ قَائِلاً:’لَا تَقُولُوا هَذَا وَحْيُ قَضَائِهِ‘

39 Therefore, behold, I have utterly taken you away, And I have sent you out, And the city that I gave to you, And to your fathers, from before My face,

٣٩ لِذَلِكَ هَا أَنَا أَنْسَاكُمْ تَمَاماً، وَأَطْرُدُكُمْ مِنْ مَحْضَرِي أَنْتُمْ وَالْمَدِينَةَ الَّتِي وَهَبْتُهَا لَكُمْ وَلِآبَائِكُمْ.

40 And I have put continuous reproach on you, And continuous shame that is not forgotten!”

٤٠ وَأُلْحِقُ بِكُمْ عَاراً أَبَدِيًّا وَخِزْياً لَا يُنْسَى».