Jeremiah 19

1 Thus said the LORD, "Go, and buy a potter's earthen bottle, and take with you some of the elders of the people, and of the elders of the priests;

١ وَقَالَ لِيَ الرَّبُّ: «امْضِ وَاشْتَرِ جَرَّةَ خَزَفٍ، وَاصْطَحِبْ مَعَكَ بَعْضَ شُيُوخِ الشَّعْبِ وَشُيُوخِ الْكَهَنَةِ،

2 and go forth to the Valley of Ben Hinnom, which is by the entry of the Potsherd Gate, and proclaim there the words that I shall tell you;

٢ وَانْطَلِقْ إِلَى وَادِي ابْنِ هِنُّومَ الْقَائِمِ عِنْدَ مَدْخَلِ بَابِ الْفَخَّارِ، وَنَادِ هُنَاكَ بِالْكَلِمَاتِ الَّتِي أُمْلِيهَا عَلَيْكَ،

3 and say, 'Hear the word of the LORD, kings of Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem: thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, "Look, I will bring evil on this place, which whoever hears, his ears shall tingle.

٣ وَقُلْ: اسْمَعُوا يَا مُلُوكَ يَهُوذَا، وَيَا أَهْلَ أُورُشَلِيمَ كَلِمَةَ الرَّبِّ. هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: انْظُرُوا، هَا أَنَا أَجْلِبُ عَلَى هَذَا الْمَوْضِعِ شَرّاً تَطِنُّ لَهُ أُذُنَا كُلِّ مَنْ يَسْمَعُ بِهِ،

4 Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, and have burned incense in it to other gods, that they did not know, they and their fathers and the kings of Judah; and have filled this place with the blood of innocents,

٤ لأَنَّهُمْ تَرَكُونِي، وَتَنَكَّرُوا لِهَذَا الْمَوْضِعِ وَدَنَّسُوهُ بِإِحْرَاقِ بَخُورٍ لِآلِهَةِ أَوْثَانٍ لَمْ يَعْرِفُوهَا لَا هُمْ وَلا آبَاؤُهُمْ وَلا مُلُوكُ يَهُوذَا أَيْضاً، وَلأَنَّهُمْ مَلَأُوا هَذَا الْمَوْضِعَ مِنْ دَمِ الأَبْرِيَاءِ.

5 and have built the high places of Baal, to burn their sons in the fire for burnt offerings to Baal; which I did not command, nor spoke it, neither came it into my mind:

٥ وَبَنَوْا مُرْتَفَعَاتٍ لِعِبَادَةِ الْبَعْلِ لِيُحْرِقُوا بَنِيهِمْ بِالنَّارِ كَقَرَابِينِ مُحْرَقَاتٍ لِلْبَعْلِ مِمَّا لَمْ أُوْصِ بِهِ وَلَمْ أَتَحَدَّثْ عَنْهُ وَلَمْ يَخْطُرْ بِبَالِي.

6 therefore, look, the days come," says the LORD, "that this place shall no more be called Topheth, nor The Valley of Ben Hinnom, but The Valley of Slaughter.

٦ لِذَلِكَ، هَا أَيَّامٌ مُقْبِلَةٌ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ، لَا يُدْعَى فِيهَا هَذَا الْمَكَانُ تُوفَةَ مِنْ بَعْدُ أَوْ وَادِي ابْنِ هِنُّومَ، بَلْ وَادِي الْقَتْلِ.

7 I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hand of those who seek their life: and their dead bodies will I give to be food for the birds of the sky, and for the animals of the earth.

٧ وَأُبْطِلُ فِي هَذَا الْمَوْضِعِ مَشُورَاتِ أَهْلِ يَهُوذَا وَأُورُشَلِيمَ، فَيَتَسَاقَطُونَ بِحَدِّ السَّيْفِ أَمَامَ أَعْدَائِهِمْ وَبِأَيْدِي طَالِبِي نُفُوسِهِمْ، وَأَجْعَلُ جُثَثَهُمْ طَعَاماً لِجَوَارِحِ السَّمَاءِ وَوُحُوشِ الأَرْضِ.

8 I will make this city an astonishment, and a hissing; everyone who passes thereby shall be astonished and hiss because of all its plagues.

٨ وَأُدَمِّرُ هَذِهِ الْمَدِينَةَ وَأَجْعَلُهَا مَثَارَ صَفِيرٍ. كُلُّ مَنْ يَمُرُّ بِها تَعْتَرِيهِ الدَّهْشَةُ وَيَصْفِرُ لِمَا حَلَّ بِها مِنْ نَكْبَاتٍ.

9 I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters; and they shall eat everyone the flesh of his friend, in the siege and in the distress, with which their enemies, and those who seek their life, shall distress them."'

٩ وَأُطْعِمُهُمْ لُحُومَ أَبْنَائِهِمْ وَبَنَاتِهِمْ، وَيَأْكُلُ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ لَحْمَ جَارِهِ فِي أَثْنَاءِ الْحِصَارِ وَالضِّيقَةِ الَّتِي يُضَايِقُهُمْ بِها أَعْدَاؤُهُمْ وَطَالِبُو نُفُوسِهِمْ.

10 Then you shall break the bottle in the sight of the men who go with you,

١٠ ثُمَّ حَطِّمِ الْجَرَّةَ عَلَى مَرْأَى الرِّجَالِ الذَّاهِبِينَ مَعَكَ،

11 and shall tell them, 'Thus says the LORD of hosts: "Even so will I break this people and this city, as one breaks a potter's vessel, that can't be made whole again; and they shall bury in Topheth, until there is no place to bury.

١١ وَقُلْ لَهُمْ: هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ: سَأُحَطِّمُ هَذَا الشَّعْبَ وَأُدَمِّرُ هَذِهِ الْمَدِينَةَ كَمَا يُحَطِّمُ الْمَرْءُ إِنَاءَ الْخَزَّافِ، بِحَيْثُ لَا يُمْكِنُ إِصْلاحُهُ، وَيُدْفَنُ الرِّجَالُ فِي تُوفَةَ إِذْ لَنْ يَتَوَافَرَ مَوْضِعٌ آخَرُ لِلدَّفْنِ.

12 Thus will I do to this place," says the LORD, "and to its inhabitants, even making this city as Topheth:

١٢ هَذَا مَا سَأُجْرِيهِ عَلَى هَذَا الْمَكَانِ وَعَلَى سُكَّانِهِ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ، سَأَجْعَلُ هَذِهِ الْمَدِينَةَ مِثْلَ تُوفَةَ،

13 and the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, which are defiled, shall be as the place of Topheth, even all the houses on whose roofs they have burned incense to all the host of heaven, and have poured out drink offerings to other gods."'"

١٣ وَأُحِيلُ بُيُوتَ أُورُشَلِيمَ وَبُيُوتَ مُلُوكِ يَهُوذَا إِلَى مَوْضِعِ نَجَاسَةٍ، وَكَذَلِكَ كُلَّ الْبُيُوتِ الَّتِي أَحْرَقُوا عَلَى سُطُوحِهَا بَخُوراً لِكَوَاكِبِ السَّمَاءِ، وَسَكَبُوا سَكَائِبَ خَمْرٍ لِآلِهَةٍ أُخْرَى».

14 Then came Jeremiah from Topheth, where the LORD had sent him to prophesy; and he stood in the court of the LORD's house, and said to all the people:

١٤ وَجَاءَ إِرْمِيَا مِنْ تُوفَةَ، الَّتِي كَانَ الرَّبُّ قَدْ أَرْسَلَهُ إِلَيْهَا لِيَتَنَبَّأَ، وَوَقَفَ فِي سَاحَةِ هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ، وَخَاطَبَ جَمِيعَ الشَّعْبِ:

15 "Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, 'Look, I will bring on this city and on all its towns all the evil that I have pronounced against it; because they have made their neck stiff, that they may not hear my words.'"

١٥ هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: «هَا أَنَا جَالِبٌ عَلَى هَذِهِ الْمَدِينَةِ وَعَلَى جَمِيعِ قُرَاهَا كُلَّ الشَّرِّ الَّذِي قَضَيْتُ بِهِ عَلَيْهَا، لأَنَّهُمْ قَسَّوْا قُلُوبَهُمْ فَلَمْ يَسْمَعُوا كَلامِي».