Jeremiah 9

1 Oh that my head were waters, and my eyes a spring of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people.

١ يَا لَيْتَ رَأْسِي فَيْضُ مِيَاهٍ، وَعَيْنَيَّ يَنْبُوعُ دُمُوعٍ، فَأَبْكِيَ نَهَاراً وَلَيْلاً قَتْلَى بِنْتِ شَعْبِي

2 Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them. For they are all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men."

٢ يَا لَيْتَ لِي فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ مَبِيتَ عَابِرِ سَبِيلٍ، فَأَهْجُرَ شَعْبِي وَأَنْطَلِقَ بَعِيداً عَنْهُمْ، لأَنَّهُمْ جَمِيعاً زُنَاةٌ وَجَمَاعَةُ خَوَنَةٍ.

3 "They bend their tongue as a bow. Falsehood and not truth has grown strong in the land; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not know me," says the LORD.

٣ «قَدْ وَتَّرُوا أَلْسِنَتَهُمْ كَقِسِيٍّ جَاهِزَةٍ لِيُطْلِقُوا الأَكَاذِيبَ الَّتِي تَقَوَّلُوا بِها فِي الأَرْضِ مِنْ دُونِ الْحَقِّ، إِذْ أَنَّهُمُ انْتَهَوْا مِنْ شَرٍّ إِلَى شَرٍّ، وَإِيَّايَ لَمْ يَعْرِفُوا» يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ.

4 "Everyone be on guard against his neighbor, and do not trust any brother; for every brother is a deceiver, and every neighbor will go about with slanders.

٤ «لِيَحْتَرِسْ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْ جَارِهِ، وَلا يَثِقْ بِأَحَدٍ مِنْ أَقْرِبَائِهِ، لأَنَّ كُلَّ قَرِيبٍ مُخَادِعٌ، وَكُلَّ صَاحِبٍ وَاشٍ.

5 Everyone deceives his neighbor, and does not speak the truth. They have taught their tongue to speak lies; they do evil, they do not cease so as to return.

٥ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمْ يَخْدَعُ جَارَهُ وَلا يَنْطِقُونَ بِالصِّدْقِ. دَرَّبُوا أَلْسِنَتَهُمْ عَلَى قَوْلِ الْكَذِبِ، وَأَرْهَقُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ فِي ارْتِكَابِ الإِثْمِ.

6 Oppression upon oppression, and deceit upon deceit. They refuse to know me," says the LORD.

٦ يَجْمَعُونَ ظُلْماً فَوْقَ ظُلْمٍ، وَخِدَاعاً عَلَى خِدَاعٍ، وَأَبَوْا أَنْ يَعْرِفُونِي».

7 Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts, "Look, I will melt them, and try them; for how should I deal with the wickedness of the daughter of my people?

٧ لِذَلِكَ يُعْلِنُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ: «هَا أَنَا أُمَحِّصُهُمْ وَأَمْتَحِنُهُمْ، إِذْ أَيُّ شَيْءٍ آخَرَ يُمْكِنُ أَنْ أَفْعَلَهُ عِقَاباً لِخَطَايَا أُورُشَلِيمَ؟

8 Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaks deceit: one speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart he lies in wait for him.

٨ لِسَانُهُمْ كَسَهْمٍ قَاتِلٍ يَتَفَوَّهُ بِالْكَذِبِ. وَبِفَمِهِ يُخَاطِبُ جَارَهُ بِحَدِيثِ السَّلامِ، أَمَّا فِي قَلْبِهِ فَيَنْصِبُ لَهُ كَمِيناً.

9 Shall I not visit them for these things?" says the LORD; "shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?"

٩ أَلا أُعَاقِبُهُمْ عَلَى هَذِهِ الأُمُورِ؟» يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ. «أَلا أَنْتَقِمُ لِنَفْسِي مِنْ أُمَّةٍ كَهَذِهِ؟»

10 "For the mountains I will take up weeping and wailing, and for the pastures of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are laid waste so that no one passes through; nor can men hear the voice of the cattle. Both the birds of the sky and the animals have fled, they are gone."

١٠ سَأَنْتَحِبُ وَأَنُوحُ عَلَى الْجِبَالِ وَأَنْدُبُ عَلَى مَرَاعِي الْبَرِّيَّةِ لأَنَّهَا احْتَرَقَتْ وَأَوْحَشَتْ، فَلا يَجْتَازُ بِها عَابِرٌ وَلا يَتَرَدَّدُ فِيهَا صَوْتُ الْقُطْعَانِ، وَقَدْ هَجَرَتْهَا طُيُورُ السَّمَاءِ وَالْوُحُوشُ.

11 "I will make Jerusalem heaps, a dwelling place of jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant."

١١ «سَأَجْعَلُ أُورُشَلِيمَ رُجْمَةَ خَرَابٍ، وَمَأْوَى لِبَنَاتِ آوَى، وَأُحَوِّلُ مُدُنَ يَهُوذَا إِلَى قَفْرٍ مَهْجُورٍ».

12 "Who is the wise man, that may understand this? Who is he to whom the mouth of the LORD has spoken, that he may declare it? Why is the land perished and burned up like a wilderness, so that none passes through?"

١٢ مَنْ هُوَ الإِنْسَانُ الْحَكِيمُ حَتَّى يَفْهَمَ هَذَا؟ وَمَنْ خَاطَبَهُ فَمُ الرَّبِّ حَتَّى يُعْلِنَهَا؟ لِمَاذَا خَرِبَتِ الأَرْضُ، وَأَوْحَشَتْ كَالْبَرِّيَّةِ فَلا يَقْطَعُهَا عَابِرٌ؟

13 The LORD says, "Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked in it,

١٣ وَيَقُولُ الرَّبُّ: «لأَنَّهُمْ نَبَذُوا شَرِيعَتِي الَّتِي وَضَعْتُهَا أَمَامَهُمْ، وَلَمْ يُطِيعُوا صَوْتِي أَوْ يَسْلُكُوا بِمُقْتَضَاهَا،

14 but have walked after the stubbornness of their own heart, and after the Baals, which their fathers taught them;

١٤ بَلْ ضَلُّوا وَرَاءَ عِنَادِ قُلُوبِهِمْ، وَانْسَاقُوا خَلْفَ آلِهَةِ الْبَعْلِيمِ الَّتِي لَقَّنَهُمْ آبَاؤُهُمْ عِبَادَتَهَا.

15 therefore thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, 'Look, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink.

١٥ لِذَلِكَ هَا أَنَا أُطْعِمُ هَذَا الشَّعْبَ طَعَاماً مُرّاً، وَأَسْقِيهِمْ مَاءً مَسْمُوماً،

16 I will scatter them also among the nations, whom neither they nor their fathers have known; and I will send the sword after them, until I have consumed them.'"

١٦ وَأُشَتِّتُهُمْ بَيْنَ الأُمَمِ الَّتِي لَمْ يَعْرِفُوهَا هُمْ وَلا آبَاؤُهُمْ، وَأَجْعَلُ سَيْفَ الدَّمَارِ يَتَعَقَّبُهُمْ حَتَّى أُفْنِيَهُمْ».

17 Thus says the LORD of hosts, "Consider, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for the skillful women, that they may come:"

١٧ وَهَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ: «تَأَمَّلُوا وَاسْتَدْعُوا النَّادِبَاتِ لِيَأْتِينَ، وَأَرْسِلُوا إِلَى الْحَكِيمَاتِ فَيُقْبِلْنَ.

18 "and let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters.

١٨ لِيُسْرِعْنَ حَتَّى يُطْلِقْنَ أَصْوَاتَهُنَّ عَلَيْنَا بِالنَّدْبِ فَتَذْرِفَ عُيُونُنَا دُمُوعاً، وَتَفِيضَ أَجْفَانُنَا مَاءً.

19 For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, 'How are we ruined. We are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because they have cast down our dwellings.'"

١٩ هَا صَوْتُ رِثَاءٍ قَدْ تَجَاوَبَ فِي صِهْيَوْنَ: مَا أَشَدَّ دَمَارَنَا، وَمَا أَعْظَمَ عَارَنَا، لأَنَّنَا قَدْ فَارَقْنَا أَرْضَنَا، وَلأَنَّهُمْ قَدْ هَدَمُوا مَسَاكِنَنَا!»

20 "Yet hear the word of the LORD, you women, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth; and teach your daughters wailing, and everyone her neighbor lamentation.

٢٠ فَاسْمَعْنَ أَيَّتُهَا النِّسَاءُ قَضَاءَ الرَّبِّ، وَلْتَفْهَمْ آذَانُكُنَّ كَلِمَةَ فَمِهِ: لَقِّنَّ بَنَاتِكُنَّ الرِّثَاءَ، وَلْتُعَلِّمْ كُلٌّ مِنْهُنَّ صَاحِبَتَهَا النَّدْبَ،

21 'For death has come up into our windows, it is entered into our palaces; to cut off the children from outside, and the young men from the streets.'

٢١ فَإِنَّ الْمَوْتَ قَدْ تَسَلَّقَ إِلَى كُوَانَا وَتَسَلَّلَ إِلَى قُصُورِنَا، فَاسْتَأْصَلَ الأَطْفَالَ مِنَ الشَّوَارِعِ وَالشُّبَّانَ مِنَ السَّاحَاتِ.

22 Speak, 'Thus says the LORD, "The dead bodies of men shall fall as dung on the open field, and as the handful after the harvester; and none shall gather them."'"

٢٢ وَهَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ الرَّبُّ: «سَتَتَهَاوَى جُثَثُ النَّاسِ مِثْلَ نُفَايَةٍ عَلَى وَجْهِ الْحَقْلِ، وَتَتَسَاقَطُ كَقَبَضَاتٍ وَرَاءَ الْحَاصِدِ، وَلَيْسَ مَنْ يَجْمَعُهَا».

23 Thus says the LORD, "Do not let the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, do not let the rich man glory in his riches;

٢٣ «فَلا يَفْتَخِرَنَّ الْحَكِيمُ بِحِكْمَتِهِ، وَلا يَزْهُوَنَّ الْجَبَّارُ بِجَبَرُوتِهِ، وَلا الْغَنِيُّ بِثَرْوَتِهِ.

24 but let him who boasts boast in this, that he has understanding, and knows me, that I am the LORD who exercises loving kindness, justice, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight," says the LORD.

٢٤ بَلْ لِيَفْتَخِرِ الْمُفْتَخِرُ بِأَنَّهُ يُدْرِكُ وَيَعْرِفُنِي أَنِّي أَنَا الرَّبُّ الَّذِي يُمَارِسُ الرَّحْمَةَ وَالْعَدْلَ وَالْبِرَّ فِي الأَرْضِ لأَنِّي أُسَرُّ بِها».

25 "Look, the days come," says the LORD, "that I will punish all those who are circumcised in uncircumcision:

٢٥ «هَا أَيَّامٌ مُقْبِلَةٌ»، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ، «أُعَاقِبُ فِيهَا كُلَّ مَخْتُونٍ وَأَغْلَفَ

26 Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the people of Ammon, and Moab, and all that have the corners of their hair cut off, who dwell in the wilderness; for all the nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in heart."

٢٦ أَهْلَ مِصْرَ وَيَهُوذَا وَأَدُومَ وَبَنِي عَمُّونَ وَمُوآبَ، وَسَائِرَ الْمُقِيمِينَ فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ مِمَّنْ يَقُصُّونَ شَعْرَ أَصْدَاغِهِمْ، لأَنَّ جَمِيعَ الشُّعُوبِ غُلْفٌ، أَمَّا كُلُّ بَيْتِ إِسْرَائِيلَ فَإِنَّهُمْ ذَوُو قُلُوبٍ غَلْفَاءَ».