Jeremiah 16

1 The word of the LORD came also to me, saying,

١ وَأَوْحَى الرَّبُّ إِلَيَّ بِهَذَا الْكَلامِ:

2 "You shall not take a wife, neither shall you have sons or daughters, in this place.

٢ «لا تَتَزَوَّجْ فِي هَذَا الْمَوْضِعِ وَلا تُنْجِبْ فِيهِ أَبْنَاءً وَلا بَنَاتٍ».

3 For thus says the LORD concerning the sons and concerning the daughters who are born in this place, and concerning their mothers who bore them, and concerning their fathers who became their father in this land:

٣ لأَنَّ هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ عَنِ الأَبْنَاءِ وَالْبَنَاتِ الْمَوْلُودِينَ فِي هَذَا الْمَوْضِعِ، وَعَنِ الأُمَّهَاتِ وَالآبَاءِ الَّذِينَ أَنْجَبُوهُمْ فِي هَذِهِ الْبِلادِ:

4 They shall die grievous deaths: they shall not be lamented, neither shall they be buried; they shall be as dung on the surface of the ground; and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their dead bodies shall be food for the birds of the sky, and for the animals of the earth.

٤ «سَيَمُوتُونَ بِالأَمْرَاضِ، فَلا يُنْدَبُونَ، وَلا يُدْفَنُونَ بَلْ يُصْبِحُونَ نُفَايَةً مَطْرُوحَةً عَلَى وَجْهِ الأَرْضِ، وَيَفْنَوْنَ بِالسَّيْفِ وَالْجُوعِ، وَتَكُونُ جُثَثُهُمْ طَعَاماً لِجَوَارِحِ السَّمَاءِ وَلِوُحُوشِ الأَرْضِ.

5 For thus says the LORD, 'Do not enter into the house of mourning, neither go to lament, neither bemoan them; for I have taken away my peace from this people, says the LORD, even loving kindness and tender mercies.

٥ لَا تَدْخُلْ إِلَى بَيْتٍ فِيهِ مَأْتَمٌ، وَلا تَذْهَبْ لِتَنْدُبَ أَحَداً أَوْ لِلتَّعْزِيَةِ، لأَنِّي قَدْ نَزَعْتُ سَلامِي وَإِحْسَانِي وَمَرَاحِمِي مِنْ هَذَا الشَّعْبِ،

6 Both great and small shall die in this land; they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them;

٦ فَيَمُوتُ الصَّغِيرُ وَالْكَبِيرُ فِي هَذِهِ الأَرْضِ فَلا يُدْفَنُونَ وَلا يُنْدَبُونَ أَوْ يَخْدِشُ أَحَدٌ نَفْسَهُ أَوْ يَحْلِقُ شَعْرَهُ حِدَاداً عَلَيْهِمْ.

7 neither shall men break bread for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall men give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother.

٧ وَلا يُقَدِّمْ أَحَدٌ طَعَاماً فِي مَأْتَمٍ عَزَاءً لَهُمْ عَنِ الْمَيْتِ، وَلا يَسْقُونَهُمْ كَأْسَ الْمُوَاسَاةِ عَنْ فَقْدِ أَبٍ أَوْ أُمٍّ.

8 You shall not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and to drink.

٨ وَلا تَذْهَبْ إِلَى بَيْتٍ فِيهِ مَأْدُبَةٌ لِتَجْلِسَ مَعَهُمْ وَتَأْكُلَ وَتَشْرَبَ،

9 For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Look, I will cause to cease out of this place, before your eyes and in your days, the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride.

٩ لأَنِّي أَقْطَعُ مِنْ هَذَا الْمَوْضِعِ، أَمَامَ أَعْيُنِكُمْ وَفِي أَيَّامِكُمْ، صَوْتَ أَهَازِيجِ الْبَهْجَةِ وَالطَّرَبِ، وَأَغَانِيَ الاحْتِفَالِ بِالْعَرُوسِ وَالْعَرِيسِ.

10 It shall happen, when you shall show this people all these words, and they shall tell you, 'Why has the LORD pronounced all this great evil against us? Or what is our iniquity? Or what is our sin that we have committed against the LORD our God?'

١٠ وَعِنْدَمَا تُبَلِّغُ هَذَا الشَّعْبَ هَذَا الْكَلامَ، وَيَسْأَلُونَكَ: لِمَاذَا قَضَى الرَّبُّ عَلَيْنَا بِكُلِّ هَذَا الشَّرِّ الْعَظِيمِ؟ مَا هِيَ آثَامُنَا؟ وَأَيَّةُ خَطِيئَةٍ ارْتَكَبْنَاهَا فِي حَقِّ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِنَا؟

11 Then you shall tell them, 'Because your fathers have forsaken me, says the LORD, and have walked after other gods, and have served them, and have worshiped them, and have forsaken me, and have not kept my law;

١١ عِنْدَئِذٍ تُجِيبُهُمْ: يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ: لأَنَّ أَبَاءَكُمْ نَبَذُونِي وَضَلُّوا وَرَاءَ الأَوْثَانِ وَعَبَدُوهَا وَسَجَدُوا لَهَا، وَتَرَكُونِي وَلَمْ يُطَبِّقُوا شَرِيعَتِي.

12 and you have done evil more than your fathers; for, look, you walk every one after the stubbornness of his evil heart, so that you do not listen to me:

١٢ وَلأَنَّكُمْ أَنْتُمْ أَيْضاً قَدْ أَسَأْتُمْ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ آبَائِكُمْ، وَغَوَى كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْكُمْ وَرَاءَ قَلْبِهِ الشِّرِّيرِ الْعَنِيدِ وَرَفَضَ طَاعَتِي.

13 therefore I will cast you forth out of this land into the land that you have not known, neither you nor your fathers; and there you shall serve other gods day and night; for I will show you no favor.'

١٣ لِذَلِكَ هَا أَنَا أَقْذِفُكُمْ خَارِجَ هَذِهِ الأَرْضِ إِلَى أَرْضٍ لَمْ تَعْرِفُوهَا أَنْتُمْ وَلا آبَاؤُكُمْ، فَتَعْبُدُونَ هُنَاكَ أَصْنَاماً بَاطِلَةً نَهَاراً وَلَيْلاً، لأَنِّي لَنْ أُبْدِيَ لَهُمْ رَحْمَتِي».

14 Therefore look, the days come," says the LORD, "that it shall no more be said, 'As the LORD lives, who brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;'

١٤ لِهَذَا يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ: «هَا أَيَّامٌ مُقْبِلَةٌ لَا يُقَالُ فِيهَا بَعْدُ: حَيٌّ هُوَ الرَّبُّ الَّذِي أَخْرَجَ شَعْبَ إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ مِصْرَ،

15 but, 'As the LORD lives, who brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north, and from all the countries where he had driven them.' I will bring them again into their land that I gave to their fathers.

١٥ إِنَّمَا يُقَالُ: حَيٌّ هُوَ الرَّبُّ الَّذِي أَخْرَجَ شَعْبَ إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ بِلادِ الشِّمَالِ وَمِنْ سَائِرِ الأَرَاضِي الَّتِي سَبَاهُمْ إِلَيْهَا. لأَنِّي سَأُرْجِعُهُمْ ثَانِيَةً إِلَى أَرْضِهِمِ الَّتِي وَهَبْتُهَا لِآبَائِهِمْ.

16 Look, I will send for many fishermen," says the LORD, "and they shall fish them up; and afterward I will send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the clefts of the rocks.

١٦ هَا أَنَا أُرْسِلُ صَيَّادِينَ كَثِيرِينَ، لِيَصْطَادُوهُمْ، ثُمَّ أَبْعَثُ بِقَنَّاصِينَ كَثِيرِينَ لِيَقْتَنِصُوهُمْ مِنْ كُلِّ جَبَلٍ وَمِنْ كُلِّ رَابِيَةٍ وَمِنْ شُقُوقِ الصُّخُورِ.

17 For my eyes are on all their ways; they are not hidden from my face, neither is their iniquity concealed from my eyes.

١٧ لأَنَّ عَيْنَيَّ تُرَاقِبَانِ طُرُقَهُمُ الَّتِي لَمْ تَحْتَجِبْ عَنِّي وَإِثْمَهُمُ الَّذِي لَمْ يَسْتَتِرْ عَنْ عَيْنَيَّ.

18 First I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double, because they have polluted my land with the carcasses of their detestable things, and have filled my inheritance with their abominations."

١٨ فَأُعَاقِبُهُمْ عِقَاباً مُضَاعَفاً عَلَى إِثْمِهِمْ، لأَنَّهُمْ دَنَّسُوا أَرْضِي بِجُثَثِ أَصْنَامِهِمْ، وَمَلَأُوا مِيرَاثِي بِنَجَاسَاتِهِمْ».

19 "LORD, my strength, and my stronghold, and my refuge in the day of affliction, to you shall the nations come from the farthest parts of the earth, and shall say, 'Our fathers have inherited nothing but lies, vanity and things in which there is no profit.

١٩ يَا رَبُّ أَنْتَ عِزِّي وَحِصْنِي وَمَلاذِي فِي يَوْمِ الضِّيقِ، إِلَيْكَ تُقْبِلُ الأُمَمُ مِنْ أَقَاصِي الأَرْضِ قَائِلَةً: «لَمْ يَرِثْ آبَاؤُنَا سِوَى الْبَاطِلِ وَالأَكَاذِيبِ وَمَا لَا جَدْوَى مِنْهُ.

20 Shall a man make to himself gods, which yet are no gods?'"

٢٠ هَلْ فِي وُسْعِ الْمَرْءِ أَنْ يَصْنَعَ لِنَفْسِهِ إِلَهاً؟ إِنَّ هَذِهِ لَيْسَتْ آلِهَةً.

21 "Therefore look, I will cause them to know, this once will I cause them to know my hand and my might; and they shall know that my name is the LORD.

٢١ فَلِذَلِكَ هَا أَنَا أُعَرِّفُهُمْ هَذِهِ الْمَرَّةَ قُوَّتِي وَجَبَرُوتِي، فَيُدْرِكُونَ أَنَّ اسْمِي يَهْوَه (أَيِ الرَّبُّ)».