Jeremiah 49

1 Of the sons of Ammon-Thus saith Yahweh: Hath Israel no, sons? Hath he no, heir? Why hath, Malkam, taken possession of Gad, Or have, his people, in the cities thereof, made their dwelling?

١ عَنْ بَنِي عَمُّونَ: «هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: أَلَيْسَ لِإِسْرَائِيلَ بَنُونَ، أَوْ لَا وَارِثٌ لَهُ؟ لِمَاذَا يَرِثُ مَلِكُهُمْ جَادَ، وَشَعْبُهُ يَسْكُنُ فِي مُدُنِهِ؟

2 Therefore, lo! days are coming, Declareth Yahweh When I will cause to be heard against Rabbah of the sons of Ammon, an alarm of war, So shall she become a mound of desolation, And, her villages, with fire, shall blaze, —Then shall Israel, inherit them who inherited him, Saith Yahweh.

٢ لِذَلِكَ هَا أَيَّامٌ تَأْتِي، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ، وَأُسْمِعُ فِي رَبَّةِ بَنِي عَمُّونَ جَلَبَةَ حَرْبٍ، وَتَصِيرُ تَّلًا خَرِبًا، وَتُحْرَقُ بَنَاتُهَا بِٱلنَّارِ، فَيَرِثُ إِسْرَائِيلُ ٱلَّذِينَ وَرِثُوهُ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ.

3 Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled Make outcry, ye daughters of Rabbah, Gird you with sackcloth, Lament ye and run to and fro among the fences, —For, Malkam, into captivity, shall go, His priests and his princes, together.

٣ وَلْوِلِي يَاحَشْبُونُ لِأَنَّ عَايَ قَدْ خَرِبَتْ. اُصْرُخْنَ يَا بَنَاتِ رَبَّةَ. تَنَطَّقْنَ بِمُسُوحٍ. ٱنْدُبْنَ وَطَوِّفْنَ بَيْنَ ٱلْجُدْرَانِ، لِأَنَّ مَلِكَهُمْ يَذْهَبُ إِلَى ٱلسَّبْيِ هُوَ وَكَهَنَتُهُ وَرُؤَسَاؤُهُ مَعًا.

4 Why shouldst thou glory in the vales, The flowing of thy vale O apostate daughter? She who is trusting in her treasures, [saying, ] Who shall invade, me?

٤ مَا بَالُكِ تَفْتَخِرِينَ بِٱلْأَوْطِيَةِ؟ قَدْ فَاضَ وَطَاؤُكِ دَمًا أَيَّتُهَا ٱلْبِنْتُ ٱلْمُرْتَدَّةُ وَٱلْمُتَوَكِّلَةُ عَلَى خَزَائِنِهَا، قَائِلَةً: مَنْ يَأْتِي إِلَيَّ؟

5 Behold me! bringing upon thee, terror Declareth My Lord, Yahweh of hosts, From all who are round about thee, —And ye shall be driven out every man before it, And there shall be none to bring home the wanderer;

٥ هَأَنَذَا أَجْلِبُ عَلَيْكِ خَوْفًا، يَقُولُ ٱلسَّيِّدُ رَبُّ ٱلْجُنُودِ، مِنْ جَمِيعِ ٱلَّذِينَ حَوَالَيْكِ، وَتُطْرَدُونَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ إِلَى مَا أَمَامَهُ، وَلَيْسَ مَنْ يَجْمَعُ ٱلتَّائِهِينَ.

6 But afterwards, will I bring back the captivity of the sons of Ammon, Declareth Yahweh.

٦ ثُمَّ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ أَرُدُّ سَبْيَ بَنِي عَمُّونَ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ».

7 Of Edom—Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, Is there no longer wisdom in Teman? Hath counsel perished from the discerning? Is their wisdom corrupt?

٧ عَنْ أَدُومَ: «هَكَذَا قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلْجُنُودِ: أَلَا حِكْمَةَ بَعْدُ فِي تِيْمَانَ؟ هَلْ بَادَتِ ٱلْمَشُورَةُ مِنَ ٱلْفُهَمَاءِ؟ هَلْ فَرَغَتْ حِكْمَتُهُمْ؟

8 Flee ye turn go down deep to dwell, O inhabitant of Dedan, —For the doom of Esau, have I brought in upon him The time of his visitation.

٨ اُهْرُبُوا. ٱلْتَفِتُوا. تَعَمَّقُوا فِي ٱلسَّكَنِ يَا سُكَّانَ دَدَانَ، لِأَنِّي قَدْ جَلَبْتُ عَلَيْهِ بَلِيَّةَ عِيسُو حِينَ عَاقَبْتُهُ.

9 If, grape-gatherers, came to thee, Would they not leave, gleanings? If, thieves in the night, Would they not have taken away what sufficed them?

٩ لَوْ أَتَاكَ ٱلْقَاطِفُونَ، أَفَمَا كَانُوا يَتْرُكُونَ عُلَالَةً؟ أَوِ ٱللُّصُوصُ لَيْلًا، أَفَمَا كَانُوا يُهْلِكُونَ مَا يَكْفِيهِمْ؟

10 But, I, have stripped Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret places, And to conceal himself, shall he not be able! Spoiled, are his seed, and his brethren, and his neighbours, and he is not.

١٠ وَلَكِنَّنِي جَرَّدْتُ عِيسُوَ، وَكَشَفْتُ مُسْتَتَرَاتِهِ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ يَخْتَبِئَ. هَلَكَ نَسْلُهُ وَإِخْوَتُهُ وَجِيرَانُهُ، فَلَا يُوجَدُ.

11 Leave thy fatherless children I, will preserve them alive, —And thy widows, In me, let them trust.

١١ اُتْرُكْ أَيْتَامَكَ أَنَا أُحْيِيهِمْ، وَأَرَامِلُكَ عَلَيَّ لِيَتَوَكَّلْنَ.

12 For, thus saith Yahweh—Lo! they who had not been adjudged to drink the cup, shall surely drink, And art thou, the one to go unpunished? Thou shalt not go unpunished, but shalt surely drink.

١٢ لِأَنَّهُ هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: هَا إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا حَقَّ لَهُمْ أَنْ يَشْرَبُوا ٱلْكَأْسَ قَدْ شَرِبُوا، فَهَلْ أَنْتَ تَتَبَرَّأُ تَبَرُّؤًا؟ لَا تَتَبَرَّأُ! بَلْ إِنَّمَا تَشْرَبُ شُرْبًا.

13 For by myself, have I sworn, Declareth Yahweh, That, Bozrah shall become, an astonishment: a reproach and a desolation, and a contempt, —And all her cities shall become age-abiding desolations.

١٣ لِأَنِّي بِذَاتِي حَلَفْتُ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ، إِنَّ بُصْرَةَ تَكُونُ دَهَشًا وَعَارًا وَخَرَابًا وَلَعْنَةً، وَكُلُّ مُدُنِهَا تَكُونُ خِرَبًا أَبَدِيَّةً.

14 A report, have I heard from Yahweh, Yea, an envoy, throughout the nations, hath been sent, —Gather yourselves together and come against her, And arise to the battle.

١٤ قَدْ سَمِعْتُ خَبَرًا مِنْ قِبَلِ ٱلرَّبِّ، وَأُرْسِلَ رَسُولٌ إِلَى ٱلْأُمَمِ قَائِلًا: تَجَمَّعُوا وَتَعَالَوْا عَلَيْهَا، وَقُومُوا لِلْحَرْبِ.

15 For lo! Small, have I made thee among the nations, —Despised among men!

١٥ لِأَنِّي هَا قَدْ جَعَلْتُكَ صَغِيرًا بَيْنَ ٱلشُّعُوبِ، وَمُحْتَقَرًا بَيْنَ ٱلنَّاسِ.

16 Thy monstrous thing, hath deceived thee, The insolence of thy heart, O thou that inhabitest the hidden recesses of the cliff, That holdest fast the height of the hill, —Though thou set high as an eagle, thy nest, From thence, will I bring thee down, Declareth Yahweh;

١٦ قَدْ غَرَّكَ تَخْوِيفُكَ، كِبْرِيَاءُ قَلْبِكَ، يَاسَاكِنُ فِي مَحَاجِئِ ٱلصَّخْرِ، ٱلْمَاسِكَ مُرْتَفَعِ ٱلْأَكَمَةِ. وَإِنْ رَفَعْتَ كَنَسْرٍ عُشَّكَ، فَمِنْ هُنَاكَ أُحْدِرُكَ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ.

17 So shall, Edom, become an astonishment, —Every one passing by her, will be astonished and hiss, over all her plagues:

١٧ وَتَصِيرُ أَدُومُ عَجَبًا. كُلُّ مَارٍّ بِهَا يَتَعَجَّبُ وَيَصْفِرُ بِسَبَبِ كُلِّ ضَرَبَاتِهَا!

18 Like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and her neighbours, Saith Yahweh, —There shall not dwell there—a man, Nor sojourn therein—any son of the earth-born.

١٨ كَٱنْقِلَابِ سَدُومَ وَعَمُورَةَ وَمُجَاوَرَاتِهِمَا، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ، لَا يَسْكُنُ هُنَاكَ إِنْسَانٌ وَلَا يَتَغَرَّبُ فِيهَا ٱبْنُ آدَمَ.

19 Lo! like a lion, will he come up from the majesty of the Jordan, unto the pasture perennial, But I will wink—I will make him run away therefrom, Who then shall be the Chosen One whom over it, I may set in charge? For who shall be like unto, me? And who shall appoint me, a time? And who is the Shepherd that shall stand before, me?

١٩ هُوَذَا يَصْعَدُ كَأَسَدٍ مِنْ كِبْرِيَاءِ ٱلْأُرْدُنِّ إِلَى مَرْعًى دَائِمٍ. لِأَنِّي أَغْمِزُ وَأَجْعَلُهُ يَرْكُضُ عَنْهُ. فَمَنْ هُوَ مُنْتَخَبٌ، فَأُقِيمَهُ عَلَيْهِ؟ لِأَنَّهُ مَنْ مِثْلِي؟ وَمَنْ يُحَاكِمُنِي؟ وَمَنْ هُوَ ٱلرَّاعِي ٱلَّذِي يَقِفُ أَمَامِي؟

20 Wherefore, hear ye The counsel of Yahweh which he hath counseled against Edom, And his devices which he hath devised against the inhabitants of Teman, —Surely the little ones of the flock shall drag them away, Surely he will cause their fold to be astounded over them.

٢٠ لِذَلِكَ ٱسْمَعُوا مَشُورَةَ ٱلرَّبِّ ٱلَّتِي قَضَى بِهَا عَلَى أَدُومَ، وَأَفْكَارَهُ ٱلَّتِي ٱفْتَكَرَ بِهَا عَلَى سُكَّانِ تِيمَانَ: إِنَّ صِغَارَ ٱلْغَنَمِ تَسْحَبُهُمْ. إِنَّهُ يَخْرِبُ مَسْكَنَهُمْ عَلَيْهِمْ.

21 At the noise of their fall, hath trembled the earth, At the outcry, in the Red Sea, was heard its noise.

٢١ مِنْ صَوْتِ سُقُوطِهِمْ رَجَفَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ. صَرْخَةٌ سُمِعَ صَوْتُهَا فِي بَحْرِ سُوفَ.

22 Lo! as an eagle, he shall mount and dart, and spread his wings over Bozrah, —So shall the heart of the heroes of Edom, in that day, become as the heart of a woman in her pain.

٢٢ هُوَذَا كَنَسْرٍ يَرْتَفِعُ وَيَطِيرُ وَيَبْسُطُ جَنَاحَيْهِ عَلَى بُصْرَةَ، وَيَكُونُ قَلْبُ جَبَابِرَةِ أَدُومَ فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ كَقَلْبِ ٱمْرَأَةٍ مَاخِضٍ».

23 Of Damascus. Turned pale have Hamath and Arpad, For, a calamitous report, have they heard—they tremble, —In the sea, is anxiety, it cannot, rest.

٢٣ عَنْ دِمَشْقَ: «خَزِيَتْ حَمَاةُ وَأَرْفَادُ. قَدْ ذَابُوا لِأَنَّهُمْ قَدْ سَمِعُوا خَبَرًا رَدِيئًا. فِي ٱلْبَحْرِ ٱضْطِرَابٌ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُ ٱلْهُدُوءَ.

24 Enfeebled is Damascus She hath turned to flee But terror, hath seized her, —Anguish and pangs, have seized her as a woman in childbirth.

٢٤ ٱرْتَخَتْ دِمَشْقُ وَٱلْتَفَتَتْ لِلْهَرَبِ. أَمْسَكَتْهَا ٱلرِّعْدَةُ، وَأَخَذَهَا ٱلضِّيقُ وَٱلْأَوْجَاعُ كَمَاخِضٍ.

25 Alas! is she not forsaken—The city so praised! The citadel I rejoiced in!

٢٥ كَيْفَ لَمْ تُتْرَكِ ٱلْمَدِينَةُ ٱلشَّهِيرَةُ، قَرْيَةُ فَرَحِي؟

26 Therefore shall her young men fall in her broadways, —And, all her men of war, shall be silent in that day, Declareth Yahweh of hosts;

٢٦ لِذَلِكَ تَسْقُطُ شُبَّانُهَا فِي شَوَارِعِهَا، وَتَهْلِكُ كُلُّ رِجَالِ ٱلْحَرْبِ فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ، يَقُولُ رَبُّ ٱلْجُنُودِ.

27 Then will I kindle a fire in the walls of Damascus, —And it shall devour the palaces of Ben-hadad.

٢٧ وَأُشْعِلُ نَارًا فِي سُورِ دِمَشْقَ فَتَأْكُلُ قُصُورَ بَنْهَدَدَ».

28 Of Kedar. And of the kingdoms of Hazor Which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote—Thus, saith Yahweh, —Arise ye go up against Kedar, So shall they spoil the sons of the East:

٢٨ عَنْ قِيدَارَ وَعَنْ مَمَالِكِ حَاصُورَ ٱلَّتِي ضَرَبَهَا نَبُوخَذْرَاصَّرُ مَلِكُ بَابِلَ: «هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: قُومُوا ٱصْعَدُوا إِلَى قِيدَارَ. ٱخْرِبُوا بَنِي ٱلْمَشْرِقِ.

29 Their tents and their flocks, shall they take, And their curtains and all their baggage and their camels, shall they carry off for themselves, —And shall cry out unto them, Terror round about!

٢٩ يَأْخُذُونَ خِيَامَهُمْ وَغَنَمَهُمْ، وَيَأْخُذُونَ لِأَنْفُسِهِمْ شُقَقَهُمْ وَكُلَّ آنِيَتِهِمْ وَجِمَالَهُمْ، وَيُنَادُونَ إِلَيْهِمِ: ٱلْخَوْفَ مِنْ كُلِّ جَانِبٍ.

30 Flee remove far away, go deep to dwell, Ye inhabitants of Hazor, Urgeth Yahweh; For Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon—hath counseled against you, a counsel, And devised against you a device.

٣٠ «اُهْرُبُوا. ٱنْهَزِمُوا جِدًّا. تَعَمَّقُوا فِي ٱلسَّكَنِ يَاسُكَّانَ حَاصُورَ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ، لِأَنَّ نَبُوخَذْرَاصَّرَ مَلِكَ بَابِلَ قَدْ أَشَارَ عَلَيْكُمْ مَشُورَةً، وَفَكَّرَ عَلَيْكُمْ فِكْرًا.

31 Arise ye, go up against a nation at ease—dwelling securely, Commandeth Yahweh, —Having neither doors nor bars, Alone, do they dwell:

٣١ قُومُوا ٱصْعَدُوا إِلَى أُمَّةٍ مُطْمَئِنَّةٍ سَاكِنَةٍ آمِنَةٍ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ، لَا مَصَارِيعَ وَلَا عَوَارِضَ لَهَا. تَسْكُنُ وَحْدَهَا.

32 So shall their camels, become, a prey, And the throng of their cattle, a spoil, Then will I scatter them to every wind even the clipt-beards, —And from all sides of him, will I bring in their doom Declareth Yahweh.

٣٢ وَتَكُونُ جِمَالُهُمْ نَهْبًا، وَكَثْرَةُ مَاشِيَتِهِمْ غَنِيمَةً، وَأُذْرِي لِكُلِّ رِيحٍ مَقْصُوصِي ٱلشَّعْرِ مُسْتَدِيرًا، وَآتِي بِهَلَاكِهِمْ مِنْ كُلِّ جِهَاتِهِ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ.

33 So shall Hazor become A habitation of jackals An astonishment unto times age-abiding: There shall not dwell there—a man, Nor sojourn therein—a son of the earth-born.

٣٣ وَتَكُونُ حَاصُورُ مَسْكَنَ بَنَاتِ آوَى، وَخَرِبَةً إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ. لَا يَسْكُنُ هُنَاكَ إِنْسَانٌ، وَلَا يَتَغَرَّبُ فِيهَا ٱبْنُ آدَمَ».

34 So much of the word of Yahweh as came unto Jeremiah the prophet, Against Elam, —in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah saying: —

٣٤ كَلِمَةُ ٱلرَّبِّ ٱلَّتِي صَارَتْ إِلَى إِرْمِيَا ٱلنَّبِيِّ عَلَى عِيلَامَ، فِي ٱبْتِدَاءِ مُلْكِ صِدْقِيَّا مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا قَائِلَةً:

35 Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, Behold me! breaking the bow of Elam, —The beginning of their might;

٣٥ «هَكَذَا قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلْجُنُودِ: هَأَنَذَا أُحَطِّمُ قَوْسَ عِيلَامَ أَوَّلَ قُوَّتِهِمْ.

36 Then will I bring in against Elam four winds from the four quarters of the heavens, And will scatter them to all these winds, —And there shall be no nation whither the outcasts of Elam, shall not come;

٣٦ وَأَجْلِبُ عَلَى عِيلَامَ أَرْبَعَ رِيَاحٍ مِنْ أَرْبَعَةِ أَطْرَافِ ٱلسَّمَاءِ، وَأُذْرِيهِمْ لِكُلِّ هَذِهِ ٱلرِّيَاحِ وَلَا تَكُونُ أُمَّةٌ إِلَّا وَيَأْتِي إِلَيْهَا مَنْفِيُّو عِيلَامَ.

37 And I will cause Elam to be dismayed Before their enemies Even before them who are seeking their life, So will I bring upon them calamity, Even the glow of mine anger Declareth Yahweh, —And will send after them the sword, until I have made an end of them;

٣٧ وَأَجْعَلُ ٱلْعِيلَامِيِّينَ يَرْتَعِبُونَ أَمَامَ أَعْدَائِهِمْ وَأَمَامَ طَالِبِي نُفُوسِهِمْ، وَأَجْلِبُ عَلَيْهِمْ شَرًّا، حُمُوَّ غَضَبِي، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ. وَأُرْسِلُ وَرَاءَهُمُ ٱلسَّيْفَ حَتَّى أُفْنِيَهُمْ.

38 And I will set my throne in Elam, —And will destroy, from thence king and princes, Declareth Yahweh;

٣٨ وَأَضَعُ كُرْسِيِّي فِي عِيلَامَ، وَأُبِيدُ مِنْ هُنَاكَ ٱلْمَلِكَ وَٱلرُّؤَسَاءَ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ.

39 But it shall come to pass In the afterpart of the days, That I will bring back the captivity of Elam, Declareth Yahweh.

٣٩ «وَيَكُونُ فِي آخِرِ ٱلْأَيَّامِ أَنِّي أَرُدُّ سَبْيَ عِيلَامَ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ».