Jeremiah 11
1 This is [another] message that Yahweh told me:
| هَذِهِ هِيَ النُّبُوءَةُ الَّتِي أَوْحَى بِها الرَّبُّ لإِرْمِيَا: | ١ |
2 “Listen to the agreement that I made with [the ancestors of] the people of Jerusalem and [the other cities in] Judah. Then remind them of [that agreement].
| «اسْتَمِعْ كَلامَ هَذَا الْعَهْدِ وَخَاطِبْ رِجَالَ يَهُوذَا وَأَهْلَ أُورُشَلِيمَ، | ٢ |
3 Then tell them that [I], Yahweh, the God whom the Israeli [people worship], said that I will curse everyone who does not obey what was written in that agreement that I made with them.
| وَقُلْ لَهُمْ: هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: مَلْعُونٌ الَّذِي لَا يَسْمَعُ كَلِمَاتِ هَذَا الْعَهْدِ، | ٣ |
4 It is the same agreement that I made with their ancestors when I brought them out of Egypt. [What happened to them in Egypt was terrible; it was as though they were] living in a hot furnace [MET]. When I brought them out of Egypt, I told them to obey me, and to do everything that I had commanded them to do. [I also told them] that if they obeyed me, they would be my people and I would be their God.
| الَّذِي أَوْصَيْتُ بِهِ آبَاءَكُمْ حِينَ أَخْرَجْتُهُمْ مِنْ مِصْرَ مِنْ كُورِ الْحَدِيدِ قَائِلاً: اسْتَمِعُوا إِلَى صَوْتِي وَاعْمَلُوا بِمُقْتَضَى مَا أَمَرْتُكُمْ بِهِ، فَتَكُونُوا لِي شَعْباً وَأَنَا أَكُونُ لَكُمْ إِلَهاً، | ٤ |
5 [Now tell these people that if they obey me], I will do what I promised to do for their ancestors. I will enable them to continue living in this very fertile [IDM] land in which they now live.” I replied, “Yahweh, I hope that what you said will happen.”
| فَأَفِي بِالْقَسَمِ الَّذِي أَقْسَمْتُ بِهِ لِآبَائِكُمْ أَنْ أَهَبَهُمْ أَرْضاً تَفِيضُ لَبَناً وَعَسَلاً، كَمَا فِي هَذَا الْيَوْمِ». فَأَجَبْتُ قَائِلاً: «آمِينَ يَا رَبُّ». | ٥ |
6 Then Yahweh said to me, “Go into the streets of Jerusalem and to the [other] cities in Judah. Proclaim my message to the people. Tell them to listen to the agreement [that I made with their ancestors], and to obey it.
| ثُمَّ قَالَ لِيَ الرَّبُّ: «أَذِعْ كُلَّ هَذَا الْكَلامِ فِي مُدُنِ يَهُوذَا وَفِي شَوَارِعِ أُورُشَلِيمَ: اسْمَعُوا كَلِمَاتِ هَذَا الْعَهْدِ وَاعْمَلُوا بِها. | ٦ |
7 When I brought their ancestors out of Egypt, I solemnly pleaded with them many times to obey me, and I am still pleading with them now.
| فَإِنِّي مُنْذُ أَنْ أَخْرَجْتُ آبَاءَكُمْ مِنْ مِصْرَ حَتَّى هَذَا الْيَوْمِ، أَشْهَدْتُ عَلَيْهِمِ الْمَرَّةَ تِلْوَ الأُخْرَى قَائِلاً: أَطِيعُوا صَوْتِي. | ٧ |
8 But they did not obey me or [even] pay any attention to me. Everyone continued to be stubborn and to do the evil things that they wanted to do. I commanded them to do what was written in the agreement, but they refused. So I punished them in all the ways that I promised that I would.”
| لَكِنَّهُمْ لَمْ يُطِيعُوا وَلَمْ يَسْمَعُوا، إِنَّمَا سَلَكَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ بِمُوْجِبِ عِنَادِ قَلْبِهِ الشِّرِّيرِ. فَأَجْرَيْتُ عَلَيْهِمْ كُلَّ كَلامِ هَذَا الْعَهْدِ الَّذِي أَمَرْتُهُمْ بِهِ وَلَمْ يُنَفِّذُوهُ». | ٨ |
9 Then Yahweh said to me, “The people of Jerusalem and [the other cities in] Judah are rebelling against me.
| ثُمَّ خَاطَبَنِي الرَّبُّ: «قَدْ شَاعَتْ فِتْنَةٌ بَيْنَ رِجَالِ يَهُوذَا وَأَهْلِ أُورُشَلِيمَ. | ٩ |
10 Their ancestors refused to do what I told them to do, and [now] these people have returned to committing the sins that their ancestors committed. They are worshiping other gods. The people of Israel disobeyed the agreement that I made with their ancestors, and [now] the people of Judah have done the same thing.
| فَقَدِ ارْتَدُّوا إِلَى آثَامِ أَسْلافِهِمِ الَّذِينَ أَبَوْا الاسْتِمَاعَ إِلَى كَلِمَاتِي، ضَلُّوا وَرَاءَ الأَصْنَامِ لِيَعْبُدُوهَا، وَقَدْ نَكَثَ شَعْبُ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَشَعْبُ يَهُوذَا عَهْدِي الَّذِي أَبْرَمْتُهُ مَعَ آبَائِهِمْ. | ١٠ |
11 So now I, Yahweh, am warning them that I will cause them to experience disasters, and they will not escape them. And when they cry out for me [to help them], I will not pay attention.
| لِذَلِكَ هَا أَنَا أُنْزِلُ بِهِمْ شَرّاً لَنْ يُفْلِتُوا مِنْهُ، فَيَسْتَغِيثُونَ بِي فَلا أَسْتَجِيبُ لَهُمْ. | ١١ |
12 When that happens, the people in Jerusalem and [other] cities in Judah will [offer sacrifices and] burn incense to their gods and ask for their help, but those gods will not be able to save them when those disasters come to them.
| فَيَلْجَأُ سُكَّانُ مُدُنِ يَهُوذَا وَأَهْلُ أُورُشَلِيمَ إِلَى الأَصْنَامِ الَّتِي أَحْرَقُوا لَهَا الْبَخُورَ لِيَسْتَغِيثُوا بِها، وَلَكِنَّهَا لَنْ تُغِيثَهُمْ فِي سَاعَةِ الْمِحْنَةِ. | ١٢ |
13 There are more gods in Judah than there are towns in Judah, and the people of Jerusalem have erected as many altars to burn incense [to those gods] as there are streets in Jerusalem.
| صَارَ عَدَدُ آلِهَتِكَ يَا يَهُوذَا كَعَدَدِ مُدُنِكَ، وَأَضْحَتْ مَذَابِحُكَ الَّتِي نَصَبْتَهَا لِلْخِزْيِ وَلإِصْعَادِ الْبَخُورِ لِلْبَعْلَ بِعَدَدِ شَوَارِعِ أُورُشَلِيمَ. | ١٣ |
14 Jeremiah, do not pray for these people, and do not plead with me to rescue them. If you plead with me, I will not pay attention; and if they cry out to me for help when they are in distress, I will not listen to them.”
| فَلا تَبْتَهِلَنَّ مِنْ أَجْلِ هَذَا الشَّعْبِ، وَلا تَرْفَعَنَّ لأَجْلِهِمْ دُعَاءً وَلا صَلاةً، فَإِنِّي لَنْ أَسْمَعَ لَهُمْ وَقْتَ اسْتِغَاثَتِهِمْ بِي مِنْ مِحْنَتِهِمْ. | ١٤ |
15 Then Yahweh said, “The people [of Judah] whom I love certainly no longer have [RHQ] a right to come to my temple, because they continually do many evil things. [They think that] continually making sacrifices of meat to me certainly will [RHQ] protect them from disasters, with the result that they will be able to rejoice.
| أَيُّ حَقٍّ لِحَبِيبَتِي فِي بَيْتِي بَعْدَ أَنِ ارْتَكَبَتِ الْمُوبِقَاتِ الْكَثِيرَةَ؟ أَيُمْكِنُ لِلَحْمِ الذَّبَائِحِ الْمُقَدَّسِ أَنْ يَصْرِفَ عَنْكِ عِقَابَكِ؟ عِنْدَمَا تَنْغَمِسِينَ فِي شَرِّكِ آنَئِذٍ تَبْتَهِجِينَ». | ١٥ |
16 I previously said that they were like an olive tree full of green leaves with a lot of good olives on it, but [now I will send their enemies to attack] them furiously; [it is as though] I will break off their branches, and [their city] will be destroyed by fire.
| قَدْ دَعَاكِ الرَّبُّ مَرَّةً زَيْتُونَةً خَضْرَاءَ ذَاتَ ثَمَرٍ بَهِيجِ الْمَنْظَرِ. أَمَّا الآنَ فَبِزَمْجَرةٍ عَاصِفَةٍ رَهِيبَةٍ يُضْرِمُ فِيهَا نَاراً تَلْتَهِمُ أَغْصَانَهَا. | ١٦ |
17 [It is as though] the people of Judah and Israel were a beautiful olive tree that I, the Commander of the armies of angels, planted, but [now], by burning incense to [their god] Baal, they have caused me to become [very] angry. So [now] I have decided to destroy them.”
| إِنَّ الرَّبَّ الْقَدِيرَ الَّذِي غَرَسَكِ قَدْ قَضَى بِالشَّرِّ عَلَيْكِ عِقَاباً لِمَا ارْتَكَبَهُ شَعْبُ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَشَعْبُ يَهُوذَا مِنْ إِثْمٍ، فَأَثَارُوا غَيْظِي بِإِحْرَاقِ الْبَخُورِ لِلْبَعْلِ. | ١٧ |
18 Yahweh revealed to me that [my enemies] were planning to kill me.
| وَقَدْ أَطْلَعَنِي الرَّبُّ عَلَى ذَلِكَ فَعَرَفْتُ؛ ثُمَّ أَرَيْتَنِي أَعْمَالَهُمُ الْمُنْكَرَةَ. | ١٨ |
19 [Before he did that], I was like a lamb that was being led away to be slaughtered; I did not know what they were planning to do. I did not know that they were saying, “Let’s get rid of this tree and its fruit,” so [I did not know] that they intended to kill me, in order that no one would remember me [MTY].
| وَلَكِنِّي كُنْتُ كَحَمَلٍ أَلِيفٍ يُسَاقُ إِلَى الذَّبْحِ، لَمْ أُدْرِكْ أَنَّهُمْ يَتَآمَرُونَ عَلَيَّ قَائِلِينَ: «لِنُتْلِفِ الشَّجَرَةَ وَثِمَارَهَا، وَلْنَسْتَأْصِلْهُ مِنْ أَرْضِ الأَحْيَاءِ فَيَنْدَثِرَ اسْمُهُ إِلَى الأَبَدِ.» | ١٩ |
20 [Then I prayed], “Commander of the armies of angels, you judge people justly/fairly, and you examine everything that we are thinking [DOU]. Allow me to watch you getting revenge on the people [who want to kill me], because I trust that you will do for me what is right.”
| وَلَكِنْ أَيُّهَا الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ، الْقَاضِي بِالإِنْصَافِ، الْفَاحِصُ الْقُلُوبِ وَالنَّوَايَا، دَعْنِي أَشْهَدُ انْتِقَامَكَ مِنْهُمْ لأَنِّي إِلَيْكَ رَفَعْتُ دَعْوَايَ. | ٢٠ |
21 It was the men of [my own town], Anathoth, who wanted to kill me, and they told me that they would kill me if I did not stop prophesying what Yahweh told me to say.
| «لِذَلِكَ، هَكَذَا يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ عَنْ رِجَالِ عَنَاثُوثَ الَّذِينَ يَلْتَمِسُونَ نَفْسَكَ قَائِلِينَ: لَا تَتَنَبَّأْ بِاسْمِ الرَّبِّ لِئَلَّا تَمُوتَ بِأَيْدِينَا. | ٢١ |
22 So the Commander of the armies of angels said [about them], “I will punish them. Their young men will be killed in wars, and their children will die because they have no food.
| لِهَذَا يُعْلِنُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ: هَا أَنَا أُعَاقِبُهُمْ فَيَمُوتُ شَبَابُهُمْ بِحَدِّ السَّيْفِ، وَيَهْلِكُ أَبْنَاؤُهُمْ وَبَنَاتُهُمْ جُوْعاً. | ٢٢ |
23 I have set a time when I will bring disasters to the people of Anathoth, and when that happens, none of them will remain alive.”
| وَلا تُفْلِتُ مِنْهُمْ بَقِيَّةٌ، لأَنِّي فِي سَنَةِ عِقَابِهِمْ أَجْلِبُ شَرّاً عَلَى رِجَالِ عَنَاثُوثَ». | ٢٣ |
