Jeremiah 21
1 Yahweh gave me another message when King Zedekiah [of Judah] sent [a man who was also named] Pashhur, the son of Malkijah, and a priest named Zephaniah, the son of Maaseiah, [to talk to me. They pleaded with me], saying,
| الْكَلامُ الَّذِي أَوْحَى بِهِ الرَّبُّ إِلَى إِرْمِيَا النَّبِيِّ، عِنْدَمَا أَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِ الْمَلِكُ صِدْقِيَّا فَشْحُورَ بْنَ مَلْكِيَّا وَصَفَنْيَا بْنَ مَعْسِيَّا الْكَاهِنَ، قَائِلاً: | ١ |
2 “[The army of] King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon is attacking Judah. Please speak to Yahweh for us. [Ask him if he will help us]. Perhaps he will force Nebuchadnezzar’s [army] to leave by performing a miracle for us, like the miracles he performed [previously].”
| «اسْأَلِ الرَّبَّ عَنَّا، لأَنَّ نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرَ مَلِكَ بَابِلَ قَدْ أَعْلَنَ عَلَيْنَا حَرْباً، لَعَلَّ الرَّبَّ يُجْرِي لَنَا مُعْجِزَةً كَسَابِقِ مُعْجِزَاتِهِ، وَيَصْرِفُهُ عَنَّا». | ٢ |
3 I replied to them, “[Go back to King] Zedekiah. Tell him,
| فَقَالَ لَهُمَا إِرْمِيَا: «هَذَا مَا تَقُولانِ لِصِدْقِيَّا: | ٣ |
4 ‘This is what Yahweh, the God whom [we] Israelis [worship], says: “I will cause your weapons to be useless in fighting against the king of Babylon and his army that is outside the walls of Jerusalem, attacking. I will enable them to enter into the center of this city.
| هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: هَا أَنَا أَرُدُّ أَسْلِحَتَكُمُ الَّتِي بِأَيْدِيكُمُ الَّتِي تُحَارِبُونَ بِها مَلِكَ بَابِلَ وَالْكِلْدَانِيِّينَ الَّذِينَ يُحَاصِرُونَكُمْ مِنْ خَارِجِ السُّورِ، وَأَجْمَعُهُمْ فِي وَسَطِ هَذِهِ الْمَدِينَةِ. | ٤ |
5 I myself will fight against your [army] with my very great power, [MTY, DOU] because I am very angry with you.
| وَأُحَارِبُكُمْ بِنَفْسِي بِيَدٍ مَمْدُودَةٍ وَذِرَاعٍ شَدِيدَةٍ، بِغَضَبٍ وَحَنَقٍ وَسُخْطٍ عَظِيمٍ. | ٥ |
6 I will send a very (terrible plague/big sickness) on the people of this city, and on their domestic animals, and [many of] them will die.”
| وَأُبِيدُ أَهْلَ هَذِهِ الْمَدِينَةِ رِجَالاً وَبَهَائِمَ، فَيَمُوتُونَ بِوَبَأٍ رَهِيبٍ، | ٦ |
7 And Yahweh says there are many people in this city who want to kill you. So, he will enable [the army of] King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and other people in this city to capture [you], King Zedekiah, and your officials, and [all the other] people who do not die from the plague. His army will slaughter your soldiers; they will not act mercifully toward you(pl) or pity you at all. [DOU]’
| وَأُسْلِمُ صِدْقِيَّا مَلِكَ يَهُوذَا وَخُدَّامَهُ وَمَنْ بَقِيَ مِنْ أَهْلِ هَذِهِ الْمَدِينَةِ، النَّاجِينَ مِنَ الْوَبَأ وَالسَّيْفِ وَالْجُوعِ، إِلَى يَدِ نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرَ مَلِكِ بَابِلَ، وَإِلَى أَيْدِي أَعْدَائِهِمْ وَطَالِبِي نُفُوسِهِمْ، فَيَقْتُلُهُمْ بِحَدِّ السَّيْفِ، وَلا يَرْثِي لَهُمْ وَلا يَشْفُقُ أَوْ يَرْحَمُ. | ٧ |
8 And tell this to [all] the people: ‘Yahweh says that you must decide whether you want to die or to remain alive.
| وَتَقُولُ لِهَذَا الشَّعْبِ: هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ الرَّبُّ: هَا أَنَا أَعْرِضُ أَمَامَكُمْ طَرِيقَ الْحَيَاةِ وَطَرِيقَ الْمَوْتِ. | ٨ |
9 Everyone who remains in Jerusalem will die. They will be killed in battles or die from being hungry or from diseases. But those who surrender to the army of Babylon that is surrounding your city will remain alive. They will escape dying.
| فَمَنْ يَمْكُثُ فِي هَذِهِ الْمَدِينَةِ يَمُوتُ بِالسَّيْفِ وَالْجُوعِ وَالْوَبَاءِ، وَمَنْ يَلْجَأُ إِلَى الْكِلْدَانِيِّينَ الَّذِينَ يُحَاصِرُونَكُمْ وَيَسْتَسْلِمُ لَهُمْ يَحْيَا وَيَغْنَمُ نَفْسَهُ. | ٩ |
10 [That will happen] because I, Yahweh, have decided to cause this city to experience disasters, not to experience something good. The army of the king of Babylon will capture this city and will destroy it [completely] by fire.’”
| فَإِنِّي قَدْ قَضَيْتُ عَلَى هَذِهِ الْمَدِينَةِ بِالشَّرِّ لَا بِالْخَيْرِ يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ، لِهَذَا يَسْتَوْلِي عَلَيْهَا مَلِكُ بَابِلَ فَيُحْرِقُهَا بِالنَّارِ». | ١٠ |
11 [Yahweh also told me to] say this to the family of the king of Judah: “Listen to this message from Yahweh!
| «وَتَقُولُ لِبَيْتِ مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا: اسْمَعُوا قَضَاءَ الرَّبِّ: | ١١ |
12 This is what he says to you descendants of King David: ‘Every day, make fair decisions for the people whom you judge. Help those who have been robbed. Rescue/Save them from those [SYN] who (oppress them/treat them cruelly). If you do not do that, I will be angry and punish [MTY] you with a fire that will be impossible to extinguish, because of [all] the sins that you have committed.
| يَا ذُرِّيَّةَ دَاوُدَ، هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ الرَّبُّ: أَجْرُوا الْعَدْلَ فِي الصَّبَاحِ، وَأَنْقِذُوا الْمُغْتَصَبَ مِنْ يَدِ الْمُغْتَصِبِ لِئَلَّا يَنْصَبَّ غَضَبِي كَنَارٍ، فَيُحْرِقَ وَلَيْسَ مَنْ يُخْمِدُهُ لِفَرْطِ مَا ارْتَكَبْتُمْ مِنْ أَعْمَالٍ شِرِّيرَةٍ. | ١٢ |
13 I will fight against you people [of Jerusalem], you who live on top of a rocky hill above the valley. [I will fight against] you people who boast, saying, “No one can attack us and break through [our defenses].”
| يَا أُورُشَلِيمُ يَا سَاكِنَةَ الْوَادِي، يَا صَخْرَةَ السَّهْلِ، هَا أَنَا أَقِفُ ضِدَّكِ» يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ، «وَأَنْتُمْ يَا مَنْ تَقُولُونَ:’مَنْ يُهَاجِمُنَا؟ وَمَنْ يَقْتَحِمُ مَنَازِلَنَا؟‘ | ١٣ |
14 I will punish you for your wicked deeds like you deserve to be punished; [It will be as though] I will light a fire in your forests that will burn up everything around you!’”
| هَا أَنَا أُعَاقِبُكُمْ بِحَسَبِ ثِمَارِ أَعْمَالِكُمْ، وَأُوْقِدُ نَاراً فِي غَابَةِ مَدِينَتِكُمْ فَتَلْتَهِمُ كُلَّ مَا حَوْلَهَا». | ١٤ |
