Jeremiah 51

1 This is what Yahweh says: “I will inspire/motivate [an army] to destroy Babylon [like a powerful] wind [MET], and [also] to destroy the people of Babylonia.

١ وَهَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ الرَّبُّ: هَا أَنَا أُثِيرُ عَلَى بَابِلَ وَعَلَى الْمُقِيمِينَ فِي دِيَارِ الْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ رِيحاً مُهْلِكَةً.

2 I will send a foreign army to come to get rid of Babylonia [like a strong wind] that blows away chaff. They will attack from every direction on that day of disaster.

٢ وَأَبْعَثُ إِلَى بَابِلَ مُذَرِّينَ يُذَرُّونَهَا، وَيَجْعَلُونَ أَرْضَهَا قَفْراً، وَيُهَاجِمُونَهَا مِنْ كُلِّ جَانِبٍ فِي يَوْمِ بَلِيَّتِهَا.

3 [I will tell them, ] ‘Do not allow the archers [of Babylon] to [have time to] put on their armor or draw their bows. Do not spare the young men of Babylon. Completely destroy their army.’

٣ لِيُوَتِّرِ الرَّامِي قَوْسَهُ وَلْيَتَدَجَّجْ بِسِلاحِهِ. لَا تَعْفُوا عَنْ شُبَّانِهَا، بَلْ أَبِيدُوا كُلَّ جَيْشِهَا إِبَادَةً.

4 Their soldiers will fall dead in Babylonia; [they will die after being] wounded in the streets.

٤ يَتَسَاقَطُ الْقَتْلَى فِي أَرْضِ الْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ، وَالْجَرْحَى فِي شَوَارِعِهَا،

5 [I, ] the Commander of the armies of angels, the Israelis’ God, have not abandoned Israel and Judah. [Even though] their land was full of people who sinned against [me], the Holy God of Israel, I am still their God.

٥ لأَنَّ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَيَهُوذَا لَمْ يُهْمِلْهُمَا الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ وَإِنْ تَكُنْ أَرْضُهُمَا تَفِيضُ بِالإِثْمِ ضِدَّ قُدُّوسِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

6 [You people of Israel and Judah, ] flee from Babylon! Run away from there! Do not stay there and be killed when I punish [the people of Babylon]! It will be the time when I will get revenge; I will do to them what they deserve.

٦ اهْرُبُوا مِنْ وَسَطِ بَابِلَ، وَلْيَنْجُ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ بِحَيَاتِهِ. لَا تَبِيدُوا مِنْ جَرَّاءِ إِثْمِهَا، لأَنَّ هَذَا هُوَ وَقْتُ انْتِقَامِ الرَّبِّ، وَمَوْعِدُ مُجَازَاتِهَا.

7 Babylon has been [like] [MET] a gold cup in my hand, [a cup that is full of wine] that caused people all over the earth [who drank some of it to become] drunk. [It is as though] the [rulers of] the nations drank the wine from Babylon, and it caused them to become crazy.

٧ كَانَتْ بَابِلُ كَأْسَ ذَهَبٍ فِي يَدِ اللهِ، فَسَكِرَتِ الأَرْضُ قَاطِبَةً. تَجَرَّعَتِ الأُمَمُ مِنْ خَمْرِهَا، لِذَلِكَ جُنَّتِ الشُّعُوبُ.

8 But suddenly Babylon will be conquered. [You foreigners who live in Babylon, ] weep for its people. Give them medicine for their wounds; perhaps they can be healed.”

٨ فَجْأَةً سَقَطَتْ بَابِلُ وَتَحَطَّمَتْ، فَوَلْوِلُوا عَلَيْهَا، خُذُوا بَلَسَاناً لِجُرْحِهَا لَعَلَّهَا تَبْرَأُ.

9 We [foreigners] would have [tried to] heal them, but [now] they cannot be healed. [So we will not try to help them; ] we will abandon them, and return to our own lands, because [it is as though] the punishment they are receiving is so great that it reaches up to the clouds in sky, [so great that no one can measure it].

٩ قُمْنَا بِمُدَاوَاةِ بَابِلَ، وَلَكِنْ لَمْ يَنْجَعْ فِيهَا عِلاجٌ. اهْجُرُوهَا وَلْيَمْضِ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنَّا إِلَى أَرْضِهِ، لأَنَّ قَضَاءَهَا قَدْ بَلَغَ عَنَانَ السَّمَاءِ، وَتَصَاعَدَ حَتَّى ارْتَفَعَ إِلَى الْغُيُومِ.

10 Yahweh has (vindicated us/shown that we were right); [so] let’s proclaim in Jerusalem everything that Yahweh our God has done [for us].

١٠ قَدْ أَظْهَرَ الرَّبُّ بِرَّنَا، فَتَعَالَوْا لِنُذِيعَ فِي صِهْيَوْنَ مَا صَنَعَهُ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُنَا.

11 [You enemy soldiers, ] sharpen your arrows! Lift up your shields, [because] Yahweh has incited your kings of Media [and Persia to march with their armies] to Babylon and to destroy it. That is how Yahweh will get revenge on [those foreigners who entered] his temple [in Jerusalem] and defiled it.

١١ سُنُّوا السِّهَامَ، وَتَقَلَّدُوا الأَتْرَاسَ، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ قَدْ أَثَارَ رُوحَ مُلُوكِ الْمَادِيِّينَ، إِذْ وَطَّدَ الْعَزْمَ عَلَى إِهْلاكِ بَابِلَ، لأَنَّ هَذَا هُوَ انْتِقَامُ الرَّبِّ، وَالثَّأْرُ لِهَيْكَلِهِ.

12 Lift up a battle flag close to the walls of Babylon! (Reinforce the/Appoint more) guards, and tell the watchmen to stand [in their positions]! Prepare an ambush, because Yahweh is about to accomplish all that he has planned to do to the people of Babylon.

١٢ انْصِبُوا رَايَةً عَلَى أَسْوَارِ بَابِلَ. شَدِّدُوا الْحِرَاسَةَ. أَقِيمُوا الأَرْصَادَ. أَعِدُّوا الْكَمَائِنَ، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ قَدْ خَطَّطَ وَأَنْجَزَ مَا قَضَى بِهِ عَلَى أَهْلِ بَابِلَ.

13 Babylon is [a city] near the great [Euphrates] River, a city in which there are many rich people, but it is time for Babylon to be finished; the time [for the city] to exist is ended.

١٣ أَيَّتُهَا السَّاكِنَةُ إِلَى جُوَارِ الْمِيَاهِ الْغَزِيرَةِ، ذَاتُ الْكُنُوزِ الْوَفِيرَةِ، إِنَّ نِهَايَتَكِ قَدْ أَزِفَتْ، وَحَانَ مَوْعِدُ اقْتِلاعِكِ.

14 The Commander of the armies of angels has solemnly promised, using his own name, “Your cities will be filled with your enemies; I will cause them to be like [SIM] a swarm of locusts; and they will shout triumphantly [when they conquer your city].”

١٤ قَدْ أَقْسَمَ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ بِذَاتِهِ قَائِلاً: لَأَمْلأَنَّكِ أُنَاساً كَالْغَوْغَاءِ فَتَعْلُو جَلَبَتُهُمْ عَلَيْكِ.

15 Yahweh created the earth by his power; he established it by his wisdom, and he stretched out the sky by his understanding.

١٥ هُوَ الَّذِي صَنَعَ الأَرْضَ بِقُدْرَتِهِ، وَأَسَّسَ الدُّنْيَا بِحِكْمَتِهِ، وَمَدَّ السَّمَاوَاتِ بِفِطْنَتِهِ.

16 When he speaks loudly, there is thunder in the sky; he causes clouds to form in every part of the earth. He sends lightning with the rain and releases the winds from his storehouses.

١٦ مَا إِنْ يَنْطِقُ بِصَوْتِهِ حَتَّى تَتَجَمَّعَ غِمَارُ الْمِيَاهِ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ، وَتَصْعَدَ السُّحُبُ مِنْ أَقَاصِي الأَرْضِ، وَيَجْعَلُ لِلْمَطَرِ بُرُوقاً، وَيُطْلِقُ الرِّيحَ مِنْ خَزَائِنِهِ.

17 People are senseless, and they know very little [HYP]; those who make idols are [always] disappointed, because their idols [do nothing for them]. The images/statues that they make are not real [gods]; they are lifeless.

١٧ كُلُّ امْرِئٍ خَامِلٌ وَعَدِيمُ الْمَعْرِفَةِ، وَكُلُّ صَائِغٍ خَزِيَ مِنْ تِمْثَالِهِ، لأَنَّ صَنَمَهُ الْمَسْبُوكَ كَاذِبٌ وَلا حَيَاةَ فِيهِ.

18 Idols are worthless; they deserve to be ridiculed; there will be a time when they will [all] be destroyed.

١٨ جَمِيعُ الأَصْنَامِ بَاطِلَةٌ وَصَنْعَةُ ضَلالٍ، وَفِي زَمَنِ عِقَابِهَا تَبِيدُ.

19 But the God whom [we] Israelis [worship] is not like those [idols]; he is the one who created everything [that exists]; [we], the people of Israel, belong to him; his name is ‘the Commander of the armies of angels’.

١٩ أَمَّا نَصِيبُ يَعْقُوبَ فَلَيْسَ مِثْلَ هَذِهِ الأَوْثَانِ، بَلْ هُوَ جَابِلُ كُلِّ الأَشْيَاءِ. وَشَعْبُ إِسْرَائِيلَ هُوَ سِبْطُ مِيرَاثِهِ، وَاسْمُهُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ.

20 Yahweh says [about the army of Babylonia] (OR, [about a nation that will attack Babylonia)], “You have been [like] [MET] my battle-axe and war-club; with your [power] I have shattered nations and destroyed [many] kingdoms.

٢٠ أَنْتَ فَأْسُ مَعْرَكَتِي وَآلَةُ حَرْبِي. بِكَ أُمَزِّقُ الأُمَمَ إِرْباً وَأُحَطِّمُ مَمَالِكَ.

21 With your [power] I have shattered armies [of other nations]: I destroyed [their] horses and their riders, [their] chariots and [their] chariot-drivers.

٢١ بِكَ أَجْعَلُ الْفَرَسَ وَفَارِسَهَا أَشْلاءَ، وَأُهَشِّمُ الْمَرْكَبَةَ وَرَاكِبَهَا.

22 With your [power] I shattered men and women, old people and children, young men and young women.

٢٢ بِكَ أُحَطِّمُ الرَّجُلَ وَالْمَرْأَةَ، وَالشَّيْخَ وَالْفَتَى، وَالشَّابَ وَالْعَذْرَاءَ.

23 With your [power] I shattered shepherds and their flocks [of sheep], farmers and their oxen, governors and [their] officials.”

٢٣ بِكَ أَسْحَقُ الرَّاعِي وَقَطِيعَهُ، وَالْحَارِثَ وَفَدَّانَهُ، وَالْحُكَّامَ وَالْوُلاةَ.

24 But, Yahweh [also] says, “[Soon] I will repay/punish [you] people in Babylon and in the rest of Babylonia for all the evil things that you have done in Jerusalem.

٢٤ سَأُجَازِي بَابِلَ وَسَائِرَ الْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَرِّهِمِ الَّذِي ارْتَكَبُوهُ فِي حَقِّ صِهْيَوْنَ، عَلَى مَرْأَى مِنْكُمْ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ.

25 [Babylonia is] [APO] like [MET] a great mountain [from which bandits descend] to (plunder/steal things from) people all over the earth. But I, Yahweh, am the enemy of you [people of Babylonia]. I will raise my fist to strike you. I will knock you down from the cliffs and cause you to be [only] a huge pile of burned rubble.

٢٥ هَا أَنَا أَنْقَلِبُ عَلَيْكَ أَيُّهَا الْجَبَلُ الْمُخَرِّبُ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ. أَنْتَ تُفْسِدُ كُلَّ الأَرْضِ، لِذَلِكَ أَمُدُّ يَدِي عَلَيْكَ وَأُدَحْرِجُكَ مِنْ بَيْنِ الصُّخُورِ، وَأَجْعَلُكَ جَبَلاً مُحْتَرِقاً.

26 Your [city] will be abandoned forever; [even] the stones in your [city] will never [again] be used for buildings. [Your city will be completely destroyed].”

٢٦ فَلا يُقْطَعُ مِنْكَ حَجَرٌ لِزَاوِيَةٍ، وَلا حَجَرٌ يُوْضَعُ كَأَسَاسٍ، بَلْ تَكُونُ خَرَاباً أَبَدِيًّا، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ.

27 [Tell] the nations to lift up a battle flag! [Tell them to] shout the battle-cry! Gather all their armies to fight against Babylon! Prepare the nations to attack Babylon. Summon [the armies of] the kingdoms [north of Babylonia]—from Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Appoint a commander for them, and bring [a great number of] horses; [there must be a huge number of horses]; that [huge number] will resemble [SIM] a swarm of locusts.

٢٧ انْصِبُوا رَايَةً فِي الأَرْضِ. انْفُخُوا فِي الْبُوقِ بَيْنَ الأُمَمِ. أَثِيرُوا عَلَيْهَا الأُمَمَ لِقِتَالِهَا، وَأَعِدُّوا عَلَيْهَا مَمَالِكَ أَرَارَاطَ وَمِنِّي وَأَشْكَنَازَ. أَقِيمُوا عَلَيْهَا قَائِداً. اجْعَلُوا الْخَيْلَ تَزْحَفُ عَلَيْهَا كَجَحَافِلِ الْجَرَادِ الشَّرِسَةِ.

28 Prepare the [armies of other nations], armies that will be led by the kings of Media [and Persia], their governors and [their] officials.

٢٨ أَثِيرُوا عَلَيْهَا الأُمَمَ وَمُلُوكَ المَادِيِّينَ وَكُلَّ حُكَّامِهِمْ وَوُلاتِهِمْ وَسَائِرَ الدِّيَارِ الَّتِي يَحْكُمُونَهَا.

29 [When they attack Babylon, it will be as though] the earth will shake and writhe [in pain], because [those armies] will accomplish everything that Yahweh has planned to do to Babylon; they will destroy it completely, [with the result that] no one will live there [again].

٢٩ الأَرْضُ تَرْجُفُ وَتَقْشَعِرُّ، لأَنَّ قَضَاءَ الرَّبِّ عَلَى بَابِلَ يَتِمُّ، لِيَجْعَلَ أَرْضَ بَابِلَ خَرَاباً وَقَفْراً.

30 [When their enemies attack], the strongest warriors in Babylon will not fight. They will remain in their barracks, without any strength. They will be as timid/weak as [SIM] women. [The enemy soldiers] will burn the buildings in the city and pull down the bars [of the city gates].

٣٠ قَدْ أَحْجَمَ مُحَارِبُو بَابِلَ الْجَبَابِرَةُ عَنِ الْقِتَالِ، وَاعْتَصَمُوا فِي مَعَاقِلِهِمْ. خَارَتْ شَجَاعَتُهُمْ، وَصَارُوا كَالنِّسَاءِ. احْتَرَقَتْ مَسَاكِنُ بَابِلَ وَتَحَطَّمَتْ مَزَالِيجُهَا.

31 Messengers will go quickly, one after another, to tell the king that his city has been captured.

٣١ يَرْكُضُ عَدَّاءٌ لِمُلاقَاةِ عَدَّاءٍ آخَرَ. وَيُسْرِعُ مُخْبِرٌ لِلِقَاءِ مُخْبِرٍ لِيُبَلِّغَ مَلِكَ بَابِلَ أَنَّ مَدِينَتَهُ قَدْ تَمَّ الاسْتِيلاءُ عَلَيْهَا مِنْ كُلِّ جَانِبٍ.

32 The places at which people can cross the river [to escape from the city] will be blocked. The dry reeds in the marshes/swamps will be set on fire, and the soldiers of Babylon will be terrified.

٣٢ قَدْ سَقَطَتِ الْمَعَابِرُ وَأُحْرِقَتْ أَجَمَاتُ الْقَصَبِ بِالنَّارِ وَاعْتَرَى الذُّعْرُ الْمُحَارِبِينَ،

33 This is what the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom [we] Israelis [worship], says; “Babylon is like [SIM] wheat on the ground where it is about to be threshed by [animals] tramping on it. Very soon [their enemies] will trample on [the city of] Babylon [MET].”

٣٣ لأَنَّ هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: إِنَّ أَهْلَ بَابِلَ كَالْبَيْدَرِ، وَقَدْ حَانَ أَوَانُ دَرْسِ حِنْطَتِهِ. وَبَعْدَ قَلِيلٍ يَأْزَفُ مَوْعِدُ حَصَادِهِمْ.

34 [The army of] Nebuchadnezzar, the King of Babylon, has attacked and crushed us [Israeli people], and we have no strength [left]. [It is as though] they have swallowed us like a [great] monster that filled its belly with all our tasty parts, and then has spit out [what it did not like].

٣٤ يَقُولُ الْمَسْبِيُّونَ: «قَدِ افْتَرَسَنَا نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرُ مَلِكُ بَابِلَ وَسَحَقَنَا وَجَعَلَنَا إِنَاءً فَارِغاً. ابْتَلَعَنَا كَتِنِّينٍ، وَمَلأَ جَوْفَهُ مِنْ أَطَايِبِنَا، ثُمَّ لَفَظَنَا مِنْ فَمِهِ.

35 [So] the people of [PRS] Jerusalem say [to Yahweh], “Cause the people of Babylon to suffer like they caused us to suffer! Cause the people of Babylonia to be punished for killing [MTY] our people!”

٣٥ يَقُولُ أَهْلُ أُورُشَلِيمَ: لِيَحُلَّ بِبَابِلَ مَا أَصَابَنَا وَأَصَابَ لُحُومَنَا مِنْ ظُلْمٍ. وَتَقُولُ أُورُشَلِيمُ: دَمِي عَلَى أَهْلِ أَرْضِ الْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ.

36 And this is what Yahweh replies to the people of Jerusalem: “I will [be like your lawyer to] defend you, and I will avenge you. I will dry up the river in Babylon and [all] the springs of water.

٣٦ لِذَلِكَ هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ الرَّبُّ: هَا أَنَا أُدَافِعُ عَنْ دَعْوَاكِ وَأَنْتَقِمُ لَكِ، فَأُجَفِّفُ بَحْرَ بَابِلَ وَيَنَابِيعَهَا،

37 Babylon will become a heap of ruins, a place where jackals/wolves live. It will become a place that people are horrified about and will ridicule; it will be a place where no one lives.

٣٧ فَتَصِيرُ بَابِلُ رُكَاماً وَمَأْوَى لِبَنَاتِ آوَى، وَمَثَارَ دَهْشَةٍ وَصَفِيرٍ وَأَرْضاً مُوْحِشَةً.

38 The people of Babylon will [all] roar like young lions; they will growl like baby lions.

٣٨ إِنَّهُمْ يَزْأَرُونَ كَالأُسُودِ وَيُزَمْجِرُونَ كَالأَشْبَالِ.

39 But while they are extremely hungry, I will prepare a [different kind of] feast for them. [It is as though] I will cause them to drink wine until they are very drunk, [with the result that] they will fall asleep. But they will never wake up from that sleep!

٣٩ عِنْدَ شَبَعِهِمْ أُعِدُّ لَهُمْ مَأْدُبَةً وَأُسْكِرُهُمْ حَتَّى تَأْخُذَهُمُ النَّشْوَةُ فَيَنَامُونَ نَوْماً أَبَدِيًّا لَا يَقْظَةَ مِنْهُ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ.

40 I will bring them down to a place where they will be slaughtered, like [SIM] [someone who takes] lambs or rams or goats [to where they will be slaughtered for sacrifices].

٤٠ وَأُحْضِرُهُمْ كَالْحُمْلانِ لِلذَّبْحِ وَكَالْكِبَاشِ وَالتُّيُوسِ.

41 People all over the earth [now] (honor/praise) Babylon; they say that it is a great city. But I will cause it to become a [place about which people of all] nations are horrified.

٤١ كَيْفَ اسْتُوْلِيَ عَلَى بَابِلَ! كَيْفَ سَقَطَتْ فَخْرُ كُلِّ الأَرْضِ! كَيْفَ صَارَتْ بَابِلُ مَثَارَ دَهْشَةٍ بَيْنَ الأُمَمِ!

42 The [enemies of Babylon] will cover the city [like] huge waves of the sea [DOU].

٤٢ قَدْ طَغَى الْبَحْرُ عَلَى بَابِلَ فَغَمَرَهَا بِأَمْوَاجِهِ الْهَائِجَةِ،

43 The towns in Babylonia will become ruins, Babylonia will become a dry desert area. It will be a land in which no one lives and which no one walks through.

٤٣ وَأَصْبَحَتْ مُدُنُهَا مُوْحِشَةً وَأَرْضَ قَفْرٍ وَصَحْرَاءَ، أَرْضاً لَا يَأْوِي إِلَيْهَا أَحَدٌ وَلا يَجْتَازُ بِها إِنْسَانٌ.

44 And I will punish Bel, [the god that the people] of Babylon [worship], and I will cause the people to give back what they have stolen [MET]. [People of other] nations will no longer come to [worship] Bel. And the walls of Babylon will collapse.”

٤٤ وَأُعَاقِبُ الصَّنَمَ بِيلَ فِي بَابِلَ، وَأَسْتَخْرِجُ مِنْ فَمِهِ مَا ابْتَلَعَهُ، فَتَكُفُّ الأُمَمُ عَنِ التَّوَافُدِ إِلَيْهِ، وَيَنْهَدِمُ أَيْضاً سُورُ بَابِلَ.

45 [Yahweh also says, ] “My people, come out of Babylon! Run away from there! Run, because [I], Yahweh, am extremely angry [MTY] [with the people of Babylon, and I will get rid of them]!

٤٥ اخْرُجُوا مِنْ وَسَطِهَا يَا شَعْبِي وَلْيَنْجُ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ بِحَيَاتِهِ هَرَباً مِنِ احْتِدَامِ غَضَبِ الرَّبِّ.

46 Do not be discouraged/worried [IDM] or afraid when you hear reports [about what is happening in Babylon]. People will report rumors like that every year, rumors about violent things being done in the land, and rumors about leaders fighting against each other.

٤٦ لَا يَخُرْ قَلْبُكُمْ وَلا تَفْزَعُوا مِمَّا يَشِيعُ فِي الدِّيَارِ مِنْ أَنْبَاءَ، إِذْ تَرُوجُ شَائِعَةٌ فِي هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ وَأُخْرَى فِي السَّنَةِ التَّالِيَةِ، وَيَسُودُ الْعُنْفُ الأَرْضَ، وَيَقُومُ مُتَسَلِّطٌ عَلَى مُتَسَلِّطٍ.

47 But it will soon be the time for me to get rid of the idols in Babylon. [People all over] the land will be ashamed [because of being defeated]; and the corpses of their [soldiers] will lie in the streets.

٤٧ لِذَلِكَ هَا أَيَّامٌ مُقْبِلَةٌ أُعَاقِبُ فِيهَا أَصْنَامَ بَابِلَ وَيَلْحَقُ الْعَارُ بِأَرْضِهَا كُلِّهَا، وَيَتَسَاقَطُ قَتْلاهَا فِي وَسَطِهَا.

48 Then all [the angels in] heaven and all the [people on] [PRS] the earth will rejoice, because from the north will come [armies] that will destroy Babylon.

٤٨ عِنْدَئِذٍ تَتَغَنَّى بِسُقُوطِ بَابِلَ السَّمَاوَاتُ وَالأَرْضُ وَكُلُّ مَا فِيهَا، لأَنَّ الْمُدَمِّرِينَ يَتَقَاطَرُونَ عَلَيْهَا مِنَ الشِّمَالِ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ.

49 Like [the soldiers of Babylon] killed the people of Israel and [also] killed others all over the world [HYP], [the people of] Babylon must also be killed.

٤٩ كَمَا صَرَعَتْ بَابِلُ قَتْلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ، هَكَذَا يُصْرَعُ قَتْلَى بَابِلَ فِي كُلِّ الأَرْض.

50 You [Israeli people] who have not been killed [MTY], get out of Babylon! Do not wait! [Even though you are in a land] far away [from Israel], think about Yahweh, and think about Jerusalem!”

٥٠ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاجُونَ مِنَ السَّيْفِ، اهْرُبُوا وَلا تَقِفُوا، اذْكُرُوا الرَّبَّ فِي مَكَانِكُمُ الْبَعِيدِ، وَلا تَبْرَحْ أُورُشَلِيمُ مِنْ خَوَاطِرِكُمْ.

51 [The Israeli people say], “We are ashamed. We are completely disgraced [DOU], because foreigners have entered Yahweh’s temple [and (defiled it/caused it to become unfit for worship)].”

٥١ قَدْ لَحِقَنَا الْخِزْيُ لأَنَّنَا اسْتَمَعْنَا لِلإِهَانَةِ، فَكَسَا الْخَجَلُ وُجُوهَنَا، إِذِ انْتَهَكَ الْغُرَبَاءُ مَقَادِسَ هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ.

52 Yahweh replies, “[That is true], but there will soon be a time when I will destroy the idols in Babylon, and throughout Babylonia there will be wounded people who will groan.

٥٢ لِذَلِكَ هَا أَيَّامٌ مُقْبِلَةٌ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ، أُنَفِّذُ فِيهَا قَضَائِي عَلَى أَصْنَامِ بَابِلَ، وَيَئِنُّ جَرْحَاهَا فِي كُلِّ دِيَارِهَا.

53 Even if [the walls around] Babylon could extend up to the sky, and if its walls/fortifications were extremely strong, I will send [armies] that will destroy the city. [That will surely happen because I, ] Yahweh, have said it.”

٥٣ وَحَتَّى لَوِ ارْتَفَعَتْ بَابِلُ فَبَلَغَتِ السَّمَاءَ، وَحَتَّى لَوْ حَصَّنَتْ مَعَاقِلَهَا الشَّامِخَةَ، فَإِنَّ الْمُدَمِّرِينَ يَنْقَضُّونَ عَلَيْهَا مِنْ عِنْدِي، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ.

54 Listen to [the people of] Babylon crying [for help]! And listen to the sounds of things being destroyed all over Babylonia!

٥٤ هَا صَوْتُ صُرَاخٍ يَتَرَدَّدُ فِي بَابِلَ، صَوْتُ جَلَبَةِ دَمَارٍ عَظِيمٍ مِنْ أَرْضِ الْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ،

55 Yahweh will be destroying Babylon. He will cause the loud noises in the city to cease.

٥٥ لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ قَدْ خَرَّبَ بَابِلَ، وَأَخْرَسَ جَلَبَتَهَا الْعَظِيمَةَ، إِذْ طَغَتْ عَلَيْهَا جَحَافِلُ أَعْدَائِهَا كَمِيَاهٍ عَجَّاجَةٍ، وَعَلا ضَجِيجُ أَصْوَاتِهِمْ.

56 Enemy troops will surge against the city like [SIM] a great wave. They will capture the city’s mighty soldiers and break their weapons. [That will happen] because Yahweh is a God who punishes [his enemies] justly; he will punish them as they deserve.

٥٦ لأَنَّ الْمُدَمِّرَ قَدِ انْقَضَّ عَلَى بَابِلَ وَأَسَرَ مُحَارِبِيهَا، وَتَكَسَّرَتْ كُلُّ قِسِيِّهَا، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ إِلَهُ مُجَازَاةٍ، وَهُوَ حَتْماً يُحَاسِبُهَا.

57 The king, the Commander of the armies of angels says, “I will cause the city officials and wise men, the army captains and soldiers [in Babylon] to become drunk. They will fall asleep, but they will never wake up [again]!”

٥٧ إِنِّي أُسْكِرُ رُؤَسَاءَهَا وَحُكَمَاءَهَا وَمُحَارِبِيهَا، فَيَنَامُونَ نَوْماً أَبَدِيًّا لَا يَقْظَةَ مِنْهُ، يَقُولُ الْمَلِكُ، الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ اسْمُهُ.

58 Yahweh also says, “The thick walls around Babylon will be flattened to the ground. The city gates will be burned. People [from other countries] will work hard [to save the city], but it will be (in vain/useless), because everything [that they have built] will be destroyed by fire.”

٥٨ وَهَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ: إِنَّ سُورَ بَابِلَ الْعَرِيضَ يُقَوَّضُ وَيُسَوَّى بِالأَرْضِ، وَبَوَّابَاتِهَا الْعَالِيَةَ تَحْتَرِقُ بِالنَّارِ، وَيَذْهَبُ تَعَبُ الشُّعُوبِ بَاطِلاً، وَيَكُونُ مَصِيرُ جَهْدِ الأُمَمِ لِلنَّارِ».

59 Seraiah was the man who made arrangements for the King of Babylon [whenever he traveled]. He was the son of Neraiah and grandson of Mahseiah. When he was about to go to Babylon with King Zedekiah, after Zedekiah had been ruling Judah for almost four years, the prophet Jeremiah gave him a message.

٥٩ هَذِهِ هِيَ النُّبُوءَةُ الَّتِي أَوْدَعَهَا إِرْمِيَا النَّبِيُّ سَرَايَا بْنَ نِيرِيَّا بْنِ مَحْسِيَّا، عِنْدَمَا رَافَقَ صِدْقِيَّا مَلِكَ يَهُوذَا إِلَى بَابِلَ فِي السَّنَةِ الرَّابِعَةِ لِحُكْمِهِ. وَكَانَ سَرَايَا آنَئِذٍ رَئِيسَ الْمُعَسْكَرِ.

60 Jeremiah had written on a scroll a list of all the disasters that he had written about, disasters that would soon occur in Babylon.

٦٠ وَكَانَ إِرْمِيَا قَدْ دَوَّنَ فِي كِتَابٍ وَاحِدٍ جَمِيعَ الْكَوَارِثِ الَّتِي سَتُبْتَلَى بِها بَابِلُ، أَيْ جَمِيعَ النُّبُوءَاتِ الْمُدَوَّنَةِ عَنْ بَابِلَ.

61 He said to Seraiah, “When you arrive in Babylon, read [aloud] everything that I have written [on this scroll].

٦١ وَقَالَ إِرْمِيَا لِسَرَايَا: «حَالَمَا تَصِلُ إِلَى بَابِلَ، اعْمَلْ عَلَى تِلاوَةِ جَمِيعِ هَذِهِ النُّبُوءَاتِ.

62 Then pray, ‘Yahweh, you said that you will thoroughly destroy Babylon, with the result that people and animals will no [longer] live there. You said that it will be desolate forever.’

٦٢ وَقُلْ: أَيُّهَا الرَّبُّ قَدْ قَضَيْتَ عَلَى هَذَا الْمَوْضِعِ بِالانْقِرَاضِ، فَلا يَسْكُنُ فِيهِ أَحَدٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ وَالْبَهَائِمِ، بَلْ يُصْبِحُ خَرَاباً أَبَدِيًّا.

63 [Then], when you have finished reading [what I have written on] the scroll, tie it to a [heavy] stone and throw it into the Euphrates [River].

٦٣ وَمَتَى فَرَغْتَ مِنْ تِلاوَةِ هَذَا الْكِتَابِ، ارْبُطْ بِهِ حَجَراً وَاطْرَحْهُ فِي وَسَطِ الْفُرَاتِ.

64 Then say, ‘In the same way, Babylon [and its people] will disappear and never exist again, because of the disasters that Yahweh will cause to occur there’” That is the end of Jeremiah’s messages.

٦٤ وَقُلْ: كَذَلِكَ تَغْرَقُ بَابِلُ وَلا تَطْفُو بَعْدُ لِمَا أُوْقِعُهُ عَلَيْهَا مِنْ عِقَابٍ فَيَعْيَا كُلُّ أَهْلِهَا». إِلَى هُنَا تَنْتَهِي نُبُوءَاتُ إِرْمِيَا.