Jeremiah 14

1 The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the dearth.

١ كَلِمَةُ ٱلرَّبِّ ٱلَّتِي صَارَتْ إِلَى إِرْمِيَا مِنْ جِهَةِ ٱلْقَحْطِ:

2 Judah mourneth, and her gates languish; they are black to the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.

٢ «نَاحَتْ يَهُوذَا وَأَبْوَابُهَا ذَبُلَتْ. حَزِنَتْ إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَصَعِدَ عَوِيلُ أُورُشَلِيمَ.

3 And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, [and] found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads.

٣ وَأَشْرَافُهُمْ أَرْسَلُوا أَصَاغِرَهُمْ لِلْمَاءِ. أَتَوْا إِلَى ٱلْأَجْبَابِ فَلَمْ يَجِدُوا مَاءً. رَجَعُوا بِآنِيَتِهِمْ فَارِغَةً. خَزُوا وَخَجِلُوا وَغَطَّوْا رُؤُوسَهُمْ

4 Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain on the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.

٤ مِنْ أَجْلِ أَنَّ ٱلْأَرْضَ قَدْ تَشَقَّقَتْ، لِأَنَّهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ مَطَرٌ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ خَزِيَ ٱلْفَلَّاحُونَ. غَطَّوْا رُؤُوسَهُمْ.

5 Yes, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook [it], because there was no grass.

٥ حَتَّى أَنَّ ٱلْإِيَّلَةَ أَيْضًا فِي ٱلْحَقْلِ وَلَدَتْ وَتَرَكَتْ، لِأَنَّهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ كَلأٌ.

6 And the wild asses stood in the high places, they snuffed up the wind like dragons; their eyes failed, because [there was] no grass.

٦ ٱلْفِرَا وَقَفَتْ عَلَى ٱلْهِضَابِ تَسْتَنْشِقُ ٱلرِّيحَ مِثْلَ بَنَاتِ آوَى. كَلَّتْ عُيُونُهَا لِأَنَّهُ لَيْسَ عُشْبٌ».

7 O LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou [it] for thy name's sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee.

٧ وَإِنْ تَكُنْ آثَامُنَا تَشْهَدُ عَلَيْنَا يَارَبُّ، فَٱعْمَلْ لِأَجْلِ ٱسْمِكَ. لِأَنَّ مَعَاصِيَنَا كَثُرَتْ. إِلَيْكَ أَخْطَأْنَا.

8 O the hope of Israel, his Savior in time of trouble, why shouldst thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a way-faring man [that] turneth aside to tarry for a night?

٨ يَا رَجَاءَ إِسْرَائِيلَ، مُخَلِّصَهُ فِي زَمَانِ ٱلضِّيقِ، لِمَاذَا تَكُونُ كَغَرِيبٍ فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ، وَكَمُسَافِرٍ يَمِيلُ لِيَبِيتَ؟

9 Why shouldst thou be as a man astonished, as a mighty man [that] cannot save? yet thou, O LORD, [art] in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name; leave us not.

٩ لِمَاذَا تَكُونُ كَإِنْسَانٍ قَدْ تَحَيَّرَ، كَجَبَّارٍ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ يُخَلِّصَ؟ وَأَنْتَ فِي وَسْطِنَا يَارَبُّ، وَقَدْ دُعِينَا بِٱسْمِكَ. لَا تَتْرُكْنَا!

10 Thus saith the LORD to this people, Thus have they loved to wander, they have not restrained their feet, therefore the LORD doth not accept them; he will now remember their iniquity, and visit their sins.

١٠ هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ لِهَذَا ٱلشَّعْبِ: «هَكَذَا أَحَبُّوا أَنْ يَجُولُوا. لَمْ يَمْنَعُوا أَرْجُلَهُمْ، فَٱلرَّبُّ لَمْ يَقْبَلْهُمْ. اَلْآنَ يَذْكُرُ إِثْمَهُمْ وَيُعَاقِبُ خَطَايَاهُمْ».

11 Then said the LORD to me, Pray not for this people for [their] good.

١١ وَقَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ لِي: «لَا تُصَلِّ لِأَجْلِ هَذَا ٱلشَّعْبِ لِلْخَيْرِ.

12 When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt-offering and an oblation, I will not accept them: but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence.

١٢ حِينَ يَصُومُونَ لَا أَسْمَعُ صُرَاخَهُمْ، وَحِينَ يُصْعِدُونَ مُحْرَقَةً وَتَقْدِمَةً لَا أَقْبَلُهُمْ، بَلْ بِٱلسَّيْفِ وَٱلْجُوعِ وَٱلْوَبَإِ أَنَا أُفْنِيهِمْ».

13 Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! behold, the prophets say to them, Ye shall not see the sword, neither shall ye have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place.

١٣ فَقُلْتُ: «آهِ، أَيُّهَا ٱلسَّيِّدُ ٱلرَّبُّ! هُوَذَا ٱلْأَنْبِيَاءُ يَقُولُونَ لَهُمْ لَا تَرَوْنَ سَيْفًا، وَلَا يَكُونُ لَكُمْ جُوعٌ بَلْ سَلَامًا ثَابِتًا أُعْطِيكُمْ فِي هَذَا ٱلْمَوْضِعِ».

14 Then the LORD said to me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I have not sent them, neither have I commanded them, neither spoken to them: they prophesy to you a false vision and divination, and a thing of naught, and the deceit of their heart.

١٤ فَقَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ لِي: «بِٱلْكَذِبِ يَتَنَبَّأُ ٱلْأَنْبِيَاءُ بِٱسْمِي. لَمْ أُرْسِلْهُمْ، وَلَا أَمَرْتُهُمْ، وَلَا كَلَّمْتُهُمْ. بِرُؤْيَا كَاذِبَةٍ وَعِرَافَةٍ وَبَاطِلٍ وَمَكْرِ قُلُوبِهِمْ هُمْ يَتَنَبَّأُونَ لَكُمْ».

15 Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that prophesy in my name, and I sent them not, yet they say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land; By sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed.

١٥ «لِذَلِكَ هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ عَنِ ٱلْأَنْبِيَاءِ ٱلَّذِينَ يَتَنَبَّأُونَ بِٱسْمِي وَأَنَا لَمْ أُرْسِلْهُمْ، وَهُمْ يَقُولُونَ: لَا يَكُونُ سَيْفٌ وَلَا جُوعٌ فِي هَذِهِ ٱلْأَرْضِ: «بِٱلسَّيْفِ وَٱلْجُوعِ يَفْنَى أُولَئِكَ ٱلْأَنْبِيَاءُ.

16 And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem, because of the famine, and the sword; and they shall have none to bury them, them, their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters: for I will pour their wickedness upon them.

١٦ وَٱلشَّعْبُ ٱلَّذِي يَتَنَبَّأُونَ لَهُ يَكُونُ مَطْرُوحًا فِي شَوَارِعِ أُورُشَلِيمَ مِنْ جَرَى ٱلْجُوعِ وَٱلسَّيْفِ، وَلَيْسَ مَنْ يَدْفِنُهُمْ هُمْ وَنِسَاؤُهُمْ وَبَنَوُهُمْ وَبَنَاتُهُمْ، وَأَسْكُبُ عَلَيْهِمْ شَرَّهُمْ.

17 Therefore thou shalt say this word to them; Let my eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease: for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous blow.

١٧ وَتَقُولُ لَهُمْ هَذِهِ ٱلْكَلِمَةَ: لِتَذْرِفْ عَيْنَايَ دُمُوعًا لَيْلًا وَنَهَارًا وَلَا تَكُفَّا، لِأَنَّ ٱلْعَذْرَاءَ بِنْتَ شَعْبِي سُحِقَتْ سَحْقًا عَظِيمًا، بِضَرْبَةٍ مُوجِعَةٍ جِدًّا.

18 If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then behold them that are sick with famine! yes, both the prophet and the priest go about into a land that they know not.

١٨ إِذَا خَرَجْتُ إِلَى ٱلْحَقْلِ، فَإِذَا ٱلْقَتْلَى بِٱلسَّيْفِ. وَإِذَا دَخَلْتُ ٱلْمَدِينَةَ، فَإِذَا ٱلْمَرْضَى بِٱلْجُوعِ، لِأَنَّ ٱلنَّبِيَّ وَٱلْكَاهِنَ كِلَيْهِمَا يَطُوفَانِ فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَا يَعْرِفَانِ شَيْئًا».

19 Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul loathed Zion? Why hast thou smitten us, and [there is] no healing for us? we looked for peace, and [there is] no good; and for the time of healing, and behold trouble!

١٩ هَلْ رَفَضْتَ يَهُوذَا رَفْضًا، أَوْ كَرِهَتْ نَفْسُكَ صِهْيَوْنَ؟ لِمَاذَا ضَرَبْتَنَا وَلَا شِفَاءَ لَنَا؟ ٱنْتَظَرْنَا ٱلسَّلَامَ فَلَمْ يَكُنْ خَيْرٌ، وَزَمَانَ ٱلشِّفَاءِ فَإِذَا رُعْبٌ.

20 We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, [and] the iniquity of our fathers; for we have sinned against thee.

٢٠ قَدْ عَرَفْنَا يَارَبُّ شَرَّنَا، إِثْمَ آبَائِنَا، لِأَنَّنَا قَدْ أَخْطَأْنَا إِلَيْكَ.

21 Do not abhor [us], for thy name's sake; do not disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us.

٢١ لَا تَرْفُضْ لِأَجْلِ ٱسْمِكَ. لَا تَهِنْ كُرْسِيَّ مَجْدِكَ. اُذْكُرْ. لَا تَنْقُضْ عَهْدَكَ مَعَنَا.

22 Are there [any] among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? [art] not thou he, O LORD our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these [things].

٢٢ هَلْ يُوجَدُ فِي أَبَاطِيلِ ٱلْأُمَمِ مَنْ يُمْطِرُ، أَوْ هَلْ تُعْطِي ٱلسَّمَاوَاتُ وَابِلًا؟ أَمَا أَنْتَ هُوَ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُنَا؟ فَنَرْجُوكَ، لِأَنَّكَ أَنْتَ صَنَعْتَ كُلَّ هَذِهِ.