Jeremiah 22

1 The LORD said, “Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and speak this word there:

١ هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ الرَّبُّ: «انْحَدِرْ إِلَى قَصْرِ مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا وَأَعْلِنْ هُنَاكَ هَذَا الْقَضَاءَ:

2 ‘Hear the LORD’s word, king of Judah, who sits on David’s throne—you, your servants, and your people who enter in by these gates.

٢ اسْمَعْ كَلِمَةَ الرَّبِّ يَا مَلِكَ يَهُوذَا الْمُتَرَبِّعَ عَلَى عَرْشِ دَاوُدَ، أَنْتَ وَخُدَّامُكَ وَشَعْبُكَ الْمُجْتَازِينَ مِنْ هَذِهِ الْبَوَّابَاتِ:

3 The LORD says: “Execute justice and righteousness, and deliver him who is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor. Do no wrong. Do no violence to the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. Don’t shed innocent blood in this place.

٣ أَجْرُوا الْعَدْلَ وَأَنْقِذُوا الْمُغْتَصَبَ مِنْ يَدِ الْمُغْتَصِبِ، وَلا تَجُورُوا عَلَى الْغَرِيبِ وَالْيَتِيمِ وَالأَرْمَلَةِ، وَلا تَتَعَسَّفُوا عَلَيْهِمْ، وَلا تَسْفِكُوا دَماً بَرِيئاً فِي هَذَا الْمَوْضِعِ.

4 For if you do this thing indeed, then kings sitting on David’s throne will enter in by the gates of this house, riding in chariots and on horses—they, their servants, and their people.

٤ لأَنَّكُمْ إِنْ أَطَعْتُمْ هَذَا الْكَلامَ فَإِنَّ مُلُوكاً يَتَرَبَّعُونَ عَلَى عَرْشِ دَاوُدَ، رَاكِبيِنَ مَرْكَبَاتٍ وَخُيُولاً يَجْتَازُونَ هُمْ وَخُدَّامُهُمْ وَشَعْبُهُمْ بَوَّابَاتِ هَذَا الْقَصْرِ.

5 But if you will not hear these words, I swear by myself,” says the LORD, “that this house will become a desolation.”’”

٥ وَلَكِنْ إِنْ عَصَيْتُمْ هَذِهِ الْوَصَايَا، فَقَدْ أَقْسَمْتُ بِنَفْسِي يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ، أَنْ يَتَحَوَّلَ هَذَا الْقَصْرُ إِلَى أَطْلالٍ».

6 For the LORD says concerning the house of the king of Judah: “You are Gilead to me, the head of Lebanon. Yet surely I will make you a wilderness, cities which are not inhabited.

٦ لأَنَّهُ هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ عَنْ قَصْرِ مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا: «أَنْتَ عَزِيزٌ عَلَيَّ كَجِلْعَادَ وَكَرَأْسِ لُبْنَانَ، وَمَعَ ذَلِكَ فَإِنِّي سَأَجْعَلُكَ قَفْراً وَمُدُناً مَهْجُورَةً.

7 I will prepare destroyers against you, everyone with his weapons, and they will cut down your choice cedars, and cast them into the fire.

٧ سَأُجَنِّدُ عَلَيْكَ مُهْلِكِينَ مُدَجَّجِينَ بِسِلاحِهِمْ فَيَقْطَعُونَ نُخْبَةَ أَرْزِكَ وَيَطْرَحُونَهَا إِلَى النَّارِ.

8 “Many nations will pass by this city, and they will each ask his neighbor, ‘Why has the LORD done this to this great city?’

٨ وَتَعْبُرُ فِي هَذِهِ الْمَدِينَةِ أُمَمٌ كَثِيرَةٌ، فَيَقُولُ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ لِرَفِيقِهِ: لِمَاذَا صَنَعَ الرَّبُّ هَكَذَا بِهَذِهِ الْمَدِينَةِ الْعَظِيمَةِ؟

9 Then they will answer, ‘Because they abandoned the covenant of the LORD their God, worshiped other gods, and served them.’”

٩ فَيُجِيبُونَ: لأَنَّهُمْ نَبَذُوا عَهْدَ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِهِمْ وَسَجَدُوا لِلأَوْثَانِ وَعَبَدُوهَا».

10 Don’t weep for the dead. Don’t bemoan him; but weep bitterly for him who goes away, for he will return no more, and not see his native country.

١٠ لَا تَنُوحُوا عَلَى الْمَيْتِ وَلا تَنْدُبُوهُ، إِنَّمَا ابْكُوا عَلَى الْمَنْفِيِّ الَّذِي لَنْ يَرْجِعَ وَلَنْ يَرَى أَرْضَ مَوْطِنِهِ

11 For the LORD says touching Shallum the son of Josiah, king of Judah, who reigned instead of Josiah his father, and who went out of this place: “He won’t return there any more.

١١ لأَنَّهُ هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ الرَّبُّ عَنْ شَلُّومَ بْنِ يُوشِيَّا مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا، الَّذِي تَوَلَّى الْعَرْشَ مَكَانَ أَبِيهِ، وَخَرَجَ مَنْفِيًّا مِنْ هَذَا الْمَكَانِ: «إِنَّهُ لَنْ يَرْجِعَ إِلَى هُنَا بَعْدُ.

12 But he will die in the place where they have led him captive. He will see this land no more.”

١٢ بَلْ يَمُوتُ فِي مَنْفَاهُ الَّذِي سَبَوْهُ إِلَيْهِ وَلَنْ يَرْجِعَ لِيَرَى هَذِهِ الأَرْضَ ثَانِيَةً».

13 “Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness, and his rooms by injustice; who uses his neighbor’s service without wages, and doesn’t give him his hire;

١٣ «وَيْلٌ لِمَنْ يَبْنِي بَيْتَهُ عَلَى الظُّلْمِ وَمَخَادِعَهُ الْعَالِيَةَ عَلَى الْجَوْرِ، الَّذِي يَسْتَخْدِمُ جَارَهُ مَجَّاناً وَلا يُوْفِيهِ أُجْرَةَ عَمَلِهِ،

14 who says, ‘I will build myself a wide house and spacious rooms,’ and cuts out windows for himself, with a cedar ceiling, and painted with red.

١٤ الَّذِي يَقُولُ:’سَأَبْنِي لِنَفْسِي بَيْتاً رَحْباً وَغُرَفاً عَالِيةً فَسِيحَةً. وَأَفْتَحُ لَهُ كُوىً وَأُغَشِّيهِ بِأَلْوَاحِ الأَرْزِ وَأَدْهِنُهُ بِأَلْوَانٍ حَمْرَاءَ.‘

15 “Should you reign because you strive to excel in cedar? Didn’t your father eat and drink, and do justice and righteousness? Then it was well with him.

١٥ أَتَظُنُّ أَنَّكَ صِرْتَ مَلِكاً لأَنَّكَ بَنَيْتَ بَيْتَكَ مِنَ الأَرْزِ؟ أَمَا أَكَلَ أَبُوكَ وَشَرِبَ وَأَجْرَى عَدْلاً وَحَقّاً، فَتَمَتَّعَ بِالْخَيْرَاتِ؟

16 He judged the cause of the poor and needy; so then it was well. Wasn’t this to know me?” says the LORD.

١٦ قَدْ قَضَى بِالْعَدْلِ لِلْبَائِسِ وَالْمِسْكِينِ فَأَحْرَزَ خَيْراً. أَلَيْسَتْ هَذِهِ هِيَ مَعْرِفَتِي؟» يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ

17 But your eyes and your heart are only for your covetousness, for shedding innocent blood, for oppression, and for doing violence.”

١٧ «أَمَّا أَنْتَ فَعَيْنَاكَ وَقَلْبُكَ مُتَهَافِتَةٌ عَلَى الرِّبْحِ الْحَرَامِ، وَعَلَى سَفْكِ الدَّمِ الْبَرِيءِ، وَعَلَى الظُّلْمِ وَالاِبْتِزَازِ».

18 Therefore the LORD says concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah: “They won’t lament for him, saying, ‘Ah my brother!’ or, ‘Ah sister!’ They won’t lament for him, saying ‘Ah lord!’ or, ‘Ah his glory!’

١٨ لِذَلِكَ هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ عَنْ يَهُويَاقِيمَ بْنِ يُوشِيَّا، مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا: «لَنْ يَنْدُبَكَ أَحَدٌ قَائِلاً: آهِ يَا أَخِي أَوْ آهِ يَا أُخْتِي، أَوْ يَنْدُبُونَ عَلَيْهِ قَائِلِينَ: آوَّاهُ يَا سَيِّدِي، أَوْ آهِ عَلَى جَلالِهِ.

19 He will be buried with the burial of a donkey, drawn and cast out beyond the gates of Jerusalem.”

١٩ بَلْ يُدْفَنُ دَفْنَ حِمَارٍ، مَجْرُوراً وَمَطْرُوحاً خَارِجَ بَوَّابَاتِ أُورُشَلِيمَ».

20 “Go up to Lebanon, and cry out. Lift up your voice in Bashan, and cry from Abarim; for all your lovers have been destroyed.

٢٠ «اصْعَدِي يَا أُورُشَلِيمُ إِلَى لُبْنَانَ وَاصْرُخِي. أَطْلِقِي صَوْتَكِ فِي بَاشَانَ وَأَعْوِلِي مِنْ عَبَارِيمَ لأَنَّ جَمِيعَ مُحِبِّيكِ قَدْ سُحِقُوا.

21 I spoke to you in your prosperity, but you said, ‘I will not listen.’ This has been your way from your youth, that you didn’t obey my voice.

٢١ حَذَّرْتُكِ فِي أَثْنَاءِ عِزِّكِ فَقُلْتِ: لَنْ أَصْغِيَ. أَنْتِ مُتَمَرِّدَةٌ مُنْذُ صِبَاكِ لَا تَسْمَعِينَ لِصَوْتِي.

22 The wind will feed all your shepherds, and your lovers will go into captivity. Surely then you will be ashamed and confounded for all your wickedness.

٢٢ سَتَعْصِفُ الرِّيحُ بِكُلِّ رُعَاتِكِ، وَيَذْهَبُ مُحِبُّوكِ إِلَى السَّبْيِ. عِنْدَئِذٍ يَعْتَرِيكِ الْخِزْيُ وَالْعَارُ لِشَرِّكِ.

23 Inhabitant of Lebanon, who makes your nest in the cedars, how greatly to be pitied you will be when pangs come on you, the pain as of a woman in travail!

٢٣ يَا سَاكِنَةَ لُبْنَانَ الْمُعَشِّشَةَ فِي الأَرْزِ، لَشَدَّ مَا تَئِنِّينَ عِنْدَمَا تُفَاجِئُكِ الأَوْجَاعُ، فَتَكُونِينَ كَامْرَأَةٍ تُقَاسِي مِنَ الْمَخَاضِ».

24 “As I live,” says the LORD, “though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet on my right hand, I would still pluck you from there.

٢٤ «حَيٌّ أَنَا» يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ، «لَوْ كَانَ كُنْيَاهُو بْنُ يَهُويَاقِيمَ مَلِكُ يَهُوذَا خَاتِماً فِي يَدِي الْيُمْنَى لَنَزَعْتُهُ مِنْهَا.

25 I would give you into the hand of those who seek your life, and into the hand of them of whom you are afraid, even into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of the Chaldeans.

٢٥ وَأَسْلَمْتُهُ لِطَالِبِي نَفْسِهِ، إِلَى أَيْدِي مَنْ يَفْزَعُ مِنْهُمْ، وَإِلَى قَبْضَةِ نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرَ مَلِكِ بَابِلَ، وَإِلَى أَيْدِي الْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ.

26 I will cast you out with your mother who bore you into another country, where you were not born; and there you will die.

٢٦ سَأُطَوِّحُ بِهِ وَبِأُمِّهِ الَّتِي حَمَلَتْهُ إِلَى أَرْضٍ أُخْرَى، لَمْ يُوْلَدَا فِيهَا، وَهُنَاكَ يَمُوتَانِ.

27 But to the land to which their soul longs to return, there they will not return.”

٢٧ وَلَنْ يَعُودَا قَطُّ إِلَى الأَرْضِ الَّتِي يَتُوقَانِ إِلَى الرُّجُوعِ إِلَيْهَا».

28 Is this man Coniah a despised broken vessel? Is he a vessel in which no one delights? Why are they cast out, he and his offspring, and cast into a land which they don’t know?

٢٨ هَذَا الرَّجُلُ كُنْيَاهُو وَعَاءٌ مَنْبُوذٌ مُحَطَّمٌ، وَإِنَاءٌ لَا يَحْفِلُ بِهِ أَحَدٌ. لِمَاذَا طُوِّحَ بِهِ وَبِأَبْنَائِهِ إِلَى أَرْضٍ لَا يَعْرِفُونَهَا؟

29 O earth, earth, earth, hear the LORD’s word!

٢٩ يَا أَرْضُ! يَا أَرْضُ! يَا أَرْضُ! اسْمَعِي كَلِمَةَ الرَّبِّ:

30 The LORD says, “Record this man as childless, a man who will not prosper in his days; for no more will a man of his offspring prosper, sitting on David’s throne and ruling in Judah.”

٣٠ «سَجِّلُوا أَنَّ هَذَا الإِنْسَانَ عَقِيمٌ، رَجُلٌ لَنْ يُفْلِحَ فِي حَيَاتِهِ، وَلَنْ يَنْجَحَ أَحَدٌ مِنْ ذُرِّيَّتِهِ فِي الْجُلُوسِ عَلَى عَرْشِ دَاوُدَ وَتَوَلِّي مُلْكِ يَهُوذَا».