1 T he word of the Lord came also unto me, saying,

وَكَلَّمَنِي اللهُ بِهَذِهِ الرِّسالَةِ:

2 T hou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons or daughters in this place.

«لا تَتَزَوَّجْ، وَلا يَكُنْ لَكَ أولادٌ وَبَناتٌ فِي هَذا المَكانِ.»

3 F or thus saith the Lord concerning the sons and concerning the daughters that are born in this place, and concerning their mothers that bare them, and concerning their fathers that begat them in this land;

لأنَّ هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ عَنِ الأولادِ وَالبَناتِ الَّذِينَ يُولَدُونَ فِي هَذا المَكانِ، وَعَنْ أُمَّهاتِهِمِ اللَّواتِي يَحمِلْنَهُمْ فِي بُطُونِهِنَّ، وَعَنْ آبائِهِمِ الَّذِينَ يَلِدُونَهُمْ فِي هَذِهِ الأرْضِ:

4 t hey shall die of grievous deaths; they shall not be lamented; neither shall they be buried; but they shall be as dung upon the face of the earth: and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their carcases shall be meat for the fowls of heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.

«سَيَمُوتُونَ بِأمراضٍ كَثِيرَةٍ. وَلَنْ يَنُوحَ عَلَيهِمْ أوْ يَدفِنَهُمْ أحَدٌ. سَيَصِيرُونَ كَالرَّوثِ عَلَى سَطحِ الأرْضِ، وَسَيَمُوتُونَ فِي الحَربِ وَالمَجاعَةِ. سَتَكُونُ أجسادُهُمْ طَعاماً لِطُيُورِ السَّماءِ، وَللحَيواناتِ البَرِّيَةِ.»

5 F or thus saith the Lord, Enter not into the house of mourning, neither go to lament nor bemoan them: for I have taken away my peace from this people, saith the Lord, even lovingkindness and mercies.

لأنَّ هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ: «لا تَدخُلْ بَيتَ الجَنازَةِ، وَلا تَذهَبْ إلَى بَيتِ النَّوحِ. لا تَحزَنْ لأجلِهِمْ، لأنِّي نَزَعتُ سَلامِي وَمَحَبَّتِي وَرَحمَتِي مِنْ هَذا الشَّعبِ،» يَقُولُ اللهُ.

6 B oth the great and the small shall die in this land: they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them:

«سَيَمُوتُ العُظَماءُ وَالصِّغارُ فِي هَذِهِ الأرْضِ. لَنْ يُدفَنُوا وَلَنْ يَنُوحَ أحَدٌ عَلَيهِمْ. لَنْ يُجَرِّحَ أحَدٌ نَفسَهُ أوْ يَحلِقَ شَعرَهُ حُزْناً عَلَيهِمْ.

7 n either shall men tear themselves for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall men give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother.

لَنْ يُشارِكَ النّاسُ الطَّعامَ مَعَهُمْ فِي حُزنِهِمْ لِلتَّعاطُفِ مَعَهُمْ عَلَى مَنْ ماتَ، وَلَنْ يُقَدِّمَ النّاسُ لَهُمْ ماءً لِيُعَزُّوهُمْ عَنْ مَوتِ أبِيهِمْ وَأُمِّهِمْ.

8 T hou shalt not also go into the house of feasting, to sit with them to eat and to drink.

«لا تَدخُلْ يا إرْمِيا إلَى مَكانِ الاحتِفالِ لِتَجلِسَ مَعَ الَّذِينَ هُناكَ لِتَأكُلَ وَتَشرَبَ مَعَهُمْ.

9 F or thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place in your eyes, and in your days, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride.

لأنَّ هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ، إلَهُ إسْرائِيلَ: فِي فَترَةِ حَياتِكُمْ، سَأُزِيلُ مِنْ هَذا المَكانِ صَوتَ الغِناءِ وَصَوتَ الاحتِفالاتِ وَصَوتَ الفَرَحِ فِي الأعْراسِ.

10 A nd it shall come to pass, when thou shalt shew this people all these words, and they shall say unto thee, Wherefore hath the Lord pronounced all this great evil against us? or what is our iniquity? or what is our sin that we have committed against the Lord our God?

«وَعِندَما تُخبِرُ هَذا الشَّعبَ بِهَذِهِ الكَلِماتِ سَيَقُولُونَ لَكَ: ‹لِماذا أعلَنَ اللهُ أنَّ هَذا الشَّرَّ العَظيمَ سَيُصيبَنا؟ ما هُوَ إثمُنا؟ وَما هِيَ الخَطِيَّةُ الَّتِي ارتَكَبْناها تُجاهَ إلَهِنا ؟›

11 T hen shalt thou say unto them, Because your fathers have forsaken me, saith the Lord, and have walked after other gods, and have served them, and have worshipped them, and have forsaken me, and have not kept my law;

تَقُولُ لَهُمْ: ‹لأنَّ آباءَكُمْ تَرَكُونِي، يَقُولُ اللهُ. سارُوا وَراءَ آلِهَةٍ أُخْرَى، خَدَمُوها وَعَبَدُوها، وَتَرَكُونِي، وَلَمْ يَحفَظُوا شَرِيعَتِي.

12 a nd ye have done worse than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk every one after the imagination of his evil heart, that they may not hearken unto me:

وَأنتُمْ عَمِلتُمْ شَرّاً أكثَرَ مِنْ آبائِكُمْ، وَكُلُّ واحِدٍ مِنكُمْ يَتبَعُ قَلبَهُ الشِّرِّيرَ بِعِنادٍ بَدَلاً مِنَ الاستِماعِ لِي.

13 t herefore will I cast you out of this land into a land that ye know not, neither ye nor your fathers; and there shall ye serve other gods day and night; where I will not shew you favour.

لِذَلِكَ سَأرمِيكُمْ خارِجَ هَذِهِ الأرْضِ إلَى أرْضٍ غَريبَةٍ عَلَيكُمْ وَعَلَى آبائِكُمْ. وَسَتَخدِمُونَ آلِهَةً أُخْرَى هُناكَ لَيلاً وَنَهاراً، لأنِّي لَنْ أرحَمَكُمْ.›»

14 T herefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that it shall no more be said, The Lord liveth, that brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;

«لِذَلِكَ سَتَأتِي أيّامٌ، يَقُولُ اللهُ ، حِينَ لا يَعُودُ النّاسُ يَقُولُونَ: ‹أُقسِمُ بِاللهِ الحَيِّ الَّذِي أصعَدَ إسْرائِيلَ مِنْ أرْضِ مِصرَ.›

15 b ut, The Lord liveth, that brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north, and from all the lands whither he had driven them: and I will bring them again into their land that I gave unto their fathers.

بَلْ سَيَقُولُونَ: ‹أُقسِمُ بِاللهِ الحَيِّ الَّذِي أخرَجَ إسْرائِيلَ مِنْ أرْضِ الشَّمالِ، مِنْ كُلِّ الأماكِنِ الَّتِي طَرَدَهُمْ إلَيها.› وَسَأُعِيدُهُمْ إلَى الأرْضِ الَّتِي أعطَيتُها لآبائِهِمْ.»

16 B ehold, I will send for many fishers, saith the Lord, and they shall fish them; and after will I send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks.

يَقُولُ اللهُ: «سَأُرسِلُ صَيّادِينَ كَثِيرِينَ، فَسَيَصطادُونَهُمْ. وَبَعدَ ذَلِكَ سَأُرسِلُ قانِصِينَ كَثِيرِينَ وَسَيَصطادُونَكُمْ عَلَى كُلِّ تَلَّةٍ وَفِي كُلِّ شَقٍّ فِي الصُّخُورِ،

17 F or mine eyes are upon all their ways: they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity hid from mine eyes.

لأنِّي أُراقِبُ لأرَى كَيفَ يَتَصَرَّفُونَ. طُرُقُهُمْ لَيسَتْ مَستُورَةً عَنِّي، وَإثمُهُمْ لَيسَ مَخفِيّاً عَنْ عَينَيَّ.

18 A nd first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double; because they have defiled my land, they have filled mine inheritance with the carcases of their detestable and abominable things.

سَأُعاقِبُهُمْ عَلَى إثمِهِمْ وَخَطِيَّتِهِمْ عِقاباً مُضاعَفاً. فقَدْ نَجَّسُوا أرْضِي بِأصنامِهِمِ القَذِرَةِ، وَمَلأُوا مِيراثِي بِمَفاسِدِهِم.»

19 O Lord, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit.

يا اللهُ ، قُوَّتِي وَحِصنِي، وَمَلْجَأِي فِي وَقتِ الضِّيقِ. سَتَأتِي الأُمَمُ إلَيكَ مِنْ أقاصِي الأرْضِ، وَيَقُولُونَ: «آباؤُنا وَرَثُوا هَذِهِ الأوَثانِ التّافِهَةَ وَغَيرَ النّافِعَةِ.»

20 S hall a man make gods unto himself, and they are no gods?

هَلْ يَصنَعُ الإنسانُ آلِهَةً لِنَفسِهِ، وَلَكِنَّها لَيسَتْ آلِهَةٌ؟

21 T herefore, behold, I will this once cause them to know, I will cause them to know mine hand and my might; and they shall know that my name is The Lord.

«لِذَلِكَ سَأُعَلِّمُهُمْ فِي ذَلِكَ الوَقتِ. وَسَأُعلِنُ لَهُمْ عَنْ قُوَّتِي وَقُدرَتِي، وَسَيَعرِفُونَ أنَّ اسْمِي هُوَ يهوه.»