1 W oe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the Lord.

«وَيلٌ لَكُمْ أيُّها الرُّعاةُ الَّذِينَ يُهلِكُونَ وَيُشَتِّتُونَ غَنَمَ مَرعايَ،» يَقُولُ اللهُ.

2 T herefore thus saith the Lord God of Israel against the pastors that feed my people; Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them: behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your doings, saith the Lord.

لِذَلِكَ هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ عَنِ الرُّعاةِ الَّذِينَ يَرعُونَ شَعبِي: «لَقَدْ بَدَّدتُمْ غَنَمِي، وَطَرَدتُمُوها وَلَمْ تَهتَمُّوا بِها. لِذَلِكَ سَأُجازِيكُمْ عَنِ الشَّرِّ الَّذِي عَمِلْتُمُوهُ،» يَقُولُ اللهُ.

3 A nd I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all countries whither I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds; and they shall be fruitful and increase.

«سَأجمَعُ بَقِيَّةَ غَنَمِي مِنْ كُلِّ الأراضِي الَّتِي طَرَدتُهُمْ إلَيها، وَسَأُرجِعُهُمْ إلَى مَرعاهُمْ، فَيُثمِرُونَ وَيَتَضاعَفُونَ.

4 A nd I will set up shepherds over them which shall feed them: and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall they be lacking, saith the Lord.

سَأُقِيمُ رُعاةً آخَرَينَ. وَسَيَرعَونَهُمْ وَلَنْ يَخافُوا ثانِيَةً. لَنْ يَرتَعِبُوا أوْ يُفقَدَ مِنهُمْ أحَدٌ،» يَقُولُ اللهُ. غُصنُ البِرّ

5 B ehold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.

يَقُولُ اللهُ: «الوَقتُ آتٍ، عِندَما سَأُقِيمُ غُصناً بارّاً لِداوُدَ. سَيَملُكُ بِالحِكمَةِ، وَسَيُقِيمُ العَدلَ وَالبِرَّ فِي أرْضِ يَهُوذا.

6 I n his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, The Lord our righteousness.

وَخِلالَ مُلكِهِ، سَيَخلُصُ يَهُوذا، وَسَيَسكُنُ إسْرائِيلُ بِأمانٍ. وَهَذا هُوَ الاسمُ الَّذِي سَيَدعُونَهُ بِهِ: ‹يهوه بِرُّنا.›»

7 T herefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that they shall no more say, The Lord liveth, which brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;

يَقُولُ اللهُ: «لِذَلِكَ سَيَأتِي وَقتٌ، حِينَ لا يَعُودُ النّاسُ يَقُولُونَ: ‹نُقسِمُ بِاللهِ الحَيِّ الَّذِي أخرَجَ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ مِنْ أرْضِ مِصرَ.›

8 b ut, The Lord liveth, which brought up and which led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all countries whither I had driven them; and they shall dwell in their own land.

بَلْ: ‹نُقسِمُ بِاللهِ الحَيِّ الَّذِي أخرَجَ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ مِنْ أرْضِ الشَّمالِ، وَمِنْ جَميعِ الأراضِي الَّتِي طَرَدَهُمْ إلَيها.› وَسَيَسْكُنُونَ فِي أراضِيهِمْ.» الدَّينُونَةُ عَلَى الأنبِياءِ الكَذَبَة

9 M ine heart within me is broken because of the prophets; all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine hath overcome, because of the Lord, and because of the words of his holiness.

رِسالَةٌ عَنِ الأنبِياءِ: قَلبِي مَكسُورٌ فِي داخِلِي، وَكُلُّ عِظامِي تَرتَجِفُ. أنا كَرَجُلٍ مَخمُورٍ، وَكَرَجُلٍ غَلَبَتهُ الخَمرُ. أشعُرُ بِهَذا بِسَبَبِ اللهِ ، وَبِسَبَبِ كَلامِهِ المُقَدَّسِ.

10 F or the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourneth; the pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up, and their course is evil, and their force is not right.

الأرْضُ مَلِيئَةٌ بِالزُّناةِ. وَبِسَبَبِ اللَّعنَةِ جَفَّتِ الأرْضُ، وَمَراعِي البَرِّيَّةِ نَشِفَتْ. طَرِيقُ الأنبِياءِ شِرِّيرٌ، أعمالُهُمْ سَيِّئَةٌ وَهُمْ يَستَغِلُّونَ قُوَّتَهُمْ لِنَفعِهِمْ.

11 F or both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have I found their wickedness, saith the Lord.

يَقُولُ اللهُ: «الأنبِياءُ وَالكَهَنَةُ نَجَّسُوا الأرْضَ، وَحَتَّى فِي هَيكَلِي وَجَدتُ شَرَّهُمْ.

12 W herefore their way shall be unto them as slippery ways in the darkness: they shall be driven on, and fall therein: for I will bring evil upon them, even the year of their visitation, saith the Lord.

لِذَلِكَ سَيُصبِحُ طَرِيقُهُمْ زَلِقاً لَهُمْ، وَسَيُطرَحُونَ إلَى ظُلمَةٍ شَدِيدَةٍ، لأنِّي سَآتِي بِالشَّرِّ عَلَيهِمْ فِي السَّنَةِ الَّتِي سَأزُورُهُمْ فِيها،» يَقُولُ اللهُ.

13 A nd I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied in Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.

«رَأيتُ أمراً بَغِيضاً فِي أنبِياءِ السّامِرَةِ: يَتَنَبَّأُونَ بِالبَعلِ، وَلِذا يُضِلُّونَ شَعبِي إسْرائِيلَ.

14 I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none doth return from his wickedness: they are all of them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.

وَرَأيتُ فِي أنبِياءِ القُدْسِ أمراً كَريهاً: النّاسُ يَرتَكِبُونَ الزِّنَى وَيَغِشُّ بَعضُهُمْ بَعضاً، وَلَكِنَّ الأنبِياءَ يُشَدِّدُونَ أيدِي الأشرارِ، فَلا يَتُوبُ أحَدٌ عَنْ شَرِّهِ. كُلُّهُمْ، بِالنِّسبَةِ لِي، كَسَدُومَ، وَسُكّانُها كَعَمُّورَةَ.»

15 T herefore thus saith the Lord of hosts concerning the prophets; Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall: for from the prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness gone forth into all the land.

لِذَلِكَ هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ عَنِ الأنبِياءِ: «سَأجعَلُهُمْ يَأكُلُونَ طَعاماً مُرّاً، لأنَّ النَّجاسَةَ تَخرُجُ مِنْ أنبِياءِ القُدْسِ إلَى كُلِّ الأرْضِ.

16 T hus saith the Lord of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they make you vain: they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the Lord.

هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ: «لا تَستَمِعُوا إلَى كَلامِ الأنبِياءِ الَّذِينَ يَتَنَبَّأُونَ لَكُمْ، فَإنَّهُمْ يَخدَعُونَكُمْ. يَختَرِعُونَ رُؤاهُمْ. فَهِيَ لَمْ تَأتِ مِنَ اللهِ.

17 T hey say still unto them that despise me, The Lord hath said, Ye shall have peace; and they say unto every one that walketh after the imagination of his own heart, No evil shall come upon you.

يَقُولُونَ لِلَّذِينَ يَحتَقِرُونَنِي: قالَ اللهُ سَيَكُونُ لَكُمْ سَلامٌ.› وَكُلُّ الَّذِينَ يُقاوِمُونَ إرادَتِي بِعِنادٍ يَقُولُونَ: ‹لَنْ يَأتِيَ الشَّرُّ عَلَينا.›

18 F or who hath stood in the counsel of the Lord, and hath perceived and heard his word? who hath marked his word, and heard it?

لأنَّهُ مَنْ وَقَفَ فِي مَجلِسِ اللهِ ؟ وَمَنْ رَأى وَسَمِعَ كَلِمَتَهُ؟ وَمَنِ انتَبَهَ إلَى كَلِمَتِهِ وَاستَمَعَ إلَيها؟

19 B ehold, a whirlwind of the Lord is gone forth in fury, even a grievous whirlwind: it shall fall grievously upon the head of the wicked.

فَها هِيَ عاصِفَةُ اللهِ ، غَضَبُهُ يَخرُجُ كَإعْصارٍ يَثُورُ عَلَى رَأسِ الأشرارِ.

20 T he anger of the Lord shall not return, until he have executed, and till he have performed the thoughts of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it perfectly.

لَنْ يَهْدَأ غَضَبُ اللهِ حَتَّى يُنهِيَ عَمَلَهُ، وَيُحَقِّقُ ما فِي فِكْرِهِ. وَفِي أيّامٍ آتِيَةٍ سَتَفهَمُونَ هَذِهِ الأشياءَ.

21 I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.

لَمْ أُرسِلِ الأنبِياءَ، لَكِنَّهُمْ رَكَضُوا. لَمْ أتَكَلَّمْ إلَيْهِمْ، لَكِنَّهُمْ تَنَبَّأُوا.

22 B ut if they had stood in my counsel, and had caused my people to hear my words, then they should have turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.

لَو وَقَفُوا فِي مَجلِسِي، وَلَو سَمِعُوا كَلامِي لِهَذا الشَّعبِ، لأرجَعُوهُمْ عَنْ طَرِيقِهِمِ الشِّرِّيرَةِ، وَعَنْ شَرِّ أعمالِهِمْ.»

23 A m I a God at hand, saith the Lord, and not a God afar off?

يَقُولُ اللهُ: «هَلْ أنا إلَهٌ قَرِيبٌ فَقَطْ، وَلَستُ إلَهاً مِنْ بَعِيدٍ؟

24 C an any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the Lord. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the Lord.

إذا اختَبَأ إنسانٌ فِي أماكِنَ مُستَتِرَةٍ، أفَلا أستَطِيعُ أنْ أراهُ؟» يَقُولُ اللهُ: «أما أملأُ السَّماواتِ وَالأرْضَ؟» يَقُولُ اللهُ.

25 I have heard what the prophets said, that prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.

«أنا أسمَعُ ما يَقُولُهُ الأنبِياءُ الَّذِينَ يَتَنَبَّأُونَ بِالكَذِبِ بِاسمِي وَيَقُولُونَ: ‹حَلُمتُ، حَلُمتُ.›

26 H ow long shall this be in the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies? yea, they are prophets of the deceit of their own heart;

إلَى مَتَى سَيَستَمِرُّ هَذا فِي قُلُوبِ الأنبِياءِ الَّذِينَ يَتَنَبَّأُونَ بِالكَذِبِ وَالخِداعِ الَّذِي يَختَرِعُونَهُ؟

27 w hich think to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams which they tell every man to his neighbour, as their fathers have forgotten my name for Baal.

يُخَطِّطُونَ لِكَي يَنسانِي شَعبِي بِالأحلامِ الَّتِي يَقُصُّها بَعضُهُمْ عَلَى بَعضٍ. كَما نَسِيَ أجدادُهُمُ اسْمِيَ وَعَبَدُوا البَعلَ.

28 T he prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat? saith the Lord.

النَّبِيُّ الَّذِي لَدَيهِ حُلمٌ فَليَروِهِ، وَالَّذِي لَدَيهِ كَلِمَتِي فَلْيَتَكَلَّمْ بِها بِأمانَةٍ. لا يَجتَمِعُ القَشُّ مَعَ القَمحِ،» يَقُولُ اللهُ.

29 I s not my word like as a fire? saith the Lord; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?

«ألَيسَتْ كَلِمَتِي كَالنّارِ؟ وَكَمِطرَقَةٍ تُحَطِّمُ الصَّخرَ؟» يَقُولُ اللهُ.

30 T herefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith the Lord, that steal my words every one from his neighbour.

يَقُولُ اللهُ: «لِذَلِكَ أنا ضِدُّ الأنبِياءِ الَّذِينَ يَسرِقُونَ كَلامِيَ بَعضُهُمْ مِنْ بَعْضٍ.

31 B ehold, I am against the prophets, saith the Lord, that use their tongues, and say, He saith.

وَيَقُولُ اللهُ: «نَعَمْ، أنا ضِدُّ الأنبِياءِ الَّذِينَ يَنسِبُونَ كَلامَهُمْ إلَى اللهِ.»

32 B ehold, I am against them that prophesy false dreams, saith the Lord, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their lightness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them: therefore they shall not profit this people at all, saith the Lord.

وَيَقُولُ اللهُ: «أنا ضِدُّ الأنبِياءِ الَّذِينَ يَتَنَبَّأُونَ بِأحلامٍ كاذِبَةٍ. يَقُصُّونَها فَيُضِلُّونَ شَعبِي بِخِداعِهِمْ وَتَخَيُّلاتِهِمْ. وَأنا لَمْ أُرسِلْهُمْ، وَلَمْ آمُرهُمْ بِأنْ يَتَكَلَّمُوا. وَهُمْ لَمْ يَنفَعُوا هَذا الشَّعبَ بِشَيءٍ،» يَقُولُ اللهُ. رِسالَةٌ حَزِينَةٌ مِنَ الله

33 A nd when this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask thee, saying, What is the burden of the Lord ? thou shalt then say unto them, What burden? I will even forsake you, saith the Lord.

«فَإذا سَألَكَ أحَدُ أفرادِ الشَّعبِ أوْ نَبِيٌّ أوْ كاهِنٌ: ‹ما هُوَ حِملُ اللهِ عَلَينا؟› قُلْ لَهُمْ: ‹أنتُمُ الحِملُ، وَسَأتَخَلَّصُ مِنكُمْ!›» يَقُولُ اللهُ.

34 A nd as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people, that shall say, The burden of the Lord, I will even punish that man and his house.

«النَّبِيُّ أوِ الكاهِنُ أوْ أحَدُ أفرادِ الشَّعبِ الَّذِي يَقُولُ: ‹هَذا حِملُ اللهِ عَلَينا،› أُعاقِبُهُ هُوَ وَبَيتَهُ.

35 T hus shall ye say every one to his neighbour, and every one to his brother, What hath the Lord answered? and, What hath the Lord spoken?

فَهَكَذا يَنبَغِي أنْ يَسألَ أحَدُكُمُ الآخَرَ: ‹بِمَ أجابَ اللهُ ؟› أوْ ‹ما الَّذِي قالَهُ اللهُ ؟›

36 A nd the burden of the Lord shall ye mention no more: for every man’s word shall be his burden; for ye have perverted the words of the living God, of the Lord of hosts our God.

لَكِنْ لا تَقُولُوا ‹حِملُ اللهِ › فِيما بَعْدُ. لأنَّ كَلامَ كُلِّ إنْسانٍ هُوَ حِملُهُ. وَأنتُمْ تُشَوِّهُونَ كَلامَ إلَهِنا، الإلَهِ الحَيِّ القَدِيرِ.

37 T hus shalt thou say to the prophet, What hath the Lord answered thee? and, What hath the Lord spoken?

فَهَكَذا يَنبَغِي أنْ تَسألُوا النَّبِيِّ: ‹بِمَ أجابَكَ اللهُ ؟› أوْ ‹ما الَّذِي قالَهُ اللهُ ؟›

38 B ut since ye say, The burden of the Lord; therefore thus saith the Lord; Because ye say this word, The burden of the Lord, and I have sent unto you, saying, Ye shall not say, The burden of the Lord;

لَكِنْ إنْ قُلْتُمْ: ‹ما هُوَ حِملُ اللهِ ؟› فَهَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ: ‹لأنَّكُمُ استَخدَمتُمْ هَذا التَّعبِيرَ، ‹حِملُ اللهِ ،› وَلأنِّي أرسَلتُ لَكُمْ وَقُلْتُ: ‹لا تَسْتَخدِمُوا هَذا التَّعبِيرَ،›

39 t herefore, behold, I, even I, will utterly forget you, and I will forsake you, and the city that I gave you and your fathers, and cast you out of my presence:

لِذَلِكَ سَأُزِيلُكُمْ مِنْ أمامِي، أنتُمْ وَالمَدِينَةَ الَّتِي أعطَيتُها لَكُمْ وَلآبائِكُمْ.

40 a nd I will bring an everlasting reproach upon you, and a perpetual shame, which shall not be forgotten.

وَسَأجلِبُ عَلَيكُمْ عاراً أبَدِيّاً، وَخِزياً دائِماً لَنْ يُنسَى.›»