1 T hen the Lord said to me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before Me, yet My mind could not be turned with favor toward this people. Send them out of My sight and let them go!

فَقالَ اللهُ لِي: «حَتَّى لَو وَقَفَ مُوسَى وَصَمُوئِيلُ أمامِي، فَلَنْ أغفِرَ لِهَذا الشَّعبِ. أبعِدْهُمْ مِنْ أمامِي وَأخرِجهُمْ.

2 A nd if they say to you, Where shall we go? then tell them, Thus says the Lord: Such as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; and such as are for famine, to famine; and such as are for captivity, to captivity.

وَإنْ قالُوا لَكَ: ‹أينَ نَذهَبُ؟› فَحِينَئِذٍ، قُلْ لَهُمْ: هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ: «‹مَنْ مَصِيرُهُ المَوتُ سَيَمُوتُ، وَمَنْ مَصِيرُهُ المَعرَكَةُ فَسَيَسقُطُ فِي المَعرَكَةِ، وَمَنْ مَصِيرُهُ المَجاعَةُ فَسَيَجُوعُ، وَمَنْ مَصِيرُهُ السَّبيُ، فَسَيَذهَبُ إلَى السَّبيِ.

3 A nd I will appoint over them four kinds, says the Lord: the sword to slay, the dogs to tear and drag away, and the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth to devour and to destroy.

سَأُعاقِبُهُمْ بِأربَعِ طُرُقٍ، يَقُولُ اللهُ ، بِالسَّيفِ القاتِلِ، وَبِالكِلابِ الَّتِي سَتَسحَبُهُمْ، وَبِطُيُورِ السَّماءِ وَبِحَيواناتِ الأرْضِ الَّتِي سَتَأكُلُهُمْ وَسَتُهلِكُهُمْ.

4 A nd I will cause them to be tossed to and fro among all the kingdoms of the earth and to be made a horror to all nations because of Manasseh son of Hezekiah king of Judah, for which he did in Jerusalem.

سَأُرعِبُ جَمِيعَ مَمالِكِ الأرْضِ، بِسَبَبِ مَنَسَّى بْنِ حَزَقِيّا مَلِكِ يَهُوذا، وَكُلِّ الأُمُورِ الَّتِي عَمِلَها فِي القُدْسِ.›

5 F or who will have pity on you, O Jerusalem? Or who will bemoan you? Or who will turn aside to ask about your welfare?

«مَنْ سَيُشفِقُ عَلَيكِ يا قُدسُ؟ مَنْ سَيَتَحَسَّرُ عَلَيكِ؟ مَنْ سَيَمُرُّ بِكِ، لِيسألَ عَنْ أحْوالِكِ؟

6 Y ou have rejected and forsaken Me, says the Lord. You keep going in reverse. Therefore I will stretch out My hand against you and destroy you; I am weary of relenting.

«تَرَكتِنِي، يَقُولُ اللهُ ، وَتَراجَعْتِ، لِذَلِكَ سَأُهاجِمُكِ وَأُدَمِّرُكِ. مَلَلْتُ مِنْ إظهارِ الشَّفَقَةِ لَكِ.

7 I will winnow them with a fan and a winnowing fork in the gates of the land; I will bereave them, I will destroy My people; from their ways they did not return.

سَأُشَتِّتُهُمْ بِالمِذراةِ عِندَ بَوّاباتِ أرْضِهِمْ. سَأحْرِمُهُمْ مِنْ أولادِهِمْ، سَأُهلِكُ شَعبِي بِسَبَبِ طُرُقِهِمْ الّتِي لَمْ يَتْرُكُوها.

8 I will increase the number of their widows more than the sand of the seas. I will bring upon them, against the mother of young men and the young men, a destroyer at noonday. I will cause anguish and terrors to fall upon her suddenly.

سَتَكُونُ أرامِلُهُمْ أكثَرَ مِنَ الرَّملِ الَّذِي عَلَى شاطِئِ البَحرِ، فِي الظَّهِيرَةِ سَآتِي بِدَمارٍ عَلَى أُمَّهاتِ الشَّبابِ. سَأجلِبُ عَلَيهِمْ القَلَقَ وَأُمُوراً مُرعِبَةً فَجأةً.

9 S he who has borne seven languishes; she has expired. Her sun has gone down while it was yet day; she has been put to shame, confounded, and disgraced. And the rest of them I will deliver to the sword before their enemies, says the Lord.

الَّتِي وَلَدَتْ سَبعَةً سَتَذبُلُ، وَسَتَلفُظُ أنفاسَها الأخِيرَةَ. لَنْ تُشرِقَ عَلَيها الشَّمسُ فِيما بَعْدُ، سَتُذَلُّ وَتُخزَى. أمّا بَقِيَّتُهُمْ فَسَيَمُوتُونَ فِي المَعرَكَةِ أمامَ أعدائِهِمْ،» يَقُولُ اللهُ. شَكوَى لإرْمِيا إلَى الله

10 W oe is me, my mother, that you bore me to be a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither loaned, nor have men loaned to me, yet everyone curses me.

يا أُمِّي، وَيلٌ لِي لأنَّكِ وَلَدْتِنِي إنسانَ نِزاعٍ وَفِي خِلافٍ مَعَ كُلِّ الأرْضِ. لَمْ أُقرِضْ شَيئاً، وَلا استَقرَضْتُ شَيئاً، وَمَعَ هَذا فَإنَّ كُلَّ واحِدٍ يَلعَنُنِي.

11 T he Lord said, Truly your release, affliction, and strengthening will be for good; surely I will intercede for you with the enemy and I will cause the enemy to ask for your aid in the time of evil and in the time of affliction.

وَقالَ لِيَ اللهُ: «قَدْ حَفِظْتُ حَياتَكَ لأجلِ الخَيرِ، وَحَمَيتُكَ مِنْ أعدائِكَ فِي وَقتِ الضِّيقِ وَالشِّدَّةِ.» إجابَةُ اللهِ لإرْمِيا

12 C an iron break the iron from the north and the bronze?

«هَلْ يُمكِنُ كَسْرُ الحَدِيدِ أوْ البُرونْزِ الآتِي مِنَ الشَّمالِ؟

13 Y our substance and your treasures will I give as spoil, without price, and that for all your sins, even in all your territory.

سَأُعطِي ثَروَتَكَ وَكُنُوزَكَ كَغَنِيمَةٍ بِلا ثَمَنٍ، بِسَبَبِ خَطاياكَ فِي كُلِّ مَكانٍ مِنْ أرْضِكَ.

14 A nd I will make to pass with your enemies into a land which you do not know and I will make you to serve there, for a fire is kindled in My anger which will burn upon you.

وَسَأجعَلُكَ تَذهَبُ مَعَ أعدائِكَ إلَى أرْضٍ لا تَعرِفُها. لأنَّ غَضَبِيَ اشتَعَلَ، وَسَيَلتَهِمُكُمْ جَمِيعاً.»

15 O Lord, You know and understand; remember me and visit me and avenge me on my persecutors. Take me not away in Your long-suffering; know that for Your sake I suffer and bear reproach.

يا اللهُ أنتَ تَعلَمُ ما يَحدُثُ. اذكُرْنِي وَاهتَمَّ بِي، انتَقِمْ لِي مِنَ الَّذِينَ يُطارِدُونَنِي. لا تَدَمِّرْنِي بِينَما تَصبِرُ عَلَيهِمْ. وَانْظُرْ كَيفَ أهانُونِي مِنْ أجلِكَ.

16 Y our words were found, and I ate them; and Your words were to me a joy and the rejoicing of my heart, for I am called by Your name, O Lord God of hosts.

وَجَدتُ كَلامَكَ فَالتَهَمتُهُ، فَجَعَلَنِي كَلامُكَ سَعِيداً وَمُبتَهِجاً، لأنِّي دُعِيتُ باسمِكَ أيُّها الإلَهُ القَدِيرُ.

17 I sat not in the assembly of those who make merry, nor did I rejoice; I sat alone because Your hand was upon me, for You had filled me with indignation.

لَمْ أجلِسْ مَعَ جَماعَةِ الضّاحِكِينَ لأحتَفِلَ. لأنَّكَ أنتَ سَيِّدِي، جَلَسْتُ وَحِيداً، لأنَّكَ مَلأْتَنِي بِالغَضَبِ عَلَيهِمْ.

18 W hy is my pain perpetual and my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? Will you indeed be to me like a deceitful brook, like waters that fail and are uncertain?

لِماذا وَجَعِي بِلا نِهايَةٍ؟ لِماذا جُرحِي مُمِيتٌ لا يُشفَى؟ هَلْ سَتَكُونُ لِي كَالسَّرابِ، كَمياهٍ وَهْمِيَّةٍ؟

19 T herefore thus says the Lord: If you return, then I will give you again a settled place of quiet and safety, and you will be My minister; and if you separate the precious from the vile, you shall be My mouthpiece. Let them return to you—not you to.

فَقالَ اللهُ: «إنْ رَجِعتَ تائِباً فَسَأقبَلُكَ، وَسَتَقِفُ أمامِي. وَإنْ غَيَّرْتَ الكَلامَ الرَّدِيءَ إلَى كَلامٍ حَسَنٍ، فَحِينَئِذٍ، سَتَكُونُ المُتَكَلِّمَ عَنِّي وَلأجلِي. سَيَرجِعُونَ إلَيكَ، وَلَكِنَّكَ لَنْ تَرجِعَ إلَيْهِمْ.

20 A nd I will make you to this people a fortified, bronze wall; they will fight against you, but they will not prevail over you, for I am with you to save and deliver you, says the Lord.

سَأجعَلُكَ كَسُورٍ مِنْ بُرونْزٍ مُحَصَّنٍ أمامَ هَذا الشَّعبِ. سَيُحارِبُونَكَ، وَلَكِنَّهُمْ لَنْ يَهزِمُوكَ، لأنِّي مَعَكَ، سَأُخَلِّصُكَ وَأُنقِذُكَ، يَقُولُ اللهُ ،

21 A nd I will deliver you out of the hands of the wicked, and I will redeem you out of the palms of the terrible and ruthless tyrants.

سَأُنقِذُكَ مِنْ يَدِ الأشرارِ وَسَأفدِيكَ مِنْ سَيطَرَةِ المُرعِبِينَ.»