1 T he word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of the reign of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah—which was the first year of the reign of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon—

هَذِهِ هِيَ الكَلِمَةُ الَّتِي جاءَتْ إلَى إرْمِيا بِخُصُوصِ كُلِّ بَني إسْرائِيلَ، فِي السَّنَةِ الرّابِعَةِ مِنْ حُكمِ المَلِكِ يَهُوياقِيمَ بْنِ يُوشِيّا. فِي السَّنَةِ الأُولَى منْ حُكمِ المَلِكِ نَبُوخَذْناصَّرَ مَلِكِ بابِلَ.

2 W hich Jeremiah the prophet spoke to all the people of Judah and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem:

وَهِيَ الَّتِي تَكَلَّمَ بِها إرْمِيا النَّبِيُّ إلَى كُلِّ بَنِي يَهُوذا وَإلَى كُلِّ سُكّانِ مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ، فَقالَ:

3 F or these twenty-three years—from the thirteenth year of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah, even to this day—the word of the Lord has come to me and I have spoken to you persistently early and late, but you have not listened and obeyed.

«مِنَ السَّنَةِ الثّالِثَةَ عَشْرَةَ مِنْ حُكمِ المَلِكِ يُوشِيّا بْنِ آمُونَ مَلِكِ يَهُوذا، وَحَتَّى هَذا اليَومِ – أيْ لِمُدَّةِ ثَلاثٍ وَعِشرِينَ سَنَةً – جاءَنِي كَلامُ اللهِ. وَقَدْ كُنتُ أتَكَلَّمُ بِكَلِمَتِهِ يُوماً بَعدَ يَومٍ، وَلَكِنَّكُمْ لَمْ تَصْغُوا.

4 A lthough the Lord persistently sent you all the prophets, His servants, yet you have not listened and obeyed or inclined your ear to hear.

أرسَلَ اللهُ إلَيكُمْ جَميعَ خُدّامِهِ الأنبِياءِ واحِداً بَعدَ الآخَرِ، وَلَكِنَّكُمْ لَمْ تَصْغُوا وَلَمْ تَفتَحُوا آذانَكُمْ.

5 s aying, Turn again now every one from his evil way and wrongdoing; dwell in the land that the Lord gave to you and to your fathers from of old and forevermore.

قالُوا لَكُمْ: «لِيَرْجِعْ كُلُّ واحِدٍ عَنْ طُرُقِهِ وَأعمالِهِ الشِّرِّيرَةِ، وَاسكُنُوا الأرْضَ الَّتِي أعطاها اللهُ لَكُمْ وَلآبائِكُمْ إلَى الأبَدِ.

6 D o not go after other gods to serve and worship them, and do not provoke Me to anger with the works of your hands. Then I will do you no harm.

لا تَسِيرُوا وَراءَ آلِهَةٍ أُخْرَى لِتَخدِمُوها وَتَسجُدُوا لَها. إنْ فَعَلْتُمْ هَذا فَلَنْ يُساءَ إلَيكُمْ.»

7 Y et you have not listened to and obeyed Me, says the Lord, that you might provoke Me to anger with the works (idols) made by your hands to your own hurt.

«لَكِنَّكُمْ لَمْ تَستَمِعُوا إلَيَّ، يَقُولُ اللهُ ، بَلْ أغَظتُمُونِي بِتَماثِيلَ صَنَعْتُمُوها بأيدِيكُمْ، وَهِيَ شَرٌّ لَكُمْ.»

8 T herefore thus says the Lord of hosts: Because you have not heard and obeyed My words,

لِذَلِكَ هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ: «لأنَّكُمْ لَمْ تَستَمِعُوا إلَى كَلامِي،

9 B ehold, I will send for all the tribes of the north, says the Lord, and I will send for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, My servant, and I will bring them against this land and its inhabitants and against all these nations round about; and I will devote them and utterly destroy them and make them an amazement, a hissing, and perpetual and agelong desolations.

سَأستَدعِي جُيُوشاً مِنْ كُلِّ عَشائِرِ الشَّمالِ، يَقُولُ اللهُ ، وَسَأستَدعِي نَبُوخَذْناصَّرَ مَلِكَ بابِلَ، خادِمِي. وَسَآتِي بِهِمْ جَمِيعاً ضِدَّ هَذِهِ الأرْضِ وَسُكّانِها وَكُلِّ الأُمَمِ المُحِيطَةِ بِها. سَأُهلِكُهُمْ وَأجعَلُهُمْ سَبَبَ رُعبٍ وَسُخْرِيَةٍ وَتَعْيِّيرٍ إلَى الأبَدِ.

10 M oreover, I will take from them the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones and the light of the candle.

وَسَأُزِيلُ مِنْ وَسَطِهِمْ صَوتَ الفَرَحِ وَالاحتِفالِ، وَأصواتَ الأعْراسِ، وَأصواتَ مَطاحِنِ الحُبُوبِ، وَنُورَ المَصابِيحِ.

11 A nd this whole land shall be a waste and an astonishment, and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.

سَتُصبِحُ هَذِهِ الأرْضُ خَرِبَةً مَهجُورَةً. وَسَتَخْدِمُ هَذِهِ الأُمَمُ مَلِكَ بابِلَ لِمُدَّةِ سَبعِينَ سَنَةٍ.

12 T hen when seventy years are completed, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, the land of the Chaldeans, says the Lord, for their iniquity, and will make the land a perpetual waste.

يَقُولُ اللهُ: «وَعِندَما تَكتَمِلُ السَّبعُونَ سَنَةً، سَأُعاقِبُ مَلِكَ بابِلَ وَكُلَّ تِلكَ الأُمَّةِ عَلَى إثمِهِمْ. وَسَأُعاقِبُ أرْضَ الكِلدانِيِّينَ. وَسَأجعَلُها خَراباً إلَى الأبَدِ.

13 A nd I will bring upon that land all My words which I have pronounced against it, even all that is written in this book, which Jeremiah has prophesied against all the nations.

سَأجلِبُ عَلَى تِلكَ الأرْضِ كُلَّ الكَلامِ الَّذِي تَكَلَّمْتُ بِهِ ضِدَّها، كُلَّ شَيءٍ مَكتُوبٍ فِي هَذا الكِتابِ الَّذِي تَنَبَّأ بِهِ إرْمِيا عَلَى كُلِّ الأُمَمِ.

14 F or many nations and great kings shall make bondmen of them, even them; and I will recompense them according to their deeds and according to the work of their hands.

لأنَّ أُمَماً كَثِيرَةً وَمُلُوكاً عُظَماءَ سَيَسْتَعْبِدُونَهُمْ. لِذا سَأُجازِيهِمْ بِحَسَبِ ما عَمِلُوا، وَبِحَسَبِ ما عَمِلُوا بِأيدِيهِمْ.» دَينُونَةٌ عَلَى أُمَمِ العالَم

15 F or thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, to me: Take this cup of the wine of wrath from My hand and cause all the nations to whom I send you to drink it.

هَذا هُوَ ما قالَهُ اللهُ ، إلَهُ إسْرائِيلَ، لِي: «خُذْ هَذِهِ الكَأسَ المَملُوءَةَ بِخَمرِ الغَضَبِ مِنْ يَدِي، وَاسقِها لِكُلِّ الأُمَمِ الَّتِي سأُرسَلَكَ إلَيها.

16 T hey shall drink and reel to and fro and be crazed because of the sword that I will send among them.

سَيَشرَبُونَها وَيَتَرَنَّحُونَ وَيَفقِدُونَ صَوابَهُمْ، بِسَبَبِ السَّيفِ الَّذِي سَأُرسِلُهُ بَينَهُمْ.»

17 T hen I took the cup from the Lord’s hand and made all the nations drink it to whom the Lord had sent me:

فَأخَذتُ الكَأسَ مِنْ يَدِ اللهِ ، وَسَقَيتُها لِكُلَّ الأُمَمِ الَّتِي أرسَلَنِي اللهُ إلَيها.

18 J erusalem and the cities of Judah, its kings and princes, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, a hissing, and a curse, as it is to this day;

وَهِيَ القُدسُ وَمُدُنُ يَهُوذا وَمُلُوكُها وَرُؤَساؤُها، لَتَصِيرَ خَراباً بائِداً وَمَثارَ سُخْرِيَةٍ وَلَعنَةٍ، كَما هُوَ الحالُ اليَومَ.

19 P haraoh king of Egypt, his servants, his princes, all his people,

كَما عَمِلتُ هَذا بِفِرعَونَ مَلِكِ مِصرَ وَخُدّامِهِ وَرُؤَسائِهِ وَكُلِّ شَعبِهِ،

20 A nd all the mixed foreign population; all the kings of the land of Uz; and all the kings of the land of the Philistines and Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod;

وَكُلِّ السّاكِنِينَ عَلَى الحُدُودِ، وَكُلِّ مُلُوكِ عُوصَ، وَكُلِّ مُلُوكِ أراضِي الفِلِسطِيِّينَ: أشقَلُونَ وَغَزَّةَ وَعَقرُونَ وَما تَبَقَّى مِنْ أشدُودَ.

21 E dom, Moab, and the children of Ammon;

وَكَذَلِكَ بِأدُومَ وَمُوآبَ وَالعَمُّونِيِّينَ

22 A ll the kings of Tyre, all the kings of Sidon, and the kings of the islands and the coastlands across the Sea;

وَكُلِّ مُلُوكِ صُورَ وَمُلُوكِ صَيدُونَ وَمُلُوكِ الجُزُرِ الَّذِينَ فِي البَحرِ،

23 D edan, Tema, Buz, and all who clip off the corners of their hair and beards;

وَدَدانَ وَتَيماءَ وَبُوزَ وَكُلِّ الَّذِينَ يَحلِقُونَ سَوالِفَهُمْ،

24 A ll the kings of Arabia and all the kings of the mixed foreign people who dwell in the desert;

وَكُلِّ مُلُوكِ العَرَبِ، وَكُلِّ المُلُوكِ السّاكِنِينَ عَلَى الحُدُودِ فِي البَرِّيَّةِ،

25 A ll the kings of Zimri, all the kings of Elam (Persia), and all the kings of Media;

وَكُلِّ مُلُوكِ زِمْرِي وَمُلُوكِ عِيلامَ، وَمُلُوكِ مادِي،

26 A ll the kings of the north, far and near, one after another—and all the kingdoms of the world which are on the face of the earth. And after them the king of Sheshach (Babel or Babylon) shall drink.

وَمُلُوكِ الشَّمالِ، القَرِيبِينَ مِنهُمْ وَالبَعِيدِينَ، واحِدٍ وَراءَ الآخَرِ، وَبِكُلِّ المَمالِكِ الَّتِي عَلَى وَجهِ الأرْضِ. وَمَلِكُ شِيشَكَ سَيَشرَبُ بَعدَهُمْ.

27 T hen you shall say to them, Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Drink, be drunk, vomit, and fall to rise no more because of the sword which I am sending among you.

وَقالَ اللهُ لِي: «سَتَقُولُ لَهُمْ: هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ، إلَهُ إسْرائِيلَ: ‹اشرَبُوا وَاسكَرُوا وَتَقَيَّأُوا وَاسقُطُوا وَلا تَقُومُوا أمامَ السَّيفِ الَّذِي سَأُرسِلُهُ فِي وَسَطِكُمْ.›

28 A nd if they refuse to take the cup from your hand to drink, then you shall say to them, Thus says the Lord of hosts: You shall surely drink!

لَكِنْ إنْ رَفَضُوا أنْ يَأخُذُوا الكَأسَ مِنْ يَدِكَ لِيَشرَبُوا مِنها، تَقُولُ لَهُمْ: ‹هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ:

29 F or behold, I am beginning to work evil in the city which is called by My Name, and shall you go unpunished? You shall not go unpunished, for I am calling for a sword against all the inhabitants of the earth, says the Lord of hosts.

ها إنِّي أجلِبُ الكَوارِثَ عَلَى المَدِينَةِ الَّتِي دُعِيَتْ بِاسمِي، فَهَلْ يُعقَلُ أنَّكُمْ سَتَنجُونَ مِنَ العِقابِ؟ بَلْ سَتُعاقَبُونَ! لأنِّي سَأدعُو إلَى حَربٍ عَلَى كُلِّ سُكّانِ الأرْضِ،» يَقُولُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ.

30 T herefore prophesy against them all these words and say to them: The Lord shall roar from on high and utter His voice from His holy habitation; He shall roar mightily against His fold and pasture. He shall give a shout like those who tread grapes against all the inhabitants of the earth.

«تَنَبَّأْ يا إرمِيا لَهُمْ بِكُلِّ هَذا الكَلامِ. قُلْ لَهُمْ: ‹ اللهُ يُزَمجِرُ مِنَ العَلاءِ ضِدَّ مَسكَنِهِ، يَصِيحُ مُنتَصِراً، يَزأرُ عَلَى مَسكَنِهِ. يَصرُخُ كَصَرخَةِ دائِسِي العِنَبِ، ضِدَّ كُلِّ سُكّانِ الأرْضِ.

31 A noise will come even to the ends of the earth, for the Lord has a controversy and an indictment against the nations; He will enter into judgment with all mankind; as for the wicked, He will give them to the sword, says the Lord.

هُناكَ ضَجَّةٌ وَصَلَتْ إلَى أقاصِي الأرْضِ. لأنَّ اللهَ يُعِدُّ مُحاكَمَةً ضِدَّ الأُمَمِ. وَسَيُسَلَّمُ الشِّرِّيرُ لِلسَّيفِ.›» يَقُولُ اللهُ.

32 T hus says the Lord of hosts: Behold, evil will go forth from nation to nation, and a great whirling tempest will rise from the uttermost parts of the earth.

هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ: «الشَّرُّ يَخرُجُ مِنْ أُمَّةٍ إلَى أُمَّةٍ. عاصِفَةٌ عَظِيمَةٌ تَثُورُ مِنْ أقاصِي الأرْضِ.»

33 A nd those slain by the Lord shall be at that day from one end of the earth even to the other end of the earth. They shall not be lamented or gathered or buried; their shall be dung upon the ground.

سَتَنتَشِرُ جُثَثُ الَّذِينَ قَتَلَهُمُ اللهُ مِنْ أقْصَى الأرْضِ إلَى أقْصاها. لَنْ يَنُوحَ عَلَيهِمْ أحَدٌ. وَلَنْ يُجمَعُوا لِيُدفَنُوا، بَلْ سَيَكُونُوا كَالرَّوثِ عَلَى وَجهِ الأرْضِ!

34 W ail, you shepherds, and cry; and roll in ashes, you principal ones of the flock. For the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions have fully come, and you shall fall and be dashed into pieces like a choice vessel.

ها رُعاةُ إسْرائِيلَ يُوَلوِلُونَ حُزناً وَيَبكُونَ، قادَةُ القَطِيعِ يَتَمَرَّغُونَ فِي التُّرابِ. لأنَّ الوَقتَ قَدْ حانَ لِذَبحِكُمْ. سَتَسقُطُونَ وَتُحَطَّمُونَ كَالإناءِ الجَمِيلِ.

35 A nd the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal ones of the flock any means of escape.

لَنْ يَستَطِيعَ رُعاةُ إسْرائِيلَ الهَرَبَ، وَلَنْ يَقْدِرَ قادَةُ القَطِيعِ عَلَى الفِرارِ.

36 A voice! The cry of the shepherds and the wailing of the principal ones of the flock! For the Lord is laying waste and destroying their pasture.

أسمَعُ صَوتَ صِياحِ الرُّعاةِ وَوَلوَلَةَ قادَةِ القَطِيعِ. لأنَّ اللهَ يُخَرِّبُ مَرعاهُمْ.

37 A nd the peaceable folds are devastated and brought to silence because of the fierce anger of the Lord.

مُرُوجُهُمُ الهادِئَةُ سَتُخرَبُ بِسَبَبِ غَضَبِ اللهِ الشَّدِيدِ.

38 H e has left His shelter like the lion; for their land has become a waste and an astonishment because of the fierceness of the oppressor and because of fierce anger.

جاءَ كَأسَدٍ مِنْ عَرِينِهِ، فَخَرِبَتْ أرْضُهُمْ، بِسَبَبِ غَضَبِهِ المُشْتَعِلِ، وَسَيفِ العَدُوِّ القاسِي.