1 T he word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord:

هَذِهِ الكَلِمَةُ جاءَتْ إلَى إرْمِيا مِنَ اللهِ:

2 T hus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Write all the words that I have spoken to you in a book.

«هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ إلَهُ إسْرائِيلَ: ‹اكتُبْ جَميعَ الكَلامِ الَّذِي كَلَّمْتُكَ بِهِ عَلَى لَفِيفةٍ.

3 F or, note well, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will release from captivity My people Israel and Judah, says the Lord, and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they will possess it.

فَسَتَأتِي أيّامٌ، يَقُولُ اللهُ ، حِينَ أُرجِعُ فِيها ما سُلِبَ مِنْ بَني إسْرائِيلَ وَيَهُوذا، يَقُولُ اللهُ. وَسَأُرجِعُهُمْ إلَى هَذِهِ الأرْضِ الَّتِي أعطَيتُها لآبائِهِمْ لِكَي يَمتَلِكُوها.›»

4 A nd these are the words the Lord spoke concerning Israel and Judah:

هَذا هُوَ الكَلامُ الَّذِي تَكَلَّمَ بِهِ اللهُ عَنْ إسْرائِيلَ وَيَهُوذا.

5 T hus says the Lord: We have heard a voice of trembling and panic—of terror, and not peace.

لأنَّ هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ: «سَمِعْنا صَوتَ رُعبٍ، سَمِعنا عَنْ خَوفٍ لا سَلامٍ.

6 A sk now and see whether a man can give birth to a child? Why then do I see every man with his hands on his loins like a woman in labor? Why are all faces turned pale?

«اسألُوا وَانظُرُوا إنْ كانَ هُناكَ رَجُلٌ يَلِدُ! فَلِماذا أرَى كُلَّ الرِّجالِ الأبطالِ يَضَعُونَ أيدِيهِمْ عَلَى بُطُونِهِمْ، كَالنِّساءِ اللَّواتِي يَلِدنَ؟ وَلِماذا شَحُبَتْ كُلُّ وُجُوهِهِمْ؟

7 A las! for that day will be great, so that none will be like it; it will be the time of Jacob’s trouble, but he will be saved out of it.

«وَيلٌ لَهُمْ، لأنَّ ذَلِكَ اليَومَ عَظِيمٌ، وَلَيسَ لَهُ مَثِيلٌ. سَيَكُونُ وَقتَ ضِيقٍ لِيَعقُوبَ، وَلَكِنَّهُ سَيَخلُصُ مِنهُ.

8 F or it will come to pass in that day, says the Lord of hosts, that I will break yoke from your neck, and I will burst your bonds; and strangers will no more make slaves of.

«فِي ذَلِكَ الوَقتِ، يَقُولُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ، سَأُكَسِّرُ نِيرَ بابِلَ عَنْ كَتِفِكَ، وَسَأنزَعُ قُيُودَكَ. حِينَئِذٍ، لَنْ يُجبِرَهُمُ الغُرَباءُ، فِيما بَعْدُ، عَلَى خِدمَتِهِمْ،

9 B ut they will serve the Lord their God and David’s their King, Whom I will raise up for them.

لَكِنَّهُمْ سَيَخدِمُونَ إلَهَهُمْ وَداوُدَ مَلِكَهُمْ، الَّذِي سَأُعِينُهُ عَلَيهِمْ.

10 T herefore fear not, O My servant Jacob, says the Lord, nor be dismayed or cast down, O Israel; for behold, I will save you out of a distant land and your posterity from the land of their captivity. Jacob will return and will be quiet and at ease, and none will make him afraid or cause him to be terrorized and to tremble.

«أمّا أنتَ يا خادِمِي يَعقُوبَ، فَلا تَخَفْ، يَقُولُ اللهُ ، وَأنتَ يا إسْرائِيلُ، لا تَرتَعِبْ. لأنِّي سَأُخَلِّصُكَ مِنْ بَعِيدٍ، وَسَأُنقِذُ نَسلَكَ مِنْ أرْضِ سَبيِهِمْ. سَيَرجِعُ يَعقُوبُ، وَسَيَكُونُ فِي راحَةٍ وَأمانٍ، وَلَنْ يَكُونَ هُناكَ مَنْ يُزعِجُهُ.

11 F or I am with you, says the Lord, to save you; for I will make a full and complete end of all the nations to which I have scattered you, but I will not make a full and complete end of you. But I will correct you in measure and with judgment and will in no sense hold you guiltless or leave you unpunished.

لأنِّي مَعَكَ، يَقُولُ اللهُ ، لأُنقِذَكَ، وَلأنِّي سَأُفنِي الأُمَمَ الَّتِي بَدَّدْتُكَ فِي وَسَطِها. أمّا أنتَ فَلَنْ أُفنِيكَ، لَكِنِّي سَأُؤَدِّبُكَ بِالعَدلِ، وَلَنْ أدَعَ إثمَكَ بِلا عِقابٍ.»

12 F or thus says the Lord: Your hurt is incurable and your wound is grievous.

لأنَّ هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ: «إصابَتُكَ لا شِفاءَ لَها، وَجُرحُكَ بَلِيغٌ.

13 T here is none to plead your cause; for your wound you have no healing, no binding plaster.

لا يُوجَدُ مَنْ يُدافِعُ عَنْ قَضِيَّتِكَ. وَما مِنْ شِفاءٍ اِجُرحِكَ.

14 A ll your lovers (allies) have forgotten you; they neither seek, inquire of, or require you. For I have hurt you with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel and merciless foe, because of the greatness of your perversity and guilt, because your sins are glaring and innumerable.

كُلُّ الَّذِينَ كانُوا يُحِبُّونَكَ نَسُوكَ، وَهُمْ لا يَهتَمُّونَ بِخَيْرِكَ. لأنَّي ضَرَبْتُكَ ضَربَةً قاسِيَةً كَعَدُوٍّ، بِسَبَبِ كِبَرِ إثمِكَ، وَكَثرَةِ خَطاياكَ.

15 W hy do you cry out because of your hurt ? Your pain is deadly (incurable). Because of the greatness of your perversity and guilt, because your sins are glaring and innumerable, I have done these things to you.

لِماذا تَصرُخِينَ بِسَبَبِ إصابَتِكِ؟ جُرحُكِ لا يُمكِنُ شِفاؤُهُ. بِسَبَبِ عَظَمَةِ إثمِكِ، وَبِسَبَبِ كَثرَةِ خَطاياكِ، عَمِلتُ هَذِا بِكِ.

16 T herefore all who devour you will be devoured; and all your adversaries, every one of them, will go into captivity. And they who despoil you will become a spoil, and all who prey upon you will I give for a prey.

لِذَلِكَ، كُلُّ الَّذِينَ التَهَمُوكِ سَيُلتَهَمُونَ، وَكُلُّ خُصُومِكِ سَيَذهَبُونَ إلَى السَّبيِ. الَّذِينَ سَلَبُوكِ سَيُسلَبُونَ، وَكُلُّ الَّذِينَ يَنهَبُونَكِ سَيُنهَبُونَ.

17 F or I will restore health to you, and I will heal your wounds, says the Lord, because they have called you an outcast, saying, This is Zion, whom no one seeks after and for whom no one cares!

يَقُولُ اللهُ: «سَأُعِيدُ صِحَّتَكِ إلَيكِ، وَسَأُشفِيكِ مِنْ جُرُوحِكِ، لأنَّ النّاسَ دَعُوكِ ‹المَنبُوذَةَ.› قالُوا: ‹هَذِهِ صِهْيَوْنُ الَّتِي لا يُرِيدُها أحَدٌ.›»

18 T hus says the Lord: Behold, I will release from captivity the tents of Jacob and have mercy on his dwelling places; the city will be rebuilt on its own moundlike site, and the palace will be dwelt in after its former fashion.

هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ: «سَأُغَيِّرُ مَصِيرَ خِيامِ يَعقُوبَ وَسَأرحَمُ مَساكِنَهُ، وَسَتُبنَى المَدِينَةُ عَلَى خَرائِبِها، وَالقَصرُ فِي مَكانِهِ.

19 O ut of them will come songs of thanksgiving and the voices of those who make merry. And I will multiply them, and they will not be few; I will also glorify them, and they will not be small.

سَتَخرُجُ تَرانِيمُ الشُّكرِ مِنهُمْ، وَكَذَلِكَ صَوتُ الضَّحِكِ. سَأُكَثِّرُهُمْ، فَلا يَكُونُونَ قَلِيلِينَ، وَسَأُكرِمُهُمْ، فَلا يَكُونُونَ مُنبُوذِينَ.

20 T heir children too shall be as in former times, and their congregation shall be established before Me, and I will punish all who oppress them.

وَسَيَكُونُ نَسلُهُمْ كَما كانَ مِنْ قَبلُ، وَسَتَثبُتُ جَماعَتُهُمْ أمامِي، وَسَأُعاقِبُ كُلَّ الَّذِينَ يُضايِقُونَهُمْ.

21 A nd their prince will be one of them, and their ruler will come from the midst of them. I will cause him to draw near and he will approach Me, for who is he who would have the boldness and would dare to approach Me? says the Lord.

وَسَيَأتِي قائِدٌ مِنْ شَعبِهِ، وَسَيَخرُجُ حاكِمُهُ مِنْ وَسَطِهِ. سَأُقَرِّبُهُ فَيَقتَرِبَ مِنِّي، لأنَّهُ مَنْ يَجرُؤُ عَلَى الاقتِرابِ مِنِّي،» يَقُولُ اللهُ.

22 T hen you will be My people, and I will be your God.

«وَسَتَكُونُونَ شَعبِي، وَسَأكُونُ إلَهَكُمْ.»

23 B ehold, the tempest of the Lord has gone forth with wrath, a sweeping and gathering tempest; it shall whirl and burst upon the heads of the wicked.

ها عاصِفَةُ اللهِ! غَضَبُهُ يَخْرُجُ، يَلتَفُّ فَوقَ رُؤوسِ الأشْرارِ كَالإعْصارِ.

24 T he fierce anger and indignation of the Lord shall not turn back until He has executed and accomplished the thoughts and intents of His mind and heart. In the latter days you shall understand this.

لَنْ يَرتَدَّ غَضَبُ اللهِ الشَّدِيدُ، حَتَّى يُتَمِّمَ ما يَنوِي عَمَلَهُ. فِي الايّامِ الأخِيرَةِ، سَتَفهَمُونَ.