1 A t that time, says the Lord, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they will be My people.

قالَ اللهُ: «فِي ذَلِكَ الوَقتِ، سَأصِيرُ إلَهاً لِكُلِّ قَبائِلِ إسْرائِيلَ، وَهُمْ سَيَصِيرُونَ شَعبِي.»

2 T hus says the Lord: The people who survived the sword found favor in the wilderness —when Israel sought to find rest.

هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ: «الشَّعبُ الَّذِي نَجا مِنَ الحَربِ وَجَدَ نِعْمَةً فِي البَرِّيَّةِ. حِينَ ارتَحَلَ إسْرائِيلُ طَلَباً للرّاحَةِ.»

3 T he Lord appeared from of old to me, saying, Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore with loving-kindness have I drawn you and continued My faithfulness to you.

ظَهَرَ اللهُ مِنْ بَعِيدٍ وَقالَ لأُمَّتِهِ: «أحبَبْتُكِ مَحَبَّةً أبَدِيَّةً، لِذَلِكَ أدَمْتُ لَكِ رَحمَتِي.

4 A gain I will build you and you will be built, O Virgin Israel! You will again be adorned with your timbrels and go forth in the dancing of those who make merry.

سَأبنِيكِ ثانِيَةً فَتَنبَنِينَ، يا إسْرائِيلُ العَذراءُ. سَتَضَعِينَ زِينَتَكِ مِنْ جَدِيدٍ، وَسَتَخرُجِينَ بِدُفُوفِكِ لِتَرقُصِي مَعَ المُحتَفِلِينَ.

5 A gain you shall plant vineyards upon the mountains of Samaria; the planters shall plant and make the fruit common and enjoy it.

سَتَزرَعِينَ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى كُرُوماً فِي جِبالِ السّامِرَةِ وَالَّذِينَ يَزرَعُونَها سَيَتَمَتَّعُونَ بِثَمَرِها.

6 F or there shall be a day when the watchmen on the hills of Ephraim shall cry out, Arise, and let us go up to Zion, to the Lord our God.

فَسَيَكُونُ هُناكَ يَومٌ، يُنادِي فِيهِ الحُرَّاسُ عَلَى جِبالِ أفْرايِمَ: ‹قُومُوا، لِنَذهَبْ إلَى صِهْيَوْنَ، إلَى إلَهِنا.›»

7 F or thus says the Lord: Sing aloud with gladness for Jacob, and shout for the head of the nations. Proclaim, praise, and say, The Lord has saved His people, the remnant of Israel!

هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ: «غَنُّوا لِيَعقُوبَ بِفَرَحٍ، وَافرَحُوا بِرَئِيسِ الشُّعُوبِ، اهتِفُوا، سَبِّحُوا، وَقُولُوا: ‹خَلِّصْ يا اللهُ شَعبَكَ، بَقِيَّةَ إسْرائِيلَ.›

8 B ehold, I will bring them from the north country and gather them from the uttermost parts of the earth, and among them will be the blind and the lame, the woman with child and she who labors in childbirth together; a great company, they will return here to Jerusalem.

سَآتِي بِهِمْ مِنْ أرْضِ الشَّمالِ، وَسَأجمَعُهُمْ مِنْ أقاصِي الأرْضِ. سَيَكُونُ بَينَهُمُ الأعمَى وَالأعرَجُ، وَالحُبلَى وَالَّتِي تَتَمَخَّضُ لِتَلِدَ. وَسَيَعُودُونَ كَجَماعَةٍ عَظِيمَةٍ.

9 T hey will come with weeping, pouring out prayers. I will lead them back; I will cause them to walk by streams of water and bring them in a straight way in which they will not stumble, for I am a Father to Israel, and Ephraim is My firstborn.

سَآتِي بِهِمْ بَينَما هُمْ يَبكُونَ، وَسَأُرجِعُهُمْ بَينَما هُمْ يَتَضَرَّعُونَ. سَأقُودُهُمْ بِمُحاذاةِ جَداوِلِ الماءِ، وَفِي طَرِيقٍ مُستَقِيمَةٍ فَلا يَتَعَثَّرُونَ. وَذَلِكَ لأنِّي سَأكُونُ أباً لإسْرائِيلَ، وَأفرايِمُ سَيَكُونُ ابنِيَ البِكرَ.

10 H ear the word of the Lord, O you nations, and declare it in the isles and coastlands far away, and say, He Who scattered Israel will gather him and will keep him as a shepherd keeps his flock.

‹أيَّتُها الأُمَمُ، اسْمَعُوا كَلِمَةً اللهِ ، وَأعلِنُوها بَينَ الجُزُرِ البَعِيدَةِ. قُولُوا: ‹الَّذِي بَدَّدَ إسْرائِيلَ سَيَجمَعُهُ، وَسَيَحرُسُهُ كَما يَحرُسُ الرّاعِي قَطِيعَهُ.›

11 F or the Lord has ransomed Jacob and has redeemed him from the hand of him who was too strong for him.

لأنَّ اللهَ فَدَى يَعقُوبَ، وَأطلَقَهُ مِنْ يَدِ مَنْ هُوَ أقوَى مِنهُ.

12 T hey shall come and sing aloud on the height of Zion and shall flow together and be radiant with joy over the goodness of the Lord—for the corn, for the juice, for the oil, and for the young of the flock and the herd. And their life shall be like a watered garden, and they shall not sorrow or languish any more at all.

سَيَأتُونَ وَيُغَنُّونَ عَلَى مُرتَفَعاتِ صِهْيَوْنَ، سَتُشْرِقُ وُجُوهُهُمْ بِسَبَبِ خَيْراتِ اللهِ ، القَمحِ وَالنَّبيذِ وَالزَّيتِ وَالغَنَمِ وَالبَقَرِ. سَتَرتَوِي نُفُوسُهُمْ كَالبُستانِ المَروِيِّ، وَلَنْ يَهزَلُوا ثانِيَةً.

13 T hen will the maidens rejoice in the dance, and the young men and old together. For I will turn their mourning into joy and will comfort them and make them rejoice after their sorrow.

حِينَئِذٍ، سَيَحتَفِلُ الصِّبيَةُ بِالرَّقصِ مَعَ الشُّبّانِ وَالشُّيُوخِ. سَأُحَوِّلُ نَوحَهُمْ إلَى فَرَحٍ، وَسَأُعَزِّيهِمْ، وَسَأجعَلُهُمْ يَفرَحُونَ بَدَلاً مِنْ حُزنِهِمْ.

14 I will satisfy fully the life of the priests with abundance, and My people will be satisfied with My goodness, says the Lord.

وَسَأُشبِعُ نَفسَ الكَهَنَةِ بِالدَّسَمِ، وَسَيُشبَعُ قَلبُهُمْ مِنْ خَيرِي،» يَقُولُ اللهُ.

15 T hus says the Lord: A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation and bitter weeping. Rachel is weeping for her children; she refuses to be comforted for her children, because they are no more.

هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ: «صَوتٌ سُمِعَ فِي الرّامَةِ، صَوتُ نُواحٍ وَبُكاءٍ مُرٍّ. راحِيلُ تَبكِي عَلَى أولادِها، وَهِيَ تَرفُضُ أنْ تَتَعَزَّى عَنْهُمْ لِأنَّهُمْ مَوْتَى.»

16 T hus says the Lord: Restrain your voice from weeping and your eyes from tears, for your work shall be rewarded, says the Lord; and shall return from the enemy’s land.

هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ: «تَوَقَّفِي عَنِ البُكاءِ وَذَرفِ الدُّمُوعِ، فَهُناكَ مُكافأةٌ مُقابِلَ عَمَلِكِ،» يَقُولُ اللهُ ، «فَسَيَعُودُونَ مِنْ أرْضِ أعدائِهِمْ.

17 A nd there is hope for your future, says the Lord; your children shall come back to their own country.

هُناكَ رَجاءٌ لَكِ،» يَقُولُ اللهُ ، «فَسَيَعُودُ الأولادُ لِيَسكُنُوا فِي أرْضِهِمْ.

18 I have surely heard Ephraim moaning thus: You have chastised me, and I was chastised, like a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke; bring me back, that I may be restored, for You are the Lord my God.

سَمِعْتُ أفْرايِمَ يَنُوحُ وَيَقُولُ: ‹أدَّبْتَنِي فَتَأدَّبْتُ، كَعِجلٍ لَمْ يَتَدَرَّبْ. أرْجِعنِي فَأعُودَ إلَيكَ. لأنَّكَ أنتَ إلَهِي.

19 S urely after I was turned, I repented; and after I was instructed, I penitently smote my thigh. I was ashamed, yes, even confounded, because I bore the disgrace of my youth.

ابتَعَدْتُ عَنكَ وَتُبْتُ إلَيكَ، عَرَفْتُ ذَنبِي، فَضَرَبْتُ عَلَى فَخذَي نَدَماً. خَزِيتُ وَشَعَرتُ بِالذُّلِّ، لأنِّي حَمَلتُ عارَ أخطائِي مُنْذُ صِبايَ.›

20 I s Ephraim My dear son? Is he a darling child and beloved? For as often as I speak against him, I do remember him still. Therefore My affection is stirred and My heart yearns for him; I will surely have mercy, pity, and loving-kindness for him, says the Lord.

ألَيسَ أفْرايِمُ ابْنِي الغالِيَ؟ ألَيسَ هُوَ ابْنِي المَحبُوبَ؟ نَعَمْ تَكَلَّمْتُ بِالكَثِيرِ ضِدَّهُ، لَكِنِّي ما زِلتُ أذكُرُهُ. أُحِبُّهُ بِكُلِّ أعْماقِي، وَسَأرْحَمُهُ بِكُلِّ تَأكِيدٍ.» يَقُولُ اللهُ.

21 S et up for yourselves highway markers, make for yourselves guideposts; turn your thoughts and attention to the way by which you went. Retrace your steps, O Virgin Israel, return to these your cities.

«ضَعِي لِنَفسِكِ حَجَراً كَذِكْرَى، ضَعِي لِنَفسِكِ أنصاباً. وَهَكَذا تُمَيِّزِينَ الطَّرِيقَ الَّتِي ذَهَبتِ فِيها، عِنْدَما تَعُودِينَ يا إسْرائِيلُ العَذْراءُ،

22 H ow long will you waver and hesitate, O you backsliding daughter? For the Lord has created a new thing in the land: a female shall compass (woo, win, and protect) a man.

إلَى مَتَى تَستَمِرِّينَ فِي الحَيَدانِ عَنِّي، أيَّتُها البِنتُ المُرتَدَّةُ؟ «لأنَّ اللهَ خَلَقَ أمْراً جَدِيداً فِي الأرْضِ: أُنثَى تُحِيطُ بِرَجُلٍ.»

23 T hus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Once more they shall use these words in the land of Judah and in her cities when I release them from exile: The Lord bless you, O habitation of justice and righteousness, O holy mountain!

هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ، إلَهُ إسْرائِيلَ: «عِندَما أستَرِدُّ لَهُمْ كُنُوزَهُمُ المَسلُوبَةَ، سَيَعُودُ أهلُ يَهُوذا وَمُدُنِها يقُولُونَ: ‹لِيُبارِكْكَ اللهُ يا مَسكَنَ البِرِّ، أيُّها الجَبَلُ المُقَدَّسُ.›

24 A nd Judah and all its cities shall dwell there together— farmers and those who wander about with their flocks.

«سَيَسْكُنُ الشَّعبُ مَعاً فِي أرْضِ يَهُوذا وَمُدُنِها، الفَلّاحُونَ وَالبَدْوُ الرُّحَلُ وَقُطعانَهُمْ.

25 F or I will satisfy the weary soul, and I will replenish every languishing and sorrowful person.

لأنَّنِي سَأُريحُ المُنهَكَينَ، وَأُشَدِّدُ جَميعَ الضُعَفاءِ.»

26 T hereupon I awoke and looked, and my sleep was sweet to me.

فِي هَذِهِ اللَّحظَةِ، استَيقَظتُ وَنَظَرتُ حَولِي، كَما كانَ نَومِي لَذِيذاً لِي.

27 B ehold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed (offspring) of man and of beast.

يَقُولُ اللهُ: «سَتَأتِي أيّامٌ حِينَ أعُودُ أزرَعُ بَيتَ إسْرائِيلَ وَبَيتَ يَهُوذا بِأُناسٍ وَحَيواناتٍ أكثَرَ.

28 A nd it will be that as I have watched over them to pluck up and to break down, and to overthrow, destroy, and afflict, so will I watch over them to build and to plant, says the Lord.

وَكَما أنِّي سَهِرتُ عَلَى اقتِلاعِهِمْ مِنْ جُذُورِهِمْ وَعَلَى هَدمِهِمْ وَإهلاكِهِمْ وَتَدمِيرِهِمْ وَجَلْبِ الشَّرِّ عَلَيهِمْ، هَكَذا سَأسهَرُ عَلَى غَرسِهِمْ مِنْ جَديدٍ،» يَقُولُ اللهُ.

29 I n those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge.

«فِي تِلكَ الأيّامِ، لَنْ يَقُولَ النّاسُ فِيما بَعْدُ: ‹الآباءُ يأكُلُونَ الحُصرُمَ، وَالأبناءُ يُضرِسُونَ.›

30 B ut everyone shall die for his own iniquity; every man who eats sour grapes—his teeth shall be set on edge.

بَلْ سَيَمُوتُ كُلُّ واحِدٍ بِسَبَبِ خَطِيَّتِهِ، وَكُلُّ إنسانٍ يَأكُلُ الحُصرُمَ سَتُضرِسُ أسنانُهُ.» العَهدُ الجَدِيد

31 B ehold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah,

«ها تَأْتِي أيّامٌ، يَقُولُ اللهُ ، حِيْنَ أقطَعُ عَهداً جَدِيداً مَعَ بَنِي إسرائِيلَ وَمَعَ بَنِي يَهُوذا.

32 N ot according to the covenant which I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, although I was their Husband, says the Lord.

لَنْ يَكُونَ كَالعَهْدِ الَّذِي قَطَعْتُهُ مَعَ آبائِهِمْ عِندَما أمسَكْتُهُمْ بِيَدِهِمْ لِأُخرِجَهُمْ مِنْ مِصْرَ. وَلَنْ يَكُونَ كَعَهدِي الَّذِي نَقَضُوهُ، مَعَ أنِّي كُنتُ سَيِّدَهُمْ،» يَقُولُ اللهُ.

33 B ut this is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel: After those days, says the Lord, I will put My law within them, and on their hearts will I write it; and I will be their God, and they will be My people.

«لَكِنْ وَهَذا هُوَ العَهدُ الَّذِي سَأقطَعُهُ مَعَ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ بَعدَ تِلكَ الأيّامِ، يَقُولُ اللهُ: سَأزرَعُ شَرِيعَتِي فِي داخِلِهِمْ وَسَأكتُبُها عَلَى قُلُوبِهِمْ. سَأكُونُ إلَهَهُمْ، وَهُمْ سَيَكُونُونَ شَعبِي.

34 A nd they will no more teach each man his neighbor and each man his brother, saying, Know the Lord, for they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest, says the Lord. For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.

«وَلَنْ تَكُونَ هُناكَ حاجَةٌ فِيما بَعدُ لأنْ يُعَلِّم أحَدٌ قَرِيْبَهُ وَيَقولَ لَهُ: ‹اعرِفِ اللهَ.› إذْ سَيَعرِفُونَنِي جَمِيعاً، مِنْ صَغِيْرِهِمْ إلَى كَبِيْرِهِمْ، يَقُولُ اللهُ. لأنِّي سَأغفِرُ إثمَهُمْ، وَلَنْ أعُودَ أذكُرُ خَطِيَّتَهُمْ.» لَنْ أترُكَكُم

35 T hus says the Lord, Who gives the sun for a light by day and the fixed order of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, Who stirs up the sea’s roaring billows or stills the waves when they roar—the Lord of hosts is His name:

هُوَ مَنْ أعطَى الشَّمسَ لِتُنِيرَ النَّهارَ، وَجَعَلَ القَمَرَ وَالنُّجُومَ لإنارَةِ اللَّيلِ، الَّذِي يُهَيِّجُ البَحرَ فَتَهدِرُ أمواجُهُ، يهوه القَدِيرُ اسْمُهُ. هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ:

36 I f these ordinances depart from before Me, says the Lord, then the posterity of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before Me throughout the ages.

«كَما أنَّ سُلطانِي عَلَى قوانِينِ الكَونِ لا يَزُولُ، كَذَلِكَ لا يَزُولُ بَنُو إسْرائِيلَ مِنْ أنْ يَكُونُوا شَعبي إلَى الأبَدِ.» يَقُولُ اللهُ.

37 T hus says the Lord: If the heavens above can be measured and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, then I will cast off all the offspring of Israel for all that they have done, says the Lord.

وَيَقُولُ اللهُ: «إنِ استَطاعَ أحَدٌ أنْ يَقِيسَ السَّماواتِ فِي الأعلَى، أوْ أنْ يَستَكشِفَ أساساتَ الأرْضِ مِنْ أسفَلُ، فَحِينَئِذٍ، يُمكِنُ أنْ أرفُضَ كُلَّ بَني إسْرائِيلَ، بِسَبَبِ كُلِّ ما عَمِلُوهُ.» يَقُولُ اللهُ. القُدسُ الجَدِيدَة

38 B ehold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when the city shall be built for the Lord from the Tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate.

يَقُولُ اللهُ: «الأيّامُ آتِيَةٌ حِينَ يُعادُ بِناءُ القُدْسِ مَعَ بُرجِ حَنَنْئِيلَ إلَى بابِ الزّاوِيَةِ.

39 A nd the measuring line shall go out farther straight onward to the hill Gareb and shall then turn to Goah.

وَسَيَمتَدُّ حَبلُ القِياسِ مِنْ هُناكَ إلَى تَلَّةِ جارِبَ، ثُمَّ يَدُورُ إلَى الغَورِ.

40 A nd the whole valley of the dead bodies and of the ashes, and all the fields as far as the brook Kidron, to the corner of the Horse Gate toward the east, shall be holy to the Lord. It shall not be plucked up or overthrown any more to the end of the age.

وَسَيُضُمُّ كُلَّ الوادِي – حَيثُ الجُثَثُ وَالرَّمادُ الآنَ – وَكُلَّ الحُقُولِ المُمتَدَّةِ إلَى وادِي قَدرُونَ وَإلَى زاوِيَةِ بابِ الخَيلِ فِي الشَّرقِ. سَتَكُونُ كُلُّ تِلكَ الأرْضُ مُقَدَّسَةً للهِ. لَنْ تُقلَعَ وَلَنْ تُهدَمَ ثانِيَةً إلَى الأبَدِ.»