1 T he word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning and against the nations.

هَذِهِ هِيَ الرَّسائِلُ الَّتِي تَكَلَّمَ بِها اللهُ إلَى إرْمِيا النَّبِيِّ عَنِ الأُمَمِ. رِسالَةُ اللهِ عَنْ مِصر

2 C oncerning and against Egypt: against the army of Pharaoh Necho king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates at Carchemish, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote and defeated in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah:

عَنْ مِصرَ، عَنْ جَيشِ الفِرعَونِ نَخوَ مَلِكِ مِصرَ الَّذِي كانَ عِندَ نَهرِ الفُراتِ فِي كَركَمِيشَ، وَهَزَمَهُ نَبُوخَذْناصَّرُ فِي السَّنَةِ الرّابِعَةِ لِمُلكِ يَهُوياقِيمَ بْنِ يُوشِيّا مَلِكِ يَهُوذا.

3 P ut in order the buckler and shield, and advance for battle!

«جَهِّزُوا أسلِحَتَكُمْ، وَاستَعِدُّوا لِلمَعرَكَةِ.

4 H arness the horses, and mount, you horsemen! Stand forth with your helmets! Polish the spears, put on the coats of mail!

أسرِجُوا الخَيلَ، وَلْيَركَبِ الفُرسانُ عَلَى خَيلِهِمْ. قِفُوا فِي مَواقِعِكُمْ وَالخُوَذُ عَلَى رُؤُوسِكُمْ، اصقُلُوا رِماحَكُمْ، البَسُوا دُرُوعَكُمْ.

5 W hy have I seen it? They are dismayed and have turned backward, and their mighty warriors are beaten down. They flee in haste and look not back; terror is on every side! says the Lord.

لِماذا أرَى هَذِهِ الأُمُورَ؟ أرَى رِجالاً مُرتَعِبِينَ وَفارِّينَ. أبطالُهُمْ هُزِمُوا، فَفَرُّوا جَمِيعُهُمْ بِلا تَرَدُّدٍ. وَالرُّعبُ حَولَهُمْ مِنْ كُلِّ جِهَةٍ.» يَقُولُ اللهُ.

6 L et not the swift flee nor the mighty man escape; in the north by the river Euphrates they stumble and fall.

«لَكِنَّ السَّرِيعَ مِنهُمْ لَنْ يَفِرَّ. وَالقَوِيُّ لَنْ يَهرُبَ. فَفِي الشَّمالِ عِندَ نَهرِ الفُراتِ، تَعَثَّرُوا وَسَقَطُوا.

7 W ho is this that rises up like the Nile, like the branches whose waters surge and toss?

مَنْ هُوَ ذاكَ الَّذِي يَرتَفِعُ كَنَهرِ النِّيلِ، الَّذِي مِياهُهُ تَتَدَفَّقُ كَالأنهارِ؟

8 E gypt rises like the Nile, like the rivers whose waters surge and toss. She says, I will rise, I will cover the earth; I will destroy cities and their inhabitants.

مِصرُ تَرتَفِعُ كَنَهرِ النِّيلِ، وَمِياهُها تَتَدَفَّقُ كَالأنهارِ. قالَ: ‹سَأصعَدُ، سَأُغَطِّي الأرْضَ. سَأهزِمُ مُدُناً وَسُكّانَها.›

9 G o up, you horses, and drive furiously, you chariots! Let the warriors go forth—men of Ethiopia and Put who handle the shield, men of Lud who are skilled in handling and stringing the bow.

اصعَدِي أيَّتُها الخَيلُ، هِيجِي يا مَركَباتُ. لِيَخرُجِ المُحارِبُونَ. لِيَخرُجْ رِجالُ كُوشَ وَفُوطَ الَّذِينَ يُمسِكُونَ الدِّرعَ بِمَهارَةٍ، وَلْيَخرُجْ رِجالُ لُودَ المَهَرَةُ فِي استِخدامِ القُوسِ.

10 B ut that day is a day of the Lord, the Lord of hosts—a day of vengeance, that He may avenge Himself on His adversaries. And the sword shall devour, and it shall be satiated and shall drink its fill of their blood; for the Lord, the Lord of hosts has a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.

«سَيَكُونُ ذَلِكَ اليَومُ يَومَ انتِقامٍ لِلرَّبِّ الإلَهِ القَدِيرِ، لِيَنتَقِمَ لِنَفسِهِ مِنْ أعدائِهِ. سَيَأكُلُ السَّيفُ حَتَّى يَشبَعَ، وَسَيُطفِئُ ظَمَأهُ بِدَمِهِمْ. لأنَّهُ سَتَكُونُ هُناكَ ذَبِيحَةٌ لِلرَّبِّ الإلَهِ القَدِيرِ، فِي أرْضِ الشَّمالِ عِندَ نَهرِ الفُراتِ.

11 G o up into Gilead and take balm, O Virgin Daughter of Egypt! In vain do you use many medicines; for you there is no healing or remedy.

أيَّتُها العَذراءُ مِصرُ، اصعَدِي إلَى جِلعادَ، وَاحصُلِي عَلَى بَعضِ البَلسَمِ. جَرَّبِتِ عِلاجاتٍ كَثِيرَةً بِلا فائِدَةٍ، وَلا تَقدِرِينَ أنْ تَشفِي نَفسَكِ.

12 T he nations have heard of your disgrace and shame, and your cry has filled the earth. For warrior has stumbled against and thrown down warrior, and they have fallen both of them together.

سَمِعَتِ الأُمَمُ عَنْ عارِكِ، وَصَرخَةُ ألَمِكِ قَدْ مَلأتْ كُلَّ الأرْضِ، لأنَّ مُحارِباً تَعَثَّرَ بِآخَرَ، فَسَقَطَ كِلاهُما مَعاً.»

13 T he word that the Lord spoke to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the coming of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and his smiting of the land of Egypt:

هَذِهِ هِيَ الرِّسالَةُ الَّتِي تَكَلَّمَ بِها اللهُ إلَى إرْمِيا النَّبِيِّ عَنْ مَجِيءٍ نَبُوخَذْناصَّرَ مَلِكِ بابِلَ لِيَضرِبَ أرْضَ مِصرَ.

14 D eclare in Egypt and proclaim in Migdol; and publish in Memphis and in Tahpanhes; say, Stand forth and get yourself ready, for the sword devours round about you.

«أعلِنُوا فِي مِصرَ، أخبِرُوا شَعبَ مَجدَلَ، وَأخبِرُوا شَعبَ مَمْفِيسَ وَتَحْفَنِحِيسَ. قُولُوا: ‹خُذْ مَوقِعَكَ وَجَهِّزْ نَفسَكَ، لأنَّ السَّيفَ قَدِ التَهَمَ مَنْ هُمْ حَولَكَ.

15 W hy is your strong one swept and dragged away? He stood not, because the Lord drove him and thrust him down.

لِماذا طُرِحَ الأقوِياءُ الَّذِينَ تَتَّكِلُ عَلَيهِمْ؟ لِماذا لا يَقِفُ؟ لأنَّ اللهَ قَدْ طَرَحَهُ.›

16 m ade many to stumble and fall; yes, they fell one upon another. And they said, Arise, and let us go back to our own people and to the land of our birth, away from the sword of the oppressor.

جَعَلَ أُناساً كَثِيرِينَ يَتَعَثَّرُونَ، بَلْ يَسقُطُونَ أحَدُهُمْ عَلَى الآخَرِ. قالُوا: ‹لِنَقُمْ وَنَعُدْ إلَى شَعبِنا، وَإلَى الأرْضِ الَّتِي وُلِدْنا فِيها، بَعِيداً عَنِ الهُجُومِ القاسِي.›

17 T hey cried there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is destroyed and is only a noise; he has let the appointed time pass by!

استَنجَدُوا بِمَلِكِ مِصرَ فِرعَوْنَ، ‹الضَّجَّةَ الفارِغَةَ،› فَلَمْ يَستَجِبْ فِي الوَقتِ المُناسِبِ.

18 A s I live, says the King, Whose name is the Lord of hosts, surely like Tabor among the mountains and like Carmel by the sea, so shall he come.

حَيٌّ أنا، يَقُولُ المَلِكُ الَّذِي اسْمُهُ يهوه القَدِيرُ. مَجِيئُهُ سَيَكُونُ مِثلَ جَبَلِ تابُورَ بَينَ الجِبالِ، وَمِثلَ الكَرمَلِ بِجِوارِ البَحرِ.

19 O you daughter who dwells in Egypt and you who dwell with her, furnish yourselves to go into exile, for Memphis will be waste, desolate, and burned up, without inhabitant.

أيَّتُها الابْنَةُ مِصرُ، احزِمِي لِنَفسِكِ حُزْمَةَ السَّبيِ، لأنَّ مَمْفِيسَ سَتَكُونُ مَكاناً مَهجُوراً، وَسَتُحرَقُ بِالنّارِ، وَلَنْ يَكُونَ فِيها ساكِنٌ.

20 E gypt is a very fair heifer, but destruction is coming—out of the north it is coming!

«مِصْرُ بَقَرَةٌ جَمِيلَةٌ، وَقَدْ جاءَ عَلَيها ذُبابٌ مِنَ الشَّمالِ.

21 A lso her hired troops in the midst of her are like fatted calves, for they also are turned back and are fleeing together; they do not stand, because the day of their calamity is coming upon them, the time of their visitation (their inspection and punishment).

حَتَّى المُرتَزَقَةُ فِيها كَالثِّيرانِ المُسَمَّنَةِ، هُمْ أيضاً يَرجِعُونَ إلَى الخَلفِ وَيَهرُبُونَ، لَمْ يَقِفُوا مَعاً. هَرَبُوا لأنَّ يَومَ نَكْبَتِهِمْ قَدْ جاءَ عَلَيهِمْ، الوَقتُ الَّذِي فِيهِ سَيُعاقَبُونَ.

22 T he sound is like the rustling of an escaping serpent, for her foes advance with a mighty army and come against her with axes, like those who fell trees and cut wood.

صَوتُها كَحَيَّةٍ تَزحَفُ هارِبَةً، لأنَّ أعداءَها يَأتُونَ بِقُوَّةٍ. جاءُوا إلَيها بِفُؤُوسٍ كَحَطّابِينَ.

23 T hey shall cut down her forest, says the Lord, though it is impenetrable, because they are more numerous than locusts and cannot be counted.

يَقُولُ اللهُ: «قَطَّعُوا غاباتِ مِصرَ، وَإنْ كانَتْ أشْجارُ غاباتِها لا تُحصَى، فَهُمْ أكثَرُ مِنَ الجَرادِ الَّذِي لا يُمكِنُ أنْ يُعَدَّ.

24 T he Daughter of Egypt shall be disgraced; she shall be delivered into the hands of the people of the north.

الابْنةُ مِصرُ قَدْ خَزِيَتْ، قَدْ أُسلِمَتْ إلَى يَدِ شَعبِ الشَّمالِ.»

25 T he Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, says: Behold, I will visit punishment upon Amon of No or Thebes, and upon Pharaoh and Egypt, with her gods and her kings—even Pharaoh and all those who put their trust in.

يَقُولُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ، إلَهُ إسْرائِيلَ: «سَأُعاقِبُ أمُونَ وَفِرْعَونَ وَمِصرَ وَكُلَّ آلِهَتِها وَمُلُوكِها. سَأُعاقِبُ فِرعَوْنَ وَجَميعَ المُتَّكِلِينَ عَلَيهِ.

26 A nd I will deliver them into the hands of those who seek their lives, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hands of his servants. Afterward will be inhabited as in the days of old, says the Lord.

سَأُسَلِّمُهُمْ إلَى يَدِ الَّذِينَ يُرِيدُونَ قَتلَهُمْ، لِيَدِ نَبُوخَذْناصَّرَ وَلِيَدِ خُدّامِهِ. وَبَعدَ ذَلِكَ سَتَعُودُ لِتُسْكَنَ كَما كانَتْ فِي الماضِي،» يَقُولُ اللهُ. رِسالَةُ اللهِ عَنْ إسْرائِيل

27 B ut fear not, O My servant Jacob, and be not dismayed, O Israel. For behold, I will save you from afar, and your offspring from the land of their exile; and Jacob will return and be quiet and at ease, and none will make him afraid.

«أمّا أنتَ يا عَبْدِي يَعقُوبَ، فَلا تَخَفْ، وَلا تَرتَعِبْ يا إسْرائِيلُ. لأنِّي سَأُنقِذُكَ مِنْ أرْضٍ بَعِيدَةٍ، وَسَأُنقِذُ نَسلَكَ مِنَ الأرْضِ الَّتِي هُمْ مَسبِيُّونَ فِيها. سَيَرجِعُ يَعقُوبُ لِيَكُونَ فِي سَكِينَةٍ وَراحَةٍ، بِحَيثُ لا يُوجَدُ مَنْ يُخِيفُهُ.

28 F ear not, O Jacob My servant, says the Lord, for I am with you. For I will make a full and complete end of all the nations to which I have driven you; yet I will not make a full end of you. But I will chasten and correct you in just measure, and I will not hold you guiltless by any means or leave you unpunished.

يَقُولُ اللهُ: «يا عَبْدِي يَعقُوبَ، لا تَخَفْ، لأنِّي أنا مَعَكَ. لأنِّي سَأُفنِي كُلَّ الأُمَمِ الَّتِي طُرِدْتَ إلَيها، وَلَكِنِّي لَنْ أُفنِيَكَ، بَلْ سَأُؤَدِّبُكَ كَما تَستَحِقُّ، وَلَنْ أترُكَكَ بِلا عِقابٍ.»