1 T hus says the Lord: Behold, I will raise up against Babylon and against those who dwell among those rebelling against Me a destroying wind and spirit;

هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ: «سَأُثِيرُ عَلَى بابِلَ وَعَلَى سُكّانِ لِيبَ قامايَ رِيحاً مُدَمِّرَةً.

2 A nd I will send to Babylon strangers or winnowers who will winnow her and will empty her land; for in the day of calamity they will be against her on every side.

سَأُرسِلُ غُرَباءَ عَلَى بابِلَ، وَسَيُذَرُّونَها وَيُفرِغُونَ أرْضَها. لأنَّهُمْ سَيَأتُونَ عَلَيها مِنْ كُلِّ جِهَةٍ، عِندَما يَأتِي يَومُ ضِيقِها.

3 A gainst him who bends let the archer bend his bow, and against him who lifts himself up in his coat of mail. And spare not her young men; devote and utterly destroy her entire host.

لا تَسمَحُوا لِحامِلِ القَوسِ بِأنْ يَشُدَّ قَوْسَهُ، أوْ يَلبِسَ دِرْعَهُ. لا تُشفِقُوا عَلَى شُبّانِها، أَفنُوا كُلَّ جَيشِها.

4 T hus they shall fall down slain in the land of the Chaldeans, and wounded in her streets.

الجُنُودُ الجَرحَى سَيَسقُطُونَ فِي أرْضِ بابِلَ، وَالَّذِينَ طُعِنُوا بِالرُّمحِ سَيُطرَحُونَ فِي شَوارِعِها.»

5 F or Israel has not been widowed and forsaken, nor has Judah, by his God, the Lord of hosts, though their land is full of guilt against the Holy One of Israel.

لأنَّ اللهَ القَدِيرَ لَمْ يَترُكْ إسْرائِيلَ وَيَهُوذا، مَعَ أنَّ أرْضَهُمَا امتَلأتْ إثماً أمامَ قُدُّوسِ إسْرائِيلَ.

6 F lee out of the midst of Babylon! Let every man save his life! Let not destruction come upon you through her sin and guilt. For it is the time of the Lord’s vengeance; He will render to her a recompense.

اهرُبُوا مِنْ وَسَطِ بابِلَ. لِيَهرُبْ كُلُّ واحِدٍ بِحَياتِهِ. لا تَهلِكُوا بِإثمِها. لأنَّ هَذا هُوَ وَقتُ نَقمَةِ اللهِ ، وَسَيُجازِيها عَنْ كُلِّ أعمالِها.

7 B abylon was a golden cup in the Lord’s hand, making all the earth drunken. The nations drank of her wine; therefore the nations have gone mad.

بابِلُ كَأسٌ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ فِي يَدِ اللهِ ، سَتُسكِرُ كُلَّ الأرْضِ. سَكِرَتِ الأُمَمُ مِنْ خَمرِها، فَفَقَدَتْ عَقلَها!

8 B abylon has suddenly fallen and is shattered (destroyed)! Wail for her! Get balm for her pain; if so she may be healed!

سَقَطَتْ بابِلُ فَجأةً، وَتَحَطَّمَتْ. وَلوِلُوا عَلَيها. خُذُوا بَلَساناً لأجلِ جُرحِها، فَلَرُبَّما تُشفَى.

9 W e would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed. Forsake her and let us each go to his own country, for her guilt and the judgment against her reach to heaven and are lifted even to the skies.

حاوَلْنا أنْ نَشفِيَ بابِلَ، وَلَكِنَّها لَمْ تُشفَ. اترُكُوها، وَلْيَذهَبْ كُلُّ واحِدٍ مِنّا إلَى أرْضِهِ. لأنَّ دَينُونَتَها قَدْ بَلَغَتِ السَّماءَ، وَارتَفَعَتْ كارتِفاعِ السَّحابِ.

10 T he Lord has brought forth and made known the righteousness; come and let us declare in Zion the work of the Lord our God.

أظْهَرَ اللهُ بِرَّنا، تَعالَوْا، سَنَروِي فِي صِهْيَوْنَ قِصَّةَ عَمَلِ إلَهِنا.

11 M ake clean and sharp the arrows, take up the shields or coats of armor! The Lord has stirred up the spirit of the kings of the Medes, for His purpose concerning Babylon is to destroy it; for that is the vengeance of the Lord, the vengeance of His temple.

سُنُّوا سِهامَكُمْ، جَهِّزُوا أسلِحَتَكُمْ. قَدْ أنهَضَ اللهُ رُوحَ مُلُوكِ المادِيِّينَ، لأنَّهُ يُرِيدُ تَدْمِيرَ بابِلَ. هَذا انْتِقامُ اللهِ لِهَيكَلِهِ.

12 S et up a standard or signal upon the walls of Babylon! Make the watch and blockade strong, set the guards, prepare the ambushes! For the Lord has both purposed and done that which He spoke against the inhabitants of Babylon.

ارفَعُوا رايَةً عَلَى أسوارِ بابِلَ. شَدِّدُوا الحَرَسَ. ضَعُوا الحُرّاسَ فِي مَواقِعِهِمْ. انصُبُوا أكمِنَةً. لأنَّ اللهَ قَضَى وَسَيَعمَلُ جَميعَ ما تَكَلَّمَ بِهِ عَنْ سُكّانِ بابِلَ.

13 O you who dwell by many waters, rich in treasures, your end has come, and the line measuring your life is cut.

أيَّتُها السّاكِنَةُ قُرْبَ شَلّالاتِ المِياهِ، وَالمالِكَةُ كُنُوزاً كَثِيرَةً، ها إنَّ نِهايَتَكِ قَدْ جاءَتْ، وَانْقَطَعَ حَبلُ حَياتِكِ.

14 T he Lord of hosts has sworn by Himself, saying, Surely I will fill you with men, as with locusts, and they will lift up a song and shout over you.

أقسَمَ اللهُ القَدِيرُ بِنَفسِهِ: «ألَمْ أملأْكِ بِأُناسٍ كَثِيرِينَ يَحُومُونَ كَالجَرادِ؟ إلّا أنَّ عَدُوَّكِ سَيَهتِفُ عَلَيكِ هُتافَ الانتِصارِ!»

15 H e made the earth by His power; He established the world by His wisdom and stretched out the heavens by His understanding.

اللهُ هُوَ صانِعُ الأرْضِ بِقُوَّتِهِ، الَّذِي أسَّسَ العالَمَ بِحِكمَتِهِ، وَالَّذِي بِفَهمِهِ بَسَطَ السَّماواتِ.

16 W hen He utters His voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and He causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth. He makes lightnings for the rain and brings forth the wind from His treasuries.

عِندَ أمرِهِ يَرتَفِعُ صَوتُ المِياهِ فِي السَّماءِ، وَتَرتَفِعُ الغُيُومُ مِنْ أقاصِي الأرْضِ. صَنَعَ بُرُوقاً لِلمَطَرِ، وَالرِّيحُ تَخرُجُ مِنْ مَخازِنِهِ.

17 E very man has become stupid and brutelike, without knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by the images he has made; for his molten idols are a lie, and there is no breath in them.

أمّا كُلُّ إنسانٍ فَأحْمَقُ وَقَلِيلُ المَعرِفَةِ، كُلُّ حِرَفِيٍّ يَخزَى مِنْ وَثَنِهِ، لأنَّ تَماثِيلَهُ آلِهَةٌ مَزَيَّفَةٌ، وَلا رُوحَ فِيها.

18 T hey are worthless (emptiness, falsity, futility), a work of delusion and worthy of derision; in the time of their inspection and punishment they shall perish.

هِيَ أُمُورٌ باطِلَةٌ، أشياءُ سَخِيفَةٌ. حِينَ يُعاقَبُونَ سَيَهلِكُونَ.

19 N ot like these is He Who is the Portion of Jacob, for He is the One Who formed all things, and Israel is the tribe of His inheritance—the Lord of hosts is His name.

أمّا نَصِيبُ يَعقُوبَ فَلَيسَ مِثلَهُمْ، لأنَّهُ صانِعُ كُلَّ شَيءٍ، وَصانِعُ عَشِيرَةِ مِيراثِهِ، يهوه القَدِيرُ اسْمُهُ.

20 Y ou are My battle-ax or maul and weapon of war—for with you I break nations in pieces, with you I destroy kingdoms,

وَيَقُولُ: «أنتِ يا بابِلُ لِي عَصا الحَربِ، وَسِلاحُ المَعرَكَةِ. أُحَطِّمُ أُمَماً بِكِ، وَبِكِ أُدَمِّرُ مَمالِكَ.

21 W ith you I break in pieces the horse and his rider, with you I break in pieces the chariot and the charioteer,

أُحَطِّمُ الحِصانَ وَراكِبَهُ بِكِ، وَبِكَ أُحَطِّمُ العَرَبَةَ وَراكِبَها،

22 W ith you I break in pieces man and woman, with you I break in pieces old man and youth, with you I break in pieces young man and maiden,

أُحَطِّمُ رِجالاً وَنِساءً بِكِ، وَبِكِ أُحَطِّمُ شُيُوخاً وَأولاداً، وَفِتياناً وَفَتَياتٍ.

23 W ith you I break in pieces the shepherd and his flock, with you I break in pieces the farmer and his yoke of oxen, and with you I break in pieces governors and commanders.

أُحَطِّمُ رُعاةً وَقُطْعاناً بِكِ، وَ بِكِ أُحَطِّمُ الفَلّاحَ وَثِيرانَهُ. وَبِكَ أُحَطِّمُ حُكَّاماً وَأصَحابَ نُفُوذٍ.

24 A nd I will repay Babylon and all the inhabitants of Chaldea for all the evil that they have done in Zion—before your very eyes, says the Lord.

سَأُجازِي بابِلَ وَجَميعَ سُكّانِها حَسَبَ الأعمالِ الشِّرِّيرَةِ الَّتِي عَمِلُوها فِي صِهْيَوْنَ أمامَ عَينَيكَ.» يَقُولُ اللهُ.

25 B ehold, I am against you, says the Lord, O destroying mountain, you who destroy the whole earth. I will stretch out My hand over and against you and roll you down from the crags and will make you a burnt-out mountain.

يَقُولُ اللهُ: «أنا ضِدُّكَ يا جَبَلَ الهَلاكِ، يا مُخَرِّبَ كُلِّ الأرْضِ. وَسَأمُدُّ يَدِي عَلَيكَ، وَسَأجعَلُكَ تَتَدَحرَجُ مِنْ فَوقِ الصُّخُورِ، وَسَأجعَلُكَ جَبَلاً مَحرُوقاً.

26 A nd they shall not take your cracked stones for a cornerstone, or any stone for foundations, but you shall be waste and desolate forever, says the Lord.

لَنْ يَقدِرُوا أنْ يَأخُذُوا مِنكَ حَجَراً لِلزّاوِيَةِ، أوْ حَجَراً لِلأساساتِ، بَلْ سَتَكُونُ خَرِباً إلَى الأبَدِ،» يَقُولُ اللهُ.

27 S et up a standard or signal in the land! Blow the trumpet among the nations! Prepare and dedicate the nations for war against her; call against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Appoint a marshal against her; cause the horses to come up like locusts.

«ارفَعُوا عَلامَةً تَحذِيرِيَّةً فِي أرْضِكُمْ، اضرِبُوا بِالبُوقِ بَينَ الأُمَمِ. أعِدُّوا الأُمَمَ لِمُحارَبَةِ بابِلَ، ادعُوا المَمالِكَ لأنْ تَأتِيَ عَلَيها، ادعُوا أراراطَ وَمِنِّي وَأشكَنازَ. عَيِّنُوا والِياً عَلَيها، أرسِلُوا الخُيُولَ كَجَرادٍ هائِجٍ.

28 P repare and dedicate the nations for war against her—the kings of Media, with their governors and commanders (deputies), and every land of their dominion.

أعِدُّوا الأُمَمَ لِمُحارَبَةِ بابِلَ، مُلُوكَ مادِي وَحُكّامَها، وَكُلَّ البِلادِ الَّتِي يَحْكُمُونَها.

29 T he land trembles and writhes in pain and sorrow, for the purposes of the Lord against Babylon stand—to make the land of Babylon a desolation without inhabitant.

ارتَجَفَتِ الأرْضُ وَتَلَوَّتْ، لأنَّ أحكامَ اللهِ ضِدَّ أرْضِ بابِلَ تَتَحَقَّقُ. وَهُوَ يُحَوِّلُها إلَى صَحراءَ مَهجُورَةٍ.

30 T he mighty warriors of Babylon have ceased to fight; they have remained in their holds. Their might has failed; they have become like women. Her dwelling places are burned up; her bars are broken.

جَبابِرَةُ بابِلَ تَوَقَّفُوا عَنِ القِتالِ، وَيَبقُونَ فِي حُصُونِهِمْ. ذَبُلَتْ قُوَّتُهُمْ. إنَّهُمْ كَالنِّساءِ. مَساكِنُها تَحتَرِقُ، عَوارِضُها تَحَطَّمَتْ.

31 O ne post shall run to meet another and one messenger to meet another to show the king of Babylon that his city is taken on every side and to its farthest end,

يَركُضُ عَدّاءٌ وَراءَ عَدّاءٍ، وَمُخَبِّرٌ وَراءَ مُخَبِّرٍ لِيُعلِنَ لِمَلِكِ بابِلَ أنَّ مَدِينَتَهُ قَدْ أُخِذَتْ.

32 A nd that the passages are stopped, and the great marshes they have burned with fire, and the men of war are frightened.

مَعابِرُ الأنهارِ قَدْ أُمسِكَتْ، نَباتاتُ المُستَنقَعاتِ أُحرِقَتْ بِالنّارِ، وَرِجالُ الحَربِ ارتَعَبُوا.»

33 F or thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: The Daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor at the time it is; yet a little while and the time of harvest shall come to her.

فَهَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ، إلَهُ إسْرائِيلَ: «الابْنَةُ بابِلُ كَالبَيدَرِ فِي وَقتِ دَرْسِهِ، وَبَعدَ قَلِيلٍ سَيَأتِي وَقتُ حَصادِها.»

34 N ebuchadrezzar king of Babylon has devoured us, he has crushed us, he has made us an empty vessel. Like a monster he has swallowed us up, he has filled his belly with our delicacies; he has rinsed us out and cast us away.

تَقُولُ القُدْسِ: «نَبُوخَذْناصَّرُ، مَلِكُ بابِلَ، التَهَمَنِي وَأفنانِي، وَألقانِي كَإناءٍ فارِغٍ. ابتَلَعَنِي كَأفعَى، مَلأ بَطنَهُ مِنْ مُشتَهَياتِي، ثُمَّ تَقَيَّأنِي.

35 M ay the violence done to me and to my flesh and blood be upon Babylon, will the inhabitant of Zion say; and, May my blood be upon the inhabitants of Chaldea, will Jerusalem say.

لِيَقُلْ سُكّانُ صِهْيَوْنَ: ‹لِيَأتِ الظُّلمُ الَّذِي وَقَعَ عَلَيَّ وَعَلَى عائِلَتِي عَلَى بابِلَ،› وَلْتَقُلِ القُدْسُ: ‹لِيَكُنْ دَمُنا عَلَى البابِلِيِّينَ.›»

36 T herefore thus says the Lord: Behold, I will plead your cause and take vengeance for you. I will dry up her lake or great reservoir and make her fountain dry.

لِذَلِكَ، هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ: «سَأُدافِعُ عَنْ قَضِيَّتِكِ، وَسَأنتَقِمُ لَكِ. سَأجعَلُ بَحرَها صَحراءَ، وَسَأُجَفِّفُ يَنابِيعَها.

37 A nd Babylon shall become heaps, a dwelling place of jackals, a horror (an astonishing desolation) and a hissing, without inhabitant.

وَسَتَصِيرُ بابِلُ كَومَةً مِنْ حِجارَةٍ، وَمَسكَناً لِبَناتِ آوَى، وَسَبَبَ رُعبٍ وَتَعْيّيرٍ لأنَّها بِلا سُكّانٍ.

38 T hey shall be roaring together like young lions, they shall be growling like lions’ whelps.

يُزَمجِرُ سُكّانُ بابِلَ مَعاً كَالأُسُودِ، وَيَزأرُونَ كَأشبالِ الأُسُودِ.

39 W hen the revelers are inflamed, I will prepare them a feast and make them drunk, that they may rejoice and fall asleep to a perpetual sleep and not waken, says the Lord.

عِندَما يَنهَضُونَ سَأُهَيِّئُ وَلائِمَهُمْ، وَسَأُسْكِرُهُمْ فَيَضحَكُونَ كَثِيراً. ثُمَّ سَيَنامُونَ نَوماً أبَدِيّاً، وَلَنْ يَستَيقِظُوا،» يَقُولُ اللهُ.

40 I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams together with he-goats.

«سَأُنزِلُهُمْ كَغَنَمٍ لِلذَّبحِ، مِثلَ كِباشٍ وَتُيُوسٍ.»

41 H ow Sheshach is taken! And the praise of the whole earth is surprised and seized! How Babylon has become an astonishing desolation and a horror among the nations!

«كَيفَ أُخِذَتْ شِيشَكُ، فَخرُ بِلادِ الأرْضِ احتُلَّتْ! كَيفَ صارَتْ بابِلُ سَبَبَ رُعبٍ لِلأُمَمِ مِنْ حَولِها!

42 T he sea has come up upon Babylon; she is covered with the tumult and multitude of its waves.

صَعِدَ البَحرُ عَلَى بابِلَ، وَأمواجُهُ الصّاخِبَةُ غَطَّتها.

43 H er cities have become a desolation and a horror, a land of drought and a wilderness, a land in which no one lives, nor does any son of man pass through it.

صارَتْ مُدُنُها سَبَباً لِرُعبِ كُلِّ مَنْ يَسَمَعُ عَنها. فَقَدْ صارَتْ أرْضاً جافَّةً وَقاحِلَةً. لَيسَ فِيها أحَدٌ، وَلا يُسافِرُ فِيها إنسانٌ.

44 A nd I will punish and execute judgment upon Bel in Babylon and take out of his mouth what he has swallowed up. The nations will not flow any more to him. Yes, the wall of Babylon has fallen!

سَأُعاقِبُ الوَثَنَ بِيلَ فِي بابِلَ، وَسَأجعَلُهُ يَتَقَيَّأُ ما ابتَلَعَهُ. لَنْ تَتَدَفَّقَ الأُمَمُ إلَيهِ فِيما بَعْدُ، وَأسوارُ بابِلَ سَتَسقُطُ.

45 M y people, come out of the midst of her! And let every man save his life from the fierce anger of the Lord!

اخرُجْ يا شَعبِي مِنْ وَسَطِها فَلْيَنجُ كُلُّ واحِدٍ مِنكُمْ بِحَياتِهِ مِنْ غَضَبِ اللهِ الشَّدِيدِ.

46 A nd beware, lest your heart faint and you be afraid at the report (rumor) heard in the land; for in one year shall one report come and in another year another report, and violence shall be in the land, ruler against ruler.

لا تُصابُوا بِالإحباطِ، وَلا تَخافُوا مِنَ الأخبارِ الَّتِي سَتُسمَعُ فِي الأرْضِ. سَيَأتِي خَبَرٌ فِي سَنَةٍ، ثُمَّ سَيَأتِي خَبَرٌ آخَرُ فِي السَّنَةِ التّالِيَةِ، خَبَرُ عُنفٍ فِي الأرْضِ، خَبَرُ حاكِمٍ يُقاتِلُ حاكِماً.

47 T herefore behold, the days will come when I will execute judgment and punishment upon the idols of Babylon; her whole land will be confounded and put to shame, and all her slain will fall in the midst of her.

لِذَلِكَ، سَتَأتِي الأيّامُ الَّتِي فِيها أُعاقِبُ أصنامَ بابِلَ. حِينَ سَتُخزَى أرْضُها، وَسَيَسقُطُ جَرحاها فِي وَسَطِها.

48 T hen heaven and earth and all that is in them shall sing for joy over Babylon, for the destroyers shall come against her from the north, says the Lord.

حِينَئِذٍ، السَّماءُ وَالأرْضُ، وَكُلُّ السّاكِنِينَ فِيهِما، سَيَهتِفُونَ فَرَحاً عَلَى بابِلَ، لأنَّهُ سَيَأتِي مِنَ الشَّمالِ مُخَرِّبُونَ عَلَيها.» يَقُولُ اللهُ.

49 A s Babylon caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all land.

«سَتَسقُطُ بابِلَ بِسَبَبِ جَرحَى إسْرائِيلَ الَّذِينَ سَقَطُوا، وَبِسَبَبِ جَرحَى كُلِّ الأرْضِ الَّذِينَ سَقَطُوا.

50 Y ou who have escaped the sword, go away, stand not still! remember the Lord from afar, and let Jerusalem come into your mind.

أيُّها النّاجُونَ مِنَ المَعرَكَةِ، تَعالَوْا، لا تَقِفُوا هُناكَ. اذكُرُوا اللهَ مِنْ بَعِيدٍ، وَلْتَخطُرِ القُدْسُ بِبالِكُمْ.»

51 W e are confounded and ashamed, for we have heard reproach; confusion and shame have covered our faces, for strangers have come into the sacred parts of the sanctuary of the Lord.

يَقُولُ المَسبِيُّونَ: «لَقَدْ خَزِينا لأنَّنا سَمِعنا تَعيِيراً، غَطَّى الخَجَلُ وُجُوهَنا، لأنَّ غُرَباءَ صَعِدُوا عَلَى الأماكِنِ المُقَدَّسَةِ فِي بَيتِ اللهِ.»

52 T herefore behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will execute judgment upon idols and images, and throughout all her land the wounded will groan.

يَقُولُ اللهُ: «لِذَلِكَ سَتَأتِي أيّامٌ حِينَ أُعاقِبُ أصنامَها، وَيَئِنُّ الجَرحَى فِي كُلِّ أرْضِها.

53 T hough Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify her strong height (her lofty stronghold), yet destroyers will come upon her from Me, says the Lord.

حَتَّى لَوِ ارتَفَعَتْ بابِلُ إلَى السَّماءِ، وَلَو قَوَّتْ حُصُونَها، فَسَيَأتِي عَلَيها المُخَرِّبُونَ مِنْ عِندِي،» يَقُولُ اللهُ.

54 T he sound of a cry from Babylon, and great destruction and ruin from the land of the Chaldeans!

«ها صَوتُ صُراخٍ مِنْ بابِلَ، وَصَوتُ كَسرٍ هائِلٍ مِنْ أرْضِ البابِلِيِّينَ.

55 F or the Lord is destroying Babylon and laying her waste and stilling her great voice. And the waves roar like great waters, the noise of their voices is raised up.

لأنَّ اللهَ سَيُدَمِّرُ بابِلَ، وَسَيُسكِتُ ضَجيجَها الصّاخِبَ. سَتَهْدُرُ أمواجُ الأعداءِ كَشَلّالاتِ مِياهٍ، وَسَيَرفَعُونَ أصواتَهُمْ بِالغِناءِ.

56 F or the destroyer is coming upon her, upon Babylon; and her mighty warriors are taken, their bows are broken in pieces; for the Lord is a God of recompense; He will surely requite.

لأنَّ مُدَمِّراً سَيَأتِي عَلَى بابِلَ. سَيُؤسَرُ مُحارِبُوها، وَسَتُحَطَّمُ أقواسُهُمْ. لأنَّ اللهَ هُوَ إلَهُ تَعوِيضٍ، وَسَيُجازِي بابِلَ بِما تَستَحِقُّهُ.

57 A nd I will make drunk her princes and her wise men, her governors and her commanders (deputies) and her mighty warriors; and they will sleep a perpetual sleep and not waken, says the King—the Lord of hosts is His name.

سَأُسكِرُ رُؤَساءَها وَحُكَماءَها وَحُكّامَها وَوُلاتَها وَأقوِياءَها. سَيَنامُونَ إلَى الأبَدِ، وَلَنْ يَستَيقِظُوا،» يَقُولُ المَلِكُ، الَّذِي اسْمُهُ يهوه القَدِيرُ.

58 T hus says the Lord of hosts: The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly overthrown and made bare, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; the peoples shall labor in vain, and the nations to satisfy the fire, and they shall be weary.

هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ: «أسوارُ بابِلَ سَمِيكَةٌ، وَلَكِنَّها سَتَزُولُ بِالتَّمامِ، وَأبوابُها المُرتَفِعَةُ سَتُحرَقُ بِالنّارِ. تَعَبُ الشُّعُوبِ سَيَكُونُ لِلدَّمارِ، يُرهِقُونَ أنفُسَهُمْ لِعَمَلِ ما سَيُحرَقُ بِالنّارِ!» رِسالَةُ إرْمِيا إلَى بابِل

59 T he word that Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, when he went with Zedekiah king of Judah to Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. Now this Seraiah was chief chamberlain or quartermaster.

هَذِهِ هِيَ الرِّسالَةُ الَّتِي أعطاها إرمِيا النَّبِيُّ لِسَرايا بْنِ نِيرِيّا بْنِ مَحْسِيّا، عِندَما ذَهَبَ مَعَ صِدْقِيّا مَلِكِ يَهُوذا إلَى بابِلَ، فِي السَّنَةِ الرّابِعَةِ مِنْ مُلكِهِ. وَكانَ سَرايا مَسؤُولَ الجِزيَةِ المُقَدَّمَةِ لِمَلِكِ بابِلَ.

60 S o Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that would come upon Babylon—even all these words that are written against Babylon.

فَدَوَّنَ إرْمِيا فِي مُخطُوطَةٍ جَميعَ هَذِهِ الكَوارِثِ الَّتِي سَتُصِيبُ بابِلَ، وَجَميعَ النُّبُوّاتِ الَّتِي قِيلَتْ حَولَ بابِلَ.

61 A nd Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When you come to Babylon, see to it that you read all these words.

وَقالَ إرْمِيا لِسَرايا: «عِندَما تَأتِي إلَى بابِلَ وَتَراها، أعلِنْ كُلَّ هَذا الكَلامَ،

62 T hen say, O Lord, You have spoken concerning this place that it shall be cut off, so that nothing shall remain and dwell in it, neither man nor beast; but it shall be desolate forever.

وَقُلْ: ‹يا اللهُ ، أنتَ قُلْتَ إنَّكَ سَتُدَمِّرُ هَذا المَكانَ، وَإنَّهُ لَنْ يَكُونَ فِيهِ ساكِنٌ، لا إنسانٌ وَلا حَيوانٌ، لأنَّهُ سَيَكُونُ خَراباً إلَى الأبَدِ.›

63 A nd it shall be that when you have finished reading this book, you shall bind a stone to it and cast it into the midst of the Euphrates.

وَعِندَما تَنتَهِي مِنْ قِراءَةِ هَذِهِ الرِّسالَةِ، ارْبِطْها بِحَجَرٍ وَأَلقِ بِها فِي نَهرِ الفُراتِ.

64 T hen say, Thus will Babylon sink and not rise because of the evil that I will bring upon her; and will be weary (hopelessly exhausted). Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.

ثُمَّ قُلْ: ‹هَكَذا سَتَغرَقُ بابِلُ، وَلَنْ تَقُومَ ثانِيَةً مِنَ الكارِثَةِ الَّتِي سَأجلِبُها عَلَيها.›» هُنا يَنتَهِي كَلامُ إرْمِيا.