1 I n the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, came this word unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying,

فِي بِدايَةِ حُكمِ يَهُوياقِيمَ بْنِ يُوشِيّا مَلِكِ يَهُوذا، جاءَتْ هَذِهِ الكَلِمَةُ إلَى إرْمِيا مِنَ اللهِ.

2 T hus saith Jehovah to me: Make thee bonds and bars, and put them upon thy neck;

هَذا هُوَ ما قالَهُ اللهُ لِي: «اصنَعْ لِنَفسِكَ نِيراً مِنْ أربِطَةٍ جِلدِيَّةٍ وَقَضِيباً مِنْ خَشَبٍ، وَضَعْهُما عَلَى كَتِفَيكَ.

3 a nd send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the children of Ammon, and to the king of Tyre, and to the king of Sidon, by the hand of the messengers that come to Jerusalem unto Zedekiah king of Judah;

وَأرسِلْ رَسائِلَ إلَى مَلِكِ أدُومَ، وَإلَى مَلِكِ مُوآبَ، وَإلَى العَمُّونِيِّينَ، وَإلَى مَلِكِ صُورَ، وَإلَى مَلِكِ صَيدُونَ، بِيَدِ الرُّسُلِ الَّذِينَ جاءُوا إلَى صِدْقِيّا مَلِكِ يَهُوذا فِي القُدْسِ.

4 a nd give them a charge unto their masters, saying, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, Thus shall ye say unto your masters:

بَلِّغْهُمْ هَذا الكَلامَ لِيُبَلِّغُوا هُمْ ساداتِهِمْ: ‹هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ، إلَهُ إسْرائِيلَ: قُولُوا لِسادَتِكُمْ

5 I have made the earth, the men and the beasts that are upon the face of the earth, by my great power and by my outstretched arm; and I give it unto whom it seemeth right unto me.

أنا مَنْ صَنَعْتُ الأرْضَ وَالوُحُوشَ الَّتِي عَلَى سَطحِ الأرْضِ بِقُوَّتِي العَظِيمَةِ وَذِراعِي المَمدُودَةِ، وَأنا أُعطِيها لِمَنْ أشاءُ.

6 A nd now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the field also have I given him to serve him.

وَقَدْ أعطَيتُ كُلَّ هَذِهِ الأراضِي لِيَدِ نَبُوخَذْناصَّرَ، مَلِكِ بابِلَ، خادِمِي. كَما أعطَيتُهُ الحَيواناتِ البَرِّيَّةَ لِتَخدِمَهُ.

7 A nd all the nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's son, until the time of his own land come: and then many nations and great kings shall make him their bondman.

وَكُلُّ الأُمَمِ سَتَخدِمُهُ هُوَ وَابنَهُ وَحَفِيدَهُ، إلَى أنْ يَأتِيَ الوَقتُ حِينَ يَخضَعُ هُوَ وَأرْضُهُ لآخَرِينَ. حِينَئِذٍ، سَتَجعَلُهُ أُمَمٌ كَثِيرَةٌ وَمُلُوكٌ عِظامٌ يَخدِمُهُمْ.

8 A nd it shall come to pass, that the nation and the kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation will I punish, saith Jehovah, with the sword, and with the famine, and with the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand.

«‹وَلَكِنْ إنْ كانَتْ هُناكَ أُمَّةٌ لا تَخدِمُ نَبُوخَذْناصَّرَ مَلِكَ بابِلَ، أوْ لا تَخضَعُ لِمَلِكِ بابِلَ، فَإنِّي سَأُعاقِبُ تِلكَ الأُمَّةَ بِالحَربِ وَالجُوعِ وَالوَباءِ،› يَقُولُ اللهُ. سَأُعاقِبُهُمْ حَتَّى أقضِيَ عَلَيهِمْ تَماماً.

9 B ut as for you, hearken ye not to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreams, nor to your soothsayers, nor to your sorcerers, that speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon:

فَلا تَستَمِعُوا إلَى أنبِيائِكُمْ وَعَرّافِيكُمْ وَالَّذِينَ يَتَلَقُّونَ النُّبُوّاتِ فِي الأحلامِ وَمُشَعوِذِيكُمْ وَسَحَرَتِكُمُ الَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ لَكُمْ: ‹لَنْ تَخدِمُوا مَلِكَ بابِلَ.›

10 f or they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your land, and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish.

لأنَّ ما يَتَنَبَّأُونَ إلَيكُمْ بِهِ إنَّما هُوَ كَذِبٌ. وَعاقِبَتُهُ هِيَ أنَّكُمْ سَتُنفَونَ مِنْ أرْضِكُمْ، وَسَأطرُدُكُمْ فَتَهلِكُونَ.

11 B ut the nation that shall bring their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him, that nation will I let remain in their own land, saith Jehovah; and they shall till it, and dwell therein.

أمّا الأُمَّةُ الَّتِي تَخضَعُ لِمَلِكِ بابِلَ، فَسَأُعطِيها وَأُعطِي أرْضَها راحَةً، يَقُولُ اللهُ. سَتَعمَلُ تِلكَ الأُمَّةُ فِي أرْضِها، وَتَستَقِرُّ فِيها.›»

12 A nd I spake to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words, saying, Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live.

ثُمَّ تَكَلَّمْتُ بِجَميعِ هَذِهِ الكَلِماتِ إلَى صِدْقِيّا مَلِكِ يَهُوذا: «اخْضَعْ لِمَلِكِ بابِلَ، وَاخدِمْهُ هُوَ وَشَعبَهُ فَتَحيا.

13 W hy will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as Jehovah hath spoken concerning the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon?

لِماذا تَمُوتُ أنتَ وَشَعبُكَ بِالسَّيفِ وَالمَجاعَةِ وَالوَباءِ، بِحَسَبِ ما قالَ اللهُ عَنْ أيَّةِ أُمَّةٍ لا تَخدِمُ مَلِكَ بابِلَ.

14 A nd hearken not unto the words of the prophets that speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon; for they prophesy a lie unto you.

لا تَستَمِعْ إلَى كَلامِ الأنبِياءِ الَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ لَكُمْ: ‹لَنْ تَخدِمُوا مَلِكَ بابِلَ.› لأنَّهُمْ يَتَنَبَّأُونَ لَكُمْ بِالكَذِبِ.

15 F or I have not sent them, saith Jehovah, but they prophesy falsely in my name; that I may drive you out, and that ye may perish, ye, and the prophets that prophesy unto you.

لأنِّي لَمْ أُرسِلهُمْ، يَقُولُ اللهُ ، وَها هُمْ يَتَنَبَّأُونَ بِاسمِي بِالكَذِبِ. لِذَلِكَ أطرُدُكُمْ فَتَهلِكُونَ، أنتُمْ وَالأنبِياءُ الَّذِينَ يَتَنَبَّأُونَ لَكُمْ.›»

16 A lso I spake to the priests and to all this people, saying, Thus saith Jehovah: Hearken not to the words of your prophets that prophesy unto you, saying, Behold, the vessels of Jehovah's house shall now shortly be brought again from Babylon; for they prophesy a lie unto you.

وَقُلْتُ لِلكَهَنَةِ وَكُلِّ الشَّعبِ هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ: «لا تَستَمِعُوا إلَى كَلامِ أنبِيائِكُمُ الَّذِينَ يَتَنَبَّأُونَ لَكُمْ وَيَقُولُونَ: ‹سَتُعادُ آنِيَةُ بَيتِ اللهِ مِنْ بابِلَ بَعدَ فَترَةٍ قَصِيرَةٍ.› لأنَّهُمْ يَتَنَبَّأُونَ لَكُمْ بِالكَذِبِ.

17 H earken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city become a desolation?

لا تَستَمِعُوا إلَيهِمْ، بَلِ اخدِمُوا مَلِكَ بابِلَ لِتَحيَوا. لِماذا يُصبِحُ هَذا المَكانُ خَرِباُ؟

18 B ut if they be prophets, and if the word of Jehovah be with them, let them now make intercession to Jehovah of hosts, that the vessels which are left in the house of Jehovah, and in the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem, go not to Babylon.

فَإنْ كانُوا أنبِياءَ حَقِيقِيِّينَ وَعِنْدَهُمْ كَلِمَةُ اللهِ ، فَليَتَوَسَّلُوا إلَى اللهِ القَدِيرِ، حَتَّى لا تَذهَبَ بَقِيَّةُ آنِيَةِ بَيتِ اللهِ وَبَيتِ مَلِكِ يَهُوذا وَمَدينَةِ القُدْسِ إلَى بابِلَ.›»

19 F or thus saith Jehovah of hosts concerning the pillars, and concerning the sea, and concerning the bases, and concerning the residue of the vessels that are left in this city,

«لأنَّ هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ عَنِ الأعمِدَةِ وَحَوضِ البُرونْزِ وَالقَواعِدِ وَبَقِيَّةِ الآنِيَةِ الَّتِي فِي المَدِينَةِ،

20 w hich Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took not, when he carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, from Jerusalem to Babylon, and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem;

الأشياءِ الَّتِي لَمْ يَأخُذْها نَبُوخَذْناصَّرُ مِنَ القُدْسِ إلَى بابِلَ، عِندَما سَبَى يَهُوياكِينَ بْنَ يَهُوياقِيمَ مَلِكَ يَهُوذا وَكُلَّ رُؤَساءِ يَهُوذا وَالقُدْسِ.

21 y ea, thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning the vessels that are left in the house of Jehovah, and in the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem:

فَهَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ، إلَهُ إسْرائِيلَ، بِخُصُوصِ الآنِيَةِ الباقِيَةِ فِي بَيتِ اللهِ وَبَيتِ المَلِكِ وَمَدينَةِ القُدْسِ،

22 T hey shall be carried to Babylon, and there shall they be, until the day that I visit them, saith Jehovah; then will I bring them up, and restore them to this place.

يَقُولُ اللهُ: ‹سَتُحمَلُ الآنِيَةُ إلَى بابِلَ، وَسَتَبقَى هُناكَ إلَى أنْ أفتَقِدَ شَعبِي، وَأُرجِعَهُمْ إلَى هَذا المَكانِ.›»