1 R ighteous art thou, Jehovah, when I plead with thee; yet will I speak with thee of judgments. Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? are all they at ease that deal very treacherously?

يا اللهُ ، سَتَكُونُ أنتَ عَلَى حَقٍّ دائِماً، لَوْ دَخَلْتُ فِي مُخاصَمَةٍ ضِدَّكَ. لَكِنِ اسْمَحْ لِي فَأعْرِضَ عَلَيكَ أسئِلَتِي: لِماذا يَزدَهِرُ طَرِيقُ الأشرارِ؟ لِماذا يَعِيشُ غَيرُ الصّادِقِينَ بِراحَةٍ؟

2 T hou hast planted them, they also have taken root: they advance, yea, they bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, but far from their reins.

زَرَعْتَهُمْ فَصارَتْ لَهُمْ جُذُورٌ، ازدَهَرُوا وَحَمَلُوا ثَمَراً. يَتَكَلَّمُونَ عَنكَ بِشَكلٍ مُستَمِرٍّ، لَكِنَّهُمْ لَيسُوا صادِقِينَ.

3 B ut thou, Jehovah, knowest me; thou hast seen me, and proved my heart toward thee. Drag them out like sheep for the slaughter, and set them apart for the day of slaughter.

لَكِنْ يا اللهُ ، أنتَ تَعرِفُنِي أنتَ رَأيتَنِي، وَقَدِ اختَبَرتَ قَلبِي بِنَفسِكَ. اسحَبهُمْ كَغَنَمٍ لِلذَّبحِ، أفرِزْهُمْ لِيَومِ القَتلِ.

4 H ow long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of all the fields wither? Because of the wickedness of them that dwell therein, the beasts and the birds perish; for they say, He will not see our end.

إلَى مَتَى سَتَبقَى الأرْضُ جافَّةً، وَعُشبُ كُلِّ الحُقُولِ ذابِلاً؟ بِسَبَبِ شَرِّ سُكّانِها. وَوُحُوشُ الأرْضِ وَالطُّيُورُ فَنِيَتْ. أعرِفُ أنَّهُمْ أشرارٌ لأنَّهُمْ يُقُولُونَ: «لَنْ يَرَى ما سَيَحدُثُ لَنا فِي المُستَقبَلِ.» جَوابُ اللهِ لإرْمِيا

5 I f thou hast run with footmen, and they have wearied thee, how wilt thou then contend with horses? And if in a land of peace thou thinkest thyself in security, how wilt thou then do in the swelling of the Jordan?

فَقالَ اللهُ: «إنْ تَسابَقْتَ مَعَ النّاسِ فَأنهَكُوكَ، فَكَيفَ سَتُنافِسُ الخَيلَ. وَإنْ كُنتَ تَسْقُطُ فِي الأرْضِ الآمِنَةِ، فَماذا سَتَفعَلُ فِي الغاباتِ المُحِيطَةِ بِنَهرِ الأُردُنِّ.

6 F or even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee, even they have cried aloud after thee. Believe them not, though they speak good unto thee.

حَتَّى أقرِباؤُكَ كانُوا كاذِبِينَ مَعَكَ، وَهُمْ أنفُسُهُمْ صَرَخُوا عَلَيكَ. لا تَثِقْ بِهِمْ، حَتَّى وَإنْ قالُوا لَكَ كَلاماً جَميلاً. رَفضُ اللهِ لِشَعبِهِ يَهُوذا

7 I have forsaken my house, I have cast off my heritage, I have given the beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies.

«تَرَكتُ بَيتِي، هَجَرتُ مِيراثِي. سَلَّمتُ حَبِيبَةَ قَلبِي لِيَدِ أعدائِها.

8 M y heritage is become unto me as a lion in the forest; it hath raised its voice against me: therefore have I hated it.

صارَ مِيراثِي لِي كَأسَدٍ فِي الغابَةِ. رَفَعْتْ عَلَيَّ صَوتَها، فَرَفَضْتُها.

9 M y heritage is unto me a speckled bird of prey; the birds of prey round about are against her. Go, assemble all the beasts of the field, bring them to devour.

هَلِ الضَّبعُ جائِعٌ لأرْضِي وَشَعبِي؟ أحاطَتْ بِهِمُ الطُّيُورُ الجارِحَةُ. تَعالَي أيَّتُها الحَيواناتُ البَرِّيَّةُ، تَعالَي وَكُلِي.

10 M any shepherds have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness:

رُعاةٌ كَثِيرُونَ خَرَّبُوا كَرمِي، داسُوا نَصِيبِيَ الغالِي، وَحَوَّلُوهُ إلَى صَحراءَ خَرِبَةٍ.

11 t hey have made it a desolation; desolate, it mourneth unto me: the whole land is made desolate, for no man layeth it to heart.

حَوَّلُوها إلَى خَرابٍ يَنُوحُ لِي وَهُوَ خَرِبٌ. خَرِبَتْ كُلُّ الأرْضِ، لأنَّهُ لا أحَدَ يَهْتَمُّ.

12 S poilers are come upon all heights in the wilderness; for the sword of Jehovah devoureth from one end of the land even to the end of the land: no flesh hath peace.

لِذَلِكَ أتَى المُخَرِّبُونَ مِنَ الأماكِنِ القاحِلَةِ فِي الصَّحراءِ، لأنَّ سَيفَ اللهِ يَأكُلُ مِنْ أقصَى الأرْضِ إلَى أقصاها الآخَرِ. لا يُوجَدُ أمانٌ لأيِّ حَيٍّ فِيها.

13 T hey have sown wheat, and they reap thorns; they have put themselves to pain, do not profit. Be ye therefore ashamed of your revenues, because of the fierce anger of Jehovah.

زَرَعُوا قَمحاً، لَكِنَّهُمْ حَصَدُوا أشواكاً. عَمِلُوا بِقُوَّةٍ، وَلَكِنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَنجَحُوا. سَيَخجَلُونَ مِنْ مَحاصِيلِهِمْ، بِسَبَبِ غَضَبِ اللهِ عَلَيهِمْ.» وَعدُ اللهِ لِجِيرانِ إسْرائِيل

14 T hus saith Jehovah against all mine evil neighbours, that touch the inheritance which I have caused my people Israel to inherit: Behold, I will pluck them up out of their land, and pluck out the house of Judah from among them.

هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ: «بِالنِّسبَةِ لِلسُّكّانِ الأشرارِ فِي الأراضِي المُجاوِرَةِ لِمِيراثِي الَّذِي أعطَيتُهُ لِشَعبِيَ إسْرائِيلَ: سَأنزَعُهُمْ مِنْ أرْضِهِمْ، وَسَأنزَعُ بَنِي يَهُوذا مِنْ وَسَطِهِمْ.

15 A nd it shall come to pass, after I have plucked them up, I will return, and have compassion on them, and will bring them back, each one to his inheritance, and each one to his land.

وَبَعدَ نَزعِي لَهُمْ، سَأرحَمُهُمْ ثانِيَةً. سَأُرجِعُ كُلَّ واحِدٍ مِنهُمْ إلَى مِيراثِهِ، وَإلَى أرْضِهِ.

16 A nd it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, Jehovah liveth—even as they taught my people to swear by Baal—they shall be built up in the midst of my people.

وَإنْ تَعَلَّمُوا فِعلاً طُرُقَ شَعبِي، بِأًنْ يَحلِفُوا بِاسْمِي وَيَقُولوا: ‹نُقْسِمُ باللهِ الحَيِّ› حِينَئِذٍ، سَيُثمِرُونَ وَسَطَ شَعبِي.

17 A nd if they will not obey, I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation, saith Jehovah.

وَلَكِنْ إنْ لَمْ يَفعَلُوا، فَإنِّي سَأنزِعُ تِلكَ الأُمَّةَ وَأُدَمِّرُها،» يَقُولُ اللهُ.