1 W oe unto the shepherds that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith Jehovah.

«وَيلٌ لَكُمْ أيُّها الرُّعاةُ الَّذِينَ يُهلِكُونَ وَيُشَتِّتُونَ غَنَمَ مَرعايَ،» يَقُولُ اللهُ.

2 T herefore thus saith Jehovah the God of Israel concerning the shepherds that feed my people: Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them: behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your doings, saith Jehovah.

لِذَلِكَ هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ عَنِ الرُّعاةِ الَّذِينَ يَرعُونَ شَعبِي: «لَقَدْ بَدَّدتُمْ غَنَمِي، وَطَرَدتُمُوها وَلَمْ تَهتَمُّوا بِها. لِذَلِكَ سَأُجازِيكُمْ عَنِ الشَّرِّ الَّذِي عَمِلْتُمُوهُ،» يَقُولُ اللهُ.

3 A nd I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all countries whither I have driven them, and will bring them again to their pastures; and they shall be fruitful and shall multiply.

«سَأجمَعُ بَقِيَّةَ غَنَمِي مِنْ كُلِّ الأراضِي الَّتِي طَرَدتُهُمْ إلَيها، وَسَأُرجِعُهُمْ إلَى مَرعاهُمْ، فَيُثمِرُونَ وَيَتَضاعَفُونَ.

4 A nd I will raise up shepherds over them, who shall feed them; and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall any be missing, saith Jehovah.

سَأُقِيمُ رُعاةً آخَرَينَ. وَسَيَرعَونَهُمْ وَلَنْ يَخافُوا ثانِيَةً. لَنْ يَرتَعِبُوا أوْ يُفقَدَ مِنهُمْ أحَدٌ،» يَقُولُ اللهُ. غُصنُ البِرّ

5 B ehold, the days come, saith Jehovah, when I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, who shall reign as king, and act wisely, and shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land.

يَقُولُ اللهُ: «الوَقتُ آتٍ، عِندَما سَأُقِيمُ غُصناً بارّاً لِداوُدَ. سَيَملُكُ بِالحِكمَةِ، وَسَيُقِيمُ العَدلَ وَالبِرَّ فِي أرْضِ يَهُوذا.

6 I n his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell in safety; and this is his name whereby he shall be called, Jehovah our Righteousness.

وَخِلالَ مُلكِهِ، سَيَخلُصُ يَهُوذا، وَسَيَسكُنُ إسْرائِيلُ بِأمانٍ. وَهَذا هُوَ الاسمُ الَّذِي سَيَدعُونَهُ بِهِ: ‹يهوه بِرُّنا.›»

7 T herefore behold, days are coming, saith Jehovah, that they shall no more say, Jehovah liveth, who brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;

يَقُولُ اللهُ: «لِذَلِكَ سَيَأتِي وَقتٌ، حِينَ لا يَعُودُ النّاسُ يَقُولُونَ: ‹نُقسِمُ بِاللهِ الحَيِّ الَّذِي أخرَجَ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ مِنْ أرْضِ مِصرَ.›

8 b ut, Jehovah liveth, who brought up and who led back the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all countries whither I had driven them. And they shall dwell in their own land.

بَلْ: ‹نُقسِمُ بِاللهِ الحَيِّ الَّذِي أخرَجَ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ مِنْ أرْضِ الشَّمالِ، وَمِنْ جَميعِ الأراضِي الَّتِي طَرَدَهُمْ إلَيها.› وَسَيَسْكُنُونَ فِي أراضِيهِمْ.» الدَّينُونَةُ عَلَى الأنبِياءِ الكَذَبَة

9 C oncerning the prophets: My heart within me is broken; all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine hath overcome; because of Jehovah, and because of the words of his holiness.

رِسالَةٌ عَنِ الأنبِياءِ: قَلبِي مَكسُورٌ فِي داخِلِي، وَكُلُّ عِظامِي تَرتَجِفُ. أنا كَرَجُلٍ مَخمُورٍ، وَكَرَجُلٍ غَلَبَتهُ الخَمرُ. أشعُرُ بِهَذا بِسَبَبِ اللهِ ، وَبِسَبَبِ كَلامِهِ المُقَدَّسِ.

10 F or the land is full of adulterers; for because of execration the land mourneth. The pastures of the wilderness are dried up; for their course is evil, and their force is not right.

الأرْضُ مَلِيئَةٌ بِالزُّناةِ. وَبِسَبَبِ اللَّعنَةِ جَفَّتِ الأرْضُ، وَمَراعِي البَرِّيَّةِ نَشِفَتْ. طَرِيقُ الأنبِياءِ شِرِّيرٌ، أعمالُهُمْ سَيِّئَةٌ وَهُمْ يَستَغِلُّونَ قُوَّتَهُمْ لِنَفعِهِمْ.

11 F or both prophet and priest are profane: even in my house have I found their wickedness, saith Jehovah.

يَقُولُ اللهُ: «الأنبِياءُ وَالكَهَنَةُ نَجَّسُوا الأرْضَ، وَحَتَّى فِي هَيكَلِي وَجَدتُ شَرَّهُمْ.

12 T herefore their way shall be unto them as slippery places in the darkness; they shall be driven on, and fall therein: for I will bring evil upon them in the year of their visitation, saith Jehovah.

لِذَلِكَ سَيُصبِحُ طَرِيقُهُمْ زَلِقاً لَهُمْ، وَسَيُطرَحُونَ إلَى ظُلمَةٍ شَدِيدَةٍ، لأنِّي سَآتِي بِالشَّرِّ عَلَيهِمْ فِي السَّنَةِ الَّتِي سَأزُورُهُمْ فِيها،» يَقُولُ اللهُ.

13 A nd I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria: they prophesied by Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.

«رَأيتُ أمراً بَغِيضاً فِي أنبِياءِ السّامِرَةِ: يَتَنَبَّأُونَ بِالبَعلِ، وَلِذا يُضِلُّونَ شَعبِي إسْرائِيلَ.

14 A nd in the prophets of Jerusalem have I seen a horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in falsehood, and strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that none doth return from his wickedness. They are all become unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.

وَرَأيتُ فِي أنبِياءِ القُدْسِ أمراً كَريهاً: النّاسُ يَرتَكِبُونَ الزِّنَى وَيَغِشُّ بَعضُهُمْ بَعضاً، وَلَكِنَّ الأنبِياءَ يُشَدِّدُونَ أيدِي الأشرارِ، فَلا يَتُوبُ أحَدٌ عَنْ شَرِّهِ. كُلُّهُمْ، بِالنِّسبَةِ لِي، كَسَدُومَ، وَسُكّانُها كَعَمُّورَةَ.»

15 T herefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts concerning the prophets: Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink water of gall; for from the prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness gone forth into all the land.

لِذَلِكَ هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ عَنِ الأنبِياءِ: «سَأجعَلُهُمْ يَأكُلُونَ طَعاماً مُرّاً، لأنَّ النَّجاسَةَ تَخرُجُ مِنْ أنبِياءِ القُدْسِ إلَى كُلِّ الأرْضِ.

16 T hus saith Jehovah of hosts: Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they lead you to vanity; they speak a vision of their own heart, not out of the mouth of Jehovah.

هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ: «لا تَستَمِعُوا إلَى كَلامِ الأنبِياءِ الَّذِينَ يَتَنَبَّأُونَ لَكُمْ، فَإنَّهُمْ يَخدَعُونَكُمْ. يَختَرِعُونَ رُؤاهُمْ. فَهِيَ لَمْ تَأتِ مِنَ اللهِ.

17 T hey say constantly unto them that despise me, Jehovah hath said, Ye shall have peace. And they say unto every one that walketh in the stubbornness of his heart, No evil shall come upon you.

يَقُولُونَ لِلَّذِينَ يَحتَقِرُونَنِي: قالَ اللهُ سَيَكُونُ لَكُمْ سَلامٌ.› وَكُلُّ الَّذِينَ يُقاوِمُونَ إرادَتِي بِعِنادٍ يَقُولُونَ: ‹لَنْ يَأتِيَ الشَّرُّ عَلَينا.›

18 F or who hath stood in the council of Jehovah, so that he hath perceived and heard his word? who hath hearkened to his word and listened?

لأنَّهُ مَنْ وَقَفَ فِي مَجلِسِ اللهِ ؟ وَمَنْ رَأى وَسَمِعَ كَلِمَتَهُ؟ وَمَنِ انتَبَهَ إلَى كَلِمَتِهِ وَاستَمَعَ إلَيها؟

19 B ehold, a tempest of Jehovah, fury is gone forth, yea, a whirling storm: it shall whirl down upon the head of the wicked.

فَها هِيَ عاصِفَةُ اللهِ ، غَضَبُهُ يَخرُجُ كَإعْصارٍ يَثُورُ عَلَى رَأسِ الأشرارِ.

20 T he anger of Jehovah shall not return, until he have executed, and until he have performed the purposes of his heart: at the end of the days ye shall understand it clearly.

لَنْ يَهْدَأ غَضَبُ اللهِ حَتَّى يُنهِيَ عَمَلَهُ، وَيُحَقِّقُ ما فِي فِكْرِهِ. وَفِي أيّامٍ آتِيَةٍ سَتَفهَمُونَ هَذِهِ الأشياءَ.

21 I did not send the prophets, yet they ran; I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.

لَمْ أُرسِلِ الأنبِياءَ، لَكِنَّهُمْ رَكَضُوا. لَمْ أتَكَلَّمْ إلَيْهِمْ، لَكِنَّهُمْ تَنَبَّأُوا.

22 B ut if they had stood in my council, and had caused my people to hear my words, then would they have turned them from their evil way and from the wickedness of their doings.

لَو وَقَفُوا فِي مَجلِسِي، وَلَو سَمِعُوا كَلامِي لِهَذا الشَّعبِ، لأرجَعُوهُمْ عَنْ طَرِيقِهِمِ الشِّرِّيرَةِ، وَعَنْ شَرِّ أعمالِهِمْ.»

23 A m I a God at hand, saith Jehovah, and not a God afar off?

يَقُولُ اللهُ: «هَلْ أنا إلَهٌ قَرِيبٌ فَقَطْ، وَلَستُ إلَهاً مِنْ بَعِيدٍ؟

24 C an any hide himself in secret places, that I shall not see him? saith Jehovah. Do not I fill the heavens and the earth? saith Jehovah.

إذا اختَبَأ إنسانٌ فِي أماكِنَ مُستَتِرَةٍ، أفَلا أستَطِيعُ أنْ أراهُ؟» يَقُولُ اللهُ: «أما أملأُ السَّماواتِ وَالأرْضَ؟» يَقُولُ اللهُ.

25 I have heard what the prophets say, who prophesy falsehood in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.

«أنا أسمَعُ ما يَقُولُهُ الأنبِياءُ الَّذِينَ يَتَنَبَّأُونَ بِالكَذِبِ بِاسمِي وَيَقُولُونَ: ‹حَلُمتُ، حَلُمتُ.›

26 H ow long shall be in the heart of the prophets who prophesy falsehood, and who are prophets of the deceit of their own heart?

إلَى مَتَى سَيَستَمِرُّ هَذا فِي قُلُوبِ الأنبِياءِ الَّذِينَ يَتَنَبَّأُونَ بِالكَذِبِ وَالخِداعِ الَّذِي يَختَرِعُونَهُ؟

27 w ho think to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams which they tell every man to his neighbour: as their fathers have forgotten my name for Baal.

يُخَطِّطُونَ لِكَي يَنسانِي شَعبِي بِالأحلامِ الَّتِي يَقُصُّها بَعضُهُمْ عَلَى بَعضٍ. كَما نَسِيَ أجدادُهُمُ اسْمِيَ وَعَبَدُوا البَعلَ.

28 T he prophet that hath a dream, let him tell the dream; and he that hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat? saith Jehovah.

النَّبِيُّ الَّذِي لَدَيهِ حُلمٌ فَليَروِهِ، وَالَّذِي لَدَيهِ كَلِمَتِي فَلْيَتَكَلَّمْ بِها بِأمانَةٍ. لا يَجتَمِعُ القَشُّ مَعَ القَمحِ،» يَقُولُ اللهُ.

29 I s not my word like a fire, saith Jehovah; and like a hammer breaketh the rock in pieces?

«ألَيسَتْ كَلِمَتِي كَالنّارِ؟ وَكَمِطرَقَةٍ تُحَطِّمُ الصَّخرَ؟» يَقُولُ اللهُ.

30 T herefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith Jehovah, that steal my words every one from his neighbour.

يَقُولُ اللهُ: «لِذَلِكَ أنا ضِدُّ الأنبِياءِ الَّذِينَ يَسرِقُونَ كَلامِيَ بَعضُهُمْ مِنْ بَعْضٍ.

31 B ehold, I am against the prophets, saith Jehovah, that use their tongues, and say, He hath said.

وَيَقُولُ اللهُ: «نَعَمْ، أنا ضِدُّ الأنبِياءِ الَّذِينَ يَنسِبُونَ كَلامَهُمْ إلَى اللهِ.»

32 B ehold, I am against them that prophesy false dreams, saith Jehovah, and that tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies and by their boasting; and I have not sent them, nor commanded them; and they profit not this people at all, saith Jehovah.

وَيَقُولُ اللهُ: «أنا ضِدُّ الأنبِياءِ الَّذِينَ يَتَنَبَّأُونَ بِأحلامٍ كاذِبَةٍ. يَقُصُّونَها فَيُضِلُّونَ شَعبِي بِخِداعِهِمْ وَتَخَيُّلاتِهِمْ. وَأنا لَمْ أُرسِلْهُمْ، وَلَمْ آمُرهُمْ بِأنْ يَتَكَلَّمُوا. وَهُمْ لَمْ يَنفَعُوا هَذا الشَّعبَ بِشَيءٍ،» يَقُولُ اللهُ. رِسالَةٌ حَزِينَةٌ مِنَ الله

33 A nd when this people, or a prophet, or a priest, ask thee, saying, What is the burden of Jehovah? thou shalt then say unto them, What burden? I will even cast you off, saith Jehovah.

«فَإذا سَألَكَ أحَدُ أفرادِ الشَّعبِ أوْ نَبِيٌّ أوْ كاهِنٌ: ‹ما هُوَ حِملُ اللهِ عَلَينا؟› قُلْ لَهُمْ: ‹أنتُمُ الحِملُ، وَسَأتَخَلَّصُ مِنكُمْ!›» يَقُولُ اللهُ.

34 A nd as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people, that shall say, The burden of Jehovah, I will even punish that man and his house.

«النَّبِيُّ أوِ الكاهِنُ أوْ أحَدُ أفرادِ الشَّعبِ الَّذِي يَقُولُ: ‹هَذا حِملُ اللهِ عَلَينا،› أُعاقِبُهُ هُوَ وَبَيتَهُ.

35 T hus shall ye say every one to his neighbour, and every one to his brother: What hath Jehovah answered? and, What hath Jehovah spoken?

فَهَكَذا يَنبَغِي أنْ يَسألَ أحَدُكُمُ الآخَرَ: ‹بِمَ أجابَ اللهُ ؟› أوْ ‹ما الَّذِي قالَهُ اللهُ ؟›

36 A nd the burden of Jehovah shall ye mention no more; for every man's own word shall be his burden: for ye have perverted the words of the living God, of Jehovah of hosts, our God.

لَكِنْ لا تَقُولُوا ‹حِملُ اللهِ › فِيما بَعْدُ. لأنَّ كَلامَ كُلِّ إنْسانٍ هُوَ حِملُهُ. وَأنتُمْ تُشَوِّهُونَ كَلامَ إلَهِنا، الإلَهِ الحَيِّ القَدِيرِ.

37 T hus shalt thou say to the prophet: What hath Jehovah answered thee? and, What hath Jehovah spoken?

فَهَكَذا يَنبَغِي أنْ تَسألُوا النَّبِيِّ: ‹بِمَ أجابَكَ اللهُ ؟› أوْ ‹ما الَّذِي قالَهُ اللهُ ؟›

38 B ut since ye say, The burden of Jehovah, therefore thus saith Jehovah: Because ye say this word, The burden of Jehovah, and I have sent unto you, saying, Ye shall not say, The burden of Jehovah;

لَكِنْ إنْ قُلْتُمْ: ‹ما هُوَ حِملُ اللهِ ؟› فَهَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ: ‹لأنَّكُمُ استَخدَمتُمْ هَذا التَّعبِيرَ، ‹حِملُ اللهِ ،› وَلأنِّي أرسَلتُ لَكُمْ وَقُلْتُ: ‹لا تَسْتَخدِمُوا هَذا التَّعبِيرَ،›

39 t herefore behold, I will utterly forget you, and I will cast you off, far from my face, and the city that I gave to you and to your fathers.

لِذَلِكَ سَأُزِيلُكُمْ مِنْ أمامِي، أنتُمْ وَالمَدِينَةَ الَّتِي أعطَيتُها لَكُمْ وَلآبائِكُمْ.

40 A nd I will bring everlasting reproach upon you, and everlasting shame, that shall not be forgotten.

وَسَأجلِبُ عَلَيكُمْ عاراً أبَدِيّاً، وَخِزياً دائِماً لَنْ يُنسَى.›»