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

فِي بِدايَةِ حُكمِ يَهُوياقِيمَ بْنِ يُوشِيّا مَلِكِ يَهُوذا، جاءَتْ كَلِمَةُ اللهِ إلَيَّ.

2 T hus saith Jehovah: Stand in the court of Jehovah's house, and speak unto all the cities of Judah, which come to worship in Jehovah's house, all the words that I command thee to speak unto them: diminish not a word.

هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ: «قِفْ فِي ساحَةِ بَيتِ اللهِ ، وَتَكَلَّمْ إلَى سُكّانِ مُدُنِ يَهُوذا القَادِمِينَ لِيَسجُدُوا فِي بَيتِ اللهِ. تَكَلَّمْ إلَيْهِمْ بِكُلِّ الكَلامِ الَّذِي أوصَيتُكَ بِأنْ تَقُولَهُ لَهُمْ، وَلا تُنقِصْ كَلِمَةً مِنهُ.

3 P eradventure they will hearken, and turn every man from his evil way, that I may repent me of the evil which I purpose to do unto them because of the wickedness of their doings.

فَرُبَّما يَسمَعُونَ، وَيَتُوبُونَ عَنْ طَرِيقِهِمُ الشِّرِّيرِ. حينَئِذٍ، سَأتَراجَعُ عَنِ الدَّمارِ الَّذِي كُنْتُ سَأُنِزِلُهُ بِهِمْ بِسَبَبِ شَرِّ أعمالِهِمْ.

4 A nd thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah: If ye will not hearken unto me, to walk in my law, which I have set before you,

«قُلْ لَهُمْ، هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ: ‹إنْ لَمْ تَسمَعُوا لِي وَتَسلُكُوا بِحَسَبِ شَرِيعَتِي الَّتِي وَضَعتُها أمامَكُمْ،

5 t o hearken unto the words of my servants the prophets, whom I have sent unto you, even rising early and sending, but ye have not hearkened,

لِتَستَمِعُوا إلَى كَلامِ خُدّامِي الأنبِياءِ، الَّذِينَ أرسَلتُهُمْ إلَيكُمْ بِإلحاحٍ، فَلَمْ تَستَمِعُوا لَهُمْ –

6 — then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.

فَإنِّي سَأجعَلُ هَذا الهَيكَلَ كَشِيلُوهَ. وَسَأُحَوِّلُ هَذِهِ المَدِينَةَ إلَى لَعنَةٍ لِكُلِّ أُمَمِ الأرْضِ.›»

7 A nd the priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of Jehovah.

فَسَمِعَ الكَهَنَةُ وَالأنبِياءُ وَكُلُّ الشَّعبِ إرمِيا وَهُوَ يَتَكَلَّمُ بِهَذا الكَلامِ فِي بَيتِ اللهِ.

8 A nd it came to pass when Jeremiah had ended speaking all that Jehovah had commanded to speak unto all the people, that the priests and the prophets and all the people seized him, saying, Thou shalt certainly die.

وَعِندَما أنهَى إرمِيا كَلامَهُ عَنْ كُلِّ شَيءٍ أمَرَهُ اللهُ بِقَولِهِ لِكُلِّ الشَّعبِ، قَبَضَ الكَهَنَةُ وَالأنبِياءُ وَكُلُّ الشَّعبِ عَلَيهِ، وَقالُوا لَهُ: «يَنْبَغِي أنْ تَمُوتَ.

9 W hy hast thou prophesied in the name of Jehovah, saying, This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate, without inhabitant? And all the people were gathered against Jeremiah in the house of Jehovah.

فَلِماذا تَتَنَبَّأُ بِاسْمِ اللهِ وَتَقُولُ: ‹هَذا البَيتُ سَيَكُونُ مِثلَ شِيلُوهَ، وَسُكّانُ هَذِهِ المَدِينَةِ سَيَفنُونَ؟›» وَاجتَمَعَ كُلُّ الشَّعبِ حَولَ إرمِيا فِي هَيْكَلِ اللهِ.

10 A nd the princes of Judah heard these things; and they went up from the king's house unto the house of Jehovah, and sat in the entry of the new gate of Jehovah.

وَسَمِعَ رُؤَساءُ يَهُوذا هَذا الكَلامَ، فَصَعِدُوا مِنَ القَصرِ إلَى بَيتِ اللهِ وَجَلَسُوا فِي مَدخَلِ البَوّابَةِ الجَدِيدَةِ فِي بَيتِ اللهِ.

11 A nd the priests and the prophets spoke unto the princes and to all the people, saying, This man is worthy to die, for he hath prophesied against this city, as ye have heard with your ears.

فَقالَ الكَهَنَةُ وَالأنبِياءُ لِلرُّؤَساءِ وَكُلِّ الشَّعبِ: «يَنْبَغِي أنْ يُحكَمَ عَلَى هَذا الرَّجُلِ بِالمَوْتِ لأنَّهُ تَنَبَّأ ضِدَّ هَذِهِ المَدِينَةِ كَما سَمِعْتُمْ بِآذانِكُمْ.»

12 A nd Jeremiah spoke to all the princes and to all the people, saying, Jehovah sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that ye have heard.

فَقالَ إرمِيا لِكُلِّ الرُّؤَساءِ وَلِكُلِّ الشَّعبِ: «أرسَلَنِي اللهُ لأتَنَبَّأ عَلَى هَذا البَيتِ وَعَلَى هَذِهِ المَدِينَةِ بِكُلَّ الكَلامِ الَّذِي سَمِعْتُمُوهُ.

13 A nd now, amend your ways and your doings, and hearken to the voice of Jehovah your God; and Jehovah will repent him of the evil that he hath pronounced against you.

وَالآنَ، أصلِحُوا طُرُقَكُمْ وَأعمالَكُمْ وَأطِيعُوا صَوتَ إلَهِكُمْ. حِينَئِذٍ، يَتَراجَعُ اللهُ عَنِ الدَّمارِ الَّذِي كانَ سَيُنِزِلُهُ بِكُمْ.

14 B ut as for me, behold, I am in your hand; do unto me as seemeth good and right in your eyes:

أمّا أنا فَفِي أيدِيكُمْ. افعَلُوا بِي ما يَحسُنُ فِي عُيُونِكُمْ.

15 o nly know for certain that if ye put me to death, ye shall surely bring innocent blood upon yourselves, and upon this city, and upon the inhabitants thereof; for of a truth Jehovah hath sent me unto you to speak all these words in your ears.

وَلَكِنْ يَنْبَغِي أنْ تَعلَمُوا بِأنَّكُمْ إنْ قَتَلتُمُونِي، فَإنَّكُمْ تَضَعُونَ ذَنبَ دَمٍ بَرِيءٍ عَلَيكُمْ وَعَلَى هَذِهِ المَدِينَةِ وَعَلَى سُكّانِها. لأنَّ اللهَ قَدْ أرسَلَنِي إلَيكُمْ لأتَكَلَّمَ بِهَذا الكَلامِ فِي مَسامِعِكُمْ.»

16 A nd the princes and all the people said unto the priests and to the prophets, This man is not worthy to die; for he hath spoken to us in the name of Jehovah our God.

فَقالَ الرُّؤَساءُ وَكُلُّ الشَّعبِ لِلكَهَنَةِ وَالأنبِياءِ: «لا يَنْبَغِي أنْ يُحكَمَ عَلَى هَذا الرَّجُلِ بِالمَوْتِ، لأنَّهُ تَكَلَّمَ إلَينا بِاسْمِ إلَهِنا.»

17 A nd there rose up certain of the elders of the land and spoke to all the congregation of the people, saying,

وَوَقَفَ رِجالٌ مِنْ شُيُوخِ الأرْضِ وَقالُوا لِكُلِّ جَماعَةِ الشَّعبِ:

18 M icah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spoke to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Zion shall be ploughed a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.

«كانَ مِيخا المُورِشتِيُّ يَتَنَبَّأُ فِي أيّامِ حَزَقِيّا، مَلِكِ يَهُوذا، وَقالَ لِبَنِي يَهُوذا: ‹هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ: ‹سَتَكُونُ صِهْيَوْنُ حَقلاً مَحرُوثاً، وَالقُدسُ كَومَةَ خَرابٍ، وَجَبَلُ الهَيكَلِ تَلَّةً تَنبُتُ فِيها الشُّجَيراتُ.›

19 D id Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him at all to death? Did he not fear Jehovah, and supplicate Jehovah, and Jehovah repented him of the evil that he had pronounced against them? And we should be doing a great evil against our souls.

فَهَلْ قَتَلَهُ حَزَقِيّا مَلِكُ يَهُوذا، أوْ بَنُو يَهُوذا؟ ألَمْ يَخَفْ حَزَقِيّا اللهَ وَطَلَبَ رَحمَةَ اللهِ ؟ ألَمْ يَتَراجَعِ اللهُ عَنِ الدَّمارِ الَّذِي كانَ سَيُنِزِلُهُ بِهِمْ؟ أمّا نَحنُ، فَنُوشِكُ أنْ نَأتِيَ بِكارِثَةٍ عَلَى أنفُسِنا.»

20 A nd there was also a man that prophesied in the name of Jehovah, Urijah the son of Shemaiah of Kirjath-jearim: and he prophesied against this city and against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah;

وَكانَ هُناكَ رَجُلٌ آخَرُ تَنَبَّأ بِاسْمِ اللهِ ، اسْمُهُ أُورِيّا بْنُ شِمْعِيا مِنْ قِرْياتِ يَعارِيمَ. وَقَدْ تَنَبَّأ ضِدَّ هَذِهِ المَدِينَةِ وَهَذِهِ الأرْضِ وَقالَ ما قالَهُ إرْمِيا.

21 a nd Jehoiakim the king, and all his mighty men, and all the princes, heard his words, and the king sought to put him to death; but Urijah heard it, and he was afraid, and fled, and went into Egypt.

وَقَدْ سَمِعَهُ المَلِكُ يَهُوياقِيمُ وَكُلُّ جُنُودِهِ وَكُلُّ رُؤَسائِهِ، وَسَعَى المَلِكُ لِقَتلِهِ. فَسَمِعَ أُورِيّا هَذا الأمرَ، فَخافَ وَهَرَبَ إلَى مِصرَ.

22 A nd Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, Elnathan the son of Achbor, and men with him, into Egypt;

فَأرسَلَ المَلِكُ يَهُوياقِيمُ ألْناثانَ بْنَ عَكْبُورَ وَمَعَهُ بَعضُ الرِّجالِ إلَى مِصرَ.

23 a nd they fetched forth Urijah out of Egypt, and brought him to Jehoiakim the king; and he slew him with the sword, and cast his dead body into the graves of the children of the people.

فَأحضَرُوا أُورِّيا مِنْ مِصْرَ إلَى المَلِكِ يَهُوياقِيمَ. فَقَطَعَ رَأسَهُ بِالسَّيفِ وَطَرَحَ جُثَّتَهُ إلَى مَقبَرَةِ العامَّةِ.»

24 — Nevertheless the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, that they should not give him into the hand of the people to put him to death.

أمّا أخِيقامُ بْنُ شافانَ فَحَمَى إرْمِيا، وَحالَ دُونَ تَسلِيمِ إرْمِيا لِقادَةِ الشَّعبِ لِيَقتُلُوهُ.