1 ه َذِهِ هِيَ الرِّسالَةُ الَّتِي أعطاها اللهُ لإرْمِيا:

The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord:

2 « اسْمَعْ كَلِماتِ هَذا العَهدِ. وَتَكَلَّمْ إلَى رِجالِ يَهُوذا وَسُكّانِ القُدْسِ.

Hear the words of this covenant or solemn pledge, and speak to the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

3 ق ُلْ لَهُمْ: ‹هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ إلَهُ إسْرائِيلَ: مَلعُونٌ الرَّجُلُ الَّذِي لا يَستَمِعُ إلَى كَلِماتِ هَذا العَهدِ،

Say to them, Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Cursed is the man who does not heed the words of this covenant or solemn pledge

4 ا لَّتِي أمَرْتُ بِها آباءَكُمْ عِندَما أخرْجتُهُمْ مِنْ أرْضِ مِصرَ، مِنْ فُرْنِ صَهْرِ الحَدِيدِ.› قُلْتُ لَهُمْ: ‹أطِيعُونِي وَاعْمَلُوا هَذِهِ الأُمُورَ الَّتِي آمُرُكُمْ بِعَمَلِها. حِينَئِذٍ، تَكُونُونَ شَعبِيَ وَأنا أكُونُ إلَهَكُمْ.›

Which I commanded your fathers at the time that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, Listen to My voice and do according to all that I command you. So will you be My people, and I will be your God,

5 ه َكَذا أُتَمِّمُ الوَعدَ الَّذِي أقسَمْتُ بِحِفظِهِ وَتَحقِيقِهِ لآبائِهِمْ، بِأنْ أعْطِيَهُمْ أرْضاً تَفيضُ لَبَناً وَعَسَلاً، كَما هُوَ اليَومُ.» فَقُلْتُ: «آمِينُ، يا اللهُ.»

That I may perform the oath which I swore to your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day. Then I answered, Amen (so be it), O Lord.

6 ث ُمَّ قالَ اللهُ لِي: «نادِ بِهَذِهِ الكَلِماتِ فِي مُدُنِ يَهُوذا وَفِي شَوارِعِ القُدْسِ: ‹اسْمَعُوا كَلِماتِ هَذا العَهدِ وَاعْمَلُوا بِها.

And the Lord said to me, Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem: Hear the words of this covenant or solemn pledge and do them.

7 ل أنَّنِي حَذَّرْتُ آباءَكُمْ يَومَ أخرَجْتُهُمْ مِنْ أرْضِ مِصرَ. حَذَّرْتُهُمْ مَرَّةً بَعدَ مّرَّةٍ إلَى هَذا اليَومِ، لِكَي يُطِيعُونِي،

For I earnestly protested to and warned your fathers at the time that I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, even to this day, protesting to and warning them persistently, saying, Obey My voice.

8 و َلَكِنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَستَمِعُوا وَلَمْ يَفتَحُوا آذانَهُمْ، بَلْ سارَ كُلُّ واحِدٍ مِنهُمْ فِي عِنادِ رَغَباتِهِ الشِّرِّيرَةِ. فَأتَيتُ بِكُلِّ الأُمُورِ المَذكُورَةِ فِي هَذا العَهدِ عَلَيهِمْ، الَّذِي أمَرْتُهُمْ بِحِفظِهِ، وَلَكِنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَحفَظُوهُ.›»

Yet they did not obey or incline their ear, but everyone walked in the stubbornness of his own evil heart. Therefore I brought upon them all the words of this covenant or solemn pledge, which I had commanded, but they did not do.

9 و َقالَ اللهُ لِي: «اكتُشِفَتْ مُؤامَرَةٌ بَينَ رِجالِ يَهُوذا وَسُكّانِ مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ.

And the Lord said to me, A conspiracy is found among the men of Judah and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

10 إ نَّهُمْ يُكَرِّرُونَ الشُّرُورَ الَّتِي ارْتَكَبَها آباؤُكُمْ. رَفَضُوا الاسْتِماعَ إلَى كَلامِي. تَبِعُوا آلِهَةً أُخْرَى لِيَعبُدُوها. بَنو إسْرائِيلَ وَبَنُو يَهُوذا كَسَرُوا العَهدَ الَّذِي قَطَعْتُهُ مَعَ آبائِهِمْ.»

They have turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, who refused to hear My words; they have gone after other gods to serve them. The house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken My covenant or solemn pledge which I made with their fathers.

11 ل ِذَلِكَ هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ: «سَآتِي بِعِقابٍ عَلَيهِمْ لَنْ يَستَطِيعُوا الهُرُوبَ مِنهُ. سَيَصرُخُونَ إلَيَّ، وَلَكِنِّي لَنْ أستَمِعَ لَهُمْ.

Therefore thus says the Lord: Behold, I am bringing evil and calamity upon them which they will not be able to escape; though they cry to Me, I will not listen to them.

12 ح ِينَئِذٍ، سَيَذهَبُ سُكّانُ مُدُنِ يَهُوذا وَالسّاكِنُونَ فِي مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ وَيَصرُخُونَ إلَى الآلِهَةِ الَّتِي كانُوا يُبَخِّرُونَ لَها، لَكِنَّها لَنْ تُنقِذَهُمْ فِي وَقتِ مُعاناتِهِمْ.

Then the cities of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem will go and cry out to the gods to whom they offer incense, but they cannot save them at all in the time of their evil trouble.

13 « يا يَهُوذا، كُلُّ هَذا بِسَبَبِ وُجُودِ إلَهٍ لِكُلِّ مَدِينَةٍ، وَلأنَّ لَدَيكُمْ مَذبَحاً لِكُلِّ شارِعٍ فِي مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ تُستَخدَمُ لِلأصنامِ المُخزِيَةِ وَلإحراقِ بَخُورٍ لِلبَعلِ.

For the number of your cities are your gods, O Judah; and the number of the streets of Jerusalem are the altars you have set up to the shameful thing, even altars to burn incense to Baal.

14 « أمّا أنتَ يا إرْمِيا، فَلا تُصَلِّ لأجلِ هَذا الشَّعبِ، وَلا تَرفَعْ لأجلِهِمْ دُعاءً أوْ صَلاةً. وَلَنْ أسْمَعَ لَهُمْ عِندَما يَدْعُونَنَي وَقْتَ ضِيقِهِمْ.

Therefore do not pray for this people or lift up a cry or prayer for them, for I will not listen when they cry out to Me in the time of their evil trouble.

15 « أيُّ حَقٍّ لِمَحبُوبَتِي يَهُوذا فِي هَيكَلِي، بَينَما تَعْمَلُ أعمالَها الدَّنيئَةَ؟ هَلْ يُمكِنُ لِلعُجُولِ المُسَمَّنَةِ وَلَحْمِ الأضاحِي أنْ تُبعِدَ العِقابَ عَنكِ، لِكَي تَفرَحِي بِما أنتِ فِيهِ؟»

What right has My beloved in My house when she has wrought lewdness and done treacherously many times? Can vows and the holy flesh remove from you your wickedness and avert your calamity? Can you by these rejoice exultantly?

16 ق َدْ دَعاكِ اللهُ يَوماً «شَجَرَةَ زَيتُونٍ مُورِقَةً، جَمِيلَةً، طَيِّبَةَ الثَّمَرِ.» لَكِنْ بِصَوتِ ضَجَّةِ عاصِفَةٍ عَظِيمَةٍ سَيُشعِلُ النّارَ فِيها. وَسَتَحتَرِقُ أغصانُها.

The Lord called a green olive tree, fair and of good fruit; but with the roar of a great tempest He will set fire to it, and its branches will be consumed.

17 ا للهُ القَدِيرُ الَّذِي غَرَسَكِ، أعلَنَ مَجِيءَ المُعاناةِ عَلَيكِ، بِسَبَبِ الشَّرِّ الَّذِي عَمِلَهُ بَنو إسْرائِيلَ وَيَهُوذا حِينَ قالَ: «هُمْ مَنْ أتُوا بِهَذِهِ المُعاناةِ عَلَى أنفُسِهِمْ، إذْ أسخَطُونِي بِتَقدِماتِهِم لِلبَعلِ.» خِطَطٌ شِرِّيرَةٌ عَلَى إرْمِيا

For the Lord of hosts, Who planted you, has pronounced evil and calamity against you because of the evil which the house of Israel and the house of Judah have done against themselves in provoking Me to anger by offering incense to Baal.

18 ع َرَّفَنِي اللهُ فَعَرَفتُ، وَجَعَلَنِي أرَى أعمالَهُمْ.

And the Lord gave me knowledge of it, and I knew it; then You showed me their doings.

19 ك ُنتُ كَخَرُوفٍ داجِنٍ يُقادُ إلَى الذَّبحِ، وَلَمْ أكُنْ أعرِفُ أنَّهُمْ تَآمَرُوا ضِدِّي، قالُوا: «لِنُهلِكِ الشَّجَرَةَ مَعَ ثَمَرِها، وَلنَقطَعْ إرمِيا مِنْ أرْضِ الأحياءِ، حَتَّى لا يَعُودَ اسْمُهُ يُذكَرُ فِيما بَعْدُ.»

But I was like a tame lamb that is brought to the slaughter; I did not know that they had devised inventions and schemes against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with its fruit; let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.

20 ل َكِنْ أيُّها الإلَهُ القَدِيرُ القاضِي العادِلُ، كاشِفُ القُلُوبِ وَالأفكارِ. أرِنِي انتِقامَكَ مِنهُمْ. لأنِّي سَلَّمتُكَ قَضِيَّتِي.

But, O Lord of hosts, Who judges rightly and justly, Who tests the heart and the mind, let me see Your vengeance on them, for to You I have revealed and committed my cause.

21 ل ِذَلِكَ هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ فِي رِجالِ عَناثُوثَ: «إنَّهُمْ يُحاوِلُونَ قَتلَكَ وَيَقُولُونَ: ‹إنْ تَوَقَّفْتَ عَنِ التَّنَبُّؤِ بِاسْمِ اللهِ ، لَنْ نَقتُلَكَ.›

Therefore thus says the Lord about the men of Anathoth, who seek your life and say, Prophesy not in the name of the Lord, that you die not by our hands—

22 ي َقُولُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ: ها إنِّي سَأُعاقِبُهُمْ، فَيَمُوتُ الشَّبابُ فِي المَعرَكَةِ، وَأولادُهُمْ وَبَناتُهُمْ سَيَمُوتُونَ مِنَ الجُوعِ.

Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts: Behold, I will punish them. Their young men will die by the sword, their sons and their daughters will die by famine;

23 ل َنْ يَكُونَ لَهُمْ ناجُونَ، لأنِّي سَآتِي بِالشَّرِّ عَلَى رِجالِ عَناثُوثَ عِندَما أُعاقِبُهُمْ.»

And there will be no remnant left, for I will bring evil and calamity upon the men of Anathoth in the year of their punishment.