1 و َكَلَّمَنِي اللهُ بِهَذِهِ الرِّسالَةِ:

The word of the Lord also came to me, saying,

2 « لا تَتَزَوَّجْ، وَلا يَكُنْ لَكَ أولادٌ وَبَناتٌ فِي هَذا المَكانِ.»

“You shall not take a wife, nor shall you have sons or daughters in this place.”

3 ل أنَّ هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ عَنِ الأولادِ وَالبَناتِ الَّذِينَ يُولَدُونَ فِي هَذا المَكانِ، وَعَنْ أُمَّهاتِهِمِ اللَّواتِي يَحمِلْنَهُمْ فِي بُطُونِهِنَّ، وَعَنْ آبائِهِمِ الَّذِينَ يَلِدُونَهُمْ فِي هَذِهِ الأرْضِ:

For thus says the Lord concerning the sons and daughters who are born in this place, and concerning their mothers who bore them and their fathers who begot them in this land:

4 « سَيَمُوتُونَ بِأمراضٍ كَثِيرَةٍ. وَلَنْ يَنُوحَ عَلَيهِمْ أوْ يَدفِنَهُمْ أحَدٌ. سَيَصِيرُونَ كَالرَّوثِ عَلَى سَطحِ الأرْضِ، وَسَيَمُوتُونَ فِي الحَربِ وَالمَجاعَةِ. سَتَكُونُ أجسادُهُمْ طَعاماً لِطُيُورِ السَّماءِ، وَللحَيواناتِ البَرِّيَةِ.»

“They shall die gruesome deaths; they shall not be lamented nor shall they be buried, but they shall be like refuse on the face of the earth. They shall be consumed by the sword and by famine, and their corpses shall be meat for the birds of heaven and for the beasts of the earth.”

5 ل أنَّ هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ: «لا تَدخُلْ بَيتَ الجَنازَةِ، وَلا تَذهَبْ إلَى بَيتِ النَّوحِ. لا تَحزَنْ لأجلِهِمْ، لأنِّي نَزَعتُ سَلامِي وَمَحَبَّتِي وَرَحمَتِي مِنْ هَذا الشَّعبِ،» يَقُولُ اللهُ.

For thus says the Lord: “Do not enter the house of mourning, nor go to lament or bemoan them; for I have taken away My peace from this people,” says the Lord, “lovingkindness and mercies.

6 « سَيَمُوتُ العُظَماءُ وَالصِّغارُ فِي هَذِهِ الأرْضِ. لَنْ يُدفَنُوا وَلَنْ يَنُوحَ أحَدٌ عَلَيهِمْ. لَنْ يُجَرِّحَ أحَدٌ نَفسَهُ أوْ يَحلِقَ شَعرَهُ حُزْناً عَلَيهِمْ.

Both the great and the small shall die in this land. They shall not be buried; neither shall men lament for them, cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them.

7 ل َنْ يُشارِكَ النّاسُ الطَّعامَ مَعَهُمْ فِي حُزنِهِمْ لِلتَّعاطُفِ مَعَهُمْ عَلَى مَنْ ماتَ، وَلَنْ يُقَدِّمَ النّاسُ لَهُمْ ماءً لِيُعَزُّوهُمْ عَنْ مَوتِ أبِيهِمْ وَأُمِّهِمْ.

Nor shall men break bread in mourning for them, to comfort them for the dead; nor shall men give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or their mother.

8 « لا تَدخُلْ يا إرْمِيا إلَى مَكانِ الاحتِفالِ لِتَجلِسَ مَعَ الَّذِينَ هُناكَ لِتَأكُلَ وَتَشرَبَ مَعَهُمْ.

Also you shall not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and drink.”

9 ل أنَّ هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ، إلَهُ إسْرائِيلَ: فِي فَترَةِ حَياتِكُمْ، سَأُزِيلُ مِنْ هَذا المَكانِ صَوتَ الغِناءِ وَصَوتَ الاحتِفالاتِ وَصَوتَ الفَرَحِ فِي الأعْراسِ.

For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “Behold, I will cause to cease from this place, before your eyes and in your days, the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride.

10 « وَعِندَما تُخبِرُ هَذا الشَّعبَ بِهَذِهِ الكَلِماتِ سَيَقُولُونَ لَكَ: ‹لِماذا أعلَنَ اللهُ أنَّ هَذا الشَّرَّ العَظيمَ سَيُصيبَنا؟ ما هُوَ إثمُنا؟ وَما هِيَ الخَطِيَّةُ الَّتِي ارتَكَبْناها تُجاهَ إلَهِنا ؟›

“And it shall be, when you show this people all these words, and they say to you, ‘Why has the Lord pronounced all this great disaster against us? Or what is our iniquity? Or what is our sin that we have committed against the Lord our God?’

11 ت َقُولُ لَهُمْ: ‹لأنَّ آباءَكُمْ تَرَكُونِي، يَقُولُ اللهُ. سارُوا وَراءَ آلِهَةٍ أُخْرَى، خَدَمُوها وَعَبَدُوها، وَتَرَكُونِي، وَلَمْ يَحفَظُوا شَرِيعَتِي.

then you shall say to them, ‘Because your fathers have forsaken Me,’ says the Lord; ‘they have walked after other gods and have served them and worshiped them, and have forsaken Me and not kept My law.

12 و َأنتُمْ عَمِلتُمْ شَرّاً أكثَرَ مِنْ آبائِكُمْ، وَكُلُّ واحِدٍ مِنكُمْ يَتبَعُ قَلبَهُ الشِّرِّيرَ بِعِنادٍ بَدَلاً مِنَ الاستِماعِ لِي.

And you have done worse than your fathers, for behold, each one follows the dictates of his own evil heart, so that no one listens to Me.

13 ل ِذَلِكَ سَأرمِيكُمْ خارِجَ هَذِهِ الأرْضِ إلَى أرْضٍ غَريبَةٍ عَلَيكُمْ وَعَلَى آبائِكُمْ. وَسَتَخدِمُونَ آلِهَةً أُخْرَى هُناكَ لَيلاً وَنَهاراً، لأنِّي لَنْ أرحَمَكُمْ.›»

Therefore I will cast you out of this land into a land that you do not know, neither you nor your fathers; and there you shall serve other gods day and night, where I will not show you favor.’ God Will Restore Israel

14 « لِذَلِكَ سَتَأتِي أيّامٌ، يَقُولُ اللهُ ، حِينَ لا يَعُودُ النّاسُ يَقُولُونَ: ‹أُقسِمُ بِاللهِ الحَيِّ الَّذِي أصعَدَ إسْرائِيلَ مِنْ أرْضِ مِصرَ.›

“Therefore behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord, “that it shall no more be said, ‘The Lord lives who brought up the children of Israel from the land of Egypt,’

15 ب َلْ سَيَقُولُونَ: ‹أُقسِمُ بِاللهِ الحَيِّ الَّذِي أخرَجَ إسْرائِيلَ مِنْ أرْضِ الشَّمالِ، مِنْ كُلِّ الأماكِنِ الَّتِي طَرَدَهُمْ إلَيها.› وَسَأُعِيدُهُمْ إلَى الأرْضِ الَّتِي أعطَيتُها لآبائِهِمْ.»

but, ‘The Lord lives who brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north and from all the lands where He had driven them.’ For I will bring them back into their land which I gave to their fathers.

16 ي َقُولُ اللهُ: «سَأُرسِلُ صَيّادِينَ كَثِيرِينَ، فَسَيَصطادُونَهُمْ. وَبَعدَ ذَلِكَ سَأُرسِلُ قانِصِينَ كَثِيرِينَ وَسَيَصطادُونَكُمْ عَلَى كُلِّ تَلَّةٍ وَفِي كُلِّ شَقٍّ فِي الصُّخُورِ،

“Behold, I will send for many fishermen,” says the Lord, “and they shall fish them; and afterward I will send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain and every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks.

17 ل أنِّي أُراقِبُ لأرَى كَيفَ يَتَصَرَّفُونَ. طُرُقُهُمْ لَيسَتْ مَستُورَةً عَنِّي، وَإثمُهُمْ لَيسَ مَخفِيّاً عَنْ عَينَيَّ.

For My eyes are on all their ways; they are not hidden from My face, nor is their iniquity hidden from My eyes.

18 س َأُعاقِبُهُمْ عَلَى إثمِهِمْ وَخَطِيَّتِهِمْ عِقاباً مُضاعَفاً. فقَدْ نَجَّسُوا أرْضِي بِأصنامِهِمِ القَذِرَةِ، وَمَلأُوا مِيراثِي بِمَفاسِدِهِم.»

And first I will repay double for their iniquity and their sin, because they have defiled My land; they have filled My inheritance with the carcasses of their detestable and abominable idols.”

19 ي ا اللهُ ، قُوَّتِي وَحِصنِي، وَمَلْجَأِي فِي وَقتِ الضِّيقِ. سَتَأتِي الأُمَمُ إلَيكَ مِنْ أقاصِي الأرْضِ، وَيَقُولُونَ: «آباؤُنا وَرَثُوا هَذِهِ الأوَثانِ التّافِهَةَ وَغَيرَ النّافِعَةِ.»

O Lord, my strength and my fortress, My refuge in the day of affliction, The Gentiles shall come to You From the ends of the earth and say, “Surely our fathers have inherited lies, Worthlessness and unprofitable things. ”

20 ه َلْ يَصنَعُ الإنسانُ آلِهَةً لِنَفسِهِ، وَلَكِنَّها لَيسَتْ آلِهَةٌ؟

Will a man make gods for himself, Which are not gods?

21 « لِذَلِكَ سَأُعَلِّمُهُمْ فِي ذَلِكَ الوَقتِ. وَسَأُعلِنُ لَهُمْ عَنْ قُوَّتِي وَقُدرَتِي، وَسَيَعرِفُونَ أنَّ اسْمِي هُوَ يهوه.»

“Therefore behold, I will this once cause them to know, I will cause them to know My hand and My might; And they shall know that My name is the Lord.