1 و َأعطانِي اللهُ هَذِهِ الرِّسالَةَ:

Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

2 « اذْهَبْ وَأعلِنْ لِسُكّانِ القُدْسِ أنَّ هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ: «‹يا قُدْسُ، أتَذَكَّرُ وَلاءَكِ الَّذِي أظهَرْتِهِ فِي شَبابِكِ، وَأتَذَكَّرُ مَحَبَّتَكِ لِي كَعَرُوسٍ. وَكَيفَ مَشَيتِ وَرائِي فِي الصَّحراءِ، فِي أرْضٍ غَيرِ مَزرُوعَةٍ.

“Go and cry in the hearing of Jerusalem, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord: “I remember you, The kindness of your youth, The love of your betrothal, When you went after Me in the wilderness, In a land not sown.

3 إ سْرائِيلُ مُخَصَّصٌ للهِ ، وَهُوَ أوَّلُ حَصادِهِ. كُلُّ مَنْ يُحاوِلُ أكلَهُ سَيُعاقَبُ، وَسَيَأتِي عَلَيهِ الشَّرُّ.›» يَقُولُ اللهُ.

Israel was holiness to the Lord, The firstfruits of His increase. All that devour him will offend; Disaster will come upon them,” says the Lord.’”

4 ا سمَعُوا كَلِمَةَ اللهِ يا نَسلَ يَعقُوبَ، وَيا جَميعَ عَشائِرِ بَيتِ إسْرائِيلَ.

Hear the word of the Lord, O house of Jacob and all the families of the house of Israel.

5 ل أنَّ هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ: «ما النَّقصُ الَّذِي وَجَدَهُ آباؤُكُمْ فِيَّ، حَتَّى إنَّهُمُ ابتَعَدُوا عَنِّي، وَذَهَبُوا وَراءَ ما لا قِيمَةَ لَهُ، فَخَسِرُوا هُمْ قِيمَتَهُمْ؟

Thus says the Lord: “What injustice have your fathers found in Me, That they have gone far from Me, Have followed idols, And have become idolaters?

6 ل َمْ يَقُولُوا: ‹أينَ اللهُ الَّذِي أخرَجَنا مِنْ أرْضِ مِصْرَ، الَّذِي قادَنا فِي البَرِّيَّةِ، فِي أرْضٍ قاحِلَةٍ وَمَلِيئَةٍ بِالوِديانِ، فِي أرْضٍ جافَّةٍ وَخَطِرَةٍ، فِي أرْضٍ مَهْجُورَةٍ، لا يَعِيشُ فِيها أحَدٌ؟›

Neither did they say, ‘Where is the Lord, Who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, Who led us through the wilderness, Through a land of deserts and pits, Through a land of drought and the shadow of death, Through a land that no one crossed And where no one dwelt?’

7 « أتَيتُ بِكُمْ إلَى أرْضٍ مُثمِرَةٍ، لِتَأكُلُوا ثَمَرَها وَخَيراتِها. لَكِنَّكُمْ دَخَلتُمْ وَنَجَّستُمْ أرْضِي، وَجَعَلْتُمُوها قَبيحَةً.

I brought you into a bountiful country, To eat its fruit and its goodness. But when you entered, you defiled My land And made My heritage an abomination.

8 « لَمْ يَقُلِ الكَهَنَةُ: ‹أينَ اللهُ ؟› وَالَّذِينَ يَعرِفُونَ الشَّرِيعَةَ لا يَعرِفُونَنِي. الرُّعاةُ أخطَأُوا ضِدِّي، وَالأنبِياءُ تَنَبَّأُوا بِاسْمِ البَعلِ، وَالباقُونَ ذَهَبُوا وَراءَ أُمُورٍ لا تَنفَعُ.»

The priests did not say, ‘Where is the Lord ?’ And those who handle the law did not know Me; The rulers also transgressed against Me; The prophets prophesied by Baal, And walked after things that do not profit.

9 ي َقُولُ اللهُ: «لِذَلِكَ سَأُحاكِمُكُمْ ثانِيَةً، وَسَأُحاكِمُ أحفادَكُمْ.

“Therefore I will yet bring charges against you,” says the Lord, “And against your children’s children I will bring charges.

10 ا ذهَبُوا إلَى جُزُرِ كِتِّيمَ لِتَرَوا، أوْ أرسِلُوا شَخصاً إلَى أرْضِ قِيدارَ لِتَعرِفُوا. وَانظُرُوا إنْ حَدَثَ هُناكَ مِثلُ هَذا.

For pass beyond the coasts of Cyprus and see, Send to Kedar and consider diligently, And see if there has been such a thing.

11 ه َلْ غَيَّرَتْ أُمَّةٌ آلِهَتَها مِنْ قَبلُ؟ مَعَ أنَّها لَيسَتْ آلِهَةً حَقِيقِيَّةً. أمّا شَعبِي فَقَدِ استَبدَلُوا مَجدِي بِما لَيسَ يَنْفَعُ.

Has a nation changed its gods, Which are not gods? But My people have changed their Glory For what does not profit.

12 ي َقُولُ اللهُ: «أيَّتُها السَّماواتُ اندَهِشِي! ارتَعِبِي وَتَمَزَّقِي،

Be astonished, O heavens, at this, And be horribly afraid; Be very desolate,” says the Lord.

13 ل أنَّ شَعبِي عَمِلَ شَرَّينِ: تَرَكُوا يُنبُوعَ المِياهِ المُنعِشَةِ، وَحَفَرُوا لأنفُسِهِمْ آباراً. لَكِنَّها آبارٌ مُشَقَّقَةٌ لا تَحتَفِظُ بِالماءِ.

“For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living waters, And hewn themselves cisterns—broken cisterns that can hold no water.

14 « هَلْ إسْرائِيلُ عَبدٌ؟ هَلْ هُوَ خادِمٌ وُلِدَ فِي البَيتِ؟ فَلِماذا صارَ غَنِيمَةَ حَربٍ؟

“ Is Israel a servant? Is he a homeborn slave? Why is he plundered?

15 ا لأُسُودُ زَمجَرَتْ عَلَيهِ. زَمجَرَتْ بِصَوتٍ عالٍ. حَوَّلَ الأعداءُ أرْضَهُ إلَى تَلَّةٍ مِنَ الخَرائِبِ. أحرَقُوا مُدُنَهُ وَلَمْ يَترُكُوا فِيها أحَداً.

The young lions roared at him, and growled; They made his land waste; His cities are burned, without inhabitant.

16 ح َتَّى شَعبُ مَمفِيسَ وَتَحفَنِيسَ سَحَقُوا تاجَ رَأسِكِ.

Also the people of Noph and Tahpanhes Have broken the crown of your head.

17 ص َنَعْتِ هَذا بِنَفسِكِ لأنَّكِ تَرَكتِ إلَهَكِ ، بَينَما كانَ يَقُودُكِ فِي الطَّرِيقِ.

Have you not brought this on yourself, In that you have forsaken the Lord your God When He led you in the way?

18 و َالآنَ، لِماذا تُرِيدِينَ السَّيرَ فِي الطَّرِيقِ إلَى مِصرَ، أَلِتَشرَبِي ماءً مِنَ النِّيلِ؟ وَلِماذا تُرِيدِينَ السَّيرَ إلَى أشُّورَ، أَلِتَشرَبِي ماءً مِنَ الفُراتِ؟

And now why take the road to Egypt, To drink the waters of Sihor? Or why take the road to Assyria, To drink the waters of the River?

19 ف َلتَتأدَّبِي بِسَبِبِ شَرِّكِ، وَلتَتَعَلَّمِي بِسَبِبِ تَمَرُّدُكِ، لِكَي تَعرِفِي وَتَرَي أنَّ تَركَكِ إلَهَكِ أمرٌ شِرِّيرٌ وَمُرٌّ. مَهابَتِي لَيسَتْ فِيكِ،» يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ الإلَهُ القَديرُ.

Your own wickedness will correct you, And your backslidings will rebuke you. Know therefore and see that it is an evil and bitter thing That you have forsaken the Lord your God, And the fear of Me is not in you,” Says the Lord God of hosts.

20 « لأنَّكِ مُنذُ القَدِيمِ كَسَرْتِ نِيرَكِ، وَنَزَعْتِ قُيُودَكِ. وَقُلْتِ: ‹لَنْ أعْبَدَهُ!› فَزَنَيتِ عَلَى كُلِّ تَلَّةٍ مُرتَفِعَةٍ، وَتَحتَ كُلِّ شَجَرَةٍ مُورِقَةٍ،

“For of old I have broken your yoke and burst your bonds; And you said, ‘I will not transgress,’ When on every high hill and under every green tree You lay down, playing the harlot.

21 و َكُنْتُ قَدْ زَرَعتُكِ مِثلَ كَرْمِ عِنَبٍ أحمَرَ جَيِّدٍ، مِنْ أحسَنِ بُذُورٍ. فَكَيفَ تَغَيَّرْتِ وَصِرْتِ رَدِيئَةً، وَكَأنَّكِ كَرمَةٌ بَرِّيَّةٌ؟

Yet I had planted you a noble vine, a seed of highest quality. How then have you turned before Me Into the degenerate plant of an alien vine?

22 ف َحَتَّى لَو اغتَسَلتِ بِالنَّطرُونِ، أوِ بِالكَثِيرِ مِنَ الصّابُونِ، فَسَتَبقى أوْساخُ آثامِكِ أمامِي،» يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ الإلَهُ.

For though you wash yourself with lye, and use much soap, Yet your iniquity is marked before Me,” says the Lord God.

23 « كَيفَ تَقُولِينَ: ‹لَستُ نَجِسَةً، وَلَمْ أذهَبْ وَراءَ البَعلِ؟› انظُرِي إلَى ما تَعمَلِينَهُ فِي الوادِي، وَاعتَرِفِي بِما عَمِلْتِ. كُنتِ مِثلَ ناقَةٍ سَرِيعَةٍ مَتَعَثِّرَةِ الخُطَى!

“How can you say, ‘I am not polluted, I have not gone after the Baals’? See your way in the valley; Know what you have done: You are a swift dromedary breaking loose in her ways,

24 م ِثلَ أتانٍ بَرِّيَّةٍ فِي القَفرِ، فَمَنْ يَستَطِيعُ ضَبطَها إذْ تَلتَهِبُ شَهوَتُها. لا يَتْعَبُ الباحِثُونَ عَنها، بَلْ يَجِدُونَها فِي مَوسِمِ التَّزاوُجِ.

A wild donkey used to the wilderness, That sniffs at the wind in her desire; In her time of mating, who can turn her away? All those who seek her will not weary themselves; In her month they will find her.

25 ق ُلْتُ لَكِ لا تَركُضِي إلَى أنْ يَبلَى حِذاؤُكِ، أوْ حَتَّى يَجِفَّ حَلقُكِ. فَقُلْتِ: ‹لا يَهُمُّنِي، قَدْ أحبَبتُ غُرَباءَ، وَسَأذْهَبُ وَراءَهُمْ.›

Withhold your foot from being unshod, and your throat from thirst. But you said, ‘There is no hope. No! For I have loved aliens, and after them I will go.’

26 « فَكَما يُخزَى لِصٌّ حِينَ يُمسَكُ، هَكَذا خَزِيَ بَنو إسْرائِيلَ، هُمْ وَمُلُوكُهُمْ وَرُؤَساؤُهُمْ وَكَهَنَتُهُمْ وَأنبِياؤُهُمْ.

“As the thief is ashamed when he is found out, So is the house of Israel ashamed; They and their kings and their princes, and their priests and their prophets,

27 ف َهُمُ الَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ لِشَجَرَةٍ: ‹أنتِ أبِي،› وَيَقُولُونَ لِصَخرَةٍ: ‹أنتِ أُمِّي.› لأنَّهُمْ أعطُونِي ظُهُورَهُمْ لا وُجُوهَهُمْ. وَفِي ضِيقهِمْ يَقُولُونَ: ‹قُمْ وَأنقِذْنا.›

Saying to a tree, ‘You are my father,’ And to a stone, ‘You gave birth to me.’ For they have turned their back to Me, and not their face. But in the time of their trouble They will say, ‘Arise and save us.’

28 أ ينَ آلِهَتُكَ الَّتِي صَنَعْتَها لِنَفسِكَ؟ لِيَقُومُوا وَيُخَلِّصُوكَ فِي وَقتِ الضِّيقِ. لأنَّ عَدَدَ آلِهَتِكَ بِعَدَدِ مُدُنِكَ يا يَهُوذا.

But where are your gods that you have made for yourselves? Let them arise, If they can save you in the time of your trouble; For according to the number of your cities Are your gods, O Judah.

29 « لِماذا تُجادِلُونَنِي؟ كُلُّكُمْ تَمَرَّدْتُمْ عَلَيَّ،» يَقُولُ اللهُ.

“Why will you plead with Me? You all have transgressed against Me,” says the Lord.

30 « ضَرَبتُ أولادَكُمْ، لَكِنَّ هَذا لَمْ يَنْفَعْ، لأنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَتَعَلَّمُوا مِنْ تَأدِيبِي. وَكَأسَدٍ مُهتاجٍ، قَتَلتُمْ أنبِياءَكُمْ بَسُيُوفِكُمْ.»

“In vain I have chastened your children; They received no correction. Your sword has devoured your prophets Like a destroying lion.

31 ي ا أبناءَ هَذا الجِيلِ، انتَبِهُوا إلَى ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ لَكُمْ: «هَلْ أنا كالصَحراءِ بالنِّسبَةِ إلَى بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ؟ هَلْ أنا كَأرْضٍ مُظلِمَةٍ؟ فَلِماذا يَقُولُ شَعبِي: ‹سَنَجُولَ كَما نَشاءُ، وَلَنْ نَأتِيَ إلَيكَ ثانِيَةً›؟

“O generation, see the word of the Lord! Have I been a wilderness to Israel, Or a land of darkness? Why do My people say, ‘We are lords; We will come no more to You’?

32 ه َلْ تَنسَى العَذراءُ زِينَتَها؟ أوِ العَرُوسُ ثِيابَ الزِّفافِ؟ وَلَكِنَّ شَعبِي نَسِيَنِي أيّاماً كَثيرَةً!

Can a virgin forget her ornaments, Or a bride her attire? Yet My people have forgotten Me days without number.

33 « ما أمْهَرَكِ فِي اكْتِشافِ الطَّرِيقِ نَحوَ مُحِبِّيكِ! بَلْ عَلَّمْتِ الشِّرِّيراتِ طُرُقَكِ!

“Why do you beautify your way to seek love? Therefore you have also taught The wicked women your ways.

34 ع َلَى كَفَّيكِ دَمٌ، إنَّهُ حَياةُ المَساكِينِ الأبرِياءِ. لَمْ تَجِدِيهِمْ يَسرِقُونَ بَيتَكِ، بَلْ قَتَلتِهِمْ بِلا سَبَبٍ.

Also on your skirts is found The blood of the lives of the poor innocents. I have not found it by secret search, But plainly on all these things.

35 و َقُلْتِ: ‹إنِّي بَرِيئَةٌ!› ها إنَّنِي سَآتِي بِكِ إلَى المُحاكَمَةِ. لأنَّكِ قُلْتِ: ‹لَمْ أُخطِئْ.›

Yet you say, ‘Because I am innocent, Surely His anger shall turn from me.’ Behold, I will plead My case against you, Because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’

36 ت َتَسَكَّعِينَ بِاستِخفافٍ. سَتَخِيبُ آمالُكِ فِي مِصْرَ، كَما خابَتْ فِي أشُّورَ.

Why do you gad about so much to change your way? Also you shall be ashamed of Egypt as you were ashamed of Assyria.

37 س َتَخرُجِينَ مِنْ مِصرَ وَيَداكِ فَوقَ رَأسِكِ. لأنَّ اللهَ قَدْ رَفَضَ تِلكَ الأُمَمَ الَّتِي وَثِقْتِ بِها، وَلَنْ تَنجَحِي حِينَ يُساعِدُونَكِ.

Indeed you will go forth from him With your hands on your head; For the Lord has rejected your trusted allies, And you will not prosper by them.