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

Woe unto the shepherds that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith Jehovah.

2 ل ِذَلِكَ 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.

Therefore thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, against 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.

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

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

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

And I will set up shepherds over them, who shall feed them; and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall any be lacking, saith Jehovah.

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

Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.

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

In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely; and this is his name whereby he shall be called: Jehovah our righteousness.

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

Therefore, behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that they shall no more say, As Jehovah liveth, who brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;

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

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

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

Concerning 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 his holy words.

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

For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourneth; the pastures of the wilderness are dried up. And their course is evil, and their might is not right;

11 ي َقُولُ اللهُ: «الأنبِياءُ وَالكَهَنَةُ نَجَّسُوا الأرْضَ، وَحَتَّى فِي هَيكَلِي وَجَدتُ شَرَّهُمْ.

for both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have I found their wickedness, saith Jehovah.

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

Wherefore 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, even the year of their visitation, saith Jehovah.

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

And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied by Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.

14 و َرَأيتُ 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.»

In the prophets of Jerusalem also I have seen a horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies; and they strengthen the hands of evil-doers, so that none doth return from his wickedness: they are all of them become unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.

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

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

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

Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they teach you vanity; they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of Jehovah.

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

They say continually unto them that despise me, Jehovah hath said, Ye shall have peace; and unto every one that walketh in the stubbornness of his own heart they say, No evil shall come upon you.

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

For who hath stood in the council of Jehovah, that he should perceive and hear his word? who hath marked my word, and heard it?

19 ف َها هِيَ عاصِفَةُ اللهِ ، غَضَبُهُ يَخرُجُ كَإعْصارٍ يَثُورُ عَلَى رَأسِ الأشرارِ.

Behold, the tempest of Jehovah, even his wrath, is gone forth, yea, a whirling tempest: it shall burst upon the head of the wicked.

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

The anger of Jehovah shall not return, until he have executed, and till he have performed the intents of his heart: in the latter days ye shall understand it perfectly.

21 ل َمْ أُرسِلِ الأنبِياءَ، لَكِنَّهُمْ رَكَضُوا. لَمْ أتَكَلَّمْ إلَيْهِمْ، لَكِنَّهُمْ تَنَبَّأُوا.

I sent not these prophets, yet they ran: I spake not unto them, yet they prophesied.

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

But if they had stood in my council, then had they caused my people to hear my words, and had turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.

23 ي َقُولُ اللهُ: «هَلْ أنا إلَهٌ قَرِيبٌ فَقَطْ، وَلَستُ إلَهاً مِنْ بَعِيدٍ؟

Am I a God at hand, saith Jehovah, and not a God afar off?

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

Can any hide himself in secret places so that I shall not see him? saith Jehovah. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith Jehovah.

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

I have heard what the prophets have said, that prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.

26 إ لَى مَتَى سَيَستَمِرُّ هَذا فِي قُلُوبِ الأنبِياءِ الَّذِينَ يَتَنَبَّأُونَ بِالكَذِبِ وَالخِداعِ الَّذِي يَختَرِعُونَهُ؟

How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies, even the prophets of the deceit of their own heart?

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

that think to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams which they tell every man to his neighbor, as their fathers forgat my name for Baal.

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

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

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

Is not my word like fire? saith Jehovah; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?

30 ي َقُولُ اللهُ: «لِذَلِكَ أنا ضِدُّ الأنبِياءِ الَّذِينَ يَسرِقُونَ كَلامِيَ بَعضُهُمْ مِنْ بَعْضٍ.

Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith Jehovah, that steal my words every one from his neighbor.

31 و َيَقُولُ اللهُ: «نَعَمْ، أنا ضِدُّ الأنبِياءِ الَّذِينَ يَنسِبُونَ كَلامَهُمْ إلَى اللهِ.»

Behold, I am against the prophets, saith Jehovah, that use their tongues, and say, He saith.

32 و َيَقُولُ 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

Behold, I am against them that prophesy lying dreams, saith Jehovah, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their vain boasting: yet I sent them not, nor commanded them; neither do they profit this people at all, saith Jehovah.

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

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

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

And 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.

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

Thus shall ye say every one to his neighbor, and every one to his brother, What hath Jehovah answered? and, What hath Jehovah spoken?

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

And 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.

37 ف َهَكَذا يَنبَغِي أنْ تَسألُوا النَّبِيِّ: ‹بِمَ أجابَكَ اللهُ ؟› أوْ ‹ما الَّذِي قالَهُ اللهُ ؟›

Thus shalt thou say to the prophet, What hath Jehovah answered thee? and, What hath Jehovah spoken?

38 ل َكِنْ 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،›

But if 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;

39 ل ِذَلِكَ سَأُزِيلُكُمْ مِنْ أمامِي، أنتُمْ وَالمَدِينَةَ الَّتِي أعطَيتُها لَكُمْ وَلآبائِكُمْ.

therefore, behold, I will utterly forget you, and I will cast you off, and the city that I gave unto you and to your fathers, away from my presence:

40 و َسَأجلِبُ عَلَيكُمْ عاراً أبَدِيّاً، وَخِزياً دائِماً لَنْ يُنسَى.›»

and I will bring an everlasting reproach upon you, and a perpetual shame, which shall not be forgotten.