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

“Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture!” says the Lord.

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 says the Lord God of Israel against the shepherds who feed My people: “You have scattered My flock, driven them away, and not attended to them. Behold, I will attend to you for the evil of your doings,” says the Lord.

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

“But I will gather the remnant of My flock out of all countries where I have driven them, and bring them back to their folds; and they shall be fruitful and increase.

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

I will set up shepherds over them who will feed them; and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, nor shall they be lacking,” says the Lord.

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

“Behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord, “That I will raise to David a Branch of righteousness; A King shall reign and prosper, And execute judgment and righteousness in the earth.

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

In His days Judah will be saved, And Israel will dwell safely; Now this is His name by which He will be called: THE LORD 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 are coming,” says the Lord, “that they shall no longer say, ‘As the Lord lives who brought up the children of Israel from 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 the Lord lives who brought up and led the descendants of the house of Israel from the north country and from all the countries where I had driven them.’ And they shall dwell in their own land.” False Prophets and Empty Oracles

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.

My heart within me is broken Because of the prophets; All my bones shake. I am like a drunken man, And like a man whom wine has overcome, Because of the Lord, 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 a curse the land mourns. The pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up. Their course of life 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; Yes, in My house I have found their wickedness,” says the Lord.

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

“Therefore their way shall be to them Like slippery ways; In the darkness they shall be driven on And fall in them; For I will bring disaster on them, The year of their punishment,” says the Lord.

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.»

Also I have seen a horrible thing in the prophets of Jerusalem: They commit adultery and walk in lies; They also strengthen the hands of evildoers, So that no one turns back from his wickedness. All of them are like Sodom to Me, And her inhabitants like 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 says the Lord 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 Profaneness has gone out 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 says the Lord of hosts: “Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you. They make you worthless; They speak a vision of their own heart, Not from the mouth of the Lord.

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

They continually say to those who despise Me, ‘The Lord has said, “You shall have peace”’; And to everyone who walks according to the dictates 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 has stood in the counsel of the Lord, And has perceived and heard His word? Who has marked His word and heard it?

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

Behold, a whirlwind of the Lord has gone forth in fury— A violent whirlwind! It will fall violently on 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 the Lord will not turn back Until He has executed and performed the thoughts of His heart. In the latter days you will understand it perfectly.

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

“I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran. I have not spoken to 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 counsel, And had caused My people to hear My words, Then they would have 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 near at hand,” says the Lord, “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 anyone hide himself in secret places, So I shall not see him?” says the Lord; “Do I not fill heaven and earth?” says the Lord.

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

“I have heard what the prophets have said who 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 will this be in the heart of the prophets who prophesy lies? Indeed they are 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.

who try to make My people forget My name by their dreams which everyone tells his neighbor, as their fathers forgot 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 who has a dream, let him tell a dream; And he who has My word, let him speak My word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat?” says the Lord.

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

“ Is not My word like a fire?” says the Lord, “And like a hammer that breaks 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,” says the Lord, “who 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,” says the Lord, “who use their tongues and say, ‘He says.’

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 those who prophesy false dreams,” says the Lord, “and tell them, and cause My people to err by their lies and by their recklessness. Yet I did not send them or command them; therefore they shall not profit this people at all,” says the Lord.

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

“So when these people or the prophet or the priest ask you, saying, ‘What is the oracle of the Lord ?’ you shall then say to them, ‘What oracle?’ I will even forsake you,” says the Lord.

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 who say, ‘The oracle of the Lord!’ 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 every one of you shall say to his neighbor, and every one to his brother, ‘What has the Lord answered?’ and, ‘What has the Lord 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 oracle of the Lord you shall mention no more. For every man’s word will be his oracle, for you have perverted the words of the living God, the Lord of hosts, our God.

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

Thus you shall say to the prophet, ‘What has the Lord answered you?’ and, ‘What has the Lord 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 since you say, ‘The oracle of the Lord!’ therefore thus says the Lord: ‘Because you say this word, “The oracle of the Lord!” and I have sent to you, saying, “Do not say, ‘The oracle of the Lord!’”

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

therefore behold, I, even I, will utterly forget you and forsake you, and the city that I gave you and your fathers, and will cast you out of 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.’”