1 ف ِي بِدايَةِ حُكمِ يَهُوياقِيمَ بْنِ يُوشِيّا مَلِكِ يَهُوذا، جاءَتْ هَذِهِ الكَلِمَةُ إلَى إرْمِيا مِنَ اللهِ.

In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, came this word to Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying,

2 ه َذا هُوَ ما قالَهُ اللهُ لِي: «اصنَعْ لِنَفسِكَ نِيراً مِنْ أربِطَةٍ جِلدِيَّةٍ وَقَضِيباً مِنْ خَشَبٍ، وَضَعْهُما عَلَى كَتِفَيكَ.

Yahweh says to me: Make bonds and bars, and put them on your neck;

3 و َأرسِلْ رَسائِلَ إلَى مَلِكِ أدُومَ، وَإلَى مَلِكِ مُوآبَ، وَإلَى العَمُّونِيِّينَ، وَإلَى مَلِكِ صُورَ، وَإلَى مَلِكِ صَيدُونَ، بِيَدِ الرُّسُلِ الَّذِينَ جاءُوا إلَى صِدْقِيّا مَلِكِ يَهُوذا فِي القُدْسِ.

and send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the children of Ammon, and to the king of Tyre, and to the king of Sidon, by the hand of the messengers who come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah;

4 ب َلِّغْهُمْ هَذا الكَلامَ لِيُبَلِّغُوا هُمْ ساداتِهِمْ: ‹هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ، إلَهُ إسْرائِيلَ: قُولُوا لِسادَتِكُمْ

and give them a command to their masters, saying, Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel says, You shall tell your masters:

5 أ نا مَنْ صَنَعْتُ الأرْضَ وَالوُحُوشَ الَّتِي عَلَى سَطحِ الأرْضِ بِقُوَّتِي العَظِيمَةِ وَذِراعِي المَمدُودَةِ، وَأنا أُعطِيها لِمَنْ أشاءُ.

I have made the earth, the men and the animals that are on the surface of the earth, by my great power and by my outstretched arm; and I give it to whom it seems right to me.

6 و َقَدْ أعطَيتُ كُلَّ هَذِهِ الأراضِي لِيَدِ نَبُوخَذْناصَّرَ، مَلِكِ بابِلَ، خادِمِي. كَما أعطَيتُهُ الحَيواناتِ البَرِّيَّةَ لِتَخدِمَهُ.

Now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the animals of the field also have I given him to serve him.

7 و َكُلُّ الأُمَمِ سَتَخدِمُهُ هُوَ وَابنَهُ وَحَفِيدَهُ، إلَى أنْ يَأتِيَ الوَقتُ حِينَ يَخضَعُ هُوَ وَأرْضُهُ لآخَرِينَ. حِينَئِذٍ، سَتَجعَلُهُ أُمَمٌ كَثِيرَةٌ وَمُلُوكٌ عِظامٌ يَخدِمُهُمْ.

All the nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son’s son, until the time of his own land come: and then many nations and great kings shall make him their bondservant.

8 « ‹وَلَكِنْ إنْ كانَتْ هُناكَ أُمَّةٌ لا تَخدِمُ نَبُوخَذْناصَّرَ مَلِكَ بابِلَ، أوْ لا تَخضَعُ لِمَلِكِ بابِلَ، فَإنِّي سَأُعاقِبُ تِلكَ الأُمَّةَ بِالحَربِ وَالجُوعِ وَالوَباءِ،› يَقُولُ اللهُ. سَأُعاقِبُهُمْ حَتَّى أقضِيَ عَلَيهِمْ تَماماً.

It shall happen, that the nation and the kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation will I punish, says Yahweh, with the sword, and with the famine, and with the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand.

9 ف َلا تَستَمِعُوا إلَى أنبِيائِكُمْ وَعَرّافِيكُمْ وَالَّذِينَ يَتَلَقُّونَ النُّبُوّاتِ فِي الأحلامِ وَمُشَعوِذِيكُمْ وَسَحَرَتِكُمُ الَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ لَكُمْ: ‹لَنْ تَخدِمُوا مَلِكَ بابِلَ.›

But as for you, don’t you listen to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreams, nor to your soothsayers, nor to your sorcerers, who speak to you, saying, You shall not serve the king of Babylon:

10 ل أنَّ ما يَتَنَبَّأُونَ إلَيكُمْ بِهِ إنَّما هُوَ كَذِبٌ. وَعاقِبَتُهُ هِيَ أنَّكُمْ سَتُنفَونَ مِنْ أرْضِكُمْ، وَسَأطرُدُكُمْ فَتَهلِكُونَ.

for they prophesy a lie to you, to remove you far from your land, and that I should drive you out, and you should perish.

11 أ مّا الأُمَّةُ الَّتِي تَخضَعُ لِمَلِكِ بابِلَ، فَسَأُعطِيها وَأُعطِي أرْضَها راحَةً، يَقُولُ اللهُ. سَتَعمَلُ تِلكَ الأُمَّةُ فِي أرْضِها، وَتَستَقِرُّ فِيها.›»

But the nation that shall bring their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him, that nation will I let remain in their own land, says Yahweh; and they shall till it, and dwell therein.

12 ث ُمَّ تَكَلَّمْتُ بِجَميعِ هَذِهِ الكَلِماتِ إلَى صِدْقِيّا مَلِكِ يَهُوذا: «اخْضَعْ لِمَلِكِ بابِلَ، وَاخدِمْهُ هُوَ وَشَعبَهُ فَتَحيا.

I spoke to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words, saying, Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live.

13 ل ِماذا تَمُوتُ أنتَ وَشَعبُكَ بِالسَّيفِ وَالمَجاعَةِ وَالوَباءِ، بِحَسَبِ ما قالَ اللهُ عَنْ أيَّةِ أُمَّةٍ لا تَخدِمُ مَلِكَ بابِلَ.

Why will you die, you and your people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as Yahweh has spoken concerning the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon?

14 ل ا تَستَمِعْ إلَى كَلامِ الأنبِياءِ الَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ لَكُمْ: ‹لَنْ تَخدِمُوا مَلِكَ بابِلَ.› لأنَّهُمْ يَتَنَبَّأُونَ لَكُمْ بِالكَذِبِ.

Don’t listen to the words of the prophets who speak to you, saying, You shall not serve the king of Babylon; for they prophesy a lie to you.

15 ل أنِّي لَمْ أُرسِلهُمْ، يَقُولُ اللهُ ، وَها هُمْ يَتَنَبَّأُونَ بِاسمِي بِالكَذِبِ. لِذَلِكَ أطرُدُكُمْ فَتَهلِكُونَ، أنتُمْ وَالأنبِياءُ الَّذِينَ يَتَنَبَّأُونَ لَكُمْ.›»

For I have not sent them, says Yahweh, but they prophesy falsely in my name; that I may drive you out, and that you may perish, you, and the prophets who prophesy to you.

16 و َقُلْتُ لِلكَهَنَةِ وَكُلِّ الشَّعبِ هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ: «لا تَستَمِعُوا إلَى كَلامِ أنبِيائِكُمُ الَّذِينَ يَتَنَبَّأُونَ لَكُمْ وَيَقُولُونَ: ‹سَتُعادُ آنِيَةُ بَيتِ اللهِ مِنْ بابِلَ بَعدَ فَترَةٍ قَصِيرَةٍ.› لأنَّهُمْ يَتَنَبَّأُونَ لَكُمْ بِالكَذِبِ.

Also I spoke to the priests and to all this people, saying, Yahweh says: Don’t listen to the words of your prophets who prophesy to you, saying, Behold, the vessels of Yahweh’s house shall now shortly be brought again from Babylon; for they prophesy a lie to you.

17 ل ا تَستَمِعُوا إلَيهِمْ، بَلِ اخدِمُوا مَلِكَ بابِلَ لِتَحيَوا. لِماذا يُصبِحُ هَذا المَكانُ خَرِباُ؟

Don’t listen to them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: why should this city become a desolation?

18 ف َإنْ كانُوا أنبِياءَ حَقِيقِيِّينَ وَعِنْدَهُمْ كَلِمَةُ اللهِ ، فَليَتَوَسَّلُوا إلَى اللهِ القَدِيرِ، حَتَّى لا تَذهَبَ بَقِيَّةُ آنِيَةِ بَيتِ اللهِ وَبَيتِ مَلِكِ يَهُوذا وَمَدينَةِ القُدْسِ إلَى بابِلَ.›»

But if they be prophets, and if Yahweh’s word be with them, let them now make intercession to Yahweh of Armies, that the vessels which are left in Yahweh’s house, and in the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem, don’t go to Babylon.

19 « لأنَّ هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ عَنِ الأعمِدَةِ وَحَوضِ البُرونْزِ وَالقَواعِدِ وَبَقِيَّةِ الآنِيَةِ الَّتِي فِي المَدِينَةِ،

For Yahweh of Armies says concerning the pillars, and concerning the sea, and concerning the bases, and concerning the residue of the vessels that are left in this city,

20 ا لأشياءِ الَّتِي لَمْ يَأخُذْها نَبُوخَذْناصَّرُ مِنَ القُدْسِ إلَى بابِلَ، عِندَما سَبَى يَهُوياكِينَ بْنَ يَهُوياقِيمَ مَلِكَ يَهُوذا وَكُلَّ رُؤَساءِ يَهُوذا وَالقُدْسِ.

which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon didn’t take, when he carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, from Jerusalem to Babylon, and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem;

21 ف َهَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ، إلَهُ إسْرائِيلَ، بِخُصُوصِ الآنِيَةِ الباقِيَةِ فِي بَيتِ اللهِ وَبَيتِ المَلِكِ وَمَدينَةِ القُدْسِ،

yes, Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, says concerning the vessels that are left in Yahweh’s house, and in the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem:

22 ي َقُولُ اللهُ: ‹سَتُحمَلُ الآنِيَةُ إلَى بابِلَ، وَسَتَبقَى هُناكَ إلَى أنْ أفتَقِدَ شَعبِي، وَأُرجِعَهُمْ إلَى هَذا المَكانِ.›»

They shall be carried to Babylon, and there shall they be, until the day that I visit them, says Yahweh; then I will bring them up, and restore them to this place.