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 son of Josiah, king of Judah, hath this word been unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying,

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

`Thus said Jehovah unto me, Make to thee bands and yokes,

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 thou hast put them on thy neck, and hast sent them unto the king of Edom, and unto the king of Moab, and unto the king of the sons of Ammon, and unto the king of Tyre, and unto the king of Zidon, by the hand of messengers who are coming in to Jerusalem, unto Zedekiah king of Judah;

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

And thou hast commanded them for their lords, saying, Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel,

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

Thus do ye say unto your lords, I -- I have made the earth with man, and the cattle that on the face of the earth, by My great power, and by My stretched-out arm, and I have given it to whom it hath been right in Mine eyes.

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

`And now, I -- I have given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, My servant, and also the beast of the field I have given to 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.

And served him have all the nations, and his son, and his son's son, till the coming in of the time of his land, also it; and done service for him have many nations and great kings.

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.

And it hath come to pass, the nation and the kingdom that do not serve him -- Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon -- and that which putteth not its neck into the yoke of the king of Babylon, with sword, and with famine, and with pestilence, I lay a charge on that nation -- an affirmation of Jehovah -- till I consume 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.›

`And ye, ye do not hearken unto your prophets, and unto your diviners, and unto your dreamers, and unto your observers of clouds, and unto your sorcerers who are speaking unto you, saying, Ye do 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 falsehood they are prophesying to you, so as to remove you far from off your ground, and I have driven you out, and ye have perished.

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

And the nation that causeth its neck to enter into the yoke of the king of Babylon, and hath served him -- I have left it on its ground -- an affirmation of Jehovah -- and it hath tilled it, and dwelt in it.'

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

And unto Zedekiah king of Judah I have spoken according to all these words, saying, `Cause your necks to enter into 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 do ye die, thou and thy people, by sword, by famine, and by pestilence, as Jehovah hath spoken concerning the nation that doth not serve the king of Babylon?

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

`And ye do not hearken unto the words of the prophets who are speaking unto you, saying, Ye do not serve the king of Babylon, -- for falsehood they are prophesying 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 -- an affirmation of Jehovah -- and they are prophesying in My name falsely, so as to drive you out, and ye have perished, ye, and the prophets who are prophesying 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.

And unto the priests, and unto all this people, I have spoken, saying, `Thus said Jehovah, Ye do not hearken unto the words of your prophets, who are prophesying to you, saying, Lo, the vessels of the house of Jehovah are brought back from Babylon now in haste, for falsehood they are prophesying to you.

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

Ye do not hearken unto them, serve the king of Babylon, and live. Why is this city a waste?

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.›»

`And, if they be prophets, and if a word of Jehovah be with them, let them intercede, I pray you, with Jehovah of Hosts, so that the vessels that are left in the house of Jehovah, and the house of the king of Judah, and in Jerusalem, have not gone into Babylon.

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

For thus said Jehovah of Hosts concerning the pillars, and concerning the sea, and concerning the bases, and concerning the rest 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.

That Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon hath not taken, in his removing Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah from Jerusalem to Babylon with all the freemen of Judah and Jerusalem,

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

Surely thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, concerning the vessels that are left of the house of Jehovah, and of the house of the king of Judah, and Jerusalem:

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

To Babylon they are brought, and there they are till the day of My inspecting them -- an affirmation of Jehovah; then I have brought them up, and have brought them back unto this place.'