1 ه َذِهِ الكَلِمَةُ جاءَتْ إلَى إرْمِيا مِنَ اللهِ:

The word that came to Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying,

2 « هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ إلَهُ إسْرائِيلَ: ‹اكتُبْ جَميعَ الكَلامِ الَّذِي كَلَّمْتُكَ بِهِ عَلَى لَفِيفةٍ.

Thus speaketh Jehovah, the God of Israel, saying, Write thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book.

3 ف َسَتَأتِي أيّامٌ، يَقُولُ اللهُ ، حِينَ أُرجِعُ فِيها ما سُلِبَ مِنْ بَني إسْرائِيلَ وَيَهُوذا، يَقُولُ اللهُ. وَسَأُرجِعُهُمْ إلَى هَذِهِ الأرْضِ الَّتِي أعطَيتُها لآبائِهِمْ لِكَي يَمتَلِكُوها.›»

For, lo, the days come, saith Jehovah, that I will turn again the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, saith Jehovah; and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it.

4 ه َذا هُوَ الكَلامُ الَّذِي تَكَلَّمَ بِهِ اللهُ عَنْ إسْرائِيلَ وَيَهُوذا.

And these are the words that Jehovah spake concerning Israel and concerning Judah.

5 ل أنَّ هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ: «سَمِعْنا صَوتَ رُعبٍ، سَمِعنا عَنْ خَوفٍ لا سَلامٍ.

For thus saith Jehovah: We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace.

6 « اسألُوا وَانظُرُوا إنْ كانَ هُناكَ رَجُلٌ يَلِدُ! فَلِماذا أرَى كُلَّ الرِّجالِ الأبطالِ يَضَعُونَ أيدِيهِمْ عَلَى بُطُونِهِمْ، كَالنِّساءِ اللَّواتِي يَلِدنَ؟ وَلِماذا شَحُبَتْ كُلُّ وُجُوهِهِمْ؟

Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child: wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness?

7 « وَيلٌ لَهُمْ، لأنَّ ذَلِكَ اليَومَ عَظِيمٌ، وَلَيسَ لَهُ مَثِيلٌ. سَيَكُونُ وَقتَ ضِيقٍ لِيَعقُوبَ، وَلَكِنَّهُ سَيَخلُصُ مِنهُ.

Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob's trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.

8 « فِي ذَلِكَ الوَقتِ، يَقُولُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ، سَأُكَسِّرُ نِيرَ بابِلَ عَنْ كَتِفِكَ، وَسَأنزَعُ قُيُودَكَ. حِينَئِذٍ، لَنْ يُجبِرَهُمُ الغُرَباءُ، فِيما بَعْدُ، عَلَى خِدمَتِهِمْ،

And it shall come to pass in that day, saith Jehovah of hosts, that I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will burst thy bonds; and strangers shall no more make him their bondman;

9 ل َكِنَّهُمْ سَيَخدِمُونَ إلَهَهُمْ وَداوُدَ مَلِكَهُمْ، الَّذِي سَأُعِينُهُ عَلَيهِمْ.

but they shall serve Jehovah their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them.

10 « أمّا أنتَ يا خادِمِي يَعقُوبَ، فَلا تَخَفْ، يَقُولُ اللهُ ، وَأنتَ يا إسْرائِيلُ، لا تَرتَعِبْ. لأنِّي سَأُخَلِّصُكَ مِنْ بَعِيدٍ، وَسَأُنقِذُ نَسلَكَ مِنْ أرْضِ سَبيِهِمْ. سَيَرجِعُ يَعقُوبُ، وَسَيَكُونُ فِي راحَةٍ وَأمانٍ، وَلَنْ يَكُونَ هُناكَ مَنْ يُزعِجُهُ.

Therefore fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith Jehovah; neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be quiet and at ease, and none shall make him afraid.

11 ل أنِّي مَعَكَ، يَقُولُ اللهُ ، لأُنقِذَكَ، وَلأنِّي سَأُفنِي الأُمَمَ الَّتِي بَدَّدْتُكَ فِي وَسَطِها. أمّا أنتَ فَلَنْ أُفنِيكَ، لَكِنِّي سَأُؤَدِّبُكَ بِالعَدلِ، وَلَنْ أدَعَ إثمَكَ بِلا عِقابٍ.»

For I am with thee, saith Jehovah, to save thee: for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have scattered thee, but I will not make a full end of thee; but I will correct thee in measure, and will in no wise leave thee unpunished.

12 ل أنَّ هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ: «إصابَتُكَ لا شِفاءَ لَها، وَجُرحُكَ بَلِيغٌ.

For thus saith Jehovah, Thy hurt is incurable, and thy wound grievous.

13 ل ا يُوجَدُ مَنْ يُدافِعُ عَنْ قَضِيَّتِكَ. وَما مِنْ شِفاءٍ اِجُرحِكَ.

There is none to plead thy cause, that thou mayest be bound up: thou hast no healing medicines.

14 ك ُلُّ الَّذِينَ كانُوا يُحِبُّونَكَ نَسُوكَ، وَهُمْ لا يَهتَمُّونَ بِخَيْرِكَ. لأنَّي ضَرَبْتُكَ ضَربَةً قاسِيَةً كَعَدُوٍّ، بِسَبَبِ كِبَرِ إثمِكَ، وَكَثرَةِ خَطاياكَ.

All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not: for I have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the greatness of thine iniquity, because thy sins were increased.

15 ل ِماذا تَصرُخِينَ بِسَبَبِ إصابَتِكِ؟ جُرحُكِ لا يُمكِنُ شِفاؤُهُ. بِسَبَبِ عَظَمَةِ إثمِكِ، وَبِسَبَبِ كَثرَةِ خَطاياكِ، عَمِلتُ هَذِا بِكِ.

Why criest thou for thy hurt? thy pain is incurable: for the greatness of thine iniquity, because thy sins were increased, I have done these things unto thee.

16 ل ِذَلِكَ، كُلُّ الَّذِينَ التَهَمُوكِ سَيُلتَهَمُونَ، وَكُلُّ خُصُومِكِ سَيَذهَبُونَ إلَى السَّبيِ. الَّذِينَ سَلَبُوكِ سَيُسلَبُونَ، وَكُلُّ الَّذِينَ يَنهَبُونَكِ سَيُنهَبُونَ.

Therefore all they that devour thee shall be devoured; and all thine adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity; and they that despoil thee shall be a spoil, and all that prey upon thee will I give for a prey.

17 ي َقُولُ اللهُ: «سَأُعِيدُ صِحَّتَكِ إلَيكِ، وَسَأُشفِيكِ مِنْ جُرُوحِكِ، لأنَّ النّاسَ دَعُوكِ ‹المَنبُوذَةَ.› قالُوا: ‹هَذِهِ صِهْيَوْنُ الَّتِي لا يُرِيدُها أحَدٌ.›»

For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith Jehovah; because they have called thee an outcast, saying, It is Zion, whom no man seeketh after.

18 ه َذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ: «سَأُغَيِّرُ مَصِيرَ خِيامِ يَعقُوبَ وَسَأرحَمُ مَساكِنَهُ، وَسَتُبنَى المَدِينَةُ عَلَى خَرائِبِها، وَالقَصرُ فِي مَكانِهِ.

Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will turn again the captivity of Jacob's tents, and have compassion on his dwelling-places; and the city shall be builded upon its own hill, and the palace shall be inhabited after its own manner.

19 س َتَخرُجُ تَرانِيمُ الشُّكرِ مِنهُمْ، وَكَذَلِكَ صَوتُ الضَّحِكِ. سَأُكَثِّرُهُمْ، فَلا يَكُونُونَ قَلِيلِينَ، وَسَأُكرِمُهُمْ، فَلا يَكُونُونَ مُنبُوذِينَ.

And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.

20 و َسَيَكُونُ نَسلُهُمْ كَما كانَ مِنْ قَبلُ، وَسَتَثبُتُ جَماعَتُهُمْ أمامِي، وَسَأُعاقِبُ كُلَّ الَّذِينَ يُضايِقُونَهُمْ.

Their children also shall be as aforetime, and their congregation shall be established before me; and I will punish all that oppress them.

21 و َسَيَأتِي قائِدٌ مِنْ شَعبِهِ، وَسَيَخرُجُ حاكِمُهُ مِنْ وَسَطِهِ. سَأُقَرِّبُهُ فَيَقتَرِبَ مِنِّي، لأنَّهُ مَنْ يَجرُؤُ عَلَى الاقتِرابِ مِنِّي،» يَقُولُ اللهُ.

And their prince shall be of themselves, and their ruler shall proceed from the midst of them; and I will cause him to draw near, and he shall approach unto me: for who is he that hath had boldness to approach unto me? saith Jehovah.

22 « وَسَتَكُونُونَ شَعبِي، وَسَأكُونُ إلَهَكُمْ.»

And ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.

23 ه ا عاصِفَةُ اللهِ! غَضَبُهُ يَخْرُجُ، يَلتَفُّ فَوقَ رُؤوسِ الأشْرارِ كَالإعْصارِ.

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

24 ل َنْ يَرتَدَّ غَضَبُ اللهِ الشَّدِيدُ، حَتَّى يُتَمِّمَ ما يَنوِي عَمَلَهُ. فِي الايّامِ الأخِيرَةِ، سَتَفهَمُونَ.

The fierce 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.