1 ه َذِهِ هِيَ الكَلِمَةُ الَّتِي جاءَتْ مِنَ اللهِ إلَى إرْمِيا فِي السَّنَةِ العاشِرَةِ لِمُلكِ صِدْقِيّا مَلِكِ يَهُوذا، وَهِيَ المُوافِقَةُ لِلسَّنَةِ الثّامِنَةَ عَشْرَةَ مِنْ مُلكِ نَبُوخَذْناصَّرَ.

The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar.

2 ف ِي ذَلِكَ اليَومِ، كانَ جَيشُ مَلِكِ بابِلَ يُحاصِرُ مَدينَةَ القُدْسِ، وَإرْمِيا النَّبِيّ مَسجُوناً فِي ساحَةِ السِّجنِ الَّذِي كانَ فِي بَيتِ مَلِكِ يَهُوذا.

For then the king of Babylon’s army besieged Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the prison, which was in the king of Judah’s house.

3 و َقَدْ حَدَثَ هَذا عِندَما سَجَنَهُ المَلِكُ صِدْقِيّا مَلِكُ يَهُوذا وَقالَ لَهُ: «لِماذا تَتَنَبَّأُ هَكَذا؟ فَأنتَ تَقُولُ: ‹هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ: سَأُسَلِّمُ هَذِهِ المَدِينَةَ لِيَدِ مَلِكِ بابِلَ حَتَّى يَمتَلِكَها،

For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, “Why do you prophesy and say, ‘Thus says the Lord: “Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it;

4 و َلَنْ يَنجُوَ المَلِكُ صِدْقِيّا مِنْ يَدِ البابِلِيِّينَ، لأنَّهُ سَيُسَلَّمُ لِيَدِ مَلِكِ بابِلَ، وَسَيَتَكَلَّمُ مَعَهُ وَجهاً لِوَجهٍ، وَسَيَنظُرُ إلَيهِ عَيناً لِعَينٍ.

and Zedekiah king of Judah shall not escape from the hand of the Chaldeans, but shall surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and shall speak with him face to face, and see him eye to eye;

5 و َسَيأخُذُ نَبُوخَذْناصَّرُ صِدْقِيّا إلَى بابِلَ. وَسَيَبقَى هُناكَ حَتَّى يَمُوتَ، يَقُولُ اللهُ. فَإنْ حارَبتُمُ البابِلِيِّينَ، لَنْ تَنتَصِرُوا.›»

then he shall lead Zedekiah to Babylon, and there he shall be until I visit him,” says the Lord; “though you fight with the Chaldeans, you shall not succeed”’?”

6 و َقالَ إرْمِيا: «جاءَتْ إلَيَّ كَلِمَةُ اللهِ تَقُولُ:

And Jeremiah said, “The word of the Lord came to me, saying,

7 ‹ سَيَأتِي إلَيكَ ابنُ عَمِّكَ حَنَمْئِيلُ بْنُ شَلُّومَ وَيَقُولُ: اشتَرِ حَقلِي الَّذِي فِي عَناثُوثَ، فَأنتَ لَكَ حَقُّ شِرائِهِ وَاسْتِردادِهِ.›»

‘Behold, Hanamel the son of Shallum your uncle will come to you, saying, “Buy my field which is in Anathoth, for the right of redemption is yours to buy it. ”’

8 ف َجاءَ إلَيَّ حَنَمْئِيلُ ابنُ عَمِّي إلَى ساحَةِ السِّجنِ، كَما قالَ اللهُ ، وَقالَ لِي: «اشتَرِ حَقلِي الَّذِي فِي عَناثُوثَ فِي أرْضِ بَنْيامِيْنَ. فَأنتَ لَكَ حَقُّ امتِلاكِهِ وَاسْتِردادِهِ. فَاشتَرِهِ لِنَفسِكَ.» فَعَرَفتُ أنَّ الكَلِمَةَ كانَتْ مِنَ اللهِ.

Then Hanamel my uncle’s son came to me in the court of the prison according to the word of the Lord, and said to me, ‘Please buy my field that is in Anathoth, which is in the country of Benjamin; for the right of inheritance is yours, and the redemption yours; buy it for yourself.’ Then I knew that this was the word of the Lord.

9 ف َاشتَرَيتُ الحَقلَ مِنْ حَنَمْئِيلَ، ابنُ عَمِّي، الَّذِي كانَ فِي عَناثُوثَ. وَدَفَعتُ ثَمَنَهُ سَبعَةَ عَشَرَ مِثْقالاً مِنَ الفِضَّةِ.

So I bought the field from Hanamel, the son of my uncle who was in Anathoth, and weighed out to him the money—seventeen shekels of silver.

10 و َكَتَبتُ الثَّمَنَ فِي الصَّكِّ وَخَتَمتُهُ. وَوَقَّعَ شُهُودٌ عَلَى الصَّكِّ، وَدَفَعتُ لَهُ المالَ.

And I signed the deed and sealed it, took witnesses, and weighed the money on the scales.

11 ث ُمَّ أخَذتُ صَكَّ البَيعِ، الَّذِي يَشمَلُ النُّسخَةَ المَختُومَةَ وَالمُحتَوِيَةَ لِلشُّرُوطِ، وَكَذَلِكَ النُّسخَةُ غَيرُ المَختُومَةِ،

So I took the purchase deed, both that which was sealed according to the law and custom, and that which was open;

12 و َأعطَيتُها لِبارُوخَ بْنِ نِيرِيّا بْنِ مَحْسِيّا أمامَ حَنَمئِيلَ ابنِ عَمِّي، وَبِحُضُورِ الشُّهُودِ الَّذِينَ وَقَّعُوا عَلَى صَكِّ البَيعِ، وَكُلِّ اليَهُودِ الجالِسِينَ فِي ساحَةِ السِّجنِ.

and I gave the purchase deed to Baruch the son of Neriah, son of Mahseiah, in the presence of Hanamel my uncle’s son, and in the presence of the witnesses who signed the purchase deed, before all the Jews who sat in the court of the prison.

13 و َأوْصَيْتُ بارُوخَ بِحُضُورِهِمْ فَقُلْتُ:

“Then I charged Baruch before them, saying,

14 « هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ، إلَهُ إسْرائِيلَ: ‹خُذْ صَكَّ الشِّراءِ هَذا، بِوَثِيقَتَيهِ المَختُومَةِ وَالمَفتُوحَةِ، وَضَعْهُ فِي وِعاءٍ مِنْ فُخّارٍ لِكَي يُحفَظا لِفَترَةٍ طَوِيلَةٍ.›

‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “Take these deeds, both this purchase deed which is sealed and this deed which is open, and put them in an earthen vessel, that they may last many days.”

15 ل أنَّ هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ، إلَهُ إسْرائِيلَ: ‹سَتُشتَرَى البُيُوتُ وَالحُقُولُ وَالكُرُومُ بَعدُ فِي هَذِهِ الأرْضِ.›»

For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “Houses and fields and vineyards shall be possessed again in this land.”’ Jeremiah Prays for Understanding

16 و َصَلَّيتُ إلَى اللهِ بَعدَ أنْ أعطَيتُ صَكَّ الشِّراءِ لِبارُوخَ بْنِ نِيرِيّا، فَقُلْتُ:

“Now when I had delivered the purchase deed to Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed to the Lord, saying:

17 « أيُّها الرَّبُّ الإلَهُ. أنتَ قَدْ صَنَعتَ السَّماواتِ وَالأرْضَ بِقُوَّتِكَ العَظِيمَةِ وَيَمينُكَ المَمدُودَةِ. لا يَصْعُبُ عَلَيكَ أمْرٌ.

‘Ah, Lord God! Behold, You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. There is nothing too hard for You.

18 ت َصنَعُ الإحسانَ لإلُوفِ الأجْيالِ، لَكِنَّكَ تُجازِي الأحفادَ عَلَى إثمِ الآباءِ. أنتَ الإلَهُ العَظِيمُ الجَبّارُ، وَاسمُكَ يهوه القَدِيرُ.

You show lovingkindness to thousands, and repay the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them—the Great, the Mighty God, whose name is the Lord of hosts.

19 ع َظيمٌ فِي المَشُورَةِ، وَجَبّارٌ فِي كُلِّ ما تَعمَلُ. أنتَ بِعَينَيكَ تُراقِبُ أعمالَ البَشَرِ لِكَي تُعطِي كُلَّ واحِدٍ بِحَسَبِ طُرُقِهِ وَأعمالِهِ.

You are great in counsel and mighty in work, for Your eyes are open to all the ways of the sons of men, to give everyone according to his ways and according to the fruit of his doings.

20 أ نتَ مَنْ عَمِلَ الآياتِ وَالعَجائِبَ فِي أرْضِ مِصرَ الَّتِي لَمْ يَأتِ مِثلُها حَتَّى يَومِنا هَذا، لا فِي إسْرائِيلَ وَلا فِي أيِّ شَعبٍ آخَرَ. صَنَعْتَ لِنَفسِكَ اسْماً يُهابُ إلَى هَذا اليَومِ.

You have set signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, to this day, and in Israel and among other men; and You have made Yourself a name, as it is this day.

21 أ خرَجتَ شَعبَكَ إسْرائِيلَ مِنْ أرْضِ مِصرَ بِآياتٍ وَعَجائِبَ، بِيَدٍ قَوِيَّةٍ، وَذِراعٍ مَمدُودَةٍ، وَمَهابَةٍ عَظِيمَةٍ.

You have brought Your people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs and wonders, with a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and with great terror;

22 « وَأعطَيتَهُمْ هَذِهِ الأرْضَ الَّتِي أقسَمتَ بِأنَّكَ سَتُعطِيها لآبائِهِمْ، أرْضاً تَفيضُ لَبناً وَعَسَلاً.

You have given them this land, of which You swore to their fathers to give them—“a land flowing with milk and honey.”

23 و َأتَوْا وَامتَلَكُوها. لَكِنَّهُمْ لَمْ يُطِيعُوكَ، وَلا تَبِعُوا شَرِيعَتَكَ. وَلَمْ يَعمَلُوا بِكُلِّ ما أوصَيتَهُمْ. فَجَلَبتَ عَلَيهِمْ كُلَّ هَذِهِ المُعاناةِ.

And they came in and took possession of it, but they have not obeyed Your voice or walked in Your law. They have done nothing of all that You commanded them to do; therefore You have caused all this calamity to come upon them.

24 « وَضَعَ البابِلِيُّونَ حَواجِزَ تُرابِيَّةً لحِصارِ المَدِينَةِ وَالاستيلاءِ عَلَيها. وَاستَسلَمَتِ المَدِينَةُ لِيَدِ البابِلِيِّينَ الَّذِينَ يُحارِبُونَها، بِسَبَبِ الحَربِ وَالمَجاعَةِ وَالأمراضِ. ما تَكَلَّمْتَ عَنْهُ قَدْ حَدَثَ، وَها أنتَ تَراهُ.

‘Look, the siege mounds! They have come to the city to take it; and the city has been given into the hand of the Chaldeans who fight against it, because of the sword and famine and pestilence. What You have spoken has happened; there You see it!

25 « وَأنتَ، أيُّها الرَّبُّ الإلَهُ ، قُلتَ لِي: ‹اشتَرِ الحَقلَ لِنَفسِكَ بِفِضَّةٍ أمامَ شُهُودٍ.› وَمَعَ هَذا، سَتُسَلَّمُ المَدِينَةُ لِيَدِ البابِلِيِّينَ.»

And You have said to me, O Lord God, “Buy the field for money, and take witnesses”!—yet the city has been given into the hand of the Chaldeans.’” God’s Assurance of the People’s Return

26 و َجاءَتْ كَلِمَةُ اللهِ إلَى إرْمِيا:

Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying,

27 « أنا اللهُ ، إلَهُ كُلِّ شَيءٍ حَيٍّ. هَلْ هُناكَ شَيءٌ يَصعُبُ عَلَيَّ؟

“Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh. Is there anything too hard for Me?

28 ل ِذَلِكَ هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ: ‹سَأُسَلِّمُ هَذِهِ المَدِينَةَ لِيَدِ البابِلِيِّينَ وَلِيَدِ نَبُوخَذْناصَّرَ مَلِكِ بابِلَ لِيَفتَحَها.

Therefore thus says the Lord: ‘Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the Chaldeans, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he shall take it.

29 س َيَأتِي البابِلِيُّونَ الَّذِينَ يُحارِبُونَ هَذِهِ المَدِينَةَ، وَيَحرِقُونَ هَذِهِ المَدِينَةَ بِالنّارِ. سَيَحرِقُونَها وَيَحرِقُونَ البُيُوتَ الَّتِي بَخَّرَ النّاسُ عَلَى سُطُوحِها لِلبَعلِ، وَقَدَّمُوا تَقدِماتٍ سائِلَةً لآلِهَةٍ أُخْرَى، مِمّا أدَّى إلَى غَضَبِي.

And the Chaldeans who fight against this city shall come and set fire to this city and burn it, with the houses on whose roofs they have offered incense to Baal and poured out drink offerings to other gods, to provoke Me to anger;

30 س َأفعَلُ هَذا لأنَّ بَني إسْرائِيلَ وَيَهُوذا كانوا يَصنَعَونَ الشَّرَّ أمامِي مُنذُ صِباهُمْ. وَلأنَّ بَني إسْرائِيلَ كانُوا يُغِيظُونَنِي بِما يَعمَلُونَهُ،› يَقُولُ اللهُ.

because the children of Israel and the children of Judah have done only evil before Me from their youth. For the children of Israel have provoked Me only to anger with the work of their hands,’ says the Lord.

31 ‹ لأنِّي غَضِبتُ جِدّاً عَلَى هَذِهِ المَدِينَةِ، مُنذُ يَومِ بِنائِها إلَى هَذا اليَومِ، حَتَّى إنَّنِي سأُزيلُها مِنْ أمامِي

‘For this city has been to Me a provocation of My anger and My fury from the day that they built it, even to this day; so I will remove it from before My face

32 ب ِسَبَبِ الشَّرِّ الَّذِي عَمِلَهُ بَنو إسْرائِيلَ وَبَنُو يَهُوذا لِيُثِيرُوا غَضَبِي – هُمْ وَمُلُوكُهُمْ وَرُؤَساؤُهُمْ وَأنبِياؤُهُمْ وَرِجالُ يَهُوذا وَسُكّانُ القُدْسِ.

because of all the evil of the children of Israel and the children of Judah, which they have done to provoke Me to anger—they, their kings, their princes, their priests, their prophets, the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

33 « أدارُوا ظُهُورَهُمْ لِي لا وُجُوهَهُمْ. وَمَعَ أنَّنِي عَلَّمتُهُمْ يَوماً بَعدَ يَومٍ، فَلَمْ يَستَمِعُوا إلَيَّ وَلَمْ يَقبَلُوا تَعلِيمِي.

And they have turned to Me the back, and not the face; though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not listened to receive instruction.

34 و َضَعُوا أصنامَهُمُ الكَريهَةَ فِي البَيتِ الَّذِي يَحمِلُ اسْمِي، فَنَجَّسُوهُ.

But they set their abominations in the house which is called by My name, to defile it.

35 ب َنُوا مُرتَفَعاتٍ لِلبَعلِ فِي وادِي ابنِ هِنُّومَ، لِيُقَدِّمُوا أبناءَهُمْ وَبَناتِهُمْ قَرابِينَ لِلإلَهِ مُولَكَ. وَأنا لَمْ آمُرْهُمْ بِهَذا، وَلا فَكَّرتُ بِهِ. وَبِعَمَلِهِمْ هَذا، جَعَلُوا يَهُوذا يُخطِئُ.

And they built the high places of Baal which are in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire to Molech, which I did not command them, nor did it come into My mind that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.’

36 « وَلِذَلِكَ هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ ، إلَهُ إسْرائِيلَ، لِهَذِهِ المَدِينَةِ، الَّتِي تَقُولُونَ عَنها بِأنَّها أُسلِمَتْ لِيَدِ مَلِكِ بابِلَ بِالحَربِ وَالمَجاعَةِ وَالوَباءِ:

“Now therefore, thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, concerning this city of which you say, ‘It shall be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence’:

37 « سَأجمَعُهُمْ مِنَ الأراضِي الَّتِي طَرَدتُهُمْ إلَيها بِغَضَبِي وَسَخَطِي وَغَيظِيَ الشَّدِيدِ. سَأُرجِعُهُمْ إلَى هَذا المَكانِ، وَسَأُسكِنُهُمْ بِأمانٍ.

Behold, I will gather them out of all countries where I have driven them in My anger, in My fury, and in great wrath; I will bring them back to this place, and I will cause them to dwell safely.

38 س َيَكُونُونَ شَعبِي، وَأنا سَأكُونُ إلَهَهُمْ.

They shall be My people, and I will be their God;

39 و َسَأُعطِيهُمْ قَلباً واحِداً وَطَرِيقاً واحِداً لِكَي يَخافُونِي دائِماً لأجلِ خَيرِهِمْ وَخَيْرِ نَسلِهِمْ.

then I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear Me forever, for the good of them and their children after them.

40 « قَطَعْتُ عَهداً أبَدِيّاً مَعَهُمْ لَنْ أحِيدَ عَنهُ أبَداً: أنْ أعمَلَ خَيراً لَهُمْ وَبِأنْ أضَعَ فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ مَهابَتِي، حَتَّى لا يَحِيدُوا عَنِّي.

And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from doing them good; but I will put My fear in their hearts so that they will not depart from Me.

41 س َأفْرَحُ بِالإحسانِ إلَيهِمْ. وَسَأغرِسُهُمْ فِي هَذِهِ الارْضِ بِأمانَةٍ، بِكُلِّ قَلبِي وَكُلِّ نَفسِي.»

Yes, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will assuredly plant them in this land, with all My heart and with all My soul.’

42 ل أنَّ هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ: «كَما جَلَبتُ هَذِهِ المُعاناةَ العَظِيمَةَ عَلَى هَذا الشَّعبِ، هَكَذا سَأجلِبُ عَلَيهِمِ الخَيرَ الَّذِي وَعَدتُهُمْ بِهِ.

“For thus says the Lord: ‘Just as I have brought all this great calamity on this people, so I will bring on them all the good that I have promised them.

43 ح ِينَئِذٍ، سَتُشتَرَى الحُقُولُ فِي هَذِهِ الأرْضِ الَّتِي تَقُولُونَ إنَّها خَرِبَةٌ وَلا يَسكُنُها إنسانٌ أوْ حَيوانٌ، وَقَدْ أُسلِمَتْ لِيَدِ البابِلِيِّينَ.

And fields will be bought in this land of which you say, “ It is desolate, without man or beast; it has been given into the hand of the Chaldeans.”

44 س َيَشتَرُونَ الحُقُولَ بِفِضَّةٍ، وَسَيَكتُبُونَ صُكُوكاً يَختِمُونَها وَيُشهِدُونَ آخَرِينَ عَلَيها فِي أرْضِ بَنْيامِيْنَ وَالمَناطِقِ المُحِيطَةِ بِالقُدْسِ وَفِي مُدُنِ يَهُوذا وَمُدُنِ المَناطِقِ الجَبَلِيَّةِ وَفِي مُدُنِ التِّلالِ الغَربِيَّةِ وَفِي مُدُنِ النَّقَبِ. سَيَحدُثُ ذَلِكَ لأنِّي سَأُرجِعُ ما أُخِذَ مِنهُمْ.» يَقُولُ اللهُ.

Men will buy fields for money, sign deeds and seal them, and take witnesses, in the land of Benjamin, in the places around Jerusalem, in the cities of Judah, in the cities of the mountains, in the cities of the lowland, and in the cities of the South; for I will cause their captives to return,’ says the Lord.”