1 ه َذِهِ هِيَ الرِّسالَةُ الَّتِي جاءَتْ إلَى إرْمِيا لِجَميعِ اليَهُودِ السّاكِنِينَ فِي أرْضِ مِصرَ، فِي مَجْدَلَ وَتَحْفَنْحِيسَ وَمَمْفِيسَ وَفِي صَعِيدِ مِصرَ:

¶ The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews which dwelt in the land of Egypt, which dwelt at Migdol and at Tahpanhes and at Noph and in the country of Pathros, saying,

2 « هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ، إلَهُ إسْرائِيلَ: ‹قَدْ رَأيتُمُ الشَّرَّ الَّذِي جَلَبتُهُ عَلَى القُدْسِ وَعَلَى كُلِّ مُدُنِ يَهُوذا. فَها هِيَ خَرِبَةٌ مَهجُورَةٌ، لا يَسكُنُ فِيها أحَدٌ.

Thus hath the LORD of the hosts, the God of Israel said: Ye have seen all the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem and upon all the cities of Judah; and, behold, this day they are a desolation, and no man dwells therein,

3 ه َذا بِسَبَبِ الشَّرِّ الَّذِي صَنَعُوهُ. أثارُوا غضَبِي بِتَقدِماتِهِمْ وَعِبادَتِهِمْ لآلِهَةٍ أُخرَى لَمْ يَعرِفُوها هُمْ وَلا آباؤُهُمْ.

because of their wickedness which they have committed to provoke me to anger, in that they went to burn incense and to serve other gods, whom they knew not, neither they, ye, nor your fathers.

4 و َأرسَلْتُ إلَيكُمْ خُدّامِيَ الأنبِياءَ واحِداً بَعدَ الآخَرِ، وَقُلْتُ لَكُمْ: ‹لا تَعمَلُوا هَذِهِ الأُمُورَ الكَرِيهَةَ الَّتِي أُبغِضُها.›

Howbeit I sent unto you all my slaves the prophets, rising early and sending them, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing that I hate.

5 ل َكِنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَستَمِعُوا إلَيَّ، وَلَمْ يَفتَحُوا آذانِهِمْ، لِيَتُوبُوا عَنِ شَرِّهِمْ، وَيَتَوَقَّفُوا عَنْ تَقديمِ القَرابِينَ لآلِهَةٍ أُخرَى.

But they did not hearken, nor incline their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense unto other gods.

6 ف َغَضِبْتُ جِدّاً، بَلِ اشتَعَلَ غَضَبِي عَلَى مُدُنِ يَهُوذا وَشَوارِعِ القُدْسِ، فَأصبَحَتْ خِربَةً مَهجُورَةً كَما هُوَ حالُها اليَومَ.›

Therefore my fury and my anger was poured forth and was kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they are wasted and desolate, as at this day.

7 « وَالآنَ، هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ الإلَهُ القَدِيرُ، إلَهُ إسْرائِيلَ: «لِماذا تَجلِبُونَ هَذا الشَّرَّ عَلَى أنفُسِكُمْ؟ وَلِماذا تُفنُونَ كُلَّ الرِّجالِ وَالنِّساءِ وَالأطفالِ وَالرُّضَّعِ مِنْ يَهُوذا؟ لِمَ لا تَترُكُونَ لَكُمْ ناجِينَ؟

Therefore now thus hath the LORD, the God of the hosts, the God of Israel said: Why do ye commit this great evil against your souls, that ye be cut off, man and woman, child and suckling, out of Judah. Why do ye not desire to have a remnant?

8 ل ِماذا تُثِيرونَ غَضَبِي بِالأشياءِ الَّتِي تَفعَلُونَها؟ لِماذا تُحرِقُونَ بَخُوراً لآلِهَةٍ أُخْرَى فِي أرْضِ مِصرَ حَيثُ تَسكُنُونَ؟ سَتُدَمِّرُونَ أنفُسَكُمْ، وَسَتَشتِمُكُمْ جَميعُ أُمَمِ الأرْضِ وَتَسخَرَ بِكُمْ.

In that ye provoke me unto wrath with the works of your hands, burning incense unto other gods in the land of Egypt, where ye are gone to dwell. Why do ye cut yourselves off that ye might be a curse and a reproach to all the Gentiles of the earth?

9 ه َلْ نَسِيتُمْ شُرُورَ آبائِكُمْ وَشُرُورَ مُلُوكِ يَهُوذا وَشُرُورَ نِسائِهِمْ وَشُرُورَكُمْ وَشُرُورَ نِسائِكُمُ الَّتِي عَمِلُوها فِي أرْضِ يَهُوذا وَفِي شَوارِعِ مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ؟

Have ye forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, and the wickedness of the kings of Judah, and the wickedness of their wives, and your own wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives, which was committed in the land of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?

10 ل َمْ يَتَواضَعُوا إلَى هَذا اليَومِ، وَلَمْ يَخافُونِي، وَلَمْ يَعِيشُوا بِحَسَبِ شَرِيعَتِي وَفَرائِضِي الَّتِي وَضَعْتُها أمامَهُمْ وَأمامَ آبائِهِمْ.›

They are not broken even unto this day, neither have they feared, nor walked in my law, nor in my rights, that I set before you and before your fathers.

11 « وَلِذَلِكَ، هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ، إلَهُ إسْرائِيلَ: «ها أنا عازِمٌ عَلَى أنْ أُعاقِبَكَ وَأنْ أُفنِيَ كُلَّ يَهُوذا.

Therefore thus hath the LORD of the hosts, the God of Israel said: Behold, I will set my face against you for evil and to cut off all Judah.

12 س َآخُذُ الَّذِينَ بَقُوا مِنْ يَهُوذا وَالَّذِينَ صَمَّمُوا عَلَى الذَّهابِ إلَى أرْضِ مِصرَ لِيَعِيشُوا فِيها كَغُرَباءَ، وَسَيَمُوتُونَ كُلُّهُمْ فِي أرْضِ مِصرَ. سَيَسقُطُونَ فِي المَعرَكَةِ أوْ بِسَبَبِ الجُوعِ، وَسَيَنتَهُونَ مِنْ كَبِيرِهِمْ إلَى صَغِيرِهِمْ. فِي المَعرَكَةِ أوْ بِسَبَبِ الجُوعِ سَيَمُوتُونَ. وَسَيُشارُ إلَيْهِمْ فِي اللَّعَناتِ كَمِثالٍ لِلدَّمارِ الكامِلِ وَكَمَوضُوعٍ لِلاستِهزاءِ وَالسُّخْرِيَةِ.

And I will take the remnant of Judah that have set their faces to go into the land of Egypt to dwell there, and they shall all be consumed and fall in the land of Egypt; they shall even be consumed by the sword and by the famine; they shall die, from the least even unto the greatest, by the sword and by the famine; and they shall be for an oath and an astonishment and a curse and a reproach.

13 س َأُعاقِبُ الَّذِينَ يَسكُنُونَ فِي أرْضِ مِصرَ كَما عاقَبْتُ مَدينَةَ القُدْسِ: بِالمَعارِكِ وَالمَجاعَةِ وَالوَباءِ.

For I will visit those that dwell in the land of Egypt as I visited Jerusalem with the sword, with famine, and with pestilence:

14 ل َنْ يَكُونَ هُناكَ ناجٍ أوْ باقٍ مِنْ بَقِيَّةِ يَهُوذا الَّذِينَ سَيَعِيشُونَ فِي أرْضِ مِصرَ. لَنْ يَكُونَ هُناكَ مَنْ يَرجِعُ إلَى أرْضِ يَهُوذا مِنَ الَّذِينَ يَتُوقُونَ إلَى العَودَةِ إلَيها لِيَعِيشُوا فِيها. لأنَّهُ لَنْ يَرجِعَ سِوَى بَعضُ الفارِّينَ.›»

so that none of the remnant of Judah, which are gone into the land of Egypt to dwell there, shall escape or remain alive to return into the land of Judah, unto which they have a desire to return to dwell there; for none shall return but some fugitives.

15 أ مّا كُلُّ الرِّجالِ الَّذِينَ عَرَفُوا أنَّ نِساءَهُمْ كُنَّ يُحرِقْنَ بَخُوراً لآلِهَةٍ أُخْرَى، وَكُلُّ النِّساءِ اللَّواتِي كُنَّ واقِفاتٍ فِي الجَماعَةِ العَظِيمَةِ، وَكُلُّ الشَّعبِ الَّذِي كانَ يَسكُنُ فِي أرْضِ مِصرَ وَفِي الصَّعِيدِ، فَقَدْ قالُوا لإرْمِيا:

¶ Then all the men who knew that their wives had burned incense unto other gods, and all the women that stood by, a great multitude, even all the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying,

16 « لَقَدْ تَكَلَّمْتَ ضِدَّنا بِاسْمِ اللهِ. وَلَكِنَّنا لَنْ نَستَمِعَ إلَيكَ،

As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the LORD, we will not hearken unto thee.

17 ب َلْ سَنَعَمَلُ كُلِّ ما تَعَهَّدنا بِهِ. سَنُحرِقُ البَخُورَ لِمَلِكَةِ السَّماءِ، وَنَسكُبُ لَها تَقدِماتِ الخَمْرِ. سَنَعمَلُ كَما عَمِلْنا نَحنُ وَآباؤُنا وَمُلُوكُنا وَرُؤَساؤُنا فِي مُدُنِ يَهُوذا وَفِي شَوارِعِ القُدْسِ. فَقَدْ كانَ لَدَينا طَعامٌ وافِرٌ لِلأكلِ، وَكُنّا فِي خَيرٍ وَلَمْ نَرَ شَرّاً.

But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goes forth out of our own mouth to burn incense unto the queen of heaven and to pour out drink offerings unto her as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem; for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil.

18 و َمُنْذُ تَوَقَّفْنا عَنْ إحراقِ البَخُورِ لِمَلِكَةِ السَّماءِ وَسَكْبِ تَقدِماتِ الخَمرِ لَها، افتَقَرْنا إلَى كُلِّ شَيءٍ، وَفَنِينا بِالحَربِ وَالجُوعِ.»

But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven and to pour out drink offerings unto her, we have lacked all things and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine.

19 و َقالَتِ النِّساءُ: «عِندَما كُنّا نُحرِقُ بَخُوراً لِمَلِكَةِ السَّماءِ وَنَسكُبُ لَها تَقدِماتٍ سائِلَةً، هَلْ عَمِلْنا لَها كَعكاً عَلَى شَكلِها، أوْ سَكَبْنا لَها تَقدِماتٍ الخَمرِ مِنْ دُونِ مُشارَكَةِ أزواجِنا؟›»

And when we burned incense to the queen of heaven and poured out drink offerings unto her, did we make her cakes to worship her and pour out drink offerings unto her, without our men?

20 ح ِينَئِذٍ، قالَ إرْمِيا لِكُلِّ الشَّعبِ: الرِّجالِ وَالنِّساءِ وَكُلِّ الشَّعبِ الَّذِينَ قالُوا ذَلِكَ:

¶ Then Jeremiah said unto all the people, to the men, and to the women, and to all the people who had given him that answer, saying,

21 « أتَظُنُّونَ أنَّ اللهُ لا يَتَذَكَّرُ قَرابِينَكُمْ الَّتِي قَدَّمْتُمُوها – أنتُمْ وَآباؤُكُمْ وَمُلُوكُكُمْ وَرُؤَساؤُكُمْ وَكُلُّ شَعبِ الأرْضِ – فِي مُدُنِ يَهُوذا وَفِي شَوارِعِ القُدْسِ؟ ألَمْ يُفَكِّرْ بِها؟

The incense that ye burned in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, ye, and your fathers, your kings, and your princes, and the people of the land, did not the LORD remember them and did it not come into his mind?

22 ل َمْ يقْدِرِ اللهُ عَلَى احتِمالِ أعمالِكُمُ الشِّرِّيرَةِ وَالأُمُورِ الكَرِيهَةِ الَّتِي عَمِلْتُمُوها. لِهَذا صارَتْ أرْضُكُمْ مَوضِعَ استِهزاءٍ، وَخَرِبَةً وَتالِفَةً وَغَيرَ مَسكُونَةٍ، كَما هُوَ الحالُ اليَومَ.

So that the LORD could no longer bear because of the evil of your doings, and because of the abominations which ye have committed; therefore is your land a desolation and an astonishment and a curse, without an inhabitant, as at this day.

23 أ حرَقْتُمْ بَخُوراً وَأخطَأتُمْ إلَى اللهِ. لَمْ تُطِيعُوا اللهَ وَلَمْ تَسلُكُوا بِحَسَبِ شَرِيعَتِهِ وَفَرائِضِهِ وَشَهاداتِهِ. لِذَلِكَ جاءَ عَلَيكُمْ هَذا الشَّرُّ، كَما هُوَ الحالُ اليَومَ.»

Because ye have burned incense and because ye have sinned against the LORD and have not listened to the voice of the LORD nor walked in his law nor in his rights, nor in his testimonies; therefore this evil has come upon you, as at this day.

24 ث ُمَّ قالَ إرْمِيا لِكُلِّ الشَّعبِ وَلِكُلِّ النِّساءِ: «يا جَميعَ بَنِي يَهُوذا السّاكِنِينَ فِي أرْضِ مِصرَ، اسْمَعُوا كَلِمَةَ اللهِ.

Moreover Jeremiah said unto all the people, and to all the women, Hear the word of the LORD, all Judah that are in the land of Egypt:

25 ه َذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ، إلَهُ إسْرائِيلَ: ‹أنتُمْ وَنِساؤُكُمْ تَكَلَّمْتُمْ بِأفواهِكُمْ، وَنَفَّذْتُمْ ما تَكَلَّمْتُمْ بِهِ بِأيدِيكُمْ، إذْ قُلْتُمْ: إنَّنا سَنُوفِي بِالنُّذُورِ الَّتِي قَطَعْناها بِأنْ نُحرِقَ بَخُوراً لِمَلِكَةِ السَّماءِ وَنَسكُبَ لَها تَقدِماتِ الخَمرِ. أتمِمْنَ نُذُورَكُنَّ وَاعْمَلْنَ بِما تَكَلَّمْتُنَّ.›

Thus hath spoken the LORD of the hosts, the God of Israel, saying: Ye and your wives have both spoken with your mouths and fulfilled with your hand, saying, We will surely perform our vows that we have vowed, to burn incense to the queen of heaven and to pour out drink offerings unto her; ye will surely accomplish your vows and surely perform your vows.

26 ل ِذَلِكَ، اسْمَعُوا كَلامَ اللهِ يا كُلَّ بَنِي يَهُوذا السّاكِنِينَ فِي أرْضِ مِصرَ. يَقُولُ يهوه: ‹أقْسِمُ بِاسْمِيَ العَظِيمِ، أنْ لا يُقْسِمَ أحَدٌ مِنْ بَنِي يَهُوذا السّاكِنِينَ فِي مِصرَ فِيما بَعْدُ بِاسْمِيَ الحَيِّ.

Therefore hear ye the word of the LORD, all Judah that dwell in the land of Egypt; Behold, I have sworn by my great name, said the LORD, that my name shall no more be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, The Lord GOD lives.

27 ف َها أنا سَأسهَرُ عَلَيهِمْ لِكَي أجلِبَ عَلَيهِمِ الشَّرَّ لا الخَيرَ. وَسَيَمُوتُ كُلُّ شَخصٍ مِنْ يَهُوذا السّاكِنِينَ فِي أرْضِ مِصرَ فِي المَعرَكَةِ أوْ مِنَ الجُوعِ، حَتَّى يَفنُوا بِالتَّمامِ.

Behold, I will watch over them for evil, and not for good: and all the men of Judah that are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine until there is an end of them.

28 ع َدَدٌ قَلِيلٌ مِنهُمْ فَقَطْ سَيَنجُو مِنَ القِتالِ وَيَعُودُ إلَى أرْضِ يَهُوذا مِنْ أرْضِ مِصرَ، وَبَقِيَّةُ يَهُوذا الَّذِينَ جاءُوا إلَى أرْضِ مِصرَ لِيَسكُنُوا كَغُرَباءَ فِيها سَيَعرِفُونَ كَلِمَةَ مَنْ مِنّا هِيَ الَّتِي تَثبُتُ.

Yet a small number that escape the sword shall return out of the land of Egypt into the land of Judah, so that all the remnant of Judah, that are gone into the land of Egypt to dwell there, shall know whose words shall stand, mine, or theirs.

29 و َسَتَكُونُ هَذِهِ عَلامَةً لَكُمْ،› يَقُولُ اللهُ ، ‹سَأُعاقِبُكُمْ فِي هَذا المَكانِ، حَتَّى تَعرِفُوا بِأنَّ الكَلامَ الَّذِي قُلْتُهُ عَنِ الشَّرِّ الآتِي عَلَيكُمْ سَيَتِمُّ.

And this shall be a sign unto you, saith the LORD, that I will visit you in this place, that ye may know that my words shall surely stand against you for evil:

30 « هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ: ‹سَأُسَلِّمُ فِرعَوْنَ خَفْرَعَ، مَلِكَ مِصرَ إلَى يَدِ أعدائِهِ وَيَدِ الَّذِينَ يُرِيدُونَ قَتلَهُ، كَما سَلَّمتُ صِدْقِيّا مَلِكَ يَهُوذا إلَى يَدِ نَبُوخَذْناصَّرَ مَلِكِ بابِلَ عَدُوَّهُ الَّذِي أرادَ قَتلَهُ.›»

thus hath the LORD said: Behold, I will give Pharaohhophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies and into the hand of those that seek his soul; as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, his enemy, and that sought his soul.