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

This word came to Jeremiah for the Jews living in the land of Egypt, at Migdol, Tahpanhes, Memphis, and in the land 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.

“This is what the Lord of All, the God of Israel, says: ‘You have seen all the trouble I have brought to Jerusalem and to all the cities of Judah. See, today they are a waste. No one lives in them.

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

This is because of the sins they did that made Me angry. They kept burning special perfume and worshiping other gods whom they, you, and your fathers had not known.

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

Yet I sent you all My servants who spoke for Me again and again, saying, “O, do not do this very sinful thing which I hate!”

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

But they did not listen and would not turn from their sinful ways. They would not stop burning special perfume to other gods.

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

So My anger was poured out and burned in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. And they have been destroyed and laid waste, as they are today.

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؟

Now this is what the Lord God of All, the God of Israel, says: “Why are you hurting yourselves so much? Why are you cutting off from Judah man and woman, child and baby, and leaving yourselves without anyone?

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.

You are making Me angry with the works of your hands. You burn special perfume to other gods in the land of Egypt, where you have gone to live. And so you will be cut off and become a curse and a shame among all the nations 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 you forgotten the sins of your fathers, the sins of the kings of Judah, the sins of their wives, your own sins, and the sins of your wives? They sinned 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 have not been sorry for their sins even to this day. They have not feared Me or walked in My Laws which I have given you and your fathers.”’

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

“So the Lord of All, the God of Israel, says, ‘I will turn against you and destroy 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.

I will take away those left of Judah who have set their mind on going into the land of Egypt to live. They will come to an end in the land of Egypt. They will fall by the sword or die from hunger. Both the small and the great will die by the sword or hunger. They will be a curse and a cause of fear. They will be spoken against and put to shame.

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

I will punish those who live in the land of Egypt as I have punished Jerusalem, with the sword and hunger and disease.

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 none of those left of Judah who have come to live in the land of Egypt will be able to leave and go to the land of Judah, where they want to return and live. None will return except a few who run for their lives.’”

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 were burning special perfume to other gods, and all the many women who stood by, and all the people who were living in Pathros in the land of Egypt, said to Jeremiah,

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

“We will not listen to what you have said to us in the name of the Lord!

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 do everything that we have said we would do. We will burn special perfume to the queen of heaven and pour out drink gifts to her. We will do just as we ourselves, our fathers, our kings and our leaders did in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. For then we had much food, and got along well, and had no trouble.

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

But since we stopped burning special perfume to the queen of heaven and pouring out drink gifts to her, we have been without everything. We have been destroyed by the sword and by hunger.”

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 the women said, “When we baked cakes which looked like the queen of heaven, burned special perfume, and poured out our drink gifts, did not our husbands know about it?”

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

Then Jeremiah said to all the people, both the men and women, who had given him this answer,

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؟

“As for the special perfume that you and your fathers, your kings and your leaders, and the people of the land burned in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, did not the Lord remember it? 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.

The Lord could no longer stand by while you did such sinful things. You have done very sinful acts. So your land has been laid waste. It has become a hated and cursed land, a place without people, as it is today.

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 you have burned special perfume and have sinned against the Lord and have not obeyed the voice of the Lord or walked in His Laws or done what He said to do, this trouble has come upon you, as it has this day.”

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

Then Jeremiah said to all the people and all the women, “Hear the Word of the Lord, all you of Judah who 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.›

This is what the Lord of All, the God of Israel, says: ‘You and your wives have said with your mouths and have done it with your hands, saying, “For sure we will keep our promises to burn special perfume to the queen of heaven and pour out drink gifts to her.” Then keep your promises! Do what you have promised!’

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.

But hear the Word of the Lord, all you of Judah who are living in the land of Egypt: ‘I have sworn by My great name,’ says the Lord, ‘that My name will 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.

For I am watching over them for trouble and not for good. All the men of Judah who are in the land of Egypt will be destroyed by the sword and hunger 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.

And those who get away from the sword and return from Egypt to the land of Judah will be few. Then all those left of Judah who have gone to the land of Egypt to live will know whose word will 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.

This will be the special thing for you to see,’ says the Lord. ‘I am going to punish you in this place, so that you may know that My words will be sure to stand against you for your hurt.’

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.›»

The Lord says, ‘I will give Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt over to those who hate him and want to kill him. It will be just as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah over to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who hated him and wanted to kill him.’”