1 ه َذِهِ هِيَ الرَّسائِلُ الَّتِي تَكَلَّمَ بِها اللهُ إلَى إرْمِيا النَّبِيِّ عَنِ الأُمَمِ. رِسالَةُ اللهِ عَنْ مِصر

The word of the Lord which came to Jeremiah the prophet against the nations.

2 ع َنْ مِصرَ، عَنْ جَيشِ الفِرعَونِ نَخوَ مَلِكِ مِصرَ الَّذِي كانَ عِندَ نَهرِ الفُراتِ فِي كَركَمِيشَ، وَهَزَمَهُ نَبُوخَذْناصَّرُ فِي السَّنَةِ الرّابِعَةِ لِمُلكِ يَهُوياقِيمَ بْنِ يُوشِيّا مَلِكِ يَهُوذا.

Against Egypt. Concerning the army of Pharaoh Necho, king of Egypt, which was by the River Euphrates in Carchemish, and which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah:

3 « جَهِّزُوا أسلِحَتَكُمْ، وَاستَعِدُّوا لِلمَعرَكَةِ.

“Order the buckler and shield, And draw near to battle!

4 أ سرِجُوا الخَيلَ، وَلْيَركَبِ الفُرسانُ عَلَى خَيلِهِمْ. قِفُوا فِي مَواقِعِكُمْ وَالخُوَذُ عَلَى رُؤُوسِكُمْ، اصقُلُوا رِماحَكُمْ، البَسُوا دُرُوعَكُمْ.

Harness the horses, And mount up, you horsemen! Stand forth with your helmets, Polish the spears, Put on the armor!

5 ل ِماذا أرَى هَذِهِ الأُمُورَ؟ أرَى رِجالاً مُرتَعِبِينَ وَفارِّينَ. أبطالُهُمْ هُزِمُوا، فَفَرُّوا جَمِيعُهُمْ بِلا تَرَدُّدٍ. وَالرُّعبُ حَولَهُمْ مِنْ كُلِّ جِهَةٍ.» يَقُولُ اللهُ.

Why have I seen them dismayed and turned back? Their mighty ones are beaten down; They have speedily fled, And did not look back, For fear was all around,” says the Lord.

6 « لَكِنَّ السَّرِيعَ مِنهُمْ لَنْ يَفِرَّ. وَالقَوِيُّ لَنْ يَهرُبَ. فَفِي الشَّمالِ عِندَ نَهرِ الفُراتِ، تَعَثَّرُوا وَسَقَطُوا.

“Do not let the swift flee away, Nor the mighty man escape; They will stumble and fall Toward the north, by the River Euphrates.

7 م َنْ هُوَ ذاكَ الَّذِي يَرتَفِعُ كَنَهرِ النِّيلِ، الَّذِي مِياهُهُ تَتَدَفَّقُ كَالأنهارِ؟

“Who is this coming up like a flood, Whose waters move like the rivers?

8 م ِصرُ تَرتَفِعُ كَنَهرِ النِّيلِ، وَمِياهُها تَتَدَفَّقُ كَالأنهارِ. قالَ: ‹سَأصعَدُ، سَأُغَطِّي الأرْضَ. سَأهزِمُ مُدُناً وَسُكّانَها.›

Egypt rises up like a flood, And its waters move like the rivers; And he says, ‘I will go up and cover the earth, I will destroy the city and its inhabitants.’

9 ا صعَدِي أيَّتُها الخَيلُ، هِيجِي يا مَركَباتُ. لِيَخرُجِ المُحارِبُونَ. لِيَخرُجْ رِجالُ كُوشَ وَفُوطَ الَّذِينَ يُمسِكُونَ الدِّرعَ بِمَهارَةٍ، وَلْيَخرُجْ رِجالُ لُودَ المَهَرَةُ فِي استِخدامِ القُوسِ.

Come up, O horses, and rage, O chariots! And let the mighty men come forth: The Ethiopians and the Libyans who handle the shield, And the Lydians who handle and bend the bow.

10 « سَيَكُونُ ذَلِكَ اليَومُ يَومَ انتِقامٍ لِلرَّبِّ الإلَهِ القَدِيرِ، لِيَنتَقِمَ لِنَفسِهِ مِنْ أعدائِهِ. سَيَأكُلُ السَّيفُ حَتَّى يَشبَعَ، وَسَيُطفِئُ ظَمَأهُ بِدَمِهِمْ. لأنَّهُ سَتَكُونُ هُناكَ ذَبِيحَةٌ لِلرَّبِّ الإلَهِ القَدِيرِ، فِي أرْضِ الشَّمالِ عِندَ نَهرِ الفُراتِ.

For this is the day of the Lord God of hosts, A day of vengeance, That He may avenge Himself on His adversaries. The sword shall devour; It shall be satiated and made drunk with their blood; For the Lord God of hosts has a sacrifice In the north country by the River Euphrates.

11 أ يَّتُها العَذراءُ مِصرُ، اصعَدِي إلَى جِلعادَ، وَاحصُلِي عَلَى بَعضِ البَلسَمِ. جَرَّبِتِ عِلاجاتٍ كَثِيرَةً بِلا فائِدَةٍ، وَلا تَقدِرِينَ أنْ تَشفِي نَفسَكِ.

“Go up to Gilead and take balm, O virgin, the daughter of Egypt; In vain you will use many medicines; You shall not be cured.

12 س َمِعَتِ الأُمَمُ عَنْ عارِكِ، وَصَرخَةُ ألَمِكِ قَدْ مَلأتْ كُلَّ الأرْضِ، لأنَّ مُحارِباً تَعَثَّرَ بِآخَرَ، فَسَقَطَ كِلاهُما مَعاً.»

The nations have heard of your shame, And your cry has filled the land; For the mighty man has stumbled against the mighty; They both have fallen together.” Babylonia Will Strike Egypt

13 ه َذِهِ هِيَ الرِّسالَةُ الَّتِي تَكَلَّمَ بِها اللهُ إلَى إرْمِيا النَّبِيِّ عَنْ مَجِيءٍ نَبُوخَذْناصَّرَ مَلِكِ بابِلَ لِيَضرِبَ أرْضَ مِصرَ.

The word that the Lord spoke to Jeremiah the prophet, how Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon would come and strike the land of Egypt.

14 « أعلِنُوا فِي مِصرَ، أخبِرُوا شَعبَ مَجدَلَ، وَأخبِرُوا شَعبَ مَمْفِيسَ وَتَحْفَنِحِيسَ. قُولُوا: ‹خُذْ مَوقِعَكَ وَجَهِّزْ نَفسَكَ، لأنَّ السَّيفَ قَدِ التَهَمَ مَنْ هُمْ حَولَكَ.

“Declare in Egypt, and proclaim in Migdol; Proclaim in Noph and in Tahpanhes; Say, ‘Stand fast and prepare yourselves, For the sword devours all around you.’

15 ل ِماذا طُرِحَ الأقوِياءُ الَّذِينَ تَتَّكِلُ عَلَيهِمْ؟ لِماذا لا يَقِفُ؟ لأنَّ اللهَ قَدْ طَرَحَهُ.›

Why are your valiant men swept away? They did not stand Because the Lord drove them away.

16 ج َعَلَ أُناساً كَثِيرِينَ يَتَعَثَّرُونَ، بَلْ يَسقُطُونَ أحَدُهُمْ عَلَى الآخَرِ. قالُوا: ‹لِنَقُمْ وَنَعُدْ إلَى شَعبِنا، وَإلَى الأرْضِ الَّتِي وُلِدْنا فِيها، بَعِيداً عَنِ الهُجُومِ القاسِي.›

He made many fall; Yes, one fell upon another. And they said, ‘Arise! Let us go back to our own people And to the land of our nativity From the oppressing sword.’

17 ا ستَنجَدُوا بِمَلِكِ مِصرَ فِرعَوْنَ، ‹الضَّجَّةَ الفارِغَةَ،› فَلَمْ يَستَجِبْ فِي الوَقتِ المُناسِبِ.

They cried there, ‘Pharaoh, king of Egypt, is but a noise. He has passed by the appointed time!’

18 ح َيٌّ أنا، يَقُولُ المَلِكُ الَّذِي اسْمُهُ يهوه القَدِيرُ. مَجِيئُهُ سَيَكُونُ مِثلَ جَبَلِ تابُورَ بَينَ الجِبالِ، وَمِثلَ الكَرمَلِ بِجِوارِ البَحرِ.

“ As I live,” says the King, Whose name is the Lord of hosts, “Surely as Tabor is among the mountains And as Carmel by the sea, so he shall come.

19 أ يَّتُها الابْنَةُ مِصرُ، احزِمِي لِنَفسِكِ حُزْمَةَ السَّبيِ، لأنَّ مَمْفِيسَ سَتَكُونُ مَكاناً مَهجُوراً، وَسَتُحرَقُ بِالنّارِ، وَلَنْ يَكُونَ فِيها ساكِنٌ.

O you daughter dwelling in Egypt, Prepare yourself to go into captivity! For Noph shall be waste and desolate, without inhabitant.

20 « مِصْرُ بَقَرَةٌ جَمِيلَةٌ، وَقَدْ جاءَ عَلَيها ذُبابٌ مِنَ الشَّمالِ.

“Egypt is a very pretty heifer, But destruction comes, it comes from the north.

21 ح َتَّى المُرتَزَقَةُ فِيها كَالثِّيرانِ المُسَمَّنَةِ، هُمْ أيضاً يَرجِعُونَ إلَى الخَلفِ وَيَهرُبُونَ، لَمْ يَقِفُوا مَعاً. هَرَبُوا لأنَّ يَومَ نَكْبَتِهِمْ قَدْ جاءَ عَلَيهِمْ، الوَقتُ الَّذِي فِيهِ سَيُعاقَبُونَ.

Also her mercenaries are in her midst like fat bulls, For they also are turned back, They have fled away together. They did not stand, For the day of their calamity had come upon them, The time of their punishment.

22 ص َوتُها كَحَيَّةٍ تَزحَفُ هارِبَةً، لأنَّ أعداءَها يَأتُونَ بِقُوَّةٍ. جاءُوا إلَيها بِفُؤُوسٍ كَحَطّابِينَ.

Her noise shall go like a serpent, For they shall march with an army And come against her with axes, Like those who chop wood.

23 ي َقُولُ اللهُ: «قَطَّعُوا غاباتِ مِصرَ، وَإنْ كانَتْ أشْجارُ غاباتِها لا تُحصَى، فَهُمْ أكثَرُ مِنَ الجَرادِ الَّذِي لا يُمكِنُ أنْ يُعَدَّ.

“They shall cut down her forest,” says the Lord, “Though it cannot be searched, Because they are innumerable, And more numerous than grasshoppers.

24 ا لابْنةُ مِصرُ قَدْ خَزِيَتْ، قَدْ أُسلِمَتْ إلَى يَدِ شَعبِ الشَّمالِ.»

The daughter of Egypt shall be ashamed; She shall be delivered into the hand Of the people of the north.”

25 ي َقُولُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ، إلَهُ إسْرائِيلَ: «سَأُعاقِبُ أمُونَ وَفِرْعَونَ وَمِصرَ وَكُلَّ آلِهَتِها وَمُلُوكِها. سَأُعاقِبُ فِرعَوْنَ وَجَميعَ المُتَّكِلِينَ عَلَيهِ.

The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Behold, I will bring punishment on Amon of No, and Pharaoh and Egypt, with their gods and their kings—Pharaoh and those who trust in him.

26 س َأُسَلِّمُهُمْ إلَى يَدِ الَّذِينَ يُرِيدُونَ قَتلَهُمْ، لِيَدِ نَبُوخَذْناصَّرَ وَلِيَدِ خُدّامِهِ. وَبَعدَ ذَلِكَ سَتَعُودُ لِتُسْكَنَ كَما كانَتْ فِي الماضِي،» يَقُولُ اللهُ. رِسالَةُ اللهِ عَنْ إسْرائِيل

And I will deliver them into the hand of those who seek their lives, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and the hand of his servants. Afterward it shall be inhabited as in the days of old,” says the Lord. God Will Preserve Israel

27 « أمّا أنتَ يا عَبْدِي يَعقُوبَ، فَلا تَخَفْ، وَلا تَرتَعِبْ يا إسْرائِيلُ. لأنِّي سَأُنقِذُكَ مِنْ أرْضٍ بَعِيدَةٍ، وَسَأُنقِذُ نَسلَكَ مِنَ الأرْضِ الَّتِي هُمْ مَسبِيُّونَ فِيها. سَيَرجِعُ يَعقُوبُ لِيَكُونَ فِي سَكِينَةٍ وَراحَةٍ، بِحَيثُ لا يُوجَدُ مَنْ يُخِيفُهُ.

“But do not fear, O My servant Jacob, And do not be dismayed, O Israel! For behold, I will save you from afar, And your offspring from the land of their captivity; Jacob shall return, have rest and be at ease; No one shall make him afraid.

28 ي َقُولُ اللهُ: «يا عَبْدِي يَعقُوبَ، لا تَخَفْ، لأنِّي أنا مَعَكَ. لأنِّي سَأُفنِي كُلَّ الأُمَمِ الَّتِي طُرِدْتَ إلَيها، وَلَكِنِّي لَنْ أُفنِيَكَ، بَلْ سَأُؤَدِّبُكَ كَما تَستَحِقُّ، وَلَنْ أترُكَكَ بِلا عِقابٍ.»

Do not fear, O Jacob My servant,” says the Lord, “For I am with you; For I will make a complete end of all the nations To which I have driven you, But I will not make a complete end of you. I will rightly correct you, For I will not leave you wholly unpunished.”