ﺃﺭﻣﻴﺎء 50 ~ Jeremiah 50

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1 ه َذِهِ هِيَ الرِّسالَةُ الَّتِي تَكَلَّمَ بِها اللهُ عَنْ بابِلَ وَأرْضِ البابِلِيِّينَ عَلَى فَمِ إرْمِيا النَّبِيِّ.

The word that the Lord spoke concerning and against Babylon and concerning and against the land of the Chaldeans through Jeremiah the prophet:

2 « أعلِنُوا لِكُلِّ الأُمَمِ وَخَبِّرُوا، ارفَعُوا رايَةً، أخبِرُوا. لا تُخفُوا الأمرَ، قُولُوا: ‹أُخِذَتْ بابِلُ، خَزِيَ بِيلُ، ارتَعَبَ مَرُودَخُ. أصنامُها خَزِيَتْ، تَماثِيلُها ارتَعَبَتْ.›

Declare it among the nations and publish it and set up a signal —publish and conceal it not; say, Babylon has been taken; Bel is put to shame, Merodach (Bel) is dismayed and broken down. images are put to shame, her idols are thrown down!

3 ل أنَّ أُمَّةً قَدْ صَعِدَتْ عَلَيها مِنَ الشَّمالِ، تُريدُ أنْ تَجعَلَ أرْضَها خَرِبَةً. لَنْ يَكُونَ فِيها ساكِنٌ، سَيَهرُبُ مِنها النّاسُ وَالحَيواناتُ.

For out of the north there has come up a nation against her which will make her land desolate, and none will dwell there. They will have fled, they will be gone—from man even to beast.

4 ف ِي تِلكَ الأيّامِ وَذَلِكَ الوَقتِ،» يَقُولُ اللهُ ، «سَيَأتِي بَنو إسْرائِيلَ وَبَنُو يَهُوذا مَعاً، سَيَأتُونَ وَهُمْ يَبكُونَ، وَسَيَطلُبُونَ إلَهَهُمْ.

In those days and at that time, says the Lord, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together; they shall come up weeping as they come and seek the Lord their God.

5 س َيَسألُونَ عَنْ صِهْيَوْنَ، وَهِيَ سَتَكُونُ مَنارَتَهُمْ، سَيَأتُونَ وَيَلتَصِقُونَ بِاللهِ. فِي عَهدٍ أبَدِيٍّ لا يُنسَى.

They shall ask the way to Zion, with their faces in that direction, saying, Come, let us join ourselves to the Lord in a perpetual covenant that shall not be forgotten.

6 « صارَ شَعبِي خِرافاً ضالَّةً، رُعاتُهُمْ أضَلُّوهُمْ، شَتَّتُوهُمْ عَلَى الجِبالِ. يَذهَبُونَ مِنْ جَبَلٍ إلَى تَلَّةٍ. نَسُوا مَكانَ راحَتِهِمْ.

My people have been lost sheep; their shepherds have led them astray on mountains. They have gone from mountain to hill; they have forgotten their resting-place.

7 ك ُلُّ مَنْ وَجَدَهُمْ التَهَمَهُمْ، قالَ أعداؤُهُمْ: ‹لَسنا مُذنِبِينَ، لأنَّ أُولَئِكَ النّاسُ أخطَأُوا إلَى اللهِ ، الَّذِي هُوَ مَرعاهُمُ الرّائِعُ، اللهُ ، الَّذِي وَضَعَ آباؤُهُمْ رَجاءَهُمْ فِيهِ.›

All who found them devoured them; and their adversaries said, We are not guilty, because they have sinned against the Lord, their true habitation of righteousness and justice, even the Lord, the hope of their fathers.

8 « اهرُبُوا مِنْ وَسَطِ بابِلَ، مِنْ أرْضِ البابِلِيِّينَ. اخرُجُوا وَكُونُوا مِثلَ التُّيُوسِ الَّتِي تَسِيرُ أمامَ الغَنَمِ.

Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and go forth out of the land of the Chaldeans; and be as the he-goats before the flocks.

9 ل أنِّي سَأنهَضُ وَأجلِبُ عَلَى بابِلَ جَماعَةً مِنْ أُمَمٍ عَظِيمَةٍ، مِنْ أرْضِ الشَّمالِ. سَيَجتَمِعُونَ مَعاً ضِدَّها، وَسَتُسبَى مِنْ الشَّمالِ. سَتَكُونُ سِهامُهُمْ كَالمُحارِبِينَ المَهَرَةِ، الذِينَ لا يَعُودُونَ فارِغِي الأيدِيْ.

For behold, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the north country. They will equip and set themselves against her; from there she will be taken. Their arrows will be like an expert, mighty warrior and like his arrows—none will return in vain.

10 ف َسَيُسلَبُ البابِلِيُّونَ، وَسَيَشبَعُ الَّذِي سَيَسبِيها،» يَقُولُ اللهُ.

And Chaldea shall become plunder; all who plunder her shall be satisfied, says the Lord.

11 « مَعَ أنَّكُمْ تَحتَفِلُونَ، وَمَعَ أنَّكُمْ، أيُّها السّالِبُونَ مِيراثِي، تَفرَحُونَ، وَمَعَ أنَّكُمْ تَرقُصُونَ كَبَقَرَةٍ دائِسَةٍ، وَتَصهَلُونَ كَخَيلٍ قَوِيَّةٍ،

Though you are glad, though you rejoice, O you who plunder My heritage, though you are wanton and skip about like a heifer at grass and neigh like strong stallions,

12 إ لّا أنَّ أُمَّكُمْ سَتَخجَلُ، وَالَّتِي حَمَلَتكُمْ سَتُخزَى. فَبَعدَ مَجِيءِ الأُمَمِ وَذَهابِها، لَنْ تَكُونَ بابِلُ سِوَى بَرِّيَّةٍ وَأرْضٍ قاحِلَةٍ وَصَحراءَ.

Your mother shall be put to great shame; she who bore you shall blush and be disgraced. Behold, she shall be at the rear of the nations —a wilderness, waste, and desert.

13 ب ِسَبَبِ غَضَبِ اللهِ لَنْ تُسكَنَ، لَكِنَّها سَتُخَرَّبُ بِالكامِلِ. كُلُّ مَنْ يَمُرُّ فِي بابِلَ سَيَندَهِشُ، وَسَيَصفُرُونَ استِهزاءً عَلَى جُرُوحِها.

Because of the wrath of the Lord she shall not be inhabited but shall be wholly desolate; everyone who goes by Babylon shall be appalled and hiss and mock at all her wounds and plagues.

14 « حاصِرُوا بابِلَ يا كُلَّ ضارِبِي السِّهامِ، ارمُوا عَلَيها جَميعَ سِهامِكُمْ لأنَّها قَدْ أخطَأتْ إلَى اللهِ.

Set yourselves in array against Babylon round about, all you archers. Shoot at her! Spare not the arrows, for she has sinned against the Lord.

15 ا هتِفُوا عَلَيها مِنْ كُلِّ الجِهاتِ حَولَها. إنَّها تَطلُبُ الرَّحمَةَ. أعمِدَتُها قَدْ سَقَطَتْ، أسوارُها تَهَدَّمَتْ. لأنَّ هَذِهِ هِيَ نَقمَةُ اللهِ ، انتَقِمُوا مِنها. اصنَعُوا بِها كَما صَنَعَتْ بِالآخَرِينَ.

Raise the battle cry against her round about! She gives her hand and surrenders; her supports and battlements fall, her walls are thrown down. For this is the vengeance of the Lord: take vengeance on her; as she has done, do to her.

16 ا قطَعُوا كُلَّ زارَعٍ مِنْ بابِلَ، وَكَلَّ مَنْ يُمسِكُ بِمِنجَلِهِ وَقتَ الحَصادِ. كُلُّ واحِدٍ سَيَترُكُ المَعرَكَةَ الشَّدِيدَةَ لِيَذهَبَ إلَى شَعبِهِ، وَكُلُّ واحِدٍ سَيَهرُبُ إلَى أرْضِهِ.

Exterminate the sower from Babylon, and the one who handles the sickle in the time of harvest. For fear of the sword of the oppressor everyone shall return to his people, and everyone shall flee to his own land.

17 « إسْرائِيلُ قَطِيعٌ مُشَتَّتٌ طارَدَتْهُ الأُسُودُ. أوَّلُ مَنْ أكَلَهُمْ كانَ مَلِكَ أشُّورَ، وَآخِرُ مَنْ أكَلَ عِظامَهُمْ كانَ نَبُوخَذْناصَّرَ مَلِكَ بابِلَ.»

Israel is a hunted and scattered sheep; the lions have chased him. First the king of Assyria devoured him, and now at last Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon has broken and gnawed his bones.

18 ل ِذَلِكَ هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ، إلَهُ إسْرائِيلَ: «سَأُعاقِبُ مَلِكَ بابِلَ وَأرْضَهُ، كَما عاقَبتُ مَلِكَ أشُّورَ.

Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will visit and punish the king of Babylon and his land, just as I visited and punished the king of Assyria.

19 « سَآتِي بِإسْرائِيلَ إلَى مَرعاهُ. وَسَيَرعَى فِي الكَرمِلِ وَباشانَ، وَفِي تِلالِ أفْرايِمَ وَفِي جِلعادَ سَيَكُونُ هُناكَ طَعامٌ وَفِيرٌ.»

And I will bring Israel again to his fold and pasturage, and he will feed on Carmel and Bashan, and his soul will be satisfied upon the hills of Ephraim and Gilead.

20 ي َقُولُ اللهُ: «فِي تِلكَ الأيّامِ، وَفِي ذَلِكَ الوَقتِ، سَيَبحَثُ النّاسُ عَنْ إثمِ إسْرائِيلَ، لَكِنَّهُمْ لَنْ يَجِدُوا شَيئاً، وَسَيَبحَثُونَ عَنْ خَطايا يَهُوذا، فَلَنْ يَجِدُوها، لأنِّي سَأغفِرُ لِلبَقِيَّةِ الَّتِي نَجَّيْتُها.»

In those days and at that time, says the Lord, the iniquity of Israel will be sought, but there will be none, and the sins of Judah, but none will be found, for I will pardon those whom I cause to remain as a remnant (the preserved ones who come forth after a long tribulation).

21 ي َقُولُ اللهُ: «حارِبُوا أرْضِ مِراثايِمَ، وَعَلَى سُكّانِ فَقُودَ. اقتُلُوهُمْ بِالسَّيفِ، وَاقْضُوا عَلَيهِمْ تَماماً. اعْمَلُوا ما أمَرْتُكُمْ بِهِ.»

Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it and against the inhabitants of Pekod. Slay and utterly destroy them, says the Lord, and do according to all that I have commanded you.

22 « هُناكَ صَوتُ حَربٍ وَدَمارٍ عَظِيمٍ فِي الأرْضِ.

The cry and noise of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.

23 ك َيفَ انكَسَرَتْ مِطرَقَةُ كُلِّ الأرْضِ وَتحَطَّمَتْ! كَيفَ صارَتْ بابِلُ خَرِبَةً بَينَ الأُمَمِ!

How the hammer of the whole earth is crushed and broken! How Babylon has become a horror of desolation among the nations!

24 و َضَعْتُ فَخّاً لَكِ، وَقَدْ أُمسِكْتِ يا بابِلُ، وَلَمْ تَعرِفِي ذَلِكَ. وَقَدْ وُجِدْتِ وَأُمسِكْتِ، لأنَّكِ حارَبْتِ اللهَ.

I set a trap for you, and you also were taken, O Babylon, and you did not know it; you were found and also caught because you have struggled and contended against the Lord.

25 ف َتَحَ اللهُ مَخزَنَ أسلِحَتِهِ، وَسَيُرسِلُ آلاتِ غَضَبِهِ. لأنَّ هَذا ما يَصْنَعُهُ الرَّبُّ الإلَهُ القَدِيرُ فِي أرْضِ البابِلِيِّينَ.

The Lord has opened His armory and has brought forth the weapons of His indignation and wrath, for the Lord God of hosts has work to do in the land of the Chaldeans.

26 « تَعالَوْا إلَيها مِنْ أقاصِي الأرْضِ، افتَحُوا مَخازِنَ قَمحِها. اعَلُوها أكواماً، وَأفنُوها بِالكامِلِ، وَلا تَترُكُوا لَها بَقِيَّةً.

Come against her from every quarter and from the utmost border. Open her granaries and storehouses; pile up like heaps of rubbish. Burn and destroy her utterly; let nothing be left of her.

27 ا قتُلُوا كُلَّ ثِيرانِها بِالسَّيفِ، قُودُوهُمْ لِلذَّبحِ. وَيلٌ لَهُمْ، لأنَّ يَومَ عِقابِهِمْ قَدْ جاءَ.

Slay all her bullocks (her choice youths, the strength of her army); let them go down to the slaughter! Woe to! For their day has come, the time of their visitation (their inspection and punishment).

28 ه ُناكَ صَوتُ ناجِينَ وَفارِّينَ مِنْ بابِلَ، سَيُعلِنُونَ فِي صِهْيَوْنَ نَقمَةَ إلَهِنا بِسَبَبِ ما حَدَثَ لِهَيكَلِهِ.

Listen! The voice of those who flee and escape out of the land of Babylon proclaiming in Zion the vengeance of the Lord our God, the vengeance for His temple.

29 « ادعُوا الضّارِبِينَ بِالسِّهامِ إلَى بابِلَ، ادعُوا كُلَّ الَّذِينَ يَشُدُّونَ القَوسَ. خَيِّمُوا حَولَها، وَلا تَسمَحُوا بِأنْ يَكُونَ هُناكَ ناجٍ واحِدٌ. كافِئُوها عَلَى أعمالِها بِما تَستَحِقُّ. اصنَعُوا بِها كَما صَنَعَتْ بِالآخَرِينَ. لأنَّها تَعَجرَفَتْ عَلَى اللهِ ، عَلَى قُدُّوسِ إسْرائِيلَ.

Call together archers against Babylon, all those who bend the bow. Encamp against her round about; let none from there escape. Recompense her according to her deeds; just as she has done, do to her. For against the Lord, against the Holy One of Israel, has she been proudly defiant and presumptuous.

30 ل ِذَلِكَ سَيَسقُطُ كُلُّ أبْطالِها فِي ساحاتِها، وَكُلُّ رِجالِها المُحارِبِينَ سَيَصمُتُونَ فِي ذَلِكَ اليَومِ.» يَقُولُ اللهُ.

Therefore shall her young men fall in her streets and squares, and all her soldiers shall be destroyed on that day, says the Lord.

31 ي َقُولُ الإلَهُ القَديرُ: «سَأُقاوِمُكِ أيَّتُها المُتَعَجرِفَةُ. لأنَّ يَومَكِ قَدْ جاءَ، وَقتَكِ الَّذِي فِيهِ سَأُعاقِبُكِ.

Behold, I am against you, O Babylon, says the Lord, the Lord of hosts, for your day has come, the time when I will visit and punish you.

32 س َيَتَرَنَّحُ المُتَعَجرِفُ وَيَسقُطُ، وَلَنْ يَكُونَ لَهُ مَكانٌ لِيَعِيشَ فِيهِ. سَأُشعِلُ ناراً فِي مُدُنِهِ، فَتَأكُلُ كُلَّ ما حَولَها.»

And Pride (the arrogant one) shall stumble (totter) and fall, and none shall raise him up. And I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all who are round about him.

33 ه َذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ: «كِلا شَعبَيَّ إسْرائِيلَ وَيَهُوذا مَظلُومانِ، فَكُلُّ الَّذِينَ سَبُوهُمْ أمسَكُوهُمْ، وَهُمْ يَرفُضُونَ أنْ يُطلِقُوهُمْ.

Thus says the Lord of hosts: The children of Israel and the children of Judah are oppressed together; all who took them captive have held them fast; they refuse to let them go.

34 و َلَكِنَّ فادِيَهُمْ قَوِيٌّ، اسْمُهُ يهوه القَدِيرُ. وَهُوَ مَنْ سَيُدافِعُ عَنْ قَضِيَّتِهِمْ، لِذَلِكَ سَتَستَرِيحُ أرْضُهُمْ، وَلَكِنَّهُ سَيُزعِجُ سُكّانَ بابِلَ.

Their Redeemer is strong; the Lord of hosts is His name. He will surely and thoroughly plead their case and defend their cause, that He may give rest to the earth, but unrest to the inhabitants of Babylon.

35 ه ا سَيفٌ مَرفُوعٌ عَلَى البابِلِيِّينَ، يَقُولُ اللهُ. عَلَى جَمِيعِ سُكّانِ بابِلَ، وَعَلَى رُؤَسائِها وَحُكَمائِها.

A sword upon the Chaldeans, says the Lord—upon the inhabitants of Babylon and upon her princes (rulers in civic matters) and upon her wise men (the astrologers and rulers in religious affairs)!

36 ه ا سَيفٌ مَرفُوعٌ عَلَى العَرّافِينَ، لِكَي تَظهَرَ حَماقَتُهُمْ. ها سَيفٌ مَرفُوعٌ عَلَى جَبابِرَتِها، وَسَيَرتَعِبُونَ.

A sword upon the babbling liars (the diviners), that they may become fools! A sword upon her mighty warriors, that they may be dismayed and destroyed!

37 ه ا سَيفٌ مَرفُوعٌ عَلَى خَيلِها وَمَركَباتِها وَالجُيُوشِ الغَرِيبَةِ الَّتِي فِيها، وَسَيَصِيرُونَ مِثلَ النِّساءِ. ها سَيفٌ مَرفُوعٌ عَلَى مَخازِنِها، وَسَتُنهَبُ.

A sword upon their horses and upon their chariots and upon all the mixed foreign troops that are in the midst of her, that they may become women! A sword upon her treasures, that they may be plundered!

38 ه ُناكَ جَفافٌ فِي مِياهِها. لأنَّها أرْضُ أوثانٍ. أوثانُهُمْ تُفقِدُهُمْ صَوابَهُمْ.

A sword and a drought upon her waters, that they may be dried up! For it is a land of images, and they are mad over idols (objects of terror in which they foolishly trust).

39 ل ِذَلِكَ، سَيَسكُنُ فِيها وُحُوشُ الصَّحراءِ وَبَناتُ آوَى وَالنَّعامُ. لَنْ تُسكَنَ فِيما بَعْدُ، وَلَنْ يَعِيشُوا فِيها فِي الأجيالِ القادِمَةِ.

Therefore wild beasts of the desert shall dwell with the jackals, and ostriches shall dwell there. And it shall never again be inhabited with people, even from generation to generation.

40 و َكَما قَلَبَ اللهُ سَدُومَ وَعَمُورَةَ وَالقُرَى المُجاوِرَةِ،» «فَلَنْ يَسكُنَ أحَدٌ فِي بابِلَ، وَلَنْ يُسافِرَ عَبرَها إنسانٌ.» يَقُولُ اللهُ.

As when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighboring cities, says the Lord, so no man shall dwell there; neither shall any son of man live there temporarily.

41 « ها شَعبٌ آتٍ مِنَ الشَّمالِ مِنْ أُمَّةٍ عَظِيمَةٍ. مُلُوكٌ كَثِيرُونَ اسْتَيقَظُوا مِنْ أقاصِي الأرْضِ.

Behold, a people is coming from the north; and a great nation and many kings are stirring from the uttermost parts of the earth.

42 ي ُمسِكُونَ القَوسَ وَالرُّمحَ. إنَّهُمْ قُساةٌ بِلا رَحمَةٍ. صَوتُهُمْ كَأمْواجِ البَحرِ حِينَ يَركَبُونَ خُيُولَهُمْ. يَصطَفُّونَ عَلَيكِ كَرِجالٍ لِلحَربِ، أيَّتُها الابْنَةُ بابِلُ.

They lay hold of bow, lance, and spear; they are cruel and have no mercy or compassion. They sound like the roaring of the sea; they ride upon horses, every man equipped like a man for the battle against you, O Daughter of Babylon!

43 س َمِعَ مَلِكُ بابِلَ نَبَأَ اقتِرابِهِمْ فَارتَخَتْ يَداهُ. أمسَكَ بِهِ الضِّيقُ وَالألَمُ كَألَمِ مَنْ تَلِدُ.

The king of Babylon has heard the news about them, and his hands fall feeble and helpless; anguish has seized him, and pangs like that of a woman in childbirth.

44 « مِثلَ أسَدٍ يَصْعَدُ مِنْ غاباتِ نَهرِ الأُردُنِّ إلَى مَرعَىً دائِمٍ لِيُطارِدَ الخِرافَ، هَكَذا سَأُرْعِبُهُمْ، وَسَأجعَلُهُمْ يَهرُبُونَ مِنْ بابِلَ. وَسَأُعَيِّنُ عَلَيهِمْ مَنْ أختارُ. لأنَّهُ مَنْ مِثلِي؟ وَمَنْ يَستَطِيعُ أنْ يُعَلِّمَنِي شَيئِاً؟ وَأيُّ راعٍ يَستَطِيعُ الوُقُوفَ أمامِي؟»

See, there comes up one like a lion from the jungles (the pride) of the Jordan against the strong habitation and into the permanent pasturage and sheepfold; for in a twinkling I will drive him from there. And I will appoint over him the one whom I choose. For who is like Me? And who will challenge Me and prosecute Me for this proceeding? And what shepherd can stand before Me and defy Me?

45 ف َاسْمَعُوا قَضاءَ اللهِ عَلَى بابِلَ، وَالأحكامَ الَّتِي قَرَّرَها ضِدَّ أرْضِ البابِلِيِّينَ. «سَيُسْحَبُ الصِّغارُ كَالغَنَمِ، وَلَنْ يَبقَى أحَدٌ فِي المَراعِي بِسَبِبِ ذَلِكَ.

Therefore hear the plan of the Lord which He has made against Babylon, and His purposes which He has formed against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely they shall be dragged away, even the little ones of the flock; surely He shall make their habitation desolate because of them and their fold amazed and appalled at their fate.

46 ع ِندَما يُخبِرُونَ بِأنَّ بابِلَ أُمسِكَتْ، سَتَرتَجِفُ الأرْضُ، وَسَتُسمَعُ صَرخَةُ ألَمٍ وَسَطَ كُلِّ الأُمَمِ.»

At the cry, Babylon has been taken! the earth shall tremble, and the cry shall be heard among the nations.