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

The word that Jehovah hath spoken concerning Babylon, concerning the land of the Chaldeans, by the hand of 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 ye among nations, and sound, And lift up an ensign, sound, do not hide, Say ye: Captured hath been Babylon, Put to shame hath been Bel, Broken hath been Merodach, Put to shame have been her grievous things, Broken have been her idols.

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

For come up against her hath a nation from the north, It maketh her land become a desolation, And there is not an inhabitant in it. From man even unto beast, They have moved, they have gone.

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, An affirmation of Jehovah, Come in do sons of Israel, They and sons of Judah together, Going on and weeping they go, And Jehovah their God they seek.

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

Zion they ask the way, Thitherward their faces: Come in, and we are joined unto Jehovah, A covenant age-during -- not forgotten.

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

A perishing flock hath My people been, Their shepherds have caused them to err, the mountains causing them to go back, From mountain unto hill they have gone, They have forgotten their crouching-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 finding them have devoured them, And their adversaries have said: We are not guilty, Because that they sinned against Jehovah, The habitation of righteousness, And the hope of their fathers -- Jehovah.

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

Move ye from the midst of Babylon, And from the land of the Chaldeans go out. And be as he-goats before a flock.

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, lo, I am stirring up, And am causing to come up against Babylon, An assembly of great nations from a land of the north, And they have set in array against her, From thence she is captured, Its arrow -- as a skilful hero -- returneth not empty,

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

And Chaldea hath been for a spoil, All her spoilers are satisfied, An affirmation of Jehovah.

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

Because thou rejoicest, because thou exultest, O spoilers of Mine inheritance, Because thou increasest as a heifer the tender grass, And dost cry aloud as bulls,

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

Ashamed hath been your mother greatly, Confounded hath she been that bare you, Lo, the hindermost of nations a wilderness, A dry land, and a 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 Jehovah it is not inhabited, And it hath been a desolation -- all of it. Every passer by at Babylon is astonished, And doth hiss because of all her 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 ye treading a bow, Shoot at her, have no pity on the arrow, For against Jehovah she hath sinned.

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.

Shout against her round about, She hath given forth her hand, Fallen have her foundations, Thrown down have been her walls, For it the vengeance of Jehovah, Be avenged of her, as she did -- do ye 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.

Cut off the sower from Babylon, And him handling the sickle in the time of harvest, Because of the oppressing sword, Each unto his people -- they turn, And each to his land -- they flee.

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

A scattered sheep is Israel, lions have driven away, At first, devour him did the king of Asshur, And now, at last, broken his bone Hath Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon.

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

Therefore thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel: Lo, I am seeing after the king of Babylon, And after his land, As I have seen after the king of Asshur;

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

And I have brought back Israel unto his habitation, And he hath fed on Carmel, and on Bashan. And in mount Ephraim, and on Gilead is his soul satisfied.

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, An affirmation of Jehovah, Sought is the iniquity of Israel, and it is not, And the sin of Judah, and it is not found, For I am propitious to those whom I leave!

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

Against the land of Merathaim: Go up against it, and unto the inhabitants of Pekod, Waste and devote their posterity, An affirmation of Jehovah, And do according to all that I have commanded thee.

22 « هُناكَ صَوتُ حَربٍ وَدَمارٍ عَظِيمٍ فِي الأرْضِ.

A noise of battle in the land, and of great destruction.

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

How hath it been cut and broken, The hammer of the whole earth! How hath Babylon been for a desolation among nations!

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

I have laid a snare for thee, And also -- thou art captured, O Babylon, And thou -- thou hast known, Thou hast been found, and also art caught, For against Jehovah thou hast stirred thyself up.

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

Jehovah hath opened His treasury, And He bringeth out the weapons of His indignation, For a work to the Lord Jehovah of Hosts, In the land of the Chaldeans.

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

Come ye in to her from the extremity, Open ye her storehouses, Raise her up as heaps, and devote her, Let her have no remnant.

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

Slay all her kine, they go down to slaughter, Wo on them, for come hath their day, The time of their inspection.

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

A voice of fugitives and escaped ones from the land of Babylon, To declare in Zion the vengeance of Jehovah our God, The vengeance of 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.

Summon unto Babylon archers, all treading the bow, Encamp against her round about, Let have no escape; Recompense to her according to her work, According to all that she did -- do to her, For unto Jehovah she hath been proud, Unto the Holy One of Israel.

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

Therefore fall do her young men in her broad places, And all her men of war are cut off in that day, An affirmation of Jehovah.

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

Lo, I against thee, O pride, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah of Hosts, For thy day hath come, the time of thy inspection.

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

And stumbled hath pride, And he hath fallen, and hath no raiser up, And I have kindled a fire in his cities, And it hath devoured all 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 said Jehovah of Hosts: Oppressed are the sons of Israel, And the sons of Judah together, And all their captors have kept hold on them, They have refused to send them away.

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

Their Redeemer strong, Jehovah of Hosts His name, He doth thoroughly plead their cause, So as to cause the land to rest, And He hath given trouble to the inhabitants of Babylon.

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

A sword for the Chaldeans, An affirmation of Jehovah, And it on the inhabitants of Babylon, And on her heads, and on her wise men;

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

A sword on the princes, And they have become foolish; A sword on her mighty ones, And they have been broken down;

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

A sword on his horses and on his chariot, And on all the rabble who in her midst, And they have become women; A sword on her treasuries, And they have been spoiled;

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

A sword on her waters, and they have been dried up, For it a land of graven images, And in idols they do boast themselves.

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

Therefore dwell do Ziim with Iim, Yea, dwelt in her have daughters of the ostrich, And it is not inhabited any more for ever, Nor dwelt in unto all generations.

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

As overthrown by God with Sodom, And with Gomorrah, and with its neighbours, An affirmation of Jehovah, none doth dwell there, Nor sojourn in her doth a son of man.

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

Lo, a people hath come from the north, Even a great nation, And many kings are stirred up from the sides 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.

Bow and halbert they seize, Cruel they, and they have no mercy, Their voice as a sea soundeth, and on horses they ride, Set in array as a man for battle, Against thee, O daughter of Babylon.

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

Heard hath the king of Babylon their report, And feeble have been his hands, Distress hath seized him; pain as a travailing woman.

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؟»

Lo, as a lion he cometh up, Because of the rising of the Jordan, Unto the enduring habitation, But I cause to rest, I cause them to run from off her. And who is chosen? on her I lay a charge, For who like Me? And who doth convene Me? And who this shepherd who standeth before 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 ye the counsel of Jehovah, That He counselled concerning Babylon, And His devices that He hath devised Concerning the land of the Chaldeans; Drag them out do not little ones of the flock, Doth He not make desolate over them the habitation?

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

From the voice: Captured was Babylon, Hath the earth been shaken, And a cry among nations hath been heard!