1 ه َذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ: «سَأُثِيرُ عَلَى بابِلَ وَعَلَى سُكّانِ لِيبَ قامايَ رِيحاً مُدَمِّرَةً.

Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against them that dwell in Leb-kamai, a destroying wind.

2 س َأُرسِلُ غُرَباءَ عَلَى بابِلَ، وَسَيُذَرُّونَها وَيُفرِغُونَ أرْضَها. لأنَّهُمْ سَيَأتُونَ عَلَيها مِنْ كُلِّ جِهَةٍ، عِندَما يَأتِي يَومُ ضِيقِها.

And I will send unto Babylon strangers, that shall winnow her; and they shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about.

3 ل ا تَسمَحُوا لِحامِلِ القَوسِ بِأنْ يَشُدَّ قَوْسَهُ، أوْ يَلبِسَ دِرْعَهُ. لا تُشفِقُوا عَلَى شُبّانِها، أَفنُوا كُلَّ جَيشِها.

Against him that bendeth let the archer bend his bow, and against him that lifteth himself up in his coat of mail: and spare ye not her young men; destroy ye utterly all her host.

4 ا لجُنُودُ الجَرحَى سَيَسقُطُونَ فِي أرْضِ بابِلَ، وَالَّذِينَ طُعِنُوا بِالرُّمحِ سَيُطرَحُونَ فِي شَوارِعِها.»

And they shall fall down slain in the land of the Chaldeans, and thrust through in her streets.

5 ل أنَّ اللهَ القَدِيرَ لَمْ يَترُكْ إسْرائِيلَ وَيَهُوذا، مَعَ أنَّ أرْضَهُمَا امتَلأتْ إثماً أمامَ قُدُّوسِ إسْرائِيلَ.

For Israel is not forsaken, nor Judah, of his God, of Jehovah of hosts; though their land is full of guilt against the Holy One of Israel.

6 ا هرُبُوا مِنْ وَسَطِ بابِلَ. لِيَهرُبْ كُلُّ واحِدٍ بِحَياتِهِ. لا تَهلِكُوا بِإثمِها. لأنَّ هَذا هُوَ وَقتُ نَقمَةِ اللهِ ، وَسَيُجازِيها عَنْ كُلِّ أعمالِها.

Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and save every man his life; be not cut off in her iniquity: for it is the time of Jehovah's vengeance; he will render unto her a recompense.

7 ب ابِلُ كَأسٌ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ فِي يَدِ اللهِ ، سَتُسكِرُ كُلَّ الأرْضِ. سَكِرَتِ الأُمَمُ مِنْ خَمرِها، فَفَقَدَتْ عَقلَها!

Babylon hath been a golden cup in Jehovah's hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunk of her wine; therefore the nations are mad.

8 س َقَطَتْ بابِلُ فَجأةً، وَتَحَطَّمَتْ. وَلوِلُوا عَلَيها. خُذُوا بَلَساناً لأجلِ جُرحِها، فَلَرُبَّما تُشفَى.

Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: wail for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.

9 ح اوَلْنا أنْ نَشفِيَ بابِلَ، وَلَكِنَّها لَمْ تُشفَ. اترُكُوها، وَلْيَذهَبْ كُلُّ واحِدٍ مِنّا إلَى أرْضِهِ. لأنَّ دَينُونَتَها قَدْ بَلَغَتِ السَّماءَ، وَارتَفَعَتْ كارتِفاعِ السَّحابِ.

We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake her, and let us go every one into his own country; for her judgment reacheth unto heaven, and is lifted up even to the skies.

10 أ ظْهَرَ اللهُ بِرَّنا، تَعالَوْا، سَنَروِي فِي صِهْيَوْنَ قِصَّةَ عَمَلِ إلَهِنا.

Jehovah hath brought forth our righteousness: come, and let us declare in Zion the work of Jehovah our God.

11 س ُنُّوا سِهامَكُمْ، جَهِّزُوا أسلِحَتَكُمْ. قَدْ أنهَضَ اللهُ رُوحَ مُلُوكِ المادِيِّينَ، لأنَّهُ يُرِيدُ تَدْمِيرَ بابِلَ. هَذا انْتِقامُ اللهِ لِهَيكَلِهِ.

Make sharp the arrows; hold firm the shields: Jehovah hath stirred up the spirit of the kings of the Medes; because his purpose is against Babylon, to destroy it: for it is the vengeance of Jehovah, the vengeance of his temple.

12 ا رفَعُوا رايَةً عَلَى أسوارِ بابِلَ. شَدِّدُوا الحَرَسَ. ضَعُوا الحُرّاسَ فِي مَواقِعِهِمْ. انصُبُوا أكمِنَةً. لأنَّ اللهَ قَضَى وَسَيَعمَلُ جَميعَ ما تَكَلَّمَ بِهِ عَنْ سُكّانِ بابِلَ.

Set up a standard against the walls of Babylon, make the watch strong, set the watchmen, prepare the ambushes; for Jehovah hath both purposed and done that which he spake concerning the inhabitants of Babylon.

13 أ يَّتُها السّاكِنَةُ قُرْبَ شَلّالاتِ المِياهِ، وَالمالِكَةُ كُنُوزاً كَثِيرَةً، ها إنَّ نِهايَتَكِ قَدْ جاءَتْ، وَانْقَطَعَ حَبلُ حَياتِكِ.

O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, the measure of thy covetousness.

14 أ قسَمَ اللهُ القَدِيرُ بِنَفسِهِ: «ألَمْ أملأْكِ بِأُناسٍ كَثِيرِينَ يَحُومُونَ كَالجَرادِ؟ إلّا أنَّ عَدُوَّكِ سَيَهتِفُ عَلَيكِ هُتافَ الانتِصارِ!»

Jehovah of hosts hath sworn by himself, saying, Surely I will fill thee with men, as with the canker-worm; and they shall lift up a shout against thee.

15 ا للهُ هُوَ صانِعُ الأرْضِ بِقُوَّتِهِ، الَّذِي أسَّسَ العالَمَ بِحِكمَتِهِ، وَالَّذِي بِفَهمِهِ بَسَطَ السَّماواتِ.

He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding hath he stretched out the heavens:

16 ع ِندَ أمرِهِ يَرتَفِعُ صَوتُ المِياهِ فِي السَّماءِ، وَتَرتَفِعُ الغُيُومُ مِنْ أقاصِي الأرْضِ. صَنَعَ بُرُوقاً لِلمَطَرِ، وَالرِّيحُ تَخرُجُ مِنْ مَخازِنِهِ.

when he uttereth his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasuries.

17 أ مّا كُلُّ إنسانٍ فَأحْمَقُ وَقَلِيلُ المَعرِفَةِ، كُلُّ حِرَفِيٍّ يَخزَى مِنْ وَثَنِهِ، لأنَّ تَماثِيلَهُ آلِهَةٌ مَزَيَّفَةٌ، وَلا رُوحَ فِيها.

Every man is become brutish and is without knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his image; for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.

18 ه ِيَ أُمُورٌ باطِلَةٌ، أشياءُ سَخِيفَةٌ. حِينَ يُعاقَبُونَ سَيَهلِكُونَ.

They are vanity, a work of delusion: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

19 أ مّا نَصِيبُ يَعقُوبَ فَلَيسَ مِثلَهُمْ، لأنَّهُ صانِعُ كُلَّ شَيءٍ، وَصانِعُ عَشِيرَةِ مِيراثِهِ، يهوه القَدِيرُ اسْمُهُ.

The portion of Jacob is not like these; for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance: Jehovah of hosts is his name.

20 و َيَقُولُ: «أنتِ يا بابِلُ لِي عَصا الحَربِ، وَسِلاحُ المَعرَكَةِ. أُحَطِّمُ أُمَماً بِكِ، وَبِكِ أُدَمِّرُ مَمالِكَ.

Thou art my battle-axe and weapons of war: and with thee will I break in pieces the nations; and with thee will I destroy kingdoms;

21 أ ُحَطِّمُ الحِصانَ وَراكِبَهُ بِكِ، وَبِكَ أُحَطِّمُ العَرَبَةَ وَراكِبَها،

and with thee will I break in pieces the horse and his rider;

22 أ ُحَطِّمُ رِجالاً وَنِساءً بِكِ، وَبِكِ أُحَطِّمُ شُيُوخاً وَأولاداً، وَفِتياناً وَفَتَياتٍ.

and with thee will I break in pieces the chariot and him that rideth therein; and with thee will I break in pieces man and woman; and with thee will I break in pieces the old man and the youth; and with thee will I break in pieces the young man and the virgin;

23 أ ُحَطِّمُ رُعاةً وَقُطْعاناً بِكِ، وَ بِكِ أُحَطِّمُ الفَلّاحَ وَثِيرانَهُ. وَبِكَ أُحَطِّمُ حُكَّاماً وَأصَحابَ نُفُوذٍ.

and with thee will I break in pieces the shepherd and his flock; and with thee will I break in pieces the husbandman and his yoke of oxen; and with thee will I break in pieces governors and deputies.

24 س َأُجازِي بابِلَ وَجَميعَ سُكّانِها حَسَبَ الأعمالِ الشِّرِّيرَةِ الَّتِي عَمِلُوها فِي صِهْيَوْنَ أمامَ عَينَيكَ.» يَقُولُ اللهُ.

And I will render unto Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight, saith Jehovah.

25 ي َقُولُ اللهُ: «أنا ضِدُّكَ يا جَبَلَ الهَلاكِ، يا مُخَرِّبَ كُلِّ الأرْضِ. وَسَأمُدُّ يَدِي عَلَيكَ، وَسَأجعَلُكَ تَتَدَحرَجُ مِنْ فَوقِ الصُّخُورِ، وَسَأجعَلُكَ جَبَلاً مَحرُوقاً.

Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith Jehovah, which destroyest all the earth; and I will stretch out my hand upon thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain.

26 ل َنْ يَقدِرُوا أنْ يَأخُذُوا مِنكَ حَجَراً لِلزّاوِيَةِ، أوْ حَجَراً لِلأساساتِ، بَلْ سَتَكُونُ خَرِباً إلَى الأبَدِ،» يَقُولُ اللهُ.

And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but thou shalt be desolate for ever, saith Jehovah.

27 « ارفَعُوا عَلامَةً تَحذِيرِيَّةً فِي أرْضِكُمْ، اضرِبُوا بِالبُوقِ بَينَ الأُمَمِ. أعِدُّوا الأُمَمَ لِمُحارَبَةِ بابِلَ، ادعُوا المَمالِكَ لأنْ تَأتِيَ عَلَيها، ادعُوا أراراطَ وَمِنِّي وَأشكَنازَ. عَيِّنُوا والِياً عَلَيها، أرسِلُوا الخُيُولَ كَجَرادٍ هائِجٍ.

Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz: appoint a marshal against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough canker-worm.

28 أ عِدُّوا الأُمَمَ لِمُحارَبَةِ بابِلَ، مُلُوكَ مادِي وَحُكّامَها، وَكُلَّ البِلادِ الَّتِي يَحْكُمُونَها.

Prepare against her the nations, the kings of the Medes, the governors thereof, and all the deputies thereof, and all the land of their dominion.

29 ا رتَجَفَتِ الأرْضُ وَتَلَوَّتْ، لأنَّ أحكامَ اللهِ ضِدَّ أرْضِ بابِلَ تَتَحَقَّقُ. وَهُوَ يُحَوِّلُها إلَى صَحراءَ مَهجُورَةٍ.

And the land trembleth and is in pain; for the purposes of Jehovah against Babylon do stand, to make the land of Babylon a desolation, without inhabitant.

30 ج َبابِرَةُ بابِلَ تَوَقَّفُوا عَنِ القِتالِ، وَيَبقُونَ فِي حُصُونِهِمْ. ذَبُلَتْ قُوَّتُهُمْ. إنَّهُمْ كَالنِّساءِ. مَساكِنُها تَحتَرِقُ، عَوارِضُها تَحَطَّمَتْ.

The mighty men of Babylon have forborne to fight, they remain in their strongholds; their might hath failed; they are become as women: her dwelling-places are set on fire; her bars are broken.

31 ي َركُضُ عَدّاءٌ وَراءَ عَدّاءٍ، وَمُخَبِّرٌ وَراءَ مُخَبِّرٍ لِيُعلِنَ لِمَلِكِ بابِلَ أنَّ مَدِينَتَهُ قَدْ أُخِذَتْ.

One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to met another, to show the king of Babylon that his city is taken on every quarter:

32 م َعابِرُ الأنهارِ قَدْ أُمسِكَتْ، نَباتاتُ المُستَنقَعاتِ أُحرِقَتْ بِالنّارِ، وَرِجالُ الحَربِ ارتَعَبُوا.»

and the passages are seized, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.

33 ف َهَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ، إلَهُ إسْرائِيلَ: «الابْنَةُ بابِلُ كَالبَيدَرِ فِي وَقتِ دَرْسِهِ، وَبَعدَ قَلِيلٍ سَيَأتِي وَقتُ حَصادِها.»

For thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing-floor at the time when it is trodden; yet a little while, and the time of harvest shall come for her.

34 ت َقُولُ القُدْسِ: «نَبُوخَذْناصَّرُ، مَلِكُ بابِلَ، التَهَمَنِي وَأفنانِي، وَألقانِي كَإناءٍ فارِغٍ. ابتَلَعَنِي كَأفعَى، مَلأ بَطنَهُ مِنْ مُشتَهَياتِي، ثُمَّ تَقَيَّأنِي.

Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath, like a monster, swallowed me up, he hath filled his maw with my delicacies; he hath cast me out.

35 ل ِيَقُلْ سُكّانُ صِهْيَوْنَ: ‹لِيَأتِ الظُّلمُ الَّذِي وَقَعَ عَلَيَّ وَعَلَى عائِلَتِي عَلَى بابِلَ،› وَلْتَقُلِ القُدْسُ: ‹لِيَكُنْ دَمُنا عَلَى البابِلِيِّينَ.›»

The violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon, shall the inhabitant of Zion say; and, My blood be upon the inhabitants of Chaldea, shall Jerusalem say.

36 ل ِذَلِكَ، هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ: «سَأُدافِعُ عَنْ قَضِيَّتِكِ، وَسَأنتَقِمُ لَكِ. سَأجعَلُ بَحرَها صَحراءَ، وَسَأُجَفِّفُ يَنابِيعَها.

Therefore thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her fountain dry.

37 و َسَتَصِيرُ بابِلُ كَومَةً مِنْ حِجارَةٍ، وَمَسكَناً لِبَناتِ آوَى، وَسَبَبَ رُعبٍ وَتَعْيّيرٍ لأنَّها بِلا سُكّانٍ.

And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwelling-place for jackals, an astonishment, and a hissing, without inhabitant.

38 ي ُزَمجِرُ سُكّانُ بابِلَ مَعاً كَالأُسُودِ، وَيَزأرُونَ كَأشبالِ الأُسُودِ.

They shall roar together like young lions; they shall growl as lions' whelps.

39 ع ِندَما يَنهَضُونَ سَأُهَيِّئُ وَلائِمَهُمْ، وَسَأُسْكِرُهُمْ فَيَضحَكُونَ كَثِيراً. ثُمَّ سَيَنامُونَ نَوماً أبَدِيّاً، وَلَنْ يَستَيقِظُوا،» يَقُولُ اللهُ.

When they are heated, I will make their feast, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith Jehovah.

40 « سَأُنزِلُهُمْ كَغَنَمٍ لِلذَّبحِ، مِثلَ كِباشٍ وَتُيُوسٍ.»

I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he-goats.

41 « كَيفَ أُخِذَتْ شِيشَكُ، فَخرُ بِلادِ الأرْضِ احتُلَّتْ! كَيفَ صارَتْ بابِلُ سَبَبَ رُعبٍ لِلأُمَمِ مِنْ حَولِها!

How is Sheshach taken! and the praise of the whole earth seized! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!

42 ص َعِدَ البَحرُ عَلَى بابِلَ، وَأمواجُهُ الصّاخِبَةُ غَطَّتها.

The sea is come up upon Babylon; she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.

43 ص ارَتْ مُدُنُها سَبَباً لِرُعبِ كُلِّ مَنْ يَسَمَعُ عَنها. فَقَدْ صارَتْ أرْضاً جافَّةً وَقاحِلَةً. لَيسَ فِيها أحَدٌ، وَلا يُسافِرُ فِيها إنسانٌ.

Her cities are become a desolation, a dry land, and a desert, a land wherein no man dwelleth, neither doth any son of man pass thereby.

44 س َأُعاقِبُ الوَثَنَ بِيلَ فِي بابِلَ، وَسَأجعَلُهُ يَتَقَيَّأُ ما ابتَلَعَهُ. لَنْ تَتَدَفَّقَ الأُمَمُ إلَيهِ فِيما بَعْدُ، وَأسوارُ بابِلَ سَتَسقُطُ.

And I will execute judgment upon Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he hath swallowed up; and the nations shall not flow any more unto him: yea, the wall of Babylon shall fall.

45 ا خرُجْ يا شَعبِي مِنْ وَسَطِها فَلْيَنجُ كُلُّ واحِدٍ مِنكُمْ بِحَياتِهِ مِنْ غَضَبِ اللهِ الشَّدِيدِ.

My people, go ye out of the midst of her, and save yourselves every man from the fierce anger of Jehovah.

46 ل ا تُصابُوا بِالإحباطِ، وَلا تَخافُوا مِنَ الأخبارِ الَّتِي سَتُسمَعُ فِي الأرْضِ. سَيَأتِي خَبَرٌ فِي سَنَةٍ، ثُمَّ سَيَأتِي خَبَرٌ آخَرُ فِي السَّنَةِ التّالِيَةِ، خَبَرُ عُنفٍ فِي الأرْضِ، خَبَرُ حاكِمٍ يُقاتِلُ حاكِماً.

And let not your heart faint, neither fear ye for the tidings that shall be heard in the land; for tidings shall come one year, and after that in another year shall come tidings, and violence in the land, ruler against ruler.

47 ل ِذَلِكَ، سَتَأتِي الأيّامُ الَّتِي فِيها أُعاقِبُ أصنامَ بابِلَ. حِينَ سَتُخزَى أرْضُها، وَسَيَسقُطُ جَرحاها فِي وَسَطِها.

Therefore, behold, the days come, that I will execute judgment upon the graven images of Babylon; and her whole land shall be confounded; and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her.

48 ح ِينَئِذٍ، السَّماءُ وَالأرْضُ، وَكُلُّ السّاكِنِينَ فِيهِما، سَيَهتِفُونَ فَرَحاً عَلَى بابِلَ، لأنَّهُ سَيَأتِي مِنَ الشَّمالِ مُخَرِّبُونَ عَلَيها.» يَقُولُ اللهُ.

Then the heavens and the earth, and all that is therein, shall sing for joy over Babylon; for the destroyers shall come unto her from the north, saith Jehovah.

49 « سَتَسقُطُ بابِلَ بِسَبَبِ جَرحَى إسْرائِيلَ الَّذِينَ سَقَطُوا، وَبِسَبَبِ جَرحَى كُلِّ الأرْضِ الَّذِينَ سَقَطُوا.

As Babylon hath caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the land.

50 أ يُّها النّاجُونَ مِنَ المَعرَكَةِ، تَعالَوْا، لا تَقِفُوا هُناكَ. اذكُرُوا اللهَ مِنْ بَعِيدٍ، وَلْتَخطُرِ القُدْسُ بِبالِكُمْ.»

Ye that have escaped the sword, go ye, stand not still; remember Jehovah from afar, and let Jerusalem come into your mind.

51 ي َقُولُ المَسبِيُّونَ: «لَقَدْ خَزِينا لأنَّنا سَمِعنا تَعيِيراً، غَطَّى الخَجَلُ وُجُوهَنا، لأنَّ غُرَباءَ صَعِدُوا عَلَى الأماكِنِ المُقَدَّسَةِ فِي بَيتِ اللهِ.»

We are confounded, because we have heard reproach; confusion hath covered our faces: for strangers are come into the sanctuaries of Jehovah's house.

52 ي َقُولُ اللهُ: «لِذَلِكَ سَتَأتِي أيّامٌ حِينَ أُعاقِبُ أصنامَها، وَيَئِنُّ الجَرحَى فِي كُلِّ أرْضِها.

Wherefore, behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that I will execute judgment upon her graven images; and through all her land the wounded shall groan.

53 ح َتَّى لَوِ ارتَفَعَتْ بابِلُ إلَى السَّماءِ، وَلَو قَوَّتْ حُصُونَها، فَسَيَأتِي عَلَيها المُخَرِّبُونَ مِنْ عِندِي،» يَقُولُ اللهُ.

Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall destroyers come unto her, saith Jehovah.

54 « ها صَوتُ صُراخٍ مِنْ بابِلَ، وَصَوتُ كَسرٍ هائِلٍ مِنْ أرْضِ البابِلِيِّينَ.

The sound of a cry from Babylon, and of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!

55 ل أنَّ اللهَ سَيُدَمِّرُ بابِلَ، وَسَيُسكِتُ ضَجيجَها الصّاخِبَ. سَتَهْدُرُ أمواجُ الأعداءِ كَشَلّالاتِ مِياهٍ، وَسَيَرفَعُونَ أصواتَهُمْ بِالغِناءِ.

For Jehovah layeth Babylon waste, and destroyeth out of her the great voice; and their waves roar like many waters; the noise of their voice is uttered:

56 ل أنَّ مُدَمِّراً سَيَأتِي عَلَى بابِلَ. سَيُؤسَرُ مُحارِبُوها، وَسَتُحَطَّمُ أقواسُهُمْ. لأنَّ اللهَ هُوَ إلَهُ تَعوِيضٍ، وَسَيُجازِي بابِلَ بِما تَستَحِقُّهُ.

for the destroyer is come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, their bows are broken in pieces; for Jehovah is a God of recompenses, he will surely requite.

57 س َأُسكِرُ رُؤَساءَها وَحُكَماءَها وَحُكّامَها وَوُلاتَها وَأقوِياءَها. سَيَنامُونَ إلَى الأبَدِ، وَلَنْ يَستَيقِظُوا،» يَقُولُ المَلِكُ، الَّذِي اسْمُهُ يهوه القَدِيرُ.

And I will make drunk her princes and her wise men, her governors and her deputies, and her mighty men; and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name is Jehovah of hosts.

58 ه َذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ: «أسوارُ بابِلَ سَمِيكَةٌ، وَلَكِنَّها سَتَزُولُ بِالتَّمامِ، وَأبوابُها المُرتَفِعَةُ سَتُحرَقُ بِالنّارِ. تَعَبُ الشُّعُوبِ سَيَكُونُ لِلدَّمارِ، يُرهِقُونَ أنفُسَهُمْ لِعَمَلِ ما سَيُحرَقُ بِالنّارِ!» رِسالَةُ إرْمِيا إلَى بابِل

Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly overthrown, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the peoples shall labor for vanity, and the nations for the fire; and they shall be weary.

59 ه َذِهِ هِيَ الرِّسالَةُ الَّتِي أعطاها إرمِيا النَّبِيُّ لِسَرايا بْنِ نِيرِيّا بْنِ مَحْسِيّا، عِندَما ذَهَبَ مَعَ صِدْقِيّا مَلِكِ يَهُوذا إلَى بابِلَ، فِي السَّنَةِ الرّابِعَةِ مِنْ مُلكِهِ. وَكانَ سَرايا مَسؤُولَ الجِزيَةِ المُقَدَّمَةِ لِمَلِكِ بابِلَ.

The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah to Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. Now Seraiah was chief chamberlain.

60 ف َدَوَّنَ إرْمِيا فِي مُخطُوطَةٍ جَميعَ هَذِهِ الكَوارِثِ الَّتِي سَتُصِيبُ بابِلَ، وَجَميعَ النُّبُوّاتِ الَّتِي قِيلَتْ حَولَ بابِلَ.

And Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come upon Babylon, even all these words that are written concerning Babylon.

61 و َقالَ إرْمِيا لِسَرايا: «عِندَما تَأتِي إلَى بابِلَ وَتَراها، أعلِنْ كُلَّ هَذا الكَلامَ،

And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When thou comest to Babylon, then see that thou read all these words,

62 و َقُلْ: ‹يا اللهُ ، أنتَ قُلْتَ إنَّكَ سَتُدَمِّرُ هَذا المَكانَ، وَإنَّهُ لَنْ يَكُونَ فِيهِ ساكِنٌ، لا إنسانٌ وَلا حَيوانٌ، لأنَّهُ سَيَكُونُ خَراباً إلَى الأبَدِ.›

and say, O Jehovah, thou hast spoken concerning this place, to cut it off, that none shall dwell therein, neither man nor beast, but that it shall be desolate for ever.

63 و َعِندَما تَنتَهِي مِنْ قِراءَةِ هَذِهِ الرِّسالَةِ، ارْبِطْها بِحَجَرٍ وَأَلقِ بِها فِي نَهرِ الفُراتِ.

And it shall be, when thou hast made an end of reading this book, that thou shalt bind a stone to it, and cast it into the midst of the Euphrates:

64 ث ُمَّ قُلْ: ‹هَكَذا سَتَغرَقُ بابِلُ، وَلَنْ تَقُومَ ثانِيَةً مِنَ الكارِثَةِ الَّتِي سَأجلِبُها عَلَيها.›» هُنا يَنتَهِي كَلامُ إرْمِيا.

and thou shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise again because of the evil that I will bring upon her; and they shall be weary. Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.