1 « يا بَنِي بَنْيامِيْنَ، اهرُبُوا مِنَ القُدْسِ إلَى مَكانٍ آمِنٍ. اضرِبُوا بِالبُوقِ فِي تَقُوعَ، وَارْفَعُوا رايَةً لِلتَّحذِيرِ فِي بَيتِ هَكّارِيمَ. لأنَّ شَّرّاً وَخَراباً عَظِيماً آتيانِ مِنَ الشَّمالِ،

Flee for safety, ye children of Benjamin, out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and raise up a signal on Beth-haccherem; for evil looketh forth from the north, and a great destruction.

2 ع َلَى العَزِيزَةِ صِهْيَوْنَ الجَمِيلَةِ وَالرَّقِيقَةِ.

The comely and delicate one, the daughter of Zion, will I cut off.

3 ر ُعاةٌ وَقُطعانُهُمْ سَيأتُونَ عَلَيها. نَصَبُوا خِيامَهُمْ حَولَها، كُلُّ واحِدٍ يَرعَى قَطِيعَهُ.»

Shepherds with their flocks shall come unto her; they shall pitch their tents against her round about; they shall feed every one in his place.

4 ي َقُولُ العُدُوُّ: «استَعِدُّوا لِشَنِّ مَعرَكَةٍ عَلَيها. قُومُوا، وَسَنُهاجِمُ عِندَ الظَّهِيرَةِ.» فَقالَ الشَّعبُ: «وَيلٌ لَنا، لأنَّ نِهايَةَ هَذا اليَومِ تَقتَرِبُ، وَلأنَّ ظِلالَ المَساءِ تَزدادُ امتِداداً.»

Prepare ye war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe unto us! for the day declineth, for the shadows of the evening are stretched out.

5 ي َقُولُ العَدُوُّ: «قُومُوا، سَنُهاجِمُها لَيلاً، وَنُدَمِّرُ تَحصِيناتِها.»

Arise, and let us go up by night, and let us destroy her palaces.

6 و َهَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ: «اقْطَعُوا الأشجارَ، أقِيمُوا أبراجَ حِصارٍ عَلَى القُدْسِ. هَذِهِ هِيَ المَدِينَةُ المُعاقَبَةُ، إنَّها مَلِيئَةٌ بِالظُّلمِ.

For thus hath Jehovah of hosts said, Hew ye down trees, and cast up a mound against Jerusalem: this is the city to be visited; she is wholly oppression in the midst of her.

7 ك َما تَحفَظُ البِئرُ ماءَها جَدِيداً، هَكَذا تَحفَظُ هِيَ شَرَّها جَدِيداً. العُنفُ وَالدَّمارُ يُسمَعانِ فِيها، مَرَضٌ وَضَربٌ أمامِي دائِماً.

As a well casteth forth its waters, so she casteth forth her wickedness: violence and destruction is heard in her; before me continually is sickness and wounds.

8 ت َعَلَّمِي دَرساً يا قُدسُ، حَتَّى لا أهجُرَكِ، وَحَتَّى لا أُحَوِّلَكِ إلَى أرْضٍ خَرِبَةٍ وَمَهجُورَةً.»

Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul be alienated from thee; lest I make thee a desolation, a land not inhabited.

9 ه َذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ: «سَيَجمَعُ الأعداءُ جَميعَ الباقِينَ فِي القُدْسِ، مِثلَما يَجمَعُ أحَدُهُمْ بَقايا العِنَبِ. تَفَحَّصْ كُلَّ غُصنٍ مِنْ جَدِيدٍ، كَما يَعمَلُ قاطِفُ العِنَبِ.»

Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, They shall thoroughly glean the remnant of Israel as a vine: turn again thy hand as a grape-gatherer into the baskets.

10 إ لَى مَنْ أتَكَلَّمُ وَمَنْ أُحَذِّرُ؟ وَمَنِ الَّذِينَ سَيَسمَعُونَ؟ يُغلِقُونَ آذانَهُمْ، فَلا يَسمَعُونَ. صارَتْ كَلِمَةُ اللهِ مَوضُوعاً لِلسُخرِيَةِ عِندَهُمْ، وَلا يُرِيدُونَ سَماعَها.

To whom shall I speak and testify, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of Jehovah is become unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it.

11 أ نا مَملُوءٌ مِنْ غَضَبِ اللهِ ، وَمُتعَبٌ مِنْ حَجزِهِ فِي داخِلِي. «اسكُبْ هَذا الغَضَبَ عَلَى الأطفالِ فِي الشّارِعِ، وَعَلَى الفِتيانِ المُجَتَمِعِينَ. لأنَّ الرَّجُلَ سَيُمسَكُ مَعَ زَوجَتِهِ، وَالشَّيخَ مَعَ المُسِنِّ.

Therefore I am full of the wrath of Jehovah; I am weary with holding in: pour it out upon the children in the street, and upon the assembly of young men together; for even the husband with the wife shall be taken, the aged with him that is full of days.

12 س َتُعطَى خُيُولُهُمْ لآخَرِينَ، مَعَ حُقُولِهِمْ وَنِسائِهِمْ، لأنِّي سَأُهاجِمُ سُكّانَ الأرْضِ،» يَقُولُ اللهُ.

And their houses shall be turned unto others, their fields and their wives together; for I will stretch out my hand upon the inhabitants of the land, saith Jehovah.

13 « لأنَّ كُلَّ واحِدٍ مِنهُمْ، مِنْ أفقَرِهِمْ إلَى أغناهُمْ، يَمِيلُونَ إلَى الكَسبِ غَيرِ الشَّرِيفِ. وَمِنَ الأنبِياءِ إلَى الكَهَنَةِ، كُلُّ واحِدٍ مِنهُمْ مُخادِعٌ.

For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.

14 ي ُعالِجُونَ كَسرَ شَعبِي بِاستِخفافٍ، يَقُولُونَ: ‹سَلامٌ لَكُمْ، سَلامٌ لَكُمْ،› وَما مِنْ سَلامٍ.

They have healed also the hurt of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.

15 ف َهَلْ خَجِلُوا بِسَبِبِ أعمالِهِمُ النَّجِسَةِ؟ لَمْ يَخْجلُوا وَلَمْ يَعْرِفُوا الحياءَ. لِذَلِكَ سَيَسقُطُونَ مَعَ السّاقِطِينَ. فِي وَقتِ عِقابِي لَهُمْ سَيَتَعَثَّرُونَ،» يَقُولُ اللهُ.

Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall; at the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, saith Jehovah.

16 ه َذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ: «قِفُوا عَلَى الطُّرُقِ، انظُرُوا وَاسألُوا عَنِ المَسالِكِ القَدِيمَةِ، حَيثُ طَرِيقُ الخَيرِ. ثُمَّ سِيرُوا فِيها لِتَجِدُوا راحَةً لأنفُسِكُمْ. لَكِنَّهُمْ قالُوا: ‹لَنْ نَسِيرَ فِي تِلكَ الطَّرِيقِ.›

Thus saith Jehovah, Stand ye in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way; and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls: but they said, We will not walk therein.

17 و َوَضَعْتُ حُرّاساً عَلَيهِمْ لِيَقُولُوا: ‹انتَبِهُوا إلَى صَوتِ البُوقِ،› فَقالُوا: ‹لَنْ نَنتَبِهَ!›

And I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet; but they said, We will not hearken.

18 ل ِذَلِكَ اسْمَعِي أيَّتُها الأُمَمُ، وَاعرِفِي أيَّتُها الشُّعُوبُ ما سَيَحدُثُ لَهُمْ.

Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what is among them.

19 ي ا أرْضُ، اسْمَعِي هَذا! ها أنا آتِي بِالألَمِ إلَى هَذا الشَّعبِ، سَآتِي بِما يَستَحِقُّونَهُ بِسَبَبِ أفكارِهِمِ الشِّرِّيرَةِ. لأنَّهُمْ لَمْ يُصغُوا لِكَلامِي، كَما رَفَضُوا شَرِيعَتِي.

Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words; and as for my law, they have rejected it.

20 « لِماذا أفرَحُ بِالبَخُورِ الَّذِي يَأتِي مِنْ شَبا، وَبِالقَصَبِ ذِي الرّائِحَةِ الجَمِيلَةِ مِنْ أرْضٍ بَعِيدَةٍ؟ تَقدِماتُكُمْ غَيرُ مَقبُولَةٍ، وَذَبائِحُكُمْ لا تَسُرُّنِي.»

To what purpose cometh there to me frankincense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt-offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices pleasing unto me.

21 ل ِذَلِكَ هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ: «سَأضَعُ أمامَ هَذا الشَّعبِ حِجارَةً تُعثِرُهُمْ. الآباءُ وَالأبناءُ مَعاً وَالجارُ وَالصَّدِيقُ، سَيَهلِكُونَ جَمِيعاً.»

Therefore thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will lay stumbling-blocks before this people; and the fathers and the sons together shall stumble against them; the neighbor and his friend shall perish.

22 ه َذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ: «ها شَعبٌ قادِمٌ مِنْ أرْضٍ فِي الشَّمالِ، وَأُمَّةٌ عَظِيمَةٌ آتِيَةٌ مِنْ أرْضٍ بَعِيدَةٍ.

Thus saith Jehovah, Behold, a people cometh from the north country; and a great nation shall be stirred up from the uttermost parts of the earth.

23 أ مسَكُوا بِالقَوسِ وَبِالرُّمحِ، وَهُمْ قُساةٌ وَبِلا رَحمَةٍ. صَوتُهُمْ كَالبَحرِ العَظِيمِ، حِينَ يَركَبُونَ عَلَى خَيلِهِمْ. ها هُمْ مُصطَفُّونَ لِمُحارَبَتِكِ كَرَجُلٍ واحِدٍ، أيَّتُها العَزِيزَةُ صِهْيَوْنُ.»

They lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth like the sea, and they ride upon horses, every one set in array, as a man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of Zion.

24 س َمِعنا الأخبارَ عَنها، فَارتَخَتْ أيدِينا، وَأمسَكَنا الضِّيقُ وَالوَجَعُ مِثلَ امْرأةٍ تَتَمَخَّضُ.

We have heard the report thereof; our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, and pangs as of a woman in travail.

25 ل ا تَخرُجُوا إلَى الحَقلِ، وَلا تَسِيرُوا عَلَى الطَّرِيقِ، لأنَّ العَدُوَّ يُمسِكُ سَيفاً، وَالرُّعبَ يُحِيطُ بِنا.

Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy, and terror, are on every side.

26 ا لبَسُوا الخَيشَ يا شَعبِيَ العَزِيزَ، تَمَرَّغُوا بِالرَّمادِ. نُوحُوا بِمَرارَةٍ كَمَنْ فَقَدَتِ ابْنَها الوَحِيدَ، لأنَّ المُدَّمِرَ سَيَأتِي عَلَينا فَجأةً.

O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation; for the destroyer shall suddenly come upon us.

27 « يا إرْمِيا، أنا اللهَ جَعَلْتُكَ فاحِصاً مُنَقِّياً وَسَطَ شَعبِي، لِكَي تَعرِفَ وَتَمتَحِنَ سُلُوكَهُمْ.

I have made thee a trier and a fortress among my people; that thou mayest know and try their way.

28 ك ُلُّهُمْ عُصاةٌ مُتَمَرِّدُونَ، يَتَكَلَّمُونَ بِالوِشايَةِ. كُلُّهُمْ مِثلُ البُرونْزِ وَالحَدِيدِ، مَلِيئُونَ بالفَسادِ وَالشَّوائِبِ.

They are all grievous revolters, going about with slanders; they are brass and iron: they all of them deal corruptly.

29 ا لمِنفاخُ يَزِيدُ قُوَّةَ النّارِ، وَالرَّصاصُ يَخرُجُ بِفِعلِ النّارِ. وَلَكِنَّ تَنْقِيَتَهُمْ بِلا فائِدَةٍ، لأنَّ الشَّرَّ لا يَزُولُ مِنهُمْ.

The bellows blow fiercely; the lead is consumed of the fire: in vain do they go on refining; for the wicked are not plucked away.

30 ف َيُدعَونَ: ‹فِضَّةً مَرفُوضَةً،› لأنَّ اللهَ رَفَضَهُمْ.»

Refuse silver shall men them, because Jehovah hath rejected them.