1 ه َذِهِ هِيَ الرِّسالَةُ النَّبَوِيَّةُ الَّتِي أتَتْ لإرْمِيا مِنَ اللهِ:

The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,

2 « قِفْ فِي بَوّابَةِ بَيتِ اللهِ ، وَأعلِنْ هُناكَ هَذِهِ الرِّسالَةَ: «يا كُلَّ بَنِي يَهُوذا العابِرِينَ مِنْ هَذهِ البَوّاباتِ لِتَعبُدُوا اللهَ ، اسْتَمِعُوا إلَى هَذِهِ الرِّسالَةِ مِنَ اللهِ.

“Stand in the gate of the Lord ’s house, and proclaim there this word, and say, ‘Hear the word of the Lord, all you of Judah who enter in at these gates to worship the Lord!’”

3 ه َذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ إلَهُ إسْرائِيلَ: أصلِحُوا طُرُقَكُمْ وَأعمالَكُمْ. فَإنْ فَعَلْتُمْ هَذا سَأدَعُكُمْ تَسكُنُونَ فِي هَذا المَكانِ.

Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.

4 ل ا تَتَّكِلُوا عَلَى عِباراتٍ خادِعَةٍ يُرَدِّدُها بَعضُكُمْ: ‹هَذا هَيكَلُ اللهِ ، هَيكَلُ اللهِ ، هَيكَلُ اللهِ.›

Do not trust in these lying words, saying, ‘The temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord are these.’

5 إ نْ أصلَحْتُمْ طُرُقَكُمْ وَأعمالَكُمْ، وَأنْصَفَ بَعضُكُمْ بَعضاً،

“For if you thoroughly amend your ways and your doings, if you thoroughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbor,

6 إ نْ كُنتُمْ لا تُضايِقُونَ الغُرَباءَ وَاليَتامَى وَالأرامِلَ، وَلا تَقتُلُونَ الأبرِياءَ فِي هَذا المَكانِ، وَلا تَعبُدُونَ آلِهَةً أُخْرَى لأجلِ خَرابِكُمْ،

if you do not oppress the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, or walk after other gods to your hurt,

7 ح ِينَئِذٍ، سَأجعَلُكُمْ تَسكُنُونَ فِي هَذا المَكانِ، فِي الأرْضِ الَّتِي أعطَيتُها لآبائِكُمْ لِتَكُونَ لَهُمْ دائِماً.

then I will cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers forever and ever.

8 « لَكِنَّكُمْ تَثِقُونَ فِي وُعُودٍ فارِغَةٍ لا تَنفَعُ.

“Behold, you trust in lying words that cannot profit.

9 أ تَسرِقُونَ وَتَقتُلُونَ وَتَزنُونَ وَتُقسِمُونَ بِالكَذِبِ وَتَحرِقُونَ بَخُوراً لِعِبادَةِ البَعلِ، وَتَعبُدُونَ آلِهَةً أُخْرَى لَمْ تَكُونُوا تَعرِفُونَها،

Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, burn incense to Baal, and walk after other gods whom you do not know,

10 ث ُمَّ تَأتُونَ وَتَقِفُونَ أمامَ هَذا الهَيكَلِ الَّذِي يَحمِلُ اسْمِي وَتَقُولُونَ: لَقَدْ أُنقِذْنا. تَقُولُونَ هَذا لِكَي تَستَمِرُّوا فِي أعمالِكُمُ البَشِعَةِ؟

and then come and stand before Me in this house which is called by My name, and say, ‘We are delivered to do all these abominations’?

11 ه َلْ صارَ هَذا البَيتُ الَّذِي يَحمِلُ اسْمِيَ مَغارَةَ لُصُوصٍ بِالنِّسبَةِ لَكُمْ؟ أنا بِنَفسِي رَأيتُ أنَّ هَذا هُوَ مَوقِفُكُمْ،» يَقُولُ اللهُ.

Has this house, which is called by My name, become a den of thieves in your eyes? Behold, I, even I, have seen it, ” says the Lord.

12 « لَكِنِ اذهَبُوا إلَى مَكانِيَ المُقَدَّسِ الَّذِي كانَ فِي شِيلُوهَ، المَكانِ الَّذِي كُنتُ أدعُوهُ ‹بَيتِي،› وَانظُرُوا ما فَعَلتُ بِهِ بِسَبَبِ الأُمُورِ الشِّرِّيرَةِ الَّتِي عَمِلَها شَعبِيَ إسْرائِيلُ.

“But go now to My place which was in Shiloh, where I set My name at the first, and see what I did to it because of the wickedness of My people Israel.

13 و َالآنَ لأنَّكُمْ فَعَلْتُمْ هَذِهِ الأُمُورَ، يَقُولُ اللهُ ، وَأنا كَلّمْتُكُمْ مَرَّةً بَعدَ مَرَّةٍ، فَلَمْ تَستَمِعُوا إلَيَّ،

And now, because you have done all these works,” says the Lord, “and I spoke to you, rising up early and speaking, but you did not hear, and I called you, but you did not answer,

14 ف َسأفَعَلُ بِهَذا البَيتِ الَّذِي يَحمِلُ اسْمِيَ، وَالَّذِي بِهِ تَثِقُونَ – المَكانِ الَّذِي أعطَيتُهُ لَكُمْ وَلآبائِكُمْ، ما عَمِلْتُهُ فِي شِيلُوهَ.

therefore I will do to the house which is called by My name, in which you trust, and to this place which I gave to you and your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh.

15 س َأُلقِيكُمْ بَعِيداً عَنْ وَجهِي، تَماماً كَما عَمِلتُ مَعَ إخْوَتِكُمْ جَميعِ شَعبِ أفْرايِمَ.

And I will cast you out of My sight, as I have cast out all your brethren—the whole posterity of Ephraim.

16 « أمّا أنتَ يا إرمِيا، فَلا تُصَلِّ لأجلِ شَعبِكَ، وَلا تَصرُخْ لأجلِهِمْ. لا تَتَضَرَّعْ لأجلِهِمْ، لأنَّ صَلاتَكَ لَنْ تَصِلَنِي، وَلَنْ أسمَعَكَ.

“Therefore do not pray for this people, nor lift up a cry or prayer for them, nor make intercession to Me; for I will not hear you.

17 أ لا تَرَى ما يَعمَلُونَهُ فِي مُدُنِ يَهُوذا وَفِي شَوارِعِ القُدْسِ؟

Do you not see what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?

18 ا لأطفالُ يَجمَعُونَ خَشَباً وَالآباءُ يُشعِلُونَ ناراً وَالنِّساءُ يَعجِنَّ، لِعَمَلِ كَعكٍ لِمَلِكَةِ السَّماءِ. وَيَسكُبُونَ خَمراً لِلآلِهَةِ الأُخرَى لِكَي يُغِيظُونِي.

The children gather wood, the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead dough, to make cakes for the queen of heaven; and they pour out drink offerings to other gods, that they may provoke Me to anger.

19 ف َهَلْ أغاظُونِي؟ يَقُولُ اللهُ. بَلْ يُغِيظُونَ أنفُسَهُمْ، وَالنَّتِيجَةُ هِيَ خِزيُهُمْ؟»

Do they provoke Me to anger?” says the Lord. “ Do they not provoke themselves, to the shame of their own faces?”

20 ل ِذَلِكَ، هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ الإلَهُ: «سَيَنسَكِبُ غَضَبِي وَسَخَطِي عَلَى هَذا المَكانِ، عَلَى النّاسِ وَعَلَى الحَيواناتِ. عَلَى أشجارِ الحَقلِ وَعَلَى ثَمَرِ الأرْضِ. سَيَشتَعِلُ غَضَبِي وَلَنْ يَنطَفِئَ.» الطّاعَةُ لا الذَّبِيحَة

Therefore thus says the Lord God: “Behold, My anger and My fury will be poured out on this place—on man and on beast, on the trees of the field and on the fruit of the ground. And it will burn and not be quenched.”

21 ه َذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ، إلَهُ إسْرائِيلَ: «خُذُوا ذَبائِحَكُمْ وَأضاحِيَكُمْ وَكُلُوا لَحماً.

Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “Add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices and eat meat.

22 ل أنَّنِي لَمْ أتَكَلَّمْ مَعَ آبائِكُمْ، وَلَمْ آمُرْهُمْ عِندَما أخرَجتُهُمْ مِنْ أرْضِ مِصرَ بِخُصُوصِ الذَّبائِحِ وَالأضاحِي.

For I did not speak to your fathers, or command them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices.

23 ل َكِنْ هَذِهِ هِيَ الوَصِيَّةُ الَّتِي أعطَيتُها لَكُمْ: ‹أطِيعُونِي فَأكُونَ إلَهَكُمْ وَأنتُمْ تَكُونُونَ شَعبِي. وَتَعمَلُونَ ما آمُرُكُمْ بِهِ، حَتَّى يَكُونَ لَكُمْ خَيرٌ.›

But this is what I commanded them, saying, ‘Obey My voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be My people. And walk in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well with you.’

24 « وَلَكِنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَستَمِعُوا وَلَمْ يَفَتَحُوا آذانَهُمْ، وَسارُوا وَراءَ رَغباتِهِمِ الشِّرِّيرَةِ، فَابتَعَدُوا عَنِّي وَلَمْ يَقتَرِبُوا.

Yet they did not obey or incline their ear, but followed the counsels and the dictates of their evil hearts, and went backward and not forward.

25 م ِنْ يَومِ خُرُوجِ آبائِكُمْ مِنْ أرْضِ مِصرَ وَحَتَّى الآنَ، أرسَلْتُ إلَيهِمْ خُدّامِيَ الأنبِياءَ واحِداً بَعدَ الآخَرِ.

Since the day that your fathers came out of the land of Egypt until this day, I have even sent to you all My servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them.

26 ل َكِنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَستَمِعُوا إلَيَّ، وَلَمْ يَبالُوا، بَلْ قَسَّوا رِقابَهُمْ، وَكانُوا أشَرَّ مِنْ آبائِهِمْ.

Yet they did not obey Me or incline their ear, but stiffened their neck. They did worse than their fathers.

27 « يا إرْمِيا، أنتَ سَتَنقُلُ إلَيهِمْ كُلَّ رَسائِلِي، لَكِنَّهُمْ لَنْ يَستَمِعُوا. سَتَدعُوهُمْ، لَكِنَّهُمْ لَنْ يَستَجِيبُوا.

“Therefore you shall speak all these words to them, but they will not obey you. You shall also call to them, but they will not answer you. Judgment on Obscene Religion

28 س َتَقُولُ لَهُمْ: ‹هَذِهِ هِيَ الأُمَّةُ الَّتِي لَمْ تُطِعِ صَوتَ إلَهِها ، وَلَمْ تَقبَلْ تَأدِيبَهُ.› الأمانَةُ هَلَكَتْ، وَانقَطَعَتْ مِنْ أفواهِهِمْ. وادِي القَتل

“So you shall say to them, ‘This is a nation that does not obey the voice of the Lord their God nor receive correction. Truth has perished and has been cut off from their mouth.

29 « قُصِّي شَعرَكِ وَاطرَحِيهِ بَعِيداً. ضَعِي أُغنِيَةً حَزِينَةً عَلَى شَفَتَيكِ، لأنَّ اللهَ قَدْ رَفَضَ وَتَرَكَ هَذا الجِيلَ الَّذِي أسخَطَهُ.

Cut off your hair and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on the desolate heights; for the Lord has rejected and forsaken the generation of His wrath.’

30 ل أنَّ بَنِي يَهُوذا صَنَعُوا الشَّرَّ أمامِي، يَقُولُ اللهُ. وَضَعُوا تَماثيلَهُمُ الحَقِيرَةَ فِي البيَتِ الَّذِي يَحمِلُ اسْمِيَ لِيُنَجِّسُوهُ.

For the children of Judah have done evil in My sight,” says the Lord. “They have set their abominations in the house which is called by My name, to pollute it.

31 و َما زالُوا يَبنُونَ المُرتَفَعَاتِ الَّتِي فِي تُوفَةَ فِي وادِي ابنِ هِنُّومَ، لِكَي يَحرِقُوا أولادَهُمْ وَبَناتِهُمْ فِي النّارِ. وَأنا لَمْ آمُرْ بِهَذا وَلَمْ أُفَكِّرْ بِهِ.

And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire, which I did not command, nor did it come into My heart.

32 ل ِذَلِكَ سَتَأتِي أيّامٌ، يَقُولُ اللهُ ، عِندَما لَنْ يَعُودَ يُقالُ: ‹هَذا وادِي تُوفَةَ، وَهَذا وادِي ابنِ هِنُّومَ.› بَلْ سَيَقُولُونَ: ‹هَذا وادِي القَتلِ.› وَسَيَدفِنُونَ فِي تُوفَةَ، لأنَّ هَذا هُوَ وادِي الجُثَثِ. سَيَدفِنُونَ النّاسَ هُناكَ حَتَّى لا يَعُودَ هُناكَ مُتَّسَعٌ.

“Therefore behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord, “when it will no more be called Tophet, or the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter; for they will bury in Tophet until there is no room.

33 س َتَكُونُ جُثَثُ هَذا الشَّعبِ طَعاماً لِطُيُورِ السَّماءِ وَوُحُوشِ الأرْضِ. وَلَنْ يَكُونَ هُناكَ مَنْ يُخِيفُهُمْ.

The corpses of this people will be food for the birds of the heaven and for the beasts of the earth. And no one will frighten them away.

34 س َأُصمِتُ صَوتَ الطَّرَبِ وَالبَهجَةِ، وَصَوتَ العَرُوسِ وَالعَرِيسِ، فِي مُدُنِ يَهُوذا وَفِي شَوارِعِ القُدْسِ، لأنَّ الأرْضَ سَتَكُونُ خَرِبَةً.»

Then I will cause to cease from the cities of Judah and from the streets of Jerusalem the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride. For the land shall be desolate.