1 ي َقُولُ اللهُ: «فِي ذَلِكَ اليَومِ، سَيُخرِجُونَ عِظامَ مُلُوكِ يَهُوذا وَعِظامَ رُؤَسائِهِ وَعِظامَ كَهَنَتِهِ وَعِظامَ أنبِيائِهِ وَعِظامَ سُكّانِ مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ مِنْ قُبُورِهِمْ.

“At that time,” says the Lord, “they will bring out the bones of the kings and leaders of Judah, the bones of the religious leaders, the bones of the men of God, and the bones of the people of Jerusalem from their graves.

2 س َيَنشُرُونَها تَحْتَ الشَّمسِ وَالقَمَرِ وَنُجُومِ السَّماءِ. فَهَذِهِ هِيَ الأجْرامُ السَّماوِيَّةُ الَّتِي يُحِبُّونَها وَيَعبُدُونَها وَيَطلُبُونَها وَيَسجُدُونَ لَها. وَلَنْ تُجمَعَ العِظامُ وَلَنْ تُدفَنَ، لَكِنَّها سَتَكُونُ كَالرَّوثِ عَلَى الأرْضِ.

And they will spread them out to the sun, the moon, and to all the stars of heaven. For these they have loved, and served, and followed, and looked for, and worshiped. The bones will not be gathered or buried. They will be as animal waste on top of the ground.

3 « سَأجعَلُ مَنْ بَقِيَ مِنهُمْ يُفَضِّلُ المَوتَ عَلَى الحَياةِ. هَؤُلاءِ الَّذِينَ سَيَبقُونَ مِنْ هَذِهِ القَبِيلَةِ الشِّرِّيرَةِ سَيَعِيشُونَ فِي الأماكِنِ الَّتِي سَأطرُدُهُمْ إلَيها،» يَقُولُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ. الخَطِيَّةُ وَالعِقاب

And death will be chosen instead of life by all those who are left of this sinful family in all the places where I have driven them,” says the Lord of All. Sin and Its Punishment

4 « وَأنتَ يا إرْمِيا قُلْ لَهُمْ: «هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ: عِندَما يَسقُطُ أُناسٌ، أفَلا يَقُومُونَ ثانِيَةً؟ وَإنِ انحَرَفَ شَخصٌ ما عَنْ طَرِيقِهِ، أفَلا يَعُودُ إلَيهِ؟

“You will say to them, ‘This is what the Lord says: “Do men fall and not get up again? Does one turn away and not return?

5 ف َلِماذا يَستَمِرُّ هَذا الشَّعبُ فِي الابتِعادِ عَنِّي؟ وَلِماذا تَواصِلُ القُدسُ ارتِدادها عَنِّي؟ إنَّهُمْ يَتَمَسَّكُونَ بِالخِداعِ، وَيَرفُضُونَ التَّوبَةَ.

Why then have the people of Jerusalem always turned away from Me? They hold on to what is false, and will not return.

6 أ صغَيتُ وَانتَظَرتُ، لَكِنْ لَمْ يَتَكَلَّمْ إلَيَّ أحَدٌ. لا يُوجَدُ مِنهُمْ مَنْ يَتُوبُ عَنْ شَرِّهِ وَيَقُولُ: ‹ماذا عَمِلتُ؟› إنَّهُمْ مُستَمِرُّونَ بِالسَّيرِ فِي طَرِيقِهِمْ، مِثلَ حِصانٍ يَتُوقُ إلَى مَعرَكَةٍ.

I have listened and heard, but they have not said what is right. No man turned from his sinful way, saying, ‘What have I done?’ Every one turns to his own way like a horse running into battle.

7 ا للَّقلَقُ فِي السَّماءِ يَعرِفُ وَقتَهُ المُعَيَّنَ، وَاليَمامَةُ وَالسُّنُونَةُ تَحفَظانِ وَقْتَ مَجِيئِهِما، أمّا شَعبِي فَلا يَعرِفُ ما يُرِيدُهُ اللهُ.

Even the stork in the sky knows her times. And the turtle-dove, crane, and swallow keep the time of their coming. But My people do not know the Law of the Lord.

8 « كَيفَ تَقُولُونَ: ‹نَحنُ حُكَماءُ، وَلَدَينا شَرِيعَةُ اللهِ.› كَذَبَ الكَتَبَةُ بِأقلامِهِمْ.

“How can you say, ‘We are wise, and the Law of the Lord is with us’? See, the lying hand of the writers has made it into a lie.

9 ا لحُكَماءُ ذُلُّوا وَارتَعَبُوا وَأُسِرُوا. رَفَضُوا تَعلِيمَ اللهِ ، فَكَيفَ إذاً يَدَّعُونَ بِأنَّهُمْ حُكَماءُ؟

The wise men are put to shame. They are troubled and taken. See, they have turned away from the Word of the Lord, and what kind of wisdom do they have?

10 ل ِذَلِكَ سَأُعطِي نِساءَهُمْ لِرِجالٍ آخَرِينَ، وَسَأُعطِي حُقُولَهُمْ لِمالِكِينَ آخَرِينَ. لأنَّهُمْ مِنْ أفقَرِهِمْ إلَى أغناهُمْ، مالُوا إلَى الكَسبِ غَيرِ الشَّرِيفِ. مِنَ الأنبِياءِ إلَى الكَهَنَةِ، كُلُّهُمْ مُخادِعُونَ.

So I will give their wives to others, and their fields to new owners. Because from the least to the greatest, every one is always wanting much. From the man of God to the religious leader, no one can be trusted in what he does.

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

They have healed the hurt of My people very little, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace.

12 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 because of the hated sin they had done? They were not ashamed at all. They did not even know how to turn red. So they will fall among those who fall. When I punish them, they will be put down,” says the Lord.

13 ي َقُولُ اللهُ: «أنا سَأجمَعُ حَصادَهُمْ، فَلا يَعُودُ هُناكَ عِنَبٌ عَلَى الكَرمَةِ، وَلا تِينٌ عَلَى التِّينَةِ. سَتَذبُلُ الأوراقُ. وَما أعطَيتُهُمْ إيّاهُ سَيَزُولُ عَنهُمْ.

“For sure I will take them away,” says the Lord. “There will be no grapes on the vine, and no figs on the fig tree, and the leaves will dry up. What I have given them will pass away.”

14 « فَيَقُولُونَ: ‹لِماذا نَحنُ جالِسُونَ هُنا؟ لِنَجتَمِعْ وَنَذهَبْ إلَى المُدُنِ المُحَصَّنَةِ، وَلْنَهلِكْ هُناكَ، لأنَّ إلَهَنا أصمَتَنا. جَعَلَنا نَشرَبُ ماءً مُرّاً، لأنَّنا أخطَأْنا نَحوَ اللهِ.

Why are we sitting here? Gather together, and let us go into the strong cities and die there. For the Lord our God has given us up to die. He has given us poison in our water to drink, for we have sinned against Him.

15 ن َنتَظِرُ السَّلامَ، لَكِنْ لا يُوجَدُ خَيرٌ. نَشتاقُ إلَى الشِّفاءِ، فَإذا بِالرُّعبِ هُناكَ.

We waited for peace, but no good came. We waited for a time of healing, but see, there is much trouble.

16 م ِنْ أرْضِ دانَ سَمِعْنا صَهِيلُ خُيُولِ العَدَوِّ. تَهتَزُّ أرْضُنا كُلُّها مِنْ ضَرَباتِ حَوافِرِها القَوِيَّةِ. أتَوْا وَأكَلُوا الأرْضَ وَكُلَّ ما فِيها، التَهَمُوا المَدِينَةَ وَالسّاكِنِينَ فِيها.›»

The noise of his horses is heard from Dan. The whole land shakes at the sound of his war horses. For they come and destroy the land and everything that is in it, the city and those who live in it.

17 ي َقُولُ اللهُ: «لأنِّي سَأُرسِلُ حَيّاتٍ بَينَهُمْ، وَأفاعِيَ لا تَطرُدُها تَعاوِيذُ السِّحْرِ. وَسَتَلدَغُهُمْ!» حُزنُ إرْمِيا عَلَى ما حَدَثَ لِشَعبِه

“For see, I am sending the worst of snakes against you, poison snakes which cannot be stopped. And they will bite you,” says the Lord.

18 ا لحُزنُ يَغمُرُنِي، قَلبِي مَرِيضٌ.

My sorrow is too much to heal. My heart is weak within me.

19 أ سمَعُ صَوتَ شَعبِيَ العَزِيزَ يَستَغِيثُ باكِياً مِنْ أرْضٍ بَعِيدَةٍ: «هَلِ اللهُ فِي صِهْيَوْنَ؟ هَلْ مَلِكُها فِيها؟» فَقالَ اللهُ: «لِماذا أغاظُونِي بِأصنامِهِمْ وَبِآلِهَةٍ غَرِيبَةٍ؟»

Listen! It is the cry of my people from a far away land: “Is the Lord not in Zion? Is her King not in her?” “Why have they made Me angry with their objects of worship, and with strange gods?”

20 و َالشَّعْبُ يَقُولُ: «زَمَنُ الحَصادِ انتَهَى، وَالصَّيفُ انقَضَى، وَلَكِنَّنا لَمْ نُنقَذْ.»

“Gathering time is past, summer is ended, and we are not saved.”

21 ا نسَحَقْتُ حُزناً بِسَبَبِ انسِحاقِ شَعبِيَ العَزِيزِ. أنا حَزِينٌ، وَقَدْ تَمَلَّكَنِي اليَأسُ.

I am hurt because my people are hurt. I am filled with sorrow, and fear has taken hold of me.

22 أ لا يُوجَدُ بَلَسانٌ فِي جِلعادَ؟ ألا يُوجَدُ فِيها طَبِيبٌ؟ فَلِماذا لَمْ يُشْفَ شَعبِيَ العَزِيزُ؟

Is there no healing oil in Gilead? Is there no doctor there? Why then have my people not been healed?