1 ¶ The word that was sent to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,

هَذِهِ هِيَ الرِّسالَةُ النَّبَوِيَّةُ الَّتِي أتَتْ لإرْمِيا مِنَ اللهِ:

2 S tand in the gate of the LORD’s house and proclaim there this word and say, Hear the word of the LORD, all ye of Judah that enter in at these gates to worship the LORD.

«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.

3 T hus hath the LORD of the hosts the God of Israel said, Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.

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

4 D o not trust in lying words, saying, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD are these.

لا تَتَّكِلُوا عَلَى عِباراتٍ خادِعَةٍ يُرَدِّدُها بَعضُكُمْ: ‹هَذا هَيكَلُ اللهِ ، هَيكَلُ اللهِ ، هَيكَلُ اللهِ.›

5 F or if ye thoroughly amend your ways and your doings, if ye thoroughly do right between a man and his neighbour,

إنْ أصلَحْتُمْ طُرُقَكُمْ وَأعمالَكُمْ، وَأنْصَفَ بَعضُكُمْ بَعضاً،

6 i f ye do not oppress the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed no innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt,

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

7 t hen I will cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers for ever and ever.

حِينَئِذٍ، سَأجعَلُكُمْ تَسكُنُونَ فِي هَذا المَكانِ، فِي الأرْضِ الَّتِي أعطَيتُها لآبائِكُمْ لِتَكُونَ لَهُمْ دائِماً.

8 B ehold, ye trust in lying words that cannot profit.

«لَكِنَّكُمْ تَثِقُونَ فِي وُعُودٍ فارِغَةٍ لا تَنفَعُ.

9 W ill ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not,

أتَسرِقُونَ وَتَقتُلُونَ وَتَزنُونَ وَتُقسِمُونَ بِالكَذِبِ وَتَحرِقُونَ بَخُوراً لِعِبادَةِ البَعلِ، وَتَعبُدُونَ آلِهَةً أُخْرَى لَمْ تَكُونُوا تَعرِفُونَها،

10 a nd come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are free to do all these abominations?

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

11 I s this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, even I have seen it, said the LORD.

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

12 B ut go now unto my place which was in Shiloh, where I set my name at the first and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel.

«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.

13 A nd now because ye have done all these works, said the LORD and I spoke well unto you, rising up early and speaking, but ye did not hear; and I called you, but ye did not answer;

وَالآنَ لأنَّكُمْ فَعَلْتُمْ هَذِهِ الأُمُورَ، يَقُولُ اللهُ ، وَأنا كَلّمْتُكُمْ مَرَّةً بَعدَ مَرَّةٍ، فَلَمْ تَستَمِعُوا إلَيَّ،

14 t herefore I will do unto this house, which is called by my name, in which ye trust, and unto this place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh.

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

15 A nd I will cast you out of my sight as I have cast out all your brethren, even the whole seed of Ephraim.

سَأُلقِيكُمْ بَعِيداً عَنْ وَجهِي، تَماماً كَما عَمِلتُ مَعَ إخْوَتِكُمْ جَميعِ شَعبِ أفْرايِمَ.

16 ¶ Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them, neither make intercession to me: for I will not hear thee.

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

17 D ost thou not see what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?

ألا تَرَى ما يَعمَلُونَهُ فِي مُدُنِ يَهُوذا وَفِي شَوارِعِ القُدْسِ؟

18 T he sons gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough to make cakes to the queen of heaven and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods that they may provoke me to anger.

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

19 S hall they provoke me to anger? said the LORD: do they not provoke themselves to the confusion of their own faces?

فَهَلْ أغاظُونِي؟ يَقُولُ اللهُ. بَلْ يُغِيظُونَ أنفُسَهُمْ، وَالنَّتِيجَةُ هِيَ خِزيُهُمْ؟»

20 T herefore thus hath the Lord GOD said: Behold, my anger and my fury shall be poured out upon this place, upon man and upon beast and upon the trees of the field and upon the fruit of the ground, and it shall burn and shall not be quenched.

لِذَلِكَ، 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

21 ¶ Thus hath the LORD of the hosts, the God of Israel said: Add your burnt offerings upon your sacrifices and eat flesh.

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

22 F or I did not speak unto your fathers, nor command them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices:

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

23 B ut this thing I commanded them, saying, Hear my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the way that I have commanded you that it may be well unto you.

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

24 B ut they did not hearken, nor incline their ear, but walked in their own counsels in the imagination of their evil heart and went backward, and not forward

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

25 s ince the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt unto this day. I have even sent unto you all my slaves, the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them;

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

26 y et they did not hearken unto me, nor incline their ear, but hardened their neck: they did worse than their fathers.

لَكِنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَستَمِعُوا إلَيَّ، وَلَمْ يَبالُوا، بَلْ قَسَّوا رِقابَهُمْ، وَكانُوا أشَرَّ مِنْ آبائِهِمْ.

27 T herefore thou shalt speak all these words unto them; but they will not hearken to thee: thou shalt even call unto them; but they will not answer thee.

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

28 T herefore thou shalt say unto them, This is the nation that did not hear the voice of the LORD their God, nor receive chastisement; the faith is lost and was cut off from their mouth.

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

29 ¶ Cut off thine hair, O Jerusalem, and cast it away and take up a lamentation on high places; for the LORD has cast off and forsaken the nation of his wrath.

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

30 F or the sons of Judah have done evil in my sight, said the LORD; they have set their abominations in the house which is called by my name to pollute it.

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

31 A nd 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 them, neither did it come into my heart.

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

32 T herefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that it shall no longer be called Tophet, nor the valley of the son of Hinnom, but the valley of slaughter; for they shall bury in Tophet, for there shall be no other place.

لِذَلِكَ 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.

33 A nd the carcasses of this people shall be food for the fowls of the heaven and for the beasts of the earth; and there shall be no one to chase them away.

سَتَكُونُ جُثَثُ هَذا الشَّعبِ طَعاماً لِطُيُورِ السَّماءِ وَوُحُوشِ الأرْضِ. وَلَنْ يَكُونَ هُناكَ مَنْ يُخِيفُهُمْ.

34 T hen 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.

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