1 T he words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin,

هَذِا كَلامُ إرْمِيا بْنِ حَلْقِيّا، أحَدِ الكَهَنَةِ الَّذِينَ عاشُوا فِي عَناثُوثَ فِي أرْضِ بَنْيامِيْنَ.

2 t o whom the word of the Lord came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.

الكَلامُ الَّذِي قالَهُ اللهُ ، وَأعلَنَهُ لإرْمِيا فِي السَّنَةِ الثّالِثَةَ عَشْرَةَ مِنْ حُكمِ يُوشِيّا بْنِ آمُونَ مَلِكِ يَهُوذا.

3 I t came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, until the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah, king of Judah, until the exile of Jerusalem in the fifth month.

وَخِلالَ فَترَةِ حُكمِ يَهُوياقِيمَ بْنِ يُوشِيّا مَلِكِ يَهُوذا، إلَى الشَّهرِ الخامِسِ مِنَ السَنَةِ الحادِيَةَ عَشْرَةَ مِنْ حُكْمِ صِدْقيّا بْنِ يُوشِّيا مَلِكِ يَهُوذا. أي إلَى وَقْتِ سَبيِ مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ. دَعوَةُ اللهِ لإرْمِيا

4 N ow the word of the Lord came to me saying,

هَذِهِ هِيَ رِسالَةُ اللهِ الَّتِي أُعلِنَتْ لِي:

5 “ Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, And before you were born I consecrated you; I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.”

«قَبلَ أنْ أُشَكِّلَكَ فِي الرَّحِمِ عَرَفْتُكَ. وَقَبلَ خُرُوجِكَ مِنْ بَطنِ أُمِّكَ خَصَّصتُكَ لِخِدْمَتِي، وَعَيَّنتُكَ نَبِيّاً لِلشُّعُوبِ.»

6 T hen I said, “Alas, Lord God! Behold, I do not know how to speak, Because I am a youth.”

فَقُلْتُ: «وَلَكِنِّي أيُّها الرَّبُّ الإلَهُ ، لا أُحسِنُ الكَلامَ كَنَبِيٍّ، لأنِّي لَستُ سِوَى وَلَدٍ صَغِيرٍ.»

7 B ut the Lord said to me, “Do not say, ‘I am a youth,’ Because everywhere I send you, you shall go, And all that I command you, you shall speak.

فَقالَ اللهُ لِي: «لا تَقُلْ: ‹لَستُ سِوَى وَلَدٍ صَغِيرٍ،› لأنَّكَ سَتَذهَبُ إلَى كُلِّ مَكانٍ سَأُرسِلُكَ إلَيهِ. وَسَتَتَكَلَّمُ بِكُلِّ ما آمُرُكَ بِهِ.

8 “ Do not be afraid of them, For I am with you to deliver you,” declares the Lord.

لا تَخَفْ مِنَ النّاسِ، لأنِّي سَأكُونَ مَعَكَ لأحمِيَكَ.» هَذا هُوَ الكَلامُ الَّذِي قالَهُ اللهُ.

9 T hen the Lord stretched out His hand and touched my mouth, and the Lord said to me, “Behold, I have put My words in your mouth.

ثُمَّ مَدَّ اللهُ يَدَهُ وَلَمَسَ فَمِي، وَقالَ لِي: «ها إنِّي وَضَعْتُ كَلامِيَ فِي فَمِكَ.

10 “ See, I have appointed you this day over the nations and over the kingdoms, To pluck up and to break down, To destroy and to overthrow, To build and to plant.” The Almond Rod and Boiling Pot

ها أنا قَدْ أعطَيتُكَ سُلطاناً عَلَى الشُّعُوبِ وَالمَمالِكِ. تَقلَعُها وَتُحَطِّمُها وَتُهلِكُها وَتُدَمِّرُها، وَتُعِيدُ بِناءَها وَزِراعَتَها.» رُؤيَتان

11 T he word of the Lord came to me saying, “What do you see, Jeremiah?” And I said, “I see a rod of an almond tree.”

وَأعلَنَ لِي اللهُ الرِّسالَةَ التّالِيَةَ، فَقالَ: «ماذا تَرَى يا إرْمِيا؟» فَقُلْتُ: «أرَى غُصْنَ لَوْزٍ.»

12 T hen the Lord said to me, “You have seen well, for I am watching over My word to perform it.”

فَقالَ اللهُ لِي: «أحْسَنْتَ الرُّؤيَةَ. فَأنا ساهِرٌ عَلَى كَلِمَتِي لأضمَنَ تَحقِيقَها.»

13 T he word of the Lord came to me a second time saying, “ What do you see?” And I said, “I see a boiling pot, facing away from the north.”

وَأعلَنَ لِي اللهُ رِسالَةً أُخْرَى، فَقالَ: «ماذا تَرَى؟» فَقُلْتُ: «أرَى قِدراً مَملُوءَةً بِالماءِ المَغلِيِّ، وَفُتْحَتُها تَتَّجِهُ مِنَ الشَّمالِ نَحوَ الجَنُوبِ.»

14 T hen the Lord said to me, “ Out of the north the evil will break forth on all the inhabitants of the land.

فَقالَ اللهُ لِي: «مِنَ الشَّمالِ سَيَنطَلِقُ الشَّرُّ عَلَى كُلِّ سُكّانِ يَهُوذا.

15 F or, behold, I am calling all the families of the kingdoms of the north,” declares the Lord; “and they will come and they will set each one his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all its walls round about and against all the cities of Judah.

ها إنِّي سَأدعُو كُلَّ عَشائِرِ مَمالِكِ الشَّمالِ، وَسَيَأتُونَ. وَسَيَضَعُ كُلُّ واحِدٍ مِنهُمْ عَرْشَهُ عِندَ مَداخِلِ بَوّاباتِ مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ. سَيُهاجِمُونَ أسوارَها وَالبَلداتِ المُحِيطَةَ بِها. يَقُولُ اللهُ.

16 I will pronounce My judgments on them concerning all their wickedness, whereby they have forsaken Me and have offered sacrifices to other gods, and worshiped the works of their own hands.

«وَسَأُعلِنُ حُكمِي عَلَيهِمْ بِسَبَبِ شُرُورِهِمْ، الَّتِي تَرَكُونِي لأجلِها، إذْ أحرَقُوا بَخُوراً لآلِهَةٍ أُخْرَى، وَانحَنُوا لأشياءَ صَنَعَتْها أيدِيهُمْ.

17 N ow, gird up your loins and arise, and speak to them all which I command you. Do not be dismayed before them, or I will dismay you before them.

«أمّا أنتَ، فَاسْتَعِدْ وَانهَضْ، أخبِرْهُمْ بِكُلِّ ما آمُرُكَ بِأنْ تَقُولَهُ. لا تَرتَعِبْ أمامَهُمْ، وَإلّا أرعَبْتُكَ أمامَهُمْ.

18 N ow behold, I have made you today as a fortified city and as a pillar of iron and as walls of bronze against the whole land, to the kings of Judah, to its princes, to its priests and to the people of the land.

ها قَدْ جَعَلْتُكَ اليَومَ مَدِينَةً حَصِينَةً، كَعَمُودٍ مِنْ حَدِيدٍ، وَكَحائِطٍ مِنْ بُرونْزٍ أمامَ كُلِّ الأرْضِ، تَصْمِدُ ضِدَّ مُلُوكِ يَهُوذا وَرُؤَسائِها وَكَهَنَتِها، وَضِدَّ شَعبِ الأرْضِ.

19 T hey will fight against you, but they will not overcome you, for I am with you to deliver you,” declares the Lord.

سَيُحارِبُونَكَ، لَكِنَّهُمْ لَنْ يَقدِرُوا أنْ يَهزِمُوكَ، لأنِّي سَأكُونُ مَعَكَ لأحمِيَكَ،» يَقُولُ اللهُ.