1 B ut as soon as Jeremiah, whom the Lord their God had sent, had finished telling all the people all the words of the Lord their God—that is, all these words—

فَلَمّا انتَهَى إرْمِيا مِنَ الكَلامِ مَعَ الشَّعبِ بِكُلِّ كَلامِ إلَهِهِمْ ، الَّذِي أرسَلَهُ إلَهُهُمْ إلَيْهِمْ،

2 A zariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the arrogant men said to Jeremiah, “You are telling a lie! The Lord our God has not sent you to say, ‘You are not to enter Egypt to reside there’;

قالَ عَزَرْيا بْنُ هُوشَعْيا وَيُوحانانُ بْنُ قارِيحَ وَكُلُّ الشَّعبِ لإرْمِيا: «أنتَ تَتَكَلَّمُ بِالكَذِبِ، فَإلَهُنا لَمْ يُرسِلْكَ إلَينا لِتَقُولَ: ‹لا تَذهَبُوا إلَى مِصرَ لِتَستَقِرُّوا هُناكَ.›

3 b ut Baruch the son of Neriah is inciting you against us to give us over into the hand of the Chaldeans, so they will put us to death or exile us to Babylon.”

بارُوخَ بْنَ نِيرِيّا يُحَرِّضُكَ عَلَينا حَتَّى يُسَلِّمَنا لِلبابِلِيِّينَ لِيَقتُلُونا أوَ يَسْبُونا إلَى بابِلَ.»

4 S o Johanan the son of Kareah and all the commanders of the forces, and all the people, did not obey the voice of the Lord to stay in the land of Judah.

فَلَمْ يُطِعْ يُوحانانُ بْنُ قارِيحَ وَكُلُّ قادَةِ الجُيُوشِ وَكُلُّ الشَّعبِ اللهَ الَّذِي قالَ لَهُمْ أنْ يَبقَوْا فِي أرْضِ يَهُوذا.

5 B ut Johanan the son of Kareah and all the commanders of the forces took the entire remnant of Judah who had returned from all the nations to which they had been driven away, in order to reside in the land of Judah—

فَاقتادَ يُوحانانُ بْنُ قارِيحَ وَكُلُّ قادَةِ الجُيُوشِ جَميعَ بَقِيَّةِ يَهُوذا الَّذِينَ رَجِعُوا مِنْ كُلِّ الأُمَمِ الَّتِي طُرِدُوا إلَيها، لِيَذْهَبُوا إلَى أرْضِ مِصرَ.

6 t he men, the women, the children, the king’s daughters and every person that Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguard had left with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam and grandson of Shaphan, together with Jeremiah the prophet and Baruch the son of Neriah—

اقتادُوا الرِّجالَ وَالنِّساءَ وَالأطفالَ وَبَناتِ المَلِكِ وَجَميعَ الَّذينَ تَرَكَهُمْ نَبُوزَرادانُ مَعَ جَدَلْيا بْنِ أخِيقامَ بْنِ شافانَ. وَكانَ مِنْ بَينَهِمْ إرْمِيا النَّبِيُّ وَبارُوخُ بْنُ نيرِيّا.

7 a nd they entered the land of Egypt (for they did not obey the voice of the Lord ) and went in as far as Tahpanhes.

فَأتَوْا إلَى أرْضِ مِصرَ لأنَّهُمْ لَمْ يُطِيعُوا اللهَ. وَأتَوْا إلَى مَدِينَةِ تَحْفَنْحِيسَ.

8 T hen the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying,

وَجاءَتْ كَلِمَةُ اللهِ إلَى إرْمِيا فِي تَحفَنْحِيسَ، قالَ:

9 “ Take some large stones in your hands and hide them in the mortar in the brick terrace which is at the entrance of Pharaoh’s palace in Tahpanhes, in the sight of some of the Jews;

«خُذْ حِجارَةً كَبِيرَةً فِي يَدِكَ، وَاطمُرْها – عَلَى مَرأى مِنْ جَميعِ رِجالِ يَهُوذا – فِي الطَّرِيقِ المَرصُوفِ عِنْدَ مَدخَلِ بَيتِ فِرعَوْنَ فِي تَحفَنْحِيسَ.

10 a nd say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, “Behold, I am going to send and get Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, My servant, and I am going to set his throne right over these stones that I have hidden; and he will spread his canopy over them.

ثُمَّ قُلْ لَهُمْ: ‹هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ إلَهُ إسْرائِيلَ: سَأستَدْعِي خادِمِي نَبُوخَذْناصَّرَ ملِكَ بابِلَ. وَسَأضَعُ عَرشَهُ فَوقَ هَذِهِ الحِجارَةِ الَّتِي طَمَرْتُها. وَسَأبسِطُ خَيمَتَهُ المَلَكِيَّةَ عَلَيهِمْ.

11 H e will also come and strike the land of Egypt; those who are meant for death will be given over to death, and those for captivity to captivity, and those for the sword to the sword.

فَسَيَأتِي وَيَضرِبُ أرْضَ مِصرَ. وَكُلُّ مَنْ هُوَ لِلمَوتِ سَيَمُوتُ، وَكُلُّ مَنْ هُوَ لِلسَّبيِ سَيُسبَى، وَكُلُّ مَنْ هُوَ لِلمَوتِ فِي المَعرَكَةِ، سَيَمُوتُ فِيها.

12 A nd I shall set fire to the temples of the gods of Egypt, and he will burn them and take them captive. So he will wrap himself with the land of Egypt as a shepherd wraps himself with his garment, and he will depart from there safely.

وَسَيُشعِلُ النّارَ فِي مَعابِدِ آلِهَةِ مِصرَ، فَيُحرِقُها وَيَسبِيها. وَسَيُنَظِّفُ مِصرَ كَما يُنَظِّفُ الرّاعِي القَملَ مِنْ رِدائِهِ، ثُمَّ يُغادِرُ بِسَلامٍ.

13 H e will also shatter the obelisks of Heliopolis, which is in the land of Egypt; and the temples of the gods of Egypt he will burn with fire.”’”

سَيُحَطِّمُ أنْصابَ بَيتَ شَمْسَ التَّذْكارِيَّةَ الَّتِي فِي أرْضِ مِصرَ، وَسَيُحرِقُ مَعابِدَ أوثانِ المِصرِيِّينَ بِالنّارِ.›»