1 T he word that came to Jeremiah for all the Jews living in the land of Egypt, those who were living in Migdol, Tahpanhes, Memphis, and the land of Pathros, saying,

هَذِهِ هِيَ الرِّسالَةُ الَّتِي جاءَتْ إلَى إرْمِيا لِجَميعِ اليَهُودِ السّاكِنِينَ فِي أرْضِ مِصرَ، فِي مَجْدَلَ وَتَحْفَنْحِيسَ وَمَمْفِيسَ وَفِي صَعِيدِ مِصرَ:

2 “ Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, ‘You yourselves have seen all the calamity that I have brought on Jerusalem and all the cities of Judah; and behold, this day they are in ruins and no one lives in them,

«هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ، إلَهُ إسْرائِيلَ: ‹قَدْ رَأيتُمُ الشَّرَّ الَّذِي جَلَبتُهُ عَلَى القُدْسِ وَعَلَى كُلِّ مُدُنِ يَهُوذا. فَها هِيَ خَرِبَةٌ مَهجُورَةٌ، لا يَسكُنُ فِيها أحَدٌ.

3 b ecause of their wickedness which they committed so as to provoke Me to anger by continuing to burn sacrifices and to serve other gods whom they had not known, neither they, you, nor your fathers.

هَذا بِسَبَبِ الشَّرِّ الَّذِي صَنَعُوهُ. أثارُوا غضَبِي بِتَقدِماتِهِمْ وَعِبادَتِهِمْ لآلِهَةٍ أُخرَى لَمْ يَعرِفُوها هُمْ وَلا آباؤُهُمْ.

4 Y et I sent you all My servants the prophets, again and again, saying, “Oh, do not do this abominable thing which I hate.”

وَأرسَلْتُ إلَيكُمْ خُدّامِيَ الأنبِياءَ واحِداً بَعدَ الآخَرِ، وَقُلْتُ لَكُمْ: ‹لا تَعمَلُوا هَذِهِ الأُمُورَ الكَرِيهَةَ الَّتِي أُبغِضُها.›

5 B ut they did not listen or incline their ears to turn from their wickedness, so as not to burn sacrifices to other gods.

لَكِنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَستَمِعُوا إلَيَّ، وَلَمْ يَفتَحُوا آذانِهِمْ، لِيَتُوبُوا عَنِ شَرِّهِمْ، وَيَتَوَقَّفُوا عَنْ تَقديمِ القَرابِينَ لآلِهَةٍ أُخرَى.

6 T herefore My wrath and My anger were poured out and burned in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, so they have become a ruin and a desolation as it is this day.

فَغَضِبْتُ جِدّاً، بَلِ اشتَعَلَ غَضَبِي عَلَى مُدُنِ يَهُوذا وَشَوارِعِ القُدْسِ، فَأصبَحَتْ خِربَةً مَهجُورَةً كَما هُوَ حالُها اليَومَ.›

7 N ow then thus says the Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, “Why are you doing great harm to yourselves, so as to cut off from you man and woman, child and infant, from among Judah, leaving yourselves without remnant,

«وَالآنَ، هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ الإلَهُ القَدِيرُ، إلَهُ إسْرائِيلَ: «لِماذا تَجلِبُونَ هَذا الشَّرَّ عَلَى أنفُسِكُمْ؟ وَلِماذا تُفنُونَ كُلَّ الرِّجالِ وَالنِّساءِ وَالأطفالِ وَالرُّضَّعِ مِنْ يَهُوذا؟ لِمَ لا تَترُكُونَ لَكُمْ ناجِينَ؟

8 p rovoking Me to anger with the works of your hands, burning sacrifices to other gods in the land of Egypt, where you are entering to reside, so that you might be cut off and become a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth?

لِماذا تُثِيرونَ غَضَبِي بِالأشياءِ الَّتِي تَفعَلُونَها؟ لِماذا تُحرِقُونَ بَخُوراً لآلِهَةٍ أُخْرَى فِي أرْضِ مِصرَ حَيثُ تَسكُنُونَ؟ سَتُدَمِّرُونَ أنفُسَكُمْ، وَسَتَشتِمُكُمْ جَميعُ أُمَمِ الأرْضِ وَتَسخَرَ بِكُمْ.

9 H ave you forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, the wickedness of the kings of Judah, and the wickedness of their wives, your own wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives, which they committed in the land of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?

هَلْ نَسِيتُمْ شُرُورَ آبائِكُمْ وَشُرُورَ مُلُوكِ يَهُوذا وَشُرُورَ نِسائِهِمْ وَشُرُورَكُمْ وَشُرُورَ نِسائِكُمُ الَّتِي عَمِلُوها فِي أرْضِ يَهُوذا وَفِي شَوارِعِ مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ؟

10 B ut they have not become contrite even to this day, nor have they feared nor walked in My law or My statutes, which I have set before you and before your fathers.”’

لَمْ يَتَواضَعُوا إلَى هَذا اليَومِ، وَلَمْ يَخافُونِي، وَلَمْ يَعِيشُوا بِحَسَبِ شَرِيعَتِي وَفَرائِضِي الَّتِي وَضَعْتُها أمامَهُمْ وَأمامَ آبائِهِمْ.›

11 “ Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, ‘Behold, I am going to set My face against you for woe, even to cut off all Judah.

«وَلِذَلِكَ، هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ، إلَهُ إسْرائِيلَ: «ها أنا عازِمٌ عَلَى أنْ أُعاقِبَكَ وَأنْ أُفنِيَ كُلَّ يَهُوذا.

12 A nd I will take away the remnant of Judah who have set their mind on entering the land of Egypt to reside there, and they will all meet their end in the land of Egypt; they will fall by the sword and meet their end by famine. Both small and great will die by the sword and famine; and they will become a curse, an object of horror, an imprecation and a reproach.

سَآخُذُ الَّذِينَ بَقُوا مِنْ يَهُوذا وَالَّذِينَ صَمَّمُوا عَلَى الذَّهابِ إلَى أرْضِ مِصرَ لِيَعِيشُوا فِيها كَغُرَباءَ، وَسَيَمُوتُونَ كُلُّهُمْ فِي أرْضِ مِصرَ. سَيَسقُطُونَ فِي المَعرَكَةِ أوْ بِسَبَبِ الجُوعِ، وَسَيَنتَهُونَ مِنْ كَبِيرِهِمْ إلَى صَغِيرِهِمْ. فِي المَعرَكَةِ أوْ بِسَبَبِ الجُوعِ سَيَمُوتُونَ. وَسَيُشارُ إلَيْهِمْ فِي اللَّعَناتِ كَمِثالٍ لِلدَّمارِ الكامِلِ وَكَمَوضُوعٍ لِلاستِهزاءِ وَالسُّخْرِيَةِ.

13 A nd I will punish those who live in the land of Egypt, as I have punished Jerusalem, with the sword, with famine and with pestilence.

سَأُعاقِبُ الَّذِينَ يَسكُنُونَ فِي أرْضِ مِصرَ كَما عاقَبْتُ مَدينَةَ القُدْسِ: بِالمَعارِكِ وَالمَجاعَةِ وَالوَباءِ.

14 S o there will be no refugees or survivors for the remnant of Judah who have entered the land of Egypt to reside there and then to return to the land of Judah, to which they are longing to return and live; for none will return except a few refugees.’”

لَنْ يَكُونَ هُناكَ ناجٍ أوْ باقٍ مِنْ بَقِيَّةِ يَهُوذا الَّذِينَ سَيَعِيشُونَ فِي أرْضِ مِصرَ. لَنْ يَكُونَ هُناكَ مَنْ يَرجِعُ إلَى أرْضِ يَهُوذا مِنَ الَّذِينَ يَتُوقُونَ إلَى العَودَةِ إلَيها لِيَعِيشُوا فِيها. لأنَّهُ لَنْ يَرجِعَ سِوَى بَعضُ الفارِّينَ.›»

15 T hen all the men who were aware that their wives were burning sacrifices to other gods, along with all the women who were standing by, as a large assembly, including all the people who were living in Pathros in the land of Egypt, responded to Jeremiah, saying,

أمّا كُلُّ الرِّجالِ الَّذِينَ عَرَفُوا أنَّ نِساءَهُمْ كُنَّ يُحرِقْنَ بَخُوراً لآلِهَةٍ أُخْرَى، وَكُلُّ النِّساءِ اللَّواتِي كُنَّ واقِفاتٍ فِي الجَماعَةِ العَظِيمَةِ، وَكُلُّ الشَّعبِ الَّذِي كانَ يَسكُنُ فِي أرْضِ مِصرَ وَفِي الصَّعِيدِ، فَقَدْ قالُوا لإرْمِيا:

16 “ As for the message that you have spoken to us in the name of the Lord, we are not going to listen to you!

«لَقَدْ تَكَلَّمْتَ ضِدَّنا بِاسْمِ اللهِ. وَلَكِنَّنا لَنْ نَستَمِعَ إلَيكَ،

17 B ut rather we will certainly carry out every word that has proceeded from our mouths, by burning sacrifices to the queen of heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her, just as we ourselves, our forefathers, our kings and our princes did in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; for then we had plenty of food and were well off and saw no misfortune.

بَلْ سَنَعَمَلُ كُلِّ ما تَعَهَّدنا بِهِ. سَنُحرِقُ البَخُورَ لِمَلِكَةِ السَّماءِ، وَنَسكُبُ لَها تَقدِماتِ الخَمْرِ. سَنَعمَلُ كَما عَمِلْنا نَحنُ وَآباؤُنا وَمُلُوكُنا وَرُؤَساؤُنا فِي مُدُنِ يَهُوذا وَفِي شَوارِعِ القُدْسِ. فَقَدْ كانَ لَدَينا طَعامٌ وافِرٌ لِلأكلِ، وَكُنّا فِي خَيرٍ وَلَمْ نَرَ شَرّاً.

18 B ut since we stopped burning sacrifices to the queen of heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her, we have lacked everything and have met our end by the sword and by famine.”

وَمُنْذُ تَوَقَّفْنا عَنْ إحراقِ البَخُورِ لِمَلِكَةِ السَّماءِ وَسَكْبِ تَقدِماتِ الخَمرِ لَها، افتَقَرْنا إلَى كُلِّ شَيءٍ، وَفَنِينا بِالحَربِ وَالجُوعِ.»

19 “ And,” said the women, “when we were burning sacrifices to the queen of heaven and were pouring out drink offerings to her, was it without our husbands that we made for her sacrificial cakes in her image and poured out drink offerings to her?” Calamity for the Jews

وَقالَتِ النِّساءُ: «عِندَما كُنّا نُحرِقُ بَخُوراً لِمَلِكَةِ السَّماءِ وَنَسكُبُ لَها تَقدِماتٍ سائِلَةً، هَلْ عَمِلْنا لَها كَعكاً عَلَى شَكلِها، أوْ سَكَبْنا لَها تَقدِماتٍ الخَمرِ مِنْ دُونِ مُشارَكَةِ أزواجِنا؟›»

20 T hen Jeremiah said to all the people, to the men and women—even to all the people who were giving him such an answer—saying,

حِينَئِذٍ، قالَ إرْمِيا لِكُلِّ الشَّعبِ: الرِّجالِ وَالنِّساءِ وَكُلِّ الشَّعبِ الَّذِينَ قالُوا ذَلِكَ:

21 “ As for the smoking sacrifices that you burned in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, you and your forefathers, your kings and your princes, and the people of the land, did not the Lord remember them and did not all this come into His mind?

«أتَظُنُّونَ أنَّ اللهُ لا يَتَذَكَّرُ قَرابِينَكُمْ الَّتِي قَدَّمْتُمُوها – أنتُمْ وَآباؤُكُمْ وَمُلُوكُكُمْ وَرُؤَساؤُكُمْ وَكُلُّ شَعبِ الأرْضِ – فِي مُدُنِ يَهُوذا وَفِي شَوارِعِ القُدْسِ؟ ألَمْ يُفَكِّرْ بِها؟

22 S o the Lord was no longer able to endure it, because of the evil of your deeds, because of the abominations which you have committed; thus your land has become a ruin, an object of horror and a curse, without an inhabitant, as it is this day.

لَمْ يقْدِرِ اللهُ عَلَى احتِمالِ أعمالِكُمُ الشِّرِّيرَةِ وَالأُمُورِ الكَرِيهَةِ الَّتِي عَمِلْتُمُوها. لِهَذا صارَتْ أرْضُكُمْ مَوضِعَ استِهزاءٍ، وَخَرِبَةً وَتالِفَةً وَغَيرَ مَسكُونَةٍ، كَما هُوَ الحالُ اليَومَ.

23 B ecause you have burned sacrifices and have sinned against the Lord and not obeyed the voice of the Lord or walked in His law, His statutes or His testimonies, therefore this calamity has befallen you, as it has this day.”

أحرَقْتُمْ بَخُوراً وَأخطَأتُمْ إلَى اللهِ. لَمْ تُطِيعُوا اللهَ وَلَمْ تَسلُكُوا بِحَسَبِ شَرِيعَتِهِ وَفَرائِضِهِ وَشَهاداتِهِ. لِذَلِكَ جاءَ عَلَيكُمْ هَذا الشَّرُّ، كَما هُوَ الحالُ اليَومَ.»

24 T hen Jeremiah said to all the people, including all the women, “ Hear the word of the Lord, all Judah who are in the land of Egypt,

ثُمَّ قالَ إرْمِيا لِكُلِّ الشَّعبِ وَلِكُلِّ النِّساءِ: «يا جَميعَ بَنِي يَهُوذا السّاكِنِينَ فِي أرْضِ مِصرَ، اسْمَعُوا كَلِمَةَ اللهِ.

25 t hus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, as follows: ‘As for you and your wives, you have spoken with your mouths and fulfilled it with your hands, saying, “We will certainly perform our vows that we have vowed, to burn sacrifices to the queen of heaven and pour out drink offerings to her.” Go ahead and confirm your vows, and certainly perform your vows!’

هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ، إلَهُ إسْرائِيلَ: ‹أنتُمْ وَنِساؤُكُمْ تَكَلَّمْتُمْ بِأفواهِكُمْ، وَنَفَّذْتُمْ ما تَكَلَّمْتُمْ بِهِ بِأيدِيكُمْ، إذْ قُلْتُمْ: إنَّنا سَنُوفِي بِالنُّذُورِ الَّتِي قَطَعْناها بِأنْ نُحرِقَ بَخُوراً لِمَلِكَةِ السَّماءِ وَنَسكُبَ لَها تَقدِماتِ الخَمرِ. أتمِمْنَ نُذُورَكُنَّ وَاعْمَلْنَ بِما تَكَلَّمْتُنَّ.›

26 N evertheless hear the word of the Lord, all Judah who are living in the land of Egypt, ‘Behold, I have sworn by My great name,’ says the Lord, ‘ never shall My name be invoked again by the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, “ As the Lord God lives.”

لِذَلِكَ، اسْمَعُوا كَلامَ اللهِ يا كُلَّ بَنِي يَهُوذا السّاكِنِينَ فِي أرْضِ مِصرَ. يَقُولُ يهوه: ‹أقْسِمُ بِاسْمِيَ العَظِيمِ، أنْ لا يُقْسِمَ أحَدٌ مِنْ بَنِي يَهُوذا السّاكِنِينَ فِي مِصرَ فِيما بَعْدُ بِاسْمِيَ الحَيِّ.

27 B ehold, I am watching over them for harm and not for good, and all the men of Judah who are in the land of Egypt will meet their end by the sword and by famine until they are completely gone.

فَها أنا سَأسهَرُ عَلَيهِمْ لِكَي أجلِبَ عَلَيهِمِ الشَّرَّ لا الخَيرَ. وَسَيَمُوتُ كُلُّ شَخصٍ مِنْ يَهُوذا السّاكِنِينَ فِي أرْضِ مِصرَ فِي المَعرَكَةِ أوْ مِنَ الجُوعِ، حَتَّى يَفنُوا بِالتَّمامِ.

28 T hose who escape the sword will return out of the land of Egypt to the land of Judah few in number. Then all the remnant of Judah who have gone to the land of Egypt to reside there will know whose word will stand, Mine or theirs.

عَدَدٌ قَلِيلٌ مِنهُمْ فَقَطْ سَيَنجُو مِنَ القِتالِ وَيَعُودُ إلَى أرْضِ يَهُوذا مِنْ أرْضِ مِصرَ، وَبَقِيَّةُ يَهُوذا الَّذِينَ جاءُوا إلَى أرْضِ مِصرَ لِيَسكُنُوا كَغُرَباءَ فِيها سَيَعرِفُونَ كَلِمَةَ مَنْ مِنّا هِيَ الَّتِي تَثبُتُ.

29 T his will be the sign to you,’ declares the Lord, ‘that I am going to punish you in this place, so that you may know that My words will surely stand against you for harm.’

وَسَتَكُونُ هَذِهِ عَلامَةً لَكُمْ،› يَقُولُ اللهُ ، ‹سَأُعاقِبُكُمْ فِي هَذا المَكانِ، حَتَّى تَعرِفُوا بِأنَّ الكَلامَ الَّذِي قُلْتُهُ عَنِ الشَّرِّ الآتِي عَلَيكُمْ سَيَتِمُّ.

30 T hus says the Lord, ‘Behold, I am going to give over Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt to the hand of his enemies, to the hand of those who seek his life, just as I gave over Zedekiah king of Judah to the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who was his enemy and was seeking his life.’”

«هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ: ‹سَأُسَلِّمُ فِرعَوْنَ خَفْرَعَ، مَلِكَ مِصرَ إلَى يَدِ أعدائِهِ وَيَدِ الَّذِينَ يُرِيدُونَ قَتلَهُ، كَما سَلَّمتُ صِدْقِيّا مَلِكَ يَهُوذا إلَى يَدِ نَبُوخَذْناصَّرَ مَلِكِ بابِلَ عَدُوَّهُ الَّذِي أرادَ قَتلَهُ.›»