1 T hus says the Lord: “Behold, I am going to arouse against Babylon And against the inhabitants of Leb-kamai The spirit of a destroyer.

هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ: «سَأُثِيرُ عَلَى بابِلَ وَعَلَى سُكّانِ لِيبَ قامايَ رِيحاً مُدَمِّرَةً.

2 “ I will dispatch foreigners to Babylon that they may winnow her And may devastate her land; For on every side they will be opposed to her In the day of her calamity.

سَأُرسِلُ غُرَباءَ عَلَى بابِلَ، وَسَيُذَرُّونَها وَيُفرِغُونَ أرْضَها. لأنَّهُمْ سَيَأتُونَ عَلَيها مِنْ كُلِّ جِهَةٍ، عِندَما يَأتِي يَومُ ضِيقِها.

3 “ Let not him who bends his bow bend it, Nor let him rise up in his scale-armor; So do not spare her young men; Devote all her army to destruction.

لا تَسمَحُوا لِحامِلِ القَوسِ بِأنْ يَشُدَّ قَوْسَهُ، أوْ يَلبِسَ دِرْعَهُ. لا تُشفِقُوا عَلَى شُبّانِها، أَفنُوا كُلَّ جَيشِها.

4 “ They will fall down slain in the land of the Chaldeans, And pierced through in their streets.”

الجُنُودُ الجَرحَى سَيَسقُطُونَ فِي أرْضِ بابِلَ، وَالَّذِينَ طُعِنُوا بِالرُّمحِ سَيُطرَحُونَ فِي شَوارِعِها.»

5 F or neither Israel nor Judah has been forsaken By his God, the Lord of hosts, Although their land is full of guilt Before the Holy One of Israel.

لأنَّ اللهَ القَدِيرَ لَمْ يَترُكْ إسْرائِيلَ وَيَهُوذا، مَعَ أنَّ أرْضَهُمَا امتَلأتْ إثماً أمامَ قُدُّوسِ إسْرائِيلَ.

6 F lee from the midst of Babylon, And each of you save his life! Do not be destroyed in her punishment, For this is the Lord’s time of vengeance; He is going to render recompense to her.

اهرُبُوا مِنْ وَسَطِ بابِلَ. لِيَهرُبْ كُلُّ واحِدٍ بِحَياتِهِ. لا تَهلِكُوا بِإثمِها. لأنَّ هَذا هُوَ وَقتُ نَقمَةِ اللهِ ، وَسَيُجازِيها عَنْ كُلِّ أعمالِها.

7 B abylon has been a golden cup in the hand of the Lord, Intoxicating all the earth. The nations have drunk of her wine; Therefore the nations are going mad.

بابِلُ كَأسٌ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ فِي يَدِ اللهِ ، سَتُسكِرُ كُلَّ الأرْضِ. سَكِرَتِ الأُمَمُ مِنْ خَمرِها، فَفَقَدَتْ عَقلَها!

8 S uddenly Babylon has fallen and been broken; Wail over her! Bring balm for her pain; Perhaps she may be healed.

سَقَطَتْ بابِلُ فَجأةً، وَتَحَطَّمَتْ. وَلوِلُوا عَلَيها. خُذُوا بَلَساناً لأجلِ جُرحِها، فَلَرُبَّما تُشفَى.

9 W e applied healing to Babylon, but she was not healed; Forsake her and let us each go to his own country, For her judgment has reached to heaven And towers up to the very skies.

حاوَلْنا أنْ نَشفِيَ بابِلَ، وَلَكِنَّها لَمْ تُشفَ. اترُكُوها، وَلْيَذهَبْ كُلُّ واحِدٍ مِنّا إلَى أرْضِهِ. لأنَّ دَينُونَتَها قَدْ بَلَغَتِ السَّماءَ، وَارتَفَعَتْ كارتِفاعِ السَّحابِ.

10 T he Lord has brought about our vindication; Come and let us recount in Zion The work of the Lord our God!

أظْهَرَ اللهُ بِرَّنا، تَعالَوْا، سَنَروِي فِي صِهْيَوْنَ قِصَّةَ عَمَلِ إلَهِنا.

11 S harpen the arrows, fill the quivers! The Lord has aroused the spirit of the kings of the Medes, Because His purpose is against Babylon to destroy it; For it is the vengeance of the Lord, vengeance for His temple.

سُنُّوا سِهامَكُمْ، جَهِّزُوا أسلِحَتَكُمْ. قَدْ أنهَضَ اللهُ رُوحَ مُلُوكِ المادِيِّينَ، لأنَّهُ يُرِيدُ تَدْمِيرَ بابِلَ. هَذا انْتِقامُ اللهِ لِهَيكَلِهِ.

12 L ift up a signal against the walls of Babylon; Post a strong guard, Station sentries, Place men in ambush! For the Lord has both purposed and performed What He spoke concerning the inhabitants of Babylon.

ارفَعُوا رايَةً عَلَى أسوارِ بابِلَ. شَدِّدُوا الحَرَسَ. ضَعُوا الحُرّاسَ فِي مَواقِعِهِمْ. انصُبُوا أكمِنَةً. لأنَّ اللهَ قَضَى وَسَيَعمَلُ جَميعَ ما تَكَلَّمَ بِهِ عَنْ سُكّانِ بابِلَ.

13 O you who dwell by many waters, Abundant in treasures, Your end has come, The measure of your end.

أيَّتُها السّاكِنَةُ قُرْبَ شَلّالاتِ المِياهِ، وَالمالِكَةُ كُنُوزاً كَثِيرَةً، ها إنَّ نِهايَتَكِ قَدْ جاءَتْ، وَانْقَطَعَ حَبلُ حَياتِكِ.

14 T he Lord of hosts has sworn by Himself: “Surely I will fill you with a population like locusts, And they will cry out with shouts of victory over you.”

أقسَمَ اللهُ القَدِيرُ بِنَفسِهِ: «ألَمْ أملأْكِ بِأُناسٍ كَثِيرِينَ يَحُومُونَ كَالجَرادِ؟ إلّا أنَّ عَدُوَّكِ سَيَهتِفُ عَلَيكِ هُتافَ الانتِصارِ!»

15 I t is He who made the earth by His power, Who established the world by His wisdom, And by His understanding He stretched out the heavens.

اللهُ هُوَ صانِعُ الأرْضِ بِقُوَّتِهِ، الَّذِي أسَّسَ العالَمَ بِحِكمَتِهِ، وَالَّذِي بِفَهمِهِ بَسَطَ السَّماواتِ.

16 W hen He utters His voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, And He causes the clouds to ascend from the end of the earth; He makes lightning for the rain And brings forth the wind from His storehouses.

عِندَ أمرِهِ يَرتَفِعُ صَوتُ المِياهِ فِي السَّماءِ، وَتَرتَفِعُ الغُيُومُ مِنْ أقاصِي الأرْضِ. صَنَعَ بُرُوقاً لِلمَطَرِ، وَالرِّيحُ تَخرُجُ مِنْ مَخازِنِهِ.

17 A ll mankind is stupid, devoid of knowledge; Every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols, For his molten images are deceitful, And there is no breath in them.

أمّا كُلُّ إنسانٍ فَأحْمَقُ وَقَلِيلُ المَعرِفَةِ، كُلُّ حِرَفِيٍّ يَخزَى مِنْ وَثَنِهِ، لأنَّ تَماثِيلَهُ آلِهَةٌ مَزَيَّفَةٌ، وَلا رُوحَ فِيها.

18 T hey are worthless, a work of mockery; In the time of their punishment they will perish.

هِيَ أُمُورٌ باطِلَةٌ، أشياءُ سَخِيفَةٌ. حِينَ يُعاقَبُونَ سَيَهلِكُونَ.

19 T he portion of Jacob is not like these; For the Maker of all is He, And of the tribe of His inheritance; The Lord of hosts is His name.

أمّا نَصِيبُ يَعقُوبَ فَلَيسَ مِثلَهُمْ، لأنَّهُ صانِعُ كُلَّ شَيءٍ، وَصانِعُ عَشِيرَةِ مِيراثِهِ، يهوه القَدِيرُ اسْمُهُ.

20 H e says, “You are My war-club, My weapon of war; And with you I shatter nations, And with you I destroy kingdoms.

وَيَقُولُ: «أنتِ يا بابِلُ لِي عَصا الحَربِ، وَسِلاحُ المَعرَكَةِ. أُحَطِّمُ أُمَماً بِكِ، وَبِكِ أُدَمِّرُ مَمالِكَ.

21 “ With you I shatter the horse and his rider, And with you I shatter the chariot and its rider,

أُحَطِّمُ الحِصانَ وَراكِبَهُ بِكِ، وَبِكَ أُحَطِّمُ العَرَبَةَ وَراكِبَها،

22 A nd with you I shatter man and woman, And with you I shatter old man and youth, And with you I shatter young man and virgin,

أُحَطِّمُ رِجالاً وَنِساءً بِكِ، وَبِكِ أُحَطِّمُ شُيُوخاً وَأولاداً، وَفِتياناً وَفَتَياتٍ.

23 A nd with you I shatter the shepherd and his flock, And with you I shatter the farmer and his team, And with you I shatter governors and prefects.

أُحَطِّمُ رُعاةً وَقُطْعاناً بِكِ، وَ بِكِ أُحَطِّمُ الفَلّاحَ وَثِيرانَهُ. وَبِكَ أُحَطِّمُ حُكَّاماً وَأصَحابَ نُفُوذٍ.

24 “ But I will repay Babylon and all the inhabitants of Chaldea for all their evil that they have done in Zion before your eyes,” declares the Lord.

سَأُجازِي بابِلَ وَجَميعَ سُكّانِها حَسَبَ الأعمالِ الشِّرِّيرَةِ الَّتِي عَمِلُوها فِي صِهْيَوْنَ أمامَ عَينَيكَ.» يَقُولُ اللهُ.

25 “ Behold, I am against you, O destroying mountain, Who destroys the whole earth,” declares the Lord, “And I will stretch out My hand against you, And roll you down from the crags, And I will make you a burnt out mountain.

يَقُولُ اللهُ: «أنا ضِدُّكَ يا جَبَلَ الهَلاكِ، يا مُخَرِّبَ كُلِّ الأرْضِ. وَسَأمُدُّ يَدِي عَلَيكَ، وَسَأجعَلُكَ تَتَدَحرَجُ مِنْ فَوقِ الصُّخُورِ، وَسَأجعَلُكَ جَبَلاً مَحرُوقاً.

26 “ They will not take from you even a stone for a corner Nor a stone for foundations, But you will be desolate forever,” declares the Lord.

لَنْ يَقدِرُوا أنْ يَأخُذُوا مِنكَ حَجَراً لِلزّاوِيَةِ، أوْ حَجَراً لِلأساساتِ، بَلْ سَتَكُونُ خَرِباً إلَى الأبَدِ،» يَقُولُ اللهُ.

27 L ift up a signal in the land, Blow a trumpet among the nations! Consecrate the nations against her, Summon against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni and Ashkenaz; Appoint a marshal against her, Bring up the horses like bristly locusts.

«ارفَعُوا عَلامَةً تَحذِيرِيَّةً فِي أرْضِكُمْ، اضرِبُوا بِالبُوقِ بَينَ الأُمَمِ. أعِدُّوا الأُمَمَ لِمُحارَبَةِ بابِلَ، ادعُوا المَمالِكَ لأنْ تَأتِيَ عَلَيها، ادعُوا أراراطَ وَمِنِّي وَأشكَنازَ. عَيِّنُوا والِياً عَلَيها، أرسِلُوا الخُيُولَ كَجَرادٍ هائِجٍ.

28 C onsecrate the nations against her, The kings of the Medes, Their governors and all their prefects, And every land of their dominion.

أعِدُّوا الأُمَمَ لِمُحارَبَةِ بابِلَ، مُلُوكَ مادِي وَحُكّامَها، وَكُلَّ البِلادِ الَّتِي يَحْكُمُونَها.

29 S o the land quakes and writhes, For the purposes of the Lord against Babylon stand, To make the land of Babylon A desolation without inhabitants.

ارتَجَفَتِ الأرْضُ وَتَلَوَّتْ، لأنَّ أحكامَ اللهِ ضِدَّ أرْضِ بابِلَ تَتَحَقَّقُ. وَهُوَ يُحَوِّلُها إلَى صَحراءَ مَهجُورَةٍ.

30 T he mighty men of Babylon have ceased fighting, They stay in the strongholds; Their strength is exhausted, They are becoming like women; Their dwelling places are set on fire, The bars of her gates are broken.

جَبابِرَةُ بابِلَ تَوَقَّفُوا عَنِ القِتالِ، وَيَبقُونَ فِي حُصُونِهِمْ. ذَبُلَتْ قُوَّتُهُمْ. إنَّهُمْ كَالنِّساءِ. مَساكِنُها تَحتَرِقُ، عَوارِضُها تَحَطَّمَتْ.

31 O ne courier runs to meet another, And one messenger to meet another, To tell the king of Babylon That his city has been captured from end to end;

يَركُضُ عَدّاءٌ وَراءَ عَدّاءٍ، وَمُخَبِّرٌ وَراءَ مُخَبِّرٍ لِيُعلِنَ لِمَلِكِ بابِلَ أنَّ مَدِينَتَهُ قَدْ أُخِذَتْ.

32 T he fords also have been seized, And they have burned the marshes with fire, And the men of war are terrified.

مَعابِرُ الأنهارِ قَدْ أُمسِكَتْ، نَباتاتُ المُستَنقَعاتِ أُحرِقَتْ بِالنّارِ، وَرِجالُ الحَربِ ارتَعَبُوا.»

33 F or thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor At the time it is stamped firm; Yet in a little while the time of harvest will come for her.”

فَهَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ، إلَهُ إسْرائِيلَ: «الابْنَةُ بابِلُ كَالبَيدَرِ فِي وَقتِ دَرْسِهِ، وَبَعدَ قَلِيلٍ سَيَأتِي وَقتُ حَصادِها.»

34 “ Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has devoured me and crushed me, He has set me down like an empty vessel; He has swallowed me like a monster, He has filled his stomach with my delicacies; He has washed me away.

تَقُولُ القُدْسِ: «نَبُوخَذْناصَّرُ، مَلِكُ بابِلَ، التَهَمَنِي وَأفنانِي، وَألقانِي كَإناءٍ فارِغٍ. ابتَلَعَنِي كَأفعَى، مَلأ بَطنَهُ مِنْ مُشتَهَياتِي، ثُمَّ تَقَيَّأنِي.

35 “ May the violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon,” The inhabitant of Zion will say; And, “May my blood be upon the inhabitants of Chaldea,” Jerusalem will say.

لِيَقُلْ سُكّانُ صِهْيَوْنَ: ‹لِيَأتِ الظُّلمُ الَّذِي وَقَعَ عَلَيَّ وَعَلَى عائِلَتِي عَلَى بابِلَ،› وَلْتَقُلِ القُدْسُ: ‹لِيَكُنْ دَمُنا عَلَى البابِلِيِّينَ.›»

36 T herefore thus says the Lord, “Behold, I am going to plead your case And exact full vengeance for you; And I will dry up her sea And make her fountain dry.

لِذَلِكَ، هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ: «سَأُدافِعُ عَنْ قَضِيَّتِكِ، وَسَأنتَقِمُ لَكِ. سَأجعَلُ بَحرَها صَحراءَ، وَسَأُجَفِّفُ يَنابِيعَها.

37 “ Babylon will become a heap of ruins, a haunt of jackals, An object of horror and hissing, without inhabitants.

وَسَتَصِيرُ بابِلُ كَومَةً مِنْ حِجارَةٍ، وَمَسكَناً لِبَناتِ آوَى، وَسَبَبَ رُعبٍ وَتَعْيّيرٍ لأنَّها بِلا سُكّانٍ.

38 “ They will roar together like young lions, They will growl like lions’ cubs.

يُزَمجِرُ سُكّانُ بابِلَ مَعاً كَالأُسُودِ، وَيَزأرُونَ كَأشبالِ الأُسُودِ.

39 “ When they become heated up, I will serve them their banquet And make them drunk, that they may become jubilant And may sleep a perpetual sleep And not wake up,” declares the Lord.

عِندَما يَنهَضُونَ سَأُهَيِّئُ وَلائِمَهُمْ، وَسَأُسْكِرُهُمْ فَيَضحَكُونَ كَثِيراً. ثُمَّ سَيَنامُونَ نَوماً أبَدِيّاً، وَلَنْ يَستَيقِظُوا،» يَقُولُ اللهُ.

40 “ I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, Like rams together with male goats.

«سَأُنزِلُهُمْ كَغَنَمٍ لِلذَّبحِ، مِثلَ كِباشٍ وَتُيُوسٍ.»

41 “ How Sheshak has been captured, And the praise of the whole earth been seized! How Babylon has become an object of horror among the nations!

«كَيفَ أُخِذَتْ شِيشَكُ، فَخرُ بِلادِ الأرْضِ احتُلَّتْ! كَيفَ صارَتْ بابِلُ سَبَبَ رُعبٍ لِلأُمَمِ مِنْ حَولِها!

42 “ The sea has come up over Babylon; She has been engulfed with its tumultuous waves.

صَعِدَ البَحرُ عَلَى بابِلَ، وَأمواجُهُ الصّاخِبَةُ غَطَّتها.

43 “ Her cities have become an object of horror, A parched land and a desert, A land in which no man lives And through which no son of man passes.

صارَتْ مُدُنُها سَبَباً لِرُعبِ كُلِّ مَنْ يَسَمَعُ عَنها. فَقَدْ صارَتْ أرْضاً جافَّةً وَقاحِلَةً. لَيسَ فِيها أحَدٌ، وَلا يُسافِرُ فِيها إنسانٌ.

44 “ I will punish Bel in Babylon, And I will make what he has swallowed come out of his mouth; And the nations will no longer stream to him. Even the wall of Babylon has fallen down!

سَأُعاقِبُ الوَثَنَ بِيلَ فِي بابِلَ، وَسَأجعَلُهُ يَتَقَيَّأُ ما ابتَلَعَهُ. لَنْ تَتَدَفَّقَ الأُمَمُ إلَيهِ فِيما بَعْدُ، وَأسوارُ بابِلَ سَتَسقُطُ.

45 “ Come forth from her midst, My people, And each of you save yourselves From the fierce anger of the Lord.

اخرُجْ يا شَعبِي مِنْ وَسَطِها فَلْيَنجُ كُلُّ واحِدٍ مِنكُمْ بِحَياتِهِ مِنْ غَضَبِ اللهِ الشَّدِيدِ.

46 “ Now so that your heart does not grow faint, And you are not afraid at the report that will be heard in the land— For the report will come one year, And after that another report in another year, And violence will be in the land With ruler against ruler—

لا تُصابُوا بِالإحباطِ، وَلا تَخافُوا مِنَ الأخبارِ الَّتِي سَتُسمَعُ فِي الأرْضِ. سَيَأتِي خَبَرٌ فِي سَنَةٍ، ثُمَّ سَيَأتِي خَبَرٌ آخَرُ فِي السَّنَةِ التّالِيَةِ، خَبَرُ عُنفٍ فِي الأرْضِ، خَبَرُ حاكِمٍ يُقاتِلُ حاكِماً.

47 T herefore behold, days are coming When I will punish the idols of Babylon; And her whole land will be put to shame And all her slain will fall in her midst.

لِذَلِكَ، سَتَأتِي الأيّامُ الَّتِي فِيها أُعاقِبُ أصنامَ بابِلَ. حِينَ سَتُخزَى أرْضُها، وَسَيَسقُطُ جَرحاها فِي وَسَطِها.

48 “ Then heaven and earth and all that is in them Will shout for joy over Babylon, For the destroyers will come to her from the north,” Declares the Lord.

حِينَئِذٍ، السَّماءُ وَالأرْضُ، وَكُلُّ السّاكِنِينَ فِيهِما، سَيَهتِفُونَ فَرَحاً عَلَى بابِلَ، لأنَّهُ سَيَأتِي مِنَ الشَّمالِ مُخَرِّبُونَ عَلَيها.» يَقُولُ اللهُ.

49 I ndeed Babylon is to fall for the slain of Israel, As also for Babylon the slain of all the earth have fallen.

«سَتَسقُطُ بابِلَ بِسَبَبِ جَرحَى إسْرائِيلَ الَّذِينَ سَقَطُوا، وَبِسَبَبِ جَرحَى كُلِّ الأرْضِ الَّذِينَ سَقَطُوا.

50 Y ou who have escaped the sword, Depart! Do not stay! Remember the Lord from afar, And let Jerusalem come to your mind.

أيُّها النّاجُونَ مِنَ المَعرَكَةِ، تَعالَوْا، لا تَقِفُوا هُناكَ. اذكُرُوا اللهَ مِنْ بَعِيدٍ، وَلْتَخطُرِ القُدْسُ بِبالِكُمْ.»

51 W e are ashamed because we have heard reproach; Disgrace has covered our faces, For aliens have entered The holy places of the Lord’s house.

يَقُولُ المَسبِيُّونَ: «لَقَدْ خَزِينا لأنَّنا سَمِعنا تَعيِيراً، غَطَّى الخَجَلُ وُجُوهَنا، لأنَّ غُرَباءَ صَعِدُوا عَلَى الأماكِنِ المُقَدَّسَةِ فِي بَيتِ اللهِ.»

52 “ Therefore behold, the days are coming,” declares the Lord, “When I will punish her idols, And the mortally wounded will groan throughout her land.

يَقُولُ اللهُ: «لِذَلِكَ سَتَأتِي أيّامٌ حِينَ أُعاقِبُ أصنامَها، وَيَئِنُّ الجَرحَى فِي كُلِّ أرْضِها.

53 “ Though Babylon should ascend to the heavens, And though she should fortify her lofty stronghold, From Me destroyers will come to her,” declares the Lord.

حَتَّى لَوِ ارتَفَعَتْ بابِلُ إلَى السَّماءِ، وَلَو قَوَّتْ حُصُونَها، فَسَيَأتِي عَلَيها المُخَرِّبُونَ مِنْ عِندِي،» يَقُولُ اللهُ.

54 T he sound of an outcry from Babylon, And of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!

«ها صَوتُ صُراخٍ مِنْ بابِلَ، وَصَوتُ كَسرٍ هائِلٍ مِنْ أرْضِ البابِلِيِّينَ.

55 F or the Lord is going to destroy Babylon, And He will make her loud noise vanish from her. And their waves will roar like many waters; The tumult of their voices sounds forth.

لأنَّ اللهَ سَيُدَمِّرُ بابِلَ، وَسَيُسكِتُ ضَجيجَها الصّاخِبَ. سَتَهْدُرُ أمواجُ الأعداءِ كَشَلّالاتِ مِياهٍ، وَسَيَرفَعُونَ أصواتَهُمْ بِالغِناءِ.

56 F or the destroyer is coming against her, against Babylon, And her mighty men will be captured, Their bows are shattered; For the Lord is a God of recompense, He will fully repay.

لأنَّ مُدَمِّراً سَيَأتِي عَلَى بابِلَ. سَيُؤسَرُ مُحارِبُوها، وَسَتُحَطَّمُ أقواسُهُمْ. لأنَّ اللهَ هُوَ إلَهُ تَعوِيضٍ، وَسَيُجازِي بابِلَ بِما تَستَحِقُّهُ.

57 “ I will make her princes and her wise men drunk, Her governors, her prefects and her mighty men, That they may sleep a perpetual sleep and not wake up,” Declares the King, whose name is the Lord of hosts.

سَأُسكِرُ رُؤَساءَها وَحُكَماءَها وَحُكّامَها وَوُلاتَها وَأقوِياءَها. سَيَنامُونَ إلَى الأبَدِ، وَلَنْ يَستَيقِظُوا،» يَقُولُ المَلِكُ، الَّذِي اسْمُهُ يهوه القَدِيرُ.

58 T hus says the Lord of hosts, “The broad wall of Babylon will be completely razed And her high gates will be set on fire; So the peoples will toil for nothing, And the nations become exhausted only for fire.”

هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ: «أسوارُ بابِلَ سَمِيكَةٌ، وَلَكِنَّها سَتَزُولُ بِالتَّمامِ، وَأبوابُها المُرتَفِعَةُ سَتُحرَقُ بِالنّارِ. تَعَبُ الشُّعُوبِ سَيَكُونُ لِلدَّمارِ، يُرهِقُونَ أنفُسَهُمْ لِعَمَلِ ما سَيُحرَقُ بِالنّارِ!» رِسالَةُ إرْمِيا إلَى بابِل

59 T he message which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the grandson of Mahseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah to Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. (Now Seraiah was quartermaster.)

هَذِهِ هِيَ الرِّسالَةُ الَّتِي أعطاها إرمِيا النَّبِيُّ لِسَرايا بْنِ نِيرِيّا بْنِ مَحْسِيّا، عِندَما ذَهَبَ مَعَ صِدْقِيّا مَلِكِ يَهُوذا إلَى بابِلَ، فِي السَّنَةِ الرّابِعَةِ مِنْ مُلكِهِ. وَكانَ سَرايا مَسؤُولَ الجِزيَةِ المُقَدَّمَةِ لِمَلِكِ بابِلَ.

60 S o Jeremiah wrote in a single scroll all the calamity which would come upon Babylon, that is, all these words which have been written concerning Babylon.

فَدَوَّنَ إرْمِيا فِي مُخطُوطَةٍ جَميعَ هَذِهِ الكَوارِثِ الَّتِي سَتُصِيبُ بابِلَ، وَجَميعَ النُّبُوّاتِ الَّتِي قِيلَتْ حَولَ بابِلَ.

61 T hen Jeremiah said to Seraiah, “As soon as you come to Babylon, then see that you read all these words aloud,

وَقالَ إرْمِيا لِسَرايا: «عِندَما تَأتِي إلَى بابِلَ وَتَراها، أعلِنْ كُلَّ هَذا الكَلامَ،

62 a nd say, ‘You, O Lord, have promised concerning this place to cut it off, so that there will be nothing dwelling in it, whether man or beast, but it will be a perpetual desolation.’

وَقُلْ: ‹يا اللهُ ، أنتَ قُلْتَ إنَّكَ سَتُدَمِّرُ هَذا المَكانَ، وَإنَّهُ لَنْ يَكُونَ فِيهِ ساكِنٌ، لا إنسانٌ وَلا حَيوانٌ، لأنَّهُ سَيَكُونُ خَراباً إلَى الأبَدِ.›

63 A nd as soon as you finish reading this scroll, you will tie a stone to it and throw it into the middle of the Euphrates,

وَعِندَما تَنتَهِي مِنْ قِراءَةِ هَذِهِ الرِّسالَةِ، ارْبِطْها بِحَجَرٍ وَأَلقِ بِها فِي نَهرِ الفُراتِ.

64 a nd say, ‘Just so shall Babylon sink down and not rise again because of the calamity that I am going to bring upon her; and they will become exhausted.’” Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.

ثُمَّ قُلْ: ‹هَكَذا سَتَغرَقُ بابِلُ، وَلَنْ تَقُومَ ثانِيَةً مِنَ الكارِثَةِ الَّتِي سَأجلِبُها عَلَيها.›» هُنا يَنتَهِي كَلامُ إرْمِيا.