1 T he word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,

هَذِهِ هِيَ الرِّسالَةُ النَّبَوِيَّةُ الَّتِي أتَتْ لإرْمِيا مِنَ اللهِ:

2 “ Stand in the gate of the Lord’s house and proclaim there this word and say, ‘Hear the word of the Lord, all you of Judah, who enter by 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 says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, “ Amend your ways and your deeds, and I will let you 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 deceptive words, saying, ‘ This is the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord.’

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

5 F or if you truly amend your ways and your deeds, if you truly practice justice between a man and his neighbor,

إنْ أصلَحْتُمْ طُرُقَكُمْ وَأعمالَكُمْ، وَأنْصَفَ بَعضُكُمْ بَعضاً،

6 i f you do not oppress the alien, the orphan, or the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, nor walk after other gods to your own ruin,

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

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

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

8 “ Behold, you are trusting in deceptive words to no avail.

«لَكِنَّكُمْ تَثِقُونَ فِي وُعُودٍ فارِغَةٍ لا تَنفَعُ.

9 W ill you steal, murder, and commit adultery and swear falsely, and offer sacrifices to Baal and walk after other gods that you have not known,

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

10 t hen come and stand before Me in this house, which is called by My name, and say, ‘We are delivered!’—that you may do all these abominations?

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

11 H as this house, which is called by My name, become a den of robbers in your sight? Behold, I, even I, have seen it,” declares the Lord.

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

12 “ But go now to My place which was in Shiloh, where I made My name dwell at the first, and see what I did to it because of 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 you have done all these things,” declares the Lord, “and I spoke to you, rising up early and speaking, but you did not hear, and I called you but you did not answer,

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

14 t herefore, I will do to the house which is called by My name, in which you trust, and to the place which I gave you and your fathers, as I did to Shiloh.

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

15 I will cast you out of My sight, as I have cast out all your brothers, all the offspring of Ephraim.

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

16 “ As for you, do not pray for this people, and do not lift up cry or prayer for them, and do not intercede with Me; for I do not hear you.

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

17 D o you not see what they are doing in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?

ألا تَرَى ما يَعمَلُونَهُ فِي مُدُنِ يَهُوذا وَفِي شَوارِعِ القُدْسِ؟

18 T he children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead dough to make cakes for the queen of heaven; and they pour out drink offerings to other gods in order to spite Me.

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

19 D o they spite Me?” declares the Lord. “Is it not themselves they spite, to their own shame?”

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

20 T herefore thus says the Lord God, “Behold, My anger and My wrath will be poured out on this place, on man and on beast and on the trees of the field and on the fruit of the ground; and it will burn and 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 T hus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, “Add your burnt offerings to 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 to your fathers, or command them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings and sacrifices.

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

23 B ut this is what I commanded them, saying, ‘ Obey My voice, and I will be your God, and you will be My people; and you will walk in all the way which I command you, that it may be well with you.’

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

24 Y et they did not obey or incline their ear, but walked in their own counsels and in the stubbornness 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 out of the land of Egypt until this day, I have sent you all My servants the prophets, daily rising 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 listen to Me or incline their ear, but stiffened their neck; they did more evil than their fathers.

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

27 “ You shall speak all these words to them, but they will not listen to you; and you shall call to them, but they will not answer you.

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

28 Y ou shall say to them, ‘This is the nation that did not obey the voice of the Lord their God or accept correction; truth has perished and has been 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 your hair and cast it away, And take up a lamentation on the bare heights; For the Lord has rejected and forsaken The generation 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 that which is evil in My sight,” declares the Lord, “they have set their detestable things in the house which is called by My name, to defile it.

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

31 T hey have built the high places of Topheth, 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, and it did not come into My mind.

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 “ Therefore, behold, days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when it will no longer be called Topheth, or the valley of the son of Hinnom, but the valley of the Slaughter; for they will bury in Topheth because there is 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 T he dead bodies of this people will be food for the birds of the sky and for the beasts of the earth; and no one will frighten them away.

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

34 T hen I will make to cease from the cities of Judah and from the streets of Jerusalem the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride; for the land will become a ruin.

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