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 carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month. The Prophet Is Called

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 T hen 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; Before you were born I sanctified you; I ordained 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 said I: “Ah, Lord God! Behold, I cannot speak, for 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,’ For you shall go to all to whom I send you, And whatever 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 D o not be afraid of their faces, For I am with you to deliver you,” says the Lord.

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

9 T hen the Lord put forth 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 S ee, I have this day set you over the nations and over the kingdoms, To root out and to pull down, To destroy and to throw down, To build and to plant.”

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

11 M oreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying, “Jeremiah, what do you see?” And I said, “I see a branch 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 ready to perform My word.”

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

13 A nd the word of the Lord came to me the second time, saying, “What do you see?” And I said, “I see a boiling pot, and it is 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 calamity shall 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,” says the Lord; “They shall come and each one set his throne At the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, Against all its walls all around, 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 utter My judgments Against them concerning all their wickedness, Because they have forsaken Me, Burned incense 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 “ Therefore prepare yourself and arise, And speak to them all that I command you. Do not be dismayed before their faces, Lest I dismay you before them.

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

18 F or behold, I have made you this day A fortified city and an iron pillar, And bronze walls against the whole land— Against the kings of Judah, Against its princes, Against its priests, And against 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 shall not prevail against you. For I am with you,” says the Lord, “to deliver you.”

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