1 M oreover the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah a second time, while he was still shut up in the court of the prison, saying,

وَجاءَتْ كَلِمَةُ اللهِ إلَى إرْمِيا ثانِيَةً، بَينَما كانَ مَحجُوزاً فِي ساحَةِ السِّجنِ:

2 “ Thus says the Lord who made it, the Lord who formed it to establish it (the Lord is His name):

«هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ خالِقُ الأرْضِ – اللهُ مَنْ شَكَّلَ الأرْضَ وَأسَّسَها، وَاسْمُهُ يهوه:

3 ‘ Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know.’

‹ادعُنِي فَأُجِيبَكَ، وَأُخبِرَكَ بِأُمُورٍ عَظِيمَةٍ وَعَمِيقَةٍ لا تَعرِفُها.›

4 “ For thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, concerning the houses of this city and the houses of the kings of Judah, which have been pulled down to fortify against the siege mounds and the sword:

«فَهَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ ، إلَهُ إسْرائِيلَ، عَنْ بُيُوتِ هَذِهِ المَدِينَةِ وَقُصُورِ مُلُوكِ يَهُوذا الَّتِي هُدِمَتْ لأجلِ تَحصِينِ السُّورِ ضِدَّ أبراجِ الحِصارِ وَالسَّيفِ:

5 ‘ They come to fight with the Chaldeans, but only to fill their places with the dead bodies of men whom I will slay in My anger and My fury, all for whose wickedness I have hidden My face from this city.

‹سَيَأتِي البابِلِيُّونَ لِيُحارِبُوا هَذِهِ المَدِينَةَ، وَسَيَملأُونَها بِجُثَثِ أولَئِكَ الَّذِينَ سَأضرِبُهُمْ بِغَضَبِي وَسَخَطِي. فَقَدْ حَجَبْتُ حُضُورِي عَنْ هَذِهِ المَدِينَةِ بِسَبَبِ شَرِّ سُكّانِها.

6 B ehold, I will bring it health and healing; I will heal them and reveal to them the abundance of peace and truth.

«‹لَكِنِّي سَآتِي بِالدَّواءِ وَالشِّفاءِ إلَيها. سَأُشفِيهِمْ وَأُعلِنُ لَهُمْ كَثرَةَ السَّلامِ وَالأمانِ.

7 A nd I will cause the captives of Judah and the captives of Israel to return, and will rebuild those places as at the first.

وَسَأُعِيدُ ما أُخِذَ مِنْ يَهُوذا وَمِنْ إسْرائِيلَ. وَسَأبنِيهِمْ ثانِيَةً كَما كانُوا فِي البِدايَةِ.

8 I will cleanse them from all their iniquity by which they have sinned against Me, and I will pardon all their iniquities by which they have sinned and by which they have transgressed against Me.

سَأُطَهِّرُهُمْ مِنْ ذُنُوبِ خَطاياهُمْ ضِدِّي، وَسَأغفِرُ عِصيانَهُمْ عَلَيَّ وَكُلَّ ذُنُوبِهِم.

9 T hen it shall be to Me a name of joy, a praise, and an honor before all nations of the earth, who shall hear all the good that I do to them; they shall fear and tremble for all the goodness and all the prosperity that I provide for it.’

وَسَتُصبِحُ هَذِهِ المَدِينَةُ مَدِينَةَ فَرَحٍ وَتَسبِيحٍ وَتَمجيدٍ لِي أمامَ كُلِّ أُمَمِ الأرْضِ الَّتِي سَتَسمَعُ بِجَميعِ إحساناتِي لِشَعبِي. سَتَخافُ الأُمَمُ وَتَرتَعِبُ بِسَبَبِ كُلِّ إحساناتِي وَخَيراتِي الَّتِي أُقَدِّمُها لِشَعبِي.›

10 “ Thus says the Lord: ‘Again there shall be heard in this place—of which you say, “It is desolate, without man and without beast”—in the cities of Judah, in the streets of Jerusalem that are desolate, without man and without inhabitant and without beast,

«فَهَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ: ‹فِي هَذا المَكانِ الَّذِي تَقُولُونَ إنَّهُ مَهجُورٌ بِلا إنسانٍ أوْ حَيَوانٍ، فِي مُدُنِ يَهُوذا وَشَوارِعِ القُدْسِ المَترُوكَةِ بلا ساكِنٍ مِنَ النّاسِ وَالبَهائِمِ، سَيُسْمَعُ مِنْ جَديدٍ

11 t he voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voice of those who will say: “Praise the Lord of hosts, For the Lord is good, For His mercy endures forever”— and of those who will bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the Lord. For I will cause the captives of the land to return as at the first,’ says the Lord.

صَوتُ الغِناءِ وَالاحتِفالِ، وَصَوتُ العَرِيسِ وَالعَرُوسِ، وَصَوتُ أُناسٍ يَقُولُونَ: مَجداً للهِ القَدِيرِ. سَبِّحُوا اللهَ لِأنَّهُ صالِحٌ، لأنَّ رَحمَتَهُ إلَى الأبَدِ. سَيُسمَعُ هَذِا ثانِيَةً مِنَ أفْواهِ الَّذِينَ يَأتُونَ بِتَقدِمَةٍ إلَى بَيتِ اللهِ شاكِرِينَ. لأنِّي سَأُرجِعُ كُلَّ ما أُخِذَ مِنْ هَذِهِ الأرْضِ لِتَعُودَ إلَى سابِقِ عَهْدِها.›» يَقُولُ اللهُ.

12 “ Thus says the Lord of hosts: ‘In this place which is desolate, without man and without beast, and in all its cities, there shall again be a dwelling place of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down.

هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ: «فِي هَذا المَكانِ الخَرِبِ الَّذِي لا يَسكُنُهُ إنسانٌ أوْ بَهِيمَةٌ، فِي كُلِّ مُدُنِهِ، سَيَكُونُ هُناكَ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى مَرعىً لِلرُّعاةِ الَّذِينَ يُسَرِّحُونَ غَنَمَهُمْ.

13 I n the cities of the mountains, in the cities of the lowland, in the cities of the South, in the land of Benjamin, in the places around Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, the flocks shall again pass under the hands of him who counts them, ’ says the Lord.

فِي مُدُنِ الجَبَلِ وَمُدُنِ التِّلالِ الغَربِيَّةِ وَمُدُنِ النَّقَبِ، وَفِي أرْضِ بَنْيامِيْنَ وَالمَناطِقِ المُحِيطَةِ بِمَدينَةِ القُدْسِ، وَفِي مُدُنِ يَهُوذا، سَيَكُونُ هُناكَ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى خِرافٌ تَمُرُّ تَحتَ يَدِ الَّذِي يَعُدُّها.» يَقُولُ اللهُ. ثَباتُ وَعدِ الله

14 ‘ Behold, the days are coming,’ says the Lord, ‘that I will perform that good thing which I have promised to the house of Israel and to the house of Judah:

يَقُولُ اللهُ: «سَتَأتِي أيّامٌ أُتَمِّمُ فِيها وَعدِيَ الَّذِي قَطَعْتُهُ لِبَني إسْرائِيلَ وَبَنِي يَهُوذا.

15 ‘ In those days and at that time I will cause to grow up to David A Branch of righteousness; He shall execute judgment and righteousness in the earth.

فِي تِلكَ الأيّامِ وَذَلِكَ الوَقتِ، سَأُنبِتُ غُصناً مِنْ نَسلِ داوُدَ، سَيُحافِظُ عَلَى العَدلِ وَالبِرِّ فِي الأرْضِ.

16 I n those days Judah will be saved, And Jerusalem will dwell safely. And this is the name by which she will be called: THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.’

فِي تِلكَ الأيّامِ، سَيَخلُصُ يَهُوذا، وَسَتَسْكُنُ القُدسُ بِأمانٍ. وَهَذا هُوَ الاسْمُ الَّذِي سَيَدعُونَها بِهِ: ‹ اللهُ بِرُّنا.›»

17 “ For thus says the Lord: ‘David shall never lack a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel;

لأنَّ هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ: «سَيَكُونُ هُناكَ دائِماً مَنْ يَجلِسُ مِنْ نَسلِ داوُدَ عَلَى عَرشِ إسْرائِيلَ.

18 n or shall the priests, the Levites, lack a man to offer burnt offerings before Me, to kindle grain offerings, and to sacrifice continually.’” The Permanence of God’s Covenant

وَسَيَكُونُ هُناكَ دائِماً كَهَنَةٌ يَقِفُونَ فِي حَضرَتِي لِيُقَدِّمُوا ذَبائحَ صاعِدَةً وَتَقْدِماتِ حُبُوبٍ وَذَبائِحَ أُخرَى مَدى الأيّامِ.»

19 A nd the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying,

وَجاءَتْ كَلِمَةُ اللهِ إلَى إرْمِيا فَقالَ:

20 “ Thus says the Lord: ‘If you can break My covenant with the day and My covenant with the night, so that there will not be day and night in their season,

«هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ: ‹إنِ استَطَعتُمْ إلغاءَ عَهدِيَ مَعَ النَّهارِ وَعَهدِيَ مَعَ اللَّيلِ، حَتَّى لا يَأتِيَ النَّهارُ أوِ اللَّيلُ فِي وَقتَيهِما،

21 t hen My covenant may also be broken with David My servant, so that he shall not have a son to reign on his throne, and with the Levites, the priests, My ministers.

حِينَئِذٍ، يُمكِنُ لِعَهدِيَ مَعَ خادِمِي داوُدَ أنْ يُنقَضَ، فَلا يَكُونَ لَهُ ابنٌ لِيَجلِسَ عَلَى عَرشِهِ، وَكَذَلِكَ عَهدِي مَعَ اللّاوِيِّينَ.

22 A s the host of heaven cannot be numbered, nor the sand of the sea measured, so will I multiply the descendants of David My servant and the Levites who minister to Me.’”

وَكَما أنَّهُ لا يُمكِنُ إحصاءُ نُجُومِ السَّماءِ، وَلا يُمكِنُ قِياسُ رَملِ البَحرِ، هَكَذا سَأُكَثِّرُ نَسلَ خُدّامِيَ داوُدَ وَاللّاوِيِّينَ الَّذِينَ يَخدِمُونَهُ.›»

23 M oreover the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying,

وَجاءَتْ كَلِمَةُ اللهِ إلَى إرْمِيا فَقالَ:

24 “ Have you not considered what these people have spoken, saying, ‘The two families which the Lord has chosen, He has also cast them off’? Thus they have despised My people, as if they should no more be a nation before them.

«هَلْ رَأيتَ يا إرمِيا ما تَتَكَلَّمُ بِهِ هَذِهِ الشُّعُوبُ وَتَقُولُ: ‹هاتانِ هُما العَشِيرَتانِ اللَّتانِ اختارَهُما اللهُ ، وَقَدْ رَفَضَهُما الآنَ.› لَقَدِ احتَقَرُوا شَعبِيَ، وَلَمْ يَعُودُوا يَعتَبِرُونَهُمْ أُمَّةً.»

25 “ Thus says the Lord: ‘If My covenant is not with day and night, and if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth,

هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ: «كَما أنَّ عَهدِي مَعَ اللَّيلِ وَالنَّهارِ لا يُكسَرُ، وَسُلطانِي عَلَى قَوانِينِ السَّماواتِ وَالأرْضِ لَنْ يَزُولَ،

26 t hen I will cast away the descendants of Jacob and David My servant, so that I will not take any of his descendants to be rulers over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. For I will cause their captives to return, and will have mercy on them.’”

كَذَلِكَ لا أرفُضُ نَسلَ يَعقُوبَ وَلا نَسلَ خادِمِي داوُدَ. لَكِنِّي سَأُعَيِّنُ مِنْ نَسلِهِ مَنْ سَيَملُكُ عَلَى نَسلِ إبراهِيمَ وَإسحاقَ وَيَعقُوبَ. وَسَأُرجِعُ إلَيْهِمْ ما أُخِذَ مِنهُمْ، وَسَأرحَمُهُمْ.»