1 T he word that the Lord spoke against Babylon and against the land of the Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet.
هَذِهِ هِيَ الرِّسالَةُ الَّتِي تَكَلَّمَ بِها اللهُ عَنْ بابِلَ وَأرْضِ البابِلِيِّينَ عَلَى فَمِ إرْمِيا النَّبِيِّ.
2 “ Declare among the nations, Proclaim, and set up a standard; Proclaim—do not conceal it — Say, ‘Babylon is taken, Bel is shamed. Merodach is broken in pieces; Her idols are humiliated, Her images are broken in pieces.’
«أعلِنُوا لِكُلِّ الأُمَمِ وَخَبِّرُوا، ارفَعُوا رايَةً، أخبِرُوا. لا تُخفُوا الأمرَ، قُولُوا: ‹أُخِذَتْ بابِلُ، خَزِيَ بِيلُ، ارتَعَبَ مَرُودَخُ. أصنامُها خَزِيَتْ، تَماثِيلُها ارتَعَبَتْ.›
3 F or out of the north a nation comes up against her, Which shall make her land desolate, And no one shall dwell therein. They shall move, they shall depart, Both man and beast.
لأنَّ أُمَّةً قَدْ صَعِدَتْ عَلَيها مِنَ الشَّمالِ، تُريدُ أنْ تَجعَلَ أرْضَها خَرِبَةً. لَنْ يَكُونَ فِيها ساكِنٌ، سَيَهرُبُ مِنها النّاسُ وَالحَيواناتُ.
4 “ In those days and in that time,” says the Lord, “The children of Israel shall come, They and the children of Judah together; With continual weeping they shall come, And seek the Lord their God.
فِي تِلكَ الأيّامِ وَذَلِكَ الوَقتِ،» يَقُولُ اللهُ ، «سَيَأتِي بَنو إسْرائِيلَ وَبَنُو يَهُوذا مَعاً، سَيَأتُونَ وَهُمْ يَبكُونَ، وَسَيَطلُبُونَ إلَهَهُمْ.
5 T hey shall ask the way to Zion, With their faces toward it, saying, ‘Come and let us join ourselves to the Lord In a perpetual covenant That will not be forgotten.’
سَيَسألُونَ عَنْ صِهْيَوْنَ، وَهِيَ سَتَكُونُ مَنارَتَهُمْ، سَيَأتُونَ وَيَلتَصِقُونَ بِاللهِ. فِي عَهدٍ أبَدِيٍّ لا يُنسَى.
6 “ My people have been lost sheep. Their shepherds have led them astray; They have turned them away on the mountains. They have gone from mountain to hill; They have forgotten their resting place.
«صارَ شَعبِي خِرافاً ضالَّةً، رُعاتُهُمْ أضَلُّوهُمْ، شَتَّتُوهُمْ عَلَى الجِبالِ. يَذهَبُونَ مِنْ جَبَلٍ إلَى تَلَّةٍ. نَسُوا مَكانَ راحَتِهِمْ.
7 A ll who found them have devoured them; And their adversaries said, ‘We have not offended, Because they have sinned against the Lord, the habitation of justice, The Lord, the hope of their fathers.’
كُلُّ مَنْ وَجَدَهُمْ التَهَمَهُمْ، قالَ أعداؤُهُمْ: ‹لَسنا مُذنِبِينَ، لأنَّ أُولَئِكَ النّاسُ أخطَأُوا إلَى اللهِ ، الَّذِي هُوَ مَرعاهُمُ الرّائِعُ، اللهُ ، الَّذِي وَضَعَ آباؤُهُمْ رَجاءَهُمْ فِيهِ.›
8 “ Move from the midst of Babylon, Go out of the land of the Chaldeans; And be like the rams before the flocks.
«اهرُبُوا مِنْ وَسَطِ بابِلَ، مِنْ أرْضِ البابِلِيِّينَ. اخرُجُوا وَكُونُوا مِثلَ التُّيُوسِ الَّتِي تَسِيرُ أمامَ الغَنَمِ.
9 F or behold, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon An assembly of great nations from the north country, And they shall array themselves against her; From there she shall be captured. Their arrows shall be like those of an expert warrior; None shall return in vain.
لأنِّي سَأنهَضُ وَأجلِبُ عَلَى بابِلَ جَماعَةً مِنْ أُمَمٍ عَظِيمَةٍ، مِنْ أرْضِ الشَّمالِ. سَيَجتَمِعُونَ مَعاً ضِدَّها، وَسَتُسبَى مِنْ الشَّمالِ. سَتَكُونُ سِهامُهُمْ كَالمُحارِبِينَ المَهَرَةِ، الذِينَ لا يَعُودُونَ فارِغِي الأيدِيْ.
10 A nd Chaldea shall become plunder; All who plunder her shall be satisfied,” says the Lord.
فَسَيُسلَبُ البابِلِيُّونَ، وَسَيَشبَعُ الَّذِي سَيَسبِيها،» يَقُولُ اللهُ.
11 “ Because you were glad, because you rejoiced, You destroyers of My heritage, Because you have grown fat like a heifer threshing grain, And you bellow like bulls,
«مَعَ أنَّكُمْ تَحتَفِلُونَ، وَمَعَ أنَّكُمْ، أيُّها السّالِبُونَ مِيراثِي، تَفرَحُونَ، وَمَعَ أنَّكُمْ تَرقُصُونَ كَبَقَرَةٍ دائِسَةٍ، وَتَصهَلُونَ كَخَيلٍ قَوِيَّةٍ،
12 Y our mother shall be deeply ashamed; She who bore you shall be ashamed. Behold, the least of the nations shall be a wilderness, A dry land and a desert.
إلّا أنَّ أُمَّكُمْ سَتَخجَلُ، وَالَّتِي حَمَلَتكُمْ سَتُخزَى. فَبَعدَ مَجِيءِ الأُمَمِ وَذَهابِها، لَنْ تَكُونَ بابِلُ سِوَى بَرِّيَّةٍ وَأرْضٍ قاحِلَةٍ وَصَحراءَ.
13 B ecause of the wrath of the Lord She shall not be inhabited, But she shall be wholly desolate. Everyone who goes by Babylon shall be horrified And hiss at all her plagues.
بِسَبَبِ غَضَبِ اللهِ لَنْ تُسكَنَ، لَكِنَّها سَتُخَرَّبُ بِالكامِلِ. كُلُّ مَنْ يَمُرُّ فِي بابِلَ سَيَندَهِشُ، وَسَيَصفُرُونَ استِهزاءً عَلَى جُرُوحِها.
14 “ Put yourselves in array against Babylon all around, All you who bend the bow; Shoot at her, spare no arrows, For she has sinned against the Lord.
«حاصِرُوا بابِلَ يا كُلَّ ضارِبِي السِّهامِ، ارمُوا عَلَيها جَميعَ سِهامِكُمْ لأنَّها قَدْ أخطَأتْ إلَى اللهِ.
15 S hout against her all around; She has given her hand, Her foundations have fallen, Her walls are thrown down; For it is the vengeance of the Lord. Take vengeance on her. As she has done, so do to her.
اهتِفُوا عَلَيها مِنْ كُلِّ الجِهاتِ حَولَها. إنَّها تَطلُبُ الرَّحمَةَ. أعمِدَتُها قَدْ سَقَطَتْ، أسوارُها تَهَدَّمَتْ. لأنَّ هَذِهِ هِيَ نَقمَةُ اللهِ ، انتَقِمُوا مِنها. اصنَعُوا بِها كَما صَنَعَتْ بِالآخَرِينَ.
16 C ut off the sower from Babylon, And him who handles the sickle at harvest time. For fear of the oppressing sword Everyone shall turn to his own people, And everyone shall flee to his own land.
اقطَعُوا كُلَّ زارَعٍ مِنْ بابِلَ، وَكَلَّ مَنْ يُمسِكُ بِمِنجَلِهِ وَقتَ الحَصادِ. كُلُّ واحِدٍ سَيَترُكُ المَعرَكَةَ الشَّدِيدَةَ لِيَذهَبَ إلَى شَعبِهِ، وَكُلُّ واحِدٍ سَيَهرُبُ إلَى أرْضِهِ.
17 “ Israel is like scattered sheep; The lions have driven him away. First the king of Assyria devoured him; Now at last this Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has broken his bones.”
«إسْرائِيلُ قَطِيعٌ مُشَتَّتٌ طارَدَتْهُ الأُسُودُ. أوَّلُ مَنْ أكَلَهُمْ كانَ مَلِكَ أشُّورَ، وَآخِرُ مَنْ أكَلَ عِظامَهُمْ كانَ نَبُوخَذْناصَّرَ مَلِكَ بابِلَ.»
18 T herefore thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, As I have punished the king of Assyria.
لِذَلِكَ هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ، إلَهُ إسْرائِيلَ: «سَأُعاقِبُ مَلِكَ بابِلَ وَأرْضَهُ، كَما عاقَبتُ مَلِكَ أشُّورَ.
19 B ut I will bring back Israel to his home, And he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan; His soul shall be satisfied on Mount Ephraim and Gilead.
«سَآتِي بِإسْرائِيلَ إلَى مَرعاهُ. وَسَيَرعَى فِي الكَرمِلِ وَباشانَ، وَفِي تِلالِ أفْرايِمَ وَفِي جِلعادَ سَيَكُونُ هُناكَ طَعامٌ وَفِيرٌ.»
20 I n those days and in that time,” says the Lord, “The iniquity of Israel shall be sought, but there shall be none; And the sins of Judah, but they shall not be found; For I will pardon those whom I preserve.
يَقُولُ اللهُ: «فِي تِلكَ الأيّامِ، وَفِي ذَلِكَ الوَقتِ، سَيَبحَثُ النّاسُ عَنْ إثمِ إسْرائِيلَ، لَكِنَّهُمْ لَنْ يَجِدُوا شَيئاً، وَسَيَبحَثُونَ عَنْ خَطايا يَهُوذا، فَلَنْ يَجِدُوها، لأنِّي سَأغفِرُ لِلبَقِيَّةِ الَّتِي نَجَّيْتُها.»
21 “ Go up against the land of Merathaim, against it, And against the inhabitants of Pekod. Waste and utterly destroy them,” says the Lord, “And do according to all that I have commanded you.
يَقُولُ اللهُ: «حارِبُوا أرْضِ مِراثايِمَ، وَعَلَى سُكّانِ فَقُودَ. اقتُلُوهُمْ بِالسَّيفِ، وَاقْضُوا عَلَيهِمْ تَماماً. اعْمَلُوا ما أمَرْتُكُمْ بِهِ.»
22 A sound of battle is in the land, And of great destruction.
«هُناكَ صَوتُ حَربٍ وَدَمارٍ عَظِيمٍ فِي الأرْضِ.
23 H ow the hammer of the whole earth has been cut apart and broken! How Babylon has become a desolation among the nations!
كَيفَ انكَسَرَتْ مِطرَقَةُ كُلِّ الأرْضِ وَتحَطَّمَتْ! كَيفَ صارَتْ بابِلُ خَرِبَةً بَينَ الأُمَمِ!
24 I have laid a snare for you; You have indeed been trapped, O Babylon, And you were not aware; You have been found and also caught, Because you have contended against the Lord.
وَضَعْتُ فَخّاً لَكِ، وَقَدْ أُمسِكْتِ يا بابِلُ، وَلَمْ تَعرِفِي ذَلِكَ. وَقَدْ وُجِدْتِ وَأُمسِكْتِ، لأنَّكِ حارَبْتِ اللهَ.
25 T he Lord has opened His armory, And has brought out the weapons of His indignation; For this is the work of the Lord God of hosts In the land of the Chaldeans.
فَتَحَ اللهُ مَخزَنَ أسلِحَتِهِ، وَسَيُرسِلُ آلاتِ غَضَبِهِ. لأنَّ هَذا ما يَصْنَعُهُ الرَّبُّ الإلَهُ القَدِيرُ فِي أرْضِ البابِلِيِّينَ.
26 C ome against her from the farthest border; Open her storehouses; Cast her up as heaps of ruins, And destroy her utterly; Let nothing of her be left.
«تَعالَوْا إلَيها مِنْ أقاصِي الأرْضِ، افتَحُوا مَخازِنَ قَمحِها. اعَلُوها أكواماً، وَأفنُوها بِالكامِلِ، وَلا تَترُكُوا لَها بَقِيَّةً.
27 S lay all her bulls, Let them go down to the slaughter. Woe to them! For their day has come, the time of their punishment.
اقتُلُوا كُلَّ ثِيرانِها بِالسَّيفِ، قُودُوهُمْ لِلذَّبحِ. وَيلٌ لَهُمْ، لأنَّ يَومَ عِقابِهِمْ قَدْ جاءَ.
28 T he voice of those who flee and escape from the land of Babylon Declares in Zion the vengeance of the Lord our God, The vengeance of His temple.
هُناكَ صَوتُ ناجِينَ وَفارِّينَ مِنْ بابِلَ، سَيُعلِنُونَ فِي صِهْيَوْنَ نَقمَةَ إلَهِنا بِسَبَبِ ما حَدَثَ لِهَيكَلِهِ.
29 “ Call together the archers against Babylon. All you who bend the bow, encamp against it all around; Let none of them escape. Repay her according to her work; According to all she has done, do to her; For she has been proud against the Lord, Against the Holy One of Israel.
«ادعُوا الضّارِبِينَ بِالسِّهامِ إلَى بابِلَ، ادعُوا كُلَّ الَّذِينَ يَشُدُّونَ القَوسَ. خَيِّمُوا حَولَها، وَلا تَسمَحُوا بِأنْ يَكُونَ هُناكَ ناجٍ واحِدٌ. كافِئُوها عَلَى أعمالِها بِما تَستَحِقُّ. اصنَعُوا بِها كَما صَنَعَتْ بِالآخَرِينَ. لأنَّها تَعَجرَفَتْ عَلَى اللهِ ، عَلَى قُدُّوسِ إسْرائِيلَ.
30 T herefore her young men shall fall in the streets, And all her men of war shall be cut off in that day,” says the Lord.
لِذَلِكَ سَيَسقُطُ كُلُّ أبْطالِها فِي ساحاتِها، وَكُلُّ رِجالِها المُحارِبِينَ سَيَصمُتُونَ فِي ذَلِكَ اليَومِ.» يَقُولُ اللهُ.
31 “ Behold, I am against you, O most haughty one!” says the Lord God of hosts; “For your day has come, The time that I will punish you.
يَقُولُ الإلَهُ القَديرُ: «سَأُقاوِمُكِ أيَّتُها المُتَعَجرِفَةُ. لأنَّ يَومَكِ قَدْ جاءَ، وَقتَكِ الَّذِي فِيهِ سَأُعاقِبُكِ.
32 T he most proud shall stumble and fall, And no one will raise him up; I will kindle a fire in his cities, And it will devour all around him.”
سَيَتَرَنَّحُ المُتَعَجرِفُ وَيَسقُطُ، وَلَنْ يَكُونَ لَهُ مَكانٌ لِيَعِيشَ فِيهِ. سَأُشعِلُ ناراً فِي مُدُنِهِ، فَتَأكُلُ كُلَّ ما حَولَها.»
33 T hus says the Lord of hosts: “The children of Israel were oppressed, Along with the children of Judah; All who took them captive have held them fast; They have refused to let them go.
هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ: «كِلا شَعبَيَّ إسْرائِيلَ وَيَهُوذا مَظلُومانِ، فَكُلُّ الَّذِينَ سَبُوهُمْ أمسَكُوهُمْ، وَهُمْ يَرفُضُونَ أنْ يُطلِقُوهُمْ.
34 T heir Redeemer is strong; The Lord of hosts is His name. He will thoroughly plead their case, That He may give rest to the land, And disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.
وَلَكِنَّ فادِيَهُمْ قَوِيٌّ، اسْمُهُ يهوه القَدِيرُ. وَهُوَ مَنْ سَيُدافِعُ عَنْ قَضِيَّتِهِمْ، لِذَلِكَ سَتَستَرِيحُ أرْضُهُمْ، وَلَكِنَّهُ سَيُزعِجُ سُكّانَ بابِلَ.
35 “ A sword is against the Chaldeans,” says the Lord, “Against the inhabitants of Babylon, And against her princes and her wise men.
ها سَيفٌ مَرفُوعٌ عَلَى البابِلِيِّينَ، يَقُولُ اللهُ. عَلَى جَمِيعِ سُكّانِ بابِلَ، وَعَلَى رُؤَسائِها وَحُكَمائِها.
36 A sword is against the soothsayers, and they will be fools. A sword is against her mighty men, and they will be dismayed.
ها سَيفٌ مَرفُوعٌ عَلَى العَرّافِينَ، لِكَي تَظهَرَ حَماقَتُهُمْ. ها سَيفٌ مَرفُوعٌ عَلَى جَبابِرَتِها، وَسَيَرتَعِبُونَ.
37 A sword is against their horses, Against their chariots, And against all the mixed peoples who are in her midst; And they will become like women. A sword is against her treasures, and they will be robbed.
ها سَيفٌ مَرفُوعٌ عَلَى خَيلِها وَمَركَباتِها وَالجُيُوشِ الغَرِيبَةِ الَّتِي فِيها، وَسَيَصِيرُونَ مِثلَ النِّساءِ. ها سَيفٌ مَرفُوعٌ عَلَى مَخازِنِها، وَسَتُنهَبُ.
38 A drought is against her waters, and they will be dried up. For it is the land of carved images, And they are insane with their idols.
هُناكَ جَفافٌ فِي مِياهِها. لأنَّها أرْضُ أوثانٍ. أوثانُهُمْ تُفقِدُهُمْ صَوابَهُمْ.
39 “ Therefore the wild desert beasts shall dwell there with the jackals, And the ostriches shall dwell in it. It shall be inhabited no more forever, Nor shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation.
لِذَلِكَ، سَيَسكُنُ فِيها وُحُوشُ الصَّحراءِ وَبَناتُ آوَى وَالنَّعامُ. لَنْ تُسكَنَ فِيما بَعْدُ، وَلَنْ يَعِيشُوا فِيها فِي الأجيالِ القادِمَةِ.
40 A s God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah And their neighbors,” says the Lord, “ So no one shall reside there, Nor son of man dwell in it.
وَكَما قَلَبَ اللهُ سَدُومَ وَعَمُورَةَ وَالقُرَى المُجاوِرَةِ،» «فَلَنْ يَسكُنَ أحَدٌ فِي بابِلَ، وَلَنْ يُسافِرَ عَبرَها إنسانٌ.» يَقُولُ اللهُ.
41 “ Behold, a people shall come from the north, And a great nation and many kings Shall be raised up from the ends of the earth.
«ها شَعبٌ آتٍ مِنَ الشَّمالِ مِنْ أُمَّةٍ عَظِيمَةٍ. مُلُوكٌ كَثِيرُونَ اسْتَيقَظُوا مِنْ أقاصِي الأرْضِ.
42 T hey shall hold the bow and the lance; They are cruel and shall not show mercy. Their voice shall roar like the sea; They shall ride on horses, Set in array, like a man for the battle, Against you, O daughter of Babylon.
يُمسِكُونَ القَوسَ وَالرُّمحَ. إنَّهُمْ قُساةٌ بِلا رَحمَةٍ. صَوتُهُمْ كَأمْواجِ البَحرِ حِينَ يَركَبُونَ خُيُولَهُمْ. يَصطَفُّونَ عَلَيكِ كَرِجالٍ لِلحَربِ، أيَّتُها الابْنَةُ بابِلُ.
43 “ The king of Babylon has heard the report about them, And his hands grow feeble; Anguish has taken hold of him, Pangs as of a woman in childbirth.
سَمِعَ مَلِكُ بابِلَ نَبَأَ اقتِرابِهِمْ فَارتَخَتْ يَداهُ. أمسَكَ بِهِ الضِّيقُ وَالألَمُ كَألَمِ مَنْ تَلِدُ.
44 “ Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the floodplain of the Jordan Against the dwelling place of the strong; But I will make them suddenly run away from her. And who is a chosen man that I may appoint over her? For who is like Me? Who will arraign Me? And who is that shepherd Who will withstand Me?”
«مِثلَ أسَدٍ يَصْعَدُ مِنْ غاباتِ نَهرِ الأُردُنِّ إلَى مَرعَىً دائِمٍ لِيُطارِدَ الخِرافَ، هَكَذا سَأُرْعِبُهُمْ، وَسَأجعَلُهُمْ يَهرُبُونَ مِنْ بابِلَ. وَسَأُعَيِّنُ عَلَيهِمْ مَنْ أختارُ. لأنَّهُ مَنْ مِثلِي؟ وَمَنْ يَستَطِيعُ أنْ يُعَلِّمَنِي شَيئِاً؟ وَأيُّ راعٍ يَستَطِيعُ الوُقُوفَ أمامِي؟»
45 T herefore hear the counsel of the Lord that He has taken against Babylon, And His purposes that He has proposed against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out; Surely He will make their dwelling place desolate with them.
فَاسْمَعُوا قَضاءَ اللهِ عَلَى بابِلَ، وَالأحكامَ الَّتِي قَرَّرَها ضِدَّ أرْضِ البابِلِيِّينَ. «سَيُسْحَبُ الصِّغارُ كَالغَنَمِ، وَلَنْ يَبقَى أحَدٌ فِي المَراعِي بِسَبِبِ ذَلِكَ.
46 A t the noise of the taking of Babylon The earth trembles, And the cry is heard among the nations.
عِندَما يُخبِرُونَ بِأنَّ بابِلَ أُمسِكَتْ، سَتَرتَجِفُ الأرْضُ، وَسَتُسمَعُ صَرخَةُ ألَمٍ وَسَطَ كُلِّ الأُمَمِ.»