1 “ O you children of Benjamin, Gather yourselves to flee from the midst of Jerusalem! Blow the trumpet in Tekoa, And set up a signal-fire in Beth Haccerem; For disaster appears out of the north, And great destruction.

«يا بَنِي بَنْيامِيْنَ، اهرُبُوا مِنَ القُدْسِ إلَى مَكانٍ آمِنٍ. اضرِبُوا بِالبُوقِ فِي تَقُوعَ، وَارْفَعُوا رايَةً لِلتَّحذِيرِ فِي بَيتِ هَكّارِيمَ. لأنَّ شَّرّاً وَخَراباً عَظِيماً آتيانِ مِنَ الشَّمالِ،

2 I have likened the daughter of Zion To a lovely and delicate woman.

عَلَى العَزِيزَةِ صِهْيَوْنَ الجَمِيلَةِ وَالرَّقِيقَةِ.

3 T he shepherds with their flocks shall come to her. They shall pitch their tents against her all around. Each one shall pasture in his own place.”

رُعاةٌ وَقُطعانُهُمْ سَيأتُونَ عَلَيها. نَصَبُوا خِيامَهُمْ حَولَها، كُلُّ واحِدٍ يَرعَى قَطِيعَهُ.»

4 “ Prepare war against her; Arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe to us, for the day goes away, For the shadows of the evening are lengthening.

يَقُولُ العُدُوُّ: «استَعِدُّوا لِشَنِّ مَعرَكَةٍ عَلَيها. قُومُوا، وَسَنُهاجِمُ عِندَ الظَّهِيرَةِ.» فَقالَ الشَّعبُ: «وَيلٌ لَنا، لأنَّ نِهايَةَ هَذا اليَومِ تَقتَرِبُ، وَلأنَّ ظِلالَ المَساءِ تَزدادُ امتِداداً.»

5 A rise, and let us go by night, And let us destroy her palaces.”

يَقُولُ العَدُوُّ: «قُومُوا، سَنُهاجِمُها لَيلاً، وَنُدَمِّرُ تَحصِيناتِها.»

6 F or thus has the Lord of hosts said: “Cut down trees, And build a mound against Jerusalem. This is the city to be punished. She is full of oppression in her midst.

وَهَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ: «اقْطَعُوا الأشجارَ، أقِيمُوا أبراجَ حِصارٍ عَلَى القُدْسِ. هَذِهِ هِيَ المَدِينَةُ المُعاقَبَةُ، إنَّها مَلِيئَةٌ بِالظُّلمِ.

7 A s a fountain wells up with water, So she wells up with her wickedness. Violence and plundering are heard in her. Before Me continually are grief and wounds.

كَما تَحفَظُ البِئرُ ماءَها جَدِيداً، هَكَذا تَحفَظُ هِيَ شَرَّها جَدِيداً. العُنفُ وَالدَّمارُ يُسمَعانِ فِيها، مَرَضٌ وَضَربٌ أمامِي دائِماً.

8 B e instructed, O Jerusalem, Lest My soul depart from you; Lest I make you desolate, A land not inhabited.”

تَعَلَّمِي دَرساً يا قُدسُ، حَتَّى لا أهجُرَكِ، وَحَتَّى لا أُحَوِّلَكِ إلَى أرْضٍ خَرِبَةٍ وَمَهجُورَةً.»

9 T hus says the Lord of hosts: “They shall thoroughly glean as a vine the remnant of Israel; As a grape-gatherer, put your hand back into the branches.”

هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ: «سَيَجمَعُ الأعداءُ جَميعَ الباقِينَ فِي القُدْسِ، مِثلَما يَجمَعُ أحَدُهُمْ بَقايا العِنَبِ. تَفَحَّصْ كُلَّ غُصنٍ مِنْ جَدِيدٍ، كَما يَعمَلُ قاطِفُ العِنَبِ.»

10 T o whom shall I speak and give warning, That they may hear? Indeed their ear is uncircumcised, And they cannot give heed. Behold, the word of the Lord is a reproach to them; They have no delight in it.

إلَى مَنْ أتَكَلَّمُ وَمَنْ أُحَذِّرُ؟ وَمَنِ الَّذِينَ سَيَسمَعُونَ؟ يُغلِقُونَ آذانَهُمْ، فَلا يَسمَعُونَ. صارَتْ كَلِمَةُ اللهِ مَوضُوعاً لِلسُخرِيَةِ عِندَهُمْ، وَلا يُرِيدُونَ سَماعَها.

11 T herefore I am full of the fury of the Lord. I am weary of holding it in. “I will pour it out on the children outside, And on the assembly of young men together; For even the husband shall be taken with the wife, The aged with him who is full of days.

أنا مَملُوءٌ مِنْ غَضَبِ اللهِ ، وَمُتعَبٌ مِنْ حَجزِهِ فِي داخِلِي. «اسكُبْ هَذا الغَضَبَ عَلَى الأطفالِ فِي الشّارِعِ، وَعَلَى الفِتيانِ المُجَتَمِعِينَ. لأنَّ الرَّجُلَ سَيُمسَكُ مَعَ زَوجَتِهِ، وَالشَّيخَ مَعَ المُسِنِّ.

12 A nd their houses shall be turned over to others, Fields and wives together; For I will stretch out My hand Against the inhabitants of the land,” says the Lord.

سَتُعطَى خُيُولُهُمْ لآخَرِينَ، مَعَ حُقُولِهِمْ وَنِسائِهِمْ، لأنِّي سَأُهاجِمُ سُكّانَ الأرْضِ،» يَقُولُ اللهُ.

13 “ Because from the least of them even to the greatest of them, Everyone is given to covetousness; And from the prophet even to the priest, Everyone deals falsely.

«لأنَّ كُلَّ واحِدٍ مِنهُمْ، مِنْ أفقَرِهِمْ إلَى أغناهُمْ، يَمِيلُونَ إلَى الكَسبِ غَيرِ الشَّرِيفِ. وَمِنَ الأنبِياءِ إلَى الكَهَنَةِ، كُلُّ واحِدٍ مِنهُمْ مُخادِعٌ.

14 T hey have also healed the hurt of My people slightly, Saying, ‘Peace, peace!’ When there is no peace.

يُعالِجُونَ كَسرَ شَعبِي بِاستِخفافٍ، يَقُولُونَ: ‹سَلامٌ لَكُمْ، سَلامٌ لَكُمْ،› وَما مِنْ سَلامٍ.

15 W ere they ashamed when they had committed abomination? No! They were not at all ashamed; Nor did they know how to blush. Therefore they shall fall among those who fall; At the time I punish them, They shall be cast down,” says the Lord.

فَهَلْ خَجِلُوا بِسَبِبِ أعمالِهِمُ النَّجِسَةِ؟ لَمْ يَخْجلُوا وَلَمْ يَعْرِفُوا الحياءَ. لِذَلِكَ سَيَسقُطُونَ مَعَ السّاقِطِينَ. فِي وَقتِ عِقابِي لَهُمْ سَيَتَعَثَّرُونَ،» يَقُولُ اللهُ.

16 T hus says the Lord: “Stand in the ways and see, And ask for the old paths, where the good way is, And walk in it; Then you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it. ’

هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ: «قِفُوا عَلَى الطُّرُقِ، انظُرُوا وَاسألُوا عَنِ المَسالِكِ القَدِيمَةِ، حَيثُ طَرِيقُ الخَيرِ. ثُمَّ سِيرُوا فِيها لِتَجِدُوا راحَةً لأنفُسِكُمْ. لَكِنَّهُمْ قالُوا: ‹لَنْ نَسِيرَ فِي تِلكَ الطَّرِيقِ.›

17 A lso, I set watchmen over you, saying, ‘Listen to the sound of the trumpet!’ But they said, ‘We will not listen.’

وَوَضَعْتُ حُرّاساً عَلَيهِمْ لِيَقُولُوا: ‹انتَبِهُوا إلَى صَوتِ البُوقِ،› فَقالُوا: ‹لَنْ نَنتَبِهَ!›

18 T herefore hear, you nations, And know, O congregation, what is among them.

لِذَلِكَ اسْمَعِي أيَّتُها الأُمَمُ، وَاعرِفِي أيَّتُها الشُّعُوبُ ما سَيَحدُثُ لَهُمْ.

19 H ear, O earth! Behold, I will certainly bring calamity on this people— The fruit of their thoughts, Because they have not heeded My words Nor My law, but rejected it.

يا أرْضُ، اسْمَعِي هَذا! ها أنا آتِي بِالألَمِ إلَى هَذا الشَّعبِ، سَآتِي بِما يَستَحِقُّونَهُ بِسَبَبِ أفكارِهِمِ الشِّرِّيرَةِ. لأنَّهُمْ لَمْ يُصغُوا لِكَلامِي، كَما رَفَضُوا شَرِيعَتِي.

20 F or what purpose to Me Comes frankincense from Sheba, And sweet cane from a far country? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable, Nor your sacrifices sweet to Me.”

«لِماذا أفرَحُ بِالبَخُورِ الَّذِي يَأتِي مِنْ شَبا، وَبِالقَصَبِ ذِي الرّائِحَةِ الجَمِيلَةِ مِنْ أرْضٍ بَعِيدَةٍ؟ تَقدِماتُكُمْ غَيرُ مَقبُولَةٍ، وَذَبائِحُكُمْ لا تَسُرُّنِي.»

21 T herefore thus says the Lord: “Behold, I will lay stumbling blocks before this people, And the fathers and the sons together shall fall on them. The neighbor and his friend shall perish.”

لِذَلِكَ هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ: «سَأضَعُ أمامَ هَذا الشَّعبِ حِجارَةً تُعثِرُهُمْ. الآباءُ وَالأبناءُ مَعاً وَالجارُ وَالصَّدِيقُ، سَيَهلِكُونَ جَمِيعاً.»

22 T hus says the Lord: “Behold, a people comes from the north country, And a great nation will be raised from the farthest parts of the earth.

هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ: «ها شَعبٌ قادِمٌ مِنْ أرْضٍ فِي الشَّمالِ، وَأُمَّةٌ عَظِيمَةٌ آتِيَةٌ مِنْ أرْضٍ بَعِيدَةٍ.

23 T hey will lay hold on bow and spear; They are cruel and have no mercy; Their voice roars like the sea; And they ride on horses, As men of war set in array against you, O daughter of Zion.”

أمسَكُوا بِالقَوسِ وَبِالرُّمحِ، وَهُمْ قُساةٌ وَبِلا رَحمَةٍ. صَوتُهُمْ كَالبَحرِ العَظِيمِ، حِينَ يَركَبُونَ عَلَى خَيلِهِمْ. ها هُمْ مُصطَفُّونَ لِمُحارَبَتِكِ كَرَجُلٍ واحِدٍ، أيَّتُها العَزِيزَةُ صِهْيَوْنُ.»

24 W e have heard the report of it; Our hands grow feeble. Anguish has taken hold of us, Pain as of a woman in labor.

سَمِعنا الأخبارَ عَنها، فَارتَخَتْ أيدِينا، وَأمسَكَنا الضِّيقُ وَالوَجَعُ مِثلَ امْرأةٍ تَتَمَخَّضُ.

25 D o not go out into the field, Nor walk by the way. Because of the sword of the enemy, Fear is on every side.

لا تَخرُجُوا إلَى الحَقلِ، وَلا تَسِيرُوا عَلَى الطَّرِيقِ، لأنَّ العَدُوَّ يُمسِكُ سَيفاً، وَالرُّعبَ يُحِيطُ بِنا.

26 O daughter of my people, Dress in sackcloth And roll about in ashes! Make mourning as for an only son, most bitter lamentation; For the plunderer will suddenly come upon us.

البَسُوا الخَيشَ يا شَعبِيَ العَزِيزَ، تَمَرَّغُوا بِالرَّمادِ. نُوحُوا بِمَرارَةٍ كَمَنْ فَقَدَتِ ابْنَها الوَحِيدَ، لأنَّ المُدَّمِرَ سَيَأتِي عَلَينا فَجأةً.

27 “ I have set you as an assayer and a fortress among My people, That you may know and test their way.

«يا إرْمِيا، أنا اللهَ جَعَلْتُكَ فاحِصاً مُنَقِّياً وَسَطَ شَعبِي، لِكَي تَعرِفَ وَتَمتَحِنَ سُلُوكَهُمْ.

28 T hey are all stubborn rebels, walking as slanderers. They are bronze and iron, They are all corrupters;

كُلُّهُمْ عُصاةٌ مُتَمَرِّدُونَ، يَتَكَلَّمُونَ بِالوِشايَةِ. كُلُّهُمْ مِثلُ البُرونْزِ وَالحَدِيدِ، مَلِيئُونَ بالفَسادِ وَالشَّوائِبِ.

29 T he bellows blow fiercely, The lead is consumed by the fire; The smelter refines in vain, For the wicked are not drawn off.

المِنفاخُ يَزِيدُ قُوَّةَ النّارِ، وَالرَّصاصُ يَخرُجُ بِفِعلِ النّارِ. وَلَكِنَّ تَنْقِيَتَهُمْ بِلا فائِدَةٍ، لأنَّ الشَّرَّ لا يَزُولُ مِنهُمْ.

30 P eople will call them rejected silver, Because the Lord has rejected them.”

فَيُدعَونَ: ‹فِضَّةً مَرفُوضَةً،› لأنَّ اللهَ رَفَضَهُمْ.»