1 T he Lord says, “Go and buy a pot-maker’s clay jar, and take some of the leaders of the people and some of the older religious leaders.

هَذا هُوَ ما قالَهُ اللهُ: «اذْهَبْ وَاشتَرِ إبرِيقَ فَخّارٍ مِنَ الفَخّارِيِّ، وَخُذْ بَعضَ قادَةِ الشَّعبِ وَبَعضَ قادَةِ الكَهَنَةِ.

2 T hen go out to the valley of BenHinnom, by the Potsherd Gate, and there say the words that I will tell you.

وَاخرُجْ إلَى وادِي ابنِ هِنُّومَ الَّذِي عِندَ بَوّابَةِ الفَخّارِيِّ، وَأعلِنْ هُناكَ الكَلِماتِ الَّتِي أقُولُها لَكَ.

3 S ay, ‘Hear the Word of the Lord, O kings of Judah and people of Jerusalem. The Lord of All, the God of Israel, says, “See, I am about to bring much trouble to this place. The ears of everyone that hears of it will hurt.

«قُلْ: ‹يا مُلُوكَ يَهُوذا وَسُكّانَ القُدْسِ، اسْمَعُوا هَذِهِ الرِّسالَةَ مِنَ اللهِ ، فَهَذا هُوَ ما قالَهُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ، إلَهُ إسْرائِيلَ: هَا أنا آتٍ بِشَرٍّ عَلَى هَذا المَكانِ، حَتَّى إنَّ النّاسَ لَنْ يُصَدِّقُوا ما يَرَوْنَهُ.›

4 T he people have left Me and have made this a strange place. They have burned special perfume in it to other gods that they and their fathers and the kings of Judah had never known. They have filled this place with the blood of those who were not guilty.

«قَدْ تَرَكُونِي وَنَجَّسُوا هَذا المَكانِ. أحرَقُوا بَخُوراً فِيهِ لآلِهَةٍ أُخْرَى لَمْ يَعرِفُوها لا هُمْ وَلا آباؤُهُمْ وَلا مُلُوكُ يَهُوذا. وَمَلأُوا هَذا المَكانَ بِدَمِ أُناسٍ أبرِياءَ.

5 T hey have built the high places of the false god Baal to burn their sons in the fire as burnt gifts to Baal. This is a thing which I never told them to do or spoke of. It did not even come to My mind.

وَبَنَوْا مُرتَفَعاتٍ لِلبَعلِ، حَيثُ يُحرِقُونَ أولادَهُمْ فِي النّارِ قَرابِينَ لِلبَعلِ. وَأنا لَمْ آمُرْ بِهذِهِ القَرابِينِ، وَلَمْ أتَكَلَّمْ عَنها أوْ حَتَّى فَكَّرْتُ بِها.

6 S o see, the days are coming,” says the Lord, “when this place will no longer be called Topheth or the valley of BenHinnom. Instead it will be called the Valley of Killing.

«لِذَلِكَ سَتَأتِي الأيامُ، يَقُولُ اللهُ ، عِندَما لا يَعُودُ هَذا المَكانُ يُدعَى تُوفَةَ وَوادِي ابنِ هَنُّومَ، وَلَكِنَّهُ سَيُدعَى وادِيَ القَتلِ.

7 I will make the plans of Judah and Jerusalem come to nothing in this place. I will cause them to fall by the sword in front of those who hate them and by the hand of those who want to kill them. And I will feed their dead bodies to the birds of the sky and the wild animals of the earth.

وَسَأُلغِي مُخَطَّطاتِ يَهُوذا وَمَدينَةِ القُدْسِ فِي هَذا المَكانِ، وَسَأجعَلُهُمْ يَسقُطُونَ فِي المَعرَكَةِ أمامَ أعدائِهِمْ وَبِيَدِ الَّذِينَ يُرِيدُونَ قَتلَهُمْ. وَسَأُعطِي جُثَثَهُمْ طَعاماً لِطُيُورِ السَّماءِ وَلِوُحُوشِ الأرْضِ.

8 I will make this city a waste place, and people will make sounds of hate. Everyone who passes by it will be surprised and make strange noises because of all its troubles.

وَسَأجعَلُ هَذِهِ المَدِينَةَ سَبَبَ رُعبٍ وَاستِهزاءٍ. كُلُّ مَنْ يَعبُرُ فِيها سَيَندَهِشُ وَسَيَهزَأُ بِها لِخَرابِها.

9 I will make them eat the flesh of their sons and daughters. And they will eat each other’s flesh when the armies shut them in, and when those who want to kill them bring much trouble to them.”’

سَأجعَلُهُمْ يَأكُلُونَ لَحمَ أولادِهِمْ وَلَحمَ بَناتِهِمْ. وَسَيَأكُلُ بَعضُهُمْ أجسادَ بَعضٍ خِلالِ الحِصارِ وَالضِّيقِ اللَّذَيْنِ سَيَأتِي بِهِما أعداؤُهُمْ وَمَنْ يُحاوِلُونَ قَتلَهُمْ.

10 “ Then you are to break the jar in front of the men who go with you.

«حِينَئِذٍ، سَتَكسِرُ الإبرِيقَ أمامَ الرِّجالِ الَّذِينَ يَذْهَبُونَ مَعَكَ.

11 A nd say to them, ‘The Lord of All says, “In this way I will break these people and this city, even as one breaks a pot-maker’s jar, which cannot be put back together. Men will bury the dead in Topheth until there is no place left to bury.

حِينَئِذٍ، سَتَقُولُ لَهُمْ: ‹هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ: هَكَذا سَأُحَطِّمُ هَذا الشَّعبَ وَهَذِهِ المَدِينَةَ، كَما يُحَطِّمُ شَخصٌ إناءَ فَخّارٍ تَماماً حَتَّى لا يُمكِنُ إصلاحُهُ. وَسَيدفِنُونَ أجسادَهُمْ فِي تُوفَةَ لأنَّهُ لا يَكُونُ هُناكَ مَكانٌ لِلدَّفنِ.

12 T his is what I will do to this place and its people,” says the Lord. “I will make this city like Topheth.

هَكَذا سَأُعامِلُ هَذا المَكانَ وَسُكّانَهُ. وَسَأجعَلُ هَذا المَكانَ مِثلَ تُوفَةَ. هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ.»

13 T he houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah will be made unclean like Topheth. This will be because of all the houses on whose roofs they burned special perfume to all the false gods of the heavens and poured out drink gifts to other gods.”’”

«‹سَتُصبِحُ بُيُوتُ القُدْسِ وَبُيُوتُ مُلُوكِ يَهُوذا نَجِسَةً مِثلَ تُوفَةَ، بِسَبَبِ كُلِّ البُيُوتِ الَّتِي أحرَقُوا فِيها بَخُوراً لِعِبادَةِ النُّجُومِ، وَالَّتِي فِيها سَكَبُوا قَرابِينَ سائِلَةً لآلِهَةٍ أُخْرَى.›»

14 T hen Jeremiah came from Topheth, where the Lord had sent him to tell what would happen. And he stood in the open space of the Lord’s house and said to all the people,

ثُمَّ جاءَ إرْمِيا مِنْ تُوفَةَ – حَيثُ كانَ قَدْ أرْسَلَهُ اللهُ لِيَتَنَبَّأ – وَوَقَفَ فِي ساحَةِ بَيتِ اللهِ ، وَقالَ لِكُلِّ الشَّعبِ:

15 “ The Lord of All, the God of Israel, says, ‘See, I am about to bring to this city and to all its towns all the trouble that I have spoken about, because they have made their necks hard and would not listen to My Words.’”

«هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ إلَهُ إسْرائِيلَ: ‹سَأجلِبُ عَلَى هَذِهِ المَدِينَةِ وَعَلَى كُلِّ المُدُنِ المُحِيطَةِ بِها كُلَّ الشَّرِّ الَّذِي أعلَنتُهُ ضِدَّها، لأنَّهُمْ قاوَمُونِي بِعِنادٍ وَلَمْ يَستَمِعُوا لِكَلامِي.›»