1 I n the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,

فِي السَّنَةِ الرّابِعَةِ مِنْ حُكْمِ يَهُوياقِيمَ بْنِ يُوشِيّا مَلِكِ يَهُوذا، جاءَتْ هَذِهِ الكَلِمَةُ إلَى إرْمِيا النَّبِيِّ مِنَ اللهِ:

2 “ Take a book and write in it all the words which I have said to you about Israel, Judah, and all the nations. Write all I have said since the day I first spoke to you, from the days of Josiah until today.

«أحضِرْ لَفِيفَةَ كِتابٍ، وَاكتُبْ عَلَيها الكَلامَ الَّذِي تَكَلَّمْتُ بِهِ إلَيكَ عَنْ إسْرائِيلَ وَعَنِ الأُمَمِ، مِنْ أوَّلِ يَومٍ كَلَّمتُكَ فِيهِ – أي مِنْ أيّامِ المَلِكِ يُوشِيّا – إلَى هَذا اليَومِ.

3 I t may be that the house of Judah will hear all the trouble I am planning to bring on them, so that everyone will turn from his sinful way. Then I will forgive their wrong-doing and their sin.”

فَلَرُبَّما يَسمَعُ بَنُو يَهُوذا بِكُلِّ العِقابِ الَّذِي أنا مُزمِعٌ أنْ أُنزِلَهُ بِهِمْ، وَيَعُودُ كُلُّ واحِدٍ مِنهُمْ عَنْ أعمالِهِ الشِّرِّيرَةِ، فَأغْفِرَ لَهُمْ آثامَهُمْ وَخَطاياهُمْ.»

4 S o Jeremiah called Baruch, the son of Neriah. And Baruch wrote in the book all the words which Jeremiah told him that the Lord had said to him.

فَاستَدعَى إرْمِيا بارُوخَ بْنَ نِيرِيّا. وَكَتَبَ بارُوخُ عَلَى المَخطُوطَةِ ما أملاهُ عَلَيهِ إرْمِيا، أي جَميعَ كَلامِ اللهِ الَّذِي تَكَلَّمَ بِهِ إلَى إرْمِيا.

5 T hen Jeremiah said to Baruch, “I am shut up here and cannot go into the house of the Lord.

وَأمَرَ إرْمِيا بارُوخَ فَقالَ: «أنا مَسجُونٌ هُنا، وَقَدْ مُنِعْتُ مِنَ الذَّهابِ إلَى بَيتِ اللهِ.

6 S o you go to the Lord’s house on the special day of no food, and read to the people the words of the Lord which you have written down as I told them to you. And also read them to all the people of Judah who come from their cities.

اذْهَبْ أنتَ بِالكِتابَ الَّذِي كَتَبتَ فِيهِ جَميعَ كَلامِ اللهِ بِحَسَبِ ما أملَيتُ عَلَيكَ، وَاقرأهُ عَلَى مَسامِعِ النّاسِ فِي بَيتِ اللهِ فِي يَومِ الصَّومِ. اقرأهُ أمامَ جَميعِ بَنِي يَهُوذا الآتِينَ مِنْ مُدُنِهِمْ.

7 I t may be that their prayer will come before the Lord, and everyone will turn from his sinful way. For the punishment that the Lord said would come to these people because of His anger is very bad.”

فَلَعَلَّ استِرحامَهُمْ يُرفَعُ أمامَ اللهِ ، وَيَرجِعُ كُلُّ واحِدٍ مِنهُمْ عَنْ مُمارَساتِهِ الشِّرِّيرَةِ. لأنَّ غَضَبَ اللهِ وَسَخَطَهُ الَّذِي تَكَلَّمَ بِهِ عَلَى هَذا الشَّعبِ عَظِيمٌ.»

8 B aruch the son of Neriah did all that Jeremiah the man of God told him. He read from the book the words of the Lord in the Lord’s house.

فَعَمِلَ بارُوخُ بْنُ نِيرِيّا بِكُلِّ ما أوصاهُ إرْمِيا النَّبِيُّ، فَقَرَأ كِتابَ كَلامِ اللهِ فِي بَيتِ اللهِ.

9 I n the ninth month of the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, all the people in Jerusalem and all those from the cities of Judah set apart to the Lord a day when they would not eat.

وَفِي الشَّهرِ التّاسِعِ مِنَ السَّنَةِ الخامِسَةِ مِنْ مُلكِ يَهُوياقِيمَ بْنِ يُوشِيّا مَلِكِ يَهُوذا، نُودِيَ بِصَومٍ عَلَى سُكّانِ مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ، وَكُلِّ الآتِينَ مِنْ مُدُنِ يَهُوذا إلَى مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ إلَى مَحضَرِ اللهِ.

10 T hen Baruch read from the book the words of Jeremiah to all the people in the house of the Lord, in the room of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the writer, in the upper place by the New Gate of the Lord’s house. The Book Is Read to the Leaders

فِي ذَلِكَ اليَومِ، قَرَأ بارُوخُ المَخطُوطَةَ الّتِي احْتَوَتْ كَلامَ إرْمِيا فِي بَيتِ اللهِ. قَرَأ بارُوخُ المَخطُوطَةَ فِي مَسامِعِ كُلِّ الشَّعبِ مِنْ غُرْفَةِ جِمَرْيا بِنِ شافانَ الكاتِبِ، فِي السّاحَةِ العُلْوِيَّةِ عِنْدَ بَوّابَةِ بَيتِ اللهِ.

11 W hen Micaiah the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, had heard all the words of the Lord from the book,

وَسَمِعَ مِيخا بْنُ جِمَرْيا بْنِ شافانَ جَميعَ كَلامِ اللهِ الَّذِي عَلَى المَخطُوطَةِ.

12 h e went down to the king’s house, into the writer’s room. And he saw that all the leaders were sitting there. There was Elishama the writer, and Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, and Elnathan the son of Achbor, and Gemariah the son of Shaphan, and Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, and all the other leaders.

وَنَزَلَ إلَى بَيتِ المَلِكِ إلَى غُرفَةِ الكاتِبِ، وَكانَ كُلُّ الرُّؤَساءِ جالِسِينَ هُناكَ: ألِيشاماعُ الكاتِبُ وَدَلايا بْنُ شِمْعِيا وَألناثانُ بْنُ عَكبُورَ وَجَمَرْيا بْنُ شافانَ وَصِدْقِيّا بْنُ حَنَنِيّا، كُلُّ الرُّؤَساءِ.

13 A nd Micaiah told them all that he had heard Baruch read to the people from the book.

فَأخبَرَهُمْ مِيخا بِكُلِّ الكَلامِ الَّذِي سَمِعَهُ عِندَما قَرَأ بارُوخُ الكِتابَ لِلشَّعبِ.

14 T hen all the leaders sent Jehudi the son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, to Baruch, saying, “Take the book you have read to the people, and come.” So Baruch the son of Neriah took the book in his hand and went to them.

فَأرسَلَ كُلُّ الرُّؤَساءِ يَهُودِيَ بْنَ نَثَنْيا بْنِ شَلَمْيا بْنِ كُوشِي إلَى بارُوخَ يَقُولُ لَهُ: «أحضِرِ اللّفِيفَةَ الَّتِي كُنتَ تَقرَأُهُا عَلَى الشَّعبِ، وَتَعالَ إلَى هُنا.» فَأخَذَ بارُوخُ بْنُ نِيرِيّا المَخطُوطَةَ وَذَهَبَ إلَيْهِمْ.

15 T hey told him, “Sit down and read it to us.” So Baruch read it to them.

فَقالُوا لَهُ: «اجلِسْ وَاقرَأ عَلَينا.» فَقَرَأها بارُوخُ عَلَيهِمْ.

16 W hen they had heard all the words, they turned in fear to one another and said to Baruch, “For sure we will tell all these words to the king.”

فَلَمّا سَمِعُوا الكَلامَ، نَظَرَ بَعضُهُمْ إلَى بَعضٍ بِخَوفٍ، وَقالُوا لِبارُوخَ: «لا بُدَّ أنْ نُخبِرَ المَلِكَ بِكُلِّ هَذا الكَلامِ.»

17 A nd they asked Baruch, “Tell us, how did you write all this? Did Jeremiah tell it to you?”

حِينَئِذٍ، سَألُوا بارُوخَ: «أخبِرْنا كَيفَ كَتَبتَ هَذا الكَلامَ. أكانَ يُملِيهِ عَلَيكَ؟»

18 B aruch said to them, “He told me all these words, and I wrote them down in the book.”

فَقالَ بارُوخُ لَهُمْ: «أملاهُ عَلَيَّ وَأنا أكتُبُ كُلَّ هَذا الكَلامِ عَلَى لَفِيفَةِ الكِتابِ.»

19 T hen the leaders said to Baruch, “Go and hide, both you and Jeremiah. And do not let anyone know where you are.” The King Burns Jeremiah’s Book

وَقالَ الرُّؤَساءُ لِبارُوخَ: «اذْهَبْ وَاختَبِئْ أنتَ وَإرْمِيا، وَلا تَدَعا أحَداً يَعرِفْ مَكانَكُما.»

20 S o they went to the king in the open space, but they had put the book in the room of Elishama the writer. And they told all the words to the king.

بَعدَ ذَلِكَ، ذَهَبُوا إلَى المَلِكِ فِي قاعَةِ القَصرِ، وَكانُوا قَدْ وَضَعُوا الكِتابَ فِي غُرفَةِ ألِيشاماعَ الكاتِبِ. وَأخبَرُوا المَلِكَ بِكُلِّ الكَلامِ الَّذِي قِيلَ.

21 T hen the king sent Jehudi to get the book, and he took it out of the room of Elishama the writer. And Jehudi read it to the king and to all the leaders who stood beside him.

فَأرسَلَ المَلِكُ يَهُودِيَ لِيُحضِرَ الكِتابَ، فَأخَذَهُ مِنْ غُرفَةِ ألِيشاماعَ الكاتِبِ. وَقَرَأهُ يَهُودِيُ لِلمَلِكِ وَلِكُلِّ الرُّؤَساءِ الَّذِينَ كانُوا واقِفِينَ فِي حَضْرَةِ المَلِكِ.

22 I t was the ninth month, and the king was sitting in the winter house with a fire burning in the fireplace in front of him.

وَقَدْ كانَ جالِساً فِي بَيتِ الشِّتاءِ الَّذِي لَهُ، فِي الشَّهرِ التّاسِعِ مِنَ السَّنَةِ، وَكانَ مَوقِدُ النّارِ أمامَهُ مُشتَعِلاً.

23 W hen Jehudi had read three or four parts, the king cut them with a small knife and threw them into the fire in the fireplace. He did this until the book was destroyed in the fire.

وَكانَ كُلَّما قَرَأ يَهُودِي ثَلاثَةَ أعمِدَةٍ أوْ أربَعَةً مِنَ الكِتابِ، يَشُقُّ المَلِكُ ذَلِكَ الجُزءَ بِشَفْرَةٍ صَغِيرَةٍ وَيُلْقِيهِ إلَى النّارِ المُشتَعِلَةِ الَّتِي فِي المَوقِدِ، حَتَّى أحتَرَقَ الكِتابِ بِأكمَلِهِ فِي المَوقِدِ.

24 T he king and all his servants who heard all these words were not afraid, and they did not tear their clothes.

وَلَمْ يَخَفِ المَلِكُ وَكُلُّ خُدّامِهِ الَّذِينَ كانُوا يَستَمِعُونَ إلَى هَذا الكَلامِ، وَلَمْ يُمَزِّقُوا ثِيابَهُمْ.

25 E lnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah begged the king not to burn the book, but he would not listen to them.

وَمَعْ أنَّ ألْناثانَ وَدَلايا وَجِمَرْيا، تَوَسَّلُوا إلَى المَلِكِ كَي لا يَحرِقَ المَخطُوطَةَ، إلّا أنَّهُ لَمْ يَستَمِعْ إلَيهِمْ.

26 A nd the king told Jerahmeel the king’s son, Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel to take hold of Baruch the writer and Jeremiah the man of God. But the Lord had hidden them. Jeremiah Writes Another Book

بَلْ أمَرَ المَلِكُ يَرْحَمْئِيلَ ابنَ المَلِكِ، وَسَرايا بْنَ عَزَرْئِيلَ، وَشَلَمْيا بْنَ عَبدِيئِيلَ بِأنْ يَقبِضُوا عَلَى بارُوخَ الكاتِبَ وَإرمِيا النَّبِيِّ، وَلَكِنَّ اللهَ خَبَّأهُما.

27 N ow the Word of the Lord came to Jeremiah after the king had burned the book with the words Jeremiah had told Baruch to write down. The Lord said,

وَجاءَتْ كَلِمَةُ اللهِ إلَى إرْمِيا بَعدَ أنْ أحرَقَ المَلِكُ الكِتابَ وَالكَلامَ الَّذِي كانَ بارُوخُ قَدْ كَتَبَهُ بِإملاءِ إرْمِيا لَهُ، فَقالَ:

28 “ Take another book and write in it all the words that were in the first book which Jehoiakim the king of Judah burned.

«اذْهَبْ وَأحضِرْ لَفِيفَةَ كِتابٍ أُخْرَى، وَاكتُبْ عَلَيها كُلَّ الكَلامِ الَّذِي كَتَبْتَهُ فِي المَرَّةِ الأُولَى، وَالَّذِي كانَ عَلَى المَخطُوطَةِ الأُولى الَّتِي أحرَقَها يَهُوياقِيمُ مَلِكُ يَهُوذا.

29 A nd about Jehoiakim the king of Judah you will say, ‘This is what the Lord says: “You have burned this book, saying, ‘Why have you written in it that the king of Babylon will be sure to come and destroy this land and put an end to every man and animal in it?’”

وَقُلْ لِيَهُوياقِيمَ مَلِكِ يَهُوذا: ‹هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ: أنتَ أحرَقْتَ هَذا الكِتابَ وَقُلتَ: لِماذا كَتَبْتَ عَلَيهِ أنَّ مَلِكَ بابِلَ سَيَأتِي وَيُدَمِّرُ هَذِهِ الأرْضَ، وَيَقضِي عَلَى النّاسَ وَالحَيواناتِ؟

30 S o this is what the Lord says about Jehoiakim king of Judah: “He will have no one to sit on the throne of David. And his dead body will be thrown out to the heat of the day and the cold of the night.

لِذَلِكَ هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ عَنْ يَهُوياقِيمَ مَلِكِ يَهُوذا: لَنْ يَكُونَ لَهُ مِنْ نَسلِهِ مَنْ يَجلِسُ عَلَى عَرشِ داوُدَ. سَتُطرَحُ جُثَّتُهُ خارِجاً، لِلحَرِّ فِي النَّهارِ وَلِلبَردِ فِي اللَّيلِ.

31 I will punish him and his children and his servants for their sin. And I will bring on them and the people of Jerusalem and the men of Judah all the trouble that I have said would come to them, because they would not listen.”’”

سَأُعاقِبُهُ هُوَ وَنَسلَهُ وَخُدّامَهُ بِسَبَبِ إثمِهِمْ، وَسَأجلِبُ عَلَيهِمْ وَعَلَى سُكّانِ القُدْسِ وَرِجالَ يَهُوذا كُلَّ المَعاناةِ الَّتِي أعلَنْتُها عَلَيهِمْ وَتَجاهَلُوها.›»

32 T hen Jeremiah took another book and gave it to Baruch the son of Neraiah, the writer. And as Jeremiah told them to him, he wrote down all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire. And many words of the same kind were added to them.

وَأخَذَ إرْمِيا لَفِيفَةَ كِتابِ آخَرَ وَأعطاها إلَى بارُوخُ بْنَ نِيرِيّا الكاتِبِ الَّذِي كَتَبَ عَلَيها كَما أملَى عَلَيهِ إرْمِيا، كُلَّ كَلامِ المَخطُوطَةِ الَّتِي أحرَقَها يَهُوياقِيمُ مَلِكُ يَهُوذا فِي النّارِ، كَما أضافَ إلَيهِ كَلاماً كَثِيراً مِثلَهُ.