1 T his is the Word of the Lord which came to Jeremiah the man of God about the nations.

هَذِهِ هِيَ الرَّسائِلُ الَّتِي تَكَلَّمَ بِها اللهُ إلَى إرْمِيا النَّبِيِّ عَنِ الأُمَمِ. رِسالَةُ اللهِ عَنْ مِصر

2 T his is what He said about Egypt, and about the army of Pharaoh Necho king of Egypt, which was by the Euphrates River at Carchemish. Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had won the battle against Pharaoh’s army in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah.

عَنْ مِصرَ، عَنْ جَيشِ الفِرعَونِ نَخوَ مَلِكِ مِصرَ الَّذِي كانَ عِندَ نَهرِ الفُراتِ فِي كَركَمِيشَ، وَهَزَمَهُ نَبُوخَذْناصَّرُ فِي السَّنَةِ الرّابِعَةِ لِمُلكِ يَهُوياقِيمَ بْنِ يُوشِيّا مَلِكِ يَهُوذا.

3 “ Get your coverings ready and go out to the battle!

«جَهِّزُوا أسلِحَتَكُمْ، وَاستَعِدُّوا لِلمَعرَكَةِ.

4 G et the horses ready and get on them! Take your places with your head-coverings on! Make your spears shine, and put on your heavy battle-clothes!

أسرِجُوا الخَيلَ، وَلْيَركَبِ الفُرسانُ عَلَى خَيلِهِمْ. قِفُوا فِي مَواقِعِكُمْ وَالخُوَذُ عَلَى رُؤُوسِكُمْ، اصقُلُوا رِماحَكُمْ، البَسُوا دُرُوعَكُمْ.

5 W hat do I see? They are filled with fear and are turning back. Their strong men are beaten and are running away without looking back. Much fear is on every side,” says the Lord.

لِماذا أرَى هَذِهِ الأُمُورَ؟ أرَى رِجالاً مُرتَعِبِينَ وَفارِّينَ. أبطالُهُمْ هُزِمُوا، فَفَرُّوا جَمِيعُهُمْ بِلا تَرَدُّدٍ. وَالرُّعبُ حَولَهُمْ مِنْ كُلِّ جِهَةٍ.» يَقُولُ اللهُ.

6 D o not let the fast man run away. Do not let the strong man get away. In the north by the River Euphrates they have lost their step and fallen.

«لَكِنَّ السَّرِيعَ مِنهُمْ لَنْ يَفِرَّ. وَالقَوِيُّ لَنْ يَهرُبَ. فَفِي الشَّمالِ عِندَ نَهرِ الفُراتِ، تَعَثَّرُوا وَسَقَطُوا.

7 W ho is this that rises like the Nile, like rivers of rising waters?

مَنْ هُوَ ذاكَ الَّذِي يَرتَفِعُ كَنَهرِ النِّيلِ، الَّذِي مِياهُهُ تَتَدَفَّقُ كَالأنهارِ؟

8 E gypt rises like the Nile, like the rivers of rising waters. He has said, “I will rise and cover that land. I will destroy the city and its people.”

مِصرُ تَرتَفِعُ كَنَهرِ النِّيلِ، وَمِياهُها تَتَدَفَّقُ كَالأنهارِ. قالَ: ‹سَأصعَدُ، سَأُغَطِّي الأرْضَ. سَأهزِمُ مُدُناً وَسُكّانَها.›

9 G o up, you horses! Drive hard, you war-wagons! Let the men of war go up, Ethiopia and Put who use the battle-covering, and the Lydians who are able men with the bow.

اصعَدِي أيَّتُها الخَيلُ، هِيجِي يا مَركَباتُ. لِيَخرُجِ المُحارِبُونَ. لِيَخرُجْ رِجالُ كُوشَ وَفُوطَ الَّذِينَ يُمسِكُونَ الدِّرعَ بِمَهارَةٍ، وَلْيَخرُجْ رِجالُ لُودَ المَهَرَةُ فِي استِخدامِ القُوسِ.

10 T hat day is the day of the Lord God of All, a day of punishment, when He will punish those who hate Him. The sword will destroy until it is filled. It will drink its fill of their blood. For there will be many killed for the Lord, the God of All, in the land of the north by the River Euphrates.

«سَيَكُونُ ذَلِكَ اليَومُ يَومَ انتِقامٍ لِلرَّبِّ الإلَهِ القَدِيرِ، لِيَنتَقِمَ لِنَفسِهِ مِنْ أعدائِهِ. سَيَأكُلُ السَّيفُ حَتَّى يَشبَعَ، وَسَيُطفِئُ ظَمَأهُ بِدَمِهِمْ. لأنَّهُ سَتَكُونُ هُناكَ ذَبِيحَةٌ لِلرَّبِّ الإلَهِ القَدِيرِ، فِي أرْضِ الشَّمالِ عِندَ نَهرِ الفُراتِ.

11 G o up to Gilead and get healing oil, O young daughter of Egypt! You have used many medicines for nothing. There is no healing for you.

أيَّتُها العَذراءُ مِصرُ، اصعَدِي إلَى جِلعادَ، وَاحصُلِي عَلَى بَعضِ البَلسَمِ. جَرَّبِتِ عِلاجاتٍ كَثِيرَةً بِلا فائِدَةٍ، وَلا تَقدِرِينَ أنْ تَشفِي نَفسَكِ.

12 T he nations have heard of your shame, and the earth is full of your cry. For one soldier has fallen over another. They have both fallen together. Nebuchadnezzar and Egypt

سَمِعَتِ الأُمَمُ عَنْ عارِكِ، وَصَرخَةُ ألَمِكِ قَدْ مَلأتْ كُلَّ الأرْضِ، لأنَّ مُحارِباً تَعَثَّرَ بِآخَرَ، فَسَقَطَ كِلاهُما مَعاً.»

13 T his is the word which the Lord spoke to Jeremiah the man of God about the coming of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to punish the land of Egypt:

هَذِهِ هِيَ الرِّسالَةُ الَّتِي تَكَلَّمَ بِها اللهُ إلَى إرْمِيا النَّبِيِّ عَنْ مَجِيءٍ نَبُوخَذْناصَّرَ مَلِكِ بابِلَ لِيَضرِبَ أرْضَ مِصرَ.

14 “ Make it known in Egypt. Make it known in Migdol, in Memphis, and in Tahpanhes. Say, ‘Take your places and get ready, for the sword has destroyed those around you.’

«أعلِنُوا فِي مِصرَ، أخبِرُوا شَعبَ مَجدَلَ، وَأخبِرُوا شَعبَ مَمْفِيسَ وَتَحْفَنِحِيسَ. قُولُوا: ‹خُذْ مَوقِعَكَ وَجَهِّزْ نَفسَكَ، لأنَّ السَّيفَ قَدِ التَهَمَ مَنْ هُمْ حَولَكَ.

15 W hy have your strong ones gone away? They did not stand because the Lord has thrown them down.

لِماذا طُرِحَ الأقوِياءُ الَّذِينَ تَتَّكِلُ عَلَيهِمْ؟ لِماذا لا يَقِفُ؟ لأنَّ اللهَ قَدْ طَرَحَهُ.›

16 T he Lord made many fall. They have fallen on each other. And they said, ‘Get up! Let us return to our own people and our own land, away from the sword of the one who makes it hard for us.’

جَعَلَ أُناساً كَثِيرِينَ يَتَعَثَّرُونَ، بَلْ يَسقُطُونَ أحَدُهُمْ عَلَى الآخَرِ. قالُوا: ‹لِنَقُمْ وَنَعُدْ إلَى شَعبِنا، وَإلَى الأرْضِ الَّتِي وُلِدْنا فِيها، بَعِيداً عَنِ الهُجُومِ القاسِي.›

17 T here they cried, ‘Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise. He has passed by the time he was to have!’

استَنجَدُوا بِمَلِكِ مِصرَ فِرعَوْنَ، ‹الضَّجَّةَ الفارِغَةَ،› فَلَمْ يَستَجِبْ فِي الوَقتِ المُناسِبِ.

18 “ As I live,” says the King, Whose name is the Lord of All, “one will come who is like Tabor among the mountains, or like Carmel by the sea.

حَيٌّ أنا، يَقُولُ المَلِكُ الَّذِي اسْمُهُ يهوه القَدِيرُ. مَجِيئُهُ سَيَكُونُ مِثلَ جَبَلِ تابُورَ بَينَ الجِبالِ، وَمِثلَ الكَرمَلِ بِجِوارِ البَحرِ.

19 G et your things ready for when you are taken away, you who are living in Egypt. For Memphis will become a waste. It will be burned down and will have no people.

أيَّتُها الابْنَةُ مِصرُ، احزِمِي لِنَفسِكِ حُزْمَةَ السَّبيِ، لأنَّ مَمْفِيسَ سَتَكُونُ مَكاناً مَهجُوراً، وَسَتُحرَقُ بِالنّارِ، وَلَنْ يَكُونَ فِيها ساكِنٌ.

20 E gypt is like a beautiful young cow. But a horsefly has come upon her from the north.

«مِصْرُ بَقَرَةٌ جَمِيلَةٌ، وَقَدْ جاءَ عَلَيها ذُبابٌ مِنَ الشَّمالِ.

21 H er hired soldiers among her are like calves, ready to eat. For they also have turned back and have run away together. They did not stay in their places. For the day of their trouble has come upon them, the time of their punishment.

حَتَّى المُرتَزَقَةُ فِيها كَالثِّيرانِ المُسَمَّنَةِ، هُمْ أيضاً يَرجِعُونَ إلَى الخَلفِ وَيَهرُبُونَ، لَمْ يَقِفُوا مَعاً. هَرَبُوا لأنَّ يَومَ نَكْبَتِهِمْ قَدْ جاءَ عَلَيهِمْ، الوَقتُ الَّذِي فِيهِ سَيُعاقَبُونَ.

22 E gypt will sound like a snake moving away. For an army will come against her with axes, like those who cut down trees.

صَوتُها كَحَيَّةٍ تَزحَفُ هارِبَةً، لأنَّ أعداءَها يَأتُونَ بِقُوَّةٍ. جاءُوا إلَيها بِفُؤُوسٍ كَحَطّابِينَ.

23 T hey will cut down all her trees,” says the Lord, “even though there are so many. There are more trees than locusts, too many to number.

يَقُولُ اللهُ: «قَطَّعُوا غاباتِ مِصرَ، وَإنْ كانَتْ أشْجارُ غاباتِها لا تُحصَى، فَهُمْ أكثَرُ مِنَ الجَرادِ الَّذِي لا يُمكِنُ أنْ يُعَدَّ.

24 T he people of Egypt will be put to shame. She will be given over to the people of the north.”

الابْنةُ مِصرُ قَدْ خَزِيَتْ، قَدْ أُسلِمَتْ إلَى يَدِ شَعبِ الشَّمالِ.»

25 T he Lord of All, the God of Israel, says, “I am going to punish Amon of Thebes, and Pharaoh, and Egypt and her gods and her kings. I will punish Pharaoh and those who trust in him.

يَقُولُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ، إلَهُ إسْرائِيلَ: «سَأُعاقِبُ أمُونَ وَفِرْعَونَ وَمِصرَ وَكُلَّ آلِهَتِها وَمُلُوكِها. سَأُعاقِبُ فِرعَوْنَ وَجَميعَ المُتَّكِلِينَ عَلَيهِ.

26 I will give them over to those who want to kill them, to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and his captains. After that, Egypt will be filled with people as it was long ago,” says the Lord. God Will Save Israel

سَأُسَلِّمُهُمْ إلَى يَدِ الَّذِينَ يُرِيدُونَ قَتلَهُمْ، لِيَدِ نَبُوخَذْناصَّرَ وَلِيَدِ خُدّامِهِ. وَبَعدَ ذَلِكَ سَتَعُودُ لِتُسْكَنَ كَما كانَتْ فِي الماضِي،» يَقُولُ اللهُ. رِسالَةُ اللهِ عَنْ إسْرائِيل

27 “ But do not be afraid, O Jacob My servant. Do not be troubled, O Israel. For I am going to save you from far away. I will bring your children back from the land where they are held. Jacob will return and have quiet and rest. And no one will make him afraid.

«أمّا أنتَ يا عَبْدِي يَعقُوبَ، فَلا تَخَفْ، وَلا تَرتَعِبْ يا إسْرائِيلُ. لأنِّي سَأُنقِذُكَ مِنْ أرْضٍ بَعِيدَةٍ، وَسَأُنقِذُ نَسلَكَ مِنَ الأرْضِ الَّتِي هُمْ مَسبِيُّونَ فِيها. سَيَرجِعُ يَعقُوبُ لِيَكُونَ فِي سَكِينَةٍ وَراحَةٍ، بِحَيثُ لا يُوجَدُ مَنْ يُخِيفُهُ.

28 O Jacob My servant, do not be afraid,” says the Lord, “for I am with you. I will make a complete end of all the nations where I have driven you. But I will not make a complete end of you. I will punish you so you will go the right way. I will not leave you without punishment.”

يَقُولُ اللهُ: «يا عَبْدِي يَعقُوبَ، لا تَخَفْ، لأنِّي أنا مَعَكَ. لأنِّي سَأُفنِي كُلَّ الأُمَمِ الَّتِي طُرِدْتَ إلَيها، وَلَكِنِّي لَنْ أُفنِيَكَ، بَلْ سَأُؤَدِّبُكَ كَما تَستَحِقُّ، وَلَنْ أترُكَكَ بِلا عِقابٍ.»