1 T hus said Yahweh, Go, and buy a potter’s earthen bottle, and take some of the elders of the people, and of the elders of the priests;

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

2 a nd go out to the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is by the entry of the gate Harsith, and proclaim there the words that I shall tell you;

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

3 a nd say, Hear Yahweh’s word, kings of Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem: Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel says, Behold, I will bring evil on this place, which whoever hears, his ears shall tingle.

«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 B ecause they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, and have burned incense in it to other gods, that they didn’t know, they and their fathers and the kings of Judah; and have filled this place with the blood of innocents,

«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 a nd have built the high places of Baal, to burn their sons in the fire for burnt offerings to Baal; which I didn’t command, nor spoke it, neither came it into 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 t herefore, behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that this place shall no more be called Topheth, nor The valley of the son of Hinnom, but The valley of Slaughter.

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

7 I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hand of those who seek their life: and their dead bodies will I give to be food for the birds of the sky, and for the 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 an astonishment, and a hissing; everyone who passes thereby shall be astonished and hiss because of all its plagues.

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

9 I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters; and they shall eat everyone the flesh of his friend, in the siege and in the distress, with which their enemies, and those who seek their life, shall distress them.

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

10 T hen you shall break the bottle in the sight of the men who go with you,

«حِينَئِذٍ، سَتَكسِرُ الإبرِيقَ أمامَ الرِّجالِ الَّذِينَ يَذْهَبُونَ مَعَكَ.

11 a nd shall tell them, Yahweh of Armies says: Even so will I break this people and this city, as one breaks a potter’s vessel, that can’t be made whole again; and they shall bury in Topheth, until there is no place 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 hus will I do to this place, says Yahweh, and to its inhabitants, even making this city as Topheth:

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

13 a nd the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, which are defiled, shall be as the place of Topheth, even all the houses on whose roofs they have burned incense to all the army of the sky, and have poured out drink offerings 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 came Jeremiah from Topheth, where Yahweh had sent him to prophesy; and he stood in the court of Yahweh’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 Y ahweh of Armies, the God of Israel says, Behold, I will bring on this city and on all its towns all the evil that I have pronounced against it; because they have made their neck stiff, that they may not hear 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.›»