1 T he word that came to Jeremiah from Yahweh in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar.

هَذِهِ هِيَ الكَلِمَةُ الَّتِي جاءَتْ مِنَ اللهِ إلَى إرْمِيا فِي السَّنَةِ العاشِرَةِ لِمُلكِ صِدْقِيّا مَلِكِ يَهُوذا، وَهِيَ المُوافِقَةُ لِلسَّنَةِ الثّامِنَةَ عَشْرَةَ مِنْ مُلكِ نَبُوخَذْناصَّرَ.

2 N ow at that time the king of Babylon’s army was besieging Jerusalem; and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the guard, which was in the king of Judah’s house.

فِي ذَلِكَ اليَومِ، كانَ جَيشُ مَلِكِ بابِلَ يُحاصِرُ مَدينَةَ القُدْسِ، وَإرْمِيا النَّبِيّ مَسجُوناً فِي ساحَةِ السِّجنِ الَّذِي كانَ فِي بَيتِ مَلِكِ يَهُوذا.

3 F or Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, Why do you prophesy, and say, Yahweh says, Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it;

وَقَدْ حَدَثَ هَذا عِندَما سَجَنَهُ المَلِكُ صِدْقِيّا مَلِكُ يَهُوذا وَقالَ لَهُ: «لِماذا تَتَنَبَّأُ هَكَذا؟ فَأنتَ تَقُولُ: ‹هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ: سَأُسَلِّمُ هَذِهِ المَدِينَةَ لِيَدِ مَلِكِ بابِلَ حَتَّى يَمتَلِكَها،

4 a nd Zedekiah king of Judah shall not escape out of the hand of the Chaldeans, but shall surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and shall speak with him mouth to mouth, and his eyes shall see his eyes;

وَلَنْ يَنجُوَ المَلِكُ صِدْقِيّا مِنْ يَدِ البابِلِيِّينَ، لأنَّهُ سَيُسَلَّمُ لِيَدِ مَلِكِ بابِلَ، وَسَيَتَكَلَّمُ مَعَهُ وَجهاً لِوَجهٍ، وَسَيَنظُرُ إلَيهِ عَيناً لِعَينٍ.

5 a nd he shall bring Zedekiah to Babylon, and he shall be there until I visit him, says Yahweh: though you fight with the Chaldeans, you shall not prosper?

وَسَيأخُذُ نَبُوخَذْناصَّرُ صِدْقِيّا إلَى بابِلَ. وَسَيَبقَى هُناكَ حَتَّى يَمُوتَ، يَقُولُ اللهُ. فَإنْ حارَبتُمُ البابِلِيِّينَ، لَنْ تَنتَصِرُوا.›»

6 J eremiah said, Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,

وَقالَ إرْمِيا: «جاءَتْ إلَيَّ كَلِمَةُ اللهِ تَقُولُ:

7 B ehold, Hanamel the son of Shallum your uncle shall come to you, saying, Buy my field that is in Anathoth; for the right of redemption is yours to buy it.

‹سَيَأتِي إلَيكَ ابنُ عَمِّكَ حَنَمْئِيلُ بْنُ شَلُّومَ وَيَقُولُ: اشتَرِ حَقلِي الَّذِي فِي عَناثُوثَ، فَأنتَ لَكَ حَقُّ شِرائِهِ وَاسْتِردادِهِ.›»

8 S o Hanamel my uncle’s son came to me in the court of the guard according to Yahweh’s word, and said to me, Please buy my field that is in Anathoth, which is in the land of Benjamin; for the right of inheritance is yours, and the redemption is yours; buy it for yourself. Then I knew that this was Yahweh’s word.

فَجاءَ إلَيَّ حَنَمْئِيلُ ابنُ عَمِّي إلَى ساحَةِ السِّجنِ، كَما قالَ اللهُ ، وَقالَ لِي: «اشتَرِ حَقلِي الَّذِي فِي عَناثُوثَ فِي أرْضِ بَنْيامِيْنَ. فَأنتَ لَكَ حَقُّ امتِلاكِهِ وَاسْتِردادِهِ. فَاشتَرِهِ لِنَفسِكَ.» فَعَرَفتُ أنَّ الكَلِمَةَ كانَتْ مِنَ اللهِ.

9 I bought the field that was in Anathoth of Hanamel my uncle’s son, and weighed him the money, even seventeen shekels of silver.

فَاشتَرَيتُ الحَقلَ مِنْ حَنَمْئِيلَ، ابنُ عَمِّي، الَّذِي كانَ فِي عَناثُوثَ. وَدَفَعتُ ثَمَنَهُ سَبعَةَ عَشَرَ مِثْقالاً مِنَ الفِضَّةِ.

10 I subscribed the deed, and sealed it, and called witnesses, and weighed him the money in the balances.

وَكَتَبتُ الثَّمَنَ فِي الصَّكِّ وَخَتَمتُهُ. وَوَقَّعَ شُهُودٌ عَلَى الصَّكِّ، وَدَفَعتُ لَهُ المالَ.

11 S o I took the deed of the purchase, both that which was sealed, containing the terms and conditions, and that which was open;

ثُمَّ أخَذتُ صَكَّ البَيعِ، الَّذِي يَشمَلُ النُّسخَةَ المَختُومَةَ وَالمُحتَوِيَةَ لِلشُّرُوطِ، وَكَذَلِكَ النُّسخَةُ غَيرُ المَختُومَةِ،

12 a nd I delivered the deed of the purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, in the presence of Hanamel my uncle’s son, and in the presence of the witnesses who subscribed the deed of the purchase, before all the Jews who sat in the court of the guard.

وَأعطَيتُها لِبارُوخَ بْنِ نِيرِيّا بْنِ مَحْسِيّا أمامَ حَنَمئِيلَ ابنِ عَمِّي، وَبِحُضُورِ الشُّهُودِ الَّذِينَ وَقَّعُوا عَلَى صَكِّ البَيعِ، وَكُلِّ اليَهُودِ الجالِسِينَ فِي ساحَةِ السِّجنِ.

13 I commanded Baruch before them, saying,

وَأوْصَيْتُ بارُوخَ بِحُضُورِهِمْ فَقُلْتُ:

14 Y ahweh of Armies, the God of Israel says: Take these deeds, this deed of the purchase which is sealed, and this deed which is open, and put them in an earthen vessel; that they may continue many days.

«هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ، إلَهُ إسْرائِيلَ: ‹خُذْ صَكَّ الشِّراءِ هَذا، بِوَثِيقَتَيهِ المَختُومَةِ وَالمَفتُوحَةِ، وَضَعْهُ فِي وِعاءٍ مِنْ فُخّارٍ لِكَي يُحفَظا لِفَترَةٍ طَوِيلَةٍ.›

15 F or Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel says: Houses and fields and vineyards shall yet again be bought in this land.

لأنَّ هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ، إلَهُ إسْرائِيلَ: ‹سَتُشتَرَى البُيُوتُ وَالحُقُولُ وَالكُرُومُ بَعدُ فِي هَذِهِ الأرْضِ.›»

16 N ow after I had delivered the deed of the purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed to Yahweh, saying,

وَصَلَّيتُ إلَى اللهِ بَعدَ أنْ أعطَيتُ صَكَّ الشِّراءِ لِبارُوخَ بْنِ نِيرِيّا، فَقُلْتُ:

17 A h Lord Yahweh! Behold, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm; there is nothing too hard for you,

«أيُّها الرَّبُّ الإلَهُ. أنتَ قَدْ صَنَعتَ السَّماواتِ وَالأرْضَ بِقُوَّتِكَ العَظِيمَةِ وَيَمينُكَ المَمدُودَةِ. لا يَصْعُبُ عَلَيكَ أمْرٌ.

18 w ho show loving kindness to thousands, and recompense the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them; the great, the mighty God, Yahweh of Armies is his name;

تَصنَعُ الإحسانَ لإلُوفِ الأجْيالِ، لَكِنَّكَ تُجازِي الأحفادَ عَلَى إثمِ الآباءِ. أنتَ الإلَهُ العَظِيمُ الجَبّارُ، وَاسمُكَ يهوه القَدِيرُ.

19 g reat in counsel, and mighty in work; whose eyes are open to all the ways of the sons of men, to give everyone according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings:

عَظيمٌ فِي المَشُورَةِ، وَجَبّارٌ فِي كُلِّ ما تَعمَلُ. أنتَ بِعَينَيكَ تُراقِبُ أعمالَ البَشَرِ لِكَي تُعطِي كُلَّ واحِدٍ بِحَسَبِ طُرُقِهِ وَأعمالِهِ.

20 w ho performed signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, even to this day, both in Israel and among other men; and made yourself a name, as it is today;

أنتَ مَنْ عَمِلَ الآياتِ وَالعَجائِبَ فِي أرْضِ مِصرَ الَّتِي لَمْ يَأتِ مِثلُها حَتَّى يَومِنا هَذا، لا فِي إسْرائِيلَ وَلا فِي أيِّ شَعبٍ آخَرَ. صَنَعْتَ لِنَفسِكَ اسْماً يُهابُ إلَى هَذا اليَومِ.

21 a nd brought your people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs, and with wonders, and with a strong hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with great terror;

أخرَجتَ شَعبَكَ إسْرائِيلَ مِنْ أرْضِ مِصرَ بِآياتٍ وَعَجائِبَ، بِيَدٍ قَوِيَّةٍ، وَذِراعٍ مَمدُودَةٍ، وَمَهابَةٍ عَظِيمَةٍ.

22 a nd gave them this land, which you swore to their fathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey;

«وَأعطَيتَهُمْ هَذِهِ الأرْضَ الَّتِي أقسَمتَ بِأنَّكَ سَتُعطِيها لآبائِهِمْ، أرْضاً تَفيضُ لَبناً وَعَسَلاً.

23 a nd they came in, and possessed it, but they didn’t obey your voice, neither walked in your law; they have done nothing of all that you commanded them to do: therefore you have caused all this evil to come upon them.

وَأتَوْا وَامتَلَكُوها. لَكِنَّهُمْ لَمْ يُطِيعُوكَ، وَلا تَبِعُوا شَرِيعَتَكَ. وَلَمْ يَعمَلُوا بِكُلِّ ما أوصَيتَهُمْ. فَجَلَبتَ عَلَيهِمْ كُلَّ هَذِهِ المُعاناةِ.

24 B ehold, the mounds, they have come to the city to take it; and the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans who fight against it, because of the sword, and of the famine, and of the pestilence; and what you have spoken has happened; and behold, you see it.

«وَضَعَ البابِلِيُّونَ حَواجِزَ تُرابِيَّةً لحِصارِ المَدِينَةِ وَالاستيلاءِ عَلَيها. وَاستَسلَمَتِ المَدِينَةُ لِيَدِ البابِلِيِّينَ الَّذِينَ يُحارِبُونَها، بِسَبَبِ الحَربِ وَالمَجاعَةِ وَالأمراضِ. ما تَكَلَّمْتَ عَنْهُ قَدْ حَدَثَ، وَها أنتَ تَراهُ.

25 Y ou have said to me, Lord Yahweh, Buy the field for money, and call witnesses; whereas the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.

«وَأنتَ، أيُّها الرَّبُّ الإلَهُ ، قُلتَ لِي: ‹اشتَرِ الحَقلَ لِنَفسِكَ بِفِضَّةٍ أمامَ شُهُودٍ.› وَمَعَ هَذا، سَتُسَلَّمُ المَدِينَةُ لِيَدِ البابِلِيِّينَ.»

26 T hen Yahweh’s word came to Jeremiah, saying,

وَجاءَتْ كَلِمَةُ اللهِ إلَى إرْمِيا:

27 B ehold, I am Yahweh, the God of all flesh: is there anything too hard for me?

«أنا اللهُ ، إلَهُ كُلِّ شَيءٍ حَيٍّ. هَلْ هُناكَ شَيءٌ يَصعُبُ عَلَيَّ؟

28 T herefore Yahweh says: Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the Chaldeans, and into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he shall take it:

لِذَلِكَ هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ: ‹سَأُسَلِّمُ هَذِهِ المَدِينَةَ لِيَدِ البابِلِيِّينَ وَلِيَدِ نَبُوخَذْناصَّرَ مَلِكِ بابِلَ لِيَفتَحَها.

29 a nd the Chaldeans, who fight against this city, shall come and set this city on fire, and burn it, with the houses, on whose roofs they have offered incense to Baal, and poured out drink offerings to other gods, to provoke me to anger.

سَيَأتِي البابِلِيُّونَ الَّذِينَ يُحارِبُونَ هَذِهِ المَدِينَةَ، وَيَحرِقُونَ هَذِهِ المَدِينَةَ بِالنّارِ. سَيَحرِقُونَها وَيَحرِقُونَ البُيُوتَ الَّتِي بَخَّرَ النّاسُ عَلَى سُطُوحِها لِلبَعلِ، وَقَدَّمُوا تَقدِماتٍ سائِلَةً لآلِهَةٍ أُخْرَى، مِمّا أدَّى إلَى غَضَبِي.

30 F or the children of Israel and the children of Judah have done only that which was evil in my sight from their youth; for the children of Israel have only provoked me to anger with the work of their hands, says Yahweh.

سَأفعَلُ هَذا لأنَّ بَني إسْرائِيلَ وَيَهُوذا كانوا يَصنَعَونَ الشَّرَّ أمامِي مُنذُ صِباهُمْ. وَلأنَّ بَني إسْرائِيلَ كانُوا يُغِيظُونَنِي بِما يَعمَلُونَهُ،› يَقُولُ اللهُ.

31 F or this city has been to me a provocation of my anger and of my wrath from the day that they built it even to this day; that I should remove it from before my face,

‹لأنِّي غَضِبتُ جِدّاً عَلَى هَذِهِ المَدِينَةِ، مُنذُ يَومِ بِنائِها إلَى هَذا اليَومِ، حَتَّى إنَّنِي سأُزيلُها مِنْ أمامِي

32 b ecause of all the evil of the children of Israel and of the children of Judah, which they have done to provoke me to anger, they, their kings, their princes, their priests, and their prophets, and the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

بِسَبَبِ الشَّرِّ الَّذِي عَمِلَهُ بَنو إسْرائِيلَ وَبَنُو يَهُوذا لِيُثِيرُوا غَضَبِي – هُمْ وَمُلُوكُهُمْ وَرُؤَساؤُهُمْ وَأنبِياؤُهُمْ وَرِجالُ يَهُوذا وَسُكّانُ القُدْسِ.

33 T hey have turned to me the back, and not the face: and though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not listened to receive instruction.

«أدارُوا ظُهُورَهُمْ لِي لا وُجُوهَهُمْ. وَمَعَ أنَّنِي عَلَّمتُهُمْ يَوماً بَعدَ يَومٍ، فَلَمْ يَستَمِعُوا إلَيَّ وَلَمْ يَقبَلُوا تَعلِيمِي.

34 B ut they set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to defile it.

وَضَعُوا أصنامَهُمُ الكَريهَةَ فِي البَيتِ الَّذِي يَحمِلُ اسْمِي، فَنَجَّسُوهُ.

35 T hey built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through fire to Molech; which I didn’t command them, neither did it come into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.

بَنُوا مُرتَفَعاتٍ لِلبَعلِ فِي وادِي ابنِ هِنُّومَ، لِيُقَدِّمُوا أبناءَهُمْ وَبَناتِهُمْ قَرابِينَ لِلإلَهِ مُولَكَ. وَأنا لَمْ آمُرْهُمْ بِهَذا، وَلا فَكَّرتُ بِهِ. وَبِعَمَلِهِمْ هَذا، جَعَلُوا يَهُوذا يُخطِئُ.

36 N ow therefore Yahweh, the God of Israel, says concerning this city, about which you say, It is given into the hand of the king of Babylon by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence:

«وَلِذَلِكَ هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ ، إلَهُ إسْرائِيلَ، لِهَذِهِ المَدِينَةِ، الَّتِي تَقُولُونَ عَنها بِأنَّها أُسلِمَتْ لِيَدِ مَلِكِ بابِلَ بِالحَربِ وَالمَجاعَةِ وَالوَباءِ:

37 B ehold, I will gather them out of all the countries, where I have driven them in my anger, and in my wrath, and in great indignation; and I will bring them again to this place, and I will cause them to dwell safely:

«سَأجمَعُهُمْ مِنَ الأراضِي الَّتِي طَرَدتُهُمْ إلَيها بِغَضَبِي وَسَخَطِي وَغَيظِيَ الشَّدِيدِ. سَأُرجِعُهُمْ إلَى هَذا المَكانِ، وَسَأُسكِنُهُمْ بِأمانٍ.

38 a nd they shall be my people, and I will be their God:

سَيَكُونُونَ شَعبِي، وَأنا سَأكُونُ إلَهَهُمْ.

39 a nd I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me forever, for their good, and of their children after them:

وَسَأُعطِيهُمْ قَلباً واحِداً وَطَرِيقاً واحِداً لِكَي يَخافُونِي دائِماً لأجلِ خَيرِهِمْ وَخَيْرِ نَسلِهِمْ.

40 a nd I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from following them, to do them good; and I will put my fear in their hearts, that they may not depart from me.

«قَطَعْتُ عَهداً أبَدِيّاً مَعَهُمْ لَنْ أحِيدَ عَنهُ أبَداً: أنْ أعمَلَ خَيراً لَهُمْ وَبِأنْ أضَعَ فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ مَهابَتِي، حَتَّى لا يَحِيدُوا عَنِّي.

41 Y es, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul.

سَأفْرَحُ بِالإحسانِ إلَيهِمْ. وَسَأغرِسُهُمْ فِي هَذِهِ الارْضِ بِأمانَةٍ، بِكُلِّ قَلبِي وَكُلِّ نَفسِي.»

42 F or Yahweh says: Like as I have brought all this great evil on this people, so will I bring on them all the good that I have promised them.

لأنَّ هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ: «كَما جَلَبتُ هَذِهِ المُعاناةَ العَظِيمَةَ عَلَى هَذا الشَّعبِ، هَكَذا سَأجلِبُ عَلَيهِمِ الخَيرَ الَّذِي وَعَدتُهُمْ بِهِ.

43 F ields shall be bought in this land, about which you say, It is desolate, without man or animal; it is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.

حِينَئِذٍ، سَتُشتَرَى الحُقُولُ فِي هَذِهِ الأرْضِ الَّتِي تَقُولُونَ إنَّها خَرِبَةٌ وَلا يَسكُنُها إنسانٌ أوْ حَيوانٌ، وَقَدْ أُسلِمَتْ لِيَدِ البابِلِيِّينَ.

44 M en shall buy fields for money, and subscribe the deeds, and seal them, and call witnesses, in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in the cities of the hill country, and in the cities of the lowland, and in the cities of the South: for I will cause their captivity to return, says Yahweh.

سَيَشتَرُونَ الحُقُولَ بِفِضَّةٍ، وَسَيَكتُبُونَ صُكُوكاً يَختِمُونَها وَيُشهِدُونَ آخَرِينَ عَلَيها فِي أرْضِ بَنْيامِيْنَ وَالمَناطِقِ المُحِيطَةِ بِالقُدْسِ وَفِي مُدُنِ يَهُوذا وَمُدُنِ المَناطِقِ الجَبَلِيَّةِ وَفِي مُدُنِ التِّلالِ الغَربِيَّةِ وَفِي مُدُنِ النَّقَبِ. سَيَحدُثُ ذَلِكَ لأنِّي سَأُرجِعُ ما أُخِذَ مِنهُمْ.» يَقُولُ اللهُ.