1 T hus said Jehovah, `Go, and thou hast got a potter's earthen vessel, and 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 thou hast gone forth unto the valley of the son of Hinnom, that at the opening of the gate of the pottery, and hast proclaimed there the words that I speak unto thee,

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

3 a nd hast said, Hear a word of Jehovah, ye kings of Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem, Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel: `Lo, I am bringing in evil on this place, at which the ears of every one who is hearing it do 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 that they have forsaken Me, and make known this place, and make perfume in it to other gods, that they knew not, they and their fathers, and the kings of Judah, and they have filled this place innocent blood,

«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 with fire, burnt-offerings to Baal, that I commanded not, nor spake of, nor did it come up on My heart.

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

6 ` Therefore, lo, days are coming -- an affirmation of Jehovah -- and this place is not called any more, Tophet, and Valley of the son of Hinnom, but, Valley of slaughter.

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

7 A nd I have made void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place, and have caused them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hand of those seeking their life, and I have given their carcase for food to the fowl of the heavens, and to the beast 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 a nd I have made this city for a desolation, and for a hissing, every passer by it is astonished, and doth hiss for all its plagues.

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

9 A nd I have caused them to eat the flesh of their sons, and the flesh of their daughters, and each the flesh of his friend they do eat, in the siege and in the straitness with which straiten them do their enemies, and those seeking their life.

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

10 ` And thou hast broken the bottle before the eyes of the men who are going with thee,

«حِينَئِذٍ، سَتَكسِرُ الإبرِيقَ أمامَ الرِّجالِ الَّذِينَ يَذْهَبُونَ مَعَكَ.

11 a nd hast said unto them: Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, Thus do I break this people and this city, as one breaketh the potter's vessel, that is not able to be repaired again, and in Tophet they bury -- without 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 s o I do to this place -- an affirmation of Jehovah -- and to its inhabitants, so as to make this city as Tophet;

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, have been -- as the place of Tophet -- defiled, even all the houses on whose roofs they have made perfume to all the host of the heavens, so as to pour out oblations 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 A nd Jeremiah cometh in from Tophet, whither Jehovah had sent him to prophesy, and he standeth in the court of the house of Jehovah, and he saith unto all the people:

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

15 ` Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel: Lo, I am bringing in unto this city, and on all its cities, all the evil that I have spoken against it, for they have hardened their neck -- not to 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.›»