1 I n the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah, hath this word been from Jehovah, saying:

فِي بِدايَةِ حُكمِ يَهُوياقِيمَ بْنِ يُوشِيّا مَلِكِ يَهُوذا، جاءَتْ كَلِمَةُ اللهِ إلَيَّ.

2 ` Thus said Jehovah, Stand thou in the court of the house of Jehovah, and thou hast spoken unto all the cities of Judah who are coming in to bow themselves in the house of Jehovah, all the words that I have commanded thee to speak unto them, thou dost not diminish a word.

هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ: «قِفْ فِي ساحَةِ بَيتِ اللهِ ، وَتَكَلَّمْ إلَى سُكّانِ مُدُنِ يَهُوذا القَادِمِينَ لِيَسجُدُوا فِي بَيتِ اللهِ. تَكَلَّمْ إلَيْهِمْ بِكُلِّ الكَلامِ الَّذِي أوصَيتُكَ بِأنْ تَقُولَهُ لَهُمْ، وَلا تُنقِصْ كَلِمَةً مِنهُ.

3 I f so be they hearken, and turn back each from his evil way, then I have repented concerning the evil that I am thinking of doing to them, because of the evil of their doings.

فَرُبَّما يَسمَعُونَ، وَيَتُوبُونَ عَنْ طَرِيقِهِمُ الشِّرِّيرِ. حينَئِذٍ، سَأتَراجَعُ عَنِ الدَّمارِ الَّذِي كُنْتُ سَأُنِزِلُهُ بِهِمْ بِسَبَبِ شَرِّ أعمالِهِمْ.

4 ` And thou hast said unto them: Thus said Jehovah, If ye do not hearken unto Me, to walk in My law, that I set before you,

«قُلْ لَهُمْ، هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ: ‹إنْ لَمْ تَسمَعُوا لِي وَتَسلُكُوا بِحَسَبِ شَرِيعَتِي الَّتِي وَضَعتُها أمامَكُمْ،

5 T o hearken to the words of My servants the prophets, whom I am sending unto you, yea, rising early and sending, and ye have not hearkened,

لِتَستَمِعُوا إلَى كَلامِ خُدّامِي الأنبِياءِ، الَّذِينَ أرسَلتُهُمْ إلَيكُمْ بِإلحاحٍ، فَلَمْ تَستَمِعُوا لَهُمْ –

6 T hen I have given up this house as Shiloh, and this city I give up for a reviling to all nations of the earth.'

فَإنِّي سَأجعَلُ هَذا الهَيكَلَ كَشِيلُوهَ. وَسَأُحَوِّلُ هَذِهِ المَدِينَةَ إلَى لَعنَةٍ لِكُلِّ أُمَمِ الأرْضِ.›»

7 A nd the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, hear Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of Jehovah,

فَسَمِعَ الكَهَنَةُ وَالأنبِياءُ وَكُلُّ الشَّعبِ إرمِيا وَهُوَ يَتَكَلَّمُ بِهَذا الكَلامِ فِي بَيتِ اللهِ.

8 A nd it cometh to pass, at the completion of Jeremiah's speaking all that Jehovah hath commanded him to speak unto all the people, that the priests, and the prophets, and all the people catch him, saying, Thou dost surely die,

وَعِندَما أنهَى إرمِيا كَلامَهُ عَنْ كُلِّ شَيءٍ أمَرَهُ اللهُ بِقَولِهِ لِكُلِّ الشَّعبِ، قَبَضَ الكَهَنَةُ وَالأنبِياءُ وَكُلُّ الشَّعبِ عَلَيهِ، وَقالُوا لَهُ: «يَنْبَغِي أنْ تَمُوتَ.

9 W herefore hast thou prophesied in the name of Jehovah, saying, `As Shiloh this house shall be, and this city is wasted, without inhabitant?' and all the people are assembled unto Jeremiah in the house of Jehovah.

فَلِماذا تَتَنَبَّأُ بِاسْمِ اللهِ وَتَقُولُ: ‹هَذا البَيتُ سَيَكُونُ مِثلَ شِيلُوهَ، وَسُكّانُ هَذِهِ المَدِينَةِ سَيَفنُونَ؟›» وَاجتَمَعَ كُلُّ الشَّعبِ حَولَ إرمِيا فِي هَيْكَلِ اللهِ.

10 A nd the heads of Judah hear these things, and they go up from the house of the king the house of Jehovah, and sit in the opening of the new gate of Jehovah.

وَسَمِعَ رُؤَساءُ يَهُوذا هَذا الكَلامَ، فَصَعِدُوا مِنَ القَصرِ إلَى بَيتِ اللهِ وَجَلَسُوا فِي مَدخَلِ البَوّابَةِ الجَدِيدَةِ فِي بَيتِ اللهِ.

11 A nd the priests and the prophets speak unto the heads, and unto all the people, saying, `Judgment of death for this man, for he hath prophesied against this city, as ye have heard with your ears.'

فَقالَ الكَهَنَةُ وَالأنبِياءُ لِلرُّؤَساءِ وَكُلِّ الشَّعبِ: «يَنْبَغِي أنْ يُحكَمَ عَلَى هَذا الرَّجُلِ بِالمَوْتِ لأنَّهُ تَنَبَّأ ضِدَّ هَذِهِ المَدِينَةِ كَما سَمِعْتُمْ بِآذانِكُمْ.»

12 A nd Jeremiah speaketh unto all the heads, and unto all the people, saying, `Jehovah sent me to prophesy concerning this house, and concerning this city, all the words that ye have heard;

فَقالَ إرمِيا لِكُلِّ الرُّؤَساءِ وَلِكُلِّ الشَّعبِ: «أرسَلَنِي اللهُ لأتَنَبَّأ عَلَى هَذا البَيتِ وَعَلَى هَذِهِ المَدِينَةِ بِكُلَّ الكَلامِ الَّذِي سَمِعْتُمُوهُ.

13 A nd now, amend your ways, and your doings, and hearken to the voice of Jehovah your God, and Jehovah doth repent concerning the evil that He hath spoken against you.

وَالآنَ، أصلِحُوا طُرُقَكُمْ وَأعمالَكُمْ وَأطِيعُوا صَوتَ إلَهِكُمْ. حِينَئِذٍ، يَتَراجَعُ اللهُ عَنِ الدَّمارِ الَّذِي كانَ سَيُنِزِلُهُ بِكُمْ.

14 ` And I, lo, I in your hand, do to me as is good and as is right in your eyes;

أمّا أنا فَفِي أيدِيكُمْ. افعَلُوا بِي ما يَحسُنُ فِي عُيُونِكُمْ.

15 O nly, know ye certainly, that if ye are putting me to death, surely innocent blood ye are putting on yourselves, and on this city, and on its inhabitants; for truly hath Jehovah sent me unto you to speak in your ears all these words.'

وَلَكِنْ يَنْبَغِي أنْ تَعلَمُوا بِأنَّكُمْ إنْ قَتَلتُمُونِي، فَإنَّكُمْ تَضَعُونَ ذَنبَ دَمٍ بَرِيءٍ عَلَيكُمْ وَعَلَى هَذِهِ المَدِينَةِ وَعَلَى سُكّانِها. لأنَّ اللهَ قَدْ أرسَلَنِي إلَيكُمْ لأتَكَلَّمَ بِهَذا الكَلامِ فِي مَسامِعِكُمْ.»

16 A nd the heads and all the people say unto the priests and unto the prophets, `There is not for this man a judgment of death, for in the name of Jehovah our God he hath spoken unto us.'

فَقالَ الرُّؤَساءُ وَكُلُّ الشَّعبِ لِلكَهَنَةِ وَالأنبِياءِ: «لا يَنْبَغِي أنْ يُحكَمَ عَلَى هَذا الرَّجُلِ بِالمَوْتِ، لأنَّهُ تَكَلَّمَ إلَينا بِاسْمِ إلَهِنا.»

17 A nd certain of the elders of the land rise up, and speak unto all the assembly of the people, saying,

وَوَقَفَ رِجالٌ مِنْ شُيُوخِ الأرْضِ وَقالُوا لِكُلِّ جَماعَةِ الشَّعبِ:

18 ` Micah the Morashtite hath been prophesying in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and he saith unto all the people of Judah, saying: Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Zion is a plowed field, and Jerusalem is heaps, And the mountain of the house is for high places of a forest.

«كانَ مِيخا المُورِشتِيُّ يَتَنَبَّأُ فِي أيّامِ حَزَقِيّا، مَلِكِ يَهُوذا، وَقالَ لِبَنِي يَهُوذا: ‹هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ: ‹سَتَكُونُ صِهْيَوْنُ حَقلاً مَحرُوثاً، وَالقُدسُ كَومَةَ خَرابٍ، وَجَبَلُ الهَيكَلِ تَلَّةً تَنبُتُ فِيها الشُّجَيراتُ.›

19 ` Put him at all to death did Hezekiah king of Judah, and all Judah? Did he not fear Jehovah? yea, he appeaseth the face of Jehovah, and Jehovah repenteth concerning the evil that He spake against them; and we are doing great evil against our souls.

فَهَلْ قَتَلَهُ حَزَقِيّا مَلِكُ يَهُوذا، أوْ بَنُو يَهُوذا؟ ألَمْ يَخَفْ حَزَقِيّا اللهَ وَطَلَبَ رَحمَةَ اللهِ ؟ ألَمْ يَتَراجَعِ اللهُ عَنِ الدَّمارِ الَّذِي كانَ سَيُنِزِلُهُ بِهِمْ؟ أمّا نَحنُ، فَنُوشِكُ أنْ نَأتِيَ بِكارِثَةٍ عَلَى أنفُسِنا.»

20 ` And also there hath been a man prophesying in the name of Jehovah, Urijah son of Shemaiah, of Kirjath-Jearim, and he prophesieth against this city, and against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah,

وَكانَ هُناكَ رَجُلٌ آخَرُ تَنَبَّأ بِاسْمِ اللهِ ، اسْمُهُ أُورِيّا بْنُ شِمْعِيا مِنْ قِرْياتِ يَعارِيمَ. وَقَدْ تَنَبَّأ ضِدَّ هَذِهِ المَدِينَةِ وَهَذِهِ الأرْضِ وَقالَ ما قالَهُ إرْمِيا.

21 A nd the king Jehoiakim, and all his mighty ones, and all the heads, hear his words, and the king seeketh to put him to death, and Urijah heareth, and feareth, and fleeth, and goeth in to Egypt.

وَقَدْ سَمِعَهُ المَلِكُ يَهُوياقِيمُ وَكُلُّ جُنُودِهِ وَكُلُّ رُؤَسائِهِ، وَسَعَى المَلِكُ لِقَتلِهِ. فَسَمِعَ أُورِيّا هَذا الأمرَ، فَخافَ وَهَرَبَ إلَى مِصرَ.

22 A nd the king Jehoiakim sendeth men to Egypt -- Elnathan son of Achbor, and men with him unto Egypt --

فَأرسَلَ المَلِكُ يَهُوياقِيمُ ألْناثانَ بْنَ عَكْبُورَ وَمَعَهُ بَعضُ الرِّجالِ إلَى مِصرَ.

23 A nd they bring out Urijah from Egypt, and bring him in unto the king Jehoiakim, and he smiteth him with a sword, and casteth his corpse unto the graves of the sons of the people.'

فَأحضَرُوا أُورِّيا مِنْ مِصْرَ إلَى المَلِكِ يَهُوياقِيمَ. فَقَطَعَ رَأسَهُ بِالسَّيفِ وَطَرَحَ جُثَّتَهُ إلَى مَقبَرَةِ العامَّةِ.»

24 O nly, the hand of Ahikam son of Shaphan hath been with Jeremiah so as not to give him up into the hand of the people to put him to death.

أمّا أخِيقامُ بْنُ شافانَ فَحَمَى إرْمِيا، وَحالَ دُونَ تَسلِيمِ إرْمِيا لِقادَةِ الشَّعبِ لِيَقتُلُوهُ.