1 A t that time, an affirmation of Jehovah, They bring the bones of the kings of Judah, And the bones of its princes, And the bones of the priests, And the bones of the prophets, And the bones of inhabitants of Jerusalem, Out of their graves,

يَقُولُ اللهُ: «فِي ذَلِكَ اليَومِ، سَيُخرِجُونَ عِظامَ مُلُوكِ يَهُوذا وَعِظامَ رُؤَسائِهِ وَعِظامَ كَهَنَتِهِ وَعِظامَ أنبِيائِهِ وَعِظامَ سُكّانِ مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ مِنْ قُبُورِهِمْ.

2 A nd have spread them to sun, and to moon, And to all the host of the heavens, that they have loved, And that they have served, And that they have walked after, And that they have sought, And to which they have bowed themselves, They are not gathered, nor buried, They are for dung on the face of the ground.

سَيَنشُرُونَها تَحْتَ الشَّمسِ وَالقَمَرِ وَنُجُومِ السَّماءِ. فَهَذِهِ هِيَ الأجْرامُ السَّماوِيَّةُ الَّتِي يُحِبُّونَها وَيَعبُدُونَها وَيَطلُبُونَها وَيَسجُدُونَ لَها. وَلَنْ تُجمَعَ العِظامُ وَلَنْ تُدفَنَ، لَكِنَّها سَتَكُونُ كَالرَّوثِ عَلَى الأرْضِ.

3 A nd chosen is death rather than life By all the remnant who are left of this evil family, In all the remaining places, whither I have driven them, An affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts.

«سَأجعَلُ مَنْ بَقِيَ مِنهُمْ يُفَضِّلُ المَوتَ عَلَى الحَياةِ. هَؤُلاءِ الَّذِينَ سَيَبقُونَ مِنْ هَذِهِ القَبِيلَةِ الشِّرِّيرَةِ سَيَعِيشُونَ فِي الأماكِنِ الَّتِي سَأطرُدُهُمْ إلَيها،» يَقُولُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ. الخَطِيَّةُ وَالعِقاب

4 A nd thou hast said unto them: Thus said Jehovah, Do they fall, and not rise? Doth he turn back, and not return?

«وَأنتَ يا إرْمِيا قُلْ لَهُمْ: «هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ: عِندَما يَسقُطُ أُناسٌ، أفَلا يَقُومُونَ ثانِيَةً؟ وَإنِ انحَرَفَ شَخصٌ ما عَنْ طَرِيقِهِ، أفَلا يَعُودُ إلَيهِ؟

5 W herefore hath this people of Jerusalem Turned back -- a perpetual backsliding? They have kept hold on deceit, They have refused to turn back.

فَلِماذا يَستَمِرُّ هَذا الشَّعبُ فِي الابتِعادِ عَنِّي؟ وَلِماذا تَواصِلُ القُدسُ ارتِدادها عَنِّي؟ إنَّهُمْ يَتَمَسَّكُونَ بِالخِداعِ، وَيَرفُضُونَ التَّوبَةَ.

6 I have given attention, yea, I hearken, They do not speak right, No man hath repented of his wickedness, Saying, What have I done? Every one hath turned to his courses, As a horse is rushing into battle.

أصغَيتُ وَانتَظَرتُ، لَكِنْ لَمْ يَتَكَلَّمْ إلَيَّ أحَدٌ. لا يُوجَدُ مِنهُمْ مَنْ يَتُوبُ عَنْ شَرِّهِ وَيَقُولُ: ‹ماذا عَمِلتُ؟› إنَّهُمْ مُستَمِرُّونَ بِالسَّيرِ فِي طَرِيقِهِمْ، مِثلَ حِصانٍ يَتُوقُ إلَى مَعرَكَةٍ.

7 E ven a stork in the heavens hath known her seasons, And turtle, and swallow, and crane, Have watched the time of their coming, And -- My people have not known the judgment of Jehovah.

اللَّقلَقُ فِي السَّماءِ يَعرِفُ وَقتَهُ المُعَيَّنَ، وَاليَمامَةُ وَالسُّنُونَةُ تَحفَظانِ وَقْتَ مَجِيئِهِما، أمّا شَعبِي فَلا يَعرِفُ ما يُرِيدُهُ اللهُ.

8 H ow do ye say, We wise, And the law of Jehovah with us? Surely, lo, falsely it hath wrought, The false pen of scribes.

«كَيفَ تَقُولُونَ: ‹نَحنُ حُكَماءُ، وَلَدَينا شَرِيعَةُ اللهِ.› كَذَبَ الكَتَبَةُ بِأقلامِهِمْ.

9 A shamed have been the wise, They have been affrighted, and are captured, Lo, against a word of Jehovah they kicked, And the wisdom of what -- have they?

الحُكَماءُ ذُلُّوا وَارتَعَبُوا وَأُسِرُوا. رَفَضُوا تَعلِيمَ اللهِ ، فَكَيفَ إذاً يَدَّعُونَ بِأنَّهُمْ حُكَماءُ؟

10 T herefore, I give their wives to others, Their fields to dispossessors, For from the least even unto the greatest, Every one is gaining dishonest gain, From prophet even unto priest, every one is dealing falsely.

لِذَلِكَ سَأُعطِي نِساءَهُمْ لِرِجالٍ آخَرِينَ، وَسَأُعطِي حُقُولَهُمْ لِمالِكِينَ آخَرِينَ. لأنَّهُمْ مِنْ أفقَرِهِمْ إلَى أغناهُمْ، مالُوا إلَى الكَسبِ غَيرِ الشَّرِيفِ. مِنَ الأنبِياءِ إلَى الكَهَنَةِ، كُلُّهُمْ مُخادِعُونَ.

11 A nd they heal the breach of the daughter of my people slightly, Saying, Peace, peace! and there is no peace.

يُعالِجُونَ كَسرَ شَعبِي بِاستِخفافٍ، يَقُولُونَ: ‹سَلامٌ لَكُمْ، سَلامٌ لَكُمْ،› وَما مِنْ سَلامٍ.

12 T hey were ashamed when they did abomination! Yea, they are not at all ashamed, And blushing they have not known, Therefore, they do fall among falling ones, In the time of their inspection they stumble, said Jehovah.

فَهَلْ خَجِلُوا بِسَبِبِ أعمالِهِمُ النَّجِسَةِ؟ لَمْ يَخْجلُوا وَلَمْ يَعْرِفُوا الحياءَ. لِذَلِكَ سَيَسقُطُونَ مَعَ السّاقِطِينَ. فِي وَقتِ عِقابِي لَهُمْ سَيَتَعَثَّرُونَ،» يَقُولُ اللهُ.

13 I utterly consume them, an affirmation of Jehovah, There are no grapes in the vine, Yea, there are no figs in the fig-tree, And the leaf hath faded, And the strength they have passeth from them.

يَقُولُ اللهُ: «أنا سَأجمَعُ حَصادَهُمْ، فَلا يَعُودُ هُناكَ عِنَبٌ عَلَى الكَرمَةِ، وَلا تِينٌ عَلَى التِّينَةِ. سَتَذبُلُ الأوراقُ. وَما أعطَيتُهُمْ إيّاهُ سَيَزُولُ عَنهُمْ.

14 W herefore are we sitting still? Be gathered, and we go in to the fenced cities, And we are silent there, For Jehovah our God hath made us silent, Yea, He causeth us to drink water of gall, For we have sinned against Jehovah.

«فَيَقُولُونَ: ‹لِماذا نَحنُ جالِسُونَ هُنا؟ لِنَجتَمِعْ وَنَذهَبْ إلَى المُدُنِ المُحَصَّنَةِ، وَلْنَهلِكْ هُناكَ، لأنَّ إلَهَنا أصمَتَنا. جَعَلَنا نَشرَبُ ماءً مُرّاً، لأنَّنا أخطَأْنا نَحوَ اللهِ.

15 L ooking for peace -- and there is no good, For a time of healing, and lo, terror.

نَنتَظِرُ السَّلامَ، لَكِنْ لا يُوجَدُ خَيرٌ. نَشتاقُ إلَى الشِّفاءِ، فَإذا بِالرُّعبِ هُناكَ.

16 F rom Dan hath been heard the snorting of his horses, From the voice of the neighings of his mighty ones, Trembled hath all the land, And they come in and consume the land and its fulness, The city and the inhabitants in it.

مِنْ أرْضِ دانَ سَمِعْنا صَهِيلُ خُيُولِ العَدَوِّ. تَهتَزُّ أرْضُنا كُلُّها مِنْ ضَرَباتِ حَوافِرِها القَوِيَّةِ. أتَوْا وَأكَلُوا الأرْضَ وَكُلَّ ما فِيها، التَهَمُوا المَدِينَةَ وَالسّاكِنِينَ فِيها.›»

17 F or, lo, I am sending among you serpents, Vipers that have no charmer, And they have bitten you, an affirmation of Jehovah.

يَقُولُ اللهُ: «لأنِّي سَأُرسِلُ حَيّاتٍ بَينَهُمْ، وَأفاعِيَ لا تَطرُدُها تَعاوِيذُ السِّحْرِ. وَسَتَلدَغُهُمْ!» حُزنُ إرْمِيا عَلَى ما حَدَثَ لِشَعبِه

18 M y refreshing for me sorrow, For me my heart sick.

الحُزنُ يَغمُرُنِي، قَلبِي مَرِيضٌ.

19 L o, the voice of a cry of the daughter of my people from a land afar off, Is Jehovah not in Zion? is her king not in her? Wherefore have they provoked Me with their graven images, With the vanities of a foreigner?

أسمَعُ صَوتَ شَعبِيَ العَزِيزَ يَستَغِيثُ باكِياً مِنْ أرْضٍ بَعِيدَةٍ: «هَلِ اللهُ فِي صِهْيَوْنَ؟ هَلْ مَلِكُها فِيها؟» فَقالَ اللهُ: «لِماذا أغاظُونِي بِأصنامِهِمْ وَبِآلِهَةٍ غَرِيبَةٍ؟»

20 H arvest hath passed, summer hath ended, And we -- we have not been saved.

وَالشَّعْبُ يَقُولُ: «زَمَنُ الحَصادِ انتَهَى، وَالصَّيفُ انقَضَى، وَلَكِنَّنا لَمْ نُنقَذْ.»

21 F or a breach of the daughter of my people have I been broken, I have been black, astonishment hath seized me.

انسَحَقْتُ حُزناً بِسَبَبِ انسِحاقِ شَعبِيَ العَزِيزِ. أنا حَزِينٌ، وَقَدْ تَمَلَّكَنِي اليَأسُ.

22 I s there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? For wherefore hath not the health of the daughter of my people gone up?

ألا يُوجَدُ بَلَسانٌ فِي جِلعادَ؟ ألا يُوجَدُ فِيها طَبِيبٌ؟ فَلِماذا لَمْ يُشْفَ شَعبِيَ العَزِيزُ؟