إِرْمِيَا 15

١ 1 ثُمَّ قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ لِي: «وَإِنْ وَقَفَ مُوسَى وَصَمُوئِيلُ أَمَامِي لَا تَكُونُ نَفْسِي نَحْوَ هَذَا ٱلشَّعْبِ. اِطْرَحْهُمْ مِنْ أَمَامِي فَيَخْرُجُوا.

And the Lord said to me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before my face, my soul could not be toward them: dismiss this people, and let them go forth.

٢ 2 وَيَكُونُ إِذَا قَالُوا لَكَ: إِلَى أَيْنَ نَخْرُجُ؟ أَنَّكَ تَقُولُ لَهُمْ: هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: ٱلَّذِينَ لِلْمَوْتِ فَإِلَى ٱلْمَوْتِ، وَٱلَّذِينَ لِلسَّيْفِ فَإِلَى ٱلسَّيْفِ، وَٱلَّذِينَ لِلْجُوعِ فَإِلَى ٱلْجُوعِ، وَٱلَّذِينَ لِلسَّبْيِ فَإِلَى ٱلسَّبْيِ.

And it shall be, if they say to thee, Whither shall we go forth? then thou shalt say to them, Thus saith the Lord; As many as are for death, to death; and as many as are for famine, to famine; and as many as are for the sword, to the sword; and as many as are for captivity, to captivity.

٣ 3 وَأُوَكِّلُ عَلَيْهِمْ أَرْبَعَةَ أَنْوَاعٍ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ: ٱلسَّيْفَ لِلْقَتْلِ، وَٱلْكِلَابَ لِلسَّحْبِ، وَطُيُورَ ٱلسَّمَاءِ وَوُحُوشَ ٱلْأَرْضِ لِلْأَكْلِ وَٱلْإِهْلَاكِ.

And I will punish them with four kinds [of death], saith the Lord, the sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the wild beasts of the earth, and the birds of the sky to devour and destroy.

٤ 4 وَأَدْفَعُهُمْ لِلْقَلَقِ فِي كُلِّ مَمَالِكِ ٱلْأَرْضِ مِنْ أَجْلِ مَنَسَّى بْنِ حَزَقِيَّا مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا، مِنْ أَجْلِ مَا صَنَعَ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ.

And I will deliver them up for distress to all the kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasses son of Ezekias king of Juda, for all that he did in Jerusalem.

٥ 5 فَمَنْ يَشْفُقُ عَلَيْكِ يَا أُورُشَلِيمُ، وَمَنْ يُعَزِّيكِ، وَمَنْ يَمِيلُ لِيَسْأَلَ عَنْ سَلَامَتِكِ؟

Who will spare thee, O Jerusalem? and who will fear for thee? or who will turn back [to ask] for thy welfare?

٦ 6 أَنْتِ تَرَكْتِنِي، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ. إِلَى ٱلْوَرَاءِ سِرْتِ. فَأَمُدُّ يَدِي عَلَيْكِ وَأُهْلِكُكِ. مَلِلْتُ مِنَ ٱلنَّدَامَةِ.

Thou hast turned away from me, saith the Lord, thou wilt go back: therefore I will stretch out my hand, and will destroy thee, and will no more spare them.

٧ 7 وَأُذْرِيهِمْ بِمِذْرَاةٍ فِي أَبْوَابِ ٱلْأَرْضِ. أُثْكِلُ وَأُبِيدُ شَعْبِي. لَمْ يَرْجِعُوا عَنْ طُرُقِهِمْ.

And I will completely scatter them; in the gates of my people they are bereaved of children: they have destroyed my people because of their iniquities.

٨ 8 كَثُرَتْ لِي أَرَامِلُهُمْ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ رَمْلِ ٱلْبِحَارِ. جَلَبْتُ عَلَيْهِمْ، عَلَى أُمِّ ٱلشُّبَّانِ، نَاهِبًا فِي ٱلظَّهِيرَةِ. أَوْقَعْتُ عَلَيْهَا بَغْتَةً رَعْدَةً وَرُعُبَاتٍ.

Their widows have been multiplied more than the sand of the sea: I have brought young men against the mother, [even] distress at noon-day: I have suddenly cast upon her trembling and anxiety.

٩ 9 ذَبُلَتْ وَالِدَةُ ٱلسَّبْعَةِ. أَسْلَمَتْ نَفْسَهَا. غَرَبَتْ شَمْسُهَا إِذْ بَعْدُ نَهَارٌ. خَزِيَتْ وَخَجِلَتْ. أَمَّا بَقِيَّتُهُمْ فَلِلسَّيْفِ أَدْفَعُهَا أَمَامَ أَعْدَائِهِمْ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ».

She that bore seven is spent; her soul has fainted under trouble; her sun is gone down while it is yet noon; she is ashamed and disgraced: I will give the remnant of them to the sword before their enemies.

١٠ 10 وَيْلٌ لِي يَا أُمِّي لِأَنَّكِ وَلَدْتِنِي إِنْسَانَ خِصَامٍ وَإِنْسَانَ نِزَاعٍ لِكُلِّ ٱلْأَرْضِ. لَمْ أَقْرِضْ وَلَا أَقْرَضُونِي، وَكُلُّ وَاحِدٍ يَلْعَنُنِي.

Woe is me, [my] mother! thou hast born me as some man of strife, and at variance with the whole earth; I have not helped [others], nor has any one helped me; my strength has failed among them that curse me.

١١ 11 قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: «إِنِّي أَحُلُّكَ لِلْخَيْرِ. إِنِّي أَجْعَلُ ٱلْعَدُوَّ يَتَضَرَّعُ إِلَيْكَ فِي وَقْتِ ٱلشَّرِّ وَفِي وَقْتِ ٱلضِّيقِ.

Be it so, Lord, in their prosperity; surely I stood before thee in the time of their calamities, and in the time of their affliction, for [their] good against the enemy.

١٢ 12 «هَلْ يَكْسِرُ ٱلْحَدِيدُ ٱلْحَدِيدَ ٱلَّذِي مِنَ ٱلشِّمَالِ وَٱلنُّحَاسَ؟

Will iron be known? whereas thy strength is a brazen covering.

١٣ 13 ثَرْوَتُكَ وَخَزَائِنُكَ أَدْفَعُهَا لِلنَّهْبِ، لَا بِثَمَنٍ، بَلْ بِكُلِّ خَطَايَاكَ وَفِي كُلِّ تُخُومِكَ.

Yea, I will give thy treasures for a spoil as a recompence, because of all thy sins and [that] in all thy borders.

١٤ 14 وَأُعَبِّرُكَ مَعَ أَعْدَائِكَ فِي أَرْضٍ لَمْ تَعْرِفْهَا، لِأَنَّ نَارًا قَدْ أُشْعِلَتْ بِغَضَبِي تُوقَدُ عَلَيْكُمْ».

And I will enslave thee to thine enemies round about, in a land which thou hast not known; for a fire has been kindled out of my wrath; it shall burn upon you.

١٥ 15 أَنْتَ يَارَبُّ عَرَفْتَ. ٱذْكُرْنِي وَتَعَهَّدْنِي وَٱنْتَقِمْ لِي مِنْ مُضْطَهِدِيَّ. بِطُولِ أَنَاتِكَ لَا تَأْخُذْنِي. اِعْرِفِ ٱحْتِمَالِي ٱلْعَارَ لِأَجْلِكَ.

O Lord, remember me, and visit me, and vindicate me before them that persecute me; do not bear long with them; know how I have met with reproach for thy sake, from those who set at nought thy words;

١٦ 16 وُجِدَ كَلَامُكَ فَأَكَلْتُهُ، فَكَانَ كَلَامُكَ لِي لِلْفَرَحِ وَلِبَهْجَةِ قَلْبِي، لِأَنِّي دُعِيتُ بِٱسْمِكَ يَارَبُّ إِلَهَ ٱلْجُنُودِ.

consume them; and thy word shall be to me for the joy and gladness of my heart: for thy name has been called upon me, O Lord Almighty.

١٧ 17 لَمْ أَجْلِسْ فِي مَحْفَلِ ٱلْمَازِحِينَ مُبْتَهِجًا. مِنْ أَجْلِ يَدِكَ جَلَسْتُ وَحْدِي، لِأَنَّكَ قَدْ مَلَأْتَنِي غَضَبًا.

I have not sat in the assembly of them as they mocked, but I feared because of thy power: I sat alone, for I was filled with bitterness.

١٨ 18 لِمَاذَا كَانَ وَجَعِي دَائِمًا وَجُرْحِي عَدِيمَ ٱلشِّفَاءِ، يَأْبَى أَنْ يُشْفَى؟ أَتَكُونُ لِي مِثْلَ كَاذِبٍ، مِثْلَ مِيَاهٍ غَيْرِ دَائِمَةٍ؟

Why do they that grieve me prevail against me? my wound is severe; whence shall I be healed? it is indeed become to me as deceitful water, that has no faithfulness.

١٩ 19 لِذَلِكَ هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: «إِنْ رَجَعْتَ أُرَجِّعْكَ، فَتَقِفْ أَمَامِي. وَإِذَا أَخْرَجْتَ ٱلثَّمِينَ مِنَ ٱلْمَرْذُولِ فَمِثْلَ فَمِي تَكُونُ. هُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ إِلَيْكَ وَأَنْتَ لَا تَرْجِعُ إِلَيْهِمْ.

Therefore thus saith the Lord, If thou wilt return, then will I restore thee, and thou shalt stand before my face: and if thou wilt bring forth the precious from the worthless, thou shalt be as my mouth: and they shall return to thee; but thou shalt not return to them.

٢٠ 20 وَأَجْعَلُكَ لِهَذَا ٱلشَّعْبِ سُورَ نُحَاسٍ حَصِينًا، فَيُحَارِبُونَكَ وَلَا يَقْدِرُونَ عَلَيْكَ، لِأَنِّي مَعَكَ لِأُخَلِّصَكَ وَأُنْقِذَكَ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ.

And I will make thee to this people as a strong brazen wall; and they shall fight against thee, but they shall by no means prevail against thee;

٢١ 21 فَأُنْقِذُكَ مِنْ يَدِ ٱلْأَشْرَارِ وَأَفْدِيكَ مِنْ كَفِّ ٱلْعُتَاةِ».

for I am with thee to save thee, and to deliver thee out of the hand of wicked [men]; and I will ransom thee out of the hand of pestilent [men].