إِرْمِيَا 21

١ 1 اَلْكَلَامُ ٱلَّذِي صَارَ إِلَى إِرْمِيَا مِنْ قِبَلِ ٱلرَّبِّ، حِينَ أَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِ ٱلْمَلِكُ صِدْقِيَّا فَشْحُورَ بْنَ مَلْكِيَّا وَصَفَنْيَا بْنَ مَعْسِيَّا ٱلْكَاهِنَ قَائِلًا:

The word which came to Jeremiah from YHWH, when king Zedekiah sent to him Pashhur the son of Malchijah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, saying,

٢ 2 «ٱسْأَلِ ٱلرَّبَّ مِنْ أَجْلِنَا، لِأَنَّ نَبُوخَذْراَصَّرَ مَلِكَ بَابِلَ يُحَارِبُنَا. لَعَلَّ ٱلرَّبَّ يَصْنَعُ مَعَنَا حَسَبَ كُلِّ عَجَائِبِهِ فَيَصْعَدَ عَنَّا».

"Please inquire of YHWH for us; for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon makes war against us: perhaps YHWH will deal with us according to all his wondrous works, that he may go up from us."

٣ 3 فَقَالَ لَهُمَا إِرْمِيَا: «هَكَذَا تَقُولَانِ لِصِدْقِيَّا:

Then Jeremiah said to them, "You shall tell Zedekiah:

٤ 4 هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: هَأَنَذَا أَرُدُّ أَدَوَاتِ ٱلْحَرْبِ ٱلَّتِي بِيَدِكُمُ ٱلَّتِي أَنْتُمْ مُحَارِبُونَ بِهَا مَلِكَ بَابِلَ وَٱلْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ ٱلَّذِينَ يُحَاصِرُونَكُمْ خَارِجَ ٱلسُّورِ، وَأَجْمَعُهُمْ فِي وَسْطِ هَذِهِ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ.

'Thus says YHWH, the God of Israel, "Look, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, with which you fight against the king of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans who besiege you, without the walls; and I will gather them into the midst of this city.

٥ 5 وَأَنَا أُحَارِبُكُمْ بِيَدٍ مَمْدُودَةٍ وَبِذِرَاعٍ شَدِيدَةٍ، وَبِغَضَبٍ وَحُمُوٍّ وَغَيْظٍ عَظِيمٍ.

I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation.

٦ 6 وَأَضْرِبُ سُكَّانَ هَذِهِ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ، ٱلنَّاسَ وَٱلْبَهَائِمَ مَعًا. بِوَبَإٍ عَظِيمٍ يَمُوتُونَ.

I will strike the inhabitants of this city, both man and animal: they shall die of a great pestilence.

٧ 7 ثُمَّ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: أَدْفَعُ صِدْقِيَّا مَلِكَ يَهُوذَا وَعَبِيدَهُ وَٱلشَّعْبَ وَٱلْبَاقِينَ فِي هَذِهِ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ مِنَ ٱلْوَبَإِ وَٱلسَّيْفِ وَٱلْجُوعِ لِيَدِ نَبُوخَذْرَاصَّرَ مَلِكِ بَابِلَ وَلِيَدِ أَعْدَائِهِمْ وَلِيَدِ طَالِبِي نُفُوسِهِمْ، فَيَضْرِبُهُمْ بِحَدِّ ٱلسَّيْفِ. لَا يَتَرَأَّفُ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا يَشْفُقُ وَلَا يَرْحَمُ».

Afterward," says YHWH, "I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, even such as are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those who seek their life: and he shall strike them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare them, neither have pity, nor have mercy."'

٨ 8 «وَتَقُولُ لِهَذَا ٱلشَّعْبِ: هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: هَأَنَذَا أَجْعَلُ أَمَامَكُمْ طَرِيقَ ٱلْحَيَاةِ وَطَرِيقَ ٱلْمَوْتِ.

To this people you shall say, "Thus says YHWH: 'Look, I set before you the way of life and the way of death.

٩ 9 ٱلَّذِي يُقِيمُ فِي هَذِهِ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ يَمُوتُ بِٱلسَّيْفِ وَٱلْجُوعِ وَٱلْوَبَإِ. وَٱلَّذِي يَخْرُجُ وَيَسْقُطُ إِلَى ٱلْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ ٱلَّذِينَ يُحَاصِرُونَكُمْ يَحْيَا وَتَصِيرُ نَفْسُهُ لَهُ غَنِيمَةً.

He who remains in this city shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence; but he who goes out, and passes over to the Chaldeans who besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be to him for a prey.

١٠ 10 لِأَنِّي قَدْ جَعَلْتُ وَجْهِي عَلَى هَذِهِ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ لِلشَّرِّ لَا لِلْخَيْرِ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ. لِيَدِ مَلِكِ بَابِلَ تُدْفَعُ فَيُحْرِقُهَا بِٱلنَّارِ.

For I have set my face on this city for evil, and not for good,' says YHWH: 'it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.'

١١ 11 «وَلِبَيْتِ مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا تَقُولُ: ٱسْمَعُوا كَلِمَةَ ٱلرَّبِّ

Touching the house of the king of Judah, hear the word of YHWH:

١٢ 12 يَا بَيْتَ دَاوُدَ، هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: ٱقْضُوا فِي ٱلصَّبَاحِ عَدْلًا، وَأَنْقِذُوا ٱلْمَغْصُوبَ مِنْ يَدِ ٱلظَّالِمِ، لِئَلَّا يَخْرُجَ كَنَارٍ غَضَبِي فَيُحْرِقَ وَلَيْسَ مَنْ يُطْفِئُ، مِنْ أَجْلِ شَرِّ أَعْمَالِكُمْ،

'House of David, thus says YHWH, "Execute justice in the morning, and deliver him who is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my wrath go forth like fire, and burn so that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.

١٣ 13 هَأَنَذَا ضِدُّكِ يَا سَاكِنَةَ ٱلْعُمْقِ، صَخْرَةَ ٱلسَّهْلِ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ. ٱلَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ: مَنْ يَنْزِلُ عَلَيْنَا وَمَنْ يَدْخُلُ إِلَى مَنَازِلِنَا؟

Look, I am against you, O inhabitant of the valley, and of the rock of the plain," says YHWH; "you that say, 'Who shall come down against us? Or who shall enter into our habitations?'

١٤ 14 وَلَكِنَّنِي أُعَاقِبُكُمْ حَسَبَ ثَمَرِ أَعْمَالِكُمْ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ، وَأُشْعِلُ نَارًا فِي وَعْرِهِ فَتَأْكُلُ مَا حَوَالَيْهَا.

I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings," says YHWH; "and I will kindle a fire in her forest, and it shall devour all that is around her."'"