إِرْمِيَا 4

١ 1 «إِنْ رَجَعْتَ يَا إِسْرَائِيلُ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ، إِنْ رَجَعْتَ إِلَيَّ وَإِنْ نَزَعْتَ مَكْرُهَاتِكَ مِنْ أَمَامِي، فَلَا تَتِيهُ.

"If you will return, Israel," says YHWH, "if you will return to me, and if you will put away your abominations out of my sight; then you shall not be removed;

٢ 2 وَإِنْ حَلَفْتَ: حَيٌّ هُوَ ٱلرَّبُّ، بِٱلْحَقِّ وَٱلْعَدْلِ وَٱلْبِرِّ، فَتَتَبَرَّكُ ٱلشُّعُوبُ بِهِ، وَبِهِ يَفْتَخِرُونَ.

and you shall swear, 'As YHWH lives,' in truth, in justice, and in righteousness. The nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory."

٣ 3 «لِأَنَّهُ هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ لِرِجَالِ يَهُوذَا وَلِأُورُشَلِيمَ: ٱحْرُثُوا لِأَنْفُسِكُمْ حَرْثًا وَلَا تَزْرَعُوا فِي ٱلْأَشْوَاكِ.

For thus says YHWH to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem, "Break up your fallow ground, and do not sow among thorns.

٤ 4 اِخْتَتِنُوا لِلرَّبِّ وَٱنْزِعُوا غُرَلَ قُلُوبِكُمْ يَا رِجَالَ يَهُوذَا وَسُكَّانَ أُورُشَلِيمَ، لِئَلَّا يَخْرُجَ كَنَارٍ غَيْظِي، فَيُحْرِقَ وَلَيْسَ مَنْ يُطْفِئُ، بِسَبَبِ شَرِّ أَعْمَالِكُمْ.

Circumcise yourselves to YHWH, and take away the foreskins of your heart, you men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem; lest my wrath go forth like fire, and burn so that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.

٥ 5 أَخْبِرُوا فِي يَهُوذَا، وَسَمِّعُوا فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَقُولُوا: ٱضْرِبُوا بِٱلْبُوقِ فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ. نَادُوا بِصَوْتٍ عَالٍ وَقُولُوا: ٱجْتَمِعُوا، فَلْنَدْخُلِ ٱلْمُدُنَ ٱلْحَصِينَةَ.

Declare in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, 'Blow the trumpet in the land.' Cry aloud and say, 'Assemble yourselves. Let us go into the fortified cities.'

٦ 6 اِرْفَعُوا ٱلرَّايَةَ نَحْوَ صِهْيَوْنَ. اِحْتَمُوا. لَا تَقِفُوا. لِأَنِّي آتِي بِشَرٍّ مِنَ ٱلشِّمَالِ، وَكَسْرٍ عَظِيمٍ.

Set up a standard toward Zion. Flee for safety. Do not wait; for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction."

٧ 7 قَدْ صَعِدَ ٱلْأَسَدُ مِنْ غَابَتِهِ، وَزَحَفَ مُهْلِكُ ٱلْأُمَمِ. خَرَجَ مِنْ مَكَانِهِ لِيَجْعَلَ أَرْضَكِ خَرَابًا. تُخْرَبُ مُدُنُكِ فَلَا سَاكِنَ.

A lion is gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations; he is on his way, he is gone forth from his place, to make your land desolate, that your cities be laid waste, without inhabitant.

٨ 8 مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ تَنَطَّقُوا بِمُسُوحٍ. ٱلْطُمُوا وَوَلْوِلُوا لِأَنَّهُ لَمْ يَرْتَدَّ حُمُوُّ غَضَبِ ٱلرَّبِّ عَنَّا.

For this clothe yourself with sackcloth, lament and wail; for the fierce anger of YHWH hasn't turned back from us.

٩ 9 وَيَكُونُ فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ، أَنَّ قَلْبَ ٱلْمَلِكِ يُعْدَمُ، وَقُلُوبَ ٱلرُّؤَسَاءِ. وَتَتَحَيَّرُ ٱلْكَهَنَةُ وَتَتَعَجَّبُ ٱلْأَنْبِيَاءُ».

"It shall happen at that day," says YHWH, "that the heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the officials; and the priests shall be astonished, and the prophets shall wonder."

١٠ 10 فَقُلْتُ: «آهِ، يَا سَيِّدُ ٱلرَّبُّ، حَقًّا إِنَّكَ خِدَاعًا خَادَعْتَ هَذَا ٱلشَّعْبَ وَأُورُشَلِيمَ، قَائِلًا: يَكُونُ لَكُمْ سَلَامٌ وَقَدْ بَلَغَ ٱلسَّيْفُ ٱلنَّفْسَ».

Then I said, "Ah, Lord YHWH. Surely you have greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, 'You shall have peace;' whereas the sword reaches to the heart."

١١ 11 فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلزَّمَانِ يُقَالُ لِهَذَا ٱلشَّعْبِ وَلِأُورُشَلِيمَ: «رِيحٌ لَافِحَةٌ مِنَ ٱلْهِضَابِ فِي ٱلْبَرِّيَّةِ نَحْوَ بِنْتِ شَعْبِي، لَا لِلتَّذْرِيَةِ وَلَا لِلتَّنْقِيَةِ.

At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, "A hot wind from the bare heights in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people, not to winnow, nor to cleanse;

١٢ 12 رِيحٌ أَشَدُّ تَأْتِي لِي مِنْ هَذِهِ. ٱلْآنَ أَنَا أَيْضًا أُحَاكِمُهُمْ».

a full wind from these shall come for me. Now I will also utter judgments against them."

١٣ 13 هُوَذَا كَسَحَابٍ يَصْعَدُ، وَكَزَوْبَعَةٍ مَرْكَبَاتُهُ. أَسْرَعُ مِنَ ٱلنُّسُورِ خَيْلُهُ. وَيْلٌ لَنَا لِأَنَّنَا قَدْ أُخْرِبْنَا.

Look, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be as the whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us. For we are ruined.

١٤ 14 اِغْسِلِي مِنَ ٱلشَّرِّ قَلْبَكِ يَا أُورُشَلِيمُ لِكَيْ تُخَلَّصِي. إِلَى مَتَى تَبِيتُ فِي وَسَطِكِ أَفْكَارُكِ ٱلْبَاطِلَةُ؟

Jerusalem, wash your heart from wickedness, that you may be saved. How long shall your evil thoughts lodge within you?

١٥ 15 لِأَنَّ صَوْتًا يُخْبِرُ مِنْ دَانَ، وَيُسْمَعُ بِبَلِيَّةٍ مِنْ جَبَلِ أَفْرَايِمَ:

For a voice declares from Dan, and publishes evil from the hills of Ephraim:

١٦ 16 «اُذْكُرُوا لِلْأُمَمِ. ٱنْظُرُوا. أَسْمِعُوا عَلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ. ٱلْمُحَاصِرُونَ آتُونَ مِنْ أَرْضٍ بَعِيدَةٍ، فَيُطْلِقُونَ عَلَى مُدُنِ يَهُوذَا صَوْتَهُمْ.

"Tell the nations; look, publish against Jerusalem, 'Besiegers come from a far country, and raise their voice against the cities of Judah.

١٧ 17 كَحَارِسِي حَقْلٍ صَارُوا عَلَيْهَا حَوَالَيْهَا، لِأَنَّهَا تَمَرَّدَتْ عَلَيَّ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ.

As keepers of a field, they are against her all around, because she has been rebellious against me,'" says YHWH.

١٨ 18 طَرِيقُكِ وَأَعْمَالُكِ صَنَعَتْ هَذِهِ لَكِ. هَذَا شَرُّكِ. فَإِنَّهُ مُرٌّ، فَإِنَّهُ قَدْ بَلَغَ قَلْبَكِ».

"Your way and your doings have brought these things to you. This is your wickedness; for it is bitter, for it reaches to your heart."

١٩ 19 أَحْشَائِي، أَحْشَائِي! تُوجِعُنِي جُدْرَانُ قَلْبِي. يَئِنُّ فِيَّ قَلْبِي. لَا أَسْتَطِيعُ ٱلسُّكُوتَ. لِأَنَّكِ سَمِعْتِ يَا نَفْسِي صَوْتَ ٱلْبُوقِ وَهُتَافَ ٱلْحَرْبِ.

My anguish, my anguish. I am pained at my very heart; my heart is disquieted in me; I can't hold my peace; because you have heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.

٢٠ 20 بِكَسْرٍ عَلَى كَسْرٍ نُودِيَ، لِأَنَّهُ قَدْ خَرِبَتْ كُلُّ ٱلْأَرْضِ. بَغْتَةً خَرِبَتْ خِيَامِي، وَشُقَقِي فِي لَحْظَةٍ.

Destruction on destruction is proclaimed; for the whole land is laid waste: suddenly are my tents destroyed, and my curtains in a moment.

٢١ 21 حَتَّى مَتَى أَرَى ٱلرَّايَةَ وَأَسْمَعُ صَوْتَ ٱلْبُوقِ؟

How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet?

٢٢ 22 «لِأَنَّ شَعْبِي أَحْمَقُ. إِيَّايَ لَمْ يَعْرِفُوا. هُمْ بَنُونَ جَاهِلُونَ وَهُمْ غَيْرُ فَاهِمِينَ. هُمْ حُكَمَاءُ فِي عَمَلِ ٱلشَّرِّ، وَلِعَمَلِ ٱلصَّالِحِ مَا يَفْهَمُونَ».

"For my people are foolish, they do not know me. They are foolish children, and they have no understanding. They are skillful in doing evil, but to do good they have no knowledge."

٢٣ 23 نَظَرْتُ إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَإِذَا هِيَ خَرِبَةٌ وَخَالِيَةٌ، وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ فَلَا نُورَ لَهَا.

I saw the earth, and, look, it was waste and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.

٢٤ 24 نَظَرْتُ إِلَى ٱلْجِبَالِ وَإِذَا هِيَ تَرْتَجِفُ، وَكُلُّ ٱلْآكَامِ تَقَلْقَلَتْ.

I saw the mountains, and look, they trembled, and all the hills moved back and forth.

٢٥ 25 نَظَرْتُ وَإِذَا لَا إِنْسَانَ، وَكُلُّ طُيُورِ ٱلسَّمَاءِ هَرَبَتْ.

I saw, and look, there was no man, and all the birds of the sky had fled.

٢٦ 26 نَظَرْتُ وَإِذَا ٱلْبُسْتَانُ بَرِّيَّةٌ، وَكُلُّ مُدُنِهَا نُقِضَتْ مِنْ وَجْهِ ٱلرَّبِّ، مِنْ وَجْهِ حُمُوِّ غَضَبِهِ.

I saw, and look, the fruitful field was a wilderness, and all its cities were broken down at the presence of YHWH; before his fierce anger they were destroyed.

٢٧ 27 لِأَنَّهُ هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: «خَرَابًا تَكُونُ كُلُّ ٱلْأَرْضِ، وَلَكِنَّنِي لَا أُفْنِيهَا.

For thus says YHWH, "The whole land shall be a desolation; yet I will not make a full end.

٢٨ 28 مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ تَنُوحُ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَتُظْلِمُ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتُ مِنْ فَوْقُ، مِنْ أَجْلِ أَنِّي قَدْ تَكَلَّمْتُ. قَصَدْتُ وَلَا أَنْدَمُ وَلَا أَرْجِعُ عَنْهُ».

For this the earth will mourn, and the heavens above be black; because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and I have not relented, neither will I turn back from it."

٢٩ 29 مِنْ صَوْتِ ٱلْفَارِسِ وَرَامِي ٱلْقَوْسِ كُلُّ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ هَارِبَةٌ. دَخَلُوا ٱلْغَابَاتِ وَصَعِدُوا عَلَى ٱلصُّخُورِ. كُلُّ ٱلْمُدُنِ مَتْرُوكَةٌ، وَلَا إِنْسَانَ سَاكِنٌ فِيهَا.

Every city flees for the noise of the horsemen and archers; they go into caves, and they hide themselves in the thickets, and climb up on the rocks; every city is forsaken, and not a man dwells in it.

٣٠ 30 وَأَنْتِ أَيَّتُهَا ٱلْخَرِبَةُ، مَاذَا تَعْمَلِينَ؟ إِذَا لَبِسْتِ قِرْمِزًا، إِذَا تَزَيَّنْتِ بِزِينَةٍ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ، إِذَا كَحَّلْتِ بِٱلْأُثْمُدِ عَيْنَيْكِ، فَبَاطِلًا تُحَسِّنِينَ ذَاتَكِ، فَقَدْ رَذَلَكِ ٱلْعَاشِقُونَ. يَطْلُبُونَ نَفْسَكِ.

You, when you are made desolate, what will you do? Though you clothe yourself with scarlet, though you dress yourselves with ornaments of gold, though you enlarge your eyes with paint, in vain do you make yourself beautiful; your lovers despise you, they seek your life.

٣١ 31 لِأَنِّي سَمِعْتُ صَوْتًا كَمَاخِضَةٍ، ضِيقًا مِثْلَ ضِيقِ بِكْرِيَّةٍ. صَوْتَ ٱبْنَةِ صِهْيَوْنَ تَزْفِرُ. تَبْسُطُ يَدَيْهَا قَائِلَةً: «وَيْلٌ لِي، لِأَنَّ نَفْسِي قَدْ أُغْمِيَ عَلَيْهَا بِسَبَبِ ٱلْقَاتِلِينَ».

For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, the anguish as of her who brings forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, who gasps for breath, who spreads her hands, saying, "Woe is me now. For my soul faints before the murderers."