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«إِنْ رَجَعْتَ يَا إِسْرَائِيلُ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ، إِنْ رَجَعْتَ إِلَيَّ وَإِنْ نَزَعْتَ مَكْرُهَاتِكَ مِنْ أَمَامِي، فَلَا تَتِيهُ. ١ 1
“If you will return, Israel,” says the LORD, “if you will return to me, and if you will put away your abominations out of my sight; then you will not be removed;
وَإِنْ حَلَفْتَ: حَيٌّ هُوَ ٱلرَّبُّ، بِٱلْحَقِّ وَٱلْعَدْلِ وَٱلْبِرِّ، فَتَتَبَرَّكُ ٱلشُّعُوبُ بِهِ، وَبِهِ يَفْتَخِرُونَ. ٢ 2
and you will swear, ‘As the LORD lives,’ in truth, in justice, and in righteousness. The nations will bless themselves in him, and they will glory in him.”
«لِأَنَّهُ هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ لِرِجَالِ يَهُوذَا وَلِأُورُشَلِيمَ: ٱحْرُثُوا لِأَنْفُسِكُمْ حَرْثًا وَلَا تَزْرَعُوا فِي ٱلْأَشْوَاكِ. ٣ 3
For the LORD says to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem, “Break up your fallow ground, and don’t sow amongst thorns.
اِخْتَتِنُوا لِلرَّبِّ وَٱنْزِعُوا غُرَلَ قُلُوبِكُمْ يَا رِجَالَ يَهُوذَا وَسُكَّانَ أُورُشَلِيمَ، لِئَلَّا يَخْرُجَ كَنَارٍ غَيْظِي، فَيُحْرِقَ وَلَيْسَ مَنْ يُطْفِئُ، بِسَبَبِ شَرِّ أَعْمَالِكُمْ. ٤ 4
Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of your heart, you men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem; lest my wrath go out like fire, and burn so that no one can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.
أَخْبِرُوا فِي يَهُوذَا، وَسَمِّعُوا فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَقُولُوا: ٱضْرِبُوا بِٱلْبُوقِ فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ. نَادُوا بِصَوْتٍ عَالٍ وَقُولُوا: ٱجْتَمِعُوا، فَلْنَدْخُلِ ٱلْمُدُنَ ٱلْحَصِينَةَ. ٥ 5
Declare in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, ‘Blow the trumpet in the land!’ Cry aloud and say, ‘Assemble yourselves! Let’s go into the fortified cities!’
اِرْفَعُوا ٱلرَّايَةَ نَحْوَ صِهْيَوْنَ. اِحْتَمُوا. لَا تَقِفُوا. لِأَنِّي آتِي بِشَرٍّ مِنَ ٱلشِّمَالِ، وَكَسْرٍ عَظِيمٍ. ٦ 6
Set up a standard towards Zion. Flee for safety! Don’t wait; for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction.”
قَدْ صَعِدَ ٱلْأَسَدُ مِنْ غَابَتِهِ، وَزَحَفَ مُهْلِكُ ٱلْأُمَمِ. خَرَجَ مِنْ مَكَانِهِ لِيَجْعَلَ أَرْضَكِ خَرَابًا. تُخْرَبُ مُدُنُكِ فَلَا سَاكِنَ. ٧ 7
A lion has gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations. He is on his way. He has gone out from his place, to make your land desolate, that your cities be laid waste, without inhabitant.
مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ تَنَطَّقُوا بِمُسُوحٍ. ٱلْطُمُوا وَوَلْوِلُوا لِأَنَّهُ لَمْ يَرْتَدَّ حُمُوُّ غَضَبِ ٱلرَّبِّ عَنَّا. ٨ 8
For this, clothe yourself with sackcloth, lament and wail; for the fierce anger of the LORD hasn’t turned back from us.
وَيَكُونُ فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ، أَنَّ قَلْبَ ٱلْمَلِكِ يُعْدَمُ، وَقُلُوبَ ٱلرُّؤَسَاءِ. وَتَتَحَيَّرُ ٱلْكَهَنَةُ وَتَتَعَجَّبُ ٱلْأَنْبِيَاءُ». ٩ 9
“It will happen at that day,” says the LORD, “that the heart of the king will perish, along with the heart of the princes. The priests will be astonished, and the prophets will wonder.”
فَقُلْتُ: «آهِ، يَا سَيِّدُ ٱلرَّبُّ، حَقًّا إِنَّكَ خِدَاعًا خَادَعْتَ هَذَا ٱلشَّعْبَ وَأُورُشَلِيمَ، قَائِلًا: يَكُونُ لَكُمْ سَلَامٌ وَقَدْ بَلَغَ ٱلسَّيْفُ ٱلنَّفْسَ». ١٠ 10
Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD! Surely you have greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, ‘You will have peace;’ whereas the sword reaches to the heart.”
فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلزَّمَانِ يُقَالُ لِهَذَا ٱلشَّعْبِ وَلِأُورُشَلِيمَ: «رِيحٌ لَافِحَةٌ مِنَ ٱلْهِضَابِ فِي ٱلْبَرِّيَّةِ نَحْوَ بِنْتِ شَعْبِي، لَا لِلتَّذْرِيَةِ وَلَا لِلتَّنْقِيَةِ. ١١ 11
At that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem, “A hot wind blows from the bare heights in the wilderness towards the daughter of my people, not to winnow, nor to cleanse.
رِيحٌ أَشَدُّ تَأْتِي لِي مِنْ هَذِهِ. ٱلْآنَ أَنَا أَيْضًا أُحَاكِمُهُمْ». ١٢ 12
A full wind from these will come for me. Now I will also utter judgements against them.”
هُوَذَا كَسَحَابٍ يَصْعَدُ، وَكَزَوْبَعَةٍ مَرْكَبَاتُهُ. أَسْرَعُ مِنَ ٱلنُّسُورِ خَيْلُهُ. وَيْلٌ لَنَا لِأَنَّنَا قَدْ أُخْرِبْنَا. ١٣ 13
Behold, he will come up as clouds, and his chariots will be as the whirlwind. His horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us! For we are ruined.
اِغْسِلِي مِنَ ٱلشَّرِّ قَلْبَكِ يَا أُورُشَلِيمُ لِكَيْ تُخَلَّصِي. إِلَى مَتَى تَبِيتُ فِي وَسَطِكِ أَفْكَارُكِ ٱلْبَاطِلَةُ؟ ١٤ 14
Jerusalem, wash your heart from wickedness, that you may be saved. How long will your evil thoughts lodge within you?
لِأَنَّ صَوْتًا يُخْبِرُ مِنْ دَانَ، وَيُسْمَعُ بِبَلِيَّةٍ مِنْ جَبَلِ أَفْرَايِمَ: ١٥ 15
For a voice declares from Dan, and publishes evil from the hills of Ephraim:
«اُذْكُرُوا لِلْأُمَمِ. ٱنْظُرُوا. أَسْمِعُوا عَلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ. ٱلْمُحَاصِرُونَ آتُونَ مِنْ أَرْضٍ بَعِيدَةٍ، فَيُطْلِقُونَ عَلَى مُدُنِ يَهُوذَا صَوْتَهُمْ. ١٦ 16
“Tell the nations, behold, publish against Jerusalem, ‘Watchers come from a far country, and raise their voice against the cities of Judah.
كَحَارِسِي حَقْلٍ صَارُوا عَلَيْهَا حَوَالَيْهَا، لِأَنَّهَا تَمَرَّدَتْ عَلَيَّ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ. ١٧ 17
As keepers of a field, they are against her all around, because she has been rebellious against me,’” says the LORD.
طَرِيقُكِ وَأَعْمَالُكِ صَنَعَتْ هَذِهِ لَكِ. هَذَا شَرُّكِ. فَإِنَّهُ مُرٌّ، فَإِنَّهُ قَدْ بَلَغَ قَلْبَكِ». ١٨ 18
“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.”
أَحْشَائِي، أَحْشَائِي! تُوجِعُنِي جُدْرَانُ قَلْبِي. يَئِنُّ فِيَّ قَلْبِي. لَا أَسْتَطِيعُ ٱلسُّكُوتَ. لِأَنَّكِ سَمِعْتِ يَا نَفْسِي صَوْتَ ٱلْبُوقِ وَهُتَافَ ٱلْحَرْبِ. ١٩ 19
My anguish, my anguish! I am pained at my very heart! My heart trembles within me. I can’t hold my peace, because you have heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.
بِكَسْرٍ عَلَى كَسْرٍ نُودِيَ، لِأَنَّهُ قَدْ خَرِبَتْ كُلُّ ٱلْأَرْضِ. بَغْتَةً خَرِبَتْ خِيَامِي، وَشُقَقِي فِي لَحْظَةٍ. ٢٠ 20
Destruction on destruction is decreed, for the whole land is laid waste. Suddenly my tents are destroyed, and my curtains gone in a moment.
حَتَّى مَتَى أَرَى ٱلرَّايَةَ وَأَسْمَعُ صَوْتَ ٱلْبُوقِ؟ ٢١ 21
How long will I see the standard and hear the sound of the trumpet?
«لِأَنَّ شَعْبِي أَحْمَقُ. إِيَّايَ لَمْ يَعْرِفُوا. هُمْ بَنُونَ جَاهِلُونَ وَهُمْ غَيْرُ فَاهِمِينَ. هُمْ حُكَمَاءُ فِي عَمَلِ ٱلشَّرِّ، وَلِعَمَلِ ٱلصَّالِحِ مَا يَفْهَمُونَ». ٢٢ 22
“For my people are foolish. They don’t know me. They are foolish children, and they have no understanding. They are skilful in doing evil, but they don’t know how to do good.”
نَظَرْتُ إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَإِذَا هِيَ خَرِبَةٌ وَخَالِيَةٌ، وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ فَلَا نُورَ لَهَا. ٢٣ 23
I saw the earth and, behold, it was waste and void, and the heavens, and they had no light.
نَظَرْتُ إِلَى ٱلْجِبَالِ وَإِذَا هِيَ تَرْتَجِفُ، وَكُلُّ ٱلْآكَامِ تَقَلْقَلَتْ. ٢٤ 24
I saw the mountains, and behold, they trembled, and all the hills moved back and forth.
نَظَرْتُ وَإِذَا لَا إِنْسَانَ، وَكُلُّ طُيُورِ ٱلسَّمَاءِ هَرَبَتْ. ٢٥ 25
I saw, and behold, there was no man, and all the birds of the sky had fled.
نَظَرْتُ وَإِذَا ٱلْبُسْتَانُ بَرِّيَّةٌ، وَكُلُّ مُدُنِهَا نُقِضَتْ مِنْ وَجْهِ ٱلرَّبِّ، مِنْ وَجْهِ حُمُوِّ غَضَبِهِ. ٢٦ 26
I saw, and behold, the fruitful field was a wilderness, and all its cities were broken down at the presence of the LORD, before his fierce anger.
لِأَنَّهُ هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: «خَرَابًا تَكُونُ كُلُّ ٱلْأَرْضِ، وَلَكِنَّنِي لَا أُفْنِيهَا. ٢٧ 27
For the LORD says, “The whole land will be a desolation; yet I will not make a full end.
مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ تَنُوحُ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَتُظْلِمُ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتُ مِنْ فَوْقُ، مِنْ أَجْلِ أَنِّي قَدْ تَكَلَّمْتُ. قَصَدْتُ وَلَا أَنْدَمُ وَلَا أَرْجِعُ عَنْهُ». ٢٨ 28
For this the earth will mourn, and the heavens above be black, because I have spoken it. I have planned it, and I have not repented, neither will I turn back from it.”
مِنْ صَوْتِ ٱلْفَارِسِ وَرَامِي ٱلْقَوْسِ كُلُّ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ هَارِبَةٌ. دَخَلُوا ٱلْغَابَاتِ وَصَعِدُوا عَلَى ٱلصُّخُورِ. كُلُّ ٱلْمُدُنِ مَتْرُوكَةٌ، وَلَا إِنْسَانَ سَاكِنٌ فِيهَا. ٢٩ 29
Every city flees for the noise of the horsemen and archers. They go into the thickets and climb up on the rocks. Every city is forsaken, and not a man dwells therein.
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. ٣٠ 30
You, when you are made desolate, what will you do? Though you clothe yourself with scarlet, though you deck yourself with ornaments of gold, though you enlarge your eyes with makeup, you make yourself beautiful in vain. Your lovers despise you. They seek your life.
لِأَنِّي سَمِعْتُ صَوْتًا كَمَاخِضَةٍ، ضِيقًا مِثْلَ ضِيقِ بِكْرِيَّةٍ. صَوْتَ ٱبْنَةِ صِهْيَوْنَ تَزْفِرُ. تَبْسُطُ يَدَيْهَا قَائِلَةً: «وَيْلٌ لِي، لِأَنَّ نَفْسِي قَدْ أُغْمِيَ عَلَيْهَا بِسَبَبِ ٱلْقَاتِلِينَ». ٣١ 31
For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, the anguish as of her who gives birth to 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.”

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