إِرْمِيَا 42

١ 1 فَتَقَدَّمَ كُلُّ رُؤَسَاءِ ٱلْجُيُوشِ وَيُوحَانَانُ بْنُ قَارِيحَ، وَيَزَنْيَا بْنُ هُوشَعْيَا، وَكُلُّ ٱلشَّعْبِ مِنَ ٱلصَّغِيرِ إِلَى ٱلْكَبِيرِ،

Then all the captains of the forces, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least even to the greatest, came near,

٢ 2 وَقَالُوا لِإِرْمِيَا ٱلنَّبِيِّ: «لَيْتَ تَضَرُّعَنَا يَقَعُ أَمَامَكَ، فَتُصَلِّيَ لِأَجْلِنَا إِلَى ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِكَ لِأَجْلِ كُلِّ هَذِهِ ٱلْبَقِيَّةِ. لِأَنَّنَا قَدْ بَقِينَا قَلِيلِينَ مِنْ كَثِيرِينَ كَمَا تَرَانَا عَيْنَاكَ.

and said to Jeremiah the prophet, "Please let our petition be presented before you, and pray for us to YHWH your God, even for all this remnant; for we are left but a few of many, as your eyes do see us:

٣ 3 فَيُخْبِرُنَا ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُكَ عَنِ ٱلطَّرِيقِ ٱلَّذِي نَسِيرُ فِيهِ، وَٱلْأَمْرِ ٱلَّذِي نَفْعَلُهُ».

that YHWH your God may show us the way in which we should walk, and the thing that we should do."

٤ 4 فَقَالَ لَهُمْ إِرْمِيَا ٱلنَّبِيُّ: «قَدْ سَمِعْتُ. هَأَنَذَا أُصَلِّي إِلَى ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمْ كَقَوْلِكُمْ، وَيَكُونُ أَنَّ كُلَّ ٱلْكَلَامِ ٱلَّذِي يُجِيبُكُمُ ٱلرَّبُّ أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِهِ. لَا أَمْنَعُ عَنْكُمْ شَيْئًا».

Then Jeremiah the prophet said to them, "I have heard you; look, I will pray to YHWH your God according to your words; and it shall happen that whatever thing YHWH shall answer you, I will declare it to you; I will keep nothing back from you."

٥ 5 فَقَالُوا هُمْ لِإِرْمِيَا: «لِيَكُنِ ٱلرَّبُّ بَيْنَنَا شَاهِدًا صَادِقًا وَأَمِينًا إِنَّنَا نَفْعَلُ حَسَبَ كُلِّ أَمْرٍ يُرْسِلُكَ بِهِ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُكَ إِلَيْنَا،

Then they said to Jeremiah, "YHWH be a true and faithful witness among us, if we do not do according to all the word with which YHWH your God shall send you to us.

٦ 6 إِنْ خَيْرًا وَإِنْ شَرًّا. فَإِنَّنَا نَسْمَعُ لِصَوْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِكَ ٱلَّذِي نَحْنُ مُرْسِلُوكَ إِلَيْهِ لِيُحْسَنَ إِلَيْنَا إِذَا سَمِعْنَا لِصَوْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِنَا».

Whether it be good, or whether it be evil, we will obey the voice of YHWH our God, to whom we send you; that it may be well with us, when we obey the voice of YHWH our God."

٧ 7 وَكَانَ بَعْدَ عَشَرَةِ أَيَّامٍ أَنَّ كَلِمَةَ ٱلرَّبِّ صَارَتْ إِلَى إِرْمِيَا.

It happened after ten days, that the word of YHWH came to Jeremiah.

٨ 8 فَدَعَا يُوحَانَانَ بْنَ قَارِيحَ وَكُلَّ رُؤَسَاءِ ٱلْجُيُوشِ ٱلَّذِينَ مَعَهُ، وَكُلَّ ٱلشَّعْبِ مِنَ ٱلصَّغِيرِ إِلَى ٱلْكَبِيرِ،

Then called he Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces who were with him, and all the people from the least even to the greatest,

٩ 9 وَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ ٱلَّذِي أَرْسَلْتُمُونِي إِلَيْهِ لِكَيْ أُلْقِيَ تَضَرُّعَكُمْ أَمَامَهُ:

and said to them, "Thus says YHWH, the God of Israel, to whom you sent me to present your petition before him:

١٠ 10 إِنْ كُنْتُمْ تَسْكُنُونَ فِي هَذِهِ ٱلْأَرْضِ، فَإِنِّي أَبْنِيكُمْ وَلَا أَنْقُضُكُمْ، وَأَغْرِسُكُمْ وَلَا أَقْتَلِعُكُمْ. لِأَنِّي نَدِمْتُ عَنِ ٱلشَّرِّ ٱلَّذِي صَنَعْتُهُ بِكُمْ.

'If you will still live in this land, then will I build you, and not pull you down, and I will plant you, and not pluck you up; for I grieve over the distress that I have brought on you.

١١ 11 لَا تَخَافُوا مَلِكَ بَابِلَ ٱلَّذِي أَنْتُمْ خَائِفُوهُ. لَا تَخَافُوهُ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ، لِأَنِّي أَنَا مَعَكُمْ لِأُخَلِّصَكُمْ وَأُنْقِذَكُمْ مِنْ يَدِهِ.

Do not be afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom you are afraid; do not be afraid of him, says YHWH: for I am with you to save you, and to deliver you from his hand.

١٢ 12 وَأُعْطِيَكُمْ نِعْمَةً، فَيَرْحَمُكُمْ وَيَرُدُّكُمْ إِلَى أَرْضِكُمْ.

I will grant you mercy, that he may have mercy on you, and cause you to return to your own land.'

١٣ 13 «وَإِنْ قُلْتُمْ: لَا نَسْكُنُ فِي هَذِهِ ٱلْأَرْضِ. وَلَمْ تَسْمَعُوا لِصَوْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمْ،

But if you say, 'We will not dwell in this land'; so that you do not obey the voice of YHWH your God,

١٤ 14 قَائِلِينَ: لَا بَلْ إِلَى أَرْضِ مِصْرَ نَذْهَبُ، حَيْثُ لَا نَرَى حَرْبًا، وَلَا نَسْمَعُ صَوْتَ بُوقٍ، وَلَا نَجُوعُ لِلْخُبْزِ، وَهُنَاكَ نَسْكُنُ.

saying, 'No; but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we shall see no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor have hunger of bread; and there will we dwell':

١٥ 15 فَٱلْآنَ لِذَلِكَ ٱسْمَعُوا كَلِمَةَ ٱلرَّبِّ يَابَقِيَّةَ يَهُوذَا، هَكَذَا قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلْجُنُودِ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: إِنْ كُنْتُمْ تَجْعَلُونَ وُجُوهَكُمْ لِلدُّخُولِ إِلَى مِصْرَ، وَتَذْهَبُونَ لِتَتَغَرَّبُوا هُنَاكَ،

now therefore hear the word of YHWH, O remnant of Judah: Thus says YHWH of hosts, the God of Israel, 'If you indeed set your faces to enter into Egypt, and go to live there;

١٦ 16 يَحْدُثُ أَنَّ ٱلسَّيْفَ ٱلَّذِي أَنْتُمْ خَائِفُونَ مِنْهُ يُدْرِكُكُمْ هُنَاكَ فِي أَرْضِ مِصْرَ، وَٱلْجُوعَ ٱلَّذِي أَنْتُمْ خَائِفُونَ مِنْهُ يَلْحَقُكُمْ هُنَاكَ فِي مِصْرَ، فَتَمُوتُونَ هُنَاكَ.

then it shall happen, that the sword, which you fear, shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt; and the famine, about which you are afraid, shall follow close behind you there in Egypt; and there you shall die.

١٧ 17 وَيَكُونُ أَنَّ كُلَّ ٱلرِّجَالِ ٱلَّذِينَ جَعَلُوا وُجُوهَهُمْ لِلدُّخُولِ إِلَى مِصْرَ لِيَتَغَرَّبُوا هُنَاكَ، يَمُوتُونَ بِٱلسَّيْفِ وَٱلْجُوعِ وَٱلْوَبَإِ، وَلَا يَكُونُ مِنْهُمْ بَاقٍ وَلَا نَاجٍ مِنَ ٱلشَّرِّ ٱلَّذِي أَجْلِبُهُ أَنَا عَلَيْهِمْ.

So shall it be with all the men who set their faces to go into Egypt to live there: they shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence; and none of them shall remain or escape from the evil that I will bring on them.'

١٨ 18 لِأَنَّهُ هَكَذَا قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلْجُنُودِ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: كَمَا ٱنْسَكَبَ غَضَبِي وَغَيْظِي عَلَى سُكَّانِ أُورُشَلِيمَ، هَكَذَا يَنْسَكِبُ غَيْظِي عَلَيْكُمْ عِنْدَ دُخُولِكُمْ إِلَى مِصْرَ، فَتَصِيرُونَ حَلَفًا وَدَهَشًا وَلَعْنَةً وَعَارًا، وَلَا تَرَوْنَ بَعْدُ هَذَا ٱلْمَوْضِعَ».

For thus says YHWH of hosts, the God of Israel: 'As my anger and my wrath has been poured forth on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so shall my wrath be poured forth on you, when you shall enter into Egypt; and you shall be an object of horror, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach; and you shall see this place no more.'

١٩ 19 «قَدْ تَكَلَّمَ ٱلرَّبُّ عَلَيْكُمْ يَا بَقِيَّةَ يَهُوذَا: لَا تَدْخُلُوا مِصْرَ. ٱعْلَمُوا عِلْمًا أَنِّي قَدْ أَنْذَرْتُكُمُ ٱلْيَوْمَ.

YHWH has spoken concerning you, remnant of Judah, 'Do not go into Egypt': know certainly that I have testified to you this day.

٢٠ 20 لِأَنَّكُمْ قَدْ خَدَعْتُمْ أَنْفُسَكُمْ إِذْ أَرْسَلْتُمُونِي إِلَى ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمْ قَائِلِينَ: صَلِّ لِأَجْلِنَا إِلَى ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِنَا، وَحَسَبَ كُلِّ مَا يَقُولُهُ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُنَا هَكَذَا أَخْبِرْنَا فَنَفْعَلَ.

For you have dealt deceitfully against your own souls; for you sent me to YHWH your God, saying, 'Pray for us to YHWH our God; and according to all that YHWH our God shall say, so declare to us, and we will do it':

٢١ 21 فَقَدْ أَخْبَرْتُكُمُ ٱلْيَوْمَ فَلَمْ تَسْمَعُوا لِصَوْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمْ، وَلَا لِشَيْءٍ مِمَّا أَرْسَلَنِي بِهِ إِلَيْكُمْ.

and I have this day declared it to you; but you have not obeyed the voice of YHWH your God in anything for which he has sent me to you.

٢٢ 22 فَٱلْآنَ ٱعْلَمُوا عِلْمًا أَنَّكُمْ تَمُوتُونَ بِٱلسَّيْفِ وَٱلْجُوعِ وَٱلْوَبَإِ فِي ٱلْمَوْضِعِ ٱلَّذِي ٱبْتَغَيْتُمْ أَنْ تَدْخُلُوهُ لِتَتَغَرَّبُوا فِيهِ».

Now therefore know certainly that you shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, in the place where you desire to go to live there."