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وَكَانَ لَمَّا فَرَغَ إِرْمِيَا مِنْ أَنْ كَلَّمَ كُلَّ ٱلشَّعْبِ بِكُلِّ كَلَامِ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِهِمِ، ٱلَّذِي أَرْسَلَهُ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُهُمْ إِلَيْهِمْ،بِكُلِّ هَذَا ٱلكَلَامِ، ١ 1
[So] I finished telling to the people that message from Yahweh our God.
أَنَّ عَزَرْيَا بْنَ هُوشَعْيَا وَيُوحَانَانَ بْنَ قَارِيحَ، وَكُلَّ ٱلرِّجَالِ ٱلْمُتَكَبِّرِينَ كَلَّمُوا إِرْمِيَا قَائِلِينَ: «أَنْتَ مُتَكَلِّمٌ بِٱلْكَذِبِ! لَمْ يُرْسِلْكَ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُنَا لِتَقُولَ: لَا تَذْهَبُوا إِلَى مِصْرَ لِتَتَغَرَّبُوا هُنَاكَ. ٢ 2
But then Johanan and Azariah and some other insolent/arrogant men said to me, “You are lying! Yahweh our God has not told [us] that we should not go to Egypt!
بَلْ بَارُوخُ بْنُ نِيرِيَّا مُهَيِّجُكَ عَلَيْنَا لِتَدْفَعَنَا لِيَدِ ٱلْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ لِيَقْتُلُونَا، وَلِيَسْبُونَا إِلَى بَابِلَ». ٣ 3
[We think that] Baruch has urged/persuaded you to say this, in order that [if we stay here], the soldiers from Babylonia will seize us and kill us or take us to Babylonia.”
فَلَمْ يَسْمَعْ يُوحَانَانُ بْنُ قَارِيحَ وَكُلُّ رُؤَسَاءِ ٱلْجُيُوشِ وَكُلُّ ٱلشَّعْبِ لِصَوْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ بِٱلْإِقَامَةِ فِي أَرْضِ يَهُوذَا، ٤ 4
So Johanan and the other leaders of the [Israeli] soldiers and [many of] [HYP] the other people [who were there] refused to obey Yahweh’s command to stay in Judah.
بَلْ أَخَذَ يُوحَانَانُ بْنُ قَارِيحَ، وَكُلُّ رُؤَسَاءِ ٱلْجُيُوشِ، كُلَّ بَقِيَّةِ يَهُوذَا ٱلَّذِينَ رَجَعُوا مِنْ كُلِّ ٱلْأُمَمِ ٱلَّذِينَ طُوِّحُوا إِلَيْهِمْ لِيَتَغَرَّبُوا فِي أَرْضِ يَهُوذَا، ٥ 5
Johanan and all the [other] leaders gathered together all the people who had returned from the other countries to which they had been scattered.
ٱلرِّجَالَ وَٱلنِّسَاءَ وَٱلْأَطْفَالَ وَبَنَاتِ ٱلْمَلِكِ، وَكُلَّ ٱلْأَنْفُسِ ٱلَّذِينَ تَرَكَهُمْ نَبُوزَرَادَانُ رَئِيسُ ٱلشُّرَطِ، مَعَ جَدَلْيَا بْنِ أَخِيقَامَ بْنِ شَافَانَ، وَإِرْمِيَا ٱلنَّبِيِّ وَبَارُوخَ بْنِ نِيرِيَّا، ٦ 6
[They included] men, women, children, the king’s daughters, and all those whom Nebuzaradan had left with Gedaliah, and they also took Baruch and me.
فَجَاءُوا إِلَى أَرْضِ مِصْرَ لِأَنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَسْمَعُوا لِصَوْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ وَأَتَوْا إِلَى تَحْفَنْحِيسَ. ٧ 7
They refused to obey Yahweh, and they took us all [to Egypt], as far as Tahpenes [city].
ثُمَّ صَارَتْ كَلِمَةُ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَى إِرْمِيَا فِي تَحْفَنْحِيسَ قَائِلَةً: ٨ 8
[While we were] at Tahpenes, Yahweh gave me another message. He said,
«خُذْ بِيَدِكَ حِجَارَةً كَبِيرَةً وَٱطْمُرْهَا فِي ٱلْمِلَاطِ، فِي ٱلْمَلْبِنِ ٱلَّذِي عِنْدَ بَابِ بَيْتِ فِرْعَوْنَ فِي تَحْفَنْحِيسَ أَمَامَ رِجَالٍ يَهُودٍ. ٩ 9
“While the people of Judah are watching you, take some large rocks and bury them under the brick pavement at the entrance to the king’s palace there at Tahpenes.
وَقُلْ لَهُمْ: هَكَذَا قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلْجُنُودِ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: هَأَنَذَا أُرْسِلُ وَآخُذُ نَبُوخَذْرَاصَّرَ مَلِكَ بَابِلَ عَبْدِي، وَأَضَعُ كُرْسِيَّهُ فَوْقَ هَذِهِ ٱلْحِجَارَةِ ٱلَّتِي طَمَرْتُهَا فَيُبْسِطُ دِيبَاجَهُ عَلَيْهَا. ١٠ 10
Then say to the people of Judah, ‘This is what the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom [you] Israelis [say you belong to], says: “I will summon Nebuchadnezzar the King of Babylon, who does my work, to come [with his army] to Egypt. I will set up his throne over these stones that I told Jeremiah to bury. And Nebuchadnezzar will set up his tent there [to show that he has become] the King [of Egypt].
وَيَأْتِي وَيَضْرِبُ أَرْضَ مِصْرَ، ٱلَّذِي لِلْمَوْتِ فَلِلْمَوْتِ، وَٱلَّذِي لِلسَّبْيِ فَلِلسَّبْيِ، وَٱلَّذِي لِلسَّيْفِ فَلِلسَّيْفِ. ١١ 11
When his [army] comes, they will attack Egypt. Then those will die who [I have determined] must die, those who [I have determined] must be captured will be captured, and those who [I have determined] must be killed by swords will be killed by swords.
وَأُوقِدُ نَارًا فِي بُيُوتِ آلِهَةِ مِصْرَ فَيُحْرِقُهَا وَيَسْبِيهَا، وَيَلْبَسُ أَرْضَ مِصْرَ كَمَا يَلْبَسُ ٱلرَّاعِي رِدَاءَهُ، ثُمَّ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ هُنَاكَ بِسَلَامٍ. ١٢ 12
Nebuchadnezzar’s [soldiers] will burn down the temples of the gods of Egypt. [But before they burn the temples], they will take away their idols [as souvenirs]. His [troops] will clean Egypt like a shepherd cleans lice from his cloak. They will tear down the sacred pillars that are in the temple of their sun god. And then Nebuchadnezzar’s [troops] will leave there, without having been harmed.”’”
وَيَكْسِرُ أَنْصَابَ بَيْتَ شَمْسٍ ٱلَّتِي فِي أَرْضِ مِصْرَ، وَيُحْرِقُ بُيُوتَ آلِهَةِ مِصْرَ بِٱلنَّارِ». ١٣ 13

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