إِرْمِيَا 45

١ 1 اَلْكَلِمَةُ ٱلَّتِي تَكَلَّمَ بِهَا إِرْمِيَا ٱلنَّبِيُّ إِلَى بَارُوخَ بْنِ نِيرِيَّا عِنْدَ كَتَابَتِهِ هَذَا ٱلْكَلَامَ فِي سِفْرٍ عَنْ فَمِ إِرْمِيَا، فِي ٱلسَّنَةِ ٱلرَّابِعَةِ لِيَهُويَاقِيمَ بْنِ يُوشِيَّا مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا قَائِلًا:

This is the word that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch son of Neriah when he wrote these words on a scroll at the dictation of Jeremiah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah:

٢ 2 «هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ لَكَ يَا بَارُوخُ:

“This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says to you, Baruch:

٣ 3 قَدْ قُلْتَ: وَيْلٌ لِي لِأَنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ قَدْ زَادَ حُزْنًا عَلَى أَلَمِي. قَدْ غُشِيَ عَلَيَّ في تَنَهُّدِي، وَلَمْ أَجِدْ رَاحَةً.

You have said, ‘Woe is me because the LORD has added sorrow to my pain! I am worn out with groaning and have found no rest.’”

٤ 4 «هَكَذَا تَقُولُ لَهُ: هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: هَأَنَذَا أَهْدِمُ مَا بَنَيْتُهُ، وَأَقْتَلِعُ مَا غَرَسْتُهُ، وَكُلَّ هَذِهِ ٱلْأَرْضِ.

Thus Jeremiah was to say to Baruch: “This is what the LORD says: Throughout the land I will demolish what I have built and uproot what I have planted.

٥ 5 وَأَنْتَ فَهَلْ تَطْلُبُ لِنَفْسِكَ أُمُورًا عَظِيمَةً؟ لَا تَطْلُبُ! لِأَنِّي هَأَنَذَا جَالِبٌ شَرًّا عَلَى كُلِّ ذِي جَسَدٍ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ، وَأُعْطِيكَ نَفْسَكَ غَنِيمَةً فِي كُلِّ ٱلْمَوَاضِعِ ٱلَّتِي تَسِيرُ إِلَيْهَا».

But as for you, do you seek great things for yourself? Stop seeking! For I will bring disaster on every living creature, declares the LORD, but wherever you go, I will grant your life as a spoil of war.”