إِرْمِيَا 50

١ 1 ٱلْكَلِمَةُ ٱلَّتِي تَكَلَّمَ بِهَا ٱلرَّبُّ عَنْ بَابِلَ وَعَنْ أَرْضِ ٱلْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ عَلَى يَدِ إِرْمِيَا ٱلنَّبِيِّ:

The word that Jehovah hath spoken concerning Babylon, concerning the land of the Chaldeans, by the hand of Jeremiah the prophet:

٢ 2 «أَخْبِرُوا فِي ٱلشُّعُوبِ، وَأَسْمِعُوا وَٱرْفَعُوا رَايَةً. أَسْمِعُوا لَا تُخْفُوا. قُولُوا: أُخِذَتْ بَابِلُ. خَزِيَ بِيلُ. ٱنْسَحَقَ مَرُودَخُ. خَزِيَتْ أَوْثَانُهَا. ٱنْسَحَقَتْ أَصْنَامُهَا.

'Declare ye among nations, and sound, And lift up an ensign, sound, do not hide, Say ye: Captured hath been Babylon, Put to shame hath been Bel, Broken hath been Merodach, Put to shame have been her grievous things, Broken have been her idols.

٣ 3 لِأَنَّهُ قَدْ طَلَعَتْ عَلَيْهَا أُمَّةٌ مِنَ ٱلشِّمَالِ هِيَ تَجْعَلُ أَرْضَهَا خَرِبَةً فَلَا يَكُونُ فِيهَا سَاكِنٌ. مِنْ إِنْسَانٍ إِلَى حَيَوَانٍ هَرَبُوا وَذَهَبُوا.

For come up against her hath a nation from the north, It maketh her land become a desolation, And there is not an inhabitant in it. From man even unto beast, They have moved, they have gone.

٤ 4 «فِي تِلْكَ ٱلْأَيَّامِ وَفِي ذَلِكَ ٱلزَّمَانِ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ، يَأْتِي بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ هُمْ وَبَنُو يَهُوذَا مَعًا. يَسِيرُونَ سَيْرًا، وَيَبْكُونَ وَيَطْلُبُونَ ٱلرَّبَّ إِلَهَهُمْ.

In those days, and at that time, An affirmation of Jehovah, Come in do sons of Israel, They and sons of Judah together, Going on and weeping they go, And Jehovah their God they seek.

٥ 5 يَسْأَلُونَ عَنْ طَرِيقِ صِهْيَوْنَ، وَوُجُوهُهُمْ إِلَى هُنَاكَ، قَائِلِينَ: هَلُمَّ فَنَلْصَقُ بِٱلرَّبِّ بِعَهْدٍ أَبَدِيٍّ لَا يُنْسَى.

[To] Zion they ask the way, Thitherward [are] their faces: Come in, and we are joined unto Jehovah, A covenant age-during — not forgotten.

٦ 6 كَانَ شَعْبِي خِرَافًا ضَالَّةً، قَدْ أَضَلَّتْهُمْ رُعَاتُهُمْ. عَلَى ٱلْجِبَالِ أَتَاهُوهُمْ. سَارُوا مِنْ جَبَلٍ إِلَى أَكَمَةٍ. نَسُوا مَرْبَضَهُمْ.

A perishing flock hath My people been, Their shepherds have caused them to err, [To] the mountains causing them to go back, From mountain unto hill they have gone, They have forgotten their crouching-place.

٧ 7 كُلُّ ٱلَّذِينَ وَجَدُوهُمْ أَكَلُوهُمْ، وَقَالَ مُبْغِضُوهُمْ: لَا نُذْنِبُ مِنْ أَجْلِ أَنَّهُمْ أَخْطَأُوا إِلَى ٱلرَّبِّ، مَسْكِنِ ٱلْبِرِّ وَرَجَاءِ آبَائِهِمِ ٱلرَّبِّ.

All finding them have devoured them, And their adversaries have said: We are not guilty, Because that they sinned against Jehovah, The habitation of righteousness, And the hope of their fathers — Jehovah.

٨ 8 اُهْرُبُوا مِنْ وَسْطِ بَابِلَ وَٱخْرُجُوا مِنْ أَرْضِ ٱلْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ، وَكُونُوا مِثْلَ كَرَارِيِزَ أَمَامَ ٱلْغَنَمِ.

Move ye from the midst of Babylon, And from the land of the Chaldeans go out. And be as he-goats before a flock.

٩ 9 «لِأَنِّي هَأَنَذَا أُوقِظُ وَأُصْعِدُ عَلَى بَابِلَ جُمْهُورَ شُعُوبٍ عَظِيمَةٍ مِنْ أَرْضِ ٱلشِّمَالِ، فَيَصْطَفُّونَ عَلَيْهَا. مِنْ هُنَاكَ تُؤْخَذُ. نِبَالُهُمْ كَبَطَلٍ مُهْلِكٍ لَا يَرْجِعُ فَارِغًا.

For, lo, I am stirring up, And am causing to come up against Babylon, An assembly of great nations from a land of the north, And they have set in array against her, From thence she is captured, Its arrow — as a skilful hero — returneth not empty,

١٠ 10 وَتَكُونُ أَرْضُ ٱلْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ غَنِيمَةً. كُلُّ مُغْتَنِمِيهَا يَشْبَعُونَ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ.

And Chaldea hath been for a spoil, All her spoilers are satisfied, An affirmation of Jehovah.

١١ 11 لِأَنَّكُمْ قَدْ فَرِحْتُمْ وَشَمِتُّمْ يَا نَاهِبِي مِيرَاثِي، وَقَفَزْتُمْ كَعِجْلَةٍ فِي ٱلْكَلَإِ، وَصَهَلْتُمْ كَخَيْلٍ،

Because thou rejoicest, because thou exultest, O spoilers of Mine inheritance, Because thou increasest as a heifer [at] the tender grass, And dost cry aloud as bulls,

١٢ 12 تَخْزَى أُمُّكُمْ جِدًّا. تَخْجَلُ ٱلَّتِي وَلَدَتْكُمْ. هَا آخِرَةُ ٱلشُّعُوبِ بَرِّيَّةٌ وَأَرْضٌ نَاشِفَةٌ وَقَفْرٌ.

Ashamed hath been your mother greatly, Confounded hath she been that bare you, Lo, the hindermost of nations [is] a wilderness, A dry land, and a desert.

١٣ 13 بِسَبَبِ سَخَطِ ٱلرَّبِّ لَا تُسْكَنُ، بَلْ تَصِيرُ خَرِبَةً بِٱلتَّمَامِ. كُلُّ مَارٍّ بِبَابِلَ يَتَعَجَّبُ وَيَصْفِرُ بِسَبَبِ كُلِّ ضَرَبَاتِهَا.

Because of the wrath of Jehovah it is not inhabited, And it hath been a desolation — all of it. Every passer by at Babylon is astonished, And doth hiss because of all her plagues.

١٤ 14 اِصْطَفُّوا عَلَى بَابِلَ حَوَالَيْهَا يَا جَمِيعَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَنْزِعُونَ فِي ٱلْقَوْسِ. ٱرْمُوا عَلَيْهَا. لَا تُوَفِّرُوا ٱلسِّهَامَ لِأَنَّهَا قَدْ أَخْطَأَتْ إِلَى ٱلرَّبِّ.

Set yourselves in array against Babylon round about, All ye treading a bow, Shoot at her, have no pity on the arrow, For against Jehovah she hath sinned.

١٥ 15 ٱهْتِفُوا عَلَيْهَا حَوَالَيْهَا. قَدْ أَعْطَتْ يَدَهَا. سَقَطَتْ أُسُسُهَا. نُقِضَتْ أَسْوَارُهَا. لِأَنَّهَا نَقْمَةُ ٱلرَّبِّ هِيَ، فَٱنْقِمُوا مِنْهَا. كَمَا فَعَلَتِ ٱفْعَلُوا بِهَا.

Shout against her round about, She hath given forth her hand, Fallen have her foundations, Thrown down have been her walls, For it [is] the vengeance of Jehovah, Be avenged of her, as she did — do ye to her.

١٦ 16 ٱقْطَعُوا ٱلزَّارِعَ مِنْ بَابِلَ، وَمَاسِكَ ٱلْمِنْجَلِ فِي وَقْتِ ٱلْحَصَادِ. مِنْ وَجْهِ ٱلسَّيْفِ ٱلْقَاسِي يَرْجِعُونَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ إِلَى شَعْبِهِ، وَيَهْرُبُونَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ إِلَى أَرْضِهِ.

Cut off the sower from Babylon, And him handling the sickle in the time of harvest, Because of the oppressing sword, Each unto his people — they turn, And each to his land — they flee.

١٧ 17 «إِسْرَائِيلُ غَنَمٌ مُتَبَدِّدَةٌ. قَدْ طَرَدَتْهُ ٱلسِّبَاعُ. أَوَّلًا أَكَلَهُ مَلِكُ أَشُّورَ، ثُمَّ هَذَا ٱلْأَخِيرُ، نَبُوخَذْرَاصَّرُ مَلِكُ بَابِلَ هَرَسَ عِظَامَهُ.

A scattered sheep is Israel, lions have driven away, At first, devour him did the king of Asshur, And now, at last, broken his bone Hath Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon.

١٨ 18 لِذَلِكَ هَكَذَا قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلْجُنُودِ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: هَأَنَذَا أُعَاقِبُ مَلِكَ بَابِلَ وَأَرْضَهُ كَمَا عَاقَبْتُ مَلِكَ أَشُّورَ.

Therefore thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel: Lo, I am seeing after the king of Babylon, And after his land, As I have seen after the king of Asshur;

١٩ 19 وَأَرُدُّ إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَى مَسْكَنِهِ، فَيَرْعَى كَرْمَلَ وَبَاشَانَ، وَفِي جَبَلِ أَفْرَايِمَ وَجِلْعَادَ تَشْبَعُ نَفْسُهُ.

And I have brought back Israel unto his habitation, And he hath fed on Carmel, and on Bashan. And in mount Ephraim, and on Gilead is his soul satisfied.

٢٠ 20 فِي تِلْكَ ٱلْأَيَّامِ وَفِي ذَلِكَ ٱلزَّمَانِ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ، يُطْلَبُ إِثْمُ إِسْرَائِيلَ فَلَا يَكُونُ، وَخَطِيَّةُ يَهُوذَا فَلَا تُوجَدُ، لِأَنِّي أَغْفِرُ لِمَنْ أُبْقِيهِ.

In those days, and at that time, An affirmation of Jehovah, Sought is the iniquity of Israel, and it is not, And the sin of Judah, and it is not found, For I am propitious to those whom I leave!

٢١ 21 «اِصْعَدْ عَلَى أَرْضِ مِرَاثَايِمَ. عَلَيْهَا وَعَلَى سُكَّانِ فَقُودَ. ٱخْرِبْ وَحَرِّمْ وَرَاءَهُمْ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ، وَٱفْعَلْ حَسَبَ كُلِّ مَا أَمَرْتُكَ بِهِ.

Against the land of Merathaim: Go up against it, and unto the inhabitants of Pekod, Waste and devote their posterity, An affirmation of Jehovah, And do according to all that I have commanded thee.

٢٢ 22 صَوْتُ حَرْبٍ فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ، وَٱنْحِطَامٌ عَظِيمٌ.

A noise of battle [is] in the land, and of great destruction.

٢٣ 23 كَيْفَ قُطِعَتْ وَتَحَطَّمَتْ مِطْرَقَةُ كُلِّ ٱلْأَرْضِ؟ كَيْفَ صَارَتْ بَابِلُ خَرِبَةً بَيْنَ ٱلشُّعُوبِ؟

How hath it been cut and broken, The hammer of the whole earth! How hath Babylon been for a desolation among nations!

٢٤ 24 قَدْ نَصَبْتُ لَكِ شَرَكًا، فَعَلِقْتِ يَا بَابِلُ، وَأَنْتِ لَمْ تَعْرِفِي! قَدْ وُجِدْتِ وَأُمْسِكْتِ لِأَنَّكِ قَدْ خَاصَمْتِ ٱلرَّبَّ.

I have laid a snare for thee, And also — thou art captured, O Babylon, And thou — thou hast known, Thou hast been found, and also art caught, For against Jehovah thou hast stirred thyself up.

٢٥ 25 فَتَحَ ٱلرَّبُّ خِزَانَتَهُ، وَأَخْرَجَ آلَاتِ رِجْزِهِ، لِأَنَّ لِلسَّيِّدِ رَبِّ ٱلْجُنُودِ عَمَلًا فِي أَرْضِ ٱلْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ.

Jehovah hath opened His treasury, And He bringeth out the weapons of His indignation, For a work [is] to the Lord Jehovah of Hosts, In the land of the Chaldeans.

٢٦ 26 هَلُمَّ إِلَيْهَا مِنَ ٱلْأَقْصَى. ٱفْتَحُوا أَهْرَاءَهَا. كَوِّمُوهَا عِرَامًا، وَحَرِّمُوهَا وَلَا تَكُنْ لَهَا بَقِيَّةٌ.

Come ye in to her from the extremity, Open ye her storehouses, Raise her up as heaps, and devote her, Let her have no remnant.

٢٧ 27 أَهْلِكُوا كُلَّ عُجُولِهَا. لِتَنْزِلْ لِلذَّبْحِ. وَيْلٌ لَهُمْ لِأَنَّهُ قَدْ أَتَى يَوْمُهُمْ، زَمَانُ عِقَابِهِمْ.

Slay all her kine, they go down to slaughter, Woe [is] on them, for come hath their day, The time of their inspection.

٢٨ 28 صَوْتُ هَارِبِينَ وَنَاجِينَ مِنْ أَرْضِ بَابِلَ، لِيُخْبِرُوا فِي صِهْيَوْنَ بِنَقْمَةِ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِنَا، نَقْمَةِ هَيْكَلِهِ.

A voice of fugitives and escaped ones [Is] from the land of Babylon, To declare in Zion the vengeance of Jehovah our God, The vengeance of His temple.

٢٩ 29 اُدْعُوا إِلَى بَابِلَ أَصْحَابَ ٱلْقِسِيِّ. لِيَنْزِلْ عَلَيْهَا كُلُّ مَنْ يَنْزِعُ فِي ٱلْقَوْسِ حَوَالَيْهَا. لَا يَكُنْ نَاجٍ. كَافِئُوهَا نَظِيرَ عَمَلِهَا. ٱفْعَلُوا بِهَا حَسَبَ كُلِّ مَا فَعَلَتْ، لِأَنَّهَا بَغَتْ عَلَى ٱلرَّبِّ، عَلَى قُدُّوسِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

Summon unto Babylon archers, all treading the bow, Encamp against her round about, Let [her] have no escape; Recompense to her according to her work, According to all that she did — do to her, For unto Jehovah she hath been proud, Unto the Holy One of Israel.

٣٠ 30 لِذَلِكَ يَسْقُطُ شُبَّانُهَا فِي ٱلشَّوَارِعِ، وَكُلُّ رِجَالِ حَرْبِهَا يَهْلِكُونَ فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ.

Therefore fall do her young men in her broad places, And all her men of war are cut off in that day, An affirmation of Jehovah.

٣١ 31 هَأَنَذَا عَلَيْكِ أَيَّتُهَا ٱلْبَاغِيَةُ، يَقُولُ ٱلسَّيِّدُ رَبُّ ٱلْجُنُودِ، لِأَنَّهُ قَد أَتَى يَوْمُكِ حِينَ عِقَابِي إِيَّاكِ.

Lo, I [am] against thee, O pride, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah of Hosts, For thy day hath come, the time of thy inspection.

٣٢ 32 فَيَعْثُرُ ٱلْبَاغِي وَيَسقُطُ ولَا يَكُونُ لَهُ مَنْ يُقِيمُهُ، وَأُشْعِلُ نَارًا في مُدُنِهِ فَتَأْكُلُ كُلَّ مَا حَوَالَيْهَا.

And stumbled hath pride, And he hath fallen, and hath no raiser up, And I have kindled a fire in his cities, And it hath devoured all round about him.

٣٣ 33 «هَكَذَا قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلْجُنُودِ: إِنَّ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ وَبَنِي يَهُوذَا مَعًا مَظْلُومُونَ، وَكُلُّ ٱلَّذِينَ سَبَوْهُمْ أَمْسَكُوهُمْ. أَبَوْا أَنْ يُطْلِقُوهُمْ.

Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Oppressed are the sons of Israel, And the sons of Judah together, And all their captors have kept hold on them, They have refused to send them away.

٣٤ 34 وَلِيُّهُمْ قَوِيٌّ. رَبُّ ٱلْجُنُودِ ٱسْمُهُ. يُقِيمُ دَعْوَاهُمْ لِكَيْ يُرِيحَ ٱلْأَرْضَ وَيُزْعِجَ سُكَّانَ بَابِلَ.

Their Redeemer [is] strong, Jehovah of Hosts [is] His name, He doth thoroughly plead their cause, So as to cause the land to rest, And He hath given trouble to the inhabitants of Babylon.

٣٥ 35 سَيْفٌ عَلَى ٱلْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ، وَعَلَى سُكَّانِ بَابِلَ، وَعَلَى رُؤَسَائِهَا، وَعَلَى حُكَمَائِهَا.

A sword [is] for the Chaldeans, An affirmation of Jehovah, And it [is] on the inhabitants of Babylon, And on her heads, and on her wise men;

٣٦ 36 سَيْفٌ عَلَى ٱلْمُخَادِعِينَ، فَيَصِيرُونَ حُمُقًا. سَيْفٌ عَلَى أَبْطَالِهَا فَيَرْتَعِبُونَ.

A sword [is] on the princes, And they have become foolish; A sword [is] on her mighty ones, And they have been broken down;

٣٧ 37 سَيْفٌ عَلَى خَيْلِهَا وَعَلَى مَرْكَبَاتِهَا وَعَلَى كُلِّ ٱللَّفِيفِ ٱلَّذِي فِي وَسْطِهَا، فَيَصِيرُونَ نِسَاءً. سَيْفٌ عَلَى خَزَائِنِهَا فَتُنْهَبُ.

A sword [is] on his horses and on his chariot, And on all the rabble who [are] in her midst, And they have become women; A sword [is] on her treasuries, And they have been spoiled;

٣٨ 38 حَرٌّ عَلَى مِيَاهِهَا فَتَنْشَفُ، لِأَنَّهَا أَرْضُ مَنْحُوتَاتٍ هِيَ، وَبِٱلْأَصْنَامِ تُجَنُّ.

A sword [is] on her waters, and they have been dried up, For it [is] a land of graven images, And in idols they do boast themselves.

٣٩ 39 لِذَلِكَ تَسْكُنُ وُحُوشُ ٱلْقَفْرِ مَعَ بَنَاتِ آوَى، وَتَسْكُنُ فِيهَا رِعَالُ ٱلنَّعَامِ، وَلَا تُسْكَنُ بَعْدُ إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ، وَلَا تُعْمَرُ إِلَى دَوْرٍ فَدَوْرٍ.

Therefore dwell do Ziim with Iim, Yea, dwelt in her have daughters of the ostrich, And it is not inhabited any more for ever, Nor dwelt in unto all generations.

٤٠ 40 كَقَلْبِ ٱللهِ سَدُومَ وَعَمُورَةَ وَمُجَاوَرَاتِهَا، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ، لَا يَسْكُنُ هُنَاكَ إِنْسَانٌ، وَلَا يَتَغَرَّبُ فِيهَا ٱبْنُ آدَمَ.

As overthrown by God with Sodom, And with Gomorrah, and with its neighbours, An affirmation of Jehovah, none doth dwell there, Nor sojourn in her doth a son of man.

٤١ 41 هُوَذَا شَعْبٌ مُقْبِلٌ مِنَ ٱلشِّمَالِ، وَأُمَّةٌ عَظِيمَةٌ، وَيُوقَظُ مُلُوكٌ كَثِيرُونَ مِنْ أَقَاصِي ٱلْأَرْضِ.

Lo, a people hath come from the north, Even a great nation, And many kings are stirred up from the sides of the earth.

٤٢ 42 يُمْسِكُونَ ٱلْقَوْسَ وَٱلرُّمْحَ. هُمْ قُسَاةٌ لَا يَرْحَمُونَ. صَوْتُهُمْ يَعِجُّ كَبَحْرٍ، وَعَلَى خَيْلٍ يَرْكَبُونَ، مُصْطَفِّينَ كَرَجُلٍ وَاحِدٍ لِمُحَارَبَتِكِ يَابِنْتَ بَابِلَ.

Bow and halbert they seize, Cruel [are] they, and they have no mercy, Their voice as a sea soundeth, and on horses they ride, Set in array as a man for battle, Against thee, O daughter of Babylon.

٤٣ 43 سَمِعَ مَلِكُ بَابِلَ خَبَرَهُمْ فَٱرْتَخَتْ يَدَاهُ. أَخَذَتْهُ ٱلضِّيقَةُ وَٱلْوَجَعُ كَمَاخِضٍ.

Heard hath the king of Babylon their report, And feeble have been his hands, Distress hath seized him; pain as a travailing woman.

٤٤ 44 هَا هُوَ يَصْعَدُ كَأَسَدٍ مِنْ كِبْرِيَاءِ ٱلْأُرْدُنِّ إِلَى مَرْعًى دَائِمٍ. لِأَنِّي أَغْمِزُ وَأَجْعَلُهُمْ يَرْكُضُونَ عَنْهُ. فَمَنْ هُوَ مُنْتَخَبٌ فَأُقِيمَهُ عَلَيْهِ؟ لِأَنَّهُ مَنْ مِثْلِي؟ وَمَنْ يُحَاكِمُنِي؟ وَمَنْ هُوَ ٱلرَّاعِي ٱلَّذِي يَقِفُ أَمَامِي؟

Lo, as a lion he cometh up, Because of the rising of the Jordan, Unto the enduring habitation, But I cause to rest, I cause them to run from off her. And who is chosen? on her I lay a charge, For who [is] like Me? And who doth convene Me? And who [is] this shepherd who standeth before Me?

٤٥ 45 لِذَلِكَ ٱسْمَعُوا مَشُورَةَ ٱلرَّبِّ ٱلَّتِي قَضَى بِهَا عَلَى بَابِلَ، وَأَفْكَارَهُ ٱلَّتِي ٱفْتَكَرَ بِهَا عَلَى أَرْضِ ٱلْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ: إِنَّ صِغَارَ ٱلْغَنَمِ تَسْحَبُهُمْ. إِنَّهُ يَخْرِبُ مَسْكَنَهُمْ عَلَيْهِمْ.

Therefore, hear ye the counsel of Jehovah, That He counselled concerning Babylon, And His devices that He hath devised Concerning the land of the Chaldeans; Drag them out do not little ones of the flock, Doth He not make desolate over them the habitation?

٤٦ 46 مِنَ ٱلْقَوْلِ: أُخِذَتْ بَابِلُ. رَجَفَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَسُمِعَ صُرَاخٌ فِي ٱلشُّعُوبِ.

From the voice: Captured was Babylon, Hath the earth been shaken, And a cry among nations hath been heard!