إرْمِيا 15

١ 1 ثُمَّ قَالَ لِيَ الرَّبُّ: «وحَتَّى لَوْ مَثَلَ مُوسَى وَصَمُوئِيلُ أَمَامِي، مِنْ أَجْلِ الشَّعْبِ فَإِنَّ قَلْبِي لَنْ يَلْتَفِتَ إِلَى هَذَا الشَّعْبِ. اطْرَحْهُمْ مِنْ مَحْضَرِي فَيَخْرُجُوا.

Then said Yahweh unto me, Though Moses and Samuel should stand before me, My soul could not be toward this people, —Send them away from before me And let them go forth.

٢ 2 وَعِنْدَمَا يَسْأَلُونَكَ: إِلَى أَيْنَ نَذْهَبُ؟ أَجِبْهُمْ: هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ الرَّبُّ: مَنْ هُوَ لِلْوَبَأِ فَبِالْوَبَأِ يَمُوتُ، وَمَنْ هُوَ لِلسَّيْفِ فَبِالسَّيْفِ يُقْتَلُ، وَمَنْ هُوَ لِلْمَجَاعَةِ فَبِالْمَجَاعَةِ يَفْنَى، وَمَنْ هُوَ لِلسَّبْيِ فَإِلَى السَّبْيِ يَذْهَبُ.

And it shall come to pass when they say unto thee Whither shall we go? Then shalt, thou say unto them, Thus saith Yahweh—Such as are for death, to death, and Such as are for the sword, to the sword, and Such as are for famine, to the famine, and Such as are for captivity, to captivity.

٣ 3 وَأَعْهَدُ بِهِمْ إِلَى أَرْبَعَةِ أَصْنَافٍ مِنَ الْخَرَابِ يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ: السَّيْفِ لِلذَّبْحِ، وَالْكِلاَبِ لِلتَّمْزِيقِ، وَطُيُورِ السَّمَاءِ وَوُحُوشِ الأَرْضِ لِلاِفْتِرَاسِ وَالإِهْلاَكِ.

And I will set in charge over them—four species Declareth Yahweh, The sword to slay, and The dogs to trail along, —and The bird of the heavens and The beast of the earth to devour and to destroy.

٤ 4 وَأَجْعَلُهُمْ مَثَارَ رُعْبِ أُمَمِ الأَرْضِ نَتِيجَةً لِمَا ارْتَكَبَهُ مَنَسَّى بْنُ حَزَقِيَّا فِي أُورُشَلِيمُ.

And I will make them a terror, to all the kingdoms of the earth, —On account of Manasseh son of Hezekiah king of Judah, For what he did in Jerusalem.

٥ 5 فَمَنْ يَعْطِفُ عَلَيْكِ يَاأُورُشَلِيمُ، وَمَنْ يَرْثِي لَكِ؟ مَنْ يَتَوَقَّفُ لِيَسْأَلَ عَنْ سَلاَمَتِكِ؟

For who shall have pity upon thee O Jerusalem? And who shall lament for thee? And who shall turn aside, to ask for thy welfare?

٦ 6 قَدْ رَفَضْتِنِي» يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ، «وَوَاظَبْتِ عَلَى الارْتِدَادِ، لِذَلِكَ مَدَدْتُ يَدِي ضِدَّكِ وَدَمَّرْتُكِ، إِذْ سَئِمْتُ مِنْ كَثْرَةِ الصَّفْحِ عَنْكِ.

Thou, hast abandoned, me, Declareth Yahweh, Backward, thou wilt go, Therefore have I stretched forth my hand against thee and laid thee waste, —I am weary of having compassion.

٧ 7 وَأُذَرِّيهِمْ بِالْمِذْرَاةِ فِي أَبْوَابِ مُدُنِ الأَرْضِ؛ وَأُثْكِلُ وَأُهْلِكُ شَعْبِي لأَنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَرْجِعُوا عَنْ طُرُقِهِمِ الأَثِيمَةِ.

Therefore have I winnowed them with a winnowing shovel in the gates of the land, —I have bereaved—I have destroyed my people, From their own ways, have they not returned.

٨ 8 وَأَجْعَلُ عَدَدَ أَرَامِلِهِمْ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ عَدَدِ رَمْلِ الْبَحْرِ، وَأَجْلِبُ فِي الظَّهِيرَةِ مُهْلِكاً عَلَى أُمَّهَاتِ الشُّبَّانِ، وَأُوْقِعُ عَلَيْهِمِ الرُّعْبَ وَالْهَوْلَ بَغْتَةً.

Their widows have become multiplied to me, beyond the sand of the seas, I have brought against them—upon the mother of young men—the spoiler in the broad noon, —I have let fall upon her suddenly, excitement and terrors.

٩ 9 ذَبُلَتْ وَالِدَةُ السَّبْعَةِ الأَبْنَاءِ. أَسْلَمَتْ رُوحَهَا وَغَرَبَتْ شَمْسُ حَيَاتِهَا وَالنَّهَارُ لَمْ يَغِبْ بَعْدُ. لَحِقَ بِهَا الْخِزْيُ وَالْعَارُ. أَمَّا بَقِيَّتُهُمْ فَأَدْفَعُهُمْ إِلَى حَدِّ السَّيْفِ أَمَامَ أَعْدَائِهِمْ»، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ.

Languisheth! she who had given birth to seven, She hath breathed out her life Her sun hath gone in, while yet it was day, She hath turned pale and hath turned red, —And the remnant of them, to the sword, will I deliver before their enemies, Declareth Yahweh.

١٠ 10 وَيْلٌ لِي يَاأُمِّي لأَنَّكِ أَنْجَبْتِنِي لأَكُونَ إِنْسَانَ خِصَامٍ وَرَجُلَ نِزَاعٍ لِكُلِّ الأَرْضِ. لَمْ أَقْرِضْ وَلَمْ أَقْتَرِضْ. وَمَعَ ذَلِكَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ يَلْعَنُنِي.

Woe to me! my mother, That thou didst bear me, A man of litigation and a man of contention to all the land, —I have not lent on interest Nor have they lent on interest to me, Every one, hath treated me with contempt.

١١ 11 دَعْهُمْ يَشْتِمُونَ يَارَبُّ. أَلَمْ أَتَضَرَّعْ إِلَيْكَ مِنْ أَجْلِ خَيْرِهِمْ؟ إِنِّي أَبْتَهِلُ إِلَيْكَ الآنَ مِنْ أَجْلِ أَعْدَائِي فِي وَقْتِ الضِّيقِ وَالْمِحْنَةِ.

Said Yahweh, —Verily, I will loose thee, for good! Verily, I will intercede for thee In the time of calamity, and In the time of distress with the enemy!

١٢ 12 «أَيُمْكِنُ لِلْمَرْءِ أَنْ يَكْسِرَ حَدِيداً وَنُحَاساً مِنَ الشِّمَالِ؟

Shall iron crush the iron from the North and the bronze?

١٣ 13 سَأَجْعَلُ ثَرْوَتَكَ وَكُنُوزَكَ نَهْباً بِلاَ ثَمَنٍ بِسَبَبِ كُلِّ خَطَايَاكَ فِي جَمِيعِ أَرْضِكَ.

Thy substance and thy treasures—for a prey, will I give, without price, —Even for all thy sins and in all thy bounds:

١٤ 14 وَأُصَيِّرُكَ عَبْداً لأَعْدَائِكَ فِي أَرْضٍ لاَ تَعْرِفُهَا، لأَنَّ نَاراً قَدِ اضْطَرَمَتْ فِي احْتِدَامِ غَضَبِي، سَوْفَ تُحْرِقُكُمْ».

Therefore will I make thee pass, with thine enemies into a land thou knowest not, —For, a fire, hath been kindled in mine anger Upon you, shall it burn.

١٥ 15 يَارَبُّ، أَنْتَ عَرَفْتَ. اذْكُرْنِي وَارْعَنِي وَانْتَقِمْ لِي مِنْ مُضْطَهِدِيَّ. لاَ تَتَمَهَّلْ طَوِيلاً فِي الانْتِقَامِ لِي، فَأَنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنِّي مِنْ أَجْلِكَ احْتَمَلْتُ التَّعْيِيرَ.

Thou knowest—O Yahweh Remember me and visit me and avenge me upon my persecutors, Do not of thy longsuffering, take me away, —Know—I have borne for thy sake, reproach.

١٦ 16 حَالَمَا بَلَغَتْنِي كَلِمَاتُكَ أَكَلْتُهَا فَأَصْبَحَتْ لِي بَهْجَةً وَمَسَرَّةً لِقَلْبِي، لأَنِّي دُعِيتُ بِاسْمِكَ أَيُّهَا الرَّبُّ الإِلَهُ الْقَدِيرُ.

Thy words, were found, and I did eat them, Then became thy words unto me the joy and gladness of my heart, —For thy Name hath been called upon me, O Yahweh God of hosts!

١٧ 17 لَمْ أَجْلِسْ فِي مَجَالِسِ الْعَابِثِينَ، وَلَمْ أَشْتَرِكْ فِي لَهْوِهِمْ. اعْتَزَلْتُ وَحْدِي لأَنَّ يَدَكَ كَانَتْ عَلَيَّ، وَقَدْ مَلأْتَنِي سَخْطاً.

I sat not in the circle of mockers, Nor became I uproarious, —Because of thy hand, by myself did I sit, For with indignation, hadst thou filled me.

١٨ 18 لِمَاذَا لاَ يَنْقَطِعُ أَلَمِي، وَجُرْحِي لاَ يُشْفَى، وَيَأْبَى الالْتِئَامَ؟ أَتَكُونُ لِي كَجَدْوَلٍ كَاذِبٍ أَوْ مِيَاهٍ سَرِيعَةِ النُّضُوبِ؟

Wherefore hath my pain become perpetual? And my wound, incurable? Refuseth to be healed? Wilt thou, indeed be, to me [As a brook] that disappointeth, Waters that cannot be trusted?

١٩ 19 لِذَلِكَ، هَكَذَا قَالَ الرَّبُّ: «إِنْ رَجَعْتَ أَسْتَرِدَّكَ فَتَمْثُلَ أَمَامِي. إِنْ نَطَقْتَ بِالْقَوْلِ السَّدِيدِ وَنَبَذْتَ الْكَلاَمَ الْغَثَّ، أَجْعَلْكَ الْمُتَحَدِّثَ بِفَمِي، فَيُقْبِلُونَ إِلَيْكَ مُسْتَرْشِدِينَ، وَأَنْتَ لاَ تَلْجَأُ إِلَيْهِمْ طَالِباً نَصِيحَةً.

Wherefore Thus, saith Yahweh—If thou wouldst return, I will cause thee to return Before me, shalt thou stand, Yea if thou wilt bring out the precious from among the vile, As mine own mouth shalt thou be, —Let them return unto thee, But thou, shalt not return unto them;

٢٠ 20 وَأَجْعَلُكَ سُوراً نُحَاسِيّاً مَنِيعاً لِهَذَا الشَّعْبِ، فَيُحَارِبُونَكَ وَلَكِنَّهُمْ يُخْفِقُونَ، لأَنِّي أَنَا مَعَكَ لأُنْقِذَكَ وَأُخَلِّصَكَ.

So will I make thee to this people a wall of bronze, fortified, When they fight against thee, they shall not prevail against thee, —For with thee, am, I, to save thee and to deliver thee, Declareth Yahweh;

٢١ 21 أُنْقِذُكَ مِنْ قَبْضَةِ الأَشْرَارِ، وَأَفْدِيكَ مِنْ أَكُفِّ الْعُتَاةِ».

Thus will I deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, —And redeem thee out of the grasp of the tyrants.