إرْمِيا 42

١ 1 ثُمَّ اجْتَمَعَ كُلُّ قُوَّادِ الْقُوَّاتِ وَيُوحَانَانُ بْنُ قَارِيحَ وَيَزَنْيا بْنُ هُوشَعْيَا وَجَمِيعُ الشَّعْبِ صَغِيرُهُمْ وَكَبِيرُهُمْ،

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 إِلَى إِرْمِيَا قَائِلِينَ: «لَيْتَ تَوَسُّلَنَا يَكُونُ مَقْبُولاً لَدَيْكَ، فَتُصَلِّيَ إِلَى الرَّبِّ إِلَهِكَ مِنْ أَجْلِ هَذِهِ الْبَقِيَّةِ كُلِّهَا، فَقَدْ كُنَّا كَثِيرِينَ وَلَكِنْ صِرْنَا الآنَ قَلِيلِينَ كَمَا تَرَى،

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 فَيُنْبِئُنَا الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكَ بِالطَّرِيقِ الَّذِي يَتَحَتَّمُ عَلَيْنَا سُلُوكُهُ وَبِمَا يَجِبُ عَلَيْنَا عَمَلُهُ».

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

٤ 4 فَأَجَابَهُمْ إِرْمِيَا النَّبِيُّ: «قَدِ اسْتَجَبْتُ لَكُمْ، وَهَا أَنَا أُصَلِّي إِلَى الرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمْ بِحَسَبِ كَلامِكُمْ، وَكُلُّ مَا يُجِيبُ بِهِ الرَّبُّ أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِهِ. لَا أَكْتُمُ عَنْكُمْ شَيْئاً».

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 ثُمَّ قَالُوا لإِرْمِيَا: «لِيَكُنِ الرَّبُّ بَيْنَنَا شَاهِداً أَمِيناً صَادِقاً، أَنَّنَا نُنَفِّذُ كُلَّ كَلِمَةٍ يُوْحِي بِها الرَّبُّ إِلَيْنَا عَلَى لِسَانِكَ،

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 سَوَاءٌ كَانَتْ خَيْراً أَوْ شَرّاً، فَنُطِيعَ صَوْتَ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِنَا الَّذِي نُرْسِلُكَ إِلَيْهِ، فَنَنَالَ خَيْراً إِنْ أَطَعْنَاهُ».

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 وَبَعْدَ عَشَرَةِ أَيَّامٍ أَوْحَى الرَّبُّ إِلَى إِرْمِيَا بِرِسَالَةٍ،

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

٨ 8 فَاسْتَدْعَى إِرْمِيَا يُوحَانَانَ بْنَ قَارِيحَ وَقُوَّادَ الْقُوَّاتِ الَّذِينَ مَعَهُ وَسَائِرَ الشَّعْبِ مِنْ صَغِيرِهِمْ إِلَى كَبِيرِهِمْ،

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: «هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ الَّذِي أَرْسَلْتُمُونِي لأَرْفَعَ تَوَسُّلَكُمْ إِلَيْهِ:

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 أَقَمْتُمْ فِي هَذِهِ الأَرْضِ فَإِنِّي أَبْنِيكُمْ وَلا أَهْدِمُكُمْ، وَأَغْرِسُكُمْ وَلا أَسْتَأْصِلُكُمْ، لأَنِّي أَسِفْتُ عَلَى الشَّرِّ الَّذِي أَلْحَقْتُهُ 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 تَخْشَوْا مَلِكَ بَابِلَ الَّذِي أَنْتُمْ مِنْهُ خَائِفُونَ فَإِنِّي مَعَكُمْ لأُخَلِّصَكُمْ وَأُنَجِّيَكُمْ 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 وَأُنْعِمَ عَلَيْكُمْ فَيَرْحَمَكُمْ 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 وَلَكِنْ إِنْ قُلْتُمْ: لَنْ نُقِيمَ فِي هَذِهِ الأَرْضِ، وَلَمْ تُطِيعُوا صَوْتَ الرَّبِّ 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 نَنْطَلِقُ إِلَى دِيَارِ مِصْرَ حَيْثُ لَا نَشْهَدُ قِتَالاً، وَلا نَسْمَعُ نَفِيرَ بُوقٍ، وَلا يُعْوِزُنَا خُبْزٌ، فَنَمْكُثُ هُنَاكَ،

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 إِذاً اسْمَعُوا قَضَاءَ الرَّبِّ يَا بَقِيَّةَ يَهُوذَا: إِنْ وَطَّدْتُمِ الْعَزْمَ عَلَى الذَّهَابِ إِلَى مِصْرَ وَارْتَحَلْتُمْ 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 فَالسَّيْفُ الْكَلْدَانِيُّ الَّذِي تَخْشَوْنَهُ يُدْرِكُكُمْ هُنَاكَ فِي دِيَارِ مِصْرَ، وَالْجُوعُ الَّذِي تَفْزَعُونَ مِنْهُ يُلاحِقُكُمْ إِلَى 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 وَكُلُّ مَنِ اسْتَقَرَّ عَزْمُهُ مِنَ الشَّعْبِ عَلَى الانْطِلاقِ إِلَى مِصْرَ وَالتَّغَرُّبِ هُنَاكَ يَمُوتُ بِالسَّيْفِ وَالْجُوعِ وَالْوَبَاءِ، وَلا يُفْلِتُ نَاجٍ مِنَ الشَّرِّ الَّذِي أَجْلِبُهُ 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 لأَنَّ هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ. كَمَا انْسَكَبَ غَضَبِي وَسُخْطِي عَلَى أَهْلِ أُورُشَلِيمَ، كَذَلِكَ يَنْسَكِبُ سُخْطِي عَلَيْكُمْ إِذَا ذَهَبْتُمْ إِلَى مِصْرَ، فَتُصْبِحُونَ مَثَارَ سُبَّةٍ وَدَهْشَةٍ وَلَعْنَةٍ وَعَارٍ، وَلا تَعُودُونَ تَرَوْنَ هَذَا المَوْضِعَ».

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 «فَيَا بَقِيَّةَ إِسْرَائِيلَ لَا تُهَاجِرُوا إِلَى مِصْرَ. تَيَقَّنُوا أَنِّي قَدْ حَذَّرْتُكُمُ الْيَوْمَ.

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 لأَنَّكُمْ قَدْ خَدَعْتُمْ أَنْفُسَكُمْ حِينَ بَعَثْتُمْ بِي إِلَى الرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمْ قَائِلِينَ: صَلِّ لأَجْلِنَا إِلَى الرَّبِّ إِلَهِنَا وَأَنْبِئْنَا بِكُلِّ مَا يَقُولُ فَنَفْعَلَ بِمُقْتَضَاهُ.

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 وَهَا أَنَا قَدْ أَنْبَأْتُكُمُ الْيَوْمَ بِكَلامِهِ فَلَمْ تُطِيعُوا صَوْتَ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمْ فِي أَيِّ شَيْءٍ 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 فَثِقُوا الآنَ أَنَّكُمْ تَمُوتُونَ بِالسَّيْفِ وَالْجُوعِ وَالْوَبَاءِ فِي ذَاتِ الْمَوْضِعِ الَّذِي نَوَيْتُمُ الارْتِحَالَ إِلَيْهِ وَالتَّغَرُّبَ 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."