< Jeremiah 11 >

1 This is [another] message that Yahweh told me:
این است کلامی که از جانب خداوند به ارمیا نازل شده، گفت:۱
2 “Listen to the agreement that I made with [the ancestors of] the people of Jerusalem and [the other cities in] Judah. Then remind them of [that agreement].
«کلام این عهدرا بشنوید و به مردان یهودا و ساکنان اورشلیم بگویید.۲
3 Then tell them that [I], Yahweh, the God whom the Israeli [people worship], said that I will curse everyone who does not obey what was written in that agreement that I made with them.
و تو به ایشان بگو یهوه خدای اسرائیل چنین می‌گوید: ملعون باد کسی‌که کلام این عهدرا نشنود.۳
4 It is the same agreement that I made with their ancestors when I brought them out of Egypt. [What happened to them in Egypt was terrible; it was as though they were] living in a hot furnace [MET]. When I brought them out of Egypt, I told them to obey me, and to do everything that I had commanded them to do. [I also told them] that if they obeyed me, they would be my people and I would be their God.
که آن را به پدران شما در روزی که ایشان را از زمین مصر از کوره آهنین بیرون آوردم امر فرموده، گفتم قول مرا بشنوید و موافق هر آنچه به شما امر بفرمایم آن را بجا بیاورید تا شماقوم من باشید و من خدای شما باشم.۴
5 [Now tell these people that if they obey me], I will do what I promised to do for their ancestors. I will enable them to continue living in this very fertile [IDM] land in which they now live.” I replied, “Yahweh, I hope that what you said will happen.”
و تا قسمی را که برای پدران شما خوردم وفا نمایم که زمینی را که به شیر و عسل جاری است چنانکه امروزشده است به ایشان بدهم.» پس من در جواب گفتم: «ای خداوند آمین.»۵
6 Then Yahweh said to me, “Go into the streets of Jerusalem and to the [other] cities in Judah. Proclaim my message to the people. Tell them to listen to the agreement [that I made with their ancestors], and to obey it.
پس خداوند مرا گفت: «تمام این سخنان رادر شهرهای یهودا و کوچه های اورشلیم نداکرده، بگو که سخنان این عهد را بشنوید و آنها رابجا آورید.۶
7 When I brought their ancestors out of Egypt, I solemnly pleaded with them many times to obey me, and I am still pleading with them now.
زیرا از روزی که پدران شما را اززمین مصر برآوردم تا امروز ایشان را تاکید سخت نمودم و صبح زود برخاسته، تاکید نموده، گفتم قول مرا بشنوید.۷
8 But they did not obey me or [even] pay any attention to me. Everyone continued to be stubborn and to do the evil things that they wanted to do. I commanded them to do what was written in the agreement, but they refused. So I punished them in all the ways that I promised that I would.”
اما نشنیدند و گوش خود را فرانداشتند بلکه پیروی سرکشی دل شریر خود رانمودند. پس تمام سخنان این عهد را بر ایشان وارد آوردم چونکه امر فرموده بودم که آن را وفانمایند اما وفا ننمودند.»۸
9 Then Yahweh said to me, “The people of Jerusalem and [the other cities in] Judah are rebelling against me.
و خداوند مرا گفت: «فتنه‌ای در میان مردان یهودا و ساکنان اورشلیم پیدا شده است.۹
10 Their ancestors refused to do what I told them to do, and [now] these people have returned to committing the sins that their ancestors committed. They are worshiping other gods. The people of Israel disobeyed the agreement that I made with their ancestors, and [now] the people of Judah have done the same thing.
به خطایای پدران پیشین خود که از شنیدن این سخنان ابا نمودند برگشتند و ایشان خدایان غیر راپیروی نموده، آنها را عبادت نمودند. و خاندان اسرائیل و خاندان یهودا عهدی را که با پدران ایشان بسته بودم شکستند.»۱۰
11 So now I, Yahweh, am warning them that I will cause them to experience disasters, and they will not escape them. And when they cry out for me [to help them], I will not pay attention.
بنابراین خداوندچنین می‌گوید: «اینک من بلایی را که از آن نتوانندرست بر ایشان خواهم آورد. و نزد من استغاثه خواهند کرد اما ایشان را اجابت نخواهم نمود.۱۱
12 When that happens, the people in Jerusalem and [other] cities in Judah will [offer sacrifices and] burn incense to their gods and ask for their help, but those gods will not be able to save them when those disasters come to them.
و شهرهای یهودا و ساکنان اورشلیم رفته، نزدخدایانی که برای آنها بخور می‌سوزانیدند فریادخواهند کرد اما آنها در وقت مصیبت ایشان هرگزایشان را نجات نخواهند داد.۱۲
13 There are more gods in Judah than there are towns in Judah, and the people of Jerusalem have erected as many altars to burn incense [to those gods] as there are streets in Jerusalem.
زیرا که‌ای یهوداشماره خدایان تو بقدر شهرهای تو می‌باشد و برحسب شماره کوچه های اورشلیم مذبح های رسوایی برپا داشتید یعنی مذبح‌ها به جهت بخورسوزانیدن برای بعل.۱۳
14 Jeremiah, do not pray for these people, and do not plead with me to rescue them. If you plead with me, I will not pay attention; and if they cry out to me for help when they are in distress, I will not listen to them.”
پس تو برای این قوم دعامکن و به جهت ایشان آواز تضرع و استغاثه بلندمنما زیرا که چون در وقت مصیبت خویش مرابخوانند ایشان را اجابت نخواهم نمود.۱۴
15 Then Yahweh said, “The people [of Judah] whom I love certainly no longer have [RHQ] a right to come to my temple, because they continually do many evil things. [They think that] continually making sacrifices of meat to me certainly will [RHQ] protect them from disasters, with the result that they will be able to rejoice.
محبوبه مرا در خانه من چه‌کار است چونکه شرارت ورزیده است. آیا تضرعات و گوشت مقدس می‌تواند گناه تو را از تو دور بکند؟ آنگاه می‌توانستی وجد نمایی.»۱۵
16 I previously said that they were like an olive tree full of green leaves with a lot of good olives on it, but [now I will send their enemies to attack] them furiously; [it is as though] I will break off their branches, and [their city] will be destroyed by fire.
خداوند تو را زیتون شاداب که به میوه نیکوخوشنما باشد مسمی نموده. اما به آواز غوغای عظیم آتش در آن افروخته است که شاخه هایش شکسته گردید.۱۶
17 [It is as though] the people of Judah and Israel were a beautiful olive tree that I, the Commander of the armies of angels, planted, but [now], by burning incense to [their god] Baal, they have caused me to become [very] angry. So [now] I have decided to destroy them.”
زیرا یهوه صبایوت که تو راغرس نموده بود بلایی بر تو فرموده است به‌سبب شرارتی که خاندان اسرائیل و خاندان یهودا به ضد خویشتن کردند و برای بعل بخور‌سوزانیده، خشم مرا به هیجان آوردند.۱۷
18 Yahweh revealed to me that [my enemies] were planning to kill me.
و خداوند مرا تعلیم داد پس دانستم. آنگاه اعمال ایشان را به من نشان دادی.۱۸
19 [Before he did that], I was like a lamb that was being led away to be slaughtered; I did not know what they were planning to do. I did not know that they were saying, “Let’s get rid of this tree and its fruit,” so [I did not know] that they intended to kill me, in order that no one would remember me [MTY].
و من مثل بره دست آموز که به مذبح برند بودم. و نمی دانستم که تدبیرات به ضد من نموده، می‌گفتند: «درخت را بامیوه‌اش ضایع سازیم و آن را از زمین زندگان قطع نماییم تا اسمش دیگر مذکور نشود.»۱۹
20 [Then I prayed], “Commander of the armies of angels, you judge people justly/fairly, and you examine everything that we are thinking [DOU]. Allow me to watch you getting revenge on the people [who want to kill me], because I trust that you will do for me what is right.”
اما‌ای یهوه صبایوت که داور عادل و امتحان کننده باطن و دل هستی، بشود که انتقام کشیدن تو را از ایشان ببینم زیرا که دعوی خود را نزد تو ظاهر ساختم.۲۰
21 It was the men of [my own town], Anathoth, who wanted to kill me, and they told me that they would kill me if I did not stop prophesying what Yahweh told me to say.
لهذا خداوند چنین می‌گوید: «درباره اهل عناتوت که قصد جان تو دارند و می‌گویند به نام یهوه نبوت مکن مبادا از دست ما کشته شوی.۲۱
22 So the Commander of the armies of angels said [about them], “I will punish them. Their young men will be killed in wars, and their children will die because they have no food.
از این جهت یهوه صبایوت چنین می‌گوید: اینک بر ایشان عقوبت خواهم رسانید. و جوانان ایشان به شمشیر خواهند مرد و پسران و دختران ایشان از گرسنگی هلاک خواهند شد.۲۲
23 I have set a time when I will bring disasters to the people of Anathoth, and when that happens, none of them will remain alive.”
و برای ایشان بقیه‌ای نخواهد ماند زیرا که من بر اهل عناتوت در سال عقوبت ایشان بلایی خواهم رسانید.»۲۳

< Jeremiah 11 >