Jeremiah 15

ثُمَّ قَالَ الرَّبُّ لِي: «وَإِنْ وَقَفَ مُوسَى وَصَمُوئِيلُ أَمَامِي لاَ تَكُونُ نَفْسِي نَحْوَ هذَا الشَّعْبِ. اِطْرَحْهُمْ مِنْ أَمَامِي فَيَخْرُجُوا.

Then said the LORD unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind could not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth.

وَيَكُونُ إِذَا قَالُوا لَكَ: إِلَى أَيْنَ نَخْرُجُ؟ أَنَّكَ تَقُولُ لَهُمْ: هكَذَا قَالَ الرَّبُّ: الَّذِينَ لِلْمَوْتِ فَإِلَى الْمَوْتِ، وَالَّذِينَ لِلسَّيْفِ فَإِلَى السَّيْفِ، وَالَّذِينَ لِلْجُوعِ فَإِلَى الْجُوعِ، وَالَّذِينَ لِلسَّبْيِ فَإِلَى السَّبْيِ.

And it shall come to pass, if they say unto thee, Whither shall we go forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith the LORD; Such as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; and such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for the captivity, to the captivity.

وَأُوَكِّلُ عَلَيْهِمْ أَرْبَعَةَ أَنْوَاعٍ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ: السَّيْفَ لِلْقَتْلِ، وَالْكِلاَبَ لِلسَّحْبِ، وَطُيُورَ السَّمَاءِ وَوُحُوشَ الأَرْضِ لِلأَكْلِ وَالإِهْلاَكِ.

And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith the LORD: the sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and destroy.

وَأَدْفَعُهُمْ لِلْقَلَقِ فِي كُلِّ مَمَالِكِ الأَرْضِ مِنْ أَجْلِ مَنَسَّى بْنِ حَزَقِيَّا مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا، مِنْ أَجْلِ مَا صَنَعَ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ.

And I will cause them to be removed into all kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh the son of Hezekiah king of Judah, for that which he did in Jerusalem.

فَمَنْ يَشْفُقُ عَلَيْكِ يَا أُورُشَلِيمُ، وَمَنْ يُعَزِّيكِ، وَمَنْ يَمِيلُ لِيَسْأَلَ عَنْ سَلاَمَتِكِ؟

For who shall have pity upon thee, O Jerusalem? or who shall bemoan thee? or who shall go aside to ask how thou doest?

أَنْتِ تَرَكْتِنِي، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ. إِلَى الْوَرَاءِ سِرْتِ. فَأَمُدُّ يَدِي عَلَيْكِ وَأُهْلِكُكِ. مَلِلْتُ مِنَ النَّدَامَةِ.

Thou hast forsaken me, saith the LORD, thou art gone backward: therefore will I stretch out my hand against thee, and destroy thee; I am weary with repenting.

وَأُذْرِيهِمْ بِمِذْرَاةٍ فِي أَبْوَابِ الأَرْضِ. أُثْكِلُ وَأُبِيدُ شَعْبِي. لَمْ يَرْجِعُوا عَنْ طُرُقِهِمْ.

And I will fan them with a fan in the gates of the land; I will bereave them of children, I will destroy my people, since they return not from their ways.

كَثُرَتْ لِي أَرَامِلُهُمْ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ رَمْلِ الْبِحَارِ. جَلَبْتُ عَلَيْهِمْ، عَلَى أُمِّ الشُّبَّانِ، نَاهِبًا فِي الظَّهِيرَةِ. أَوْقَعْتُ عَلَيْهَا بَغْتَةً رَعْدَةً وَرُعُبَاتٍ.

Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas: I have brought upon them against the mother of the young men a spoiler at noonday: I have caused him to fall upon it suddenly, and terrors upon the city.

ذَبُلَتْ وَالِدَةُ السَّبْعَةِ. أَسْلَمَتْ نَفْسَهَا. غَرَبَتْ شَمْسُهَا إِذْ بَعْدُ نَهَارٌ. خَزِيَتْ وَخَجِلَتْ. أَمَّا بَقِيَّتُهُمْ فَلِلسَّيْفِ أَدْفَعُهَا أَمَامَ أَعْدَائِهِمْ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ».

She that hath borne seven languisheth: she hath given up the ghost; her sun is gone down while it was yet day: she hath been ashamed and confounded: and the residue of them will I deliver to the sword before their enemies, saith the LORD.

وَيْلٌ لِي يَا أُمِّي لأَنَّكِ وَلَدْتِنِي إِنْسَانَ خِصَامٍ وَإِنْسَانَ نِزَاعٍ لِكُلِّ الأَرْضِ. لَمْ أَقْرِضْ وَلاَ أَقْرَضُونِي، وَكُلُّ وَاحِدٍ يَلْعَنُنِي.

Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent on usury, nor men have lent to me on usury; yet every one of them doth curse me.

قَالَ الرَّبُّ: «إِنِّي أَحُلُّكَ لِلْخَيْرِ. إِنِّي أَجْعَلُ الْعَدُوَّ يَتَضَرَّعُ إِلَيْكَ فِي وَقْتِ الشَّرِّ وَفِي وَقْتِ الضِّيقِ.

The LORD said, Verily it shall be well with thy remnant; verily I will cause the enemy to entreat thee well in the time of evil and in the time of affliction.

« هَلْ يَكْسِرُ الْحَدِيدُ الْحَدِيدَ الَّذِي مِنَ الشِّمَالِ وَالنُّحَاسَ؟

Shall iron break the northern iron and the steel?

ثَرْوَتُكَ وَخَزَائِنُكَ أَدْفَعُهَا لِلنَّهْبِ، لاَ بِثَمَنٍ، بَلْ بِكُلِّ خَطَايَاكَ وَفِي كُلِّ تُخُومِكَ.

Thy substance and thy treasures will I give to the spoil without price, and that for all thy sins, even in all thy borders.

وَأُعَبِّرُكَ مَعَ أَعْدَائِكَ فِي أَرْضٍ لَمْ تَعْرِفْهَا، لأَنَّ نَارًا قَدْ أُشْعِلَتْ بِغَضَبِي تُوقَدُ عَلَيْكُمْ».

And I will make thee to pass with thine enemies into a land which thou knowest not: for a fire is kindled in mine anger, which shall burn upon you.

أَنْتَ يَا رَبُّ عَرَفْتَ. اذْكُرْنِي وَتَعَهَّدْنِي وَانْتَقِمْ لِي مِنْ مُضْطَهِدِيَّ. بِطُولِ أَنَاتِكَ لاَ تَأْخُذْنِي. اِعْرِفِ احْتِمَالِي الْعَارَ لأَجْلِكَ.

O LORD, thou knowest: remember me, and visit me, and revenge me of my persecutors; take me not away in thy longsuffering: know that for thy sake I have suffered rebuke.

وُجِدَ كَلاَمُكَ فَأَكَلْتُهُ، فَكَانَ كَلاَمُكَ لِي لِلْفَرَحِ وَلِبَهْجَةِ قَلْبِي، لأَنِّي دُعِيتُ بِاسْمِكَ يَا رَبُّ إِلهَ الْجُنُودِ.

Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts.

لَمْ أَجْلِسْ فِي مَحْفَلِ الْمَازِحِينَ مُبْتَهِجًا. مِنْ أَجْلِ يَدِكَ جَلَسْتُ وَحْدِي، لأَنَّكَ قَدْ مَلأْتَنِي غَضَبًا.

I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand: for thou hast filled me with indignation.

لِمَاذَا كَانَ وَجَعِي دَائِمًا وَجُرْحِي عَدِيمَ الشِّفَاءِ، يَأْبَى أَنْ يُشْفَى؟ أَتَكُونُ لِي مِثْلَ كَاذِبٍ، مِثْلَ مِيَاهٍ غَيْرِ دَائِمَةٍ؟

Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuseth to be healed? wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar, and as waters that fail?

لِذلِكَ هكَذَا قَالَ الرَّبُّ: «إِنْ رَجَعْتَ أُرَجِّعْكَ، فَتَقِفْ أَمَامِي. وَإِذَا أَخْرَجْتَ الثَّمِينَ مِنَ الْمَرْذُولِ فَمِثْلَ فَمِي تَكُونُ. هُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ إِلَيْكَ وَأَنْتَ لاَ تَرْجعُ إِلَيْهِمْ.

Therefore thus saith the LORD, If thou return, then will I bring thee again, and thou shalt stand before me: and if thou take forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth: let them return unto thee; but return not thou unto them.

وَأَجْعَلُكَ لِهذَا الشَّعْبِ سُورَ نُحَاسٍ حَصِينًا، فَيُحَارِبُونَكَ وَلاَ يَقْدِرُونَ عَلَيْكَ، لأَنِّي مَعَكَ لأُخَلِّصَكَ وَأُنْقِذَكَ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ.

And I will make thee unto this people a fenced brasen wall: and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee: for I am with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith the LORD.

فَأُنْقِذُكَ مِنْ يَدِ الأَشْرَارِ وَأَفْدِيكَ مِنْ كَفِّ الْعُتَاةِ».

And I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem thee out of the hand of the terrible.