Jeremiah 18

الْكَلاَمُ الَّذِي صَارَ إِلَى إِرْمِيَا مِنْ قِبَلِ الرَّبِّ قَائِلاً:

The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,

«قُمِ انْزِلْ إِلَى بَيْتِ الْفَخَّارِيِّ وَهُنَاكَ أُسْمِعُكَ كَلاَمِي».

Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words.

فَنَزَلْتُ إِلَى بَيْتِ الْفَخَّارِيِّ، وَإِذَا هُوَ يَصْنَعُ عَمَلاً عَلَى الدُّولاَبِ.

Then I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels.

فَفَسَدَ الْوِعَاءُ الَّذِي كَانَ يَصْنَعُهُ مِنَ الطِّينِ بِيَدِ الْفَخَّارِيِّ، فَعَادَ وَعَمِلَهُ وِعَاءً آخَرَ كَمَا حَسُنَ فِي عَيْنَيِ الْفَخَّارِيِّ أَنْ يَصْنَعَهُ.

And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.

فَصَارَ إِلَيَّ كَلاَمُ الرَّبِّ قَائِلاً:

Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

«أَمَا أَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ أَصْنَعَ بِكُمْ كَهذَا الْفَخَّارِيِّ يَا بَيْتَ إِسْرَائِيلَ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ؟ هُوَذَا كَالطِّينِ بِيَدِ الْفَخَّارِيِّ أَنْتُمْ هكَذَا بِيَدِي يَا بَيْتَ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the LORD. Behold, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel.

تَارَةً أَتَكَلَّمُ عَلَى أُمَّةٍ وَعَلَى مَمْلَكَةٍ بِالْقَلْعِ وَالْهَدْمِ وَالإِهْلاَكِ،

At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it;

فَتَرْجعُ تِلْكَ الأُمَّةُ الَّتِي تَكَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهَا عَنْ شَرِّهَا، فَأَنْدَمُ عَنِ الشَّرِّ الَّذِي قَصَدْتُ أَنْ أَصْنَعَهُ بِهَا.

If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.

وَتَارَةً أَتَكَلَّمُ عَلَى أُمَّةٍ وَعَلَى مَمْلَكَةٍ بِالْبِنَاءِ وَالْغَرْسِ،

And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it;

فَتَفْعَلُ الشَّرَّ فِي عَيْنَيَّ، فَلاَ تَسْمَعُ لِصَوْتِي، فَأَنْدَمُ عَنِ الْخَيْرِ الَّذِي قُلْتُ إِنِّي أُحْسِنُ إِلَيْهَا بِهِ.

If it do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them.

«فَالآنَ كَلِّمْ رِجَالَ يَهُوذَا وَسُكَّانَ أُورُشَلِيمَ قَائِلاً: هكَذَا قَالَ الرَّبُّ: هأَنَذَا مُصْدِرٌ عَلَيْكُمْ شَرًّا، وَقَاصِدٌ عَلَيْكُمْ قَصْدًا. فَارْجِعُوا كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ عَنْ طَرِيقِهِ الرَّدِيءِ، وَأَصْلِحُوا طُرُقَكُمْ وَأَعْمَالَكُمْ».

Now therefore go to, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you: return ye now every one from his evil way, and make your ways and your doings good.

فَقَالُوا: «بَاطِلٌ! لأَنَّنَا نَسْعَى وَرَاءَ أَفْكَارِنَا، وَكُلُّ وَاحِدٍ يَعْمَلُ حَسَبَ عِنَادِ قَلْبِهِ الرَّدِيءِ».

And they said, There is no hope: but we will walk after our own devices, and we will every one do the imagination of his evil heart.

لِذلِكَ هكَذَا قَالَ الرَّبُّ: «اسْأَلُوا بَيْنَ الأُمَمِ. مَنْ سَمِعَ كَهذِهِ؟ مَا يُقْشَعَرُّ مِنْهُ جِدًّا عَمِلَتْ عَذْرَاءُ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ask ye now among the heathen, who hath heard such things: the virgin of Israel hath done a very horrible thing.

هَلْ يَخْلُو صَخْرُ حَقْلِي مِنْ ثَلْجِ لُبْنَانَ؟ أَوْ هَلْ تَنْشَفُ الْمِيَاهُ الْمُنْفَجِرَةُ الْبَارِدَةُ الْجَارِيَةُ؟

Will a man leave the snow of Lebanon which cometh from the rock of the field? or shall the cold flowing waters that come from another place be forsaken?

لأَنَّ شَعْبِي قَدْ نَسِيَني! بَخَّرُوا لِلْبَاطِلِ، وَقَدْ أَعْثَرُوهُمْ فِي طُرُقِهِمْ، فِي السُّبُلِ الْقَدِيمَةِ لِيَسْلُكُوا فِي شُعَبٍ، فِي طَرِيق غَيْرِ مُسَهَّل،

Because my people hath forgotten me, they have burned incense to vanity, and they have caused them to stumble in their ways from the ancient paths, to walk in paths, in a way not cast up;

لِتُجْعَلْ أَرْضُهُمْ خَرَابًا وَصَفِيرًا أَبَدِيًّا. كُلُّ مَارّ فِيهَا يَدْهَشُ وَيَنْغِضُ رَأْسَهُ.

To make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head.

كَرِيحٍ شَرْقِيَّةٍ أُبَدِّدُهُمْ أَمَامَ الْعَدُوِّ. أُرِيهِمِ الْقَفَا لاَ الْوَجْهَ فِي يَوْمِ مُصِيبَتِهِمْ».

I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will shew them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.

فَقَالُوا: «هَلُمَّ فَنُفَكِّرُ عَلَى إِرْمِيَا أَفْكَارًا، لأَنَّ الشَّرِيعَةَ لاَ تَبِيدُ عَنِ الْكَاهِنِ، وَلاَ الْمَشُورَةَ عَنِ الْحَكِيمِ، وَلاَ الْكَلِمَةَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ. هَلُمَّ فَنَضْرِبُهُ بِاللِّسَانِ وَلِكُلِّ كَلاَمِهِ لاَ نُصْغِي».

Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.

أَصْغِ لِي يَا رَبُّ، وَاسْمَعْ صَوْتَ أَخْصَامِي.

Give heed to me, O LORD, and hearken to the voice of them that contend with me.

هَلْ يُجَازَى عَنْ خَيْرٍ بِشَرّ؟ لأَنَّهُمْ حَفَرُوا حُفْرَةً لِنَفْسِي. اذْكُرْ وُقُوفِي أَمَامَكَ لأَتَكَلَّمَ عَنْهُمْ بِالْخَيْرِ لأَرُدَّ غَضَبَكَ عَنْهُمْ.

Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, and to turn away thy wrath from them.

لِذلِكَ سَلِّمْ بَنِيهِمْ لِلْجُوعِ، وَادْفَعْهُمْ لِيَدِ السَّيْفِ، فَتَصِيرَ نِسَاؤُهُمْ ثَكَالَى وَأَرَامِلَ، وَتَصِيرَ رِجَالُهُمْ قَتْلَى الْمَوْتِ، وَشُبَّانُهُمْ مَضْرُوبِي السَّيْفِ فِي الْحَرْبِ.

Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; let their young men be slain by the sword in battle.

لِيُسْمَعْ صِيَاحٌ مِنْ بُيُوتِهِمْ إِذْ تَجْلِبُ عَلَيْهِمْ جَيْشًا بَغْتَةً. لأَنَّهُمْ حَفَرُوا حُفْرَةً لِيُمْسِكُونِي، وَطَمَرُوا فِخَاخًا لِرِجْلَيَّ.

Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.

وَأَنْتَ يَا رَبُّ عَرَفْتَ كُلَّ مَشُورَتِهِمْ عَلَيَّ لِلْمَوْتِ. لاَ تَصْفَحْ عَنْ إِثْمِهِمْ، وَلاَ تَمْحُ خَطِيَّتَهُمْ مِنْ أَمَامِكَ، بَلْ لِيَكُونُوا مُتَعَثِّرِينَ أَمَامَكَ. فِي وَقْتِ غَضَبِكَ عَامِلْهُمْ.

Yet, LORD, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me: forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight, but let them be overthrown before thee; deal thus with them in the time of thine anger.