Jeremiah 23

« وَيْلٌ لِلرُّعَاةِ الَّذِينَ يُهْلِكُونَ وَيُبَدِّدُونَ غَنَمَ رَعِيَّتِي، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ.

Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the LORD.

لِذلِكَ هكَذَا قَالَ الرَّبُّ إِلهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ عَنِ الرُّعَاةِ الَّذِينَ يَرْعَوْنَ شَعْبِي: أَنْتُمْ بَدَّدْتُمْ غَنَمِي وَطَرَدْتُمُوهَا وَلَمْ تَتَعَهَّدُوهَا. هأَنَذَا أُعَاقِبُكُمْ عَلَى شَرِّ أَعْمَالِكُمْ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ.

Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel against the pastors that feed my people; Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them: behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your doings, saith the LORD.

وَأَنَا أَجْمَعُ بَقِيَّةَ غَنَمِي مِنْ جَمِيعِ الأَرَاضِي الَّتِي طَرَدْتُهَا إِلَيْهَا، وَأَرُدُّهَا إِلَى مَرَابِضِهَا فَتُثْمِرُ وَتَكْثُرُ.

And I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all countries whither I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds; and they shall be fruitful and increase.

وَأُقِيمُ عَلَيْهَا رُعَاةً يَرْعَوْنَهَا فَلاَ تَخَافُ بَعْدُ وَلاَ تَرْتَعِدُ وَلاَ تُفْقَدُ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ.

And I will set up shepherds over them which shall feed them: and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall they be lacking, saith the LORD.

«هَا أَيَّامٌ تَأْتِي، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ، وَأُقِيمُ لِدَاوُدَ غُصْنَ بِرّ، فَيَمْلِكُ مَلِكٌ وَيَنْجَحُ، وَيُجْرِي حَقًّا وَعَدْلاً فِي الأَرْضِ.

Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.

فِي أَيَّامِهِ يُخَلَّصُ يَهُوذَا، وَيَسْكُنُ إِسْرَائِيلُ آمِنًا، وَهذَا هُوَ اسْمُهُ الَّذِي يَدْعُونَهُ بِهِ: الرَّبُّ بِرُّنَا.

In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.

لِذلِكَ هَا أَيَّامٌ تَأْتِي، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ، وَلاَ يَقُولُونَ بَعْدُ: حَيٌّ هُوَ الرَّبُّ الَّذِي أَصْعَدَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ،

Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that they shall no more say, The LORD liveth, which brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;

بَلْ: حَيٌّ هُوَ الرَّبُّ الَّذِي أَصْعَدَ وَأَتَى بِنَسْلِ بَيْتِ إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ أَرْضِ الشِّمَالِ وَمِنْ جَمِيعِ الأَرَاضِي الَّتِي طَرَدْتُهُمْ إِلَيْهَا فَيَسْكُنُونَ فِي أَرْضِهِمْ».

But, The LORD liveth, which brought up and which led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all countries whither I had driven them; and they shall dwell in their own land.

فِي الأَنْبِيَاءِ: اِنْسَحَقَ قَلْبِي فِي وَسَطِي. ارْتَخَتْ كُلُّ عِظَامِي. صِرْتُ كَإِنْسَانٍ سَكْرَانَ وَمِثْلَ رَجُل غَلَبَتْهُ الْخَمْرُ، مِنْ أَجْلِ الرَّبِّ وَمِنْ أَجْلِ كَلاَمِ قُدْسِهِ.

Mine heart within me is broken because of the prophets; all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine hath overcome, because of the LORD, and because of the words of his holiness.

لأَنَّ الأَرْضَ امْتَلأَتْ مِنَ الْفَاسِقِينَ. لأَنَّهُ مِنْ أَجْلِ اللَّعْنِ نَاحَتِ الأَرْضُ. جَفَّتْ مَرَاعِي الْبَرِّيَّةِ، وَصَارَ سَعْيُهُمْ لِلشَّرِّ، وَجَبَرُوتُهُمْ لِلْبَاطِلِ.

For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourneth; the pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up, and their course is evil, and their force is not right.

«لأَنَّ الأَنْبِيَاءَ وَالْكَهَنَةَ تَنَجَّسُوا جَمِيعًا، بَلْ فِي بَيْتِي وَجَدْتُ شَرَّهُمْ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ.

For both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have I found their wickedness, saith the LORD.

لِذلِكَ يَكُونُ طَرِيقُهُمْ لَهُمْ كَمَزَالِقَ فِي ظَلاَمٍ دَامِسٍ، فَيُطْرَدُونَ وَيَسْقُطُونَ فِيهَا، لأَنِّي أَجْلِبُ عَلَيْهِمْ شَرًّا سَنَةَ عِقَابِهِمْ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ.

Wherefore their way shall be unto them as slippery ways in the darkness: they shall be driven on, and fall therein: for I will bring evil upon them, even the year of their visitation, saith the LORD.

وَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ فِي أَنْبِيَاءِ السَّامِرَةِ حَمَاقَةً. تَنَبَّأُوا بِالْبَعْلِ وَأَضَلُّوا شَعْبِي إِسْرَائِيلَ.

And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied in Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.

وَفِي أَنْبِيَاءِ أُورُشَلِيمَ رَأَيْتُ مَا يُقْشَعَرُّ مِنْهُ. يَفْسِقُونَ وَيَسْلُكُونَ بِالْكَذِبِ، وَيُشَدِّدُونَ أَيَادِيَ فَاعِلِي الشَّرِّ حَتَّى لاَ يَرْجِعُوا الْوَاحِدُ عَنْ شَرِّهِ. صَارُوا لِي كُلُّهُمْ كَسَدُومَ، وَسُكَّانُهَا كَعَمُورَةَ.

I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none doth return from his wickedness: they are all of them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.

لِذلِكَ هكَذَا قَالَ رَبُّ الْجُنُودِ عَنِ الأَنْبِيَاءِ: هأَنَذَا أُطْعِمُهُمْ أَفْسَنْتِينًا وَأَسْقِيهِمْ مَاءَ الْعَلْقَمِ، لأَنَّهُ مِنْ عِنْدِ أَنْبِيَاءِ أُورُشَلِيمَ خَرَجَ نِفَاقٌ فِي كُلِّ الأَرْضِ.

Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the prophets; Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall: for from the prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness gone forth into all the land.

هكَذَا قَالَ رَبُّ الْجُنُودِ: لاَ تَسْمَعُوا لِكَلاَمِ الأَنْبِيَاءِ الَّذِينَ يَتَنَبَّأُونَ لَكُمْ، فَإِنَّهُمْ يَجْعَلُونَكُمْ بَاطِلاً. يَتَكَلَّمُونَ بِرُؤْيَا قَلْبِهِمْ لاَ عَنْ فَمِ الرَّبِّ.

Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they make you vain: they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the LORD.

قَائِلِينَ قَوْلاً لِمُحْتَقِرِيَّ: قَالَ الرَّبُّ: يَكُونُ لَكُمْ سَلاَمٌ! وَيَقُولُونَ لِكُلِّ مَنْ يَسِيرُ فِي عِنَادِ قَلْبِهِ: لاَ يَأْتِي عَلَيْكُمْ شَرٌّ.

They say still unto them that despise me, The LORD hath said, Ye shall have peace; and they say unto every one that walketh after the imagination of his own heart, No evil shall come upon you.

لأَنَّهُ مَنْ وَقَفَ فِي مَجْلِسِ الرَّبِّ وَرَأَى وَسَمِعَ كَلِمَتَهُ؟ مَنْ أَصْغَى لِكَلِمَتِهِ وَسَمِعَ؟».

For who hath stood in the counsel of the LORD, and hath perceived and heard his word? who hath marked his word, and heard it?

هَا زَوْبَعَةُ الرَّبِّ. غَيْظٌ يَخْرُجُ، وَنَوْءٌ هَائِجٌ. عَلَى رُؤُوسِ الأَشْرَارِ يَثُورُ.

Behold, a whirlwind of the LORD is gone forth in fury, even a grievous whirlwind: it shall fall grievously upon the head of the wicked.

لاَ يَرْتَدُّ غَضَبُ الرَّبِّ حَتَّى يُجْرِيَ وَيُقِيمَ مَقَاصِدَ قَلْبِهِ. فِي آخِرِ الأَيَّامِ تَفْهَمُونَ فَهْمًا.

The anger of the LORD shall not return, until he have executed, and till he have performed the thoughts of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it perfectly.

«لَمْ أُرْسِلِ الأَنْبِيَاءَ بَلْ هُمْ جَرَوْا. لَمْ أَتَكَلَّمْ مَعَهُمْ بَلْ هُمْ تَنَبَّأُوا.

I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.

وَلَوْ وَقَفُوا فِي مَجْلِسِي لأَخْبَرُوا شَعْبِي بِكَلاَمِي وَرَدُّوهُمْ عَنْ طَرِيقِهِمِ الرَّدِيءِ وَعَنْ شَرِّ أَعْمَالِهِمْ.

But if they had stood in my counsel, and had caused my people to hear my words, then they should have turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.

أَلَعَلِّي إِلهٌ مِنْ قَرِيبٍ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ، وَلَسْتُ إِلهًا مِنْ بَعِيدٍ.

Am I a God at hand, saith the LORD, and not a God afar off?

إِذَا اخْتَبَأَ إِنْسَانٌ فِي أَمَاكِنَ مُسْتَتِرَةٍ أَفَمَا أَرَاهُ أَنَا، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ؟ أَمَا أَمْلأُ أَنَا السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضَ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ؟

Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD.

قَدْ سَمِعْتُ مَا قَالَهُ الأَنْبِيَاءُ الَّذِينَ تَنَبَّأُوا بِاسْمِي بِالْكَذِبِ قَائِلِينَ: حَلِمْتُ، حَلِمْتُ.

I have heard what the prophets said, that prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.

حَتَّى مَتَى يُوجَدُ فِي قَلْبِ الأَنْبِيَاءِ الْمُتَنَبِّئِينَ بِالْكَذِبِ؟ بَلْ هُمْ أَنْبِيَاءُ خِدَاعِ قَلْبِهِمِ!

How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies? yea, they are prophets of the deceit of their own heart;

الَّذِينَ يُفَكِّرُونَ أَنْ يُنَسُّوا شَعْبِي اسْمِي بِأَحْلاَمِهِمِ الَّتِي يَقُصُّونَهَا الرَّجُلُ عَلَى صَاحِبِهِ، كَمَا نَسِيَ آبَاؤُهُمُ اسْمِي لأَجْلِ الْبَعْلِ.

Which think to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams which they tell every man to his neighbour, as their fathers have forgotten my name for Baal.

اَلنَّبِيُّ الَّذِي مَعَهُ حُلْمٌ فَلْيَقُصَّ حُلْمًا، وَالَّذِي مَعَهُ كَلِمَتِي فَلْيَتَكَلَّمْ بِكَلِمَتِي بِالْحَقِّ. مَا لِلتِّبْنِ مَعَ الْحِنْطَةِ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ؟.

The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat? saith the LORD.

« أَلَيْسَتْ هكَذَا كَلِمَتِي كَنَارٍ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ، وَكَمِطْرَقَةٍ تُحَطِّمُ الصَّخْرَ؟

Is not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?

لِذلِكَ هأَنَذَا عَلَى الأَنْبِيَاءِ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ، الَّذِينَ يَسْرِقُونَ كَلِمَتِي بَعْضُهُمْ مِنْ بَعْضٍ.

Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that steal my words every one from his neighbour.

هأَنَذَا عَلَى الأَنْبِيَاءِ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ، الَّذِينَ يَأْخُذُونَ لِسَانَهُمْ وَيَقُولُونَ: قَالَ.

Behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that use their tongues, and say, He saith.

هأَنَذَا عَلَى الَّذِينَ يَتَنَبَّأُونَ بِأَحْلاَمٍ كَاذِبَةٍ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ، الَّذِينَ يَقُصُّونَهَا وَيُضِلُّونَ شَعْبِي بِأَكَاذِيبِهِمْ وَمُفَاخَرَاتِهِمْ وَأَنَا لَمْ أُرْسِلْهُمْ وَلاَ أَمَرْتُهُمْ. فَلَمْ يُفِيدُوا هذَا الشَّعْبَ فَائِدَةً، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ.

Behold, I am against them that prophesy false dreams, saith the LORD, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their lightness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them: therefore they shall not profit this people at all, saith the LORD.

« وَإِذَا سَأَلَكَ هذَا الشَّعْبُ أَوْ نَبِيٌّ أَوْ كَاهِنٌ: مَا وَحْيُ الرَّبِّ؟ فَقُلْ لَهُمْ: أَيُّ وَحْيٍ؟ إِنِّي أَرْفُضُكُمْ، هُوَ قَوْلُ الرَّبِّ.

And when this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask thee, saying, What is the burden of the LORD? thou shalt then say unto them, What burden? I will even forsake you, saith the LORD.

فَالنَّبِيُّ أَوِ الْكَاهِنُ أَوِ الشَّعْبُ الَّذِي يَقُولُ: وَحْيُ الرَّبِّ، أُعَاقِبُ ذلِكَ الرَّجُلَ وَبَيْتَهُ.

And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people, that shall say, The burden of the LORD, I will even punish that man and his house.

هكَذَا تَقُولُونَ الرَّجُلُ لِصَاحِبِهِ وَالرَّجُلُ لأَخِيهِ: بِمَاذَا أَجَابَ الرَّبُّ، وَمَاذَا تَكَلَّمَ بِهِ الرَّبُّ.

Thus shall ye say every one to his neighbour, and every one to his brother, What hath the LORD answered? and, What hath the LORD spoken?

أَمَّا وَحْيُ الرَّبِّ فَلاَ تَذْكُرُوهُ بَعْدُ، لأَنَّ كَلِمَةَ كُلِّ إِنْسَانٍ تَكُونُ وَحْيَهُ، إِذْ قَدْ حَرَّفْتُمْ كَلاَمَ الإِلهِ الْحَيِّ رَبِّ الْجُنُودِ إِلهِنَا.

And the burden of the LORD shall ye mention no more: for every man's word shall be his burden; for ye have perverted the words of the living God, of the LORD of hosts our God.

هكَذَا تَقُولُ لِلنَّبِيِّ: بِمَاذَا أَجَابَكَ الرَّبُّ، وَمَاذَا تَكَلَّمَ بِهِ الرَّبُّ.

Thus shalt thou say to the prophet, What hath the LORD answered thee? and, What hath the LORD spoken?

وَإِذَا كُنْتُمْ تَقُولُونَ: وَحْيُ الرَّبِّ، فَلِذلِكَ هكَذَا قَالَ الرَّبُّ: مِنْ أَجْلِ قَوْلِكُمْ هذِهِ الْكَلِمَةَ: وَحْيُ الرَّبِّ، وَقَدْ أَرْسَلْتُ إِلَيْكُمْ قَائِلاً لاَ تَقُولُوا: وَحْيُ الرَّبِّ،

But since ye say, The burden of the LORD; therefore thus saith the LORD; Because ye say this word, The burden of the LORD, and I have sent unto you, saying, Ye shall not say, The burden of the LORD;

لِذلِكَ هأَنَذَا أَنْسَاكُمْ نِسْيَانًا، وَأَرْفُضُكُمْ مِنْ أَمَامِ وَجْهِي، أَنْتُمْ وَالْمَدِينَةَ الَّتِي أَعْطَيْتُكُمْ وَآبَاءَكُمْ إِيَّاهَا.

Therefore, behold, I, even I, will utterly forget you, and I will forsake you, and the city that I gave you and your fathers, and cast you out of my presence:

وَأَجْعَلُ عَلَيْكُمْ عَارًا أَبَدِيًّا وَخِزْيًا أَبَدِيًّا لاَ يُنْسَى».

And I will bring an everlasting reproach upon you, and a perpetual shame, which shall not be forgotten.