Jeremiah 3

« قَائِلاً: إِذَا طَلَّقَ رَجُلٌ امْرَأَتَهُ فَانْطَلَقَتْ مِنْ عِنْدِهِ وَصَارَتْ لِرَجُل آخَرَ، فَهَلْ يَرْجعُ إِلَيْهَا بَعْدُ؟ أَلاَ تَتَنَجَّسُ تِلْكَ الأَرْضُ نَجَاسَةً؟ أَمَّا أَنْتِ فَقَدْ زَنَيْتِ بِأَصْحَابٍ كَثِيرِينَ! لكِنِ ارْجِعِي إِلَيَّ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ.

They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man's, shall he return unto her again? shall not that land be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith the LORD.

اِرْفَعِي عَيْنَيْكِ إِلَى الْهِضَابِ وَانْظُرِي، أَيْنَ لَمْ تُضَاجَعِي؟ فِي الطُّرُقَاتِ جَلَسْتِ لَهُمْ كَأَعْرَابِيٍّ فِي الْبَرِّيَّةِ، وَنَجَّسْتِ الأَرْضَ بِزِنَاكِ وَبِشَرِّكِ.

Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast not been lien with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness.

فَامْتَنَعَ الْغَيْثُ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ مَطَرٌ مُتَأَخِّرٌ. وَجَبْهَةُ امْرَأَةٍ زَانِيَةٍ كَانَتْ لَكِ. أَبَيْتِ أَنْ تَخْجَلِي.

Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; and thou hadst a whore's forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.

أَلَسْتِ مِنَ الآنَ تَدْعِينَنِي: يَا أَبِي، أَلِيفُ صِبَايَ أَنْتَ؟

Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou art the guide of my youth?

هَلْ يَحْقِدُ إِلَى الدَّهْرِ، أَوْ يَحْفَظُ غَضَبَهُ إِلَى الأَبَدِ؟ هَا قَدْ تَكَلَّمْتِ وَعَمِلْتِ شُرُورًا، وَاسْتَطَعْتِ!».

Will he reserve his anger for ever? will he keep it to the end? Behold, thou hast spoken and done evil things as thou couldest.

وَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِي فِي أَيَّامِ يُوشِيَّا الْمَلِكِ: «هَلْ رَأَيْتَ مَا فَعَلَتِ الْعَاصِيَةُ إِسْرَائِيلُ؟ اِنْطَلَقَتْ إِلَى كُلِّ جَبَل عَال، وَإِلَى كُلِّ شَجَرَةٍ خَضْرَاءَ وَزَنَتْ هُنَاكَ.

The LORD said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? she is gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath played the harlot.

فَقُلْتُ بَعْدَ مَا فَعَلَتْ كُلَّ هذِهِ: ارْجِعِي إِلَيَّ. فَلَمْ تَرْجعْ. فَرَأَتْ أُخْتُهَا الْخَائِنَةُ يَهُوذَا.

And I said after she had done all these things, Turn thou unto me. But she returned not. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it.

فَرَأَيْتُ أَنَّهُ لأَجْلِ كُلِّ الأَسْبَابِ إِذْ زَنَتِ الْعَاصِيَةُ إِسْرَائِيلُ فَطَلَّقْتُهَا وَأَعْطَيْتُهَا كِتَابَ طَلاَقِهَا، لَمْ تَخَفِ الْخَائِنَةُ يَهُوذَا أُخْتُهَا، بَلْ مَضَتْ وَزَنَتْ هِيَ أَيْضًا.

And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.

وَكَانَ مِنْ هَوَانِ زِنَاهَا أَنَّهَا نَجَّسَتِ الأَرْضَ وَزَنَتْ مَعَ الْحَجَرِ وَمَعَ الشَّجَرِ.

And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.

وَفِي كُلِّ هذَا أَيْضًا لَمْ تَرْجعْ إِلَيَّ أُخْتُهَا الْخَائِنَةُ يَهُوذَا بِكُلِّ قَلْبِهَا، بَلْ بِالْكَذِبِ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ».

And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the LORD.

فَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِي: «قَدْ بَرَّرَتْ نَفْسَهَا الْعَاصِيَةُ إِسْرَائِيلُ أَكْثَرَ مِنَ الْخَائِنَةِ يَهُوذَا.

And the LORD said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justified herself more than treacherous Judah.

«اِذْهَبْ وَنَادِ بِهذِهِ الْكَلِمَاتِ نَحْوَ الشِّمَالِ، وَقُلِ: ارْجِعِي أَيَّتُهَا الْعَاصِيَةُ إِسْرَائِيلُ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ. لاَ أُوقِعُ غَضَبِي بِكُمْ لأَنِّي رَؤُوفٌ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ. لاَ أَحْقِدُ إِلَى الأَبَدِ.

Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the LORD, and I will not keep anger for ever.

اِعْرِفِي فَقَطْ إِثْمَكِ أَنَّكِ إِلَى الرَّبِّ إِلهِكِ أَذْنَبْتِ، وَفَرَّقْتِ طُرُقَكِ لِلْغُرَبَاءِ تَحْتَ كُلِّ شَجَرَةٍ خَضْرَاءَ، وَلِصَوْتِي لَمْ تَسْمَعُوا، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ.

Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the LORD thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith the LORD.

اِرْجِعُوا أَيُّهَا الْبَنُونَ الْعُصَاةُ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ، لأَنِّي سُدْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ فَآخُذَكُمْ وَاحِدًا مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ، وَاثْنَيْنِ مِنَ الْعَشِيرَةِ، وَآتِي بِكُمْ إِلَى صِهْيَوْنَ،

Turn, O backsliding children, saith the LORD; for I am married unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion:

وَأُعْطِيكُمْ رُعَاةً حَسَبَ قَلْبِي، فَيَرْعُونَكُمْ بِالْمَعْرِفَةِ وَالْفَهْمِ.

And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.

وَيَكُونُ إِذْ تَكْثُرُونَ وَتُثْمِرُونَ فِي الأَرْضِ فِي تِلْكَ الأَيَّامِ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ، أَنَّهُمْ لاَ يَقُولُونَ بَعْدُ: تَابُوتَ عَهْدِ الرَّبِّ، وَلاَ يَخْطُرُ عَلَى بَال، وَلاَ يَذْكُرُونَهُ وَلاَ يَتَعَهَّدُونَهُ وَلاَ يُصْنَعُ بَعْدُ.

And it shall come to pass, when ye be multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, saith the LORD, they shall say no more, The ark of the covenant of the LORD: neither shall it come to mind: neither shall they remember it; neither shall they visit it; neither shall that be done any more.

فِي ذلِكَ الزَّمَانِ يُسَمُّونَ أُورُشَلِيمَ كُرْسِيَّ الرَّبِّ، وَيَجْتَمِعُ إِلَيْهَا كُلُّ الأُمَمِ، إِلَى اسْمِ الرَّبِّ، إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَلاَ يَذْهَبُونَ بَعْدُ وَرَاءَ عِنَادِ قَلْبِهِمِ الشِّرِّيرِ.

At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the LORD; and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of the LORD, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after the imagination of their evil heart.

فِي تِلْكَ الأَيَّامِ يَذْهَبُ بَيْتُ يَهُوذَا مَعَ بَيْتِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَيَأْتِيَانِ مَعًا مِنْ أَرْضِ الشِّمَالِ إِلَى الأَرْضِ الَّتِي مَلَّكْتُ آبَاءَكُمْ إِيَّاهَا.

In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north to the land that I have given for an inheritance unto your fathers.

وَأَنَا قُلْتُ: كَيْفَ أَضَعُكِ بَيْنَ الْبَنِينَ، وَأُعْطِيكِ أَرْضًا شَهِيَّةً، مِيرَاثَ مَجْدِ أَمْجَادِ الأُمَمِ؟ وَقُلْتُ: تَدْعِينَنِي يَا أَبِي، وَمِنْ وَرَائِي لاَ تَرْجِعِينَ.

But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from me.

«حَقًّا إِنَّهُ كَمَا تَخُونُ الْمَرْأَةُ قَرِينَهَا، هكَذَا خُنْتُمُونِي يَا بَيْتَ إِسْرَائِيلَ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ».

Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith the LORD.

سُمِعَ صَوْتٌ عَلَى الْهِضَابِ، بُكَاءُ تَضَرُّعَاتِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ. لأَنَّهُمْ عَوَّجُوا طَرِيقَهُمْ. نَسُوا الرَّبَّ إِلهَهُمْ.

A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and supplications of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, and they have forgotten the LORD their God.

«اِرْجِعُوا أَيُّهَا الْبَنُونَ الْعُصَاةُ فَأَشْفِيَ عِصْيَانَكُمْ». «هَا قَدْ أَتَيْنَا إِلَيْكَ، لأَنَّكَ أَنْتَ الرَّبُّ إِلهُنَا.

Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art the LORD our God.

حَقًّا بَاطِلَةٌ هِيَ الآكَامُ ثَرْوَةُ الْجِبَالِ. حَقًّا بِالرَّبِّ إِلهِنَا خَلاَصُ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the multitude of mountains: truly in the LORD our God is the salvation of Israel.

وَقَدْ أَكَلَ الْخِزْيُ تَعَبَ آبَائِنَا مُنْذُ صِبَانَا، غَنَمَهُمْ وَبَقَرَهُمْ بَنِيهِمْ وَبَنَاتِهِمْ.

For shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.

نَضْطَجعُ فِي خِزْيِنَا وَيُغَطِّينَا خَجَلُنَا، لأَنَّنَا إِلَى الرَّبِّ إِلهِنَا أَخْطَأْنَا، نَحْنُ وَآبَاؤُنَا مُنْذُ صِبَانَا إِلَى هذَا الْيَوْمِ، وَلَمْ نَسْمَعْ لِصَوْتِ الرَّبِّ إِلهِنَا».

We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us: for we have sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God.