Jeremiah 51

« هكَذَا قَالَ الرَّبُّ: هأَنَذَا أُوقِظُ عَلَى بَابِلَ وَعَلَى السَّاكِنِينَ فِي وَسْطِ الْقَائِمِينَ عَلَيَّ رِيحًا مُهْلِكَةً.

Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against them that dwell in the midst of them that rise up against me, a destroying wind;

وَأُرْسِلُ إِلَى بَابِلَ مُذَرِّينَ فَيُذَرُّونَهَا وَيُفَرِّغُونَ أَرْضَهَا، لأَنَّهُمْ يَكُونُونَ عَلَيْهَا مِنْ كُلِّ جِهَةٍ فِي يَوْمِ الشَّرِّ.

And will send unto Babylon fanners, that shall fan her, and shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about.

عَلَى النَّازِعِ فِي قَوْسِهِ، فَلْيَنْزِعِ النَّازِعُ، وَعَلَى الْمُفْتَخِرِ بِدِرْعِهِ، فَلاَ تُشْفِقُوا عَلَى مُنْتَخَبِيهَا، بَلْ حَرِّمُوا كُلَّ جُنْدِهَا.

Against him that bendeth let the archer bend his bow, and against him that lifteth himself up in his brigandine: and spare ye not her young men; destroy ye utterly all her host.

فَتَسْقُطَ الْقَتْلَى فِي أَرْضِ الْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ، وَالْمَطْعُونُونَ فِي شَوَارِعِهَا.

Thus the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and they that are thrust through in her streets.

لأَنَّ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَيَهُوذَا لَيْسَا بِمَقْطُوعَيْنِ عَنْ إِلهِهِمَا، عَنْ رَبِّ الْجُنُودِ، وَإِنْ تَكُنْ أَرْضُهُمَا مَلآنَةً إِثْمًا عَلَى قُدُّوسِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

For Israel hath not been forsaken, nor Judah of his God, of the LORD of hosts; though their land was filled with sin against the Holy One of Israel.

اهْرُبُوا مِنْ وَسْطِ بَابِلَ، وَانْجُوا كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ بِنَفْسِهِ. لاَ تَهْلِكُوا بِذَنْبِهَا، لأَنَّ هذَا زَمَانُ انْتِقَامِ الرَّبِّ، هُوَ يُؤَدِّي لَهَا جَزَاءَهَا.

Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: be not cut off in her iniquity; for this is the time of the LORD'S vengeance; he will render unto her a recompence.

بَابِلُ كَأْسُ ذَهَبٍ بِيَدِ الرَّبِّ تُسْكِرُ كُلَّ الأَرْضِ. مِنْ خَمْرِهَا شَرِبَتِ الشُّعُوبُ. مِنْ أَجْلِ ذلِكَ جُنَّتِ الشُّعُوبُ.

Babylon hath been a golden cup in the LORD'S hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore the nations are mad.

سَقَطَتْ بَابِلُ بَغْتَةً وَتَحَطَّمَتْ. وَلْوِلُوا عَلَيْهَا. خُذُوا بَلَسَانًا لِجُرْحِهَا لَعَلَّهَا تُشْفَى!

Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.

دَاوَيْنَا بَابِلَ فَلَمْ تُشْفَ. دَعُوهَا، وَلْنَذْهَبْ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ إِلَى أَرْضِهِ، لأَنَّ قَضَاءَهَا وَصَلَ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ، وَارْتَفَعَ إِلَى السَّحَابِ.

We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake her, and let us go every one into his own country: for her judgment reacheth unto heaven, and is lifted up even to the skies.

قَدْ أَخْرَجَ الرَّبُّ بِرَّنَا. هَلُمَّ فَنَقُصُّ فِي صِهْيَوْنَ عَمَلَ الرَّبِّ إِلهِنَا.

The LORD hath brought forth our righteousness: come, and let us declare in Zion the work of the LORD our God.

سُنُّوا السِّهَامَ. أَعِدُّوا الأَتْرَاسَ. قَدْ أَيْقَظَ الرَّبُّ رُوحَ مُلُوكِ مَادِي، لأَنَّ قَصْدَهُ عَلَى بَابِلَ أَنْ يُهْلِكَهَا. لأَنَّهُ نَقْمَةُ الرَّبِّ، نَقْمَةُ هَيْكَلِهِ.

Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the LORD hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his device is against Babylon, to destroy it; because it is the vengeance of the LORD, the vengeance of his temple.

عَلَى أَسْوَارِ بَابِلَ ارْفَعُوا الرَّايَةَ. شَدِّدُوا الْحِرَاسَةَ. أَقِيمُوا الْحُرَّاسَ. أَعِدُّوا الْكَمِينَ، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ قَدْ قَصَدَ وَأَيْضًا فَعَلَ مَا تَكَلَّمَ بِهِ عَلَى سُكَّانِ بَابِلَ.

Set up the standard upon the walls of Babylon, make the watch strong, set up the watchmen, prepare the ambushes: for the LORD hath both devised and done that which he spake against the inhabitants of Babylon.

أَيَّتُهَا السَّاكِنَةُ عَلَى مِيَاهٍ كَثِيرَةٍ، الْوَافِرَةُ الْخَزَائِنِ، قَدْ أَتَتْ آخِرَتُكِ، كَيْلُ اغْتِصَابِكِ.

O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, and the measure of thy covetousness.

قَدْ حَلَفَ رَبُّ الْجُنُودِ بِنَفْسِهِ: إِنِّي لأَمْلأَنَّكِ أُنَاسًا كَالْغَوْغَاءِ، فَيَرْفَعُونَ عَلَيْكِ جَلَبَةً.

The LORD of hosts hath sworn by himself, saying, Surely I will fill thee with men, as with caterpillers; and they shall lift up a shout against thee.

«صَانِعُ الأَرْضِ بِقُوَّتِهِ، وَمُؤَسِّسُ الْمَسْكُونَةِ بِحِكْمَتِهِ، وبِفَهْمِهِ مَدَّ السَّمَاوَاتِ.

He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heaven by his understanding.

إِذَا أَعْطَى قَوْلاً تَكُونُ كَثْرَةُ مِيَاهٍ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ، وَيُصْعِدُ السَّحَابَ مِنْ أَقَاصِي الأَرْضِ. صَنَعَ بُرُوقًا لِلْمَطَرِ، وَأَخْرَجَ الرِّيحَ مِنْ خَزَائِنِهِ.

When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens; and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth: he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.

بَلُدَ كُلُّ إِنْسَانٍ بِمَعْرِفَتِهِ. خَزِيَ كُلُّ صَائِغٍ مِنَ التِّمْثَالِ لأَنَّ مَسْبُوكَهُ كَذِبٌ وَلاَ رُوحٌ فِيهِ.

Every man is brutish by his knowledge; every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.

هِيَ بَاطِلَةٌ، صَنْعَةُ الأَضَالِيلِ. فِي وَقْتِ عِقَابِهَا تَبِيدُ.

They are vanity, the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

لَيْسَ كَهذِهِ نَصِيبُ يَعْقُوبَ، لأَنَّهُ مُصَوِّرُ الْجَمِيعِ، وَقَضِيبُ مِيرَاثِهِ، رَبُّ الْجُنُودِ اسْمُهُ.

The portion of Jacob is not like them; for he is the former of all things: and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: the LORD of hosts is his name.

أَنْتَ لِي فَأْسٌ وَأَدَوَاتُ حَرْبٍ، فَأَسْحَقُ بِكَ الأُمَمَ، وَأُهْلِكُ بِكَ الْمَمَالِكَ،

Thou art my battle axe and weapons of war: for with thee will I break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms;

وَأُكَسِّرُ بِكَ الْفَرَسَ وَرَاكِبَهُ، وَأَسْحَقُ بِكَ الْمَرْكَبَةَ وَرَاكِبَهَا،

And with thee will I break in pieces the horse and his rider; and with thee will I break in pieces the chariot and his rider;

وَأَسْحَقُ بِكَ الرَّجُلَ وَالْمَرْأَةَ، وَأَسْحَقُ بِكَ الشَّيْخَ وَالْفَتَى، وَأَسْحَقُ بِكَ الْغُلاَمَ وَالْعَذْرَاءَ،

With thee also will I break in pieces man and woman; and with thee will I break in pieces old and young; and with thee will I break in pieces the young man and the maid;

وَأَسْحَقُ بِكَ الرَّاعِيَ وَقَطِيعَهُ، وَأَسْحَقُ بِكَ الْفَلاَّحَ وَفَدَّانَهُ، وَأَسْحَقُ بِكَ الْوُلاَةَ وَالْحُكَّامَ.

I will also break in pieces with thee the shepherd and his flock; and with thee will I break in pieces the husbandman and his yoke of oxen; and with thee will I break in pieces captains and rulers.

وَأُكَافِئُ بَابِلَ وَكُلَّ سُكَّانِ أَرْضِ الْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَرِّهِمِ الَّذِي فَعَلُوهُ فِي صِهْيَوْنَ، أَمَامَ عُيُونِكُمْ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ.

And I will render unto Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight, saith the LORD.

هأَنَذَا عَلَيْكَ أَيُّهَا الْجَبَلُ الْمُهْلِكُ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ، الْمُهْلِكُ كُلَّ الأَرْضِ، فَأَمُدُّ يَدِي عَلَيْكَ وَأُدَحْرِجُكَ عَنِ الصُّخُورِ، وَأَجْعَلُكَ جَبَلاً مُحْرَقًا،

Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith the LORD, which destroyest all the earth: and I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain.

فَلاَ يَأْخُذُونَ مِنْكَ حَجَرًا لِزَاوِيَةٍ، وَلاَ حَجَرًا لأُسُسٍ، بَلْ تَكُونُ خَرَابًا إِلَى الأَبَدِ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ.

And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but thou shalt be desolate for ever, saith the LORD.

«اِرْفَعُوا الرَّايَةَ فِي الأَرْضِ. اضْرِبُوا بِالْبُوقِ فِي الشُّعُوبِ. قَدِّسُوا عَلَيْهَا الأُمَمَ. نَادُوا عَلَيْهَا مَمَالِكَ أَرَارَاطَ وَمِنِّي وَأَشْكَنَازَ. أَقِيمُوا عَلَيْهَا قَائِدًا. أَصْعِدُوا الْخَيْلَ كَغَوْغَاءَ مُقْشَعِرَّةٍ.

Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint a captain against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough caterpillers.

قَدِّسُوا عَلَيْهَا الشُّعُوبَ، مُلُوكَ مَادِي، وُلاَتَهَا وَكُلَّ حُكَّامِهَا وَكُلَّ أَرْضِ سُلْطَانِهَا،

Prepare against her the nations with the kings of the Medes, the captains thereof, and all the rulers thereof, and all the land of his dominion.

فَتَرْتَجِفَ الأَرْضُ وَتَتَوَجَّعَ، لأَنَّ أَفْكَارَ الرَّبِّ تَقُومُ عَلَى بَابِلَ، لِيَجْعَلَ أَرْضَ بَابِلَ خَرَابًا بِلاَ سَاكِنٍ.

And the land shall tremble and sorrow: for every purpose of the LORD shall be performed against Babylon, to make the land of Babylon a desolation without an inhabitant.

كَفَّ جَبَابِرَةُ بَابِلَ عَنِ الْحَرْبِ، وَجَلَسُوا فِي الْحُصُونِ. نَضَبَتْ شَجَاعَتُهُمْ. صَارُوا نِسَاءً. حَرَقُوا مَسَاكِنَهَا. تَحَطَّمَتْ عَوَارِضُهَا.

The mighty men of Babylon have forborn to fight, they have remained in their holds: their might hath failed; they became as women: they have burned her dwellingplaces; her bars are broken.

يَرْكُضُ عَدَّاءٌ لِلِقَاءِ عَدَّاءٍ، وَمُخْبِرٌ لِلِقَاءِ مُخْبِرٍ، لِيُخْبِرَ مَلِكَ بَابِلَ بِأَنَّ مَدِينَتَهُ قَدْ أُخِذَتْ عَنْ أقْصَى،

One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to shew the king of Babylon that his city is taken at one end,

وَأَنَّ الْمَعَابِرَ قَدْ أُمْسِكَتْ، وَالْقَصَبَ أَحْرَقُوهُ بِالنَّارِ، وَرِجَالُ الْحَرْبِ اضْطَرَبَتْ.

And that the passages are stopped, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.

لأَنَّهُ هكَذَا قَالَ رَبُّ الْجُنُودِ إِلهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: إِنَّ بِنْتَ بَابِلَ كَبَيْدَرٍ وَقْتَ دَوْسِهِ. بَعْدَ قَلِيل يَأْتِي عَلَيْهَا وَقْتُ الْحَصَادِ».

For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; The daughter of Babylon is like a threshingfloor, it is time to thresh her: yet a little while, and the time of her harvest shall come.

«أَكَلَنِي أَفْنَانِي نَبُوخَذْرَاصَّرُ مَلِكُ بَابِلَ. جَعَلَنِي إِنَاءً فَارِغًا. ابْتَلَعَنِي كَتِنِّينٍ، وَمَلأَ جَوْفَهُ مِنْ نِعَمِي. طَوَّحَنِي.

Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out.

ظُلْمِي وَلَحْمِي عَلَى بَابِلَ» تَقُولُ سَاكِنَةُ صِهْيَوْنَ. «وَدَمِي عَلَى سُكَّانِ أَرْضِ الْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ» تَقُولُ أُورُشَلِيمُ.

The violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon, shall the inhabitant of Zion say; and my blood upon the inhabitants of Chaldea, shall Jerusalem say.

لِذلِكَ هكَذَا قَالَ الرَّبُّ: «هأَنَذَا أُخَاصِمُ خُصُومَتَكِ، وَأَنْتَقِمُ نَقْمَتَكِ، وَأُنَشِّفُ بَحْرَهَا، وَأُجَفِّفُ يَنْبُوعَهَا.

Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry.

وَتَكُونُ بَابِلُ كُوَمًا، وَمَأْوَى بَنَاتِ آوَى، وَدَهَشًا وَصَفِيرًا بِلاَ سَاكِنٍ.

And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant.

يُزَمْجِرُونَ مَعًا كَأَشْبَال. يَزْأَرُونَ كَجِرَاءِ أُسُودٍ.

They shall roar together like lions: they shall yell as lions' whelps.

عِنْدَ حَرَارَتِهِمْ أُعِدُّ لَهُمْ شَرَابًا وَأُسْكِرُهُمْ، لِكَيْْ يَفْرَحُوا وَيَنَامُوا نَوْمًا أَبَدِيًّا، وَلاَ يَسْتَيْقِظُوا، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ.

In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the LORD.

أُنَزِّلُهُمْ كَخِرَافٍ لِلذَّبْحِ وَكَكِبَاشٍ مَعَ أَعْتِدَةٍ.

I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he goats.

« كَيْفَ أُخِذَتْ شِيشَكُ، وَأُمْسِكَتْ فَخْرُ كُلِّ الأَرْضِ؟ كَيْفَ صَارَتْ بَابِلُ دَهَشًا فِي الشُّعُوبِ؟

How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth surprised! how is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!

طَلَعَ الْبَحْرُ عَلَى بَابِلَ، فَتَغَطَّتْ بِكَثْرَةِ أَمْوَاجِهِ.

The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.

صَارَتْ مُدُنُهَا خَرَابًا، أَرْضًا نَاشِفَةً وَقَفْرًا، أَرْضًا لاَ يَسْكُنُ فِيهَا إِنْسَانٌ وَلاَ يَعْبُرُ فِيهَا ابْنُ آدَمَ.

Her cities are a desolation, a dry land, and a wilderness, a land wherein no man dwelleth, neither doth any son of man pass thereby.

وَأُعَاقِبُ بِيلَ فِي بَابِلَ، وَأُخْرِجُ مِنْ فَمِهِ مَا ابْتَلَعَهُ، فَلاَ تَجْرِي إِلَيْهِ الشُّعُوبُ بَعْدُ، وَيَسْقُطُ سُورُ بَابِلَ أَيْضًا.

And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he hath swallowed up: and the nations shall not flow together any more unto him: yea, the wall of Babylon shall fall.

اُخْرُجُوا مِنْ وَسَطِهَا يَا شَعْبِي، وَلْيُنَجِّ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ نَفْسَهُ مِنْ حُمُوِّ غَضَبِ الرَّبِّ.

My people, go ye out of the midst of her, and deliver ye every man his soul from the fierce anger of the LORD.

وَلاَ يَضْعُفْ قَلْبُكُمْ فَتَخَافُوا مِنَ الْخَبَرِ الَّذِي سُمِعَ فِي الأَرْضِ، فَإِنَّهُ يَأْتِي خَبَرٌ فِي هذِهِ السَّنَةِ، ثُمَّ بَعْدَهُ فِي السَّنَةِ الأُخْرَى، خَبَرٌ وَظُلْمٌ فِي الأَرْضِ، مُتَسَلِّطٌ عَلَى مُتَسَلِّطٍ.

And lest your heart faint, and ye fear for the rumour that shall be heard in the land; a rumour shall both come one year, and after that in another year shall come a rumour, and violence in the land, ruler against ruler.

لِذلِكَ هَا أَيَّامٌ تَأْتِي وَأُعَاقِبُ مَنْحُوتَاتِ بَابِلَ، فَتَخْزَى كُلُّ أَرْضِهَا وَتَسْقُطُ كُلُّ قَتْلاَهَا فِي وَسْطِهَا.

Therefore, behold, the days come, that I will do judgment upon the graven images of Babylon: and her whole land shall be confounded, and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her.

فَتَهْتِفُ عَلَى بَابِلَ السَّمَاوَاتُ وَالأَرْضُ وَكُلُّ مَا فِيهَا، لأَنَّ النَّاهِبِينَ يَأْتُونَ عَلَيْهَا مِنَ الشِّمَالِ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ.

Then the heaven and the earth, and all that is therein, shall sing for Babylon: for the spoilers shall come unto her from the north, saith the LORD.

كَمَا أَسْقَطَتْ بَابِلُ قَتْلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ، تَسْقُطُ أَيْضًا قَتْلَى بَابِلَ فِي كُلِّ الأَرْضِ.

As Babylon hath caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the earth.

أَيُّهَا النَّاجُونَ مِنَ السَّيْفِ اذْهَبُوا. لاَ تَقِفُوا. اذْكُرُوا الرَّبَّ مِنْ بَعِيدٍ، وَلْتَخْطُرْ أُورُشَلِيمُ بِبَالِكُمْ.

Ye that have escaped the sword, go away, stand not still: remember the LORD afar off, and let Jerusalem come into your mind.

قَدْ خَزِينَا لأَنَّنَا قَدْ سَمِعْنَا عَارًا. غَطَّى الْخَجَلُ وُجُوهَنَا لأَنَّ الْغُرَبَاءَ قَدْ دَخَلُوا مَقَادِسَ بَيْتِ الرَّبِّ.

We are confounded, because we have heard reproach: shame hath covered our faces: for strangers are come into the sanctuaries of the LORD'S house.

لِذلِكَ هَا أَيَّامٌ تَأْتِي، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ، وَأُعَاقِبُ مَنْحُوتَاتِهَا، وَيَتَنَهَّدُ الْجَرْحَى فِي كُلِّ أَرْضِهَا.

Wherefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will do judgment upon her graven images: and through all her land the wounded shall groan.

فَلَوْ صَعِدَتْ بَابِلُ إِلَى السَّمَاوَاتِ، وَلَوْ حَصَّنَتْ عَلْيَاءَ عِزِّهَا، فَمِنْ عِنْدِي يَأْتِي عَلَيْهَا النَّاهِبُونَ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ.

Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall spoilers come unto her, saith the LORD.

«صَوْتُ صُرَاخٍ مِنْ بَابِلَ وَانْحِطَامٌ عَظِيمٌ مِنْ أَرْضِ الْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ،

A sound of a cry cometh from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans:

لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ مُخْرِبٌ بَابِلَ وَقَدْ أَبَادَ مِنْهَا الصَّوْتَ الْعَظِيمَ، وَقَدْ عَجَّتْ أَمْوَاجُهُمْ كَمِيَاهٍ كَثِيرَةٍ وَأُطْلِقَ ضَجِيجُ صَوْتِهِمْ.

Because the LORD hath spoiled Babylon, and destroyed out of her the great voice; when her waves do roar like great waters, a noise of their voice is uttered:

لأَنَّهُ جَاءَ عَلَيْهَا، عَلَى بَابِلَ، الْمُخْرِبُ، وَأُخِذَ جَبَابِرَتُهَا، وَتَحَطَّمَتْ قِسِيُّهُمْ، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ إِلهُ مُجَازَاةٍ يُكَافِئُ مُكَافَأَةً.

Because the spoiler is come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, every one of their bows is broken: for the LORD God of recompences shall surely requite.

وَأُسْكِرُ رُؤَسَاءَهَا وَحُكَمَاءَهَا وَوُلاَتَهَا وَحُكَّامَهَا وَأَبْطَالَهَا فَيَنَامُونَ نَوْمًا أَبَدِيًّا، وَلاَ يَسْتَيْقِظُونَ، يَقُولُ الْمَلِكُ رَبُّ الْجُنُودِ اسْمُهُ.

And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, her captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts.

هكَذَا قَالَ رَبُّ الْجُنُودِ: إِنَّ أَسْوَارَ بَابِلَ الْعَرِيضَةَ تُدَمَّرُ تَدْمِيرًا، وَأَبْوَابُهَا الشَّامِخَةَ تُحْرَقُ بِالنَّارِ، فَتَتْعَبُ الشُّعُوبُ لِلْبَاطِلِ، وَالْقَبَائِلُ لِلنَّارِ حَتَّى تَعْيَا».

Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the people shall labour in vain, and the folk in the fire, and they shall be weary.

اَلأَمْرُ الَّذِي أَوْصَى بِهِ إِرْمِيَا النَّبِيُّ سَرَايَا بْنَ نِيرِيَّا بْنِ مَحْسِيَّا، عِنْدَ ذَهَابِهِ مَعَ صِدْقِيَّا مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا إِلَى بَابِلَ فِي السَّنَةِ الرَّابِعَةِ لِمُلْكِهِ، وَكَانَ سَرَايَا رَئِيسَ الْمَحَلَّةِ،

The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah into Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. And this Seraiah was a quiet prince.

فَكَتَبَ إِرْمِيَا كُلَّ الشَّرِّ الآتِي عَلَى بَابِلَ فِي سِفْرٍ وَاحِدٍ، كُلَّ هذَا الْكَلاَمِ الْمَكْتُوبِ عَلَى بَابِلَ،

So Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come upon Babylon, even all these words that are written against Babylon.

وَقَالَ إِرْمِيَا لِسَرَايَا: «إِذَا دَخَلْتَ إِلَى بَابِلَ وَنَظَرْتَ وَقَرَأْتَ كُلَّ هذَا الْكَلاَمِ،

And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When thou comest to Babylon, and shalt see, and shalt read all these words;

فَقُلْ: أَنْتَ يَا رَبُّ قَدْ تَكَلَّمْتَ عَلَى هذَا الْمَوْضِعِ لِتَقْرِضَهُ حَتَّى لاَ يَكُونَ فِيهِ سَاكِنٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ إِلَى الْبَهَائِمِ، بَلْ يَكُونُ خِرَبًا أَبَدِيَّةً.

Then shalt thou say, O LORD, thou hast spoken against this place, to cut it off, that none shall remain in it, neither man nor beast, but that it shall be desolate for ever.

وَيَكُونُ إِذَا فَرَغْتَ مِنْ قِرَاءَةِ هذَا السِّفْرِ أَنَّكَ تَرْبُطُ بِهِ حَجَرًا وَتَطْرَحُهُ إِلَى وَسْطِ الْفُرَاتِ

And it shall be, when thou hast made an end of reading this book, that thou shalt bind a stone to it, and cast it into the midst of Euphrates:

وَتَقُولُ: هكَذَا تَغْرَقُ بَابِلُ وَلاَ تَقُومُ، مِنَ الشَّرِّ الَّذِي أَنَا جَالِبُهُ عَلَيْهَا وَيَعْيَوْنَ». إِلَى هُنَا كَلاَمُ إِرْمِيَا.

And thou shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise from the evil that I will bring upon her: and they shall be weary. Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.