Jeremiah 18

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

الْكَلاَمُ الَّذِي صَارَ إِلَى إِرْمِيَا مِنْ قِبَلِ الرَّبِّ قَائِلاً:

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

«قُمِ انْزِلْ إِلَى بَيْتِ الْفَخَّارِيِّ وَهُنَاكَ أُسْمِعُكَ كَلاَمِي».

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

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

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.

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

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

فَصَارَ إِلَيَّ كَلاَمُ الرَّبِّ قَائِلاً:

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.

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

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

تَارَةً أَتَكَلَّمُ عَلَى أُمَّةٍ وَعَلَى مَمْلَكَةٍ بِالْقَلْعِ وَالْهَدْمِ وَالإِهْلاَكِ،

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.

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

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

وَتَارَةً أَتَكَلَّمُ عَلَى أُمَّةٍ وَعَلَى مَمْلَكَةٍ بِالْبِنَاءِ وَالْغَرْسِ،

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.

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

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.

«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».

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.

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

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.

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

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?

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

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;

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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».

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

أَصْغِ لِي يَا رَبُّ، وَاسْمَعْ صَوْتَ أَخْصَامِي.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.