Jeremiah 13

1 This is what the LORD said to me: “Go and buy yourself a linen loincloth and put it around your waist, but do not let it touch water.”

1 ثُمَّ قَالَ الرَّبُّ لِي: «امْضِ وَاشْتَرِ لِنَفْسِكَ مِنْطَقَةً مِنْ كَتَّانٍ وَلُفَّهَا حَوْلَ حَقْوَيْكَ، وَلا تَضَعْهَا فِي الْمَاءِ».

2 So I bought a loincloth in accordance with the word of the LORD, and I put it around my waist.

2 فَاشْتَرَيْتُ مِنْطَقَةً كَأَمْرِ الرَّبِّ وَلَفَفْتُهَا حَوْلَ حَقْوَيَّ،

3 Then the word of the LORD came to me a second time:

3 ثُمَّ كَلَّمَنِي الرَّبُّ ثَانِيَةً

4 “Take the loincloth that you bought and are wearing, and go at once to Perath and hide it there in a crevice of the rocks.”

4 «خُذِ الْمِنْطَقَةَ الَّتِي اشْتَرَيْتَهَا، الْمَلْفُوفَةَ حَوْلَ حَقْوَيْكَ، وَاذْهَبْ إِلَى نَهْرِ الْفُرَاتِ، وَاطْمُرْهَا فِي شَقِّ صَخْرٍ».

5 So I went and hid it at Perath, as the LORD had commanded me.

5 فَانْطَلَقْتُ وَطَمَرْتُهَا عِنْدَ الْفُرَاتِ كَأَمْرِ الرَّبِّ.

6 Many days later the LORD said to me, “Arise, go to Perath, and get the loincloth that I commanded you to hide there.”

6 وَبَعْدَ عِدَّةِ أَيَّامٍ قَالَ لِيَ الرَّبُّ: «اذْهَبْ إِلَى الْفُرَاتِ وَخُذِ الْمِنْطَقَةَ الَّتِي أَمَرْتُكَ أَنْ تَطْمِرَهَا هُنَاكَ».

7 So I went to Perath and dug up the loincloth, and I took it from the place where I had hidden it. But now it was ruined—of no use at all.

7 فَقَصَدْتُ إِلَى الْفُرَاتِ وَحَفَرْتُ الْمَوْضِعَ وَأَخَذْتُ الْمِنْطَقَةَ مِنْ حَيْثُ طَمَرْتُهَا، وَإذَا بِها قَدْ تَلِفَتْ وَلَمْ تَعُدْ تَصْلُحُ لِشَيْءٍ.

8 Then the word of the LORD came to me:

8 فَأَوْحَى إِلَيَّ الرَّبُّ بِكَلِمَتِهِ.

9 “This is what the LORD says: In the same way I will ruin the pride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem.

9 «هَكَذَا سَأُحَطِّمُ كِبْرِيَاءَ يَهُوذَا وَكِبْرِيَاءَ أُورُشَلِيمَ الْعَظِيمَةِ.

10 These evil people, who refuse to listen to My words, who follow the stubbornness of their own hearts, and who go after other gods to serve and worship them, they will be like this loincloth—of no use at all.

10 إِنَّ هَذَا الشَّعْبَ الشِّرِّيرَ الَّذِي أَبَى أَنْ يَسْتَمِعَ إِلَى كَلِمَتِي، وَانْسَاقَ بِعِنَادٍ خَلْفَ أَهْوَاءِ قَلْبِهِ، وَضَلَّ وَرَاءَ الأَصْنَامِ لِيَسْجُدَ لَهَا وَيَعْبُدَهَا، سَيُصْبِحُ مِثْلَ هَذِهِ الْمِنْطَقَةِ.

11 For just as a loincloth clings to a man’s waist, so I have made the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah cling to Me, declares the LORD, so that they might be My people for My renown and praise and glory. But they did not listen.

11 وَكَمَا أَنَّ الْمِنْطَقَةَ تَلْتَفُّ حَوْلَ حَقْوَيِ الإِنْسَانِ، هَكَذَا جَعَلْتُ كُلَّ ذُرِّيَّةِ يَهُوذَا تَلْتَفُّ حَوْلِي، لِيَكُونُوا لِي شَعْباً وَمَثَارَ شُهْرَةٍ وَفَخْرٍ وَمَجْدٍ. وَلَكِنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَسْمَعُوا».

12 Therefore you are to tell them that this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Every wineskin shall be filled with wine.’ And when they reply, ‘Don’t we surely know that every wineskin should be filled with wine?’

12 لِذَلِكَ قُلْ لَهُمْ: «هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: كُلُّ زِقٍّ يَمْتَلِئُ خَمْراً، فَيُجِيبُونَكَ: أَلَسْنَا نَعْرِفُ أَنَّ كُلَّ زِقٍّ يَمْتَلِئُ خَمْراً؟»

13 then you are to tell them that this is what the LORD says: ‘I am going to fill with drunkenness all who live in this land—the kings who sit on David’s throne, the priests, the prophets, and all the people of Jerusalem.

13 فَتَقُولُ لَهُمْ، «هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ الرَّبُّ: هَا أَنَا أَمْلَأُ بِالسُّكْرِ جَمِيعَ سُكَّانِ هَذِهِ الأَرْضِ وَالْمُلُوكَ مِنْ ذُرِّيَّةِ دَاوُدَ الْجَالِسِينَ عَلَى عَرْشِهِ، وَالْكَهَنَةَ، وَالأَنْبِيَاءَ وَكُلَّ أَهْلِ أُورُشَلِيمَ.

14 I will smash them against one another, fathers and sons alike, declares the LORD. I will allow no mercy or pity or compassion to keep Me from destroying them.’”

14 وَأُهَشِّمُهُمُ الْوَاحِدَ فَوْقَ الآخَرِ، الآبَاءَ وَالأَبْنَاءَ مَعاً، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ. لَا أُشْفِقُ وَلا أَتَرَأَّفُ وَلا أَرْحَمُ، بَلْ أُهْلِكُهُمْ».

15 Listen and give heed. Do not be arrogant, for the LORD has spoken.

15 فَاسْمَعُوا وَأصْغَوْا وَلا تَسْتَكْبِرُوا، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ قَدْ تَكَلَّمَ.

16 Give glory to the LORD your God before He brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the dusky mountains. You wait for light, but He turns it into deep gloom and thick darkness.

16 مَجِّدُوا الرَّبَّ إِلَهَكُمْ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَجْعَلَ الظَّلامَ يُخَيِّمُ عَلَيْكُمْ، وَقَبْلَ أَنْ تَتَعَثَّرَ أَقْدَامُكُمْ عَلَى الْجِبَالِ الْمُعْتِمَةِ. أَنْتُمْ تَرْتَقِبُونَ النُّورَ وَلَكِنَّهُ يُحَوِّلُهُ إِلَى ظَلامِ الْمَوْتِ وَيَجْعَلُهُ لَيْلاً دَامِساً.

17 But if you do not listen, I will weep in secret because of your pride. My eyes will overflow with tears, because the LORD’s flock has been taken captive.

17 وَإِنْ لَمْ تُنْصِتُوا فَإِنَّ نَفْسِي تَبْكِي فِي الْخَفَاءِ مِنْ أَجْلِ كِبْرِيَائِكُمْ، وَتَذْرِفُ عَيْنَايَ الدُّمُوعَ الْمَرِيرَةَ، فَتَسِيلُ الْعَبَراتُ لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ قَدْ سَبَى شَعْبَهُ.

18 Say to the king and to the queen mother: “Take a lowly seat, for your glorious crowns have fallen from your heads.”

18 قُلْ لِلْمَلِكِ وَلِلْمَلِكَةِ: «تَوَاضَعَا، وَتَنَازَلا عَنْ مَوْضِعِكُمَا لأَنَّ تَاجَ مَجْدِكُمَا قَدْ سَقَطَ عَنْ رَأْسَيْكُمَا».

19 The cities of the Negev have been shut tight, and no one can open them. All Judah has been carried into exile, wholly taken captive.

19 قَدْ أُغْلِقَتْ مُدُنُ النَّقَبِ وَلَيْسَ مَنْ يَفْتَحُهَا. سُبِيَ أَهْلُ يَهُوذَا بِجُمْلَتِهِمْ. سُبُوا جَمِيعاً وَلَمْ يَبْقَ مِنْهُمْ أَحَدٌ.

20 Lift up your eyes and see those coming from the north. Where is the flock entrusted to you, the sheep that were your pride?

20 ارْفَعُوا عُيُونَكُمْ وَشَاهِدُوا الْمُقْبِلِينَ مِنَ الشِّمَالِ. أَيْنَ الْقَطِيعُ الَّذِي عُهِدَ بِهِ إِلَيْكِ يَا أُورُشَلِيمُ؟ أَيْنَ قَطِيعُ افْتِخَارِكِ؟

21 What will you say when He sets over you close allies whom you yourself trained? Will not pangs of anguish grip you, as they do a woman in labor?

21 مَاذَا تَقُولِينَ حِينَ يُقِيمُ الرَّبُّ عَلَيْكِ رُؤَسَاءَ أُولَئِكَ الَّذِينَ عَلَّمْتِهِمْ أَنْ يَكُونُوا لَكِ أَحْلافاً؟ أَفَلا تَنْتَابُكِ الأَوْجَاعُ كَامْرَأَةٍ مَاخِضٍ؟

22 And if you ask yourself, “Why has this happened to me?” It is because of the magnitude of your iniquity that your skirts have been stripped off and your body has been exposed.

22 وَإِنْ تَسَاءَلْتِ فِي نَفْسِكِ: «لِمَاذَا ابْتُلِيتُ بِهَذِهِ الأُمُورِ؟» إِنَّهَا عَاقِبَةُ كَثْرَةِ آثَامِكِ. قَدْ هُتِكَتْ أَذْيَالُكِ، وَاغْتُصِبَ جَسَدُكِ.

23 Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Neither are you able to do good—you who are accustomed to doing evil.

23 هَلْ يُمْكِنُ لِلإِثْيُوبِيِّ أَنْ يُغَيِّرَ جِلْدَهُ، أَوْ لِلنَّمِرِ رُقَطَهُ؟ كَذَلِكَ أَنْتُمْ لَا تَقْدِرُونَ أَنْ تَصْنَعُوا خَيْراً بَعْدَ أَنْ أَلِفْتُمُ ارْتِكَابَ الشَّرِّ.

24 “I will scatter you like chaff driven by the desert wind.

24 «سَأُبَدِّدُكُمْ كَالْعُصَافَةِ الَّتِي تُذَرِّيهَا رِيحُ الْبَرِّيَّةِ.

25 This is your lot, the portion I have measured to you,” declares the LORD, “because you have forgotten Me and trusted in falsehood.

25 هَذِهِ قُرْعَتُكِ، النَّصِيبُ الَّذِي كِلْتُهُ لَكِ»، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ، «لأَنَّكِ نَسِيتِنِي وَاتَّكَلْتِ عَلَى الْكَذِبِ.

26 So I will pull your skirts up over your face, that your shame may be seen.

26 فَأَنَا أَيْضاً أَرْفَعُ أَذْيَالَكِ عَلَى وَجْهِكِ لِيَنْكَشِفَ عَارُكِ.

27 Your adulteries and lustful neighings, your shameless prostitution on the hills and in the fields—I have seen your detestable acts. Woe to you, O Jerusalem! How long will you remain unclean?”

27 قَدْ شَهِدْتُ عَلَى التِّلالِ فِي الْحُقُولِ فِسْقَكِ وَحَمْحَمَةَ فُجُورِكِ وَعَهْرَ زِنَاكِ. وَيْلٌ لَكِ يَا أُورُشَلِيمُ. إِلَى مَتَى تَظَلِّينَ غَيْرَ طَاهِرَةٍ؟»