Jeremiah 20

1 When Pashhur the priest, the son of Immer and the chief official in the house of the LORD, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things,

1 وَسَمِعَ الْكَاهِنُ فَشْحُورُ بْنُ إِمِّيرَ الَّذِي كَانَ النَّاظِرَ الأَوَّلَ عَلَى بَيْتِ الرَّبِّ إِرْمِيَا يَتَنَبَّأُ بِهَذِهِ الأُمُورِ،

2 he had Jeremiah the prophet beaten and put in the stocks at the Upper Gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the LORD.

2 فَضَرَبَ فَشْحُورُ إِرْمِيَا النَّبِيَّ وَزَجَّهُ فِي الْمِقْطَرَةِ الَّتِي بِبَابِ بِنْيَامِينَ الأَعْلَى الَّذِي عِنْدَ هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ.

3 The next day, when Pashhur released Jeremiah from the stocks, Jeremiah said to him, “The LORD does not call you Pashhur, but Magor-missabib.

3 وَفِي الْيَوْمِ الثَّانِي عِنْدَمَا أَخْرَجَ فَشْحُورُ إِرْمِيَا مِنَ الْمِقْطَرَةِ، قَالَ لَهُ إِرْمِيَا: «إِنَّ الرَّبَّ لَمْ يَدْعُ اسْمَكَ فَشْحُورَ، بَلْ مَجُورَ مِسَّابِيبَ (أَيْ: رُعْباً مِنْ كُلِّ نَاحِيَةٍ).

4 For this is what the LORD says: ‘I will make you a terror to yourself and to all your friends. They will fall by the sword of their enemies before your very eyes. And I will hand Judah over to the king of Babylon, and he will carry them away to Babylon and put them to the sword.

4 هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ:’هَا أَنَا أَجْعَلُكَ أَنْتَ وَجَمِيعَ أَحِبَّائِكَ عُرْضَةً لِلرُّعْبِ فَيَتَسَاقَطُونَ بِحَدِّ سُيُوفِ أَعْدَائِهِمْ عَلَى مَرْأَى مِنْكَ، وَأُسْلِمُ كُلَّ أَهْلِ يَهُوذَا لِيَدِ مَلِكِ بَابِلَ فَيُجْلِيهِمْ إِلَى بَابِلَ وَيَذْبَحُهُمْ بِالسَّيْفِ.

5 I will give away all the wealth of this city—all its products and valuables, and all the treasures of the kings of Judah—to their enemies. They will plunder them, seize them, and carry them off to Babylon.

5 وَأَدْفَعُ كُلَّ ثَرْوَةِ هَذِهِ الْمَدِينَةِ، وَكُلَّ نِتَاجِهَا وَنَفَائِسِهَا، وَكُلَّ كُنُوزِ مُلُوكِ يَهُوذَا إِلَى يَدِ أَعْدَائِهَا، فَيَغْنَمُونَهَا وَيَسْتَوْلُونَ عَلَيْهَا وَيَنْقُلُونَهَا مَعَهُمْ إِلَى بَابِلَ.

6 And you, Pashhur, and all who live in your house, will go into captivity. You will go to Babylon, and there you will die and be buried—you and all your friends to whom you have prophesied these lies.’”

6 أَمَّا أَنْتَ يَا فَشْحُورُ وَجَمِيعُ الْمُقِيمِينَ مَعَكَ فِي بَيْتِكَ فَتَذْهَبُونَ إِلَى الأَسْرِ فِي بَابِلَ حَيْثُ تَمُوتُ وَتُدْفَنُ هُنَاكَ أَنْتَ وَسَائِرُ أَحِبَّائِكَ الَّذِينَ تَنَبَّأْتَ لَهُمْ بِالأَكَاذِيبِ.‘»

7 You have deceived me, O LORD, and I was deceived. You have overcome me and prevailed. I am a laughingstock all day long; everyone mocks me.

7 يَا رَبُّ قَدْ أَقْنَعْتَنِي فَاقْتَنَعْتُ، أَنْتَ أَقْوَى مِنِّي فَغَلَبْتَ، فَأَصْبَحْتُ مَثَارَ سُخْرِيَةٍ طَوَالَ النَّهَارِ. كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ يَسْتَهْزِئُ بِي.

8 For whenever I speak, I cry out; I proclaim violence and destruction. For the word of the LORD has become to me a reproach and derision all day long.

8 لأَنِّي كُلَّمَا تَكَلَّمْتُ أَصْرُخُ مُنَدِّداً، وَأُنَادِي: «ظُلْمٌ وَاغْتِصَابٌ» فَجَلَبَتْ عَلَيَّ كَلِمَةُ الرَّبِّ الاحْتِقَارَ وَالْعَارَ طَوَالَ النَّهَارِ.

9 If I say, “I will not mention Him or speak any more in His name,” His message becomes a fire burning in my heart, shut up in my bones, and I become weary of holding it in, and I cannot prevail.

9 إِنْ قُلْتُ: «سَأَكُفُّ عَنْ ذِكْرِهِ وَلا أَتَكَلَّمُ بِاسْمِهِ بَعْدُ» صَارَ كَلامُهُ فِي قَلْبِي كَنَارٍ مُحْرِقَةٍ مَحْصُورَةٍ فِي عِظَامِي، فَأَعْيَانِي كِتْمَانُهُ وَعَجَزْتُ عَنْ كَبْتِهِ.

10 For I have heard the whispering of many: “Terror is on every side! Report him; let us report him!” All my trusted friends watch for my fall: “Perhaps he will be deceived so that we may prevail against him and take our vengeance upon him.”

10 لأَنِّي سَمِعْتُ نَفَثَاتِ تَهْدِيدٍ مِنْ كَثِيرِينَ، وَأَحَاطَ بِي رُعْبٌ مِنْ كُلِّ جَانِبٍ. يَقُولُونَ: «اشْتَكُوا عَلَيْهِ فَنَشْتَكِيَ عَلَيْهِ»، حَتَّى جَمِيعُ أَصْدِقَائِي الْحَمِيمِينَ يَرْقُبُونَ كَبْوَتِي قَائِلِينَ: «لَعَلَّهُ يَتَعَثَّرُ فَنَتَغَلَّبَ عَلَيْهِ وَنَنْتَقِمَ مِنْهُ».

11 But the LORD is with me like a fearsome warrior. Therefore, my persecutors will stumble and will not prevail. Since they have not succeeded, they will be utterly put to shame, with an everlasting disgrace that will never be forgotten.

11 لَكِنَّ الرَّبَّ مَعِي كَمُحَارِبٍ جَبَّارٍ، لِهَذَا يَعْثُرُ كُلُّ مُضْطَهِدِيَّ وَلا يَظْفَرُونَ بِي. يَلْحَقُ بِهِمْ عَارٌ عَظِيمٌ لأَنَّهُمْ لَا يُفْلِحُونَ، وَيَظَلُّ خِزْيُهُمْ مَذْكُوراً إِلَى الأَبَدِ.

12 O LORD of Hosts, who examines the righteous, who sees the heart and mind, let me see Your vengeance upon them, for to You I have committed my cause.

12 أَيُّهَا الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ مُخْتَبِرُ الصِّدِّيقِ وَالْمُطَّلِعُ عَلَى سَرَائِرِ النُّفُوسِ، دَعْنِي أَشْهَدُ انْتِقَامَكَ مِنْهُمْ لأَنِّي إِلَيْكَ فَوَّضْتُ قَضِيَّتِي.

13 Sing to the LORD! Praise the LORD! For He rescues the life of the needy from the hands of evildoers.

13 اشْدُوا لِلرَّبِّ وَسَبِّحُوهُ، لأَنَّهُ أَنْقَذَ نَفْسَ الْمِسْكِينِ مِنْ قَبْضَةِ فَاعِلِي الإِثْمِ.

14 Cursed be the day I was born! May the day my mother bore me never be blessed.

14 لِيَكُنْ مَلْعُوناً ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمُ الَّذِي وُلِدْتُ فِيهِ، وَلْيَخْلُ الْيَوْمُ الَّذِي أَنْجَبَتْنِي فِيهِ أُمِّي مِنْ كُلِّ بَرَكَةٍ.

15 Cursed be the man who brought my father the news, saying, “A son is born to you,” bringing him great joy.

15 لِيَكُنْ مَلْعُوناً ذَلِكَ الرَّجُلُ الَّذِي بَشَّرَ أَبِي قَائِلاً: قَدْ وُلِدَ لَكَ ابْنٌ فَجَعَلَ قَلْبَهُ يَفِيضُ بِالْفَرَحِ.

16 May that man be like the cities that the LORD overthrew without compassion. May he hear an outcry in the morning and a battle cry at noon,

16 لِيُصْبِحْ ذَلِكَ الرَّجُلُ كَالْمُدُنِ الَّتِي قَلَبَهَا الرَّبُّ مِنَ غَيْرِ رِفْقٍ، وَليَسْمَعْ صُرَاخَ الْمَعَارِكِ فِي الصَّبَاحِ، وَضَجِيجَ جَلَبَتِهَا عِنْدَ الظَّهِيرَةِ.

17 because he did not kill me in the womb so that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb forever enlarged.

17 لِيَكُنْ ذَلِكَ الرَّجُلُ مَلْعَوناً لأَنَّهُ لَمْ يَقْتُلْنِي مِنَ الرَّحِمِ، فَتَضْحَى أُمِّي قَبْراً لِي، وَتَظَلُّ حُبْلَى بِي إِلَى الأَبَدِ.

18 Why did I come out of the womb to see only trouble and sorrow, and to end my days in shame?

18 لِمَاذَا خَرَجْتُ مِنَ الرَّحِمِ لأُقَاسِيَ التَّعَبَ وَالأَوْجَاعَ، وَأُفْنِيَ أَيَّامِي بِالْخِزْيِ؟