Jeremiah 26

1 At the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, this word came from the LORD:

1 فِي ٱبْتِدَاءِ مُلْكِ يَهُويَاقِيمَ بْنِ يُوشِيَّا مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا، صَارَ هَذَا ٱلْكَلَامُ مِنْ قِبَلِ ٱلرَّبِّ قَائِلًا:

2 “This is what the LORD says: Stand in the courtyard of the house of the LORD and speak all the words I have commanded you to speak to all the cities of Judah who come to worship there. Do not omit a word.

2 «هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: قِفْ فِي دَارِ بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ، وَتَكَلَّمْ عَلَى كُلِّ مُدُنِ يَهُوذَا ٱلْقَادِمَةِ لِلسُّجُودِ فِي بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ بِكُلِّ ٱلْكَلَامِ ٱلَّذِي أَوْصَيْتُكَ أَنْ تَتَكَلَّمَ بِهِ إِلَيْهِمْ. لَا تُنَقِّصْ كَلِمَةً.

3 Perhaps they will listen and turn—each from his evil way of life—so that I may relent of the disaster I am planning to bring upon them because of the evil of their deeds.

3 لَعَلَّهُمْ يَسْمَعُونَ وَيَرْجِعُونَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ عَنْ طَرِيقِهِ ٱلشِّرِّيرِ، فَأَنْدَمَ عَنِ ٱلشَّرِّ ٱلَّذِي قَصَدْتُ أَنْ أَصْنَعَهُ بِهِمْ، مِنْ أَجْلِ شَرِّ أَعْمَالِهِمْ.

4 And you are to tell them that this is what the LORD says: ‘If you do not listen to Me and walk in My law, which I have set before you,

4 وَتَقُولُ لَهُمْ هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: إِنْ لَمْ تَسْمَعُوا لِي لِتَسْلُكُوا فِي شَرِيعَتِي ٱلَّتِي جَعَلْتُهَا أَمَامَكُمْ،

5 and if you do not listen to the words of My servants the prophets, whom I have sent you again and again even though you did not listen,

5 لِتَسْمَعُوا لِكَلَامِ عَبِيدِي ٱلْأَنْبِيَاءِ ٱلَّذِينَ أَرْسَلْتُهُمْ أَنَا إِلَيْكُمْ مُبَكِّرًا وَمُرْسِلًا إِيَّاهُمْ، فَلَمْ تَسْمَعُوا.

6 then I will make this house like Shiloh, and I will make this city an object of cursing among all the nations of the earth.’”

6 أَجْعَلُ هَذَا ٱلْبَيْتَ كَشِيلُوهَ، وَهَذِهِ ٱلْمَدِينَةُ أَجْعَلُهَا لَعْنَةً لِكُلِّ شُعُوبِ ٱلْأَرْضِ».

7 Now the priests and prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the LORD,

7 وَسَمِعَ ٱلْكَهَنَةُ وَٱلْأَنْبِيَاءُ وَكُلُّ ٱلشَّعْبِ إِرْمِيَا يَتَكَلَّمُ بِهَذَا ٱلْكَلَامِ فِي بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ.

8 and as soon as he had finished telling all the people everything the LORD had commanded him to say, the priests and prophets and all the people seized him, shouting, “You must surely die!

8 وَكَانَ لَمَّا فَرَغَ إِرْمِيَا مِنَ ٱلتَّكَلُّمِ بِكُلِّ مَا أَوْصَاهُ ٱلرَّبُّ أَنْ يُكَلِّمَ كُلَّ ٱلشَّعْبِ بِهِ، أَنَّ ٱلْكَهَنَةَ وَٱلْأَنْبِيَاءَ وَكُلَّ ٱلشَّعْبِ أَمْسَكُوهُ قَائِلِينَ: «تَمُوتُ مَوْتًا!

9 How dare you prophesy in the name of the LORD that this house will become like Shiloh and this city will be desolate and deserted!” And all the people assembled against Jeremiah in the house of the LORD.

9 لِمَاذَا تَنَبَّأْتَ بِٱسْمِ ٱلرَّبِّ قَائِلًا: مِثْلَ شِيلُوهَ يَكُونُ هَذَا ٱلْبَيْتُ، وَهَذِهِ ٱلْمَدِينَةُ تَكُونُ خَرِبَةً بِلَا سَاكِنٍ؟». وَٱجْتَمَعَ كُلُّ ٱلشَّعْبِ عَلَى إِرْمِيَا فِي بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ.

10 When the officials of Judah heard these things, they went up from the king’s palace to the house of the LORD and sat there at the entrance of the New Gate.

10 فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ رُؤَسَاءُ يَهُوذَا بِهَذِهِ ٱلْأُمُورِ، صَعِدُوا مِنْ بَيْتِ ٱلْمَلِكِ إِلَى بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ وَجَلَسُوا فِي مَدْخَلِ بَابِ ٱلرَّبِّ ٱلْجَدِيدِ.

11 Then the priests and prophets said to the officials and all the people, “This man is worthy of death, for he has prophesied against this city, as you have heard with your own ears!”

11 فَتَكَلَّمَ ٱلْكَهَنَةُ وَٱلْأَنْبِيَاءُ مَعَ ٱلرُّؤَسَاءِ وَكُلِّ ٱلشَّعْبِ قَائِلِينَ: «حَقُّ ٱلْمَوْتِ عَلَى هَذَا ٱلرَّجُلِ لِأَنَّهُ قَدْ تَنَبَّأَ عَلَى هَذِهِ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ كَمَا سَمِعْتُمْ بِآذَانِكُمْ».

12 But Jeremiah said to all the officials and all the people, “The LORD sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that you have heard.

12 فَكَلَّمَ إِرْمِيَا كُلَّ ٱلرُّؤَسَاءِ وَكُلَّ ٱلشَّعْبِ قَائِلًا: «ٱلرَّبُّ أَرْسَلَنِي لِأَتَنَبَّأَ عَلَى هَذَا ٱلْبَيْتِ وَعَلَى هَذِهِ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ بِكُلِّ ٱلْكَلَامِ ٱلَّذِي سَمِعْتُمُوهُ.

13 So now, correct your ways and deeds, and obey the voice of the LORD your God, so that He might relent of the disaster He has pronounced against you.

13 فَٱلْآنَ أَصْلِحُوا طُرُقَكُمْ وَأَعْمَالَكُمْ، وَٱسْمَعُوا لِصَوْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمْ، فَيَنْدَمَ ٱلرَّبُّ عَنِ ٱلشَّرِّ ٱلَّذِي تَكَلَّمَ بِهِ عَلَيْكُمْ.

14 As for me, here I am in your hands; do to me what you think is good and right.

14 أَمَّا أَنَا فَهَأَنَذَا بِيَدِكُمُ. ٱصْنَعُوا بِي كَمَا هُوَ حَسَنٌ وَمُسْتَقِيمٌ فِي أَعْيُنِكُمْ.

15 But know for certain that if you put me to death, you will bring innocent blood upon yourselves, upon this city, and upon its residents; for truly the LORD has sent me to speak all these words in your hearing.”

15 لَكِنِ ٱعْلَمُوا عِلْمًا أَنَّكُمْ إِنْ قَتَلْتُمُونِي، تَجْعَلُونَ دَمًا زَكِيًّا عَلَى أَنْفُسِكُمْ وَعَلَى هَذِهِ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ وَعَلَى سُكَّانِهَا، لِأَنَّهُ حَقًّا قَدْ أَرْسَلَنِي ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَيْكُمْ لِأَتَكَلَّمَ فِي آذَانِكُمْ بِكُلِّ هَذَا ٱلْكَلَامِ».

16 Then the officials and all the people told the priests and prophets, “This man is not worthy of death, for he has spoken to us in the name of the LORD our God!”

16 فَقَالَ ٱلرُّؤَسَاءُ وَكُلُّ ٱلشَّعْبِ لِلْكَهَنَةِ وَٱلْأَنْبِيَاءِ: «لَيْسَ عَلَى هَذَا ٱلرَّجُلِ حَقُّ ٱلْمَوْتِ، لِأَنَّهُ إِنَّمَا كَلَّمَنَا بِٱسْمِ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِنَا».

17 Some of the elders of the land stood up and said to the whole assembly of the people,

17 فَقَامَ أُنَاسٌ مِنْ شُيُوخِ ٱلْأَرْضِ وَكَلَّمُوا كُلَّ جَمَاعَةِ ٱلشَّعْبِ قَائِلِينَ:

18 “Micah the Moreshite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah and told all the people of Judah that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.’

18 «إِنَّ مِيخَا ٱلْمُورَشْتِيَّ تَنَبَّأَ فِي أَيَّامِ حَزَقِيَّا مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا، وَكَلَّمَ كُلِّ شَعْبِ يَهُوذَا قَائِلًا: هَكَذَا قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلْجُنُودِ: إِنَّ صِهْيَوْنَ تُفْلَحُ كَحَقْلٍ وَتَصِيرُ أُورُشَلِيمُ خِرَبًا وَجَبَلُ ٱلْبَيْتِ شَوَامِخَ وَعْرٍ.

19 Did Hezekiah king of Judah or anyone else in Judah put him to death? Did Hezekiah not fear the LORD and seek His favor, and did not the LORD relent of the disaster He had pronounced against them? But we are about to bring great harm on ourselves!”

19 هَلْ قَتْلًا قَتَلَهُ حَزَقِيَّا مَلِكُ يَهُوذَا وَكُلُّ يَهُوذَا؟ أَلَمْ يَخَفِ ٱلرَّبَّ وَطَلَبَ وَجْهَ ٱلرَّبِّ، فَنَدِمَ ٱلرَّبُّ عَنِ ٱلشَّرِّ ٱلَّذِي تَكَلَّمَ بِهِ عَلَيْهِمْ؟ فَنَحْنُ عَامِلُونَ شَرًّا عَظِيمًا ضِدَّ أَنْفُسِنَا».

20 Now there was another man prophesying in the name of the LORD, Uriah son of Shemaiah from Kiriath-jearim. He prophesied against this city and against this land the same things that Jeremiah did.

20 وَقَدْ كَانَ رَجُلٌ أَيْضًا يَتَنَبَّأُ بِٱسْمِ ٱلرَّبِّ، أُورِيَّا بْنُ شِمْعِيَا مِن قَرْيَةِ يَعَارِيمَ، فَتَنَبَّأَ عَلَى هَذِهِ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ وَعَلَى هَذِهِ ٱلْأَرْضِ بِكُلِّ كَلَامِ إِرْمِيَا.

21 King Jehoiakim and all his mighty men and officials heard his words, and the king sought to put him to death. But when Uriah found out about it, he fled in fear and went to Egypt.

21 وَلَمَّا سَمِعَ ٱلْمَلِكُ يَهُويَاقِيمُ وَكُلُّ أَبْطَالِهِ وَكُلُّ ٱلرُّؤَسَاءِ كَلَامَهُ، طَلَبَ ٱلْمَلِكُ أَنْ يَقْتُلَهُ. فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ أُورِيَّا خَافَ وَهَرَبَ وَأَتَى إِلَى مِصْرَ.

22 Then King Jehoiakim sent men to Egypt: Elnathan son of Achbor along with some other men.

22 فَأَرْسَلَ ٱلْمَلِكُ يَهُويَاقِيمُ أُنَاسًا إِلَى مِصْرَ، أَلْنَاثَانَ بْنَ عَكْبُورَ وَرِجَالًا مَعَهُ إِلَى مِصْرَ،

23 They brought Uriah out of Egypt and took him to King Jehoiakim, who had him put to the sword and his body thrown into the burial place of the common people.

23 فَأَخْرَجُوا أُورِيَّا مِنْ مِصْرَ وَأَتَوْا بِهِ إِلَى ٱلْمَلِكِ يَهُويَاقِيمَ، فَضَرَبَهُ بِٱلسَّيْفِ وَطَرَحَ جُثَّتَهُ فِي قُبُورِ بَنِي ٱلشَّعْبِ.

24 Nevertheless, Ahikam son of Shaphan supported Jeremiah, so he was not handed over to the people to be put to death.

24 وَلَكِنَّ يَدَ أَخِيقَامَ بْنِ شَافَانَ كَانَتْ مَعَ إِرْمِيَا حَتَّى لَا يُدْفَعَ لِيَدِ ٱلشَّعْبِ لِيَقْتُلُوهُ.