Jeremiah 31

1 “At that time,” declares the LORD, “I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they will be My people.”

1 وَيَقُولُ الرَّبُّ: «فِي ذَلِكَ الْوَقْتِ أَكُونُ إِلَهاً لِجَمِيعِ عَشَائِرِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَهُمْ يَكُونُونَ لِي شَعْباً.

2 This is what the LORD says: “The people who survived the sword found favor in the wilderness when Israel went to find rest.”

2 قَدْ نَالَ النَّاجُونَ مِنَ السَّيْفِ نِعْمَةً فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ (أَيْ فِي أَثْنَاءِ السَّبْيِ) عِنْدَمَا ذَهَبْتُ لأُرْيِحَ إِسْرَائِيلَ».

3 The LORD appeared to us in the past, saying: “I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have drawn you with loving devotion.

3 ظَهَرَ لِيَ الرَّبُّ قَائِلاً: «أَحْبَبْتُكُمْ حُبّاً أَبَدِيًّا، لِذَلِكَ اجْتَذَبْتُكُمْ إِلَيَّ بِرَحْمَةٍ.

4 Again I will build you, and you will be rebuilt, O Virgin Israel. Again you will take up your tambourines and go out in joyful dancing.

4 لِهَذَا أَبْنِيكِ يَا عَذْرَاءَ إِسْرَائِيلَ (أَيْ أُورُشَلِيمُ) فَتُبْنَيْنَ، وَتَتَزَيَّنِينَ ثَانِيَةً بِدُفُوفِكِ، وَتَبْرُزِينَ فِي مَرَاقِصِ الطَّرِبِينَ.

5 Again you will plant vineyards on the hills of Samaria; the farmers will plant and enjoy the fruit.

5 تَغْرِسِيِنَ كُرُوماً ثَانِيَةً فَوْقَ جِبَالِ السَّامِرَةِ. يَغْرِسُ الْفَلّاحُونَ وَيَجْنُونَ الثِّمَارَ.

6 For there will be a day when watchmen will call out on the hills of Ephraim, ‘Arise, let us go up to Zion, to the LORD our God!’”

6 لأَنَّهُ سَيَأْتِي يَوْمٌ يُنَادِي فِيهِ الْمُرَاقِبُونَ فِي جَبَلِ أَفْرَايِمَ قَائِلِينَ: هَلُمُّوا فَنَصْعَدُ إِلَى صِهْيَوْنَ إِلَى الرَّبِّ إِلَهِنَا».

7 For this is what the LORD says: “Sing with joy for Jacob; shout for the foremost of the nations! Make your praises heard, and say, ‘O LORD, save Your people, the remnant of Israel!’

7 فَإِنَّ هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ الرَّبُّ: «رَنِّمُوا بِهُتَافٍ لِيَعْقُوبَ، اهْتِفُوا لِرَأْسِ الأُمَمِ، أَعْلِنُوا وَسَبِّحُوا وَقُولُوا:’أَنْقِذْ يَا رَبُّ شَعْبَكَ، بَقِيَّةَ إِسْرَائِيلَ‘.

8 Behold, I will bring them from the land of the north and gather them from the farthest parts of the earth, including the blind and the lame, expectant mothers and women in labor. They will return as a great assembly!

8 هَا أَنَا آتِي بِهِمْ مِنْ بِلادِ الشِّمَالِ، وَأَجْمَعُهُمْ مِنْ أَقْصَى أَطْرَافِ الأَرْضِ، وَفِيهِمِ الأَعْمَى وَالأَعْرَجُ، الْحُبْلَى وَالْمَاخِضُ، فَيَرْجِعُ حَشْدٌ عَظِيمٌ إِلَى هُنَا.

9 They will come with weeping, and by their supplication I will lead them; I will make them walk beside streams of waters, on a level path where they will not stumble. For I am Israel’s Father, and Ephraim is My firstborn.”

9 سَيَرْجِعُونَ بِنَوْحٍ، وَبِتَضَرُّعَاتٍ أَهْدِيهِمْ. إِلَى جُوارِ جَدَاوِلِ الْمِيَاهِ أُسَيِّرُهُمْ فَيْمْشُونَ فِي طَرِيقٍ مُسْتَقِيمَةٍ لَا يَعْثُرُونُ فِيهَا، لأَنِّي أَبٌ لإِسْرَائِيلَ، وَأَفْرَايِمُ بِكْرِي».

10 Hear, O nations, the word of the LORD, and proclaim it in distant coastlands: “The One who scattered Israel will gather them and keep them as a shepherd keeps his flock.

10 «فَاسْمَعُوا كَلامَ الرَّبِّ أَيُّهَا الأُمَمُ، وَأَذِيعُوا فِي الْجَزَائِرِ الْبَعِيدَةِ، وَقُولُوا:’الَّذِي بَدَّدَ شَعْبَ إِسْرَائِيلَ هُوَ الَّذِي يَجْمَعُهُ وَيُحَافِظُ عَلَيْهِ كَمَا يُحَافِظُ الرَّاعِي عَلَى قَطِيعِهِ.‘

11 For the LORD has ransomed Jacob and redeemed him from the hand that had overpowered him.

11 لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ افْتَدَى إِسْرَائِيلَ وَفَكَّهُ مِنْ يَدِ مَنْ هُوَ أَقْوَى مِنْهُ.

12 They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion; they will be radiant over the bounty of the LORD—the grain, new wine, and oil, and the young of the flocks and herds. Their life will be like a well-watered garden, and never again will they languish.

12 فَيُقْبِلُونَ مُرَنِّمِينَ بِهُتَافٍ عَلَى مُرْتَفَعَاتِ صِهْيَوْنَ، وَيَبْتَهِجُونَ بِخَيْرَاتِ الرَّبِّ مِنْ حِنْطَةٍ وَخَمْرٍ جَدِيدٍ وَزَيْتٍ وَحُمْلانٍ وَعُجُولٍ، وَتَكُونُ نُفُوسُهُمْ كَجَنَّةٍ مَرْوِيَّةٍ، وَلا يَعْتَرِيهِمْ حُزْنٌ بَعْدُ.

13 Then the maidens will rejoice with dancing, young men and old as well. I will turn their mourning into joy, and give them comfort and joy for their sorrow.

13 حِينَئِذٍ تَبْتَهِجُ الْعَذَارَى بِالرَّقْصِ، وَيَطْرَبُ الشُّيُوخُ وَالشُّبَّانُ عَلَى حَدٍّ سَوَاءٍ. أُحَوِّلُ نَوْحَهُمْ إِلَى سُرُورٍ وَأَسْتَبْدِلُ حُزْنَهُمْ بِالْفَرَحِ وَالطُّمَأْنِينَةِ.

14 I will fill the souls of the priests abundantly, and will fill My people with My goodness,” declares the LORD.

14 وَأُشْبِعُ نُفُوسَ الْكَهَنَةِ مِنَ الْخَيْرَاتِ، وَيَمْتَلِئُ شَعْبِي مِنْ نِعْمَتِي».

15 This is what the LORD says: “A voice is heard in Ramah, mourning and great weeping, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.”

15 وَهَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ الرَّبُّ: «قَدْ تَرَدَّدَ فِي الرَّامَةِ صَوْتُ نَدْبٍ وَبُكَاءٍ مُرٍّ. رَاحِيلُ تَنُوحُ عَلَى أَبْنَائِهَا وَتَأْبَى أَنْ تَتَعَزَّى عَنْهُمْ لأَنَّهُمْ غَيْرُ مَوَجُودِينَ».

16 This is what the LORD says: “Keep your voice from weeping and your eyes from tears, for the reward for your work will come, declares the LORD. Then your children will return from the land of the enemy.

16 وَهَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ الرَّبُّ: «كُفِّي صَوْتَكِ عَنِ الْبُكَاءِ وَعَيْنَيْكِ عَنِ الدُّمُوعِ لأَنَّ لِعَمَلِكِ ثَوَاباً»، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ، «إِذْ لابُدَّ أَنْ يَرْجِعَ أَوْلادُكِ مِنْ أَرْضِ الْعَدُوِّ.

17 So there is hope for your future, declares the LORD, and your children will return to their own land.

17 فَلِغَدِكِ رَجَاءٌ»، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ، «إِذْ سَيَرْجِعُ أَوْلادُكِ إِلَى مَوْطِنِهِمْ.

18 I have surely heard Ephraim’s moaning: ‘You disciplined me severely, like an untrained calf. Restore me, that I may return, for You are the LORD my God.

18 قَدْ سَمِعْتُ أَفْرَايِمَ يَنْتَحِبُ قَائِلاً: أَدَّبْتَنِي فَتَأَدَّبْتُ كَعِجْلٍ غَيْرِ مُرَوَّضٍ. أَرْجِعْنِي فَأَرْجِعَ لأَنَّكَ أَنْتَ الرَّبُّ إِلَهِي.

19 After I returned, I repented; and after I was instructed, I struck my thigh in grief. I was ashamed and humiliated because I bore the disgrace of my youth.’

19 فَقَدْ تُبْتُ بَعْدَ أَنْ غَوِيتُ، وَبَعْدَ أَنْ تَعَلَّمْتُ صَفَقْتُ عَلَى فَخْذِي نَدَماً. خَجِلْتُ وَخَزِيتُ لأَنِّي حَمَلْتُ عَارَ حَدَاثَتِي.

20 Is not Ephraim a precious son to Me, a delightful child? Though I often speak against him, I still remember him. Therefore My heart yearns for him; I have great compassion for him,” declares the LORD.

20 هَلْ أَفْرَايِمُ ابْنٌ أَثِيرٌ لَدَيَّ؟ أَلَيْسَ هُوَ ابْناً مُسِرّاً؟ لأَنِّي مَعَ كَثْرَةِ تَنْدِيدِي بِهِ فَإِنِّي مَازِلْتُ أَذْكُرُهُ، لِذَلِكَ يَشْتَاقُ قَلْبِي إِلَيْهِ، وَأَكِنُّ لَهُ الرَّحْمَةَ»، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ.

21 “Set up the road markers, put up the signposts. Keep the highway in mind, the road you have traveled. Return, O Virgin Israel, return to these cities of yours.

21 «انْصِبِي لِنَفْسِكِ مَعَالِمَ. أَقِيمِي لِنَفْسِكِ أَنْصَاباً. تَأَمَّلِي فِي الطَّرِيقِ الرَّئِيسِيَّةِ، فِي السَّبِيلِ الَّذِي سَلَكْتِهِ. ارْجِعِي يَا عَذْرَاءَ صِهْيَوْنَ. ارْجِعِي إِلَى مُدُنِكِ هَذِهِ.

22 How long will you wander, O faithless daughter? For the LORD has created a new thing in the land—a woman will shelter a man.”

22 إِلَى مَتَى تَظَلِّينَ هَائِمَةً عَلَى وَجْهِكِ أَيَّتُهَا الابْنَةُ الْغَادِرَةُ؟ قَدْ خَلَقَ الرَّبُّ شَيْئاً جَدِيداً فِي الأَرْضِ: أُنْثَى تَحْمِي رَجُلاً».

23 This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “When I restore them from captivity, they will once again speak this word in the land of Judah and in its cities: ‘May the LORD bless you, O righteous dwelling place, O holy mountain.’

23 وَهَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: «سَيُرَدِّدُونَ هَذِهِ الْعِبَارَةَ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى فِي أَرْضِ يَهُوذَا وَفِي أَرْجَاءِ مُدُنِهَا، عِنْدَمَا أَرُدُّهُمْ مِنْ سَبْيِهِمْ: لِيُبَارِكْكَ الرَّبُّ يَا مَسْكَنَ الْبِرِّ، يَا أَيُّهَا الْجَبَلُ الْمُقَدَّسُ.

24 And Judah and all its cities will dwell together in the land, the farmers and those who move with the flocks,

24 فَيُقِيمَ هُنَاكَ يَهُوذَا وَكُلُّ أَهْلِ مُدُنِهِ وَالْفَلّاحُونَ وَالسَّارِحُونَ بِقُطْعَانِهِمْ.

25 for I will refresh the weary soul and replenish all who are weak.”

25 لأَنِّي سَأُنْعِشُ النَّفْسَ الْمُعْيِيَةَ، وَأُشْبِعُ النُّفُوسَ الْوَاهِنَةَ».

26 At this I awoke and looked around. My sleep had been most pleasant to me.

26 وَآنَئِذٍ اسْتَيْقَظْتُ وَتَأَمَّلْتُ، وَطَابَ لِي نَوْمِي.

27 “The days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man and of beast.

27 «هَا أَيَّامٌ مُقْبِلَةٌ»، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ، «أُكَثِّرُ فِيهَا ذُرِّيَّةَ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَيَهُوذَا، وَأُضَاعِفُ نِتَاجَ بَهَائِمِهِمْ أَضْعَافاً.

28 Just as I watched over them to uproot and tear down, to demolish, destroy, and bring disaster, so I will watch over them to build and to plant,” declares the LORD.

28 وَكَمَا تَرَبَّصْتُ بِهِمْ لأَسْتَأْصِلَ وَأَهْدِمَ وَأَنْقُضَ وَأُهْلِكَ وَأُسِيءَ، كَذَلِكَ أَسْهَرُ عَلَيْكُمْ لأَبْنِيَكُمْ وَأَغْرِسَكُمْ»، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ.

29 “In those days, it will no longer be said: ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the teeth of the children are set on edge.’

29 «وَفِي تِلْكَ الأَيَّامِ لَنْ يَقُولَ أَحَدٌ: قَدْ أَكَلَ الْآبَاءُ الْحِصْرِمَ فَضَرَسَتْ أَسْنَانُ الأَبْنَاءِ».

30 Instead, each will die for his own iniquity. If anyone eats the sour grapes, his own teeth will be set on edge.

30 بَلْ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ يَمُوتُ بِإِثْمِهِ، وَمَنْ يَأْكُلُ حِصْرِماً تَضْرَسُ أَسْنَانُهُ.

31 Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.

31 «هَا أَيَّامٌ مُقْبِلَةٌ»، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ «أَقْطَعُ فِيهَا عَهْداً جَدِيداً مَعَ ذُرِّيَّةِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَيَهُوذَا،

32 It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt—a covenant they broke, though I was a husband to them,” declares the LORD.

32 لَا كَالْعَهْدِ الَّذِي أَبْرَمْتُهُ مَعَ آبَائِهِمْ، يَوْمَ أَخَذْتُهُمْ بِيَدِهِمْ لأُخْرِجَهُمْ مِنْ دِيَارِ مِصْرَ، فَنَقَضُوا عَهْدِي، لِذَلِكَ أَهْمَلْتُهُمْ.

33 “But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.

33 وَلَكِنْ هَذَا هُوَ الْعَهْدُ الَّذِي أُبْرِمُهُ مَعَ ذُرِّيَّةِ إِسْرَائِيلَ بَعْدَ تِلْكَ الأَيَّامِ»، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ: «سَأَجْعَلُ شَرِيعَتِي فِي دَوَاخِلِهِمْ، وَأُدَوِّنُهَا عَلَى قُلُوبِهِمْ وَأَكُونُ لَهُمْ إِلَهاً وَهُمْ يَكُونُونَ لِي شَعْباً.

34 No longer will each man teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the LORD. For I will forgive their iniquities and will remember their sins no more.”

34 وَلا يَحُضُّ فِي مَا بَعْدُ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ قَرِيبَهُ قَائِلاً: اعْرِفِ الرَّبَّ إِلَهَكَ لأَنَّهُمْ جَمِيعاً سَيَعْرِفُونَنِي، مِنْ صَغِيرِهِمْ إِلَى كَبِيرِهِمْ، لأَنِّي سَأَصْفَحُ عَنْ إِثْمِهِمْ وَلَنْ أَذْكُرَ خَطَايَاهُمْ مِنْ بَعْدُ».

35 Thus says the LORD, who gives the sun for light by day, who sets in order the moon and stars for light by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—the LORD of Hosts is His name:

35 وَهَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ الرَّبُّ الَّذِي جَعَلَ الشَّمْسَ لِلإِضَاءَةِ فِي النَّهَارِ، وَحَكَمَ عَلَى الْقَمَرِ وَالْكَوَاكِبِ لِلإِنَارَةِ لَيْلاً، الَّذِي يُثِيرُ الْبَحْرَ فَتَصْخَبُ أَمْوَاجُهُ، وَاسْمُهُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ.

36 “Only if this fixed order departed from My presence, declares the LORD, would Israel’s descendants ever cease to be a nation before Me.”

36 «إِنْ كَانَتْ هَذِهِ الأَحْكَامُ تَزُولُ مِنْ أَمَامِي فَإِنَّ ذُرِّيَّةَ إِسْرَائِيلَ تَكُفُّ عَنْ أَنْ تَكُونَ لِي أُمَّةً».

37 This is what the LORD says: “Only if the heavens above could be measured and the foundations of the earth below searched out would I reject all of Israel’s descendants because of all they have done,” declares the LORD.

37 وَهَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ الرَّبُّ: «إِنْ أَمْكَنَ قِيَاسُ السَّمَاوَاتِ مِنْ فَوْقُ، وَالتَّنْقِيبُ عَنْ أُسُسِ الأَرْضِ مِنْ تَحْتُ، عِنْدَئِذٍ أَنْبِذُ ذُرِّيَّةَ إِسْرَائِيلَ بِسَبَبِ كُلِّ مَا ارْتَكَبُوهُ».

38 “The days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when this city will be rebuilt for Me, from the tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate.

38 «هَا أَيَّامٌ مُقْبِلَةٌ يُعَادُ فِيهَا بِنَاءُ هَذِهِ الْمَدِينَةُ لِلرَّبِّ مِنْ بُرْجِ حَنَنْئِيلَ إِلَى بَابِ الزَّاوِيَةِ.

39 The measuring line will once again stretch out straight to the hill of Gareb and then turn toward Goah.

39 وَيَمْتَدُّ خَطُّ الْقِيَاسِ مِنْ هُنَاكَ إِلَى أَكَمَةِ جَارِبَ وَيَلْتَفُّ إِلَى جَوْعَةَ.

40 The whole valley of the dead bodies and ashes, and all the fields as far as the Kidron Valley, to the corner of the Horse Gate to the east, will be holy to the LORD. It will never again be uprooted or demolished.”

40 وَيُصْبِحُ كُلُّ وَادِي الْجُثَثِ وَالرَّمَادِ، وَسَائِرُ الْحُقُولِ إِلَى وَادِي قَدْرُونَ حَتَّى زَاوِيَةِ بَابِ الْخَيْلِ شَرْقاً قُدْساً لِلرَّبِّ، وَلَنْ تُسْتَأْصَلَ أَوْ تُهْدَمَ إِلَى الأَبَدِ».