Jeremiah 32

1 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar.

1 هَذِهِ هِيَ النُّبُوءَةُ الَّتِي أَوْحَى بِها الرَّبُّ إِلَى إِرْمِيَا فِي السَّنَةِ الْعَاشِرَةِ مِنْ حُكْمِ صِدْقِيَّا مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا، الْمُوَافِقَةِ للِسَّنَةِ الثَّامِنَةِ عَشْرَةَ لِمُلْكِ نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرَ.

2 At that time the army of the king of Babylon was besieging Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was imprisoned in the courtyard of the guard, which was in the palace of the king of Judah.

2 وَكَانَ جَيْشُ مَلِكِ بَابِلَ آنَئِذٍ يُحَاصِرُ أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَإِرْمِيَا النَّبِيُّ مُعْتَقَلاً فِي دَارِ السِّجْنِ فِي قَصْرِ مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا،

3 For Zedekiah king of Judah had imprisoned him, saying: “Why are you prophesying like this? You claim that the LORD says, ‘Behold, I am about to deliver this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will capture it.

3 لأَنَّ صِدْقِيَّا الْمَلِكَ اعْتَقَلَهُ قَائِلاً: «لِمَاذَا تَتَنَبَّأُ مُنَادِياً أَنَّ هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ الرَّبُّ:’هَا أَنَا أُسْلِمُ هَذِهِ الْمَدِينَةَ إِلَى يَدِ مَلِكِ بَابِلَ فَيَسْتَوْلِي عَلَيْهَا؟

4 Zedekiah king of Judah will not escape from the hands of the Chaldeans, but he will surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and will speak with him face to face and see him eye to eye.

4 وَكَذَلِكَ لَنْ يُفْلِتَ صِدْقِيَّا مَلِكُ يَهُوذَا مِنْ يَدِ الْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ، بَلْ يُقْبَضَ عَلَيْهِ وَيَمْثُلَ أَمَامَ مَلِكِ بَابِلَ فَيُخَاطِبَهُ وَجْهاً لِوَجْهٍ وَعَيْنَاهُ تَنْظُرَانِ عَيْنَيْهِ

5 He will take Zedekiah to Babylon, where he will stay until I attend to him, declares the LORD. If you fight against the Chaldeans, you will not succeed.’”

5 وَيُسْبَى صِدْقِيَّا إِلَى بَابِلَ وَيَمْكُثَ هُنَاكَ إِلَى أَنْ يَمُوتَ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ. وَإِنْ حَارَبْتُمُ الْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ فَإِنَّكُمْ لَا تَنْجَحُونَ‘».

6 Jeremiah replied, “The word of the LORD came to me, saying:

6 فَأَجَابَ إِرْمِيَا: «قَدْ أَعْلَنَ لِيَ الرَّبُّ قَضَاءَهُ قَائِلاً:

7 Behold! Hanamel, the son of your uncle Shallum, is coming to you to say, ‘Buy for yourself my field in Anathoth, for you have the right of redemption to buy it.’

7 هَا حَنَمْئِيلُ ابْنُ عَمِّكَ شَلُّومَ قَادِمٌ إِلَيْكَ قَائِلاً:’اشْتَرِ حَقْلِي الَّذِي فِي عَنَاثُوثَ لأَنَّ لَكَ حَقَّ الْفِكَاكِ عَنْ طَرِيقِ الشِّرَاءِ.‘

8 Then, as the LORD had said, my cousin Hanamel came to me in the courtyard of the guard and urged me, ‘Please buy my field in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, for you own the right of inheritance and redemption. Buy it for yourself.’” Then I knew that this was the word of the LORD.

8 وَمَا لَبِثَ أَنْ جَاءَ حَنَمْئِيلُ ابْنُ عَمِّي إِلَيَّ فِي دَارِ السِّجْنِ بِمُقْتَضَى كَلِمَةِ الرَّبِّ وَقَالَ لِي:’اشْتَرِ حَقْلِي الَّذِي فِي عَنَاثُوثَ فِي أَرْضِ بِنْيَامِينَ، لأَنَّ لَكَ حَقَّ الإِرْثِ وَالْفِكَاكِ.‘ حِينَئِذٍ أَدْرَكْتُ أَنَّ تِلْكَ كَانَتْ كَلِمَةَ اللهِ.

9 So I bought the field in Anathoth from my cousin Hanamel, and I weighed out seventeen shekels of silver.

9 فَاشْتَرَيْتُ الْحَقْلَ الَّذِي فِي عَنَاثُوثَ مِنْ حَنَمْئِيلَ ابْنِ عَمِّي، وَوَزَنْتُ لَهُ سَبْعَةَ عَشَرَ شَاقِلاً (حَوَالَيْ مِئَتَيْ جرَامٍ) مِنَ الْفِضَّةِ.

10 I signed and sealed the deed, called in witnesses, and weighed out the silver on the scales.

10 ثُمَّ سَجَّلْتُ عَقْدَ الْبَيْعِ فِي صَكٍّ وَخَتَمْتُهُ، وَأَشْهَدْتُ شُهُوداً، وَوَزَنْتُ الْفِضَّةَ بِمِيزَانٍ.

11 Then I took the deed of purchase—the sealed copy with its terms and conditions, as well as the open copy—

11 وَأَخَذْتُ صَكَّ الْبَيْعِ الْمَخْتُومَ الْمُتَضَمِّنَ بُنُودَ الْعَقْدِ مَعَ نُسْخَةٍ غَيْرِ مَخْتُومَةٍ،

12 and I gave this deed to Baruch son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, in the sight of my cousin Hanamel and the witnesses who were signing the purchase agreement and all the Jews sitting in the courtyard of the guard.

12 وَأَوْدَعْتُ صَكَّ الْبَيْعِ عِنْدَ بَارُوخَ بْنِ نِيرِيَّا بْنِ مَحْسِيَا بِمَحْضَرِ حَنَمْئِيلَ ابْنِ عَمِّي وَالشُّهُودِ الَّذِينَ وَقَّعُوا عَلَى صَكِّ الْبَيْعِ، وَأَمَامَ جَمِيعِ الْيَهُودِ الْجَالِسِينَ فِي دَارِ السِّجْنِ.

13 In their sight I instructed Baruch,

13 وَأَوْصَيْتُ بَارُوخَ أَمَامَهُمْ قَائِلاً:

14 “This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Take these deeds—both the sealed copy and the open copy of the deed of purchase—and put them in a clay jar to preserve them for a long time.

14 ’هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: خُذْ هَذَيْنِ الصَّكَّيْنِ: صَكَّ الْبَيْعِ الْمَخْتُومَ، وَالصَّكَّ غَيْرَ الْمَخْتُومِ، وَاحْفَظْهُمَا فِي إِنَاءٍ خَزَفِيٍّ لِمُدَّةٍ طَوِيلَةٍ،

15 For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Houses, fields, and vineyards will again be bought in this land.”

15 لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ الْقَدِيرَ إِلَهَ إِسْرَائِيلَ يَقُولُ: إِنَّ بُيُوتاً وَحُقُولاً وَكُرُوماً سَتُشْتَرَى بَعْدُ فِي هَذِهِ الأَرْضِ‘».

16 After I had given the deed of purchase to Baruch son of Neriah, I prayed to the LORD:

16 وَبَعْدَ أَنْ أَوْدَعْتُ الصَّكَّ بَارُوخَ بْنَ نِيرِيَّا صَلَّيْتُ إِلَى الرَّبِّ قَائِلاً:

17 “Oh, Lord GOD! You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too difficult for You!

17 «آهِ أَيُّهَا السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ، إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الَّذِي صَنَعْتَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضَ بِقُوَّتِكَ الْعَظِيمَةِ وَذِرَاعِكَ الْمَمْدُودَةِ وَلا يَتَعَذَّرُ عَلَيْكَ أَمْرٌ.

18 You show loving devotion to thousands but lay the iniquity of the fathers into the laps of their children after them, O great and mighty God whose name is the LORD of Hosts,

18 أَنْتَ الَّذِي تُبْدِي إِحْسَانَكَ لأُلُوفٍ، وَتُعَاقِبُ ذَنْبَ الآبَاءِ فِي الأَبْنَاءِ مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْ. أَنْتَ هُوَ الإِلَهُ الْعَظِيمُ الْقَدِيرُ اسْمُهُ.

19 the One great in counsel and mighty in deed, whose eyes are on all the ways of the sons of men, to reward each one according to his ways and according to the fruit of his deeds.

19 عَظِيمٌ فِي الْمَشُورَةِ وَقَادِرٌ فِي الْعَمَلِ، وَعَيْنَاكَ مَفْتُوحَتَانِ تُرَاقِبَانِ جَمِيعَ طُرُقِ الإِنْسَانِ لِتُجَازِيَ كُلَّ وَاحِدٍ حَسَبَ تَصَرُّفَاتِهِ وَثِمَارِ أَعْمَالِهِ.

20 You performed signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, and You do so to this very day, both in Israel and among all mankind. And You have made a name for Yourself, as is the case to this day.

20 وَقَدْ أَجْرَيْتَ آيَاتٍ وَمُعْجِزَاتٍ فِي دِيَارِ مِصْرَ، وَمَازِلْتَ تُجْرِيهَا إِلَى هَذَا الْيَوْمِ فِي شَعْبِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَبَيْنَ سَائِرِ الْبَشَرِ، وَجَعَلْتَ اسْمَكَ يُطْبِقُ الآفَاقَ كَمَا هُوَ جَارٍ فِي هَذَا الْيَوْمِ،

21 You brought Your people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs and wonders, with a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and with great terror.

21 وَأَخْرَجْتَ شَعْبَكَ إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ دِيَارِ مِصْرَ بِآيَاتٍ وَمُعْجِزَاتٍ، وَبِيَدٍ قَدِيرَةٍ وَذِرَاعٍ مَمْدُودَةٍ، وَمَا أَلْقَيْتَهُ مِنْ خَوْفٍ شَدِيدٍ فِي قُلُوبِ أَهْلِهَا،

22 You gave them this land that You had sworn to give their fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey.

22 وَوَهَبْتَ الشَّعْبَ هَذِهِ الأَرْضَ الَّتِي أَقْسَمْتَ لِآبَائِهِمْ أَنْ تَهَبَهَا لَهُمْ، أَرْضاً تَفِيضُ لَبَناً وَعَسَلاً،

23 They came in and possessed it, but they did not obey Your voice or walk in Your law. They failed to perform all that You commanded them to do, and so You have brought upon them all this disaster.

23 فَدَخَلُوا وَوَرِثُوهَا. وَلَكِنَّهُمْ لَمْ يُطِيعُوا صَوْتَكَ وَلَمْ يَسْلُكُوا وَفْقَ شَرِيعَتِكَ وَلَمْ يَفْعَلُوا مَا أَمَرْتَهُمْ بِهِ، لِذَلِكَ أَوْقَعْتَ بِهِمْ هَذَا الشَّرَّ كُلَّهُ.

24 See how the siege ramps are mounted against the city to capture it. And by sword and famine and plague, the city has been given into the hands of the Chaldeans who are fighting against it. What You have spoken has happened, as You now see!

24 انْظُرْ، هَا الْمَتَارِيسُ قَدْ أُقِيمَتْ حَوْلَ الْمَدِينَةِ لِلاسْتِيلاءِ عَلَيْهَا، وَمِنْ جَرَّاءِ السَّيْفِ وَالْجُوعِ وَالْوَبَاءِ أَصْبَحَتِ الْمَدِينَةُ فِي يَدِ الَّذِينَ يُحَارِبُونَهَا مِنَ الْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ. فَكُلُّ مَا نَطَقْتَ بِهِ قَدْ تَمَّ، وَهَا أَنْتَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ شَاهِدٌ.

25 Yet You, O Lord GOD, have said to me, ‘Buy for yourself the field with silver and call in witnesses, even though the city has been delivered into the hands of the Chaldeans!’”

25 وَقَدْ قُلْتَ لِي أَيُّهَا السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ: اشْتَرِ الْحَقْلَ بِفِضَّةٍ، وَأَشْهِدْ شُهُوداً مَعَ أَنَّ الْمَدِينَةَ قَدْ سَقَطَتْ فِي يَدِ الْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ».

26 Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah:

26 ثُمَّ كَلَّمَ الرَّبُّ إِرْمِيَا:

27 “Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh. Is anything too difficult for Me?

27 «انْظُرْ، أَنَا الرَّبُّ إِلَهُ كُلِّ بَشَرٍ. هَلْ يَتَعَذَّرُ عَلَيَّ أَمْرٌ؟

28 Therefore this is what the LORD says: Behold, I am about to deliver this city into the hands of the Chaldeans and of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who will capture it.

28 لِذَلِكَ هَا أَنَا أُسْلِمُ هَذِهِ الْمَدِينَةَ إِلَى يَدِ الْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ وَإِلَى يَدِ نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرَ مَلِكِ بَابِلَ، فَيَسْتَوْلِي عَلَيْهَا.

29 And the Chaldeans who are fighting against this city will come in, set it on fire, and burn it, along with the houses of those who provoked Me to anger by burning incense to Baal on their rooftops and by pouring out drink offerings to other gods.

29 وَيَقْتَحِمُهَا الْكَلْدَانِيُّونَ الَّذِينَ يُحَارِبُونَ هَذِهِ الْمَدِينَةَ، وَيُضْرِمُونَ فِيهَا النَّارَ وَيُحْرِقُونَهَا هِيَ وَبُيُوتَهَا الَّتِي أَصْعَدُوا عَلَى سُطُوحِهَا بَخُوراً وَسَكَائِبَ خَمْرٍ لِلْبَعْلِ وَلِآلِهَةِ الأَوْثَانِ، لِيُثِيرُوا سُخْطِي.

30 For the children of Israel and of Judah have done nothing but evil in My sight from their youth; indeed, they have done nothing but provoke Me to anger by the work of their hands, declares the LORD.

30 إِنَّ أَبْنَاءَ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَأَبْنَاءَ يَهُوذَا جَدُّوا فِي ارْتِكَابِ الشَّرِّ أَمَامِي مُنْذُ حَدَاثَتِهِمْ، فَأَثَارُوا سُخْطِي بِمَا جَنَتْهُ أَيْدِيهِمْ.

31 For this city has aroused My wrath and fury from the day it was built until now. Therefore I will remove it from My presence

31 قَدْ أَجَّجَتْ هَذِهِ الْمَدِينَةُ، مُنْذُ بِنَائِهَا إِلَى هَذَا الْيَوْمِ، غَضَبِي وَغَيْظِي، وَدَفَعَتْنِي حَتَّى أَمْحُوَهَا مِنْ أَمَامِ وَجْهِي،

32 because of all the evil the children of Israel and of Judah have done to provoke Me to anger—they, their kings, their officials, their priests and prophets, the men of Judah, and the residents of Jerusalem.

32 لِفَرْطِ شَرِّ أَبْنَاءِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَأَبْنَاءِ يَهُوذَا الَّذِي ارْتَكَبُوهُ، فَأَثَارُوا سُخْطِي هُمْ وَمُلُوكُهُمْ وَرُؤَسَاؤُهُمْ وَكَهَنَتُهُمْ وَأَنْبِيَاؤُهُمُ الْكَذَبَةُ وَرِجَالُ يَهُوذَا وَأَهْلُ أُورُشَلِيمَ.

33 They have turned their backs to Me and not their faces. Though I taught them again and again, they would not listen or respond to discipline.

33 وَأَوْلُونِي ظُهُورَهُمْ وَلَيْسَ وُجُوهَهُمْ. وَمَعَ أَنِّي عَلَّمْتُهُمْ مُنْذُ الْبَدْءِ مَرَّةً تِلْوَ الأُخْرَى، إِلا أَنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَسْمَعُوا لِيَقْبَلُوا تَأْدِيبِي.

34 They have placed their abominations in the house that bears My Name, and so have defiled it.

34 وَنَصَبُوا أَوْثَانَهُمُ الرِّجْسَةَ فِي الْهَيْكَلِ الَّذِي دُعِيَ اسْمِي عَلَيْهِ لِيُنَجِّسُوهُ.

35 They have built the high places of Baal in the Valley of Ben-hinnom to make their sons and daughters pass through the fire to Molech—something I never commanded them, nor had it ever entered My mind, that they should commit such an abomination and cause Judah to sin.

35 وَبَنَوْا الْمُرْتَفَعَاتِ لِلْبَعْلِ فِي وَادِي ابْنِ هِنُّومَ لِيُجِيزُوا فِي النَّارِ أَبْنَاءَهُمْ وَبَنَاتِهِمْ لِمُولَكَ، وَهُوَ مَا لَمْ آمُرْهُمْ بِهِ، وَلَمْ يَخْطُرْ لِي بِبَالٍ أَنْ يَرْتَكِبُوا هَذَا الرِّجْسَ وَيَجْعَلُوا شَعْبَ يَهُوذَا يَقْتَرِفُ الإِثْمَ.

36 Now therefore, about this city of which you say, ‘It will be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon by sword and famine and plague,’ this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says:

36 لِذَلِكَ هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ الآنَ عَنْ هَذِهِ الْمَدِينَةِ الَّتِي تَقُولُونَ عَنْهَا إِنَّهَا سُلِّمَتْ إِلَى يَدِ مَلِكِ بَابِلَ بِالسَّيْفِ وَالْجُوعِ وَالْوَبَاءِ.

37 I will surely gather My people from all the lands to which I have banished them in My furious anger and great wrath, and I will return them to this place and make them dwell in safety.

37 هَا أَنَا أَعُودُ فَأَجْمَعُهُمْ مِنْ جَمِيعِ الْبُلْدَانِ الَّتِي شَتَّتُّهُمْ إِلَيْهَا فِي غَضَبِي وَغَيْظِي وَسُخْطِي الشَّدِيدِ، وَأَرُدُّهُمْ إِلَى هَذَا الْمَوْضِعِ وَأُسَكِّنُهُمْ آمِنِينَ،

38 They will be My people, and I will be their God.

38 فَيَكُونُونَ لِي شَعْباً وَأَكُونُ لَهُمْ إِلَهاً.

39 I will give them one heart and one way, so that they will always fear Me for their own good and for the good of their children after them.

39 وَأُعْطِيهِمْ قَلْباً وَاحِداً وَطَرِيقاً وَاحِداً لِيَتَّقُونِي كُلَّ الأَيَّامِ، وَذَلِكَ لِخَيْرِهِمْ وَخَيْرِ أَوْلادِهِمْ مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْ.

40 I will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will never turn away from doing good to them, and I will put My fear in their hearts, so that they will never turn away from Me.

40 وَأُبْرِمُ مَعَهُمْ عَهْداً أَبَدِيًّا أَنْ لَا أَكُفَّ عَنِ الإِحْسَانِ إِلَيْهِمْ، وَأَضَعُ تَقْوَايَ فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ لِئَلَّا يَرْتَدُّوا عَنِّي،

41 Yes, I will rejoice in doing them good, and I will faithfully plant them in this land with all My heart and with all My soul.

41 وَأُسَرُّ بِالإِحْسَانِ إِلَيْهِمْ، وَأَغْرِسُهُمْ فِي هَذِهِ الأَرْضِ بِالْحَقِّ مِنْ كُلِّ قَلْبِي وَنَفْسِي.

42 For this is what the LORD says: Just as I have brought all this great disaster on this people, so I will bring on them all the good I have promised them.

42 وَكَمَا أَوْقَعْتُ بِهَذَا الشَّعْبِ كُلَّ هَذَا الشَّرِّ الْعَظِيمِ، كَذَلِكَ أُمَتِّعُهُمْ بِجَمِيعِ الْخَيْرَاتِ الَّتِي وَعَدْتُهُمْ بِها.

43 And fields will be bought in this land about which you are saying, ‘It is a desolation, without man or beast; it has been delivered into the hands of the Chaldeans.’

43 فَتُشْتَرَى الْحُقُولُ فِي هَذِهِ الأَرْضِ الَّتِي تَدَّعُونَ أَنَّهَا خَرِبَةٌ هَجَرَهَا الإِنْسَانُ وَالْحَيَوَانُ، وَقَدِ اسْتَوْلَى عَلَيْهَا الْكَلْدَانِيُّونَ.

44 Fields will be purchased with silver, and deeds will be signed, sealed, and witnessed in the land of Benjamin, in the areas surrounding Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah—the cities of the hill country, the foothills, and the Negev—because I will restore them from captivity, declares the LORD.”

44 فَتُشْتَرَى الْحُقُولُ بِفِضَّةٍ، وَتُسَجَّلُ بُنُودُ الْعُقُودِ فِي الصُّكُوكِ وَتُخْتَمُ، وَيُوَقِّعُ الشُّهُودُ فِي أَرْضِ بِنْيَامِينَ وَالْقُرَى الْمُجَاوِرَةِ لأُورُشَلِيمَ، وَفِي مُدُنِ يَهُوذَا وَفِي الْمَنَاطِقِ الْجَبَلِيَّةِ وَفِي مُدُنِ السَّهْلِ، وَمُدُنِ الْجَنُوبِ لأَنِّي أَرُدُّ سَبْيَهُمْ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ».