Jeremiah 34

1 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, all his army, all the earthly kingdoms under his control, and all the other nations were fighting against Jerusalem and all its surrounding cities.

1 هَذِهِ هِيَ النُّبُوءَةُ الَّتِي أَوْحَى بِها الرَّبُّ إِلَى إِرْمِيَا، عِنْدَمَا كَانَ نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرُ وَجَمِيعُ جَيْشِهِ وَسَائِرُ قُوَّاتِ مَمَالِكِ الأَرْضِ الْخَاضِعَةِ لَهُ، وَكُلُّ الشُّعُوبِ يُحَارِبُونَ أُورُشَلِيمَ وَمُدُنَهَا.

2 The LORD, the God of Israel, told Jeremiah to go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah and tell him that this is what the LORD says: “Behold, I am about to deliver this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will burn it down.

2 «هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: اذْهَبْ وَخَاطِبْ صِدْقِيَّا مَلِكَ يَهُوذَا وَقُلْ لَهُ: هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ الرَّبُّ: هَا أَنَا أُسَلِّمُ هَذِهِ الْمَدِينَةَ إِلَى يَدِ مَلِكِ بابِلَ فَيُحْرِقُهَا بِالنَّارِ.

3 And you yourself will not escape his grasp, but will surely be captured and delivered into his hand. You will see the king of Babylon eye to eye and speak with him face to face; and you will go to Babylon.

3 وَأَنْتَ لَنْ تُفْلِتَ مِنْ قَبْضَتِهِ، بَلْ تُؤْسَرَ وَتُسَلَّمَ إِلَيْهِ، فَتَرَى مَلِكَ بَابِلَ وَجْهاً لِوَجْهٍ، وَتُكَلِّمُهُ فَماً لِفَمٍ، وَتُقَادُ إِلَى بَابِلَ.

4 Yet hear the word of the LORD, O Zedekiah king of Judah. This is what the LORD says concerning you: You will not die by the sword;

4 فَاسْمَعْ كَلِمَةَ الرَّبِّ يَا صِدْقِيَّا مَلِكَ يَهُوذَا، فَهَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ الرَّبُّ عَنْكَ: لَنْ تَمُوتَ قَتْلاً بِالسَّيْفِ،

5 you will die in peace. As spices were burned for your fathers, the former kings who preceded you, so people will burn spices for you and lament, ‘Alas, O master!’ For I Myself have spoken this word, declares the LORD.”

5 بَلْ تَمُوتَ بِسَلامٍ. وَكَمَا كَانَتْ حَرَائِقُ الدَّفْنِ تُقَامُ لِآبَائِكَ السَّالِفِينَ، كَذَلِكَ يُقِيمُونَ الْحَرَائِقَ لَكَ وَيَنْدُبُونَكَ نَائِحِينَ: وَاسَيِّدَاهْ. لأَنِّي أَنَا قَضَيْتُ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ».

6 In Jerusalem, then, Jeremiah the prophet relayed all these words to Zedekiah king of Judah

6 فَخَاطَبَ إِرْمِيَا النَّبِيُّ صِدْقِيَّا مَلِكَ يَهُوذَا بِكُلِّ هَذَا الْكَلامِ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ،

7 as the army of the king of Babylon was fighting against Jerusalem and the remaining cities of Judah—against Lachish and Azekah. For these were the only fortified cities remaining in Judah.

7 بَيْنَمَا كَانَ جَيْشُ مَلِكِ بَابِلَ يُحَارِبُ أُورُشَلِيمَ وَمَا تَبَقَّى مِنْ مُدُنِ يَهُوذَا: لَخِيشَ وَعَزِيقَةَ، لأَنَّ هَاتَيْنِ الْمَدِينَتَيْنِ هُمَا كُلُّ مَا تَبَقَّى مِنْ مُدُنِ يَهُوذَا الْحَصِينَةِ.

8 After King Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people in Jerusalem to proclaim liberty, the word came to Jeremiah from the LORD

8 وَهَذِهِ هِيَ النُّبُوءَةُ الَّتِي أَوْحَى بِها الرَّبُّ إِلَى إِرْمِيَا النَّبِيِّ، بَعْدَمَا أَبْرَمَ عَهْداً مَعَ أَهْلِ أُورُشَلِيمَ كُلِّهِمْ لإِعْلانِ الْعَتْقِ.

9 that each man should free his Hebrew slaves, both male and female, and no one should hold his fellow Jew in bondage.

9 يَعْتِقُ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ عَبْدَهُ وَأَمَتَهُ، الْعِبْرَانِيَّ وَالْعِبْرَانِيَّةَ فَلا يَسْتَعْبِدُ أَحَدٌ يَهُودِيًّا مِنْ إِخْوَتِهِ.

10 So all the officials and all the people who entered into this covenant agreed that they would free their menservants and maidservants and no longer hold them in bondage. They obeyed and released them,

10 فَاسْتَجَابَ جَمِيعُ الرُّؤَسَاءِ وَسَائِرُ الشَّعْبِ الَّذِينَ دَخَلُوا فِي الْعَهْدِ الَّذِي يَنُصُّ عَلَى تَحْرِيرِ كُلِّ وَاحِدٍ عَبْدَهُ وَأَمَتَهُ، فَلا يَسْتَعْبِدُهُمَا مِنْ بَعْدُ. وَأَطَاعُوا الْعَهْدَ وَأَعْتَقُوا.

11 but later they changed their minds and took back the menservants and maidservants they had freed, and they forced them to become slaves again.

11 وَلَكِنَّهُمْ مَا لَبِثُوا أَنِ اسْتَرَدُّوا الْعَبِيدَ وَالإِمَاءَ الَّذِينَ أَعْتَقُوهُمْ، وَاسْتَعْبَدُوهُمْ مِنْ جَدِيدٍ.

12 Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,

12 فَأَوْحَى الرَّبُّ بِهَذِهِ النُّبُوءَةِ إِلَى إِرْمِيَا:

13 “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I made a covenant with your forefathers when I brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery, saying:

13 «هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: إِنِّي عَقَدْتُ مِيثَاقاً مَعَ آبَائِكُمْ حِينَ أَخْرَجْتُهُمْ مِنْ دِيَارِ مِصْرَ مِنْ أَرْضِ الْعُبُودِيَّةِ قَائِلاً:

14 Every seventh year, each of you must free his Hebrew brother who has sold himself to you. He may serve you six years, but then you must let him go free. But your fathers did not listen or incline their ear.

14 لِيُطْلِقْ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْكُمْ فِي خِتَامِ سَبْعِ سِنِينَ أَخَاهُ الْعِبْرَانِيَّ الَّذِي بَاعَ نَفْسَهُ لَكَ، وَخَدَمَكَ سِتَّ سَنَوَاتٍ، لِيَكُونَ حُرّاً. فَلَمْ يُطِعْنِي آبَاؤُكُمْ وَلَمْ يَسْمَعُوا لِي.

15 Recently you repented and did what pleased Me; each of you proclaimed freedom for his neighbor. You made a covenant before Me in the house that bears My Name.

15 وَهَا أَنْتُمُ الْيَوْمَ تُبْتُمْ، وَصَنَعْتُمْ مَا هُوَ قَوِيمٌ فِي عَيْنَيَّ، دَاعِينَ كُلَّ وَاحِدٍ لِتَحْرِيرِ قَرِيبِهِ، وَقَطَعْتُمْ عَهْداً أَمَامِي فِي الْهَيْكَلِ الَّذِي دُعِيَ بِاسْمِي.

16 But now you have changed your minds and profaned My name. Each of you has taken back the menservants and maidservants whom you had set at liberty to go wherever they wanted, and you have again forced them to be your slaves.

16 ثُمَّ مَا لَبِثْتُمْ أَنْ عُدْتُمْ فَنَجَّسْتُمُ اسْمِي، وَاسْتَرَدَّ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْكُمْ عَبْدَهُ وَأَمَتَهُ الَّذِينَ أَعْتَقْتُمُوهُمْ أَحْرَاراً، بِمُقْتَضَى رَغْبَتِهِمْ، ثُمَّ اسْتَعْبَدْتُمُوهُمْ مِنْ جَدِيدٍ».

17 Therefore this is what the LORD says: You have not obeyed Me; you have not proclaimed freedom, each man for his brother and for his neighbor. So now I proclaim freedom for you, declares the LORD—freedom to fall by sword, by plague, and by famine! I will make you a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.

17 لِذَلِكَ يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ: «لأَنَّكُمْ لَمْ تُطِيعُونِي وَلَمْ تُنَادُوا بِعَتْقِ إِخْوَتِكُمْ، لِذَلِكَ سَأُنَادِي أَنَا بِعَتْقِكُمْ فَأُطْلِقُكُمْ لِتَسْقُطُوا بِحَدِّ السَّيْفِ وَالْوَبَاءِ وَالْجُوعِ، وَأَجْعَلُكُمْ عُرْضَةً لِلرُّعْبِ فِي جَمِيعِ مَمَالِكِ الأَرْضِ،

18 And those who have transgressed My covenant and have not fulfilled the terms of the covenant they made before Me, I will treat like the calf they cut in two in order to pass between its pieces.

18 وَأُسَلِّمُ النَّاسَ الَّذِينَ تَعَدَّوْا عَلَى عَهْدِي وَلَمْ يُنَفِّذُوا بُنُودَ مِيثَاقِي الَّذِي قَطَعُوهُ أَمَامِي (عِنْدَمَا) شَقُّوا الْعِجْلَ إِلَى شَطْرَيْنِ وَاجْتَازُوا بَيْنَهُمَا،

19 The officials of Judah and Jerusalem, the court officials, the priests, and all the people of the land who passed between the pieces of the calf,

19 مِنْ رُؤَسَاءِ يَهُوذَا وَمِنْ رُؤَسَاءِ أُورُشَلِيمَ وَالْخِصْيَانِ وَالْكَهَنَةِ وَشَعْبِ الأَرْضِ جَمِيعِهِ، الَّذِينَ اجْتَازُوا بَيْنَ شَطْرَيِ الْعِجْلِ،

20 I will deliver into the hands of their enemies who seek their lives. Their corpses will become food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth.

20 إِلَى يَدِ أَعْدَائِهِمْ وَطَالِبِي نُفُوسِهِمْ، فَتُصْبِحُ جُثَثُهُمْ مَأْكَلاً لِجَوَارِحِ السَّمَاءِ وَلِوُحُوشِ الأَرْضِ.

21 And I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah and his officials into the hands of their enemies who seek their lives, to the army of the king of Babylon that had withdrawn from you.

21 وَأَدْفَعُ صِدْقِيَّا مَلِكَ يَهُوذَا وَرُؤَسَاءَهُ إِلَى يَدِ أَعْدَائِهِمْ وَطَالِبِي نُفُوسِهِمْ، وَإِلَى يَدِ جَيْشِ مَلِكِ بَابِلَ الَّذِينَ انْسَحَبُوا مِنْ مُحَاصَرَتِكُمْ.

22 Behold, I am going to give the command, declares the LORD, and I will bring them back to this city. They will fight against it, capture it, and burn it down. And I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.”

22 هَا أَنَا آمُرُهُمْ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ، فَيَرْجِعُونَ لِمُحَارَبَةِ هَذِهِ الْمَدِينَةِ وَيَسْتَوْلُونَ عَلَيْهَا وَيُحْرِقُونَهَا بِالنَّارِ، وَأَجْعَلُ مُدُنَ يَهُوذَا أَطْلالاً خَاوِيَةً».