Jeremiah 44

1 This is the word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews living in the land of Egypt—in Migdol, Tahpanhes, and Memphis—and in the land of Pathros:

1 اَلْكَلِمَةُ ٱلَّتِي صَارَتْ إِلَى إِرْمِيَا مِنْ جِهَةِ كُلِّ ٱلْيَهُودِ ٱلسَّاكِنِينَ فِي أَرْضِ مِصْرَ، ٱلسَّاكِنِينَ فِي مَجْدَلَ وَفِي تَحْفَنْحِيسَ، وَفِي نُوفَ وَفِي أَرْضِ فَتْرُوسَ قَائِلَةً:

2 “This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: You have seen all the disaster that I brought against Jerusalem and all the cities of Judah; and behold, they lie today in ruins and desolation

2 «هَكَذَا قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلْجُنُودِ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: أَنْتُمْ رَأَيْتُمْ كُلَّ ٱلشَّرِّ ٱلَّذِي جَلَبْتُهُ عَلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَعَلَى كُلِّ مُدُنِ يَهُوذَا، فَهَا هِيَ خَرِبَةٌ هَذَا ٱلْيَوْمَ وَلَيْسَ فِيهَا سَاكِنٌ،

3 because of the evil they have done. They provoked Me to anger by continuing to burn incense and to serve other gods that neither they nor you nor your fathers ever knew.

3 مِنْ أَجْلِ شَرِّهِمِ ٱلَّذِي فَعَلُوهُ لِيُغِيظُونِي، إِذْ ذَهَبُوا لِيُبَخِّرُوا وَيَعْبُدُوا آلِهَةً أُخْرَى لَمْ يَعْرِفُوهَا هُمْ وَلَا أَنْتُمْ وَلَا آبَاؤُكُمْ.

4 Yet I sent you all My servants the prophets again and again, saying: ‘Do not do this detestable thing that I hate.’

4 فَأَرْسَلْتُ إِلَيْكُمْ كُلَّ عَبِيدِي ٱلْأَنْبِيَاءِ مُبَكِّرًا وَمُرْسِلًا قَائِلًا: لَا تَفْعَلُوا أَمْرَ هَذَا ٱلرِّجْسِ ٱلَّذِي أَبْغَضْتُهُ.

5 But they did not listen or incline their ears; they did not turn from their wickedness or stop burning incense to other gods.

5 فَلَمْ يَسْمَعُوا وَلَا أَمَالُوا أُذْنَهُمْ لِيَرْجِعُوا عَنْ شَرِّهِمْ فَلَا يُبَخِّرُوا لِآلِهَةٍ أُخْرَى.

6 Therefore My wrath and anger poured out and burned in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, so that they have become the desolate ruin they are today.

6 فَٱنْسَكَبَ غَيْظِي وَغَضَبِي، وَٱشْتَعَلَا في مُدُنِ يَهُوذَا وَفِي شَوَارِعِ أُورُشَلِيمَ، فَصَارَتْ خَرِبَةً مُقْفِرَةً كَهَذَا ٱلْيَوْمِ.

7 So now, this is what the LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Why are you doing such great harm to yourselves by cutting off from Judah man and woman, child and infant, leaving yourselves without a remnant?

7 فَٱلْآنَ هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُ ٱلْجُنُودِ، إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: لِمَاذَا أَنْتُمْ فَاعِلُونَ شَرًّا عَظِيمًا ضِدَّ أَنْفُسِكُمْ لِٱنْقِرَاضِكُمْ رِجَالًا وَنِسَاءً أَطْفَالًا وَرُضَّعًا مِنْ وَسْطِ يَهُوذَا وَلَا تَبْقَى لَكُمْ بَقِيَّةٌ؟

8 Why are you provoking Me to anger by the work of your hands by burning incense to other gods in the land of Egypt, where you have gone to reside? As a result, you will be cut off and will become an object of cursing and reproach among all the nations of the earth.

8 لِإِغَاظَتِي بِأَعْمَالِ أَيَادِيكُمْ، إِذْ تُبَخِّرُونَ لِآلِهَةٍ أُخْرَى فِي أَرْضِ مِصْرَ ٱلَّتِي أَتَيْتُمْ إِلَيْهَا لِتَتَغَرَّبُوا فِيهَا، لِكَيْ تَنْقَرِضُوا وَلِكَيْ تَصِيرُوا لَعْنَةً وَعَارًا بَيْنَ كُلِّ أُمَمِ ٱلْأَرْضِ.

9 Have you forgotten the wickedness of your fathers and of the kings of Judah and their wives, as well as the wickedness that you and your wives committed in the land of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?

9 هَلْ نَسِيتُمْ شُرُورَ آبَائِكُمْ وَشُرُورَ مُلُوكِ يَهُوذَا وَشُرُورَ نِسَائِهِمْ، وَشُرُورَكُمْ وَشُرُورَ نِسَائِكُمُ ٱلَّتِي فُعِلَتْ فِي أَرْضِ يَهُوذَا وَفِي شَوَارِعِ أُورُشَلِيمَ؟

10 To this day they have not humbled themselves or shown reverence, nor have they followed My instruction or the statutes that I set before you and your fathers.

10 لَمْ يُذَلُّوا إِلَى هَذَا ٱلْيَوْمِ، وَلَا خَافُوا وَلَا سَلَكُوا فِي شَرِيعَتِي وَفَرَائِضِي ٱلَّتِي جَعَلْتُهَا أَمَامَكُمْ وَأَمَامَ آبَائِكُمْ.

11 Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I will set My face to bring disaster and to cut off all Judah.

11 «لِذَلِكَ هَكَذَا قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلْجُنُودِ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: هَأَنَذَا أَجْعَلُ وَجْهِي عَلَيْكُمْ لِلشَّرِّ، وَلِأَقْرِضَ كُلَّ يَهُوذَا.

12 And I will take away the remnant of Judah who have resolved to go to the land of Egypt to reside there; they will meet their end. They will all fall by the sword or be consumed by famine. From the least to the greatest, they will die by sword or famine; and they will become an object of cursing and horror, of vilification and reproach.

12 وَآخُذُ بَقِيَّةَ يَهُوذَا ٱلَّذِينَ جَعَلُوا وُجُوهَهُمْ لِلدُّخُولِ إِلَى أَرْضِ مِصْرَ لِيَتَغَرَّبُوا هُنَاكَ، فَيَفْنَوْنَ كُلُّهُمْ فِي أَرْضِ مِصْرَ. يَسْقُطُونَ بِٱلسَّيْفِ وَبِالْجُوعِ. يَفْنَوْنَ مِنَ ٱلصَّغِيرِ إِلَى ٱلْكَبِيرِ بِٱلسَّيْفِ وَٱلْجُوعِ. يَمُوتُونَ وَيَصِيرُونَ حَلْفًا وَدَهَشًا وَلَعْنَةً وَعَارًا.

13 I will punish those who live in the land of Egypt, just as I punished Jerusalem, by sword and famine and plague,

13 وَأُعَاقِبُ ٱلَّذِينَ يَسْكُنُونَ فِي أَرْضِ مِصْرَ، كَمَا عَاقَبْتُ أُورُشَلِيمَ بِٱلسَّيْفِ وَٱلْجُوعِ وَٱلْوَبَإِ.

14 so that none of the remnant of Judah who have gone to reside in Egypt will escape or survive to return to the land of Judah, where they long to return and live; for none will return except a few fugitives.”

14 وَلَا يَكُونُ نَاجٍ وَلَا بَاقٍ لِبَقِيَّةِ يَهُوذَا ٱلْآتِينَ لِيَتَغَرَّبُوا هُنَاكَ فِي أَرْضِ مِصْرَ، لِيَرْجِعُوا إِلَى أَرْضِ يَهُوذَا ٱلَّتِي يَشْتَاقُونَ إِلَى ٱلرُّجُوعِ لِأَجْلِ ٱلسَّكَنِ فِيهَا، لِأَنَّهُ لَا يَرْجِعُ مِنْهُمْ إِلَّا ٱلْمُنْفَلِتُونَ».

15 Then all the men who knew that their wives were burning incense to other gods, and all the women standing by—a great assembly—along with all the people living in the land of Egypt and in Pathros, said to Jeremiah,

15 فَأَجَابَ إِرْمِيَا كُلُّ ٱلرِّجَالِ ٱلَّذِينَ عَرَفُوا أَنَّ نِسَاءَهُمْ يُبَخِّرْنَ لِآلِهَةٍ أُخْرَى، وَكُلُّ ٱلنِّسَاءِ ٱلْوَاقِفَاتِ، مَحْفَلٌ كَبِيرٌ، وَكُلُّ ٱلشَّعْبِ ٱلسَّاكِنِ فِي أَرْضِ مِصْرَ فِي فَتْرُوسَ قَائِلِينَ:

16 “As for the word you have spoken to us in the name of the LORD, we will not listen to you!

16 «إِنَّنَا لَا نَسْمَعُ لَكَ ٱلْكَلِمَةَ ٱلَّتِي كَلَّمْتَنَا بِهَا بِٱسْمِ ٱلرَّبِّ،

17 Instead, we will do everything we vowed to do: We will burn incense to the Queen of Heaven and offer drink offerings to her, just as we, our fathers, our kings, and our officials did in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. At that time we had plenty of food and good things, and we saw no disaster.

17 بَلْ سَنَعْمَلُ كُلَّ أَمْرٍ خَرَجَ مِنْ فَمِنَا، فَنُبَخِّرُ لِمَلِكَةِ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ، وَنَسْكُبُ لَهَا سَكَائِبَ. كَمَا فَعَلْنَا نَحْنُ وَآبَاؤُنَا وَمُلُوكُنَا وَرُؤَسَاؤُنَا فِي أَرْضِ يَهُوذَا وَفِي شَوَارِعِ أُورُشَلِيمَ، فَشَبِعْنَا خُبْزًا وَكُنَّا بِخَيْرٍ وَلَمْ نَرَ شَرًّا.

18 But from the time we stopped burning incense to the Queen of Heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her, we have lacked everything and have been perishing by sword and famine.”

18 وَلَكِنْ مِنْ حِينَ كَفَفْنَا عَنِ ٱلتَّبْخِيرِ لِمَلِكَةِ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ وَسَكْبِ سَكَائِبَ لَهَا، ٱحْتَجْنَا إِلَى كُلٍّ، وَفَنِينَا بِٱلسَّيْفِ وَٱلْجُوعِ.

19 “Moreover,” said the women, “when we burned incense to the Queen of Heaven and poured out drink offerings to her, was it without our husbands’ knowledge that we made sacrificial cakes in her image and poured out drink offerings to her?”

19 وَإِذْ كُنَّا نُبَخِّرُ لِمَلِكَةِ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ وَنَسْكُبُ لَهَا سَكَائِبَ، فَهَلْ بِدُونِ رِجَالِنَا كُنَّا نَصْنَعُ لَهَا كَعْكًا لِنَعْبُدَهَا وَنَسْكُبُ لَهَا ٱلسَّكَائِبَ؟».

20 Then Jeremiah said to all the people, both men and women, who were answering him,

20 فَكَلَّمَ إِرْمِيَا كُلَّ ٱلشَّعْبِ، ٱلرِّجَالَ وَٱلنِّسَاءَ وَكُلَّ ٱلشَّعْبِ ٱلَّذِينَ جَاوَبُوهُ بِهَذَا ٱلْكَلَامِ قَائِلًا:

21 “As for the incense you burned in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem—you, your fathers, your kings, your officials, and the people of the land—did the LORD not remember and bring this to mind?

21 «أَلَيْسَ ٱلْبَخُورُ ٱلَّذِي بَخَّرْتُمُوهُ فِي مُدُنِ يَهُوذَا وَفِي شَوَارِعِ أُورُشَلِيمَ، أَنْتُمْ وَآبَاؤُكُمْ وَمُلُوكُكُمْ وَرُؤَسَاؤُكُمْ وَشَعْبُ ٱلْأَرْضِ، هُوَ ٱلَّذِي ذَكَرَهُ ٱلرَّبُّ وَصَعِدَ عَلَى قَلْبِهِ.

22 So the LORD could no longer endure the evil deeds and detestable acts you committed, and your land became a desolation, a horror, and an object of cursing, without inhabitant, as it is this day.

22 وَلَمْ يَسْتَطِعِ ٱلرَّبُّ أَنْ يَحْتَمِلَ بَعْدُ مِنْ أَجْلِ شَرِّ أَعْمَالِكُمْ، مِنْ أَجْلِ ٱلرَّجَاسَاتِ ٱلَّتِي فَعَلْتُمْ، فَصَارَتْ أَرْضُكُمْ خَرِبَةً وَدَهَشًا وَلَعْنَةً بِلَا سَاكِنٍ كَهَذَا ٱلْيَوْمِ.

23 Because you burned incense and sinned against the LORD and did not obey the voice of the LORD or walk in His instruction, His statutes, and His testimonies, this disaster has befallen you, as you see today.”

23 مِنْ أَجْلِ أَنَّكُمْ قَدْ بَخَّرْتُمْ وَأَخْطَأْتُمْ إِلَى ٱلرَّبِّ، وَلَمْ تَسْمَعُوا لِصَوْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ، وَلَمْ تَسْلُكُوا فِي شَرِيعَتِهِ وَفَرَائِضِهِ وَشَهَادَاتِهِ مِنْ أَجِلِ ذَلِكُمْ قَدْ أَصَابَكُمْ هَذَا ٱلشَّرُّ كَهَذَا ٱلْيَوْمِ».

24 Then Jeremiah said to all the people, including all the women, “Hear the word of the LORD, all those of Judah who are in the land of Egypt.

24 ثُمَّ قَالَ إِرْمِيَا لِكُلِّ ٱلشَّعْبِ وَلِكُلِّ ٱلنِّسَاءِ: «ٱسْمَعُوا كَلِمَةَ ٱلرَّبِّ يَا جَمِيعَ يَهُوذَا ٱلَّذِينَ فِي أَرْضِ مِصْرَ.

25 This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: As for you and your wives, you have spoken with your mouths and fulfilled with your hands your words: ‘We will surely perform our vows that we have made to burn incense to the Queen of Heaven and to pour out drink offerings to her.’ Go ahead, then, do what you have promised! Keep your vows!

25 هَكَذَا تَكَلَّمَ رَبُّ ٱلْجُنُودِ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ قَائِلًا: أَنْتُمْ وَنِسَاؤُكُمْ تَكَلَّمْتُمْ بِفَمِكُمْ وَأَكْمَلْتُمْ بِأَيَادِيكُمْ قَائِلِينَ: إِنَّنَا إِنَّمَا نُتَمِّمُ نُذُورَنَا ٱلَّتِي نَذَرْنَاهَا، أَنْ نُبَخِّرَ لِمَلِكَةِ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ وَنَسْكُبُ لَهَا سَكَائِبَ، فَإِنَّهُنَّ يُقِمْنَ نُذُورَكُمْ، وَيُتَمِّمْنَ نُذُورَكُمْ.

26 Nevertheless, hear the word of the LORD, all you people of Judah living in Egypt: Behold, I have sworn by My great name, says the LORD, that never again will any man of Judah living in the land of Egypt invoke My name or say, ‘As surely as the Lord GOD lives.’

26 لِذَلِكَ ٱسْمَعُوا كَلِمَةَ ٱلرَّبِّ يَاجَمِيعَ يَهُوذَا ٱلسَّاكِنِينَ فِي أَرْضِ مِصْرَ: هَأَنَذَا قَدْ حَلَفْتُ بِٱسْمِي ٱلْعَظِيمِ، قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ، إِنَّ ٱسْمِي لَنْ يُسَمَّى بَعْدُ بِفَمِ إِنْسَانٍ مَّا مِنْ يَهُوذَا فِي كُلِّ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ قَائِلًا: حَيٌّ ٱلسَّيِّدُ ٱلرَّبُّ.

27 I am watching over them for harm and not for good, and every man of Judah who is in the land of Egypt will meet his end by sword or famine, until they are finished off.

27 هَأَنَذَا أَسْهَرُ عَلَيْهِمْ لِلشَّرِّ لَا لِلْخَيْرِ، فَيَفْنَى كُلُّ رِجَالِ يَهُوذَا ٱلَّذِينَ فِي أَرْضِ مِصْرَ بِٱلسَّيْفِ وَٱلْجُوعِ حَتَّى يَتَلَاشَوْا.

28 Those who escape the sword will return from Egypt to Judah, few in number, and the whole remnant of Judah who went to dwell in the land of Egypt will know whose word will stand, Mine or theirs!

28 وَٱلنَّاجُونَ مِنَ ٱلسَّيْفِ يَرْجِعُونَ مِنْ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ إِلَى أَرْضِ يَهُوذَا نَفَرًا قَلِيلًا، فَيَعْلَمُ كُلُّ بَقِيَّةِ يَهُوذَا ٱلَّذِينَ أَتُوْا إِلَى أَرْضِ مِصْرَ لِيَتَغَرَّبُوا فِيهَا، كَلِمَةَ أَيِّنَا تَقُومُ.

29 This will be a sign to you that I will punish you in this place, declares the LORD, so that you may know that My threats of harm against you will surely stand.

29 «وَهَذِهِ هِيَ ٱلْعَلَامَةُ لَكُمْ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ، إِنِّي أُعَاقِبُكُمْ فِي هَذَا ٱلْمَوْضِعِ، لِتَعْلَمُوا أَنَّهُ لَا بُدَّ أَنْ يَقُومَ كَلَامِي عَلَيْكُمْ لِلشَّرِّ.

30 This is what the LORD says: Behold, I will deliver Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt into the hands of his enemies who seek his life, just as I delivered Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the enemy who was seeking his life.”

30 هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: هَأَنَذَا أَدْفَعُ فِرْعَوْنَ حَفْرَعَ مَلِكَ مِصْرَ لِيَدِ أَعْدَائِهِ وَلِيَدِ طَالِبِي نَفْسِهِ، كَمَا دَفَعْتُ صِدْقِيَّا مَلِكَ يَهُوذَا لِيَدِ نَبُوخَذْرَاصَّرَ مَلِكِ بَابِلَ عَدُوِّهِ وَطَالِبِ نَفْسِهِ».