Jeremiah 46

1 This is the word of the LORD about the nations—the word that came to Jeremiah the prophet

1 هَذِهِ هِيَ النُّبُوءَةُ الَّتِي أَوْحَى بِها الرَّبُّ إِلَى إِرْمِيَا عَنِ الأُمَمِ.

2 concerning Egypt and the army of Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt, which was defeated at Carchemish on the Euphrates River by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah:

2 نُبُوءَةٌ عَنْ مِصْرَ، عَنْ جَيْشِ فِرْعَوْنَ نخُوَ مَلِكِ مِصْرَ الَّذِي كَانَ مُعَسْكِراً عَلَى نَهْرِ الْفُرَاتِ فِي كَرْكَمِيشَ، حَيْثُ قَضَى عَلَيْهِ نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرُ مَلِكُ بَابِلَ فِي السَّنَةِ الرَّابِعَةِ لِيَهُويَاقِيمَ بْنِ يُوشِيَّا مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا.

3 “Deploy your shields, small and large; advance for battle!

3 «أَعِدُّوا الْمِجَنَّ وَالتُّرْسَ وَازْحَفُوا لِلْقِتَالِ.

4 Harness the horses; mount the steeds; take your positions with helmets on! Polish your spears; put on armor!

4 أَسْرِجُوا الْخَيْلَ وَامْتَطُوهَا أَيُّهَا الْفُرْسَانُ، وَانْتَصِبُوا بِالْخُوَذِ. اصْقِلُوا الرِّمَاحَ وَالْبَسُوا الدُّرُوعَ.

5 Why am I seeing this? They are terrified, they are retreating; their warriors are defeated, they flee in haste without looking back; terror is on every side!” declares the LORD.

5 وَلَكِنْ مَالِي أَرَاهُمْ يُوَلُّونَ الأَدْبَارَ مُرْتَعِبِينَ؟ قَدْ دُحِرَ مُحَارِبُوهُمْ وَفَرُّوا مُسْرِعِينَ. لَمْ يَلْتَفِتُوا إِلَى الْوَرَاءِ، قَدْ حَاصَرَهُمُ الْهَوْلُ مِنْ كُلِّ جَانِبٍ»، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ.

6 “The swift cannot flee, and the warrior cannot escape! In the north by the River Euphrates they stumble and fall.

6 «عَجَزَ الْخَفِيفُ عَنِ الْجَرْيِ لِلْفِرَارِ، وَلَيْسَ فِي وُسْعِ الْمُحَارِبِ الْهَرَبُ. فِي الشِّمَالِ عَثَرُوا وَسَقَطُوا إِلَى جُوَارِ نَهْرِ الْفُرَاتِ.

7 Who is this, rising like the Nile, like rivers whose waters churn?

7 مَنْ هَذَا الطَّاغِي كَالنِّيلِ، كَالأَنْهَارِ الْمُتَلاطِمَةِ الأَمْوَاجِ؟

8 Egypt rises like the Nile, and its waters churn like rivers, boasting, ‘I will rise and cover the earth; I will destroy the cities and their people.’

8 تَتَعَالَى مِصْرُ كَفَيَضَانِ النِّيلِ، كَالأَنْهَارِ الْمُتَلاطِمَةِ الأَمْوَاجِ. تَقُولُ: أَفِيضُ وَأَغْمُرُ الأَرْضَ، أَهْدِمُ الْمُدُنَ وَأُهْلِكُ سُكَّانَهَا.

9 Advance, O horses! Race furiously, O chariots! Let the warriors come forth—Cush and Put carrying their shields, men of Lydia drawing the bow.

9 اقْتَحِمِي أَيَّتُهَا الْخَيْلُ، وَثُورِي يَا مَرْكَبَاتُ، وَلْيَبْرُزِ الْمُحَارِبُونَ مِنْ رِجَالِ كُوشَ وَفُوطَ، الْحَامِلِينَ التُّرُوسَ، وَمِنْ رِجَالِ لُودِيمَ رُمَاةِ السِّهَامِ بِالْقِسِيِّ.

10 For that day belongs to the Lord GOD of Hosts, a day of vengeance against His foes. The sword will devour until it is satisfied, until it is quenched with their blood. For the Lord GOD of Hosts will hold a sacrifice in the land of the north by the River Euphrates.

10 فَهَذَا الْيَوْمُ هُوَ يَوْمُ قَضَاءِ السَّيِّدِ الرَّبِّ الْقَدِيرِ، يَوْمُ الانْتِقَامِ. فِيهِ يَثْأَرُ لِنَفْسِهِ مِنْ أَعْدَائِهِ، فَيَلْتَهِمُ السَّيْفُ وَيَشْبَعُ، وَيَرْتَوِي مِنْ دِمَائِهِمْ، لأَنَّ لِلسَّيِّدِ الرَّبِّ الْقَدِيرِ ذَبِيحَةً فِي أَرْضِ الشِّمَالِ إِلَى جُوَارِ نَهْرِ الْفُرَاتِ.

11 Go up to Gilead for balm, O Virgin Daughter of Egypt! In vain you try many remedies, but for you there is no healing.

11 اصْعَدِي إِلَى جِلْعَادَ وَخُذِي بَلَسَاناً يَا عَذْرَاءَ ابْنَةَ مِصْرَ. وَلَكِنْ بَاطِلاً تُكْثِرِينَ مِنَ الْعَقَاقِيرِ، إِذْ لَا شِفَاءَ لَكِ.

12 The nations have heard of your shame, and your outcry fills the earth, because warrior stumbles over warrior and both of them have fallen together.”

12 سَتَسْمَعُ الأُمَمُ بِمَا لَحِقَ بِكِ مِنْ عَارٍ، وَيَمْلَأُ صُرَاخُكِ الأَرْضَ، لأَنَّ بَطَلاً مُحَارِباً يَصْطَدِمُ بِبَطَلٍ مُحَارِبٍ فَيَسْقُطَانِ كِلاهُمَا مَعاً».

13 This is the word that the LORD spoke to Jeremiah the prophet about the coming of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to strike the land of Egypt:

13 النُّبُوءَةُ الَّتِي أَوْحَى بِها الرَّبُّ إِلَى إِرْمِيَا النَّبِيِّ عَنْ زَحْفِ نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرَ مَلِكِ بَابِلَ لِمُهَاجَمَةِ مِصْرَ:

14 “Announce it in Egypt, and proclaim it in Migdol; proclaim it in Memphis and Tahpanhes: ‘Take your positions and prepare yourself, for the sword devours those around you.’

14 «أَذِيعُوا فِي مِصْرَ وَأَعْلِنُوا فِي مَجْدَلَ. خَبِّرُوا فِي مَمْفِيسَ وَفِي تَحْفَنْحِيسَ، قُولُوا: قِفْ مُتَأَهِّباً وَتَهَيَّأْ لأَنَّ السَّيْفَ يَلْتَهِمُ مِنْ حَوْلِكَ.

15 Why have your warriors been laid low? They cannot stand, for the LORD has thrust them down.

15 لِمَاذَا فَرَّ إِلَهُكَ الثَّوْرُ أَبِيسُ وَلَمْ يَصْمُدْ فِي الْقِتَالِ؟ لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ طَرَحَهُ.

16 They continue to stumble; indeed, they have fallen over one another. They say, ‘Get up! Let us return to our people and to the land of our birth, away from the sword of the oppressor.’

16 كَثَّرَ الْعَاثِرِينَ، فَسَقَطَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ عَلَى صَاحِبِهِ. فَتَقُولُ بَقِيَّةُ الْيَهُودِ آنَئِذٍ: قُومُوا لِنَرْجِعْ إِلَى قَوْمِنَا وَإِلَى أَرْضِ مَوْطِنِنَا، هَرَباً مِنْ سَيْفِ الطَّاغِي.

17 There they will cry out: ‘Pharaoh king of Egypt was all noise; he has let the appointed time pass him by.’

17 وَيَهْتِفُونَ هُنَاكَ: إِنَّ فِرْعَوْنَ مَلِكَ مِصْرَ لَيْسَ سِوَى طَبْلٍ أَجْوَفَ أَضَاعَ فُرْصَتَهُ.

18 As surely as I live, declares the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts, there will come one who is like Tabor among the mountains and like Carmel by the sea.

18 حَيٌّ أَنَا يَقُولُ الْمَلِكُ الَّذِي اسْمُهُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ، سَيُقْبِلُ نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرُ كَجَبَلِ تَابُورَ بَيْنَ الْجِبَالِ وَكَالْكَرْمَلِ عِنْدَ الْبَحْرِ.

19 Pack your bags for exile, O daughter dwelling in Egypt! For Memphis will be laid waste, destroyed and uninhabited.

19 تَأَهَّبُوا لِلْجَلاءِ يَا أَهْلَ مِصْرَ، لأَنَّ مَمْفِيسَ سَتَضْحَى أَطْلالاً وَخِرَباً مَهْجُورَةً.

20 Egypt is a beautiful heifer, but a gadfly from the north is coming against her.

20 مِصْرُ عِجْلَةٌ فَاتِنَةٌ هَاجَمَهَا الْهَلاكُ مِنَ الشِّمَالِ.

21 Even the mercenaries among her are like fattened calves. They too will turn back; together they will flee, they will not stand their ground, for the day of calamity is coming upon them—the time of their punishment.

21 حَتَّى مُرْتَزَقَتُهَا فِي وَسَطِهَا كَعُجُولٍ مُسَمَّنَةٍ قَدْ نَكَصُوا عَلَى أَعْقَابِهِمْ هَارِبِينَ مَعاً وَلَمْ يَصْمُدُوا، لأَنَّ يَوْمَ بَلائِهِمْ قَدْ حَلَّ بِهِمْ فِي وَقْتِ عِقَابِهِمْ.

22 Egypt will hiss like a fleeing serpent, for the enemy will advance in force; with axes they will come against her like woodsmen cutting down trees.

22 صَوْتُهَا كَحَفِيفِ الْحَيَّةِ الْمُتَلَوِّيَةِ، لأَنَّ أَعْدَاءَهَا زَاحِفُونَ إِلَيْهَا بِفُؤُوسٍ كَحَطَّابِي الأَشْجَارِ.

23 They will chop down her forest, declares the LORD, dense though it may be, for they are more numerous than locusts; they cannot be counted.

23 سَيَقْطَعُونَ غَابَهَا، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ، وَإِنْ كَانَ يَتَعَذَّرُ اخْتِرَاقُهُ، لأَنَّ عَدَدَهُمْ يَفُوقُ الْجَرَادَ فِي الْكَثْرَةِ.

24 The Daughter of Egypt will be put to shame; she will be delivered into the hands of the people of the north.”

24 لَحِقَ الْخِزْيُ بِابْنَةِ مِصْرَ، وَوَقَعَتْ فِي أَسْرِ أَهْلِ الشِّمَالِ».

25 The LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Behold, I am about to punish Amon god of Thebes, along with Pharaoh, Egypt with her gods and kings, and those who trust in Pharaoh.

25 وَيَقُولُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: «هَا أَنَا أُعَاقِبُ آمُونَ طِيبَةَ وَفِرْعَوْنَ، وَمِصْرَ وَآلِهَتَهَا، وَمُلُوكَهَا، وَكُلَّ مَنْ يَتَّكِلُ عَلَى فِرْعَوْنَ.

26 I will deliver them into the hands of those who seek their lives—of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and his officers. But after this, Egypt will be inhabited as in days of old, declares the LORD.

26 وَأُسَلِّمُهُمْ إِلَى يَدِ طَالِبِي حَيَاتِهِمْ: إِلَى يَدِ نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرَ مَلِكِ بَابِلَ وَيَدِ رِجَالِهِ، ثُمَّ تَعُودُ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ وَتُصْبِحُ آهِلَةً بِالسُّكَّانِ كَالْعَهْدِ بِها فِي الْحِقَبِ السَّالِفَةِ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ.

27 But you, O Jacob My servant, do not be afraid, and do not be dismayed, O Israel. For I will surely save you out of a distant place, your descendants from the land of their captivity! Jacob will return to quiet and ease, with no one to make him afraid.

27 وَلَكِنْ لَا تَخَافُوا يَا ذُرِّيَّةَ عَبْدِي يَعْقُوبَ، وَلا تَفْزَعْ يَا إِسْرَائِيلُ، لأَنِّي سَأُنْقِذُكُمْ مِنَ الْغُرْبَةِ وَأُخَلِّصُ نَسْلَكُمْ مِنْ أَرْضِ السَّبْيِ، فَتَرْجِعُ ذُرِّيَّةُ يَعْقُوبَ وَتَتَمَتَّعُ بِالرَّاحَةِ وَالطُّمَأْنِينَةِ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يُرْعِبَهَا أَحَدٌ.

28 And you, My servant Jacob, do not be afraid, declares the LORD, for I am with you. Though I will completely destroy all the nations to which I have banished you, I will not completely destroy you. Yet I will discipline you justly, and will by no means leave you unpunished.”

28 لَا تَخَافُوا يَا ذُرِّيَّةَ عَبْدِي يَعْقُوبَ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ، لأَنِّي مَعَكُمْ وَأُفْنِي جَمِيعَ الأُمَمِ الَّتِي شَتَّتُّكُمْ إِلَيْهَا. أَمَّا أَنْتُمْ فَلا أُفْنِيكُمْ بَلْ أُؤَدِّبُكُمْ بِالْحَقِّ، إِنَّمَا لَا أُبْرِئُكُمْ جَمِيعاً».