Jeremiah 48

1 Concerning Moab, this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Woe to Nebo, for it will be devastated. Kiriathaim will be captured and disgraced; the fortress will be shattered and dismantled.

1 نُبُوءَةٌ عَنِ الْمُوَآبِيِّينَ: هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: «وَيْلٌ لِنَبُو لأَنَّهَا أَصْبَحَتْ أَطْلالاً. لَحِقَ الْعَارُ بِقَرْيَتَايِمَ وَتَمَّ الاسْتِيلاءُ عَلَيْهَا. خَزِيَ الْحِصْنُ وَارْتَعَبَ.

2 There is no longer praise for Moab; in Heshbon they devise evil against her: ‘Come, let us cut her off from nationhood.’ You too, O people of Madmen, will be silenced; the sword will pursue you.

2 زَالَ فَخْرُ مُوآبَ وَتَآمَرُوا فِي حَشْبُونَ عَلَيْهَا شَرّاً قَائِلِينَ: هَيَّا نَهْدِمُهَا فَلا تَكُونُ أُمَّةً بَعْدُ. وَأَنْتِ أَيْضاً يَا مَدْمِينُ، يُهَيْمِنُ عَلَيْكِ صَمْتُ الْمَوْتِ وَيُلاحِقُكِ السَّيْفُ.

3 A voice cries out from Horonaim: ‘Devastation and great destruction!’

3 اسْمَعُوا صَوْتَ صُرَاخٍ مِنْ حُورُونَايِمَ: قَدْ حَلَّ بِنَا هَلاكٌ وَدَمَارٌ عَظِيمَانِ.

4 Moab will be shattered; her little ones will cry out.

4 قَدْ تَحَطَّمَتْ مُوآبُ، وَبَلَغَ صُرَاخُهَا صُوغَرَ.

5 For on the ascent to Luhith they weep bitterly as they go, and on the descent to Horonaim cries of distress resound over the destruction:

5 إِذْ عَلَى مُرْتَفَعِ لُوحِيتَ يَصْعَدُونَ بَاكِينَ بِمَرَارَةٍ، وَعَلَى مُنْحَدَرِ حُورُونَايِمَ يَتَرَدَّدُ صُرَاخُ الانْكِسَارِ.

6 ‘Flee! Run for your lives! Become like a juniper in the desert.’

6 اهْرُبُوا وَانْجُوا بِأَنْفُسِكُمْ. كُونُوا كَعَرْعَرٍ فِي الْبَرِّيَّةِ.

7 Because you trust in your works and treasures, you too will be captured, and Chemosh will go into exile with his priests and officials.

7 لأَنَّكُمُ اتَّكَلْتُمْ عَلَى أَعْمَالِكُمْ وَكُنُوزِكُمْ، سَتُسْبَوْنَ أَيْضاً وَيَقَعُ الصَّنَمُ كَمُوشُ أَيْضاً أَسِيراً وَيُؤْخَذُ إِلَى الْمَنْفَى مَعَ كَهَنَتِهِ وَرُؤَسَائِهِ.

8 The destroyer will move against every city, and not one town will escape. The valley will also be ruined, and the high plain will be destroyed, as the LORD has said.

8 وَيَزْحَفُ الْمُدَمِّرُ إِلَى كُلِّ مَدِينَةٍ، فَلا تُفْلِتُ مِنْهُ إِحْدَاهَا، فَيَبِيدُ الْوَادِي، وَيَتْلَفُ السَّهْلُ، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ قَدْ قَضَى.

9 Put salt on Moab, for she will be laid waste; her cities will become desolate, with no one to dwell in them.

9 أَعْطُوا مُوآبَ أَجْنِحَةً، فَيُحَلِّقَ طَائِراً. قَدْ أَصْبَحَتْ مُدُنُهُ أَطْلالاً مَهْجُورَةً مِنَ النَّاسِ.

10 Cursed is the one who is remiss in doing the work of the LORD, and cursed is he who withholds his sword from bloodshed.

10 مَلْعُونٌ مَنْ يَقُومُ بِعَمَلِ الرَّبِّ مُتَهَاوِناً، وَمَلْعُونٌ مَنْ حَظَرَ عَلَى سَيْفِهِ الدَّمَ.

11 Moab has been at ease from youth, settled like wine on its dregs; he has not been poured from vessel to vessel or gone into exile. So his flavor has remained the same, and his aroma is unchanged.

11 قَدْ قَضَى مُوآبُ حَيَاةً مُتْرَفَةً مُنْذُ حَدَاثَتِهِ، كَالْخَمْرِ الْمُسْتَقِرِّ عَلَى عَكَرِهِ. لَمْ يُفْرَغْ مِنْ إِنَاءٍ إِلَى إِنَاءٍ، وَلَمْ يَذْهَبْ إِلَى السَّبْيِ قَطُّ لِذَلِكَ ظَلَّ مُحْتَفِظاً بِطَعْمِهِ وَلَمْ تَتَغَيَّرْ رَائِحَتُهُ.

12 Therefore behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will send to him wanderers, who will pour him out. They will empty his vessels and shatter his jars.

12 هَا هِيَ أَيَّامٌ مُقْبِلَةٌ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ، أُرْسِلُ فِيهَا إِلَيْهِ عَابِرِي السَّبِيلِ سَاكِبِي الْجِرَارِ، فَيَسْكُبُونَهُ وَيُفْرِغُونَ جِرَارَهُ وَيُحَطِّمُونَ دِنَانَهُ.

13 Then Moab will be ashamed of Chemosh, just as the house of Israel was ashamed when they trusted in Bethel.

13 فَيَعْتَرِي الْمُوآبِيِّينَ الْخَجَلُ مِنْ كَمُوشَ، كَمَا اعْتَرَى الْخَجَلُ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ مِنْ بَيْتِ إِيلَ، مُتَّكَلِهِمْ.

14 How can you say, ‘We are warriors, mighty men ready for battle’?

14 كَيْفَ تَقُولُونَ: إِنَّنَا أَبْطَالٌ وَجَبَابِرَةُ حَرْبٍ؟

15 Moab has been destroyed and its towns have been invaded; the best of its young men have gone down in the slaughter, declares the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts.

15 إِنَّ مُوآبَ سَيُدَمَّرُ، وَتُغْزَى مُدُنُهُ، وَتَنْزِلُ نُخْبَةُ شُبَّانِهِ لِلذَّبْحِ، يَقُولُ الْمَلِكُ الَّذِي اسْمُهُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ.

16 Moab’s calamity is at hand, and his affliction is rushing swiftly.

16 قَدْ أَزِفَتْ بَلِيَّةُ مُوآبَ وَمِحْنَتُهُ أَقْبَلَتْ مُسْرِعَةً.

17 Mourn for him, all you who surround him, everyone who knows his name; tell how the mighty scepter is shattered—the glorious staff!

17 فَارْثُوهُ يَا جَمِيعَ الْمُحِيطِينَ بِهِ وَسَائِرَ الْعَارِفِينَ اسْمَهُ. قُولُوا انْكَسَرَ صَوْلَجَانُ الْعِزِّ وَقَضِيبُ الْمَجْدِ.

18 Come down from your glory; sit on parched ground, O daughter dwelling in Dibon, for the destroyer of Moab has come against you; he has destroyed your fortresses.

18 اهْبِطِي مِنَ الْمَجْدِ وَاجْلِسِي عَلَى الأَرْضِ الْظَّمْأَى أَيَّتُهَا السَّاكِنَةُ فِي دِيبُونَ، لأَنَّ مُدَمِّرَ مُوآبَ قَدْ زَحَفَ عَلَيْكِ وَهَدَمَ حُصُونَكِ.

19 Stand by the road and watch, O dweller of Aroer! Ask the man fleeing or the woman escaping, ‘What has happened?’

19 قِفِي عَلَى قَارِعَةِ الطَّرِيقِ وَرَاقِبِي يَا سَاكِنَةَ عَرُوعِيرَ. اسْأَلِي الْهَارِبَ وَالنَّاجِيَةَ بِنَفْسِهَا: مَاذَا جَرَى؟

20 Moab is put to shame, for it has been shattered. Wail and cry out! Declare by the Arnon that Moab is destroyed.

20 فَيَأْتِيَ الْجَوَابُ: قَدْ لَحِقَ الْخِزْيُ بِمُوآبَ، لأَنَّهُ صَارَ أَطْلالاً فَوَلْوِلُوا وَأَعْوِلُوا. أَذِيعُوا فِي أَرْنُونَ أَنَّ مُوآبَ قَدْ أَصْبَحَ خَرَاباً.

21 Judgment has come upon the high plain—upon Holon, Jahzah, and Mephaath,

21 قَدْ وَقَعَ الْقَضَاءُ عَلَى أَرْضِ السَّهْلِ، وَعَلَى حُولُونَ، وَعَلَى يَهْصَةَ، وَعَلَى مَيْفَعَةَ،

22 upon Dibon, Nebo, and Beth-diblathaim,

22 وَعَلَى دِيبُونَ، وَعَلَى نَبُو، وَعَلَى بَيْتِ دَبْلَتَايِمَ،

23 upon Kiriathaim, Beth-gamul, and Beth-meon,

23 وَعَلَى قَرْيَتَايِمَ، وَعَلَى بَيْتِ جَامُولَ، وَعَلَى بَيْتِ مَعُونَ،

24 upon Kerioth, Bozrah, and all the towns of Moab, those far and near.

24 وَعَلَى قَرْيُوتَ، وَعَلَى بُصْرَةَ، وَعَلَى كَافَّةِ مُدُنِ بِلادِ مُوآبَ الْبَعِيدَةِ وَالْقَرِيبَةِ.

25 The horn of Moab has been cut off, and his arm is broken,” declares the LORD.

25 قَدْ كُسِرَ قَرْنُ مُوآبَ، وَتَحَطَّمَتْ ذِرَاعُهُ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ.

26 “Make him drunk, because he has magnified himself against the LORD; so Moab will wallow in his own vomit, and he will also become a laughingstock.

26 أَسْكِرُوهُ حَتَّى يَتَمَرَّغَ فِي قَيْئِهِ، وَيُصْبِحَ مَهْزَأَةً، لأَنَّهُ تَغَطْرَسَ عَلَى الرَّبِّ.

27 Was not Israel your object of ridicule? Was he ever found among thieves? For whenever you speak of him you shake your head.

27 أَلَمْ يُصْبِحْ إِسْرَائِيلُ مَهْزَأَةً لَدَيْكَ؟ أَكَانَ بَيْنَ اللُّصُوصِ حَتَّى كُنْتَ تَهُزُّ رَأْسَكَ بِاحْتِقَارٍ كُلَّمَا جَاءَ ذِكْرُهُ عَلَى لِسَانِكَ؟

28 Abandon the towns and settle among the rocks, O dwellers of Moab! Be like a dove that nests at the mouth of a cave.

28 اهْجُرُوا الْمُدُنَ وَأَقِيمُوا بَيْنَ الصُّخُورِ يَا أَهْلَ مُوآبَ، وَكُونُوا كَالْحَمَامَةِ الَّتِي تُعَشِّشُ عِنْدَ حَافَةِ فَوَّهَةِ الْكَهْفِ.

29 We have heard of Moab’s pomposity, his exceeding pride and conceit, his proud arrogance and haughtiness of heart.

29 قَدْ سَمِعْنَا عَنْ عَجْرَفَةِ مُوآبَ الْمُفْرِطَةِ. إِنَّهُ شَدِيدُ الْكِبْرِيَاءِ. سَمِعْنَا عَنْ غَطْرَسَتِهِ وَتَشَامُخِهِ وَغُرُورِهِ، وَعَنِ ارْتِفَاعِ قَلْبِهِ.

30 I know his insolence,” declares the LORD, “but it is futile. His boasting is as empty as his deeds.

30 قَدْ عَرَفْتُ كِبْرِيَاءَهُ يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ، إِنَّمَا زَهْوُهُ بَاطِلٌ، وَتَفَاخُرُهُ عَدِيمُ الْجَدْوَى.

31 Therefore I will wail for Moab; I will cry out for all of Moab; I will moan for the men of Kir-heres.

31 لِذَلِكَ أَنُوحُ عَلَى مُوآبَ وَأُعْوِلُ عَلَى كُلِّ أَهْلِهِ، وَأَئِنُّ عَلَى رِجَالِ قِيرَ حَارِسَ.

32 I will weep for you, O vine of Sibmah, more than I weep for Jazer. Your tendrils have extended to the sea; they reach even to Jazer. The destroyer has descended on your summer fruit and grape harvest.

32 أَبْكِي عَلَيْكِ أَكْثَرَ مِنَ الْبُكَاءِ عَلَى يَعْزِيرَ يَا جَفْنَةَ سَبْمَةَ الَّتِي امْتَدَّتْ فُرُوعُهَا حَتَّى الْبَحْرِ، بَلْ بَلَغَتْ بَحْرَ يَعْزِيرَ، فَإِنَّ الْمُدَمِّرَ قَدِ انْقَضَّ عَلَى حَصَادِكِ النَّاضِجِ وَقِطَافِكِ.

33 Joy and gladness are removed from the orchard and from the fields of Moab. I have stopped the flow of wine from the presses; no one treads them with shouts of joy; their shouts are not for joy.

33 قَدْ تَلاشَى الْفَرَحُ وَالْغِبْطَةُ مِنْ بَسَاتِينِ مُوآبَ وَمِنْ حُقُولِهِ، وَأُوْقِفَ تَدَفُّقُ الْخَمْرِ مِنَ الْمَعَاصِرِ فَلا يَدُوسُهَا دَائِسٌ بِهُتَافٍ، بَلْ تَعْلُو صَرَخَاتٌ لَا هُتَافَ فِيهَا.

34 There is a cry from Heshbon to Elealeh; they raise their voices to Jahaz, from Zoar to Horonaim and Eglath-shelishiyah; for even the waters of Nimrim have dried up.

34 يَرْتَفِعُ الصُّرَاخُ مِنْ حَشْبُونَ إِلَى أَلْعَالَةَ فَيَاهَصَ. أَطْلَقُوا أَصْوَاتَهُمْ مِنْ صُوغَرَ إِلَى حُورُونَايِمَ حَتَّى الْعِجْلَةِ الثَّالِثَةِ، لأَنَّ مِيَاهَ نِمْرِيمَ أَيْضاً قَدْ نَضَبَتْ.

35 In Moab, declares the LORD, I will bring an end to those who make offerings on the high places and burn incense to their gods.

35 وَأُبِيدُ مِنْ مُوآبَ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ، مَنْ يُقَرِّبُ ذَبِيحَةً عَلَى مُرْتَفَعَةٍ، وَمَنْ يُحْرِقُ بَخُوراً لِآلِهَةِ الْوَثَنِ.

36 Therefore My heart laments like a flute for Moab; it laments like a flute for the men of Kir-heres, because the wealth they acquired has perished.

36 لِذَلِكَ يَئِنُّ قَلْبِي عَلَى مُوآبَ كَأَنِينِ مِزْمَارٍ، وَيَنُوحُ فُؤَادِي عَلَى رِجَالِ قِيرَ حَارِسَ كَنَوْحِ النَّايِ، فَإِنَّ ثَرْوَتَهُمْ الَّتِي اكْتَسَبُوهَا قَدْ تَبَدَّدَتْ.

37 For every head is shaved and every beard is clipped; on every hand is a gash, and around every waist is sackcloth.

37 قَدْ أَصْبَحَ كُلُّ رَأْسٍ أَقْرَعَ، وَكُلُّ لِحْيَةٍ مَحْلُوقَةً، تَجَرَّحَتِ الأَيْدِي وَتَمَنْطَقَتِ الأَحْقَاءُ بِالْمُسُوحِ.

38 On all the rooftops of Moab and in the public squares, everyone is mourning; for I have shattered Moab like an unwanted jar,” declares the LORD.

38 شَاعَ الْنَّوْحُ عَلَى سُطُوحِ مُوآبَ وَفِي شَوَارِعِهَا كُلِّهَا، لأَنِّي حَطَّمْتُ مُوآبَ كَإِنَاءٍ لَيْسَ لأَحَدٍ رَغْبَةٌ فِيهِ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ.

39 “How shattered it is! How they wail! How Moab has turned his back in shame! Moab has become an object of ridicule and horror to all those around him.”

39 لَشَدَّ مَا تَحَطَّمْتَ! لَشَدَّ مَا يُوَلْوِلُونَ: كَيْفَ أَدْبَرَ مُوآبُ مُجَلَّلاً بِالْخِزْيِ؟ قَدْ صَارَ مَثَارَ هُزْءٍ وَرُعْبٍ لِكُلِّ مَنْ حَوْلَهُ».

40 For this is what the LORD says: “Behold, an eagle swoops down and spreads his wings against Moab.

40 لأَنَّ هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ الرَّبُّ: «انْظُرُوا، هَا وَاحِدٌ يَطِيرُ مُسْرِعاً كَالنَّسْرِ بَاسِطاً جَنَاحَيْهِ ضِدَّ مُوآبَ.

41 Kirioth has been taken, and the strongholds seized. In that day the heart of Moab’s warriors will be like the heart of a woman in labor.

41 فَيَسْتَوْلِي عَلَى الْمُدُنِ، وَتَسْقُطُ الْحُصُونُ، وَتُصْبِحُ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ قُلُوبُ مُحَارِبِي مُوآبَ كَقَلْبِ امْرَأَةٍ فِي مَخَاضِهَا.

42 Moab will be destroyed as a nation because he vaunted himself against the LORD.

42 يَهْلِكُ مُوآبُ وَلا يَبْقَى أُمَّةً، لأَنَّهُ قَدْ تَغَطْرَسَ عَلَى الرَّبِّ.

43 Terror and pit and snare await you, O dweller of Moab,” declares the LORD.

43 يَتَرَصَّدُكُمُ الرُّعْبُ وَالْحُفْرَةُ وَالْفَخُّ يَا أَهْلَ مُوآبَ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ.

44 “Whoever flees the panic will fall into the pit, and whoever climbs from the pit will be caught in the snare. For I will bring upon Moab the year of their punishment,” declares the LORD.

44 مَنْ يَهْرُبُ مِنَ الْخَوْفِ يَقَعُ فِي الْحُفْرَةِ، وَمَنْ يَصْعَدُ مِنَ الْحُفْرَةِ يَعْلَقُ بِالْفَخِّ، لأَنِّي أَجْلِبُ عَلَى مُوآبَ هَذِهِ الْمِحَنَ فِي سَنَةِ عِقَابِهِمْ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ.

45 “Those who flee will stand helpless in Heshbon’s shadow, because fire has gone forth from Heshbon and a flame from within Sihon. It devours the foreheads of Moab and the skulls of the sons of tumult.

45 فِي ظِلِّ حَشْبُونَ وَقَفَ الْهَارِبُونَ خَائِرِي الْقُوَى، لأَنَّ نَاراً انْدَلَعَتْ مِنْ حَشْبُونَ، وَشُعْلَةً مِنْ سِيحُونَ، فَالْتَهَمَتْ رُكْنَ مُوآبَ وَهَامَةَ الْمُتَبَجِّحِينَ الْغَوْغَائِيِّينَ.

46 Woe to you, O Moab! The people of Chemosh have perished; for your sons have been taken into exile and your daughters have gone into captivity.

46 وَيْلٌ لَكَ يَا مُوآبُ! قَدْ بَادَ شَعْبُ كَمُوشَ، لأَنَّ بَنِيكَ وَبَنَاتِكَ أُخِذُوا إِلَى السَّبْيِ.

47 Yet in the latter days I will restore Moab from captivity,” declares the LORD. Here ends the judgment on Moab.

47 وَلَكِنِّي أَرُدُّ سَبْيَ مُوآبَ فِي الأَيَّامِ الآتِيَةِ»، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ. إِلَى هُنَا خِتَامُ الْقَضَاءِ عَلَى مُوآبَ.