Jeremiah 6

1 “Run for cover, O sons of Benjamin; flee from Jerusalem! Sound the ram’s horn in Tekoa; send up a signal over Beth-haccherem, for disaster looms from the north, even great destruction.

1 «لُوذُوا بِالْنَّجَاةِ يَا ذُرِّيَّةَ بِنْيَامِينَ، وَاهْرُبُوا مِنْ وَسَطِ أُورُشَلِيمَ. انْفُخُوا بِالْبُوقِ فِي تَقُوعَ، وَأَشْعِلُوا عَلَمَ نَارٍ عَلَى بَيْتِ هَكَّارِيمَ، لأَنَّ الشَّرَّ قَدْ أَقْبَلَ مِنَ الشِّمَالِ لِيَعِيثَ فِي الأَرْضِ خَرَاباً.

2 Though she is beautiful and delicate, I will destroy the Daughter of Zion.

2 هَا أَنَا أُهْلِكُ أُورُشَلِيمَ الْجَمِيلَةَ الْمُتْرَفَةَ ابْنَةَ صِهْيَوْنَ،

3 Shepherds and their flocks will come against her; they will pitch their tents all around her, each tending his own portion:

3 فَيَحُلُّ بِها الرُّعَاةُ مَعَ قُطْعَانِهِمْ، وَيَضْرِبُونَ حَوْلَهَا خِيَامَهُمْ، وَيَرْعَى كُلٌّ مِنْهُمْ حَيْثُ نَزَلَ.

4 ‘Prepare for battle against her; rise up, let us attack at noon. Woe to us, for the daylight is fading; the evening shadows grow long.

4 أَعِدُّوا عَلَيْهَا حَرْباً. قُومُوا نُهَاجِمُهَا عِنْدَ الظَّهِيرَةِ. وَيْلٌ لَنَا فَقَدْ مَالَ النَّهَارُ وَانْتَشَرَتْ ظِلالُ الْمَسَاءِ.

5 Rise up, let us attack by night and destroy her fortresses!’”

5 هُبُّوا لِنَهْجُمَ فِي اللَّيْلِ وَنَهْدِمَ قُصُورَهَا».

6 For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Cut down the trees and raise a siege ramp against Jerusalem. This city must be punished; there is nothing but oppression in her midst.

6 لأَنَّ هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ: «اقْطَعُوا الشَّجَرَ، وَأَقِيمُوا مِتْرَسَةً حَوْلَ أُورُشَلِيمَ، إِذْ يَجِبُ أَنْ تُعَاقَبَ هَذِهِ الْمَدِينَةُ، لأَنَّ دَاخِلَهَا مُفْعَمٌ بِالظُّلْمِ.

7 As a well gushes its water, so she pours out her evil. Violence and destruction resound in her; sickness and wounds are ever before Me.

7 وَكَمَا تُنْبِعُ الْعَيْنُ مِيَاهَهَا كَذَلِكَ هِيَ تُنْبِعُ شَرَّهَا. يَتَرَدَّدُ فِي أَرْجَائِهَا الظُّلْمُ وَيَعُمُّهَا السَّلْبُ، وَأَمَامِي دَائِماً مَرَضٌ وَبَلايَا.

8 Be forewarned, O Jerusalem, or I will turn away from you; I will make you a desolation, a land without inhabitant.”

8 فَاحْذَرِي يَا أُورُشَلِيمُ لِئَلَّا أَجْفُوَكِ وَأَجْعَلَكِ مُوْحِشَةً وَأَرْضاً مَهْجُورَةً».

9 This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Glean the remnant of Israel as thoroughly as a vine. Pass your hand once more like a grape gatherer over the branches.”

9 وَهَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ: «لِيَجْمَعُوا بِدِقَّةٍ لِقَاطَ بَقِيَّةِ إِسْرَائِيلَ كَمَا يَجْمَعُونَ لِقَاطَ كَرْمَةٍ. رُدَّ يَدَكَ إِلَى الأَغْصَانِ ثَانِيَةً كَلاقِطِ الْعِنَبِ».

10 To whom can I give this warning? Who will listen to me? Look, their ears are closed, so they cannot hear. See, the word of the LORD has become offensive to them; they find no pleasure in it.

10 لِمَنْ أَتَحَدَّثُ وَأُنْذِرُ حَتَّى يَسْمَعُوا؟ انْظُرْ! إِنَّ آذَانَهُمْ صَمَّاءُ فَلا يَسْمَعُونَ، وَكَلِمَةَ الرَّبِّ مَثَارُ خِزْيٍ لَهُمْ فَلا يُسَرُّونَ بِها.

11 But I am full of the LORD’s wrath; I am tired of holding it back. “Pour it out on the children in the street, and on the young men gathered together. For both husband and wife will be captured, the old and the very old alike.

11 لِذَلِكَ امْتَلَأْتُ مِنْ سَخَطِ الرَّبِّ وَأَعْيَانِي كَبْتُهُ. «أَسْكُبُهُ عَلَى الأَوْلادِ فِي الطَّرِيقِ وَعَلَى الشُّبَّانِ الْمُجْتَمِعِينَ فِي مَجَالِسِهِمْ، فَيُصِيبُ الرَّجُلَ وَزَوْجَتَهُ وَالشَّيْخَ وَالطَّاعِنَ فِي السِّنِّ.

12 Their houses will be turned over to others, their fields and wives as well, for I will stretch out My hand against the inhabitants of the land,” declares the LORD.

12 وَتَتَحَوَّلُ بُيُوتُهُمْ وَحقُولُهُمْ لآخَرِينَ، وَكَذَلِكَ نِسَاؤُهُمْ، لأَنِّي أَبْسُطُ يَدِي ضِدَّ سُكَّانِ الأَرْضِ» يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ

13 “For from the least of them to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; from prophet to priest, all practice deceit.

13 «لأَنَّهُمْ جَمِيعاً، صِغَارَهُمْ وَكِبَارَهُمْ، مُوْلَعُونَ بالرِّبْحِ الْحَرَامِ. حَتَّى النَّبِيُّ وَالْكَاهِنُ يَرْتَكِبَانِ الزُّورَ فِي أَعْمَالِهِمَا.

14 They dress the wound of My people with very little care, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace at all.

14 يُعَالِجُونَ جِرَاحَ شَعْبِي بِاسْتِخْفَافٍ قَائِلِينَ:’سَلامٌ، سَلامٌ.‘ فِي حِينِ لَا يُوْجَدُ سَلامٌ.

15 Are they ashamed of the abomination they have committed? No, they have no shame at all; they do not even know how to blush. So they will fall among the fallen; when I punish them, they will collapse,” says the LORD.

15 هَلْ خَجِلُوا لأَنَّهُمُ اقْتَرَفُوا الرِّجْسَ؟ كَلا! لَمْ يَخْزَوْا قَطُّ وَلَمْ يَعْرِفُوا الْخَجَلَ، لِذَلِكَ سَيَسْقُطُونَ بَيْنَ السَّاقِطِينَ، وَحِينَ أُعَاقِبُهُمْ يُطَوَّحُ بِهِمْ».

16 This is what the LORD says: “Stand at the crossroads and look. Ask for the ancient paths: ‘Where is the good way?’ Then walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it!’

16 وَهَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ الرَّبُّ: «قِفُوا فِي الطُّرُقَاتِ وَانْظُرُوا، وَاسْأَلُوا عَنِ الْمَسَالِكِ الصَّالِحَةِ الْقَدِيمَةِ وَاطْرُقُوهَا، فَتَجِدُوا رَاحَةً لِنُفُوسِكُمْ. وَلَكِنَّكُمْ قُلْتُمْ:’لَنْ نَسِيرَ فِيهَا.‘

17 I appointed watchmen over you and said, ‘Listen for the sound of the ram’s horn.’ But they answered, ‘We will not listen!’

17 فَأَقَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ رُقَبَاءَ قَائِلاً: اسْمَعُوا دَوِيَّ الْبُوقِ. وَلَكِنَّكُمْ قُلْتُمْ:’لَنْ نَسْمَعَ!‘

18 Therefore hear, O nations, and learn, O congregations, what will happen to them.

18 لِذَلِكَ اسْمَعُوا أَيُّهَا الأُمَمُ، وَاعْلَمِي أَيَّتُهَا الْجَمَاعَةُ مَاذَا يَحُلُّ بِهِمْ.

19 Hear, O earth! I am bringing disaster on this people, the fruit of their own schemes, because they have paid no attention to My word and have rejected My instruction.

19 اسْمَعِي أَيَّتُهَا الأَرْضُ وَانْظُرِي، لأَنِّي جَالِبٌ شَرّاً عَلَى هَذَا الشَّعْبِ عِقَاباً لَهُمْ عَلَى أَفْكَارِهِمِ الأَثِيمَةِ، لأَنَّهُمْ لَمْ يُطِيعُوا كَلِمَاتِي وَتَنَكَّرُوا لِشَرِيعَتِي.

20 What use to Me is frankincense from Sheba or sweet cane from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable; your sacrifices do not please Me.”

20 لأَيِّ غَرَضٍ يَصْعَدُ إِلَيَّ الْبَخُورُ مِنْ شَبَا، وَقَصَبُ الطِّيبِ مِنْ أَرْضٍ نَائِيَةٍ؟ مُحْرَقَاتُكُمْ مَرْفُوضَةٌ، وَتَقْدِمَاتُكُمْ لَا تَسُرُّنِي».

21 Therefore this is what the LORD says: “I will lay stumbling blocks before this people; fathers and sons alike will be staggered; friends and neighbors will perish.”

21 لِذَلِكَ يُعْلِنُ الرَّبُّ: «هَا أَنَا أُقِيمُ لِهَذَا الشَّعْبِ مَعَاثِرَ يَتَعَثَّرُ بِها الآبَاءُ وَالأَبْنَاءُ مَعاً، وَيَهْلِكُ بِها الْجَارُ وَصَدِيقُهُ».

22 This is what the LORD says: “Behold, an army is coming from the land of the north; a great nation is stirred up from the ends of the earth.

22 «انْظُرُوا، هَا شَعْبٌ زَاحِفٌ مِنَ الشِّمَالِ، وَأُمَّةٌ عَظِيمَةٌ تَهُبُّ مِنْ أَقَاصِي الأَرْضِ،

23 They grasp the bow and spear; they are cruel and merciless. Their voice roars like the sea, and they ride upon horses, lined up like men in formation against you, O Daughter of Zion.”

23 تَسَلَّحَتْ بِالْقَوْسِ وَالرُّمْحِ، وَهِيَ قَاسِيَةٌ لَا تَرْحَمُ. جَلَبَتُهَا كَهَدِيرِ الْبَحْرِ وَهِيَ مُقْبِلَةٌ عَلَى صَهَوَاتِ الْخَيْلِ. قَدِ اصْطَفَّتْ كَإِنْسَانٍ وَاحِدٍ لِمُحَارَبَتِكِ يَا أُورُشَلِيمُ».

24 We have heard the report; our hands hang limp. Anguish has gripped us, pain like that of a woman in labor.

24 سَمِعْنَا أَخْبَارَهُمُ الْمُرْعِبَةَ فَدَبَّ الضَّعْفُ فِي أَيْدِينَا، وَتَوَلّانَا كَرْبٌ وَأَلَمٌ كَأَلَمِ امْرَأَةٍ تُعَانِي مِنَ الْمَخَاضِ.

25 Do not go out to the fields; do not walk the road. For the enemy has a sword; terror is on every side.

25 لَا تَخْرُجُوا إِلَى الْحَقْلِ وَلا تَمْشُوا فِي الطَّرِيقِ، فَلِلْعَدُوِّ سَيْفٌ، وَالْهَوْلُ مُحْدِقٌ مِنْ كُلِّ جِهَةٍ.

26 O daughter of my people, dress yourselves in sackcloth and roll in ashes. Mourn with bitter wailing, as you would for an only son, for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us.

26 فَيَا أُورُشَلِيمُ ارْتَدِي الْمُسُوحَ وَتَمَرَّغِي فِي الرَّمَادِ، وَنُوحِي كَمَنْ يَنُوحُ عَلَى وَحِيدِهِ، وَانْتَحِبِي نَحِيباً مُرّاً، لأَنَّ الْمُدَمِّرَ يَنْقَضُّ عَلَيْنَا فَجْأَةً.

27 “I have appointed you to examine My people like ore, so you may know and try their ways.

27 «إِنِّي أَقَمْتُكَ مُمْتَحِناً لِلْمَعْدِنِ، وَجَعَلْتُ شَعْبِي مَادَّةَ خَامٍ لِكَيْ تَعْرِفَ طُرُقَهُمْ وَتَفْحَصَهَا.

28 All are hardened rebels, walking around as slanderers. They are bronze and iron; all of them are corrupt.

28 فَكُلُّهُمْ عُصَاةٌ مُتَمَرِّدُونَ سَاعُونَ فِي النَّمِيمَةِ. هُمْ نُحَاسٌ وَحَدِيدٌ وَكُلُّهُمْ فَاسِدُونَ.

29 The bellows blow fiercely, blasting away the lead with fire. The refining proceeds in vain, for the wicked are not purged.

29 لَشَدَّ مَا تُضْرِمُ رِيحُ المِنْفَاخِ الشَّدِيدَةُ النَّارَ فَتَلْتَهِمُ الرَّصَاصَ وَلَكِنْ كَمَا يَتَعَذَّرُ تَنْقِيَتُهُ مِنَ الزَّغَلِ كَذَلِكَ يَتَعَذَّرُ فَصْلُ الأَشْرَارِ.

30 They are called rejected silver, because the LORD has rejected them.”

30 وَهُمْ يُدْعَوْنَ حُثَالَةَ الْفِضَّةِ الْمَرْذُولَةِ، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ قَدْ رَفَضَهُمْ».