Jeremiah 7

1 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,

1 هَذِهِ هِيَ النُّبُوءَةُ الَّتِي أَوْحَى بِها الرَّبُّ لإِرْمِيَا:

2 “Stand in the gate of the house of the LORD and proclaim this message: Hear the word of the LORD, all you people of Judah who enter through these gates to worship the LORD.

2 «قِفْ فِي بَابِ هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ وَأَعْلِنْ هُنَاكَ هَذَا الْكَلامَ: اسْمَعُوا كَلامَ الرَّبِّ يَا جَمِيعَ رِجَالِ يَهُوذَا الْمُجْتَازِينَ هَذِهِ الأَبْوَابَ لِيَسْجُدُوا لِلرَّبِّ:

3 Thus says the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel: Correct your ways and deeds, and I will let you live in this place.

3 هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ الرَّبُّ القَدِيرُ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: قَوِّمُوا طُرُقَكُمْ وَأَعْمَالَكُمْ فَأُسْكِنَكُمْ فِي هَذَا الْمَوْضِعِ.

4 Do not trust in deceptive words, saying: ‘This is the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD.’

4 لَا تَتَّكِلُوا عَلَى أَقْوَالِ الْكَذِبِ قَائِلِينَ: هَذَا هَيْكَلُ الرَّبِّ: هَذَا هَيْكَلُ الرَّبِّ

5 For if you really correct your ways and deeds, if you act justly toward one another,

5 لَكِنْ إِنْ قَوَّمْتُمْ حَقّاً طُرُقَكُمْ وَأَعْمَالَكُمْ، وَأَجْرَيْتُمْ قَضَاءً عَادِلاً فِيمَا بَيْنَكُمْ،

6 if you no longer oppress the foreigner and the fatherless and the widow, and if you no longer shed innocent blood in this place or follow other gods to your own harm,

6 إِنْ لَمْ تَجُورُوا عَلَى الْغَرِيبِ وَالْيَتِيمِ وَالأَرْمَلَةِ، وَلَمْ تَسْفِكُوا دَماً بَرِيئاً فِي هَذَا الْمَوْضِعِ، وَإِنْ لَمْ تَضِلُّوا وَرَاءَ الأَوْثَانِ مُسِيئِينَ بِذَلِكَ لأَنْفُسِكُمْ،

7 then I will let you live in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers forever and ever.

7 عِنْدَئِذٍ أُسْكِنُكُمْ فِي هَذَا الْمَوْضِعِ فِي الأَرْضِ الَّتِي وَهَبْتُهَا لِآبَائِكُمْ إِلَى الأَبَدِ.

8 But look, you keep trusting in deceptive words to no avail.

8 هَا أَنْتُمْ قَدِ اتَّكَلْتُمْ عَلَى أَقْوَالِ الْكَذِبِ، وَلَكِنْ مِنْ غَيْرِ جَدْوَى.

9 Will you steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury, burn incense to Baal, and follow other gods that you have not known,

9 أَتَسْرِقُونَ وَتَقْتُلُونَ وَتَزْنُونَ وَتَحْلِفُونَ زُوراً وَتُبَخِّرُونَ لِلْبَعْلِ، وَتَضِلُّونَ وَرَاءَ الأَوْثَانِ الَّتِي لَمْ تَعْرِفُوهَا،

10 and then come and stand before Me in this house, which bears My Name, and say, ‘We are delivered, so we can continue with all these abominations’?

10 ثُمَّ تَمْثُلُونَ فِي حَضْرَتِي فِي هَذَا الْهَيْكَلِ الَّذِي دُعِيَ بِاسْمِي قَائِلِينَ:’قَدْ نَجَوْنَا‘؛ ثُمَّ تَرْتَكِبُونَ جَمِيعَ هَذِهِ الرَّجَاسَاتِ؟

11 Has this house, which bears My Name, become a den of robbers in your sight? Yes, I too have seen it, declares the LORD.

11 هَلْ أَصْبَحَ هَذَا الْهَيْكَلُ الَّذِي دُعِيَ بِاسْمِي، مَغَارَةَ لُصُوصٍ فِي أَعْيُنِكُمْ؟ هَا أَنَا قَدْ رَأَيْتُ كُلَّ هَذَا الشَّرِّ»، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ.

12 But go now to the place in Shiloh where I first made a dwelling for My Name, and see what I did to it because of the wickedness of My people Israel.

12 «لَكِنِ امْضُوا إِلَى مَوْضِعِي فِي شِيلُوهَ، حَيْثُ جَعَلْتُ فِيهِ مَقَرّاً لاِسْمِي أَوَّلاً، وَشَاهِدُوا مَا فَعَلْتُ بِهِ مِنْ جَرَّاءِ شَرِّ شَعْبِي إِسْرَائِيلَ.

13 And now, because you have done all these things, declares the LORD, and because I have spoken to you again and again but you would not listen, and I have called to you but you would not answer,

13 وَالآنَ لأَنَّكُمُ ارْتَكَبْتُمْ هَذِهِ الشُّرُورَ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ، عَلَى الرَّغْمِ مِنْ تَحْذِيرَاتِي الْمُبَكِّرَةِ الَّتِي أَبَيْتُمْ الاسْتِمَاعَ لَهَا، وَرَفَضْتُمُ الاسْتِجَابَةَ لِدَعْوَتِي،

14 therefore what I did to Shiloh I will now do to the house that bears My Name, the house in which you trust, the place that I gave to you and your fathers.

14 فَإِنَّ مَا أَنْزَلْتُهُ بِشِيلُوهَ سَأُنْزِلُهُ بِالْهَيْكَلِ الَّذِي دُعِيَ بِاسْمِي وَالَّذِي عَلَيْهِ تَتَّكِلُونَ، وَبِالْمَوْضِعِ الَّذِي وَهَبْتُهُ لَكُمْ وَلِآبَائِكُمْ،

15 And I will cast you out of My presence, just as I have cast out all your brothers, all the descendants of Ephraim.

15 وَأَطْرَحُكُمْ مِنْ أَمَامِي كَمَا طَرَحْتُ جَمِيعَ أَقْرِبَائِكُمْ، جَمِيعَ ذُرِّيَّةِ أَفْرَايِمَ.

16 As for you, do not pray for these people, do not offer a plea or petition on their behalf, and do not beg Me, for I will not listen to you.

16 أَمَّا أَنْتَ فَلا تُصَلِّ مِنْ أَجْلِ هَذَا الشَّعْبِ وَلا تَرْفَعْ لأجْلِهِمْ دُعَاءً وَلا ابْتِهَالاً، وَلا تَتَشَفَّعْ لَهُمْ لأَنِّي لَنْ أَسْتَجِيبَ لَكَ.

17 Do you not see what they are doing in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?

17 أَلا تَشْهَدُ مَا يَفْعَلُونَ فِي مُدُنِ يَهُوذَا وَفِي شَوَارِعِ أُورُشَلِيمَ؟

18 The sons gather wood, the fathers light the fire, and the women knead the dough to make cakes for the Queen of Heaven; they pour out drink offerings to other gods to provoke Me to anger.

18 الأَبْنَاءُ يَلْتَقِطُونَ الْحَطَبَ وَالآبَاءُ يُشْعِلُونَ النَّارَ، وَالنِّسَاءُ يَعْجِنَّ الدَّقِيقَ لِيَصْنَعْنَ أَقْرَاصاً مِنْهَا لِعَشْتَارُوثَ إِلَهَةِ السَّمَاءِ، وَيَسْكُبُوا سَكَائِبَ لِآلِهَةِ الأَوْثَانِ لِيُغِيظُونِي.

19 But am I the One they are provoking? declares the LORD. Is it not themselves they spite, to their own shame?

19 هَلْ أَنَا حَقّاً الَّذِي يُغِيظُونَهُ؟ يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ. أَلا يُسِيئُونَ بِذَلِكَ إِلَى ذَوَاتِهِمْ عَامِلِينَ عَلَى خِزْيِ أَنْفُسِهِمْ؟

20 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, My anger and My fury will be poured out on this place, on man and beast, on the trees of the field and the produce of the land, and it will burn and not be extinguished.

20 لِذَلِكَ يُعْلِنُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ: هَا غَضَبِي وَسَخَطِي يَنْصَبَّانِ عَلَى هَذَا الْمَوْضِعِ، وَعَلَى الْبَشَرِ وَالْبَهَائِمِ وَالأَشْجَارِ وَالْحُقُولِ وَأَثْمَارِ الأَرْضِ، فَيَتَّقِدَانِ وَلا يَخْمُدَانِ».

21 This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Add your burnt offerings to your other sacrifices and eat the meat yourselves!

21 وَهَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: «أَضِيفُوا مُحْرَقَاتِكُمْ إِلَى ذَبَائِحِكُمْ وَكُلُوا لَحْمَهَا.

22 For when I brought your fathers out of the land of Egypt, I did not merely command them about burnt offerings and sacrifices,

22 فَإِنِّي لَمْ أُكَلِّمْ آبَاءَكُمْ وَلَمْ آمُرْهُمْ يَوْمَ أَخْرَجْتُهُمْ مِنْ مِصْرَ بِشَأْنِ مُحْرَقَةٍ أَوْ ذَبِيحَةٍ

23 but this is what I commanded them: Obey Me, and I will be your God, and you will be My people. You must walk in all the ways I have commanded you, so that it may go well with you.

23 إِنَّمَا أَوْصَيْتُهُمْ أَنْ يُطِيعُوا صَوْتِي فَأَكُونُ لَهُمْ إِلَهاً، وَيَكُونُونَ لِي شَعْباً وَأَنْ يَسْلُكُوا فِي كُلِّ الطَّرِيقِ الَّذِي أَوْصَيْتُهُمْ بِهِ، فَيَنَالُوا خَيْراً.

24 Yet they did not listen or incline their ear, but they followed the stubborn inclinations of their own evil hearts. They went backward and not forward.

24 إِلّا أَنَّهُمْ لَمْ يُطِيعُوا وَلَمْ يَسْمَعُوا، بَلْ سَلَكُوا بِمُقْتَضَى مَشُورَاتِ قُلُوبِهِمِ الشِّرِّيرَةِ وَعِنَادِهِمْ، وَأَدَارُوا لِي ظُهُورَهُمْ بَدَلَ وُجُوهِهِمْ.

25 From the day your fathers came out of the land of Egypt until this day, I have sent you all My servants the prophets again and again.

25 فَمُنْذُ أَنْ خَرَجَ آبَاؤُكُمْ مِنْ مِصْرَ إِلَى هَذَا الْيَوْمِ، ثَابَرْتُ عَلَى إِرْسَالِ جَمِيعِ عَبِيدِي الأَنْبِيَاءِ لِيُنْذِرُوهُمْ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ.

26 Yet they would not listen to Me or incline their ear, but they stiffened their necks and did more evil than their fathers.

26 وَمَعَ ذَلِكَ لَمْ يُطِيعُونِي أَوْ يَسْمَعُونِي، وَلَكِنَّهُمْ قَسَّوْا قُلُوبَهُمْ، فَكَانُوا فِي تَصَرُّفِهِمْ أَشَرَّ مِنْ آبَائِهِمْ.

27 When you tell them all these things, they will not listen to you. When you call to them, they will not answer.

27 وَلَكِنْ عِنْدَمَا تُكَلِّمُهُمْ بِهَذِهِ الْعِبَارَاتِ فَإِنَّهُمْ لَنْ يَسْمَعُوا، وَتَدْعُوهُمْ فَلا يُجِيبُونَكَ.

28 Therefore you must say to them, ‘This is the nation that would not listen to the voice of the LORD their God and would not receive correction. Truth has perished; it has disappeared from their lips.

28 فَتَقُولُ لَهُمْ: هَذِهِ هِيَ الأُمَّةُ الَّتِي تَعْصَى صَوْتَ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِهَا، وَلا تَقْبَلُ التَّأْدِيبَ. لَقَدْ تَلاشَى الْحَقُّ وَانْقَطَعَ عَنْ أَفْوَاهِهِمْ.

29 Cut off your hair and throw it away. Raise up a lamentation on the barren heights, for the LORD has rejected and forsaken the generation of His wrath.’

29 جُزِّي شَعْرَكِ وَاطْرَحِيهِ يَا أُورُشَلِيمُ، وَانْصُبِي مَرْثَاةً عَلَى الْمُرْتَفَعَاتِ الْجَرْدَاءِ، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ رَفَضَ هَذَا الْجِيلَ الرَّازِحَ تَحْتَ سَخَطِهِ».

30 For the people of Judah have done evil in My sight, declares the LORD. They have set up their abominations in the house that bears My Name, and so have defiled it.

30 «لأَنَّ ذُرِّيَّةَ يَهُوذَا قَدِ ارْتَكَبَتِ الشَّرَّ فِي عَيْنَيَّ، وَأَقَامَتْ أَوْثَانَهَا الرِّجْسَةَ فِي الْبَيْتِ الَّذِي دُعِيَ بِاسْمِي، لِتُدَنِّسَهُ.

31 They have built the high places of Topheth in the Valley of Ben-hinnom so they could burn their sons and daughters in the fire—something I never commanded, nor did it even enter My mind.

31 وَشَيَّدَ الشَّعْبُ مَعَابِدَ مُرْتَفَعَاتِ تُوفَةَ الْقَائِمَةَ فِي وَادِي ابْنِ هِنُّومَ، لِيَحْرِقُوا أَبْنَاءَهُمْ وَبَنَاتِهِمْ بِالنَّارِ، مِمَّا لَمْ آمُرْ بِهِ وَلَمْ يَخْطُرْ لِي عَلَى بَالٍ.

32 So behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when this place will no longer be called Topheth and the Valley of Ben-hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter. For they will bury the dead in Topheth until there is no more room.

32 لِذَلِكَ هَا أَيَّامٌ مُقْبِلَةٌ»، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ، «يُمْحَى فِيهَا اسْمُ تُوفَةَ، وَيَتَلاشَى اسْمُ وَادِي ابْنِ هِنُّومَ، وَيُدْعَى’وَادِي الْقَتْلِ‘ لأَنَّهُمْ سَيَدْفِنُونَ الْمَوْتَى فِي تُوفَةَ حَتَّى لَا يَبْقَى فِيهَا مُتَّسَعٌ بَعْدُ،

33 The corpses of this people will become food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth, and there will be no one to scare them away.

33 وَتُصْبِحُ جُثَثُ هَذَا الشَّعْبِ طَعَاماً لِجَوَارِحِ السَّمَاءِ وَلِوُحُوشِ الأَرْضِ وَلَيْسَ مَنْ يَزْجُرُهَا.

34 I will remove from the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem the sounds of joy and gladness and the voices of the bride and bridegroom, for the land will become a wasteland.”

34 وَأُلاشِي مِنْ مُدُنِ يَهُوذَا وَمِنْ شَوَارِعِ أُورُشَلِيمَ أَهَازِيجَ الطَّرَبِ وَأَصْدَاءَ الْفَرَحِ، وَأَصْوَاتَ بَهْجَةِ الْعَرِيِسِ وَالْعَرُوسِ، لأَنَّ الأَرْضَ يَعُمُّهَا الْخَرَابُ».