Bilingual reading

In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,

the LORD says to me: “Make bonds and bars, and put them on your neck.

Then send them to the king of Edom, to the king of Moab, to the king of the children of Ammon, to the king of Tyre, and to the king of Sidon, by the hand of the messengers who come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah.

Give them a command to their masters, saying, ‘The LORD of Armies, the God of Israel says, “You shall tell your masters:

‘I have made the earth, the men, and the animals that are on the surface of the earth by my great power and by my outstretched arm. I give it to whom it seems right to me.

Now I have given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant. I have also given the animals of the field to him to serve him.

All the nations will serve him, his son, and his son’s son, until the time of his own land comes. Then many nations and great kings will make him their bondservant.

“‘“‘It will happen that I will punish the nation and the kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon,’ says the LORD, ‘with the sword, with famine, and with pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand.

But as for you, don’t listen to your prophets, to your diviners, to your dreams, to your soothsayers, or to your sorcerers, who speak to you, saying, “You shall not serve the king of Babylon;”

for they prophesy a lie to you, to remove you far from your land, so that I would drive you out, and you would perish.

But the nation that brings their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serves him, that nation I will let remain in their own land,’ says the LORD; ‘and they will till it and dwell in it.’”’”

I spoke to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words, saying, “Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live.

Why will you die, you and your people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as the LORD has spoken concerning the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon?

Don’t listen to the words of the prophets who speak to you, saying, ‘You shall not serve the king of Babylon;’ for they prophesy a lie to you.

For I have not sent them,” says the LORD, “but they prophesy falsely in my name; that I may drive you out, and that you may perish, you, and the prophets who prophesy to you.”

Also I spoke to the priests and to all this people, saying, the LORD says, “Don’t listen to the words of your prophets who prophesy to you, saying, ‘Behold, the vessels of the LORD’s house will now shortly be brought again from Babylon;’ for they prophesy a lie to you.

Don’t listen to them. Serve the king of Babylon, and live. Why should this city become a desolation?

But if they are prophets, and if the LORD’s word is with them, let them now make intercession to the LORD of Armies, that the vessels which are left in the LORD’s house, in the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem, don’t go to Babylon.

For the LORD of Armies says concerning the pillars, concerning the sea, concerning the bases, and concerning the rest of the vessels that are left in this city,

which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon didn’t take when he carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, from Jerusalem to Babylon, and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem—

yes, the LORD of Armies, the God of Israel, says concerning the vessels that are left in the LORD’s house, and in the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem:

‘They will be carried to Babylon, and there they will be, until the day that I visit them,’ says the LORD; ‘then I will bring them up, and restore them to this place.’”

(في بَدْءِ مُلكِ يوياقيمَ بنِ يوشِيَّا، مَلِكِ يَهوذا، كانَت هٰذه الكَلِمَةُ إِلى إِرِميا مِن لَدُنِ الرَّبِّ قائِلًا)

هٰكذا قالَ لِيَ الرَّبّ: إِصنَعْ لَكَ رُبُطًا ونيرًا وٱجعَلْها على عُنُقِكَ

وأَرسِلْ بِها إِلى مَلِكِ أَدومَ ومَلِكِ موآبَ ومَلِكِ بَني عَمُّونَ ومَلِكِ صورَ ومَلِكِ صَيدون، بِأَيدي الرُّسُلِ القادِمينَ إِلى أُورَشَليم، إِلى صِدقِيَّا، مَلِكِ يَهوذا

ومُرْهم أَن يَقولوا لِسادَتِهم: «هٰكذا قالَ رَبُّ القُوَّات، إِلٰهُ إِسْرائيل: هٰكذا تَقولونَ لِسادَتِكم

أَنا صَنَعتُ الأَرضَ والبَشَرَ والبَهائِمَ الَّتي على وَجهِ الأَرض، بِقُوَّتي العَظيمَةِ وبِذراعِيَ المَبْسوطَة، وأَعطَيتُها لِمَن حَسُنَ في عَينَيَّ

والآنَ قد أَسلَمتُ أَنا جَميعَ هٰذه الأَراضي إِلى يَدِ نَبوكَدنَصَّر، مَلِكِ بابِل، عَبْدي، وأَعطَيتُه أَيضًا وُحوشَ الحَقْلِ لِتَخدِمَه

(فتَخدِمُه جَميعُ الأُمَمِ وتَخدِمُ ٱبنَه وٱبنَ ٱبنِه، إِلى أَن يَبلُغَ أَوانُ أَرضِه أَيضًا، وتَستَعبِدُه أُمَمٌ كَثيرةٌ ومُلوكٌ عُظَمَاء)

والأُمَّةُ والمَملَكَةُ الَّتي لا تَخدِمُ نَبوكَدنَصَّر، مَلِكَ بابِل، وكُلُّ مَن لا يَجعَلُ عُنُقَه تَحتَ نيرِ مَلِكِ بابِل، فإِنِّي أَفتَقِدُ تِلكَ الأُمَّةَ بِالسَّيفِ والجوعِ والطَّاعون، يَقولُ الرَّبّ، إِلى أَن أُفنِيَها بِيَدِه

فلا تَسمَعوا لِأَنبِيائِكم وعَرّافيكم وحالِميكم ومُنَجِّميكم وسَحَرَتِكمُ الَّذينَ يُكَلِّمونَكم قائِلين: إِنَّكم لا تَخدِمونَ مَلِكَ بابِل

فإِنَّهم إِنَّما يَتَنَبَّأونَ لَكم بِالكَذِب لِيُبعِدوكم عن أَرضِكم ولِأَدفَعَكم فتَهلِكوا

أَمَّا الأُمَّةُ الَّتي تَضَعُ عُنُقَها تَحتَ نَيرِ مَلِكِ بابِلَ وتَخدِمُه، فإِنَّي أُقِرُّها في أَرضِها، يَقولُ الرَّبّ، فتَحرُثُها وتَسكُنُ فيها»

وكَلَّمتُ صِدقِيَّا، مَلِكَ يَهوذا، بِكُلِّ هٰذا الكَلامِ قائِلًا: «ضَعوا أَعْناقَكم تَحتَ نيرِ مَلِكِ بابل، وٱخدِموه مع شَعْبِه فتَحيَوا

(فلِماذا تَموتُ أَنتَ وشَعبُكَ بِالسَّيفِ والجوعِ والطَّاعون، كما تَكَلَّمَ الرَّبُّ على الأُمَّةِ الَّتي لا تَخدِمُ مَلِكَ بابِل؟)

فلا تَسمَعوا لِكَلامِ الأَنبِياءِ الَّذينَ يُكَلِّمونَكم قائِلين: لا تَخدِموا مَلِكَ بابِل، فإِنَّهم إِنَّما يَتَنَبَّأُونَ لَكم بِالكَذِب

لِأَنِّي لم أُرسِلْهم، يَقولُ الرَّبّ، وقد تَنَبَّأُوا بِٱسْمي كَذِبًا، لِأَدفَعَكم فتَهلِكوا أَنتُم والأَنبِياءُ الَّذينَ تَنَبَّأُوا لَكم»

وكَلَّمتُ الكَهَنَةَ وكُلَّ هٰذا الشَّعبِ قائلًا: «هٰكذا قالَ الرَّبّ: لا تَسمَعوا لِكَلامِ أَنبِيائِكمُ الَّذينَ يَتَنَبَّأُونَ لَكم قائِلين: ها إِنَّ آنِيَةَ بَيتِ الرَّبِّ يُؤتى بِها مِن بابِلَ عن قَريب، فإِنَّهم إِنَّما يَتَنَبَّأُونَ لَكم بِالكَذِب

(لا تَسمَعوا لَهم، بلِ ٱخدِموا مَلِكَ بابِلَ فتَحيَوا، فلِماذا تَصيرُ هٰذه المَدينَةُ خَرابًا؟)

وإِن كانوا أَنبِياءَ وكانَت عِندَهم كَلِمَةُ الرَّبّ، فلْيَشفَعوا لَدى رَبِّ القُوَّات، لِئَلَّا يَذهَبَ إِلى بابِلَ ما بَقِيَ مِنَ الآنِيَةِ في بَيتِ الرَّبِّ وبَيتِ مَلِكِ يَهوذا وفي أُورَشَليم

لِأَنَّه هٰكذا قالَ رَبُّ القُوَّاتِ على (الأَعمِدَةِ والبَحرِ والقَواعِدِ) وسائِرِ الآنِيَةِ الباقِيَةِ في هٰذه المَدينة

مِمَّا لم يَأخُذْه نَبوكَدنَصَّر، مَلِكُ بابِل، لَمَّا جَلا يَكُنْيا بنَ يوياقيم، مَلِكِ يَهوذا، مِن أُورَشَليم إِلى بابِل (وكُلَّ أَشْرافِ يَهوذا وأُورَشَليم)

هٰكذا قالَ رَبُّ القُوَّات، إِلٰهُ إِسْرائيل، ما بَقِيَ مِنَ الآنِيَةِ في بَيتِ الرَّبِّ وبَيتِ مَلِكِ يَهوذا وفي أُورَشَليم

إِنَّه سيُذهَبُ بِها إِلى بابِل (وتَكونُ هُناكَ إِلى يَومِ ٱفتِقادي لَهم)، يَقولُ الرَّبّ. (فأُصعِدُها وأُرجِعُها إِلى هٰذا المَكان)»