Jeremiah 23

CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN	SMITH VAN DYKE
1 “Woe to the shepherds who scatter and tear apart the sheep of my pasture, says the Lord.	1 ويل للرعاة الذين يهلكون ويبددون غنم رعيتي يقول الرب.
2 Because of this, thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, to the shepherds who pasture my people: You have scattered my flock, and you have driven them away, and you have not visited them. Behold, I will visit upon you because of your evil pursuits, says the Lord.	2 لذلك هكذا قال الرب اله اسرائيل عن الرعاة الذين يرعون شعبي. انتم بددتم غنمي وطردتموها ولم تتعهدوها. هانذا اعاقبكم على شر اعمالكم يقول الرب.
3 And I will gather together the remnant of my flock from the entire earth, from the places to which I had cast them out. And I will return them to their own fields. And they will increase and be multiplied.	3 وانا اجمع بقية غنمي من جميع الاراضي التي طردتها اليها واردها الى مرابضها فتثمر وتكثر.
4 And I will raise up shepherds over them, and they will pasture them. They will no longer dread, and they will no longer fear. And no one among their number will be seeking more, says the Lord.	4 واقيم عليها رعاة يرعونها فلا تخاف بعد ولا ترتعد ولا تفقد يقول الرب
5 Behold, the days are approaching, says the Lord, when I will raise up to David a righteous branch. And a king will reign, and he will be wise. And he will exercise judgment and justice upon the earth.	5 ها ايام تأتي يقول الرب واقيم لداود غصن بر فيملك ملك وينجح ويجري حقا وعدلا في الارض.
6 In those days, Judah will be saved, and Israel will live in confidence. And this is the name that they will call him: ‘The Lord, our Just One.’	6 في ايامه يخلص يهوذا ويسكن اسرائيل آمنا وهذا هو اسمه الذي يدعونه به الرب برنا.
7 Because of this, behold, the days are approaching, says the Lord, when they will no longer say, ‘As the Lord lives, who led the sons of Israel away from the land of Egypt,’	7 لذلك ها ايام تأتي يقول الرب ولا يقولون بعد حيّ هو الرب الذي اصعد بني اسرائيل من ارض مصر.
8 but instead, ‘As the Lord lives, who led away and brought back the offspring of the house of Israel from the land of the north and from the entire earth,’ from the places to which I had cast them out. And they will live in their own land.”	8 بل حيّ هو الرب الذي اصعد وأتى بنسل بيت اسرائيل من ارض الشمال ومن جميع الاراضي التي طردتهم اليها فيسكنون في ارضهم
9 To the prophets: “My heart is crushed within me. All my bones are trembling. I have become like an inebriated man, and like a man maddened by wine, before the face of the Lord, and before the face of his holy words.	9 في الانبياء--انسحق قلبي في وسطي. ارتخت كل عظامي. صرت كانسان سكران ومثل رجل غلبته الخمر من اجل الرب ومن اجل كلام قدسه.
10 For the earth is full of adulterers! And the earth has mourned before the face of evil talk. The plains of the desert have dried up, and their course has become hazardous, and their firmness has become uneven.”	10 لان الارض امتلأت من الفاسقين. لانه من اجل اللعن ناحت الارض جفت مراعي البرية وصار سعيهم للشر وجبروتهم للباطل.
11 “For both the prophet and the priest have become polluted, and I have found their wickedness within my own house, says the Lord.	11 لان الانبياء والكهنة تنجسوا جميعا بل في بيتي وجدت شرهم يقول الرب.
12 For this reason, their way will be like a slippery path in the dark. For they will be impelled forward, and they will fall in it. For I will bring evils over them, in the year of their visitation, says the Lord.	12 لذلك يكون طريقهم لهم كمزالق في ظلام دامس فيطردون ويسقطون فيها لاني اجلب عليهم شرا سنة عقابهم يقول الرب.
13 And I have seen the foolishness of the prophets of Samaria. They have prophesied in Baal, and they have deceived my people Israel.	13 وقد رأيت في انبياء السامرة حماقة. تنبأوا بالبعل واضلوا شعبي اسرائيل.
14 And in the prophets of Jerusalem, I have seen the likeness of adulterers and the path of falsehood. And they have strengthened the hands of the wicked, so that each one would not convert from his malice. They have all become to me like Sodom, and its inhabitants have become like Gomorrah.”	14 وفي انبياء اورشليم رأيت ما يقشعر منه. يفسقون ويسلكون بالكذب ويشددون ايادي فاعلي الشر حتى لا يرجعوا الواحد عن شره. صاروا لي كلهم كسدوم وسكانها كعمورة.
15 Because of this, thus says the Lord of hosts to the prophets: “Behold, I will feed them absinthe, and I will give them gall to drink. For from the prophets of Jerusalem corruption has gone forth over the entire earth.”	15 لذلك هكذا قال رب الجنود عن الانبياء. هانذا اطعمهم افسنتينا واسقيهم ماء العلقم لانه من عند انبياء اورشليم خرج نفاق في كل الارض.
16 Thus says the Lord of hosts: “Do not choose to listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you and deceive you. They speak a vision from their own heart, and not from the mouth of the Lord.	16 هكذا قال رب الجنود لا تسمعوا لكلام الانبياء الذين يتنبأون لكم. فانهم يجعلونكم باطلا. يتكلمون برؤيا قلبهم لا عن فم الرب.
17 To those who blaspheme me, they say: ‘The Lord has said: You shall have peace.’ And to every one who walks in the depravity of his own heart, they have said: ‘No evil will overwhelm you.’ ”	17 قائلين قولا لمحتقريّ قال الرب يكون لكم سلام. ويقولون لكل من يسير في عناد قلبه لا يأتي عليكم شر.
18 For who has been present in the counsel of the Lord, and who has seen and heard his word? Who has considered his word and heard it?	18 لانه من وقف في مجلس الرب وراى وسمع كلمته. من اصغى لكلمته وسمع
19 Behold, the whirlwind of the Lord’s indignation will go forth, and a tempest will break out; it will overwhelm the head of the impious.	19 ها زوبعة الرب. غيظ يخرج ونوء هائج. على رؤوس الاشرار يثور.
20 The fury of the Lord will not return until it succeeds, and until it completes the plan of his heart. In the last days, you will understand this counsel.	20 لا يرتد غضب الرب حتى يجري ويقيم مقاصد قلبه. في آخر الايام تفهمون فهما.
21 “I did not send these prophets, yet they hurry forward. I was not speaking to them, yet they were prophesying.	21 لم ارسل الانبياء بل هم جروا. لم اتكلم معهم بل هم تنبأوا.
22 If they had stood in my counsel, and if I had made my words known to my people, certainly I would have turned them away from their evil ways and from their most wicked plans.	22 ولو وقفوا في مجلسي لأخبروا شعبي بكلامي وردّوهم عن طريقهم الرديء وعن شر اعمالهم.
23 Do you not realize that I am a God close by, says the Lord, and not a God far away?	23 ألعلي اله من قريب يقول الرب ولست الها من بعيد.
24 If a man is hidden in concealed places, do I not see him, says the Lord? Do I not fill up heaven and earth, says the Lord?	24 اذا اختبأ انسان في اماكن مستترة أفما اراه انا يقول الرب. أما املأ انا السموات والارض يقول الرب.
25 I have heard what the prophets have said, prophesying falsehoods in my name, and also saying: ‘I have dreamed! I have dreamed!’	25 قد سمعت ما قالته الانبياء الذين تنبأوا باسمي بالكذب قائلين حلمت حلمت.
26 How long will this be in the heart of the prophets who predict what is false, and who prophesy deceptions from their own heart?	26 حتى متى يوجد في قلب الانبياء المتنبئين بالكذب بل هم انبياء خداع قلبهم
27 They want to cause my people to forget my name, by means of their dreams, which each of them describes to his neighbor, just as their fathers forgot my name for the sake of Baal.	27 الذين يفكرون ان ينسّوا شعبي اسمي باحلامهم التي يقصونها الرجل على صاحبه كما نسي اباؤهم اسمي لاجل البعل.
28 The prophet who has had a dream, let him describe the dream. And he who receives my word, let him speak my word in truth. For what has the chaff to do with the wheat, says the Lord?	28 النبي الذي معه حلم فليقص حلما والذي معه كلمتي فليتكلم بكلمتي بالحق. ما للتبن مع الحنطة يقول الرب.
29 Are not my words like a fire, says the Lord, and like a hammer crushing rock?	29 أليست هكذا كلمتي كنار يقول الرب وكمطرقة تحطم الصخر.
30 Therefore, behold: I am against the prophets, says the Lord, who steal my words, each one from his neighbor.	30 لذلك هانذا على الانبياء يقول الرب الذين يسرقون كلمتي بعضهم من بعض.
31 Behold, I am against the prophets, says the Lord, who take up their tongues and say: ‘The Lord says it.’	31 هانذا على الانبياء يقول الرب الذين ياخذون لسانهم ويقولون قال.
32 Behold, I am against the prophets, who dream what is false, says the Lord; who explain and so seduce my people with their falsehoods and with their miracles, though I did not send them, nor did I command them. They have offer nothing beneficial to this people, says the Lord.	32 هانذا على الذين يتنبأون باحلام كاذبة يقول الرب الذين يقصونها ويضلون شعبي باكاذيبهم ومفاخراتهم وانا لم ارسلهم ولا أمرتهم. فلم يفيدوا هذا الشعب فائدة يقول الرب
33 Therefore, if this people, or a prophet, or a priest questions you, saying, ‘What is the burden of the Lord?’ you shall say to them, ‘You are the burden. And certainly I will cast you away, says the Lord.’	33 واذا سألك هذا الشعب او نبي او كاهن قائلا ما وحي الرب فقل لهم اي وحي. اني ارفضكم هو قول الرب.
34 And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people who say, ‘The burden of the Lord!’ I will visit upon that man and upon his house.	34 فالنبي او الكاهن او الشعب الذي يقول وحي الرب اعاقب ذلك الرجل وبيته.
35 And then you will speak in this way, each one to his neighbor and to his brother: ‘What has the Lord answered? And what has the Lord said?’	35 هكذا تقولون الرجل لصاحبه والرجل لاخيه بماذا اجاب الرب وماذا تكلم به الرب.
36 And the burden of the Lord will be no longer be called to mind. For each one’s own word will be a burden. For you have perverted the words of the living God, of the Lord of hosts, our God.	36 اما وحي الرب فلا تذكروه بعد لان كلمة كل انسان تكون وحيه اذ قد حرّفتم كلام الاله الحي رب الجنود الهنا.
37 And then you will speak in this way to the prophet: ‘What has the Lord answered you? And what has the Lord spoken?’	37 هكذا تقول للنبي بماذا اجابك الرب وماذا تكلم به الرب.
38 But if you say, ‘The burden of the Lord!’ then because of this, thus says the Lord: Since you have spoken this word, ‘The burden of the Lord!’ though I sent to you telling you not to say: ‘The burden of the Lord,’	38 واذا كنتم تقولون وحي الرب فلذلك هكذا قال الرب من اجل قولكم هذه الكلمة وحي الرب وقد ارسلت اليكم قائلا لا تقولوا وحي الرب
39 because of this, behold, I will take you away, like a burden, and I will forsake you, as well as the city that I gave to you and to your fathers, before my face.	39 لذلك هانذا انساكم نسيانا وارفضكم من امام وجهي انتم والمدينة التي اعطيتكم وآباءكم اياها.
40 And I will give you over to an everlasting reproach and an eternal disgrace, which shall never be wiped away into oblivion.”	40 واجعل عليكم عارا ابديا وخزيا ابديا لا ينسى