Jeremiah 4

CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN	SMITH VAN DYKE
1 “O Israel, if you would return, says the Lord, then be converted to me. If you remove your offense from before my face, then you will not be shaken.	1 ان رجعت يا اسرائيل يقول الرب ان رجعت اليّ وان نزعت مكرهاتك من امامي فلا تتيه.
2 And you will swear, ‘As the Lord lives,’ in truth and in judgment and in justice.” And the Gentiles will bless him, and they will praise him.	2 وان حلفت حيّ هو الرب بالحق والعدل والبر فتتبرّك الشعوب به وبه يفتخرون
3 For thus says the Lord to the men of Judah and of Jerusalem: “Break new ground, and do not choose to sow upon thorns.	3 لانه هكذا قال الرب لرجال يهوذا ولاورشليم احرثوا لانفسكم حرثا ولا تزرعوا في الاشواك.
4 Be circumcised to the Lord, and take away the foreskins from your hearts, O men of Judah, O inhabitants of Jerusalem. Otherwise my indignation may burst forth and flare up like a fire. And then there will be no one who can extinguish it, because of the wickedness of your thoughts.	4 اختتنوا للرب وانزعوا غرل قلوبكم يا رجال يهوذا وسكان اورشليم لئلا يخرج كنار غيظي فيحرق وليس من يطفئ بسبب شر اعمالكم.
5 Declare it in Judah, and make it known in Jerusalem! Speak out and sound the trumpet in the land! Cry out strongly and say: ‘Gather yourselves! And let us go forth to fortified cities!’	5 اخبروا في يهوذا وسمّعوا في اورشليم وقولوا اضربوا بالبوق في الارض. نادوا بصوت عال وقولوا اجتمعوا فلندخل المدن الحصينة.
6 Lift up a standard in Zion. Be strengthened! Do not choose to stand still. For I am bringing an evil from the north, with great destruction.	6 ارفعوا الراية نحو صهيون. احتموا. لا تقفوا. لاني آتي بشر من الشمال وكسر عظيم.
7 The lion has ascended from his den, and the pillager of the nations has lifted himself up. He has gone forth from his place, so that he may set your land in desolation. Your cities will be laid waste, remaining without an inhabitant.	7 قد صعد الاسد من غابته وزحف مهلك الامم. خرج من مكانه ليجعل ارضك خرابا. تخرب مدنك فلا ساكن.
8 Concerning this, wrap yourselves in haircloth, mourn and wail: ‘For the wrath of the fury of the Lord has not been turned away from us.’	8 من اجل ذلك تنطقوا بمسوح الطموا وولولوا لانه لم يرتد حمو غضب الرب عنا.
9 And this shall be in that day, says the Lord: The heart of the king will perish, with the heart of the princes. And the priests will be stupefied, and the prophets will be in consternation.”	9 ويكون في ذلك اليوم يقول الرب ان قلب الملك يعدم وقلوب الرؤساء وتتحير الكهنة وتتعجب الانبياء
10 And I said: “Alas, alas, alas, O Lord God! Could it be that you have deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying: ‘Peace shall be yours,’ while, behold, the sword reaches even to the soul?”	10 فقلت آه يا سيد الرب حقا انك خداعا خادعت هذا الشعب واورشليم قائلا يكون لكم سلام وقد بلغ السيف النفس.
11 “In that time, it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem: ‘A burning wind is in the ways that are in the desert, along the way of the daughter of my people, but not to winnow and not to cleanse.’	11 في ذلك الزمان يقال لهذا الشعب ولاورشليم ريح لافحة من الهضاب في البرية نحو بنت شعبي لا للتذرية ولا للتنقية.
12 A full spirit from these places will come to me. And now I will speak my judgments over them.	12 ريح اشد تأتي لي من هذه. الآن انا ايضا احاكمهم
13 Behold, he will ascend like a cloud, and his chariot will ascend like a tempest. His horses are swifter than eagles. ‘Woe to us! For we are being devastated!’	13 هوذا كسحاب يصعد وكزوبعة مركباته. اسرع من النسور خيله. ويل لنا لاننا قد أخربنا.
14 Wash your heart from malice, O Jerusalem, so that you may be saved. How long will harmful thoughts abide in you?	14 اغسلي من الشر قلبك يا اورشليم لكي تخلّصي. الى متى تبيت في وسطك افكارك الباطلة.
15 For there is a voice, of someone announcing from Dan, and he is making known the idol from mount Ephraim.	15 لان صوتا يخبر من دان ويسمع ببلية من جبل افرايم.
16 Say to the nations: ‘Behold, it has been heard in Jerusalem! Guardians are coming from a far away land, to utter their voice against the cities of Judah.’	16 اذكروا للامم. انظروا. أسمعوا على اورشليم. المحاصرون آتون من ارض بعيدة فيطلقون على مدن يهوذا صوتهم.
17 They have been stationed over her, like the guardians of fields, all around. For she has provoked me to wrath, says the Lord.	17 كحارسي حقل صاروا عليها حواليها لانها تمردت عليّ يقول الرب.
18 Your ways and your thoughts have brought these things upon you. This is your own wickedness. And it is bitter, because it has touched your heart.	18 طريقك واعمالك صنعت هذه لك. هذا شرّك. فانه مرّ فانه قد بلغ قلبك
19 I am afflicted in my heart, in my heart. The senses of my heart have been stirred up within me. I will not remain silent. For my soul has heard the voice of the trumpet, the clamor of the battle.	19 احشائي. احشائي. توجعني جدران قلبي. يئن فيّ قلبي. لا استطيع السكوت. لانك سمعت يا نفسي صوت البوق وهتاف الحرب.
20 Destruction upon destruction has been called forth. And the entire earth has been devastated. My tabernacles have been destroyed suddenly, and my tents in an instant.	20 بكسر على كسر نودي لانه قد خربت كل الارض. بغتة خربت خيامي وشققي في لحظة.
21 How long shall I watch those who are fleeing, and listen to the voice of the trumpet?	21 حتى متى ارى الراية واسمع صوت البوق.
22 For my foolish people have not known me. They are foolish and mad sons. They are clever in doing evil, but they do not know how to do good.	22 لان شعبي احمق. اياي لم يعرفوا. هم بنون جاهلون وهم غير فاهمين. هم حكماء في عمل الشر ولعمل الصالح ما يفهمون
23 I gazed upon the earth, and behold, it was empty and brought to nothing. And I gazed upon the heavens, but there was no light in them.	23 نظرت الى الارض واذا هي خربة وخالية والى السموات فلا نور لها.
24 I watched the mountains, and behold, they trembled, and all the hills were shaken.	24 نظرت الى الجبال واذا هي ترتجف وكل الاكام تقلقلت.
25 I looked, and there was no man. And all the flying things of the air had gone away.	25 نظرت واذا لا انسان وكل طيور السماء هربت.
26 I gazed, and behold, Carmel was a desert, and all its cities were destroyed before the face of the Lord, and before the face of the wrath of his fury.”	26 نظرت واذا البستان برية وكل مدنها نقضت من وجه الرب من وجه حمو غضبه
27 For thus says the Lord: “All the earth will be desolate, but I will not yet bring about its consummation.	27 لانه هكذا قال الرب. خرابا تكون كل الارض ولكنني لا افنيها.
28 The earth will mourn, and the heavens will lament from above. For I have spoken, I have decided, and I have not regretted. Neither will I be turned away from it.	28 من اجل ذلك تنوح الارض وتظلم السموات من فوق من اجل اني قد تكلمت قصدت ولا اندم ولا ارجع عنه.
29 Before the voice of the horsemen and of those who send forth arrows, the entire city has fled. They have entered steep places, and they have ascended the cliffs. All of the cities have been abandoned, and no man lives within them.	29 من صوت الفارس ورامي القوس كل المدينة هاربة. دخلوا الغابات وصعدوا على الصخور. كل المدن متروكة ولا انسان ساكن فيها.
30 So then, when you have been devastated, what will you do? Though you will clothe yourself with scarlet, though you will adorn yourself with a gold necklace and tint your eyes with cosmetics, you will be dressing yourself up in vain. Your lovers have spurned you; they will be seeking your life.	30 وانت ايتها الخربة ماذا تعملين. اذا لبست قرمزا اذا تزينت بزينة من ذهب اذا كحلت بالاثمد عينيك فباطلا تحسّنين ذاتك فقد رذلك العاشقون. يطلبون نفسك.
31 For I have heard a voice, like that of a woman giving birth, during the difficulties of labor. It is the voice of the daughter of Zion, dying, extending her hands: ‘Woe to me! For my soul is failing because of those who have been slain!’ ”	31 لاني سمعت صوتا كماخضة ضيقا مثل ضيق بكرية. صوت ابنة صهيون تزفر. تبسط يديها قائلة ويل لي لان نفسي قد أغمي عليها بسبب القاتلين