إرْمِيا 19

١ 1 وَقَالَ لِيَ الرَّبُّ: «امْضِ وَاشْتَرِ جَرَّةَ خَزَفٍ، وَاصْطَحِبْ مَعَكَ بَعْضَ شُيُوخِ الشَّعْبِ وَشُيُوخِ الْكَهَنَةِ،

Thus sayth the Lord, Goe, and buy an earthen bottel of a potter, and take of the ancients of the people, and of the ancients of the Priests,

٢ 2 وَانْطَلِقْ إِلَى وَادِي ابْنِ هِنُّومَ الْقَائِمِ عِنْدَ مَدْخَلِ بَابِ الْفَخَّارِ، وَنَادِ هُنَاكَ بِالْكَلِمَاتِ الَّتِي أُمْلِيهَا عَلَيْكَ،

And goe forth vnto the valley of Ben-hinnom, which is by the entrie of the East gate: and thou shalt preache there the wordes, that I shall tell thee,

٣ 3 وَقُلْ: اسْمَعُوا يَا مُلُوكَ يَهُوذَا، وَيَا أَهْلَ أُورُشَلِيمَ كَلِمَةَ الرَّبِّ. هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: انْظُرُوا، هَا أَنَا أَجْلِبُ عَلَى هَذَا الْمَوْضِعِ شَرّاً تَطِنُّ لَهُ أُذُنَا كُلِّ مَنْ يَسْمَعُ بِهِ،

And shalt say, Heare yee the worde of the Lord, O Kings of Iudah, and inhabitantes of Ierusalem, Thus sayth the Lord of hostes, the God of Israel, Behold, I will bring a plague vpon this place, the which whosoeuer heareth, his eares shall tingle.

٤ 4 لأَنَّهُمْ تَرَكُونِي، وَتَنَكَّرُوا لِهَذَا الْمَوْضِعِ وَدَنَّسُوهُ بِإِحْرَاقِ بَخُورٍ لِآلِهَةِ أَوْثَانٍ لَمْ يَعْرِفُوهَا لَا هُمْ وَلا آبَاؤُهُمْ وَلا مُلُوكُ يَهُوذَا أَيْضاً، وَلأَنَّهُمْ مَلَأُوا هَذَا الْمَوْضِعَ مِنْ دَمِ الأَبْرِيَاءِ.

Because they haue forsaken me, and prophaned this place, and haue burnt incense in it vnto other gods, whome neyther they, nor their fathers haue knowen, nor the Kings of Iudah (they haue filled this place also with the blood of innocents,

٥ 5 وَبَنَوْا مُرْتَفَعَاتٍ لِعِبَادَةِ الْبَعْلِ لِيُحْرِقُوا بَنِيهِمْ بِالنَّارِ كَقَرَابِينِ مُحْرَقَاتٍ لِلْبَعْلِ مِمَّا لَمْ أُوْصِ بِهِ وَلَمْ أَتَحَدَّثْ عَنْهُ وَلَمْ يَخْطُرْ بِبَالِي.

And they haue built the hie places of Baal, to burne their sonnes with fire for burnt offrings vnto Baal, which I commanded not, nor spake it, neither came it into my minde)

٦ 6 لِذَلِكَ، هَا أَيَّامٌ مُقْبِلَةٌ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ، لَا يُدْعَى فِيهَا هَذَا الْمَكَانُ تُوفَةَ مِنْ بَعْدُ أَوْ وَادِي ابْنِ هِنُّومَ، بَلْ وَادِي الْقَتْلِ.

Therefore behold, the dayes come, sayth the Lord, that this place shall no more be called Topheth, nor ye valley of Ben-hinnom, but the valley of slaughter.

٧ 7 وَأُبْطِلُ فِي هَذَا الْمَوْضِعِ مَشُورَاتِ أَهْلِ يَهُوذَا وَأُورُشَلِيمَ، فَيَتَسَاقَطُونَ بِحَدِّ السَّيْفِ أَمَامَ أَعْدَائِهِمْ وَبِأَيْدِي طَالِبِي نُفُوسِهِمْ، وَأَجْعَلُ جُثَثَهُمْ طَعَاماً لِجَوَارِحِ السَّمَاءِ وَوُحُوشِ الأَرْضِ.

And I will bring the counsell of Iudah and Ierusalem to nought in this place, and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hand of them that seeke their liues: and their carkeises will I giue to be meate for ye foules of the heauen, and to the beastes of the fielde.

٨ 8 وَأُدَمِّرُ هَذِهِ الْمَدِينَةَ وَأَجْعَلُهَا مَثَارَ صَفِيرٍ. كُلُّ مَنْ يَمُرُّ بِها تَعْتَرِيهِ الدَّهْشَةُ وَيَصْفِرُ لِمَا حَلَّ بِها مِنْ نَكْبَاتٍ.

And I will make this citie desolate and an hissing, so that euery one that passeth thereby, shalbe astonished and hisse because of all ye plagues thereof.

٩ 9 وَأُطْعِمُهُمْ لُحُومَ أَبْنَائِهِمْ وَبَنَاتِهِمْ، وَيَأْكُلُ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ لَحْمَ جَارِهِ فِي أَثْنَاءِ الْحِصَارِ وَالضِّيقَةِ الَّتِي يُضَايِقُهُمْ بِها أَعْدَاؤُهُمْ وَطَالِبُو نُفُوسِهِمْ.

And I will feede the with the flesh of their sonnes and with the flesh of their daughters, and euery one shall eate the flesh of his friende in the siege and straitnesse, wherewith their enemies that seeke their liues, shall hold them strait.

١٠ 10 ثُمَّ حَطِّمِ الْجَرَّةَ عَلَى مَرْأَى الرِّجَالِ الذَّاهِبِينَ مَعَكَ،

Then shalt thou breake the bottell in the sight of the men that go with thee,

١١ 11 وَقُلْ لَهُمْ: هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ: سَأُحَطِّمُ هَذَا الشَّعْبَ وَأُدَمِّرُ هَذِهِ الْمَدِينَةَ كَمَا يُحَطِّمُ الْمَرْءُ إِنَاءَ الْخَزَّافِ، بِحَيْثُ لَا يُمْكِنُ إِصْلاحُهُ، وَيُدْفَنُ الرِّجَالُ فِي تُوفَةَ إِذْ لَنْ يَتَوَافَرَ مَوْضِعٌ آخَرُ لِلدَّفْنِ.

And shalt say vnto them, Thus saith ye Lord of hostes, Euen so will I breake this people and this citie, as one breaketh a potters vessell, that cannot be made whole againe, and they shall bury them in Topheth till there be no place to bury.

١٢ 12 هَذَا مَا سَأُجْرِيهِ عَلَى هَذَا الْمَكَانِ وَعَلَى سُكَّانِهِ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ، سَأَجْعَلُ هَذِهِ الْمَدِينَةَ مِثْلَ تُوفَةَ،

Thus will I doe vnto this place, sayth the Lord, and to the inhabitantes thereof, and I will make this citie like Topheth.

١٣ 13 وَأُحِيلُ بُيُوتَ أُورُشَلِيمَ وَبُيُوتَ مُلُوكِ يَهُوذَا إِلَى مَوْضِعِ نَجَاسَةٍ، وَكَذَلِكَ كُلَّ الْبُيُوتِ الَّتِي أَحْرَقُوا عَلَى سُطُوحِهَا بَخُوراً لِكَوَاكِبِ السَّمَاءِ، وَسَكَبُوا سَكَائِبَ خَمْرٍ لِآلِهَةٍ أُخْرَى».

For the houses of Ierusalem, and the houses of the Kings of Iudah shalbe defiled as the place of Topheth, because of al the houses vpon whose roofes they haue burnt incense vnto all the host of heauen, and haue powred out drinke offerings vnto other gods.

١٤ 14 وَجَاءَ إِرْمِيَا مِنْ تُوفَةَ، الَّتِي كَانَ الرَّبُّ قَدْ أَرْسَلَهُ إِلَيْهَا لِيَتَنَبَّأَ، وَوَقَفَ فِي سَاحَةِ هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ، وَخَاطَبَ جَمِيعَ الشَّعْبِ:

Then came Ieremiah from Topheth, where the Lord had sent him to prophecie, and he stood in the court of the Lordes house, and sayde to all the people,

١٥ 15 هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: «هَا أَنَا جَالِبٌ عَلَى هَذِهِ الْمَدِينَةِ وَعَلَى جَمِيعِ قُرَاهَا كُلَّ الشَّرِّ الَّذِي قَضَيْتُ بِهِ عَلَيْهَا، لأَنَّهُمْ قَسَّوْا قُلُوبَهُمْ فَلَمْ يَسْمَعُوا كَلامِي».

Thus saith the Lord of hostes, the God of Israel, Beholde, I will bring vpon this citie, and vpon all her townes, all the plagues that I haue pronounced against it, because they haue hardened their neckes, and would not heare my wordes.