إرميا 9 | الكتاب المقدس

الكتاب المقدس

1 يَا لَيْتَ رَأْسِي فَيْضُ مِيَاهٍ، وَعَيْنَيَّ يَنْبُوعُ دُمُوعٍ، فَأَبْكِيَ نَهَاراً وَلَيْلاً قَتْلَى بِنْتِ شَعْبِي 2 يَا لَيْتَ لِي فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ مَبِيتَ عَابِرِ سَبِيلٍ، فَأَهْجُرَ شَعْبِي وَأَنْطَلِقَ بَعِيداً عَنْهُمْ، لأَنَّهُمْ جَمِيعاً زُنَاةٌ وَجَمَاعَةُ خَوَنَةٍ. 3 «قَدْ وَتَّرُوا أَلْسِنَتَهُمْ كَقِسِيٍّ جَاهِزَةٍ لِيُطْلِقُوا الأَكَاذِيبَ الَّتِي تَقَوَّلُوا بِها فِي الأَرْضِ مِنْ دُونِ الْحَقِّ، إِذْ أَنَّهُمُ انْتَهَوْا مِنْ شَرٍّ إِلَى شَرٍّ، وَإِيَّايَ لَمْ يَعْرِفُوا» يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ. 4 «لِيَحْتَرِسْ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْ جَارِهِ، وَلا يَثِقْ بِأَحَدٍ مِنْ أَقْرِبَائِهِ، لأَنَّ كُلَّ قَرِيبٍ مُخَادِعٌ، وَكُلَّ صَاحِبٍ وَاشٍ. 5 كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمْ يَخْدَعُ جَارَهُ وَلا يَنْطِقُونَ بِالصِّدْقِ. دَرَّبُوا أَلْسِنَتَهُمْ عَلَى قَوْلِ الْكَذِبِ، وَأَرْهَقُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ فِي ارْتِكَابِ الإِثْمِ. 6 يَجْمَعُونَ ظُلْماً فَوْقَ ظُلْمٍ، وَخِدَاعاً عَلَى خِدَاعٍ، وَأَبَوْا أَنْ يَعْرِفُونِي». 7 لِذَلِكَ يُعْلِنُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ: «هَا أَنَا أُمَحِّصُهُمْ وَأَمْتَحِنُهُمْ، إِذْ أَيُّ شَيْءٍ آخَرَ يُمْكِنُ أَنْ أَفْعَلَهُ عِقَاباً لِخَطَايَا أُورُشَلِيمَ؟ 8 لِسَانُهُمْ كَسَهْمٍ قَاتِلٍ يَتَفَوَّهُ بِالْكَذِبِ. وَبِفَمِهِ يُخَاطِبُ جَارَهُ بِحَدِيثِ السَّلامِ، أَمَّا فِي قَلْبِهِ فَيَنْصِبُ لَهُ كَمِيناً. 9 أَلا أُعَاقِبُهُمْ عَلَى هَذِهِ الأُمُورِ؟» يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ. «أَلا أَنْتَقِمُ لِنَفْسِي مِنْ أُمَّةٍ كَهَذِهِ؟» 10 سَأَنْتَحِبُ وَأَنُوحُ عَلَى الْجِبَالِ وَأَنْدُبُ عَلَى مَرَاعِي الْبَرِّيَّةِ لأَنَّهَا احْتَرَقَتْ وَأَوْحَشَتْ، فَلا يَجْتَازُ بِها عَابِرٌ وَلا يَتَرَدَّدُ فِيهَا صَوْتُ الْقُطْعَانِ، وَقَدْ هَجَرَتْهَا طُيُورُ السَّمَاءِ وَالْوُحُوشُ. 11 «سَأَجْعَلُ أُورُشَلِيمَ رُجْمَةَ خَرَابٍ، وَمَأْوَى لِبَنَاتِ آوَى، وَأُحَوِّلُ مُدُنَ يَهُوذَا إِلَى قَفْرٍ مَهْجُورٍ». 12 مَنْ هُوَ الإِنْسَانُ الْحَكِيمُ حَتَّى يَفْهَمَ هَذَا؟ وَمَنْ خَاطَبَهُ فَمُ الرَّبِّ حَتَّى يُعْلِنَهَا؟ لِمَاذَا خَرِبَتِ الأَرْضُ، وَأَوْحَشَتْ كَالْبَرِّيَّةِ فَلا يَقْطَعُهَا عَابِرٌ؟ 13 وَيَقُولُ الرَّبُّ: «لأَنَّهُمْ نَبَذُوا شَرِيعَتِي الَّتِي وَضَعْتُهَا أَمَامَهُمْ، وَلَمْ يُطِيعُوا صَوْتِي أَوْ يَسْلُكُوا بِمُقْتَضَاهَا، 14 بَلْ ضَلُّوا وَرَاءَ عِنَادِ قُلُوبِهِمْ، وَانْسَاقُوا خَلْفَ آلِهَةِ الْبَعْلِيمِ الَّتِي لَقَّنَهُمْ آبَاؤُهُمْ عِبَادَتَهَا. 15 لِذَلِكَ هَا أَنَا أُطْعِمُ هَذَا الشَّعْبَ طَعَاماً مُرّاً، وَأَسْقِيهِمْ مَاءً مَسْمُوماً، 16 وَأُشَتِّتُهُمْ بَيْنَ الأُمَمِ الَّتِي لَمْ يَعْرِفُوهَا هُمْ وَلا آبَاؤُهُمْ، وَأَجْعَلُ سَيْفَ الدَّمَارِ يَتَعَقَّبُهُمْ حَتَّى أُفْنِيَهُمْ». 17 وَهَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ: «تَأَمَّلُوا وَاسْتَدْعُوا النَّادِبَاتِ لِيَأْتِينَ، وَأَرْسِلُوا إِلَى الْحَكِيمَاتِ فَيُقْبِلْنَ. 18 لِيُسْرِعْنَ حَتَّى يُطْلِقْنَ أَصْوَاتَهُنَّ عَلَيْنَا بِالنَّدْبِ فَتَذْرِفَ عُيُونُنَا دُمُوعاً، وَتَفِيضَ أَجْفَانُنَا مَاءً. 19 هَا صَوْتُ رِثَاءٍ قَدْ تَجَاوَبَ فِي صِهْيَوْنَ: مَا أَشَدَّ دَمَارَنَا، وَمَا أَعْظَمَ عَارَنَا، لأَنَّنَا قَدْ فَارَقْنَا أَرْضَنَا، وَلأَنَّهُمْ قَدْ هَدَمُوا مَسَاكِنَنَا!» 20 فَاسْمَعْنَ أَيَّتُهَا النِّسَاءُ قَضَاءَ الرَّبِّ، وَلْتَفْهَمْ آذَانُكُنَّ كَلِمَةَ فَمِهِ: لَقِّنَّ بَنَاتِكُنَّ الرِّثَاءَ، وَلْتُعَلِّمْ كُلٌّ مِنْهُنَّ صَاحِبَتَهَا النَّدْبَ، 21 فَإِنَّ الْمَوْتَ قَدْ تَسَلَّقَ إِلَى كُوَانَا وَتَسَلَّلَ إِلَى قُصُورِنَا، فَاسْتَأْصَلَ الأَطْفَالَ مِنَ الشَّوَارِعِ وَالشُّبَّانَ مِنَ السَّاحَاتِ. 22 وَهَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ الرَّبُّ: «سَتَتَهَاوَى جُثَثُ النَّاسِ مِثْلَ نُفَايَةٍ عَلَى وَجْهِ الْحَقْلِ، وَتَتَسَاقَطُ كَقَبَضَاتٍ وَرَاءَ الْحَاصِدِ، وَلَيْسَ مَنْ يَجْمَعُهَا». 23 «فَلا يَفْتَخِرَنَّ الْحَكِيمُ بِحِكْمَتِهِ، وَلا يَزْهُوَنَّ الْجَبَّارُ بِجَبَرُوتِهِ، وَلا الْغَنِيُّ بِثَرْوَتِهِ. 24 بَلْ لِيَفْتَخِرِ الْمُفْتَخِرُ بِأَنَّهُ يُدْرِكُ وَيَعْرِفُنِي أَنِّي أَنَا الرَّبُّ الَّذِي يُمَارِسُ الرَّحْمَةَ وَالْعَدْلَ وَالْبِرَّ فِي الأَرْضِ لأَنِّي أُسَرُّ بِها». 25 «هَا أَيَّامٌ مُقْبِلَةٌ»، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ، «أُعَاقِبُ فِيهَا كُلَّ مَخْتُونٍ وَأَغْلَفَ 26 أَهْلَ مِصْرَ وَيَهُوذَا وَأَدُومَ وَبَنِي عَمُّونَ وَمُوآبَ، وَسَائِرَ الْمُقِيمِينَ فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ مِمَّنْ يَقُصُّونَ شَعْرَ أَصْدَاغِهِمْ، لأَنَّ جَمِيعَ الشُّعُوبِ غُلْفٌ، أَمَّا كُلُّ بَيْتِ إِسْرَائِيلَ فَإِنَّهُمْ ذَوُو قُلُوبٍ غَلْفَاءَ».

English Standard Version

1 ^[1] Oh that my head were waters, and my eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people! (إر 8:21; إر 13:17) 2 ^[2] Oh that I had in the desert a travelers’ lodging place, that I might leave my people and go away from them! For they are all adulterers, a company of treacherous men. (إش 21:2; إر 5:7; إر 23:10; هو 7:4)

إش 21:2إر 5:7إر 23:10هو 7:4

3 They bend their tongue like a bow; falsehood and not truth has grown strong^[3] in the land; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not know me, declares the Lord. (قض 2:10; مز 64:3; هو 4:1) 4 Let everyone beware of his neighbor, and put no trust in any brother, for every brother is a deceiver, and every neighbor goes about as a slanderer. (تك 27:36; لا 19:16; مز 41:9; إر 6:28; إر 12:6; مي 7:5)

تك 27:36لا 19:16مز 41:9إر 6:28إر 12:6مي 7:5

5 Everyone deceives his neighbor, and no one speaks the truth; they have taught their tongue to speak lies; they weary themselves committing iniquity. 6 Heaping oppression upon oppression, and deceit upon deceit, they refuse to know me, declares the Lord. (إر 8:5) 7 Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts: “Behold, I will refine them and test them, for what else can I do, because of my people? (إش 1:25; إر 6:27; إر 8:21) 8 Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaks deceitfully; with his mouth each speaks peace to his neighbor, but in his heart he plans an ambush for him. (مز 12:2; مز 28:3; مز 57:4; مز 120:3; هو 7:6)

مز 12:2مز 28:3مز 57:4مز 120:3هو 7:6

9 Shall I not punish them for these things? declares the Lord, and shall I not avenge myself on a nation such as this? (إر 5:9; إر 5:29) 10 “I will take up weeping and wailing for the mountains, and a lamentation for the pastures of the wilderness, because they are laid waste so that no one passes through, and the lowing of cattle is not heard; both the birds of the air and the beasts have fled and are gone. (مز 65:12; إر 4:25; إر 9:12; إر 12:4)

مز 65:12إر 4:25إر 9:12إر 12:4

11 I will make Jerusalem a heap of ruins, a lair of jackals, and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.” (إش 25:2; إر 10:22; إر 34:22; إر 44:6; إر 49:33; إر 51:37)

إش 25:2إر 10:22إر 34:22إر 44:6إر 49:33إر 51:37

12 Who is the man so wise that he can understand this? To whom has the mouth of the Lord spoken, that he may declare it? Why is the land ruined and laid waste like a wilderness, so that no one passes through? (مز 107:43; إر 9:10; إر 23:18; هو 14:9)

مز 107:43إر 9:10إر 23:18هو 14:9

13 And the Lord says: “Because they have forsaken my law that I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice or walked in accord with it, (مز 89:30) 14 but have stubbornly followed their own hearts and have gone after the Baals, as their fathers taught them. (إر 3:17) 15 Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will feed this people with bitter food, and give them poisonous water to drink. (تث 29:18; مز 80:5; إر 8:14) 16 I will scatter them among the nations whom neither they nor their fathers have known, and I will send the sword after them, until I have consumed them.” (لا 26:33; تث 28:64; إر 14:12; إر 15:14; إر 49:37; حز 5:2; حز 5:12)

لا 26:33تث 28:64إر 14:12إر 15:14إر 49:37حز 5:2حز 5:12

17 Thus says the Lord of hosts: “Consider, and call for the mourning women to come; send for the skillful women to come; (2أخ 35:25) 18 let them make haste and raise a wailing over us, that our eyes may run down with tears and our eyelids flow with water. (إر 9:1; إر 14:17; عا 5:16; مت 9:23; مر 5:38)

إر 9:1إر 14:17عا 5:16مت 9:23مر 5:38

19 For a sound of wailing is heard from Zion: ‘How we are ruined! We are utterly shamed, because we have left the land, because they have cast down our dwellings.’” (إر 4:13) 20 Hear, O women, the word of the Lord, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth; teach to your daughters a lament, and each to her neighbor a dirge. 21 For death has come up into our windows; it has entered our palaces, cutting off the children from the streets and the young men from the squares. (إر 6:11) 22 Speak: “Thus declares the Lord, ‘The dead bodies of men shall fall like dung upon the open field, like sheaves after the reaper, and none shall gather them.’” (لا 23:22; أي 5:26; إر 8:2) 23 Thus says the Lord: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might, let not the rich man boast in his riches, (أم 3:5; أم 21:30; جا 9:11) 24 but let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the Lord who practices steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth. For in these things I delight, declares the Lord.” (مز 34:2; مي 6:8; مي 7:18; 1كو 1:31; 2كو 10:17)

مز 34:2مي 6:8مي 7:181كو 1:312كو 10:17

25 “Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will punish all those who are circumcised merely in the flesh— (إش 24:21) 26 Egypt, Judah, Edom, the sons of Ammon, Moab, and all who dwell in the desert who cut the corners of their hair, for all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in heart.” (لا 19:27; لا 26:41; تث 10:16; إر 4:4; إر 25:19; إر 25:23; إر 49:32; حز 44:7; رو 2:28)

لا 19:27لا 26:41تث 10:16إر 4:4إر 25:19إر 25:23إر 49:32حز 44:7رو 2:28