إرميا 22 | الكتاب المقدس

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دينونة الملك الشرير

1 هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ الرَّبُّ: «انْحَدِرْ إِلَى قَصْرِ مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا وَأَعْلِنْ هُنَاكَ هَذَا الْقَضَاءَ: 2 اسْمَعْ كَلِمَةَ الرَّبِّ يَا مَلِكَ يَهُوذَا الْمُتَرَبِّعَ عَلَى عَرْشِ دَاوُدَ، أَنْتَ وَخُدَّامُكَ وَشَعْبُكَ الْمُجْتَازِينَ مِنْ هَذِهِ الْبَوَّابَاتِ: 3 أَجْرُوا الْعَدْلَ وَأَنْقِذُوا الْمُغْتَصَبَ مِنْ يَدِ الْمُغْتَصِبِ، وَلا تَجُورُوا عَلَى الْغَرِيبِ وَالْيَتِيمِ وَالأَرْمَلَةِ، وَلا تَتَعَسَّفُوا عَلَيْهِمْ، وَلا تَسْفِكُوا دَماً بَرِيئاً فِي هَذَا الْمَوْضِعِ. 4 لأَنَّكُمْ إِنْ أَطَعْتُمْ هَذَا الْكَلامَ فَإِنَّ مُلُوكاً يَتَرَبَّعُونَ عَلَى عَرْشِ دَاوُدَ، رَاكِبيِنَ مَرْكَبَاتٍ وَخُيُولاً يَجْتَازُونَ هُمْ وَخُدَّامُهُمْ وَشَعْبُهُمْ بَوَّابَاتِ هَذَا الْقَصْرِ. 5 وَلَكِنْ إِنْ عَصَيْتُمْ هَذِهِ الْوَصَايَا، فَقَدْ أَقْسَمْتُ بِنَفْسِي يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ، أَنْ يَتَحَوَّلَ هَذَا الْقَصْرُ إِلَى أَطْلالٍ». 6 لأَنَّهُ هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ عَنْ قَصْرِ مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا: «أَنْتَ عَزِيزٌ عَلَيَّ كَجِلْعَادَ وَكَرَأْسِ لُبْنَانَ، وَمَعَ ذَلِكَ فَإِنِّي سَأَجْعَلُكَ قَفْراً وَمُدُناً مَهْجُورَةً. 7 سَأُجَنِّدُ عَلَيْكَ مُهْلِكِينَ مُدَجَّجِينَ بِسِلاحِهِمْ فَيَقْطَعُونَ نُخْبَةَ أَرْزِكَ وَيَطْرَحُونَهَا إِلَى النَّارِ. 8 وَتَعْبُرُ فِي هَذِهِ الْمَدِينَةِ أُمَمٌ كَثِيرَةٌ، فَيَقُولُ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ لِرَفِيقِهِ: لِمَاذَا صَنَعَ الرَّبُّ هَكَذَا بِهَذِهِ الْمَدِينَةِ الْعَظِيمَةِ؟ 9 فَيُجِيبُونَ: لأَنَّهُمْ نَبَذُوا عَهْدَ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِهِمْ وَسَجَدُوا لِلأَوْثَانِ وَعَبَدُوهَا».

نبوءة عن مصير أورشليم

10 لَا تَنُوحُوا عَلَى الْمَيْتِ وَلا تَنْدُبُوهُ، إِنَّمَا ابْكُوا عَلَى الْمَنْفِيِّ الَّذِي لَنْ يَرْجِعَ وَلَنْ يَرَى أَرْضَ مَوْطِنِهِ 11 لأَنَّهُ هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ الرَّبُّ عَنْ شَلُّومَ بْنِ يُوشِيَّا مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا، الَّذِي تَوَلَّى الْعَرْشَ مَكَانَ أَبِيهِ، وَخَرَجَ مَنْفِيًّا مِنْ هَذَا الْمَكَانِ: «إِنَّهُ لَنْ يَرْجِعَ إِلَى هُنَا بَعْدُ. 12 بَلْ يَمُوتُ فِي مَنْفَاهُ الَّذِي سَبَوْهُ إِلَيْهِ وَلَنْ يَرْجِعَ لِيَرَى هَذِهِ الأَرْضَ ثَانِيَةً». 13 «وَيْلٌ لِمَنْ يَبْنِي بَيْتَهُ عَلَى الظُّلْمِ وَمَخَادِعَهُ الْعَالِيَةَ عَلَى الْجَوْرِ، الَّذِي يَسْتَخْدِمُ جَارَهُ مَجَّاناً وَلا يُوْفِيهِ أُجْرَةَ عَمَلِهِ، 14 الَّذِي يَقُولُ: ’سَأَبْنِي لِنَفْسِي بَيْتاً رَحْباً وَغُرَفاً عَالِيةً فَسِيحَةً. وَأَفْتَحُ لَهُ كُوىً وَأُغَشِّيهِ بِأَلْوَاحِ الأَرْزِ وَأَدْهِنُهُ بِأَلْوَانٍ حَمْرَاءَ.‘ 15 أَتَظُنُّ أَنَّكَ صِرْتَ مَلِكاً لأَنَّكَ بَنَيْتَ بَيْتَكَ مِنَ الأَرْزِ؟ أَمَا أَكَلَ أَبُوكَ وَشَرِبَ وَأَجْرَى عَدْلاً وَحَقّاً، فَتَمَتَّعَ بِالْخَيْرَاتِ؟ 16 قَدْ قَضَى بِالْعَدْلِ لِلْبَائِسِ وَالْمِسْكِينِ فَأَحْرَزَ خَيْراً. أَلَيْسَتْ هَذِهِ هِيَ مَعْرِفَتِي؟» يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ 17 «أَمَّا أَنْتَ فَعَيْنَاكَ وَقَلْبُكَ مُتَهَافِتَةٌ عَلَى الرِّبْحِ الْحَرَامِ، وَعَلَى سَفْكِ الدَّمِ الْبَرِيءِ، وَعَلَى الظُّلْمِ وَالاِبْتِزَازِ». 18 لِذَلِكَ هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ عَنْ يَهُويَاقِيمَ بْنِ يُوشِيَّا، مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا: «لَنْ يَنْدُبَكَ أَحَدٌ قَائِلاً: آهِ يَا أَخِي أَوْ آهِ يَا أُخْتِي، أَوْ يَنْدُبُونَ عَلَيْهِ قَائِلِينَ: آوَّاهُ يَا سَيِّدِي، أَوْ آهِ عَلَى جَلالِهِ. 19 بَلْ يُدْفَنُ دَفْنَ حِمَارٍ، مَجْرُوراً وَمَطْرُوحاً خَارِجَ بَوَّابَاتِ أُورُشَلِيمَ». 20 «اصْعَدِي يَا أُورُشَلِيمُ إِلَى لُبْنَانَ وَاصْرُخِي. أَطْلِقِي صَوْتَكِ فِي بَاشَانَ وَأَعْوِلِي مِنْ عَبَارِيمَ لأَنَّ جَمِيعَ مُحِبِّيكِ قَدْ سُحِقُوا. 21 حَذَّرْتُكِ فِي أَثْنَاءِ عِزِّكِ فَقُلْتِ: لَنْ أَصْغِيَ. أَنْتِ مُتَمَرِّدَةٌ مُنْذُ صِبَاكِ لَا تَسْمَعِينَ لِصَوْتِي. 22 سَتَعْصِفُ الرِّيحُ بِكُلِّ رُعَاتِكِ، وَيَذْهَبُ مُحِبُّوكِ إِلَى السَّبْيِ. عِنْدَئِذٍ يَعْتَرِيكِ الْخِزْيُ وَالْعَارُ لِشَرِّكِ. 23 يَا سَاكِنَةَ لُبْنَانَ الْمُعَشِّشَةَ فِي الأَرْزِ، لَشَدَّ مَا تَئِنِّينَ عِنْدَمَا تُفَاجِئُكِ الأَوْجَاعُ، فَتَكُونِينَ كَامْرَأَةٍ تُقَاسِي مِنَ الْمَخَاضِ». 24 «حَيٌّ أَنَا» يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ، «لَوْ كَانَ كُنْيَاهُو بْنُ يَهُويَاقِيمَ مَلِكُ يَهُوذَا خَاتِماً فِي يَدِي الْيُمْنَى لَنَزَعْتُهُ مِنْهَا. 25 وَأَسْلَمْتُهُ لِطَالِبِي نَفْسِهِ، إِلَى أَيْدِي مَنْ يَفْزَعُ مِنْهُمْ، وَإِلَى قَبْضَةِ نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرَ مَلِكِ بَابِلَ، وَإِلَى أَيْدِي الْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ. 26 سَأُطَوِّحُ بِهِ وَبِأُمِّهِ الَّتِي حَمَلَتْهُ إِلَى أَرْضٍ أُخْرَى، لَمْ يُوْلَدَا فِيهَا، وَهُنَاكَ يَمُوتَانِ. 27 وَلَنْ يَعُودَا قَطُّ إِلَى الأَرْضِ الَّتِي يَتُوقَانِ إِلَى الرُّجُوعِ إِلَيْهَا». 28 هَذَا الرَّجُلُ كُنْيَاهُو وَعَاءٌ مَنْبُوذٌ مُحَطَّمٌ، وَإِنَاءٌ لَا يَحْفِلُ بِهِ أَحَدٌ. لِمَاذَا طُوِّحَ بِهِ وَبِأَبْنَائِهِ إِلَى أَرْضٍ لَا يَعْرِفُونَهَا؟ 29 يَا أَرْضُ! يَا أَرْضُ! يَا أَرْضُ! اسْمَعِي كَلِمَةَ الرَّبِّ: 30 «سَجِّلُوا أَنَّ هَذَا الإِنْسَانَ عَقِيمٌ، رَجُلٌ لَنْ يُفْلِحَ فِي حَيَاتِهِ، وَلَنْ يَنْجَحَ أَحَدٌ مِنْ ذُرِّيَّتِهِ فِي الْجُلُوسِ عَلَى عَرْشِ دَاوُدَ وَتَوَلِّي مُلْكِ يَهُوذَا».

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Judgment against wicked kings

1 This is what the Lord says: ‘Go down to the palace of the king of Judah and proclaim this message there: 2 “Hear the word of the Lord to you, king of Judah, you who sit on David’s throne – you, your officials and your people who come through these gates. 3 This is what the Lord says: do what is just and right. Rescue from the hand of the oppressor the one who has been robbed. Do no wrong or violence to the foreigner, the fatherless or the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place. 4 For if you are careful to carry out these commands, then kings who sit on David’s throne will come through the gates of this palace, riding in chariots and on horses, accompanied by their officials and their people. 5 But if you do not obey these commands, declares the Lord, I swear by myself that this palace will become a ruin.” ’ 6 For this is what the Lord says about the palace of the king of Judah: ‘Though you are like Gilead to me, like the summit of Lebanon, I will surely make you like a wasteland, like towns not inhabited. 7 I will send destroyers against you, each man with his weapons, and they will cut up your fine cedar beams and throw them into the fire. 8 ‘People from many nations will pass by this city and will ask one another, “Why has the Lord done such a thing to this great city?” 9 And the answer will be: “Because they have forsaken the covenant of the Lord their God and have worshipped and served other gods.” ’ 10 Do not weep for the dead king or mourn his loss; rather, weep bitterly for him who is exiled, because he will never return nor see his native land again. 11 For this is what the Lord says about Shallum^[1] son of Josiah, who succeeded his father as king of Judah but has gone from this place: ‘He will never return. 12 He will die in the place where they have led him captive; he will not see this land again.’ 13 ‘Woe to him who builds his palace by unrighteousness, his upper rooms by injustice, making his own people work for nothing, not paying them for their labour. 14 He says, “I will build myself a great palace with spacious upper rooms.” So he makes large windows in it, panels it with cedar and decorates it in red. 15 ‘Does it make you a king to have more and more cedar? Did not your father have food and drink? He did what was right and just, so all went well with him. 16 He defended the cause of the poor and needy, and so all went well. Is that not what it means to know me?’ declares the Lord. 17 ‘But your eyes and your heart are set only on dishonest gain, on shedding innocent blood and on oppression and extortion.’ 18 Therefore this is what the Lord says about Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah: ‘They will not mourn for him: “Alas, my brother! Alas, my sister!” They will not mourn for him: “Alas, my master! Alas, his splendour!” 19 He will have the burial of a donkey – dragged away and thrown outside the gates of Jerusalem.’ 20 ‘Go up to Lebanon and cry out, let your voice be heard in Bashan, cry out from Abarim, for all your allies are crushed. 21 I warned you when you felt secure, but you said, “I will not listen!” This has been your way from your youth; you have not obeyed me. 22 The wind will drive all your shepherds away, and your allies will go into exile. Then you will be ashamed and disgraced because of all your wickedness. 23 You who live in “Lebanon,^[2]” who are nestled in cedar buildings, how you will groan when pangs come upon you, pain like that of a woman in labour! (1مل 7:2) 24 ‘As surely as I live,’ declares the Lord, ‘even if you, Jehoiachin^[3] son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, were a signet ring on my right hand, I would still pull you off. 25 I will deliver you into the hands of those who want to kill you, those you fear – Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and the Babylonians.^[4] 26 I will hurl you and the mother who gave you birth into another country, where neither of you was born, and there you both will die. 27 You will never come back to the land you long to return to.’ 28 Is this man Jehoiachin a despised, broken pot, an object no-one wants? Why will he and his children be hurled out, cast into a land they do not know? 29 O land, land, land, hear the word of the Lord! 30 This is what the Lord says: ‘Record this man as if childless, a man who will not prosper in his lifetime, for none of his offspring will prosper, none will sit on the throne of David or rule anymore in Judah.’