إرميا 48 | الكتاب المقدس

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رسالة بخصوص موآب

1 نُبُوءَةٌ عَنِ الْمُوَآبِيِّينَ: هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: «وَيْلٌ لِنَبُو لأَنَّهَا أَصْبَحَتْ أَطْلالاً. لَحِقَ الْعَارُ بِقَرْيَتَايِمَ وَتَمَّ الاسْتِيلاءُ عَلَيْهَا. خَزِيَ الْحِصْنُ وَارْتَعَبَ. 2 زَالَ فَخْرُ مُوآبَ وَتَآمَرُوا فِي حَشْبُونَ عَلَيْهَا شَرّاً قَائِلِينَ: هَيَّا نَهْدِمُهَا فَلا تَكُونُ أُمَّةً بَعْدُ. وَأَنْتِ أَيْضاً يَا مَدْمِينُ، يُهَيْمِنُ عَلَيْكِ صَمْتُ الْمَوْتِ وَيُلاحِقُكِ السَّيْفُ. 3 اسْمَعُوا صَوْتَ صُرَاخٍ مِنْ حُورُونَايِمَ: قَدْ حَلَّ بِنَا هَلاكٌ وَدَمَارٌ عَظِيمَانِ. 4 قَدْ تَحَطَّمَتْ مُوآبُ، وَبَلَغَ صُرَاخُهَا صُوغَرَ. 5 إِذْ عَلَى مُرْتَفَعِ لُوحِيتَ يَصْعَدُونَ بَاكِينَ بِمَرَارَةٍ، وَعَلَى مُنْحَدَرِ حُورُونَايِمَ يَتَرَدَّدُ صُرَاخُ الانْكِسَارِ. 6 اهْرُبُوا وَانْجُوا بِأَنْفُسِكُمْ. كُونُوا كَعَرْعَرٍ فِي الْبَرِّيَّةِ. 7 لأَنَّكُمُ اتَّكَلْتُمْ عَلَى أَعْمَالِكُمْ وَكُنُوزِكُمْ، سَتُسْبَوْنَ أَيْضاً وَيَقَعُ الصَّنَمُ كَمُوشُ أَيْضاً أَسِيراً وَيُؤْخَذُ إِلَى الْمَنْفَى مَعَ كَهَنَتِهِ وَرُؤَسَائِهِ. 8 وَيَزْحَفُ الْمُدَمِّرُ إِلَى كُلِّ مَدِينَةٍ، فَلا تُفْلِتُ مِنْهُ إِحْدَاهَا، فَيَبِيدُ الْوَادِي، وَيَتْلَفُ السَّهْلُ، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ قَدْ قَضَى. 9 أَعْطُوا مُوآبَ أَجْنِحَةً، فَيُحَلِّقَ طَائِراً. قَدْ أَصْبَحَتْ مُدُنُهُ أَطْلالاً مَهْجُورَةً مِنَ النَّاسِ. 10 مَلْعُونٌ مَنْ يَقُومُ بِعَمَلِ الرَّبِّ مُتَهَاوِناً، وَمَلْعُونٌ مَنْ حَظَرَ عَلَى سَيْفِهِ الدَّمَ. 11 قَدْ قَضَى مُوآبُ حَيَاةً مُتْرَفَةً مُنْذُ حَدَاثَتِهِ، كَالْخَمْرِ الْمُسْتَقِرِّ عَلَى عَكَرِهِ. لَمْ يُفْرَغْ مِنْ إِنَاءٍ إِلَى إِنَاءٍ، وَلَمْ يَذْهَبْ إِلَى السَّبْيِ قَطُّ لِذَلِكَ ظَلَّ مُحْتَفِظاً بِطَعْمِهِ وَلَمْ تَتَغَيَّرْ رَائِحَتُهُ. 12 هَا هِيَ أَيَّامٌ مُقْبِلَةٌ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ، أُرْسِلُ فِيهَا إِلَيْهِ عَابِرِي السَّبِيلِ سَاكِبِي الْجِرَارِ، فَيَسْكُبُونَهُ وَيُفْرِغُونَ جِرَارَهُ وَيُحَطِّمُونَ دِنَانَهُ. 13 فَيَعْتَرِي الْمُوآبِيِّينَ الْخَجَلُ مِنْ كَمُوشَ، كَمَا اعْتَرَى الْخَجَلُ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ مِنْ بَيْتِ إِيلَ، مُتَّكَلِهِمْ. 14 كَيْفَ تَقُولُونَ: إِنَّنَا أَبْطَالٌ وَجَبَابِرَةُ حَرْبٍ؟ 15 إِنَّ مُوآبَ سَيُدَمَّرُ، وَتُغْزَى مُدُنُهُ، وَتَنْزِلُ نُخْبَةُ شُبَّانِهِ لِلذَّبْحِ، يَقُولُ الْمَلِكُ الَّذِي اسْمُهُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ. 16 قَدْ أَزِفَتْ بَلِيَّةُ مُوآبَ وَمِحْنَتُهُ أَقْبَلَتْ مُسْرِعَةً. 17 فَارْثُوهُ يَا جَمِيعَ الْمُحِيطِينَ بِهِ وَسَائِرَ الْعَارِفِينَ اسْمَهُ. قُولُوا انْكَسَرَ صَوْلَجَانُ الْعِزِّ وَقَضِيبُ الْمَجْدِ. 18 اهْبِطِي مِنَ الْمَجْدِ وَاجْلِسِي عَلَى الأَرْضِ الْظَّمْأَى أَيَّتُهَا السَّاكِنَةُ فِي دِيبُونَ، لأَنَّ مُدَمِّرَ مُوآبَ قَدْ زَحَفَ عَلَيْكِ وَهَدَمَ حُصُونَكِ. 19 قِفِي عَلَى قَارِعَةِ الطَّرِيقِ وَرَاقِبِي يَا سَاكِنَةَ عَرُوعِيرَ. اسْأَلِي الْهَارِبَ وَالنَّاجِيَةَ بِنَفْسِهَا: مَاذَا جَرَى؟ 20 فَيَأْتِيَ الْجَوَابُ: قَدْ لَحِقَ الْخِزْيُ بِمُوآبَ، لأَنَّهُ صَارَ أَطْلالاً فَوَلْوِلُوا وَأَعْوِلُوا. أَذِيعُوا فِي أَرْنُونَ أَنَّ مُوآبَ قَدْ أَصْبَحَ خَرَاباً. 21 قَدْ وَقَعَ الْقَضَاءُ عَلَى أَرْضِ السَّهْلِ، وَعَلَى حُولُونَ، وَعَلَى يَهْصَةَ، وَعَلَى مَيْفَعَةَ، 22 وَعَلَى دِيبُونَ، وَعَلَى نَبُو، وَعَلَى بَيْتِ دَبْلَتَايِمَ، 23 وَعَلَى قَرْيَتَايِمَ، وَعَلَى بَيْتِ جَامُولَ، وَعَلَى بَيْتِ مَعُونَ، 24 وَعَلَى قَرْيُوتَ، وَعَلَى بُصْرَةَ، وَعَلَى كَافَّةِ مُدُنِ بِلادِ مُوآبَ الْبَعِيدَةِ وَالْقَرِيبَةِ. 25 قَدْ كُسِرَ قَرْنُ مُوآبَ، وَتَحَطَّمَتْ ذِرَاعُهُ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ. 26 أَسْكِرُوهُ حَتَّى يَتَمَرَّغَ فِي قَيْئِهِ، وَيُصْبِحَ مَهْزَأَةً، لأَنَّهُ تَغَطْرَسَ عَلَى الرَّبِّ. 27 أَلَمْ يُصْبِحْ إِسْرَائِيلُ مَهْزَأَةً لَدَيْكَ؟ أَكَانَ بَيْنَ اللُّصُوصِ حَتَّى كُنْتَ تَهُزُّ رَأْسَكَ بِاحْتِقَارٍ كُلَّمَا جَاءَ ذِكْرُهُ عَلَى لِسَانِكَ؟ 28 اهْجُرُوا الْمُدُنَ وَأَقِيمُوا بَيْنَ الصُّخُورِ يَا أَهْلَ مُوآبَ، وَكُونُوا كَالْحَمَامَةِ الَّتِي تُعَشِّشُ عِنْدَ حَافَةِ فَوَّهَةِ الْكَهْفِ. 29 قَدْ سَمِعْنَا عَنْ عَجْرَفَةِ مُوآبَ الْمُفْرِطَةِ. إِنَّهُ شَدِيدُ الْكِبْرِيَاءِ. سَمِعْنَا عَنْ غَطْرَسَتِهِ وَتَشَامُخِهِ وَغُرُورِهِ، وَعَنِ ارْتِفَاعِ قَلْبِهِ. 30 قَدْ عَرَفْتُ كِبْرِيَاءَهُ يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ، إِنَّمَا زَهْوُهُ بَاطِلٌ، وَتَفَاخُرُهُ عَدِيمُ الْجَدْوَى. 31 لِذَلِكَ أَنُوحُ عَلَى مُوآبَ وَأُعْوِلُ عَلَى كُلِّ أَهْلِهِ، وَأَئِنُّ عَلَى رِجَالِ قِيرَ حَارِسَ. 32 أَبْكِي عَلَيْكِ أَكْثَرَ مِنَ الْبُكَاءِ عَلَى يَعْزِيرَ يَا جَفْنَةَ سَبْمَةَ الَّتِي امْتَدَّتْ فُرُوعُهَا حَتَّى الْبَحْرِ، بَلْ بَلَغَتْ بَحْرَ يَعْزِيرَ، فَإِنَّ الْمُدَمِّرَ قَدِ انْقَضَّ عَلَى حَصَادِكِ النَّاضِجِ وَقِطَافِكِ. 33 قَدْ تَلاشَى الْفَرَحُ وَالْغِبْطَةُ مِنْ بَسَاتِينِ مُوآبَ وَمِنْ حُقُولِهِ، وَأُوْقِفَ تَدَفُّقُ الْخَمْرِ مِنَ الْمَعَاصِرِ فَلا يَدُوسُهَا دَائِسٌ بِهُتَافٍ، بَلْ تَعْلُو صَرَخَاتٌ لَا هُتَافَ فِيهَا. 34 يَرْتَفِعُ الصُّرَاخُ مِنْ حَشْبُونَ إِلَى أَلْعَالَةَ فَيَاهَصَ. أَطْلَقُوا أَصْوَاتَهُمْ مِنْ صُوغَرَ إِلَى حُورُونَايِمَ حَتَّى الْعِجْلَةِ الثَّالِثَةِ، لأَنَّ مِيَاهَ نِمْرِيمَ أَيْضاً قَدْ نَضَبَتْ. 35 وَأُبِيدُ مِنْ مُوآبَ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ، مَنْ يُقَرِّبُ ذَبِيحَةً عَلَى مُرْتَفَعَةٍ، وَمَنْ يُحْرِقُ بَخُوراً لِآلِهَةِ الْوَثَنِ. 36 لِذَلِكَ يَئِنُّ قَلْبِي عَلَى مُوآبَ كَأَنِينِ مِزْمَارٍ، وَيَنُوحُ فُؤَادِي عَلَى رِجَالِ قِيرَ حَارِسَ كَنَوْحِ النَّايِ، فَإِنَّ ثَرْوَتَهُمْ الَّتِي اكْتَسَبُوهَا قَدْ تَبَدَّدَتْ. 37 قَدْ أَصْبَحَ كُلُّ رَأْسٍ أَقْرَعَ، وَكُلُّ لِحْيَةٍ مَحْلُوقَةً، تَجَرَّحَتِ الأَيْدِي وَتَمَنْطَقَتِ الأَحْقَاءُ بِالْمُسُوحِ. 38 شَاعَ الْنَّوْحُ عَلَى سُطُوحِ مُوآبَ وَفِي شَوَارِعِهَا كُلِّهَا، لأَنِّي حَطَّمْتُ مُوآبَ كَإِنَاءٍ لَيْسَ لأَحَدٍ رَغْبَةٌ فِيهِ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ. 39 لَشَدَّ مَا تَحَطَّمْتَ! لَشَدَّ مَا يُوَلْوِلُونَ: كَيْفَ أَدْبَرَ مُوآبُ مُجَلَّلاً بِالْخِزْيِ؟ قَدْ صَارَ مَثَارَ هُزْءٍ وَرُعْبٍ لِكُلِّ مَنْ حَوْلَهُ». 40 لأَنَّ هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ الرَّبُّ: «انْظُرُوا، هَا وَاحِدٌ يَطِيرُ مُسْرِعاً كَالنَّسْرِ بَاسِطاً جَنَاحَيْهِ ضِدَّ مُوآبَ. 41 فَيَسْتَوْلِي عَلَى الْمُدُنِ، وَتَسْقُطُ الْحُصُونُ، وَتُصْبِحُ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ قُلُوبُ مُحَارِبِي مُوآبَ كَقَلْبِ امْرَأَةٍ فِي مَخَاضِهَا. 42 يَهْلِكُ مُوآبُ وَلا يَبْقَى أُمَّةً، لأَنَّهُ قَدْ تَغَطْرَسَ عَلَى الرَّبِّ. 43 يَتَرَصَّدُكُمُ الرُّعْبُ وَالْحُفْرَةُ وَالْفَخُّ يَا أَهْلَ مُوآبَ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ. 44 مَنْ يَهْرُبُ مِنَ الْخَوْفِ يَقَعُ فِي الْحُفْرَةِ، وَمَنْ يَصْعَدُ مِنَ الْحُفْرَةِ يَعْلَقُ بِالْفَخِّ، لأَنِّي أَجْلِبُ عَلَى مُوآبَ هَذِهِ الْمِحَنَ فِي سَنَةِ عِقَابِهِمْ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ. 45 فِي ظِلِّ حَشْبُونَ وَقَفَ الْهَارِبُونَ خَائِرِي الْقُوَى، لأَنَّ نَاراً انْدَلَعَتْ مِنْ حَشْبُونَ، وَشُعْلَةً مِنْ سِيحُونَ، فَالْتَهَمَتْ رُكْنَ مُوآبَ وَهَامَةَ الْمُتَبَجِّحِينَ الْغَوْغَائِيِّينَ. 46 وَيْلٌ لَكَ يَا مُوآبُ! قَدْ بَادَ شَعْبُ كَمُوشَ، لأَنَّ بَنِيكَ وَبَنَاتِكَ أُخِذُوا إِلَى السَّبْيِ. 47 وَلَكِنِّي أَرُدُّ سَبْيَ مُوآبَ فِي الأَيَّامِ الآتِيَةِ»، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ. إِلَى هُنَا خِتَامُ الْقَضَاءِ عَلَى مُوآبَ.

New International Version

A message about Moab

1 Concerning Moab: This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: ‘Woe to Nebo, for it will be ruined. Kiriathaim will be disgraced and captured; the stronghold^[1] will be disgraced and shattered. 2 Moab will be praised no more; in Heshbon^[2] people will plot her downfall: “Come, let us put an end to that nation.” You, the people of Madmen,^[3] will also be silenced; the sword will pursue you. 3 Cries of anguish arise from Horonaim, cries of great havoc and destruction. 4 Moab will be broken; her little ones will cry out.^[4] 5 They go up the hill to Luhith, weeping bitterly as they go; on the road down to Horonaim anguished cries over the destruction are heard. 6 Flee! Run for your lives; become like a bush^[5] in the desert. 7 Since you trust in your deeds and riches, you too will be taken captive, and Chemosh will go into exile, together with his priests and officials. 8 The destroyer will come against every town, and not a town will escape. The valley will be ruined and the plateau destroyed, because the Lord has spoken. 9 Put salt on Moab, for she will be laid waste^[6]; her towns will become desolate, with no-one to live in them. 10 ‘A curse on anyone who is lax in doing the Lord’s work! A curse on anyone who keeps their sword from bloodshed! 11 ‘Moab has been at rest from youth, like wine left on its dregs, not poured from one jar to another – she has not gone into exile. So she tastes as she did, and her aroma is unchanged. 12 But days are coming,’ declares the Lord, ‘when I will send men who pour from pitchers, and they will pour her out; they will empty her pitchers and smash her jars. 13 Then Moab will be ashamed of Chemosh, as Israel was ashamed when they trusted in Bethel. 14 ‘How can you say, “We are warriors, men valiant in battle”? 15 Moab will be destroyed and her towns invaded; her finest young men will go down in the slaughter,’ declares the King, whose name is the Lord Almighty. 16 ‘The fall of Moab is at hand; her calamity will come quickly. 17 Mourn for her, all who live around her, all who know her fame; say, “How broken is the mighty sceptre, how broken the glorious staff!” 18 ‘Come down from your glory and sit on the parched ground, you inhabitants of Daughter Dibon, for the one who destroys Moab will come up against you and ruin your fortified cities. 19 Stand by the road and watch, you who live in Aroer. Ask the man fleeing and the woman escaping, ask them, “What has happened?” 20 Moab is disgraced, for she is shattered. Wail and cry out! Announce by the Arnon that Moab is destroyed. 21 Judgment has come to the plateau – to Holon, Jahzah and Mephaath, 22 to Dibon, Nebo and Beth Diblathaim, 23 to Kiriathaim, Beth Gamul and Beth Meon, 24 to Kerioth and Bozrah – to all the towns of Moab, far and near. 25 Moab’s horn^[7] is cut off; her arm is broken,’ declares the Lord. 26 ‘Make her drunk, for she has defied the Lord. Let Moab wallow in her vomit; let her be an object of ridicule. 27 Was not Israel the object of your ridicule? Was she caught among thieves, that you shake your head in scorn whenever you speak of her? 28 Abandon your towns and dwell among the rocks, you who live in Moab. Be like a dove that makes its nest at the mouth of a cave. 29 ‘We have heard of Moab’s pride – how great is her arrogance! – of her insolence, her pride, her conceit and the haughtiness of her heart. 30 I know her insolence but it is futile,’ declares the Lord, ‘and her boasts accomplish nothing. 31 Therefore I wail over Moab, for all Moab I cry out, I moan for the people of Kir Hareseth. 32 I weep for you, as Jazer weeps, you vines of Sibmah. Your branches spread as far as the sea^[8]; they reached as far as^[9] Jazer. The destroyer has fallen on your ripened fruit and grapes. 33 Joy and gladness are gone from the orchards and fields of Moab. I have stopped the flow of wine from the presses; no-one treads them with shouts of joy. Although there are shouts, they are not shouts of joy. 34 ‘The sound of their cry rises from Heshbon to Elealeh and Jahaz, from Zoar as far as Horonaim and Eglath Shelishiyah, for even the waters of Nimrim are dried up. 35 In Moab I will put an end to those who make offerings on the high places and burn incense to their gods,’ declares the Lord. 36 ‘So my heart laments for Moab like the music of a pipe; it laments like a pipe for the people of Kir Hareseth. The wealth they acquired is gone. 37 Every head is shaved and every beard cut off; every hand is slashed and every waist is covered with sackcloth. 38 On all the roofs in Moab and in the public squares there is nothing but mourning, for I have broken Moab like a jar that no-one wants,’ declares the Lord. 39 ‘How shattered she is! How they wail! How Moab turns her back in shame! Moab has become an object of ridicule, an object of horror to all those around her.’ 40 This is what the Lord says: ‘Look! An eagle is swooping down, spreading its wings over Moab. 41 Kerioth^[10] will be captured and the strongholds taken. In that day the hearts of Moab’s warriors will be like the heart of a woman in labour. 42 Moab will be destroyed as a nation because she defied the Lord. 43 Terror and pit and snare await you, you people of Moab,’ declares the Lord. 44 ‘Whoever flees from the terror will fall into a pit, whoever climbs out of the pit will be caught in a snare; for I will bring on Moab the year of her punishment,’ declares the Lord. 45 ‘In the shadow of Heshbon the fugitives stand helpless, for a fire has gone out from Heshbon, a blaze from the midst of Sihon; it burns the foreheads of Moab, the skulls of the noisy boasters. 46 Woe to you, Moab! The people of Chemosh are destroyed; your sons are taken into exile and your daughters into captivity. 47 ‘Yet I will restore the fortunes of Moab in days to come,’ declares the Lord. Here ends the judgment on Moab.