¹الكلمة التي صارت الى ارميا من قبل الرب حين كان نبوخذناصّر ملك بابل وكل جيشه وكل ممالك اراضي سلطان يده وكل الشعوب يحاربون اورشليم وكل مدنها قائلة

¹The word that hath been unto Jeremiah from Jehovah — and Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and all his force, and all kingdoms of the land of the dominion of his hand, and all the peoples are fighting against Jerusalem, and against all its cities — saying:

²هكذا قال الرب اله اسرائيل. اذهب وكلم صدقيا ملك يهوذا وقل له. هكذا قال الرب. هانذا ادفع هذه المدينة ليد ملك بابل فيحرقها بالنار.

²`Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel: Go, and thou hast spoken unto Zedekiah king of Judah, and hast said unto him, Thus said Jehovah: Lo, I am giving this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he hath burned it with fire,

³وانت لا تفلت من يده بل تمسك امساكا وتدفع ليده وترى عيناك عيني ملك بابل وتكلمه فما لفم وتذهب الى بابل.

³and thou, thou dost not escape out of his hand, for thou art certainly caught, and into his hand thou art given, and thine eyes see the eyes of the king of Babylon, and his mouth with thy mouth speaketh, and Babylon thou enterest.

⁴ولكن اسمع كلمة الرب يا صدقيا ملك يهوذا. هكذا قال الرب من جهتك. لا تموت بالسيف.

⁴`Only, hear a word of Jehovah, O Zedekiah king of Judah, Thus said Jehovah unto thee: Thou dost not die by sword,

⁵بسلام تموت وباحراق آبائك الملوك الاولين الذين كانوا قبلك هكذا يحرقون لك ويندبونك قائلين آه يا سيد. لاني انا تكلمت بالكلمة يقول الرب.

⁵in peace thou diest, and with the burnings of thy fathers, the former kings who have been before thee, so they make a burning for thee; and Ah, lord, they lament for thee, for the word I have spoken — an affirmation of Jehovah.`

⁶فكلم ارميا النبي صدقيا ملك يهوذا بكل هذا الكلام في اورشليم

⁶And Jeremiah the prophet speaketh unto Zedekiah king of Judah all these words in Jerusalem,

⁷اذ كان جيش ملك بابل يحارب اورشليم وكل مدن يهوذا الباقية لخيش وعزيقة. لان هاتين بقيتا في مدن يهوذا مدينتين حصينتين

⁷and the forces of the king of Babylon are fighting against Jerusalem, and against all the cities of Judah that are left — against Lachish, and against Azekah, for these have been left among the cities of Judah, cities of fortresses.

⁸الكلمة التي صارت الى ارميا من قبل الرب بعد قطع الملك صدقيا عهدا مع كل الشعب الذي في اورشليم لينادوا بالعتق

⁸The word that hath been unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, after the making by the king Zedekiah of a covenant with all the people who [are] in Jerusalem, to proclaim to them liberty,

⁹ان يطلق كل واحد عبده وكل واحد امته العبراني والعبرانية حرّين حتى لا يستعبدهما اي اخويه اليهوديين احد.

⁹to send out each his man-servant, and each his maid-servant — the Hebrew and the Hebrewess — free, so as not to lay service on them, any on a Jew his brother;

¹⁰فلما سمع كل الرؤساء وكل الشعب الذين دخلوا في العهد ان يطلقوا كل واحد عبده وكل واحد امته حرّين ولا يستعبدوهما بعد اطاعوا واطلقوا.

¹⁰and hearken do all the heads, and all the people who have come in to the covenant to send forth each his man-servant and each his maid-servant free, so as not to lay service on them any more, yea, they hearken, and send them away;

¹¹ولكنهم عادوا بعد ذلك فارجعوا العبيد والاماء الذين اطلقوهم احرارا واخضعوهم عبيدا واماء

¹¹and they turn afterwards, and cause the men-servants and the maid-servants to return, whom they had sent forth free, and they subdue them for men-servants and for maid-servants.

¹²فصارت كلمة الرب الى ارميا من قبل الرب قائلة.

¹²And there is a word of Jehovah unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying:

¹³هكذا قال الرب اله اسرائيل. انا قطعت عهدا مع آبائكم يوم اخرجتهم من ارض مصر من بيت العبيد قائلا

¹³`Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, I — I made a covenant with your fathers in the day of My bringing them forth from the land of Egypt, from a house of servants, saying,

¹⁴في نهاية سبع سنين تطلقون كل واحد اخاه العبراني الذي بيع لك وخدمك ست سنين فتطلقه حرا من عندك. ولكن لم يسمع آباؤكم لي ولا امالوا اذنهم.

¹⁴At the end of seven years ye do send forth each his brother, the Hebrew, who is sold to thee, and hath served thee six years, yea, thou hast sent him forth free from thee: and your fathers hearkened not unto Me, nor inclined their ear.

¹⁵وقد رجعتم انتم اليوم وفعلتم ما هو مستقيم في عينيّ منادين بالعتق كل واحد الى صاحبه وقطعتم عهدا امامي في البيت الذي دعي باسمي.

¹⁵`And ye turn back, ye to-day, and ye do that which is right in Mine eyes, to proclaim liberty each to his neighbour, and ye make a covenant before Me in the house over which My name is called.

¹⁶ثم عدتم ودنستم اسمي وارجعتم كل واحد عبده وكل واحد امته الذين اطلقتموهم احرارا لانفسهم واخضعتموهم ليكونوا لكم عبيدا واماء.

¹⁶And — ye turn back, and pollute My name, and ye cause each his man-servant and each his maid-servant, whom he had sent forth free, (at their pleasure,) to return, and ye subdue them to be to you for men-servants and for maid-servants.

¹⁷لذلك هكذا قال الرب. انتم لم تسمعوا لي لتنادوا بالعتق كل واحد الى اخيه وكل واحد الى صاحبه. هانذا انادي لكم بالعتق يقول الرب للسيف والوبإ والجوع واجعلكم قلقا لكل ممالك الارض.

¹⁷`Therefore, thus said Jehovah: Ye have not hearkened unto Me to proclaim freedom, each to his brother, and each to his neighbour; lo, I am proclaiming to you liberty — an affirmation of Jehovah — unto the sword, unto the pestilence, and unto the famine, and I have given you for a trembling to all kingdoms of the earth.

¹⁸وادفع الناس الذين تعدوا عهدي الذين لم يقيموا كلام العهد الذي قطعوه امامي. العجل الذي قطعوه الى اثنين وجازوا بين قطعتيه.

¹⁸`And I have given the men who are transgressing My covenant, who have not established the words of the covenant that they have made before Me, by the calf, that they have cut in two, and pass through between its pieces —

¹⁹رؤساء يهوذا ورؤساء اورشليم الخصيان والكهنة وكل شعب الارض الذين جازوا بين قطعتي العجل

¹⁹heads of Judah, and heads of Jerusalem, the officers, and the priests, and all the people of the land those passing through between the pieces of the calf —

²⁰ادفعهم ليد اعدائهم وليد طالبي نفوسهم فتكون جثثهم أكلا لطيور السماء ووحوش الارض.

²⁰yea, I have given them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those seeking their soul, and their carcase hath been for food to the fowl of the heavens, and to the beast of the earth.

²¹وادفع صدقيا ملك يهوذا ورؤساءه ليد اعدائهم وليد طالبي نفوسهم وليد جيش ملك بابل الذين صعدوا عنكم.

²¹`And Zedekiah king of Judah, and his heads, I give into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those seeking their soul, and into the hand of the forces of the king of Babylon, that are going up from off you.

²²هانذا آمر يقول الرب واردهم الى هذه المدينة فيحاربونها وياخذونها ويحرقونها بالنار واجعل مدن يهوذا خربة بلا ساكن

²²Lo, I am commanding — an affirmation of Jehovah — and have brought them back unto this city, and they have fought against it, and captured it, and burned it with fire, and the cities of Judah I do make a desolation — without inhabitant.`