Jeremiah 1

divre yirmeyahu ben-khilqiyyahu min-hakkohanim asher ba'anatot be'erets binyamin

The words of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, one of the priests at Anathoth in the territory of Benjamin.

asher hayah devar-Adonai elayw bime yoshiyyahu ven-amon melekh yehudah bishlosh-esreh shanah lemolkho

The word of GOD came to him in the days of King Josiah son of Amon of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign,

vayehi bime yehoyaqim ben-yoshiyyahu melekh yehudah ad-tom ashte esreh shanah letsidqiyyahu ven-yoshiyyahu melekh yehudah ad-gelot yerushalai͏m bakhodesh hakhamishi

and throughout the days of King Jehoiakim son of Josiah of Judah, and until the end of the eleventh year of King Zedekiah son of Josiah of Judah, when Jerusalem went into exile in the fifth month.

vayehi devar-Adonai elay lemor

The word of GOD came to me:

beterem (tsvrkh) [etsorkha] vabbeten yedatikha uveterem tetse merekhem hiqdashtikha navi laggoyim netattikha

Before I created you in the womb, I selected you; Before you were born, I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet concerning the nations.

va'omar ahah adonay Elohim hinneh lo-yadati dabber ki-na'ar anokhi

I replied: Ah, my Sovereign GOD! I don’t know how to speak, For I am still a boy.

vayyomer Adonai elay al-tomar na'ar anokhi ki al-kol-asher eshlakhakha telekh ve'et kol-asher atsavvekha tedabber

And GOD said to me: Do not say, “I am still a boy,” But go wherever I send you And speak whatever I command you.

al-tira mippenehem ki-ittekha ani lehatsilekha ne'um-Adonai

Have no fear of them, For I am with you to deliver you —declares GOD.

vayyishlakh Adonai et-yado vayyagga al-pi vayyomer Adonai elay hinneh natatti devaray befikha

GOD reached out and touched my mouth, and GOD said to me: Herewith I put My words into your mouth.

re'eh hifqadtikha hayyom hazzeh al-haggoyim ve'al-hammamlakhot lintosh velintots uleha'avid velaharos livnot velintoa

See, I appoint you this day Over nations and kingdoms: To uproot and to pull down, To destroy and to overthrow, To build and to plant.

vayehi devar-Adonai elay lemor mah-attah ro'eh yirmeyahu va'omar maqqel shaqed ani ro'eh

The word of GOD came to me: What do you see, Jeremiah? I replied: I see a branch of an almond tree.

vayyomer Adonai elay hetavta lirot ki-shoqed ani al-devari la'asoto

GOD said to me: You have seen right, For I am watchful to bring My word to pass.

vayehi devar-Adonai elay shenit lemor mah attah ro'eh va'omar sir nafuakh ani ro'eh ufanayw mippene tsafonah

And the word of GOD came to me a second time: What do you see? I replied: I see a steaming pot, Tipped away from the north.

vayyomer Adonai elay mitsafon tippatakh hara'ah al kol-yosheve ha'arets

And GOD said to me: From the north shall disaster break loose Upon all the inhabitants of the land!

ki hinni qore lekhol-mishpekhot mamlekhot tsafonah ne'um-Adonai uva'u venatenu ish kiso petakh sha'are yerushalai͏m ve'al kol-khomoteha saviv ve'al kol-are yehudah

For I am summoning all the peoples Of the kingdoms of the north —declares GOD. They shall come, and shall each set up a throne Before the gates of Jerusalem, Against its walls round about, And against all the towns of Judah.

vedibbarti mishpatay otam al kol-ra'atam asher azavuni vayeqatteru lelohim akherim vayyishtakhavu lema'ase yedehem

And I will argue My case against them For all their wickedness: They have forsaken Me And sacrificed to other gods And worshiped the works of their hands.

ve'attah tezor motnekha veqamta vedibbarta alehem et kol-asher anokhi atsavvekka al-tekhat mippenehem pen-akhittekha lifnehem

So you, gird up your loins, Arise and speak to them All that I command you. Do not break down before them, Lest I break you before them.

va'ani hinneh netattikha hayyom le'ir mivtsar ule'ammud barzel ulekhomot nekhoshet al-kol-ha'arets lemalkhe yehudah lesareha lekhohaneha ule'am ha'arets

I make you this day A fortified city, And an iron pillar, And bronze walls Against the whole land— Against Judah’s kings and officers, And against its priests and citizens.

venilkhamu elekha velo-yukhelu lakh ki-ittekha ani ne'um-Adonai lehatsilekha

They will attack you, But they shall not overcome you; For I am with you—declares GOD—to save you.