Jeremiah 46

asher hayah devar-Adonai el-yirmeyahu hannavi al-haggoyim

The word of GOD to the prophet Jeremiah concerning the nations.

lemitsrayim al-khel paroh nekho melekh mitsrayim asher-hayah al-nehar-perat bekharkemish asher hikkah nevukhadretsar melekh bavel bishnat harevi'it lihoyaqim ben-yoshiyyahu melekh yehudah

Concerning Egypt, about the army of Pharaoh Neco, king of Egypt, which was at the river Euphrates near Carchemish, and which was defeated by King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon, in the fourth year of King Jehoiakim son of Josiah of Judah.

irkhu magen vetsinnah ugeshu lammilkhamah

Get ready buckler and shield, And move forward to battle!

isru hassusim va'alu happarashim vehityatsevu bekhova'im mirqu haremakhim livshu hassiryonot

Harness the horses; Mount, you riders! Fall in line, helmets on! Burnish the lances, Don your armor!

maddua ra'iti hemmah khattim nesogim akhor vegibborehem yukkattu umanos nasu velo hifnu magor missaviv ne'um-Adonai

Why do I see them dismayed, Yielding ground? Their fighters are crushed, They flee in haste And do not turn back— Terror all around! —declares GOD.

al-yanus haqqal ve'al-yimmalet haggibbor tsafonah al-yad nehar-perat kashelu venafalu

The swift cannot get away, The warrior cannot escape. In the north, by the river Euphrates, They stagger and fall.

mi-zeh kayor ya'aleh kanneharot yitga'ashu memayw

Who is this that rises like the Nile, Like streams whose waters surge?

mitsrayim kayor ya'aleh vekhanneharot yitgo'ashu mayim vayyomer a'aleh akhasseh-erets ovidah ir veyosheve vah

It is Egypt that rises like the Nile, Like streams whose waters surge, That said, “I will rise, I will cover the earth, I will wipe out towns And those who dwell in them.

alu hassusim vehitholelu harekhev veyetse'u haggibborim kush ufut tofese magen veludim tofese dorekhe qashet

Advance, O horses, Dash madly, O chariots! Let the warriors go forth, Cush and Put, that grasp the shield, And the Ludim who grasp and draw the bow!”

vehayyom hahu ladonay Adonai tseva'ot yom neqamah lehinnaqem mitsarayw ve'okhlah kherev vesave'ah veravetah middamam ki zevakh ladonay Adonai tseva'ot be'erets tsafon el-nehar-perat

But that day shall be for my Sovereign GOD of Hosts a day for exacting retribution from all foes. The sword shall devour; it shall be sated and drunk with their blood. For my Sovereign GOD of Hosts is preparing a sacrifice in the northland, by the river Euphrates.

ali gilad uqekhi tsori betulat bat-mitsrayim lashav (hrvyty) [hirbet] refu'ot te'alah en lakh

Go up to Gilead and get balm, Fair Maiden Egypt. In vain do you seek many remedies, There is no healing for you.

shame'u goyim qelonekh vetsivkhatekh male'ah ha'arets ki-gibbor begibbor kashalu yakhdayw nafelu shenehem

Nations have heard your shame; The earth resounds with your screams. For warrior stumbles against warrior; The two fall down together.

haddavar asher dibber Adonai el-yirmeyahu hannavi lavo nevukhadretsar melekh bavel lehakkot et-erets mitsrayim

The word that GOD spoke to the prophet Jeremiah about the coming of King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon to attack the land of Egypt:

haggidu vemitsrayim vehashmi'u vemigdol vehashmi'u venof uvetakhpankhes imru hityatsev vehakhen lakh ki-okhlah kherev sevivekha

Declare in Egypt, proclaim in Migdol, Proclaim in Noph and Tahpanhes! Say: Take your posts and stand ready, For the sword has devoured all around you!

maddua niskhaf abbirekha lo amad ki Adonai hadafo

Why are your stalwarts swept away? They did not stand firm, For GOD thrust them down;

hirbah koshel gam-nafal ish el-re'ehu vayyomeru qumah venashuvah el-ammenu ve'el-erets moladtenu mippene kherev hayyonah

Many were made to stumble, They fell over one another. They said: “Up! let us return to our people, To the land of our birth, Because of the deadly sword.”

qare'u sham paroh melekh-mitsrayim sha'on he'evir hammo'ed

There they called Pharaoh king of Egypt: “Braggart who let the hour go by.”

khay-ani ne'um-hammelekh Adonai tseva'ot shemo ki ketavor beharim ukhekharmel bayyam yavo

As I live—declares the King, Whose name is GOD of Hosts— As surely as Tabor is among the mountains And Carmel is by the sea, So shall this come to pass.

kele golah asi lakh yoshevet bat-mitsrayim ki-nof leshammah tihyeh venitsetah me'en yoshev

Equip yourself for exile, Fair Egypt, you who dwell secure! For Noph shall become a waste, Desolate, without inhabitants.

eglah yefeh-fiyyah mitsrayim qerets mitsafon ba va

Egypt is a handsome heifer— A gadfly from the north is coming, coming!

gam-sekhireha veqirbah ke'egle marbeq ki-gam-hemmah hifnu nasu yakhdayw lo amadu ki yom edam ba alehem et pequddatam

The mercenaries, too, in her midst Are like stall-fed calves; They too shall turn tail, Flee as one, and make no stand. Their day of disaster is upon them, The hour of their doom.

qolah kannakhash yelekh ki-vekhayil yelekhu uveqardummot ba'u lah kekhoteve etsim

She shall rustle away like a snake As they come marching in force; They shall come against her with axes, Like hewers of wood.

karetu yarah ne'um-Adonai ki lo yekhaqer ki rabbu me'arbeh ve'en lahem mispar

They shall cut down her forest —declares GOD— Though it cannot be measured; For they are more numerous than locusts, And cannot be counted.

hovishah bat-mitsrayim nittenah beyad am-tsafon

Fair Egypt shall be shamed, Handed over to the people of the north.

amar Adonai tseva'ot elohe yisra'el hinni foqed el-amon minno ve'al-paroh ve'al-mitsrayim ve'al-eloheha ve'al-melakheha ve'al-paroh ve'al habbotekhim bo

GOD of Hosts, the God of Israel, has said: I will inflict punishment on Amon of No and on Pharaoh—on Egypt, her gods, and her kings—on Pharaoh and all who rely on him.

unetattim beyad mevaqshe nafsham uveyad nevukhadretsar melekh-bavel uveyad-avadayw ve'akhare-khen tishkon kime-qedem ne'um-Adonai

I will deliver them into the hands of those who seek to kill them, into the hands of King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon and into the hands of his subjects. But afterward she shall be inhabited again as in former days, declares GOD.

ve'attah al-tira avdi ya'aqov ve'al-tekhat yisra'el ki hinni moshi'akha merakhoq ve'et-zarakha me'erets shivyam veshav ya'aqov veshaqat vesha'anan ve'en makharid

But you, Have no fear, My servant Jacob, Be not dismayed, O Israel! I will deliver you from far away, Your folk from their land of captivity; And Jacob again shall have calm And quiet, with none to trouble him.

attah al-tira avdi ya'aqov ne'um-Adonai ki ittekha ani ki e'eseh khalah bekhol-haggoyim asher hiddakhtikha shammah ve'otekha lo-e'eseh khalah veyissartikha lammishpat venaqqeh lo anaqqekka

But you, have no fear, My servant Jacob —declares GOD— For I am with you. I will make an end of all the nations Among which I have banished you, But I will not make an end of you! I will not leave you unpunished, But I will chastise you in measure.