Jeremiah 24

After Jehoiachin^[a] son of Jehoiakim king of Judah and the officials, the skilled workers and the artisans of Judah were carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Lord showed me two baskets of figs placed in front of the temple of the Lord.

وَبَعْدَمَا سَبَى نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرُ، مَلِكُ بَابِلَ، يَكُنْيَا بْنَ يَهُويَاقِيمَ مَلِكَ يَهُوذَا مَعَ سَائِرِ رُؤَسَاءِ يَهُوذَا، وَالنَّجَّارِينَ وَالْحَدَّادِينَ، مِنْ أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَأَتَى بِهِمْ إِلَى بَابِلَ، أَرَانِي الرَّبُّ فِي رُؤْيَا سَلَّتَيْ تِينٍ مَوْضُوعَتَيْنِ أَمَامَ هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ.

One basket had very good figs, like those that ripen early; the other basket had very bad figs, so bad they could not be eaten.

وَكَانَ فِي إِحْدَى السَّلَّتَيْنِ تِينٌ جَيِّدٌ كَالتِّينِ الْبَاكُورِيِّ، وَفِي الأُخْرَى تِينٌ رَدِيءٌ تَعَافُ النَّفْسُ أَكْلَهُ مِنْ فَرْطِ رَدَاءَتِهِ.

Then the Lord asked me, “What do you see, Jeremiah?”

“Figs,” I answered. “The good ones are very good, but the bad ones are so bad they cannot be eaten.”

فَقَالَ لِيَ الرَّبُّ: «مَاذَا تَرَى يَا إِرْمِيَا؟» فَأَجَبْتُ: «تِيناً: الْجَيِّدُ مِنْهُ يَمْتَازُ بِجَوْدَتِهِ، وَالرَّدِيءُ مِنْهُ تَعَافُهُ النَّفْسُ لِفَرْطِ رَدَاءَتِهِ».

Then the word of the Lord came to me:

فَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِي:

“This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘Like these good figs, I regard as good the exiles from Judah, whom I sent away from this place to the land of the Babylonians.^[b]

«هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: سَأَعْتَنِي بِالْمَسْبِيِّينَ مِنْ يَهُوذَا الَّذِينَ أَجْلَيْتُهُمْ لِخَيْرِهِمْ عَنْ هَذَا الْمَوْضِعِ إِلَى أَرْضِ الْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ، كَمِثْلِ هَذَا التِّينِ الْجَيِّدِ.

My eyes will watch over them for their good, and I will bring them back to this land. I will build them up and not tear them down; I will plant them and not uproot them.

وَسَأَرْعَاهُمْ بِعَيْنَيَّ لِخَيْرِهِمْ، وَأَرُدُّهُمْ إِلَى هَذِهِ الأَرْضِ، وَأَبْنِيهِمْ وَلا أَهْدِمُهُمْ، وَأَغْرِسُهُمْ وَلا أَسْتَأْصِلُهُمْ.

I will give them a heart to know me, that I am the Lord. They will be my people, and I will be their God, for they will return to me with all their heart.

وَأَهَبُهُمْ قَلْباً لِيَعْرِفُوا أَنِّي أَنَا الرَّبُّ، فَيَكُونُوا لِي شَعْباً وَأَكُونَ لَهُمْ إِلَهاً، لأَنَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ إِلَيَّ مِنْ كُلِّ قُلُوبِهِمْ.

“‘But like the bad figs, which are so bad they cannot be eaten,’ says the Lord, ‘so will I deal with Zedekiah king of Judah, his officials and the survivors from Jerusalem, whether they remain in this land or live in Egypt.

أَمَّا صِدْقِيَّا مَلِكُ يَهُوذَا وَعُظَمَاؤُهُ وَسَائِرُ أَهْلِ أُورُشَلِيمَ الَّذِينَ مَكَثُوا فِي هَذِهِ الأَرْضِ وَالَّذِينَ نَزَحُوا إِلَى دِيَارِ مِصْرَ، فَإِنِّي أَجْعَلُهُمْ مِثْلَ هَذَا التِّينِ الرَّدِيءِ الَّذِي تَعَافُ النَّفْسُ أَكْلَهُ لِفَرْطِ رَدَاءَتِهِ.

I will make them abhorrent and an offense to all the kingdoms of the earth, a reproach and a byword, a curse^[c] and an object of ridicule, wherever I banish them.

وَأُوْقِعُهُمْ فِي الضِّيقِ وَالشَّرِّ فِي جَمِيعِ مَمَالِكِ الأَرْضِ، وَأَجْعَلُهُمْ عَاراً وَعِبْرَةً وَأُحْدُوثَةً وَلَعْنَةً فِي جَمِيعِ الأَمَاكِنِ الَّتِي أُجْلِيهِمْ إِلَيْهَا.

I will send the sword, famine and plague against them until they are destroyed from the land I gave to them and their ancestors.’”

وَأُعَرِّضُهُمْ لِلسَّيْفِ وَالْجُوعِ وَالْوَبَاءِ حَتَّى يَفْنَوْا فِي الأَرْضِ الَّتِي وَهَبْتُهَا لَهُمْ وَلِآبَائِهِمْ».