إِرْمِيَا 17

١ 1 «خَطِيَّةُ يَهُوذَا مَكْتُوبَةٌ بِقَلَمٍ مِنْ حَدِيدٍ، بِرَأْسٍ مِنَ ٱلْمَاسِ مَنْقُوشَةٌ عَلَى لَوْحِ قَلْبِهِمْ وَعَلَى قُرُونِ مَذَابِحِكُمْ.

The sin of Juda is written with a pen of iron, with the point of a diamond, it is graven upon the table of their heart, upon the horns of their altars.

٢ 2 كَذِكْرِ بَنِيهِمْ مَذَابِحَهُمْ، وَسَوَارِيَهُمْ عِنْدَ أَشْجَارٍ خُضْرٍ عَلَى آكَامٍ مُرْتَفِعَةٍ.

When their children shall remember their altars, and their groves, and their green trees upon high mountains,

٣ 3 يَا جَبَلِي فِي ٱلْحَقْلِ، أَجْعَلُ ثَرْوَتَكَ، كُلَّ خَزَائِنِكَ لِلنَّهْبِ، وَمُرْتَفَعَاتِكَ لِلْخَطِيَّةِ فِي كُلِّ تُخُومِكَ.

Sacrificing in the field: I will give thy strength, and all thy treasures to the spoil, and thy high places for sin in all thy borders.

٤ 4 وَتَتَبَرَّأُ وَبِنَفْسِكَ عَنْ مِيرَاثِكَ ٱلَّذِي أَعْطَيْتُكَ إِيَّاهُ، وَأَجْعَلُكَ تَخْدِمُ أَعْدَاءَكَ فِي أَرْضٍ لَمْ تَعْرِفْهَا، لِأَنَّكُمْ قَدْ أَضْرَمْتُمْ نَارًا بِغَضَبِي تَتَّقِدُ إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ؟.

And thou shalt be left stripped of thy inheritance, which I gave thee: and I will make thee serve thy enemies in a land which thou knowest not: because thou hast kindled a fire in my wrath, it shall burn for ever.

٥ 5 «هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: مَلْعُونٌ ٱلرَّجُلُ ٱلَّذِي يَتَّكِلُ عَلَى ٱلْإِنْسَانِ، وَيَجْعَلُ ٱلْبَشَرَ ذِرَاعَهُ، وَعَنِ ٱلرَّبِّ يَحِيدُ قَلْبُهُ.

Thus saith the Lord: Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord.

٦ 6 وَيَكُونُ مِثْلَ ٱلْعَرْعَرِ فِي ٱلْبَادِيَةِ، وَلَا يَرَى إِذَا جَاءَ ٱلْخَيْرُ، بَلْ يَسْكُنُ ٱلْحَرَّةَ فِي ٱلْبَرِّيَّةِ، أَرْضًا سَبِخَةً وَغَيْرَ مَسْكُونَةٍ.

For he shall be like tamaric in the desert, and he shall not see when good shall come: but he shall dwell in dryness in the desert in a salt land, and not inhabited.

٧ 7 مُبَارَكٌ ٱلرَّجُلُ ٱلَّذِي يَتَّكِلُ عَلَى ٱلرَّبِّ، وَكَانَ ٱلرَّبُّ مُتَّكَلَهُ،

Blessed be the man that trusteth in the Lord, and the Lord shall be his confidence.

٨ 8 فَإِنَّهُ يَكُونُ كَشَجَرَةٍ مَغْرُوسَةٍ عَلَى مِيَاهٍ، وَعَلَى نَهْرٍ تَمُدُّ أُصُولَهَا، وَلَا تَرَى إِذَا جَاءَ ٱلْحَرُّ، وَيَكُونُ وَرَقُهَا أَخْضَرَ، وَفِي سَنَةِ ٱلْقَحْطِ لَا تَخَافُ، وَلَا تَكُفُّ عَنِ ٱلْإِثْمَارِ.

And he shall be as a tree that is planted by the waters, that spreadeth out its roots towards moisture: and it shall not fear when the heat cometh. And the leaf thereof shall be green, and in the time of drought it shall not be solicitous, neither shall it cease at any time to bring forth fruit.

٩ 9 «اَلْقَلْبُ أَخْدَعُ مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَهُوَ نَجِيسٌ، مَنْ يَعْرِفُهُ؟

The heart is perverse above all things, and unsearchable, who can know it?

١٠ 10 أَنَا ٱلرَّبُّ فَاحِصُ ٱلْقَلْبِ مُخْتَبِرُ ٱلْكُلَى لِأُعْطِيَ كُلَّ وَاحِدٍ حَسَبَ طُرُقِهِ، حَسَبَ ثَمَرِ أَعْمَالِهِ.

I am the Lord who search the heart and prove the reins: who give to every one according to his way, and according to the fruit of his devices.

١١ 11 حَجَلَةٌ تَحْضُنُ مَا لَمْ تَبِضْ مُحَصِّلُ ٱلْغِنَى بِغَيْرِ حَقٍّ. فِي نِصْفِ أَيَّامِهِ يَتْرُكُهُ وَفِي آخِرَتِهِ يَكُونُ أَحْمَقَ!».

As the partridge hath hatched eggs which she did not lay: so is he that hath gathered riches, and not by right: in the midst of his days he shall leave them, and in his latter end he shall be a fool.

١٢ 12 كُرْسِيُّ مَجْدٍ مُرْتَفِعٌ مِنَ ٱلِٱبْتِدَاءِ هُوَ مَوْضِعُ مَقْدِسِنَا.

A high and glorious throne from the beginning is the place of our sanctification:

١٣ 13 أَيُّهَا ٱلرَّبُّ رَجَاءُ إِسْرَائِيلَ، كُلُّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَتْرُكُونَكَ يَخْزَوْنَ. «ٱلْحَائِدُونَ عَنِّي فِي ٱلتُّرَابِ يُكْتَبُونَ، لِأَنَّهُمْ تَرَكُوا ٱلرَّبَّ يَنْبُوعَ ٱلْمِيَاهِ ٱلْحَيَّةِ».

O Lord the hope of Israel: all that forsake thee shall be confounded: they that depart from thee, shall be written in the earth: because they have forsaken the Lord, the vein of living waters.

١٤ 14 اِشْفِنِي يَارَبُّ فَأُشْفَى. خَلِّصْنِي فَأُخَلَّصَ، لِأَنَّكَ أَنْتَ تَسْبِيحَتِي.

Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed: save me, and I shall be saved, for thou art my praise.

١٥ 15 هَا هُمْ يَقُولُونَ لِي: «أَيْنَ هِيَ كَلِمَةُ ٱلرَّبِّ؟ لِتَأْتِ!»

Behold they say to me: Where is the word of the Lord? let it come.

١٦ 16 أَمَّا أَنَا فَلَمْ أَعْتَزِلْ عَنْ أَنْ أَكُونَ رَاعِيًا وَرَاءَكَ، وَلَا ٱشْتَهَيْتُ يَوْمَ ٱلْبَلِيَّةِ. أَنْتَ عَرَفْتَ. مَا خَرَجَ مِنْ شَفَتَيَّ كَانَ مُقَابِلَ وَجْهِكَ.

And I am not troubled, following thee for my pastor, and I have not desired the day of man, thou knowest. That which went out of my lips, hath been right in thy sight.

١٧ 17 لَا تَكُنْ لِي رُعْبًا. أَنْتَ مَلْجَإِي فِي يَوْمِ ٱلشَّرِّ.

Be not thou a terror unto me, thou art my hope in the day of affliction.

١٨ 18 لِيَخْزَ طَارِدِيَّ وَلَا أَخْزَ أَنَا. لِيَرْتَعِبُوا هُمْ وَلَا أَرْتَعِبْ أَنَا. اِجْلِبْ عَلَيْهِمْ يَوْمَ ٱلشَّرِّ وَٱسْحَقْهُمْ سَحْقًا مُضَاعَفًا.

Let them be confounded that persecute me, and let not me be confounded: let them be afraid, and let not me be afraid: bring upon them the day of affliction, and with a double destruction, destroy them.

١٩ 19 هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ لِي: «ٱذْهَبْ وَقِفْ فِي بَابِ بَنِي ٱلشَّعْبِ ٱلَّذِي يَدْخُلُ مِنْهُ مُلُوكُ يَهُوذَا وَيَخْرُجُونَ مِنْهُ، وَفِي كُلِّ أَبْوَابِ أُورُشَلِيمَ،

Thus saith the Lord to me: Go, and stand in the gate of the children of the people, by which the kings of Juda come in, and go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem:

٢٠ 20 وَقُلْ لَهُمُ: ٱسْمَعُوا كَلِمَةَ ٱلرَّبِّ يَا مُلُوكَ يَهُوذَا، وَكُلَّ يَهُوذَا، وَكُلَّ سُكَّانِ أُورُشَلِيمَ ٱلدَّاخِلِينَ مِنْ هَذِهِ ٱلْأَبْوَابِ.

And thou shalt say to them: Hear the word of the Lord, ye kings of Juda, and all Juda, and all the inhabitant of Jerusalem, that enter in by these gates.

٢١ 21 هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: تَحَفَّظُوا بِأَنْفُسِكُمْ وَلَا تَحْمِلُوا حِمْلًا يَوْمَ ٱلسَّبْتِ وَلَا تُدْخِلُوهُ فِي أَبْوَابِ أُورُشَلِيمَ،

Thus saith the Lord: Take heed to your souls and carry no burdens on the Sabbath day: and bring them not in by the gates of Jerusalem.

٢٢ 22 وَلَا تُخْرِجُوا حِمْلًا مِنْ بُيُوتِكُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلسَّبْتِ، وَلَا تَعْمَلُوا شُغْلًا مَّا، بَلْ قَدِّسُوا يَوْمَ ٱلسَّبْتِ كَمَا أَمَرْتُ آبَاءَكُمْ.

And do not bring burdens out of your houses on the sabbath day, neither do ye any work: sanctify the sabbath day, as I commanded your fathers.

٢٣ 23 فَلَمْ يَسْمَعُوا وَلَمْ يُمِيلُوا أُذُنَهُمْ، بَلْ قَسَّوْا أَعْنَاقَهُمْ لِئَلَّا يَسْمَعُوا وَلِئَلَّا يَقْبَلُوا تَأْدِيبًا.

But they did not hear, nor incline their ear: but hardened their neck, that they might not hear me, and might not receive instruction.

٢٤ 24 وَيَكُونُ إِذَا سَمِعْتُمْ لِي سَمْعًا، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ، وَلَمْ تُدْخِلُوا حِمْلًا فِي أَبْوَابِ هَذِهِ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ يَوْمَ ٱلسَّبْتِ، بَلْ قَدَّسْتُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلسَّبْتِ وَلَمْ تَعْمَلُوا فِيهِ شُغْلًا مَّا،

And it shall come to pass: if you will hearken to me, saith the Lord, to bring in no burdens by the gates of this city on the sabbath day: and if you will sanctify the sabbath day, to do no work therein:

٢٥ 25 أَنَّهُ يَدْخُلُ فِي أَبْوَابِ هَذِهِ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ مُلُوكٌ وَرُؤَسَاءُ جَالِسُونَ عَلَى كُرْسِيِّ دَاوُدَ، رَاكِبُونَ فِي مَرْكَبَاتٍ وَعَلَى خَيْلٍ، هُمْ وَرُؤَسَاؤُهُمْ رِجَالُ يَهُوذَا وَسُكَّانُ أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَتُسْكَنُ هَذِهِ ٱلْمَدِينَةُ إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ.

Then shall there enter in by the gates of this city kings and princes, sitting upon the throne of David, and riding in chariots and on horses, they and their princes, the men of Juda, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem: and this city shall be inhabited forever.

٢٦ 26 وَيَأْتُونَ مِنْ مُدُنِ يَهُوذَا، وَمِنْ حَوَالَيْ أُورُشَلِيمَ وَمِنْ أَرْضِ بِنْيَامِينَ وَمِنَ ٱلسَّهْلِ وَمِنَ ٱلْجِبَالِ وَمِنَ ٱلْجَنُوبِ، يَأْتُونَ بِمُحْرَقَاتٍ وَذَبَائِحَ وَتَقْدِمَاتٍ وَلُبَانٍ، وَيَدْخُلُونَ بِذَبَائِحِ شُكْرٍ إِلَى بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ.

And they shall come from the cities of Juda, and from the places round about Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and from the plains, and from the mountains, and from the south, bringing holocausts, and victims, and sacrifices, and frankincense, and they shall bring in an offering into the house of the Lord.

٢٧ 27 وَلَكِنْ إِنْ لَمْ تَسْمَعُوا لِي لِتُقَدِّسُوا يَوْمَ ٱلسَّبْتِ لِكَيْلَا تَحْمِلُوا حِمْلًا وَلَا تُدْخِلُوهُ فِي أَبْوَابِ أُورُشَلِيمَ يَوْمَ ٱلسَّبْتِ، فَإِنِّي أُشْعِلُ نَارًا فِي أَبْوَابِهَا فَتَأْكُلُ قُصُورَ أُورُشَلِيمَ وَلَا تَنْطَفِئُ».

But if you will not hearken to me, to sanctify the sabbath day, and not to carry burdens, and not to bring them in by the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day: I will kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the houses of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched.