إرْمِيا 17

١ 1 «قَدْ دُوِّنَتْ خَطِيئَةُ يَهُوذَا بِقَلَمٍ مِنْ حَدِيدٍ، وَنُقِشَتْ بِرَأْسٍ مِنَ الْمَاسِ عَلَى أَلْوَاحِ قُلُوبِهِمْ وَعَلَى قُرُونِ الْمَذَابِحِ،

“The sin of Judah has been written with a pen of iron and a point of diamond. It has been engraved upon the breadth of their heart and upon the horns of their shrines.

٢ 2 بَيْنَمَا أَبْنَاؤُهُمْ يَذْكُرُونَ مَذَابِحَهُمْ وَأَنْصَابَ عَشْتَارُوثَ إِلَى جُوَارِ كُلِّ شَجَرَةٍ خَضْرَاءَ وَعَلَى الآكَامِ الْمُرْتَفِعَةِ،

And their sons make a remembrance of their shrines, and their sacred groves, and their leafy trees on high mountains,

٣ 3 وَعَلَى الْجِبَالِ الْمُنْتَشِرَةِ فِي الْبَرِّيَّةِ الشَّاسِعَةِ. لِذَلِكَ أَجْعَلُ ثَرْوَتَكَ وَكُنُوزَكَ نَهْباً، ثَمَناً لِخَطِيئَتِكَ الَّتِي ارْتَكَبْتَهَا فِي جَمِيعِ تُخُومِكَ،

by sacrificing in the field. And so, I will give over your strength and all your treasures to be despoiled, along with your exalted places of sin, within all your borders.

٤ 4 وَتَفْقِدُ بِنَفْسِكَ مِيرَاثَكَ الَّذِي وَهَبْتُهُ لَكَ، وَأَجْعَلُكَ مُسْتَعْبَداً لأَعْدَائِكَ فِي أَرْضٍ لَا تَعْرِفُهَا لأَنَّكَ أَضْرَمْتَ نَاراً فِي غَضَبِي لَا يَخْمَدُ لَهَا لَهِيبٌ».

And you will be left behind without your inheritance, which I gave to you. And I will cause you to serve your enemies in a land that you do not know. For you have kindled a fire in my fury; it shall burn, even unto eternity.”

٥ 5 وَهَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ: «لِيَكُنْ مَلْعُوناً كُلُّ مَنْ يَتَوَكَّلُ عَلَى بَشَرٍ، وَيَتَّخِذُ مِنَ النَّاسِ ذِرَاعَ قُوَّةٍ لَهُ، وَيُحَوِّلُ قَلْبَهُ عَنِ الرَّبِّ.

Thus says the Lord: “Cursed is a man who trusts in man, and who establishes what is flesh as his right arm, and whose heart withdraws from the Lord.

٦ 6 فَيَكُونُ كَالأَثَلِ فِي الْبَادِيَةِ، لَا يَرَى الْفَلاحَ عِنْدَمَا يُقْبِلُ. يُقِيمُ فِي حَرِّ الصَّحْرَاءِ الشَّدِيدِ، فِي الأَرْضِ الْمَهْجُورَةِ مِنَ النَّاسِ لِمُلُوحَتِهَا.

For he will be like a saltcedar tree in the desert. And he will not perceive it, when what is good has arrived. Instead, he will live in dryness, in a desert, in a land of salt, which is uninhabitable.

٧ 7 وَلَكِنْ مُبَارَكٌ الرَّجُلُ الَّذِي يَتَّكِلُ عَلَى الرَّبِّ، وَيَتَّخِذُهُ مُعْتَمَداً لَهُ،

Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, for the Lord will be his confidence.

٨ 8 فَيَكُونُ كَشَجَرَةٍ مَغْرُوسَةٍ عِنْدَ الْمِيَاهِ، تَمُدُّ جُذُورَهَا إِلَى الْجَدْوَلِ، وَلا تَخْشَى اشْتِدَادَ الْحَرِّ الْمُقْبِلِ، إِذْ تَظَلُّ أَوْرَاقُهَا خَضْرَاءَ، وَلا يُفْزِعُهَا الْقَحْطُ لأَنَّهَا لَا تَكُفُّ عَنِ الإِثْمَارِ.

And he will be like a tree planted beside waters, which sends out its roots to moist soil. And it will not fear when the heat arrives. And its leaves will be green. And in the time of drought, it will not be anxious, nor will it cease at any time to bear fruit.

٩ 9 الْقَلْبُ أَخْدَعُ مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَهُوَ نَجِيسٌ، فَمَنْ يَقْدِرُ أَنْ يَفْهَمَهُ؟

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

١٠ 10 أَنَا الرَّبُّ أَفْحَصُ الْقُلُوبَ وَأَمْتَحِنُ الأَفْكَارَ، لأُجَازِيَ كُلَّ وَاحِدٍ حَسَبَ طُرُقِهِ، وَبِمُقْتَضَى أَفْعَالِهِ».

I am the Lord, who examines the heart and tests the temperament, who gives to each one according to his way and according to the fruit of his own decisions.

١١ 11 مُكْتَنِزُ الْغِنَى مِنْ غَيْرِ حَقٍّ كَحَجَلَةٍ تَحْتَضِنُ وَتَفْقِسُ مَا لَمْ تَبِضْ، لأَنَّهُ سَرْعَانَ مَا يَفْقِدُهُ فِي مُنْتَصَفِ حَيَاتِهِ، وَيَضْحَى آخِرَ أَيَّامِهِ أَحْمَقَ.

A partridge has hatched eggs that she did not lay; a man has gathered riches, but without judgment. In the midst of his days, he will leave it all behind, and he will be foolish concerning his very end.”

١٢ 12 الْعَرْشُ الْمَجِيدُ الْمُرْتَفِعُ مُنْذُ الْبَدْءِ هُوَ مَقَرُّ مَقْدِسِنَا.

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

١٣ 13 أَيُّهَا الرَّبُّ رَجَاءَ إِسْرَائِيلَ: إِنَّ جَمِيعَ الَّذِينَ يَتَخَلُّونَ عَنْكَ يَلْحَقُ بِهِمِ الْخِزْيُ، وَالَّذِينَ يَنْصَرِفُونَ عَنْكَ (يَزُولُونَ) كَمَنْ كُتِبَتْ أَسْمَاؤُهُمْ عَلَى التُّرَابِ لأَنَّهُمْ نَبَذُوا الرَّبَّ يَنْبُوعَ الْمِيَاهِ الْحَيَّةِ.

O Lord, Hope of Israel: all who forsake you will be confounded. Those who withdraw from you will be written into the earth. For they have abandoned the Lord, the Source of living waters.

١٤ 14 أَبْرِئْنِي يَا رَبُّ فَأَبْرَأَ. خَلِّصْنِي فَأَخْلُصَ، فَإِنَّكَ أَنْتَ تَسْبِحَتِي.

Heal me, O Lord, and I will be healed. Save me, and I will be saved. For you are my praise.

١٥ 15 هَا هُمْ يَقُولُونَ لِي: «أَيْنَ قَضَاءُ الرَّبِّ؟ لِيَأْتِ».

Behold, they themselves are saying to me: ‘Where is the word of the Lord? Let it come.’

١٦ 16 أَمَّا أَنَا فَلَمْ أَتَهَرَّبْ مِنْ أَنْ أَكُونَ رَاعِياً لَدَيْكَ، وَأَنْتَ تَعْرِفُ أَنِّي لَمْ أَتَمَنَّ مَجِيءَ يَوْمِ الْمِحْنَةِ، وَتَعْلَمُ مَا نَطَقَتْ بِهِ شَفَتَايَ، لأَنَّ كُلَّ مَا صَدَرَ عَنْهُمَا كَانَ فِي مَحْضَرِكَ.

But I am not troubled; I am following you as my shepherd. And I have not desired the day of man, as you know. That which has gone forth from my lips has been right in your sight.

١٧ 17 لَا تَكُنْ مَثَارَ رُعْبٍ لِي، فَأَنْتَ مَلاذِي فِي يَوْمِ الشَّرِّ.

May you not be a dread to me. You are my hope in the day of affliction.

١٨ 18 لِيَلْحَقِ الْخِزْيُ بِمُضْطَهِدِيَّ، وَلَكِنِ احْفَظْنِي مِنَ الْعَارِ. لِيَرْتَعِبُوا هُمْ، أَمَّا أَنَا فَلا تَدَعْنِي أَرْتَعِبُ. اجْعَلْ يَوْمَ الشَّرِّ يَحُلُّ بِهِمْ، وَاسْحَقْهُمْ سَحْقاً مُضَاعَفاً.

May those who persecute me be confounded, but may I not be confounded. May they be fearful, and may I not be fearful. Lead over them the day of affliction, and crush them with a double destruction.”

١٩ 19 وَهَذَا مَا قَالَهُ الرَّبُّ لِي: «امْضِ وَقِفْ عِنْدَ بَوَّابَةِ أَبْنَاءِ الشَّعْبِ الَّتِي يَدْخُلُ مِنْهَا مُلُوكُ يَهُوذَا وَيَخْرُجُونَ، وَكَذَلِكَ عِنْدَ سَائِرِ بَوَّابَاتِ أُورُشَلِيمَ،

Thus says the Lord to me: “Go, and stand at the gate of the sons of the people, through which the kings of Judah enter and depart, and at all the gates of Jerusalem.

٢٠ 20 وَقُلْ لَهُمْ: اسْمَعُوا كَلِمَةَ الرَّبِّ يَا مُلُوكَ يَهُوذَا وَشَعْبَهَا، وَيَا جَمِيعَ أَهْلِ أُورُشَلِيمَ الْمُجْتَازِينَ فِي هَذِهِ الْبَوَّابَاتِ.

And you shall say to them: Listen to the word of the Lord, O kings of Judah, and all of Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, who enter through these gates.”

٢١ 21 هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ: احْتَرِسُوا لأَنْفُسِكُمْ وَلا تَحْمِلُوا أَحْمَالاً فِي يَوْمِ السَّبْتِ وَلا تُدْخِلُوهَا فِي بَوَّابَاتِ أُورُشَلِيمَ،

Thus says the Lord: “Guard your souls, and do not choose to carry heavy things on the day of the Sabbath, nor should you carry these things through the gates of Jerusalem.

٢٢ 22 وَلا تَنْقُلُوا حِمْلاً إِلَى خَارِجِ بُيُوتِكُمْ فِي يَوْمِ السَّبْتِ وَلا تَقُومُوا بِأَيِّ عَمَلٍ. إِنَّمَا قَدِّسُوا يَوْمَ السَّبْتِ كَمَا أَوْصَيْتُ آبَاءَكُمْ.

And do not be willing to cast burdens out of your houses on the day of the Sabbath, nor should you do any work. Sanctify the day of the Sabbath, just as I instructed your fathers.

٢٣ 23 مَعَ ذَلِكَ لَمْ يُطِيعُوا وَلَمْ يُصْغُوا، بَلْ قَسَّوْا قُلُوبَهُمْ لِئَلَّا يَسْمَعُوا وَلِئَلَّا يَقْبَلُوا التَّأْدِيبَ

But they did not listen, nor did they incline their ear. Instead, they hardened their neck, lest they listen to me and receive discipline.

٢٤ 24 وَلَكِنْ إِنِ اسْتَمَعْتُمْ أَنْتُمْ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ، وَلَمْ تُدْخِلُوا أَحْمَالاً فِي بَوَّابَاتِ أُورُشَلِيمَ فِي يَوْمِ السَّبْتِ، بَلْ قَدَّسْتُمُوهُ وَلَمْ تَقُومُوا بِأَيِّ عَمَلٍ فِيهِ،

And this shall be: If you listen to me, says the Lord, so that you do not carry in burdens through the gates of this city on the day of the Sabbath, and if you sanctify the day of the Sabbath, so that you do not do work in it,

٢٥ 25 عِنْدَئِذٍ يَدْخُلُ مِنْ بَوَّابَاتِ هَذِهِ الْمَدِينَةِ مُلُوكٌ وَرُؤَسَاءُ مِمَّنْ يَجْلِسُونَ عَلَى عَرْشِ دَاوُدَ، رَاكِبِينَ فِي عَرَبَاتٍ وَعَلَى صَهَوَاتِ الْجِيَادِ مَعَ رُؤَسَائِهِمْ، يُوَاكِبُهُمْ سُكَّانُ يَهُوذَا وَأَهْلُ أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَتُعْمَرُ هَذِهِ الْمَدِينَةُ إِلَى الأَبَدِ بِالسُّكَّانِ.

then there will enter through the gates of this city: kings and princes, sitting on the throne of David, and riding on chariots and horses, they and their princes, the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. And this city will be inhabited forever.

٢٦ 26 وَيُقْبِلُ النَّاسُ مِنْ مُدُنِ يَهُوذَا وَمِنْ حَوْلِ أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَمِنْ أَرْضِ بِنْيَامِينَ وَمِنَ السَّهْلِ وَالْجَبَلِ، وَمِنَ النَّقَبِ، حَامِلِينَ مُحْرَقَاتٍ وَذَبَائِحَ وَتَقْدِمَاتٍ وَبَخُوراً مُعَطَّراً، وَقَرَابِينَ شُكْرٍ إِلَى هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ.

And they will arrive from the cities of Judah and from all around Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and from the plains, and from the mountainous regions, and from the south, carrying holocausts, and victims, and sacrifices, and frankincense. And they will carry an oblation into the house of the Lord.

٢٧ 27 وَلَكِنْ إِنْ لَمْ تَسْتَمِعُوا لِي لِتُقَدِّسُوا يَوْمَ السَّبْتِ، وَثَابَرْتُمْ عَلَى حَمْلِ أَثْقَالٍ فِيهِ لِتُدْخِلُوهَا مِنْ بَوَّابَاتِ أُورُشَلِيمَ، فَإِنِّي أُضْرِمُ بَوَّابَاتِهَا بِالنَّارِ فَتَلْتَهِمُ قُصُورَ أُورُشَلِيمَ، ولا تَنْطَفِئُ».

But if you will not listen to me, to sanctify the day of the Sabbath, and not to carry burdens, and not to bring these things through the gates of Jerusalem on the day of the Sabbath, then I will kindle a fire at its gates, and it will devour the houses of Jerusalem, and it will not be extinguished.”