Jeremiah 17

1 The sin of Judah is inscribed with an iron stylus, engraved with an adamant point, on their minds and on corners of their altars where they worship.

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

2 Even their children remember to worship at their pagan altars and Asherah poles, set up by the green trees and on the high hills,

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

3 on my mountain in the fields. I will hand over your wealth and all your valuable possessions as plunder, because of the sin committed on your pagan high places inside your country.

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

4 You will have to give up the land I gave you. I will have your enemies make you their slaves in an unfamiliar country for you made my anger blaze, and it will burn forever.

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

5 This is what the Lord says: Cursed are those who put their confidence in human beings, who trust in human strength and give up relying on the Lord.

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

6 They will be like a shrub alone in the desert that isn't even aware when good things happen. It just goes on living in the dry desert, in a salt flat that's uninhabited.

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

7 Blessed are those who trust in the Lord, who put their confidence in him.

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

8 They are like trees planted by water, sending out roots toward the stream. They don't panic when it gets hot; their leaves are always green. They don't worry during a time of drought—they go on producing fruit.

٨ 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.

9 The mind is more deceptive than anything else—it's incurably sick! Who can possibly understand it?

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

10 But I, the Lord, see what people are thinking. I examine their minds, so I can reward them depending on their attitudes and the way they behave.

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

11 Like a partridge hatching eggs it didn't lay is someone who makes a fortune by cheating others. Their riches will fly away at midday, and in the end they'll look like a fool.

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

12 Our Temple is a throne of glory, raised up high from the beginning.

١٢ الْعَرْشُ الْمَجِيدُ الْمُرْتَفِعُ مُنْذُ الْبَدْءِ هُوَ مَقَرُّ مَقْدِسِنَا.

13 Lord, you are Israel's hope, anyone who deserts you will be disgraced. Anyone who turns their back on you will vanish like names written in the dust, for they have abandoned the Lord, the source of living water.

١٣ 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.

14 Please heal me, Lord, and I'll be healed; save me, and I'll be saved, for you are the one I praise.

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

15 See how they keep on saying to me, “Where is the disaster that the Lord's predicted? Is it ever going to happen?”

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

16 But I haven't been in a hurry to give up being your shepherd. I haven't wanted the time of trouble to come. You know that whatever I said was said in front of you.

١٦ 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.

17 Please don't be the one who terrifies me! You are my protection in the time of trouble.

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

18 Bring shame on my persecutors, but not on me. Terrify them, but not me, Let them experience the time of trouble, and smash them to pieces.

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

19 This is what the Lord told me: Go and stand at the main gate of the city, the one used by kings of Judah, and do the same at all the other gates of Jerusalem.

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

20 Tell them, Listen to the Lord's message, kings of Judah, and all you people of Judah and Jerusalem who come in through these gates.

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

21 This is what the Lord says: Pay attention, if you value your lives! Don't carry a load on the Sabbath day, and don't bring it through the gates of Jerusalem.

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

22 Don't carry a load out of your houses, and don't do any work on the Sabbath day. Keep the Sabbath day holy, just as I ordered your forefathers.

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

23 However, they refused to listen or pay attention. Instead they were stubborn and refused to obey or accept instruction.

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

24 Listen carefully to me, says the Lord, and don't bring any load through the gates of this city on the Sabbath day, and keep the Sabbath day holy, and don't do any work on it.

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

25 Then kings and princes will enter through the gates of this city. They will sit on the throne of David. They will ride in chariots and on horses with their officials, accompanied by the people of Judah and those living in Jerusalem, and this city will be inhabited forever.

٢٥ 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.

26 People will come from the towns of Judah and everywhere around Jerusalem, from the land of Benjamin, and from the lowlands the hill country, and the Negev. They will bring burnt offerings and sacrifices, grain offerings and frankincense, and thank offerings to the Lord's Temple.

٢٦ 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.

27 But if you refuse to listen to me and keep the Sabbath day holy by not carrying a load while entering the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, then I will set its gates alight with a fire that can't be put out, and it will burn down Jerusalem's fortresses.

٢٧ 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».