1 T he sin of Judah is written with a pen or stylus of iron and with the point of a diamond; it is engraved on the tablets of their hearts and on the horns of their altars,

«خَطِيَّةُ يَهُوذا مَكتُوبَةٌ بِقَلَمٍ مِنْ حَدِيدٍ، كُتِبَتْ بِقَلَمٍ مَعدِنِيٍّ عَلَى لَوحِ قُلُوبِهِمْ، وَعَلَى زَوايا مَذابِحِهِمْ.

2 W hile their children remember their altars and their Asherim beside the green trees upon the high hills.

يَتَذَكَّرُ بَنُوهُمْ مَذابِحَهُمْ وَأنصابَ عَشْتَرُوتَ، بِجانِبِ الأشجارِ المُورِقَةِ عَلَى التِّلالِ العالِيَةِ،

3 O My mountain in the field, I will give your wealth and all your treasures to the spoil and your high places for sin throughout all your territory.

وَعَلَى المُرتَفَعاتِ وَفِي الحُقُولِ. أمّا ثَروَتُكُمْ وَكُنُوزُكُمْ، فَسَأُعطِيها لآخَرِينَ مَجّاناً، بِسَبَبِ الخَطيَّةِ الَّتِي فِي أرْضِكَ.

4 A nd you, through your own fault, will loosen your hand and discontinue from your heritage which I gave you; and I will cause you to serve your enemies in a land which you do not know, for you have kindled a fire in My anger which will burn throughout the ages.

سَتَخسَرُ مِيراثَكَ الَّذِي أعطَيتُهُ لَكَ بِسَبِبِ أعمالِكَ. وَسَأجعَلُكَ تَخدِمُ أعداءَكَ فِي أرْضٍ لا تَعرِفُها. لأنَّ غَضَبِي كَنارٍ تَشتَعِلُ إلَى الأبَدِ.» الثِّقَةُ بِالله

5 T hus says the Lord: Cursed is the strong man who trusts in and relies on frail man, making weak flesh his arm, and whose mind and heart turn aside from the Lord.

هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ: «مَلعُونٌ مَنْ يَثِقُ بِبَشَرٍ، وَيَتَّكِلُ عَلَى النّاسِ طَلَباً للقُوَّةِ، وَيَبْتَعِدُ قَلْبُهُ عَنِ اللهِ.

6 F or he shall be like a shrub or a person naked and destitute in the desert; and he shall not see any good come, but shall dwell in the parched places in the wilderness, in an uninhabited salt land.

سَيَصِيرُ مِثلَ شُجَيرَةٍ فِي البَرِّيَّةِ، وَلَنْ يَرَى الخَيرَ عِندَما يَجِيءُ، وَيَسكُنُ فِي الأراضِي الحارَّةِ فِي الصَّحراءِ، فِي أرْضٍ مالِحَةٍ وَغَيرِ مَسكُونَةٍ.

7 b lessed is the man who believes in, trusts in, and relies on the Lord, and whose hope and confidence the Lord is.

مُبارَكٌ الإنسانُ الَّذِي يَثِقُ بِاللهِ ، وَيَتَّكِلُ عَلَى اللهِ.

8 F or he shall be like a tree planted by the waters that spreads out its roots by the river; and it shall not see and fear when heat comes; but its leaf shall be green. It shall not be anxious and full of care in the year of drought, nor shall it cease yielding fruit.

سَيَكُونُ كَشَجَرَةٍ مَغرُوسَةٍ بِجانِبِ الماءِ، تُرسِلُ جُذُورَها بِجِوارِ النَّهرِ، وَلا تَخافُ مِنَ الحَرِّ عِندَما يَأتِي، وَهِيَ مُغَطّاةٌ بِالوَرَقِ الأخضَرِ، وَفِي سَنَةِ القَحطِ لا تَقلَقُ، وَلا تَتَوَقَّفُ عَنْ حَملِ الثَّمَرِ.

9 T he heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly perverse and corrupt and severely, mortally sick! Who can know it ?

«القَلبُ أخدَعُ مِنْ كُلِّ شَيءٍ، وَلا يُمكِنُ شِفاؤُهُ. مَنْ يَستَطِيعُ فَهمَهُ؟

10 I the Lord search the mind, I try the heart, even to give to every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.

أنا اللهَ أمتَحِنُ القُلُوبَ، وَأختَبِرُ الرَّغَباتِ، كَي أُكافِئَ الإنسانَ بِحَسَبِ طُرُقِهِ وَبِحَسَبِ أعمالِهِ.

11 L ike the partridge that gathers a brood which she did not hatch and sits on eggs which she has not laid, so is he who gets riches by unjust means and not by right. He will leave them, or they will leave him, in the midst of his days, and at his end he will be a fool.

مِثلُ حَجَلَةٍ تَحْضُنُ بُيوضاً لَيسَتْ لَها، هَكَذا الرَّجُلُ الَّذِي يُصبِحُ غَنِيّاً بِغَيرِ حَقٍّ. سَيَزُولُ غِناهُ فِي وَسَطِ حَياتِهِ، وَسَيَبدُو أحْمَقَ فِي النِّهايَةِ.»

12 A glorious throne, set on high from the beginning, is the place of our sanctuary (the temple).

عَرشٌ مَجِيدٌ مُرتَفِعٌ مِنَ البِدايَةِ هُوَ هَيكَلُنا المُقَدَّسُ.

13 O Lord, the Hope of Israel, all who forsake You shall be put to shame. They who depart from You and me shall writing upon the ground, because they have forsaken the Lord, the Fountain of living waters.

اللهُ هُوَ رَجاءُ إسْرائِيلَ، وَكُلُّ مَنْ يَترُكُهُ سَيُخزَى. الَّذِينَ يَبتَعِدُونَ عَنِّي فِي الأرْضِ سَتُكتَبُ أسماؤُهُمْ عَلَى الرَّملِ. كُلُّ هَذا لأنَّهُمْ تَرَكُوا اللهَ يُنبُوعَ الماءِ الحَيِّ.» شَكوَى إرْمِيا الثّالِثَة

14 H eal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved, for You are my praise.

اشفِنِي يا اللهُ ، حِينَئِذٍ، سَأُشفَى. خَلِّصْنِي، حِينَئِذٍ، سَأخلُصُ. هَذا لأنَّكَ أنتَ مَنْ أُسَبِّحُهُ.

15 B ehold, they say to me, Where is the word of the Lord ? Let it come now!

انظُرْ كَيفَ يَقُولُونَ لِي: «أينَ كَلِمَةُ اللهِ وَوَعدُهُ؟ لِيَأتِيا.»

16 B ut as for me, I have not sought to escape from being a shepherd after You, nor have I desired the woeful day; You know that. Whatever I said was spoken in Your presence and was from You.

لَكِنِّي لَمْ أتَوَقَّفْ عَنْ أنْ أكُونَ راعِياً عِنْدَكَ، وَلَمْ أرغَبْ فِي مَجِيءِ يَومِ الكارِثَةِ. أنتَ تَعرِفُ كُلَّ ما أقُولُهُ، وَهُوَ واضِحٌ جِدّاً لَكَ.

17 B e not a terror to me; You are my refuge and my hope in the day of evil.

لا تُرعِبْنِي، أنتَ مَلْجَأِي فِي وَقتِ الكارِثَةِ.

18 L et those be put to shame who persecute me, but let me not be put to shame; let them be dismayed, but let me not be dismayed. Bring on them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction.

لِيَخزَ الَّذِينَ يَتبَعُونَنِي، أمّا أنا، فَلا تَسْمَحْ بِأنْ أُخزَى. لِيَرتَعِبُوا، أمّا أنا، فَلا تَسْمَحْ بِأنْ أرتَعِبَ. اجلِبْ عَلَيهِمْ وَقتَ مُعاناةٍ، وَحَطِّمهُمْ تَحطِيماً مُضاعَفاً. حِفظُ يَومِ السَّبت

19 T hus said the Lord to me: Go and stand in the gate of the sons of the people, through which the kings of Judah enter and through which they go out, and also in all the gates of Jerusalem.

هَذا هُوَ ما قالَهُ اللهُ لِي: «اذْهَبْ وَقِفْ فِي بَوّابَةِ الشَّعبِ الَّتِي يَدخُلُ مِنها مُلُوكُ يَهُوذا وَمِنها يَخرُجُونَ. وَقِفْ فِي كُلِّ بَوّاباتِ مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ.»

20 S ay to them, Hear the word of the Lord, you kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem who enter through these gates.

«وَقُلْ لَهُمْ: اسمَعُوا رِسالَةَ اللهِ يا كُلَّ مُلُوكِ يَهُوذا، وَكُلَّ بَنِي يَهُوذا، وَكُلَّ سُكّانِ القُدْسِ، وَيا كُلَّ الدّاخِلِينَ عَبْرَ هَذِهِ البَوّأباتِ،

21 T hus says the Lord: Take heed to yourselves and for the sake of your lives bear no burden on the Sabbath day or bring it in through the gates of Jerusalem.

هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ: ‹احمُوا أنفُسَكُمْ، وَلا تَحمِلُوا شَيئاً يَومَ السَّبتِ، وَلا تَدْخُلُوا البَضائِعَ عَبرَ بَوّاباتِ مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ.

22 A nd do not carry a burden out of your houses on the Sabbath day or do any work, but keep the Sabbath day holy (set apart to the worship of God), as I commanded your fathers.

وَلا تُخرِجُوا البَضائِعَ مِنْ بُيُوتِكُمْ يَومَ السَّبتِ، وَلا تَعمَلُوا. خَصِّصُوا يَومَ السَّبتِ لِي كَما أمَرْتُ آباؤُكُمْ.›

23 Y et they would not listen and obey or incline their ears; but they stiffened their necks, that they might not hear and might not receive instruction.

وَلَكِنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَسمَعُوا وَلَمْ يَفتَحُوا آذانَهُمْ، بَلْ قَسَّوْا رِقابَهُمْ وَتَجاهَلُوا وَلَمْ يَصغُوا لِكَلامِي.

24 B ut if you diligently listen to and obey Me, says the Lord, and bring in no burden through the gates of this city on the Sabbath day, but keep the Sabbath day holy (set apart to the worship of God), to do no work on it,

لَكِنْ إنِ استَمَعتُمْ إلِيَّ، يَقُولُ اللهُ ، فَلَمْ تُدخِلُوا البَضائِعَ عَبْرَ بَوّاباتِ هَذِهِ المَدِينَةِ يَومَ السَّبتِ، بَلْ خَصَّصْتُمُ السَّبتَ لِي فَلَمْ تَعْمَلُوا فِيهِ،

25 T hen there will enter through the gates of this city kings and princes who will sit upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses—the kings and their princes, the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and this city will be inhabited and last throughout the ages.

فَإنَّ مُلُوكاً يَجلِسُونَ عَلَى عَرْشِ داوُدَ سَيَدْخُلُونَ عَبْرَ بَوّاباتِ القُدْسِ راكِبِينَ عَرَباتٍ وَخُيُولاً. سَيَدخُلُ هَؤُلاءِ مَعَ رُؤَسائِهِمْ وَرِجالِ يَهُوذا وَسُكّانِ مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ. وَسَتُسكَنُ هَذِهِ المَدِينَةُ إلَى الأبَدِ.

26 A nd people shall come from the cities of Judah and the places round about Jerusalem, from the land of Benjamin, from the lowland, from the hill country, and from the South (the Negeb), bringing burnt offerings and sacrifices, cereal offerings and frankincense, and bringing sacrifices of thanksgiving to the house of the Lord.

وَسَيَأتِي أُناسٌ مِنْ مُدُنِ يَهُوذا وَمِنَ المَناطِقِ المُحِيطَةِ بِمَدينَةِ القُدْسِ، وَمِنْ أرْضِ بَنْيامِيْنَ وَمِنَ السُّهُولِ الغَربِيَّةِ وَمِنْ مِنطَقَةِ التِّلالِ وَمِنَ النَّقَبِ إلَى بَيتِ اللهِ بِذَبائِحَ وَأضاحِي وَقَرابِينَ وَبَخُورٍ وَذَبائِحِ شُكرٍ.

27 B ut if you will not listen to Me to keep the Sabbath day holy (set apart to the worship of God), and not to bear a burden and enter in at the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, then I will kindle a fire in her gates, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched.

«‹وَلَكِنْ إنْ لَمْ تَستَمِعُوا إلَيَّ، بِأنْ تُخَصِّصُوا السَّبتَ لِي، وَبِأنْ لا تُدخِلُوا البَضائِعَ عَبرَ بَوّاباتِ القُدْسِ يَومَ السَّبتِ، فَسَأُشعِلُ ناراً فِي بَوّاباتِها، فَتَلتَهِمَ قِلاعَ المَدينَةِ، وَلَنْ تُطفَأ.›»