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

The sin of Judah is written down with an iron stylus; With a diamond point it is engraved upon the tablet of their heart And on the horns of their altars,

2 ي َتَذَكَّرُ بَنُوهُمْ مَذابِحَهُمْ وَأنصابَ عَشْتَرُوتَ، بِجانِبِ الأشجارِ المُورِقَةِ عَلَى التِّلالِ العالِيَةِ،

As they remember their children, So they remember their altars and their Asherim By green trees on the high hills.

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

O mountain of Mine in the countryside, I will give over your wealth and all your treasures for booty, Your high places for sin throughout your borders.

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

And you will, even of yourself, let go of your inheritance That I gave you; And I will make you serve your enemies In the land which you do not know; For you have kindled a fire in My anger Which will burn forever.

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

Thus says the Lord, “ Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind And makes flesh his strength, And whose heart turns away from the Lord.

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

“For he will be like a bush in the desert And will not see when prosperity comes, But will live in stony wastes in the wilderness, A land of salt without inhabitant.

7 م ُبارَكٌ الإنسانُ الَّذِي يَثِقُ بِاللهِ ، وَيَتَّكِلُ عَلَى اللهِ.

“ Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord And whose trust is the Lord.

8 س َيَكُونُ 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.

“For he will be like a tree planted by the water, That extends its roots by a stream And will not fear when the heat comes; But its leaves will be green, And it will not be anxious in a year of drought Nor cease to yield fruit.

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

“The heart is more deceitful than all else And is desperately sick; Who can understand it?

10 أ نا اللهَ أمتَحِنُ القُلُوبَ، وَأختَبِرُ الرَّغَباتِ، كَي أُكافِئَ الإنسانَ بِحَسَبِ طُرُقِهِ وَبِحَسَبِ أعمالِهِ.

“I, the Lord, search the heart, I test the mind, Even to give to each man according to his ways, According to the results of his deeds.

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

“As a partridge that hatches eggs which it has not laid, So is he who makes a fortune, but unjustly; In the midst of his days it will forsake him, And in the end he will be a fool.”

12 ع َرشٌ مَجِيدٌ مُرتَفِعٌ مِنَ البِدايَةِ هُوَ هَيكَلُنا المُقَدَّسُ.

A glorious throne on high from the beginning Is the place of our sanctuary.

13 ا للهُ 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

O Lord, the hope of Israel, All who forsake You will be put to shame. Those who turn away on earth will be written down, Because they have forsaken the fountain of living water, even the Lord.

14 ا شفِنِي يا اللهُ ، حِينَئِذٍ، سَأُشفَى. خَلِّصْنِي، حِينَئِذٍ، سَأخلُصُ. هَذا لأنَّكَ أنتَ مَنْ أُسَبِّحُهُ.

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

15 ا نظُرْ كَيفَ يَقُولُونَ لِي: «أينَ كَلِمَةُ اللهِ وَوَعدُهُ؟ لِيَأتِيا.»

Look, they keep saying to me, “Where is the word of the Lord ? Let it come now!”

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

But as for me, I have not hurried away from being a shepherd after You, Nor have I longed for the woeful day; You Yourself know that the utterance of my lips Was in Your presence.

17 ل ا تُرعِبْنِي، أنتَ مَلْجَأِي فِي وَقتِ الكارِثَةِ.

Do not be a terror to me; You are my refuge in the day of disaster.

18 ل ِيَخزَ 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

Let those who persecute me be put to shame, but as for me, let me not be put to shame; Let them be dismayed, but let me not be dismayed. Bring on them a day of disaster, And crush them with twofold destruction! The Sabbath Must Be Kept

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

Thus the Lord said to me, “Go and stand in the public gate, through which the kings of Judah come in and go out, as well as in all the gates of Jerusalem;

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

and say to them, ‘ Listen to the word of the Lord, kings of Judah, and all Judah and all inhabitants of Jerusalem who come in through these gates:

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

Thus says the Lord, “ Take heed for yourselves, and do not carry any load on the sabbath day or bring anything in through the gates of Jerusalem.

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

You shall not bring a load out of your houses on the sabbath day nor do any work, but keep the sabbath day holy, as I commanded your forefathers.

23 و َلَكِنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَسمَعُوا وَلَمْ يَفتَحُوا آذانَهُمْ، بَلْ قَسَّوْا رِقابَهُمْ وَتَجاهَلُوا وَلَمْ يَصغُوا لِكَلامِي.

Yet they did not listen or incline their ears, but stiffened their necks in order not to listen or take correction.

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

“But it will come about, if you listen attentively to Me,” declares the Lord, “to bring no load in through the gates of this city on the sabbath day, but to keep the sabbath day holy by doing no work on it,

25 ف َإنَّ 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.

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

26 و َسَيَأتِي 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.

They will come in from the cities of Judah and from the environs of Jerusalem, from the land of Benjamin, from the lowland, from the hill country and from the Negev, bringing burnt offerings, sacrifices, grain offerings and incense, and bringing sacrifices of thanksgiving to the house of the Lord.

27 « ‹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.›»

But if you do not listen to Me to keep the sabbath day holy by not carrying a load and coming in through the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day, then I will kindle a fire in its gates and it will devour the palaces of Jerusalem and not be quenched.”’”