القراءة بلغتين

إِنِّي ٱعتَلَنتُ لِمَن لم يَسألوا عَنِّي ووَجَدَني الَّذينَ لَم يَطلُبوني. قُلتُ: «هاءَنَذا هاءَنَذا» لِأُمَّةٍ لم تَدعُ بِٱسْمي

بَسَطتُ يَدَيَّ طَوالَ النَّهارِ لِشَعبٍ عاصٍ يَسلُكُ طَريقًا غيرَ صالِحٍ على هَواه

شَعبٍ يُغضِبُني في وَجْهي كُلَّ حين يَذبَحُ في الجَنائِن ويُحرِقونَ البَخورَ على الآجُرّ

يُقيمُ في القُبور ويَبيتُ في المَغاوِر يَأكُلُ لَحمَ الخِنْزير وآنِيَتُه مَرَقُ قَبائح

يَقول: «قِفْ عِندَكَ، لا تَلمُسْني فإِنِّي لَكَ قُدُّوس». هٰذه الكَلِماتُ دُخانٌ في أَنْفي نارٌ مُتَّقِدَةٌ كُلَّ النَّهار

هُوَذا مَكْتوبٌ أَمامي: إِنِّي لا أَصمُتُ حَتَّى أُحاسِب أُحاسِبَ في أَحْضانِهم

آثامَكم وآثامَ آبائِكم مَعًا قالَ الرَّبّ. الَّذينَ أَحرَقوا البَخورَ على الجِبال وأَهانوني على التِّلال فسأَكيلُ أَوَّلًا أَعْمالَهم في أَحْضانِهم

هٰكذا قالَ الرَّبّ: كما يوجَدُ النَّبيذُ في عُنْقود فيَقولُ قائِلٌ: «لا تُتلِفْه فإِنَّ فيه بَرَكَة» كذٰلك أَصنَعُ لِأَجلِ عَبيدي لِئَلَّا أُتلِفَ الجَميع

وسأُخرِجُ مِن يَعْقوبَ نَسلًا ومِن يَهوذا وارِثًا لِجِبالي فيَرِثُها مُخْتارِيَّ وعَبيدي يَسكُنونَ هُناك

ويَكونُ الشَّارونَ مَأوى غَنَم ووادِي عَكورَ مَربِضَ بَقَر لِشَعبيَ الَّذي ٱلتَمَسَني

وأَنتُمُ الَّذينَ تَرَكوا الرَّبّ ونَسوا جَبَلَ قُدْسي الَّذينَ يُهَيِّئونَ المائِدَةَ لِجَدّ ويُعِدُّونَ المَمْزوجَ لِمَناة

فسأُعِدُّكم لِلسَّيف وتَركَعونَ جَميعُكم لِلذَّبْح لِأَنِّي دَعَوتُ ولم تُجيبوا تَكَلَّمتُ فلَم تَسمَعوا وصَنَعتُمُ الشَّرَّ في عَينَيَّ وما لم أَشإِ ٱختَرتُم

لِذٰلك هٰكذا قالَ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبّ: ها إِنَّ عَبيدي يأكُلون وأَنتُم تَجوعون ها إِنَّ عَبيدي يَشرَبونَ وأَنتُم تَعطَشون

ها إِنَّ عَبيدي يَفرَحونَ وأَنتُم تَخزَون ها إِنَّ عَبيدي يَهتِفونَ مِن طيبِ القَلْب وأَنتُم تَصرُخونَ مِن كآبَةِ القَلْب وتُوَلوِلونَ مِنِ ٱنكِسارِ الرُّوح

وتُخَلِّفونَ ٱسمَكم لَعنَةً لِمُخْتارِيَّ: «أَماتَكَ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبّ» لٰكِنَّه يَدْعو عَبيدَه بٱسمٍ آخَر

فالَّذي يَتَبارَكُ على الأَرض يَتَبارَكُ بِإِلٰهِ آمين والَّذي يَحلِفُ على الأَرض يَحلِفُ بِإِلٰهِ آمين لِأَنَّ المَضايِقَ الأُولى تُنْسى وتُستَرُ عن عَينَيَّ

لِأَنِّي هٰكذا أَخلُقُ سَمَواتٍ جَديدة وأَرضًا جَديدة فلا يُذكَرُ الماضي ولا يَخطُرُ على البال

بل تَهَلَّلوا وٱبتَهِجوا لِلأَبَدِ بِما أَنا أَخلُق فإِنِّي هاءَنَذا أَخلُقُ أُورَشَليمَ لِلٱبتِهاج وشَعبَها لِلسُّرور

وأَبتَهِجُ بِأُورَشَليمَ وأُسَرُّ بِشَعْبي ولا يُسمَعُ فيها مِن بَعدُ صَوتُ بُكاء ولا صَوتُ صُراخ

لا يَموتُ هُناكَ مِن بَعدُ طِفلُ أَيَّام ولا شَيخٌ لم يَستَكمِلْ أَيَّامَه لِأَنَّ صَغيرَ السِّنِّ يَموتُ وهو ٱبنُ مِئَةِ سَنَة والَّذي يَموتُ دونَ مِئَةِ سَنَةٍ فإِنَّه مَلْعون

ويَبْنونَ بُيوتًا ويَسكُنونَ فيها ويَغرِسونَ كُرومًا ويأكُلونَ ثَمَرَها

لا يَبْنونَ ويَسكُنُ آخَر ولا يَغرِسونَ ويَأكُلُ آخَر لِأَنَّ أَيَّامَ شَعْبي كأَيَّامِ الشَّجَر ومُخْتارِيَّ يَتَمَتَّعونَ بِأَعْمالِ أَيديهم

لا يَتعَبونَ باطِلًا ولا يَلِدونَ لِلرُّعْب لِأَنَّهم ذُرِّيَّةُ مُبارَكي الرَّبّ وسُلالَتُهم معَهم

قَبلَ أَن يَدعُوَ أُجيب وبَينَما هم يَتَكلَّمونَ أَستَجيب

الذِّئبُ والحَمَلُ يَرعَيانِ معًا والأَسَدُ كبَقَرٍ يأكُلُ التِّبْن أَمَّا الحَيَّةُ فالتُّرابُ يَكونُ طَعامَها لا يُسيئونَ ولا يُفسِدون في جَبَلِ قُدْسي كُلِّه، قالَ الرَّبّ

“I am inquired of by those who didn’t ask. I am found by those who didn’t seek me. I said, ‘See me, see me,’ to a nation that was not called by my name.

I have spread out my hands all day to a rebellious people, who walk in a way that is not good, after their own thoughts;

a people who provoke me to my face continually, sacrificing in gardens, and burning incense on bricks;

who sit among the graves, and spend nights in secret places; who eat pig’s meat, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels;

who say, ‘Stay by yourself, don’t come near to me, for I am holier than you.’ These are smoke in my nose, a fire that burns all day.

“Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will repay, yes, I will repay into their bosom

your own iniquities and the iniquities of your fathers together”, says the LORD, “who have burned incense on the mountains, and blasphemed me on the hills. Therefore I will first measure their work into their bosom.”

The LORD says, “As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one says, ‘Don’t destroy it, for a blessing is in it:’ so I will do for my servants’ sake, that I may not destroy them all.

I will bring offspring out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains. My chosen will inherit it, and my servants will dwell there.

Sharon will be a fold of flocks, and the valley of Achor a place for herds to lie down in, for my people who have sought me.

“But you who forsake the LORD, who forget my holy mountain, who prepare a table for Fortune, and who fill up mixed wine to Destiny;

I will destine you to the sword, and you will all bow down to the slaughter; because when I called, you didn’t answer. When I spoke, you didn’t listen; but you did that which was evil in my eyes, and chose that in which I didn’t delight.”

Therefore the Lord GOD says, “Behold, my servants will eat, but you will be hungry; behold, my servants will drink, but you will be thirsty. Behold, my servants will rejoice, but you will be disappointed.

Behold, my servants will sing for joy of heart, but you will cry for sorrow of heart, and will wail for anguish of spirit.

You will leave your name for a curse to my chosen, and the Lord GOD will kill you. He will call his servants by another name,

so that he who blesses himself on the earth will bless himself in the God of truth; and he who swears on the earth will swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hidden from my eyes.

“For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; and the former things will not be remembered, nor come into mind.

But be glad and rejoice forever in that which I create; for, behold, I create Jerusalem to be a delight, and her people a joy.

I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and delight in my people; and the voice of weeping and the voice of crying will be heard in her no more.

“No more will there be an infant who only lives a few days, nor an old man who has not filled his days; for the child will die one hundred years old, and the sinner being one hundred years old will be accursed.

They will build houses and inhabit them. They will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.

They will not build and another inhabit. They will not plant and another eat; for the days of my people will be like the days of a tree, and my chosen will long enjoy the work of their hands.

They will not labor in vain nor give birth for calamity; for they are the offspring of the LORD’s blessed and their descendants with them.

It will happen that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.

The wolf and the lamb will feed together. The lion will eat straw like the ox. Dust will be the serpent’s food. They will not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain,” says the LORD.