القراءة بلغتين

الكَلِمَةُ الَّتي كانَت إِلى إِرمِيا مِن لَدُنِ الرَّبِّ قائلًا

هٰكذا قالَ الرَّبّ، إِلٰهُ إِسْرائيل: أُكتُبْ لَكَ جَميعَ الكَلِماتِ الَّتي كَلَّمتُكَ بِها في كِتاب

فها إِنَّها تَأتي أَيَّامٌ، يَقولُ الرَّبّ، أُرجِعُ فيها أَسْرى شَعْبي إِسْرائيلَ (ويَهوذا)، قالَ الرَّبّ، وأُرجِعُهم إِلى الأَرضِ الَّتي أَعطَيتُها لِآبائِهم فيَرِثونَها

وهٰذا هو الكَلامُ الَّذي كَلَّمَ بِه الرَّبُّ إِسْرائيلَ (ويَهوذا)

هٰكذا قالَ الرَّبّ: سَمِعنا صَوتَ ٱرتِعاد فَزَعٌ لا سَلام

اِسأَلوا وٱنظُروا هل يَلِدُ الذَّكَر ولٰكِن ما بالي أَرى كُلَّ رَجُلٍ يَداه على خَصْرَيه كالَّتي تَلِد وكُلَّ الوُجوهِ تَحَوَّلَت إِلى الصُّفرَة؟

آهِ إِنَّ ذٰلك اليَومَ عَظيمٌ ولَيسَ مِثلُه وهو وَقتُ ضِيقٍ على يَعْقوب لٰكِنَّه سيُخَلَّصُ مِنه

(وفي ذٰلك اليَومِ، يَقولُ رَبُّ القُوَّات، أَكسِرُ نيرَه عن عُنُقِكَ وأَقطَعُ رُبُطَكَ، ولا يَستَعبِدُه الغُرَباءُ مِن بَعدُ

بَلْ يَخْدِمُونَ الرَّبَّ إِلهَهُمْ وَدَاوُدَ مَلِكَهُمُ الَّذِي أُقِيمُهُ لَهُمْ.

وأَنتَ فلا تَخَفْ يا عَبْدي يَعْقوب، يَقولُ الرَّبّ ولا تَفزَعْ يا إِسْرائيل فإِنِّي أُخَلِّصُكَ مِنَ الغُربَة وذُرِّيَّتَكَ مِن أَرضِ جَلائِهم فيَرجِعُ يَعْقوبُ ويَستَقِرُّ في الرَّاحَةِ والطُّمَأنينَة ولا يُرعِبُه أَحَد

لِأَنِّي مَعَكَ، يَقولُ الرَّبّ، لِأُخَلِّصَكَ فإِنِّي أُفْني جَميعَ الأُمَمِ الَّتي شَتَّتُّكَ بَينَها وأَمَّا أَنتَ فلا أُفْنيكَ بل أُؤَدِّبُكَ بِالحَقِّ ولا أُبَرِّئُكَ تَبرِئَةً

لِأَنَّه هٰكذا قالَ الرَّبّ: إِنَّ ٱنكِسارَكِ مُعضِل وضَربَتَكِ لا شِفاءَ مِنها

لَيسَ مَن يُدافِعُ عن قَضِيَّتِكِ ولا عِلاجَ لِقَرحِكِ ولا ٱلتِئامَ لجُرحِكِ

جَميعُ مُحِبِّيكِ نَسوكِ ولم يَطلُبوكِ، لِأَنِّي ضَرَبتُكِ ضَربَ عُدُوٍّ تَأديبًا قاسِيًا (بِسَبَبِ عِظَمِ إِثمِكِ وكَثرَةِ خَطاياكِ)

لِماذا تَصرُخينَ مِنِ ٱنكِسارِكِ؟ وداءُكِ مُعضِل. بِسَبَبِ عِظَمِ إِثمِكِ وكَثرَةِ خَطاياكِ صَنَعتُ بِكِ ذٰلك

لٰكِنَّ جَميعَ الَّذينَ يَلتَهِمونَكِ يُلتَهَمون وجَميعَ الَّذينَ يُضايِقونَكِ يَذهَبونَ إِلى الجَلاء ويَكونُ ناهِبوكِ نَهْبًا وأَجعَلُ سالِبيكِ سَلَبًا

فإِنِّي سأَلأَمُ جُرحَكِ وأَشْفيكِ مِن ضَرَباتِكِ، يَقولُ الرَّبّ أَنتِ المَدعُوَّةَ «مَطْرودة» «صِهْيونَ الَّتي لا طالِبَ لَها»

هٰكذا قالَ الرَّبّ: هاءَنَذا أُعيدُ بِناءَ خِيامِ يَعْقوب وأَرحَمُ مَساكِنَه وتُبْنى المَدينَةُ على تَلِّها ويُؤَسَّسُ القَصرُ على مَكانِه

ويَخرُجُ مِنهم نَشيدُ الشُّكْر وأَصواتُ الطَّرِبين وأُكَثِّرُهم فلا يَقِلُّون وأُكرِمُهم فلا يَذِلُّون

ويَكونُ بَنوه كما في قَديمِ الزَّمَن وجَماعَتُه تَثبُتُ أَمامي وأُعاقِبُ جَميعَ مُضايِقيه

ويَكونُ كبيرُه مِنه وسُلْطانُه يَخرُجُ مِن بَينِه وأُقَرِّبُه فيَدْنو إِلَيَّ فإِنَّه مَن ذا الَّذي يَرهَنُ نَفْسَه بِدُنُوِّه إِلَيَّ يَقولُ الرَّبّ؟

وتَكونونَ لي شَعبًا وأَكونُ لَكم إِلٰهًا

ها إِنَّ زَوبَعَةَ سُخطِ الرَّبِّ قد خَرَجَت وعاصِفَةً هائِجَة قد ثارَت على رُؤُوسِ الأَشْرار

إِنَّه لا يَرجِعُ غَضَبُ الرَّبّ حتَّى يَفعَلَ وحتَّى يُتِمَّ مَقاصِدَ قَلبِه. في آخِرِ الأَيَّامِ تَفهَمون

The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,

“The LORD, the God of Israel, says, ‘Write all the words that I have spoken to you in a book.

For, behold, the days come,’ says the LORD, ‘that I will reverse the captivity of my people Israel and Judah,’ says the LORD. ‘I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they will possess it.’”

These are the words that the LORD spoke concerning Israel and concerning Judah.

For the LORD says: “We have heard a voice of trembling; a voice of fear, and not of peace.

Ask now, and see whether a man travails with child. Why do I see every man with his hands on his waist, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned pale?

Alas, for that day is great, so that none is like it! It is even the time of Jacob’s trouble; but he will be saved out of it.

It will come to pass in that day, says the LORD of Armies, that I will break his yoke from off your neck, and will burst your bonds. Strangers will no more make them their bondservants;

but they will serve the LORD their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up to them.

Therefore don’t be afraid, O Jacob my servant, says the LORD. Don’t be dismayed, Israel. For, behold, I will save you from afar, and save your offspring from the land of their captivity. Jacob will return, and will be quiet and at ease. No one will make him afraid.

For I am with you, says the LORD, to save you; for I will make a full end of all the nations where I have scattered you, but I will not make a full end of you; but I will correct you in measure, and will in no way leave you unpunished.”

For the LORD says, “Your hurt is incurable. Your wound is grievous.

There is no one to plead your cause, that you may be bound up. You have no healing medicines.

All your lovers have forgotten you. They don’t seek you. For I have wounded you with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the greatness of your iniquity, because your sins were increased.

Why do you cry over your injury? Your pain is incurable. For the greatness of your iniquity, because your sins have increased, I have done these things to you.

Therefore all those who devour you will be devoured. All your adversaries, everyone of them, will go into captivity. Those who plunder you will be plunder. I will make all who prey on you become prey.

For I will restore health to you, and I will heal you of your wounds,” says the LORD, “because they have called you an outcast, saying, ‘It is Zion, whom no man seeks after.’”

The LORD says: “Behold, I will reverse the captivity of Jacob’s tents, and have compassion on his dwelling places. The city will be built on its own hill, and the palace will be inhabited in its own place.

Thanksgiving will proceed out of them with the voice of those who make merry. I will multiply them, and they will not be few; I will also glorify them, and they will not be small.

Their children also will be as before, and their congregation will be established before me. I will punish all who oppress them.

Their prince will be one of them, and their ruler will proceed from among them. I will cause him to draw near, and he will approach me; for who is he who has had boldness to approach me?” says the LORD.

“You shall be my people, and I will be your God.

Behold, the LORD’s storm, his wrath, has gone out, a sweeping storm; it will burst on the head of the wicked.

The fierce anger of the LORD will not return until he has accomplished, and until he has performed the intentions of his heart. In the latter days you will understand it.”