Geremia 12
La Nuova Diodati
12 Tu sei giusto, o Eterno; come posso discutere con te? Tuttavia parlerò con te intorno ai tuoi giudizi. Perché la via degli empi prospera? Perché vivono tranquilli quelli che agiscono perfidamente?
2 Li hai piantati e hanno pure messo radice; crescono e addirittura portano frutto. Tu sei vicino alla loro bocca, ma lontano dal loro cuore.
3 Ma tu, o Eterno, mi conosci, mi vedi ed esamini il mio cuore, nei tuoi confronti. Trascinali al macello come pecore e appartali per il giorno del massacro!
4 Fino a quando farà cordoglio il paese e seccherà l'erba di ogni campo? Per la malvagità dei suoi abitanti, le bestie e gli uccelli sono sterminati, perché essi dicono: «Egli non vedrà la nostra fine».
5 Se tu corri con i pedoni e ti stancano, come potrai gareggiare con i cavalli? Se ti senti sicuro solamente in un paese pacifico, cosa farai quando il Giordano si gonfierà?
6 Poiché perfino i tuoi fratelli e la casa di tuo padre hanno agito perfidamente con te; anch'essi ti gridano dietro a piena voce. Non fidarti di loro quando ti diranno buone parole.
7 Ho abbandonato la mia casa, ho rigettato la mia eredità; ho dato ciò che ho di piú caro nelle mani dei suoi nemici.
8 La mia eredità è divenuta per me come un leone nella foresta; ha lanciato il suo grido contro di me; per questo l'ho odiata.
9 La mia eredità è stata per me come l'uccello rapace screziato; gli uccelli rapaci si lanciano contro di lei da ogni parte. Andate, radunate tutte le bestie della campagna, fatele venire a divorare!
10 Molti pastori hanno devastato la mia vigna, hanno calpestato la mia porzione, hanno ridotto la mia deliziosa porzione in un deserto desolato.
11 L'hanno ridotta una desolazione, desolata, fa' cordoglio davanti a me; tutto il paese è desolato, ma nessuno se ne dà pensiero.
12 Su tutte le alture del deserto sono giunti i devastatori e la spada dell'Eterno divora il paese da un'estremità all'altra; nessuna carne ha pace.
13 Hanno seminato grano, ma raccolgono spine; si sono affaticati, ma senza alcun vantaggio. Si vergogneranno del vostro raccolto, a motivo dell'ardente ira dell'Eterno!
14 Cosí dice l'Eterno contro tutti i miei malvagi vicini, che toccano l'eredità che ho dato in possesso al mio popolo Israele: «Ecco, li sradicherò dal loro paese e sradicherò la casa di Giuda di mezzo a loro.
15 Ma avverrà che, dopo averli sradicati, ritornerò ad aver compassione di loro e li ricondurrò a ciascuno nella sua eredità, ciascuno nel suo paese.
16 E avverrà che se impareranno accuratamente le vie del mio popolo e a giurare per il mio nome, dicendo: "L'Eterno vive", come hanno insegnato al mio popolo a giurare per Baal, saranno saldamente stabiliti in mezzo al mio popolo,
17 Ma se non ascolteranno, io sradicherò interamente quella nazione e la distruggerò», dice l'Eterno.
ﺃﺭﻣﻴﺎء 12
Arabic Bible: Easy-to-Read Version
شَكوَى إرْمِيَا للهِ
12 يَا اللهُ، سَتَكُونُ أنْتَ عَلَى حَقٍّ دَائِمًا،
لَوْ دَخَلْتُ فِي مُخَاصَمَةٍ ضِدَّكَ.
لَكِنِ اسْمَحْ لِي فَأعْرِضَ عَلَيْكَ أسئِلَتِي:
لِمَاذَا يَزْدَهِرُ طَرِيقُ الأشْرَارِ؟
لِمَاذَا يَعِيشُ غَيْرُ الصَّادِقِينَ بِرَاحَةٍ؟
2 زَرَعْتَهُمْ فَصَارَتْ لَهُمْ جُذُورٌ،
ازدَهَرُوا وَحَمَلُوا ثَمَرًا.
يَتَكَلَّمُونَ عَنْكَ بِشَكلٍ مُسْتَمِرٍّ،
لَكِنَّهُمْ لَيْسُوا صَادِقِينَ.
3 لَكِنْ يَا اللهُ، أنْتَ تَعْرِفُنِي
أنْتَ رَأيْتَنِي،
وَقَدِ اختَبَرتَ قَلْبِي بِنَفْسِكَ.
اسحَبهُمْ كَغَنَمٍ لِلذَّبحِ،
أفرِزْهُمْ لِيَوْمِ القَتلِ.
4 إلَى مَتَى سَتَبْقَى الأرْضُ جَافَّةً،
وَعُشبُ كُلِّ الحُقُولِ ذَابِلًا؟
بِسَبَبِ شَرِّ سُكَّانِهَا،
فَنِيَتِ الحَيَوَانَاتُ وَالطُّيُورُ.
أعْرِفُ أنَّهُمْ أشرَارٌ لِأنَّهُمْ يُقُولُونَ:
«لَنْ يَرَى مَا سَيَحْدُثُ لَنَا فِي المُسْتَقْبَلِ.»
جَوَابُ اللهِ لِإرْمِيَا
5 فَقَالَ اللهُ: «إنْ تَسَابَقْتَ مَعَ النَّاسِ فَأنهَكُوكَ،
فَكَيْفَ سَتُنَافِسُ الخَيلَ.
وَإنْ كُنْتَ تَسْقُطُ فِي الأرْضِ الآمِنَةِ،
فَمَاذَا سَتَفْعَلُ فِي الغَابَاتِ المُحِيطَةِ بِنَهْرِ الأُرْدُنِّ.
6 حَتَّى أقرِبَاؤُكَ كَانُوا كَاذِبِينَ مَعَكَ،
وَهُمْ أنْفُسُهُمْ صَرَخُوا عَلَيْكَ.
لَا تَثِقْ بِهِمْ،
حَتَّى وَإنْ قَالُوا لَكَ كَلَامًا جَمِيلًا.
رَفْضُ اللهِ لِشَعْبِهِ يَهُوذَا
7 «تَرَكتُ بَيْتِي،
هَجَرتُ مِيرَاثِي.
سَلَّمتُ حَبِيبَةَ قَلْبِي لِيَدِ أعْدَائِهَا.
8 صَارَ مِيرَاثِي لِي كَأسَدٍ فِي الغَابَةِ.
رَفَعْتْ عَلَيَّ صَوْتَهَا، فَرَفَضْتُهَا.
9 هَلِ الضَّبعُ جَائِعٌ لِأرْضِي وَشَعْبِي؟
أحَاطَتْ بِهِمُ الطُّيُورُ الجَارِحَةُ.
تَعَالَيْ أيَّتُهَا الحَيَوَانَاتُ البَرِّيَّةُ،
تَعَالَيْ وَكُلِي.
10 رُعَاةٌ كَثِيرُونَ خَرَّبُوا كَرْمِي،
دَاسُوا نَصِيبِي الغَالِي،
وَحَوَّلُوهُ إلَى صَحرَاءَ خَرِبَةٍ.
11 حَوَّلُوهَا إلَى خَرَابٍ يَنُوحُ لِي وَهُوَ خَرِبٌ.
خَرِبَتْ كُلُّ الأرْضِ،
لِأنَّهُ لَا أحَدَ يَهْتَمُّ.
12 لِذَلِكَ أتَى المُخَرِّبُونَ مِنَ الأمَاكِنِ القَاحِلَةِ فِي الصَّحرَاءِ،
لِأنَّ سَيفَ اللهِ يَأْكُلُ مِنْ أقْصَى الأرْضِ إلَى أقصَاهَا الآخَرِ.
لَا يُوجَدُ أمَانٌ لِأيِّ حَيٍّ فِيهَا.
13 زَرَعُوا قَمْحًا،
لَكِنَّهُمْ حَصَدُوا أشوَاكًا.
عَمِلُوا بِقُوَّةٍ،
وَلَكِنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَنْجَحُوا.
سَيَخْجَلُونَ مِنْ مَحَاصِيلِهِمْ،
بِسَبَبِ غَضَبِ اللهِ عَلَيْهِمْ.»
وَعْدُ اللهِ لِجِيرَانِ إسْرَائِيل
14 هَذَا هُوَ مَا يَقُولُهُ اللهُ: «بِالنِّسبَةِ لِلسُّكَّانِ الأشْرَارِ فِي الأرَاضِي المُجَاوِرَةِ لِمِيرَاثِي الَّذِي أعْطَيْتُهُ لِشَعْبِي إسْرَائِيلَ: سَأنزَعُهُمْ مِنْ أرْضِهِمْ، وَسَأنزَعُ بَنِي يَهُوذَا مِنْ وَسَطِهِمْ. 15 وَبَعْدَ نَزعِي لَهُمْ، سَأرْحَمُهُمْ ثَانِيَةً. سَأُرجِعُ كُلَّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمْ إلَى مِيرَاثِهِ، وَإلَى أرْضِهِ. 16 وَإنْ تَعَلَّمُوا فِعلًا طُرُقَ شَعْبِي، بِأًنْ يَحْلِفُوا بِاسْمِي وَيَقُولُوا: ‹نُقْسِمُ بِاللهِ الحَيِّ› حِينَئِذٍ، سَيُثمِرُونَ وَسَطَ شَعْبِي. 17 وَلَكِنْ إنْ لَمْ يَفْعَلُوا، فَإنِّي سَأنزِعُ تِلْكَ الأُمَّةَ وَأُدَمِّرُهَا،» يَقُولُ اللهُ.
Jeremiah 12
1599 Geneva Bible
12 1 The Prophet marvelleth at the prosperity of the wicked, although he confess God to be righteous. 7 The Jews are forsaken of the Lord. 10 He speaketh against pastors and preachers, that seduce the people. 14 The Lord threateneth destruction unto the nations that troubled Judah.
1 O Lord, if I dispute with thee, thou art [a]righteous: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: wherefore doth the way of the wicked [b]prosper? why are all they in wealth that rebelliously transgress?
2 Thou hast planted them, and they have taken root: they grow, and bring forth fruit, thou art near in their mouth, and far from their [c]reins.
3 But thou, Lord, knowest me: thou hast seen me, and tried mine heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and [d]prepare them for the day of slaughter.
4 How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? the beasts are consumed, and the birds, because they said, [e]He will not see our last end.
5 If thou hast run with the [f]footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou match thyself with horses? and if thou thoughtest thyself safe in a peaceable land, what wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan?
6 For even thy brethren and the house of thy father, even they have dealt unfaithfully with thee, and they have cried out altogether upon thee: but believe them not, though they speak fair to thee.
7 I have forsaken [g]mine house: I have left mine heritage: I have given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hands of her enemies.
8 Mine heritage is unto me, as a [h]lion in the forest: it crieth out against me, therefore have I hated it.
9 Shall mine heritage be unto me, as a bird [i]of divers colors? are not the birds about her, saying, Come, assemble all the beasts of the field, come to eat her?
10 Many pastors have destroyed my [j]vineyard, and trodden my portion under foot: of my pleasant portion they have made a desolate wilderness.
11 They have laid it waste, and it, being waste mourneth unto me, and the whole land lieth waste, because no man setteth his mind on [k]it.
12 The destroyers are come upon all the high places in the wilderness: for the sword of the Lord shall devour from the one end of the land, even to the other end of the land: no flesh shall have peace.
13 [l]They have sown wheat, and reaped thorns: they were [m]sick, and had no profit: and they were ashamed of [n]your fruits, because of the fierce wrath of the Lord.
14 Thus saith the Lord against all mine evil [o]neighbors, that touch the inheritance, which I have caused my people Israel to inherit, Behold, I will pluck them out of their land, and pluck out the house of Judah from among them.
15 And after that I have plucked them out, I [p]will return, and have compassion on them, and will bring again every man to his heritage, and every man to his land.
16 And if they will learn the [q]ways of my people, to swear by my Name, (The [r]Lord liveth, as they taught my people to swear by Baal) then shall they be built [s]in the midst of my people.
17 But if they will not obey, then will I utterly pluck up, and destroy that nation, saith the Lord.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 12:1 The Prophet confesseth God to be just in all his doings, although man be not able to give a reason of all his acts.
- Jeremiah 12:1 This question hath been always a great tentation to the godly, to see the wicked enemies of God in prosperity, and his dear children in adversity, as Job 21:7; Ps. 37:1 and 73:3; Hab. 1:3.
- Jeremiah 12:2 They profess God in mouth, but deny him in heart, which is here meant by the reins, Isa. 29:13; Matt. 15:8.
- Jeremiah 12:3 The Hebrew word is, Sanctify them, meaning, that God would be sanctified in the destruction of the wicked, to whom God for a while giveth prosperity, that afterward they should the more feel his heavy judgment when they lack their riches which were a sign of his mercy.
- Jeremiah 12:4 Abusing God’s lenity and his promises, they flattered themselves as though God would ever be merciful, and not utterly destroy them: therefore they hardened themselves in sin, till at length the beasts and insensible creatures felt the punishment of their stubborn rebellion against God.
- Jeremiah 12:5 Some think that God reproveth Jeremiah, in that that he would reason with him, saying, that if he were not able to march with men, that he were far unable to dispute with God. Others, by the footmen, mean them of Anathoth: and by the horsemen, them of Jerusalem, which should trouble the Prophet worse than his own countrymen did.
- Jeremiah 12:7 God willeth the Prophet to denounce his judgments against Jerusalem, notwithstanding that they shall both by threatenings and flatteries, labor to put him to silence.
- Jeremiah 12:8 Ever ramping and raging against me and my Prophets.
- Jeremiah 12:9 Instead of bearing my livery, and wearing only my colors, they have change and diversity of colors of their idols and superstitions, therefore their enemies as thick as the fowls of the air shall come about them to destroy them.
- Jeremiah 12:10 He prophecieth of the destruction of Jerusalem, by the captains of Nebuchadnezzar, whom he calleth pastors.
- Jeremiah 12:11 Because no man regardeth my word, or the plagues that I have sent upon the land.
- Jeremiah 12:13 To wit, the Prophets.
- Jeremiah 12:13 They lamented the sins of the people.
- Jeremiah 12:13 For instead of amendment, you grew worse and worse, as God’s plagues testified.
- Jeremiah 12:14 Meaning, the wicked enemies of his Church, which blasphemed his Name, and whom he would punish after that he hath delivered his people.
- Jeremiah 12:15 After that I have punished the Gentiles, I will have mercy upon them.
- Jeremiah 12:16 The true doctrine and manner to serve God.
- Jeremiah 12:16 Read Jer. 4:2.
- Jeremiah 12:16 They shall be of the number of the faithful, and have a place in my Church.
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