Geremia 17
Conferenza Episcopale Italiana
Colpe cultuali in Giuda
17 Il peccato di Giuda è scritto
con uno stilo di ferro,
con una punta di diamante
è inciso sulla tavola del loro cuore
e sugli angoli dei loro altari,
2 come per ricordare ai loro figli
i loro altari e i loro pali sacri presso gli alberi verdi,
sui colli elevati,
3 sui monti e in aperta campagna.
«I tuoi averi e tutti i tuoi tesori
li abbandonerò al saccheggio,
a motivo di tutti i peccati
che hai commessi in tutti i tuoi territori.
4 Tu dovrai ritirare la mano dall'eredità
che ti avevo data;
ti farò schiavo dei tuoi nemici
in un paese che non conosci,
perché avete acceso il fuoco della mia ira,
che arderà sempre».
Così dice il Signore:
Sentenze di saggezza
5 «Maledetto l'uomo che confida nell'uomo,
che pone nella carne il suo sostegno
e il cui cuore si allontana dal Signore.
6 Egli sarà come un tamerisco nella steppa,
quando viene il bene non lo vede;
dimorerà in luoghi aridi nel deserto,
in una terra di salsedine, dove nessuno può vivere.
7 Benedetto l'uomo che confida nel Signore
e il Signore è sua fiducia.
8 Egli è come un albero piantato lungo l'acqua,
verso la corrente stende le radici;
non teme quando viene il caldo,
le sue foglie rimangono verdi;
nell'anno della siccità non intristisce,
non smette di produrre i suoi frutti.
9 Più fallace di ogni altra cosa
è il cuore e difficilmente guaribile;
chi lo può conoscere?
10 Io, il Signore, scruto la mente
e saggio i cuori,
per rendere a ciascuno secondo la sua condotta,
secondo il frutto delle sue azioni.
11 Come una pernice che cova uova da lei non deposte
è chi accumula ricchezze, ma senza giustizia.
A metà dei suoi giorni dovrà lasciarle
e alla sua fine apparirà uno stolto».
Fiducia nel tempio e nel Signore
12 Trono di gloria, eccelso fin dal principio,
è il luogo del nostro santuario!
13 O speranza di Israele, Signore,
quanti ti abbandonano resteranno confusi;
quanti si allontanano da te saranno scritti nella polvere,
perché hanno abbandonato
la fonte di acqua viva, il Signore.
Una preghiera di vendetta
14 Guariscimi, Signore, e io sarò guarito,
salvami e io sarò salvato,
poiché tu sei il mio vanto.
15 Ecco, essi mi dicono:
«Dov'è la parola del Signore?
Si compia finalmente!».
16 Io non ho insistito presso di te nella sventura
né ho desiderato il giorno funesto, tu lo sai.
Ciò che è uscito dalla mia bocca è innanzi a te.
17 Non essere per me causa di spavento,
tu, mio solo rifugio nel giorno della sventura.
18 Siano confusi i miei avversari ma non io,
si spaventino essi, ma non io.
Manda contro di loro il giorno della sventura,
distruggili, distruggili per sempre.
L'osservanza del sabato
19 Il Signore mi disse: «Và a metterti alla porta dei Figli del popolo, per la quale entrano ed escono i re di Giuda, e a tutte le porte di Gerusalemme. 20 Dirai loro: Ascoltate la parola del Signore, o re di Giuda e voi tutti Giudei e abitanti di Gerusalemme, che entrate per queste porte. 21 Così dice il Signore: Per amore della vostra vita guardatevi dal trasportare un peso in giorno di sabato e dall'introdurlo per le porte di Gerusalemme. 22 Non portate alcun peso fuori dalle vostre case in giorno di sabato e non fate alcun lavoro, ma santificate il giorno di sabato, come io ho comandato ai vostri padri. 23 Ma essi non vollero ascoltare né prestare orecchio, anzi indurirono la loro cervice per non ascoltarmi e per non accogliere la lezione. 24 Ora, se mi ascolterete sul serio - dice il Signore - se non introdurrete nessun peso entro le porte di questa città in giorno di sabato e santificherete il giorno di sabato non eseguendo in esso alcun lavoro, 25 entreranno per le porte di questa città i re, che siederanno sul trono di Davide, su carri e su cavalli, essi e i loro ufficiali, gli uomini di Giuda e gli abitanti di Gerusalemme. Questa città sarà abitata per sempre. 26 Verranno dalle città di Giuda e dai dintorni di Gerusalemme, dalla terra di Beniamino e dalla Sefèla, dai monti e dal meridione presentando olocausti, sacrifici, offerte e incenso e sacrifici di lode nel tempio del Signore. 27 Ma se non ascolterete il mio comando di santificare il giorno di sabato, di non trasportare pesi e di non introdurli entro le porte di Gerusalemme in giorno di sabato, io accenderò un fuoco alle sue porte; esso divorerà i palazzi di Gerusalemme e mai si estinguerà».
Jeremiah 17
King James Version
17 The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond: it is graven upon the table of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars;
2 Whilst their children remember their altars and their groves by the green trees upon the high hills.
3 O my mountain in the field, I will give thy substance and all thy treasures to the spoil, and thy high places for sin, throughout all thy borders.
4 And thou, even thyself, shalt discontinue from thine heritage that I gave thee; and I will cause thee to serve thine enemies in the land which thou knowest not: for ye have kindled a fire in mine anger, which shall burn for ever.
5 Thus saith the Lord; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord.
6 For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited.
7 Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is.
8 For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
10 I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
11 As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.
12 A glorious high throne from the beginning is the place of our sanctuary.
13 O Lord, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the Lord, the fountain of living waters.
14 Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise.
15 Behold, they say unto me, Where is the word of the Lord? let it come now.
16 As for me, I have not hastened from being a pastor to follow thee: neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was right before thee.
17 Be not a terror unto me: thou art my hope in the day of evil.
18 Let them be confounded that persecute me, but let not me be confounded: let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed: bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction.
19 Thus said the Lord unto me; Go and stand in the gate of the children of the people, whereby the kings of Judah come in, and by the which they go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem;
20 And say unto them, Hear ye the word of the Lord, ye kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, that enter in by these gates:
21 Thus saith the Lord; Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem;
22 Neither carry forth a burden out of your houses on the sabbath day, neither do ye any work, but hallow ye the sabbath day, as I commanded your fathers.
23 But they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive instruction.
24 And it shall come to pass, if ye diligently hearken unto me, saith the Lord, to bring in no burden through the gates of this city on the sabbath day, but hallow the sabbath day, to do no work therein;
25 Then shall there enter into the gates of this city kings and princes sitting upon 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 shall remain for ever.
26 And they shall come from the cities of Judah, and from the places about Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and from the plain, and from the mountains, and from the south, bringing burnt offerings, and sacrifices, and meat offerings, and incense, and bringing sacrifices of praise, unto the house of the Lord.
27 But if ye will not hearken unto me to hallow the sabbath day, and not to bear a burden, even entering in at the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day; then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched.
Yirmeyah 17
Orthodox Jewish Bible
17 The chattat Yehudah is written with an et barzel (iron pen), and with the tzipporen shamir (point of a diamond); it is engraved upon the luach (tablet) of their lev, and upon the karenot (horns) of your mizbechot (altars);
2 Whilst their banim remember their mizbechot and their asherim by the leafy trees upon the high hills.
3 O My mountain in the sadeh, I will give over thy wealth and all thy otzerot (treasures) as plunder, and thy high places for sin, throughout all thy territories.
4 And thou, even thyself, shalt let go of thine nachalah that I gave thee; and I will cause thee to serve thine oyevim in ha’aretz which thou knowest not; for ye have kindled an eish in Mine anger, which shall burn ad-olam (forever).
5 Thus saith Hashem: Arur (cursed) be the gever that trusteth in adam, and maketh basar his zero’a, and whose lev turneth away from Hashem.
6 For he shall be like the shrub in the aravah (desert), and shall not see when tov cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the midbar, in an eretz melechah (salt land) and not inhabited.
7 Baruch hagever asher yivtach baHashem (Blessed is the man that trusteth in Hashem), and whose mivtach (confidence) Hashem is.
8 For he shall be as an etz planted by the mayim, and that spreadeth out her shorashim (roots) by the brook, and shall not fear when chom (heat) cometh, but its leaf shall be green; and shall not be anxious in the shenat batzoret (year of drought), neither shall cease from yielding p’ri (fruit).
9 The lev (heart, mind) akov (is deceitful) above all things, and anush (incurable [in wickedness]); who can know it?
10 I, Hashem, search the lev, I test the kelayot (kidneys, i.e., most inward parts), requiting to every ish according to his drakhim, and according to the p’ri of his deeds.
11 As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth osher (riches), and not by mishpat, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a naval (fool).
12 A glorious high kisse from the beginning is the place of Mikdasheinu (our Beis HaMikdash).
13 Hashem, the Mikveh Yisroel, all that forsake Thee shall be put to shame, and they that turn away from Me shall be written down in ha’aretz, because they have forsaken Hashem, the Makor Mayim Chayyim (Fountain of Living Waters).
14 Heal me, Hashem, and I shall be healed; hoshi’eini (save me), and I shall be saved; for Thou art my tehillah (praise).
15 Hinei, they say unto me, Where is the Devar Hashem? Let it come now.
16 As for me, I have not hastened away from being a ro’eh (shepherd) to follow Thee; neither did I lust for the woeful day; Thou knowest; that which came out of my lips was before Thee.
17 Be not a mechittah (terror) unto me; Thou art my refuge in the Yom Ra’ah (Day of Evil, Day of Disaster, Day of Doom).
18 Let them be ashamed that persecute me, but let not me be put to shame; let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed; bring upon them the Yom Ra’ah, and destroy them with mishneh (double) destruction.
19 Thus said Hashem unto me; Go and stand in the Sha’ar Bnei HaAm, whereby the melachim of Yehudah come in, and by the which they go out, and in all the Sha’arei Yerushalayim;
20 And say unto them, Hear ye the Devar Hashem, ye melachim of Yehudah, and all Yehudah, and all the inhabitants of Yerushalayim, that enter in by these she’arim (gates);
21 Thus saith Hashem: Be shomer over your nefashot, and bear no massa (burden) on Shabbos, nor bring through the Sha’arei Yerushalayim;
22 Neither carry forth a massa (burden) out of your batim (houses) on Shabbos, neither do ye any melachah (work), but keep Shabbos set apart as kodesh, just as I commanded Avoteichem.
23 But they obeyed not, neither inclined their ozen (ear), but made their stubborn neck stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive musar (discipline).
24 And it shall come to pass, if ye diligently pay heed unto Me, saith Hashem, to bring in no massa (burden) through the she’arim (gates) of this city on the day of Shabbos, but keep the day of Shabbos holy, to do no melachah (work) therein;
25 Then shall there enter into the she’arim (gates) of this city melachim and sarim sitting upon the kisse Dovid, riding in chariots and on susim, they, and their sarim, the Ish Yehudah, and the inhabitants of Yerushalayim; and this city shall be inhabited l’olam (forever).
26 And they shall come from the towns of Yehudah, and from the places around Yerushalayim, and from Eretz Binyamin, and from the Shephalah (Lowlands), and from the har (hill country), and from the Negev bringing olah (burnt offering), and zevach (sacrifice), and minchah (grain offering), and levonah (frankincense), and bringing todah (thank offering), unto the Bais Hashem.
27 But if ye will not pay heed unto Me to keep the day of Shabbos holy, and not to bear a massa (burden), when entering in at the She’arim of Yerushalayim on the day of Shabbos; then will I kindle an eish in the she’arim thereof, and it shall devour the fortresses of Yerushalayim, and it shall not be quenched.
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