Jeremiah 17

khattat yehudah ketuvah be'et barzel betsipporen shamir kharushah al-luakh libbam uleqarnot mizbekhotekhem

The guilt of Judah is inscribed With a stylus of iron, Engraved with an adamant point On the tablet of their hearts, And on the horns of their altars,

kizkor benehem mizbekhotam va'asherehem al-ets ra'anan al geva'ot haggevohot

While their children remember Their altars and sacred posts, By verdant trees, Upon lofty hills.

harari bassadeh khelekha khol-otserotekha lavaz etten bamotekha bekhattat bekhol-gevulekha

Because of the sin of your shrines Throughout your borders, I will make your rampart a heap in the field, And all your treasures a spoil.

veshamattah uvekha minnakhalatekha asher natatti lakh veha'avadtikha et-oyevekha ba'arets asher lo-yada'eta ki-esh qedakhtem be'appi ad-olam tuqad

You will forfeit, by your own act, The inheritance I have given you; I will make you a slave to your enemies In a land you have never known. For you have kindled the flame of My wrath That shall burn for all time.

koh amar Adonai arur haggever asher yivtakh ba'adam vesam basar zero'o umin-Adonai yasur libbo

Thus said GOD: Cursed is the man who trusts in mortals, Who makes mere flesh his strength, And turns his thoughts from GOD.

vehayah ke'arar ba'aravah velo yireh ki-yavo tov veshakhan kharerim bammidbar erets melekhah velo teshev

He shall be like a bush in the desert, Which does not sense the coming of good: It is set in the scorched places of the wilderness, In a barren land without inhabitant.

barukh haggever asher yivtakh ba-Adonai vehayah Adonai mivtakho

Blessed is the man who trusts in GOD, Whose trust is GOD alone.

vehayah ke'ets shatul al-mayim ve'al-yuval yeshallakh shorashayw velo (yr) [yireh] ki-yavo khom vehayah alehu ra'anan uvishnat batsoret lo yidag velo yamish me'asot peri

He shall be like a tree planted by waters, Sending forth its roots by a stream: It does not sense the coming of heat, Its leaves are ever fresh; It has no care in a year of drought, It does not cease to yield fruit.

aqov hallev mikkol ve'anush hu mi yeda'ennu

Most devious is the heart; It is perverse—who can fathom it?

ani Adonai khoqer lev bokhen kelayot velatet le'ish kidrakhav kifri ma'alalayw

I GOD probe the heart, Search the mind— To repay each person according to their own ways, With the proper fruit of their deeds.

qore dagar velo yalad oseh osher velo vemishpat bakhatsi yamav ya'azvennu uve'akharito yihyeh naval

Like a partridge hatching what she did not lay So are those who amass wealth by unjust means; In mid-life it will leave them, And in the end they will be proved fools.

kisse khavod marom merishon meqom miqdashenu

O Throne of Glory exalted from of old, Our Sacred Shrine!

miqveh yisra'el Adonai kol-ozevekha yevoshu (ysvry) [vesuray] ba'arets yikkatevu ki azevu meqor mayim-khayyim et-Adonai

O Hope of Israel! O ETERNAL One! All who forsake You shall be put to shame, Those in the land who turn from You Shall be doomed, For they have forsaken GOD, The Fount of living waters.

refa'eni Adonai ve'erafe hoshi'eni ve'ivvashe'ah ki tehillati attah

Heal me, O ETERNAL One, and let me be healed; Save me, and let me be saved; For You are my glory.

hinneh-hemmah omerim elay ayyeh devar-Adonai yavo na

See, they say to me: “Where is GOD’s prediction? Let it come to pass!”

va'ani lo-atsti mero'eh akharekha veyom anush lo hitavveti attah yada'eta motsa sefatay nokhakh panekha hayah

But I have not evaded Being a shepherd in your service, Nor have I longed for the fatal day. You know the utterances of my lips, They were ever before You.

al-tihyeh-li limkhittah makhasi-attah beyom ra'ah

Do not be a cause of dismay to me; You are my refuge in a day of calamity.

yevoshu rodefay ve'al-evoshah ani yekhattu hemmah ve'al-ekhattah ani havi alehem yom ra'ah umishneh shibbaron shovrem

Let my persecutors be shamed, And let not me be shamed; Let them be dismayed, And let not me be dismayed. Bring on them the day of disaster, And shatter them with double destruction.

koh-amar Adonai elay halokh ve'amadta besha'ar bene-[ha'am] (m) asher yavo'u vo malkhe yehudah va'asher yetse'u vo uvekhol sha'are yerushalai͏m

Thus said GOD to me: Go and stand in the People’s Gate, by which the kings of Judah enter and by which they go forth, and in all the gates of Jerusalem,

ve'amarta alehem shimu devar-Adonai malkhe yehudah vekhol-yehudah vekhol yosheve yerushalai͏m habba'im bashe'arim ha'elleh

and say to them: Hear the word of GOD, O kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem who enter by these gates!

koh amar Adonai hishameru benafshotekhem ve'al-tisu massa beyom hashabbat vahavetem besha'are yerushalai͏m

Thus said GOD: Guard yourselves for your own sake against carrying burdens on the sabbath day, and bringing them through the gates of Jerusalem.

velo-totsi'u massa mibbattekhem beyom hashabbat vekhol-melakhah lo ta'asu veqiddashtem et-yom hashabbat ka'asher tsivviti et-avotekhem

Nor shall you carry out burdens from your houses on the sabbath day, or do any work, but you shall hallow the sabbath day, as I commanded your ancestors.

velo shame'u velo hittu et-oznam vayyaqshu et-orpam levilti (shvm) [shemoa] ulevilti qakhat musar

(But they would not listen or turn their ear; they stiffened their necks and would not pay heed or accept discipline.)

vehayah im-shamoa tishme'un elay ne'um-Adonai levilti havi massa besha'are ha'ir hazzot beyom hashabbat uleqaddesh et-yom hashabbat levilti asot-boh kol-melakhah

If you obey Me—declares GOD—and do not bring in burdens through the gates of this city on the sabbath day, but hallow the sabbath day and do no work on it,

uva'u vesha'are ha'ir hazzot melakhim vesarim yoshevim al-kisse david rokhevim barekhev uvassusim hemmah vesarehem ish yehudah veyosheve yerushalai͏m veyashevah ha'ir-hazzot le'olam

then through the gates of this city shall enter kings who sit upon the throne of David, with their officers—riding on chariots and horses, they and their officers—and the citizenry of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. And this city shall be inhabited for all time.

uva'u me'are-yehudah umissevivot yerushalai͏m ume'erets binyamin umin-hashefelah umin-hahar umin-hannegev mevi'im olah vezevakh uminkhah ulevonah umevi'e todah bet Adonai

And people shall come from the towns of Judah and from the environs of Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and from the Shephelah, and from the hill country, and from the Negeb, bringing burnt offerings and sacrifices, grain offerings and frankincense, and bringing offerings of thanksgiving to the House of GOD.

ve'im-lo tishme'u elay leqaddesh et-yom hashabbat ulevilti se'et massa uvo besha'are yerushalai͏m beyom hashabbat vehitsatti esh bishareha ve'okhlah armenot yerushalai͏m velo tikhbeh

But if you do not obey My command to hallow the sabbath day and to carry in no burdens through the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day, then I will set fire to its gates; it shall consume the fortresses of Jerusalem and it shall not be extinguished.