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17 Dembigii dadka Yahuudah waxaa lagu qoray qalin bir ah iyo caarad dheemman, oo waxaa lagu xardhay looxa qalbigooda iyo geesaha meelahooda allabariga, inta ay carruurtoodu xusuusan yihiin meelahoodii allabariga iyo geedahoodii Asheeraah ee ku yiil geedaha cagaarka ah dhinacooda iyo kuraha dhaadheer dushooda. Buurtayda duurka ku dhex taalay, maalkaaga iyo khasnadahaaga oo dhan, iyo meelahaaga dhaadheer, waxaan booli ahaan uga bixin doonaa soohdimahaaga oo dhan dembigaaga aawadiis. Oo adiga qudhaadu waad sii dayn doontaa dhaxalkii aan ku siiyey, oo inaad cadaawayaashaada ugu adeegtid dal aadan weligaa aqoonin ayaan ka dhigi doonaa, waayo, waxaad cadhadaydii ku dhex shidday dab weligiisba sii ololaya.

Rabbigu wuxuu leeyahay, Ninkii nin isku halleeya oo binu-aadmiga gacan ka dhigta, oo qalbigiisu Rabbiga ka tegey, waa inkaaran yahay. Waayo, wuxuu ahaan doonaa sida geed xun oo lamadegaanka ku yaal, oo mana uu arki doono markii wanaag imanayo, laakiinse wuxuu joogi doonaa meelo engegan oo cidlada dhexdeeda ah, oo ah dal cusba ah oo aan ciduna degganayn. Waxaa barakaysan ninkii Rabbiga isku halleeya, oo rajadiisuna ay Rabbiga tahay. Waayo, wuxuu ahaan doonaa sida geed lagu beeray biyaha dhinacooda oo xididdihiisa u fidsaday webiga dhiniciisa, oo kulaylku markuu yimaado kama cabsan doono, laakiinse caleentiisu cagaar bay iska ahaan doontaa, oo sannadda abaarta ah innaba ma uu welweli doono, mana uu joojin doono midhobixintiisa. Qalbiga dadku wax kasta buu ka khiyaano badan yahay, oo aad iyo aad buu u xun yahay, bal yaa garan kara? 10 Aniga Rabbiga ah ayaa qalbiga baadha, anigaa kelyaha imtixaama, si aan nin kastaba ugu abaalmariyo sidii jidkiisu ahaa iyo sidii midhaha falimihiisu ahaayeen. 11 Kii si aan xaq ahayn maal ku soo urursadaa wuxuu la mid yahay digaagduurta ku dul fadhida ugxan ayan dhalin, oo wuxuu ka tegi doonaa kalabadhka cimrigiisa, oo ugudambaystiisana nacas buu ahaan doonaa.

12 Meeshayada quduuska ahu waa carshi sharaf badan oo tan iyo bilowgii sarreeyey. 13 Rabbiyow, rajadii reer binu Israa'iilow, kuwa kaa taga oo dhammu way wada ceeboobi doonaan. Kuwii iga taga dhulkaa lagu qori doonaa, waayo, waxay ka tageen Rabbiga ah ishii biyaha nool. 14 Rabbiyow, i bogsii, oo anna waan bogsan doonaa, i badbaadi, oo anna waan badbaadi doonaa, waayo, adigu waxaad tahay ammaantaydii. 15 Bal eeg, iyagu waxay igu yidhaahdaan, Eraygii Rabbigu meeh? Haddaba haatan ha yimaado! 16 Inaan ku addeeco oo aan adhijir sii ahaado kama aanan degdegin, oo maalinta hooggana ma aanan jeclaysan. Taas waad og tahay. Oo wax alla wixii bushimahayga ka soo baxayba hortaadaan ku idhi. 17 Cabsi ha ii noqonin, waayo, maalinta masiibada waxaad tahay magangalkii aan magangalo. 18 Kuwa i silciya ha ceeboobeen, laakiinse anigu yaanan ceeboobin, oo iyagu ha nexeen, laakiinse anigu yaanan nixin. Maalinta masiibada ku soo deji, oo waxaad iyaga ku halligtaa halligaad laba jibbaar ah.

Quduus Ka Dhigiddii Sabtida

19 Rabbigu wuxuu igu yidhi, Tag oo waxaad istaagtaa iridda dadka oo ay boqorrada dalka Yahuudah ka soo galaan kana baxaan, iyo weliba irdaha Yeruusaalem oo dhanba. 20 Oo waxaad iyaga ku tidhaahdaa, Bal erayga Rabbiga maqla, boqorrada dalka Yahuudah, iyo dadka Yahuudah oo dhan, iyo dadka Yeruusaalem deggan oo irdahan ka soo gala oo dhammow. 21 Rabbigu wuxuu leeyahay, Isdhawra, oo maalinta sabtida innaba rar ha qaadina, oo irdaha Yeruusaalemna ha soo gelinina, 22 oo maalinta sabtidana guryihiinna rar ha ka bixinina, oo innaba wax shuqul ah ha samaynina, laakiinse maalinta sabtida waxaad quduus uga dhigtaan sidaan awowayaashiin ku amray. 23 Laakiinse ma ay maqlin, oo dhegna uma ay dhigin, illowse way madax adkaadeen, si ayan u maqlin, ama ayan waano u qaadan. 24 Laakiinse Rabbigu wuxuu leeyahay, Haddaad aad ii maqashaan, oo aydaan maalinta sabtida innaba rar soo gelin irdaha magaaladan, laakiinse aad maalinta sabtida quduus ka dhigtaan, oo aydaan maalintaas innaba wax shuqul ah samayn, 25 markaas boqorro iyo amiirro carshigii Daa'uud ku fadhiisan doona ayaa irdaha magaaladan soo geli doona iyagoo fuushan gaadhifardood iyo fardo, iyaga, iyo amiirradooda, iyo dadka dalka Yahuudah, iyo kuwa Yeruusaalem degganba, oo magaaladanna weligeedba waa la sii degganaan doonaa. 26 Oo waxay ka iman doonaan magaalooyinka dalka Yahuudah, iyo meelaha Yeruusaalem ku wareegsan, iyo dalka reer Benyaamiin, iyo dalka hoose, iyo buuraha, iyo xagga koonfureedba, oo waxay guriga Rabbiga keeni doonaan qurbaanno la gubo, iyo allabaryo, iyo qurbaanno hadhuudh ah, iyo foox, iyo allabaryo mahadnaqid loo keeno. 27 Laakiinse haddaad i maqli weydaan inaad maalinta sabtida quduus ka dhigtaan, iyo inaydaan maalinta sabtida rar qaadin markaad irdaha Yeruusaalem soo gelaysaan, markaas anigu dab baan ku sii dayn doonaa irdaheeda, oo isna wuxuu baabbi'in doonaa daaraha waaweyn oo Yeruusaalem, oo innaba lama demin doono.

17 “Judah’s sin is engraved with an iron tool,(A)
    inscribed with a flint point,
on the tablets of their hearts(B)
    and on the horns(C) of their altars.
Even their children remember
    their altars and Asherah poles[a](D)
beside the spreading trees
    and on the high hills.(E)
My mountain in the land
    and your[b] wealth and all your treasures
I will give away as plunder,(F)
    together with your high places,(G)
    because of sin throughout your country.(H)
Through your own fault you will lose
    the inheritance(I) I gave you.
I will enslave you to your enemies(J)
    in a land(K) you do not know,
for you have kindled my anger,
    and it will burn(L) forever.”

This is what the Lord says:

“Cursed is the one who trusts in man,(M)
    who draws strength from mere flesh
    and whose heart turns away from the Lord.(N)
That person will be like a bush in the wastelands;
    they will not see prosperity when it comes.
They will dwell in the parched places(O) of the desert,
    in a salt(P) land where no one lives.

“But blessed(Q) is the one who trusts(R) in the Lord,
    whose confidence is in him.
They will be like a tree planted by the water
    that sends out its roots by the stream.(S)
It does not fear when heat comes;
    its leaves are always green.
It has no worries in a year of drought(T)
    and never fails to bear fruit.”(U)

The heart(V) is deceitful above all things
    and beyond cure.
    Who can understand it?

10 “I the Lord search the heart(W)
    and examine the mind,(X)
to reward(Y) each person according to their conduct,
    according to what their deeds deserve.”(Z)

11 Like a partridge that hatches eggs it did not lay
    are those who gain riches by unjust means.
When their lives are half gone, their riches will desert them,
    and in the end they will prove to be fools.(AA)

12 A glorious throne,(AB) exalted from the beginning,
    is the place of our sanctuary.
13 Lord, you are the hope(AC) of Israel;
    all who forsake(AD) you will be put to shame.
Those who turn away from you will be written in the dust(AE)
    because they have forsaken the Lord,
    the spring of living water.(AF)

14 Heal me, Lord, and I will be healed;(AG)
    save(AH) me and I will be saved,
    for you are the one I praise.(AI)
15 They keep saying to me,
    “Where is the word of the Lord?
    Let it now be fulfilled!”(AJ)
16 I have not run away from being your shepherd;
    you know I have not desired the day of despair.
    What passes my lips(AK) is open before you.
17 Do not be a terror(AL) to me;
    you are my refuge(AM) in the day of disaster.(AN)
18 Let my persecutors be put to shame,
    but keep me from shame;
let them be terrified,
    but keep me from terror.
Bring on them the day of disaster;
    destroy them with double destruction.(AO)

Keeping the Sabbath Day Holy

19 This is what the Lord said to me: “Go and stand at the Gate of the People,[c] through which the kings of Judah go in and out; stand also at all the other gates of Jerusalem.(AP) 20 Say to them, ‘Hear the word of the Lord, you kings of Judah and all people of Judah and everyone living in Jerusalem(AQ) who come through these gates.(AR) 21 This is what the Lord says: Be careful not to carry a load on the Sabbath(AS) day or bring it through the gates of Jerusalem. 22 Do not bring a load out of your houses or do any work on the Sabbath, but keep the Sabbath day holy, as I commanded your ancestors.(AT) 23 Yet they did not listen or pay attention;(AU) they were stiff-necked(AV) and would not listen or respond to discipline.(AW) 24 But if you are careful to obey me, declares the Lord, and bring no load through the gates of this city on the Sabbath, but keep the Sabbath day holy(AX) by not doing any work on it, 25 then kings who sit on David’s throne(AY) will come through the gates of this city with their officials. They and their officials will come riding in chariots and on horses, accompanied by the men of Judah and those living in Jerusalem, and this city will be inhabited forever.(AZ) 26 People will come from the towns of Judah and the villages around Jerusalem, from the territory of Benjamin and the western foothills, from the hill country and the Negev,(BA) bringing burnt offerings and sacrifices, grain offerings and incense, and bringing thank offerings to the house of the Lord. 27 But if you do not obey(BB) me to keep the Sabbath(BC) day holy by not carrying any load as you come through the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, then I will kindle an unquenchable fire(BD) in the gates of Jerusalem that will consume her fortresses.’”(BE)

Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 17:2 That is, wooden symbols of the goddess Asherah
  2. Jeremiah 17:3 Or hills / and the mountains of the land. / Your
  3. Jeremiah 17:19 Or Army