July 30, 2014

Reading

The Book of the Prophet Jeremiah 15: 10, 16-21

15:10	“O my mother, woe to me! Why did you conceive me, a man of strife, a man of discord to all the earth? I have not lent money at interest, nor has anyone lent money at interest to me. Yet everyone is cursing me.”
15:16	I discovered your words and I consumed them. And your word became to me as the gladness and joy of my heart. For your name has been invoked over me, 主よ, the God of hosts.
15:17	I did not sit in the company of mockers, nor did I glorify myself before the presence of your hand. I sat alone, because you filled me with threats.
15:18	Why has my sorrow become never-ending, and why has my wound become so dire that it refuses to be cured? It has become for me like the deception of untrustworthy waters.”
15:19	このため, 主はこう言われる: “If you will be converted, I will convert you. And you will stand before my face. And you will separate what is precious from what is vile. You will be my mouthpiece. They will be converted to you, but you will not be converted to them.
15:20	And I will present you to this people as a strong wall of brass. And they will fight against you, and they will not prevail. 私はあなたと一緒にいるから, so as to save you and to rescue you, 主は言われる.
15:21	And I will free you from hand of those who are most wicked, and I will redeem you from the hand of the powerful.”

Gospel

The Holy Gospel to Matthew 13: 44-46

13:44	天国は野原に隠された宝のようなもの. 男が見つけたら, 彼はそれを隠します, と, 彼の喜びのせいで, 彼は行って自分の持っているものをすべて売り払います, そして彼はその畑を買う.
13:45	また, 天国は良い真珠を求める商人のようなものです.
13:46	とても価値のある真珠を一粒見つけた, 彼は立ち去り、持っていたものをすべて売り払った, そして彼はそれを買った.