July 24, 2014

Qari

The Book of the the Prophet Jeremiah 2: 1-3, 7-8, 12-13

2:1	U l-kelma tal-Mulej waslet għandi, qal:
2:2	“Mur, and cry out to the ears of Jerusalem, qal: Thus says the Lord: I have remembered you, taking pity on your youth and on the charity of your betrothal, when you followed me into the desert, into a land which is not sown.
2:3	Israel is holy to the Lord, the first of his fruits. All those who devour him commit an offense. Evils will overwhelm them, jgħid il-Mulej.”
2:7	And I led you into the land of Carmel, so that you would eat from its fruit and from its excellence. And having entered it, you defiled my land, and you turned my inheritance into an abomination.
2:8	The priests have not said: ‘Where is the Lord?’ And those who held the law did not know me. And the pastors betrayed me. And the prophets prophesied in Baal and followed idols.
2:10	Cross over to the isles of Kittim, and gaze. And send to Kedar, and consider diligently. And see if anything like this has ever been done.
2:12	Be astonished at this, O smewwiet, and be utterly desolate, O gates of heaven, jgħid il-Mulej.
2:13	For my people have done two evils. They have forsaken me, the Fountain of living water, and they have dug for themselves cisterns, broken cisterns that are unable to hold water.

Evanġelju

L-Evanġelju Qaddis Skont Mattew 13: 10-17

13:10	U d-dixxipli tiegħu resqu lejh u qalu, “Għaliex tkellimhom bil-parabboli?”
13:11	Tirrispondi, qalilhom: “Għax ingħatalkom li tagħrfu l-misteri tas-saltna tas-smewwiet, imma ma ngħatatx ​​lilhom.
13:12	Għal min għandu, għandu jingħata lilu, u għandu jkollu fl-abbundanza. Imma min m’għandux, anki dak li għandu għandu jittieħed minnu.
13:13	Għal din ir-raġuni, Nkellimhom bil-parabboli: għax tara, ma jarawx, u jisimgħu ma jisimgħux, lanqas ma jifhmu.
13:14	U għalhekk, fihom titwettaq il-profezija ta’ Isaija, min qal, ‘Smigħ, għandek tisma, imma ma tifhimx; u tara, għandek tara, imma ma jipperċepixxix.
13:15	Għax qalb dan il-poplu kibret ix-xaħam, u b’widnejhom jisimgħu ħafna, u għalqu għajnejhom, biex f'kull ħin ikunu jistgħu jaraw b'għajnejhom, u jisimgħu b’widnejhom, u jifhmu b’qalbhom, u jiġu konvertiti, u mbagħad kont infejjaqhom.’
13:16	Imma mbierka għajnejk, għax jaraw, u widnejk, għax jisimgħu.
13:17	Amen ngħidilkom, żgur, li ħafna mill-profeti u l-ġust xtaqu jaraw dak li tara, u madankollu ma rawhiex, u biex tisma’ dak li tisma’, u madankollu ma semgħuhiex.