Je ne veux pas m’enfuir mais me cacher en Toi

Jésus, Tu as dit que ma puissance serait dans le calme et la confiance (Es. 30:15),
Tu a prévenu que le cheval était impuissant pour sauver,
Et toute sa vigueur ne donnait pas la délivrance (Psaume 33:17).
Certains s’appuient sur leurs chars, les autres sur leurs chevaux,
Moi j’invoque Ton Saint Nom, mon Dieu! (Psaume 20:8).
Ton Nom est une tour forte, c’est là que je trouve ma sécurité (Proverbes 18:10).
Les poursuivants sont plus rapides que les chevaux (Es. 30:16),
Et je ne veux pas aller au galop à cheval,
Mais je désire dans le calme et la tranquillité
Me réfugier en Toi, dans mon abri sûr.

Hripsimé Mkrtchyan
Traduit de l'arménien

Conversation with the virtuous woman from Proverbs 31

Hello, my sister, I read so often the Proverbs 31
Sometimes I am sad while reading about you.
Virtuous wife: Why? You must be glad in the Lord all the time.
You know it is written in the Word of God.
Hripsime: Yes, it is true, but I want so much to be just like you,
But is seems impossible to me.
You manage to do all your housework,
Not only that, you are a business woman too!
You buy a field and plant a vineyard,
You bring your food from afar,
You make linen garments and you sell them,
I can never do all these things!
Virtuous wife: So just continue the work that the Lord Jesus asked you to do;
Can't you buy a field and plant a vineyard?
But you can work in the field and the vineyard of the Lord!
Hripsime: May be you manage to do all these works,
Because you have maidservants, don't you?
Virtuous wife: I do have maidservants, but it is not the secret of it!
Hripsime: May be the secret is the nice compliment that you hear all the time;
I've read about it in the verse 29.
I've never heard these words, I'll never hear them!
Virtuous wife: And what about the next verse? Don't you remember it?
Hripsime: I know it! Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain;
I don't have neither.
Virtuous wife: And what about the last part of this verse?
Who is the woman that will be praised?
Surely you have the fear of the Lord,
And I wish you to be diligent and wise,
Always full of compassion and love of God.

by Hripsime Mkrtchyan
Translated from Armenian

Let me never forget Romans 8:28

Lord, remind me all the time 

That all things work together for good 

To those who love You, 

And are called according to Your plan (Romans 8:28).

 That's why he who was sold to be a slave

 Could feed many people one day (Genesis 50:20), 

The prisoner became a ruler (Genesis 41:40). 

That's why the sea which had closed the way 

Became a means of getting rid of the enemy (Exodus 14:28), 

And one more opportunity to see Your glory. 

That's why the persecution and the dispersion of Your people

 Became an occasion for spreading Your Word (Acts 8:1,4).

 That's why everything that happens to me, 

Always bring me nearer to Thee.

by Hripsime Mkrtchyan Translated from Armenian

Ils pensent des faussetés sur moi...

Ils pensent des faussetés sur moi,

Je pense à Ta Parole

(Psaume 119:23, 69, 15, 24, 16)

Les princes ont beau s’asseoir et parler contre moi,
Moi, je m’assois devant Ta Parole,
Ils imaginent des faussetés sur moi,
Moi, je médite sur Tes ordonnances.
Personne n’est avec moi sauf Toi,
Tes préceptes sont mes délices et mes conseillers,
Bien que je sois oubliée par tout le monde,
Je n’oublierai point Ta Parole.

Hripsimé Mkrtchyan
Traduit de l'arménien

En lisant le psaume 119

Seigneur pendant que je lis mon psaume préféré
Je Te prie d’ouvrir mes yeux;
Je veux voir les merveilles de Ta loi
Et faire mes délices de Tes statuts.
Si je fais mes délices de Ta loi,
J’aimerai de tout coeur Tes Paroles précieuses.
Et si je les aime, je méditerai sur elles tout le temps
Et en méditant je les garderai dans mon coeur,
Et en les gardant, je pourrai aussi de les mettre en pratique
Et je serai dans le nombre de ceux dont le psalmiste parle
Au début de ce psaume que j’aime tellement.

Hripsimé Mkrtchyan
Traduit de l'arménien

The medecine ''Merry heart''

One day I have heard of a medecine called ''merry heart''.
So I will go to the pharmacy of God's Word,
I will buy this medecine which will help me fight against the sadness
And will set me free from the despair.
In the pharmacy I was told that in order to prepare this wonderful medecine,
I had to mix the ingredients of the true joy, which are the reasons to be glad.
I have found the first ingredient, which is called Psalm 40.16:
''Let all those who seek You rejoice and be glad in You''.
I seek the Lord all the time, so I have the first ingredient.
Now I must find the second one.
It is called Psalm 5.11: ''Let all those rejoice who put their trust in You,
let those also who love Your name be joyful in You''.
I trust in the Lord, I love His name,
So I have the second ingredient too.
Now I will find the third one.
It is called Psalm 122.1: ''I was glad when they said to me: '
'Let us go into the house of the Lord''.
I have found the third ingredient too,
Because I have always desired the house of the Lord.
But I must find the most important ingredient,
The greatest reason to rejoice.
It is called Luke 10.20:
''Rejoice because your names are written in heaven''.
I have added this ingredient too,
I have seasoned them with the statutes of the Lord which rejoice the heart,
And now the medecine ''merry heart'' is ready.
When I have asked: ''How much I must pay for this wonderful medecine?'',
I have heard an answer: ''Jesus has already paid for you''.

Hripsime Mkrtchyan
Translated from Armenian