إِرْمِيَا 10

١ 1 اِسْمَعُوا ٱلْكَلِمَةَ ٱلَّتِي تَكَلَّمَ بِهَا ٱلرَّبُّ عَلَيْكُمْ يَا بَيْتَ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

Hear the word that the LORD speaks to you, O house of Israel.

٢ 2 هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: «لَا تَتَعَلَّمُوا طَرِيقَ ٱلْأُمَمِ، وَمِنْ آيَاتِ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ لَا تَرْتَعِبُوا، لِأَنَّ ٱلْأُمَمَ تَرْتَعِبُ مِنْهَا.

This is what the LORD says: “Do not learn the ways of the nations or be terrified by the signs in the heavens, though the nations themselves are terrified by them.

٣ 3 لِأَنَّ فَرَائِضَ ٱلْأُمَمِ بَاطِلَةٌ. لِأَنَّهَا شَجَرَةٌ يَقْطَعُونَهَا مِنَ ٱلْوَعْرِ. صَنْعَةُ يَدَيْ نَجَّارٍ بِٱلْقَدُومِ.

For the customs of the peoples are worthless; they cut down a tree from the forest; it is shaped with a chisel by the hands of a craftsman.

٤ 4 بِٱلْفِضَّةِ وَٱلذَّهَبِ يُزَيِّنُونَهَا، وَبِٱلْمَسَامِيرِ وَٱلْمَطَارِقِ يُشَدِّدُونَهَا فَلَا تَتَحَرَّكُ.

They adorn it with silver and gold and fasten it with hammer and nails, so that it will not totter.

٥ 5 هِيَ كَٱللَّعِينِ فِي مَقْثَأَةٍ فَلَا تَتَكَلَّمُ! تُحْمَلُ حَمْلًا لِأَنَّهَا لَا تَمْشِي! لَا تَخَافُوهَا لِأَنَّهَا لَا تَضُرُّ، وَلَا فِيهَا أَنْ تَصْنَعَ خَيْرًا».

Like scarecrows in a cucumber patch, their idols cannot speak. They must be carried because they cannot walk. Do not fear them, for they can do no harm, and neither can they do any good.”

٦ 6 لَا مِثْلَ لَكَ يَارَبُّ! عَظِيمٌ أَنْتَ، وَعَظِيمٌ ٱسْمُكَ فِي ٱلْجَبَرُوتِ.

There is none like You, O LORD. You are great, and Your name is mighty in power.

٧ 7 مَنْ لَا يَخَافُكَ يَا مَلِكَ ٱلشُّعُوبِ؟ لِأَنَّهُ بِكَ يَلِيقُ. لِأَنَّهُ فِي جَمِيعِ حُكَمَاءِ ٱلشُّعُوبِ وَفِي كُلِّ مَمَالِكِهِمْ لَيْسَ مِثْلَكَ.

Who would not fear You, O King of nations? This is Your due. For among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like You.

٨ 8 بَلُدُوا وَحَمِقُوا مَعًا. أَدَبُ أَبَاطِيلَ هُوَ ٱلْخَشَبُ.

But they are altogether senseless and foolish, instructed by worthless idols made of wood!

٩ 9 فِضَّةٌ مُطَرَّقَةٌ تُجْلَبُ مِنْ تَرْشِيشَ، وَذَهَبٌ مِنْ أُوفَازَ، صَنْعَةُ صَانِعٍ وَيَدَيْ صَائِغٍ. أَسْمَانْجُونِيٌّ وَأُرْجُوَانٌ لِبَاسُهَا. كُلُّهَا صَنْعَةُ حُكَمَاءَ.

Hammered silver is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz— the work of a craftsman from the hands of a goldsmith. Their clothes are blue and purple, all fashioned by skilled workers.

١٠ 10 أَمَّا ٱلرَّبُّ ٱلْإِلَهُ فَحَقٌّ. هُوَ إِلَهٌ حَيٌّ وَمَلِكٌ أَبَدِيٌّ. مِنْ سُخْطِهِ تَرْتَعِدُ ٱلْأَرْضُ، وَلَا تَطِيقُ ٱلْأُمَمُ غَضَبَهُ.

But the LORD is the true God; He is the living God and eternal King. The earth quakes at His wrath, and the nations cannot endure His indignation.

١١ 11 هَكَذَا تَقُولُونَ لَهُمْ: «ٱلْآلِهَةُ ٱلَّتِي لَمْ تَصْنَعِ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ تَبِيدُ مِنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ وَمِنْ تَحْتِ هَذِهِ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ»

Thus you are to tell them: “These gods, who have made neither the heavens nor the earth, will perish from this earth and from under these heavens.”

١٢ 12 صَانِعُ ٱلْأَرْضِ بِقُوَّتِهِ، مُؤَسِّسُ ٱلْمَسْكُونَةِ بِحِكْمَتِهِ، وَبِفَهْمِهِ بَسَطَ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ.

The LORD made the earth by His power; He established the world by His wisdom and stretched out the heavens by His understanding.

١٣ 13 إِذَا أَعْطَى قَوْلًا تَكُونُ كَثْرَةُ مِيَاهٍ فِي ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ، وَيُصْعِدُ ٱلسَّحَابَ مِنْ أَقَاصِي ٱلْأَرْضِ. صَنَعَ بُرُوقًا لِلْمَطَرِ، وَأَخْرَجَ ٱلرِّيحَ مِنْ خَزَائِنِهِ.

When He thunders, the waters in the heavens roar; He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He generates the lightning with the rain and brings forth the wind from His storehouses.

١٤ 14 بَلُدَ كُلُّ إِنْسَانٍ مِنْ مَعْرِفَتِهِ. خَزِيَ كُلُّ صَائِغٍ مِنَ ٱلتِّمْثَالِ، لِأَنَّ مَسْبُوكَهُ كَذِبٌ وَلَا رُوحَ فِيهِ.

Every man is senseless and devoid of knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols. For his molten images are a fraud, and there is no breath in them.

١٥ 15 هِيَ بَاطِلَةٌ صَنْعَةُ ٱلْأَضَالِيلِ. فِي وَقْتِ عِقَابِهَا تَبِيدُ.

They are worthless, a work to be mocked. In the time of their punishment they will perish.

١٦ 16 لَيْسَ كَهَذِهِ نَصِيبُ يَعْقُوبَ، لِأَنَّهُ مُصَوِّرُ ٱلْجَمِيعِ، وَإِسْرَائِيلُ قَضِيبُ مِيرَاثِهِ. رَبُّ ٱلْجُنُودِ ٱسْمُهُ.

The Portion of Jacob is not like these, for He is the Maker of all things, and Israel is the tribe of His inheritance— the LORD of Hosts is His name.

١٧ 17 اِجْمَعِي مِنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ حُزَمَكِ أَيَّتُهَا ٱلسَّاكِنَةُ فِي ٱلْحِصَارِ.

Gather up your belongings from this land, you who live under siege.

١٨ 18 لِأَنَّهُ هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: «هَأَنَذَا رَامٍ مِنْ مِقْلَاعٍ سُكَّانَ ٱلْأَرْضِ هَذِهِ ٱلْمَرَّةَ، وَأُضَيِّقُ عَلَيْهِمْ لِكَيْ يَشْعُرُوا».

For this is what the LORD says: “Behold, at this time I will sling out the inhabitants of the land and bring distress upon them so that they may be captured.”

١٩ 19 وَيْلٌ لِي مِنْ أَجْلِ سَحْقِي! ضَرْبَتِي عَدِيمَةُ ٱلشِّفَاءِ! فَقُلْتُ: «إِنَّمَا هَذِهِ مُصِيبَةٌ فَأَحْتَمِلُهَا».

Woe to me because of my brokenness; my wound is grievous! But I said, “This is truly my sickness, and I must bear it.”

٢٠ 20 خَيْمَتِي خَرِبَتْ، وَكُلُّ أَطْنَابِي قُطِعَتْ. بَنِيَّ خَرَجُوا عَنِّي وَلَيْسُوا. لَيْسَ مَنْ يَبْسُطُ بَعْدُ خَيْمَتِي وَيُقِيمُ شُقَقِي.

My tent is destroyed, and all its ropes are snapped. My sons have departed from me and are no more. I have no one left to pitch my tent or set up my curtains.

٢١ 21 لِأَنَّ ٱلرُّعَاةَ بَلُدُوا وَٱلرَّبَّ لَمْ يَطْلُبُوا. مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ لَمْ يَنْجَحُوا، وَكُلُّ رَعِيَّتِهِمْ تَبَدَّدَتْ.

For the shepherds have become senseless; they do not seek the LORD. Therefore they have not prospered, and all their flock is scattered.

٢٢ 22 هُوَذَا صَوْتُ خَبَرٍ جَاءَ، وَٱضْطِرَابٌ عَظِيمٌ مِنْ أَرْضِ ٱلشِّمَالِ لِجَعْلِ مُدُنِ يَهُوذَا خَرَابًا، مَأْوَى بَنَاتِ آوَى.

Listen! The sound of a report is coming— a great commotion from the land to the north. The cities of Judah will be made a desolation, a haunt for jackals.

٢٣ 23 عَرَفْتُ يَارَبُّ أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ لِلْإِنْسَانِ طَرِيقُهُ. لَيْسَ لِإِنْسَانٍ يَمْشِي أَنْ يَهْدِيَ خَطَوَاتِهِ.

I know, O LORD, that a man’s way is not his own; no one who walks directs his own steps.

٢٤ 24 أَدِّبْنِي يَارَبُّ وَلَكِنْ بِٱلْحَقِّ، لَا بِغَضَبِكَ لِئَلَّا تُفْنِيَنِي.

Correct me, O LORD, but only with justice— not in Your anger, or You will bring me to nothing.

٢٥ 25 اُسْكُبْ غَضَبَكَ عَلَى ٱلْأُمَمِ ٱلَّتِي لَمْ تَعْرِفْكَ، وَعَلَى ٱلْعَشَائِرِ ٱلَّتِي لَمْ تَدْعُ بِٱسْمِكَ. لِأَنَّهُمْ أَكَلُوا يَعْقُوبَ. أَكَلُوهُ وَأَفْنَوْهُ وَأَخْرَبُوا مَسْكَنَهُ.

Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You, and on the families that do not call on Your name. For they have devoured Jacob; they have consumed him and finished him off; they have devastated his homeland.