Jeremiah 10

1 Hear ye the word which the LORD speaketh unto you, O house of Israel:

١ أَنْصِتُوا إِلَى الْقَضَاءِ الَّذِي تَكَلَّمَ بِهِ الرَّبُّ عَلَيْكُمْ يَا ذُرِّيَّةَ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

2 thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the nations, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the nations are dismayed at them.

٢ هَكَذَا قَالَ الرَّبُّ: «لا تَتَعَلَّمُوا طَرِيقَ الأُمَمِ، وَلا تَرْتَعِبُوا مِنْ آيَاتِ السَّمَاءِ الَّتِي تَرْتَعِبُ مِنْهَا الشُّعُوبُ.

3 For the customs of the peoples are vanity: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman with the axe.

٣ لأَنَّ عَادَاتِ الأُمَمِ بَاطِلَةٌ، إِذْ تُقْطَعُ الشَّجَرَةُ مِنَ الْغَابَةِ ثُمَّ تُشَذِّبُهَا وَتَنْحَتُهَا يَدَا صَانِعٍ بِفَأْسٍ.

4 They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.

٤ ثُمَّ يُزَيِّنُونَهَا بِالْفِضَّةِ وَالذَّهَبِ وَتُثَبَّتُ بِالْمَسَامِيرِ وَالْمَطَارِقِ لِئَلَّا تَتَحَرَّكَ.

5 They are like a palm tree, of turned work, and speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither is it in them to do good.

٥ فَتَكُونُ كَفَزَّاعَةٍ فِي حَقْلِ قِثَّاءٍ لَا تَنْطِقُ، بَلْ تُحْمَلُ لأَنَّهَا عَاجِزَةٌ عَنِ الْمَشْيِ. فَلا تَخَافُوهَا لأَنَّهَا لَا تَضُرُّ وَلا تَنْفَعُ».

6 There is none like unto thee, O LORD; thou art great, and thy name is great in might.

٦ أَنْتَ لَا نَظِيرَ لَكَ يَا رَبُّ. عَظِيمٌ أَنْتَ، وَاسْمُكَ عَظِيمٌ فِي الْجَبَرُوتِ.

7 Who would not fear thee, O King of the nations? for to thee doth it appertain: forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their royal estate, there is none like unto thee.

٧ مَنْ لَا يَتَّقِيكَ يَا مَلِكَ الأُمَمِ؟ فَالْخَوْفُ يَلِيقُ بِكَ، إِذْ لَا يُوْجَدُ بَيْنَ حُكَمَاءِ الشُّعُوبِ وَفِي جَمِيعِ مَمَالِكِهِمْ مَنْ هُوَ نَظِيرُكَ.

8 But they are together brutish and foolish: the instruction of idols, it is but a stock.

٨ جَمِيعُهُمْ بُلَدَاءُ وَحَمْقَى، يَتَلَقَّفُونَ الْعِلْمَ مِنْ أَصْنَامٍ خَشَبِيَّةٍ.

9 There is silver beaten into plates which is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the artificer and of the hands of the goldsmith; blue and purple for their clothing; they are all the work of cunning men.

٩ يُحْضِرُونَ لِصُنْعِهَا الْفِضَّةَ الْمُطَرَّقَةَ مِنْ تَرْشِيشَ، وَالذَّهَبَ مِنْ أُوفَازَ، فَهِيَ عَمَلُ صَانِعٍ مَاهِرٍ وَصَوْغُ يَدَيْ صَائِغٍ، وَتُكْسَى بِثِيَابٍ زَرْقَاءَ وَأُرْجُوَانِيَّةٍ. كُلُّهَا صَنْعَةُ صُنَّاعٍ مَهَرَةٍ.

10 But the LORD is the true God; he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth trembleth, and the nations are not able to abide his indignation.

١٠ أَمَّا الرَّبُّ فَهُوَ الإِلَهُ الْحَقُّ، الإِلَهُ الْحَيُّ وَالْمَلِكُ السَّرْمَدِيُّ. تَرْتَعِدُ الأَرْضُ أَمَامَ غَضَبِهِ وَلا تَتَحَمَّلُ الأُمَمُ فَرْطَ سُخْطِهِ.

11 Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, these shall perish from the earth, and from under the heavens.

١١ «وَهَذَا مَا تَقُولُونَهُ لَهُمْ: إِنَّ الآلِهَةَ الَّتِي لَمْ تَصْنَعِ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضَ يَجِبُ أَنْ تُسْتَأْصَلَ مِنَ الأَرْضِ وَمِنْ تَحْتِ السَّمَاءِ».

12 He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding hath he stretched out the heavens:

١٢ فَالرَّبُّ هُوَ الَّذِي صَنَعَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضَ بِقُدْرَتِهِ، وَأَسَّسَ الدُّنْيَا بِحِكْمَتِهِ وَمَدَّ السَّمَاوَاتِ بِفِطْنَتِهِ.

13 when he uttereth his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasuries.

١٣ مَا إِنْ يَنْطِقُ بِصَوْتِهِ حَتَّى تَتَجَمَّعَ غِمَارُ الْمِيَاهِ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ، وَتَصْعَدَ السُّحُبُ مِنْ أَقَاصِي الأَرْضِ. يَجْعَلُ لِلْمَطَرِ بُرُوقاً، وَيُطْلِقُ الرِّيحَ مِنْ خَزَائِنِهِ.

14 Every man is become brutish [and is] without knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.

١٤ كُلُّ إِنْسَانٍ خَامِلٌ وَعَدِيمُ الْمَعْرِفَةِ، وَكُلُّ صَائِغٍ أَخْزَاهُ تِمْثَالُهُ لأَنَّ صَنَمَهُ الْمَسْبُوكَ كَاذِبٌ وَلا حَيَاةَ فِيهِ.

15 They are vanity, a work of delusion: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

١٥ جَمِيعُ الأَصْنَامِ بَاطِلَةٌ، صَنْعَةُ ضَلالٍ، وَفِي زَمَنِ عِقَابِهَا تَبِيدُ.

16 The portion of Jacob is not like these; for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance: the LORD of hosts is his name.

١٦ أَمَّا نَصِيبُ يَعْقُوبَ فَلَيْسَ مِثْلَ هَذِهِ الأَوْثَانِ، بَلْ هُوَ جَابِلُ كُلِّ الأَشْيَاءِ، وَشَعْبُ إِسْرَائِيلَ هُوَ شَعْبُ مِيرَاثِهِ، وَاسْمُهُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ.

17 Gather up thy wares out of the land, O thou that abidest in the siege.

١٧ اجْمَعِي مِنَ الأَرْضِ حِزَمَكِ أَيَّتُهَا الْمُقِيمَةُ تَحْتَ الْحِصَارِ.

18 For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this time, and will distress them, that they may feel [it].

١٨ لأَنَّ هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ الرَّبُّ: «هَا أَنَا أَقْذِفُ بِمِقْلاعٍ سُكَّانَ الأَرْضِ فِي هَذِهِ الْمَرَّةِ، وَأُعَرِّضُهُمْ لِلضِّيقِ حَتَّى يَعْرِفُوا مُعَانَاتَهُ».

19 Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this is [my] grief, and I must bear it.

١٩ وَيْلٌ لِي مِنْ أَجْلِ انْسِحَاقِي، فَجُرْحِي لَا شِفَاءَ مِنْهُ، وَلَكِنِّي قُلْتُ: «حَقّاً هَذِهِ بَلِيَّةٌ وَعَلَيَّ أَنْ أَتَحَمَّلَهَا».

20 My tent is spoiled, and all my cords are broken: my children are gone forth of me, and they are not: there is none to stretch forth my tent any more, and to set up my curtains.

٢٠ قَدْ تَهَدَّمَ خِبَائِي وَتَقَطَّعَتْ حِبَالِي، وَهَجَرَنِي أَبْنَائِي وَلَمْ يَعُدْ لَهُمْ وُجُودٌ. لَيْسَ مَنْ يُقِيمُ خِبَائِي ثَانِيَةً وَيَبْسُطُ سُجُوفِي.

21 For the shepherds are become brutish, and have not inquired of the LORD: therefore they have not prospered, and all their flocks are scattered.

٢١ فَرُعَاةُ شَعْبِي بُلَدَاءُ لَمْ يَلْتَمِسُوا الرَّبَّ، لِذَلِكَ لَمْ يُفْلِحُوا وَتَشَتَّتَتْ جَمِيعُ رَعِيَّتِهِمْ.

22 The voice of a rumour, behold it cometh, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah a desolation, a dwelling place of jackals.

٢٢ اسْمَعُوا، هَا أَخْبَارٌ تَتَوَاتَرُ عَنْ جَيْشٍ عَظِيمٍ مُقْبِلٍ مِنَ الشِّمَالِ لِيُحَوِّلَ مُدُنَ يَهُوذَا إِلَى خَرَائِبَ وَمَأْوَى لِبَنَاتِ آوَى.

23 O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.

٢٣ أَدْرَكْتُ يَا رَبُّ أَنَّ الإِنْسَانَ لَا يَمْلِكُ زِمَامَ طَرِيقِهِ، وَلَيْسَ فِي وُسْعِ الإِنْسَانِ أَنْ يُوَجِّهَ خُطَى نَفْسِهِ.

24 O LORD, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.

٢٤ قَوِّمْنِي يَا رَبُّ بِحَقِّكَ لَا بِغَضَبِكَ، لِئَلَّا تُلاشِيَنِي.

25 Pour out thy fury upon the heathen that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name: for they have devoured Jacob, yea, they have devoured him and consumed him, and have laid waste his habitation.

٢٥ لِيَنْصَبَّ سُخْطُكَ عَلَى الأُمَمِ الَّتِي لَمْ تَعْرِفْكَ، وَعَلَى الشُّعُوبِ الَّتِي لَا تَدْعُو بِاسْمِكَ، لأَنَّهُمْ قَدِ افْتَرَسُوا ذُرِّيَّةَ يَعْقُوبَ وَالْتَهَمُوهَا وَخَرَّبُوا مَسْكَنَهَا.