إِرْمِيَا 10

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

Hear the word, O house of Israel, That YHWH has spoken for you.

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

Thus said YHWH: “Do not accustom yourselves to the way of the nations, And do not be frightened by the signs of the heavens, For the nations are frightened by them.

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

For the statutes of the peoples are vanity, For one has cut a tree from a forest, Work of the hands of a craftsman, with an axe,

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

They beautify it with silver and with gold, They fix it with nails and with hammers, And it does not stumble.

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

They [are] stiff as a palm, and they do not speak, They are surely carried, for they do not step, Do not be afraid of them, for they do no evil, Indeed, to do good is also not in them.”

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

Because there is none like You, O YHWH, You [are] great, and Your Name [is] great in might.

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

Who does not fear You, King of the nations? For it is befitting to You, For among all the wise of the nations, And in all their kingdom, there is none like You.

٨ 8 بَلُدُوا وَحَمِقُوا مَعًا. أَدَبُ أَبَاطِيلَ هُوَ ٱلْخَشَبُ.

And as one they are brutish and foolish, An instruction of vanities [is] the tree itself.

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

Spread-out silver is brought from Tarshish, And gold from Uphaz, Work of an artisan, and of the hands of a refiner, Their clothing [is] blue and purple, Work of the skillful—all of them.

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

And YHWH [is] a God of truth, He [is] a living God, and a perpetual King, The earth shakes from His wrath, And nations do not endure His indignation.

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

Thus you say to them, “The gods who have not made the heavens and earth, They perish from the earth, And from under these heavens.”

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

The Maker of the earth by His power, The Establisher of the world by His wisdom, Who, by His understanding, stretched forth the heavens—

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

When He gives forth His voice, A multitude of waters [is] in the heavens, And He causes vapors to come up from the end of the earth, He has made lightnings for rain, And brings out wind from His treasures.

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

Every man is brutish by knowledge, Every refiner is put to shame by a carved image, For his molten image [is] false. And there is no breath in them.

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

They [are] vanity, work of erring ones, They perish in the time of their inspection.

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 Framer of all things, And Israel [is] the rod of His inheritance, YHWH of Hosts [is] His Name.

١٧ 17 اِجْمَعِي مِنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ حُزَمَكِ أَيَّتُهَا ٱلسَّاكِنَةُ فِي ٱلْحِصَارِ.

Gather your merchandise from the land, O dweller in the bulwark,

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

For thus said YHWH: “Behold, I am slinging out the inhabitants of the land at this time, And have been an adversary to them, So that they are found out.”

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

Woe to me for my breaking, My striking has been grievous, And I said, “Surely this [is] my sickness, and I bear it.”

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

My tent has been spoiled, And all my cords have been broken, My sons have gone out from me, and they are not, There is none stretching out my tent anymore, And raising up my curtains.

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

For the shepherds have become brutish, And they have not sought YHWH, Therefore they have not acted wisely, And all their flock is scattered.

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

A voice of a report, behold, it has come, Even a great shaking from the north country, To make the cities of Judah a desolation, A habitation of dragons.

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

I have known, O YHWH, that not of man [is] his way, Not of man [is] the going and establishing of his step.

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

Discipline me, O YHWH, only in judgment, Not in Your anger, lest You make me small.

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 fury on the nations that have not known You, And on the families that have not called on Your Name, For they have eaten up Jacob, Indeed, they have eaten him up, indeed, they consume him, And they have made his habitation desolate!