Jeremiah 10

اِسْمَعُوا الْكَلِمَةَ الَّتِي تَكَلَّمَ بِهَا الرَّبُّ عَلَيْكُمْ يَا بَيْتَ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

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

هكَذَا قَالَ الرَّبُّ: «لاَ تَتَعَلَّمُوا طَرِيقَ الأُمَمِ، وَمِنْ آيَاتِ السَّمَاوَاتِ لاَ تَرْتَعِبُوا، لأَنَّ الأُمَمَ تَرْتَعِبُ مِنْهَا.

Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them.

لأَنَّ فَرَائِضَ الأُمَمِ بَاطِلَةٌ. لأَنَّهَا شَجَرَةٌ يَقْطَعُونَهَا مِنَ الْوَعْرِ. صَنْعَةُ يَدَيْ نَجَّارٍ بِالْقَدُومِ.

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

بِالْفِضَّةِ وَالذَّهَبِ يُزَيِّنُونَهَا، وَبِالْمَسَامِيرِ وَالْمَطَارِقِ يُشَدِّدُونَهَا فَلاَ تَتَحَرَّكُ.

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

هِيَ كَاللَّعِينِ فِي مَقْثَأَةٍ فَلاَ تَتَكَلَّمُ! تُحْمَلُ حَمْلاً لأَنَّهَا لاَ تَمْشِي! لاَ تَخَافُوهَا لأَنَّهَا لاَ تَضُرُّ، وَلاَ فِيهَا أَنْ تَصْنَعَ خَيْرًا».

They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good.

لاَ مِثْلَ لَكَ يَا رَبُّ! عَظِيمٌ أَنْتَ، وَعَظِيمٌ اسْمُكَ فِي الْجَبَرُوتِ.

Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O LORD; thou art great, and thy name is great in might.

مَنْ لاَ يَخَافُكَ يَا مَلِكَ الشُّعُوبِ؟ لأَنَّهُ بِكَ يَلِيقُ. لأَنَّهُ فِي جَمِيعِ حُكَمَاءِ الشُّعُوبِ وَفِي كُلِّ مَمَالِكِهِمْ لَيْسَ مِثْلَكَ.

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

بَلُدُوا وَحَمِقُوا مَعًا. أَدَبُ أَبَاطِيلَ هُوَ الْخَشَبُ.

But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities.

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

Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple is their clothing: they are all the work of cunning men.

أَمَّا الرَّبُّ الإِلهُ فَحَقٌّ. هُوَ إِلهٌ حَيٌّ وَمَلِكٌ أَبَدِيٌّ. مِنْ سُخْطِهِ تَرْتَعِدُ الأَرْضُ، وَلاَ تَطِيقُ الأُمَمُ غَضَبَهُ.

But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.

هكَذَا تَقُولُونَ لَهُمْ: «الآلِهَةُ الَّتِي لَمْ تَصْنَعِ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضَ تَبِيدُ مِنَ الأَرْضِ وَمِنْ تَحْتِ هذِهِ السَّمَاوَاتِ»

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

صَانِعُ الأَرْضِ بِقُوَّتِهِ، مُؤَسِّسُ الْمَسْكُونَةِ بِحِكْمَتِهِ، وَبِفَهْمِهِ بَسَطَ السَّمَاوَاتِ.

He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.

إِذَا أَعْطَى قَوْلاً تَكُونُ كَثْرَةُ مِيَاهٍ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ، وَيُصْعِدُ السَّحَابَ مِنْ أَقَاصِي الأَرْضِ. صَنَعَ بُرُوقًا لِلْمَطَرِ، وَأَخْرَجَ الرِّيحَ مِنْ خَزَائِنِهِ.

When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.

بَلُدَ كُلُّ إِنْسَانٍ مِنْ مَعْرِفَتِهِ. خَزِيَ كُلُّ صَائِغٍ مِنَ التِّمْثَالِ، لأَنَّ مَسْبُوكَهُ كَذِبٌ وَلاَ رُوحَ فِيهِ.

Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.

هِيَ بَاطِلَةٌ صَنْعَةُ الأَضَالِيلِ. فِي وَقْتِ عِقَابِهَا تَبِيدُ.

They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

لَيْسَ كَهذِهِ نَصِيبُ يَعْقُوبَ، لأَنَّهُ مُصَوِّرُ الْجَمِيعِ، وَإِسْرَائِيلُ قَضِيبُ مِيرَاثِهِ. رَبُّ الْجُنُودِ اسْمُهُ.

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

اِجْمَعِي مِنَ الأَرْضِ حُزَمَكِ أَيَّتُهَا السَّاكِنَةُ فِي الْحِصَارِ.

Gather up thy wares out of the land, O inhabitant of the fortress.

لأَنَّهُ هكَذَا قَالَ الرَّبُّ: «هأَنَذَا رَامٍ مِنْ مِقْلاَعٍ سُكَّانَ الأَرْضِ هذِهِ الْمَرَّةَ، وَأُضَيِّقُ عَلَيْهِمْ لِكَيْ يَشْعُرُوا».

For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this once, and will distress them, that they may find it so.

وَيْلٌ لِي مِنْ أَجْلِ سَحْقِي! ضَرْبَتِي عَدِيمَةُ الشِّفَاءِ! فَقُلْتُ: «إِنَّمَا هذِهِ مُصِيبَةٌ فَأَحْتَمِلُهَا».

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

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

My tabernacle 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.

لأَنَّ الرُّعَاةَ بَلُدُوا وَالرَّبَّ لَمْ يَطْلُبُوا. مِنْ أَجْلِ ذلِكَ لَمْ يَنْجَحُوا، وَكُلُّ رَعِيَّتِهِمْ تَبَدَّدَتْ.

For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the LORD: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered.

هُوَذَا صَوْتُ خَبَرٍ جَاءَ، وَاضْطِرَابٌ عَظِيمٌ مِنْ أَرْضِ الشِّمَالِ لِجَعْلِ مُدُنِ يَهُوذَا خَرَابًا، مَأْوَى بَنَاتِ آوَى.

Behold, the noise of the bruit is come, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah desolate, and a den of dragons.

عَرَفْتُ يَا رَبُّ أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ لِلإِنْسَانِ طَرِيقُهُ. لَيْسَ لإِنْسَانٍ يَمْشِي أَنْ يَهْدِيَ خَطَوَاتِهِ.

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

أَدِّبْنِي يَا رَبُّ وَلكِنْ بِالْحَقِّ، لاَ بِغَضَبِكَ لِئَلاَّ تُفْنِيَنِي.

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

اُسْكُبْ غَضَبَكَ عَلَى الأُمَمِ الَّتِي لَمْ تَعْرِفْكَ، وَعَلَى الْعَشَائِرِ الَّتِي لَمْ تَدْعُ بِاسْمِكَ. لأَنَّهُمْ أَكَلُوا يَعْقُوبَ. أَكَلُوهُ وَأَفْنَوْهُ وَأَخْرَبُوا مَسْكَنَهُ.

Pour out thy fury upon the heathen that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name: for they have eaten up Jacob, and devoured him, and consumed him, and have made his habitation desolate.