Jeremiah 10

For the practices of the peoples are worthless;
    they cut a tree out of the forest,
    and a craftsman shapes it with his chisel.

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

They adorn it with silver and gold;
    they fasten it with hammer and nails
    so it will not totter.

ثُمَّ يُزَيِّنُونَهَا بِالْفِضَّةِ وَالذَّهَبِ وَتُثَبَّتُ بِالْمَسَامِيرِ وَالْمَطَارِقِ لِئَلَّا تَتَحَرَّكَ.

Like a scarecrow in a cucumber field,
    their idols cannot speak;
they must be carried
    because they cannot walk.
Do not fear them;
    they can do no harm
    nor can they do any good.”

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

No one is like you, Lord;
    you are great,
    and your name is mighty in power.

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

Who should not fear you,
    King of the nations?
    This is your due.
Among all the wise leaders of the nations
    and in all their kingdoms,
    there is no one like you.

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

They are all senseless and foolish;
    they are taught by worthless wooden idols.

جَمِيعُهُمْ بُلَدَاءُ وَحَمْقَى، يَتَلَقَّفُونَ الْعِلْمَ مِنْ أَصْنَامٍ خَشَبِيَّةٍ.

Hammered silver is brought from Tarshish
    and gold from Uphaz.
What the craftsman and goldsmith have made
    is then dressed in blue and purple—
    all made by skilled workers.

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

But the Lord is the true God;
    he is the living God, the eternal King.
When he is angry, the earth trembles;
    the nations cannot endure his wrath.

But God made the earth by his power;
    he founded the world by his wisdom
    and stretched out the heavens by his understanding.

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

When he thunders, the waters in the heavens roar;
    he makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth.
He sends lightning with the rain
    and brings out the wind from his storehouses.

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

Everyone is senseless and without knowledge;
    every goldsmith is shamed by his idols.
The images he makes are a fraud;
    they have no breath in them.

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

They are worthless, the objects of mockery;
    when their judgment comes, they will perish.

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

He who is the Portion of Jacob is not like these,
    for he is the Maker of all things,
including Israel, the people of his inheritance—
    the Lord Almighty is his name.

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

الدمار المقبل

Gather up your belongings to leave the land,
    you who live under siege.

اجْمَعِي مِنَ الأَرْضِ حِزَمَكِ أَيَّتُهَا الْمُقِيمَةُ تَحْتَ الْحِصَارِ.

For this is what the Lord says:
    “At this time I will hurl out
    those who live in this land;
I will bring distress on them
    so that they may be captured.”

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

Woe to me because of my injury!
    My wound is incurable!
Yet I said to myself,
    “This is my sickness, and I must endure it.”

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

My tent is destroyed;
    all its ropes are snapped.
My children are gone from me and are no more;
    no one is left now to pitch my tent
    or to set up my shelter.

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

The shepherds are senseless
    and do not inquire of the Lord;
so they do not prosper
    and all their flock is scattered.

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

Listen! The report is coming—
    a great commotion from the land of the north!
It will make the towns of Judah desolate,
    a haunt of jackals.

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

صلاة إرميا

Lord, I know that people’s lives are not their own;
    it is not for them to direct their steps.

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

Discipline me, Lord, but only in due measure—
    not in your anger,
    or you will reduce me to nothing.

قَوِّمْنِي يَا رَبُّ بِحَقِّكَ لَا بِغَضَبِكَ، لِئَلَّا تُلاشِيَنِي.

Pour out your wrath on the nations
    that do not acknowledge you,
    on the peoples who do not call on your name.
For they have devoured Jacob;
    they have devoured him completely
    and destroyed his homeland.