Jeremiah 10 – NIV & GKY

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Jeremiah 10:1-25

God and Idols

1Hear what the Lord says to you, people of Israel. 2This is what the Lord says:

“Do not learn the ways of the nations

or be terrified by signs in the heavens,

though the nations are terrified by them.

3For the practices of the peoples are worthless;

they cut a tree out of the forest,

and a craftsman shapes it with his chisel.

4They adorn it with silver and gold;

they fasten it with hammer and nails

so it will not totter.

5Like 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.”

6No one is like you, Lord;

you are great,

and your name is mighty in power.

7Who 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.

8They are all senseless and foolish;

they are taught by worthless wooden idols.

9Hammered 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.

10But 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.

11“Tell them this: ‘These gods, who did not make the heavens and the earth, will perish from the earth and from under the heavens.’ ”10:11 The text of this verse is in Aramaic.

12But God made the earth by his power;

he founded the world by his wisdom

and stretched out the heavens by his understanding.

13When 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.

14Everyone 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.

15They are worthless, the objects of mockery;

when their judgment comes, they will perish.

16He 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.

Coming Destruction

17Gather up your belongings to leave the land,

you who live under siege.

18For 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.”

19Woe to me because of my injury!

My wound is incurable!

Yet I said to myself,

“This is my sickness, and I must endure it.”

20My 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.

21The shepherds are senseless

and do not inquire of the Lord;

so they do not prosper

and all their flock is scattered.

22Listen! 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.

Jeremiah’s Prayer

23Lord, I know that people’s lives are not their own;

it is not for them to direct their steps.

24Discipline me, Lord, but only in due measure—

not in your anger,

or you will reduce me to nothing.

25Pour 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.

Holy Bible in Gĩkũyũ

Jeremia 10:1-25

Ngai na Mĩhianano ya Kũhooywo

1Ta thikĩrĩriai mũigue ũhoro ũrĩa Jehova ekũmwĩra, inyuĩ andũ a nyũmba ya Isiraeli. 210:2 Alaw 20:23; Kĩam 1:14Jehova ekuuga atĩrĩ:

“Tigai kwĩruta mĩthiĩre ya ndũrĩrĩ,

kana mũguoyohio nĩ morirũ ma kũũrĩa igũrũ,

o na gũtuĩka ndũrĩrĩ icio nĩiguoyohetio nĩmo.

310:3 Isa 40:19; Ezek 7:20Nĩgũkorwo mĩtugo ya andũ acio ndĩrĩ kĩene:

matemaga mũtĩ mũtitũ, ũkarutĩrwo wĩra nĩ bundi,

akawacũhia na ithanwa rĩake.

410:4 Hos 13:2; Isa 41:7Maũgemagia na betha na thahabu;

maũhũũragĩrĩra na mĩcumarĩ na nyondo

ndũkae kwenyenya.

510:5 Isa 41:24; 1Akor 12:2Ũtariĩ ta kĩndũ gĩa kũhahũra nyamũ gĩthecereirwo mũtĩ mũgũnda-inĩ wa marenge,

mĩhianano yao ndĩngĩhota kwaria;

ningĩ no nginya ĩkuuo,

tondũ ndĩngĩhota gwĩtwara.

Mũtikanamĩĩtigĩre;

ndĩngĩhota gwĩka ũũru

o na kana gwĩka wega o na ũrĩkũ.”

610:6 2Sam 7:22; Thab 48:1Atĩrĩrĩ, gũtirĩ ũngĩ ũtariĩ tawe, Wee Jehova;

Wee ũrĩ mũnene,

narĩo rĩĩtwa rĩaku nĩ rĩrĩ ũhoti mũnene.

7Nũũ ũtangĩgwĩtigĩra,

Wee mũthamaki wa ndũrĩrĩ?

Wee nowe wagĩrĩire gwĩtigĩrwo.

Thĩinĩ wa andũ arĩa othe oogĩ a ndũrĩrĩ,

o na mothamaki-inĩ mao mothe,

gũtirĩ ũngĩ ũhaana tawe.

810:8 Isa 40:19; Gũcook 32:21Acio othe-rĩ, matiĩciiragia, no nĩ akĩĩgu;

mataaragwo nĩ mĩhianano ĩtarĩ kĩene o ĩrĩa ĩthondeketwo na mĩtĩ.

910:9 Kĩam 10:4; Thab 115:4Ĩgemagio na betha ĩrĩa hũũre ĩrutĩtwo Tarishishi,

na thahabu ĩrutĩtwo Ufazu.

Kĩndũ kĩu gĩthondeketwo na moko ma bundi, na ma mũturi wa thahabu

gĩcookaga gĩkahumbĩrwo na rangi wa bururu na wa ndathi,

ciothe ithondeketwo nĩ andũ arĩa oogĩ na wĩra ũcio.

1010:10 Josh 3:10; Kĩam 21:33; Thab 76:7No Jehova nĩwe Ngai ũrĩa wa ma; nĩwe Ngai ũrĩa ũrĩ muoyo,

o na mũthamaki ũrĩa ũtũũraga tene na tene.

Rĩrĩa arakarĩte-rĩ, thĩ nĩĩthingithaga,

nacio ndũrĩrĩ itingĩĩtiiria mangʼũrĩ make.

1110:11 Isa 2:18“Meerei atĩrĩ, ‘Ngai icio itoombire igũrũ na thĩ, nĩigathira gũkũ thĩ, na ithire kũrĩa guothe gũtambũrũkĩirio matu mairũ.’ ”

1210:12 1Sam 2:8; Kĩam 1:1, 8No rĩrĩ, nĩ Ngai wombire thĩ na hinya wake;

akĩhaanda thĩ na ũũgĩ wake,

na agĩtambũrũkia matu mairũ na ũndũ wa ũmenyo wake.

1310:13 Thab 135:7; Gũcook 28:12Hĩndĩ ĩrĩa we agũũthũka-rĩ, maaĩ marĩa marĩ igũrũ matu-inĩ nĩmarurumaga;

nĩwe ũtũmaga thaatũ waambate na igũrũ uumĩte ituri ciothe cia thĩ.

Atũmaga rũheni rũũke rũrehanĩte na mbura,

na akarehithia rũhuho ruumĩte makũmbĩ-inĩ make.

1410:14 Thab 97:7; Isa 44:20Andũ othe nĩmagĩte meciiria na makaaga ũũgĩ;

nake mũturi wa thahabu o wothe nĩaconorithĩtio nĩ mĩhianano ĩyo yake.

Nĩ ũndũ mĩhianano ĩyo yake ya gwĩturĩra nĩ ya maheeni;

ndĩrĩ mĩhũmũ thĩinĩ wayo.

15Ndĩrĩ kĩene, nĩ ya kũnyararwo;

narĩo ihinda rĩayo rĩa gũciirithio rĩakinya-rĩ, nĩĩgathira biũ.

1610:16 Gũcook 32:9; Thaam 34:9We ũcio Rũgai rwa Jakubu ndatariĩ tayo,

nĩgũkorwo nĩwe Mũũmbi wa indo ciothe,

o hamwe na Isiraeli mũhĩrĩga ũrĩa, eegwatĩire ũtuĩke igai rĩake,

Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe, nĩrĩo rĩĩtwa rĩake.

Mwanangĩko ũrĩa Ũroka

1710:17 Ezek 12:3-12Ohai mĩrigo yanyu mũthaame bũrũri ũyũ,

inyuĩ arĩa mũtũũrĩte mũrigiicĩirio nĩ thũ.

1810:18 1Sam 25:29Nĩgũkorwo Jehova ekuuga atĩrĩ:

“Ihinda rĩĩrĩ nĩrĩo ngũikia

andũ arĩa othe matũũraga bũrũri ũyũ ta maikĩtio na kĩgũtha;

Nĩngũmarehithĩria mĩnyamaro,

nĩgeetha manyiitwo mĩgwate.”

19Wũi-ĩiya-wakwa, nĩ ũndũ wa itihia rĩrĩa ndiihĩtio-ĩ!

Ironda ciakwa itingĩhona!

No ngĩĩcookeria ũhoro ngiuga atĩrĩ,

“Ũyũ nĩ mũrimũ wakwa, na no nginya ndĩũkirĩrĩrie.”

20Hema yakwa nĩyanangĩtwo,

nayo mĩkanda yayo yothe ĩgatuĩkanga.

Ariũ akwa nĩmanjehereire magethiĩra na rĩu matikĩrĩ ho;

rĩu gũtirĩ mũndũ mũtigaru wa kwamba hema yakwa,

o na kana wa gũtambũrũkia mataama mayo.

2110:21 Isa 56:10; Jer 23:2Arĩithi matiĩciiragia,

na matituĩragia ũhoro harĩ Jehova;

nĩ ũndũ ũcio matigaacagĩra,

nacio ndũũru ciao ciothe cia mbũri nĩihurunjũkĩte.

2210:22 Jer 6:22; Ezek 12:19Ta thikĩrĩriai! Nĩtũrakinyĩrio ũhoro, tũkeerwo atĩrĩ,

kũrĩ na gacagaca nene kuuma bũrũri wa mwena wa gathigathini!

Gacagaca ĩyo nĩĩgatũma matũũra ma Juda makire ihooru,

ĩtũme matuĩke ma gũtũũragwo nĩ mbwe.

Ihooya rĩa Jeremia

2310:23 Ayub 33:29; Thim 3:5-6; 20:24Atĩrĩrĩ Wee Jehova, nĩnjũũĩ atĩ muoyo wa mũndũ ti wake we mwene;

mũndũ we mwene ti we ũrũngagĩrĩria makinya make.

2410:24 Thab 6:1Atĩrĩrĩ Wee Jehova, herithia, no ũherithie na kĩhooto;

ndũkaherithie ũrĩ na marakara,

ndũkae kũniina nduĩke kĩndũ hatarĩ.

2510:25 Zef 2:2; 3:8; Thab 79:6-7Itũrũrĩra ndũrĩrĩ iria itakũũĩ mangʼũrĩ maku,

ũmaitũrũrĩre andũ arĩa

matakayagĩra rĩĩtwa rĩaku.

Nĩ ũndũ-rĩ, nĩmahukĩtie Jakubu;

mamũhukĩtie biũ,

naguo bũrũri wake makawananga.