Jeremiah 10 – NIV & NEN

New International Version

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.

Kiswahili Contemporary Version (Neno: Bibilia Takatifu)

Yeremia 10:1-25

Mungu Na Sanamu

1Sikieni lile ambalo Bwana, anena nanyi ee nyumba ya Israeli. 210:2 Kut 23:24; Law 20:23; Mwa 1:14Hili ndilo asemalo Bwana:

“Usijifunze njia za mataifa

wala usitishwe na ishara katika anga,

ingawa mataifa yanatishwa nazo.

310:3 Isa 40:19; Kum 9:21; Eze 7:20; Yer 44:8; 1Fal 8:36Kwa maana desturi za mataifa hazina maana,

wanakata mti msituni,

na fundi anauchonga kwa patasi.

410:4 1Sam 5:3; Isa 41:7; Za 135:15; Hos 13:2; Hab 2:19Wanaparemba kwa fedha na dhahabu,

wanakikaza kwa nyundo na misumari ili kisitikisike.

510:5 1Fal 18:26; 1Kor 12:2; Isa 45:20; Hab 2:19; Isa 44:9-20; Mdo 19:26Sanamu zao ni kama sanamu

iliyowekwa shambani la matango kutishia ndege

nazo haziwezi kuongea;

sharti zibebwe

sababu haziwezi kutembea.

Usiziogope; haziwezi kudhuru,

wala kutenda lolote jema.”

610:6 2Sam 7:22; Kut 8:9-10; Za 48:1Hakuna aliye kama wewe, Ee Bwana;

wewe ni mkuu,

jina lako ni lenye nguvu katika uweza.

710:7 Isa 12:4; Ufu 15:4; Za 22:28; Yer 5:22Ni nani ambaye haimpasi kukuheshimu wewe,

Ee Mfalme wa mataifa?

Hii ni stahili yako.

Miongoni mwa watu wote wenye hekima

katika mataifa na katika falme zao zote,

hakuna aliye kama wewe.

810:8 Isa 40:19; Yer 4:22; Isa 44:18; Kum 32:21Wote hawana akili, tena ni wapumbavu,

wanafundishwa na sanamu za miti zisizofaa lolote.

910:9 Dan 10:5; Za 115:4; Isa 40:19; Mwa 10:4Huleta fedha iliyofuliwa kutoka Tarshishi

na dhahabu kutoka Ufazi.

Kile ambacho fundi na sonara wametengeneza

huvikwa mavazi ya rangi ya samawi na urujuani:

vyote vikiwa vimetengenezwa

na mafundi stadi.

1010:10 1Tim 6:17; Za 76:7; Yos 3:10; Mt 16:16; Mwa 21:33; Dan 6:26; Amu 5:4; Ay 9:6Lakini Bwana ni Mungu wa kweli,

yeye ndiye Mungu aliye hai, Mfalme wa milele.

Anapokasirika, dunia hutetemeka,

mataifa hayawezi kustahimili hasira yake.

1110:11 Za 96:5; Isa 2:18“Waambie hivi: ‘Miungu hii, ambayo haikuumba mbingu na dunia, itaangamia kutoka dunia na kutoka chini ya mbingu.’ ”

1210:12 Ay 9:9; 38:4; Isa 40:22-28; Mdo 14:15; 1Sam 2:8; Mwa 1:1, 8, 31Lakini Mungu aliiumba dunia kwa uweza wake,

akaweka misingi ya ulimwengu kwa hekima yake,

na akazitandaza mbingu kwa ufahamu wake.

1310:13 Ay 36:29; Za 135:7; 104:13; Kum 28:12Atoapo sauti yake, maji yaliyo katika mbingu hunguruma;

huyafanya mawingu yainuke kutoka miisho ya dunia.

Hupeleka umeme wa radi pamoja na mvua,

naye huuleta upepo kutoka ghala zake.

14Kila mmoja ni mjinga na hana maarifa,

kila sonara ameaibishwa na sanamu zake.

Vinyago vyake ni vya udanganyifu,

havina pumzi ndani yavyo.

1510:15 Isa 41:21; Yer 14; 22Havifai kitu, ni vitu vya kufanyia mzaha tu,

hukumu yavyo itakapowadia, vitaangamia.

1610:16 Kum 32:9; Yer 32:17; Kut 34:9; Za 73:26; Yer 31:35; Za 74:2Yeye aliye Fungu la Yakobo sivyo alivyo,

kwani ndiye Muumba wa vitu vyote,

pamoja na Israeli, kabila la urithi wake:

Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote ndilo jina lake.

Maangamizi Yajayo

1710:17 Eze 12:12Kusanyeni mali na vitu vyenu mwondoke nchi hii,

enyi mnaoishi katika hali ya kuzingirwa na jeshi.

1810:18 1Sam 25:29; Isa 22:17; Eze 6:10; Kum 28:52Kwa kuwa hili ndilo asemalo Bwana:

“Wakati huu, nitawatupa nje kwa nguvu

wote waishio katika nchi hii;

nitawataabisha

ili waweze kutekwa.”

1910:19 Mik 7:9; Nah 3:19; Ay 34:6; Yer 14:17; 15:18; Mao 2:13; Yer 30:12, 15Ole wangu mimi kwa ajili ya kuumia kwangu!

Jeraha langu ni kubwa!

Lakini nilisema,

“Kweli hii ni adhabu yangu,

nami sharti niistahimili.”

2010:20 Yer 4:20; 31:15; Mao 1:5Hema langu limeangamizwa;

kamba zake zote zimekatwa.

Wana wangu wametekwa na hawapo tena;

hakuna hata mmoja aliyebaki wa kusimamisha hema langu

wala wa kusimamisha kibanda changu.

2110:21 Yer 23:2; Eze 34:6; Yer 6:22; 25:34; 50:6; Isa 56:10; Yer 22:30Wachungaji hawana akili

wala hawamuulizi Bwana,

hivyo hawastawi

na kundi lao lote la kondoo limetawanyika.

2210:22 Isa 34:13; Yer 9:11; 6:22; 27:6; Eze 12:19Sikilizeni! Taarifa inakuja:

ghasia kubwa kutoka nchi ya kaskazini!

Hii itafanya miji ya Yuda ukiwa,

makao ya mbweha.

Maombi Ya Yeremia

2310:23 Ay 33:29; Yer 9:11; 6:22; 27:6; Eze 12:19Ninajua, Ee Bwana, kwamba maisha ya mwanadamu si yake mwenyewe;

hawezi kuziongoza hatua zake mwenyewe.

2410:24 Yer 7:20; 18:23; 46:28; 30:11Unirudi, Ee Bwana, lakini kwa kipimo cha haki:

si katika hasira yako,

usije ukaniangamiza.

2510:25 Ay 15:21; Yer 8:16; Za 69:24; 79:6-7; Sef 3:8; Yer 2:3Umwage ghadhabu yako juu ya mataifa

wasiokujua wewe,

juu ya mataifa wasioliitia jina lako.

Kwa kuwa wamemwangamiza Yakobo;

wamemwangamiza kabisa

na kuiharibu nchi yake.