Geremia 10
La Nuova Diodati
10 Ascoltate la parola che l'Eterno vi rivolge, o casa d'Israele.
2 Cosí dice l'Eterno: «Non imparate a seguire la via delle nazioni e non abbiate paura dei segni del cielo, perché sono le nazioni che ne hanno paura.
3 Poiché i costumi dei popoli sono vanità: infatti uno taglia un albero dal bosco, il lavoro delle mani di un operaio con l'ascia.
4 Lo adornano d'argento e d'oro, lo fissano con chiodi e martelli perché non si muova.
5 Stanno diritti come una palma e non possono parlare; bisogna portarli, perché non possono camminare. Non abbiate paura di loro, perché non possono fare alcun male, né è in loro potere fare il bene».
6 Nessuno è simile a te, o Eterno, tu sei grande e il tuo nome è grande in potenza.
7 Chi non ti temerebbe, o re delle nazioni? Sì questo ti è dovuto, perché fra tutti i savi delle nazioni, in tutti i loro regni non c'è nessuno simile a te.
8 Sono tutti insieme stupidi e insensati; il loro idolo di legno è una dottrina di nessun valore.
9 Argento battuto in lamine portato da Tarshish, e oro da Ufaz, lavoro di artigiano e di mano di orefice; il loro vestito è di porpora e di scarlatto, sono tutti lavoro di uomini esperti.
10 Ma l'Eterno è il vero DIO egli è il DIO vivente e il re eterno. Davanti alla sua ira trema la terra e le nazioni non possono reggere davanti al suo sdegno.
11 Cosí direte loro: «Gli dèi che non hanno fatto i cieli e la terra scompariranno dalla terra e di sotto il cielo».
12 Egli ha fatto la terra con la sua potenza, ha stabilito il mondo con la sua sapienza e con la sua intelligenza ha disteso i cieli.
13 Quando emette la sua voce c'è un fragore di acque nel cielo; egli fa salire i vapori dalle estremità della terra, produce i lampi per la pioggia e fa uscire il vento dai suoi serbatoi.
14 Ogni uomo allora diventa insensato, privo di conoscenza, ogni orafo si vergogna della sua immagine scolpita, perché la sua immagine fusa è falsità e in essa non c'è spirito.
15 Sono vanità, lavoro d'inganno, nel tempo della loro punizione periranno.
16 La porzione di Giacobbe non è come loro, perché Egli ha formato tutte le cose, e Israele, è la tribú della sua eredità. Il suo nome è l'Eterno degli eserciti».
17 «Raduna dal paese le tue mercanzie tu che sei cinta d'assedio».
18 Poiché cosí dice l'Eterno: «Ecco, questa volta io lancerò lontano gli abitanti del paese e farò venire su di loro una grande sventura, perché possano ritrovare me».
19 Guai a me a motivo della mia ferita; la mia piaga è dolorosa. Ma io ho detto: «Questa è un'infermità che devo sopportare».
20 La mia tenda è devastata e tutte le mie corde sono rotte, i miei figli sono andati lontano da me e non sono piú non c'è piú nessuno che pianti la mia tenda o che rialzi i miei padiglioni.
21 Poiché i pastori sono stati insensati e non hanno cercato l'Eterno; perciò non hanno prosperato e tutto il loro gregge è stato disperso.
22 Ecco, giunge un rumore di notizie e un gran trambusto dal paese del nord, per ridurre le città di Giuda una desolazione, un rifugio di sciacalli.
23 O Eterno, io so che la via dell'uomo non è in suo potere e non è in potere dell'uomo che cammina il dirigere i suoi passi
24 Correggimi, o Eterno, ma con giustizia, non nella tua ira per non ridurmi al nulla.
25 Riversa la tua ira sulle nazioni che non ti conoscono e sui popoli che non invocano il tuo nome, perché hanno divorato Giacobbe, sí, l'hanno divorato e consumato e hanno distrutto la sua dimora.
Jeremiah 10
King James Version
10 Hear ye the word which the Lord speaketh unto you, O house of Israel:
2 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.
3 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.
4 They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.
5 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.
6 Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O Lord; thou art great, and thy name is great in might.
7 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.
8 But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities.
9 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.
10 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.
11 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.
12 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.
13 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.
14 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.
15 They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
16 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.
17 Gather up thy wares out of the land, O inhabitant of the fortress.
18 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.
19 Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous; but I said, Truly this is a grief, and I must bear it.
20 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.
21 For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the Lord: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered.
22 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.
23 O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
24 O Lord, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.
25 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.
Jeremiah 10
Complete Jewish Bible
10 Hear the word Adonai speaks to you,
house of Isra’el!
2 Here is what Adonai says:
“Don’t learn the way of the Goyim,
don’t be frightened by astrological signs,
even if the Goyim are afraid of them;
3 for the customs of the peoples are nothing.
They cut down a tree in the forest;
a craftsman works it with his axe;
4 they deck it with silver and gold.
They fix it with hammer and nails,
so that it won’t move.
5 Like a scarecrow in a cucumber patch,
it cannot speak.
It has to be carried,
because it cannot walk.
Do not be afraid of it —
it can do nothing bad;
likewise it is unable
to do anything good!”
6 There is no one like you, Adonai!
You are great, and your name is great and mighty.
7 Who would not fear you, king of the nations?
For it is your due! —
since among all the wise of the nations
and among all their royalty,
there is no one like you.
8 One and all they are boorish and stupid;
the teaching of their nothings is a piece of wood!
9 Silver is beaten into plates,
then imported from Tarshish.
Gold from Ufaz is worked by a craftsman
and shaped by the hands of a goldsmith.
They are clothed in blue and purple,
all the work of skillful men.
10 But Adonai, God, is the true God,
the living God, the everlasting king.
At his anger, the earth trembles;
the nations cannot endure his fury.
11 “This is what you must say to them:
‘The gods that did not make heaven and earth
will perish from earth and from under heaven.’”
12 God made the earth by his power,
established the world by his wisdom
spread out the sky by his understanding.
13 When he thunders, the waters in heaven roar,
he raises clouds from the ends of the earth,
he makes the lightning flash in the rain
and brings the wind out from his storehouses.
14 At this, everyone is proved stupid, ignorant,
every goldsmith put to shame by his idol!
The figures he casts are a fraud;
there is no breath in them;
15 they are nothings, ridiculous objects;
when the day for their punishment comes, they will perish.
16 Ya‘akov’s portion is not like these,
for he is the one who formed all things.
Isra’el is the tribe he claims as his heritage;
Adonai-Tzva’ot is his name.
17 You who are living under the siege,
gather your belongings off the ground,
18 for here is what Adonai says:
“At this time I am slinging away
the inhabitants of the land;
I will distress them,
so that they will feel it.”
19 Woe to me because of my wound!
My injury is incurable!
I used to say, “It’s only an illness,
and I can bear it.”
20 But now my tent is ruined,
all its cords are severed;
my children have left me and are no more;
there is no one to set up my tent again,
no one to raise its curtains.
21 The shepherds have become stupid,
they have not consulted Adonai.
This is why they have not prospered,
and all their flocks are scattered.
22 Listen! A noise! It’s coming closer!
A great uproar from the land to the north,
to make the cities of Y’hudah desolate,
a place for jackals to live.
23 Adonai, I know that the way of humans
is not in their control,
humans are not able
to direct their steps as they walk.
24 Adonai, correct me, but in moderation,
not in your anger, or you’ll reduce me to nothing.
25 Pour out your anger on the nations
that do not acknowledge you,
also on the families
that do not call on your name.
For they have consumed Ya‘akov —
consumed him and finished him off,
and laid waste to his home.
Jeremia 10
Hoffnung für Alle
Die Götzen helfen euch nicht!
10 Hört, ihr Israeliten, was der Herr euch zu sagen hat: 2 »Folgt nicht dem Beispiel der anderen Völker! Wenn sie ungewöhnliche Himmelserscheinungen sehen, bekommen sie große Angst. Ihr aber braucht euch nicht zu fürchten. 3 Denn die Religion dieser Völker ist eine Täuschung: Da fällen sie im Wald einen Baum, und der Kunsthandwerker schnitzt daraus eine Figur. 4 Er verziert das Standbild mit Silber und Gold und nagelt es fest, damit es nicht wackelt. 5 Und dann steht sie da, die Götterfigur, wie eine Vogelscheuche im Gurkenfeld! Sie kann weder reden noch gehen, sie muss getragen werden. Fürchtet euch nicht vor diesen Göttern! Sie können euch nichts Böses tun, und noch weniger können sie euch helfen.«
6 Herr, dir ist niemand gleich! Du bist erhaben und bekannt für deine Macht. 7 Wer sollte dich nicht fürchten, du König aller Völker? Dir allein gebührt die Ehre, denn kein Weiser und König auf dieser Welt ist dir gleich. 8 Sie sind allesamt dumm und ohne Verstand. Was können sie von Holzfiguren schon lernen? 9 Sie holen Silber aus Tarsis und Gold aus Ufas; der Bildhauer und der Goldschmied fertigen die Figur an. Dann bekommt sie ein Gewand aus blauem und violettem Purpurstoff. Ja, diese Götter werden von Kunsthandwerkern hergestellt!
10 Der Herr aber ist der wahre und lebendige Gott, der ewige König. Wenn er zornig wird, dann bebt die Erde, kein Volk kann seinen Zorn ertragen.
11 Sagt den Völkern: Eure Götter, die Himmel und Erde nicht erschaffen haben, werden unter diesem Himmel vergehen und von der Erde verschwinden![a] 12 Der Herr aber hat die Erde durch seine Macht geschaffen. In seiner großen Weisheit hat er ihr Fundament gelegt und den Himmel ausgebreitet. 13 Wenn er es befiehlt, tosen die Wassermassen oben am Himmel; er lässt die Wolken aufsteigen vom Horizont. Er sendet Blitz und Regen und schickt den Wind aus seinen Kammern auf die Reise. 14 Davor muss jeder Mensch verstummen! Dumm ist er gegenüber Gottes großer Weisheit. Und die Goldschmiede müssen sich schämen über ihre gegossenen Figuren, denn diese Götter sind blanker Betrug, kein Leben ist in ihnen. 15 Eine Täuschung sind sie und verdienen nichts als Spott! Wenn Gott sein Urteil spricht, ist es aus mit ihnen. 16 Ganz anders ist der Gott Jakobs als sie! Denn er hat das Weltall geschaffen und Israel zu seinem Eigentum erwählt. »Der Herr, der allmächtige Gott« wird er genannt.
Jerusalems Wunden heilen nicht mehr
17 Ihr Einwohner von Jerusalem, die Stadt ist belagert! Rafft euer Hab und Gut zusammen! 18 Denn so spricht der Herr: »Es ist so weit! Diesmal werde ich die Bewohner aus dem Land fortjagen und in große Bedrängnis bringen: Überall werden die Feinde sie finden.
19 ›Ich bin verloren‹, schreit Jerusalem, ›ich bin schwer verletzt, meine Wunden heilen nicht mehr! Dabei hatte ich gedacht: Es ist nur eine leichte Krankheit, die ich gut ertragen kann.[b] 20 Doch nun ist mein Zelt zerstört, die Seile sind zerrissen. Meine Kinder sind fortgegangen, keins von ihnen ist mehr bei mir. Niemand baut mein Zelt wieder auf und spannt die Decken darüber. 21 Unsere Hirten sind ohne Verstand – sie fragen nicht mehr nach dem Herrn. Kein Wunder, dass ihnen nichts mehr gelingt und ihre ganze Herde verstreut ist.
22 Da! Der Feind rückt aus dem Norden an, man hört schon den Lärm! Er wird die Städte Judas zu Ruinen machen, in denen die Schakale hausen.‹«
23 Herr, ich habe erkannt: Das Leben eines Menschen liegt nicht in seiner Hand. Niemand kann seine Schritte nach eigenem Plan lenken. 24 Strafe uns, o Herr, aber geh nicht zu hart mit uns ins Gericht! Lass deinen Zorn nicht an uns aus, denn dann wären wir verloren! 25 Gieß deinen Zorn aus über die Völker, die dich nicht anerkennen, und über die Nationen, die deinen Namen nicht anrufen. Denn sie haben dein Volk, die Nachkommen von Jakob, vernichtet. Wie Raubtiere haben sie es verschlungen und seine Heimat verwüstet!
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