Jeremiah 10
1 Give ear to the word which the Lord says to you, O people of Israel:
Oíd, oh casa de Israel, la palabra que os dice Yahvé.
2 This is what the Lord has said: Do not go in the way of the nations; have no fear of the signs of heaven, for the nations go in fear of them.
Así dice Yahvé: “No imitéis las costumbres de los gentiles, ni temáis las señales del cielo, de las cuales tienen miedo los gentiles.
3 For that which is feared by the people is foolish: it is the work of the hands of the workman; for a tree is cut down by him out of the woods with his axe.
Porque los ritos de los gentiles son vanidad: Se corta un árbol del bosque, lo labra la mano del artífice con el buril,
4 They make it beautiful with silver and gold; they make it strong with nails and hammers, so that it may not be moved.
Io adorna con plata y oro, y lo sujeta con clavos a golpe de martillo, para que no se caiga.
5 It is like a pillar in a garden of plants, and has no voice: it has to be lifted, for it has no power of walking. Have no fear of it; for it has no power of doing evil and it is not able to do any good.
Son como un espantajo en el melonar, no hablan: han de ser llevados, porque no pueden caminar. No los temáis, ya que no pueden hacer ni mal ni bien.
6 There is no one like you, O Lord; you are great and your name is great in power.
Nadie hay semejante a Ti, oh Yahvé; Tú eres grande, y grande es el poder de tu nombre.
7 Who would not have fear of you, O King of the nations? for it is your right: for among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is no one like you.
¿Quién no te temerá a Ti, oh Rey de las naciones? porque esto te corresponde; pues entre todos los sabios de los gentiles, y en todos sus reinos nadie hay como Tú.
8 But they are together like beasts and foolish: the teaching of false gods is wood.
Todos ellos son estúpidos y necios; vana su doctrina, nada más que leño.
9 Silver hammered into plates is sent from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the expert workman and of the hands of the gold-worker; blue and purple is their clothing, all the work of expert men.
Se trae plata laminada de Tarsis, y oro de Ufaz, que se labra por el artífice y por las manos del platero; de jacinto y púrpura son sus vestidos, obra de diestros artífices todos ellos.
10 But the Lord is the true God; he is the living God and an eternal king: when he is angry, the earth is shaking with fear, and the nations give way before his wrath.
Yahvé es el Dios verdadero, Él es el Dios vivo y Rey de la eternidad. Ante su indignación se estremece la tierra, y los gentiles no pueden soportar su ira.
11 This is what you are to say to them: The gods who have not made the heavens and the earth will be cut off from the earth and from under the heavens.
Así, pues, les diréis: “Esos dioses que no han hecho ni cielo ni tierra, desaparecerán de la tierra y de debajo del cielo.”
12 He has made the earth by his power, he has made the world strong in its place by his wisdom, and by his wise design the heavens have been stretched out.
El, con su poder, hizo la tierra, con su sabiduría estableció el orbe y con su inteligencia extendió los cielos.
13 At the sound of his voice there is a massing of waters in the heavens, and he makes the mists go up from the ends of the earth; he makes the thunder-flames for the rain, and sends out the wind from his store-houses.
A una orden suya braman las aguas del cielo; Él levanta las nubes desde los extremos de la tierra, hace los relámpagos para la lluvia, y saca de sus depósitos el viento.
14 Then every man becomes like a beast without knowledge; every gold-worker is put to shame by the image he has made: for his metal image is deceit, and there is no breath in them.
Necio es todo hombre que no sabe (esto); todo platero se cubre de vergüenza haciendo un ídolo, porque mentira es su obra de fundición, y no hay aliento en ella.
15 They are nothing, a work of error: in the time of their punishment, destruction will overtake them.
Son obras vanas, dignas de escarnio; al tiempo de la visita de (Dios) perecerán.
16 The heritage of Jacob is not like these; for the maker of all things is his heritage: the Lord of armies is his name.
No es como esta la porción de Jacob, porque Él ha hecho todas las cosas, e Israel es la tribu de su herencia; Yahvé de los ejércitos es su nombre.
17 Get your goods together and go out of the land, O you who are shut up in the walled town.
Lleva fuera del país tu bagaje, tú que habitas en la ciudad fortificada.
18 For the Lord has said, I will send the people in flight like a stone from the land at this time, troubling them so that they will be conscious of it.
Porque así dice Yahvé: “He aquí que esta vez lanzaré lejos a los moradores del país, y los atribularé, para que (me) encuentren.”
19 Sorrow is mine for I am wounded! my wound may not be made well; and I said, Cruel is my disease, I may not be free from it.
¡Ay de mí! ¡Qué quebranto el mío! Mi llaga es malísima. Y me dije: “Esto es, en verdad, un mal, y debo soportarlo.”
20 My tent is pulled down and all my cords are broken: my children have gone from me, and they are not: no longer is there anyone to give help in stretching out my tent and hanging up my curtains.
Mi tienda ha sido devastada, y todas mis cuerdas están rotas; me han separado de mis hijos que ya no existen; no hay quien pueda levantar mi tienda, ni alzar mi pabellón.
21 For the keepers of the sheep have become like beasts, not looking to the Lord for directions: so they have not done wisely and all their flocks have been put to flight.
Porque los pastores han obrado neciamente, y no han buscado a Yahvé; por esto no entendieron y toda su grey anda dispersa.
22 News is going about, see, it is coming, a great shaking is coming from the north country, so that the towns of Judah may be made waste and become the living-place of jackals.
He aquí que viene un ruido, un rumor, y grande alboroto de la parte del Norte, para convertir las ciudades de Judá en desierto, en morada de chacales.
23 O Lord, I am conscious that a man's way is not in himself: man has no power of guiding his steps.
“Ya sé, Yahvé, que no es del hombre (determinar) su camino, ni es del hombre el andar y dirigir sus pasos.
24 O Lord, put me right, but with wise purpose; not in your wrath, or you will make me small.
Pero corrígeme, oh Yahvé, con equidad, no en tu ira, para que no me aniquiles.
25 Let your wrath be let loose on the nations which have no knowledge of you, and on the families who give no worship to your name: for they have made a meal of Jacob, truly they have made a meal of him and put an end to him and made his fields a waste.
Derrama tu ardiente ira sobre los gentiles que no te conocen, y sobre los pueblos que no invocan tu nombre; porque han devorado a Jacob, lo han devorado y acabado con él y han devastado su morada.
