Jeremiah 10
1 Listen to the message the Lord is sending to you, people of Israel.
Oíd la palabra que Jehová ha hablado sobre vosotros, o! casa de Israel.
2 This is what the Lord says: Don't adopt the practices of other nations. Don't be terrified as they are by signs in the heavens that they interpret as predicting disaster.
Jehová dijo así: No aprendáis el camino de las naciones; ni de las señales del cielo tengáis temor, aunque las naciones las teman.
3 The religious beliefs of the peoples are pointless. They chop down a tree in the forest and a craftsman carves the wood with a tool to make an idol.
Porque las leyes de los pueblos vanidad son; porque leño del monte cortaron, obra de manos de artífice con cepillo.
4 They decorate it with silver and gold, and nail it down with a hammer so it won't fall over.
Con plata y oro lo engalanan, con clavos y martillos lo afirman, porque no se salga.
5 Just like a scarecrow in a field of cucumbers, their idols can't speak. They have to be carried around because they can't walk. You don't have to be afraid of them because they can't hurt you—and they can't do you any good either.
Como una palma lo igualan, y no hablan: son llevados, porque no pueden andar: no tengáis temor de ellos; porque ni pueden hacer mal, ni para hacer bien tienen poder.
6 There's no one like you, Lord! You are so great! You are incredibly powerful!
No hay semejante a ti, o! Jehová, grande tú, y grande tu nombre en fortaleza.
7 Everyone should respect you, King of the nations. This is how you should be treated. There's no one like you among all the wise men of every nation and kingdom.
¿Quién no te temerá, o! rey de las naciones? porque a ti compete; porque entre todos los sabios de las naciones, y en todos sus reinos no hay semejante a ti.
8 Yet these “wise men” are completely foolish and stupid, because they think they can be taught by useless idols made of wood!
Y todos se enloquecerán, y se entontecerán: enseñamiento de vanidades es el mismo leño.
9 Sheets of hammered silver are shipped in from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, to be used by craftsmen and metalworkers. These idols are dressed in clothes of blue and purple made by experts.
Traerán plata extendida de Társis, y oro de Ufaz: obrará el artífice, y las manos del fundidor: vestirlos han de cárdeno y de púrpura: obra de sabios es todo.
10 But the Lord is the only true God. He is the living God and eternal King. The earth shakes when he is angry; the nations can't withstand his fury.
Mas Jehová Dios es la verdad, él mismo es Dios vivo, y Rey eterno: de su ira tiembla la tierra, y las naciones no pueden sufrir su saña.
11 This is what you are to tell the nations: “These gods, who didn't make either the heavens or the earth, will be wiped out from this earth and from under these heavens.”
Decirles heis así: Dioses que no hicieron el cielo ni la tierra, perezcan de la tierra, y de debajo de estos cielos.
12 It was God who made the earth by his power. He created the world by his wisdom and by his understanding he put the heavens in place.
El que hace la tierra con su potencia, el que pone en orden el mundo con su saber, y extiende los cielos con su prudencia:
13 The waters of the heavens rain down with a roar at his command. He makes the clouds to rise all over the earth. He makes lightning to accompany rain, and sends the wind from his storehouses.
A su voz se da multitud de aguas en el cielo, y hace subir las nubes de lo postrero de la tierra: hace los relámpagos con la lluvia, y hace salir al viento de sus escondederos.
14 Everyone is stupid; they don't know anything. Every metalworker is embarrassed by the idols they make. For their images made of molten metal are fraudulent—they're not alive!
Todo hombre se embrutece a esta ciencia: avergüéncese de su vaciadizo todo fundidor; porque mentira es su obra de fundición, ni hay espíritu en ellos.
15 They are useless, an object to be laughed at. They will be destroyed at the time of their punishment.
Vanidad son, obra digna de escarnios: en el tiempo de su visitación perecerán.
16 The God of Jacob is not like these idols, for he is the Creator of everything, and Israel is the tribe that belongs to him. The Lord Almighty is his name.
No es como ellos la suerte de Jacob; porque él es el Hacedor de todo; e Israel es la vara de su herencia, Jehová de los ejércitos es su nombre.
17 You people living in Jerusalem under siege, get all your things together ready to leave,
Recoge de las tierras tus mercaderías, la que moras en lugar fuerte:
18 because this is what the Lord says: Look! Right now I'm about to throw out the people living in this country, bringing them trouble they will really feel.
Porque así dijo Jehová: He aquí que arrojaré con honda esta vez los moradores de la tierra, y afligirlos he, para que hallen.
19 The people of Jerusalem responded, “We're suffering terribly because we've been badly hurt—our injuries are really serious. We thought it wouldn't be that bad and that we could bear it.
¡Ay de mí! sobre mi quebrantamiento, mi llaga es llena de dolor. Yo empero dije: Ciertamente enfermedad mía es ésta, y de sufrirla he.
20 Our tents have been destroyed; all our ropes have been broken. Our children have been taken from us and are no more. We don't have anyone left to put up our tents or hang our curtains.”
Mi tienda es destruida, y todas mis cuerdas rotas: mis hijos fueron sacados de mí, y perecieron: no hay ya más quien extienda mi tienda, ni quien levante mis cortinas.
21 The “shepherds” have become stupid—they don't ask the Lord for advice. That's why they have failed, and all their flock has been scattered.
Porque los pastores se embrutecieron, y no buscaron a Jehová: por tanto no prosperaron, y todo su ganado se esparció.
22 Listen to the news that an noisy army is invading from a country to the north. The towns of Judah will be knocked down, they will be places where only jackals live.
He aquí que voz de fama viene, alboroto grande de la tierra del aquilón, para tornar en soledad todas las ciudades de Judá, en morada de culebras.
23 I realize, Lord, that people don't control their own lives—no one really knows how to choose their way.
Conozco, o! Jehová, que el hombre no es señor de su camino, ni del hombre que camina es ordenar sus pasos:
24 Please discipline me fairly, Lord—not while you're angry, otherwise you'll kill me!
Castígame, o! Jehová, mas con juicio, no con tu furor, porque no me aniquiles.
25 Pour out your fury on the nations that don't recognize you as God, and on their families that don't worship you. For they have completely destroyed the Israelites, wiping us out. They have devastated our country.
Derrama tu enojo sobre las naciones que no te conocen, y sobre las naciones que no invocan tu nombre; porque se comieron a Jacob, y se lo tragaron, y le consumieron, y su morada destruyeron.
