Jeremiah 10
1 You people of Israel, listen to what Yahweh says:
Oíd, oh casa de Israel, la palabra que os dice Yahvé.
2 “Do not act like the people of [other] nations act, and do not be terrified by strange/unusual things that you see in the sky, even though they cause the [people of other] nations to be terrified.
Así dice Yahvé: “No imitéis las costumbres de los gentiles, ni temáis las señales del cielo, de las cuales tienen miedo los gentiles.
3 The customs of the people [of other nations] are worthless. [For example], they cut down a tree in the forest. Then a [skilled] worker/craftsman [cuts a section of it and] uses his chisel to carve an idol from that section.
Porque los ritos de los gentiles son vanidad: Se corta un árbol del bosque, lo labra la mano del artífice con el buril,
4 [Then] people decorate the idol with silver and gold. [Then] they fasten it securely with nails in order that it will not topple/fall over.
Io adorna con plata y oro, y lo sujeta con clavos a golpe de martillo, para que no se caiga.
5 [Then] the idol [stands there] like [SIM] a scarecrow in a field of cucumbers/melons! It cannot speak, and people must carry it, because it cannot walk. Do not be afraid of idols, because they cannot harm [anyone], and they cannot do [anything] good [to help anyone].”
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 Yahweh, there is no one like you. You [MTY] are great, and you are very powerful.
Nadie hay semejante a Ti, oh Yahvé; Tú eres grande, y grande es el poder de tu nombre.
7 You are the king of all the nations! Everyone should [RHQ] revere you, because that is what you deserve. Among all the wise people on the earth and in all the kingdoms where they live, (there is no one like you./who can compare with 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 Those people who [think that they are] very wise [IRO] are stupid and foolish [DOU]. The idols that they worship are only made of wood! Those idols certainly cannot teach them anything.
Todos ellos son estúpidos y necios; vana su doctrina, nada más que leño.
9 People hammer into thin sheets silver from Tarshish and gold from Uphaz, and then they give those sheets of silver and gold to skilled workers/craftsmen to cover the idols. Then they put on those idols expensive purple robes that are made by skilled workers.
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 Yahweh is the [only] true God; he is the all-powerful God, the king [who rules] forever. When he is angry, [all] the earth shakes/quakes; and [the people of] the nations cannot endure [what he does] when he is angry [with them].
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 [You Israeli people], tell this to those people: “Those idols did not make the sky and the earth, and they will disappear from the earth.”
Así, pues, les diréis: “Esos dioses que no han hecho ni cielo ni tierra, desaparecerán de la tierra y de debajo del cielo.”
12 But [Yahweh] made the earth by his power; he established it [firmly] by his wisdom and stretched out the sky by his understanding.
El, con su poder, hizo la tierra, con su sabiduría estableció el orbe y con su inteligencia extendió los cielos.
13 When he speaks [loudly], there is thunder in the sky; he causes clouds to form over every part of the earth. He sends lightning with the rain and releases the winds from his storehouses.
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 People are senseless and know very little [HYP]; those who make idols are always disappointed because their idols do nothing for them. The images/statues that they make are not real [gods]; they are lifeless.
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 Idols are worthless; they deserve to be ridiculed; there will be a time when they [all] will be destroyed.
Son obras vanas, dignas de escarnio; al tiempo de la visita de (Dios) perecerán.
16 But the God whom we Israelis worship is not like those idols; he is the one who created everything [that exists]; we, the tribe/people of Israel, belong to him; he is the Commander of the armies of angels.
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 [Yahweh says this to the people of Jerusalem]: “The army of your enemies surrounds your city, so gather up your possessions [and prepare] to leave the city.
Lleva fuera del país tu bagaje, tú que habitas en la ciudad fortificada.
18 I will soon throw you out of this land and cause you to experience great troubles, with the result that you will have severe pain (OR, none of you will be left here).”
Porque así dice Yahvé: “He aquí que esta vez lanzaré lejos a los moradores del país, y los atribularé, para que (me) encuentren.”
19 [The people replied, “It is as though] we have been [badly] wounded, and we are very grieved; [It is as though] we have a very serious illness, and we must endure the pain.
¡Ay de mí! ¡Qué quebranto el mío! Mi llaga es malísima. Y me dije: “Esto es, en verdad, un mal, y debo soportarlo.”
20 [It is as though] our [great] tent is destroyed; the ropes [that held it up] have been cut; our children have gone away from us and will not return; there are no people left to rebuild our great tent.
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 Our leaders [MET] no [longer] have any sense; they no [longer] ask Yahweh [to (guide them/tell them what to do)], so they will no [longer] prosper, and all those over whom they rule [MET] will be scattered.
Porque los pastores han obrado neciamente, y no han buscado a Yahvé; por esto no entendieron y toda su grey anda dispersa.
22 Listen! [Our enemies’ armies] in the north are making a [very] big noise/commotion [as they march toward us]. The towns in Judah will be destroyed, [and they will become] a place where jackals/wolves live.”
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 Yahweh, I know that no person controls what will happen to him; no one is able to direct the events that he will experience.
“Ya sé, Yahvé, que no es del hombre (determinar) su camino, ni es del hombre el andar y dirigir sus pasos.
24 [So] correct/discipline us, but do it gently. Do not correct/punish us when you are angry, because we would die if you did that.
Pero corrígeme, oh Yahvé, con equidad, no en tu ira, para que no me aniquiles.
25 Punish [MTY] [all] the nations whose people do not acknowledge/say that you are God; punish all the nations whose people do not worship you, because they are completely destroying [DOU] [us people of] Israel and they are causing our land to soon be only a desert.
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.
