Jeremiah 10
1 You people of Israel, listen to what Yahweh says:
¡Escuchen la palabra que Yahvé les dice, casa de Israel!
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.
Dice el Señor, “No aprendas el camino de las naciones, y no te asustes por las señales del cielo; porque las naciones están consternadas por ellos.
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 las costumbres de los pueblos son una vanidad; porque uno corta un árbol del bosque, el trabajo de las manos del obrero con el hacha.
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.
Lo adornan con plata y con oro. Lo sujetan con clavos y con martillos, para que no pueda moverse.
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 una palmera, de obra torneada, y no hablar. Hay que llevarlos, porque no pueden moverse. No les tengas miedo; porque no pueden hacer el mal, ni está en ellos hacer el bien”.
6 Yahweh, there is no one like you. You [MTY] are great, and you are very powerful.
No hay nadie como tú, Yahvé. Eres genial, y tu nombre es grande en el poder.
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?)
Que no deben temerle, ¿Rey de las naciones? Porque te pertenece. Porque entre todos los sabios de las naciones, y en todo su patrimonio real, no hay nadie 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.
Pero todos juntos son brutos y necios, ¡instruido por los ídolos! Es sólo madera.
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.
Hay plata batida en planchas, que se trae de Tarsis, y el oro de Uphaz, el trabajo del grabador y de las manos del orfebre. Su ropa es azul y morada. Todos son obra de hombres hábiles.
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].
Pero Yahvé es el Dios verdadero. Él es el Dios vivo, y un Rey eterno. Ante su ira, la tierra tiembla. Las naciones no son capaces de soportar su indignación.
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.”
“Les dirás esto: ‘Los dioses que no han hecho los cielos y la tierra perecerán de la tierra y de debajo de los cielos’”.
12 But [Yahweh] made the earth by his power; he established it [firmly] by his wisdom and stretched out the sky by his understanding.
Dios ha hecho la tierra con su poder. Él ha establecido el mundo por su sabiduría, y por su entendimiento ha extendido 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.
cuando emite su voz, las aguas en los cielos rugen, y hace que los vapores asciendan desde los confines de la tierra. Hace relámpagos para la lluvia, y saca el viento de sus arcas.
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.
Todo hombre se ha vuelto bruto y sin conocimiento. Todo orfebre se siente decepcionado por su imagen grabada; porque su imagen fundida es falsa, y no hay aliento en ellos.
15 Idols are worthless; they deserve to be ridiculed; there will be a time when they [all] will be destroyed.
Son una vanidad, una obra de engaño. En el tiempo de su visita 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.
La porción de Jacob no es como éstas; porque él es el creador de 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.
Recoge tus mercancías de la tierra, tú que vives asediado.
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 Yahvé dice, “He aquí que voy a expulsar a los habitantes de la tierra en este momento, y los angustiará, para que lo sientan”.
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 por mi lesión! Mi herida es grave; pero yo dije, “En verdad esta es mi pena, y debo soportarla”.
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 destruida, y todas mis cuerdas están rotas. Mis hijos se han alejado de mí y ya no existen. Ya no hay nadie que extienda mi tienda, para colocar mis cortinas.
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 se han vuelto brutos, y no han consultado a Yahvé. Por lo tanto, no han prosperado, y todos sus rebaños se han dispersado.
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.”
La voz de las noticias, he aquí que viene, y una gran conmoción en el país del norte, para convertir las ciudades de Judá en una desolación, una 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.
Yahvé, sé que el camino del hombre no está en sí mismo. No está en el hombre que camina 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.
Yahvé, corrígeme, pero con suavidad; no en su ira, para que no me reduzcas a la nada.
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 ira sobre las naciones que no te conocen, y en las familias que no invocan tu nombre; porque han devorado a Jacob. Sí, lo han devorado, lo han consumido, y han asolado su morada.
