Jeremías 10
1 Oigan la Palabra que Yavé les dice, oh Casa de Israel.
Listen to the message the Lord is sending to you, people of Israel.
2 Yavé dice: No aprendan el camino de las naciones, ni tengan temor a las señales del cielo, aunque las naciones las teman.
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.
3 Porque las costumbres de los pueblos son vanidad. Cortan un árbol del bosque, la mano de un artífice lo labra con azuela,
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.
4 lo adornan con plata y oro, y lo sujetan con clavos y martillo para que no se caiga.
They decorate it with silver and gold, and nail it down with a hammer so it won't fall over.
5 Son como un espantapájaros en un huerto de pepinos: no hablan. Son llevados porque no pueden andar. No tengan temor a ellos, porque ni pueden hacer mal. Ni para hacer bien tienen poder.
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.
6 ¡Oh Yavé, nadie hay como Tú! ¡Grande eres, grande es tu Nombre en poder!
There's no one like you, Lord! You are so great! You are incredibly powerful!
7 ¿Quién no te temerá, oh Rey de las naciones? Porque a Ti se debe temor, pues entre todos los sabios de las naciones y entre todos sus reinos no hay alguno comparable a Ti.
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.
8 Todos son estúpidos y necios con su disciplina de engaño, su ídolo de madera.
Yet these “wise men” are completely foolish and stupid, because they think they can be taught by useless idols made of wood!
9 Traen plata batida de Tarsis y oro de Ufaz, obra de orífice y de la mano del fundidor. Su ropa es de tela azul y púrpura, obra de hábil artesano.
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.
10 Pero Yavé es el ʼElohim verdadero. ¡Él es el ʼElohim viviente y el Rey eterno! Con su ira se estremece la tierra. Las naciones no pueden soportar su furor.
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.
11 Les dirán: Los ʼela que no hicieron el cielo ni la tierra desaparecerán de la tierra y de debajo del cielo.
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.”
12 [Él] es Quien hizo la tierra con su poder, Quien estableció el mundo con su sabiduría y extendió los cielos con su inteligencia.
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.
13 Cuando Él emite su voz, hay una abundancia de agua en el cielo. Eleva la neblina desde lo último de la tierra. Hace los relámpagos para la lluvia y saca el viento de sus depósitos.
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.
14 Todo hombre es estúpido, sin conocimiento. Todo fundidor es avergonzado por una imagen, porque su imagen moldeada es falsedad. No hay aliento en ella.
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!
15 Obras vanas y ridículas, que perecerán en el tiempo de su castigo.
They are useless, an object to be laughed at. They will be destroyed at the time of their punishment.
16 La Porción de Jacob no es parecida a ellas, porque Él es el Hacedor de todo, e Israel es la tribu de su heredad. ¡Yavé de las huestes es su Nombre!
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.
17 Recoge del suelo tu equipaje, tú que vives bajo asedio.
You people living in Jerusalem under siege, get all your things together ready to leave,
18 Porque Yavé dice: Ciertamente esta vez lanzaré a los habitantes de la tierra con honda, y los afligiré para que lo sientan.
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.
19 ¡Ay de mí, a causa de mi quebrantamiento! Mi herida es incurable. Pero dije: Ciertamente ésta es mi aflicción y debo soportarla.
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.
20 Mi tienda fue destruida y todas mis cuerdas están rotas. Se fueron mis hijos y ya no están. Ya no hay quien levante mi tienda, ni quien extienda mis cortinas.
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.”
21 Porque los pastores se embrutecieron y no buscaron a Yavé. Por eso no prosperaron y todo su rebaño se dispersó.
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.
22 ¡Oigan un rumor! ¡Viene un gran tumulto de la tierra del norte para convertir las ciudades de Judá en desolación y en guarida de chacales!
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.
23 Oh Yavé, reconozco que el camino del hombre no está en él mismo, ni al hombre que camina corresponde dirigir sus propios pasos.
I realize, Lord, that people don't control their own lives—no one really knows how to choose their way.
24 Corrígeme, oh Yavé, pero con justicia, no con tu furor, pues me reducirás a nada.
Please discipline me fairly, Lord—not while you're angry, otherwise you'll kill me!
25 Derrama tu furor sobre los pueblos que no te conocen, sobre las naciones que no invocan tu Nombre, porque devoraron a Jacob. Lo devoraron, lo consumieron y desolaron su morada.
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.
