Jeremías 10
1 Oigan la Palabra que Yavé les dice, oh Casa de Israel.
You people of Israel, listen to what Yahweh says:
2 Yavé dice: No aprendan el camino de las naciones, ni tengan temor a las señales del cielo, aunque las naciones las teman.
“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.
3 Porque las costumbres de los pueblos son vanidad. Cortan un árbol del bosque, la mano de un artífice lo labra con azuela,
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.
4 lo adornan con plata y oro, y lo sujetan con clavos y martillo para que no se caiga.
[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.
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.
[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].”
6 ¡Oh Yavé, nadie hay como Tú! ¡Grande eres, grande es tu Nombre en poder!
Yahweh, there is no one like you. You [MTY] are great, and you are very 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.
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?)
8 Todos son estúpidos y necios con su disciplina de engaño, su ídolo de madera.
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.
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.
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.
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 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].
11 Les dirán: Los ʼela que no hicieron el cielo ni la tierra desaparecerán de la tierra y de debajo del cielo.
[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.”
12 [Él] es Quien hizo la tierra con su poder, Quien estableció el mundo con su sabiduría y extendió los cielos con su inteligencia.
But [Yahweh] made the earth by his power; he established it [firmly] by his wisdom and stretched out the sky by his understanding.
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.
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.
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.
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.
15 Obras vanas y ridículas, que perecerán en el tiempo de su castigo.
Idols are worthless; they deserve to be ridiculed; there will be a time when they [all] will be destroyed.
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!
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.
17 Recoge del suelo tu equipaje, tú que vives bajo asedio.
[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.
18 Porque Yavé dice: Ciertamente esta vez lanzaré a los habitantes de la tierra con honda, y los afligiré para que lo sientan.
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).”
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 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.
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.
[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.
21 Porque los pastores se embrutecieron y no buscaron a Yavé. Por eso no prosperaron y todo su rebaño se dispersó.
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.
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! [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.”
23 Oh Yavé, reconozco que el camino del hombre no está en él mismo, ni al hombre que camina corresponde dirigir sus propios pasos.
Yahweh, I know that no person controls what will happen to him; no one is able to direct the events that he will experience.
24 Corrígeme, oh Yavé, pero con justicia, no con tu furor, pues me reducirás a nada.
[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.
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.
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.
