Jeremías 10
1 Oíd la palabra que Jehová ha hablado sobre vosotros, o! casa de Israel.
You people of Israel, listen to what Yahweh says:
2 Jehová dijo así: No aprendáis el camino de las naciones; ni de las señales del cielo tengáis temor, 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 leyes de los pueblos vanidad son; porque leño del monte cortaron, obra de manos de artífice con cepillo.
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 Con plata y oro lo engalanan, con clavos y martillos lo afirman, porque no se salga.
[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 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.
[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 No hay semejante a ti, o! Jehová, grande tú, y grande tu nombre en fortaleza.
Yahweh, there is no one like you. You [MTY] are great, and you are very powerful.
7 ¿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.
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 Y todos se enloquecerán, y se entontecerán: enseñamiento de vanidades es el mismo leño.
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 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.
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 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.
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 Decirles heis así: Dioses que no hicieron el cielo ni la tierra, perezcan de la tierra, y de debajo de estos cielos.
[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 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:
But [Yahweh] made the earth by his power; he established it [firmly] by his wisdom and stretched out the sky by his understanding.
13 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.
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 se embrutece a esta ciencia: avergüéncese de su vaciadizo todo fundidor; porque mentira es su obra de fundición, ni hay espíritu en ellos.
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 Vanidad son, obra digna de escarnios: en el tiempo de su visitación perecerán.
Idols are worthless; they deserve to be ridiculed; there will be a time when they [all] will be destroyed.
16 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.
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 de las tierras tus mercaderías, la que moras en lugar fuerte:
[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 así dijo Jehová: He aquí que arrojaré con honda esta vez los moradores de la tierra, y afligirlos he, para que hallen.
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! sobre mi quebrantamiento, mi llaga es llena de dolor. Yo empero dije: Ciertamente enfermedad mía es ésta, y de sufrirla he.
[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 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.
[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 Jehová: por tanto no prosperaron, y todo su ganado se esparció.
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 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.
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 Conozco, o! Jehová, que el hombre no es señor de su camino, ni del hombre que camina es ordenar sus 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 Castígame, o! Jehová, mas con juicio, no con tu furor, porque no me aniquiles.
[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 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.
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.
