Jeremías 10

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1 Oíd la palabra que os dedica Yahveh, oh casa de Israel.	1 Listen to the word that the Lord has spoken concerning you, O house of Israel.
2 Así dice Yahveh: Al proceder de los gentilles no os habituéis, ni de los signos celestes os espantéis. ¡Que se espanten de ellos los gentiles!	2 Thus says the Lord: “Do not choose to learn according to the ways of the Gentiles. And do not be willing to dread the signs of heaven, which the Gentiles fear.
3 Porque las costumbres de los gentiles son vanidad: un madero del bosque, obra de manos del maestro que con el hacha lo cortó,	3 For the laws of the people are empty. For the work of the hand of the craftsman has cut a tree from the forest with an axe.
4 con plata y oro lo embellece, con clavos y a martillazos se lo sujeta para que no se menee.	4 He has adorned it with silver and gold. He has put it together with nail and hammer, so that it will not fall apart.
5 Son como espantajos de pepinar, que ni hablan. Tienen que ser tranportados, porque no andan. No les tengáis miedo, que no hacen ni bien ni mal.	5 They have been fabricated in the likeness of a palm tree, and they will not speak. They must be carried to be moved, because they do not have the ability to walk. Therefore, do not be willing to fear them, for they can do neither evil nor good.”
6 No hay como tú, Yahveh; grande eres tú, y grande tu Nombre en poderío.	6 O Lord, there is nothing similar to you. You are great, and your name is great in strength.
7 ¿Quién no te temerá, Rey de las naciones? Porque a ti se te debe eso. Porque entre todos los sabios de las naciones y entre todos sus reinos no hay nadie como tú.	7 Who will not fear you, O King of the nations? For honor is yours. Among all the wise of the nations, and within all their kingdoms, there is nothing similar to you.
8 Todos a la par son estúpidos y necios: lección de madera la que dan los ídolos.	8 Together, they will all be proven to be unwise and foolish. The doctrine of their vanity is made of wood.
9 Plata laminada, de Tarsis importada, y oro de Ofir; hechura de maestro y de manos de platero (de púrpura violeta y escarlata es su vestido): todos son obra de artistas.	9 Rolled silver is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz. It is the work of a craftsman, and of the hand of a coppersmith. Hyacinth and purple is their clothing. All these things are the work of artists.
10 Pero Yahveh es el Dios verdadero; es el Dios vivo y el Rey eterno. Cuando se irrita, tiembla la tierra, y no aguantan las naciones su indignación.	10 But the Lord is the true God. He is the living God and the everlasting King. Before his indignation, the earth will shake. And the Gentiles will not be able to withstand his threats.
11 (Así les diréis: «Los dioses que no hicieron el cielo ni la tierra, perecerán de la tierra y de debajo del cielo».)	11 “And so, you shall speak to them in this way: The gods that have not made heaven and earth, let them perish from the earth and from among those places which are under heaven.
12 El es quien hizo la tierra con su poder, el que estableció el orbe con su saber, y con su inteligencia expandió los cielos.	12 He made the earth by his power, he prepared the world in his wisdom, and he stretched out the heavens with his understanding.
13 Cuando da voces, hay estruendo de aguas en los cielos, y hace subir las nubes desde el extremo de la tierra. El hace los relámpagos para la lluvia y saca el viento de sus depósitos.	13 At his voice, he grants a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he lifts up the clouds from the ends of the earth. He causes the lightning with the rain, and he leads forth the wind from his storehouses.
14 Todo hombre es torpe para comprender, se avergüenza del ídolo todo platero, porque sus estatuas son una mentira y no hay espíritu en ellas.	14 Every man has become a fool concerning knowledge; every artist has been confounded by his graven image. For what he has formed is false, and there is no spirit in these things.
15 Vanidad son, cosa ridícula; al tiempo de su visita perecerán.	15 These things are empty, and they are a work deserving of ridicule. In the time of their visitation, they will perish.
16 No es así la «Parte de Jacob», pues él es el plasmador del universo, y aquel cuyo heredero es Israel; Yahveh Sebaot es su nombre.	16 Jacob’s portion is not like their portion. For his portion is from the One who formed all things. And Israel is the staff of his inheritance. The Lord of hosts is his name.
17 Recoge del suelo tu mercancía, oh tú, que estás sitiada:	17 Gather your shame from the earth, you who are living under siege.”
18 porque así dice Yahveh: He aquí que yo voy a hondear a los moradores del país - ¡esta vez va de veras! - y les apremiaré de modo que den conmigo.	18 For thus says the Lord: “Behold, in this turn, I will cast the inhabitants of the land far away. And I will afflict them no matter where they may be found.”
19 - «¡Ay de mí, por mi quebranto! ¡me duele la herida! Y yo que decía: “Ese es un sufrimiento, pero me lo aguantaré”...	19 Woe to me, concerning my destruction! My wound is very grievous. And yet I said: Clearly, this infirmity is mine, and I will carry it.
20 Mi tienda ha sido saqueada, y todos mis tensores arrancados. Mis hijos me han sido quitados y no existen. No hay quien despliegue ya mi tienda ni quien ice mis toldos».	20 My tent has been destroyed. All my cords have been broken. My sons have gone away from me; they did not remain. There is no one to stretch out my tent any more, nor to set up my curtains.
21 - Es que han sido torpes los pastores y no han buscado a Yahveh; así no obraron cuerdamente, y toda su grey fue dispersada.	21 For the pastors have acted foolishly, and they have not sought the Lord. Because of this, they have not understood, and all their flock has been dispersed.
22 ¡Se oye un rumor! ¡ya llega!: un gran estrépito del país del norte, para trocar las ciudades de Judá en desolación, guarida de chacales.	22 Behold, the sound of a voice approaches, a great commotion from the land of the north: so that he may make the cities of Judah into a wilderness and into a dwelling place for serpents.
23 Yo sé, Yahveh, que no depende del hombre su camino, que no es del que anda enderezar su paso.	23 I know, O Lord, that the way of man is not his own. Neither is it given to man to walk and to direct his own steps.
24 Corrígeme, Yahveh, pero con tino, no con tu ira, no sea que me quede en poco.	24 Correct me, O Lord, yet truly, do so with judgment, and not in your fury. Otherwise, you will reduce me to nothing.
25 Vierte tu cólera sobre las naciones que te desconocen, y sobre los linajes que no invocan tu Nombre. Porque han devorado a Jacob hasta consumirle, lo han devorado y su mansión han desolado.	25 Pour out your indignation upon the nations that have not known you, and upon the provinces that have not invoked your name. For they have fed upon Jacob, and devoured him, and consumed him, and they have utterly destroyed his honor.