Geremia 10

NOVA VULGATA	NEW JERUSALEM
1 Audite verbum, quod locutus est Dominus super vos, domus Israel.	1 Listen, House of Israel, to the word that Yahweh addresses to you. Yahweh says this:
2 Haecdicit Dominus: “ Iuxta vias gentium nolite discere et a signis caeli nolite metuere, quae timent gentes,	2 'Do not learn the ways of the nations or take alarm at the heavenly signs, alarmed though the nationsmay be at them.
3 quia leges populorum vanae sunt. Quia lignum de saltu praecidit opus manuum artificis in ascia,	3 Yes, the customs of the peoples are quite futile: wood, nothing more, cut out of a forest, worked with ablade by a carver's hand,
4 argento et auro decoravit illud, clavis et malleis firmavit, ut non moveatur;	4 then embellished with silver and gold, then fastened with hammer and nails to keep it from moving.
5 sicut formido in cucumerario sunt et non loquentur, portantur, quia incedere non valent: nolite ergo timere ea, quia nec male possunt facere nec bene ”.	5 Like scarecrows in a melon patch, they cannot talk, they have to be carried, since they cannot walk.Have no fear of them: they can do no harm -- nor any good either!'
6 Non est similis tui, Domine; magnus es tu, et magnum nomen tuum in fortitudine.	6 Yahweh, there is no one like you, so great you are, so great your mighty name.
7 Quis non timebit te, o rex gentium? Te enim decet, quoniam inter cunctos sapientes gentium et in universis regnis earum nullus est similis tui.	7 Who would not revere you, King of nations? Yes, this is your due. Since of all the wise among thenations, and in al their kingdoms, there is not a single one like you.
8 Pariter insipientes et fatui sunt; doctrina vanitatis eorum lignum est.	8 Al of them are brutish and stupid: the Futile Ones' teaching is but wood,
9 Argentum involutum, quod de Tharsis affertur, et aurum de Ophaz, opus artificis et manuum aurificis, hyacinthus et purpura indumentum eorum; opus artificum universa haec.	9 silver leaf imported from Tarshish and gold from Ophir, the work of carver or goldsmith; then dressed up in violet and purple, all the work of skil ed men.
10 Dominus autem Deus verus est, ipse Deus vivens et rex sempiternus; ab indignatione eius commovebitur terra, et non sustinebunt gentes comminationem eius.	10 But Yahweh is the true God. He is the living God, the everlasting King. The earth quakes when he iswrathful, the nations cannot endure his fury.
11 Sic ergo dicetis eis: “ Dii, qui caelos et terram non fecerunt, pereant deterra et de his, quae sub caelis sunt ”.	11 'Tell them this, "The gods who did not make the heavens and the earth will vanish from the earth andfrom under these heavens." '
12 Qui fecit terram in fortitudine sua, firmavit orbem in sapientia sua et prudentia sua extendit caelos.	12 By his power he made the earth, by his wisdom set the world firm, but his discernment spread out theheavens.
13 Ad vocem suam dat multitudinem aquarum in caelo et elevat nebulas ab extremitatibus terrae; fulgura in pluviam facit et educit ventum de thesauris suis.	13 When he thunders there is a roaring of waters in heaven; he raises clouds from the remotest parts ofthe earth, makes the lightning flash for the downpour, and brings the wind from his storehouse.
14 Stultus factus est omnis homo absque scientia; confusus est omnis artifex in sculptili, quoniam falsum est, quod conflavit, et non est spiritus in eis.	14 At this al people stand stupefied, uncomprehending, every goldsmith blushes for his idols; hiscastings are but delusion, with no breath in them.
15 Vana sunt et opus risu dignum; in tempore visitationis suae peribunt.	15 They are futile, a laughable production; when the time comes for them to be punished, they wilvanish.
16 Non est his similis pars Iacob: qui enim formavit omnia, ipse est, et Israel tribus hereditatis eius, Dominus exercituum nomen illi.	16 The Heritage of Jacob is not like these, for he is the maker of everything, and Israel is the tribe that ishis heritage. His name is Yahweh Sabaoth.
17 Congrega de terra sarcinam tuam, quae habitas in obsidione,	17 Pick up your pack from the ground, you the besieged!
18 quia haec dicit Dominus: “ Ecce ego longe proiciam habitatores terrae in hac vice et tribulabo eos, ita ut inveniant me ”.	18 For Yahweh says this, 'Now I shall throw out the inhabitants of the country, this time, and bringdistress on them, so that they may find me!'
19 Vae mihi super contritione mea, pessima plaga mea! Ego autem dixi: “ Plane haec infirmitas mea est, et portabo illam ”.	19 Disaster is on me! What a wound! My injury is incurable! And I used to think, 'If this is the worst, I canbear it!'
20 Tabernaculum meum vastatum est, omnes funiculi mei dirupti sunt; filii mei exierunt a me et non subsistunt, non est qui extendat ultra tentorium meum et erigat pelles meas.	20 But now my tent is destroyed, al my ropes are snapped, my sons have left me and are no more; noone is left to put my tent up again or to hang the side-cloths.
21 Quia stulte egerunt pastores et Dominum non quaesierunt; propterea non prosperati sunt, et omnis grex eorum dispersus est.	21 The shepherds are the ones who have been stupid: they have not searched for Yahweh. This is whythey have not prospered and why their whole flock has been dispersed.
22 Vox auditionis ecce venit et commotio magna de terra aquilonis, ut ponat civitates Iudae solitudinem et habitaculum thoum.	22 Listen! A terrible noise! A mighty uproar from the land of the north to reduce the towns of Judah todesert, to a lair for jackals!
23 “ Scio, Domine, quia non est hominis via eius, nec viri est, ut ambulet et dirigat gressus suos.	23 I know, Yahweh, no one's course is in his control, nor is it in anyone's power, as he goes his way, toguide his own steps.
24 Corripe me, Domine, verumtamen in iudicio et non in furore tuo, ne forte ad nihilum redigas me ”.	24 Correct me, Yahweh, but with moderation, not in your anger, or you wil reduce me to nothing.
25 Effunde indignationem tuam super gentes, quae non cognoverunt te, et super cognationes, quae nomen tuum non invocaverunt; quia comederunt Iacob et devoraverunt eum et consumpserunt illum et pascua eius dissipaverunt.	25 Pour out your anger on the nations who do not acknowledge you, and on the families that do not calon your name, for they have devoured Jacob, have devoured and made an end of him and reduced his home todesolation.