Geremia 10

NOVA VULGATA	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Audite verbum, quod locutus est Dominus super vos, domus Israel.	1 Listen to the word that the Lord has spoken concerning you, O house of Israel.
2 Haecdicit Dominus: “ Iuxta vias gentium nolite discere et a signis caeli nolite metuere, quae timent gentes,	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 quia leges populorum vanae sunt. Quia lignum de saltu praecidit opus manuum artificis in ascia,	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 argento et auro decoravit illud, clavis et malleis firmavit, ut non moveatur;	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 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 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 Non est similis tui, Domine; magnus es tu, et magnum nomen tuum in fortitudine.	6 O Lord, there is nothing similar to you. You are great, and your name is great in strength.
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 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 Pariter insipientes et fatui sunt; doctrina vanitatis eorum lignum est.	8 Together, they will all be proven to be unwise and foolish. The doctrine of their vanity is made of 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 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 Dominus autem Deus verus est, ipse Deus vivens et rex sempiternus; ab indignatione eius commovebitur terra, et non sustinebunt gentes comminationem eius.	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 Sic ergo dicetis eis: “ Dii, qui caelos et terram non fecerunt, pereant deterra et de his, quae sub caelis sunt ”.	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 Qui fecit terram in fortitudine sua, firmavit orbem in sapientia sua et prudentia sua extendit caelos.	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 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 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 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 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 Vana sunt et opus risu dignum; in tempore visitationis suae peribunt.	15 These things are empty, and they are a work deserving of ridicule. In the time of their visitation, they will perish.
16 Non est his similis pars Iacob: qui enim formavit omnia, ipse est, et Israel tribus hereditatis eius, Dominus exercituum nomen illi.	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 Congrega de terra sarcinam tuam, quae habitas in obsidione,	17 Gather your shame from the earth, you who are living under siege.”
18 quia haec dicit Dominus: “ Ecce ego longe proiciam habitatores terrae in hac vice et tribulabo eos, ita ut inveniant me ”.	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 Vae mihi super contritione mea, pessima plaga mea! Ego autem dixi: “ Plane haec infirmitas mea est, et portabo illam ”.	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 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 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 Quia stulte egerunt pastores et Dominum non quaesierunt; propterea non prosperati sunt, et omnis grex eorum dispersus est.	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 Vox auditionis ecce venit et commotio magna de terra aquilonis, ut ponat civitates Iudae solitudinem et habitaculum thoum.	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 “ Scio, Domine, quia non est hominis via eius, nec viri est, ut ambulet et dirigat gressus suos.	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 Corripe me, Domine, verumtamen in iudicio et non in furore tuo, ne forte ad nihilum redigas me ”.	24 Correct me, O Lord, yet truly, do so with judgment, and not in your fury. Otherwise, you will 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 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.