Jeremiah 10
1 Listen to the word that the Lord has spoken concerning you, O house of Israel.
Oíd la palabra que Jehová ha hablado sobre vosotros, o! casa de Israel.
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.
Jehová dijo así: No aprendáis el camino de las naciones; ni de las señales del cielo tengáis temor, aunque las naciones las teman.
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.
Porque las leyes de los pueblos vanidad son; porque leño del monte cortaron, obra de manos de artífice con cepillo.
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.
Con plata y oro lo engalanan, con clavos y martillos lo afirman, porque no se salga.
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.”
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.
6 O Lord, there is nothing similar to you. You are great, and your name is great in strength.
No hay semejante a ti, o! Jehová, grande tú, y grande tu nombre en fortaleza.
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.
¿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.
8 Together, they will all be proven to be unwise and foolish. The doctrine of their vanity is made of wood.
Y todos se enloquecerán, y se entontecerán: enseñamiento de vanidades es el mismo leño.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Decirles heis así: Dioses que no hicieron el cielo ni la tierra, perezcan de la tierra, y de debajo de estos 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.
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:
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.
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.
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.
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.
15 These things are empty, and they are a work deserving of ridicule. In the time of their visitation, they will perish.
Vanidad son, obra digna de escarnios: en el tiempo de su visitación perecerán.
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.
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.
17 Gather your shame from the earth, you who are living under siege.”
Recoge de las tierras tus mercaderías, la que moras en lugar fuerte:
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.”
Porque así dijo Jehová: He aquí que arrojaré con honda esta vez los moradores de la tierra, y afligirlos he, para que hallen.
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.
¡Ay de mí! sobre mi quebrantamiento, mi llaga es llena de dolor. Yo empero dije: Ciertamente enfermedad mía es ésta, y de sufrirla he.
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.
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.
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.
Porque los pastores se embrutecieron, y no buscaron a Jehová: por tanto no prosperaron, y todo su ganado se esparció.
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.
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.
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.
Conozco, o! Jehová, que el hombre no es señor de su camino, ni del hombre que camina es ordenar sus pasos:
24 Correct me, O Lord, yet truly, do so with judgment, and not in your fury. Otherwise, you will reduce me to nothing.
Castígame, o! Jehová, mas con juicio, no con tu furor, porque no me aniquiles.
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.
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.
