Baruc · Versión Católica de Dominio Público
Baruc 6 Versión Católica de Dominio Público
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- Esther and Daniel are the Vulgate books (Esther 1–16 with the Greek additions as chapters 10:4–16; Daniel 1–14 with the Song of the Three, Susanna and Bel). Baruch 6 is the Letter of Jeremiah.
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1 This is a copy of the letter that Jeremiah sent to those who would be taken captive into Babylon by the king of Babylon, so as to prophesy to them according to the warning he had received about them from God. “Because of the sins which you have sinned before God, you will be carried away into the captivity of Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon.
1 A copy of a letter that Jeremy sent to those who were to be led captives into Babylon by the king of the Babylonians, to give them the message that God commanded him.
2 And so, having been taken into Babylon, you will be there many years and for a long time, even to seven generations, yet after this, I will lead you away from there with peace.
2 Because of the sins which you have committed before God, you will be led away captives to Babylon by Nabuchodonosor king of the Babylonians.
3 But now, you will see in Babylon gods of gold and of silver, and of stone and of wood, carried upon shoulders, an awful display for the peoples.
3 So when you come to Babylon, you will remain there many years, and for a long season, even for seven generations. After that, I will bring you out peacefully from there.
4 See to it, then, that you do not in effect become like these strangers and become afraid, so that in awe you would be carried away into their midst.
4 But now you will see in Babylon gods of silver, gold, and wood carried on shoulders, which cause the nations to fear.
5 And so, seeing the turmoil, behind you and in front of you, as they are worshiping, say in your hearts, ‘You ought to be adored, O Lord.’
5 Beware therefore that you in no way become like these foreigners. Don’t let fear take hold of you because of them when you see the multitude before them and behind them, worshiping them.
6 For my angel is with you. And I myself will examine your souls.
6 But say in your hearts, “O Lord, we must worship you.”
7 For their tongue is polished by the craftsman, and they themselves are even inlaid with gold and silver, yet they are false and unable to speak.
7 For my angel is with you, and I myself care for your souls.
8 And, just like a virgin who loves to decorate herself, so do they take up gold and make designs with it.
8 For their tongue is polished by the workman, and they themselves are overlaid with gold and with silver; yet they are only fake, and can’t speak.
9 Their gods have crowns of certified gold upon their heads, from which the priests subtract gold and silver, and spend it on themselves.
9 And taking gold, as if it were for a virgin who loves to be happy, they make crowns for the heads of their gods.
10 Moreover, they even give from it to prostitutes, and use it to adorn kept women, and when they receive it back from the kept women, they use it to adorn their gods.
10 Sometimes also the priests take gold and silver from their gods, and spend it on themselves.
11 But these cannot be freed from rust and moths.
11 They will even give some of it to the common prostitutes. They dress them like men with garments, even the gods of silver, gods of gold, and gods of wood.
12 Although they are covered with a purple garment, they must wipe off their face, because of the dust of the house, which is very great around them.
12 Yet these gods can’t save themselves from rust and moths, even though they are covered with purple garments.
13 Yet he who holds a scepter like a man, like the judge of the region, cannot put to death one who sins against him.
13 They wipe their faces because of the dust of the temple, which is thick upon them.
14 And though he holds in his hand a sword and an axe, yet he cannot free himself from war and robbers. From this let it be known to you that they are not gods.
14 And he who can’t put to death one who offends against him holds a sceptre, as though he were judge of a country.
15 Therefore, do not fear them. For just as the vessel a man uses becomes useless when broken, so also are their gods.
15 He has also a dagger in his right hand, and an axe, but can’t deliver himself from war and robbers.
16 When they are set up in a house, their eyes are full of dust from the feet of those who enter.
16 By this they are known not to be gods. Therefore don’t fear them.
17 And like one who has offended the king and is surrounded at every door, or like a corpse about to be carried to the grave, so do the priests secure the doors with bars and locks, lest they be plundered by robbers.
17 For like a vessel that a man uses is worth nothing when it is broken, even so it is with their gods. When they are set up in the temples, their eyes are full of dust through the feet of those who come in.
18 They light candles to them, and in great number, and still they are unable to see, for they are like logs in the house.
18 As the courts are secured on every side upon him who offends the king, as being committed to suffer death, even so the priests secure their temples with doors, with locks, and bars, lest they be carried off by robbers.
19 It is truly said that the creeping things, which are of the earth, gnaw their hearts, and yet when these devour them and their garments, they do not feel it.
19 They light candles for them, yes, more than for themselves, even though they can’t see one.
20 Their faces are made black by the smoke that is made in the house.
20 They are like one of the beams of the temple. Men say their hearts are eaten out when things creeping out of the earth devour both them and their clothing. They don’t feel it
21 Over their bodies and over their heads fly owls and swallows and birds, and similarly, even cats.
21 when their faces are blackened through the smoke that comes out of the temple.
22 From this you should understand that they are not gods. Therefore, neither should you fear them.
22 Bats, swallows, and birds land on their bodies and heads. So do the cats.
23 Furthermore, the gold which they have is shiny, but unless someone wipes off the rust, they will not shine. And even when they were molten, they did not feel it.
23 By this you may know that they are no gods. Therefore don’t fear them.
24 They acquire all kinds of costly things, yet there is no breath in them.
24 Notwithstanding the gold with which they are covered to make them beautiful, unless someone wipes off the tarnish, they won’t shine; for they didn’t even feel it when they were molten.
25 Without feet, they are carried upon shoulders, showing their unworthiness to all men. And so, may those who worship them be confounded.
25 Things in which there is no breath are bought at any cost.
26 Because of this, if they fall to the ground, they do not get up by themselves; and if someone sets it upright, they will not stand firm on their own; yet, just like the dead, offerings are placed next to them.
26 Having no feet, they are carried upon shoulders. By this, they declare to men that they are worth nothing.
27 The priests themselves sell their sacrifices, and they spend it wastefully; and, in like manner, their wives take part of it, never sharing anything with the sick or the beggars.
27 Those who serve them are also ashamed, for if they fall to the ground at any time, they can’t rise up again by themselves. If they are bowed down, they can’t make themselves straight; but the offerings are set before them, as if they were dead men.
28 Fertile and menstruous women contaminate their sacrifices. And so, knowing from this that they are not gods, you should not fear them.
28 And the things that are sacrificed to them, their priests sell and spend. In like manner, their wives also lay up part of it in salt; but to the poor and to the impotent they give none of it.
29 For what reason are they called gods? It is because the women serve before the gods of silver and gold and wood,
29 The menstruous woman and the woman in childbed touch their sacrifices, knowing therefore by these things that they are no gods. Don’t fear them.
30 and the priests sit in their houses, with torn garments, and their heads and beards shaven, and nothing on their heads.
30 For how can they be called gods? Because women set food before the gods of silver, gold, and wood.
31 But they roar, shouting out to their gods, just as at a feast for the dead.
31 And in their temples the priests sit on seats, having their clothes torn and their heads and beards shaven, and nothing on their heads.
32 The priests take away the garments of their gods, and clothe their wives and their sons.
32 They roar and cry before their gods, as men do at the feast when one is dead.
33 And whether they endure evil from someone, or good, they are not able to repay it. They can neither establish a king, nor remove him.
33 The priests also take off garments from them and clothe their wives and children with them.
34 Similarly, they can neither give riches, nor avenge evil. If anyone makes a vow to them, and does not keep it, they cannot require it.
34 Whether it is evil or good what one does to them, they are not able to repay it. They can’t set up a king or put him down.
35 They cannot free a man from death, nor rescue the weak from the strong.
35 In like manner, they can neither give riches nor money. Though a man make a vow to them and doesn’t keep it, they will never exact it.
36 They cannot restore sight to the blind, nor free a man from need.
36 They can save no man from death. They can’t deliver the weak from the mighty.
37 They will not have mercy on the widow, nor do good to orphans.
37 They can’t restore a blind man to his sight, or deliver anyone who is in distress.
38 Their gods of wood, and of stone, and of gold, and of silver, are like stones from the mountain; and those who worship them will be confounded.
38 They can show no mercy to the widow, or do good to the fatherless.
39 In what way, then, is it to be supposed or said that they are gods?
39 They are like the stones that are cut out of the mountain, these gods of wood that are overlaid with gold and with silver. Those who minister to them will be confounded.
40 For even the Chaldeans themselves do not honor these, who, when they hear about a mute, unable to speak, they offer him to Bel, asking from him that he may speak,
40 How could a man then think or say that they are gods, when even the Chaldeans themselves dishonor them?
41 as if these, who are unable to move, would be able to perceive. And even they themselves, when they shall understand this, will abandon them, for, having come to their senses, they do not consider them to be gods.
41 If they shall see one mute who can’t speak, they bring him and ask him to call upon Bel, as though he were able to understand.
42 Yet the women, wrapped in cords, sit by the roads, burning olive-stones.
42 Yet they can’t perceive this themselves, and forsake them; for they have no understanding.
43 And when any one of them, having been attracted by someone passing by, would sleep with him, she reproaches her neighbor because she was not found worthy, as she was, nor was her cord broken.
43 The women also with cords around them sit in the ways, burning bran for incense; but if any of them, drawn by someone who passes by, lies with him, she reproaches her fellow, that she was not thought as worthy as herself and her cord wasn’t broken.
44 But all things that occur with them are false; in what way, then, is it to be considered or said that they are gods?
44 Whatever is done among them is false. How could a man then think or say that they are gods?
45 Yet they have been made by the workmen and the goldsmiths. They will be nothing else but what the priests want them to be.
45 They are fashioned by carpenters and goldsmiths. They can be nothing else than what the workmen make them to be.
46 For the artisans themselves, who make them, do not exist for a long time. So then, can these things, which have been made by them, be gods?
46 And they themselves who fashioned them can never continue long. How then should the things that are fashioned by them?
47 Yet they have bequeathed falsehoods and disgrace after this to the future.
47 For they have left lies and reproaches to those who come after.
48 For when they are overcome by battle or evil, the priests consider among themselves where they may hide themselves with them.
48 For when there comes any war or plague upon them, the priests consult with themselves, where they may be hidden with them.
49 Therefore, why would they be perceived to be gods, who can neither free themselves from war, nor rescue themselves from evils?
49 How then can’t men understand that they are no gods, which can’t save themselves from war or from plague?
50 For, in as much as they are only wood, inlaid with gold and silver, so let it be known henceforth, by all nations and kings, that they are false; because it has been revealed that they are not gods, but the work of men’s hands, and there is no work of God in them.
50 For seeing they are only wood and overlaid with gold and silver, it will be known hereafter that they are false.
51 For this reason, then, it has been accepted that they are not gods, but are works of the hands of men, and no work of God is in them.
51 It will be manifest to all nations and kings that they are no gods, but the works of men’s hands, and that there is no work of God in them.
52 They have not raised up a king in the region, nor will they give rain to men.
52 Who then may not know that they are not gods?
53 They will not discern a judgment for anyone, nor will they free a region from injury, because they can do nothing, like crows in the middle of heaven and earth.
53 For they can’t set up a king in a land or give rain to men.
54 And, indeed, when there happens to be a fire in the house of these gods of wood, silver, and gold, the priests will certainly run away and save themselves, but these will truly be burned up like logs in the midst of it.
54 They can’t judge their own cause, or redress a wrong, being unable; for they are like crows between heaven and earth.
55 Yet they cannot withstand a king and war. In what way, then, is it to be considered or accepted that they are gods?
55 For even when fire falls upon the house of gods of wood overlaid with gold or with silver, their priests will flee away, and escape, but they themselves will be burned apart like beams.
56 These gods of wood and stone, inlaid with gold and silver, can free themselves neither from thieves nor from robbers; whoever is stronger than they are,
56 Moreover they can’t withstand any king or enemies. How could a man then admit or think that they are gods?
57 will take up these things, the gold and the silver, and the garments which cover them, and will get away; neither will they be able to help themselves.
57 Those gods of wood overlaid with silver or with gold aren’t able to escape from thieves or robbers.
58 Therefore, it is better to be a king displaying his power, or a useful vessel in a house, about which he who owns it will boast, or a door in the house, which keeps safe what is inside, than to be these gods of falsehood.
58 The gold, silver, and garments with which they are clothed—those who are strong will take from them, and go away with them. They won’t be able to help themselves.
59 For the sun, and the moon, and the constellations, though they are brilliant and have been sent forth to be useful, are obedient.
59 Therefore it is better to be a king who shows his manhood, or else a vessel in a house profitable for whatever the owner needs, than such false gods—or even a door in a house, to keep the things safe that are in it, than such false gods; or better to be a pillar of wood in a palace than such false gods.
60 Similarly, the lightning, when it appears and is evident, and, in like manner, the wind blowing in every region,
60 For sun, moon, and stars, being bright and sent to do their jobs, are obedient.
61 and the clouds, when God orders them to make their rounds over the whole world, each carries out what was commanded.
61 Likewise also the lightning when it flashes is beautiful to see. In the same way, the wind also blows in every country.
62 Furthermore, the fire, having been sent from above so that it may consume mountains and woods, does what it has been instructed to do. Yet these are not similar, neither in splendor, nor in power, to any one of them.
62 And when God commands the clouds to go over the whole world, they do as they are told.
63 From this, it should neither be supposed, nor said, that they are gods; since they are neither able to give judgment, nor to accomplish anything for men.
63 And the fire sent from above to consume mountains and woods does as it is commanded; but these are to be compared to them neither in show nor power.
64 And so, knowing that they are not gods, therefore, have no fear of them.
64 Therefore a man shouldn’t think or say that they are gods, seeing they aren’t able to judge causes or to do good to men.
65 For they can neither curse kings, nor bless them.
65 Knowing therefore that they are no gods, don’t fear them.
66 Besides, they show no signs in heaven to the nations; they neither shine like the sun, nor give light like the moon.
66 For they can neither curse nor bless kings.
67 Beasts are better than they are, for they can flee under a covering, and so protect themselves.
67 They can’t show signs in the heavens among the nations, or shine as the sun, or give light as the moon.
68 Therefore, in no way is it clear to us that they are gods; because of this, you should not fear them.
68 The beasts are better than they, for they can find shelter and help themselves.
69 For just as a scarecrow in a cucumber field protects nothing, so are their gods of wood, and silver, and inlaid gold.
69 In no way then is it manifest to us that they are gods. Therefore don’t fear them.
70 They are just the same as a white thorn in a garden, on which all the birds sit; they are even like a corpse thrown out into the darkness, just so are these gods of wood, and inlaid gold, and inlaid silver.
70 For as a scarecrow in a garden of cucumbers that keeps nothing, so are their gods of wood overlaid with gold and silver.
71 By the purple, and likewise the Royal purple, moth-eaten garments upon them, you will then know that they are not gods. And finally, they themselves are consumed and will be a disgrace in the region.
71 Likewise also their gods of wood overlaid with gold and with silver are like a white thorn in an orchard that every bird sits upon. They are also like a dead body that is thrown out into the dark.
72 Better is the just man who has no such images, for he will be far from disgrace.”
72 You will know them to be no gods by the bright purple that rots upon them. They themselves will be consumed afterwards, and will be a reproach in the country. 73 Better therefore is the just man who has no idols; for he will be far from reproach.