Jeremiah 14
1 The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah when there was no water.
Palabra de Yavé que vino a Jeremías con motivo de la sequía:
2 Judah is weeping and its doors are dark with sorrow, and people are seated on the earth clothed in black; and the cry of Jerusalem has gone up.
Judá se enlutó, y sus puertas se despoblaron. Ellos se sientan consternados en tierra y lamentan. Subió el clamor de Jerusalén.
3 Their great men have sent their servants for water: they come to the holes and there is no water to be seen; they come back with nothing in their vessels; they are overcome with shame and fear, covering their heads.
Los nobles envían a sus esclavos por agua. Van a las cisternas, pero no encuentran agua. Vuelven avergonzados y confusos con los cántaros vacíos. Cubren sus cabezas.
4 Those who do work on the land are in fear, for there has been no rain on the land, and the farmers are shamed, covering their heads.
Porque se resquebrajó el suelo, pues no hay lluvia en la tierra. Los labradores están confusos. Cubren sus cabezas.
5 And the roe, giving birth in the field, lets her young one be uncared for, because there is no grass.
Hasta la venada al parir abandona su cría en el campo, porque no hay hierba.
6 And the asses of the field on the open hilltops are opening their mouths wide like jackals to get air; their eyes are hollow because there is no grass.
Los asnos monteses se paran en las alturas y aspiran el aire como chacales. Sus ojos se debilitan porque no hay hierba.
7 Though our sins give witness against us, do something, O Lord, for the honour of your name: for again and again we have been turned away from you, we have done evil against you.
Aunque nuestras iniquidades testifican contra nosotros, actúa, oh Yavé, por amor a tu Nombre. Ciertamente nuestras rebeliones se multiplicaron y pecamos contra Ti.
8 O you hope of Israel, its saviour in time of trouble, why are you like one who is strange in the land, and like a traveller putting up his tent for a night?
Oh Esperanza de Israel, su Salvador en tiempo de aflicción. ¿Por qué eres como forastero en la tierra, como caminante que levanta su tienda solo para pernoctar?
9 Why are you like a man surprised, like a man of war who is not able to give help? but you, O Lord, are with us, and we are named by your name; do not go away from us.
¿Por qué te muestras como un hombre espantado, y como valiente incapaz de librar? Pero Tú, oh Yavé, estás en medio de nosotros. Tu Nombre es invocado sobre nosotros. No nos desampares.
10 This is what the Lord has said about this people: Even so they have been glad to go from the right way; they have not kept their feet from wandering, so the Lord has no pleasure in them; now he will keep their wrongdoing in mind and send punishment for their sins.
Con respecto a este pueblo Yavé dice: Se deleitaron en vagar y no dieron reposo a sus pies. Por tanto Yavé no se complace en ellos. Ahora recuerda su iniquidad y castiga sus pecados.
11 And the Lord said to me, Make no prayer for this people for their good.
Y Yavé me dijo: No intercedas por este pueblo.
12 When they go without food, I will not give ear to their cry; when they give burned offerings and meal offerings, I will not take pleasure in them: but I will put an end to them by the sword and by need of food and by disease.
Cuando ayunen, no escucharé su clamor. Cuando ofrezcan holocaustos y ofrenda, no los aceptaré, sino los consumiré con espada, hambre y pestilencia.
13 Then I said, Ah, Lord God! see, the prophets say to them, You will not see the sword or be short of food; but I will give you certain peace in this place.
Entonces dije: Oh, ʼAdonay Yavé. Mira, los profetas les dicen: No verán espada ni tendrán hambre, sino les daré paz duradera en este lugar.
14 Then the Lord said to me, The prophets say false words in my name, and I gave them no orders, and I said nothing to them: what they say to you is a false vision and wonder-working words without substance, the deceit of their hearts.
Entonces Yavé me respondió: Los profetas profetizan mentira en mi Nombre. No los envié, ni les di orden, ni les hablé. Les profetizan visión mentirosa, brujería, vanidad y engaño de su corazón.
15 So this is what the Lord has said about the prophets who make use of my name, though I sent them not, and say, The sword and need of food will not be in this land: the sword and need of food will put an end to those prophets.
Por tanto Yavé dice a los profetas que profetizan en mi Nombre, a los cuales Yo no envié. Ellos dicen: No habrá espada ni hambruna en esta tierra. Pues tales profetas perecerán a espada y de hambre.
16 And the people to whom they are prophets will be pushed out dead into the streets of Jerusalem, because there is no food, and because of the sword; and they will have no one to put their bodies into the earth, them or their wives or their sons or their daughters: for I will let loose their evil-doing on them.
El pueblo al cual ellos profetizan será echado en las calles de Jerusalén por causa del hambre y la espada. No habrá quien los entierre a ellos, ni a sus esposas, ni a sus hijos, ni a sus hijas, porque derramaré su perversidad sobre ellos.
17 And you are to say this word to them, Let my eyes be streaming with water night and day, and let it not be stopped; for the virgin daughter of my people is wounded with a great wound, with a very bitter blow.
Diles esta Palabra: Mis ojos derramen lágrimas noche y día, y no cesen. Porque la virgen hija de mi pueblo está quebrantada con gran quebranto por un golpe muy doloroso.
18 If I go out into the open country, there are those put to death by the sword! and if I go into the town, there are those who are diseased from need of food! for the prophet and the priest go about in the land and have no knowledge.
Si salgo al campo, ahí están los muertos a espada. Si entro en la ciudad, ahí están los enfermos a causa del hambre. Tanto el profeta como el sacerdote vagan por la tierra y no entendieron.
19 Have you completely given up Judah? is your soul turned in disgust from Zion? why have you given us blows from which there is no one to make us well? we were looking for peace, but no good came; and for a time of well-being, but there was only a great fear.
¿Desechaste completamente a Judá? ¿Aborreció tu alma a Sion? ¿Por qué nos heriste sin remedio? Esperábamos paz, pero no hay bienestar, tiempo de sanidad. Aquí está el terror.
20 We are conscious, O Lord, of our sin and of the wrongdoing of our fathers: we have done evil against you.
Reconocemos, oh Yavé, nuestras perversidades y las iniquidades de nuestros antepasados, porque pecamos contra Ti.
21 Do not be turned from us in disgust, because of your name; do not put shame on the seat of your glory: keep us in mind, let not your agreement with us be broken.
Por amor a tu Nombre, no deseches ni deshonres tu glorioso trono. Acuérdate, no anules tu Pacto con nosotros.
22 Are any of the false gods of the nations able to make rain come? are the heavens able to give showers? are you not he, O Lord our God? so we will go on waiting for you, for you have done all these things.
Entre los ídolos de los gentiles, ¿hay los que hagan llover? ¿O los cielos dar lluvias? ¿Oh Yavé, no eres Tú nuestro ʼElohim? Esperaremos en Ti, porque Tú haces todas estas cosas.
