Jeremiah 18
1 The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,
La palabra que fue a Jeremías de Jehová, diciendo:
2 Up! go down to the potter's house, and there I will let my words come to your ears.
Levántate, y vete a casa del ollero, y allí te haré que oigas mis palabras.
3 Then I went down to the potter's house, and he was doing his work on the stones.
Y descendí en casa del ollero, y he aquí que él hacía obra sobre una rueda.
4 And when the vessel, which he was forming out of earth, got damaged in the hand of the potter, he made it again into another vessel, as it seemed good to the potter to make it.
Y el vaso que él hacía de barro se quebró en la mano del ollero; y tornó, e hízolo otro vaso según que al ollero pareció mejor hacerlo.
5 Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
Y fue a mí palabra de Jehová, diciendo:
6 O Israel, am I not able to do with you as this potter does? says the Lord. See, like earth in the potter's hand are you in my hands, O Israel.
¿No podré yo hacer de vosotros como este ollero, o! casa de Israel, dice Jehová? He aquí que como el barro en la mano del ollero, así sois vosotros en mi mano, o! casa de Israel.
7 Whenever I say anything about uprooting a nation or a kingdom, and smashing it and sending destruction on it;
En un instante hablaré contra naciones, y contra reinos, para arrancar, y disipar, y perder:
8 If, in that very minute, that nation of which I was talking is turned away from its evil, my purpose of doing evil to them will be changed.
Empero si esas naciones se convirtieren de su maldad, contra el cual mal yo hablé, yo me arrepentiré del mal que había pensado de les hacer.
9 And whenever I say anything about building up a nation or a kingdom, and planting it;
Y en un instante hablaré de la nación, y del reino, para edificar y para plantar:
10 If, in that very minute, it does evil in my eyes, going against my orders, then my good purpose, which I said I would do for them, will be changed.
Y si hiciere lo malo delante de mis ojos, no oyendo mi voz, arrepentirme he del bien que había determinado de le hacer.
11 Now, then, say to the men of Judah and to the people of Jerusalem, This is what the Lord has said: See, I am forming an evil thing against you, and designing a design against you: let every man come back now from his evil way, and let your ways and your doings be changed for the better.
Ahora pues, habla ahora a todo hombre de Judá, y a los moradores de Jerusalem, diciendo: Así dijo Jehová: He aquí que yo compongo mal contra vosotros, y pienso contra vosotros pensamientos: conviértase ahora cada uno de su mal camino, y mejorád vuestros caminos, y vuestras obras.
12 But they will say, There is no hope: we will go on in our designs, and every one of us will do what he is moved by the pride of his evil heart to do.
Y dijeron: Es por demás, porque en pos de nuestras imaginaciones hemos de ir; y cada uno el pensamiento de su malvado corazón hemos de hacer.
13 So this is what the Lord has said: Make search among the nations and see who has had word of such things; the virgin of Israel has done a very shocking thing.
Por tanto así dijo Jehová: Ahora preguntád a las naciones: ¿Quién oyó tal? Gran fealdad hizo la virgen de Israel.
14 Will the white snow go away from the top of Sirion? will the cold waters flowing from the mountains become dry?
¿Dejará alguno la nieve de la piedra del campo que corre del Líbano? dejarán las aguas extrañas, frías y corrientes?
15 For my people have put me out of their memory, burning perfumes to that which is nothing; and because of this, I will put a cause of falling in their ways, even in the old roads, and will make them go on side-roads, in a way not lifted up;
Porque mi pueblo me olvidaron, incensando a la vanidad; y hácenlos tropezar en sus caminos, en las sendas antiguas, para que caminen por sendas, por camino no hollado:
16 Making their land a thing of wonder, causing sounds of surprise for ever; everyone who goes by will be overcome with wonder, shaking his head.
Para poner su tierra en admiración, y en silbos perpetuos: todo aquel que pasare por ella se maravillará, y meneará su cabeza.
17 I will send them in flight, as from an east wind, before the attacker; I will let them see my back and not my face on the day of their downfall.
Como viento solano los esparciré delante del enemigo: la cerviz, y no el rostro, les mostraré en el día de su perdición.
18 Then they said, Come, let us make a design against Jeremiah; for teaching will never be cut off from the priest, or wisdom from the wise, or the word from the prophet. Come, let us make use of his words for an attack on him, and let us give attention with care to what he says.
Y dijeron: Veníd, y maquinemos maquinaciones contra Jeremías; porque la ley no faltará del sacerdote, ni consejo del sabio, ni palabra del profeta. Veníd, e hirámosle de lengua, y no miremos a todas sus palabras.
19 Give thought to me, O Lord, and give ear to the voice of those who put forward a cause against me.
Jehová mira por mí, y oye la voz de los que contienden conmigo.
20 Is evil to be the reward of good? for they have made a deep hole for my soul. Keep in mind how I took my place before you, to say a good word for them so that your wrath might be turned away from them.
¿Dáse mal por bien, que cavaron hoyo a mi alma? Acuérdate que me puse delante de ti, para hablar bien por ellos, para apartar de ellos tu ira.
21 For this cause, let their children be without food, and give them over to the power of the sword; and let their wives be without children and become widows; let their men be overtaken by death, and their young men be put to the sword in the fight.
Por tanto entrega sus hijos a hambre, y házlos escurrir por manos de espada; y sus mujeres queden sin hijos, y viudas; y sus maridos muertos de muerte; y sus mancebos sean heridos a espada en la guerra.
22 Let a cry for help go up from their houses, when you send an armed band on them suddenly: for they have made a hole in which to take me, and have put nets for my feet secretly.
De sus casas se oiga clamor, cuando trajeres sobre ellos ejército de repente; porque cavaron hoyo para tomarme, y escondieron lazos a mis pies.
23 But you, Lord, have knowledge of all the designs which they have made against my life; let not their evil-doing be covered or their sin be washed away from before your eyes: but let it be a cause of falling before you: so do to them in the time of your wrath.
Mas tú, o! Jehová, conoces todo su consejo contra mí que es para muerte: no perdones su maldad, ni raigas su pecado de delante de tu rostro; y tropiecen delante de ti: haz con ellos en el tiempo de tu furor.
