Jeremiah 2
1 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
Me llegó la palabra de Yahvé, que dijo:
2 Go and say in the ears of Jerusalem, The Lord says, I still keep the memory of your kind heart when you were young, and your love when you became my bride; how you went after me in the waste of sand, in an unplanted land.
“Anda y grita a los oídos de Jerusalén, diciendo: Así dice Yahvé: Me acuerdo de la piedad de tu juventud, del amor de tus desposorios, y cómo me seguiste por el desierto, en una tierra donde no se siembra.
3 Israel was holy to the Lord, the first-fruits of his increase: all who made attacks on him were judged as wrongdoers, evil came on them, says the Lord.
Israel es cosa santa para Yahvé, primicias de sus frutos; cuantos le devoran se hacen culpables; vendrá sobre ellos el mal —oráculo de Yahvé.
4 Give ear to the words of the Lord, O sons of Jacob and all the families of Israel:
Escucha la palabra de Yahvé, oh casa de Jacob, y todas las familias de la casa de Israel.
5 These are the words of the Lord: What evil have your fathers seen in me that they have gone far from me, and, walking after what is false, have become false?
Así dice Yahvé: ¿Qué tacha hallaron en Mí vuestros padres, para alejarse de Mí, e irse tras la vanidad, haciéndose vanos ellos mismos?
6 And they never said, Where is the Lord, who took us up out of the land of Egypt; who was our guide through the waste of sand, through an unplanted land full of deep holes, through a dry land of deep shade, which no one went through and where no man was living?
No decían: “¿Dónde está Yahvé, el que nos sacó del país de Egipto, el que nos condujo por el desierto, por una tierra yerma y barrancosa, tierra de sequía y de sombra de muerte, tierra por donde nadie pasa y no vive hombre alguno?”
7 And I took you into a fertile land, where you were living on its fruit and its wealth; but when you came in, you made my land unclean, and made my heritage a disgusting thing.
Yo os introduje en una tierra fértil, para que comierais sus frutos y sus riquezas; pero vosotros, cuando entrasteis, contaminasteis mi tierra, y de mi heredad hicisteis una abominación.
8 The priests did not say, Where is the Lord? and those who were expert in the law had no knowledge of me: and the rulers did evil against me, and the prophets became prophets of the Baal, going after things without value.
Tampoco los sacerdotes decían: “¿Dónde está Yahvé?” Los que guardaban la Ley no me conocían; los pastores se rebelaron contra Mí, los profetas profetizaron por Baal, y se fueron tras los que de nada sirven.
9 For this reason, I will again put forward my cause against you, says the Lord, even against you and against your children's children.
Por eso litigaré aún con vosotros, y con los hijos de vuestros hijos, dice Yahvé.
10 For go over to the sea-lands of Kittim and see; send to Kedar and give deep thought to it; and see if there has ever been such a thing.
Pasad a las islas de Kitim, y ved, enviad (mensajeros) a Cedar, e informaos bien, y ved si jamás ha acontecido cosa como esta.
11 Has any nation ever made a change in their gods, though they are no gods? but my people have given up their glory in exchange for what is of no profit.
¿Acaso nación alguna ha cambiado de dios? —y ni siquiera son dioses aquellos— pero mi pueblo ha trocado su Gloria por lo que de nada sirve.
12 Be full of wonder, O heavens, at this; be overcome with fear, be completely waste, says the Lord.
Pasmaos, oh cielos, de esto, horrorizaos y quedaos atónitos en extremo, dice Yahvé.
13 For my people have done two evils; they have given up me, the fountain of living waters, and have made for themselves water-holes, cut out from the rock, broken water-holes, of no use for storing water.
Porque dos maldades ha cometido mi pueblo: Me han abandonado a Mí, fuente de aguas vivas, para excavarse cisternas, cisternas rotas, que no pueden retener el agua.
14 Is Israel a servant? has he been a house-servant from birth? why has he been made waste?
¿Es acaso siervo Israel? ¿O vernáculo? ¿Cómo, pues, ha venido a ser presa?
15 The young lions have made an outcry against him with a loud voice: they have made his land waste; his towns are burned up, with no one living in them.
Rugieron contra él los leoncillos, y dieron sus bramidos, y convirtieron su tierra en un desierto; sus ciudades han sido quemadas y quedan sin habitantes.
16 Even the children of Noph and Tahpanhes have put shame on you.
Los hijos de Menfis y de Tafnis trasquilan tu cabeza.
17 Has not this come on you because you have given up the Lord your God, who was your guide by the way?
¿No te has acarreado esto por dejar a Yahvé tú Dios, al tiempo que Él te guiaba por el camino?
18 And now, what have you to do on the way to Egypt, to get your drink from the waters of the Nile? or what have you to do on the way to Assyria, to get your drink from the waters of the River?
Y ahora, ¿por qué vas a Egipto para beber el agua turbia? ¿Y por qué vas a Asiria para beber las aguas del Río?
19 The evil you yourselves have done will be your punishment, your errors will be your judge: be certain then, and see that it is an evil and a bitter thing to give up the Lord your God, and no longer to be moved by fear of me, says the Lord, the Lord of armies.
Tu misma maldad te condenará, y tú misma apostasía te va a castigar, para que sepas y veas cuan malo y amargo te es el haber abandonado a Yahvé tu Dios, y haber perdido mi temor, dice el Señor Yahvé de los ejércitos.
20 For in the past, your yoke was broken by your hands and your cords parted; and you said, I will not be your servant; for on every high hill and under every branching tree, your behaviour was like that of a loose woman
Ya desde tiempo muy antiguo quebraste tu yugo, rompiste tus coyundas, y dijiste: “No quiero servir.” Porque sobre todo collado elevado, y bajo todo árbol frondoso te acostaste como ramera.
21 But when you were planted by me, you were a noble vine, in every way a true seed: how then have you been changed into the branching plant of a strange vine?
Y Yo te había plantado cual vid selecta, toda de buena semilla. ¿Cómo, pues, has degenerado (convirtiéndote en) vid ajena?
22 For even if you are washed with soda and take much soap, still your evil-doing is marked before me, says the Lord God.
Por más que te laves con nitro, y por mucha lejía que emplees, tu iniquidad queda grabada delante de Mí —oráculo de Yahvé el Señor.
23 How are you able to say, I am not unclean, I have not gone after the Baals? see your way in the valley, be clear about what you have done: you are a quick-footed camel twisting her way in and out;
¿Cómo puedes decir: “No estoy contaminada, no he ido en pos de los Baales?” Mira tus caminos en aquel valle, reconoce lo que has hecho, dromedaria liviana que corre de un lado a otro,
24 An untrained ass, used to the waste land, breathing up the wind in her desire; at her time, who is able to send her away? all those who are looking for her will have no need to make themselves tired; in her month they will get her.
asna salvaje, acostumbrada al desierto, que en el ardor de su pasión olfatea el viento; ¿quién podrá contener el celo de ella? Ninguno de los que la buscan necesita fatigarse; en el mes de su (celo) la hallará.
25 Do not let your foot be without shoes, or your throat dry from need of water: but you said, There is no hope: no, for I have been a lover of strange gods, and after them I will go.
Guarda tu pie de la desnudez, y tu garganta de la sed; pero tú dices: “Es inútil, pues amo a los extraños, y tras ellos me voy.”
26 As the thief is shamed when he is taken, so is Israel shamed; they, their kings and their rulers, their priests and their prophets;
Como queda avergonzado el ladrón sorprendido, así quedarán avergonzados los de la casa de Israel, ellos, sus reyes, sus príncipes, sus sacerdotes y sus profetas;
27 Who say to a tree, You are my father; and to a stone, You have given me life: for their backs have been turned to me, not their faces: but in the time of their trouble they will say, Up! and be our saviour.
que dicen al leño: “Tú eres mi padre”, y a la piedra: “Tú me has dado a luz.” Me han vuelto las espaldas y no la cara; mas cuando les toca la calamidad, dicen: “Levántate y sálvanos.”
28 But where are the gods you have made for yourselves? let them come, if they are able to give you salvation in the time of your trouble: for the number of your gods is as the number of your towns, O Judah.
¿Dónde están tus dioses, los que te has hecho? ¡Que se alcen, si te pueden salvar en el tiempo de tu calamidad! Tus dioses, oh Judá, son tan numerosos como tus ciudades.
29 Why will you put forward your cause against me? You have all done evil against me, says the Lord.
¿Por qué entráis conmigo en juicio? Todos os habéis rebelado contra Mí, —oráculo de Yahvé.
30 I gave your children blows to no purpose; they got no good from training: your sword has been the destruction of your prophets, like a death-giving lion.
En vano he castigado a vuestros hijos; ellos no hicieron caso de la corrección; vuestra espada ha devorado a vuestros profetas como león que destroza.
31 O generation, see the word of the Lord. Have I been a waste land to Israel? or a land of dark night? why do my people say, We have got loose, we will not come to you again?
¡Así es vuestra raza! Considerad ahora la palabra de Yahvé. ¿Por ventura he sido Yo un desierto para Israel, o una tierra de densas tinieblas? ¿Por qué, pues, ha dicho mi pueblo: “Libres somos, no volveremos más a Ti”?
32 Is it possible for a virgin to put out of her memory her ornaments, or a bride her robes? but my people have put me out of their memories for unnumbered days.
¿Se olvida acaso una doncella de sus atavíos o una novia de su ceñidor? pero mi pueblo se ha olvidado de Mí desde días sin cuento.
33 With what care are your ways ordered when you are looking for love! so ... your ways.
¡Qué bien sabes tú disponer tus caminos para buscar amor! Por esto has acostumbrado tu conducta a las maldades.
34 And in the skirts of your robe may be seen the life-blood of those who have done no wrong: ...
En la orla de tu (vestido) se halla la sangre de la vida de pobres e inocentes; no los sorprendiste en conato de robo, (los mataste) por cualquier otro motivo.
35 And still you said, I have done no wrong; truly, his wrath is turned away from me. See, I will take up the cause against you, because you say, I have done no wrong.
Y con todo dices: “Soy inocente, ciertamente su ira se ha apartado de mí.” Mira, Yo voy a entrar en juicio contigo, por cuanto dices: “No he pecado.”
36 Why do you go about so much for the purpose of changing your way? you will be shamed on account of Egypt, as you were shamed on account of Assyria.
¿Por qué corres de uno a otro, cambiando tus caminos? Serás burlado de Egipto, como lo fuiste ya de Asiria.
37 Truly, you will go out from him with your hands on your head: for the Lord has given up those in whom you have put your faith, and they will be of no help to you.
También de allí volverás con las manos sobre tu cabeza; pues Yahvé ha rechazado tus apoyos, y no tendrás suerte con ellos.
