Jeremiah 2
1 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
La Palabra de Yavé vino a mí:
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.
Vé y proclama a oídos de Jerusalén: Yavé dice: Yo recuerdo con respecto a ti la devoción de tu juventud, el amor de tu desposorio, de tu andar detrás de Mí en el desierto, en tierra no sembrada.
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 era santo para Yavé, primicias de su cosecha. Todos los que comieron de ellas fueron culpables. La aflicción cayó sobre ellos, dice Yavé.
4 Give ear to the words of the Lord, O sons of Jacob and all the families of Israel:
Oigan la Palabra de Yavé, 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?
Yavé dice: ¿Qué injusticia hallaron en Mí sus antepasados por la cual se alejaron de Mí, siguieron tras la vanidad y se envanecieron?
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 preguntaron: ¿Dónde está Yavé, Quien nos sacó de la tierra de Egipto y nos condujo por el desierto, por tierra deshabitada y de sombra de muerte, tierra sedienta y sombría, tierra por la cual nadie cruza y en la cual nadie vive?
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 los introduje en una tierra fructífera para que comieran sus frutos y delicias. Pero cuando ustedes entraron, contaminaron mi tierra y convirtieron mi heredad en una repugnancia.
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.
Los sacerdotes no preguntaban: ¿Dónde está Yavé? Los que manejan la Ley no me conocieron. Los magistrados también cometieron transgresión contra Mí. Los profetas profetizaban por baal y seguían tras lo que no aprovecha.
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 tanto, aún contenderé contra ustedes, y pelearé contra sus nietos, dice Yavé.
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.
Pasen a las costas de Quitim y miren. Envíen a Cedar y consideren atentamente, y vean si sucedió algo semejante a esto:
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.
¿Alguna nación cambió sus ʼelohim? Aunque ellos no son ʼelohim, pues mi pueblo cambió su gloria por lo que no aprovecha.
12 Be full of wonder, O heavens, at this; be overcome with fear, be completely waste, says the Lord.
¡Asómbrense, oh cielos y horrorícense por esto! Tiemblen muchísimo, dice Yavé.
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 mi pueblo hizo dos males: Me abandonaron a Mí, fuente de aguas vivas, y cavaron para ellos cisternas rotas que no retienen el agua.
14 Is Israel a servant? has he been a house-servant from birth? why has he been made waste?
¿Israel es esclavo? ¿Es un criado nacido en casa? ¿Por qué entonces fue una 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.
Los leoncillos rugieron contra él, levantaron su rugido y convirtieron su tierra en una desolación. Sus ciudades están quemadas y sin habitante.
16 Even the children of Noph and Tahpanhes have put shame on you.
Aun los hijos de Menfis y de Tafnes te raparon la coronilla.
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 sucedió todo esto porque abandonaste a Yavé tu ʼElohim cuando 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?
Ahora, ¿por qué tomas el camino a Egipto? ¿Para beber del Nilo? ¿Qué buscas en el camino a Asiria? ¿Beber las aguas del Éufrates?
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.
Tus propias perversidades te castigarán, y tus apostasías te reprenderán. Por tanto, reconoce cuán malo y amargo es que hayas abandonado a Yavé tu ʼElohim, y que el temor a Mí no está en ti, dice Yavé de las huestes.
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
Desde antaño quebraste el yugo, rompiste tus ataduras y dijiste: ¡No quiero servir! Y sobre toda colina alta, y debajo de todo árbol frondoso te echabas como prostituta.
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?
Yo te planté como vid escogida con cepas genuinas. ¿Cómo, pues, te convertiste en una vid extraña?
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.
Aunque te laves con lejía y uses mucho jabón, la mancha de tu pecado permanece delante de Mí, dice Yavé.
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 ni fui tras los baales? Observa tu camino en el valle, y reconoce lo que hiciste. Tú eres una joven dromedaria desbocada que enreda sus caminos.
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.
Eres un asna montés acostumbrada al desierto que en el ardor de su deseo olfatea el viento. ¿Quién podrá reprimirla cuando está en celo? Los que la buscan no tienen que fatigarse, pues la hallarán en su ardor.
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 tus pies de andar descalzos, y tu garganta de la sed. Pero dijiste: ¡No hay remedio de ninguna clase! A extraños amé, y tras ellos seguiré.
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 se avergüenza el ladrón cuando es sorprendido, así se avergonzará la Casa de Israel, sus reyes y sus magistrados, 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.
los que dicen al leño: ¡Tú eres mi padre! Y a la piedra: ¡Tú me diste a luz! Ciertamente me dieron la espalda y no la cara, pero en el tiempo de su angustia me dicen: ¡Levántate y líbranos!
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.
Pero, ¿dónde están los ʼelohim que te hiciste? Que se levanten y te salven ellos en el tiempo de tu aflicción. Pues como el número de tus ciudades, oh Judá, así fue el número de tus ʼelohim.
29 Why will you put forward your cause against me? You have all done evil against me, says the Lord.
¿Por qué contienden conmigo, si todos se rebelaron contra Mí? dice Yavé.
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 azoté a los hijos de ustedes. Ellos no recibieron corrección. La espada de ustedes devoró a sus profetas, como un león destructor.
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?
¡Oh generación, atiende la Palabra de Yavé! ¿Yo fui para Israel como un desierto? ¿O una tierra de oscuridad? ¿Por qué dice mi pueblo: Somos libres, nunca más regresaremos 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.
¿Olvida una doncella sus adornos o una novia su atavío? Pues mi pueblo me olvidó un sinnúmero de días.
33 With what care are your ways ordered when you are looking for love! so ... your ways.
¡Qué bien dispones tu camino para buscar amor! Por tanto, aun a las mujeres perversas enseñaste tus caminos.
34 And in the skirts of your robe may be seen the life-blood of those who have done no wrong: ...
Aun en tus ropas se halló la sangre de los pobres, de los inocentes. No los sorprendiste en algún delito. Sin embargo, en todas estas cosas
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.
dices: Soy inocente. Ciertamente su ira se apartó de mí. Mira, Yo entro en juicio contra ti, porque dijiste: No pequé.
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 hablas tanto al cambiar tu camino? También serás avergonzada por Egipto, como fuiste avergonzada por 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 saldrás de allí con las manos sobre la cabeza. Porque Yavé rechazó a aquellos en quienes tú confías, y no prosperarás con ellos.
