Jeremiah 2
1 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
Y fue a mí palabra de Jehová, diciendo:
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 clama en los oídos de Jerusalem, diciendo: Jehová dice así: Heme acordado de ti, de la misericordia de tu mocedad, del amor de tu desposorio, cuando andabas tras 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.
Santidad era entonces Israel a Jehová, primicias de sus nuevos frutos: todos los que le comen, pecarán: mal vendrá sobre ellos, dice Jehová.
4 Give ear to the words of the Lord, O sons of Jacob and all the families of Israel:
Oíd palabra de Jehová, 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?
Jehová dijo así: ¿Qué maldad hallaron en mí vuestros padres, que se alejaron de mí, y se fueron tras la vanidad, y tornáronse vanos?
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?
Y no dijeron: ¿Dónde está Jehová: el que nos hizo subir de tierra de Egipto: el que nos hizo andar por el desierto; por una tierra desierta y despoblada, por una tierra seca y de sombra de muerte, por una tierra por la cual no pasó varón, ni hombre habitó allí?
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.
Y os metí en tierra del Carmelo, para que comieseis su fruto y su bien; y entrasteis, y contaminasteis mi tierra, y mi heredad hicisteis abominable.
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 dijeron: ¿Dónde está Jehová? Y los que tenían la ley no me conocieron, y los pastores se rebelaron contra mí, y los profetas profetizaron en Baal, y caminaron 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 entraré aun en juicio con vosotros, dijo Jehová, y con los hijos de vuestros hijos pleitearé.
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.
Porque pasád a las islas de Quitim, y mirád, y enviád a Cedar, y considerád con diligencia; y mirád si se ha hecho cosa semejante a 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.
¿Si alguna nación ha mudado dioses? aunque ellos no son dioses; y mi pueblo ha trocado 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.
Asoláos, cielos, sobre esto, y alborotáos: Asoláos en gran manera, dijo Jehová.
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 males ha hecho mi pueblo: dejáronme a mí, fuente de agua viva, por cavar para sí cisternas, cisternas rotas, que no detienen aguas.
14 Is Israel a servant? has he been a house-servant from birth? why has he been made waste?
¿Es Israel siervo? ¿ es esclavo? ¿por qué ha sido dado en 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 cachorros de los leones bramaron sobre él, dieron su voz; y pusieron su tierra en soledad, desiertas sus ciudades sin morador.
16 Even the children of Noph and Tahpanhes have put shame on you.
Aun los hijos de Nof y de Tafnes te quebrantarán la mollera.
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 hará esto tu dejar a Jehová tu Dios, cuando te hacía andar por 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 pues, ¿qué tienes tú en el camino de Egipto, para que bebas agua del Nilo? ¿y qué tienes tú en el camino de Asiria, para que bebas agua 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 maldad te castigará, y tu apartamiento te acusará. Sabe pues, y ve cuán malo y amargo es tu dejar a Jehová tu Dios, y faltar mi temor en ti, dijo el Señor Jehová 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
Porque desde muy atrás he quebrado tu yugo, rompido tus ataduras; y dijiste: No serviré. Con todo eso, sobre todo collado alto, y debajo de todo árbol sombrío tú corrías, o! 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?
Yo pues te planté de buen vidueño, toda ella simiente de verdad, ¿cómo pues te me has tornado sarmientos de 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 salitre, y amontones jabón sobre ti, tu pecado está sellado delante de mí, dijo el Señor Jehová.
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 dices: No soy inmunda, nunca anduve tras los Baales? Mira tu camino en el valle: conoce lo que has hecho, dromedaria ligera que frecuenta sus carreras:
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 montés acostumbrada al desierto, que respira como quiere: ¿de su ocasión quién la detendrá? todos los que la buscaren no se cansarán: hallarla han en su mes.
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.
Defiende tus pies de andar descalzos, y tu garganta de la sed; y dijiste: Háse perdido la esperanza: en ninguna manera; porque he amado extraños, y tras ellos tengo de ir.
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 tomado, así se avergonzaron 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.
Diciendo al leño: Mi padre eres tú; y a la piedra: Tú me has engendrado. Que me volvieron la cerviz; y no el rostro; y en el tiempo de su trabajo, 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.
¿Y dónde están tus dioses, que hiciste para ti? Levántense, a ver si te podrán librar en el tiempo de tu aflicción; porque al número de tus ciudades, o! Judá, fueron tus dioses.
29 Why will you put forward your cause against me? You have all done evil against me, says the Lord.
¿Por qué altercáis conmigo? Todos vosotros os rebelasteis contra mí, dijo Jehová.
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.
Por demás he azotado vuestros hijos, no han recibido castigo: espada tragó vuestros profetas como león destrozador.
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?
O! generación, ved vosotros la palabra de Jehová: ¿He sido yo soledad a Israel, o tierra de tinieblas, que han dicho mi pueblo: Señores somos; ni nunca más vendremos 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.
¿Olvídase la virgen de su atavío, o la desposada de sus sartales? y mi pueblo se han olvidado de mí por días que no tienen número.
33 With what care are your ways ordered when you are looking for love! so ... your ways.
¿Para qué abonas tu camino para hallar amor? pues aun a las maldades 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 faldas se hallaron las sangres de las almas de los pobres, de los inocentes. No los hallaste minando casas, mas por 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.
Y dices: Porque soy inocente, cierto su ira se apartó de mí. He aquí, yo entraré en juicio contigo, 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.
¿Para qué discurres tanto, mudando tus caminos? También serás avergonzada de Egipto, como fuiste avergonzada 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 este saldrás con tus manos sobre tu cabeza; porque Jehová desechó tus confianzas, ni en ellas tendrás buen suceso.
