Jeremiah 24
1 The Lord gave me a vision, and I saw two baskets full of figs put in front of the Temple of the Lord, after Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, had taken prisoner Jeconiah, the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and the chiefs of Judah, and the expert workmen and metal-workers from Jerusalem, and had taken them to Babylon.
Después que Nabucodonosor, rey de Babilonia, deportó desde Jerusalén a Jeconías, hijo de Joacim, rey de Judá, y a los magistrados de Judá con los artesanos y los herreros, y los llevó a Babilonia, Yavé me mostró dos cestas de higos puestas delante de la Casa de Yavé.
2 One basket had very good figs, like the figs which first come to growth: and the other basket had very bad figs, so bad that they were of no use for food.
Una cesta tenía higos muy buenos, como brevas, y la otra cesta tenía higos tan malos que no se podían comer.
3 Then the Lord said to me, What do you see, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs; the good figs are very good, and the bad very bad, and of no use for food, they are so bad.
Yavé me preguntó: ¿Qué ves, Jeremías? Y respondí: Higos, higos buenos, muy buenos, y otros tan malos que no se pueden comer.
4 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
La Palabra de Yavé vino a mí:
5 This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, has said: Like these good figs, so in my eyes will be the prisoners of Judah, whom I have sent from this place into the land of the Chaldaeans for their good.
Yavé ʼElohim de Israel dice: Como a estos higos buenos, consideraré para bien a los cautivos de Judá, a quienes eché desde este lugar a la tierra de los caldeos.
6 For I will keep my eyes on them for good, and I will take them back again to this land, building them up and not pulling them down, planting them and not uprooting them.
Pues fijaré mis ojos sobre ellos para bien y los devolveré a esta tierra. Los edificaré y no los derribaré, los plantaré y no los arrancaré.
7 And I will give them a heart to have knowledge of me, that I am the Lord: and they will be my people, and I will be their God: for they will come back to me with all their heart.
Les daré un corazón para que me conozcan que Yo soy Yavé. Ellos serán mi pueblo y Yo seré su ʼElohim, porque regresarán a Mí con todo su corazón.
8 And like the bad figs which are so bad that they are of no use for food, so I will give up Zedekiah, king of Judah, and his chiefs and the rest of Jerusalem who are still in this land, and those who are in the land of Egypt:
Pero como los higos malos que no se pueden comer, así son aquellos de quienes Yavé dice: Así entregaré a Sedequías, rey de Judá, a sus magistrados y al resto de Jerusalén, los que queden en esta tierra y los que viven en la tierra de Egipto.
9 I will give them up to be a cause of fear and of trouble among all the kingdoms of the earth; to be a name of shame and common talk and a cutting word and a curse in all the places wherever I will send them wandering.
Los convertiré en terror para todos los reinos de la tierra, oprobio y mal ejemplo, insulto y maldición, en todos los lugares adonde los echaré.
10 And I will send the sword, and need of food, and disease, among them till they are all cut off from the land which I gave to them and to their fathers.
Enviaré la espada, el hambre y la pestilencia contra ellos hasta que sean exterminados de la tierra que les di a ellos y a sus antepasados.
