Jeremiah 31
1 At that time, says the Lord, I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they will be my people.
En aquel tiempo, dice Yavé, Yo seré ʼElohim de todas las tribus de Israel, y ellas serán mi pueblo.
2 The Lord has said, Grace came in the waste land to a people kept safe from the sword, even to Israel on the way to his resting-place.
Yavé dice: Cuando Israel iba en busca de reposo, el pueblo que escapó de la espada halló gracia en el desierto.
3 From far away he saw the Lord: my love for you is an eternal love: so with mercy I have made you come with me.
Yavé se me apareció desde lejos y dijo: Con amor eterno te amé. Por tanto, te atraje a Mí con misericordia.
4 I will again make new your buildings, O virgin of Israel, and you will take up your place: again you will take up your instruments of music, and go out in the dances of those who are glad.
Otra vez te edificaré, y quedarás edificada, oh virgen de Israel. Otra vez serás adornada con tus panderos y saldrás en alegres danzas.
5 Again will your vine-gardens be planted on the hill of Samaria: the planters will be planting and using the fruit.
Otra vez plantarás viñas en las montañas de Samaria y los que las planten comerán el fruto.
6 For there will be a day when those who get in the grapes on the hills of Ephraim will be crying, Up! let us go up to Zion to the Lord our God.
Porque vendrá un día cuando los centinelas clamarán en la región montañosa de Efraín: ¡Levántense, subamos a Sion, a Yavé nuestro ʼElohim!
7 For the Lord has said, Make a glad song for Jacob and give a cry on the top of the mountains: give the news, give praise, and say, The Lord has given salvation to his people, even to the rest of Israel.
Porque Yavé dice: Regocíjense con alegría por Jacob. Den voces de júbilo por la cabeza de naciones. Proclamen, alaben y digan: Yavé salvó a su pueblo, el remanente de Israel.
8 See, I will take them from the north country, and get them from the inmost parts of the earth, and with them the blind and the feeble-footed, the woman with child and her who is in birth-pains together: a very great army, they will come back here.
Miren: Yo los devuelvo de la tierra del norte y los reuniré de los confines de la tierra. Entre ellos vendrán los ciegos, los cojos, la mujer embarazada y la que dio a luz. Regresarán acá en una gran compañía.
9 They will come with weeping, and going before them I will be their guide: guiding them by streams of water in a straight way where there is no falling: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is the first of my sons.
Vendrán con llanto. Los guiaré por medio de súplica. Andarán por corrientes de aguas, por una vía llana y sin tropiezo. Porque Yo soy Padre para Israel, y Efraín es mi primogénito.
10 Give ear to the word of the Lord, O you nations, and give news of it in the sea-lands far away, and say, He who has sent Israel wandering will get him together and will keep him as a keeper does his flock.
Oh naciones, escuchen la Palabra de Yavé, y anúncienla en las costas lejanas: El que dispersó a Israel lo reunirá y lo cuidará como el pastor cuida su rebaño.
11 For the Lord has given a price for Jacob, and made him free from the hands of him who was stronger than he.
Porque Yavé rescató a Jacob. Lo redimió de uno más fuerte que él.
12 So they will come with songs on the high places, flowing together to the good things of the Lord, to the grain and the wine and the oil, to the young ones of the flock and of the herd: their souls will be like a watered garden, and they will have no more sorrow.
Vendrán con aclamaciones a la altura de Sion. Correrán hacia los bienes de Yavé: Al trigo, al vino, al aceite, a las crías del rebaño y a la manada de ganado vacuno. Su alma será como huerto bien regado, y nunca más tendrán dolor.
13 Then the virgin will have joy in the dance, and the young men and the old will be glad: for I will have their weeping turned into joy, I will give them comfort and make them glad after their sorrow.
Entonces la doncella gozará danzando juntamente con los jóvenes y los ancianos, porque cambiaré su duelo en alegría. Los consolaré y los alegraré después de su dolor.
14 I will give the priests their desired fat things, and my people will have a full measure of my good things, says the Lord.
Satisfaceré el alma del sacerdote con abundancia y mi pueblo será saciado con mi bondad, dice Yavé.
15 So has the Lord said: In Ramah there is a sound of crying, weeping and bitter sorrow; Rachel weeping for her children; she will not be comforted for their loss.
Yavé dice: Voz fue oída en Ramá: Lamento y amargo llanto. Es Raquel que lamenta por sus hijos. No quiere ser consolada, porque sus hijos perecieron.
16 The Lord has said this: Keep your voice from sorrow and your eyes from weeping: for your work will be rewarded, says the Lord; and they will come back from the land of their hater.
Yavé dice: Reprime tu voz del llanto y tus ojos de las lágrimas, porque tu trabajo será recompensado. Yavé dice: Regresarán de la tierra del enemigo.
17 And there is hope for the future, says the Lord; and your children will come back to the land which is theirs.
Hay esperanza de un porvenir, dice Yavé: Los hijos regresarán a su propia tierra.
18 Certainly Ephraim's words of grief have come to my ears, You have given me training and I have undergone it like a young cow unused to the yoke: let me be turned and come back, for you are the Lord my God.
Escuché atentamente el lamento de Efraín: Me azotaste. Fui castigado como novillo indómito. Conviérteme, y seré convertido, porque Tú eres Yavé mi ʼElohim.
19 Truly, after I had been turned, I had regret for my ways; and after I had got knowledge, I made signs of sorrow: I was put to shame, truly, I was covered with shame, because I had to undergo the shame of my early years.
Porque después que me desvié, me arrepentí. Y después de ser instruido, me di un golpe en el muslo. Me avergoncé y también me humillé a causa de la afrenta de mi juventud.
20 Is Ephraim my dear son? is he the child of my delight? for whenever I say things against him, I still keep him in my memory: so my heart is troubled for him; I will certainly have mercy on him, says the Lord.
¿No es Efraín mi hijo amado? ¿No es un niño en el cual me deleito? En verdad, tan a menudo como hablé contra él, ciertamente me acuerdo de él. Por tanto, mi corazón lo anhela. Ciertamente tendré misericordia de él, dice Yavé.
21 Put up guiding pillars, make road signs for yourself: give attention to the highway, even the way in which you went: be turned again, O virgin of Israel, be turned to these your towns.
Pon señales, montones altos de piedras. Dirige tu atención al camino principal, el camino por el cual fuiste. ¡Regresa, oh virgen de Israel, regresa a estas ciudades tuyas!
22 How long will you go on turning this way and that, O wandering daughter? for the Lord has made a new thing on the earth, a woman changed into a man.
Oh hija descarriada, ¿hasta cuándo andarás errante? Porque Yavé creará algo nuevo en la tierra: La mujer rodeará al varón.
23 So the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said, Again will these words be used in the land of Judah and in its towns, when I have let their fate be changed: May the blessing of the Lord be on you, O resting-place of righteousness, O holy mountain.
Yavé de las huestes, ʼElohim de Israel, dice: Cuando Yo devuelva a tus cautivos, se volverá a decir en Judá y en sus poblados: ¡Yavé te bendiga, oh Morada de Justicia, oh Montaña de Santidad!
24 And Judah and all its towns will be living there together; the farmers and those who go about with flocks.
En Judá y en sus poblados vivirán juntos los labradores y los que apacientan rebaños.
25 For I have given new strength to the tired soul and to every sorrowing soul in full measure.
Saciaré al alma afligida. Satisfaceré a toda alma debilitada.
26 At this, awaking from my sleep, I saw; and my sleep was sweet to me.
Desperté y miré. Mi sueño me fue agradable.
27 See, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will have Israel and Judah planted with the seed of man and with the seed of beast.
Ciertamente vienen días, dice Yavé, cuando sembraré la Casa de Israel y la Casa de Judá con semilla de hombres y de animales.
28 And it will come about that, as I have been watching over them for the purpose of uprooting and smashing down and overturning and sending destruction and causing trouble; so I will be watching over them for the purpose of building up and planting, says the Lord.
Como los vigilé para arrancar, derribar, destruir y afligir, así los vigilaré para edificar y plantar, dice Yavé.
29 In those days they will no longer say, The fathers have been tasting bitter grapes and the children's teeth are put on edge.
En aquellos días ya no dirán: Los padres comieron las uvas agrias y los dientes de los hijos tienen la dentera,
30 But everyone will be put to death for the evil which he himself has done: whoever has taken bitter grapes will himself have his teeth put on edge.
sino cada cual morirá por su propia maldad. Los dientes de todo hombre que coma las uvas agrias, tendrán la dentera.
31 See, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new agreement with the people of Israel and with the people of Judah:
Ciertamente vienen días, dice Yavé, en los cuales haré nuevo Pacto con la Casa de Israel y la Casa de Judá.
32 Not like the agreement which I made with their fathers, on the day when I took them by the hand to be their guide out of the land of Egypt; which agreement was broken by them, and I gave them up, says the Lord.
No como el Pacto que hice con sus antepasados el día cuando tomé su mano para sacarlos de la tierra de Egipto, porque ellos invalidaron mi Pacto, aunque fui Yo un esposo para ellos, dice Yavé.
33 But this is the agreement which I will make with the people of Israel after those days, says the Lord; I will put my law in their inner parts, writing it in their hearts; and I will be their God, and they will be my people.
Pero éste es el Pacto que haré con la Casa de Israel después de aquellos días, dice Yavé: Daré mi Ley en su mente y la escribiré en su corazón. Yo les seré ʼElohim y ellos me serán pueblo.
34 And no longer will they be teaching every man his neighbour and every man his brother, saying, Get knowledge of the Lord: for they will all have knowledge of me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, says the Lord: for they will have my forgiveness for their evil-doing, and their sin will go from my memory for ever.
Ya no enseñará cada uno a su prójimo, ni cada cual a su hermano. Ni dirá: ¡Conoce a Yavé! Porque todos me conocerán, desde el más pequeño de ellos hasta el más grande, dice Yavé. Porque perdonaré su maldad y ya no me acordaré de sus pecados,
35 These are the words of the Lord, who has given the sun for a light by day, ordering the moon and stars for a light by night, who puts the sea in motion, causing the thunder of its waves; the Lord of armies is his name.
dice Yavé, Quien da el sol para la luz del día, y las leyes de la luna y de las estrellas para la luz de la noche, Quien agita el mar y braman sus olas, Yavé de las huestes es su nombre:
36 If the order of these things before me is ever broken, says the Lord, then will the seed of Israel come to an end as a nation before me for ever.
Si estas leyes se apartan de Mí, dice Yavé, entonces también faltará la descendencia de Israel para no ser nación delante de Mí eternamente.
37 This is what the Lord has said: If the heavens on high may be measured, and the bases of the earth searched out, then I will give up the seed of Israel, because of all they have done, says the Lord.
Si el cielo arriba puede ser medido, dice Yavé, o los cimientos de la tierra abajo se pueden explorar, entonces Yo desecharía toda la descendencia de Israel por todo lo que hicieron, dice Yavé.
38 See, the days are coming, says the Lord, for the building of the Lord's town, from the tower of Hananel to the doorway of the angle.
Ciertamente vienen días, dice Yavé, en los cuales será edificada la ciudad de Yavé, desde la torre de Hananeel hasta la Puerta del Ángulo.
39 And the measuring-line will go out in front of it as far as the hill Gareb, going round to Goah.
El cordel [de medir] saldrá derecho hasta la colina de Gareb, y doblará hasta Goa.
40 And all the valley of the dead bodies, and all the field of death as far as the stream Kidron, up to the angle of the horses' doorway to the east, will be holy to the Lord; it will not again be uprooted or overturned for ever.
Todo el valle de los cadáveres y las cenizas, y todas las llanuras hasta el arroyo de Cedrón hasta la esquina de la Puerta de los Caballos hacia el oriente, estarán consagrados a Yavé. Nunca jamás serán devastados ni destruidos.
