Jeremiah 34
1 The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, when Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, and all his army, and all the kingdoms of the earth which were under his rule, and all the peoples, were fighting against Jerusalem and all its towns, saying,
Palabra que vino a Jeremías del SEÑOR, (cuando Nabucodonosor rey de Babilonia, y todo su ejército, y todos los reinos de la tierra del señorío de su mano, y todos los pueblos, peleaban contra Jerusalén, y contra todas sus ciudades), diciendo:
2 The Lord, the God of Israel, has said, Go and say to Zedekiah, king of Judah, This is what the Lord has said: See, I will give this town into the hands of the king of Babylon, and he will have it burned with fire:
Así dijo el SEÑOR Dios de Israel: Ve, y habla a Sedequías rey de Judá, y dile: Así dijo el SEÑOR: He aquí que yo entrego esta ciudad en mano del rey de Babilonia, y la abrasaré con fuego;
3 And you will not get away from him, but will certainly be taken and given up into his hands; and you will see the king of Babylon, eye to eye, and he will have talk with you, mouth to mouth, and you will go to Babylon.
y no escaparás tú de su mano, sino que de cierto serás preso, y en su mano serás entregado; y tus ojos verán los ojos del rey de Babilonia, y te hablará boca a boca, y en Babilonia entrarás.
4 But give ear to the word of the Lord, O Zedekiah, king of Judah; this is what the Lord has said about you: Death will not come to you by the sword:
Con todo eso, oye palabra del SEÑOR, Sedequías rey de Judá: Así dijo el SEÑOR de ti: No morirás a cuchillo;
5 You will come to your end in peace; and such burnings as they made for your fathers, the earlier kings before you, will be made for you; and they will be weeping for you and saying, Ah lord! for I have said the word, says the Lord.
en paz morirás, y conforme a las quemas de tus padres, los reyes primeros que fueron antes de ti, así quemarán por ti, y te endecharán diciendo: ¡Ay, señor!; porque yo hablé la palabra, dijo el SEÑOR.
6 Then Jeremiah the prophet said all these things to Zedekiah, king of Judah, in Jerusalem,
Y habló Jeremías profeta a Sedequías rey de Judá todas estas palabras en Jerusalén.
7 When the army of the king of Babylon was fighting against Jerusalem and against all the towns of Judah which had not been taken, against Lachish and against Azekah; for these were the last of the walled towns of Judah.
Y el ejército del rey de Babilonia peleaba contra Jerusalén, y contra todas las ciudades de Judá que habían quedado, contra Laquis, y contra Azeca; porque de las ciudades fuertes de Judá éstas habían quedado.
8 The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, after King Zedekiah had made an agreement with all the people in Jerusalem, to give news in public that servants were to be made free;
Palabra que vino a Jeremías del SEÑOR, después que el rey Sedequías hizo concierto con todo el pueblo en Jerusalén, para promulgarles libertad;
9 That every man was to let his Hebrew man-servant and his Hebrew servant-girl go free; so that no one might make use of a Jew, his countryman, as a servant:
que cada uno dejase su siervo, y cada uno su sierva, hebreo y hebrea, libres; que ninguno usase de los judíos sus hermanos como de siervos.
10 And this was done by all the rulers and the people who had taken part in the agreement, and every one let his man-servant and his servant-girl go free, not to be used as servants any longer; they did so, and let them go.
Y cuando oyeron todos los príncipes, y todo el pueblo que había convenido en el pacto de dejar cada uno su siervo y cada uno su sierva libres, que ninguno usase más de ellos como de siervos, escucharon, y los dejaron.
11 But later, they took back again the servants and the servant-girls whom they had let go free, and put them again under the yoke as servants and servant-girls.
Pero después se arrepintieron, e hicieron tornar los siervos y las siervas que habían dejado libres, y los sujetaron por siervos y por siervas.
12 For this reason the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,
Y vino palabra del SEÑOR a Jeremías, diciendo:
13 The Lord, the God of Israel, has said, I made an agreement with your fathers on the day when I took them out of Egypt, out of the prison-house, saying,
Así dice el SEÑOR Dios de Israel: Yo hice Pacto con vuestros padres el día que los saqué de tierra de Egipto, de casa de siervos, diciendo:
14 At the end of seven years every man is to let go his countryman who is a Hebrew, who has become yours for a price and has been your servant for six years; you are to let him go free: but your fathers gave no attention and did not give ear.
Al cabo de siete años dejaréis cada uno a su hermano hebreo que te fuere vendido; te servirá pues seis años, y lo enviarás libre de ti; mas vuestros padres no me oyeron, ni inclinaron su oído.
15 And now, turning away from evil, you had done what is right in my eyes, giving a public undertaking for every man to make his neighbour free; and you had made an agreement before me in the house which is named by my name:
Y vosotros os habíais hoy convertido, y hecho lo recto delante de mis ojos, anunciando cada uno libertad a su prójimo; y habíais hecho pacto en mi presencia, en la Casa sobre la cual es llamado mi nombre.
16 But again you have put shame on my name, and you have taken back, every one his man-servant and his servant-girl, whom you had sent away free, and you have put them under the yoke again to be your servants and servant-girls.
Pero os tornasteis y contaminasteis mi nombre, y tornasteis a tomar cada uno su siervo y cada uno su sierva, que habíais dejado libres a su voluntad; y los sujetasteis para que os sean siervos y siervas.
17 And so the Lord has said, You have not given ear to me and undertaken publicly, every man to let loose his countryman and his neighbour: see, I undertake to let loose against you the sword and disease and need of food; and I will send you wandering among all the kingdoms of the earth.
Por tanto, así dijo el SEÑOR: Vosotros no me oísteis a mí en promulgar cada uno libertad a su hermano, y cada uno a su compañero: he aquí que yo os promulgo libertad, dijo el SEÑOR, a cuchillo y a pestilencia, y a hambre; y os pondré en remoción a todos los reinos de la tierra.
18 And I will give the men who have gone against my agreement and have not given effect to the words of the agreement which they made before me, when the ox was cut in two and they went between the parts of it,
Y entregaré a los hombres que traspasaron mi Pacto, que no hicieron firmes las palabras del Pacto que celebraron en mi presencia, dividiendo en dos partes el becerro y pasando por medio de ellas;
19 The rulers of Judah and the rulers of Jerusalem, the unsexed servants and the priests and all the people of the land who went between the parts of the ox,
a los príncipes de Judá y a los príncipes de Jerusalén, a los eunucos y a los sacerdotes, y a todo el pueblo de la tierra, que pasaron entre las partes del becerro,
20 Even these I will give up into the hands of their haters and into the hands of those who have designs against their lives: and their dead bodies will become food for the birds of heaven and the beasts of the earth.
los entregaré en mano de sus enemigos y en mano de los que buscan su alma; y sus cuerpos muertos serán para comida de las aves del cielo, y de las bestias de la tierra.
21 And Zedekiah, king of Judah, and his rulers I will give into the hands of their haters and into the hands of those who have designs against their lives, and into the hands of the king of Babylon's army which has gone away from you.
Y a Sedequías rey de Judá, y a sus príncipes, entregaré en mano de sus enemigos, y en mano de los que buscan su alma, y en mano del ejército del rey de Babilonia, que se fueron de vosotros.
22 See, I will give orders, says the Lord, and make them come back to this town; and they will make war on it and take it and have it burned with fire: and I will make the towns of Judah waste and unpeopled.
He aquí, que yo mando, dijo el SEÑOR, y los haré volver a esta ciudad, y pelearán contra ella, y la tomarán, y la abrasarán a fuego; y daré las ciudades de Judá a soledad, hasta no quedar morador.
