Jeremiah 49
1 About the children of Ammon. These are the words of the Lord: Has Israel no sons? has he no one to take the heritage? why then has Milcom taken Gad for himself, putting his people in its towns?
Para los hijos de Ammón: Así dice Yahvé: “¿No tiene acaso hijos Israel? ¿No tiene heredero? ¿Por qué Melcom se ha posesionado de Gad, y habita su pueblo en las ciudades de este?
2 Because of this, see, the days are coming when I will have a cry of war sounded against Rabbah, the town of the children of Ammon; it will become a waste of broken walls, and her daughter-towns will be burned with fire: then Israel will take the heritage of those who took his heritage, says the Lord.
Por eso, he aquí que vienen días, dice Yahvé, en que haré oír en Rabbat de los hijos de Ammón el estruendo de la guerra. Ella se convertirá en un montón de escombros, y sus ciudades serán quemadas, e Israel heredará a sus propios herederos —oráculo de Yahvé.
3 Make sounds of grief, O Heshbon, for Ai is wasted; give loud cries, O daughters of Rabbah, and put haircloth round you: give yourselves to weeping, running here and there and wounding yourselves; for Milcom will be taken prisoner together with his rulers and his priests.
Hesbón prorrumpe en alaridos, porque ¡ay! está devastada; alzad el grito, hijas de Rabbat, ceñíos cilicios, llorad; corred de un lado a otro por los vallados, porque Melcom va al cautiverio, y con él sus sacerdotes y sus príncipes.
4 Why are you lifted up in pride on account of your valleys, your flowing valley, O daughter ever turning away? who puts her faith in her wealth, saying, Who will come against me?
¿Por qué te glorías de los valles? —es rico tu valle, oh hija rebelde— y confías en tus tesoros (diciendo): «¿Quién vendrá contra mí?»
5 See, I will send fear on you, says the Lord, the Lord of armies, from those who are round you on every side; you will be forced out, every man straight before him, and there will be no one to get together the wanderers.
He aquí que haré venir sobre ti el terror, dice el Señor, Yahvé de los ejércitos, el terror de todos los que te rodean; y seréis arrojados, cada cual en su dirección, sin que haya quien reúna a los fugitivos.
6 But after these things, I will let the fate of the children of Ammon be changed, says the Lord.
Mas después de esto haré volver a los cautivos de los hijos de Ammón” —oráculo de Yahvé.
7 About Edom. This is what the Lord of armies has said. Is there no more wisdom in Teman? have wise suggestions come to an end among men of good sense? has their wisdom completely gone?
Para Edom: Así dice Yahvé de los ejércitos: “¿No hay ya sabiduría en Temán? ¿Se retiró de sus sabios el consejo? ¿Se acabó su inteligencia?
8 Go in flight, go back, take cover in deep places, you who are living in Dedan; for I will send the fate of Edom on him, even the time of his punishment.
¡Huid! ¡Volveos atrás! Buscad refugios profundos, habitantes de Dedán, porque voy a traer sobre él la ruina de Esaú, el tiempo de su castigo.
9 If men came to get your grapes, would they not let some be uncut on the vines? if thieves came by night, would they not make waste till they had enough?
Si vinieran sobre ti vendimiadores, dejarían por lo menos algunos racimos; y si ladrones de noche, destruirían solo una parte.
10 I have had Esau searched out, uncovering his secret places, so that he may not keep himself covered: his seed is wasted and has come to an end, and there is no help from his neighbours.
Yo empero voy a despojar a Esaú, descubriré su escondrijo, y no podrá ocultarse; será destruida su raza, así como sus hermanos y sus vecinos; y él mismo ya no existirá.
11 Put in my care your children who have no father, and I will keep them safe; and let your widows put their faith in me.
¡Deja tus huérfanos, que Yo les conservaré la vida, y tus viudas pongan en Mí su esperanza!
12 For the Lord has said, Those for whom the cup was not made ready will certainly be forced to take of it; and are you to go without punishment? you will not be without punishment, but will certainly be forced to take from the cup.
Porque así dice Yahvé: He aquí, si los que no estaban condenados a beber el cáliz, lo bebieron sin remedio, ¿tú, por ventura, saldrás impune? No saldrás impune, lo beberás sin falta.
13 For I have taken an oath by myself, says the Lord, that Bozrah will become a cause of wonder, a name of shame, a waste and a curse; and all its towns will be waste places for ever.
Pues por Mí mismo he jurado, dice Yahvé: Bosra será un objeto de horror y de oprobio, una desolación y lugar de maldición, y todas sus ciudades una eterna soledad.”
14 Word has come to me from the Lord, and a representative has been sent to the nations, to say, Come together and go up against her, and take your places for the fight.
He oído de parte de Yahvé esta nueva, ha sido enviado a las naciones este mensaje: “Congregaos y marchad contra ella, y levantaos para ir a la guerra.”
15 For see, I have made you small among the nations, looked down on by men.
“Pues he aquí que Yo te he hecho pequeño entre los pueblos, despreciado entre los hombres.
16 ... the pride of your heart has been a false hope, O you who are living in the cracks of the rock, keeping your place on the top of the hill: even if you made your living-place as high as the eagle, I would make you come down, says the Lord.
Te ha engañado tu arrogancia, la soberbia de tu corazón, pues habitas en las hendiduras de las rocas, y ocupas la cima de los montes. Pero aunque pongas tan alto como el águila tu nido, de allí te haré bajar, dice Yahvé.
17 And Edom will become a cause of wonder: everyone who goes by will be overcome with wonder, and make sounds of fear at all her punishments.
Edom vendrá a ser un horror; cuantos por allí pasaren quedarán pasmados, y silbando contemplarán todas tus plagas.
18 As at the downfall of Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighbouring towns, says the Lord, no man will be living in it, no son of man will have a resting-place there.
Será arrasado como Sodoma y Gomorra, y sus ciudades vecinas, dice Yahvé; no vivirá nadie allí, ni habrá hombre que lo habite.
19 See, he will come up like a lion from the thick growth of Jordan against the resting-place of Teman: but I will suddenly make him go in flight from her; and I will put over her the man of my selection: for who is like me? and who will put forward his cause against me? and what keeper of sheep will be able to keep his place before me?
Como león subirá (el enemigo) desde las espesuras del Jordán a los pastizales siempre verdes, pero en un momento lo arrojaré de allí, y estableceré en (Edom) a quien Yo escogiere, pues ¿quién hay como Yo? ¿Quién me pedirá cuenta? ¿Quién es el pastor que pueda enfrentarse conmigo?
20 For this cause give ear to the decision of the Lord which he has made against Edom, and to his purposes designed against the people of Teman: Truly, they will be pulled away by the smallest of the flock; truly, he will make waste their fields with them.
Por eso, oíd el designio de Yahvé, que Él tiene resuelto contra Edom, y sus planes que ha trazado contra los habitantes de Teman. Os aseguro que serán arrastrados hasta los débiles de la grey, y quedarán devastados juntamente con ellos sus pastizales.
21 The earth is shaking with the noise of their fall; their cry is sounding in the Red Sea.
Al estruendo de su caída temblará la tierra, sus gritos se oirán hasta el Mar Rojo.
22 See, he will come up like an eagle in flight, stretching out his wings against Bozrah: and the hearts of Edom's men of war on that day will be like the heart of a woman in birth-pains.
He aquí que como águila subirá (el enemigo), volará y extenderá sus alas contra Bosra; y será el corazón de los guerreros de Edom en aquel día como el corazón de una mujer que está de parto.”
23 About Damascus. Hamath is put to shame, and Arpad; for the word of evil has come to their ears, their heart in its fear is turned to water, it will not be quiet.
Para Damasco: “Confundidas están Hamat y Arfad; oyeron una mala noticia, por la cual se han turbado. Son como un mar agitado que no se puede calmar.
24 Damascus has become feeble, she is turned to flight, fear has taken her in its grip: pain and sorrows have come on her, as on a woman in birth-pains.
Desmáyase Damasco, se dispone a huir, tiembla; se apoderan de ella angustia y dolores como de parturienta.
25 How has the town of praise been wasted, the place of joy!
¡Cómo ha sido abandonada la ciudad gloriosa, la ciudad de mi alegría!
26 So her young men will be falling in her streets, and all the men of war will be cut off in that day, says the Lord of armies.
Por eso sus jóvenes caerán por sus calles, y todos sus hombres de guerra perecerán en aquel día —oráculo de Yahvé de los ejércitos—;
27 And I will have a fire lighted on the wall of Damascus, burning up the great houses of Ben-hadad.
y pegaré fuego al muro de Damasco, que devorará los palacios de Benhadad.
28 About Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, overcame. This is what the Lord has said: Up! go against Kedar, and make an attack on the children of the east.
Para Cedar y los reinos de Hasor, que derrotó Nabucodonosor, rey de Babilonia: Así dice Yahvé: “Levantaos, marchad contra Cedar, y destruid a los hijos del Oriente.
29 Their tents and their flocks they will take; they will take away for themselves their curtains and all their vessels and their camels: they will give a cry to them, Fear on every side.
Se les quitarán sus tiendas y sus rebaños, las lonas de sus (tiendas) y todos sus utensilios; serán llevados sus camellos, y se les clamará: «¡Terror por doquier!»
30 Go in flight, go wandering far off, take cover in deep places, O people of Hazor, says the Lord; for Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, has made a design against you, he has a purpose against you in mind.
Huid, dispersaos por todas partes; escondeos en cavernas, moradores de Hasor, dice Yahvé; porque Nabucodonosor, rey de Babilonia, tiene resuelto un plan contra vosotros, y contra vosotros se dirigen sus pensamientos.
31 Up! go against a nation which is living in comfort and without fear of danger, says the Lord, without doors or locks, living by themselves.
Levantaos, dice Yahvé (a los caldeos), marchad contra un pueblo tranquilo, que habita confiado, dice Yahvé, sin puertas, sin cerrojos, todo aislado.
32 And their camels will be taken from them by force, and their great herds will come into the hands of their attackers: those who have the ends of their hair cut I will send in flight to all the winds; and I will send their fate on them from every side, says the Lord.
Sus camellos serán un botín, y una presa la muchedumbre de sus ganados. Esparciré a todos los vientos a los que se rapan las sienes; y de todos sus confines traeré su mal, dice Yahvé.
33 And Hazor will be a hole for jackals, a waste for ever: no one will be living in it, and no son of man will have a resting-place there.
Hasor vendrá a ser morada de chacales, un desierto perpetuo, no habitará allí hombre alguno ni morará hijo de hombre en ella.
34 The word of the Lord which came to Jeremiah the prophet about Elam, when Zedekiah first became king of Judah, saying,
Al principio del reinado de Sedecías, rey de Judá, recibió el profeta Jeremías esta palabra de Dios para Elam:
35 This is what the Lord of armies has said: See, I will have the bow of Elam, their chief strength, broken.
“Así dice Yahvé de los ejércitos: He aquí que romperé el arco de Elam, lo principal de su fuerza.
36 And I will send on Elam four winds from the four quarters of heaven, driving them out to all those winds; there will be no nation into which the wanderers from Elam do not come.
Soltaré contra Elam los cuatro vientos desde los cuatro puntos del cielo; y los dispersaré hacia todos estos vientos; y no habrá nación adonde no lleguen fugitivos de Elam.
37 And I will let Elam be broken before their haters, and before those who are making designs against their lives: I will send evil on them, even my burning wrath, says the Lord; and I will send the sword after them till I have put an end to them:
Porque haré temblar a Elam delante de sus enemigos, y delante de los que intentan su ruina; descargaré sobre ellos el mal, mi ira ardiente, dice Yahvé, y tras ellos enviaré la espada hasta acabar con ellos.
38 I will put the seat of my power in Elam, and in Elam I will put an end to kings and rulers, says the Lord.
Asentaré mi trono en Elam, y daré allí muerte al rey y a los príncipes, dice Yahvé.
39 But it will come about that, in the last days, I will let the fate of Elam be changed, says the Lord.
Pero en los últimos tiempos haré volver a los cautivos de Elam” —oráculo de Yahvé.
