Jeremiah 48
1 Against Moab, thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “Woe upon Nebo! For it has been devastated and confounded. Kiriathaim has been seized; the strong one has been confounded and has trembled.
Con respecto a Moab, Yavé de las huestes, ʼElohim de Israel, dice: ¡Ay de Nebo, porque es destruida, de Quiriataim, porque es avergonzada y capturada! La altiva fortaleza es avergonzada y destrozada.
2 There is no longer any rejoicing in Moab over Heshbon. They have devised evil. ‘Come and let us destroy it as a nation.’ Then you will be utterly silenced, and the sword will pursue you.
Ya no hay alabanza para Moab. En Hesbón diseñan calamidad contra ella. ¡Destruyámosla como nación! Tú también, Madmena, eres silenciada. ¡La espada te persigue!
3 A voice of clamor from Horonaim: devastation and great destruction!
¡El ruido de un clamor desde Horonaim: destrucción y gran quebrantamiento!
4 Moab has been crushed. Announce an outcry for her little ones.
Moab es destruido. Se oyen clamores agonizantes de sus pequeños.
5 For, along the ascent of Luhith, the mourner will ascend with weeping. For, on the descent of Horonaim, the enemies have heard the wailing of devastation.
Por la cuesta de Luhit suben con llanto incesante, y por la bajada de Horonaim el angustioso clamor de destrucción.
6 Flee, save your lives! And you shall be like a saltcedar tree in the desert.
Huyan, salven su vidas. Sean como el asno montés en el desierto.
7 For because you have had faith in your fortifications and in your storehouses, you too will be seized. And Chemosh will go into captivity: his priests and his leaders together.
Tú también serás capturada porque confías en tus logros y tesoros. Quemos será llevado en cautiverio junto con sus sacerdotes y sus magistrados.
8 And the despoiler will overwhelm every city, and not a single city will be saved. And the valleys will perish, and the fields will be destroyed. For the Lord has spoken.
Un destructor llega a cada ciudad para que ninguna escape. El valle también es arruinado, y la llanura destruida, como lo dijo Yavé.
9 Give a blossom to Moab. For it will depart when it is blossoming. And its cities will become desolate and uninhabited.
Den alas a Moab para que escape volando. Sus ciudades quedan desoladas, sin habitantes en ellas.
10 Cursed is he who does the work of the Lord deceitfully. And cursed is he who prohibits his sword from blood.
Maldito el que hace la obra de Yavé con negligencia. Maldito el que restrinja su espada de la sangre.
11 Moab has been fertile from his youth, and he has rested amid his brood. And he has not been transferred from vessel to vessel, nor has he gone into the transmigration. Therefore, his taste has remained with him, and his scent has not changed.
Desde su juventud Moab fue negligente. Sobre los sedimentos de su copa estuvo reposado. Nunca fue trasegado de una vasija a otra. Nunca estuvo en cautiverio. Por tanto conservó su gusto y no alteró su aroma.
12 Because of this, behold, the days are approaching, says the Lord, when I will send to him those who will line up and knock down his bottles, and they will knock him down and empty his vessels, and they will break their bottles against one another.
Así que ciertamente vienen días, dice Yavé, cuando Yo le enviaré tinajeros que lo trasieguen, vacíen sus tinajas y rompan sus odres.
13 And Moab will be confounded by Chemosh, just as the house of Israel was shamed by Bethel, in which they had faith.
Entonces Moab se avergonzará de Quemos, como la Casa de Israel se avergonzó de Bet-ʼEl, su confianza.
14 How can you say: ‘We are strong and robust men of battle?’
¿Cómo pueden ustedes decir: Somos poderosos guerreros y hombres valientes para la batalla?
15 Moab has been devastated, and they have cut down her cities. And her elect young men have descended to slaughter. So says the King, whose name is the Lord of hosts.
Moab está destruido. Sus ciudades desoladas. Sus jóvenes escogidos descendieron al matadero, dice el Rey, cuyo Nombre es Yavé de las huestes.
16 The passing away of Moab draws near and arrives. Its evil will rush forward with great speed.
La calamidad de Moab está cerca. Su aflicción se apresura velozmente.
17 Console him, all you who surround him and all you who know his name. Say: ‘How has the strong staff become broken, the glorious staff?’
Consuélense de él todos los que lo rodean, todos los que conocen su nombre y digan: ¡Cómo fue quebrado el cetro fuerte, un bastón de esplendor!
18 Descend from your glory, and sit in thirst, O habitation of the daughter of Dibon! For the destroyer of Moab has ascended to you; he has dissipated your fortifications.
Baja de tu gloria, y siéntate sedienta, oh hija que habitas en Dibón, porque sube contra ti el que estropea a Moab, el que destruye sus palacios amurallados.
19 Stand in the way, and gaze out, O habitation of Aroer! Question him who is fleeing, and say to him who has escaped: ‘What has happened?’
Detente en el camino, y observa, oh habitante de Aroer. Pregunta al que huye y a la que escapa: ¿Qué sucedió?
20 Moab has been confounded, because he has been conquered. Wail and cry out! Announce it in Arnon: Moab has been devastated,
Moab fue avergonzado porque fue quebrantado. Lamenten, lloren, y digan en el Arnón que Moab es destruido,
21 and judgment has arrived upon the land of the plains: upon Holon, and upon Jahzah, and upon Mephaath,
que la sentencia contra la llanura es ejecutada: Contra Holón, Jahaza y Mefaat,
22 and upon Dibon, and upon Nebo, and upon the house of Deblathaim,
contra Dibón, Nebo y Bet-diblataim,
23 and upon Kiriathaim, and upon the house of Gamul, and upon the house of Meon,
contra Quiriataim, Bet-gamul y Bet-meón,
24 and upon Kerioth, and upon Bozrah, and upon all the cities of the land of Moab, those far away and those nearby.
contra Queriot y Bosra, contra todas las ciudades de la tierra de Moab, las de lejos y las de cerca.
25 The horn of Moab has been cut away, and his arm has been crushed, says the Lord.
Cortaron el poder a Moab y su brazo está quebrantado, dice Yavé.
26 Inebriate him, for he has lifted himself up against the Lord. And Moab will thrust his hand into his own vomit, and also now he himself will become a derision.
Embriáguenlo porque se volvió arrogante contra Yavé. Moab se revolcará en su vómito. También será un objeto de burla.
27 For Israel had been a derision to them. It was as if you had discovered him among thieves. Because of your own words, then, which you have spoken against him, you will be led away captive.
¿No fue Israel un objeto de burla para ti? ¿O fue él sorprendido por ladrones? ¿Por qué mueves [despectivamente la cabeza] cuantas veces tú hablas de él?
28 Relinquish the cities, and live upon a rock, O inhabitants of Moab, and be like a dove nesting at the mouth of an opening at the summit.
Abandonen las ciudades y vivan en peñascos, oh habitantes de Moab. Sean como la paloma que anida en la boca de la cueva.
29 We have listened to the arrogance of Moab; he is very proud: his exaltation, and arrogance, and pride, and the loftiness of his heart.
Oímos con respecto al orgullo de Moab, que es muy altivo, de su arrogancia, de su orgullo e insolencia y exaltación de sí mismo.
30 I myself know, says the Lord, his boasting, and that his ability is not in accord with it, nor is it in accord with what he has been striving to do.
Yo conozco su cólera, dice Yavé, pero vano es aquello de lo cual se ufana. Vano es lo que hace.
31 For this reason, I will wail over Moab, and I will cry out to all of Moab, to the men on the brick wall who are lamenting.
Por eso me lamento por Moab. Clamo por todo Moab y gimo por los hombres de Quir-hares.
32 O vineyard of Sibmah, I will weep for you, with the mourning of Jazer. Your offshoots have crossed over the sea. They have reached even to the sea of Jazer. The despoiler has rushed over your harvest and your vintage.
Lloraré por ti más que por Jazer, oh viña de Sibma. Tus ramas se extendieron sobre el mar, y llegaron hasta el mar de Jazer. El destructor cayó sobre tus frutos de verano y tu cosecha de uvas.
33 Rejoicing and exultation has been taken away from Carmel and from the land of Moab. And I have taken the wine from the winepresses. The treader of grapes will no longer sing the usual rhythmic chant.
Cesaron la alegría y el regocijo de los campos fructíferos de la tierra de Moab. Cesó el vino de tus lagares. Nadie los pisa con clamor de júbilo, porque cesó ese clamor.
34 From the outcry of Heshbon, even to Elealeh and Jahzah, they have uttered their voice; from Zoar, even to Horonaim, like a three year old calf. So too, the waters of Nimrim will be very bad.
Desde Hesbón hasta Eleale y hasta Jahaza levantan su clamor como novilla de tres años, y desde Zoar hasta Horonaim, porque las aguas de Nimrim también son desoladas.
35 And I will take away from Moab, says the Lord, the one who makes offerings in exalted places, and the one who sacrifices to his gods.
También daré fin a Moab, dice Yavé, al que ofrece holocaustos en los lugares altos, y al que ofrece incienso a sus ʼelohim.
36 Because of this, my heart will resound for Moab, like the pipes, and my heart will make a sound like the pipes for the men on the brick wall. For he has done more than he was able, yet still they have perished.
Por eso mi corazón gime con sonido de flautas por Moab. Mi corazón gime con sonido de flautas por los hombres de Quir-hareset, porque se esfuman las riquezas que adquirieron.
37 For every head will be bald, and every beard will be shaved. All the hands will be bound together, and there will be haircloth on every back.
Toda cabeza está calva y toda barba rasurada. Hay sajaduras en todas las manos y tela áspera en las cinturas.
38 Over all the rooftops of Moab, and in its streets, everyone will mourn. For I have crushed Moab like a useless vessel, says the Lord.
Hay lamentación por todas partes sobre todas las terrazas de Moab y en sus calles, porque quiebro a Moab como una vasija en la cual no hay agrado, dice Yavé.
39 How was it conquered, so that they would wail? How is it that Moab has cast down his neck and been confounded? And Moab will be a derision and an example to everyone around him.”
Ellos lamentan: ¡Cuán quebrado está! ¡Cómo Moab avergonzado dio su espalda, así será Moab motivo de burla y terror para todos los que lo rodean!
40 Thus says the Lord: “Behold, he will fly like the eagle, and he will extend his wings to Moab.
Porque Yavé dice: Miren, uno se abalanza velozmente, como un águila con sus alas extendidas contra Moab.
41 Kerioth has been captured, and the fortifications have been taken. And in that day, the heart of the strong ones of Moab will be like the heart of a woman giving birth.
Es capturada Queriot y las fortalezas tomadas. De modo que aquel día los corazones de los hombres valientes de Moab serán como el corazón de una parturienta.
42 And Moab will cease to be a people. For he has been glorified against the Lord.
Moab es destruido hasta que deje de ser pueblo, porque se engrandeció contra Yavé.
43 Terror and the pit and the snare will overwhelm you, O inhabitant of Moab, says the Lord.
Terror, fosa, y trampa llegan sobre ti, oh habitante de Moab, dice Yavé.
44 Whoever flees from the terror will fall into the pit. And whoever climbs out of the pit will be seized by the snare. For I will lead over Moab the year of their visitation, says the Lord.
El que huya del terror caerá en la fosa, y el que salga de la fosa caerá en la trampa, porque traigo sobre Moab el año de su castigo, dice Yavé.
45 Those fleeing from the snare stood in the shadow of Heshbon. For a fire has gone forth from Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and it will devour the portion of Moab, and the top of the head of the sons of tumult.
Los fugitivos están sin fuerzas a la sombra de Hesbón. Un fuego sale de Hesbón, una llama de en medio de Sehón que devora las sienes de Moab y la coronilla de los hijos revoltosos.
46 Woe to you, O Moab! You have been ruined, O people of Chemosh! For your sons and your daughters have been taken into captivity.
¡Ay de ti, Moab! ¡Perece el pueblo de Quemos! Tus hijos van al cautiverio y tus hijas salen a la cautividad.
47 But I will convert the captivity of Moab in the last days, says the Lord.” Such are the judgments of Moab thus far.
En los últimos días restauraré a los cautivos de Moab, dice Yavé. Hasta aquí la sentencia contra Moab.
