Jeremiah 50
1 The word that the Lord has spoken about Babylon and about the land of the Chaldeans, by the hand of Jeremiah the prophet.
Palabra que habló el SEÑOR contra Babilonia, contra la tierra de los caldeos, por mano de Jeremías profeta.
2 “Announce it among the Gentiles, and make it known. Lift up a sign. Proclaim it and do not conceal it. Say this: ‘Babylon has been captured. Bel has been confounded. Merodach has been conquered. Their graven things have been confounded. Their idols have not survived.’
Denunciad en los gentiles, y haced saber; levantad también bandera; publicad, y no lo encubráis, decid: Tomada es Babilonia, Bel es confundido, deshecho es Merodac; confundidas son sus esculturas, quebrados son sus ídolos.
3 For a nation has ascended against her from the north, which will set her land in desolation. And there will be no one who may live within it, from man even to beast. For they have been removed and have gone away.
Porque subió contra ella gente del aquilón, la cual pondrá su tierra en asolamiento, y no habrá quien en ella more, ni hombre ni animal: se movieron, se fueron.
4 In those days and in that time, says the Lord, the sons of Israel will advance, they and the sons of Judah together. Weeping as they walk, they will hurry on, and they will seek the Lord their God.
En aquellos días y en aquel tiempo, dice el SEÑOR, vendrán los hijos de Israel, ellos y los hijos de Judá juntamente; e irán andando y llorando, y buscarán al SEÑOR su Dios.
5 They will ask the way to Zion; their faces will be set toward this place. They will arrive and will be joined to the Lord by an everlasting covenant, which nothing will wipe away into oblivion.
Preguntarán por el camino de Sion, hacia donde volverán sus rostros, diciendo: Venid, y juntaos al SEÑOR con Pacto eterno, que jamás se ponga en olvido.
6 My people have become a lost flock. Their shepherds have led them astray and have caused them to wander in the mountains. They have crossed from mountain to hill. They have forgotten their resting place.
Ovejas perdidas fueron mi pueblo; sus pastores las hicieron errar, por los montes las descarriaron; anduvieron de monte en collado, se olvidaron de sus majadas.
7 All whom they have found, they have devoured. And their enemies have said: ‘We have not sinned. For it is they who have sinned against the Lord, the beauty of justice, and against the Lord, the hope of their fathers.’
Todos los que los hallaban, los comían; y decían sus enemigos: No pecaremos, porque ellos pecaron contra el SEÑOR morada de justicia, el SEÑOR, esperanza de sus padres.
8 Withdraw from the midst of Babylon, and go forth from the land of the Chaldeans. And be like young goats before the flock.
Huid de en medio de Babilonia, y salid de la tierra de los caldeos, y sed como los mansos delante del ganado.
9 For behold, I am raising up, and I will lead against Babylon, a congregation of great nations from the land of the north. And they will be prepared against her, and from there she will be taken. Their arrows, like those of a strong man, a killer, will not return empty.
Porque he aquí que yo despierto y hago subir contra Babilonia reunión de grandes naciones de la tierra del aquilón; y desde allí se aparejarán contra ella, y será tomada; sus flechas como de valiente diestro, que no se tornará en vano.
10 And Chaldea will become a prey. All who lay waste to her will be filled, says the Lord.
Y la tierra de los caldeos será para presa: todos los que la saquearen, saldrán llenos, dice el SEÑOR.
11 For you exult and you speak great things, plundering my inheritance. For you have spread out like calves upon the grass, and you have bellowed like bulls.
Porque os alegrasteis, porque os gozasteis destruyendo mi heredad, porque os llenasteis como becerra de renuevos, y relinchasteis como caballos;
12 Your mother has been exceedingly shamed, and she who bore you has become equal to the dust. Behold, she will be the last among the nations, a desert, impassable and dry.
vuestra madre se avergonzó mucho, se afrentó la que os engendró; veis aquí las postrimerías de los gentiles: desierto, sequedad, y páramo.
13 By the wrath of the Lord, it will not be inhabited. Instead, it will be entirely desolate. Everyone who passes by Babylon will be stupefied and will hiss over all her wounds.
Por la ira del SEÑOR no será habitada, sino que asolada será toda ella; todo hombre que pasare por Babilonia se asombrará, y silbará sobre todas sus plagas.
14 Prepare yourselves against Babylon, on every side, all you who bend the bow. Make war against her! You should not spare the arrows, for she has sinned against the Lord.
Apercibíos contra Babilonia alrededor, todos los que entesáis arco; tirad contra ella, no escatiméis las saetas; porque pecó contra el SEÑOR.
15 Cry out against her! For where she has put forth a hand, her foundations have fallen, her walls have been destroyed. For it is the vengeance of the Lord. Take vengeance against her! Just as she has done, do so to her.
Gritad contra ella en derredor; dio su mano; han caído sus fundamentos, derribados son sus muros; porque venganza es del SEÑOR. Tomad venganza de ella; haced con ella como ella hizo.
16 Destroy the founder from Babylon, and the one who holds the sickle in the time of harvest. Before the face of the sword of the dove, each one will turn back to his people, and every one will flee to his own land.
Talad de Babilonia al sembrador, y el que tiene hoz en tiempo de la siega; delante de la espada opresora cada uno volverá el rostro hacia su pueblo, cada uno huirá hacia su tierra.
17 Israel is a scattered flock. The lions have driven him away. First, the king of Assyria devoured him. And last, this Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, has taken away his bones.
Ganado descarriado ha sido Israel; leones lo amontonaron; el rey de Asiria lo devoró el primero; este Nabucodonosor rey de Babilonia lo deshuesó el postrero.
18 Because of this, thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will visit the king of Babylon and his land, just as I have visited the king of Assyria.
Por tanto, así dijo el SEÑOR de los ejércitos, Dios de Israel: He aquí que yo visito al rey de Babilonia y a su tierra como visité al rey de Asiria.
19 And I will lead back Israel to his habitation. And he will pasture on Carmel and Bashan, and his soul will be satiated at mount Ephraim and Gilead.
Y volveré a traer a Israel a su morada, y pacerá en el Carmelo y en Basán; y en el monte de Efraín y de Galaad se saciará su alma.
20 In those days and at that time, says the Lord, the iniquity of Israel will be sought, and there will be none. And the sin of Judah will be sought, and none will be found. For I will be forgiving to them, whom I will leave behind.
En aquellos días y en aquel tiempo, dijo el SEÑOR, la maldad de Israel será buscada, y no aparecerá; y los pecados de Judá, y no se hallarán; porque perdonaré a los que yo hubiere dejado.
21 Ascend against the land of the rulers, and visit against its inhabitants! Scatter and destroy whatever has been left behind them, says the Lord, and act according to all that I have instructed you.
Sube contra la tierra de contumaces ( Merataim ), contra ella, y contra los moradores de la visitación ( Pecod ); destruye y mata en pos de ellos, dijo el SEÑOR, y haz conforme a todo lo que yo te he mandado.
22 A voice of war in the land, and great destruction!
Estruendo de guerra en la tierra, y quebrantamiento grande.
23 How has the mallet of the entire earth been broken and crushed? How has Babylon been turned into a desert among the nations?
¡Cómo fue cortado y quebrado el martillo de toda la tierra! ¡Cómo se tornó Babilonia en desierto entre los gentiles!
24 I have ensnared you, and you have been captured, O Babylon, and you did not realize it. You have been discovered and seized, because you provoked the Lord.
Te puse lazos, y aun fuiste tomada, oh Babilonia, y tú no lo supiste; fuiste hallada, y aun presa, porque provocaste al SEÑOR.
25 The Lord has opened his storehouse, and he has brought forth the instruments of his wrath. For there is work for the Lord, the God of hosts, within the land of the Chaldeans.
Abrió el SEÑOR tu tesoro, y sacó los vasos de su furor; porque ésta es obra del SEÑOR, Dios de los ejércitos, en la tierra de los caldeos.
26 Advance against her from the furthest regions! Open, so that those who will trample her may go out! Take stones from the road, and gather them into piles, and destroy her. And let there be nothing left of her.
Venid contra ella desde el cabo de la tierra; abrid sus alfolíes, hacedla montones, y destruidla; no le queden reliquias.
27 Scatter all her strong ones. Let them descend to the slaughter. Woe to them! For their day has arrived, the time of their visitation.
Matad todos sus novillos; vayan al matadero. ¡Ay de ellos! Que venido es su día, el tiempo de su visitación.
28 It is the voice of those who are fleeing and of those who have escaped from the land of Babylon: to announce in Zion the revenge of the Lord our God, the revenge of his Temple.
Voz de los que huyen y escapan de la tierra de Babilonia se oye, para dar las nuevas en Sion de la venganza del SEÑOR nuestro Dios, de la venganza de su Templo.
29 Announce it to the many in Babylon, to all who bend the bow. Stand together against her all around, and let no one escape. Repay her according to her work. In accord with all that she has done, do to her. For she has raised herself up against the Lord, against the Holy One of Israel.
Haced juntar sobre Babilonia flecheros, a todos los que entesan arco; asentad campo sobre ella alrededor; no escape de ella ninguno; pagadle según su obra; conforme a todo lo que ella hizo, haced con ella; porque contra el SEÑOR se ensoberbeció, contra el Santo de Israel.
30 For this reason, her young men will fall in her streets. And all her men of war will be silenced, in that day, says the Lord.
Por tanto, sus jóvenes caerán en sus plazas, y todos sus hombres de guerra serán talados en aquel día, dijo el SEÑOR.
31 Behold, I am against you, O proud one, says the Lord, the God of hosts. For your day has arrived, the time of your visitation.
He aquí yo estoy contra ti, oh soberbio, dijo el Señor DIOS de los ejércitos; porque tu día es venido, el tiempo en que te visitaré.
32 And the proud one will fall and be ruined. And there will be no one who may lift him up. And I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it will devour everything around him.”
Y el soberbio tropezará y caerá, y no tendrá quien lo levante; y encenderé fuego en sus ciudades, y quemaré todos sus alrededores.
33 Thus says the Lord of hosts: “The sons of Israel and the sons of Judah have endured calumny together. All who have seized them are holding them and refusing to release them.
Así dijo el SEÑOR de los ejércitos: Oprimidos fueron los hijos de Israel y los hijos de Judá juntamente; y todos los que los tomaron cautivos, se los retuvieron; no los quisieron soltar.
34 Their redeemer is strong. The Lord of hosts is his name. He will defend their case in judgment, so that he may terrify the land and disturb the inhabitants of Babylon.
El redentor de ellos es el Fuerte; el SEÑOR de los ejércitos es su Nombre; de cierto abogará la causa de ellos, para hacer reposar la tierra, y turbar a los moradores de Babilonia.
35 A sword is for the Chaldeans, says the Lord, and for the inhabitants of Babylon, and for her leaders, and for her wise ones.
Cuchillo sobre los caldeos, dijo el SEÑOR, y sobre los moradores de Babilonia, y sobre sus príncipes, y sobre sus sabios.
36 A sword is for her diviners, who will be fooled. A sword is for her strong ones, who will be afraid.
Cuchillo sobre los adivinos, y se atontarán; cuchillo sobre sus valientes, y serán quebrantados.
37 A sword is for their horses, and for their chariots, and for all the common people who are in her midst. And they will be like women. A sword is for her storehouses, and they will be plundered.
Cuchillo sobre sus caballos, y sobre sus carros, y sobre todo el vulgo que está en medio de ella, y serán como mujeres; cuchillo sobre sus tesoros, y serán saqueados.
38 A drought is over her waters, and they will be dried up. For it is a land of graven images, and they glory in portents.
Sequedad sobre sus aguas, y se secarán; porque tierra es de esculturas, y en ídolos enloquecen.
39 Because of this, dragons will live there with the fig fauns, and ostriches will live in it. And it will no longer be inhabited, even in perpetuity, nor will it be raised up, even from generation to generation.
Por tanto, allí morarán bestias monteses con gatos, morarán también en ella pollos de avestruz; ni más será poblada para siempre, ni se habitará de generación en generación.
40 Just as the Lord overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and their neighboring towns, says the Lord, no man will live there, and a son of man will not tend it.
Como en el trastornamiento de Dios a Sodoma y a Gomorra y a sus ciudades vecinas, dijo el SEÑOR, no morará allí hombre, ni hijo de hombre la habitará.
41 Behold, a people arrives from the north, and a great nation. And many kings will rise up from the ends of the earth.
He aquí viene un pueblo del aquilón; y una nación grande, y muchos reyes se levantarán de los lados de la tierra.
42 They will take up the bow and the shield. They are cruel and merciless. Their voice will sound out, like the sea, and they will ride upon horses, like a man prepared for battle against you, O daughter of Babylon.
Arco y lanza manejarán; serán crueles, y no tendrán piedad; su tropel sonará como el mar, y montarán sobre caballos; se apercibirán como hombre a la pelea, contra ti, oh hija de Babilonia.
43 The king of Babylon has heard the report about them, and his hands have been weakened. Anguish has overtaken him, like the pains of a woman giving birth.
Oyó su fama el rey de Babilonia, y sus manos se descoyuntaron; angustia le tomó, dolor como de mujer de parto.
44 Behold, he will ascend like a lion from the arrogance of the Jordan to the robust beauty. For I will cause him to rush upon her suddenly. And who will be the elect one, whom I may appoint over her? For who is like me? And who can endure me? And who is that pastor who can withstand my countenance?”
He aquí que como león subirá de la hinchazón del Jordán a la morada fuerte; porque haré reposo, y lo haré correr de sobre ella, y al que fuere escogido la encargaré; porque ¿quién es semejante a mí? ¿Y quién me emplazará? ¿O quién será aquel pastor que me podrá resistir?
45 Because of this, listen to the counsel of the Lord, which he has conceived in his mind against Babylon, and to his thoughts, which he has devised against the land of the Chaldeans: “Certainly the little ones of the flocks will pull them down, unless their habitation will have been destroyed with them.
Por tanto, oíd el consejo del SEÑOR, que ha acordado sobre Babilonia, y sus pensamientos que ha formado sobre la tierra de los caldeos. Ciertamente a los más pequeños del hato los arrastrarán, y destruirán sus moradas con ellos.
46 At the voice of the captivity of Babylon, the earth has been moved, and an outcry has been heard among the nations.”
Del grito de la toma de Babilonia la tierra tembló, y el clamor se oyó entre los gentiles.
