Jeremiah 51
1 This is what the Lord says: Look! I'm going to stir up a destructive wind against Babylon and against the people of Babylonia.
Yavé dice: Ciertamente Yo envío un viento destructor contra Babilonia y contra sus habitantes que se levantan contra Mí.
2 I will send foreign soldiers to attack Babylon to winnow her and turn her country into a wasteland—they will attack her from all directions when her time of trouble comes.
Enviaré aventadores contra Babilonia que la aventarán y vaciarán su tierra. Estarán contra ella en el día de su aflicción y en todo su alrededor.
3 The archer doesn't need to use his bow; the infantryman doesn't need to put on his armor. Don't spare her young soldiers; set apart her whole army for destruction!
Que no se vaya el arquero ni se retire el que se cubre con la coraza. No perdonen a sus jóvenes. Exterminen a todo su ejército.
4 They will fall down wounded in her streets, killed in the country of Babylonia.
Caigan muertos en la tierra de los caldeos y sean alanceados en sus calles,
5 Israel and Judah have not been deserted by their God, the Lord Almighty, even though they sinned against the Holy One of Israel everywhere in their country.
porque Israel y Judá no están viudas de su ʼElohim, de Yavé de las huestes, aunque su tierra esté llena de pecado contra el Santo de Israel.
6 Escape from Babylon! Run for your lives! Don't get caught up in her punishment and die, for this is the time when the Lord pays her back for her sins.
Huyan de en medio de Babilonia, y cada uno salve su vida. No sean destruidos en el castigo a ella. Porque es tiempo de venganza de Yavé. Él va a darle su retribución.
7 Once Babylon was a golden cup the Lord held in his hand. She made the whole earth drunk. The nations drank her wine which is why they went mad.
Babilonia fue una copa de oro en la mano de Yavé que embriagó a toda la tierra. Las naciones bebieron de su vino. Por tanto están enloquecidas.
8 Now, all of a sudden, Babylon has fallen. She has been smashed to pieces. Weep for her; get her some treatment for her pain. Maybe she can be healed.
¡Babilonia cae de repente y es quebrantada! Giman por ella. Tomen bálsamo para su herida. Tal vez pueda ser sanada.
9 “We tried to heal her, but she couldn't be helped. So give up on her! All of us should go home to where we came from. The news of her punishment has reached everywhere, all the way to heaven.
Quisimos sanar a Babilonia, pero no sanó. Abandónenla. Vayamos cada uno a nuestra tierra, porque su castigo llega hasta el cielo. Se levanta hasta las nubes.
10 The Lord has encouraged and supported us. Come on, let's tell people here in Jerusalem what the Lord has done for us!”
Yavé produjo nuestra vindicación. ¡Vayamos, anunciemos en Sion las proezas de Yavé nuestro ʼElohim!
11 Sharpen the arrows! Pick up the shields! The Lord has encouraged the kings of the Medes, because his plan is directed at the destruction of Babylon. The Lord is paying them back for what happened to his Temple.
¡Afilen las flechas y embracen el escudo! Yavé incita el espíritu de los reyes de Media, cuyo plan es destruir a Babilonia. Porque la retribución de Yavé es la venganza de su Templo destruido.
12 Raise the signal flag to attack the walls of Babylon; strengthen the guard; have the watchmen take their places; get the ambush ready. The Lord planned and carried out his threats against the people of Babylon.
¡Alcen bandera contra los muros de Babilonia! ¡Refuercen la guardia, pongan centinelas y dispongan celadas! Porque Yavé no solo propone, sino ejecuta lo que habló contra los habitantes de Babilonia.
13 You people who live beside by many waters, and have so much wealth, this is the time of your end—your life will be cut short.
¡Oh tú que vives junto a muchas aguas, y abundas en tus riquezas! Tu fin llega, la medida de tu fin.
14 The Lord Almighty vowed by his own life, saying, I'm going to make sure to fill you with so many enemy soldiers they'll be like locusts. They will shout as they celebrate their victory over you.
Yavé de las huestes juró por Él mismo: Aunque tu población sea más que las langostas, sobre ti alzan los gritos de victoria.
15 It was God who made the earth by his power. He created the world by his wisdom and by his understanding he put the heavens in place.
Él hizo la tierra con su poder. La estableció con su sabiduría y extendió los cielos con su entendimiento.
16 The waters of the heavens rain down with a roar at his command. He makes the clouds to rise all over the earth. He makes lightning to accompany rain, and sends the wind from his storehouses.
Las aguas en los cielos retumban a su trueno. Eleva las nubes desde el horizonte. Desata la lluvia con relámpagos y saca el viento de sus depósitos.
17 Everyone is stupid; they don't know anything. Every metalworker is embarrassed by the idols they make. For their images made of molten metal are fraudulent—they're not alive!
Todo hombre se embrutece por falta de conocimiento. Todo orfebre se avergüenza de su ídolo porque sus ídolos de fundición son un engaño, y no hay aliento en ellos.
18 They are useless, an object to be laughed at. They will be destroyed at the time of their punishment.
Son vanos, obra digna de burla. Ellos perecerán en el tiempo de su castigo.
19 The God of Jacob is not like these idols, for he is the creator of everything, including his own people that are special to him. The Lord Almighty is his name.
No es así la herencia de Jacob, porque Él es el Creador de todas las cosas. Israel es la tribu de su heredad. Su nombre es Yavé de las huestes.
20 You are my war club, the weapon I use in battle. I use you to destroy nations; I use you to destroy kingdoms.
Tú fuiste mi mazo y mis armas de guerra: Por medio de ti quebranté naciones, aniquilé reinos,
21 I use you to destroy horses and their riders; I use you to destroy chariots and their drivers.
destrocé caballos y jinetes, destrocé el carruaje de guerra y al que lo conduce,
22 I use you to destroy men and women; I use you to destroy old men and youths; I use you to destroy young men and girls.
quebranté hombres y mujeres, quebranté al anciano y al niño, quebranté al joven y a la doncella,
23 I use you to destroy shepherds and their flocks; I use you to destroy farmers and their cattle; I use you to destroy rulers and state officials.
quebranté al pastor y al rebaño, quebranté al labrador y su yunta, y quebranté gobernadores y magistrados.
24 Right in front of you I'm going to pay back Babylon and everyone who live in Babylonia for all the evil they did to Jerusalem, declares the Lord.
Pero ahora pagaré a Babilonia y a todos los caldeos todo el mal que hicieron a Sion en presencia de él, dice Yavé.
25 Watch out, because I am against you, you destructive monster who devastates the whole world, declares the Lord. I will reach out to attack you; I will roll you down the cliffs; I will turn you into a mountain of ash.
En verdad Yo estoy contra ti, oh volcán destructor, que destruyó toda la tierra, dice Yavé. Extenderé contra ti mi brazo y te echaré a rodar por las peñas. Serás un volcán extinguido.
26 Nobody will be even able to find themselves a cornerstone or a foundation stone among your ruins, because you will be so utterly destroyed, declares the Lord.
No tomarán piedra angular de ti, ni piedra para cimientos. Porque serás una desolación perpetua, dice Yavé.
27 Raise a signal flag in the country! Blow the trumpet call to war among the nations! Get the nations ready to attack her; Summon the kingdoms to march against her: Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Choose a commander to lead the armies to attack her; send into battle cavalry like a swarm of locusts.
Alcen estandarte en la tierra. Toquen trompeta entre las naciones. Convoquen a la guerra santa. Convoquen contra ella los reinos de Ararat, de Mini y de Asquenaz. Designen contra ella un capitán. Suban caballos como langostas erizadas.
28 Have the armies of the nations prepare for battle against her. This applies to the kings of the Medes, their leaders and all their officers, and every country they rule.
Consagren a las naciones contra ella, a los reyes de Media con sus oficiales y todos sus magistrados, y toda la tierra de su dominio.
29 The earth quakes and trembles because the Lord is determined to carry out what he threatened against Babylon—to turn Babylonia into a wasteland where no one lives.
Tiembla la tierra y se aflige, porque todos los planes de Yavé contra Babilonia son confirmados para convertir su tierra de Babilonia en una desolación despoblada.
30 Babylon's defenders have given up fighting—they're just sitting in their fortresses. They're worn out; they've become like frightened women. Babylon's houses are burning; the bars securing her gates have been smashed.
Los valientes de Babilonia dejan de luchar. Se quedan en sus fortalezas. Su fuerza está exhausta. Son como mujeres. Sus casas están quemadas, rotos los cerrojos de sus puertas.
31 A runner hands his message over to another to carry; one messenger follows another messenger, all of them alerting the king of Babylon to the news that his city has been completely conquered,
Un corredor releva a otro. Un mensajero releva a otro para anunciar al rey de Babilonia que su ciudad fue totalmente capturada:
32 the river crossings have been captured, the marshlands set on fire and his soldiers are panicking.
Los vados fueron tomados. Las fortificaciones fueron incendiadas. Los guerreros están consternados.
33 This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: The people of Babylon are like a threshing floor when the grain is trampled out. Her time of harvest will come very soon.
Yavé de las huestes, ʼElohim de Israel, dice: La hija de Babilonia era un granero en tiempo de trilla. Dentro de poco le viene el tiempo de la cosecha.
34 Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon chewed me up and sucked me dry, making me as empty as a jar with nothing in it. He swallowed me down as if he were some monster, filling himself with the tastiest parts of me and throwing the rest away.
Me devoró. Me aplastó Nabucodonosor, rey de Babilonia. Me dejó como vasija vacía. Me tragó como un monstruo. Llenó su estómago con mis mejores bocados y me echó fuera.
35 “Babylon must bear the responsibility for the violent attacks on us,” say the inhabitants of Zion. “The people of Babylonia must bear the responsibility for the blood shed in my city,” says Jerusalem.
Diga la población de Sion: Que mi carne pisoteada caiga sobre Babilonia. Diga Jerusalén: Que mi sangre derramada caiga sobre los caldeos.
36 This is what the Lord says: Watch as I present your case for you and make your enemies pay for what they did to you. I'm going to dry up her river and her springs.
Por tanto Yavé dice: Ciertamente Yo defenderé tu causa y ejecutaré completa venganza por ti. Secaré su mar y secaré sus manantiales.
37 Babylon will be turned into a pile of rubble, a home for jackals, a place that horrifies people, a place they jeer at, a place where no one lives.
Babilonia será una pila de escombros, guarida de chacales, sin habitante, objeto de horror y burla.
38 The Babylonians will roar together like powerful lions and growl like lion cubs.
Todos juntamente rugirán como leones. Gruñirán como cachorros de león.
39 But while their passions are aroused, I will serve them a banquet and get them drunk. They'll celebrate so much that they'll pass out and won't ever wake up, declares the Lord.
En medio de su calor les serviré banquete para que se embriaguen y estén alegres. Dormirán el sueño eterno y no despertarán, dice Yavé.
40 I will take them down like lambs to be slaughtered, like rams and goats.
Los bajaré como ovejas al matadero, como carneros y machos cabríos.
41 How could it be? Babylon has fallen! The most famous city in the world has been conquered! What a horrible sight Babylon has become to everyone watching!
¡Cómo es Babilonia capturada, el orgullo de toda la tierra! ¡Cómo se transforma Babilonia en una desolación entre las naciones!
42 It's as if the sea has flooded over Babylon, covering her in crashing waves.
El mar subió sobre Babilonia, y la inundó con sus tumultuosas olas.
43 The towns of Babylonia are in ruins, turned into a dry desert wasteland where no one lives—no one even passes by.
Sus ciudades quedan desoladas, como tierra seca y desierta, tierra donde nadie vive, donde no pasa algún hombre.
44 I will punish Bel in Babylon. I will force him to spit out what he swallowed. People of other nations won't run to worship him anymore. Even Babylon's wall has fallen.
Castigo a Bel en Babilonia y saco el bocado de su boca. Las naciones ya no acudirán a él. Hasta el muro de Babilonia se desploma.
45 My people, come out of her! Each one of you, save yourselves from the Lord's furious anger.
¡Salga fuera de ella, pueblo mío! ¡Sálvese cada uno de ustedes de la ardiente ira de Yavé!
46 Don't lose courage, and don't be afraid when you hear different rumors going around the country. There'll be one rumor one year, and another one the next, talking about violent revolution, of one ruler fighting against another.
No desmaye su corazón, ni tema a causa del informe que se oye en la tierra. Un año viene un rumor y el otro año otro rumor. Habrá violencia en la tierra, gobernante contra gobernante.
47 Look, the time is coming when I will punish Babylon's idols. The whole country will be humiliated; it will be full of the dead bodies of those who have been killed.
Porque ciertamente vienen días cuando Yo castigaré los ídolos de Babilonia, y toda su tierra será avergonzada. Los asesinados estarán tendidos en medio de ella.
48 Then everyone in heaven and on earth will celebrate with shouts of joy at what's happened to Babylon, because the destroyers from the north will come and attack her, declares the Lord.
Entonces el cielo y la tierra y todo lo que hay en ellos gritarán de júbilo sobre Babilonia, porque los destructores vienen sobre ella desde el norte, dice Yavé.
49 Babylon has to fall because of the Israelites and people of other nations she killed.
En verdad Babilonia cae por causa de los que asesinó en Israel, como también por causa de los que cayeron muertos por Babilonia en toda la tierra.
50 Those of you who have managed to escape being killed, leave now! Don't delay! Remember the Lord in this far away place; think about Jerusalem.
Los que escaparon de la espada, salgan, no se detengan. Invoquen a Yavé desde lejos. Que Jerusalén ocupe sus pensamientos.
51 “We are embarrassed because we've been mocked, and we held our heads in shame because foreigners went into the holy places of the Lord's Temple,”
Estamos avergonzados, porque oímos el reproche. La confusión cubre nuestras caras, porque los extranjeros entraron en el Santuario de la Casa de Yavé.
52 So keep watching, declares the Lord, because the time is coming when I will punish her for worshiping idols, and the sound of wounded people moaning will be heard throughout the country.
Por tanto, ciertamente vienen días, dice Yavé, cuando Yo destruiré sus ídolos, y los heridos mortalmente gemirán por toda su tierra.
53 Even if Babylon could climb up into the sky to strengthen her high fortresses, those I send to attack her will destroy her, declares the Lord.
Aunque Babilonia suba hasta el cielo, y se fortifique en las alturas, de mi parte le vienen los que la despojan, dice Yavé.
54 A cry comes from Babylon; the noise of terrible destruction comes from the country of Babylonia.
¡Sonido de un gran clamor desde Babilonia, de gran destrucción en tierra de los caldeos!
55 For the Lord is going to destroy Babylon; he will put an end to her boastful talk. The waves of attacking army will roar like the crashing sea; the noise of their shouts will echo all around.
Porque Yavé destruye a Babilonia y quita de ella su gran jactancia. Las olas de ellos rugen como muchas aguas, al estruendo que sale de las voces de ellos.
56 A destroyer is coming to attack Babylon. Her soldiers will be taken prisoner, and their bows will be smashed, for the Lord is a God who punishes fairly; he will definitely pay them back.
Porque el destructor llega contra ella, contra Babilonia. Sus valientes son apresados y sus arcos destrozados, porque Yavé es un ʼElohim de retribuciones. Él retribuirá por completo.
57 I will make her leaders and wise men drunk, along with her commanders, officers, and soldiers. Then they will pass out, and won't ever wake up, declares the King, whose name is the Lord Almighty.
Promoveré que sus oficiales, sus gobernantes, sus sabios, sus magistrados y sus poderosos se embriaguen y duerman un sueño eterno, del cual no despertarán, dice el Rey, cuyo Nombre es Yavé de las huestes.
58 This is what the Lord Almighty says: Babylon's massive walls will be knocked down to the ground and her high gates burned. All that the people worked for will be for nothing; other nations who came to help will wear themselves out, only to see what they've done go up in flames.
Yavé de las huestes dice: Los anchos muros de Babilonia son totalmente derribados. Sus altos portones son destruidos con fuego. En vano trabajaron los pueblos. Las naciones se esforzaron solo para el fuego.
59 This is the message that Jeremiah the prophet gave to Seraiah son of Neriah, son of Mahseiah, when he accompanied King Zedekiah of Judah to Babylon in the fourth year of Zedekiah's reign. Seraiah was the king's personal assistant.
Mensaje que el profeta Jeremías envió a Seraías, hijo de Nerías, hijo de Maasías, cuando iba con Sedequías, rey de Judá, a Babilonia en el cuarto año de su reinado. Seraías era el jefe de alojamiento.
60 Jeremiah had written on a scroll a description of all the disasters that would come to Babylon—all these words written here about Babylon.
Jeremías escribió en un rollo toda la aflicción que vendría sobre Babilonia, todas estas palabras escritas con respecto a Babilonia.
61 Jeremiah told Seraiah, “When you arrive in Babylon, make sure you read out loud everything written here,
Jeremías dijo a Seraías: Cuando llegues a Babilonia, y veas y leas todas estas cosas,
62 and announce, ‘Lord, you have promised to destroy this place so that none will be left—no people or animals. In fact it will be deserted forever.’
dirás: Oh Yavé, Tú hablaste contra este lugar para destruirlo, hasta que no quede habitante, ni hombre ni animal en él, sino que sea una desolación para siempre.
63 After you finish reading this scroll out loud, tie a stone to it and throw it into the Euphrates.
Cuando termines de leer este rollo, átale una piedra y lánzalo en medio del Éufrates,
64 Then say, ‘This is how Babylon will sink and won't ever rise again, because of the disaster I'm bringing down on her. Her people will grow tired.’” This is the end of Jeremiah's messages.
y dirás: Así se hundirá Babilonia. No se volverá a levantar por la aflicción que Yo envío contra ella, y ellos quedarán exhaustos. Aquí terminan las palabras de Jeremías.
