Jeremiah 12

1 You [are] righteous, O YHWH, When I plead toward You, Only, let me speak judgments with You, Why did the way of the wicked prosper? All treacherous dealers have been at rest.

Justo eres Tú, oh Yahvé; por eso no puedo contender contigo; sin embargo déjame hablar de justicia. ¿Por qué es próspero el camino de los malvados y viven tranquilos todos los pérfidos?

2 You have planted them, Indeed, they have taken root, They go on, indeed, they have made fruit, You [are] near in their mouth, And far off from their reins.

Tú los plantaste, y ellos se han arraigado, crecen y producen fruto; te tienen en su boca, pero lejos de Ti está su corazón.

3 And You, O YHWH, You have known me, You see me, and have tried my heart with You, Draw them away as sheep to slaughter, And separate them for a day of slaughter.

Mas Tú, Yahvé, me conoces; me ves y sondeas lo que pienso de Ti. Arráncalos, como ovejas destinadas para el matadero, prepáralos para el día de la matanza.

4 Until when does the earth mourn, And the herb of the whole field wither? For the wickedness of those dwelling in it, Beast and bird have been consumed, Because they said, “He does not see our latter end.”

¿Hasta cuándo ha de llorar la tierra, han de secarse las plantas de todos los campos? A causa de la maldad de los que allí habitan perecen las bestias y las aves; por cuanto dijeron: “No verá Él nuestro fin.”

5 “For you have run with footmen, And they weary you, And how you fret yourself with horses! Even in the land of peace, [In which] you are confident—And how will you do in the rising of Jordan?

“Si tú corriendo con gente de a pie te fatigas, ¿cómo competirás con (los de a) caballo? Y si (apenas) en una tierra de paz te sientes seguro, ¿qué harás en los matorrales del Jordán?

6 For even your brothers and the house of your father, Even they dealt treacherously against you, Even they called after you fully, Do not trust in them when they speak good things to you.

Porque tus mismos hermanos y la casa de tu padre, aun estos te han traicionado; ellos mismos te persiguen con fuertes gritos; no te fíes de ellos cuando te traten con buenas palabras.”

7 I have forsaken My house, I have left My inheritance, I have given the beloved of My soul Into the hand of her enemies.

“He desamparado mi casa, he desechado mi heredad; he entregado el objeto de mi amor en manos de sus enemigos.

8 My inheritance has been to Me as a lion in a forest, She gave forth against Me with her voice, Therefore I have hated her.

Mi heredad ha venido a ser para Mí como un león en el bosque, que ruge contra Mí; por eso la aborrezco.

9 [Is] My inheritance a speckled bird to Me? Is the bird around against her? Come, assemble, every beast of the field, Come for food.

¿No es mi heredad para Mí ave de rapiña de varios colores, contra la cual se juntan otras aves de rapiña? ¡Andad, pues, y congregad a todas las fieras del campo; traedlas para que la devoren!

10 Many shepherds destroyed My vineyard, They have trodden down My portion, They have made My desirable portion Become a wilderness—a desolation.

Muchos pastores han destruido mi viña; han pisoteado mi heredad; han convertido mi deliciosa posesión en un desierto desolado.

11 He has made it become a desolation, The desolation has mourned to Me, All the land has been desolated, But there is no one laying it to heart.

La asolaron por completo, triste está ella delante de Mí; desolado y devastado está todo el país, sin que haya quien reflexione en su corazón.”

12 Spoilers have come in on all high places in the plain, For the sword of YHWH is consuming, From the end of the land even to the end of the land, There is no peace to any flesh.

Sobre todos los collados del desierto vienen los devastadores: porque la espada de Yahvé devora la tierra desde un confín al otro, y no habrá salvación para carne alguna.

13 They sowed wheat, and have reaped thorns, They have become sick—they do not profit, And they have been ashamed of your increases, Because of the fierceness of the anger of YHWH.”

Sembraron trigo y cosecharon espinas, se han fatigado sin sacar provecho. Avergonzaos de vuestras cosechas, a causa de la ardiente ira de Yahvé.

14 Thus said YHWH: “Concerning all My evil neighbors, who are striking against the inheritance that I caused My people—Israel—to inherit: Behold, I am plucking them from off their ground, And I pluck the house of Judah out of their midst.

Así dice Yahvé contra todos mis malos vecinos que atacan la heredad que Yo di en posesión a Israel, mi pueblo: “He aquí que los arrancaré de sus tierras, y sacaré a la casa de Judá de en medio de ellos.

15 And it has been, after My plucking them out, I turn back, and have pitied them, And I have brought them back, Each to his inheritance, and each to his land.

Mas después de haberlos arrancado, me apiadaré de nuevo de ellos, y los haré volver cada uno a su heredad, y cada cual a su tierra.

16 And it has come to pass, If they learn the ways of My people well, To swear by My Name, YHWH lives, As they taught My people to swear by Ba‘al, Then they have been built up in the midst of My people.

Y cuando aprendan el camino de mi pueblo, de modo que juren por mi nombre: «Vive Yahvé», como enseñaron a mi pueblo a jurar por Baal, entonces serán establecidos en medio de mi pueblo.

17 And if they do not listen, Then I have plucked up that nation, Plucking up and destroying,” A declaration of YHWH!

Pero si no quieren escuchar, arrancaré a tal nación, sí, la arrancaré y la destruiré” —oráculo de Yahvé.