Jeremiah 16
1 And there is a word of YHWH to me, saying,
Entonces la Palabra de Yavé vino a mí:
2 “You do not take a wife to yourself, Nor do you have sons and daughters in this place.”
No tomarás esposa para ti. No tendrás hijos ni hijas en este lugar.
3 For thus said YHWH, Of the sons and of the daughters who are born in this place, And of their mothers—those bearing them, And of their fathers—those begetting them in this land:
Porque con respecto a los hijos e hijas que nazcan en este lugar, a las madres que los den a luz y de los padres que los engendren en esta tierra, Yavé dice:
4 “They die painful deaths, They are not lamented, nor are they buried, For they are dung on the face of the ground, And are consumed by sword and by famine, And their carcass has been for food To the bird of the heavens, And to the beast of the earth.”
Morirán de muerte cruel. No serán llorados ni sepultados. Serán como abono sobre la superficie de la tierra. Serán consumidos por la espada y el hambre. Sus cadáveres servirán de comida para las aves del cielo y las bestias de la tierra.
5 For thus said YHWH: “Do not enter the house of a mourning-feast, Nor go to lament nor bemoan for them, For I have removed My peace from this people,” A declaration of YHWH, “The kindness and the mercies.
Yavé dice: No entres en casa del duelo, ni vayas a lamentar, ni los consueles, porque retiré de este pueblo mi paz, mi misericordia y mi compasión, dice Yavé.
6 And great and small have died in this land, They are not buried, and none lament for them, Nor does any cut himself, nor become bald for them.
En esta tierra morirán grandes y pequeños. No serán sepultados ni los llorarán, ni por ellos se harán incisiones, ni se raparán la cabeza,
7 Nor do they deal out to them for mourning, To comfort him concerning the dead, Nor cause them to drink a cup of consolations For his father and for his mother.
ni saldrán con pan para consolar a los que estén de luto por ellos, ni les darán la copa de consuelo por su padre o por su madre.
8 You do not enter a house of banqueting, To sit with them, to eat and to drink,”
Tampoco entres en la casa del banquete para sentarte a comer y beber con ellos.
9 For thus said YHWH of Hosts, God of Israel: “Behold, I am causing to cease from this place, Before your eyes, and in your days, The voice of joy, and the voice of rejoicing, The voice of bridegroom and voice of bride.
Porque Yavé de las huestes, ʼElohim de Israel, dice: Ciertamente Yo suspendo en este lugar, en los días de ustedes y ante ustedes, toda voz de gozo y toda voz de alegría, la voz del novio y la de la novia.
10 And it has come to pass, When you declare all these words to this people, And they have said to you, Why has YHWH spoken all this great evil against us? Indeed, what [is] our iniquity, and what [is] our sin, That we have sinned against our God YHWH?
Acontecerá que cuando anuncies a este pueblo todas estas cosas, te preguntarán: ¿Por qué Yavé pronuncia contra nosotros todo este mal tan grande? ¿Cuáles delitos o pecados cometimos contra Yavé nuestro ʼElohim?
11 Then you have said to them: Because that your fathers have forsaken Me, A declaration of YHWH, And go after other gods, and serve them, And they bow themselves to them, And have forsaken Me, and not kept My law,
Entonces les dirás: Porque sus antepasados me abandonaron, dice Yavé, fueron tras otros ʼelohim, se postraron ante ellos y les sirvieron. Pero a Mí me abandonaron y no observaron mi Ley.
12 You also have done evil above your fathers, And behold, you are each walking after the stubbornness of his evil heart, So as not to listen to Me.
Ustedes actuaron peor que sus antepasados, porque en verdad cada uno de ustedes sigue lo que le dicta su malvado corazón de tal modo que no me escucha.
13 And I have cast you from off this land, On to a land that you have not known, You and your fathers, And you have served other gods there by day and by night, Where I do not give grace to you.
Los echaré de esta tierra a una tierra que ustedes ni sus antepasados conocieron. Allá servirán a ʼelohim extraños día y noche, porque no les mostraré clemencia.
14 Therefore, behold, days are coming,” A declaration of YHWH, “And it is not said anymore, YHWH lives, who brought up the sons of Israel out of the land of Egypt,
Pero, ciertamente vienen días, dice Yavé, cuando ya no se dirá: ¡Vive Yavé, Quien sacó a los hijos de Israel de la tierra de Egipto!
15 But, YHWH lives, who brought up the sons of Israel out of the land of the north, And out of all the lands to where He drove them, And I have brought them back to their land, That I gave to their fathers.
Sino: ¡Vive Yavé, que sacó a los hijos de Israel de la tierra del norte y de todas las tierras adonde los echó! Porque los devolveré a su tierra, la cual di a sus antepasados.
16 Behold, I am sending for many fishers,” A declaration of YHWH, “And they have fished them, And after this I send for many hunters, And they have hunted them from off every mountain, And from off every hill, and from holes of the rocks.
Miren, enviaré muchos pescadores que los pesquen, dice Yavé. Después enviaré muchos cazadores que los cacen por las montañas y colinas, y por las hendiduras de las peñas.
17 For My eyes [are] on all their ways, They have not been hidden from My face, Nor has their iniquity been concealed from before My eyes.
Porque mis ojos están sobre todos sus caminos. No se me ocultarán, ni su iniquidad está encubierta de mis ojos.
18 And I have repaid a first—A second time—their iniquity and their sin, Because of their defiling My land, With the carcass of their detestable things, Indeed, their abominations have filled My inheritance.”
Pero primero les pagaré al doble su iniquidad y su pecado, porque contaminaron mi tierra con los cadáveres de sus ídolos y llenaron mi heredad con sus repugnancias.
19 O YHWH, my strength, and my fortress, And my refuge in a day of adversity, Nations come to You from the ends of the earth, And say, “Our fathers only inherited falsehood, Vanity, and none among them is profitable.”
Oh Yavé, Fuerza mía y Fortaleza mía, mi Refugio en tiempo de aflicción. A ti vendrán las naciones desde los extremos de la tierra y dirán: En verdad, nuestros antepasados heredaron mentira, vanidad en la cual no hay provecho.
20 Does man make gods for himself, And they—no gods?
¿El hombre se fabrica ʼelohim? ¡Pero esos no son ʼelohim!
21 “Therefore, behold, I am causing them to know at this time, I cause them to know My hand and My might, And they have known that My Name [is] YHWH!”
Por tanto ciertamente, esta vez les mostraré mi poder y mi fortaleza. Sabrán que mi nombre es Yavé.
