Jeremiah 23
1 "Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture." says the LORD.
¡Ay de los pastores que destruyen y dispersan las ovejas de mi prado! dice Yavé.
2 Therefore thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, against the shepherds who feed my people: "You have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them; look, I will visit on you the evil of your doings," says the LORD.
Por eso con respecto a los pastores que pastorean a mi pueblo, Yavé ʼElohim de Israel dice: Ustedes dispersaron mis ovejas, las ahuyentaron y no las atendieron. Ciertamente Yo los castigo por la perversidad de sus acciones, dice Yavé.
3 "I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all the countries where I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds; and they shall be fruitful and multiply.
Yo reuniré el remanente de mis ovejas de todas las tierras adonde las eché y las devolveré a sus prados. Crecerán y se multiplicarán.
4 I will set up shepherds over them, who shall feed them; and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall any be lacking," says the LORD.
Designaré para ellas pastores que las pastoreen. Ya no temerán ni se turbarán. Ninguna faltará, dice Yavé.
5 "Look, the days come," says the LORD, "that I will raise to David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.
Ciertamente vienen días en los cuales levantaré un Retoño justo para David, dice Yavé, y reinará como Rey. Obrará sabiamente, y ejecutará juicio recto y justicia en la tierra.
6 In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely; and this is his name by which he shall be called: 'The LORD our righteousness.'
En sus días Judá será salvado, e Israel vivirá confiado. Éste es el Nombre con el cual será llamado: Yavé, Justicia Nuestra.
7 Therefore look, the days come," says the LORD, "that they shall no more say, 'As the LORD lives, who brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt';
Miren, vienen días, dice Yavé, cuando ya no dirán: ¡Vive Yavé, Quien sacó a los hijos de Israel de la tierra de Egipto!
8 but, 'As the LORD lives, who brought up and who led the descendants of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all the countries where he had driven them.' They shall dwell in their own land."'
Sino: ¡Vive Yavé, Quien sacó y trajo la descendencia de la Casa de Israel de la tierra del norte y de todas las tierras adonde los echó! Y vivirán en su tierra.
9 Concerning the prophets: My heart within me is broken, all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine has overcome, because of the LORD, and because of his holy words.
A causa de los profetas, mi corazón está quebrantado dentro de mí, y todos mis huesos se estremecen. Fui como un ebrio, un hombre dominado por el vino, a causa de Yavé y a causa de sus santas Palabras.
10 For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourns; the pastures of the wilderness are dried up. "Their course is evil, and their might is not right;
Porque la tierra está llena de adúlteros. La tierra gime a causa de una maldición y los pastos de la llanura se secaron. La carrera de ellos es mala, y su poder no es recto.
11 for both prophet and priest are profane; yes, in my house have I found their wickedness," says the LORD.
Porque tanto el profeta como el sacerdote están contaminados. Aun en mi Casa hallo sus perversidades, dice Yavé.
12 "Therefore their way shall be to them as slippery places in the darkness: they shall be driven on, and fall in it; for I will bring evil on them, even the year of their visitation," says the LORD.
Por tanto su camino será como senderos resbaladizos. Serán empujados a la oscuridad y caerán en ella, porque traeré calamidad sobre ellos el año de su castigo, dice Yavé.
13 "I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied by Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.
Entre los profetas de Samaria vi esta locura: Profetizan por baal y extravían a mi pueblo Israel.
14 In the prophets of Jerusalem also I have seen a horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies; and they strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that none does return from his wickedness: they are all of them become to me as Sodom, and its inhabitants as Gomorrah.
Entre los profetas de Jerusalén vi algo horrible: Cometen adulterio, practican la mentira y apoyan las manos de los perversos para que nadie se convierta de su perversidad. Todos ellos fueron para mí como Sodoma, y sus habitantes, como Gomorra.
15 Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts concerning the prophets: 'Look, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall; for from the prophets of Jerusalem is ungodliness gone forth into all the land.'
Por tanto, con respecto a estos profetas, Yavé de las huestes dice: Ciertamente Yo les doy a comer ajenjo y a beber agua envenenada. Porque de los profetas de Jerusalén salió la blasfemia a toda la tierra.
16 Thus says the LORD of hosts, 'Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you: they teach you vanity; they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the LORD.
Yavé de las huestes dice: No escuchen las palabras de los profetas que les profetizan. Los alimentan con vanas esperanzas. Hablan visión de su corazón, no de la boca de Yavé.
17 They say continually to those who despise me, "The LORD has said, 'You shall have peace'"; and to everyone who walks in the stubbornness of his own heart they say, "No evil shall come on you."
Dicen atrevidamente a los que me desprecian: Yavé dijo: ¡Tendrán paz! Y a todo el que anda tras la terquedad de su corazón, le dicen: ¡No llegará mal sobre ustedes!
18 For who has stood in the council of the LORD, that he should perceive and hear his word? Who has marked my word, and heard it?
Pero, ¿quién estuvo en el secreto de Yavé, que oyó y escuchó su Palabra?
19 Look, the storm of the LORD, his wrath, has gone forth. Yes, a whirling storm. It shall burst on the head of the wicked.
Ciertamente la tempestad de Yavé sale con furia. Es una tempestad que se arremolina. Se precipita sobre las cabezas de los perversos.
20 The anger of the LORD shall not return, until he has executed, and until he have performed the intents of his heart: in the latter days you shall understand it perfectly.
La ira de Yavé no se apartará hasta que se ejecute y se realice el propósito de su corazón. Al final de los días entenderán claramente.
21 I sent not these prophets, yet they ran: I did not speak to them, yet they prophesied.
Yo no envié a esos profetas, pero ellos corrían. No les hablé, pero ellos profetizaban.
22 But if they had stood in my council, then had they caused my people to hear my words, and had turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.
Si hubieran estado en mi consejo, habrían proclamado mis Palabras a mi pueblo, y los habrían devuelto de su mal camino y la maldad de sus obras.
23 Am I a God at hand,' says the LORD, 'and not a God afar off?
¿Soy Yo ʼElohim solo de cerca, dice Yavé, y no ʼElohim de lejos?
24 Can any hide himself in secret places so that I shall not see him?' says the LORD. 'Do I not fill heaven and earth?' says the LORD.
¿Podrá alguien ocultarse, en escondrijos donde Yo no lo vea? dice Yavé. ¿No lleno Yo el cielo y la tierra?
25 'I have heard what the prophets have said, who prophesy lies in my name, saying, "I have dreamed, I have dreamed."
Oí lo que dicen los profetas que profetizan en mi Nombre y dicen: ¡Tuve un sueño, tuve un sueño!
26 How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets who prophesy lies, even the prophets of the deceit of their own heart,
¿Hasta cuándo? ¿Qué hay en el corazón de los profetas que profetizan mentira, que profetizan el engaño de su propio corazón?
27 who think to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams which they tell every man to his neighbor, as their fathers forgot my name for Baal.
¿Con los sueños que cada uno cuenta a su compañero, piensan lograr que mi pueblo olvide mi Nombre, así como sus antepasados olvidaron mi Nombre a causa de baal?
28 The prophet who has a dream, let him tell a dream; and he who has my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the straw to the wheat?' says the LORD.
El profeta que tenga un sueño, cuente ese sueño, y el que reciba mi Palabra, diga mi Palabra con fidelidad. Yavé dice: ¿Qué tiene que ver la concha de trigo trillado con el trigo?
29 'Isn't my word like fire?' says the LORD; 'and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?
¿No es mi Palabra como fuego, dice Yavé, y como un martillo que despedaza la roca?
30 Therefore look, I am against the prophets,' says the LORD, 'who steal my words everyone from his neighbor.
Por tanto, ciertamente Yo estoy contra los profetas, dice Yavé, que hurtan mis Palabras el uno del otro.
31 Look, I am against the prophets,' says the LORD, 'who use their tongues, and say, "He says."
En verdad Yo estoy contra los profetas, dice Yavé, que sueltan sus lenguas y dicen: Él dice.
32 Look, I am against the prophets who prophesy lying dreams,' says the LORD, 'and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their vain boasting: yet I did not send them, nor commanded them; neither do they profit this people at all,' says the LORD.
Ciertamente Yo estoy contra los que profetizan sueños mentirosos, dice Yavé, y los cuentan, y extravían a mi pueblo con sus mentiras y su temeridad. Porque Yo no los envié ni les di orden, y ningún provecho traen a este pueblo.
33 'When this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask you, saying, "What is the burden of the LORD?" Then you shall tell them, "You are the burden, and I will cast you off," says the LORD.
Cuando este pueblo, o el profeta, o el sacerdote te pregunte: ¿Cuál es la Palabra de Yavé? Les responderás: Ustedes son la palabra, y Yo los desecharé, dice Yavé.
34 As for the prophet, and the priest, and the people, who shall say, "The burden of the LORD," I will even punish that man and his house.
Si un sacerdote o uno del pueblo dice: ¡Palabra de Yavé! Lo castigaré a él y a su casa.
35 You shall say everyone to his neighbor, and everyone to his brother, "What has the LORD answered?" and, "What has the LORD spoken?"
Cada uno dirá a su compañero y a su hermano: ¿Qué responde Yavé? ¿Qué dice Yavé?
36 You shall mention the burden of the LORD no more: for every man's own word shall be his burden; for you have perverted the words of the living God, of the LORD of hosts our God.
Ya no digan: Palabra de Yavé, porque cada uno llevará sus propias palabras, ya que pervirtió las Palabras del ʼElohim viviente, de Yavé de las huestes, nuestro ʼElohim.
37 You shall say to the prophet, "What has the LORD answered you?" and, "What has the LORD spoken?"
Dirás al profeta: ¿Qué responde Yavé? ¿Qué dice Yavé?
38 But if you say, "The burden of the LORD"; therefore thus says the LORD: Because you say this word, "The burden of the LORD," and I have sent to you, saying, "You shall not say, 'The burden of the LORD'";
Pero si dicen: ¡Palabra de Yavé! Entonces, Yavé dice: Porque dicen esta palabra: ¡Palabra de Yavé! Aunque Yo envié a decirles: No digan: ¡Palabra de Yavé!
39 therefore, look, I will surely lift you up and I will cast you off, and the city that I gave to you and to your fathers, away from my presence:
Por tanto, ciertamente Yo los olvidaré por completo y los echaré de mi Presencia, juntamente con la ciudad que di a ustedes y a sus antepasados.
40 and I will bring an everlasting reproach on you, and a perpetual shame, which shall not be forgotten.'"
Impondré sobre ustedes afrenta perpetua y humillación eterna que no serán olvidadas.
