Jeremiah 14
1 After there had been no rain [in Judah] for a long time, Yahweh gave me this message:
He aquí lo que dijo Yahvé a Jeremías con motivo de la sequía:
2 [The people in] Judah are very distressed; people [are sitting] on the ground and mourning; [in all of] Jerusalem people are crying loudly.
Judá está de luto, sus puertas languidecen; entristecidas se inclinan hacia el suelo y Jerusalén alza el grito.
3 The rich people send their servants to [wells] to get water, but [all] the wells are dry. The servants return with empty pitchers; they cover their heads [because they are ashamed and humiliated/disappointed and sad].
Sus nobles envían a sus criados por agua; van estos a los pozos, y no hallando agua se vuelven con sus cántaros vacíos, cubierta su cabeza a causa de la vergüenza y confusión.
4 The ground is extremely dry and cracked open because there has been no rain. The farmers are very worried, [so] they [also] cover their heads.
También los labradores se cubren por vergüenza la cabeza a causa del suelo que está rajado por falta de lluvia sobre la tierra.
5 Even the (does/female deer) abandon their newborn babies/fawns because there is no grass in the fields [for them to eat].
Pues hasta la cierva en el campo después de parir abandona (su cría), porque no hay pasto.
6 The wild donkeys stand on the barren hills, panting like [SIM] [thirsty] jackals/wolves. They become blind because there is no grass [to eat].
Los asnos salvajes se ponen encima de los riscos, aspirando el aire como chacales; desfallecen sus ojos, porque no hay cosa verde.
7 [The people say], “Yahweh, we have turned away from you and sinned many times, and now we know that we are being punished because of our sins, but please help us in order that everyone can see that you are very great [MTY].
“Aunque nuestras maldades testifican contra nosotros, trátanos, Yahvé, respetando tu Nombre; pues son muchas nuestras rebeldías; hemos pecado contra Ti.
8 You are the one whom [we] Israelis confidently expect [to do good things for us] when we have [many] troubles/difficulties. So, why do you [not help us]? You act as though you are a stranger in our land, like you are someone who is staying here for only one night.
¡Oh Tu, Esperanza de Israel, Salvador suyo en tiempo de angustia! ¿cómo es que estás cual extranjero en el país, cual pasajero que solo se detiene para pasar una noche?
9 Are you also surprised [about the terrible things that are happening to us]? Why do you act like you are unable to save anyone, even though you are a strong warrior? Yahweh, you are [here] among us, and [others know that] we are your people, [so] do not abandon us!”
¿Por qué eres Tú como un hombre atónito, como un valiente incapaz de salvar? Y sin embargo, Tú, Yahvé, estás entre nosotros, los que llevamos tu Nombre. No nos desampares.”
10 And this is what Yahweh says to those people: “You love to wander away [from me]; you run [MTY] from one [idol] to another. Therefore, now I will no [longer] accept you, and I will punish you for your sins.”
Así dice Yahvé respecto de este pueblo: “Esto les gusta: andar de un lugar a otro, sin dar descanso a sus pies; pero Yahvé no se complace en ellos: ahora se va a acordar de sus iniquidades, y castigará sus pecados.”
11 [Then] Yahweh said to me, “Do not pray for these people [any more].
Y me dijo Yahvé: “No ruegues para bien de este pueblo.
12 When they (fast/abstain from food in order to honor me), I will not pay any attention. When they bring [to me] their offerings [of animals] to be completely burned [on the altar] and their offerings of grain, I will not accept them. Instead, I will get rid of them by wars, by famines, and by diseases.”
Aun cuando ayunen no oiré sus clamores, y cuando ofrezcan holocaustos y ofrendas, no los aceptaré, sino que los extirparé con la espada, con el hambre y con la peste.”
13 Then I replied to him, “Yahweh [my] God, [their] prophets are telling the people that they will not experience wars [MTY] or famines. They are telling the people that you will surely allow us to have peace in our land [for many years].”
Entonces dije: “¡Ah, Señor, Yahvé! Mira cómo los profetas les dicen: «No veréis espada, ni tendréis hambre, antes bien, Yo os daré una paz segura en este lugar».”
14 Yahweh replied to me, “Those prophets say that they are speaking what I tell them to say [MTY], but they are telling lies. I did not send them, [so] what they are saying is false. They say that they have received visions from me, and that they are telling things that I have revealed to them, but that is not true. They are saying foolish things that they have only thought of themselves.
Y me respondió Yahvé: “Los profetas profetizan mentiras en mi Nombre; Yo no los he enviado, nada les he ordenado; no he hablado a ellos; visiones mentirosas, vanas adivinaciones e ilusiones de su propio corazón es lo que profetizan.
15 So this is what I say about those prophets who are predicting what will happen, saying that I told them those things: They are saying that we Israelis will not die from wars or famines, but I did not send those prophets. And they themselves will die from wars or from famines.
Por tanto, así dice Yahvé respecto de los profetas que profetizan en mi Nombre sin que Yo los haya enviado, y que dicen: «No habrá en el país ni espada ni hambre»: al filo de la espada y por hambre perecerán estos profetas;
16 And the people to whom they are predicting these things, they and their wives and their sons and their daughters, will [also die] from wars or from famines. [Their corpses will] be thrown into the streets of Jerusalem, and there will not be anyone to bury them. I will punish them like they deserve to be punished.
las gentes ante las cuales ellos profetizan, serán arrojadas por las calles de Jerusalén, víctimas del hambre y de la espada, y no habrá quien los entierre, a ellos, sus mujeres, sus hijos y sus hijas; y derramaré sobre ellos su maldad.
17 [So, Jeremiah], tell this to them [about yourself]: ‘Day and night my eyes are full of tears. I cannot stop crying. I cry for my people, who are [very precious to me, as if they were] [MET] my daughters. I cry for them because they have been severely wounded; they have been severely crushed [DOU].
Diles, pues, esta palabra: Derramen mis ojos lágrimas, noche y día, sin cesar, porque la virgen, hija de mi pueblo ha sido quebrantada con extremo quebranto, herida de gravísima plaga.
18 If I go out into the fields, I see [corpses of] people who have been slaughtered by our enemies. If I walk along the streets of the city, I see [corpses of people who died] from hunger. The prophets and the priests travel through the land, preaching to people, but they do not know [what they are doing] (OR, [in a land] that they know nothing about).’”
Si salgo al campo, veo a los que murieron por la espada, y si entro en la ciudad, a los extenuados por el hambre, pues tanto el profeta como el sacerdote andan errantes hacia un país desconocido.”
19 [Then I prayed this]: “[Yahweh], have you completely rejected [the people of] Judah? Do you really despise [the people of] Jerusalem [MTY]? Why have you [RHQ] wounded us very badly, with the result that we will never be healed? We hoped that we would have peace, but there was no peace. We hoped that there would be a time when we would be healed, but all that we received were things that terrified us.
¿Has rechazado del todo a Judá? ¿Aborrece tu alma a Sión? ¿Por qué nos has herido de muerte? Esperábamos la paz, y no hay bien; el tiempo de restablecernos y no hay más que espanto.
20 Yahweh, we admit/know that we are wicked people, and that our ancestors [also] did many wicked things. We have [all] sinned against you.
Reconocemos, oh Yahvé, nuestra maldad, la culpa de nuestros padres; ya que hemos pecado contra Ti.
21 But [Yahweh], in order that we may honor [MTY] you, do not despise/abandon us. Do not dishonor [the city where] [MTY] your glorious throne is. [Please] do not forget [us], and do not (break your agreement with us/stop doing what you agreed to do for us).
No nos rechaces, por amor de tu Nombre, no profanes el solio de tu gloria; acuérdate, no rompas tu alianza con nosotros.
22 Those idols that [have been brought from] other nations certainly cannot [RHQ] bring rain [to us], and the sky certainly cannot [RHQ] cause rain to fall. Yahweh our God, you are the only one who can do things like that. So we will confidently expect you [to help us].”
¿Hay acaso entre los ídolos de los gentiles quien pueda dar lluvia? ¿O pueden acaso los cielos enviar aguas? ¿No eres Tú, el Señor, Dios nuestro? En Ti esperamos, porque Tú haces todas estas cosas.
