Jeremiah 15
1 Then Yahweh said [this] to me: “Even if Moses and Samuel could [come back from their graves and] and stand in front of me [and plead with me for these Israeli people], I would not act mercifully [IDM] toward these people. [I would tell you], ‘Send them away from me. Cause them to leave me!’
Me dijo Yahvé: “Aun cuando Moisés y Samuel se me pusieran delante, mi alma no se inclinaría hacia este pueblo. ¡Arrójalos de mi vista, y que se vayan!
2 And if they ask you, ‘Where shall we go?’, tell them, ‘This is what Yahweh says: The ones that I say must die, will die: The ones that I say must die in wars [MTY], will die in wars. The ones that I say must die from hunger, will die from hunger. The ones that I say must be captured [and taken to other countries], will be captured [and taken to other countries].
Si te preguntan: «¿A dónde hemos de ir?» les responderás: Así dice Yahvé: El que a la muerte, a la muerte; el que a la espada, a la espada; el que al hambre, al hambre; y el que al cautiverio, al cautiverio.
3 I will send four things that will get rid of them: I will send [enemy soldiers using] swords to kill them. I will send wild dogs to drag away [their corpses]. I will send vultures to eat [their corpses]. And I will send [other] wild animals to eat what remains [of their corpses].
Enviaré contra ellos cuatro azores, dice Yahvé: la espada para matar, los perros para arrastrar, las aves del cielo y las bestias de la tierra para devorar y destrozar.
4 Because of [the wicked things that] King Manasseh did in Jerusalem, I will cause [people in] all the kingdoms of the earth to be horrified about [what will happen in Judah to] my people.
Y los entregaré para que sean maltratados en todos los reinos de la tierra, por lo que Manasés, hijo de Ezequías, rey de Judá hizo en Jerusalén.
5 You [people of], no one will [RHQ] feel sorry for you. No one will [RHQ] weep/cry for you. No one will [RHQ] ask (how you are/if you are well).
¿Quién tendrá compasión de ti, oh Jerusalén? ¿quién se conmoverá por tu causa? ¿o quién se desviará del camino para preguntar cómo andas?
6 You people have abandoned me; you have continued to walk away [from me] [DOU]. So, I will lift up my fist to smash you; I will not act mercifully toward you any longer.
Tú me has abandonado, dice Yahvé; te has vuelto hacia atrás; por tanto extenderé mi mano contra ti, y te exterminaré; estoy cansado de perdonar.
7 At the gates of your cities, I will [scatter you like a farmer scatters the chaff from his grain by] (winnowing it/throwing it up to allow the wind to blow the chaff away) [MET]. You, my people, have refused to turn away from your evil behavior. [So], I will get rid of you, and I will even cause your children to be killed.
Los aventaré con el bieldo hasta las puertas del país, los privaré de hijos, exterminaré a mi pueblo; porque no dejan sus caminos.
8 I will cause there to be more widows [in Judah] than [there are grains of] sand on the seashore [HYP]. At noontime, [when people will not be expecting it to happen], I will cause [an enemy army] to attack you, an army that will destroy your young men and cause their mothers to weep. I will cause you to suddenly experience great suffering/pain and become very terrified.
Sus viudas serán más numerosas que la arena del mar; enviaré en pleno día un desolador contra la madre de los jóvenes guerreros; haré caer sobre ellos de repente angustia y terror.
9 A woman who has seven children will become faint and (gasp for breath/be hardly able to breathe); [it will be as though] daylight will become darkness for her, [because most of] her children will be dead, and she will be disgraced and humiliated [DOU]. And her children who are still alive, I will enable your enemies to kill them. [That will surely happen because I], Yahweh, have said it.’”
Desfallece la que dio a luz siete (hijos), desmaya su alma, se le ha puesto el sol cuando era aún de día; está avergonzada y abochornada, y los restantes de sus (hijos), los entregaré a la espada en presencia de sus enemigos”, dice Yahvé.
10 [I said to] my mother, “I am very sad; I wish that you had not given birth to me; everyone in this land opposes me and quarrels with me. I am not a person who lends [money to people and threatens to sue/harm them if they do not pay me back when they should], and I am not a person who borrows [money from others and then refuses to pay it back], but everyone [HYP] curses me.”
¡Ay de mí, madre mía! ¿por qué me diste a luz, hombre de contradicción como soy, y objeto de discordia para todo el mundo? A nadie he prestado dinero, y nadie me prestó a mí, y con todo cada uno de ellos me maldice.
11 But Yahweh replied to me, “[Jeremiah], I will take care of you. And at times when your enemies have troubles and disasters, they will [come to you and] plead for you [to help them].”
Así dijo Yahvé: En verdad, te libraré para bien tuyo, y te asistiré contra el enemigo en el tiempo del mal y de la angustia.
12 [Yahweh also told me to say to the people] of Judah, “Your enemies, who are [as strong as] iron or bronze, [will attack you] from the north; no one will be able to stop them.
¿Acaso es posible que el hierro rompa el hierro del Aquilón y el bronce?
13 I will give all the valuable possessions [of the people of Judah] to their enemies, without them paying for it. Their valuable possessions will be the payment/reward [that I will give them] because of all the sins that you have committed throughout your country.
“Entregaré tus bienes y tesoros al saqueo, los entregaré gratis por todos tus pecados, (que cometiste) en todo tu territorio.
14 I will tell your enemies to force you to become their prisoners, and to take you to other lands that you do not [even] know about, and force you to become their slaves. [That will happen] because I am extremely angry [with you]; my being angry is [like] [SIM] a fire that will burn forever.”
Haré que pasen con tus enemigos a una tierra que no conoces; porque se ha encendido un fuego en mi rostro que arderá contra vosotros.”
15 [Then I said], “Yahweh, you know [what is happening to me]. [Please] come and (help me/take care of me). Punish those who are (persecuting me/causing me to suffer). [Please] do not continue to be patient with them and do not allow me to die now. It is (for your sake/because I serve you) that I am suffering.
Tú lo sabes, oh Yahvé; acuérdate de mí, y ampárame, véngame de mis perseguidores; y no me arrebates en tu longanimidad (para con ellos), sábete que por Ti soporto oprobio.
16 Yahweh my God, you are the Commander of the armies of angels; and when you spoke to me, I was delighted with your message; it caused me to be joyful, and I eagerly accepted [MET] what you said because I belong to you. [IDM, MTY]
Cuando yo hallé tus palabras, me alimenté con ellas; y tus palabras me eran el gozo y la alegría de mi corazón, porque llevo el nombre tuyo, oh Yahvé, Dios de los ejércitos.
17 When the people were carousing together, I never joined them; I sat alone, because you [MTY] are the one who controls what I do. I was very angry [with those people because of their sins].
No me he sentado para gozarme en el conciliábulo de los que se divierten; bajo tu mano me he sentado solitario, pues me habías llenado de indignación.
18 So, (why do you [allow] me to continue to suffer?/I do not understand why you allow me to continue to suffer.) [RHQ] It seems that [RHQ] my wounds cannot be healed. [Sometimes you help me, sometimes you do not help me]. It seems that you are as undependable as a brook that has water in it only during certain seasons; you are like a spring that has dried up.”
¿Por qué no tiene fin mi dolor; y no admite remedio mi herida desahuciada? ¿Serás para mí como un (torrente) falaz, como aguas que engañan?
19 Then Yahweh [replied], “If you begin again to [trust in] me, I will restore you, in order that you can continue to serve me. If you proclaim good/valuable messages and not worthless ones, you will continue to be the one who speaks what I tell you to say. You must cause the people to pay attention to what you say; you must not pay attention to what they say.
Por esto, así me dice Yahvé: “Si te conviertes, Yo te restauraré, para que puedas estar ante mi rostro, y si separas lo precioso de lo vil, serás como boca mía; ellos han de volver hacia ti, pero tú no debes volverte a ellos.
20 They will fight against you, but I will protect you, like [SIM] people are protected from their enemies by a bronze wall. They will not defeat you, because I will be with you, and I will protect and rescue [DOU] you.
Haré que seas para este pueblo un fuerte muro de bronce. Ellos pelearán contra ti, mas no te vencerán, porque Yo estoy contigo para salvarte y librarte, dice Yahvé.
21 [Truly], I will keep you safe from those wicked people, I will rescue you when you are seized by cruel people. [That will happen because I], Yahweh, have said it.”
Te libraré de las manos de los malvados, y te redimiré del poder de los opresores.”
