Jeremiah 17
1 [Yahweh said, “It is as though a list of] the sins [committed by the people of] Judah is engraved with an iron chisel, or engraved using the fine point of a very hard stone, on the altars [where they worship idols]. And [it is as though] this list is engraved on their inner beings!
El pecado de Judá está escrito con punzón de hierro, y grabado a punta de diamante en la tabla de su corazón, y en los cuernos de sus altares;
2 [Even] their children are happy to go to the altars [to worship their gods], and to the poles [that represent the goddess] Asherah [at which their parents worshiped], shrines that are underneath all the big trees and on [all] the high hills.
ya que sus hijos siempre piensan en sus altares y sus ascheras, junto a los árboles frondosos, sobre los altos collados.
3 So, I will allow your enemies to capture [Zion], your holy hill, and all your wealth and your (treasures/valuable things), and [even] the shrines on all those hills, because of the sins that you people have committed throughout your land.
“Oh montaña mía plantada en el llano, entregaré al saqueo tus riquezas, todos tus tesoros, tus lugares excelsos, a causa del pecado en todo tu territorio.
4 The [wonderful] land that I gave to you will no longer belong to you. I will tell your enemies to take you to a land that you do not know about, and you will become their slaves. [I will do that] because I am extremely angry [with you]; my being angry is [like] a fire that will burn forever.”
Perderás por propia culpa tu herencia que Yo te di; y te haré servir a tus enemigos en un país desconocido pues habéis encendido el fuego de mi cólera, que arderá para siempre.”
5 This is [also] what Yahweh says: “[I] will curse/condemn those who trust in human beings [to help them], those who rely on their own strength and turn away from me.
Así dice Yahvé: “Maldito quien pone su confianza en el hombre, y se apoya en un brazo de carne, mientras su corazón se aleja de Yahvé.
6 They are like [dry] bushes in the desert, they are people who will not experience any good things. Those people will live in the barren desert in a salty area, where nothing grows.
Será como desnudo arbusto en el desierto; cuando viene el bien no lo ve; pues vive en la sequedad del desierto, en una tierra salobre y no habitada.
7 But I am pleased with those who trust in [me], Yahweh, and who confidently expect [me to take care of them].
Bienaventurado el varón que confía en Yahvé, cuya confianza es el mismo Yahvé.
8 Those people are like [SIM] fruit trees that have been planted along a riverbank, trees that have roots that go down into the [wet ground beside] the water. They are trees whose leaves remain green when it becomes hot, trees that continue to bear fruit when there are many months in which there is no rain.
Es como árbol plantado junto a las aguas, que extiende sus raíces hacia el río; no teme cuando llega el calor, permanece verde su hoja; no se inquieta en el año de la sequía, ni deja de dar fruto.
9 Human minds are extremely corrupt/deceitful, and you cannot change that. It is also completely impossible [RHQ] for anyone to understand that.
La cosa más dolosa y perversa es el corazón, ¿quién podrá conocerlo?
10 But I, Yahweh, search what is in everyone’s inner being, and I examine what they are thinking. I will give all people rewards, what they deserve for what they have done.”
Yo, Yahvé, que escudriño el corazón y pruebo los riñones, para retribuir a cada cual según su proceder, según el fruto de sus obras.
11 [I, Jeremiah, agree, because I know that] people who become rich by doing things that are unjust are like birds that hatch eggs that they (did not lay/stole from another nest). So, when those people have lived only half of the years [that they expect to live], their wealth will disappear. Then [other people will realize that] those rich people have been foolish.
Como la perdiz empolla huevos ajenos, así el que junta riquezas, mas no con justicia, a la mitad de sus días tendrá que dejarlas, y en sus postrimerías será un necio.”
12 Yahweh, your temple is [like] a glorious throne that is still on a high hill.
Trono de gloria, excelso desde el principio, es el lugar de nuestro Santuario.
13 You are the one whom [we] Israeli people confidently expect [to bless us], and all those who turn away from you will be disgraced. Their names will be written [only] in the dust, [and will soon disappear], because they have abandoned you, [who are like] [MET] a fountain where people obtain fresh water.
Oh Yahvé, Esperanza de Israel, todos los que te abandonan quedarán confundidos, los que se apartan de Ti, en la tierra serán escritos, por haber dejado a Yahvé, la fuente de aguas vivas.
14 Yahweh, [please] heal me, because [if you heal me], I will truly be healed. [If you] rescue me, I will truly be safe, because you are the [only] one whom I praise.
¡Sáname, Yahvé, y quedaré sano; sálvame, y seré salvo; porque Tú eres mi gloria!
15 People often ridicule me and say, “You tell us messages that you say came from Yahweh, but (why have the things that you predicted not happened?/those predictions have not come true!)” [RHQ]
Mira que ellos me dicen: “¿Dónde está la palabra de Yahvé? ¡Que se cumpla!”
16 Yahweh, you [appointed me to take care of your people like] a shepherd [takes care of his sheep] [MET]; I have not abandoned that work, and you know that I have not [previously] wanted this time of disaster [to come to people who ridicule me]. And you know everything that I have said [MTY] [to your people].
Yo no he rehusado ser pastor en pos de Ti, ni he deseado el día aciago, Tú lo sabes; lo que salió de mis labios fue recto ante Ti.
17 Do not cause me to be terrified! When disasters come/occur, you are the one to whom I will go to be safe.
No quieras causarme temor, Tú eres mi refugio en el día malo.
18 [So now], cause those who (persecute me/cause me to suffer) to be ashamed and dismayed, but do not [do things to me that will] cause me to be ashamed and dismayed. Cause them to be terrified! Do to them many things that will completely destroy them!
Sean avergonzados mis perseguidores, mas no quede avergonzado yo; tiemblen ellos, y no sea yo quien tiembla. Venga sobre ellos el día de la calamidad, quebrántalos con doble quebranto.
19 This is what Yahweh said to me: “Go to the city gates in Jerusalem. [First] go to the gate where the kings of Judah go in and out of the city, and [then] go to each of the [other] gates.
Así me dijo Yahvé: “Ve y ponte a la puerta de los hijos del pueblo, por donde entran y salen los reyes de Judá, y a todas las puertas de Jerusalén;
20 Say to the people [at each gate], ‘You kings of Judah and everyone [else] who is living in Jerusalem and all [you other people of] Judah who enter these gates, listen to this message from Yahweh!
y diles: Escuchad la palabra de Yahvé, reyes de Judá, y Judá entero, y todos los habitantes de Jerusalén, que entráis por estas puertas.
21 He says, “Listen to this warning carefully! [Stop doing work] on (Sabbath/our rest) days! Stop carrying loads through these gates [on those days]!
Así dice Yahvé: Guardad vuestras almas; no llevéis cargas en día de sábado, ni las paséis por las puertas de Jerusalén.
22 Do not carry loads out of your houses or do any [other] work on Sabbath days! Instead, cause Sabbath days to be (holy/set apart for me). I commanded your ancestors to do that,
No saquéis cargas de vuestras casas en día de sábado, ni hagáis labor alguna, antes bien, santificad el día de sábado, como Yo mandé a vuestros padres.
23 but they did not listen to me or obey me. When I did things to correct them, they stubbornly [IDM] refused to pay attention to what I said or to accept it.
Mas ellos no escucharon ni prestaron oídos, sino que endurecieron su cerviz, para no oír ni recibir la instrucción.
24 But I say that if you obey me, and if you do not carry loads through these gates [on Sabbath days] or do any other work on Sabbath days, and if you dedicate the Sabbath days to me,
Si de veras me obedecéis, dice Yahvé, y no introducís cargas por las puertas de esta ciudad en día de sábado, y santificáis el día de sábado no haciendo en él labor alguna,
25 kings of Judah [MTY] and [their] officials will [continue to] go in and out of these gates. There will [always] be someone who is a descendant of [MTY] [King] David ruling [here] [MTY] in Jerusalem. Kings and their officials will go in and out of these gates, riding in chariots and on horses, and there will be people living in this city forever.
entrarán por las puertas de esta ciudad reyes y príncipes, que se sentarán sobre el trono de David, montados en carrozas y caballos, ellos y sus príncipes, los varones de Judá y los habitantes de Jerusalén; y esta ciudad estará siempre poblada.
26 And people will come [to Jerusalem] bringing offerings to be completely burned [on the altar] and [other] offerings. They will bring to the temple grain offerings and incense and offerings to thank [me]. People will bring those offerings from the towns in Judah and the villages near Jerusalem and from the land [where the tribe] of Benjamin [lives] and from the western foothills and from the desert in the south.
Y de las ciudades de Judá y de los alrededores de Jerusalén, de la tierra de Benjamín y de la Sefelá, de la montaña y del Négueb vendrán gentes trayendo holocaustos y sacrificios, ofrendas e incienso, y ofrecerán sus alabanzas en la Casa de Yahvé.
27 But if you do not pay attention to what I say, and if you refuse to dedicate the Sabbath days to me, and if you [continue to] carry loads through these gates into the city on Sabbath days, I will burn these gates completely. The fire will spread to the palaces, and no one will be able to put out that fire.”’”
Pero si no me obedecéis en santificar el día de sábado, si al contrario lleváis cargas, entrando por las puertas de Jerusalén en día de sábado, encenderé en sus puertas un fuego, que devorará los palacios de Jerusalén; y no se apagará.”
