Jeremiah 2
1 Yahweh gave me another message
Me llegó la palabra de Yahvé, que dijo:
2 [to proclaim to everyone in Jerusalem. He said that I should tell them this] [MET]: “I, Yahweh, remember that you very much wanted to please me [long ago]. [You tried to please me like] a bride [tries to please her husband]; You loved me, and you followed me through the desert [DOU].
“Anda y grita a los oídos de Jerusalén, diciendo: Así dice Yahvé: Me acuerdo de la piedad de tu juventud, del amor de tus desposorios, y cómo me seguiste por el desierto, en una tierra donde no se siembra.
3 [At that time you] Israelis (were set apart/belonged only) to me; [you belonged to me like] the first part of the harvests belong to me [MET]. I promised to punish all those who harmed you, my people, and truly I did send disasters on them. [That happened because I], Yahweh, said [that it would happen].”
Israel es cosa santa para Yahvé, primicias de sus frutos; cuantos le devoran se hacen culpables; vendrá sobre ellos el mal —oráculo de Yahvé.
4 So, you [descendants of] [MTY] Jacob, all you people of [MTY] Israel,
Escucha la palabra de Yahvé, oh casa de Jacob, y todas las familias de la casa de Israel.
5 listen to what Yahweh says: “(What sin did I commit [RHQ] that caused your ancestors to turn far away from me?/Though your ancestors found no fault in me, they turned far away from me.) They worshiped worthless idols, and they themselves became worthless.
Así dice Yahvé: ¿Qué tacha hallaron en Mí vuestros padres, para alejarse de Mí, e irse tras la vanidad, haciéndose vanos ellos mismos?
6 They did not say, ‘Yahweh brought us [safely] out of Egypt, and he led us through a desert where there were a lot of pits; he led us where there was no water and where it was very dangerous, through a land where no one lives, and no one even travels. (So where is Yahweh now?/So he should be helping us now!) [RHQ]’
No decían: “¿Dónde está Yahvé, el que nos sacó del país de Egipto, el que nos condujo por el desierto, por una tierra yerma y barrancosa, tierra de sequía y de sombra de muerte, tierra por donde nadie pasa y no vive hombre alguno?”
7 And when I brought you into a very fertile land, in order that you could enjoy [all] the fruit and [other] good things that you would harvest, you caused the land that I promised to give to you to be unfit for me and to become disgusting/detestable to me.
Yo os introduje en una tierra fértil, para que comierais sus frutos y sus riquezas; pero vosotros, cuando entrasteis, contaminasteis mi tierra, y de mi heredad hicisteis una abominación.
8 [Your] priests also did not say, ‘(Where is Yahweh now?/Yahweh should be helping us now!)’ [RHQ] Those who teach/explain my laws do not [want to] know me, and [your] leaders have rebelled against me. [Your] prophets gave you messages from [their god] Baal, and they worship worthless idols.”
Tampoco los sacerdotes decían: “¿Dónde está Yahvé?” Los que guardaban la Ley no me conocían; los pastores se rebelaron contra Mí, los profetas profetizaron por Baal, y se fueron tras los que de nada sirven.
9 “So, I will accuse you in court. [In future years], I will say what your children and your grandchildren have done that is wrong. [That will happen because I], Yahweh, have said [that it will happen].
Por eso litigaré aún con vosotros, y con los hijos de vuestros hijos, dice Yahvé.
10 If you go [west] to the island of Cyprus, or if you go [east] to Kedar [land, ] and if you ask people in those places, they will tell you that no people [from their countries] have ever done the wicked things that you people have done!
Pasad a las islas de Kitim, y ved, enviad (mensajeros) a Cedar, e informaos bien, y ved si jamás ha acontecido cosa como esta.
11 The people of no other nation have ever [RHQ] abandoned their gods that they thought were glorious and started to worship gods that are not really gods, but you people have abandoned me, your glorious God, and are worshiping gods that are useless.
¿Acaso nación alguna ha cambiado de dios? —y ni siquiera son dioses aquellos— pero mi pueblo ha trocado su Gloria por lo que de nada sirve.
12 [It is as though everything in] the sky is surprised and dismayed/appalled [about what you have done]; [it is as though] they tremble because they are very horrified.
Pasmaos, oh cielos, de esto, horrorizaos y quedaos atónitos en extremo, dice Yahvé.
13 [You], my people, have done two evil things: You have rejected me, the one who is [like] [MET] a fountain [where you can obtain] fresh water, and you [are worshiping gods that are like] [MET] pits in the ground that are cracked and which are not able to hold any water.
Porque dos maldades ha cometido mi pueblo: Me han abandonado a Mí, fuente de aguas vivas, para excavarse cisternas, cisternas rotas, que no pueden retener el agua.
14 You Israeli people, you were certainly not [RHQ] slaves when you were born; you were captured [by your enemies].
¿Es acaso siervo Israel? ¿O vernáculo? ¿Cómo, pues, ha venido a ser presa?
15 [Your enemies] [MET] roared [like] lions, and they destroyed your land. [Now] your towns have been burned, and no one lives in them.
Rugieron contra él los leoncillos, y dieron sus bramidos, y convirtieron su tierra en un desierto; sus ciudades han sido quemadas y quedan sin habitantes.
16 Soldiers from Memphis and Tahpenes, [cities in Egypt], have [defeated you] [and] shaved your heads [to show that you are their slaves].
Los hijos de Menfis y de Tafnis trasquilan tu cabeza.
17 But it is [RHQ] because you abandoned [me], Yahweh, that these disasters have happened to you.
¿No te has acarreado esto por dejar a Yahvé tú Dios, al tiempo que Él te guiaba por el camino?
18 So (why are you trying to make an alliance with [MET] the rulers of Egypt?/it certainly will not help you to make an alliance with the rulers of Egypt) [RHQ]. Why are you trying to make an alliance with [MET] the rulers of Assyria who live near the [Euphrates] River?
Y ahora, ¿por qué vas a Egipto para beber el agua turbia? ¿Y por qué vas a Asiria para beber las aguas del Río?
19 [It is because] you have been [very] wicked that I [PRS] will punish you. It is because you have turned away from me that I [PRS] will condemn you. [When I do that], you will realize that painful and evil [DOU] things will happen to you because you have forsaken [me], Yahweh, your God, and you no [longer] revere me. [That will certainly happen because] I, Yahweh, the Commander of the armies of angels in heaven, have said it.
Tu misma maldad te condenará, y tú misma apostasía te va a castigar, para que sepas y veas cuan malo y amargo te es el haber abandonado a Yahvé tu Dios, y haber perdido mi temor, dice el Señor Yahvé de los ejércitos.
20 Long ago, you stopped obeying [me] [MET], and you would not allow [me] to lead you [MET]; you refused to worship [me]. Instead, you worship idols that are under trees on the top of every hill, and your young women have sex with [EUP] [men at those places].
Ya desde tiempo muy antiguo quebraste tu yugo, rompiste tus coyundas, y dijiste: “No quiero servir.” Porque sobre todo collado elevado, y bajo todo árbol frondoso te acostaste como ramera.
21 [It is as though] [MET] you were a grapevine that I planted when it was a cutting from a very good vine. So now it is disgusting that [RHQ] you have become [like] a rotten worthless vine.
Y Yo te había plantado cual vid selecta, toda de buena semilla. ¿Cómo, pues, has degenerado (convirtiéndote en) vid ajena?
22 Your guilt from your sins is like [MET] very bad stains on a cloth, and you cannot get rid of those stains even by using very strong soap. [This is true because I], Yahweh, have said it.
Por más que te laves con nitro, y por mucha lejía que emplees, tu iniquidad queda grabada delante de Mí —oráculo de Yahvé el Señor.
23 You say that you have not sinned. You say ‘We have not become unacceptable to God; we have not worshiped Baal.’ But think about [the disgusting things that you do very eagerly] in [Hinnom] Valley [outside Jerusalem]. You are like desperate female camels, running here and there [to find male camels to have sex with].
¿Cómo puedes decir: “No estoy contaminada, no he ido en pos de los Baales?” Mira tus caminos en aquel valle, reconoce lo que has hecho, dromedaria liviana que corre de un lado a otro,
24 You are [like] wild female donkeys in the desert. They sniff the air to find where the male donkeys are, and no one can [RHQ] restrain them. The male donkeys that want them do not become tired searching for them, because at mating time they find them [easily].
asna salvaje, acostumbrada al desierto, que en el ardor de su pasión olfatea el viento; ¿quién podrá contener el celo de ella? Ninguno de los que la buscan necesita fatigarse; en el mes de su (celo) la hallará.
25 You constantly run here and there [to find idols to worship], with the result that your sandals are worn out, and your throats have become dry. [I told you to stop doing that], but you said, ‘We cannot stop, because we love foreign gods, and we must worship them.’”
Guarda tu pie de la desnudez, y tu garganta de la sed; pero tú dices: “Es inútil, pues amo a los extraños, y tras ellos me voy.”
26 [Yahweh says this]: “A robber is disgraced when he is caught. And all of you, including your kings and priests and prophets, are similarly disgraced.
Como queda avergonzado el ladrón sorprendido, así quedarán avergonzados los de la casa de Israel, ellos, sus reyes, sus príncipes, sus sacerdotes y sus profetas;
27 You say to [a piece of] wood [that is carved to become a sacred idol], ‘You are our father!’ And you say to a stone [that you have set up], ‘You are our mother!’ You have rejected [IDM] me, but when you experience troubles, you cry out to me to rescue you.
que dicen al leño: “Tú eres mi padre”, y a la piedra: “Tú me has dado a luz.” Me han vuelto las espaldas y no la cara; mas cuando les toca la calamidad, dicen: “Levántate y sálvanos.”
28 Why do you not [RHQ] cry out to the gods that you made? You have as many gods as you have cities [and towns] in Judah. So why do you not plead with them to rescue you when you experience disasters?
¿Dónde están tus dioses, los que te has hecho? ¡Que se alcen, si te pueden salvar en el tiempo de tu calamidad! Tus dioses, oh Judá, son tan numerosos como tus ciudades.
29 You complain that it was wrong for me [not to have rescued you], but you have all rebelled against me.
¿Por qué entráis conmigo en juicio? Todos os habéis rebelado contra Mí, —oráculo de Yahvé.
30 I punished some of you, but you did not learn anything from my doing that. You have killed many of the prophets that I [sent to you], like [SIM] fierce lions kill [other animals].
En vano he castigado a vuestros hijos; ellos no hicieron caso de la corrección; vuestra espada ha devorado a vuestros profetas como león que destroza.
31 You people of Israel, pay attention to what I say. I have certainly [RHQ] never [abandoned you] in a desert; I have never [left you] in a land full of darkness. So, why do you, my people, say ‘We are free from God’s control; we will not return to [worship] God any more’?
¡Así es vuestra raza! Considerad ahora la palabra de Yahvé. ¿Por ventura he sido Yo un desierto para Israel, o una tierra de densas tinieblas? ¿Por qué, pues, ha dicho mi pueblo: “Libres somos, no volveremos más a Ti”?
32 A young woman would certainly never [RHQ] forget [to wear] her jewelry, and a bride would never [RHQ] forget to wear her wedding dress, but you my people have forgotten me for many years.
¿Se olvida acaso una doncella de sus atavíos o una novia de su ceñidor? pero mi pueblo se ha olvidado de Mí desde días sin cuento.
33 You know how to easily find [gods from other countries] whom you can love. You can find them as easily as a prostitute [can find men to sleep with].
¡Qué bien sabes tú disponer tus caminos para buscar amor! Por esto has acostumbrado tu conducta a las maldades.
34 Although you have on your clothes the blood of poor people whom you have murdered, people who (were innocent/had not done things that are wrong),
En la orla de tu (vestido) se halla la sangre de la vida de pobres e inocentes; no los sorprendiste en conato de robo, (los mataste) por cualquier otro motivo.
35 you say ‘We have not done anything that is wrong; so surely [Yahweh] is not angry with us.’ But I will punish [MTY] you [severely] for saying ‘We have not sinned.’
Y con todo dices: “Soy inocente, ciertamente su ira se ha apartado de mí.” Mira, Yo voy a entrar en juicio contigo, por cuanto dices: “No he pecado.”
36 Previously you requested [the army of] Assyria to help you, but they were not able to help you. Now you have requested [the army of] Egypt to help you, but they will not be able to help you, either.
¿Por qué corres de uno a otro, cambiando tus caminos? Serás burlado de Egipto, como lo fuiste ya de Asiria.
37 They will capture you, and you will be [their prisoners] [MTY], led to Egypt, [very ashamed] with your hands on your heads. That will happen because I, Yahweh, have rejected those [nations] that you are relying on, and they will not be able to help you at all.”
También de allí volverás con las manos sobre tu cabeza; pues Yahvé ha rechazado tus apoyos, y no tendrás suerte con ellos.
