Jeremiah 2
1 Yahweh gave me another message
Me llegó el mensaje del Señor, diciendo:
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].
Ve y anuncia al pueblo de Jerusalén que esto es lo que dice el Señor: Recuerdo cuán devoto a mi eras cuando eras joven. Recuerdo cómo me amabas cuando eras mi novia. Recuerdo cómo me seguiste en el desierto, en una tierra donde no se cultiva nada.
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 era sagrado para el Señor, las primicias de su cosecha. Cualquiera que comiera esta cosecha era culpable de pecado, y experimentaba los resultados desastrosos, declara el Señor.
4 So, you [descendants of] [MTY] Jacob, all you people of [MTY] Israel,
Escuchen el mensaje del Señor, descendientes de Jacob, todos ustedes israelitas.
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.
Esto es lo que dice el Señor: ¿Qué les pareció a sus antepasados que se alejaron tanto de mí? Se alejaron para adorar ídolos inútiles, y como resultado se volvieron inútiles 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 se preguntaron: “¿Dónde está el Señor que nos sacó de Egipto, que nos condujo a través del desierto, a través de una tierra de desiertos y barrancos, una tierra de sequía y oscuridad, una tierra que nadie recorre y donde nadie vive?”
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.
Los llevé a una tierra productiva para que comieran todo lo bueno que allí crece. Pero ustedes vinieron y ensuciaron mi tierra, haciéndola ofensiva para mí.
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.”
Sus sacerdotes no preguntaron: “¿Dónde está el Señor?” Sus maestros de la ley ya no creyeron en mí, y sus dirigentes se rebelaron contra mí. Sus profetas profetizaron invocando a Baal y siguieron a ídolos inútiles.
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].
Así que voy a confrontarte de nuevo, declara el Señor, y presentaré cargos contra los hijos de tus hijos.
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!
Viajen a las islas de Chipre y echen un vistazo; vayan a la tierra de Cedar y examinen cuidadosamente para ver si algo así ha sucedido antes.
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.
¿Ha cambiado alguna vez una nación sus dioses? ¡Aunque no sean ni siquiera dioses en absoluto! Sin embargo, mi pueblo ha cambiado a su glorioso Dios por ídolos inútiles.
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.
¡Los cielos deberían estar espantados, escandalizados y horrorizados! declara el Señor.
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 mi pueblo ha hecho dos cosas malas. Me han abandonado a mí, la fuente de agua viva, y han cavado sus propias 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].
¿Son los israelitas esclavos? ¿Han nacido en la esclavitud? ¿Por qué se han convertido en víctimas?
15 [Your enemies] [MET] roared [like] lions, and they destroyed your land. [Now] your towns have been burned, and no one lives in them.
Los leones jóvenes han rugido contra ustedes; han gruñido con fuerza. Han devastado tu país; tus ciudades yacen en ruinas. Nadie vive allí.
16 Soldiers from Memphis and Tahpenes, [cities in Egypt], have [defeated you] [and] shaved your heads [to show that you are their slaves].
Los hombres de Menfis y Tafnes les han afeitado la cabeza.
17 But it is [RHQ] because you abandoned [me], Yahweh, that these disasters have happened to you.
¿No te lo has buscado tú mismo al abandonar al Señor, tu Dios, cuando te guiaba por el camino correcto?
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?
Ahora bien, ¿en qué te beneficiarás cuando vuelvas a Egipto a beber las aguas del río Sihor? ¿Qué ganarás en tu camino a Asiria para beber las aguas del río Éufrates?
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 propia maldad te disciplinará; tu propia desobediencia te dará una lección. Piénsalo y reconocerás qué amargo mal es para ti abandonar al Señor tu Dios y no respetarme, declara el Señor Dios Todopoderoso.
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].
Hace tiempo que rompiste tu yugo y te arrancaste las cadenas. “¡No te adoraré!”, declaraste. Por el contrario, te acostaste como una prostituta en toda colina alta y bajo todo árbol verde.
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.
Yo fui quien te plantó como la mejor cepa, cultivada a partir de la mejor semilla. ¿Cómo pudiste degenerar en una inútil vid silvestre?
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.
Ni siquiera la lejía y el jabón en abundancia pueden eliminar tus manchas de culpa. Todavía las veo, declara el Señor Dios.
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 te atreves a decir: “¡No estoy impuro! No he ido a adorar a los baales”. Mira lo que has hecho en el valle. ¡Admite lo que has hecho! Eres un camello hembra joven, que corre por todas partes.
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].
Eres una burra que vive en el desierto, olfateando el viento en busca de pareja porque está en celo. Nadie puede controlarla en la época de celo. Todos los que la buscan no tendrán problemas para encontrarla cuando esté en celo.
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.’”
No hace falta que corra descalza ni que se le seque la garganta. Pero tú respondes: “¡No, es imposible! Estoy enamorado de los dioses extranjeros, debo ir a ellos”.
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.
De la misma manera que un ladrón se siente culpable cuando es atrapado, así el pueblo de Israel ha sido avergonzado. Todos ellos: sus reyes, sus funcionarios, 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.
Le dicen a un ídolo de madera: “Tú eres mi padre”, y a uno de piedra: “Tú me diste a luz”. Me dan la espalda y me ocultan el rostro. Pero cuando están en apuros vienen a suplicarme, diciendo: “¡Por favor, ven a salvarnos!”.
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?
Entonces, ¿dónde están esos “dioses” suyos que se han fabricado? ¡Que vengan a ayudarlos cuando estén en apuros! Que los salven si pueden, porque ustedes, israelitas, tienen tantos dioses como pueblos.
29 You complain that it was wrong for me [not to have rescued you], but you have all rebelled against me.
¿Por qué se quejan ante mí? Son todos ustedes los que se han rebelado contra mí! declara el Señor.
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].
Fue inútil que castigara a tus hijos porque se negaron a aceptar cualquier disciplina. Usaste tus propias espadas para matar a tus profetas, destruyéndolos como un león feroz.
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’?
Pueblo de hoy, piensa en lo que dice el Señor: Israel, ¿te he tratado como un desierto vacío, o como una tierra de densas tinieblas? ¿Por qué dice mi pueblo: “¡Podemos ir donde queramos! Ya no tenemos que venir a adorarte”?
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.
¿Acaso una joven olvida sus joyas o una novia su vestido de novia? Sin embargo, mi pueblo me ha olvidado durante demasiados años para contarlos.
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].
¡Cuán astutamente buscas a tus amantes! ¡Hasta las prostitutas podrían aprender algo de ti!
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),
Además, tus ropas están manchadas con la sangre de los pobres y de los inocentes. No es que los hayas matado entrando en tus casas. A pesar de todo esto,
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.’
sigues diciendo: “¡Soy inocente! Ciertamente no puedes seguir enfadado conmigo”. ¡Escucha con atención! Te voy a castigar porque sigues diciendo: “Yo 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.
¡Eres tan inconstante que sigues cambiando de opinión! Terminarás tan decepcionado por tu alianza con Egipto como lo estuviste con 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.”
De hecho, irás al exilio con las manos en la cabeza como los prisioneros, porque el Señor no tendrá nada que ver con aquellos en los que ustedes confían; y ellos no les servirán de ayuda.
