Jeremiah 2
1 Yahweh gave me another message
La Palabra de Yavé vino a mí:
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].
Vé y proclama a oídos de Jerusalén: Yavé dice: Yo recuerdo con respecto a ti la devoción de tu juventud, el amor de tu desposorio, de tu andar detrás de Mí en el desierto, en tierra no sembrada.
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 santo para Yavé, primicias de su cosecha. Todos los que comieron de ellas fueron culpables. La aflicción cayó sobre ellos, dice Yavé.
4 So, you [descendants of] [MTY] Jacob, all you people of [MTY] Israel,
Oigan la Palabra de Yavé, 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.
Yavé dice: ¿Qué injusticia hallaron en Mí sus antepasados por la cual se alejaron de Mí, siguieron tras la vanidad y se envanecieron?
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 preguntaron: ¿Dónde está Yavé, Quien nos sacó de la tierra de Egipto y nos condujo por el desierto, por tierra deshabitada y de sombra de muerte, tierra sedienta y sombría, tierra por la cual nadie cruza y en la cual 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.
Yo los introduje en una tierra fructífera para que comieran sus frutos y delicias. Pero cuando ustedes entraron, contaminaron mi tierra y convirtieron mi heredad en una repugnancia.
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.”
Los sacerdotes no preguntaban: ¿Dónde está Yavé? Los que manejan la Ley no me conocieron. Los magistrados también cometieron transgresión contra Mí. Los profetas profetizaban por baal y seguían tras lo que no aprovecha.
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 tanto, aún contenderé contra ustedes, y pelearé contra sus nietos, dice Yavé.
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!
Pasen a las costas de Quitim y miren. Envíen a Cedar y consideren atentamente, y vean si sucedió algo semejante a esto:
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.
¿Alguna nación cambió sus ʼelohim? Aunque ellos no son ʼelohim, pues mi pueblo cambió su gloria por lo que no aprovecha.
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.
¡Asómbrense, oh cielos y horrorícense por esto! Tiemblen muchísimo, dice Yavé.
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 hizo dos males: Me abandonaron a Mí, fuente de aguas vivas, y cavaron para ellos cisternas rotas que no retienen el agua.
14 You Israeli people, you were certainly not [RHQ] slaves when you were born; you were captured [by your enemies].
¿Israel es esclavo? ¿Es un criado nacido en casa? ¿Por qué entonces fue una 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.
Los leoncillos rugieron contra él, levantaron su rugido y convirtieron su tierra en una desolación. Sus ciudades están quemadas y sin habitante.
16 Soldiers from Memphis and Tahpenes, [cities in Egypt], have [defeated you] [and] shaved your heads [to show that you are their slaves].
Aun los hijos de Menfis y de Tafnes te raparon la coronilla.
17 But it is [RHQ] because you abandoned [me], Yahweh, that these disasters have happened to you.
¿No te sucedió todo esto porque abandonaste a Yavé tu ʼElohim cuando 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?
Ahora, ¿por qué tomas el camino a Egipto? ¿Para beber del Nilo? ¿Qué buscas en el camino a Asiria? ¿Beber las aguas del 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.
Tus propias perversidades te castigarán, y tus apostasías te reprenderán. Por tanto, reconoce cuán malo y amargo es que hayas abandonado a Yavé tu ʼElohim, y que el temor a Mí no está en ti, dice Yavé de las huestes.
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].
Desde antaño quebraste el yugo, rompiste tus ataduras y dijiste: ¡No quiero servir! Y sobre toda colina alta, y debajo de todo árbol frondoso te echabas como prostituta.
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 te planté como vid escogida con cepas genuinas. ¿Cómo, pues, te convertiste en una vid extraña?
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.
Aunque te laves con lejía y uses mucho jabón, la mancha de tu pecado permanece delante de Mí, dice Yavé.
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 ni fui tras los baales? Observa tu camino en el valle, y reconoce lo que hiciste. Tú eres una joven dromedaria desbocada que enreda sus caminos.
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 un asna montés acostumbrada al desierto que en el ardor de su deseo olfatea el viento. ¿Quién podrá reprimirla cuando está en celo? Los que la buscan no tienen que fatigarse, pues la hallarán en su ardor.
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 tus pies de andar descalzos, y tu garganta de la sed. Pero dijiste: ¡No hay remedio de ninguna clase! A extraños amé, y tras ellos seguiré.
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 se avergüenza el ladrón cuando es sorprendido, así se avergonzará la Casa de Israel, sus reyes y sus magistrados, 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.
los que dicen al leño: ¡Tú eres mi padre! Y a la piedra: ¡Tú me diste a luz! Ciertamente me dieron la espalda y no la cara, pero en el tiempo de su angustia me dicen: ¡Levántate y líbranos!
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?
Pero, ¿dónde están los ʼelohim que te hiciste? Que se levanten y te salven ellos en el tiempo de tu aflicción. Pues como el número de tus ciudades, oh Judá, así fue el número de tus ʼelohim.
29 You complain that it was wrong for me [not to have rescued you], but you have all rebelled against me.
¿Por qué contienden conmigo, si todos se rebelaron contra Mí? dice Yavé.
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 azoté a los hijos de ustedes. Ellos no recibieron corrección. La espada de ustedes devoró a sus profetas, como un león destructor.
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’?
¡Oh generación, atiende la Palabra de Yavé! ¿Yo fui para Israel como un desierto? ¿O una tierra de oscuridad? ¿Por qué dice mi pueblo: Somos libres, nunca más regresaremos 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.
¿Olvida una doncella sus adornos o una novia su atavío? Pues mi pueblo me olvidó un sinnúmero de días.
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 dispones tu camino para buscar amor! Por tanto, aun a las mujeres perversas enseñaste tus caminos.
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),
Aun en tus ropas se halló la sangre de los pobres, de los inocentes. No los sorprendiste en algún delito. Sin embargo, en todas estas cosas
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.’
dices: Soy inocente. Ciertamente su ira se apartó de mí. Mira, Yo entro en juicio contra ti, porque dijiste: No pequé.
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 hablas tanto al cambiar tu camino? También serás avergonzada por Egipto, como fuiste avergonzada por 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 saldrás de allí con las manos sobre la cabeza. Porque Yavé rechazó a aquellos en quienes tú confías, y no prosperarás con ellos.
