Jeremiah 22
1 This is another message that Yahweh gave [to me]: “Go down to the palace of the king of Judah and say this to him:
Esto es lo que el Señor ha dicho: desciende a la casa del rey de Judá y dale esta palabra:
2 ‘You are the king of Judah. You are the ruler [MTY], like King David was. You and your officials and your people must listen
Y di: Escucha la palabra del Señor, rey de Judá, sentado en el trono de David, tú y tus siervos y tu gente que entra por estas puertas.
3 to what Yahweh says: “Act fairly and justly. Do what is right. Help those who have been robbed. Rescue people from those who oppress them. Stop doing evil things. Do not mistreat those who have come here from other countries, and do not mistreat orphans and widows. Stop murdering here [in Jerusalem] [MTY] those who (are innocent/have not done things that are wrong).
Esto es lo que el Señor ha dicho: Haz lo que es correcto, juzga con rectitud y libérate de las manos del cruel a quien ha quitado violentamente los bienes: no hagas nada malo ni seas violento con el hombre extranjero, el huérfano y la viuda, y que no se condene a muerte a los que no han hecho nada malo en este lugar.
4 If you obey those commands carefully, there will [always] be some descendant of King David who will be ruling here [MTY] [in Jerusalem]. The king and his officials and other people will ride through the gates of the city in chariots and on horses.
Porque si realmente haces esto, entonces entrarán por las puertas de esta casa, reyes y se sentarán en el trono de David, yendo en carruajes y a caballo, él, sus sirvientes y su gente.
5 But if you refuse to pay attention to those commands, I, Yahweh, solemnly declare, with myself [MTY] as a witness, that this palace will become a pile of rubble.”’”
Pero si no escuchas estas palabras, te doy mi juramento, dice el Señor, que esta casa se convertirá en ruinas.
6 And this is what Yahweh says about the king’s palace: “[I like] this palace, like I like the forests in the Gilead [region] and the mountains in Lebanon. But I will cause this palace to become a desert, a place that no one lives in.
Porque esto es lo que el Señor ha dicho acerca de la familia del rey de Judá: tú eres como Galaad para mí y la parte superior del Líbano; pero, en verdad, te haré desperdiciar, como ciudades sin habitantes.
7 I will summon enemy troops who will destroy this palace; each of their soldiers will use his own tools [to wreck the building]. They will cut into pieces the beautiful big cedar [beams] and throw them into a fire.”
Y prepararé a los que traerán destrucción sobre ti, todos armados para la guerra; por ellos serán cortados tus cedros escogidos y los pondrán en el fuego.
8 People from many nations will walk past [the ruins of] this city and say to each other, “Why did Yahweh destroy this city that was [very] great?”
Y naciones de todos lados pasarán por este pueblo, y cada uno dirá a su prójimo: ¿Por qué ha hecho el Señor tales cosas a este gran pueblo?
9 And [other] people will reply, “[He did it] because his people stopped obeying the agreement that they had made with Yahweh their God. Instead, they worshiped [DOU] other gods.”
Y ellos dirán: Porque renunciaron al pacto del Señor su Dios, y se convirtieron en adoradores y siervos de otros dioses.
10 [Yahweh also says, ] “Do not mourn for King [Josiah]; do not cry because he has died. Instead, mourn for [King Jehoahaz, his son], [because] he will be captured and taken to another country, and he will never return to see his own country, [Judah], again.”
No lloren por los muertos, ni hagan cánticos de pena por él, sino que lloren por el que se ha ido, porque nunca volverá, no volverá a ver el país de su nacimiento.
11 Jehoahaz became king after his father, King Josiah, [died], but Jehoahaz indeed was captured and taken [to Babylonia]. And this is what Yahweh says about him: “He also will never return [to Judah].
Porque esto es lo que el Señor ha dicho acerca de Salum, el hijo de Josías, rey de Judá, quien se convirtió en rey en lugar de Josías su padre, que salió de este lugar; nunca más volverá allí.
12 He will die in that far-away country and will never see his own country again.”
Pero la muerte vendrá a él en el lugar donde lo han llevado prisionero, y nunca volverá a ver esta tierra.
13 [And Yahweh said to me], “Terrible things will happen to [King Jehoahaz’s brother, King Jehoiakim]. He unjustly [forced men to] build his palace. The rooms on the upper level were built [by men who were forced] unjustly [to do that work]; he forced his neighbors to work for nothing; he did not pay them anything.
Hay una maldición sobre el que está construyendo su casa por malas acciones, y sus habitaciones por hacer lo que no está bien; quien hace uso de su vecino sin pago, y no le da nada por su trabajo;
14 He said, ‘I will [force my workers to] build a huge beautiful palace with very large rooms and [many] windows. They will cover the walls with [fragrant] cedar panels/timber and paint them bright red.’”
Quien dice: Haré una casa amplia para mí, y habitaciones de gran tamaño, y le abre ventanas, y la tiene cubierta con cedro y pintada con rojo brillante.
15 But it is certainly not [RHQ] having a beautiful cedar palace that causes a king to be great! Jehoiakim’s father, Josiah, also had [RHQ] plenty of things to eat and drink. But Josiah always did things that are right and just, and that is why God blessed him.
¿Serás un rey porque usas más el cedro que tu padre? ¿Acaso tu padre no comió y bebió, e hizo lo correcto, juzgando con justicia, y entonces le fue bien a él?
16 Josiah acted justly/fairly and helped poor and needy people, so things went well for him. Yahweh says, “That is [RHQ] the way a person should behave who knows me.
Él fue juez en la causa de los pobres y de los necesitados; entonces le fue bien ¿No era esto por tener conocimiento de mí? dice el Señor.
17 But [Jehoiakim], you [MTY] are greedy and desire only to obtain things by acting dishonestly. You murder [MTY] innocent people, you oppress poor people, and you treat people cruelly and violently.”
Pero tus ojos y tu corazón están fijos sólo en beneficio propio, en causar la muerte de aquel que no ha hecho nada malo, y en actos violentos y crueles.
18 Therefore, this is what Yahweh says about Jehoiakim, the son of King Josiah: “[When he dies], people will not mourn for him. They will not say to each other, ‘It is very sad; we are so sorry!’ The people whom he ruled will not mourn for him, saying, ‘We are sad that our king is dead; we are so sorry that the wonderful things [that happened while he was king are ended].’
Esto es lo que el Señor ha dicho acerca de Joacim, hijo de Josías, rey de Judá: No llorarán por él, diciendo: ¡Ah, hermano mío! o, ¡ah hermana! no llorarán por él, diciendo: ¡Ah señor! o, ¡Ah, su majestad!
19 [When he dies, people will do to] his corpse what they do to a dead donkey; his [corpse] will be dragged out of Jerusalem and dumped outside the gates!
Le harán lo que le hacen al cuerpo de un asno; Su cuerpo será sacado y colocado sobre la tierra fuera de las puertas de Jerusalén.
20 [You people of Judah], go to [the mountains in] Lebanon and weep, shout in the [mountains of the] Bashan [region], cry out in [the mountains of] Moab, because all your friends [in those areas] have been destroyed.
Sube al Líbano y da un grito; que tu voz sea fuerte en Basán, clamando desde Abarim; Porque todos tus amantes han llegado a la destrucción.
21 When you were prosperous, I warned you, but you replied, ‘We will not pay attention [to what you say].’ You have been acting like that since you were young; you have never obeyed me.
Mi palabra vino a ti en el tiempo de tu bienestar; Pero dijiste: No oiré. Este ha sido tu camino desde tu juventud, no prestó atención a mi voz.
22 [So, now I will punish] all your leaders; [it will be as though] they have been blown away by the wind. They will be captured [by your enemies] and taken to another country. When that happens, you will [truly] be ashamed and disgraced because of all the wicked things [that you have done].
Todos los guardianes de tus ovejas serán arrastrados por el viento, y tus amantes serán llevados prisioneros; en verdad, serás avergonzada y no serás acogida por toda tu maldad.
23 [Now, your king] enjoys living in the cedar rooms in his palace, but [soon] he will be punished, and then he will groan like [SIM] a woman who is giving birth to a baby.”
¡Oh, tú, que vives en el Líbano, viviendo en los cedros, como gemirás cuando te vengan los dolores, como en una mujer en el parto!
24 Yahweh says this: “Jehoiachin, son of King Jehoiakim of Judah, as surely as I am alive, [I will punish you]. Even if you were the ring on my finger that shows that I am the king, I would pull you off.
Por mi vida, dice el Señor, incluso si Jeconia, el hijo de Joacim, rey de Judá, era el anillo de mi mano derecha, incluso desde allí te haría arrancar;
25 You are afraid of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and his huge army, [because] they are wanting to kill you. I will enable them to capture you.
Y te entregaré en manos de aquellos que desean tu muerte, y en manos de aquellos a quienes temes, incluso en manos de Nabucodonosor, rey de Babilonia, y en manos de los caldeos.
26 I will expel you and your mother [from this land], and you will be taken to another country. Neither of you was born there, but you will both die there.
Te enviaré a ti, ya tu madre que te dio a luz, a otro país, no a la tierra de tu nacimiento; y allí vendrá la muerte a ti.
27 You will never return to this land that you will very much desire to return to.”
Pero a la tierra en la que se fija el deseo de su alma, nunca volverán.
28 [Someone said, ] “Jehoiachin will be [RHQ] like a broken pot that is despised and which no one wants. He and his children will be (exiled/forced to go) to a foreign land.
¿Es este hombre Jeconías un vaso roto que no tiene valor? ¿Es un vaso en el que no hay placer? ¿Por qué son enviados violentamente, él y su simiente, a una tierra que les es extraña?
29 [I want] the people in this land to listen carefully to this message from Yahweh.”
¡Oh tierra, tierra, tierra, escucha la palabra del Señor!
30 This is what Yahweh says: “[In the record about the kings of Judah, ] write down that [it will be as though] this man [Jehoiachin] had no children, and that he has not been successful during his life, because none of his children/descendants will [ever] become king to rule over [the people of] Judah.”
El Señor ha dicho: Que este hombre quede registrado como un hombre sin hijos, un hombre que fracasó en toda su vida; porque ningún hombre de su descendencia será sentado en el trono del reino de David para reinar de nuevo en Judá.
