Jeremiah 23
1 Yahweh declares, “Terrible things will happen to [the leaders] [MET] [of my people—those who are like] shepherds of [the people who are like] my sheep—because they have scattered my people and sent them away, and have not taken care of them.
“¡Ay de los pastores que destrozan y dispersan las ovejas de mi dehesa! —oráculo de Yahvé.
2 So, this is what [I, ] Yahweh, the God whom the Israeli [people worship], say to those leaders: ‘Instead of taking care of my people and [leading them to places where they are safe, like a shepherd does for] his sheep, you have scattered them. So I will punish you for the evil things that you have done.
Por eso, así dice Yahvé, el Dios de Israel, acerca de los pastores que apacientan mi pueblo: Vosotros habéis dispersado mi grey, la habéis desparramado y no habéis cuidado de ella. He aquí que Yo os castigaré por la maldad de vuestras obras, dice Yahvé.
3 But later I will gather those who are still alive, from the countries where I have forced them to go. I will bring them back to their own country, where they will have many children, and their number/population will increase.
Yo mismo reuniré el resto de mis ovejas, de todos los países donde las he dispersado, y las haré volver a sus prados, y crecerán y se multiplicarán.
4 [Then] I will appoint [other] leaders for my people, leaders who will take care of them. And my people will never be afraid [DOU] of anything again, and none of them will be [like a] lost [sheep].’”
Les suscitaré pastores que las apacienten; no temerán más, ni tendrán que temblar; y no faltará ninguna de ellas, dice Yahvé.
5 Yahweh [also] says, “Some day I will appoint for you a righteous man who will be a descendant of King David. He will be a king who rules wisely. He will do what is just and right throughout the land.
He aquí que vienen días, dice Yahvé, en que suscitaré a David un Vástago justo, que reinará como rey, y será sabio, y ejecutará el derecho y la justicia en la tierra.
6 At that time, all the Israeli people [DOU] will be saved [from their enemies], and they will be safe. And his name will be ‘Yahweh, the one who vindicates/defends us.’”
En sus días Judá será salvo, e Israel habitará en paz, y el nombre con que será llamado, es este: “Yahvé, justicia nuestra.”
7 Yahweh [also] says that at that time, people [who are solemnly promising to do something] will no longer say, “[I will do it as surely] as Yahweh lives, who rescued the Israeli people from Egypt.”
Por eso, he aquí que vendrán días, dice Yahvé, en que ya no se dirá: «¡Vive Yahvé, que sacó a los hijos de Israel de la tierra de Egipto!»,
8 Instead, they will say, “[I will do it] as surely as Yahweh lives, who brought [us] Israeli people back to our own land, from the land to the northeast and from all the [other] countries to which he had exiled us.” And they will live in their own land [again].
sino: “¡Vive Yahvé, que sacó y trajo a los hijos de la casa de Israel de la tierra del Norte y de todos los países adonde Yo los había arrojado.” Y habitarán en su propia tierra.
9 I am very shocked because of the sacred message that Yahweh has spoken about [what will happen to] the [false] prophets; [it is as though] all my bones shake. I stagger like a man who is drunk after drinking a lot of wine.
A los profetas: Se me parte el corazón en mi pecho, tiemblan todos mis huesos; ante Yahvé y su santa palabra estoy como un ebrio, como un hombre embriagado de vino.
10 The land is full of [people who commit] adultery; and [Yahweh] has cursed the land. Even the pastures in the desert are all dried up, because the people do what is evil, and [the false prophets] use their power to do things that are not just/fair.
Pues el país está atestado de adúlteros; a causa de la maldición la tierra está de luto, y se han secado los pastos del desierto; su carrera se dirige hacia el mal, y su fuerza consiste en hacer lo que no es recto.
11 Yahweh says, “[Yes, even] the priests and the prophets are ungodly; they do wicked things even in my temple.
“Porque tanto el profeta como el sacerdote han apostatado, hasta en mi Casa he encontrado su malicia, dice Yahvé.
12 Therefore, [it will be as though] the paths that they walk on are slippery. [It will be as though] they are being chased in the darkness, and there they will fall down, because I will cause them to experience disasters at the time that I will punish them. [That will surely happen because I], Yahweh, have said it.”
Por eso su camino les será un resbaladero en medio de tinieblas; serán empujados, de modo que caigan en él; pues haré venir sobre ellos la calamidad en el año en que Yo les visite, dice Yahvé.
13 [Previously] I saw that the prophets in Samaria were doing something that was wrong; they were prophesying, saying that Baal [gave them the messages that they were proclaiming], and they were deceiving my people.
En los profetas de Samaria he visto cosas insensatas, profetizaban por Baal, e hicieron errar a Israel, mi pueblo.
14 And [now] I have seen the prophets in Jerusalem doing terrible things. They commit adultery and habitually tell lies. They encourage evil people to continue to do evil things, with the result that the people do not stop sinning. Those prophets are as wicked as the people in Sodom and Gomorrah were.
Pero en los profetas de Jerusalén he visto lo más horrible: cometen adulterio, practican la mentira, y dan su apoyo a los malhechores, para que nadie se convierta de su maldad. Todos ellos son para Mí como Sodoma, y sus habitantes como Gomorra.”
15 So, this is what the Commander of the armies of angels says about those [false] prophets: “I will give those prophets bitter things to eat and poison to drink, because it is because of them that this land is filled with [people who do] wicked things.”
Por tanto, así dice Yahvé de los ejércitos contra los profetas: “He aquí que les daré para comida ajenjo, y para bebida agua envenenada, porque de los profetas de Jerusalén la impiedad se ha difundido sobre todo el país.
16 This is what the Commander of the armies of angels says: “Do not pay any attention to what those [false] prophets say to you, because they are just deceiving you. They tell you about visions that they have thought/created [only] in their own minds, not about visions that I have given them.
Así dice Yahvé de los ejércitos: No escuchéis las palabras de los profetas que os profetizan; os embaucan, os cuentan las visiones de su imaginación, que no son de la boca de Yahvé.
17 They habitually say to those who hate me, ‘[Yahweh says that] you will have peace.’ And they say to those who stubbornly do what they want to do, ‘Nothing bad will happen to you [because of your doing those things].’
Repiten a los que me desprecian: «Yahvé ha dicho: Tendréis paz»; y a cuantos siguen su obstinado corazón les dicen: «Ningún mal vendrá sobre vosotros.»
18 But none of them has ever been in a council [meeting] in heaven in order to listen to a message from me. None of them has paid attention to anything that [I], Yahweh, have said.
¿Quién (de ellos) asistió al consejo de Yahvé, vio y oyó su palabra? ¿Quién prestó oído para escuchar lo que Él dijo?
19 So, listen to this: I will punish them; it will be [like] a great storm; it will come down [like] a whirlwind, swirling around the heads of those wicked people.
Ved que de Yahvé viene un furioso torbellino, una tempestad impetuosa, que descargará sobre la cabeza de los impíos.
20 I will not stop being angry until I completely accomplish all that I have planned. In the future, you will understand [all of] this clearly.”
No cesará la ira de Yahvé, hasta que ejecute y cumpla los designios de su corazón. Al fin de los tiempos lo comprenderéis.
21 [Yahweh also says, ] “I have not appointed those prophets, but they run [around telling people their messages]. I did not speak to them, but they [continue to] prophesy.
Yo no enviaba a esos profetas, ellos (de suyo) corrían; Yo no les hablaba, y sin embargo profetizaban.
22 If they had been in my council [meetings], they would have been able to speak messages from me, and they would have caused people to turn away from committing evil things.”
Si han asistido a mi consejo, que comuniquen mis palabras a mi pueblo, y lo conviertan de su mal camino, y de la maldad de sus obras.
23 Yahweh [also] says, “Am I a God who is only nearby? No, I am a God who is far away, also.
¿Soy Yo Dios solo de cerca? dice Yahvé. ¿No soy también Dios de lejos?
24 So, no one can hide in some secret place with the result that I cannot see him. I am everywhere, in heaven and on the earth! [That is what I], Yahweh, say!
¿Acaso un hombre puede ocultarse en escondrijo alguno, sin que lo vea Yo? dice Yahvé. ¿No lleno Yo el cielo y la tierra? dice Yahvé.
25 I have heard those prophets prophesy lies, saying that they are telling people messages from me. They say, ‘[Listen to me tell you] the dream that God gave me last night! I [really] had this dream!’
He oído lo que dicen los profetas, los que en mi nombre profetizan mentiras, diciendo: «He tenido un sueño, he tenido un sueño.»
26 How long will they continue to do this? How long will those lying prophets continue to prophesy things that come only from their own minds?
¿Hasta cuándo ha de durar esto en el corazón de esos profetas que profetizan mentiras, y presentan como vaticinios las imposturas de su corazón?
27 They think that because of the dreams that they tell to each other, people will forget me, like their ancestors forgot about me when they started to worship Baal.
Por sus sueños que unos a otros se van contando, quieren que mi pueblo olvide mi nombre, como sus padres olvidaron mi nombre por amor de Baal.
28 Allow those [false] prophets to tell people their dreams, but those who have messages that [really] come from me should proclaim those messages faithfully. I, Yahweh, say [that like] straw and grain are certainly very different, [my messages and the messages from those false prophets are certainly very different].
El profeta que tenga un sueño cuente el sueño; y el que reciba palabra mía, proclame mi palabra con fidelidad. ¿Qué tiene que ver la paja con el trigo? dice Yahvé.
29 [It is as though] my messages [burn] like a fire; they [strike people’s inner beings like] someone strikes a rock with a hammer and smashes it into pieces.
¿No es mi palabra como fuego, dice Yahvé, y como martillo que quebranta la roca?
30 Therefore, [I, ] Yahweh say, 'I oppose all those prophets who steal messages from each other and claim that those messages came from me.
Por eso, he aquí que estoy contra esos profetas, dice Yahvé, que se roban mutuamente mis palabras.
31 I oppose those prophets who speak their own messages but claim that those messages came from me.
He aquí que estoy contra esos profetas, dice Yahvé, que se valen de sus lenguas para hablar en tono de oráculo.
32 I oppose those prophets who falsely say that I told them something in a vision, but they are [only] telling lies that cause my people to sin. I did not send those prophets. I did not even appoint them [to be prophets]. And they have no messages that will benefit my people at all.' [That is what I, ] Yahweh, declare.”
He aquí que estoy contra esos profetas que sueñan mentiras, dice Yahvé, y contándolos extravían con sus mentiras y fanfarronadas a mi pueblo. Yo no los he enviado ni les he dado orden alguna. De ninguna manera aprovechan a este pueblo, dice Yahvé.
33 [Yahweh said to me], “If one of those prophets or priests or one of the [other] people asks you, ‘What problem has Yahweh told you about [now]?’, you must reply, ‘You are the problem! And Yahweh says that he will abandon you!’
Cuando te preguntare este pueblo, o un profeta, o un sacerdote, diciendo: «¿Cuál es la carga de Yahvé?» les responderás: La carga sois vosotros, y Yo os desecharé, dice Yahvé.
34 And if any prophet or priest or anyone [else falsely] says, ‘[I have] a prophecy from Yahweh,’ I will punish that person and his family.
Y si el profeta, o el sacerdote, o el pueblo, dijere: «Carga de Yahvé», Yo castigaré a tal hombre y a su casa.
35 What you should continually ask each other is, ‘[When you spoke to Yahweh, ] what did he reply? What is he saying [to us]?’
Así habéis de decir cada uno a su compañero, y cada cual a su hermano: «¿Qué ha respondido Yahvé?» «¿Qué dijo Yahvé?»
36 But stop saying ‘[I have] a prophecy/message from Yahweh,’ because those who say that are doing it only because they want people to accept their ideas, and by doing that they distort/change the messages that are from our God, the Commander of the armies of angels.
Mas no digáis más «Carga de Yahvé», pues la carga de cada cual será su propia palabra; ya que habéis pervertido las palabras del Dios vivo, Yahvé de los ejércitos, nuestro Dios.
37 This is what you should ask each prophet: ‘What did Yahweh reply [when you talked to him]? What is he saying [to us]?’
Así has de preguntar al profeta: «¿Qué te ha respondido Yahvé?», «¿Qué es lo que dijo Yahvé?»
38 If he replies, ‘[What I told you] is a prophecy/message from Yahweh,’ you should say to him, ‘You have continued to say, “[I received] a prophecy/message from Yahweh” even though I told you to not claim that you have received prophecies/messages from Yahweh.’
Pero si decís: «Carga de Yahvé», entonces, así dice Yahvé: Porque decís todavía esta palabra: «Carga de Yahvé», después de haberos Yo prohibido decir: «Carga de Yahvé»,
39 So I [, Yahweh, ] will get rid of you [false prophets]. I will expel you from my presence. And I will get rid of this city that I gave to you and to your ancestors.
por eso he aquí que os olvidaré del todo, y os desecharé, al par que la ciudad que di a vosotros y a vuestros padres;
40 I will cause people to make fun of you forever. People will never forget that you were disgraced.”
y traeré sobre vosotros oprobio sempiterno, ignominia eterna, cuya memoria nunca se borrará.”
