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 destruyen y dispersan las ovejas de mi prado! dice Yavé.
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 con respecto a los pastores que pastorean a mi pueblo, Yavé ʼElohim de Israel dice: Ustedes dispersaron mis ovejas, las ahuyentaron y no las atendieron. Ciertamente Yo los castigo por la perversidad de sus acciones, dice Yavé.
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 reuniré el remanente de mis ovejas de todas las tierras adonde las eché y las devolveré a sus prados. 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].’”
Designaré para ellas pastores que las pastoreen. Ya no temerán ni se turbarán. Ninguna faltará, dice Yavé.
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.
Ciertamente vienen días en los cuales levantaré un Retoño justo para David, dice Yavé, y reinará como Rey. Obrará sabiamente, y ejecutará juicio recto y 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 salvado, e Israel vivirá confiado. Éste es el Nombre con el cual será llamado: Yavé, 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.”
Miren, vienen días, dice Yavé, cuando ya no dirán: ¡Vive Yavé, Quien 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 Yavé, Quien sacó y trajo la descendencia de la Casa de Israel de la tierra del norte y de todas las tierras adonde los echó! Y vivirán en su 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 causa de los profetas, mi corazón está quebrantado dentro de mí, y todos mis huesos se estremecen. Fui como un ebrio, un hombre dominado por el vino, a causa de Yavé y a causa de sus santas Palabras.
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.
Porque la tierra está llena de adúlteros. La tierra gime a causa de una maldición y los pastos de la llanura se secaron. La carrera de ellos es mala, y su poder 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 están contaminados. Aun en mi Casa hallo sus perversidades, dice Yavé.
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 tanto su camino será como senderos resbaladizos. Serán empujados a la oscuridad y caerán en ella, porque traeré calamidad sobre ellos el año de su castigo, dice Yavé.
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.
Entre los profetas de Samaria vi esta locura: Profetizan por baal y extravían a mi pueblo Israel.
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.
Entre los profetas de Jerusalén vi algo horrible: Cometen adulterio, practican la mentira y apoyan las manos de los perversos para que nadie se convierta de su perversidad. Todos ellos fueron 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, con respecto a estos profetas, Yavé de las huestes dice: Ciertamente Yo les doy a comer ajenjo y a beber agua envenenada. Porque de los profetas de Jerusalén salió la blasfemia a toda la tierra.
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.
Yavé de las huestes dice: No escuchen las palabras de los profetas que les profetizan. Los alimentan con vanas esperanzas. Hablan visión de su corazón, no de la boca de Yavé.
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].’
Dicen atrevidamente a los que me desprecian: Yavé dijo: ¡Tendrán paz! Y a todo el que anda tras la terquedad de su corazón, le dicen: ¡No llegará mal sobre ustedes!
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.
Pero, ¿quién estuvo en el secreto de Yavé, que oyó y escuchó su Palabra?
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.
Ciertamente la tempestad de Yavé sale con furia. Es una tempestad que se arremolina. Se precipita sobre las cabezas de los perversos.
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.”
La ira de Yavé no se apartará hasta que se ejecute y se realice el propósito de su corazón. Al final de los días entenderán claramente.
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 envié a esos profetas, pero ellos corrían. No les hablé, pero ellos 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 hubieran estado en mi consejo, habrían proclamado mis Palabras a mi pueblo, y los habrían devuelto de su mal camino y 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 ʼElohim solo de cerca, dice Yavé, y no ʼElohim 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!
¿Podrá alguien ocultarse, en escondrijos donde Yo no lo vea? dice Yavé. ¿No lleno Yo el cielo y la tierra?
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!’
Oí lo que dicen los profetas que profetizan en mi Nombre y dicen: ¡Tuve un sueño, tuve 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? ¿Qué hay en el corazón de los profetas que profetizan mentira, que profetizan el engaño de su propio 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.
¿Con los sueños que cada uno cuenta a su compañero, piensan lograr que mi pueblo olvide mi Nombre, así como sus antepasados olvidaron mi Nombre a causa 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 ese sueño, y el que reciba mi Palabra, diga mi Palabra con fidelidad. Yavé dice: ¿Qué tiene que ver la concha de trigo trillado con el trigo?
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 Yavé, y como un martillo que despedaza 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 tanto, ciertamente Yo estoy contra los profetas, dice Yavé, que hurtan mis Palabras el uno del otro.
31 I oppose those prophets who speak their own messages but claim that those messages came from me.
En verdad Yo estoy contra los profetas, dice Yavé, que sueltan sus lenguas y dicen: Él dice.
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.”
Ciertamente Yo estoy contra los que profetizan sueños mentirosos, dice Yavé, y los cuentan, y extravían a mi pueblo con sus mentiras y su temeridad. Porque Yo no los envié ni les di orden, y ningún provecho traen a este pueblo.
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 este pueblo, o el profeta, o el sacerdote te pregunte: ¿Cuál es la Palabra de Yavé? Les responderás: Ustedes son la palabra, y Yo los desecharé, dice Yavé.
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.
Si un sacerdote o uno del pueblo dice: ¡Palabra de Yavé! Lo castigaré a él 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]?’
Cada uno dirá a su compañero y a su hermano: ¿Qué responde Yavé? ¿Qué dice Yavé?
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.
Ya no digan: Palabra de Yavé, porque cada uno llevará sus propias palabras, ya que pervirtió las Palabras del ʼElohim viviente, de Yavé de las huestes, nuestro ʼElohim.
37 This is what you should ask each prophet: ‘What did Yahweh reply [when you talked to him]? What is he saying [to us]?’
Dirás al profeta: ¿Qué responde Yavé? ¿Qué dice Yavé?
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 dicen: ¡Palabra de Yavé! Entonces, Yavé dice: Porque dicen esta palabra: ¡Palabra de Yavé! Aunque Yo envié a decirles: No digan: ¡Palabra de Yavé!
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 tanto, ciertamente Yo los olvidaré por completo y los echaré de mi Presencia, juntamente con la ciudad que di a ustedes y a sus antepasados.
40 I will cause people to make fun of you forever. People will never forget that you were disgraced.”
Impondré sobre ustedes afrenta perpetua y humillación eterna que no serán olvidadas.
