Jeremiah 31

1 Yahweh says that at that time, he will be the God [who is worshiped by] all the clans in Israel, and they will be his people.

En ese, dice el Señor, seré el Dios de todas las familias de Israel, y ellos serán mi pueblo.

2 This is what Yahweh says: “Those [people] who remained alive and were not killed by [their enemies’] swords were blessed [by me even] in the desert; I enabled them to have peace.

El Señor ha dicho: La gracia llegó al desierto a un pueblo a salvo de la espada, Israel, cuando iba en busca de su lugar de reposo.

3 Long ago [I, ] Yahweh, said to [your ancestors, ] the Israeli people, ‘I have loved you and I will continue to love you forever. By faithfully loving you, I have brought you close to myself.’

Desde lejos se le apareció el Señor, mi amor por ti es un amor eterno, así con misericordia, te he atraído.

4 And [now I tell you], my Israeli people whom I love [MET], that I will cause you to be a nation again. You will [joyfully] dance as you play your tambourines.

Volveré a renovar tus edificios, oh virgen de Israel, y ocuparás tu lugar; nuevamente tomarás tus instrumentos de música y saldrás a los bailes donde se divierten.

5 Again you will plant your vineyards on the hills of Samaria, and you will eat the grapes [that grow there].

Una vez más, tus jardines de vid se plantarán en la colina de Samaria; los plantadores plantarán y usarán la fruta.

6 There will be a time when watchmen will call out from the hills of Samaria [MTY], ‘Come, let’s go up to Jerusalem to [worship] Yahweh, our God!'”

Porque habrá un día en que los guardas en las colinas de Efraín clamarán: ¡Levántense! Subamos a Sion, al Señor nuestro Dios.

7 And now Yahweh also says this: “Sing joyfully about [what I have done for] the people of Israel! Shout about [your nation, ] the greatest nation! Shout joyfully, praising me and saying, ‘Yahweh, rescue your people, the ones who are still alive!’

Porque él Señor ha dicho: canten de alegría por Jacob y griten en la cima de las montañas; den la noticia, den alabanza y digan: Oh Señor salva a tu pueblo, al remanente de Israel.

8 Do that [because] I will bring them back from the northeast, from the most distant places on the earth. Among them will be blind people and lame people, women who are pregnant and women who are (having labor pains/about to give birth to babies). They will be a huge group of people!

Mira, los sacaré del país del norte y los sacaré de las partes más alejadas de la tierra, y con ellos los ciegos y los cojos, la mujer embarazada y la que ya dio a luz; un ejército muy grande, ellos volverán aquí.

9 They will be crying as they return, and they will be praying [to me]. I will guide them along streams of water, on level paths where they will not stumble. [I will do this] because I am [like] a father to the Israeli people; [it is as though] Israel is my oldest son.”

Vendrán con llanto y ruegos, y yendo delante de ellos, yo seré su guía; guiándolos a corrientes de agua, por caminos rectos donde no hay caída; porque yo soy padre de Israel, y Efraín es el primero de mis hijos.

10 Yahweh says, “[You people in the] nations of the world, listen to this message from me. Then proclaim it to [people who live along] the coasts far away. I scattered my people, but I will gather them [again] and will take care of them like [SIM] a shepherd takes care of his sheep.

Presta atención a la palabra del Señor, oh naciones, y da noticias de ella en las costas lejanas, y di: El que ha enviado a Israel errante lo reunirá y lo guardará como un pastor cuida su rebaño.

11 I will buy [my] Israeli people back from those who [conquered them because] they were more powerful [than my people].

Porque el Señor redimió Jacob, y lo rescató de las manos de aquel que era más fuerte que él.

12 My people will return [to Jerusalem] and shout joyfully on the slopes of Zion Hill. They will rejoice about the things that I have abundantly given to them— grain and new wine and [olive] oil and young sheep and cattle. They themselves will be like a well-watered garden, and they will no longer be sad.

Entonces vendrán con cantos en los lugares altos, fluyendo juntos hacia las cosas buenas del Señor, al grano y al vino y al aceite, las crías de los del rebaño y de las reses; su alma será como un jardín regado, y no tendrán más dolor.

13 The young women will dance joyfully, and [all] the men, young ones and old ones, will join with them. I will cause them to rejoice instead of mourning; I will comfort them and cause them to be happy instead of being sad.

Entonces la virgen se alegrará en el baile, y los jóvenes y los ancianos se alegrarán; porque su llanto se convertirá en alegría, los consolaré y los alegraré de su dolor.

14 The priests will have plenty of things to eat and drink, and [all] my people will be filled with the good things that I give them. [That will certainly happen because I], Yahweh, have said it!”

Y llenaré de abundancia las almas de los sacerdotes, y mi pueblo se saciará de mi bondad, dice el Señor.

15 Yahweh [also] says this: “Women were weeping in Ramah [town on the border between Israel and Judah]; they were mourning and crying very loudly. [The women who were the descendants of Ephraim and Manasseh, the two grandsons of] Rachel [the wife of Jacob], were weeping about their children, and no one could comfort them because their children were [all] dead.

Así ha dicho el Señor: En Ramá hay un sonido de llanto, llanto y amargo dolor; Rachel llorando por sus hijos; Ella no quiere ser consolada por que ya están muertos.

16 [But now] this is what [I], Yahweh, say: ‘Do not cry [any more], because I will reward you [for the good things you have done for your children]. Your children will return from the land where their enemies [have taken them].

El Señor ha dicho esto: ya no llores y ya no derrames lágrimas: Porque tu obra será recompensada, dice el Señor; y volverán de la tierra de su enemigo.

17 [I], Yahweh, am telling you that there are things that you can confidently expect [me to do for you] in the future. Your children will return to their own land.’

Hay esperanza para el futuro, dice el Señor; y tus hijos volverán a la tierra que les pertenece.

18 I have heard [the people of] Israel grieving very much [and saying to me], ‘You punished us severely, like [SIM] calves are beaten [by their owners to train them for pulling a plow]. [So] bring us back [to obey/worship you again], because we are ready to return to you, because you [alone] are Yahweh, our God.

Ciertamente las palabras de dolor de Efraín han llegado a mis oídos. Me has entrenado y lo he experimentado como un novillo que no estaba acostumbrado al yugo; déjame volver y regresar, porque tú eres el Señor, mi Dios.

19 We turned away [from you], but we repented; [after you] caused us to realize [that we were guilty]. We beat our chests to show that we were very ashamed [DOU] of the sins that we committed when we were young.’

En verdad, después de que me aparte de ti, me arrepentí de mis caminos; y después de que obtuve el conocimiento, me di golpes en el muslo; fui avergonzado, en verdad, me humillé, porque tuve que sufrir el oprobio de mi juventud.

20 But [I], Yahweh, say this: The Israeli people certainly are [RHQ] still my dear children [DOU]. It is often necessary for me to threaten [to punish] them, but I still love them. That is why I have not forgotten them, and I will certainly act mercifully toward them.

¿Es Efraín mi querido hijo? ¿Es el hijo de mi deleite? porque cada vez que digo cosas en contra de él, todavía lo guardo en mi memoria: entonces mi corazón está turbado por él; Ciertamente tendré piedad de él, dice el Señor.

21 [You Israeli people, ] set up road signs; put up posts [along the roads] to mark the road on which you walked [when you were taken from Jerusalem]. My precious/beloved Israeli people, come back to your towns here.

Coloca pilares de guía, hazte señales; presta atención a la calzada, el camino por donde viniste; vuélvete de nuevo, virgen de Israel, vuélvete a estas ciudades.

22 You people who have been like [MET] daughters who have forsaken their parents, how long will you continue to wander [away from me] [RHQ]? I, Yahweh, will cause something to happen on the earth that (is new/has not happened before): The women of Israel will be protecting their husbands as they travel [back here]!”

¿Cuánto tiempo seguirás girando de esta manera, oh, hija errante? porque el Señor ha hecho una cosa nueva en la tierra, una mujer transformada en hombre.

23 This is what the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom [we] Israeli people [worship], says: “When I bring them back from the countries to which they have been exiled, all the people from the towns in Judah will again say, [‘I hope that] Yahweh will bless this my home, the holy place where righteous [people will live]!’

Entonces el Señor de los ejércitos, el Dios de Israel, dijo: “Nuevamente, estas palabras se usarán en la tierra de Judá y en sus pueblos, cuando yo haya dejado que su destino sea cambiado: Que la bendición del Señor sea sobre ti, oh reposo de la justicia, oh santo monte.

24 [The people of] Judah [who live in] the towns, including the farmers and the shepherds, will all live together [peacefully].

Y Judá y todos sus pueblos vivirán allí juntos; Los labradores y los que van con los rebaños.

25 I will enable weary people to rest, and enable people who are very exhausted to become strong again.”

Porque he dado nueva fuerza al alma cansada y a toda alma doliente en toda su medida.

26 I, [Jeremiah], woke up [after dreaming all those things], and I looked [around]. I had slept [very] delightfully!

Al ver esto, despertando de mi sueño, abrí los ojos; y mi sueño fue agradable para mí.

27 [Then] Yahweh said [to me], “There will be a time when I will greatly increase [MET] the number of people and the number of livestock here in Israel and Judah.

Mira, vienen días, dice el Señor, cuando haré que Israel y Judá sean plantados con la semilla del hombre y con la semilla de la bestia.

28 [Previously], I caused [their enemies to] remove the people from their land and to destroy their land and to cause them to experience many disasters [DOU]. But in the future, I will enable them to build houses and to plant crops [here in Israel again]. [That will surely happen because I], Yahweh, have said it.

Y sucederá eso, ya que he estado cuidando de ellos con el propósito de desarraigar y derribar, echar abajo, y destruir y causar daño; Así que los cuidaré con el propósito de construir y plantar, dice el Señor.

29 [Previously the people often said, ] ‘The parents have eaten sour grapes, but it is the children’s teeth that ache.’ [They meant that it was not fair for them to be punished for their ancestors’ sins]. But [when I bring them back to their land], they will no longer say that.

En aquellos días ya no dirán, los padres han estado probando uvas amargas y los dientes de los niños se les destemplan.

30 But now all people will die because of the sins that they themselves have committed.

Pero todos serán condenados a muerte por el mal que él mismo ha hecho; a quien haya tomado uvas amargas, sus dientes tendrán la dentera.

31 [I], Yahweh, say this: ‘There will be a time when I will make a new agreement with the people of Israel and Judah.

Mira, vienen días, dice el Señor, cuando haré un nuevo pacto con el pueblo de Israel y con el pueblo de Judá.

32 [This new agreement will] not be like the agreement that I made with their ancestors when I took them by their hands and led them out of Egypt. They broke that agreement, even though I [loved them like] [MET] husbands love their wives.’

No como el pacto que hice con sus padres, el día en que los tomé de la mano para ser su guía fuera de la tierra de Egipto; El pacto fue roto por ellos, y los entregué, dice el Señor.

33 This is what I, Yahweh, say: ‘This is the new agreement that I will make with the people of Israel some day: I will put my laws in their minds and write them on their inner beings. I will be their God, and they will be my people.

Pero este es el pacto que haré con el pueblo de Israel después de esos días, dice el Señor; Pondré mi ley en su interior, escribiéndola en sus corazones; y yo seré su Dios, y ellos serán mi pueblo.

34 And it will not be [necessary] for them to teach their neighbors or their relatives and say, “[You need to] know Yahweh,” because everyone, including unimportant people and very important people, will [already] know me. And I will forgive them for having been very wicked, and I will never think again about the sins that they have committed.’”

Y ya no estarán enseñando a cada uno a su prójimo y a cada uno su hermano, diciendo: Conoce al Señor, porque todos me conocerán, desde el más pequeño hasta el más grande de ellos, dice el Señor, porque tendrán mi perdón por su maldad, y su pecado desaparecerá de mi memoria para siempre.

35 Yahweh is the one who causes the sun to give light during the day, and who causes the moon and the stars to give light during the night. He stirs up the seas, with the result that waves roar. His name is the Commander of the armies of angels, and this is what he says:

Estas son las palabras del Señor, que ha dado el sol por una luz durante el día, ordenando a la luna y las estrellas una luz por la noche, que pone el mar en movimiento, causando el trueno de sus olas; El señor de los ejércitos es su nombre.

36 “I will not reject my Israeli people any more than I will get rid of the laws [that control the universe].

Si el orden de estas cosas delante de mí se rompe alguna vez, dice el Señor, entonces la semilla de Israel llegará a su fin como nación antes de mí para siempre.

37 And this is what I say: ‘No one can measure the sky, and no one can find out what is supporting the earth. Similarly, I cannot reject forever the descendants of Jacob because of all the [evil] things that they have done.’ [That is certain, because] I, Yahweh, have said it!

Esto es lo que el Señor ha dicho: si los cielos en lo alto pueden medirse, y las bases de la tierra se investigan, entonces renunciaré a la semilla de Israel, por todo lo que han hecho, dice el Señor.

38 [I], Yahweh, also say that there will be a time when [everything in] Jerusalem will be rebuilt for me, from the tower of Hananel [at the northeast corner, west] to [the gate named] the Corner Gate.

Mira, vienen días, dice el Señor, para la construcción del pueblo del Señor, desde la torre de Hananeel hasta la puerta del Angulo.

39 [Workers] will stretch a measuring line/string over Gareb Hill all the way [southwest] to Goah.

Y la línea de medición saldrá delante de ella hasta la colina Gareb, yendo hacia Goah.

40 And the whole area, including the place where corpses and ashes are thrown in the [Kidron] Valley, and all the fields to the east as far as the Horse Gate, will become set apart for me. And the city [of Jerusalem] will never again be captured or destroyed.”

Y todo el valle del cementerio, todo el campo de la ceniza, hasta el arroyo Cedrón, hasta la esquina de la puerta de los caballos hacia el este, serán santos para el Señor; no volverá a ser desarraigado o derribada nunca jamás.