Jeremiah 5
1 [Yahweh said to the people of Jerusalem], “Go up and down every street. Search in the marketplaces to find people who do what is fair/right, who try to be faithful to me. [If you find even one person like that], I will forgive [the people of Jerusalem and not destroy] their city.
Ve a todas partes por las calles de Jerusalén. Busca y presta atención. Busca por todas las plazas de su ciudad a ver si encuentras aunque sea una sola persona que haga lo correcto, alguien que sea fiel, y yo perdonaré a la ciudad.
2 But when people there say, ‘I solemnly declare that as surely as Yahweh lives, [I will do what he says],’ they are lying.”
Pueden hacer promesas en mi nombre, pero no son sinceras.
3 Yahweh, you are certainly [RHQ] searching for [people who tell the] truth. You struck/punished your people, but they did not pay any attention. You crushed them, but they ignored what you were telling them to do. They were extremely stubborn [IDM] and refused to return to you.
Señor, ¿no buscas siempre la fidelidad? Los derrotaste, pero no les importó. Estuviste a punto de destruirlos, pero se negaron a aceptar tu disciplina. Eran tercos, duros como una roca, y no se arrepentían.
4 I thought, “[We cannot expect] these [people to act righteously, because they] are poor; they do not have any sense. They do not know the way Yahweh wants them to conduct their lives; they do not know what God requires them to do.
Entonces me dije: “Esta gente no es más que los pobres; son sólo tontos que no conocen nada mejor. Ciertamente no saben lo que quiere el Señor, la manera correcta de vivir de Dios.
5 So, I will go and talk to their leaders, because they [surely] know how God wants them to conduct their lives.” But they also have stopped obeying Yahweh [MET], and they will not allow him to lead them.
Déjame ir a hablar con los que mandan. Ellos seguramente sabrán lo que quiere el Señor, la forma correcta de vivir de Dios”. Pero todos habían roto también el yugo, y arrancado las cadenas.
6 Because of that, lions will come out of the forests and kill them; wolves from the desert will attack them; leopards that lurk/wait outside their cities will maul anyone who walks outside the cities. [Those things will happen] because the people have sinned very much against God and have turned away from him very frequently.
Como resultado, un león del bosque los atacará; un lobo del desierto los desgarrará. Un leopardo los acechará cerca de sus ciudades, listo para despedazar a cualquiera que salga. Porque no dejan de rebelarse y se alejan de mí tantas veces.
7 Yahweh says, “I cannot [RHQ] forgive these people; [even] their children have abandoned me. When they solemnly declare something, they ask their gods [to show that what they say is true]. I gave my people everything that they needed, but they often went to [the shrines of their idols] and committed adultery there.
¿Por qué habría de perdonarlos? Tus hijos me han abandonado y creen en dioses que no son dioses. Les he dado todo lo que necesitan, y sin embargo han ido a cometer adulterio, reuniéndose en casas de prostitutas.
8 [Just like] [MET] well-fed male horses neigh, wanting sex with female horses, each of the men desires to have sex with his neighbor’s wife.
Son como sementales viriles con ganas de sexo, cada uno de ellos relinchando de lujuria tras la mujer de su vecino.
9 (Should I not punish them for this [RHQ]?/I will certainly get revenge on this nation for this!) I will certainly get revenge [RHQ] on this nation whose people behave like that!
¿No debería yo castigarlos por todo esto? declara el Señor. ¿No debo tomar represalias por lo que ha hecho esta nación?
10 [I will say to your enemies], ‘The people [of Judah and Israel are like a vineyard]. Go along the rows in their vineyards and get rid of [most of] the people, but do not kill all of them. These people do not belong to me, [so get rid of them], [like a gardener] [MET] lops/cuts off branches from a vine.
Atraviesa sus viñedos y destrúyelos, pero no los destruyas por completo. Arranca sus ramas, porque no le pertenecen al Señor.
11 The people of Israel and Judah have turned away from me completely.’
El pueblo de Israel y de Judá me ha traicionado completamente, declara el Señor.
12 They have lied about me and said, ‘He will not punish us! He will not cause us to experience disasters! We will not experience wars or famines!
Han mentido acerca del Señor, diciendo: “Él no hará nada. No nos ocurrirá nada malo. No tendremos guerra ni hambre.
13 What [God’s] prophets say is nothing but hot air! They do not have messages [from God]! We would like [the disasters that they predict] to happen to them!’”
Los profetas son como el viento. El Señor no habla a través de ellos. Lo que predicen puede ocurrirles a ellos”.
14 So, this is what Yahweh, the Commander of the armies of angels in heaven, has said to me: “Because my people are saying those things, I will give you a message to tell them [MTY] that will be [like] [MET] a fire, and [these people will be like] [MET] wood that the fire will burn up.
Esta es la respuesta del Señor Dios Todopoderoso: Por lo que has dicho, haré que mis palabras sean como un fuego en tu boca y que tú seas como la leña que quema.
15 Listen to this, you people of Israel: I will bring [the army of] a distant nation to attack you. It is a very powerful nation that has existed for a long time. They speak a language that you do not know and which you will not be able to understand.
¡Mira! Traigo una nación de muy lejos para atacarte, pueblo de Israel, declara el Señor. Es una nación poderosa que existe desde hace mucho tiempo; es una nación cuya lengua no conoces, y cuando habla no puedes entenderla.
16 Their soldiers are all very strong, and the arrows from their quivers [MET] will (send many Israeli men to their graves/cause many Israeli people to die).
Sus flechas traen la muerte; todos ellos son fuertes guerreros.
17 They will eat the food that you have harvested from your fields, and eat your bread. They will kill your sons and daughters, and they will kill your flocks [of sheep] and herds [of cattle]. They will eat your grapes and your figs. They will [also] destroy your cities that have high walls around them and kill the people with their swords.
Consumirán tu cosecha y tu comida; destruirán a tus hijos y a tus hijas; se comerán tus rebaños y tus manadas; se alimentarán de tus viñas y de tus higueras. Atacarán y destruirán las ciudades fortificadas en las que tanto confías.
18 But even when those things happen, I will not get rid of all of you.
Pero ni siquiera en ese momento te destruiré por completo, declara el Señor.
19 And when the survivors ask, ‘Why is Yahweh our God doing this to us?’ you will tell them, ‘You rejected him and worshiped foreign gods in your [own] land, so [now] you will become slaves of foreigners in a land that is not your land.’”
Cuando la gente te pregunte, Jeremías, “¿Por qué el Señor, nuestro Dios, nos ha hecho todas estas cosas?”, les dirás: “De la misma manera que ustedes me han abandonado y han servido a dioses extranjeros aquí en su país, así servirán a extranjeros en un país que no es el suyo”.
20 [Yahweh said to me], “Proclaim this to the people of Israel and Judah:
Anuncia esto al pueblo de Jacob y de Judá:
21 Listen to this, you people who are foolish and who do not have any sense: You have eyes, but [it is as though] you cannot see; you have ears, but [it is as though] you cannot hear.
Escuchen esto, pueblo necio y estúpido, que tiene ojos y no ve, que tiene oídos y no oye.
22 Why do you not revere me [RHQ]? You should [RHQ] tremble when you are in my presence! I, Yahweh, am the one who put a barrier along the shores so that the waters of the ocean cannot cross it [and flood the land]. The waves roll and roar, but they cannot go past that barrier.
¿No tienen miedo de lo que puedo hacer? declara el Señor. ¿No creen que deberían temblar en mi presencia? Yo soy el que puso la orilla como límite del mar, un límite eterno que no puede cruzar. Las olas chocan contra ella, pero no pueden vencerla. Rugen, pero no pueden cruzar la barrera.
23 But you people [are not like the waves that obey me]. You people are very stubborn and rebellious. You have constantly turned away from me.
Pero ustedes tienen una actitud obstinada y rebelde. Me han dejado y se han ido por su propia cuenta.
24 You do not say to yourselves, ‘We should revere Yahweh our God, the one who sends us rain at the times when we need it, the one who causes the grain to become ripe at the harvest season.’
No han pensado ni siquiera en decir: “Debemos apreciar al Señor, nuestro Dios, que envía las lluvias de otoño y primavera en el momento oportuno, que hace que podamos tener una cosecha cada año”.
25 It is because of the wrong things that you have done, that those good things have not happened; it is because of the sins that you have committed that you have been prevented from receiving those blessings.
Tus malas acciones te han quitado estos beneficios; tus pecados te han privado de mis bendiciones.
26 Among my people are wicked people who hide along the roads to ambush/attack people like [SIM] men who hunt birds (put out nets/set traps) to catch them.
Porque hay hombres malvados en mi pueblo. Son como cazadores de pájaros, que vigilan en secreto y esperan atrapar a la gente en su trampa.
27 Like [a hunter has] a cage full of birds [that he has captured], their homes are full of things that they have gotten by deceiving others. So now they are [very] rich and powerful.
Sus casas están llenas de sus ganancias mal habidas, como jaulas llenas de pájaros. Por eso se han hecho poderosos y ricos.
28 They are big and fat, and there is no limit to the evil things that they have done. They do not try to defend orphans in the courtrooms, and they do not help poor people to get what they have a right to receive.
Han engordado y se han hecho expertos en el mal. Niegan la justicia a los huérfanos, y no defienden los derechos de los necesitados.
29 So I will certainly [RHQ] punish them for doing those things. I will certainly [RHQ] (get revenge on their nation/do to their nation what they deserve).
¿No debería yo castigarlos por todo esto? declara el Señor. ¿No debo tomar represalias por lo que ha hecho esta nación?
30 Very appalling/horrible and terrible [DOU] things are happening in this country:
Algo horrible, algo terrible ha ocurrido en este país.
31 Prophets speak [only] lies and priests rule by their own authority, and you people like that! But when you [start to] experience disasters, what will you do [RHQ]?”
Los profetas dan falsas profecías; los sacerdotes gobiernan a su antojo. Mi pueblo lo quiere así, pero ¿qué hará cuando todo se derrumbe?
