Jeremiah 6
1 “You people in Jerusalem who are from [the tribe of] Benjamin, flee from this city! Blow the trumpets in Tekoa [city south of Jerusalem]! Send up a [smoke] signal in Beth-Haccherem [town] [to warn the people of the coming danger]! A powerful [army] will come from the north, and they will cause great destruction.
¡Huyan de Jerusalén, oh hijos de Benjamín! Toquen la trompeta en Tecoa. Levanten una señal sobre Bet-haquerem, porque una calamidad y una gran destrucción se asoma desde el norte.
2 Jerusalem is [like] a beautiful pasture [full of sheep], but it will soon be destroyed.
Destruiré a la hermosa y deleitable hija de Sion.
3 [Enemy kings, not] shepherds [MET], will come [with their armies] and set up their tents around the city, and each [king will choose a part of the city for his soldiers to destroy like] [MET] shepherds divide their pastures for their flocks of sheep.
Hacia ella acuden pastores con sus rebaños. Junto a ella plantan sus tiendas alrededor. Cada uno apacienta en su lugar.
4 [The kings will tell their troops], “Get ready for the battle. We should attack them before noontime. But [if we arrive there late in the afternoon] when the shadows are becoming long,
¡Proclamen guerra santa contra ella! ¡Levántense y ataquemos el sur! ¡Ay de nosotros, porque el día declina, porque se extienden las sombras de la llegada de la noche!
5 we will attack them at night and tear down their fortresses.”
Levántense, ataquemos de noche y destruyamos sus palacios.
6 Yahweh, the Commander of the armies of angels in heaven, says this: “[I will command those soldiers to] cut down the trees [outside Jerusalem] and to build dirt ramps up to the top of the city walls [in order that they can enter the city]. This city must be punished because everyone there continually oppresses others.
Porque Yavé de las huestes dice: Corten árboles, levanten terraplén contra Jerusalén. Ésta es la ciudad que debe ser castigada. Toda ella es solo opresión.
7 [It is as though] the wicked things that the people do pour out of the city like [SIM] water flows out of a spring. [The noise from people doing] violent and destructive actions is heard everywhere. I continually see [people who are] suffering and wounded.
Como el manantial nunca deja de manar agua, así de ella brota su perversidad. En ella se oye hablar de violencia y destrucción. Sus enfermedades y heridas están continuamente delante de Mí.
8 Listen to what I am warning you, [you people of] [APO] Jerusalem, because if you do not listen, I will reject you and cause your land to become desolate, a land where no one lives.”
Corrígete, oh Jerusalén, no sea que mi alma se aparte de ti, no sea que te conviertas en una desolación, en tierra no habitada.
9 Yahweh, the Commander of the armies of angels in heaven, also says this: “[I will tell your enemies] to cause your country to become as desolate [SIM] as a vineyard from which all the grapes have been completely stripped from the vines. [Their soldiers will seize the possessions of] those who remain in Israel [after the others have been exiled] like [SIM] farmers go to the vines again to pick any grapes [that were (left/not picked)].”
Yavé de las huestes dice: Rebuscarán completamente al remanente de Israel, como el que cosecha las uvas rebusca entre las ramas.
10 [Then I said, “If I speak to the Israeli people] to warn them, (who will listen to me?/No one will listen to me.) [RHQ] [It is as though] their ears are closed, [and as a result] they cannot hear [what I say]. They scorn Yahweh’s messages; they do not want to listen to them at all.
¿A quién tengo que hablar y amonestar para que escuchen? En verdad sus oídos están sordos y no pueden escuchar. Ciertamente la Palabra de Yavé es un oprobio para ellos. No tienen deleite en ella.
11 So [now] I am extremely angry, like Yahweh is angry, and I cannot restrain it any longer.” [So] Yahweh said [to me], “Tell everyone that you are very angry with them. Tell the children in the streets and the young men who gather together. Tell the men and their wives; tell the very old people [DOU], also.
Por tanto estoy lleno de la ira de Yavé. Estoy cansado de refrenarme. Derrámala sobre el niño en la calle y sobre la reunión de los jóvenes. Porque tanto el esposo como la esposa serán presos, tanto el anciano como el que está lleno de días.
12 [Tell the men that] I will give their houses to [their enemies], and I will give their property/fields and their wives to them, also, when I punish [IDM] the people who live in this land.
Sus casas serán traspasadas a otros, y también sus campos y sus esposas. Porque extenderé mi mano contra los habitantes de la tierra, dice Yavé.
13 Everyone is trying to get money by tricking others, from the most [important people] to the least [important people]; even the prophets and the priests are trying to deceive [people to get money].
Porque desde el menor de ellos hasta el mayor, cada uno persigue ganancias deshonestas. Desde el profeta hasta el sacerdote, todos ellos actúan con engaño.
14 [They act as though the sins of my people are like] [MET] small wounds that they do not need to put bandages on. They continually [greet people by] saying ‘I hope things are going well with you,’ when things are not going well.
Curan la llaga de mi pueblo con liviandad, pues dicen: ¡Paz! ¡Paz! Y no hay paz.
15 They should be [RHQ] ashamed about the disgusting things that they do, but they are not ashamed at all. They do not [even] know how to (blush/show on their faces that they are ashamed). So, they also will be among those who will be killed. They will be destroyed when I punish them.”
¿Se avergonzaron porque cometieron repugnancia? ¡No! Ciertamente de nada se avergüenzan, ni aun saben ruborizarse. Por tanto, caerán entre los que caen, en el tiempo cuando Yo los castigue. Serán derribados, dice Yavé.
16 This is [also] what Yahweh said [to the Israeli people]: “Stand at the crossroads and look [at the people who pass by]. Ask them what was the good behavior [that their ancestors had] long ago. [And when they tell you], behave that way. If you do that, you will find rest for your souls.” But you replied, ‘We do not want to do that!’
Yavé dice: Deténganse en los caminos y miren. Pregunten por las sendas antiguas, cuál es el camino bueno. Anden por él y hallen descanso para sus almas. Pero ellos dijeron: No andaremos por él.
17 I sent [my prophets who were like] [MET] watchmen. They said, ‘Listen carefully when we blow the trumpets [to warn you that your enemies are approaching],’ but you said, ‘[No], we do not want to listen.’
También puse centinelas sobre ustedes para que les dijeran: Oigan el sonido de la trompeta. Pero ellos dijeron: No oiremos.
18 Therefore, you people in the other nations, listen to this: Pay attention to what is going to happen to the [Israeli people].
Por tanto oigan, naciones, y sepa, oh congregación lo que hay entre ellos.
19 Listen, all of you! I am going to cause the [Israeli] people to experience disasters. That is what will happen to them because they have refused to listen to what I told them. They have refused to obey my laws.
Oye, oh tierra: Ciertamente Yo traigo la calamidad sobre este pueblo, el fruto de sus pensamientos. Porque no atendieron mis Palabras y desecharon mi Ley.
20 [You Israeli people], when you burn frankincense that came from [far away in] Sheba, and [when you offer to me] sweet-smelling anointing oil that came from far away, I will not [RHQ] be pleased with your sacrifices. I will not accept the sacrifices that are completely burned on the altar; I am not pleased with [any of] your sacrifices.
¿Para qué viene a Mí este incienso de Sabá y la buena caña aromática de países lejanos? Sus holocaustos no me son aceptos y sus sacrificios no me agradan.
21 Therefore, I will put obstacles on the roads on which my people will travel. Men and their sons and people’s neighbors and friends will stumble over those obstacles and fall down; everyone will die.”
Por tanto, Yavé dice: En verdad, Yo pongo tropiezos delante de este pueblo. En ellos caerán juntos padres e hijos, también el vecino y el amigo. Perecerán.
22 Yahweh [also] says this: “You will see a [huge] army marching [towards you] from the north. [An army of] a great nation very far away is preparing [to attack you].
Yavé dice: Ciertamente viene un pueblo de la tierra del norte. Una nación grande se levantará de los confines de la tierra.
23 They have bows [and arrows] and spears; they are [very] cruel, and do not act mercifully [to anyone]. As they ride along on their horses, the horses’ feet sound like the roaring of the ocean [waves]; they are riding in battle formation to attack you people of Jerusalem.”
Empuñan el arco y la pica que se lanza. Son crueles. No tienen misericordia. Su voz ruge como el mar. Vienen montados sobre caballos como un solo guerrero, dispuestos contra ti, oh hija de Sion.
24 [The people of Jerusalem say], “We have heard reports about the enemy; [so] we are very frightened, with the result that we feel weak. We are very afraid, and worried, like [SIM] women who are about to give birth to babies.
Oímos su fama y se debilitan nuestras manos. La angustia se apodera de nosotros, dolores como de mujer que da a luz.
25 [So one person says to another], ‘Do not go out into the fields! Do not go on the roads, because the enemy [soldiers] have swords [and they are everywhere]; they are coming from all directions, and we are extremely afraid.’”
No salgas al campo, ni andes por el camino, porque allí está la espada del enemigo, y el terror está por todas partes.
26 [So I say], “My dear people, put on (sackcloth/rough clothes) and sit in ashes [to show that you are sorry for your sins]. Mourn and cry very much, like [SIM] [a woman would cry] if her only son had died, because your enemies are very near, and they are going to destroy [everything].”
Átate tela áspera y revuélcate en ceniza, oh hija de mi pueblo. Haz duelo como por hijo único y lamento de gran amargura, porque viene súbitamente el destructor sobre nosotros.
27 [Then Yahweh said to me], “[Jeremiah], I have caused you to become [like] [MET] someone who heats metal very hot [to completely burn the impurities]. You will examine my people’s behavior.
Te puse en medio de mi pueblo como centinela. Conoce, pues, y observa el camino de ellos.
28 You will find out that they are very stubborn rebels, they are always slandering others. [Their inner beings] are as hard as bronze or iron; they all [continually] deceive others.
Todos ellos son rebeldes, obstinados. Andan chismeando. Todos son bronce y hierro. Todos son corruptos.
29 [A metalworker causes] the bellows to blow very hard to [make the fire very hot to] completely burn up the impurities [MET]. [But just as] a fire does not cause all the waste material to run off, it is impossible to separate [the righteous people from the wicked people, and punish only] the wicked people.
Se quema el fuelle porque el fuego consume el plomo. Pero en vano refina el refinador, pues la escoria no se desprende.
30 [I], Yahweh, have rejected them; I say that they are [like] [MET] worthless silver.”
Serán llamados plata reprobada, porque Yavé los desechó.
