Jeremiah 8
1 Yahweh says, “At the time [that your corpses are scattered on the ground], [your enemies will] break open the graves of your kings and [other] officials who lived in Judah, and the graves of your priests and prophets and other people who lived there.
“En aquel tiempo — dice el Señor — sacarán de sus tumbas los huesos de los reyes de Judá, los huesos de sus príncipes, los huesos de los sacerdotes, los huesos de los profetas y los huesos de los habitantes de Jerusalén.
2 They will take out their bones [from their graves] and [dishonor them by] scattering them on the ground under the sun and the moon and the stars— those are the gods which my people loved and served and worshiped. No one will gather up their bones and bury them [again]; they will remain scattered on the ground like dung.
Los esparcirán delante del sol, de la luna y de todo el ejército del cielo, al que han amado, al que han servido, tras el cual han caminado, al que han buscado y al que han adorado. No serán recogidos ni enterrados. Serán como estiércol en la superficie de la tierra.
3 And all the people of this wicked nation [who are still alive and] whom I have exiled to other countries will say, ‘We would prefer to die than to continue to stay alive [here in these countries].’ [That will be true because I], Yahweh, have said it.”
La muerte será elegida antes que la vida por todo el residuo que quede de esta familia malvada, que permanezca en todos los lugares a los que los he expulsado”, dice el Señor de los Ejércitos.
4 [Yahweh said to me, “Jeremiah], tell the people that this is what [I], Yahweh, am saying to them: ‘When people fall down, they get up again, do they not [RHQ]? When people are going along a road and find out that they are walking on the wrong road, they go back [and find the correct road], do they not [RHQ]?
“Además, les dirás: ‘Dice el Señor: “‘¿Caen los hombres y no se levantan? ¿Se da la vuelta y no se vuelve?
5 [Yes, they do], so why do these people [of Judah] continue [trusting in those idols that have deceived them]? They continue turning away from me, [even though I have warned them].
¿Por qué, pues, el pueblo de Jerusalén ha retrocedido con una reincidencia perpetua? Se aferran al engaño. Se niegan a volver.
6 I have listened carefully [DOU] [to what they say], but they do not say what they should say. Not one of them is sorry for having sinned. No one says, “I have done [RHQ] wicked things.” They are [sinning and] doing what they want to as fast as [SIM] a horse that is running into a battle.
Escuché y oí, pero no dijeron lo que es correcto. Nadie se arrepiente de su maldad, diciendo: “¿Qué he hecho?” Todo el mundo se dirige a su curso, como un caballo que se lanza de cabeza a la batalla.
7 All the birds [that fly south for the (winter/cold season)] know the time that they need to fly south, and they all return at the right time the following year. But my people [are not like those birds]! They do not know what [I], Yahweh, require them to do.
Sí, la cigüeña del cielo conoce sus tiempos. La tórtola, la golondrina y la grulla observan el tiempo de su llegada; pero mi pueblo no conoce la ley de Yahvé.
8 Your men who teach you [the laws that Moses wrote] have been saying false things [about those laws]. [So], why [RHQ] do they [continue] saying, “We are [very] wise [because] we have the laws of Yahweh”?
“‘¿Cómo decís: “Somos sabios, y la ley de Yahvé está con nosotros”? Pero, he aquí que la falsa pluma de los escribas ha hecho de eso una mentira.
9 Those teachers, who think that [IRO] they are wise, will be ashamed/disgraced and dismayed when they are taken [to other countries by their enemies] because they sinned by rejecting what I told them. Truly, they were not [RHQ] very wise to do that!
Los sabios están decepcionados. Están consternados y atrapados. He aquí que han rechazado la palabra de Yahvé. ¿Qué tipo de sabiduría hay en ellos?
10 So, I will give their wives to other men; I will give their fields to [the enemy soldiers] who conquer them. All the people, including those who are important and those who are not important, deceive [others] in order to obtain their possessions. Even [my] prophets and my priests do that.
Por lo tanto, daré sus esposas a otros y sus campos a quienes los posean. Porque todos, desde el más pequeño hasta el más grande, son dados a la codicia; desde el profeta hasta el sacerdote, todos tratan con falsedad.
11 [They act as though the sins of my people] are not serious, [like] [MET] wounds that do not need to be cleaned and bandaged. They tell the people that everything will go well with them, [but that is not true]; things will not go well with them.
Han curado ligeramente la herida de la hija de mi pueblo, diciendo, “Paz, paz”, cuando no hay paz.
12 They should be [RHQ] ashamed when they do disgusting things [RHQ], but they do not even know how to show on their faces that they are ashamed [about their sins]. So, [they will be killed, and] their corpses [also] will lie among the corpses of others who have been slaughtered [by their enemies]. They will be killed when I punish them.
¿Se avergonzaron cuando cometieron la abominación? No, no estaban avergonzados en absoluto. No podían sonrojarse. Por lo tanto, caerán entre los que caen. En el tiempo de su visitación serán abatidos, dice Yahvé.
13 I will [allow their enemies to] take away the figs and grapes that the people would have harvested from their fields. Their fruit trees will all wither. They will not receive [all] the blessings that I prepared for them. [This will certainly happen because I], Yahweh, have said it.’”
“‘Los consumiré por completo, dice Yahvé. No habrá uvas en la vid, no hay higos en la higuera, y la hoja se desvanecerá. Las cosas que les he dado pasará de ellos”.
14 [Then the people will say], “(Why should we wait here [in these small towns]?/We should not wait here [in these small towns].) [RHQ]! We should go to the cities that have high walls around them, [but even if we do that] we will be killed there, because Yahweh our God has decided that we must be destroyed; [it is as though] [MET] he has given us a cup of poison to drink, because we sinned against him.
“¿Por qué nos quedamos quietos? ¡Reúnanse! Entremos en las ciudades fortificadas, y guardemos silencio allí; porque Yahvé, nuestro Dios, nos ha hecho callar, y nos han dado de beber agua envenenada, porque hemos pecado contra Yahvé.
15 We hoped/desired that things would go well for us, but things have not gone well. We hoped that bad things would not happen to us any more, but only things that terrify us [are happening to us].
Buscamos la paz, pero no llegó nada bueno; y por un tiempo de curación, y he aquí, ¡desconsuelo!
16 People [far north in Israel] in [the city of] Dan can already hear the snorting of the horses of their enemies [who are preparing to attack us]. [It is as though] the entire land [of Judah] is shaking as their army approaches; they are coming to destroy our land and everything in it, the people and the cities.”
El bufido de sus caballos se oye desde Dan. Toda la tierra tiembla al oír los relinchos de sus fuertes; porque han venido y han devorado la tierra y todo lo que hay en ella, la ciudad y los que la habitan”.
17 [Yahweh says], “I will send [those enemy soldiers to Judah], and they will be like [MET] poisonous snakes among you. No one will be able to stop them from attacking you [MET]; they will attack you like snakes do, [and kill you].”
“Porque, he aquí, yo enviaré serpientes, de las víboras entre vosotros, que no será encantado; y te morderán”, dice Yahvé.
18 I grieve very much [for the people of Judah], and my grieving does not end. I am very sad [IDM].
¡Oh, si pudiera consolarme contra el dolor! Mi corazón desfallece dentro de mí.
19 Throughout our land, the people ask, “Has Yahweh abandoned Jerusalem? Is [he], our city’s king, no longer there?” [Yahweh replies], “Why do the people cause me to become very angry by [worshiping] idols and foreign gods?” [RHQ]
He aquí la voz del grito de la hija de mi pueblo desde una tierra muy lejana: “¿No está Yahvé en Sión? ¿No está su Rey en ella?” “¿Por qué me han provocado a la ira con sus imágenes grabadas, y con ídolos extranjeros?”
20 [The people say], “The harvest [season] is finished, the (summer/hot season) has ended, [and we hoped that we would receive blessings from Yahweh], but he has not rescued us [from our enemies].”
“La cosecha ha pasado. El verano ha terminado, y no nos salvamos”.
21 I cry because my people have been crushed. I mourn, and I am completely dismayed.
Por el dolor de la hija de mi pueblo, estoy herido. Estoy de luto. La consternación se ha apoderado de mí.
22 [I ask], “Surely there is [RHQ] medicinal balm in the Gilead [region]! Surely there are [RHQ] doctors there!” But my people have been badly wounded [in their spirits], and nothing can heal them.
¿No hay bálsamo en Galaad? ¿No hay ningún médico allí? ¿Por qué entonces no se recupera la salud de la hija de mi pueblo?
