Jeremiah 9
1 I wish that my head was [like] [MET] a spring of water, and that my eyes were [like] a fountain of tears. Then I would cry night and day for all of my people who have been killed [by our enemies].
¡Oh, que mi cabeza fuera agua y mis ojos fuentes de lágrimas para llorar de día y de noche por los asesinados de la hija de mi pueblo!
2 I wish that I could leave my people and forget them, and go and live in a shack/shelter in the desert, because they have not remained faithful [MET] [to Yahweh]; they are a mob of people who deceive others.
¡Quién me diera una posada de caminantes en el desierto para abandonar a mi pueblo y apartarme de ellos! Porque todos ellos son adúlteros, congregación de traidores.
3 [Yahweh replied to me], “They use their tongues [to tell] [MET] lies like people shoot [arrows] with bows. It is because they tell lies that they have become more powerful in this land, and they do not know me.
Disponen su lengua como arco. Lanzan mentiras y no se fortalecieron para la verdad en la tierra. Porque proceden de mal en mal y no me conocen, dice Yavé.
4 Do not trust your neighbors and [even] your brothers! They all are as deceitful [as Jacob was]. They slander [each other] and tell lies [about each other].
¡Cuídese cada uno de su prójimo! No tenga confianza en algún hermano, porque todo hermano suplanta, y todo prójimo anda con calumnias.
5 They deceive their friends and never tell the truth. They lie continually and, because of that, they have become skilled liars; they do one oppressive thing after another, and are unable to stop doing it.
Cada uno engaña a su prójimo y no habla verdad. Adiestraron su lengua para la mentira, y se pervierten hasta el cansancio.
6 They habitually lie and deceive [each other], and no one will admit/say that I am God.
Su morada está en medio del engaño, y rehúsan conocerme a causa del engaño, dice Yavé.
7 Therefore [I], the Commander of the armies of angels, say this: Listen carefully to what I say: I will [cause my people to experience great afflictions, ] [like a metalworker puts metal in a hot fire] [MET] to completely burn out the impure bits. Because of all [the evil things] that my people have done, there is absolutely nothing else [RHQ] that I can do.
Por tanto, Jerusalén es una pila de escombros y una guarida de chacales, y las ciudades de Judá, una desolación sin habitante. Yavé de las huestes dice: Ciertamente Yo los fundiré y los probaré. ¿De cuál otra manera procedo con la hija de mi pueblo?
8 What they say [MTY] [injures people like] [MET] poisoned arrows do. They say to their neighbors, ‘I hope things will go well for you,’ while they are planning to kill them.
Su lengua es flecha mortal que habla engaño. Con su boca hablan de paz con su prójimo, pero dentro de él ponen emboscada.
9 Should I not punish them for doing that [RHQ]? Yes, I should certainly (get revenge on/give what they deserve to) [the people of] a nation that does things like that!”
¿No debo castigar estas cosas? dice Yavé. De una nación como ésta, ¿no se vengará mi alma?
10 So, I will weep and wail for [the people who live in] the mountains and in the (pastures/places where the livestock eat the grass), because those areas will be desolate, and no one will live there. There will be no cattle there to call to each other, and all the birds and wild animals will have fled [to other places].
Por las montañas levantaré mi lamento y mi llanto por los pastizales del desierto porque están desolados. No hay quien pase, ni se oye el bramido del ganado. Desde las aves del cielo hasta las bestias huyeron. Todos se fueron.
11 [Yahweh also says], “I will cause Jerusalem to become a heap of ruins, and [only] jackals/wolves will live there. I will destroy the towns of Judah, with the result that they will be completely deserted; no one will live there.”
Convertiré a Jerusalén en una pila de escombros y una guarida de chacales, y a las ciudades de Judá en una desolación sin habitante.
12 [I said], “Only people who are very wise [RHQ] can understand these things. Only those who have been taught by Yahweh can [RHQ] explain these things to others. The wise people are [RHQ] the only ones who can explain why the land will be completely ruined with the result that everyone [RHQ] will be afraid to travel through it.”
¿Quién es un hombre sabio que entienda esto? ¿Y a quién habló la boca de Yavé para que lo declare? ¿Por qué pereció la tierra? Fue asolada como un desierto, y no hay quien pase por ella.
13 Yahweh replied, “[These things will happen] because my people have rejected my laws which I gave to them; they have not obeyed me or my instructions.
Yavé dijo: Porque abandonaron la Ley que puse delante de ellos. No escucharon mi voz, ni andan según ella,
14 Instead, they have stubbornly done the things that they wanted to do. They have worshiped the idols that represent the god Baal, which is what their ancestors did.
sino andan tras la dureza de su corazón y tras los baales, lo cual les enseñaron sus antepasados.
15 So now listen to what [I], the Commander of the armies of angels, the God of the Israelis, say: [What I will do will be like] [MET] giving these people bitter things to eat and poison to drink:
Por tanto, Yavé de las huestes, ʼElohim de Israel, dice: Ciertamente Yo daré a comer ajenjo a este pueblo y les daré a beber agua con hiel.
16 I will scatter them to many nations which neither they nor their ancestors have known [anything about]; I will [enable their enemies to] strike them with swords until I have destroyed them.”
Los dispersaré entre naciones que ellos no conocieron ni sus antepasados. Enviaré la espada tras ellos hasta exterminarlos.
17 This is also what the Commander of the armies of angels says: “Think [about what is happening], [then] summon those women who mourn [when someone has died].
Yavé de las huestes dice: Atiendan y llamen a las plañideras para que vengan. Envíen a llamar a las que son expertas para que vengan.
18 Tell them to come quickly and start to wail, with the result that tears will stream down from your(pl) eyes.
Que se apresuren y prorrumpan en lamento por nosotros para que nuestros ojos se deshagan en lágrimas y nuestros párpados destilen agua.
19 Listen to [the people of] Jerusalem crying/lamenting, saying, ‘We have been ruined/destroyed! We have experienced a terrible disaster! Now we are very ashamed, because our houses have been destroyed [by our enemies], and we [are being forced to] leave our land.’”
Porque en Sion fue oída una voz de lamento: ¡Cómo somos arruinados! Somos sometidos a gran vergüenza porque abandonamos la tierra, pues nuestras residencias fueron destruidas.
20 You women, listen to what Yahweh says [MTY]. Pay attention to his words [DOU]. Teach your daughters to wail. Teach each other how to sing funeral songs,
¡Escuchen, oh mujeres, la Palabra de Yavé! ¡Reciba su oído la Palabra de su boca! Enseñen lamentaciones a sus hijas, cantos fúnebres, cada una a su vecina.
21 because people will be dying [PRS] in your houses and in palaces. There will be no more children playing in the streets, there will be no more young men [gathering] in the city squares/marketplaces.
Porque la muerte subió por nuestras ventanas. Entró en nuestros palacios. Arrebató a los niños en la calle y a los jóvenes en las plazas.
22 There will be corpses scattered across the fields like dung; their dead bodies will lie there like [SIM] grain that has been cut by reapers/farmers, and there will be no one [still alive] to bury them.
Dí: Yavé dice: Los cadáveres caerán como abono sobre la superficie del campo, como manojo detrás del que cosecha, pero nadie los recogerá.
23 Yahweh says this: “Wise men should not boast about their being wise, strong men should not boast about their being strong; and rich people should not boast about their being rich.
Yavé dice: No se alabe el sabio en su sabiduría, ni el valiente en su valentía, ni el rico en sus riquezas.
24 Instead, those who want to boast should boast about their knowing me and about understanding that I am Yahweh, that I am kind and just and righteous, that I faithfully love [people], and that I am delighted with [people who act] that way.
Sino alábese en esto el que se alabe: En entenderme y conocerme, que Yo soy Yavé, Quien practica misericordia, juicio y justicia en la tierra, porque quiero estas cosas, dice Yavé.
25 There will be a time when I will punish all those people of Egypt and of the Moab people-group and of the Edom [people-group] and of the Ammon [people-group], all those people who live close to desert areas (OR, who cut their hair short [to please their gods]) far from Judah, all those people who have [changed their bodies by] circumcising them [MET] but who have not [changed] their inner beings. I will punish the people of Judah also, because they have not changed their inner beings, [either].”
En verdad, vienen días, dice Yavé, cuando castigaré a todo circuncidado y a todo incircunciso:
A Egipto, a Judá y a Edom, a los hijos de Amón y a Moab, a todos los que se rapan las sienes y a los habitantes del desierto. Porque todas las naciones son incircuncisas, y toda la Casa de Israel es incircuncisa de corazón.
