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].
¡O si mi cabeza se tornase aguas, y mis ojos fuentes de lágrimas, para que llore día y noche los muertos 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.
¡O quién me diese en el desierto un mesón de caminantes, para que dejase mi pueblo, y me apartase de ellos! porque todos ellos son adúlteros, congregación de rebeladores.
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.
E hicieron que su lengua, su arco, tirase mentira; y no se fortalecieron en la tierra por verdad; porque de mal en mal salieron, y a mí no conocieron, dijo Jehová.
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].
Cada uno se guarde de su compañero, ni en ningún hermano tenga confianza; porque todo hermano engaña con engaño, y todo compañero anda con falsedad.
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.
Y cada uno engaña a su compañero, y no hablan verdad: enseñaron su lengua a hablar mentira, trabajan de hacer perversamente.
6 They habitually lie and deceive [each other], and no one will admit/say that I am God.
Tu morada es en medio de engañadores: por engaño no quisieron conocerme, dijo Jehová.
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 así dijo Jehová de los ejércitos: He aquí que yo los fundiré, y los ensayaré; porque ¿cómo haré yo por 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.
Saeta afilada es la lengua de ellos, habla engaño: con su boca habla paz con su amigo, y de dentro de sí pone sus asechanzas.
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!”
¿Sobre estas cosas no los tengo de visitar, dijo Jehová? De tal nación 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].
Sobre los montes levantaré lloro y lamentación, y llanto sobre las moradas del desierto; porque fueron desiertos hasta no quedar quien pase, ni oyeron bramido de ganado: desde las aves del cielo y hasta las bestias de la tierra se trasportaron, y 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.”
Y pondré a Jerusalem en montones, en morada de culebras; y pondré las ciudades de Judá en asolamiento, que no quede morador.
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 varón sabio, que entienda esto? ¿y a quién habló la boca de Jehová, y recontarlo ha por qué causa la tierra ha perecido, ha sido asolada, como desierto que no hay quien pase?
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.
Y dijo Jehová: Porque dejaron mi ley la cual di delante de ellos, y no obedecieron a mi voz, ni caminaron por 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.
Antes se fueron tras la imaginación de su corazón, y tras los Baales que les enseñaron sus padres:
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 así dijo Jehová de los ejércitos, Dios de Israel: He aquí que yo les daré a comer, a este pueblo, ajenjos, y les daré a beber aguas de 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.”
Y esparcirlos he entre naciones que no conocieron ellos ni sus padres; y enviaré espada en pos de ellos, hasta que yo los acabe.
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].
Así dijo Jehová de los ejércitos: Considerád, y llámad endechaderas que vengan; y enviád por las sabias que vengan;
18 Tell them to come quickly and start to wail, with the result that tears will stream down from your(pl) eyes.
Y dénse priesa, y levanten llanto sobre nosotros; y córranse nuestros ojos en lágrimas, y nuestros párpados se destilen en aguas:
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 voz de endecha fue oída de Sión: ¡Cómo hemos sido destruidos! ¡en gran manera hemos sido avergonzados! ¿Por qué dejamos la tierra? ¿Por qué nos han echado de sí nuestras moradas?
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,
Oíd pues, o! mujeres, palabra de Jehová, y vuestro oído reciba la palabra de su boca; y enseñád endechas a vuestras hijas, y cada una a su amiga lamentación.
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 ha subido por nuestras ventanas, ha entrado en nuestros palacios para talar los niños de las calles, los mancebos de 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.
Habla: Así dijo Jehová: Los cuerpos de los hombres muertos caerán sobre la haz del campo, como estiércol, y como el manojo tras el segador, que no hay quien lo coja.
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.
Así dijo Jehová: No se alabe el sabio en su sabiduría, ni se alabe el valiente en su valentía, ni se alabe 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.
Mas alábese en esto el que se hubiere de alabar, en entenderme y conocerme, que yo soy Jehová, que hago misericordia, juicio, y justicia en la tierra; porque estas cosas quiero, dijo Jehová.
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].”
He aquí que vienen días, dijo Jehová, y visitaré sobre todo circuncidado, y sobre todo incircunciso:
A Egipto, y a Judá, y a Edom, y a los hijos de Ammón y de Moab, y a todos los arrinconados en el postrer rincón, que moran en el desierto; porque todas las naciones tienen prepucio, y toda la casa de Israel tiene prepucio en el corazón.
