Jeremías 14
1 He aquí lo que dijo Yahvé a Jeremías con motivo de la sequía:
The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah when there was no water.
2 Judá está de luto, sus puertas languidecen; entristecidas se inclinan hacia el suelo y Jerusalén alza el grito.
Judah is weeping and its doors are dark with sorrow, and people are seated on the earth clothed in black; and the cry of Jerusalem has gone up.
3 Sus nobles envían a sus criados por agua; van estos a los pozos, y no hallando agua se vuelven con sus cántaros vacíos, cubierta su cabeza a causa de la vergüenza y confusión.
Their great men have sent their servants for water: they come to the holes and there is no water to be seen; they come back with nothing in their vessels; they are overcome with shame and fear, covering their heads.
4 También los labradores se cubren por vergüenza la cabeza a causa del suelo que está rajado por falta de lluvia sobre la tierra.
Those who do work on the land are in fear, for there has been no rain on the land, and the farmers are shamed, covering their heads.
5 Pues hasta la cierva en el campo después de parir abandona (su cría), porque no hay pasto.
And the roe, giving birth in the field, lets her young one be uncared for, because there is no grass.
6 Los asnos salvajes se ponen encima de los riscos, aspirando el aire como chacales; desfallecen sus ojos, porque no hay cosa verde.
And the asses of the field on the open hilltops are opening their mouths wide like jackals to get air; their eyes are hollow because there is no grass.
7 “Aunque nuestras maldades testifican contra nosotros, trátanos, Yahvé, respetando tu Nombre; pues son muchas nuestras rebeldías; hemos pecado contra Ti.
Though our sins give witness against us, do something, O Lord, for the honour of your name: for again and again we have been turned away from you, we have done evil against you.
8 ¡Oh Tu, Esperanza de Israel, Salvador suyo en tiempo de angustia! ¿cómo es que estás cual extranjero en el país, cual pasajero que solo se detiene para pasar una noche?
O you hope of Israel, its saviour in time of trouble, why are you like one who is strange in the land, and like a traveller putting up his tent for a night?
9 ¿Por qué eres Tú como un hombre atónito, como un valiente incapaz de salvar? Y sin embargo, Tú, Yahvé, estás entre nosotros, los que llevamos tu Nombre. No nos desampares.”
Why are you like a man surprised, like a man of war who is not able to give help? but you, O Lord, are with us, and we are named by your name; do not go away from us.
10 Así dice Yahvé respecto de este pueblo: “Esto les gusta: andar de un lugar a otro, sin dar descanso a sus pies; pero Yahvé no se complace en ellos: ahora se va a acordar de sus iniquidades, y castigará sus pecados.”
This is what the Lord has said about this people: Even so they have been glad to go from the right way; they have not kept their feet from wandering, so the Lord has no pleasure in them; now he will keep their wrongdoing in mind and send punishment for their sins.
11 Y me dijo Yahvé: “No ruegues para bien de este pueblo.
And the Lord said to me, Make no prayer for this people for their good.
12 Aun cuando ayunen no oiré sus clamores, y cuando ofrezcan holocaustos y ofrendas, no los aceptaré, sino que los extirparé con la espada, con el hambre y con la peste.”
When they go without food, I will not give ear to their cry; when they give burned offerings and meal offerings, I will not take pleasure in them: but I will put an end to them by the sword and by need of food and by disease.
13 Entonces dije: “¡Ah, Señor, Yahvé! Mira cómo los profetas les dicen: «No veréis espada, ni tendréis hambre, antes bien, Yo os daré una paz segura en este lugar».”
Then I said, Ah, Lord God! see, the prophets say to them, You will not see the sword or be short of food; but I will give you certain peace in this place.
14 Y me respondió Yahvé: “Los profetas profetizan mentiras en mi Nombre; Yo no los he enviado, nada les he ordenado; no he hablado a ellos; visiones mentirosas, vanas adivinaciones e ilusiones de su propio corazón es lo que profetizan.
Then the Lord said to me, The prophets say false words in my name, and I gave them no orders, and I said nothing to them: what they say to you is a false vision and wonder-working words without substance, the deceit of their hearts.
15 Por tanto, así dice Yahvé respecto de los profetas que profetizan en mi Nombre sin que Yo los haya enviado, y que dicen: «No habrá en el país ni espada ni hambre»: al filo de la espada y por hambre perecerán estos profetas;
So this is what the Lord has said about the prophets who make use of my name, though I sent them not, and say, The sword and need of food will not be in this land: the sword and need of food will put an end to those prophets.
16 las gentes ante las cuales ellos profetizan, serán arrojadas por las calles de Jerusalén, víctimas del hambre y de la espada, y no habrá quien los entierre, a ellos, sus mujeres, sus hijos y sus hijas; y derramaré sobre ellos su maldad.
And the people to whom they are prophets will be pushed out dead into the streets of Jerusalem, because there is no food, and because of the sword; and they will have no one to put their bodies into the earth, them or their wives or their sons or their daughters: for I will let loose their evil-doing on them.
17 Diles, pues, esta palabra: Derramen mis ojos lágrimas, noche y día, sin cesar, porque la virgen, hija de mi pueblo ha sido quebrantada con extremo quebranto, herida de gravísima plaga.
And you are to say this word to them, Let my eyes be streaming with water night and day, and let it not be stopped; for the virgin daughter of my people is wounded with a great wound, with a very bitter blow.
18 Si salgo al campo, veo a los que murieron por la espada, y si entro en la ciudad, a los extenuados por el hambre, pues tanto el profeta como el sacerdote andan errantes hacia un país desconocido.”
If I go out into the open country, there are those put to death by the sword! and if I go into the town, there are those who are diseased from need of food! for the prophet and the priest go about in the land and have no knowledge.
19 ¿Has rechazado del todo a Judá? ¿Aborrece tu alma a Sión? ¿Por qué nos has herido de muerte? Esperábamos la paz, y no hay bien; el tiempo de restablecernos y no hay más que espanto.
Have you completely given up Judah? is your soul turned in disgust from Zion? why have you given us blows from which there is no one to make us well? we were looking for peace, but no good came; and for a time of well-being, but there was only a great fear.
20 Reconocemos, oh Yahvé, nuestra maldad, la culpa de nuestros padres; ya que hemos pecado contra Ti.
We are conscious, O Lord, of our sin and of the wrongdoing of our fathers: we have done evil against you.
21 No nos rechaces, por amor de tu Nombre, no profanes el solio de tu gloria; acuérdate, no rompas tu alianza con nosotros.
Do not be turned from us in disgust, because of your name; do not put shame on the seat of your glory: keep us in mind, let not your agreement with us be broken.
22 ¿Hay acaso entre los ídolos de los gentiles quien pueda dar lluvia? ¿O pueden acaso los cielos enviar aguas? ¿No eres Tú, el Señor, Dios nuestro? En Ti esperamos, porque Tú haces todas estas cosas.
Are any of the false gods of the nations able to make rain come? are the heavens able to give showers? are you not he, O Lord our God? so we will go on waiting for you, for you have done all these things.
