Jeremías 20
1 Pasur, hijo de Imer, era un sacerdote y el funcionario encargado del Templo del Señor. Cuando oyó que Jeremías profetizaba estas cosas,
Pashhur, the son of Immer, was a priest who supervised the temple guards. He heard those things that I had prophesied.
2 golpeó al profeta Jeremías y lo hizo poner en el calabozo de la Puerta Superior de Benjamín, cerca del Templo del Señor.
[So he arrested me]. Then he [commanded guards to] whip me and fasten my feet in (stocks/a wooden frame) at the Benjamin Gate of Yahweh’s temple.
3 Al día siguiente, cuando Pasur hizo que soltaran a Jeremías del cepo, éste le dijo: “El Señor no te llama Pasur (despedazar), sino Magor-misabib (el terror está en todas partes).
The next day, when Pashhur released me, I said to him, “Pashhur, Yahweh is giving you a new name. From now on, your name will be ‘Surrounded by Terror’,
4 Porque esto es lo que dice el Señor: Voy a aterrorizarte a ti y a todos los que amas. Los enemigos los matarán mientras tú miras. Entregaré a Judá al rey de Babilonia. Matará a algunos, y al resto se lo llevará al exilio en Babilonia.
because Yahweh says this [to you]: ‘I will cause you and your friends to be terrified. You will watch them being killed by your enemies’ swords. I will enable the [army of the] king of Babylon to capture the people of Judah. Those soldiers will take some of the people to Babylon, and they will kill others with their swords.
5 “Lo entregaré todo. Todas las riquezas de esta ciudad, todos los resultados del trabajo duro, todos los objetos de valor, todas las joyas de la corona de los reyes de Judá: voy a entregárselas a sus enemigos, que las tomarán como botín y se las llevarán a Babilonia.
And I will enable their soldiers to take away [other things in] Jerusalem. They will take to Babylon all the very valuable things that belonged to your kings.
6 “Tú, Pasur, y todos los que viven contigo, irán al cautiverio. Irás a Babilonia. Morirás allí y serás enterrado, tú y todos los que amas, aquellos a los que les profetizaste mentiras”.
And [as for] you, Pashhur, they will take you and all your family to Babylon. You and your family and all your friends who have prophesied things that are lies will die there and be buried there.’”
7 Me engañaste, Señor, y me dejé engañar! Eres más fuerte que yo: ¡has ganado! Me he convertido en un chiste del que la gente se ríe todo el día. Todo el mundo se burla de mí.
[One day I said this to Yahweh]: “Yahweh, [when you chose me to be a prophet, ] deceived me, and I allowed you to deceive me. You insisted that I [become a prophet] and you are stronger than I am. And now everyone [HYP] ridicules me. They make fun of me all the day.
8 Esto se debe a que cada vez que abro la boca tengo que gritar amenazas de violencia y destrucción. El mensaje del Señor se ha convertido en la razón por la que la gente me critica y me ridiculiza todo el tiempo.
When I tell [people your messages], I shout saying, ‘[Yahweh is going to cause you to experience] violence and destruction!’ So because I tell them those messages from you, they insult me and scoff at me all day long.
9 Si me digo a mí mismo: “No hablaré más de él, ni siquiera mencionaré su nombre”, entonces su mensaje es como un fuego atrapado dentro de mí, que me quema por dentro. Me estoy cansando de aguantar. Simplemente no puedo ganar.
But if I would say, ‘I will never mention Yahweh or say anything about him, [MTY]’ [it would be as though] your message would burn in my inner being like [SIM] a fire; it would be like a fire in my bones. Sometimes I try to remain silent and not proclaim your messages, but I am not able to do that.
10 He oído a mucha gente murmurar: “¡Él es el que dice que el terror está en todas partes! ¡Hay que denunciarle! Denunciar lo que hace!” Todos mis buenos amigos están esperando que cometa un error. “Tal vez cometa un error para que podamos derrotarlo y vengarnos de él”, dicen.
I hear many people whispering [about me], saying ‘[He is the man who proclaims that there will be things that cause us to] be terrified everywhere. We must tell [the authorities what he is saying]! We must denounce him!’ [Even] my best friends are waiting for me to say something that is wrong. [They are saying], ‘Perhaps we can cause him to say something wrong, and if he does, we will be able to discredit him.’
11 Pero el Señor está a mi lado como un poderoso guerrero. Por eso, los que me atacan caerán. No ganarán. Al no tener éxito quedarán totalmente deshonrados. Su vergüenza no se olvidará jamás.
But [you], Yahweh, are helping me like [SIM] a strong warrior, so [it is as though] you will cause those who persecute me to stumble, and they will not defeat me. They will be completely disgraced because of being unable to defeat me; and other people will never forget that they were disgraced.
12 Señor Todopoderoso, tú sabes sin lugar a dudas quién vive bien. Tú examinas los pensamientos y sentimientos de la gente. Así que deja que tu castigo caiga sobre ellos, porque he confiado en ti para que juzgues mi caso.
Commander of the armies of angels, you examine [all] those who are righteous; you know [all that is in] their inner beings and what they think. Allow me to see you getting revenge on those [who want to harm me], because I trust that you will do for me what is right.”
13 ¡Canten al Señor! ¡Alaben al Señor! Porque él salva a los pobres del poder de los malvados.
Sing to Yahweh! Praise Yahweh! He rescues [poor and] needy people, from those [SYN] who are wicked.
14 ¡Que se maldiga el día en que nací! ¡Que el día en que mi madre me dio a luz nunca sea bendecido!
But I hope/desire that the day that I was born will be cursed. I do not want [anyone to] celebrate that day.
15 Que sea maldito el hombre que le trajo a mi padre la noticia que lo alegró mucho, diciendo: “Tienes un hijo”.
And [as for] that man who brought to my father the news, and caused him to be very happy, by saying “[You wife] has given birth to a son for you”, I hope/desire that he [also] will be cursed.
16 Que ese hombre sea como las ciudades que el Señor destruyó sin piedad. Que oiga gritos de alarma por la mañana y gritos de guerra al mediodía,
Allow him to be destroyed like the cities that Yahweh destroyed [long ago], without acting mercifully [toward them]. Cause that man to hear the people wailing in the morning, and [to hear the enemy soldiers shout their] battle cries at noon.
17 porque debió matarme en el vientre para que mi madre fuera mi tumba, quedando embarazada para siempre.
[I want that to happen to him] because he did not kill me before I was born. I wish that I had died in my mother’s womb, and that my mother’s body would have been [like] [MET] my grave.
18 ¿Por qué nací sólo para ver problemas y tristeza, y para terminar mi vida en la vergüenza?
I have continually experienced much trouble and sorrow, and I am disgraced now when I am about to die; why was it necessary [RHQ] for me to me born?
