Jeremías 27
1 Este mensaje llegó a Jeremías de parte del Señor al comienzo del reinado de Sedequías, hijo de Josías, rey de Judá.
When Zedekiah, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, first became king this word came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,
2 Esto es lo que me dijo el Señor: Hazte un arnés y un yugo y átalo a tu cuello
This is what the Lord has said to me: Make for yourself bands and yokes and put them on your neck;
3 Envía un mensaje a los reyes de Edom, Moab, Amón, Tiro y Sidón por medio de los embajadores que han venido a Jerusalén a ver a Sedequías, rey de Judá.
And send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the children of Ammon, and to the king of Tyre, and to the king of Zidon, by their servants who come to Jerusalem, to Zedekiah, king of Judah;
4 Dales esta orden del Señor Todopoderoso, el Dios de Israel, para que la transmitan a sus señores:
And give them orders to say to their masters, This is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: Say to your masters,
5 Por mi fuerza y mi poder creador hice la tierra y los seres humanos y los animales que la habitan, y la entrego a los que son rectos a mis ojos.
I have made the earth, and man and beast on the face of the earth, by my great power and by my outstretched arm; and I will give it to anyone at my pleasure.
6 Ahora he puesto a mi siervo Nabucodonosor, rey de Babilonia, a cargo de todos estos países. Incluso le he dado el control de los animales salvajes.
And now I have given all these lands into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, my servant; and I have given the beasts of the field to him for his use.
7 Todas las naciones le servirán a él, a su hijo y a su nieto, hasta el momento en que su propia tierra quede bajo el control de otras naciones y de reyes poderosos.
And all the nations will be servants to him and to his son and to his son's son, till the time comes for his land to be overcome: and then a number of nations and great kings will take it for their use.
8 Cualquier nación o reino que no sirva a Nabucodonosor, rey de Babilonia, y no se someta a él Castigaré a esa nación con guerra, hambre y peste, declara el Señor, hasta que deje que Nabucodonosor la destruya por completo.
And it will come about, that if any nation does not become a servant to this same Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, and does not put its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, then I will send punishment on that nation, says the Lord, by the sword and need of food and by disease, till I have given them into his hands.
9 No escuches a tus profetas, a tus adivinos, a tus intérpretes de sueños, a tus médiums o a tus magos cuando te digan: “No servirás al rey de Babilonia”.
And you are not to give attention to your prophets or your readers of signs or your dreamers or those who see into the future or those who make use of secret arts, who say to you, You will not become servants of the king of Babylon:
10 Ellos te están profetizando una mentira que te llevará a la expulsión de tu país. Te expulsaré y morirás.
For they say false words to you, so that you may be sent away far from your land, and so that you may be forced out by me and come to destruction.
11 Pero a la nación que se someta al rey de Babilonia y le sirva, la dejaré en su propia tierra, para que la cultive y viva en ella, declara el Señor.
But as for that nation which puts its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon and becomes his servant, I will let that nation keep on in its land, farming it and living in it, says the Lord.
12 El mismo mensaje le di a Sedequías, rey de Judá: Sométete al rey de Babilonia; sírvele a él y a su pueblo, y vive.
And I said all this to Zedekiah, king of Judah, saying, Put your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon and become his servants and his people, so that you may keep your lives.
13 ¿Por qué han de morir tú y tu pueblo a causa de la guerra, el hambre y la peste, como el Señor ha dicho que traería contra cualquier nación que no sirva al rey de Babilonia?
Why are you desiring death, you and your people, by the sword, and because food is gone, and by disease, as the Lord has said of the nation which does not become the servant of the king of Babylon?
14 No escuches los mensajes de los profetas que dicen: “No servirás al rey de Babilonia”, porque te están profetizando una mentira.
And you are not to give ear to the prophets who say to you, You will not become servants of the king of Babylon: for what they say is not true.
15 Yo no los envié, declara el Señor, y sin embargo están dando falsas profecías en mi nombre. Por eso los expulsaré y morirán, ustedes y los profetas que les profetizan.
For I have not sent them, says the Lord, but they are saying what is false in my name, so that I might send you out by force, causing destruction to come on you and on your prophets.
16 Entonces dije a los sacerdotes y a todo el pueblo: Esto es lo que dice el Señor: No escuchen las palabras de sus profetas que les profetizan diciendo: “¡Miren! Los objetos del Templo del Señor volverán pronto de Babilonia”. Te están profetizando una mentira.
And I said to the priests and to all the people, This is what the Lord has said: Give no attention to the words of your prophets who say to you, See, in a very little time now the vessels of the Lord's house will come back again from Babylon: for what they say to you is false.
17 No los escuches. Sirvan al rey de Babilonia y vivan. ¿Por qué debe ser destruida esta ciudad?
Give no attention to them; become servants of the king of Babylon and keep yourselves from death: why let this town become a waste?
18 Si realmente son profetas y tienen la palabra del Señor consigo, deberían estar suplicando ahora al Señor Todopoderoso que lo que queda en el Templo del Señor, en el palacio del rey de Judá y en Jerusalén, no sea llevado a Babilonia.
But if they are prophets, and if the word of the Lord is with them, let them now make request to the Lord of armies that the vessels which are still in the house of the Lord and in the house of the king of Judah and at Jerusalem, may not go to Babylon.
19 Esto dice el Señor Todopoderoso sobre las columnas, el mar de bronce, las bases y el resto de los objetos que quedan en Jerusalén:
For this is what the Lord has said about the rest of the vessels which are still in this town,
20 todo lo que Nabucodonosor, rey de Babilonia, no se llevó cuando tomó a Joaquín hijo de Joacim, rey de Judá, al exilio de Jerusalén a Babilonia, junto con todos los nobles de Judá y de Jerusalén.
Which Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, did not take away, when he took Jeconiah, the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, a prisoner from Jerusalem to Babylon, with all the great men of Judah and Jerusalem;
21 De nuevo, esto es lo que dice el Señor Todopoderoso, el Dios de Israel, sobre los objetos que quedaron en el Templo del Señor, en el palacio del rey de Judá y en Jerusalén:
For this is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said about the rest of the vessels in the house of the Lord and in the house of the king of Judah and at Jerusalem:
22 Serán llevados a Babilonia y se quedarán allí hasta el momento en que vuelva a verlos, declara el Señor. Sólo entonces los traeré de vuelta para que vuelvan a estar en Jerusalén.
They will be taken away to Babylon, and there they will be till the day when I send their punishment on them, says the Lord. Then I will take them up and put them back in their place.
