Jeremías 3
1 Si un hombre se divorcia de su mujer y ella se va y se casa con otro, ¿podría este hombre volver con ella? ¿No quedaría el país totalmente impuro por ello? Pero ustedes han hecho algo peor al prostituirse con muchos amantes, ¿y ahora quieren volver a mí? declara el Señor.
“[Moses wrote that] if a man divorces his wife and then she marries another man, her first husband certainly must not [RHQ] take her back again [to be his wife], because that would certainly [RHQ] cause the whole nation to become unacceptable to me. But you have more [idols than] prostitutes have men whom they have slept with! So, [why should I accept you if] you return to me?” [RHQ] says Yahweh.
2 Miren hacia las cumbres desnudas. ¿Hay algún lugar donde no hayan tenido relaciones sexuales? Se han sentado al borde del camino, como un errante en el desierto, esperando que pasen sus amantes. Han ensuciado la tierra con su prostitución y su maldad.
“Look up at the barren hilltops. On every hilltop there are [RHQ] [idols that you have worshiped]. [It is as though] they are all lovers with whom you have had sex. [It is as though] you have sat along the roadsides like an Arab, waiting [to attack and steal things from] those who pass by. Because of worshiping idols and all the other wicked things that you have done, you have caused the [entire] land to become unacceptable to me.
3 Por eso no se ha enviado rocío ni han caído lluvias de primavera. Pero tú te limitas a comportarte como una prostituta; te niegas a aceptar que has hecho algo malo.
That is why I have not sent you any rain at the times of the year when you needed it. But you are like prostitutes [MET] who are not at all ashamed [for what they have done].
4 ¿No me acabas de decir: “Padre mío, has sido un gran amigo mío desde que era pequeño.
Now each of you says to me, ‘You are my father! You have loved me ever since I was young!
5 No te enfadarás conmigo durante mucho tiempo, ¿verdad? ¿No seguirás así siempre?” Esto es lo que has dicho, pero sigues haciendo todo el mal posible.
So surely you will not [RHQ] be angry with me forever!’ But you will not quit sinning!”
6 Durante el reinado del rey Josías, el Señor me dijo: ¿Has visto lo que ha hecho el infiel Israel? Se ha prostituido en todo monte alto y bajo todo árbol verde.
[One day] when Josiah was the king of Judah, Yahweh said to me, “Have you seen what the people of Israel have done? They have turned away from me, like a woman who has abandoned her husband and sleeps with other men. They have gone up on every hilltop and under every big tree and worshiped idols there [MET].
7 Esperaba que, después de hacer todo esto, volviera a mí. Pero no volvió, y su hermana infiel, Judá, vio lo que pasó.
I thought that they would return to me, so I said to them, ‘Come back to me!’ But they refused. So I sent them away [to other countries, like a man] writes a note saying that he is divorcing his wife and then sends his wife away because she has committed adultery [MET].
8 Ella vio que por todo lo que había hecho la infiel Israel al cometer adulterio, la rechacé, dándole un certificado de divorcio. Pero su hermana infiel Judá no tuvo miedo y se prostituyó también.
The people of Judah saw what I did to them. But they are just like the people of Israel. They are not afraid [of what I will do to them]. They also [have turned away from me and are worshiping idols like] women who abandon their husbands and go to other men [MET].
9 A Israel no le importó la inmoralidad, pues se ensució a sí misma y a la tierra, cometiendo adulterio al rendirle culto a las piedras y a los árboles.
They thought that worshiping idols did not matter to me, so they have made the [entire] land unacceptable to me by worshiping idols of wood and stone.
10 A pesar de todo esto, su infiel hermana Judá no volvió a mí con sinceridad. Sólo fingió hacerlo, declara el Señor.
The people of Judah have pretended to return to me, but they have not really done that. [This is true because I], Yahweh, have said it.”
11 El Señor me dijo: La infiel Israel demostró que no era tan culpable como la infiel Judá.
Then Yahweh said to me, “The people of Israel have turned away from me, but what the people of Judah have done is worse.
12 Ahora ve y anuncia este mensaje al norte: Vuelve, Israel infiel, declara el Señor. No me enfadaré más contigo, porque soy misericordioso, declara el Señor. No me enfadaré para siempre.
So go and tell this to the people of Israel: ‘Yahweh says this to you Israeli people who have turned away from him: I am merciful. I will not continue to be angry with you forever. So return to me.
13 Reconoce que hiciste mal, que te rebelaste contra el Señor, tu Dios. Te dispersaste, cometiendo adulterio al adorar a dioses extranjeros bajo cualquier árbol verde, negándote a hacer lo que te dije, declara el Señor.
But you must admit/say that you are guilty, and that you have rebelled against me, Yahweh, your God, that you have worshiped idols under big trees everywhere, and you have not obeyed me. You have turned away from me.
14 Vuelvan, hijos infieles, declara el Señor, porque estoy casado con ustedes. Los tomaré, uno de un pueblo y dos de una familia, y los llevaré a Sión.
But you belong to me. So I will take you, one from [each] city and two from [each] clan, and bring you [back] to Jerusalem [from the countries to which you were exiled].
15 Os daré pastores que sean como yo, que os alimentarán con sabiduría y entendimiento.
[If you do that], I will appoint for you leaders with whom I am pleased, leaders who will guide you [well] because they will know and understand [what pleases me].
16 En ese momento, a medida que ustedes aumenten en número en el país, declara el Señor, ya nadie hablará del Arca del Acuerdo del Señor. La gente no necesitará pensar en ella, ni recordarla, ni preguntarse qué pasó con ella; y ciertamente no necesitará hacer una nueva.
And when you become very numerous [DOU] in your land, you will not need to talk about the Sacred Chest that contained the Ten Commandments. You will not think about it, and you will not want to make a new one.
17 Cuando llegue ese momento, Jerusalén será llamada el Trono del Señor, y todas las naciones se reunirán en Jerusalén para honrar al Señor. Ya no serán tercos ni malvados.
At that time people will say, “Jerusalem is [the place where] Yahweh’s throne is.” [People from] all nations will come there to worship me. And they will no longer stubbornly do the evil things that they desire.
18 En ese momento el pueblo de Judá se unirá al pueblo de Israel, y volverán de la tierra del norte al país que les di a sus antepasados para que lo poseyeran.
At that time you people [MTY] of Israel and the people of Judah will return from [being (exiled/forced to live) in] lands to the northeast. You will return to the land that I gave to your ancestors to belong to them [forever].
19 Me dije: Quiero que sean mis hijos, y darles el mejor país, el lugar más hermoso de cualquier nación. Esperaba que me llamarais “Padre” y que nunca dejarais de seguirme.
You people of Israel, I wanted to accept you to be my children. I wanted to give you [this] delightful land. It is a land more desirable/pleasant than the land of any other nation! I wanted you to call me ‘father’, and I wanted you to never turn away from me.
20 Pero al igual que una esposa puede traicionar a su marido, ustedes me han traicionado, pueblo de Israel, declara el Señor.
But you have abandoned me like wives who have abandoned their husbands.’” [That is what] Yahweh said, and [I told it] to the people of Israel.
21 Hay voces que claman en las cimas de los montes: los israelitas lloran y piden misericordia, porque se han extraviado y se han olvidado del Señor, su Dios.
People will hear a noise on the barren hilltops. It will be the noise made by people weeping and pleading [for God to be merciful to them]. They will be admitting/saying that they have forgotten Yahweh their God, and that they turned away from behaving as God wanted them to.
22 Volved, hijos infieles, y yo curaré vuestra infidelidad. “¡Ya estamos aquí! Sí, volvemos a ti, porque tú eres el Señor, nuestro Dios”.
Yahweh will say to them, “You Israeli people, come back to me! [If you do that], I will cause you to never turn away from me again.” [The people will reply], “We are returning to you, because you are Yahweh, our God.
23 No hay duda de que el culto pagano de las colinas es pura mentira; la idolatría que viene de las montañas es sólo ruido. La salvación de Israel está sólo en el Señor, nuestro Dios.
We did not get any help from [the idols that we worshiped on] the hilltops; we did not get any help from making all that noise up there.
24 Durante toda nuestra vida, la idolatría pagana ha destruido lo que nuestros padres tanto trabajaron: sus rebaños y manadas, sus hijos e hijas.
From the time when we were young, the shameful [god Baal] has taken away [from us] everything that our ancestors worked hard to acquire. He has taken away their flocks [of sheep] and herds [of cattle], their sons and their daughters.
25 Deberíamos acostarnos avergonzados, y que nuestra desgracia nos sepulte. Hemos pecado contra el Señor, nuestro Dios, nosotros y nuestros padres. Desde que éramos jóvenes hasta ahora no hemos obedecido lo que el Señor, nuestro Dios, nos dijo que hiciéramos.
So, now we should lie down feeling very ashamed [DOU], because we and our ancestors have sinned against Yahweh our God, and we have never obeyed him.”
