Jeremías 34
1 Este es el mensaje del Señor que llegó a Jeremías cuando Nabucodonosor, rey de Babilonia, y todo su ejército, junto con las tropas de todos los países que gobernaba y de otras naciones, estaban atacando Jerusalén y todas sus ciudades cercanas:
The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, when Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, and all his army, and all the kingdoms of the earth which were under his rule, and all the peoples, were fighting against Jerusalem and all its towns, saying,
2 Esto es lo que dice el Señor, el Dios de Israel: Ve a hablar con Sedequías, rey de Judá, y dile que esto es lo que dice el Señor: ¡Escucha! Estoy a punto de entregar esta ciudad al rey de Babilonia, y él la va a incendiar.
The Lord, the God of Israel, has said, Go and say to Zedekiah, king of Judah, This is what the Lord has said: See, I will give this town into the hands of the king of Babylon, and he will have it burned with fire:
3 Tú mismo no escaparás de ser capturado por él. Ciertamente serás tomado prisionero y llevado ante él para hablar con él personalmente y verlo cara a cara. Serás llevado a Babilonia.
And you will not get away from him, but will certainly be taken and given up into his hands; and you will see the king of Babylon, eye to eye, and he will have talk with you, mouth to mouth, and you will go to Babylon.
4 Escucha lo que el Señor te dice, Sedequías, rey de Judá. Esto es lo que el Señor dice de ti: No te matarán;
But give ear to the word of the Lord, O Zedekiah, king of Judah; this is what the Lord has said about you: Death will not come to you by the sword:
5 morirás en paz. Tendrás un funeral apropiado con incienso quemado para ti como lo hicieron con tus antepasados, los reyes que gobernaron antes que tú. Llorarán por ti, gritando: “El rey ha muerto”. Yo mismo te lo digo, declara el Señor.
You will come to your end in peace; and such burnings as they made for your fathers, the earlier kings before you, will be made for you; and they will be weeping for you and saying, Ah lord! for I have said the word, says the Lord.
6 El profeta Jeremías le dijo todo esto a Sedequías, rey de Judá, allí en Jerusalén.
Then Jeremiah the prophet said all these things to Zedekiah, king of Judah, in Jerusalem,
7 En ese momento el ejército del rey de Babilonia estaba atacando la ciudad y las ciudades de Judea de Laquis y Azeca. Estas eran las únicas ciudades fortificadas que aún no habían sido conquistadas en Judá.
When the army of the king of Babylon was fighting against Jerusalem and against all the towns of Judah which had not been taken, against Lachish and against Azekah; for these were the last of the walled towns of Judah.
8 Un mensaje del Señor llegó a Jeremías después de que el rey Sedequías había acordado con todos en Jerusalén anunciar una proclamación de libertad.
The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, after King Zedekiah had made an agreement with all the people in Jerusalem, to give news in public that servants were to be made free;
9 Esto significaba que todo propietario de esclavos debía liberar a sus esclavos hebreos, tanto hombres como mujeres. Nadie debía obligar a sus conciudadanos a seguir siendo esclavos.
That every man was to let his Hebrew man-servant and his Hebrew servant-girl go free; so that no one might make use of a Jew, his countryman, as a servant:
10 Todos los funcionarios y todo el pueblo que aceptaron este acuerdo hicieron lo que dijeron. Liberaron a sus esclavos y esclavas, sin obligarlos a seguir siendo esclavos. Obedecieron y los dejaron libres.
And this was done by all the rulers and the people who had taken part in the agreement, and every one let his man-servant and his servant-girl go free, not to be used as servants any longer; they did so, and let them go.
11 Sin embargo, más tarde cambiaron de opinión y volvieron a tomar a los esclavos y esclavas que habían liberado, obligándolos a volver a la esclavitud.
But later, they took back again the servants and the servant-girls whom they had let go free, and put them again under the yoke as servants and servant-girls.
12 Un mensaje del Señor llegó a Jeremías, diciendo:
For this reason the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,
13 Esto es lo que dice el Señor, el Dios de Israel: Hice un acuerdo con sus antepasados cuando los saqué de Egipto, de la cárcel de la esclavitud, diciendo:
The Lord, the God of Israel, has said, I made an agreement with your fathers on the day when I took them out of Egypt, out of the prison-house, saying,
14 Cada siete años, cada uno de ustedes deberá liberar a todos los compañeros hebreos que se hayan vendido a ustedes. Pueden servirte durante seis años, pero luego debes liberarlos. Pero tus antepasados no prestaron atención y no obedecieron lo que les dije.
At the end of seven years every man is to let go his countryman who is a Hebrew, who has become yours for a price and has been your servant for six years; you are to let him go free: but your fathers gave no attention and did not give ear.
15 Hace poco tiempo ustedes decidieron hacer lo que es correcto, lo que me hizo feliz. Todos ustedes anunciaron que liberarían a sus esclavos. Hicieron un acuerdo ante mí en mi Templo.
And now, turning away from evil, you had done what is right in my eyes, giving a public undertaking for every man to make his neighbour free; and you had made an agreement before me in the house which is named by my name:
16 Pero ahora han cambiado de parecer y me han deshonrado. Cada uno de ustedes recuperó a los esclavos y esclavas que habían liberado para que hicieran lo que quisieran. Los obligaron a volver a ser sus esclavos.
But again you have put shame on my name, and you have taken back, every one his man-servant and his servant-girl, whom you had sent away free, and you have put them under the yoke again to be your servants and servant-girls.
17 Esto es lo que dice el Señor: No me has obedecido. No has anunciado la libertad para tus esclavos, tu propio pueblo. Así que ahora les anuncio la “libertad”, declara el Señor: ¡Libertad para ser asesinados por la guerra, por la enfermedad y por el hambre! Haré que todos los reinos del mundo se horroricen de ustedes.
And so the Lord has said, You have not given ear to me and undertaken publicly, every man to let loose his countryman and his neighbour: see, I undertake to let loose against you the sword and disease and need of food; and I will send you wandering among all the kingdoms of the earth.
18 Ellos han roto mi acuerdo, y no han cumplido los términos del acuerdo que prometieron ante mí. Así que los voy a despedazar como al ternero que cortaron por la mitad para pasar entre sus dos trozos.
And I will give the men who have gone against my agreement and have not given effect to the words of the agreement which they made before me, when the ox was cut in two and they went between the parts of it,
19 Los entregaré a sus enemigos que intentan matarlos. Esto incluye a los líderes de Judá y Jerusalén, a los funcionarios de la corte, a los sacerdotes y a todos los que pasaron entre las piezas del becerro.
The rulers of Judah and the rulers of Jerusalem, the unsexed servants and the priests and all the people of the land who went between the parts of the ox,
20 Sus cadáveres se convertirán en alimento para las aves de rapiña y los animales salvajes.
Even these I will give up into the hands of their haters and into the hands of those who have designs against their lives: and their dead bodies will become food for the birds of heaven and the beasts of the earth.
21 Entregaré a Sedequías, rey de Judá, y a sus funcionarios a sus enemigos que intentan matarlos, al ejército del rey de Babilonia que había detenido su ataque contra ustedes.
And Zedekiah, king of Judah, and his rulers I will give into the hands of their haters and into the hands of those who have designs against their lives, and into the hands of the king of Babylon's army which has gone away from you.
22 ¡Escuchen! Yo daré la orden, declara el Señor, y los haré volver a Jerusalén. La atacarán, la capturarán y la quemarán. Voy a destruir las ciudades de Judá para que nadie viva allí.
See, I will give orders, says the Lord, and make them come back to this town; and they will make war on it and take it and have it burned with fire: and I will make the towns of Judah waste and unpeopled.
