Jeremías 7
1 Este es el mensaje que le llegó a Jeremías de parte del Señor:
Yahweh gave me another message. He said to me,
2 Ve y ponte a la entrada del Templo del Señor, y entrega este mensaje: Escuchen lo que el Señor tiene que decir, todos ustedes de Judá que entran por estas puertas para adorar al Señor.
“Go to the entrance of my temple, and give this message to the people: You people of Judah who worship here, listen to this message from Yahweh!
3 Esto es lo que dice el Señor Todopoderoso, el Dios de Israel: Cambien sus costumbres y hagan lo correcto, y los dejaré seguir viviendo aquí.
The Commander of the armies of angels says to you, ['If you] stop doing evil things and start doing what is right, I will allow you to remain living in your land.'
4 No creas en los que intentan engañarte repitiendo: “El Templo del Señor está aquí, el Templo del Señor está aquí, el Templo del Señor está aquí”.
[But some people] are repeatedly saying to you, ‘The temple of Yahweh is here, [so we will be safe]; [he will not allow us and the temple to be destroyed].’ But do not pay attention to what they say, because they are deceiving you.
5 Si cambian con sinceridad su manera de actuar y hacen lo que es correcto, si se tratan con justicia unos a otros,
[I will act mercifully to you only] if you change your behavior and stop doing evil things, and if you [start to] act fairly/justly toward others,
6 si dejan de maltratar a los extranjeros, a los huérfanos y a las viudas, y si dejan de asesinar a gente inocente y de hacerse daño a sí mismos con sus cultos,
and if you stop oppressing foreigners [who live in your country], and orphans and widows, and if you stop murdering people, and if you stop worshiping (foreign gods/idols). However, if you continue to do those things, you will be destroyed.
7 entonces les dejaré seguir viviendo aquí, en el país que les di a sus antepasados, por los siglos de los siglos.
If you do what I have told you, I will allow you to stay in this land that I promised to your ancestors that it would belong to them [and their descendants] forever.
8 ¡Pero mírense! Seguís creyendo en estos engaños, en estas palabras sin valor.
[People are repeatedly] telling you, [‘The temple is here, so we are safe]’, and you are trusting/believing [that what they are saying is true], but it is a lie. [Those people are deceiving you, and what they say is] worthless.
9 ¿Realmente van a seguir robando, asesinando, cometiendo adulterio y mintiendo, quemando incienso a Baal y adorando a otros dioses de los que no saben nada,
You think that [RHQ] you can steal things, murder people, commit adultery, tell lies in court, and worship Baal and all those other gods that you did not know about previously,
10 y luego vienen a pararse frente a mí en mi propio Templo y dicen: “Estamos a salvo, así que podemos seguir haciendo todas estas cosas ofensivas”?
and then come here and stand in front of this temple, which is my temple, and say ‘Nothing bad will happen to us!’, while you continue to do all those abominable things.
11 ¿Consideran que esta casa, mi propio Templo, es una cueva de ladrones? Pues eso es lo que me parece a mí también, declara el Señor.
Do you realize that you are causing this temple, which is my temple, to become like [MET] a den where bandits hide [RHQ]? Do you not know that I see [all the evil things that you people do there]?
12 Entonces, ¿por qué no van a Silo donde me hice por primera vez un lugar para vivir contigo, y mira lo que le hice por el mal que hizo mi pueblo Israel?
[Long ago] I put my Sacred Tent at Shiloh [city], to be a place where people would worship me [MTY]. Think about how I [destroyed it] because my people, the Israeli people, did [many] wicked things there.
13 Te he advertido una y otra vez sobre todas estas cosas que has hecho, pero no has querido escuchar, declara el Señor. Te he llamado, pero no has querido responderme.
And while you were continually doing those wicked things, I told you about it many times, but you refused to listen. I called out to you, but you refused to answer [me].
14 Así que ahora voy a hacer con mi Templo lo que hice con Silo. Este es el Templo en el que pusiste tu fe, el lugar que les di a ti y a tus antepasados.
Therefore, just like I destroyed Shiloh, I will [now] destroy this temple that was built for people to worship me [MTY], this temple that you trust in, that is in this place that I gave to you and your ancestors.
15 Te expulsaré de mi presencia, así como expulsé a todos tus parientes israelitas, a todos los descendientes de Efraín.
And I will expel you from this land and send you [to other countries] far away from me, just like I did to your relatives, the people of Israel.”
16 Tú, Jeremías, no debes orar por esta gente. No me clames en oración por ellos, no me ruegues en su favor, porque no te escucharé.
[Yahweh said to me, “Jeremiah], do not pray for these people [any longer]. Do not cry for them or plead for [me to help] them, because I will not pay any attention to you.
17 ¿No ves cómo se comportan en las ciudades de Judá y en las calles de Jerusalén?
Do you see [the wicked things] that they are doing in the streets of Jerusalem and in the [other] towns in Judah?
18 Los niños recogen la leña, los padres encienden el fuego y las mujeres amasan la masa para hacer tortas para la Reina del Cielo, y derraman libaciones a otros dioses para hacerme enojar y herir.
The children gather firewood and their fathers use it to make fires [on the altars to burn sacrifices]. The women knead/make dough to make cakes to offer to [their goddess Astarte who is called] the Queen of Heaven. And [on their altars] they pour out offerings of wine to [their] other idols. All of those things cause me to become extremely angry!
19 Pero, ¿es a mí a quien realmente hieren? declara el Señor. ¿No se están lastimando a sí mismos y se están avergonzando?
But I am not [RHQ] the one whom they are hurting; they are really [RHQ] hurting themselves [by doing these things for which they should be] very ashamed!”
20 Esto es lo que dice el Señor: ¡Mira! Mi ira se derramará sobre este país, sobre las personas y los animales, sobre los huertos y las cosechas del campo. Arderá y nadie podrá apagarlo.
So Yahweh the Lord says this: “Because I am extremely angry with [what happens at] this place, I will punish these people severely [MTY]; my being very angry will be [like] [MET] a fire that will not be extinguished, and I will destroy the people, [their] animals, [their] fruit trees, and [their] crops.”
21 Esto es lo que dice el Señor Todopoderoso, el Dios de Israel: Pueden agregar sus holocaustos a sus otros sacrificios y comer toda la carne ustedes mismos!
Therefore, this is what the Commander of the armies of angels says: “Take away [IRO] your offerings that you bring to burn completely on your altars and your [other] sacrifices; [don’t give them to me]; eat them [yourselves]!
22 Cuando saqué a tus antepasados de Egipto no sólo les di instrucciones sobre holocaustos y sacrificios,
When I led your ancestors out of Egypt, it was not offerings to be completely burned on the altar or [other] sacrifices that I wanted from them.
23 Este es el mandamiento que les di: Obedézcanme, y yo seré su Dios, y ustedes serán mi pueblo. Sigan todo lo que les he mandado hacer, para que todo les vaya bien.
What I told them was, ‘Obey me; [if you do that], I will be your God and you will be my people. If you do the things that I want you to do, everything will go well for you.’
24 Pero no quisieron escuchar ni prestar atención. En lugar de ello, siguieron los deseos de su propio pensamiento obstinado y malvado, por lo que terminaron retrocediendo y no avanzando.
But your ancestors would not pay any attention [DOU] to me. They continued to do [the evil things] that they wanted to do, everything that in their stubborn inner beings they desired to do. Instead of coming closer to me, they went further away from me.
25 Desde que sus antepasados salieron de Egipto hasta ahora, les he enviado una y otra vez a mis siervos los profetas.
From the day that your ancestors left Egypt until now, I have continued to send my prophets to you.
26 Pero ustedes no quisieron escuchar ni prestarles atención. Por el contrario, se volvieron más tercos y rebeldes que sus antepasados.
But you, [my people], have not listened to me or paid attention to what I said; you have been stubborn, and you have done more sinful things than your ancestors did.”
27 Cuando les dices todo esto, no te escuchan. Cuando los llamas, no responden.
[Then Yahweh said to me], “When you tell all this to my people, they will not listen to you. When you call to them, they will not answer.
28 Así que tienes que decirles: “Esta es la nación que se negó a escuchar lo que dijo el Señor, su Dios, y no quiso aceptar la disciplina del Señor. La verdad se ha extinguido; la gente ni siquiera habla de ella.
Say to them, ‘You people [of Judah] have not obeyed Yahweh, your God; you have not accepted it when he tried to correct you. No one among you is truthful; you do not say anything that is true; [you speak only lies].’
29 Córtense el pelo y tírenlo. Canten una canción de duelo en las colinas desnudas, porque el Señor ha rechazado y abandonado a la generación que lo hizo enojar”.
[So, tell them to] cut off their hair [to show that they are mourning]; tell them to go up into the hills and sing a sad funeral song, because I have completely rejected [DOU] this generation [of people] who have made me angry.”
30 Porque el pueblo de Judá ha hecho el mal a mis ojos, declara el Señor. Han colocado sus ídolos ofensivos en mi propio Templo, volviéndolo impuro.
Yahweh says this: “The people of Judah have done many things that I say are evil. They have set up their disgusting idols in my temple, causing it to become an unacceptable [place to worship me].
31 Han construido santuarios paganos en Tofet, en el Valle de Hinom, para poder sacrificar a sus hijos e hijas quemándolos en el fuego. Esto es algo que nunca ordené. Nunca pensé en algo así.
They have built altars at Topheth in Ben-Hinnom Valley [outside Jerusalem], and they sacrifice their sons and daughters on those altars. I never commanded them to do that; I never even thought that anyone would do that.
32 ¡Así que cuidado! Se acerca el tiempo, declara el Señor, en que en lugar de Tofet y el Valle de Hinom este lugar se llamará Valle de la Matanza. La gente enterrará a sus muertos en Tofet hasta que se llene.
So they should beware! There will be a time when that place will no longer be called Topheth or the Hinnom Valley; instead, it will be called the Valley of Slaughter. There will be a huge number of people who will be buried there, with the result that there will be no space to bury more bodies.
33 Los cadáveres de este pueblo serán alimento para las aves de rapiña y los animales salvajes, y no habrá nadie que los espante.
The corpses of my people that are [not buried and are] left on the ground will be eaten by vultures and wild animals, and there will be no one to shoo/chase them away.
34 Pondré fin a los sonidos alegres de la celebración y a las voces felices de los novios de las ciudades de Judá y de las calles de Jerusalén, porque el país se convertirá en un desierto.
There will be no one singing and laughing any more in the streets of Jerusalem; there will be no more joyful voices of bridegrooms and brides in Judah, because the land will be completely destroyed.”
