Jeremías 14
1 Esta es la palabra de Yahvé que llegó a Jeremías en relación con la sequía:
After there had been no rain [in Judah] for a long time, Yahweh gave me this message:
2 “Judá está de luto, y sus puertas languidecen. Se sientan en negro en el suelo. El grito de Jerusalén se eleva.
[The people in] Judah are very distressed; people [are sitting] on the ground and mourning; [in all of] Jerusalem people are crying loudly.
3 Sus nobles envían a sus pequeños a las aguas. Llegan a las cisternas, y no encontraremos agua. Vuelven con los vasos vacíos. Están decepcionados y confundidos, y cubrir sus cabezas.
The rich people send their servants to [wells] to get water, but [all] the wells are dry. The servants return with empty pitchers; they cover their heads [because they are ashamed and humiliated/disappointed and sad].
4 Por el suelo que se agrieta, porque no ha llovido en la tierra, los aradores están decepcionados. Se cubren la cabeza.
The ground is extremely dry and cracked open because there has been no rain. The farmers are very worried, [so] they [also] cover their heads.
5 Sí, también la cierva en el campo pare y abandone a sus crías, porque no hay hierba.
Even the (does/female deer) abandon their newborn babies/fawns because there is no grass in the fields [for them to eat].
6 Los asnos salvajes se paran en las alturas desnudas. Jadean por aire como chacales. Sus ojos fallan, porque no hay vegetación.
The wild donkeys stand on the barren hills, panting like [SIM] [thirsty] jackals/wolves. They become blind because there is no grass [to eat].
7 Aunque nuestras iniquidades testifiquen contra nosotros, trabajar por tu nombre, Yahvé; porque nuestras rebeliones son muchas. Hemos pecado contra ti.
[The people say], “Yahweh, we have turned away from you and sinned many times, and now we know that we are being punished because of our sins, but please help us in order that everyone can see that you are very great [MTY].
8 Tú, esperanza de Israel, su salvador en el momento de la dificultad, por qué deberías estar como un extranjero en la tierra, y como un caminante que se aparta para pasar la noche?
You are the one whom [we] Israelis confidently expect [to do good things for us] when we have [many] troubles/difficulties. So, why do you [not help us]? You act as though you are a stranger in our land, like you are someone who is staying here for only one night.
9 Por qué debes ser como un hombre asustado, como un hombre poderoso que no puede salvar? Sin embargo, tú, Yahvé, estás en medio de nosotros, y nos llamamos por tu nombre. No nos dejes.
Are you also surprised [about the terrible things that are happening to us]? Why do you act like you are unable to save anyone, even though you are a strong warrior? Yahweh, you are [here] among us, and [others know that] we are your people, [so] do not abandon us!”
10 Yahvé dice a este pueblo: “Aun así, les ha gustado vagar. No han frenado sus pies. Por lo tanto, Yahvé no los acepta. Ahora se acordará de su iniquidad, y castigarlos por sus pecados”.
And this is what Yahweh says to those people: “You love to wander away [from me]; you run [MTY] from one [idol] to another. Therefore, now I will no [longer] accept you, and I will punish you for your sins.”
11 El Señor me dijo: “No reces por este pueblo para su bien.
[Then] Yahweh said to me, “Do not pray for these people [any more].
12 Cuando ayunen, no escucharé su clamor; y cuando ofrezcan holocaustos y ofrendas, no los aceptaré, sino que los consumiré con la espada, el hambre y la peste.”
When they (fast/abstain from food in order to honor me), I will not pay any attention. When they bring [to me] their offerings [of animals] to be completely burned [on the altar] and their offerings of grain, I will not accept them. Instead, I will get rid of them by wars, by famines, and by diseases.”
13 Entonces dije: “¡Ah, Señor Yahvé! He aquí que los profetas les dicen: ‘No veréis la espada, ni tendréis hambre, sino que os daré una paz segura en este lugar’”.
Then I replied to him, “Yahweh [my] God, [their] prophets are telling the people that they will not experience wars [MTY] or famines. They are telling the people that you will surely allow us to have peace in our land [for many years].”
14 Entonces el Señor me dijo: “Los profetas profetizan mentiras en mi nombre. Yo no los envié. Yo no les ordené. Yo no les hablé. Te profetizan una visión mentirosa, una adivinación y una cosa de nada, y el engaño de su propio corazón.
Yahweh replied to me, “Those prophets say that they are speaking what I tell them to say [MTY], but they are telling lies. I did not send them, [so] what they are saying is false. They say that they have received visions from me, and that they are telling things that I have revealed to them, but that is not true. They are saying foolish things that they have only thought of themselves.
15 Por eso dice el Señor acerca de los profetas que profetizan en mi nombre, pero yo no los envié, y sin embargo dicen: ‘La espada y el hambre no estarán en esta tierra’. Esos profetas serán consumidos por la espada y el hambre.
So this is what I say about those prophets who are predicting what will happen, saying that I told them those things: They are saying that we Israelis will not die from wars or famines, but I did not send those prophets. And they themselves will die from wars or from famines.
16 El pueblo al que profetizan será expulsado por las calles de Jerusalén a causa del hambre y de la espada. No tendrán quien los entierre, ni a ellos, ni a sus esposas, ni a sus hijos, ni a sus hijas, porque derramaré sobre ellos su maldad.
And the people to whom they are predicting these things, they and their wives and their sons and their daughters, will [also die] from wars or from famines. [Their corpses will] be thrown into the streets of Jerusalem, and there will not be anyone to bury them. I will punish them like they deserve to be punished.
17 “Les dirás esta palabra: “‘Que mis ojos corran con lágrimas noche y día, y que no cesen; porque la hija virgen de mi pueblo está rota con una gran brecha, con una herida muy grave.
[So, Jeremiah], tell this to them [about yourself]: ‘Day and night my eyes are full of tears. I cannot stop crying. I cry for my people, who are [very precious to me, as if they were] [MET] my daughters. I cry for them because they have been severely wounded; they have been severely crushed [DOU].
18 Si salgo al campo, ¡entonces he aquí, los muertos con la espada! Si entro en la ciudad, entonces, ¡mira a los que están enfermos de hambre! Porque tanto el profeta como el sacerdote van por la tierra, y no tienen conocimiento”.
If I go out into the fields, I see [corpses of] people who have been slaughtered by our enemies. If I walk along the streets of the city, I see [corpses of people who died] from hunger. The prophets and the priests travel through the land, preaching to people, but they do not know [what they are doing] (OR, [in a land] that they know nothing about).’”
19 ¿Has rechazado por completo a Judá? ¿Tu alma ha aborrecido a Sión? ¿Por qué nos has golpeado, y no hay curación para nosotros? Buscamos la paz, pero no llegó nada bueno; y por un tiempo de curación, y he aquí, ¡desconsuelo!
[Then I prayed this]: “[Yahweh], have you completely rejected [the people of] Judah? Do you really despise [the people of] Jerusalem [MTY]? Why have you [RHQ] wounded us very badly, with the result that we will never be healed? We hoped that we would have peace, but there was no peace. We hoped that there would be a time when we would be healed, but all that we received were things that terrified us.
20 Reconocemos, Yahvé, nuestra maldad, y la iniquidad de nuestros padres; porque hemos pecado contra ti.
Yahweh, we admit/know that we are wicked people, and that our ancestors [also] did many wicked things. We have [all] sinned against you.
21 No nos aborrezcas, por tu nombre. No deshonres el trono de tu gloria. Recuerda, y no rompas tu pacto con nosotros.
But [Yahweh], in order that we may honor [MTY] you, do not despise/abandon us. Do not dishonor [the city where] [MTY] your glorious throne is. [Please] do not forget [us], and do not (break your agreement with us/stop doing what you agreed to do for us).
22 ¿Hay alguno entre las vanidades de las naciones que pueda hacer llover? ¿O el cielo puede dar duchas? ¿No eres tú, Yahvé, nuestro Dios? Por lo tanto, te esperaremos; porque tú has hecho todas estas cosas.
Those idols that [have been brought from] other nations certainly cannot [RHQ] bring rain [to us], and the sky certainly cannot [RHQ] cause rain to fall. Yahweh our God, you are the only one who can do things like that. So we will confidently expect you [to help us].”
