Jeremías 20
1 Pashur, hijo del sacerdote Immer, que era el jefe de la casa de Yahvé, oyó a Jeremías profetizar estas cosas.
Pashhur, the son of Immer, was a priest who supervised the temple guards. He heard those things that I had prophesied.
2 Entonces Pasjur golpeó al profeta Jeremías y lo puso en el cepo que estaba en la puerta superior de Benjamín, que estaba en la casa de Yahvé.
[So he arrested me]. Then he [commanded guards to] whip me and fasten my feet in (stocks/a wooden frame) at the Benjamin Gate of Yahweh’s temple.
3 Al día siguiente, Pasjur liberó a Jeremías del cepo. Entonces Jeremías le dijo: “Yahvé no ha llamado tu nombre Pashur, sino Magormissabib.
The next day, when Pashhur released me, I said to him, “Pashhur, Yahweh is giving you a new name. From now on, your name will be ‘Surrounded by Terror’,
4 Porque Yahvé dice: ‘He aquí que te convertiré en un terror para ti y para todos tus amigos. Caerán por la espada de sus enemigos, y tus ojos lo verán. Entregaré a todo Judá en manos del rey de Babilonia, y él los llevará cautivos a Babilonia, y los matará a espada.
because Yahweh says this [to you]: ‘I will cause you and your friends to be terrified. You will watch them being killed by your enemies’ swords. I will enable the [army of the] king of Babylon to capture the people of Judah. Those soldiers will take some of the people to Babylon, and they will kill others with their swords.
5 Además, entregaré todas las riquezas de esta ciudad, todas sus ganancias y todos sus objetos preciosos, sí, entregaré todos los tesoros de los reyes de Judá en manos de sus enemigos. Los harán cautivos, los tomarán y los llevarán a Babilonia.
And I will enable their soldiers to take away [other things in] Jerusalem. They will take to Babylon all the very valuable things that belonged to your kings.
6 Tú, Pashur, y todos los que habitan en tu casa irán al cautiverio. Llegarás a Babilonia, y allí morirás, y allí serás enterrado, tú y todos tus amigos, a quienes has profetizado falsamente”.
And [as for] you, Pashhur, they will take you and all your family to Babylon. You and your family and all your friends who have prophesied things that are lies will die there and be buried there.’”
7 Yahvé, tú me has persuadido, y yo he sido persuadido. Eres más fuerte que yo y has vencido. Me he convertido en un hazmerreír todo el día. Todo el mundo se burla de mí.
[One day I said this to Yahweh]: “Yahweh, [when you chose me to be a prophet, ] deceived me, and I allowed you to deceive me. You insisted that I [become a prophet] and you are stronger than I am. And now everyone [HYP] ridicules me. They make fun of me all the day.
8 Porque todas las veces que hablo, grito; Grito: “¡Violencia y destrucción!” porque la palabra de Yahvé se ha convertido en un reproche para mí, y una burla, todo el día.
When I tell [people your messages], I shout saying, ‘[Yahweh is going to cause you to experience] violence and destruction!’ So because I tell them those messages from you, they insult me and scoff at me all day long.
9 Si digo que no voy a hacer mención de él, ni hablar más en su nombre, entonces hay en mi corazón como un fuego ardiente encerrado en mis huesos. Estoy cansado de aguantar. No puedo.
But if I would say, ‘I will never mention Yahweh or say anything about him, [MTY]’ [it would be as though] your message would burn in my inner being like [SIM] a fire; it would be like a fire in my bones. Sometimes I try to remain silent and not proclaim your messages, but I am not able to do that.
10 Porque he oído la difamación de muchos: “¡Terror por todos lados! Denuncia, y lo denunciaremos”. dicen todos mis amigos conocidos, los que velan por mi caída. “Tal vez se le convenza, y prevaleceremos contra él, y nos vengaremos de él”.
I hear many people whispering [about me], saying ‘[He is the man who proclaims that there will be things that cause us to] be terrified everywhere. We must tell [the authorities what he is saying]! We must denounce him!’ [Even] my best friends are waiting for me to say something that is wrong. [They are saying], ‘Perhaps we can cause him to say something wrong, and if he does, we will be able to discredit him.’
11 Pero Yahvé está conmigo como un poderoso imponente. Por eso mis perseguidores tropezarán, y no prevalecerán. Estarán totalmente decepcionados porque no han tratado con sabiduría, incluso con un deshonor eterno que nunca será olvidado.
But [you], Yahweh, are helping me like [SIM] a strong warrior, so [it is as though] you will cause those who persecute me to stumble, and they will not defeat me. They will be completely disgraced because of being unable to defeat me; and other people will never forget that they were disgraced.
12 Pero el Señor de los Ejércitos, que pone a prueba a los justos, que ve el corazón y la mente, déjame ver tu venganza sobre ellos, porque te he revelado mi causa.
Commander of the armies of angels, you examine [all] those who are righteous; you know [all that is in] their inner beings and what they think. Allow me to see you getting revenge on those [who want to harm me], because I trust that you will do for me what is right.”
13 ¡Canta a Yahvé! Alabado sea Yahvé, porque ha librado el alma del necesitado de la mano de los malhechores.
Sing to Yahweh! Praise Yahweh! He rescues [poor and] needy people, from those [SYN] who are wicked.
14 Maldito sea el día en que nací. No permitas que el día en que mi madre me dio a luz sea bendecido.
But I hope/desire that the day that I was born will be cursed. I do not want [anyone to] celebrate that day.
15 Maldito sea el hombre que trajo noticias a mi padre, diciendo, “Te ha nacido un niño”, lo que le alegró mucho.
And [as for] that man who brought to my father the news, and caused him to be very happy, by saying “[You wife] has given birth to a son for you”, I hope/desire that he [also] will be cursed.
16 Que ese hombre sea como las ciudades que Yahvé derribó, y no se arrepintió. Que oiga un grito por la mañana, y gritando al mediodía,
Allow him to be destroyed like the cities that Yahweh destroyed [long ago], without acting mercifully [toward them]. Cause that man to hear the people wailing in the morning, and [to hear the enemy soldiers shout their] battle cries at noon.
17 porque no me mató desde el vientre. Así que mi madre habría sido mi tumba, y su vientre siempre grande.
[I want that to happen to him] because he did not kill me before I was born. I wish that I had died in my mother’s womb, and that my mother’s body would have been [like] [MET] my grave.
18 ¿Por qué salí del vientre materno para ver el parto y el dolor? que mis días se consuman en la vergüenza?
I have continually experienced much trouble and sorrow, and I am disgraced now when I am about to die; why was it necessary [RHQ] for me to me born?
