Jeremías 22
1 Yahvé dijo: “Baja a la casa del rey de Judá y di allí esta palabra:
This is another message that Yahweh gave [to me]: “Go down to the palace of the king of Judah and say this to him:
2 ‘Escucha la palabra de Yahvé, rey de Judá, que se sienta en el trono de David: tú, tus siervos y tu pueblo que entran por estas puertas.
‘You are the king of Judah. You are the ruler [MTY], like King David was. You and your officials and your people must listen
3 Yahvé dice: “Ejecuta el derecho y la justicia, y libera al despojado de la mano del opresor. No hagas ningún mal. No hagas violencia al extranjero, al huérfano o a la viuda. No derrames sangre inocente en este lugar.
to what Yahweh says: “Act fairly and justly. Do what is right. Help those who have been robbed. Rescue people from those who oppress them. Stop doing evil things. Do not mistreat those who have come here from other countries, and do not mistreat orphans and widows. Stop murdering here [in Jerusalem] [MTY] those who (are innocent/have not done things that are wrong).
4 Porque si hacéis esto, los reyes que se sientan en el trono de David entrarán por las puertas de esta casa, montados en carros y en caballos: ellos, sus siervos y su pueblo.
If you obey those commands carefully, there will [always] be some descendant of King David who will be ruling here [MTY] [in Jerusalem]. The king and his officials and other people will ride through the gates of the city in chariots and on horses.
5 Pero si no escuchan estas palabras, juro por mí mismo — dice el Señor — que esta casa se convertirá en una desolación”.
But if you refuse to pay attention to those commands, I, Yahweh, solemnly declare, with myself [MTY] as a witness, that this palace will become a pile of rubble.”’”
6 Porque Yahvé dice sobre la casa del rey de Judá: “Tú eres Gilead para mí, el jefe del Líbano. Sin embargo, ciertamente te convertiré en un desierto, ciudades que no están habitadas.
And this is what Yahweh says about the king’s palace: “[I like] this palace, like I like the forests in the Gilead [region] and the mountains in Lebanon. But I will cause this palace to become a desert, a place that no one lives in.
7 Prepararé destructores contra ti, todos con sus armas, y cortarán sus cedros preferidos, y los echó al fuego.
I will summon enemy troops who will destroy this palace; each of their soldiers will use his own tools [to wreck the building]. They will cut into pieces the beautiful big cedar [beams] and throw them into a fire.”
8 “Muchas naciones pasarán por esta ciudad, y cada una de ellas preguntará a su vecino: “¿Por qué ha hecho esto Yahvé a esta gran ciudad?”
People from many nations will walk past [the ruins of] this city and say to each other, “Why did Yahweh destroy this city that was [very] great?”
9 Entonces responderán: “Porque abandonaron la alianza de Yahvé, su Dios, adoraron a otros dioses y les sirvieron.”
And [other] people will reply, “[He did it] because his people stopped obeying the agreement that they had made with Yahweh their God. Instead, they worshiped [DOU] other gods.”
10 No llores por los muertos. No lo lamentes; pero llora amargamente por el que se va, porque no volverá más, y no ver su país natal.
[Yahweh also says, ] “Do not mourn for King [Josiah]; do not cry because he has died. Instead, mourn for [King Jehoahaz, his son], [because] he will be captured and taken to another country, and he will never return to see his own country, [Judah], again.”
11 Porque el Señor dice tocando a Salum, hijo de Josías, rey de Judá, que reinó en lugar de su padre Josías, y que salió de este lugar “No volverá más allí.
Jehoahaz became king after his father, King Josiah, [died], but Jehoahaz indeed was captured and taken [to Babylonia]. And this is what Yahweh says about him: “He also will never return [to Judah].
12 Pero morirá en el lugar donde lo han llevado cautivo. No volverá a ver esta tierra”.
He will die in that far-away country and will never see his own country again.”
13 “Ay del que construye su casa con la injusticia, y sus habitaciones por la injusticia; que utiliza el servicio de su vecino sin cobrar, y no le da su alquiler;
[And Yahweh said to me], “Terrible things will happen to [King Jehoahaz’s brother, King Jehoiakim]. He unjustly [forced men to] build his palace. The rooms on the upper level were built [by men who were forced] unjustly [to do that work]; he forced his neighbors to work for nothing; he did not pay them anything.
14 que dice: “Voy a construirme una casa amplia y habitaciones espaciosas”. y recorta las ventanas para sí mismo, con un techo de cedro, y pintado de rojo.
He said, ‘I will [force my workers to] build a huge beautiful palace with very large rooms and [many] windows. They will cover the walls with [fragrant] cedar panels/timber and paint them bright red.’”
15 “¿Debes reinar porque te esfuerzas por sobresalir en el cedro? ¿Tu padre no comía y bebía? y hacer justicia y rectitud? Entonces le fue bien.
But it is certainly not [RHQ] having a beautiful cedar palace that causes a king to be great! Jehoiakim’s father, Josiah, also had [RHQ] plenty of things to eat and drink. But Josiah always did things that are right and just, and that is why God blessed him.
16 Juzgó la causa de los pobres y necesitados; así que entonces estaba bien. ¿No era esto para conocerme?” dice Yahvé.
Josiah acted justly/fairly and helped poor and needy people, so things went well for him. Yahweh says, “That is [RHQ] the way a person should behave who knows me.
17 Pero tus ojos y tu corazón son sólo para tu codicia, por derramar sangre inocente, para la opresión, y para hacer violencia”.
But [Jehoiakim], you [MTY] are greedy and desire only to obtain things by acting dishonestly. You murder [MTY] innocent people, you oppress poor people, and you treat people cruelly and violently.”
18 Por lo tanto, Yahvé dice respecto a Joacim, hijo de Josías, rey de Judá “No se lamentarán por él, diciendo: “¡Ah, mi hermano!” o “¡Ah, hermana! No se lamentarán por él, diciendo “¡Ah señor!” o, “¡Ah su gloria!
Therefore, this is what Yahweh says about Jehoiakim, the son of King Josiah: “[When he dies], people will not mourn for him. They will not say to each other, ‘It is very sad; we are so sorry!’ The people whom he ruled will not mourn for him, saying, ‘We are sad that our king is dead; we are so sorry that the wonderful things [that happened while he was king are ended].’
19 Será enterrado con la sepultura de un burro, arrastrados y expulsados más allá de las puertas de Jerusalén”.
[When he dies, people will do to] his corpse what they do to a dead donkey; his [corpse] will be dragged out of Jerusalem and dumped outside the gates!
20 “Sube al Líbano y grita. Alza tu voz en Basán, y claman desde Abarim; porque todos tus amantes han sido destruidos.
[You people of Judah], go to [the mountains in] Lebanon and weep, shout in the [mountains of the] Bashan [region], cry out in [the mountains of] Moab, because all your friends [in those areas] have been destroyed.
21 Te hablé en tu prosperidad, pero tú dijiste: “No voy a escuchar”. Este ha sido tu camino desde tu juventud, que no obedeciste mi voz.
When you were prosperous, I warned you, but you replied, ‘We will not pay attention [to what you say].’ You have been acting like that since you were young; you have never obeyed me.
22 El viento alimentará a todos tus pastores, y tus amantes irán al cautiverio. Seguramente entonces te avergonzarás y confundido por toda tu maldad.
[So, now I will punish] all your leaders; [it will be as though] they have been blown away by the wind. They will be captured [by your enemies] and taken to another country. When that happens, you will [truly] be ashamed and disgraced because of all the wicked things [that you have done].
23 Habitante del Líbano, que hace su nido en los cedros, que se compadecerá de ti cuando te lleguen los dolores, ¡el dolor como el de una mujer de parto!
[Now, your king] enjoys living in the cedar rooms in his palace, but [soon] he will be punished, and then he will groan like [SIM] a woman who is giving birth to a baby.”
24 “Vivo yo — dice el Señor — que aunque Conías, hijo de Joacim, rey de Judá, fuera el sello de mi mano derecha, te arrancaría de allí.
Yahweh says this: “Jehoiachin, son of King Jehoiakim of Judah, as surely as I am alive, [I will punish you]. Even if you were the ring on my finger that shows that I am the king, I would pull you off.
25 Te entregaría a la mano de los que buscan tu vida, y a la mano de los que te dan miedo, a la mano de Nabucodonosor, rey de Babilonia, y a la mano de los caldeos.
You are afraid of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and his huge army, [because] they are wanting to kill you. I will enable them to capture you.
26 Te echaré con tu madre que te dio a luz a otro país, donde no naciste, y allí morirás.
I will expel you and your mother [from this land], and you will be taken to another country. Neither of you was born there, but you will both die there.
27 Pero a la tierra a la que su alma anhela regresar, allí no volverán”.
You will never return to this land that you will very much desire to return to.”
28 ¿Es este hombre, Conías, un vaso roto y despreciado? ¿Es un recipiente en el que nadie se deleita? Por qué son expulsados, él y su descendencia, y arrojados a una tierra que no conocen?
[Someone said, ] “Jehoiachin will be [RHQ] like a broken pot that is despised and which no one wants. He and his children will be (exiled/forced to go) to a foreign land.
29 Oh, tierra, tierra, tierra, ¡escuchen la palabra de Yahvé!
[I want] the people in this land to listen carefully to this message from Yahweh.”
30 Dice Yahvé, “Registra a este hombre como sin hijos, un hombre que no prosperará en sus días; porque ya no prosperará el hombre de su descendencia, sentado en el trono de David y gobernando en Judá”.
This is what Yahweh says: “[In the record about the kings of Judah, ] write down that [it will be as though] this man [Jehoiachin] had no children, and that he has not been successful during his life, because none of his children/descendants will [ever] become king to rule over [the people of] Judah.”
