Jeremías 27
1 Al comienzo del reinado de Joacim, hijo de Josías, rey de Judá, llegó a Jeremías esta palabra de parte de Yahvé, que decía:
When Zedekiah, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, first became king this word came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,
2 Yahvé me dice “Hazte de ataduras y rejas, y póntelas al cuello.
This is what the Lord has said to me: Make for yourself bands and yokes and put them on your neck;
3 Luego envíalos al rey de Edom, al rey de Moab, al rey de los hijos de Amón, al rey de Tiro y al rey de Sidón, por mano de los mensajeros que vienen a Jerusalén a Sedequías, rey de Judá.
And send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the children of Ammon, and to the king of Tyre, and to the king of Zidon, by their servants who come to Jerusalem, to Zedekiah, king of Judah;
4 Dadles una orden a sus amos, diciendo: “El Señor de los Ejércitos, el Dios de Israel, dice: “Diréis a vuestros amos
And give them orders to say to their masters, This is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: Say to your masters,
5 ‘Yo he hecho la tierra, los hombres y los animales que están sobre la superficie de la tierra con mi gran poder y con mi brazo extendido. Yo se la doy a quien me parece justo.
I have made the earth, and man and beast on the face of the earth, by my great power and by my outstretched arm; and I will give it to anyone at my pleasure.
6 Yo he entregado todas estas tierras en manos de Nabucodonosor, rey de Babilonia, mi siervo. También le he dado los animales del campo para que le sirvan.
And now I have given all these lands into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, my servant; and I have given the beasts of the field to him for his use.
7 Todas las naciones le servirán a él, a su hijo y al hijo de su hijo, hasta que llegue el tiempo de su propia tierra. Entonces muchas naciones y grandes reyes lo harán su siervo.
And all the nations will be servants to him and to his son and to his son's son, till the time comes for his land to be overcome: and then a number of nations and great kings will take it for their use.
8 ““‘Sucederá que castigaré a la nación y al reino que no sirvan al mismo Nabucodonosor, rey de Babilonia, y que no pongan su cuello bajo el yugo del rey de Babilonia’, dice Yahvé, ‘con espada, con hambre y con pestilencia, hasta que los haya consumido por su mano.
And it will come about, that if any nation does not become a servant to this same Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, and does not put its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, then I will send punishment on that nation, says the Lord, by the sword and need of food and by disease, till I have given them into his hands.
9 Pero en cuanto a ustedes, no escuchen a sus profetas, a sus adivinos, a sus sueños, a sus adivinos o a sus hechiceros, que les hablan diciendo: “No servirán al rey de Babilonia”;
And you are not to give attention to your prophets or your readers of signs or your dreamers or those who see into the future or those who make use of secret arts, who say to you, You will not become servants of the king of Babylon:
10 porque les profetizan una mentira, para alejarlos de su tierra, para que yo los expulse y perezcan.
For they say false words to you, so that you may be sent away far from your land, and so that you may be forced out by me and come to destruction.
11 Pero a la nación que ponga su cuello bajo el yugo del rey de Babilonia y le sirva, a esa nación la dejaré permanecer en su propia tierra — dice el Señor — y la cultivará y habitará en ella””.
But as for that nation which puts its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon and becomes his servant, I will let that nation keep on in its land, farming it and living in it, says the Lord.
12 De acuerdo con todas estas palabras, hablé a Sedequías, rey de Judá, diciendo: “Poned vuestros cuellos bajo el yugo del rey de Babilonia, y servidle a él y a su pueblo, y vivid.
And I said all this to Zedekiah, king of Judah, saying, Put your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon and become his servants and his people, so that you may keep your lives.
13 ¿Por qué vas a morir, tú y tu pueblo, a causa de la espada, del hambre y de la peste, como lo ha dicho el Señor respecto a la nación que no quiere servir al rey de Babilonia?
Why are you desiring death, you and your people, by the sword, and because food is gone, and by disease, as the Lord has said of the nation which does not become the servant of the king of Babylon?
14 No escuches las palabras de los profetas que te hablan diciendo: “No servirás al rey de Babilonia”, porque te profetizan una mentira.
And you are not to give ear to the prophets who say to you, You will not become servants of the king of Babylon: for what they say is not true.
15 Porque yo no los he enviado — dice el Señor —, sino que ellos profetizan falsamente en mi nombre, para que yo los expulse y perezcan, ustedes y los profetas que les profetizan.”
For I have not sent them, says the Lord, but they are saying what is false in my name, so that I might send you out by force, causing destruction to come on you and on your prophets.
16 También hablé a los sacerdotes y a todo este pueblo, diciendo: El Señor dice: “No escuchen las palabras de sus profetas que les profetizan, diciendo: ‘He aquí que los utensilios de la casa de Yahvé volverán pronto de Babilonia’; porque les profetizan una mentira.
And I said to the priests and to all the people, This is what the Lord has said: Give no attention to the words of your prophets who say to you, See, in a very little time now the vessels of the Lord's house will come back again from Babylon: for what they say to you is false.
17 No les hagan caso. Sirvan al rey de Babilonia y vivan. ¿Por qué ha de convertirse esta ciudad en una desolación?
Give no attention to them; become servants of the king of Babylon and keep yourselves from death: why let this town become a waste?
18 Pero si son profetas, y si la palabra de Yahvé está con ellos, que intercedan ahora ante Yahvé de los Ejércitos para que los utensilios que quedan en la casa de Yahvé, en la casa del rey de Judá y en Jerusalén, no vayan a Babilonia.
But if they are prophets, and if the word of the Lord is with them, let them now make request to the Lord of armies that the vessels which are still in the house of the Lord and in the house of the king of Judah and at Jerusalem, may not go to Babylon.
19 Porque Yahvé de los Ejércitos dice respecto a las columnas, respecto al mar, respecto a las bases y respecto al resto de los utensilios que quedan en esta ciudad,
For this is what the Lord has said about the rest of the vessels which are still in this town,
20 que Nabucodonosor, rey de Babilonia, no tomó cuando llevó cautivo a Jeconías, hijo de Joacim, rey de Judá, de Jerusalén a Babilonia, y a todos los nobles de Judá y de Jerusalén —
Which Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, did not take away, when he took Jeconiah, the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, a prisoner from Jerusalem to Babylon, with all the great men of Judah and Jerusalem;
21 sí, Yahvé de los Ejércitos, el Dios de Israel, dice con respecto a los utensilios que quedan en la casa de Yahvé, y en la casa del rey de Judá, y en Jerusalén:
For this is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said about the rest of the vessels in the house of the Lord and in the house of the king of Judah and at Jerusalem:
22 ‘Serán llevados a Babilonia, y allí estarán hasta el día en que yo los visite — dice Yahvé — entonces los haré subir y los devolveré a este lugar.’”
They will be taken away to Babylon, and there they will be till the day when I send their punishment on them, says the Lord. Then I will take them up and put them back in their place.
