Jeremías 29
1 Estas son las palabras de la carta que el profeta Jeremías envió desde Jerusalén al resto de los ancianos de la cautividad, a los sacerdotes, a los profetas y a todo el pueblo que Nabucodonosor había llevado cautivo de Jerusalén a Babilonia,
Now these are the words of the letter which Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the responsible men among those who had been taken away, and to the priests and the prophets and to all the rest of the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had taken away prisoners from Jerusalem to Babylon;
2 (después de que el rey Jeconías la reina madre, los eunucos, los príncipes de Judá y de Jerusalén, los artesanos y los herreros habían salido de Jerusalén),
(After Jeconiah the king and the queen-mother and the unsexed servants and the rulers of Judah and Jerusalem and the expert workmen and the metal-workers had gone away from Jerusalem; )
3 por mano de Elasá hijo de Safán y de Gemarías hijo de Hilcías, (a quienes Sedequías rey de Judá envió a Babilonia a Nabucodonosor rey de Babilonia). Decía:
By the hand of Elasah, the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah, the son of Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah, king of Judah, sent to Babylon, to Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, ) saying,
4 El Señor de los Ejércitos, el Dios de Israel, dice a todos los cautivos que he hecho llevar de Jerusalén a Babilonia
This is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said to all those whom I have taken away prisoners from Jerusalem to Babylon:
5 “Construyan casas y habiten en ellas. Planten jardines y coman sus frutos.
Go on building houses and living in them, and planting gardens and using the fruit of them;
6 Tomen esposas y engendren hijos e hijas. Tomen esposas para sus hijos, y den sus hijas a los maridos, para que den a luz hijos e hijas. Multiplicaos allí, y no os dejéis disminuir.
Take wives and have sons and daughters, and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, so that they may have sons and daughters; and be increased in number there and do not become less.
7 Buscad la paz de la ciudad donde os he hecho cautivos, y rogad a Yahvé por ella, porque en su paz tendréis paz.”
And be working for the peace of the land to which I have had you taken away prisoners, and make prayer to the Lord for it: for in its peace you will have peace.
8 Porque Yahvé de los Ejércitos, el Dios de Israel, dice: “No dejen que sus profetas que están entre ustedes y sus adivinos los engañen. No escuchen sus sueños que hacen soñar.
For this is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: Do not let yourselves be tricked by the prophets who are among you, and the readers of signs, and give no attention to their dreams which they may have;
9 Porque os profetizan falsamente en mi nombre. Yo no los he enviado”, dice Yahvé.
For they are saying to you what is false in my name: I have not sent them, says the Lord.
10 Porque Yahvé dice: “Después de que se cumplan setenta años para Babilonia, te visitaré y cumpliré mi buena palabra para contigo, haciéndote volver a este lugar.
For this is what the Lord has said: When seventy years are ended for Babylon, I will have pity on you and give effect to my good purpose for you, causing you to come back to this place.
11 Porque yo sé los pensamientos que tengo para ti — dice el Señor —, pensamientos de paz y no de mal, para darte esperanza y futuro.
For I am conscious of my thoughts about you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you hope at the end.
12 Me invocarás, e irás a orar a mí, y yo te escucharé.
And you will go on crying to me and making prayer to me, and I will give ear to you.
13 Me buscarás y me encontrarás, cuando me busques de todo corazón.
And you will be searching for me and I will be there, when you have gone after me with all your heart.
14 Seré hallado por ti — dice el Señor — y haré volver tu cautiverio, y te reuniré de todas las naciones y de todos los lugares a los que te he expulsado, dice el Señor. Os haré volver al lugar de donde os hice salir cautivos”.
I will be near you again, says the Lord, and your fate will be changed, and I will get you together from all the nations and from all the places where I had sent you away, says the Lord; and I will take you back again to the place from which I sent you away prisoners.
15 Porque has dicho: “Yahvé nos ha suscitado profetas en Babilonia”,
For you have said, The Lord has given us prophets in Babylon.
16 Yahvé dice con respecto al rey que se sienta en el trono de David, y con respecto a todo el pueblo que habita en esta ciudad, tus hermanos que no han ido contigo al cautiverio,
For this is what the Lord has said about the king who is seated on the seat of David's kingdom, and about all the people living in this town, your countrymen who have not gone out with you as prisoners;
17 Yahvé de los Ejércitos dice: “He aquí que yo envío sobre ellos la espada, el hambre y la peste, y los pondré como higos podridos que no se pueden comer, son tan malos.
This is what the Lord of armies has said: See, I will send on them the sword and need of food and disease, and will make them like bad figs, which are of no use for food, they are so bad.
18 Los perseguiré con la espada, con el hambre y con la peste, y los entregaré para que sean zarandeados de un lado a otro entre todos los reinos de la tierra, para que sean objeto de horror, de asombro, de silbido y de oprobio entre todas las naciones a las que los he expulsado,
I will go after them, attacking them with the sword and with need of food and with disease, and will make them a cause of fear to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse and a wonder and a surprise and a name of shame among all the nations where I have sent them:
19 porque no han escuchado mis palabras — dice Yahvé — con las que les envié a mis siervos los profetas, madrugando y enviándolos; pero no quisieron escuchar”, dice Yahvé.
Because they have not given ear to my words, says the Lord, when I sent to them my servants the prophets, getting up early and sending them; but you did not give ear, says the Lord.
20 Oíd, pues, la palabra de Yahvé, todos los cautivos que he enviado de Jerusalén a Babilonia.
And now, give ear to the word of the Lord, all you whom I have sent away prisoners from Jerusalem to Babylon.
21 El Señor de los Ejércitos, el Dios de Israel, dice sobre Ajab, hijo de Colaías, y sobre Sedequías, hijo de Maasías, que os profetizan una mentira en mi nombre: “He aquí que yo los entregaré en manos de Nabucodonosor, rey de Babilonia, y él los matará ante vuestros ojos.
This is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said about Ahab, the son of Kolaiah, and about Zedekiah, the son of Maaseiah, who are saying to you what is false in my name: See, I will give them up into the hands of Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, and he will put them to death before your eyes.
22 Una maldición será levantada sobre ellos por todos los cautivos de Judá que están en Babilonia, diciendo: ‘Que el Señor te haga como Sedequías y como Acab, a quienes el rey de Babilonia asó en el fuego’;
And their fate will be used as a curse by all the prisoners of Judah who are in Babylon, who will say, May the Lord make you like Zedekiah and like Ahab, who were burned in the fire by the king of Babylon;
23 porque han hecho cosas insensatas en Israel, y han cometido adulterio con las mujeres de sus vecinos, y han dicho en mi nombre palabras falsas, que yo no les mandé. Yo soy el que sabe, y soy testigo”, dice Yahvé.
Because they have done shame in Israel, and have taken their neighbours' wives, and in my name have said false words, which I did not give them orders to say; and I myself am the witness, says the Lord.
24 Sobre Semaías el nehelamita hablarás diciendo:
About Shemaiah the Nehelamite.
25 “Yahvé de los Ejércitos, el Dios de Israel, dice: Porque has enviado cartas en tu nombre a todo el pueblo que está en Jerusalén, y a Sofonías hijo de Maasías, el sacerdote y a todos los sacerdotes, diciendo:
Shemaiah the Nehelamite sent a letter in his name to Zephaniah, the son of Maaseiah the priest, saying,
26 “Yahvé te ha hecho sacerdote en lugar del sacerdote Joiada, para que haya oficiales en la casa de Yahvé, para que todo hombre que esté loco y se haga profeta, lo pongas en el cepo y en los grilletes.
The Lord has made you priest in place of Jehoiada the priest, to be an overseer in the house of the Lord for every man who is off his head and is acting as a prophet, to put such men in prison and in chains.
27 Ahora bien, ¿por qué no habéis reprendido a Jeremías de Anatot, que se hace profeta para vosotros,
So why have you made no protest against Jeremiah of Anathoth, who is acting as a prophet to you?
28 porque nos ha enviado a Babilonia, diciendo: La cautividad es larga. Construid casas, y habitad en ellas. Plantad jardines, y comed su fruto””.
For he has sent to us in Babylon saying, The time will be long: go on building houses and living in them, and planting gardens and using the fruit of them.
29 El sacerdote Sofonías leyó esta carta a oídos del profeta Jeremías.
And Zephaniah the priest made clear to Jeremiah the prophet what was said in the letter, reading it to him.
30 Entonces llegó la palabra de Yahvé a Jeremías, diciendo:
Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the prophet, saying,
31 “Envía a todos los cautivos, diciendo: ‘Dice Yahvé acerca de Semaías el nehelamita: “Porque Semaías os ha profetizado, y yo no lo he enviado, y os ha hecho confiar en una mentira”,
Send to all those who have been taken away, saying, This is what the Lord has said about Shemaiah the Nehelamite: Because Shemaiah has been acting as a prophet to you, and I did not send him, and has made you put your faith in what is false;
32 Por eso Yahvé dice: “He aquí que yo castigaré a Semaías el nehelamita y a su descendencia. No tendrá un hombre que habite entre este pueblo. No verá el bien que haré a mi pueblo — dice el Señor — porque ha hablado con rebeldía contra el Señor”.
For this cause the Lord has said, Truly I will send punishment on Shemaiah and on his seed; not a man of his family will have a place among this people, and he will not see the good which I am going to do to my people, says the Lord: because he has said words against the Lord.
