Jeremías 5
1 “Corran de un lado a otro por las calles de Jerusalén, y vean ahora, y sepan, y busquen en sus amplios lugares, si pueden encontrar a un hombre, si hay alguien que actúe con justicia, que busque la verdad, entonces la perdonaré.
[Yahweh said to the people of Jerusalem], “Go up and down every street. Search in the marketplaces to find people who do what is fair/right, who try to be faithful to me. [If you find even one person like that], I will forgive [the people of Jerusalem and not destroy] their city.
2 Aunque digan: “Vive Yahvé”, ciertamente juran en falso”.
But when people there say, ‘I solemnly declare that as surely as Yahweh lives, [I will do what he says],’ they are lying.”
3 Oh Yahvé, ¿no miran tus ojos la verdad? Los has golpeado, pero no se han afligido. Los has consumido, pero se han negado a recibir la corrección. Han endurecido sus rostros más que una roca. Se han negado a regresar.
Yahweh, you are certainly [RHQ] searching for [people who tell the] truth. You struck/punished your people, but they did not pay any attention. You crushed them, but they ignored what you were telling them to do. They were extremely stubborn [IDM] and refused to return to you.
4 Entonces dije: “Ciertamente estos son pobres. Son necios, pues no conocen el camino de Yahvé, ni la ley de su Dios.
I thought, “[We cannot expect] these [people to act righteously, because they] are poor; they do not have any sense. They do not know the way Yahweh wants them to conduct their lives; they do not know what God requires them to do.
5 Iré a los grandes y les hablaré, porque ellos conocen el camino de Yahvé y la ley de su Dios.” Pero éstos, de común acuerdo, han roto el yugo, y han roto las ataduras.
So, I will go and talk to their leaders, because they [surely] know how God wants them to conduct their lives.” But they also have stopped obeying Yahweh [MET], and they will not allow him to lead them.
6 Por eso un león del bosque los matará. Un lobo de las tardes los destruirá. Un leopardo vigilará sus ciudades. Todo el que salga de allí será despedazado, porque sus transgresiones son muchas y su reincidencia ha aumentado.
Because of that, lions will come out of the forests and kill them; wolves from the desert will attack them; leopards that lurk/wait outside their cities will maul anyone who walks outside the cities. [Those things will happen] because the people have sinned very much against God and have turned away from him very frequently.
7 “¿Cómo puedo perdonarte? Tus hijos me han abandonado y han jurado por lo que no son dioses. Cuando los había alimentado hasta la saciedad, cometieron adulterio y se reunieron en tropas en las casas de las prostitutas.
Yahweh says, “I cannot [RHQ] forgive these people; [even] their children have abandoned me. When they solemnly declare something, they ask their gods [to show that what they say is true]. I gave my people everything that they needed, but they often went to [the shrines of their idols] and committed adultery there.
8 Eran como caballos alimentados que andaban sueltos. Cada uno relinchaba tras la mujer de su vecino.
[Just like] [MET] well-fed male horses neigh, wanting sex with female horses, each of the men desires to have sex with his neighbor’s wife.
9 ¿No debería yo castigarlos por estas cosas?” dice el Señor. “¿No debería mi alma vengarse de una nación como ésta?
(Should I not punish them for this [RHQ]?/I will certainly get revenge on this nation for this!) I will certainly get revenge [RHQ] on this nation whose people behave like that!
10 “Sube a sus muros y destruye, pero no acabes del todo. Quita sus ramas, porque no son del Señor.
[I will say to your enemies], ‘The people [of Judah and Israel are like a vineyard]. Go along the rows in their vineyards and get rid of [most of] the people, but do not kill all of them. These people do not belong to me, [so get rid of them], [like a gardener] [MET] lops/cuts off branches from a vine.
11 Porque la casa de Israel y la casa de Judá han actuado con mucha traición contra mí, dice el Señor.
The people of Israel and Judah have turned away from me completely.’
12 Han negado a Yahvé y han dicho: “No es él. El mal no vendrá sobre nosotros. No veremos espada ni hambre.
They have lied about me and said, ‘He will not punish us! He will not cause us to experience disasters! We will not experience wars or famines!
13 Los profetas se convertirán en viento, y la palabra no está en ellos. Así se hará con ellos”.
What [God’s] prophets say is nothing but hot air! They do not have messages [from God]! We would like [the disasters that they predict] to happen to them!’”
14 Por eso Yahvé, el Dios de los Ejércitos, dice: “Por cuanto hablas esta palabra, he aquí que yo haré que mis palabras en tu boca sean fuego, y que este pueblo sea leña, y que lo devore.
So, this is what Yahweh, the Commander of the armies of angels in heaven, has said to me: “Because my people are saying those things, I will give you a message to tell them [MTY] that will be [like] [MET] a fire, and [these people will be like] [MET] wood that the fire will burn up.
15 He aquí que yo traigo sobre ti una nación de lejos, casa de Israel”, dice Yahvé. “Es una nación poderosa. Es una nación antigua, una nación cuya lengua no conoces y no entiendes lo que dice.
Listen to this, you people of Israel: I will bring [the army of] a distant nation to attack you. It is a very powerful nation that has existed for a long time. They speak a language that you do not know and which you will not be able to understand.
16 Su aljaba es una tumba abierta. Todos ellos son hombres poderosos.
Their soldiers are all very strong, and the arrows from their quivers [MET] will (send many Israeli men to their graves/cause many Israeli people to die).
17 Se comerán tu cosecha y tu pan, que deberían comer tus hijos y tus hijas. Comerán tus rebaños y tus manadas. Se comerán tus vides y tus higueras. Derribarán a espada tus ciudades fortificadas en las que confías.
They will eat the food that you have harvested from your fields, and eat your bread. They will kill your sons and daughters, and they will kill your flocks [of sheep] and herds [of cattle]. They will eat your grapes and your figs. They will [also] destroy your cities that have high walls around them and kill the people with their swords.
18 “Pero aun en esos días — dice el Señor — no acabaré con ustedes.
But even when those things happen, I will not get rid of all of you.
19 Sucederá cuando ustedes digan: ‘¿Por qué el Señor, nuestro Dios, nos ha hecho todas estas cosas? Entonces les diréis: ‘Así como me habéis abandonado y habéis servido a dioses extranjeros en vuestra tierra, así serviréis a extraños en una tierra que no es la vuestra.’
And when the survivors ask, ‘Why is Yahweh our God doing this to us?’ you will tell them, ‘You rejected him and worshiped foreign gods in your [own] land, so [now] you will become slaves of foreigners in a land that is not your land.’”
20 “Anuncia esto en la casa de Jacob, y publícalo en Judá, diciendo:
[Yahweh said to me], “Proclaim this to the people of Israel and Judah:
21 ‘Oíd ahora esto, pueblo necio y sin entendimiento, que tenéis ojos y no veis, que tenéis oídos y no oís:
Listen to this, you people who are foolish and who do not have any sense: You have eyes, but [it is as though] you cannot see; you have ears, but [it is as though] you cannot hear.
22 ¿No me teméis?’, dice el Señor; ‘¿No tembláis ante mi presencia, que he puesto la arena como límite del mar por decreto perpetuo, para que no pueda pasarlo? Aunque sus olas se agiten, no pueden prevalecer. Aunque rugan, no pueden pasar por encima’.
Why do you not revere me [RHQ]? You should [RHQ] tremble when you are in my presence! I, Yahweh, am the one who put a barrier along the shores so that the waters of the ocean cannot cross it [and flood the land]. The waves roll and roar, but they cannot go past that barrier.
23 “Pero este pueblo tiene un corazón revuelto y rebelde. Se han rebelado y se han ido.
But you people [are not like the waves that obey me]. You people are very stubborn and rebellious. You have constantly turned away from me.
24 No dicen en su corazón: ‘Temamos ahora a Yahvé, nuestro Dios, que da la lluvia, tanto la primera como la segunda, a su tiempo, que nos preserva las semanas señaladas de la cosecha’.
You do not say to yourselves, ‘We should revere Yahweh our God, the one who sends us rain at the times when we need it, the one who causes the grain to become ripe at the harvest season.’
25 “Vuestras iniquidades han desviado estas cosas, y vuestros pecados os han negado el bien.
It is because of the wrong things that you have done, that those good things have not happened; it is because of the sins that you have committed that you have been prevented from receiving those blessings.
26 Porque en mi pueblo se encuentran hombres malvados. Acechan, como los cazadores al acecho. Ponen una trampa. Atrapan a los hombres.
Among my people are wicked people who hide along the roads to ambush/attack people like [SIM] men who hunt birds (put out nets/set traps) to catch them.
27 Como una jaula llena de pájaros, así están sus casas llenas de engaños. Por eso se han engrandecido y se han enriquecido.
Like [a hunter has] a cage full of birds [that he has captured], their homes are full of things that they have gotten by deceiving others. So now they are [very] rich and powerful.
28 Han engordado. Brillan; sí, sobresalen en obras de maldad. No defienden la causa, la causa de los huérfanos, para prosperar; y no defienden los derechos de los necesitados.
They are big and fat, and there is no limit to the evil things that they have done. They do not try to defend orphans in the courtrooms, and they do not help poor people to get what they have a right to receive.
29 “¿No debería yo castigar por estas cosas?” dice Yahvé. “¿No debería mi alma vengarse de una nación como ésta?
So I will certainly [RHQ] punish them for doing those things. I will certainly [RHQ] (get revenge on their nation/do to their nation what they deserve).
30 “Una cosa asombrosa y horrible ha sucedido en la tierra.
Very appalling/horrible and terrible [DOU] things are happening in this country:
31 Los profetas profetizan en falso, y los sacerdotes gobiernan con su propia autoridad; y a mi pueblo le gusta que sea así. ¿Qué harás al final de todo esto?
Prophets speak [only] lies and priests rule by their own authority, and you people like that! But when you [start to] experience disasters, what will you do [RHQ]?”
