Jeremías 51
1 Yahvé dice: “He aquí que yo me levantaré contra Babilonia, y contra los que habitan en Lebkamai, un viento destructor.
This is what Yahweh says: “I will inspire/motivate [an army] to destroy Babylon [like a powerful] wind [MET], and [also] to destroy the people of Babylonia.
2 Enviaré a Babilonia extraños que la aventarán. Vaciarán su tierra; porque en el día de la angustia estarán contra ella todos.
I will send a foreign army to come to get rid of Babylonia [like a strong wind] that blows away chaff. They will attack from every direction on that day of disaster.
3 Contra el que se dobla, que el arquero doble su arco, también contra el que se levanta con su cota de malla. ¡No le perdonen los jóvenes! ¡Destruyan por completo a todo su ejército!
[I will tell them, ] ‘Do not allow the archers [of Babylon] to [have time to] put on their armor or draw their bows. Do not spare the young men of Babylon. Completely destroy their army.’
4 Caerán muertos en la tierra de los caldeos, y se empuja a través de sus calles.
Their soldiers will fall dead in Babylonia; [they will die after being] wounded in the streets.
5 Porque Israel no está abandonado, ni Judá, por su Dios, por Yahvé de los Ejércitos; aunque su tierra está llena de culpa contra el Santo de Israel.
[I, ] the Commander of the armies of angels, the Israelis’ God, have not abandoned Israel and Judah. [Even though] their land was full of people who sinned against [me], the Holy God of Israel, I am still their God.
6 “¡Huye de en medio de Babilonia! ¡Todo el mundo salva su propia vida! No seas cortado en su iniquidad, porque es el tiempo de la venganza de Yahvé. Él le dará una recompensa.
[You people of Israel and Judah, ] flee from Babylon! Run away from there! Do not stay there and be killed when I punish [the people of Babylon]! It will be the time when I will get revenge; I will do to them what they deserve.
7 Babilonia ha sido una copa de oro en la mano de Yahvé, que emborrachó a toda la tierra. Las naciones han bebido de su vino; por eso las naciones se han vuelto locas.
Babylon has been [like] [MET] a gold cup in my hand, [a cup that is full of wine] that caused people all over the earth [who drank some of it to become] drunk. [It is as though] the [rulers of] the nations drank the wine from Babylon, and it caused them to become crazy.
8 ¡Babilonia ha caído repentinamente y ha sido destruida! ¡Llora por ella! Toma un bálsamo para su dolor. Tal vez pueda curarse.
But suddenly Babylon will be conquered. [You foreigners who live in Babylon, ] weep for its people. Give them medicine for their wounds; perhaps they can be healed.”
9 “Habríamos curado a Babilonia, pero no está curada. Abandónala, y que cada uno se vaya a su país; pues su juicio llega hasta el cielo, y se eleva hasta los cielos.
We [foreigners] would have [tried to] heal them, but [now] they cannot be healed. [So we will not try to help them; ] we will abandon them, and return to our own lands, because [it is as though] the punishment they are receiving is so great that it reaches up to the clouds in sky, [so great that no one can measure it].
10 ‘Yahvé ha producido nuestra justicia. Venid y anunciemos en Sión la obra de Yahvé, nuestro Dios’.
Yahweh has (vindicated us/shown that we were right); [so] let’s proclaim in Jerusalem everything that Yahweh our God has done [for us].
11 “¡Que las flechas estén afiladas! ¡Sujeta los escudos con firmeza! Yahvé ha agitado el espíritu de los reyes de los medos, porque su propósito es contra Babilonia, para destruirla; porque es la venganza de Yahvé, la venganza de su templo.
[You enemy soldiers, ] sharpen your arrows! Lift up your shields, [because] Yahweh has incited your kings of Media [and Persia to march with their armies] to Babylon and to destroy it. That is how Yahweh will get revenge on [those foreigners who entered] his temple [in Jerusalem] and defiled it.
12 ¡Levanten un estandarte contra los muros de Babilonia! ¡Haz que el reloj sea fuerte! Poner a los vigilantes, y preparar las emboscadas; porque Yahvé se ha propuesto y ha hecho lo que dijo sobre los habitantes de Babilonia.
Lift up a battle flag close to the walls of Babylon! (Reinforce the/Appoint more) guards, and tell the watchmen to stand [in their positions]! Prepare an ambush, because Yahweh is about to accomplish all that he has planned to do to the people of Babylon.
13 Tú que habitas sobre muchas aguas, abundante en tesoros, ha llegado tu fin, la medida de tu codicia.
Babylon is [a city] near the great [Euphrates] River, a city in which there are many rich people, but it is time for Babylon to be finished; the time [for the city] to exist is ended.
14 Yahvé de los Ejércitos ha jurado por sí mismo, diciendo, ‘Seguramente te llenaré de hombres, como con las langostas, y levantarán un grito contra ti’.
The Commander of the armies of angels has solemnly promised, using his own name, “Your cities will be filled with your enemies; I will cause them to be like [SIM] a swarm of locusts; and they will shout triumphantly [when they conquer your city].”
15 “Él ha hecho la tierra con su poder. Él ha establecido el mundo por su sabiduría. Con su entendimiento ha extendido los cielos.
Yahweh created the earth by his power; he established it by his wisdom, and he stretched out the sky by his understanding.
16 Cuando él emite su voz, hay un rugido de aguas en los cielos, y hace que los vapores asciendan desde los confines de la tierra. Hace relámpagos para la lluvia, y saca el viento de sus arcas.
When he speaks loudly, there is thunder in the sky; he causes clouds to form in every part of the earth. He sends lightning with the rain and releases the winds from his storehouses.
17 “Todo hombre se ha vuelto estúpido y sin conocimiento. Todo orfebre se siente decepcionado por su imagen, porque sus imágenes fundidas son falsas, y no hay aliento en ellos.
People are senseless, and they know very little [HYP]; those who make idols are [always] disappointed, because their idols [do nothing for them]. The images/statues that they make are not real [gods]; they are lifeless.
18 Son vanidad, una obra de ilusión. En el tiempo de su visita, perecerán.
Idols are worthless; they deserve to be ridiculed; there will be a time when they will [all] be destroyed.
19 La porción de Jacob no es como éstas, porque él formó todas las cosas, incluyendo la tribu de su herencia. Yahvé de los Ejércitos es su nombre.
But the God whom [we] Israelis [worship] is not like those [idols]; he is the one who created everything [that exists]; [we], the people of Israel, belong to him; his name is ‘the Commander of the armies of angels’.
20 “Vosotros sois mi hacha de combate y mis armas de guerra. Contigo romperé las naciones en pedazos. Con ustedes destruiré reinos.
Yahweh says [about the army of Babylonia] (OR, [about a nation that will attack Babylonia)], “You have been [like] [MET] my battle-axe and war-club; with your [power] I have shattered nations and destroyed [many] kingdoms.
21 Contigo romperé en pedazos el caballo y su jinete.
With your [power] I have shattered armies [of other nations]: I destroyed [their] horses and their riders, [their] chariots and [their] chariot-drivers.
22 Contigo romperé en pedazos el carro y el que va en él. Contigo me romperé en pedazos hombre y mujer. Contigo me romperé en pedazos el viejo y el joven. Contigo me romperé en pedazos el joven y la virgen.
With your [power] I shattered men and women, old people and children, young men and young women.
23 Contigo romperé en pedazos el pastor y su rebaño. Contigo me romperé en pedazos el agricultor y su yugo. Contigo me romperé en pedazos gobernadores y diputados.
With your [power] I shattered shepherds and their flocks [of sheep], farmers and their oxen, governors and [their] officials.”
24 “Le devolveré a Babilonia y a todos los habitantes de Caldea todo el mal que han hecho en Sión a tus ojos”, dice el Señor.
But, Yahweh [also] says, “[Soon] I will repay/punish [you] people in Babylon and in the rest of Babylonia for all the evil things that you have done in Jerusalem.
25 “He aquí que estoy contra ti, montaña destructora”, dice Yahvé, “que destruye toda la tierra. Extiendo mi mano sobre ti, te bajan de las rocas, y te convertirá en una montaña quemada.
[Babylonia is] [APO] like [MET] a great mountain [from which bandits descend] to (plunder/steal things from) people all over the earth. But I, Yahweh, am the enemy of you [people of Babylonia]. I will raise my fist to strike you. I will knock you down from the cliffs and cause you to be [only] a huge pile of burned rubble.
26 No te quitarán una piedra angular, ni una piedra para los cimientos; pero tú estarás desolado para siempre”, dice Yahvé.
Your [city] will be abandoned forever; [even] the stones in your [city] will never [again] be used for buildings. [Your city will be completely destroyed].”
27 “¡Poned un estandarte en la tierra! ¡Toca la trompeta entre las naciones! ¡Preparen a las naciones contra ella! ¡Convoca contra ella a los reinos de Ararat, Minni y Ashkenaz! ¡Nombrar a un mariscal contra ella! ¡Haz que los caballos suban como las langostas enjambre!
[Tell] the nations to lift up a battle flag! [Tell them to] shout the battle-cry! Gather all their armies to fight against Babylon! Prepare the nations to attack Babylon. Summon [the armies of] the kingdoms [north of Babylonia]—from Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Appoint a commander for them, and bring [a great number of] horses; [there must be a huge number of horses]; that [huge number] will resemble [SIM] a swarm of locusts.
28 Prepara contra ella a las naciones, ¡los reyes de los medos, sus gobernadores, y todos sus diputados, y toda la tierra de su dominio!
Prepare the [armies of other nations], armies that will be led by the kings of Media [and Persia], their governors and [their] officials.
29 La tierra tiembla y sufre; para los propósitos de Yahvé contra Babilonia se mantienen, para convertir la tierra de Babilonia en una desolación, sin habitantes.
[When they attack Babylon, it will be as though] the earth will shake and writhe [in pain], because [those armies] will accomplish everything that Yahweh has planned to do to Babylon; they will destroy it completely, [with the result that] no one will live there [again].
30 Los poderosos de Babilonia han dejado de luchar, permanecen en sus fortalezas. Su poderío ha fracasado. Se han convertido en mujeres. Sus moradas son incendiadas. Sus barras están rotas.
[When their enemies attack], the strongest warriors in Babylon will not fight. They will remain in their barracks, without any strength. They will be as timid/weak as [SIM] women. [The enemy soldiers] will burn the buildings in the city and pull down the bars [of the city gates].
31 Un corredor correrá al encuentro de otro, y un mensajero para encontrarse con otro, para mostrar al rey de Babilonia que su ciudad está tomada por todos los lados.
Messengers will go quickly, one after another, to tell the king that his city has been captured.
32 Así que los pasajes se apoderan. Han quemado las cañas con fuego. Los hombres de guerra están asustados”.
The places at which people can cross the river [to escape from the city] will be blocked. The dry reeds in the marshes/swamps will be set on fire, and the soldiers of Babylon will be terrified.
33 Porque Yahvé de los Ejércitos, el Dios de Israel dice: “La hija de Babilonia es como una era en el momento en que se pisa. Todavía un poco, y el tiempo de la cosecha viene para ella”.
This is what the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom [we] Israelis [worship], says; “Babylon is like [SIM] wheat on the ground where it is about to be threshed by [animals] tramping on it. Very soon [their enemies] will trample on [the city of] Babylon [MET].”
34 “Nabucodonosor, rey de Babilonia, me ha devorado. Me ha aplastado. Me ha convertido en un recipiente vacío. Él, como un monstruo, me ha tragado. Se ha llenado la boca con mis delicias. Me ha expulsado.
[The army of] Nebuchadnezzar, the King of Babylon, has attacked and crushed us [Israeli people], and we have no strength [left]. [It is as though] they have swallowed us like a [great] monster that filled its belly with all our tasty parts, and then has spit out [what it did not like].
35 ¡Que la violencia hecha a mí y a mi carne sea sobre Babilonia!” el habitante de Sion dirá; y, “¡Que mi sangre sea sobre los habitantes de Caldea!” dirá Jerusalén.
[So] the people of [PRS] Jerusalem say [to Yahweh], “Cause the people of Babylon to suffer like they caused us to suffer! Cause the people of Babylonia to be punished for killing [MTY] our people!”
36 Por eso dice Yahvé: “He aquí que yo defenderé tu causa, y me vengaré por ti. Secaré su mar, y hacer que su fuente se seque.
And this is what Yahweh replies to the people of Jerusalem: “I will [be like your lawyer to] defend you, and I will avenge you. I will dry up the river in Babylon and [all] the springs of water.
37 Babilonia se convertirá en un montón, una morada para los chacales, un asombro, y un silbido, sin habitante.
Babylon will become a heap of ruins, a place where jackals/wolves live. It will become a place that people are horrified about and will ridicule; it will be a place where no one lives.
38 Rugirán juntos como leones jóvenes. Gruñirán como cachorros de león.
The people of Babylon will [all] roar like young lions; they will growl like baby lions.
39 Cuando se inflamen, haré su fiesta, y los emborracharé, para que se alegren, y dormir un sueño perpetuo, y no despertar”, dice Yahvé.
But while they are extremely hungry, I will prepare a [different kind of] feast for them. [It is as though] I will cause them to drink wine until they are very drunk, [with the result that] they will fall asleep. But they will never wake up from that sleep!
40 “Los haré caer como corderos al matadero, como los carneros con los machos cabríos.
I will bring them down to a place where they will be slaughtered, like [SIM] [someone who takes] lambs or rams or goats [to where they will be slaughtered for sacrifices].
41 “¡Cómo se lleva a Sheshach! ¡Cómo se apodera la alabanza de toda la tierra! ¡Cómo se ha convertido Babilonia en una desolación entre las naciones!
People all over the earth [now] (honor/praise) Babylon; they say that it is a great city. But I will cause it to become a [place about which people of all] nations are horrified.
42 El mar ha subido sobre Babilonia. Está cubierta por la multitud de sus olas.
The [enemies of Babylon] will cover the city [like] huge waves of the sea [DOU].
43 Sus ciudades se han convertido en una desolación, una tierra seca, y un desierto, una tierra en la que no habita ningún hombre. Ningún hijo de hombre pasa por ella.
The towns in Babylonia will become ruins, Babylonia will become a dry desert area. It will be a land in which no one lives and which no one walks through.
44 Ejecutaré el juicio sobre Bel en Babilonia, y sacaré de su boca lo que se ha tragado. Las naciones no fluirán más hacia él. Sí, el muro de Babilonia caerá.
And I will punish Bel, [the god that the people] of Babylon [worship], and I will cause the people to give back what they have stolen [MET]. [People of other] nations will no longer come to [worship] Bel. And the walls of Babylon will collapse.”
45 “Pueblo mío, aléjate de en medio de ella, y cada uno de ustedes se salve de la feroz ira de Yahvé.
[Yahweh also says, ] “My people, come out of Babylon! Run away from there! Run, because [I], Yahweh, am extremely angry [MTY] [with the people of Babylon, and I will get rid of them]!
46 No dejes que tu corazón desfallezca. No temas por las noticias que se escucharán en la tierra. Para las noticias vendrá un año, y después de eso en otro año vendrán las noticias, y la violencia en la tierra, gobernante contra gobernante.
Do not be discouraged/worried [IDM] or afraid when you hear reports [about what is happening in Babylon]. People will report rumors like that every year, rumors about violent things being done in the land, and rumors about leaders fighting against each other.
47 Por tanto, he aquí que vienen días en que ejecutaré el juicio sobre las imágenes grabadas de Babilonia; y toda su tierra será confundida. Todos sus muertos caerán en medio de ella.
But it will soon be the time for me to get rid of the idols in Babylon. [People all over] the land will be ashamed [because of being defeated]; and the corpses of their [soldiers] will lie in the streets.
48 Entonces los cielos y la tierra, y todo lo que hay en ella, cantará de alegría sobre Babilonia; porque los destructores vendrán a ella desde el norte”, dice Yahvé.
Then all [the angels in] heaven and all the [people on] [PRS] the earth will rejoice, because from the north will come [armies] that will destroy Babylon.
49 “Como Babilonia ha hecho caer a los muertos de Israel, así que los muertos de toda la tierra caerán en Babilonia.
Like [the soldiers of Babylon] killed the people of Israel and [also] killed others all over the world [HYP], [the people of] Babylon must also be killed.
50 Tú que has escapado de la espada, ¡ve! ¡No te quedes quieto! Recuerda a Yahvé desde lejos, y deja que Jerusalén entre en tu mente”.
You [Israeli people] who have not been killed [MTY], get out of Babylon! Do not wait! [Even though you are in a land] far away [from Israel], think about Yahweh, and think about Jerusalem!”
51 “Estamos confundidos porque hemos escuchado reproches. La confusión ha cubierto nuestros rostros, porque han entrado extraños en los santuarios de la casa de Yahvé”.
[The Israeli people say], “We are ashamed. We are completely disgraced [DOU], because foreigners have entered Yahweh’s temple [and (defiled it/caused it to become unfit for worship)].”
52 “Por lo tanto, he aquí que vienen los días”, dice Yahvé, “que ejecutaré el juicio sobre sus imágenes grabadas; y por toda su tierra gemirán los heridos.
Yahweh replies, “[That is true], but there will soon be a time when I will destroy the idols in Babylon, and throughout Babylonia there will be wounded people who will groan.
53 Aunque Babilonia se eleve hasta el cielo, y aunque deba fortificar la altura de su fuerza, pero vendrán a ella destructores de mi parte”, dice Yahvé.
Even if [the walls around] Babylon could extend up to the sky, and if its walls/fortifications were extremely strong, I will send [armies] that will destroy the city. [That will surely happen because I, ] Yahweh, have said it.”
54 “El sonido de un grito viene de Babilonia, ¡y de gran destrucción de la tierra de los caldeos!
Listen to [the people of] Babylon crying [for help]! And listen to the sounds of things being destroyed all over Babylonia!
55 Porque Yahvé arrasa con Babilonia, ¡y destruye de ella la gran voz! Sus olas rugen como muchas aguas. El ruido de su voz es pronunciado.
Yahweh will be destroying Babylon. He will cause the loud noises in the city to cease.
56 Porque el destructor ha venido sobre ella, incluso en Babilonia. Sus poderosos hombres han sido tomados. Sus arcos están rotos en pedazos, porque Yahvé es un Dios de retribución. Seguramente lo pagará.
Enemy troops will surge against the city like [SIM] a great wave. They will capture the city’s mighty soldiers and break their weapons. [That will happen] because Yahweh is a God who punishes [his enemies] justly; he will punish them as they deserve.
57 Haré de ella príncipes y sabios, sus gobernantes, sus diputados y sus poderosos hombres borrachos. Dormirán un sueño perpetuo, y no despertar,” dice el Rey, cuyo nombre es Yahvé de los Ejércitos.
The king, the Commander of the armies of angels says, “I will cause the city officials and wise men, the army captains and soldiers [in Babylon] to become drunk. They will fall asleep, but they will never wake up [again]!”
58 El Señor de los Ejércitos dice: “Los anchos muros de Babilonia serán completamente derribados. Sus altas puertas serán quemadas con fuego. Los pueblos trabajarán por la vanidad, y las naciones para el fuego; y se cansarán”.
Yahweh also says, “The thick walls around Babylon will be flattened to the ground. The city gates will be burned. People [from other countries] will work hard [to save the city], but it will be (in vain/useless), because everything [that they have built] will be destroyed by fire.”
59 Palabra que el profeta Jeremías ordenó a Seraías, hijo de Nerías, hijo de Maseías, cuando fue con Sedequías, rey de Judá, a Babilonia, en el cuarto año de su reinado. Seraías era jefe de intendencia.
Seraiah was the man who made arrangements for the King of Babylon [whenever he traveled]. He was the son of Neraiah and grandson of Mahseiah. When he was about to go to Babylon with King Zedekiah, after Zedekiah had been ruling Judah for almost four years, the prophet Jeremiah gave him a message.
60 Jeremías escribió en un libro todos los males que vendrían sobre Babilonia, y todas estas palabras que están escritas sobre Babilonia.
Jeremiah had written on a scroll a list of all the disasters that he had written about, disasters that would soon occur in Babylon.
61 Jeremías dijo a Seraías: “Cuando llegues a Babilonia, procura leer todas estas palabras,
He said to Seraiah, “When you arrive in Babylon, read [aloud] everything that I have written [on this scroll].
62 y di: ‘Señor, tú has hablado sobre este lugar, para cortarlo, para que nadie habite en él, ni hombre ni animal, sino que sea desolado para siempre’.
Then pray, ‘Yahweh, you said that you will thoroughly destroy Babylon, with the result that people and animals will no [longer] live there. You said that it will be desolate forever.’
63 Cuando termines de leer este libro, atarás una piedra y la arrojarás en medio del Éufrates.
[Then], when you have finished reading [what I have written on] the scroll, tie it to a [heavy] stone and throw it into the Euphrates [River].
64 Entonces dirás: ‘Así se hundirá Babilonia y no volverá a levantarse a causa del mal que le haré pasar; y se cansarán’.” Hasta aquí las palabras de Jeremías.
Then say, ‘In the same way, Babylon [and its people] will disappear and never exist again, because of the disasters that Yahweh will cause to occur there’” That is the end of Jeremiah’s messages.
