Jeremías 15

1 Entonces Yavé me dijo: Aunque Moisés y Samuel se coloquen delante de Mí, no me conmoveré por este pueblo. Échalos, que salgan de mi Presencia.

Then the LORD said to me, "Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind would not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth.

2 Si te preguntan: ¿A dónde iremos? Les dirás: Yavé dice así: Los que a muerte, a muerte, los que a espada, a espada, los que a hambre, a hambre, los que a cautiverio, a cautiverio.

It shall happen, when they tell you, 'Where shall we go forth?' Then you shall tell them, 'Thus says the LORD: "Such as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; and such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for captivity, to captivity.

3 Enviaré sobre ellos cuatro clases de castigo, dice Yavé, la espada para matar, los perros para destrozar, las aves del cielo y las bestias de la tierra para devorar y destruir.

I will appoint over them four kinds, says the LORD: the sword to kill, and the dogs to tear, and the birds of the sky, and the animals of the earth, to devour and to destroy.

4 Los entregaré como objeto de horror entre todos los reinos de la tierra, a causa de Manasés, hijo de Ezequías, rey de Judá, por lo que él hizo en Jerusalén.

I will cause them to be tossed back and forth among all the kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh, the son of Hezekiah, king of Judah, for that which he did in Jerusalem.

5 Oh Jerusalén, en verdad, ¿quién tendrá compasión de ti? ¿Quién llorará por ti? ¿Quién se desviará para preguntar con respecto a ti?

For who will have pity on you, Jerusalem? Or who will bemoan you? Or who will turn aside to ask of your welfare?

6 Tú me abandonaste, te devolviste, dice Yavé. Por tanto, Yo extiendo mi mano contra ti y te destruiré. Estoy cansado de compadecerme.

'You have rejected me,' says the LORD, 'you have gone backward:' therefore have I stretched out my hand against you, and destroyed you; I am weary with repenting.

7 Los aventaré con un aventador hasta las puertas de la tierra, y los privaré de hijos. Destruiré a mi pueblo, porque no se devolvieron de sus caminos.

I have winnowed them with a fan in the gates of the land; I have bereaved them of children, I have destroyed my people; they did not return from their ways.

8 Sus viudas serán más que la arena del mar. Traeré al destructor contra ellos en pleno día, contra la madre y contra los hijos. Destruiré a mi pueblo porque no regresaron de sus caminos.

Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas; I have brought on them against the mother of the young men a destroyer at noonday; I have made anguish and terror to fall on them suddenly.

9 La que dio a luz siete desfallecerá y exhalará su alma. Su sol se ocultará cuando sea aún de día. Será avergonzada y confundida. Y lo que quede lo entregaré a la espada de sus enemigos, dice Yavé.

She who has borne seven languishes; she has given up the spirit; her sun is gone down while it was yet day; she has been disappointed and confounded: and their residue will I deliver to the sword before their enemies," says the LORD.

10 ¡Ay de mí, madre mía, que me diste a luz como varón de contienda y hombre de discordia para toda esta tierra! Ni presté ni me prestaron, pero todos me maldicen.

"Woe is me, my mother, that you have borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth. I have not lent, neither have men lent to me; yet everyone of them curses me."

11 Así sea, oh Yavé, si no te supliqué a favor del enemigo en tiempo de aflicción y en época de angustia.

The LORD said, "Most certainly I will strengthen you for good; most certainly I will cause the enemy to make petition to you in the time of evil and in the time of distress.

12 ¿Quién podrá romper el hierro, y el bronce del norte?

Can one break iron, even iron from the north, and bronze?

13 Entregaré tus bienes y tus tesoros al saqueo, y no por precio, sino por todos tus pecados en todo tu territorio.

Your substance and your treasures will I give for a spoil without price, and that for all your sins, even in all your borders.

14 Ordenaré que sirvas a tus enemigos en una tierra que tú no conoces, porque un fuego se encendió en mi furor y arderá sobre ustedes.

I will make you serve your enemies in a land which you do not know; for a fire is kindled in my anger, which shall burn on you."

15 Oh Yavé, Tú lo sabes. Acuérdate de mí. Visítame y véngame de mis perseguidores. En vista de tu paciencia, no me arrebates. Sabes que por amor a Ti soporto afrentas.

"LORD, you know; remember me, and visit me, and avenge me of my persecutors; do not take me away in your longsuffering: know that for your sake I have suffered reproach.

16 Tus Palabras fueron halladas, y yo las comí. Y tus Palabras fueron para mí el gozo y la alegría de mi corazón, porque tu Nombre es invocado sobre mí, oh Yavé, ʼElohim de las huestes.

Your words were found, and I ate them; and your words were to me a joy and the rejoicing of my heart: for I am called by your name, LORD, God of hosts.

17 No me senté ni me regocijé con los que se divierten. A causa del peso de tu mano me senté solo, porque me llenaste de indignación.

I did not sit in the assembly of those who make merry, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of your hand; for you have filled me with indignation.

18 ¿Por qué es continuo mi dolor, y mi herida incurable rehúsa ser sanada? ¿Serás para mí como un torrente no confiable, como aguas que no son estables?

Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuses to be healed? Will you indeed be to me as a deceitful brook, as waters that fail?"

19 Por tanto Yavé dice: Si te devuelves, Yo te restauraré y estarás delante de Mí. Si apartas lo precioso de lo vil serás como mi boca. Conviértanse ellos a ti, y no te conviertas tú a ellos.

Therefore thus says the LORD, "If you return, then will I bring you again, that you may stand before me; and if you take forth the precious from the vile, you shall be as my mouth: they shall return to you, but you shall not return to them.

20 Te pondré frente a este pueblo como muro de bronce reforzado. Pelearán contra ti, pero no te vencerán, porque Yo estoy contigo para salvarte y librarte, dice Yavé.

I will make you to this people a fortified bronze wall; and they shall fight against you, but they shall not prevail against you; for I am with you to save you and to deliver you," says the LORD.

21 Te libraré de mano de los perversos. Te rescataré de la garra de los tiranos.

"I will deliver you out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem you out of the hand of the terrible."