Jeremías 16
1 Entonces la Palabra de Yavé vino a mí:
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
2 No tomarás esposa para ti. No tendrás hijos ni hijas en este lugar.
“You shall not take a wife, and there shall be no sons or daughters for you in this place.
3 Porque con respecto a los hijos e hijas que nazcan en este lugar, a las madres que los den a luz y de los padres que los engendren en esta tierra, Yavé dice:
For thus says the Lord concerning the sons and daughters who are conceived in this place, and concerning their mothers who give birth to them, and concerning their fathers, from whose stock they have been born in this land:
4 Morirán de muerte cruel. No serán llorados ni sepultados. Serán como abono sobre la superficie de la tierra. Serán consumidos por la espada y el hambre. Sus cadáveres servirán de comida para las aves del cielo y las bestias de la tierra.
They will die from grievous mortal illnesses. They will not be mourned, and they will not be buried. They will be like manure on the face of the earth. And they will be consumed by sword and by famine. And their dead bodies will be food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the land.”
5 Yavé dice: No entres en casa del duelo, ni vayas a lamentar, ni los consueles, porque retiré de este pueblo mi paz, mi misericordia y mi compasión, dice Yavé.
For thus says the Lord: “You shall not enter the house of feasting, and you shall not go to mourn or to console them. For I have taken away from this people, says the Lord, my peace, my mercy, and my pity.
6 En esta tierra morirán grandes y pequeños. No serán sepultados ni los llorarán, ni por ellos se harán incisiones, ni se raparán la cabeza,
Both the great and the small will die in this land. They will not be buried, and they will not be mourned. And no one will cut themselves or make themselves bald on their behalf.
7 ni saldrán con pan para consolar a los que estén de luto por ellos, ni les darán la copa de consuelo por su padre o por su madre.
And they will not break bread among themselves for the sake of him who mourns, so as to console him over the dead. And they will not give them a chalice to drink, so as to console them over their father and mother.
8 Tampoco entres en la casa del banquete para sentarte a comer y beber con ellos.
And so, you shall not enter the house of feasting, so as to sit with them, and to eat and drink.”
9 Porque Yavé de las huestes, ʼElohim de Israel, dice: Ciertamente Yo suspendo en este lugar, en los días de ustedes y ante ustedes, toda voz de gozo y toda voz de alegría, la voz del novio y la de la novia.
For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “Behold, I will take away from this place, in your sight and in your days, the voice of gladness and the voice of rejoicing, the voice of the groom and the voice of the bride.
10 Acontecerá que cuando anuncies a este pueblo todas estas cosas, te preguntarán: ¿Por qué Yavé pronuncia contra nosotros todo este mal tan grande? ¿Cuáles delitos o pecados cometimos contra Yavé nuestro ʼElohim?
And when you announce all these words to this people, they will say to you: ‘Why would the Lord pronounce all this great evil against us? What is our iniquity and what is our sin that we have committed against the Lord our God?’
11 Entonces les dirás: Porque sus antepasados me abandonaron, dice Yavé, fueron tras otros ʼelohim, se postraron ante ellos y les sirvieron. Pero a Mí me abandonaron y no observaron mi Ley.
And you shall say to them: It is because your fathers abandoned me, says the Lord. And they went after strange gods, and they served them and adored them. And they abandoned me, and they did not keep my law.
12 Ustedes actuaron peor que sus antepasados, porque en verdad cada uno de ustedes sigue lo que le dicta su malvado corazón de tal modo que no me escucha.
But you have acted even worse than your fathers. For behold, each one walks after the depravity of his own evil heart, so that he does not listen to me.
13 Los echaré de esta tierra a una tierra que ustedes ni sus antepasados conocieron. Allá servirán a ʼelohim extraños día y noche, porque no les mostraré clemencia.
And so, I will cast you out of this land, into a land that you do not know, and that your fathers did not know. And in that place, you will serve, day and night, strange gods who will not give you rest.
14 Pero, ciertamente vienen días, dice Yavé, cuando ya no se dirá: ¡Vive Yavé, Quien sacó a los hijos de Israel de la tierra de Egipto!
Therefore, behold, the days are approaching, says the Lord, when it will no longer be said, ‘As the Lord lives, who led the sons of Israel away from the land of Egypt,’
15 Sino: ¡Vive Yavé, que sacó a los hijos de Israel de la tierra del norte y de todas las tierras adonde los echó! Porque los devolveré a su tierra, la cual di a sus antepasados.
but instead, ‘As the Lord lives, who led the sons of Israel away from the land of the north,’ and from all the lands to which I have cast them out. And I will lead them back into their own land, which I gave to their fathers.
16 Miren, enviaré muchos pescadores que los pesquen, dice Yavé. Después enviaré muchos cazadores que los cacen por las montañas y colinas, y por las hendiduras de las peñas.
Behold, I will send many fishermen, says the Lord, and they will fish for them. And after this, I will send many hunters to them, and they will hunt for them on every mountain, and on every hilltop, and in the caverns of the rocks.
17 Porque mis ojos están sobre todos sus caminos. No se me ocultarán, ni su iniquidad está encubierta de mis ojos.
For my eyes are upon all their ways. They have not been hidden from my face, and their iniquity has not been concealed from my eyes.
18 Pero primero les pagaré al doble su iniquidad y su pecado, porque contaminaron mi tierra con los cadáveres de sus ídolos y llenaron mi heredad con sus repugnancias.
But first, I will repay their double iniquities and their sins. For they have defiled my land with the dead bodies of their idols, and they have filled my inheritance with their abominations.”
19 Oh Yavé, Fuerza mía y Fortaleza mía, mi Refugio en tiempo de aflicción. A ti vendrán las naciones desde los extremos de la tierra y dirán: En verdad, nuestros antepasados heredaron mentira, vanidad en la cual no hay provecho.
“O Lord, my strength, and my health, and my refuge in the day of tribulation: the Gentiles will approach you from the ends of the earth, and they will say: ‘Truly, our fathers possessed a lie, an emptiness that has not benefited them.’
20 ¿El hombre se fabrica ʼelohim? ¡Pero esos no son ʼelohim!
How can man make gods for himself, though these are not gods?”
21 Por tanto ciertamente, esta vez les mostraré mi poder y mi fortaleza. Sabrán que mi nombre es Yavé.
“Concerning this, behold: I will make it clear to them, in this turn. I will reveal to them my hand and my virtue. And they will know that the Lord is my name.”
