Jeremías 20
1 El sacerdote Pasur, hijo de Imer, quien presidía como jefe en la Casa de Yavé, oyó a Jeremías cuando profetizaba estas cosas.
Pashhur, the son of Immer, was a priest who supervised the temple guards. He heard those things that I had prophesied.
2 Pasur azotó al profeta Jeremías y lo puso en el cepo que estaba en la Puerta Superior de Benjamín, la cual estaba junto a la Casa de Yavé.
[So he arrested me]. Then he [commanded guards to] whip me and fasten my feet in (stocks/a wooden frame) at the Benjamin Gate of Yahweh’s temple.
3 En la mañana siguiente, Pasur sacó a Jeremías del cepo, y Jeremías le dijo: Yavé no te llama Pasur, sino Terror en torno.
The next day, when Pashhur released me, I said to him, “Pashhur, Yahweh is giving you a new name. From now on, your name will be ‘Surrounded by Terror’,
4 Porque Yavé dice: Mira, Yo te convierto en terror para ti y para todos tus amigos. Caerán por la espada de sus enemigos, y tus ojos lo verán. Entregaré a todo Judá en mano del rey de Babilonia, quien los llevará cautivos a Babilonia y los matará a espada.
because Yahweh says this [to you]: ‘I will cause you and your friends to be terrified. You will watch them being killed by your enemies’ swords. I will enable the [army of the] king of Babylon to capture the people of Judah. Those soldiers will take some of the people to Babylon, and they will kill others with their swords.
5 Entregaré también todas las riquezas de esta ciudad, todo el producto de su labor y todos los tesoros de los reyes de Judá, y los saqueará. Los tomarán y los llevarán a Babilonia.
And I will enable their soldiers to take away [other things in] Jerusalem. They will take to Babylon all the very valuable things that belonged to your kings.
6 Y tú, Pasur, y todos los que viven en tu casa irán cautivos. Entrarás en Babilonia y allí morirás. Allí serán sepultados, tú y todos tus amigos, a los cuales profetizaste mentira.
And [as for] you, Pashhur, they will take you and all your family to Babylon. You and your family and all your friends who have prophesied things that are lies will die there and be buried there.’”
7 Me sedujiste, oh Yavé, y fui seducido. Fuiste más fuerte que yo, y me venciste. Cada día soy objeto de burla. Cada uno se burla de mí.
[One day I said this to Yahweh]: “Yahweh, [when you chose me to be a prophet, ] deceived me, and I allowed you to deceive me. You insisted that I [become a prophet] and you are stronger than I am. And now everyone [HYP] ridicules me. They make fun of me all the day.
8 Porque cuantas veces hablo, proclamo, grito: ¡Violencia y destrucción! La Palabra de Yavé resulta para mí reproche y burla todo el día.
When I tell [people your messages], I shout saying, ‘[Yahweh is going to cause you to experience] violence and destruction!’ So because I tell them those messages from you, they insult me and scoff at me all day long.
9 Y si digo: No lo recordaré a Él, ni hablaré más en su Nombre, entonces mi corazón es como un fuego abrasador encerrado en mis huesos. Me esfuerzo en contenerlo, pero no puedo.
But if I would say, ‘I will never mention Yahweh or say anything about him, [MTY]’ [it would be as though] your message would burn in my inner being like [SIM] a fire; it would be like a fire in my bones. Sometimes I try to remain silent and not proclaim your messages, but I am not able to do that.
10 Porque oí la murmuración de muchos: ¡Terror por todas partes! ¡Denúncienlo, denunciémoslo! Todos mis amigos que esperan mi caída dicen: Quizás sea engañado. Entonces prevaleceremos contra él y tomaremos nuestra venganza.
I hear many people whispering [about me], saying ‘[He is the man who proclaims that there will be things that cause us to] be terrified everywhere. We must tell [the authorities what he is saying]! We must denounce him!’ [Even] my best friends are waiting for me to say something that is wrong. [They are saying], ‘Perhaps we can cause him to say something wrong, and if he does, we will be able to discredit him.’
11 Pero Yavé está conmigo como poderoso Gigante. Por tanto, mis perseguidores tropezarán y no prevalecerán contra mí. Sentirán perpetua confusión que nunca será olvidada.
But [you], Yahweh, are helping me like [SIM] a strong warrior, so [it is as though] you will cause those who persecute me to stumble, and they will not defeat me. They will be completely disgraced because of being unable to defeat me; and other people will never forget that they were disgraced.
12 Oh Yavé de las huestes. Tú escudriñas al justo y ves la mente y el corazón. Permite que yo vea tu venganza de ellos, pues a Ti expuse mi causa.
Commander of the armies of angels, you examine [all] those who are righteous; you know [all that is in] their inner beings and what they think. Allow me to see you getting revenge on those [who want to harm me], because I trust that you will do for me what is right.”
13 ¡Canten a Yavé, alaben a Yavé, Quien libró la vida del pobre de mano de los malhechores!
Sing to Yahweh! Praise Yahweh! He rescues [poor and] needy people, from those [SYN] who are wicked.
14 Maldito el día cuando nací. No sea bendecido el día cuando mi madre me dio a luz.
But I hope/desire that the day that I was born will be cursed. I do not want [anyone to] celebrate that day.
15 Maldito el hombre que dio noticias a mi padre, y dijo: ¡Te nació un hijo varón! Y le causó gran alegría.
And [as for] that man who brought to my father the news, and caused him to be very happy, by saying “[You wife] has given birth to a son for you”, I hope/desire that he [also] will be cursed.
16 Sea tal hombre como las ciudades que Yavé destruyó sin misericordia, Que oiga alarma por la mañana y gritos de guerra al mediodía.
Allow him to be destroyed like the cities that Yahweh destroyed [long ago], without acting mercifully [toward them]. Cause that man to hear the people wailing in the morning, and [to hear the enemy soldiers shout their] battle cries at noon.
17 Porque no me mataste en el vientre, y mi madre sería mi sepulcro, y su vientre estaría embarazado para siempre.
[I want that to happen to him] because he did not kill me before I was born. I wish that I had died in my mother’s womb, and that my mother’s body would have been [like] [MET] my grave.
18 ¿Para qué salí del vientre? ¿Para ver aflicción y dolor, y que mis días se gasten en vergüenza?
I have continually experienced much trouble and sorrow, and I am disgraced now when I am about to die; why was it necessary [RHQ] for me to me born?
