Jeremías 23

1 ¡Ay de los pastores que destruyen y dispersan las ovejas de mi prado! dice Yavé.

“Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture!” says the LORD.

2 Por eso con respecto a los pastores que pastorean a mi pueblo, Yavé ʼElohim de Israel dice: Ustedes dispersaron mis ovejas, las ahuyentaron y no las atendieron. Ciertamente Yo los castigo por la perversidad de sus acciones, dice Yavé.

Therefore the LORD, the God of Israel, says against the shepherds who feed my people: “You have scattered my flock, driven them away, and have not visited them. Behold, I will visit on you the evil of your doings,” says the LORD.

3 Yo reuniré el remanente de mis ovejas de todas las tierras adonde las eché y las devolveré a sus prados. Crecerán y se multiplicarán.

“I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all the countries where I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds; and they will be fruitful and multiply.

4 Designaré para ellas pastores que las pastoreen. Ya no temerán ni se turbarán. Ninguna faltará, dice Yavé.

I will set up shepherds over them who will feed them. They will no longer be afraid or dismayed, neither will any be lacking,” says the LORD.

5 Ciertamente vienen días en los cuales levantaré un Retoño justo para David, dice Yavé, y reinará como Rey. Obrará sabiamente, y ejecutará juicio recto y justicia en la tierra.

“Behold, the days come,” says the LORD, “that I will raise to David a righteous Branch; and he will reign as king and deal wisely, and will execute justice and righteousness in the land.

6 En sus días Judá será salvado, e Israel vivirá confiado. Éste es el Nombre con el cual será llamado: Yavé, Justicia Nuestra.

In his days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell safely. This is his name by which he will be called: The LORD our righteousness.

7 Miren, vienen días, dice Yavé, cuando ya no dirán: ¡Vive Yavé, Quien sacó a los hijos de Israel de la tierra de Egipto!

“Therefore, behold, the days come,” says the LORD, “that they will no more say, ‘As the LORD lives, who brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;’

8 Sino: ¡Vive Yavé, Quien sacó y trajo la descendencia de la Casa de Israel de la tierra del norte y de todas las tierras adonde los echó! Y vivirán en su tierra.

but, ‘As the LORD lives, who brought up and who led the offspring of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all the countries where I had driven them.’ Then they will dwell in their own land.”

9 A causa de los profetas, mi corazón está quebrantado dentro de mí, y todos mis huesos se estremecen. Fui como un ebrio, un hombre dominado por el vino, a causa de Yavé y a causa de sus santas Palabras.

Concerning the prophets: My heart within me is broken. All my bones shake. I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine has overcome, because of the LORD, and because of his holy words.

10 Porque la tierra está llena de adúlteros. La tierra gime a causa de una maldición y los pastos de la llanura se secaron. La carrera de ellos es mala, y su poder no es recto.

“For the land is full of adulterers; for because of the curse the land mourns. The pastures of the wilderness have dried up. Their course is evil, and their might is not right;

11 Porque tanto el profeta como el sacerdote están contaminados. Aun en mi Casa hallo sus perversidades, dice Yavé.

for both prophet and priest are profane. Yes, in my house I have found their wickedness,” says the LORD.

12 Por tanto su camino será como senderos resbaladizos. Serán empujados a la oscuridad y caerán en ella, porque traeré calamidad sobre ellos el año de su castigo, dice Yavé.

Therefore their way will be to them as slippery places in the darkness. They will be driven on, and fall therein; for I will bring evil on them, even the year of their visitation,” says the LORD.

13 Entre los profetas de Samaria vi esta locura: Profetizan por baal y extravían a mi pueblo Israel.

“I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria. They prophesied by Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.

14 Entre los profetas de Jerusalén vi algo horrible: Cometen adulterio, practican la mentira y apoyan las manos de los perversos para que nadie se convierta de su perversidad. Todos ellos fueron para mí como Sodoma, y sus habitantes, como Gomorra.

In the prophets of Jerusalem I have also seen a horrible thing: they commit adultery and walk in lies. They strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one returns from his wickedness. They have all become to me as Sodom, and its inhabitants as Gomorrah.”

15 Por tanto, con respecto a estos profetas, Yavé de las huestes dice: Ciertamente Yo les doy a comer ajenjo y a beber agua envenenada. Porque de los profetas de Jerusalén salió la blasfemia a toda la tierra.

Therefore the LORD of Armies says concerning the prophets: “Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink poisoned water; for from the prophets of Jerusalem ungodliness has gone out into all the land.”

16 Yavé de las huestes dice: No escuchen las palabras de los profetas que les profetizan. Los alimentan con vanas esperanzas. Hablan visión de su corazón, no de la boca de Yavé.

The LORD of Armies says, “Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you. They teach you vanity. They speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the LORD.

17 Dicen atrevidamente a los que me desprecian: Yavé dijo: ¡Tendrán paz! Y a todo el que anda tras la terquedad de su corazón, le dicen: ¡No llegará mal sobre ustedes!

They say continually to those who despise me, ‘The LORD has said, “You will have peace;”’ and to everyone who walks in the stubbornness of his own heart they say, ‘No evil will come on you.’

18 Pero, ¿quién estuvo en el secreto de Yavé, que oyó y escuchó su Palabra?

For who has stood in the council of the LORD, that he should perceive and hear his word? Who has listened to my word, and heard it?

19 Ciertamente la tempestad de Yavé sale con furia. Es una tempestad que se arremolina. Se precipita sobre las cabezas de los perversos.

Behold, the LORD’s storm, his wrath, has gone out. Yes, a whirling storm! It will burst on the head of the wicked.

20 La ira de Yavé no se apartará hasta que se ejecute y se realice el propósito de su corazón. Al final de los días entenderán claramente.

The LORD’s anger will not return until he has executed and performed the intents of his heart. In the latter days, you will understand it perfectly.

21 Yo no envié a esos profetas, pero ellos corrían. No les hablé, pero ellos profetizaban.

I did not send these prophets, yet they ran. I did not speak to them, yet they prophesied.

22 Si hubieran estado en mi consejo, habrían proclamado mis Palabras a mi pueblo, y los habrían devuelto de su mal camino y la maldad de sus obras.

But if they had stood in my council, then they would have caused my people to hear my words, and would have turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.

23 ¿Soy Yo ʼElohim solo de cerca, dice Yavé, y no ʼElohim de lejos?

“Am I a God at hand,” says the LORD, “and not a God afar off?

24 ¿Podrá alguien ocultarse, en escondrijos donde Yo no lo vea? dice Yavé. ¿No lleno Yo el cielo y la tierra?

Can anyone hide himself in secret places so that I cannot see him?” says the LORD. “Do not I fill heaven and earth?” says the LORD.

25 Oí lo que dicen los profetas que profetizan en mi Nombre y dicen: ¡Tuve un sueño, tuve un sueño!

“I have heard what the prophets have said, who prophesy lies in my name, saying, ‘I had a dream! I had a dream!’

26 ¿Hasta cuándo? ¿Qué hay en el corazón de los profetas que profetizan mentira, que profetizan el engaño de su propio corazón?

How long will this be in the heart of the prophets who prophesy lies, even the prophets of the deceit of their own heart?

27 ¿Con los sueños que cada uno cuenta a su compañero, piensan lograr que mi pueblo olvide mi Nombre, así como sus antepasados olvidaron mi Nombre a causa de baal?

They intend to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams which they each tell his neighbor, as their fathers forgot my name because of Baal.

28 El profeta que tenga un sueño, cuente ese sueño, y el que reciba mi Palabra, diga mi Palabra con fidelidad. Yavé dice: ¿Qué tiene que ver la concha de trigo trillado con el trigo?

The prophet who has a dream, let him tell a dream; and he who has my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the straw to the wheat?” says the LORD.

29 ¿No es mi Palabra como fuego, dice Yavé, y como un martillo que despedaza la roca?

“Is not my word like fire?” says the LORD; “and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?

30 Por tanto, ciertamente Yo estoy contra los profetas, dice Yavé, que hurtan mis Palabras el uno del otro.

“Therefore behold, I am against the prophets,” says the LORD, “who each steal my words from his neighbor.

31 En verdad Yo estoy contra los profetas, dice Yavé, que sueltan sus lenguas y dicen: Él dice.

Behold, I am against the prophets,” says the LORD, “who use their tongues, and say, ‘He says.’

32 Ciertamente Yo estoy contra los que profetizan sueños mentirosos, dice Yavé, y los cuentan, y extravían a mi pueblo con sus mentiras y su temeridad. Porque Yo no los envié ni les di orden, y ningún provecho traen a este pueblo.

Behold, I am against those who prophesy lying dreams,” says the LORD, “who tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their vain boasting; yet I did not send them or command them. They do not profit this people at all,” says the LORD.

33 Cuando este pueblo, o el profeta, o el sacerdote te pregunte: ¿Cuál es la Palabra de Yavé? Les responderás: Ustedes son la palabra, y Yo los desecharé, dice Yavé.

“When this people, or the prophet, or a priest, asks you, saying, ‘What is the message from the LORD?’ Then you shall tell them, ‘“What message? I will cast you off,” says the LORD.’

34 Si un sacerdote o uno del pueblo dice: ¡Palabra de Yavé! Lo castigaré a él y a su casa.

As for the prophet, the priest, and the people, who say, ‘The message from the LORD,’ I will even punish that man and his household.

35 Cada uno dirá a su compañero y a su hermano: ¿Qué responde Yavé? ¿Qué dice Yavé?

You will say everyone to his neighbor, and everyone to his brother, ‘What has the LORD answered?’ and, ‘What has the LORD said?’

36 Ya no digan: Palabra de Yavé, porque cada uno llevará sus propias palabras, ya que pervirtió las Palabras del ʼElohim viviente, de Yavé de las huestes, nuestro ʼElohim.

You will mention the message from the LORD no more, for every man’s own word has become his message; for you have perverted the words of the living God, of the LORD of Armies, our God.

37 Dirás al profeta: ¿Qué responde Yavé? ¿Qué dice Yavé?

You will say to the prophet, ‘What has the LORD answered you?’ and, ‘What has the LORD spoken?’

38 Pero si dicen: ¡Palabra de Yavé! Entonces, Yavé dice: Porque dicen esta palabra: ¡Palabra de Yavé! Aunque Yo envié a decirles: No digan: ¡Palabra de Yavé!

Although you say, ‘The message from the LORD,’ therefore the LORD says: ‘Because you say this word, “The message from the LORD,” and I have sent to you, telling you not to say, “The message from the LORD,”

39 Por tanto, ciertamente Yo los olvidaré por completo y los echaré de mi Presencia, juntamente con la ciudad que di a ustedes y a sus antepasados.

therefore behold, I will utterly forget you, and I will cast you off with the city that I gave to you and to your fathers, away from my presence.

40 Impondré sobre ustedes afrenta perpetua y humillación eterna que no serán olvidadas.

I will bring an everlasting reproach on you, and a perpetual shame, which will not be forgotten.’”