Jeremías 24
1 Después que Nabucodonosor, rey de Babilonia, deportó desde Jerusalén a Jeconías, hijo de Joacim, rey de Judá, y a los magistrados de Judá con los artesanos y los herreros, y los llevó a Babilonia, Yavé me mostró dos cestas de higos puestas delante de la Casa de Yavé.
The Lord revealed to me, and behold, two baskets full of figs were set before the temple of the Lord, after Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, carried away Jeconiah, the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and his leaders, and the craftsmen and engravers of Jerusalem, and led them into Babylon.
2 Una cesta tenía higos muy buenos, como brevas, y la otra cesta tenía higos tan malos que no se podían comer.
One basket had exceedingly good figs, like the figs usually found early in the season, and the other basket had exceedingly bad figs, which could not be eaten because they were so bad.
3 Yavé me preguntó: ¿Qué ves, Jeremías? Y respondí: Higos, higos buenos, muy buenos, y otros tan malos que no se pueden comer.
And the Lord said to me: “What do you see, Jeremiah?” And I said: “Figs: the good figs are very good, and the bad figs are very bad and cannot be eaten because they are so bad.”
4 La Palabra de Yavé vino a mí:
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
5 Yavé ʼElohim de Israel dice: Como a estos higos buenos, consideraré para bien a los cautivos de Judá, a quienes eché desde este lugar a la tierra de los caldeos.
“Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Just like these good figs, so will I regard as good the captives of Judah, whom I have sent from this place into the land of the Chaldeans.
6 Pues fijaré mis ojos sobre ellos para bien y los devolveré a esta tierra. Los edificaré y no los derribaré, los plantaré y no los arrancaré.
And I will set my eyes upon them, so as to be pleased. And I will lead them back into this land. And I will build them up, and I will not tear them down. And I will plant them, and I will not uproot them.
7 Les daré un corazón para que me conozcan que Yo soy Yavé. Ellos serán mi pueblo y Yo seré su ʼElohim, porque regresarán a Mí con todo su corazón.
And I will give them a heart, so that they may know me, that I am the Lord. And they will be my people, and I will be their God. For they shall return to me with their whole heart.
8 Pero como los higos malos que no se pueden comer, así son aquellos de quienes Yavé dice: Así entregaré a Sedequías, rey de Judá, a sus magistrados y al resto de Jerusalén, los que queden en esta tierra y los que viven en la tierra de Egipto.
And just like the very bad figs, which cannot be eaten because they are so bad, thus says the Lord: so will I regard Zedekiah, the king of Judah, and his leaders, and the rest of Jerusalem, those who have remained in this city, and those who are living in the land of Egypt.
9 Los convertiré en terror para todos los reinos de la tierra, oprobio y mal ejemplo, insulto y maldición, en todos los lugares adonde los echaré.
And I will give them over, with upheaval and affliction, to all the kingdoms of the earth: to be a disgrace, and a parable, and a proverb, and a curse in all the places to which I have cast them out.
10 Enviaré la espada, el hambre y la pestilencia contra ellos hasta que sean exterminados de la tierra que les di a ellos y a sus antepasados.
And I will send among them the sword, and famine, and pestilence: until they have been worn away from the land, which I gave to them and to their fathers.”
