Jeremías 27
1 En el principio del reinado de Zedequías, hijo de Josías, rey de Judá, vino esta Palabra de Yavé a Jeremías:
When Zedekiah, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, first became king this word came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,
2 Yavé me dice: Haz correas y yugos, y ponlos sobre tu nuca.
This is what the Lord has said to me: Make for yourself bands and yokes and put them on your neck;
3 Los enviarás al rey de Edom, al rey de Moab, al rey de los hijos de Amón, al rey de Tiro y al rey de Sidón, por medio de los mensajeros que llegan a Jerusalén a consulta con Sedequías, rey de Judá.
And send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the children of Ammon, and to the king of Tyre, and to the king of Zidon, by their servants who come to Jerusalem, to Zedekiah, king of Judah;
4 Les encargarás que digan a sus jefes: Yavé de las huestes, el ʼElohim de Israel, dice: Digan a sus jefes:
And give them orders to say to their masters, This is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: Say to your masters,
5 Yo hice la tierra, al hombre y las bestias que están sobre la superficie de la tierra con mi gran poder y con mi brazo extendido, y doy [la tierra] al que me place.
I have made the earth, and man and beast on the face of the earth, by my great power and by my outstretched arm; and I will give it to anyone at my pleasure.
6 Ahora Yo entregué todas estas tierras en mano de Nabucodonosor, rey de Babilonia, esclavo mío. Aun le entregué los animales del campo para que le sirvan.
And now I have given all these lands into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, my servant; and I have given the beasts of the field to him for his use.
7 Todas las naciones le servirán a él, a su hijo y a su nieto, hasta que también llegue el tiempo [de destrucción] de su propia tierra, y muchas naciones y grandes reyes la reduzcan a esclavitud.
And all the nations will be servants to him and to his son and to his son's son, till the time comes for his land to be overcome: and then a number of nations and great kings will take it for their use.
8 La nación o el reino que no sirva a Nabucodonosor, rey de Babilonia, y que no se someta al yugo del rey de Babilonia, la castigaré con espada, con hambre y pestilencia, dice Yavé, hasta que destruya a esa nación por medio de él.
And it will come about, that if any nation does not become a servant to this same Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, and does not put its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, then I will send punishment on that nation, says the Lord, by the sword and need of food and by disease, till I have given them into his hands.
9 Ustedes no escuchen a sus profetas, a sus adivinos, a sus soñadores, a sus agoreros, ni a sus hechiceros que les hablan. No servirán al rey de Babilonia.
And you are not to give attention to your prophets or your readers of signs or your dreamers or those who see into the future or those who make use of secret arts, who say to you, You will not become servants of the king of Babylon:
10 Porque les profetizan mentira a fin de que los remuevan lejos de su tierra, para que Yo los eche fuera y perezcan.
For they say false words to you, so that you may be sent away far from your land, and so that you may be forced out by me and come to destruction.
11 Pero la nación que se someta al yugo del rey de Babilonia y le sirva, permanecerá en su propia tierra, la labrará y vivirá en ella, dice Yavé.
But as for that nation which puts its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon and becomes his servant, I will let that nation keep on in its land, farming it and living in it, says the Lord.
12 Hablé a Sedequías, rey de Judá, todas estas palabras: Sométanse al yugo del rey de Babilonia. Sírvanle a él y a su pueblo, y vivirán.
And I said all this to Zedekiah, king of Judah, saying, Put your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon and become his servants and his people, so that you may keep your lives.
13 ¿Por qué deben morir tú y tu pueblo por la espada, el hambre y la pestilencia? como Yavé dijo con respecto a la nación que no sirva al rey de Babilonia.
Why are you desiring death, you and your people, by the sword, and because food is gone, and by disease, as the Lord has said of the nation which does not become the servant of the king of Babylon?
14 No escuchen las palabras de los profetas que les hablan y dicen: No sirvan al rey de Babilonia. Porque les profetizan mentira.
And you are not to give ear to the prophets who say to you, You will not become servants of the king of Babylon: for what they say is not true.
15 Porque Yavé dice: Yo no los envié. Sin embargo, ellos profetizan falsamente en mi Nombre, de modo que Yo los expulse y perezcan ustedes y los profetas que les profetizan.
For I have not sent them, says the Lord, but they are saying what is false in my name, so that I might send you out by force, causing destruction to come on you and on your prophets.
16 También hablé a los sacerdotes y a todo este pueblo: Así dice Yavé: No escuchen las palabras de sus profetas, quienes les profetizan: En verdad, los utensilios de la Casa de Yavé serán traídos pronto de Babilonia, porque les profetizan mentira.
And I said to the priests and to all the people, This is what the Lord has said: Give no attention to the words of your prophets who say to you, See, in a very little time now the vessels of the Lord's house will come back again from Babylon: for what they say to you is false.
17 No los escuchen. Sirvan al rey de Babilonia y vivan. ¿Por qué debe ser desolada esta ciudad?
Give no attention to them; become servants of the king of Babylon and keep yourselves from death: why let this town become a waste?
18 Si ellos son profetas, y si la Palabra de Yavé está con ellos, intercedan ahora ante Yavé de las huestes para que los utensilios que quedan de la Casa de Yavé, en el palacio del rey de Judá y en Jerusalén no vayan a Babilonia.
But if they are prophets, and if the word of the Lord is with them, let them now make request to the Lord of armies that the vessels which are still in the house of the Lord and in the house of the king of Judah and at Jerusalem, may not go to Babylon.
19 Porque Yavé de las huestes dice esto con respecto a las columnas, del mar, de las basas y del resto de los utensilios que quedan en esta ciudad,
For this is what the Lord has said about the rest of the vessels which are still in this town,
20 que Nabucodonosor, rey de Babilonia, no tomó cuando llevó cautivos de Jerusalén a Babilonia, a Jeconías, hijo de Joacim, rey de Judá, y a todos los nobles de Judá y de Jerusalén.
Which Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, did not take away, when he took Jeconiah, the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, a prisoner from Jerusalem to Babylon, with all the great men of Judah and Jerusalem;
21 Con respecto a los utensilios que quedan en la Casa de Yavé, en el palacio del rey de Judá y en Jerusalén, Yavé de las huestes, ʼElohim de Israel, dice:
For this is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said about the rest of the vessels in the house of the Lord and in the house of the king of Judah and at Jerusalem:
22 Serán llevados a Babilonia, y allí estarán hasta el día cuando me acuerde de ellos, dice Yavé. Entonces los traeré y los restituiré a este lugar.
They will be taken away to Babylon, and there they will be till the day when I send their punishment on them, says the Lord. Then I will take them up and put them back in their place.
