Jeremías 32

1 Palabra de Yavé que vino a Jeremías el año 10 de Sedequías, rey de Judá, año 18 de Nabucodonosor.

The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord in the tenth year of Zedekiah, king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar.

2 En aquel tiempo el ejército del rey de Babilonia tenía sitiada a Jerusalén y el profeta Jeremías estaba preso en el patio de la guardia de la casa del rey de Judá.

Now at that time the king of Babylon's army was round Jerusalem, shutting it in: and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the place of the armed watchmen, in the house of the king of Judah.

3 Sedequías, rey de Judá, lo encarceló y lo acusó: Tú profetizaste y dijiste: Yavé dice: Yo entregaré esta ciudad en mano del rey de Babilonia, quien la tomará.

For Zedekiah, king of Judah, had had him shut up, saying, Why have you, as a prophet, been saying, The Lord has said, See, I will give this town into the hands of the king of Babylon, and he will take it;

4 Sedequías, rey de Judá, no escapará de la mano de los caldeos, sino será entregado sin falta en mano del rey de Babilonia, quien le hablará cara a cara, y sus ojos verán tus ojos.

And Zedekiah, king of Judah, will not get away from the hands of the Chaldaeans, but will certainly be given up into the hands of the king of Babylon, and will have talk with him, mouth to mouth, and see him, eye to eye.

5 Llevará a Sedequías a Babilonia y allá estará hasta que Yo lo visite. Si combaten a los caldeos, no saldrán bien, dice Yavé.

And he will take Zedekiah away to Babylon, where he will be till I have pity on him, says the Lord: though you are fighting with the Chaldaeans, things will not go well for you?

6 Jeremías dijo: La Palabra de Yavé vino a mí:

And Jeremiah said, The word of the Lord came to me, saying,

7 Mira, Hanameel, hijo de tu tío Salum, viene para decirte: Cómprame mi heredad que está en Anatot, porque tú tienes el derecho de redención para comprarla.

See, Hanamel, the son of Shallum, your father's brother, will come to you and say, Give the price and get for yourself my property in Anathoth: for you have the right of the nearest relation.

8 Según la Palabra de Yavé, Hanameel, hijo de mi tío, vino a mí al patio de la guardia, y me dijo: Cómprame mi propiedad que está en Anatot en tierra de Benjamín, porque el derecho de adquirirla es tuyo. El rescate te corresponde. Cómprala para ti. Entonces entendí que era la Palabra de Yavé.

So Hanamel, the son of my father's brother, came to me, as the Lord had said, to the place of the armed watchmen, and said to me, Give the price and get my property which is in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin: for you have the nearest relation's right to the heritage; so get it for yourself. Then it was clear to me that this was the word of the Lord.

9 Compré la heredad de Hanameel, hijo de mi tío, que estaba en Anatot, y le pesé el dinero: 3,2 kilogramos de plata.

So I got for a price the property in Anathoth from Hanamel, the son of my father's brother, and gave him the money, seventeen shekels of silver;

10 Escribí el documento, ordené certificarlo con testigos y le pesé el dinero en balanza.

And I put it in writing, stamping it with my stamp, and I took witnesses and put the money into the scales.

11 Tomé luego el documento de venta, tanto el sellado según el derecho y la costumbre, como la copia abierta.

So I took the paper witnessing the business, one copy rolled up and stamped, and one copy open:

12 Di el documento de propiedad a Baruc, hijo de Nerías, hijo de Maasías, delante de Hanameel, el hijo de mi tío, y delante de los testigos que suscribieron el documento de la compra, delante de todos los judíos que estaban en el patio de la cárcel.

And I gave the paper to Baruch, the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, before the eyes of Hanamel, the son of my father's brother, and of the witnesses who had put their names to the paper, and before all the Jews who were seated in the place of the armed watchmen.

13 Lo encargué a Baruc delante de ellos:

And I gave orders to Baruch in front of them, saying,

14 Yavé de las huestes, ʼElohim de Israel, dice: Toma estos documentos, el documento de compra sellado y la copia abierta. Ponlos en una vasija de arcilla para que se conserven muchos días.

This is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: Take these papers, the witness of this business, the one which is rolled up and stamped, and the one which is open; and put them in a vessel of earth so that they may be kept for a long time.

15 Porque Yavé de las huestes, ʼElohim de Israel, dice: Aún se comprarán casas, heredades y viñas en esta tierra.

For the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said, There will again be trading in houses and fields and vine-gardens in this land.

16 Después que di el documento de venta a Baruc, hijo de Nerías, oré a Yavé:

Now after I had given the paper to Baruch, the son of Neriah, I made my prayer to the Lord, saying,

17 Oh ʼAdonay Yavé, en verdad Tú hiciste el cielo y la tierra con tu gran poder y con tu brazo extendido. Nada es imposible para Ti.

Ah Lord God! see, you have made the heaven and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm, and there is nothing you are not able to do:

18 Tú muestras misericordia a millares y castigas la maldad de los padres, después de ellos, a sus hijos. ʼElohim grande, poderoso, Yavé de las huestes es tu Nombre.

You have mercy on thousands, and send punishment for the evil-doing of the fathers on their children after them: the great, the strong God, the Lord of armies is his name:

19 Grande en consejo, y poderoso en obra. Porque tus ojos están abiertos sobre todos los caminos de los hijos de [los] hombres, para dar a cada uno según sus procedimientos y el fruto de sus obras.

Great in wisdom and strong in act: whose eyes are open on all the ways of the sons of men, giving to everyone the reward of his ways and the fruit of his doings:

20 Tú hiciste señales y portentos en la tierra de Egipto, en Israel y entre los hombres hasta hoy. Te hiciste un Nombre, como se ve hoy.

You have done signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, and even to this day, in Israel and among other men; and have made a name for yourself as at this day;

21 Sacaste a tu pueblo Israel de la tierra de Egipto con señales y portentos, mano fuerte y brazo extendido, y gran terror.

And have taken your people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs and with wonders and with a strong hand and an outstretched arm, causing great fear;

22 Les diste esta tierra de la cual juraste a sus antepasados que se la darías, una tierra que fluye leche y miel.

And have given them this land, which you gave your word to their fathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey;

23 Entraron y la disfrutaron. Pero no escucharon tu voz, ni anduvieron en tu Ley. Nada hicieron de lo que les mandaste hacer. Por tanto enviaste sobre ellos todo este mal.

And they came in and took it for their heritage, but they did not give ear to your voice, and were not ruled by your law; they have done nothing of all you gave them orders to do: so you have made all this evil come on them:

24 Ciertamente con arietes atacaron la ciudad para tomarla. La ciudad será entregada en mano de los caldeos que pelean contra ella a causa de la espada, del hambre y de la pestilencia. Sucedió lo que Tú dijiste y aquí lo ves.

See, they have made earthworks against the town to take it; and the town is given into the hands of the Chaldaeans who are fighting against it, because of the sword and need of food and disease: and what you have said has taken place, and truly you see it.

25 Oh ʼAdonay Yavé. ¿Tú me dijiste: Compra la heredad por dinero y llama testigos, aunque la ciudad sea entregada en la mano de los caldeos?

And you have said to me, Give the money to get yourself a property, and have the business witnessed; though the town is given into the hands of the Chaldaeans.

26 Y la Palabra de Yavé vino a Jeremías:

And the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying,

27 Ciertamente Yo soy Yavé, ʼElohim de todo ser humano. Nada hay imposible para Mí.

See, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh: is there anything so hard that I am unable to do it?

28 Por tanto Yavé dice: Ciertamente entregaré esta ciudad en mano de los caldeos y de Nabucodonosor, rey de Babilonia. La tomará.

So this is what the Lord has said: See, I am giving this town into the hands of the Chaldaeans and into the hands of Nebuchadrezzar, the king of Babylon, and he will take it:

29 Los caldeos que atacan esta ciudad entrarán y la incendiarán. La quemarán, como las casas en cuyas azoteas ofrecían incienso a baal y derramaban libaciones a ʼelohim extraños para provocarme a ira.

And the Chaldaeans, who are fighting against this town, will come and put the town on fire, burning it together with the houses, on the roofs of which perfumes have been burned to the Baal, and drink offerings have been drained out to other gods, moving me to wrath.

30 Porque los hijos de Israel y los hijos de Judá no hicieron sino lo malo ante mis ojos desde su juventud. Ciertamente los hijos de Israel no hicieron otra cosa que provocarme a ira con la obra de sus manos, dice Yavé.

For the children of Israel and the children of Judah have done nothing but evil in my eyes from their earliest years: the children of Israel have only made me angry with the work of their hands, says the Lord.

31 Porque desde el día cuando edificaron esta ciudad hasta hoy, fueron para Mí causa de ira y furor, para que la quite de mi Presencia

For this town has been to me a cause of wrath and of burning passion from the day of its building till this day, so that I put it away from before my face:

32 por toda la maldad que cometieron los hijos de Israel y los hijos de Judá. Me provocaron a ira junto con sus reyes y magistrados, sus sacerdotes y profetas, los hombres de Judá y los habitantes de Jerusalén.

Because of all the evil of the children of Israel and of the children of Judah, which they have done to make me angry, they and their kings, their princes, their priests, and their prophets, and the men of Judah and the people of Jerusalem.

33 Me dieron la espalda y no la cara. Aunque les enseñaba de madrugada y sin cesar, no escucharon para recibir instrucción.

And they have been turning their backs and not their faces to me: and though I was their teacher, getting up early and teaching them, their ears were not open to teaching.

34 Más bien emplazaron sus repugnancias en la Casa en la cual es invocado mi Nombre, y la contaminaron.

But they put their disgusting images into the house which is named by my name, making it unclean.

35 Edificaron lugares altos a baal en el Valle del Hijo de Hinom. Allí pasaron a sus hijos e hijas por el fuego en honor a Moloc, cosa que Yo no les mandé, ni me vino a la mente que podrían hacer tal repugnancia para que Judá pecara.

And they put up the high places of the Baal in the valley of the son of Hinnom, making their sons and their daughters go through the fire to Molech; which I did not give them orders to do, and it never came into my mind that they would do this disgusting thing, causing Judah to be turned out of the way.

36 Ahora pues, Yavé ʼElohim de Israel, dice a esta ciudad de la cual dicen ustedes: Será entregada en mano del rey de Babilonia, a espada, hambre y pestilencia:

And now the Lord, the God of Israel, has said of this town, about which you say, It is given into the hands of the king of Babylon by the sword and by need of food and by disease:

37 Ciertamente Yo los reuniré de todas las tierras a las cuales los eché en mi furor, mi ira y en mi gran indignación. Los devolveré a este lugar y vivirán seguros.

See, I will get them together from all the countries where I have sent them in my wrath and in the heat of my passion and in my bitter feeling; and I will let them come back into this place where they may take their rest safely.

38 Ellos serán mi pueblo y Yo seré su ʼElohim.

And they will be my people, and I will be their God:

39 Les daré un solo corazón y un solo camino a fin de que me teman perpetuamente, para bien de ellos y de sus hijos, después de ellos.

And I will give them one heart and one way, so that they may go on in the worship of me for ever, for their good and the good of their children after them:

40 Haré un Pacto eterno con ellos: No desistiré de hacerles bien, y fijaré mi temor en el corazón de ellos para que no se aparten de Mí.

And I will make an eternal agreement with them, that I will never give them up, but ever do them good; and I will put the fear of me in their hearts, so that they will not go away from me.

41 Me regocijaré con ellos al hacerles el bien. Los plantaré fielmente en esta tierra, con todo mi corazón y toda mi alma.

And truly, I will take pleasure in doing them good, and all my heart and soul will be given to planting them in this land in good faith.

42 Porque Yavé dice: De la manera como traje sobre este pueblo todo este gran mal, traeré sobre ellos todo el bien que prometo con respecto a ellos.

For the Lord has said: As I have made all this great evil come on this people, so I will send on them all the good which I said about them.

43 Se comprarán campos en esta tierra de la cual dicen ustedes que está desolada, sin hombres ni animales, y entregada en manos de los caldeos.

And there will be trading in fields in this land of which you say, It is a waste, without man or beast; it is given into the hands of the Chaldaeans.

44 Hombres comprarán campos por dinero, firmarán y sellarán documentos. Llamarán testigos en tierra de Benjamín, en los alrededores de Jerusalén, en las ciudades de Judá, de la región montañosa, de la Sefela y del Neguev, porque Yo regresaré a sus cautivos, dice Yavé.

Men will get fields for money, and put the business in writing, stamping the papers and having them witnessed, in the land of Benjamin and in the country round Jerusalem and in the towns of Judah and in the towns of the hill-country and in the towns of the lowland and in the towns of the South: for I will let their fate be changed, says the Lord.