Jeremías 34

1 Palabra de Yavé que vino a Jeremías cuando Nabucodonosor, rey de Babilonia, todo su ejército, todos los reyes de la tierra que estaban bajo el dominio de su mano y todos los pueblos combatían contra Jerusalén y sus ciudades:

This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, all his army, all the earthly kingdoms under his control, and all the other nations were fighting against Jerusalem and all its surrounding cities.

2 Yavé ʼElohim de Israel dice: Vé y habla a Sedequías, rey de Judá: Yavé dice: Yo entrego esta ciudad al rey de Babilonia para que la incendie.

The LORD, the God of Israel, told Jeremiah to go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah and tell him that this is what the LORD says: “Behold, I am about to deliver this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will burn it down.

3 Tú no escaparás de su mano, sino serás apresado y caerás en su mano. Tus ojos verán los ojos del rey de Babilonia y te hablará cara a cara. Entrarás en Babilonia.

And you yourself will not escape his grasp, but will surely be captured and delivered into his hand. You will see the king of Babylon eye to eye and speak with him face to face; and you will go to Babylon.

4 Sin embargo, oh Sedequías, rey de Judá, escucha la Palabra de Yavé. Yavé dice respecto a ti: No morirás a espada.

Yet hear the word of the LORD, O Zedekiah king of Judah. This is what the LORD says concerning you: You will not die by the sword;

5 En paz morirás. Como quemaron especias por tus antepasados, los que fueron reyes antes de ti, las quemarán por ti. Te lamentarán y dirán: ¡Ay, ʼadon! Porque Yo hablé la Palabra, dice Yavé.

you will die in peace. As spices were burned for your fathers, the former kings who preceded you, so people will burn spices for you and lament, ‘Alas, O master!’ For I Myself have spoken this word, declares the LORD.”

6 El profeta Jeremías dijo esto a Sedequías, rey de Judá, en Jerusalén,

In Jerusalem, then, Jeremiah the prophet relayed all these words to Zedekiah king of Judah

7 cuando el ejército del rey de Babilonia luchaba contra Jerusalén y el resto de las ciudades de Judá: Laquis y Azeca, las dos ciudades fortificadas de Judá que quedaban.

as the army of the king of Babylon was fighting against Jerusalem and the remaining cities of Judah—against Lachish and Azekah. For these were the only fortified cities remaining in Judah.

8 La Palabra de Yavé que vino a Jeremías después que Sedequías pactó con el pueblo en Jerusalén y les proclamó libertad,

After King Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people in Jerusalem to proclaim liberty, the word came to Jeremiah from the LORD

9 para que cada uno dejara libre a su esclavo y su esclava hebreos y que ninguno utilizara a sus hermanos judíos como esclavos.

that each man should free his Hebrew slaves, both male and female, and no one should hold his fellow Jew in bondage.

10 Cuando todos los magistrados y todo el pueblo oyeron que en el pacto se convino dejar libre cada uno a su esclavo y a su esclava, y que ninguno volvería a utilizarlos como esclavos, obedecieron y los dejaron en libertad.

So all the officials and all the people who entered into this covenant agreed that they would free their menservants and maidservants and no longer hold them in bondage. They obeyed and released them,

11 Pero después cambiaron de parecer y obligaron a regresar a los esclavos y esclavas que habían dejado en libertad y los sometieron como esclavos y esclavas.

but later they changed their minds and took back the menservants and maidservants they had freed, and they forced them to become slaves again.

12 Entonces la Palabra de Yavé vino a Jeremías:

Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,

13 Yavé ʼElohim de Israel dice: El día cuando los saqué de Egipto, de casa de esclavitud, Yo pacté con sus antepasados y dije:

“This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I made a covenant with your forefathers when I brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery, saying:

14 Al fin de siete años cada uno de ustedes dejará en libertad a su hermano hebreo que te fue vendido. Seis años le servirá, y lo dejarás ir libre. Pero sus antepasados no me escucharon ni inclinaron su oído.

Every seventh year, each of you must free his Hebrew brother who has sold himself to you. He may serve you six years, but then you must let him go free. But your fathers did not listen or incline their ear.

15 Hoy ustedes cambiaron de parecer e hicieron lo recto ante mis ojos, al anunciar cada uno libertad a su prójimo, y concertar un pacto en mi Presencia, en la Casa en la cual es invocado mi Nombre.

Recently you repented and did what pleased Me; each of you proclaimed freedom for his neighbor. You made a covenant before Me in the house that bears My Name.

16 Pero se volvieron atrás y profanaron mi Nombre al hacer regresar cada uno a su esclavo y a su esclava, a quienes por su propia voluntad habían dejado en libertad, y los volvieron a someter para que les sean esclavos y esclavas.

But now you have changed your minds and profaned My name. Each of you has taken back the menservants and maidservants whom you had set at liberty to go wherever they wanted, and you have again forced them to be your slaves.

17 Por tanto, Yavé dice: Ustedes no me obedecieron al no proclamar cada uno la libertad para su hermano y su prójimo. Miren, dice Yavé, Yo proclamo la libertad para la espada, la pestilencia y el hambre. Los pondré como espanto ante todos los reinos de la tierra.

Therefore this is what the LORD says: You have not obeyed Me; you have not proclaimed freedom, each man for his brother and for his neighbor. So now I proclaim freedom for you, declares the LORD—freedom to fall by sword, by plague, and by famine! I will make you a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.

18 Entregaré a los hombres que traspasaron mi Pacto, que no cumplieron las palabras del pacto que celebraron en mi Presencia cuando cortaron en dos partes el becerro y pasaron por en medio de ellas:

And those who have transgressed My covenant and have not fulfilled the terms of the covenant they made before Me, I will treat like the calf they cut in two in order to pass between its pieces.

19 a los magistrados de Judá, a los magistrados de Jerusalén, a los servidores del palacio, a los sacerdotes y a todo el pueblo de la tierra, los cuales pasaron entre las partes del becerro.

The officials of Judah and Jerusalem, the court officials, the priests, and all the people of the land who passed between the pieces of the calf,

20 Los entregaré en mano de sus enemigos y de los que buscan su vida. Sus cadáveres serán comida para las aves del cielo y los animales de la tierra.

I will deliver into the hands of their enemies who seek their lives. Their corpses will become food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth.

21 Entregaré a Sedequías, rey de Judá, y a sus magistrados en mano de sus enemigos, de los que buscan su vida, y del ejército del rey de Babilonia, quien se retiró de ustedes.

And I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah and his officials into the hands of their enemies who seek their lives, to the army of the king of Babylon that had withdrawn from you.

22 Ciertamente Yo daré orden, dice Yavé, y los devolveré a esta ciudad. Lucharán contra ella, la tomarán y la incendiarán. Convertiré en una desolación las ciudades de Judá hasta que no quede habitante.

Behold, I am going to give the command, declares the LORD, and I will bring them back to this city. They will fight against it, capture it, and burn it down. And I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.”