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:
The word that has been to Jeremiah from YHWH—and Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and all his force, and all kingdoms of the land of the dominion of his hand, and all the peoples are fighting against Jerusalem, and against all its cities—saying:
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.
“Thus said YHWH, God of Israel: Go, and you have spoken to Zedekiah king of Judah, and have said to him, Thus said YHWH: Behold, I am giving this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he has burned it with fire,
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 do not escape out of his hand, for you are certainly caught, and you are given into his hand, and your eyes see the eyes of the king of Babylon, and his mouth speaks with your mouth, and you enter Babylon.
4 Sin embargo, oh Sedequías, rey de Judá, escucha la Palabra de Yavé. Yavé dice respecto a ti: No morirás a espada.
Only, hear a word of YHWH, O Zedekiah king of Judah—thus said YHWH to you: You do not die by 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 die in peace, and with the burnings of your fathers, the former kings who have been before you, so they make a burning for you; and, Oh, lord, they lament for you, for the word I have spoken—a declaration of YHWH.”
6 El profeta Jeremías dijo esto a Sedequías, rey de Judá, en Jerusalén,
And Jeremiah the prophet speaks all these words to Zedekiah king of Judah in Jerusalem,
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.
and the forces of the king of Babylon are fighting against Jerusalem, and against all the cities of Judah that are left—against Lachish, and against Azekah, for these have been left among the cities of Judah, cities of fortresses.
8 La Palabra de Yavé que vino a Jeremías después que Sedequías pactó con el pueblo en Jerusalén y les proclamó libertad,
The word that has been to Jeremiah from YHWH, after the making of a covenant by King Zedekiah with all the people who [are] in Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty to them,
9 para que cada uno dejara libre a su esclavo y su esclava hebreos y que ninguno utilizara a sus hermanos judíos como esclavos.
to each send out his manservant, and each his maidservant—the Hebrew and the Hebrewess—free, so as not to lay service on them—on any Jew, a brother, a man;
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.
and all the heads listen, and all the people who have come into the covenant to each send forth his manservant and each his maidservant free, so as not to lay service on them anymore, indeed, they listen, and send them away;
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.
and they turn afterward, and cause the menservants and the maidservants to return, whom they had sent forth free, and they subdue them for menservants and for maidservants.
12 Entonces la Palabra de Yavé vino a Jeremías:
And there is a word of YHWH to Jeremiah from YHWH, 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:
“Thus said YHWH, God of Israel: I made a covenant with your fathers in the day of My bringing them forth from the land of Egypt, from a house of servants, 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.
At the end of seven years you each send forth his brother, the Hebrew, who is sold to you, and has served you six years, indeed, you have sent him forth from you free: and your fathers did not listen to Me, nor inclined 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.
And today you turn back and you do that which is right in My eyes, to each proclaim liberty to his neighbor, and you make a covenant before Me in the house over which My Name is called.
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.
And you turn back, and defile My Name, and you each cause his manservant and each his maidservant, whom he had sent forth free (at their pleasure), to return, and you subdue them to be for menservants and for maidservants to you.”
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, thus said YHWH: “You have not listened to Me to proclaim freedom, each to his brother, and each to his neighbor; behold, I am proclaiming to you liberty,” a declaration of YHWH, “to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine, and I have given you for a trembling to all 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 I have given the men who are transgressing My covenant, who have not established the words of the covenant that they have made before Me, by the calf, that they have cut in two, and pass through 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.
heads of Judah, and heads of Jerusalem, the officers, and the priests, and all the people of the land who had passed through 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.
indeed, I have given them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those seeking their soul, and their carcass has been for food to the bird of the heavens, and to the beast 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 give Zedekiah king of Judah and his heads into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those seeking their soul, and into the hand of the forces of the king of Babylon that are going up from off 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 commanding,” a declaration of YHWH, “and have brought them back to this city, and they have fought against it, and captured it, and burned it with fire, and I make the cities of Judah a desolation—without inhabitant.”
