Jeremías 51

1 Yavé dice: Ciertamente Yo envío un viento destructor contra Babilonia y contra sus habitantes que se levantan contra Mí.

The Lord has said: See, I will make a wind of destruction come up against Babylon and against those who are living in Chaldaea;

2 Enviaré aventadores contra Babilonia que la aventarán y vaciarán su tierra. Estarán contra ella en el día de su aflicción y en todo su alrededor.

And I will send men to Babylon to make her clean and get her land cleared: for in the day of trouble they will put up their tents against her on every side.

3 Que no se vaya el arquero ni se retire el que se cubre con la coraza. No perdonen a sus jóvenes. Exterminen a todo su ejército.

Against her the bow of the archer is bent, and he puts on his coat of metal: have no mercy on her young men, give all her army up to the curse.

4 Caigan muertos en la tierra de los caldeos y sean alanceados en sus calles,

And the dead will be stretched out in the land of the Chaldaeans, and the wounded in her streets.

5 porque Israel y Judá no están viudas de su ʼElohim, de Yavé de las huestes, aunque su tierra esté llena de pecado contra el Santo de Israel.

For Israel has not been given up, or Judah, by his God, by the Lord of armies; for their land is full of sin against the Holy One of Israel.

6 Huyan de en medio de Babilonia, y cada uno salve su vida. No sean destruidos en el castigo a ella. Porque es tiempo de venganza de Yavé. Él va a darle su retribución.

Go in flight out of Babylon, so that every man may keep his life; do not be cut off in her evil-doing: for it is the time of the Lord's punishment; he will give her her reward.

7 Babilonia fue una copa de oro en la mano de Yavé que embriagó a toda la tierra. Las naciones bebieron de su vino. Por tanto están enloquecidas.

Babylon has been a gold cup in the hand of the Lord, which has made all the earth overcome with wine: the nations have taken of her wine, and for this cause the nations have gone off their heads.

8 ¡Babilonia cae de repente y es quebrantada! Giman por ella. Tomen bálsamo para su herida. Tal vez pueda ser sanada.

Sudden is the downfall of Babylon and her destruction: make cries of grief for her; take sweet oil for her pain, if it is possible for her to be made well.

9 Quisimos sanar a Babilonia, pero no sanó. Abandónenla. Vayamos cada uno a nuestra tierra, porque su castigo llega hasta el cielo. Se levanta hasta las nubes.

We would have made Babylon well, but she is not made well: give her up, and let us go everyone to his country: for her punishment is stretching up to heaven, and lifted up even to the skies.

10 Yavé produjo nuestra vindicación. ¡Vayamos, anunciemos en Sion las proezas de Yavé nuestro ʼElohim!

The Lord has made clear our righteousness: come, and let us give an account in Zion of the work of the Lord our God.

11 ¡Afilen las flechas y embracen el escudo! Yavé incita el espíritu de los reyes de Media, cuyo plan es destruir a Babilonia. Porque la retribución de Yavé es la venganza de su Templo destruido.

Make bright the arrows; take up the body-covers: the Lord has been moving the spirit of the king of the Medes; because his design against Babylon is its destruction: for it is the punishment from the Lord, the payment for his Temple.

12 ¡Alcen bandera contra los muros de Babilonia! ¡Refuercen la guardia, pongan centinelas y dispongan celadas! Porque Yavé no solo propone, sino ejecuta lo que habló contra los habitantes de Babilonia.

Let the flag be lifted up against the walls of Babylon, make the watch strong, put the watchmen in their places, make ready a surprise attack: for it is the Lord's purpose, and he has done what he said about the people of Babylon.

13 ¡Oh tú que vives junto a muchas aguas, y abundas en tus riquezas! Tu fin llega, la medida de tu fin.

O you whose living-place is by the wide waters, whose stores are great, your end is come, your evil profit is ended.

14 Yavé de las huestes juró por Él mismo: Aunque tu población sea más que las langostas, sobre ti alzan los gritos de victoria.

The Lord of armies has taken an oath by himself, saying, Truly, I will make you full with men as with locusts, and their voices will be loud against you.

15 Él hizo la tierra con su poder. La estableció con su sabiduría y extendió los cielos con su entendimiento.

He has made the earth by his power, he has made the world strong in its place by his wisdom, and by his wise design the heavens have been stretched out:

16 Las aguas en los cielos retumban a su trueno. Eleva las nubes desde el horizonte. Desata la lluvia con relámpagos y saca el viento de sus depósitos.

At the sound of his voice there is a massing of the waters in the heavens, and he makes the mists go up from the ends of the earth; he makes the thunder-flames for the rain and sends out the wind from his store-houses.

17 Todo hombre se embrutece por falta de conocimiento. Todo orfebre se avergüenza de su ídolo porque sus ídolos de fundición son un engaño, y no hay aliento en ellos.

Then every man becomes like a beast without knowledge; every gold-worker is put to shame by the image he has made: for his metal image is deceit, and there is no breath in them.

18 Son vanos, obra digna de burla. Ellos perecerán en el tiempo de su castigo.

They are nothing, a work of error: in the time of their punishment, destruction will overtake them.

19 No es así la herencia de Jacob, porque Él es el Creador de todas las cosas. Israel es la tribu de su heredad. Su nombre es Yavé de las huestes.

The heritage of Jacob is not like these; for the maker of all things is his heritage: the Lord of armies is his name.

20 Tú fuiste mi mazo y mis armas de guerra: Por medio de ti quebranté naciones, aniquilé reinos,

You are my fighting axe and my instrument of war: with you the nations will be broken; with you kingdoms will be broken;

21 destrocé caballos y jinetes, destrocé el carruaje de guerra y al que lo conduce,

With you the horse and the horseman will be broken; with you the war-carriage and he who goes in it will be broken;

22 quebranté hombres y mujeres, quebranté al anciano y al niño, quebranté al joven y a la doncella,

With you man and woman will be broken; with you the old man and the boy will be broken; with you the young man and the virgin will be broken;

23 quebranté al pastor y al rebaño, quebranté al labrador y su yunta, y quebranté gobernadores y magistrados.

With you the keeper of sheep with his flock will be broken, and with you the farmer and his oxen will be broken, and with you captains and rulers will be broken.

24 Pero ahora pagaré a Babilonia y a todos los caldeos todo el mal que hicieron a Sion en presencia de él, dice Yavé.

And I will give to Babylon, and to all the people of Chaldaea, their reward for all the evil they have done in Zion before your eyes, says the Lord.

25 En verdad Yo estoy contra ti, oh volcán destructor, que destruyó toda la tierra, dice Yavé. Extenderé contra ti mi brazo y te echaré a rodar por las peñas. Serás un volcán extinguido.

See, I am against you, says the Lord, O mountain of destruction, causing the destruction of all the earth: and my hand will be stretched out on you, rolling you down from the rocks, and making you a burned mountain.

26 No tomarán piedra angular de ti, ni piedra para cimientos. Porque serás una desolación perpetua, dice Yavé.

And they will not take from you a stone for the angle of a wall or the base of a building; but you will be a waste place for ever, says the Lord.

27 Alcen estandarte en la tierra. Toquen trompeta entre las naciones. Convoquen a la guerra santa. Convoquen contra ella los reinos de Ararat, de Mini y de Asquenaz. Designen contra ella un capitán. Suban caballos como langostas erizadas.

Let a flag be lifted up in the land, let the horn be sounded among the nations, make the nations ready against her; get the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz together against her, make ready a scribe against her; let the horses come up against her like massed locusts.

28 Consagren a las naciones contra ella, a los reyes de Media con sus oficiales y todos sus magistrados, y toda la tierra de su dominio.

Make the nations ready for war against her, the king of the Medes and his rulers and all his captains, and all the land under his rule.

29 Tiembla la tierra y se aflige, porque todos los planes de Yavé contra Babilonia son confirmados para convertir su tierra de Babilonia en una desolación despoblada.

And the land is shaking and in pain: for the purposes of the Lord are fixed, to make the land of Babylon an unpeopled waste.

30 Los valientes de Babilonia dejan de luchar. Se quedan en sus fortalezas. Su fuerza está exhausta. Son como mujeres. Sus casas están quemadas, rotos los cerrojos de sus puertas.

Babylon's men of war have kept back from the fight, waiting in their strong places; their strength has given way, they have become like women: her houses have been put on fire, her locks are broken.

31 Un corredor releva a otro. Un mensajero releva a otro para anunciar al rey de Babilonia que su ciudad fue totalmente capturada:

One man, running, will give word to another, and one who goes with news will be handing it on to another, to give word to the king of Babylon that his town has been taken from every quarter:

32 Los vados fueron tomados. Las fortificaciones fueron incendiadas. Los guerreros están consternados.

And the ways across the river have been taken, and the water-holes ... burned with fire, and the men of war are in the grip of fear.

33 Yavé de las huestes, ʼElohim de Israel, dice: La hija de Babilonia era un granero en tiempo de trilla. Dentro de poco le viene el tiempo de la cosecha.

For these are the words of the Lord of armies, the God of Israel: The daughter of Babylon is like a grain-floor when it is stamped down; before long, the time of her grain-cutting will come.

34 Me devoró. Me aplastó Nabucodonosor, rey de Babilonia. Me dejó como vasija vacía. Me tragó como un monstruo. Llenó su estómago con mis mejores bocados y me echó fuera.

Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, has made a meal of me, violently crushing me, he has made me a vessel with nothing in it, he has taken me in his mouth like a dragon, he has made his stomach full with my delicate flesh, crushing me with his teeth.

35 Diga la población de Sion: Que mi carne pisoteada caiga sobre Babilonia. Diga Jerusalén: Que mi sangre derramada caiga sobre los caldeos.

May the violent things done to me, and my downfall, come on Babylon, the daughter of Zion will say; and, May my blood be on the people of Chaldaea, Jerusalem will say.

36 Por tanto Yavé dice: Ciertamente Yo defenderé tu causa y ejecutaré completa venganza por ti. Secaré su mar y secaré sus manantiales.

For this reason the Lord has said: See, I will give support to your cause, and take payment for what you have undergone; I will make her sea dry, and her fountain without water.

37 Babilonia será una pila de escombros, guarida de chacales, sin habitante, objeto de horror y burla.

And Babylon will become a mass of broken walls, a hole for jackals, a cause of wonder and surprise, without a living man in it.

38 Todos juntamente rugirán como leones. Gruñirán como cachorros de león.

They will be crying out together like lions, their voices will be like the voices of young lions.

39 En medio de su calor les serviré banquete para que se embriaguen y estén alegres. Dormirán el sueño eterno y no despertarán, dice Yavé.

When they are heated, I will make a feast for them, and overcome them with wine, so that they may become unconscious, sleeping an eternal sleep without awaking, says the Lord.

40 Los bajaré como ovejas al matadero, como carneros y machos cabríos.

I will make them go down to death like lambs, like he-goats together.

41 ¡Cómo es Babilonia capturada, el orgullo de toda la tierra! ¡Cómo se transforma Babilonia en una desolación entre las naciones!

How is Babylon taken! and the praise of all the earth surprised! how has Babylon become a cause of wonder among the nations!

42 El mar subió sobre Babilonia, y la inundó con sus tumultuosas olas.

The sea has come up over Babylon; she is covered with the mass of its waves.

43 Sus ciudades quedan desoladas, como tierra seca y desierta, tierra donde nadie vive, donde no pasa algún hombre.

Her towns have become a waste, a dry and unwatered land, where no man has his living-place and no son of man goes by.

44 Castigo a Bel en Babilonia y saco el bocado de su boca. Las naciones ya no acudirán a él. Hasta el muro de Babilonia se desploma.

And I will send punishment on Bel in Babylon, and take out of his mouth what went into it; no longer will the nations be flowing together to him: truly, the wall of Babylon will come down.

45 ¡Salga fuera de ella, pueblo mío! ¡Sálvese cada uno de ustedes de la ardiente ira de Yavé!

My people, go out from her, and let every man get away safe from the burning wrath of the Lord.

46 No desmaye su corazón, ni tema a causa del informe que se oye en la tierra. Un año viene un rumor y el otro año otro rumor. Habrá violencia en la tierra, gobernante contra gobernante.

So that your hearts may not become feeble and full of fear because of the news which will go about in the land; for a story will go about one year, and after that in another year another story, and violent acts in the land, ruler against ruler.

47 Porque ciertamente vienen días cuando Yo castigaré los ídolos de Babilonia, y toda su tierra será avergonzada. Los asesinados estarán tendidos en medio de ella.

For this cause, truly, the days are coming when I will send punishment on the images of Babylon, and all her land will be shamed, and her dead will be falling down in her.

48 Entonces el cielo y la tierra y todo lo que hay en ellos gritarán de júbilo sobre Babilonia, porque los destructores vienen sobre ella desde el norte, dice Yavé.

And the heaven and the earth and everything in them, will make a song of joy over Babylon: for those who make her waste will come from the north, says the Lord.

49 En verdad Babilonia cae por causa de los que asesinó en Israel, como también por causa de los que cayeron muertos por Babilonia en toda la tierra.

As Babylon had the dead of Israel put to the sword, so in Babylon the dead of all the land will be stretched out.

50 Los que escaparon de la espada, salgan, no se detengan. Invoquen a Yavé desde lejos. Que Jerusalén ocupe sus pensamientos.

You who have got away safe from the sword, go, waiting for nothing; have the Lord in memory when you are far away, and keep Jerusalem in mind.

51 Estamos avergonzados, porque oímos el reproche. La confusión cubre nuestras caras, porque los extranjeros entraron en el Santuario de la Casa de Yavé.

We are shamed because bitter words have come to our ears; our faces are covered with shame: for men from strange lands have come into the holy places of the Lord's house.

52 Por tanto, ciertamente vienen días, dice Yavé, cuando Yo destruiré sus ídolos, y los heridos mortalmente gemirán por toda su tierra.

For this reason, see, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will send punishment on her images; and through all her land the wounded will be crying out in pain.

53 Aunque Babilonia suba hasta el cielo, y se fortifique en las alturas, de mi parte le vienen los que la despojan, dice Yavé.

Even if Babylon was lifted up to heaven, even if she had the high places of her strength shut in with walls, still I would send against her those who will make her waste, says the Lord.

54 ¡Sonido de un gran clamor desde Babilonia, de gran destrucción en tierra de los caldeos!

There is the sound of a cry from Babylon, and of a great destruction from the land of the Chaldaeans:

55 Porque Yavé destruye a Babilonia y quita de ella su gran jactancia. Las olas de ellos rugen como muchas aguas, al estruendo que sale de las voces de ellos.

For the Lord is making Babylon waste, and putting an end to the great voice coming out of her; and her waves are thundering like great waters, their voice is sounding loud:

56 Porque el destructor llega contra ella, contra Babilonia. Sus valientes son apresados y sus arcos destrozados, porque Yavé es un ʼElohim de retribuciones. Él retribuirá por completo.

For the waster has come on her, even on Babylon, and her men of war are taken, their bows are broken: for the Lord is a rewarding God, and he will certainly give payment.

57 Promoveré que sus oficiales, sus gobernantes, sus sabios, sus magistrados y sus poderosos se embriaguen y duerman un sueño eterno, del cual no despertarán, dice el Rey, cuyo Nombre es Yavé de las huestes.

And I will make her chiefs and her wise men, her rulers and her captains and her men of war, overcome with wine; their sleep will be an eternal sleep without awaking, says the King; the Lord of armies is his name.

58 Yavé de las huestes dice: Los anchos muros de Babilonia son totalmente derribados. Sus altos portones son destruidos con fuego. En vano trabajaron los pueblos. Las naciones se esforzaron solo para el fuego.

The Lord of armies has said: The wide walls of Babylon will be completely uncovered and her high doorways will be burned with fire; so peoples keep on working for nothing, and the weariness of nations comes to an end in the smoke.

59 Mensaje que el profeta Jeremías envió a Seraías, hijo de Nerías, hijo de Maasías, cuando iba con Sedequías, rey de Judá, a Babilonia en el cuarto año de su reinado. Seraías era el jefe de alojamiento.

The order which Jeremiah the prophet gave to Seraiah, the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, when he went with Zedekiah, the king of Judah, to Babylon in the fourth year of his rule. Now Seraiah was the chief controller of the house.

60 Jeremías escribió en un rollo toda la aflicción que vendría sobre Babilonia, todas estas palabras escritas con respecto a Babilonia.

And Jeremiah put in a book all the evil which was to come on Babylon.

61 Jeremías dijo a Seraías: Cuando llegues a Babilonia, y veas y leas todas estas cosas,

And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When you come to Babylon, see that you give them all these words;

62 dirás: Oh Yavé, Tú hablaste contra este lugar para destruirlo, hasta que no quede habitante, ni hombre ni animal en él, sino que sea una desolación para siempre.

And after reading them, say, O Lord, you have said about this place that it is to be cut off, so that no one will be living in it, not a man or a beast, but it will be unpeopled for ever.

63 Cuando termines de leer este rollo, átale una piedra y lánzalo en medio del Éufrates,

And it will be that, when you have come to an end of reading this book, you are to have a stone fixed to it, and have it dropped into the Euphrates:

64 y dirás: Así se hundirá Babilonia. No se volverá a levantar por la aflicción que Yo envío contra ella, y ellos quedarán exhaustos. Aquí terminan las palabras de Jeremías.

And you are to say, So Babylon will go down, never to be lifted up again, because of the evil which I will send on her: and weariness will overcome them. So far, these are the words of Jeremiah.