Jeremías 51
1 Yavé dice: Ciertamente Yo envío un viento destructor contra Babilonia y contra sus habitantes que se levantan contra Mí.
Thus says the Lord: “Behold, I will raise up, over Babylon and over its inhabitants, who have lifted up their heart against me, something like a pestilent wind.
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 winnowers into Babylon, and they will winnow her, and they will demolish her land. For they will overwhelm her from every side in the day of her affliction.
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.
Let him who draws the bow, not draw his bow. And let him who wears armor, not rise up. Do not spare her young men. Destroy her entire military.
4 Caigan muertos en la tierra de los caldeos y sean alanceados en sus calles,
And the slain will fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and the wounded in its regions.
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.
Yet Israel and Judah have not been widowed by their God, the Lord of hosts, though their land has been filled with transgression 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.
Flee from the midst of Babylon! And let each one save his own life. Do not be silent about her iniquity. For it is the time of revenge from the Lord. He himself will repay her, in her turn.
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 is a gold cup in the hand of the Lord, inebriating the entire earth. The nations have drunk from her wine, and therefore they have staggered.
8 ¡Babilonia cae de repente y es quebrantada! Giman por ella. Tomen bálsamo para su herida. Tal vez pueda ser sanada.
Suddenly, Babylon has fallen and been crushed. Wail over her! Take a balm to her pain, if perhaps she may be healed.”
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 cured Babylon, but there is no cure. Let us abandon her, and let each one of us go to his own land. For her judgment has reached even to the heavens, and has been lifted up even to the clouds.
10 Yavé produjo nuestra vindicación. ¡Vayamos, anunciemos en Sion las proezas de Yavé nuestro ʼElohim!
The Lord has brought forth our justices. Come and let us describe in Zion 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.
Sharpen the arrows, fill the quivers. The Lord has raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes. And his mind is against Babylon, so that he may destroy her. For this is the vengeance of the Lord, the vengeance of 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.
Upon the walls of Babylon, lift up a sign. Increase the watch! Rouse the watchmen! Prepare ambushes! For the Lord has planned and has accomplished all that he has spoken, against the inhabitants of Babylon.
13 ¡Oh tú que vives junto a muchas aguas, y abundas en tus riquezas! Tu fin llega, la medida de tu fin.
You who live above many waters, rich in treasures: your end has arrived, your measure has been cut short.
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 hosts has sworn by himself, saying: “For I will fill you with men as with locusts, and they will sing a rhythmic chant against you.”
15 Él hizo la tierra con su poder. La estableció con su sabiduría y extendió los cielos con su entendimiento.
The One who made the earth by his strength, who prepared the world by his wisdom, and who stretched out the heavens by his prudence:
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.
when he utters his voice, the waters will be multiplied in the heavens. The One who lifts up the clouds from the ends of the earth: he has turned lightning into rain, and he has brought forth wind from his storehouses.
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.
Each man has become foolish before his own knowledge. Each sculptor has been confounded by his own sculpture. For what he has formed of them is a lie, and there is no spirit in them.
18 Son vanos, obra digna de burla. Ellos perecerán en el tiempo de su castigo.
They are empty works, deserving of ridicule. In the time of their visitation, they will perish.
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 portion of Jacob is not like their portion. For the One who made all things is his portion, and Israel is the scepter of his inheritance. The Lord of hosts is his name:
20 Tú fuiste mi mazo y mis armas de guerra: Por medio de ti quebranté naciones, aniquilé reinos,
“For me, you strike together the instruments of war; and with you, I will strike together nations; and with you, I will scatter the kingdoms.
21 destrocé caballos y jinetes, destrocé el carruaje de guerra y al que lo conduce,
And with you, I will strike together the horse and his rider; and with you, I will strike together the chariot and its rider.
22 quebranté hombres y mujeres, quebranté al anciano y al niño, quebranté al joven y a la doncella,
And with you, I will strike together man and woman; and with you, I will strike together the old man and the boy; and with you, I will strike together the young man and the virgin.
23 quebranté al pastor y al rebaño, quebranté al labrador y su yunta, y quebranté gobernadores y magistrados.
And with you, I will strike together the pastor and his flock; and with you, I will strike together the farmer and his yoke of oxen; and with you, I will strike together military leaders and civil leaders.
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 repay Babylon and all the inhabitants of Chaldea for all their evil that 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.
Behold, I am against you, you pestilent mountain, says the Lord, for you are corrupting the entire earth. And I will extend my hand over you, and I will roll you down from the rocks, and I will make you into a burning 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 corner, nor a stone for the foundations. Instead, you will be destroyed unto eternity,” 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.
Lift up a sign in the land! Sound the trumpet among the nations! Sanctify the nations against her. Announce against her the kings of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Number against her Taphsar. Lead in the horse, like the stinging locust.
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.
Sanctify the nations against her: the kings of Media, their military leaders, and all their civil leaders, and the entire land under their authority.
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 earth will be shaken and will be disturbed. For the plan of the Lord against Babylon will awaken, so that he may make the land of Babylon desolate and uninhabitable.
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.
The strong ones of Babylon have ceased to do battle. They have lived in fortresses. Their health has been devoured, and they have become like women. Her tabernacles have been set ablaze; her bars have been broken.
31 Un corredor releva a otro. Un mensajero releva a otro para anunciar al rey de Babilonia que su ciudad fue totalmente capturada:
Runner will go forth to meet runner, and messenger will meet messenger, so as to tell the king of Babylon that his city has been captured, from one end to the other,
32 Los vados fueron tomados. Las fortificaciones fueron incendiadas. Los guerreros están consternados.
and that the fords were seized in advance, and that the marshes have been burned with fire, and that the men of war have been set in disarray.
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 thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor. This is the time of her threshing. A little while longer, and the time of her harvest will arrive.”
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.
“Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, has consumed me, has devoured me. He has made me like an empty vessel. He has swallowed me like a dragon. He has filled his belly with my tender ones, and he has cast me out.
35 Diga la población de Sion: Que mi carne pisoteada caiga sobre Babilonia. Diga Jerusalén: Que mi sangre derramada caiga sobre los caldeos.
This iniquity is against me, and so my flesh is upon Babylon,” says the habitation of Zion. “And my blood is upon the inhabitants of Chaldea,” says Jerusalem.
36 Por tanto Yavé dice: Ciertamente Yo defenderé tu causa y ejecutaré completa venganza por ti. Secaré su mar y secaré sus manantiales.
Because of this, thus says the Lord: “Behold, I will judge your case, and I will avenge your vengeance, and I will make her sea into a desert, and I will dry up her spring.
37 Babilonia será una pila de escombros, guarida de chacales, sin habitante, objeto de horror y burla.
And Babylon will become a tumult, the habitation of dragons, an astonishment, and a hissing, because there is no inhabitant.
38 Todos juntamente rugirán como leones. Gruñirán como cachorros de león.
They will roar together, like lions, they will shake their manes, like 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.
In their heat, I will give them a drink, and I will inebriate them, so that they become drowsy, and sleep an everlasting sleep, and do not rise up, says the Lord.
40 Los bajaré como ovejas al matadero, como carneros y machos cabríos.
I will lead them away, like lambs to the slaughter, and like rams with young goats.
41 ¡Cómo es Babilonia capturada, el orgullo de toda la tierra! ¡Cómo se transforma Babilonia en una desolación entre las naciones!
How was Sesac captured, and how was the renowned one of all the earth seized? How has Babylon become an astonishment among the nations?
42 El mar subió sobre Babilonia, y la inundó con sus tumultuosas olas.
The sea has ascended over Babylon; she has been covered by the multitude of its waves.
43 Sus ciudades quedan desoladas, como tierra seca y desierta, tierra donde nadie vive, donde no pasa algún hombre.
Her cities have become an astonishment, an uninhabited and desolate land, a land in which no one may live, nor may a son of man pass through it.
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 visit against Bel in Babylon, and I will cast from his mouth what he has swallowed. And the nations will no longer flow together before him. For even the wall of Babylon will also fall.
45 ¡Salga fuera de ella, pueblo mío! ¡Sálvese cada uno de ustedes de la ardiente ira de Yavé!
Go forth from her midst, my people, so that each one may save his life from the wrath of the fury 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.
For otherwise, your heart may faint, and you may be afraid at the news that is heard in the land. And the news will arrive within a year, and after that year more news will arrive. And iniquity will be in the land, and one ruler will be over another 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.
Because of this, behold, the days are approaching, when I will visit against the graven images of Babylon. And her entire land will be confounded, and all her slain will fall in her midst.
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 heavens and the earth, and all the things that are in them, will give praise over Babylon. For despoilers will approach her 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.
And in the manner that Babylon has caused the slain to fall in Israel, so the slain of Babylon will fall over the entire earth.
50 Los que escaparon de la espada, salgan, no se detengan. Invoquen a Yavé desde lejos. Que Jerusalén ocupe sus pensamientos.
You who have fled from the sword, approach, do not stand still. Remember from afar the Lord, and let Jerusalem rise up in your heart.
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 have been confounded, for we heard reproach. Shame has covered our faces, for strangers have overwhelmed the holiness of the house of the Lord.
52 Por tanto, ciertamente vienen días, dice Yavé, cuando Yo destruiré sus ídolos, y los heridos mortalmente gemirán por toda su tierra.
Because of this, behold, the days are approaching, says the Lord, when I will visit against her graven images, and within all her land the wounded will groan.
53 Aunque Babilonia suba hasta el cielo, y se fortifique en las alturas, de mi parte le vienen los que la despojan, dice Yavé.
If Babylon were to ascend to heaven, and establish her strength on high, her despoilers would go forth from me, says the Lord.”
54 ¡Sonido de un gran clamor desde Babilonia, de gran destrucción en tierra de los caldeos!
A voice of outcry from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!
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 has despoiled Babylon, and he has perished the great voice from her. And their wave will make a sound like many waters. Their voice has uttered a noise.
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 despoiler has overwhelmed her, that is, Babylon, and her strong ones have been apprehended, and their bow has been weakened. For the Lord, the powerful revenger, will certainly repay.
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 inebriate her leaders, and her wise ones, and her military rulers, and her civil rulers, and her strong ones. And they will sleep an everlasting sleep, and they will not awaken,” says the King: the Lord of hosts 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.
Thus says the Lord of hosts: “That very wide wall of Babylon will be utterly overturned, and her exalted gates will be burned with fire, and the labors of the people will be as nothing, and the labors of the nations will be sent into the fire and will perish.”
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 word that Jeremiah, the prophet, instructed to Seraiah, the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, when he traveled with king Zedekiah into Babylon, in the fourth year of his reign. Now Seraiah was the leader of the prophets.
60 Jeremías escribió en un rollo toda la aflicción que vendría sobre Babilonia, todas estas palabras escritas con respecto a Babilonia.
And Jeremiah wrote in one book all the evil that was to overwhelm Babylon; all these words were written against Babylon.
61 Jeremías dijo a Seraías: Cuando llegues a Babilonia, y veas y leas todas estas cosas,
And Jeremiah said to Seraiah: “When you will enter into Babylon, and you will see and read 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.
you will say: ‘O Lord, you have spoken against this place so that you may destroy it, so that there would not be anyone, from man even to beast, who may live in it, and so that it may be desolate forever.’
63 Cuando termines de leer este rollo, átale una piedra y lánzalo en medio del Éufrates,
And when you will have completed reading this book, you will tie a stone to it, and you will cast it into the midst of 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 will say: ‘So shall Babylon be submerged! And she will not rise up before the face of the affliction that I will lead over her. And she will be broken.’” The words of Jeremiah thus far.
