Jeremías 51
1 Yavé dice: Ciertamente Yo envío un viento destructor contra Babilonia y contra sus habitantes que se levantan contra Mí.
This is what Yahweh says: “I will inspire/motivate [an army] to destroy Babylon [like a powerful] wind [MET], and [also] to destroy the people of Babylonia.
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.
I will send a foreign army to come to get rid of Babylonia [like a strong wind] that blows away chaff. They will attack from every direction on that day of disaster.
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.
[I will tell them, ] ‘Do not allow the archers [of Babylon] to [have time to] put on their armor or draw their bows. Do not spare the young men of Babylon. Completely destroy their army.’
4 Caigan muertos en la tierra de los caldeos y sean alanceados en sus calles,
Their soldiers will fall dead in Babylonia; [they will die after being] wounded in the 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.
[I, ] the Commander of the armies of angels, the Israelis’ God, have not abandoned Israel and Judah. [Even though] their land was full of people who sinned against [me], the Holy God of Israel, I am still their God.
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.
[You people of Israel and Judah, ] flee from Babylon! Run away from there! Do not stay there and be killed when I punish [the people of Babylon]! It will be the time when I will get revenge; I will do to them what they deserve.
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 [like] [MET] a gold cup in my hand, [a cup that is full of wine] that caused people all over the earth [who drank some of it to become] drunk. [It is as though] the [rulers of] the nations drank the wine from Babylon, and it caused them to become crazy.
8 ¡Babilonia cae de repente y es quebrantada! Giman por ella. Tomen bálsamo para su herida. Tal vez pueda ser sanada.
But suddenly Babylon will be conquered. [You foreigners who live in Babylon, ] weep for its people. Give them medicine for their wounds; perhaps they can 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 [foreigners] would have [tried to] heal them, but [now] they cannot be healed. [So we will not try to help them; ] we will abandon them, and return to our own lands, because [it is as though] the punishment they are receiving is so great that it reaches up to the clouds in sky, [so great that no one can measure it].
10 Yavé produjo nuestra vindicación. ¡Vayamos, anunciemos en Sion las proezas de Yavé nuestro ʼElohim!
Yahweh has (vindicated us/shown that we were right); [so] let’s proclaim in Jerusalem everything that Yahweh our God has done [for us].
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.
[You enemy soldiers, ] sharpen your arrows! Lift up your shields, [because] Yahweh has incited your kings of Media [and Persia to march with their armies] to Babylon and to destroy it. That is how Yahweh will get revenge on [those foreigners who entered] his temple [in Jerusalem] and defiled it.
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.
Lift up a battle flag close to the walls of Babylon! (Reinforce the/Appoint more) guards, and tell the watchmen to stand [in their positions]! Prepare an ambush, because Yahweh is about to accomplish all that he has planned to do to 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.
Babylon is [a city] near the great [Euphrates] River, a city in which there are many rich people, but it is time for Babylon to be finished; the time [for the city] to exist 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 Commander of the armies of angels has solemnly promised, using his own name, “Your cities will be filled with your enemies; I will cause them to be like [SIM] a swarm of locusts; and they will shout triumphantly [when they conquer your city].”
15 Él hizo la tierra con su poder. La estableció con su sabiduría y extendió los cielos con su entendimiento.
Yahweh created the earth by his power; he established it by his wisdom, and he stretched out the sky by his understanding.
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 speaks loudly, there is thunder in the sky; he causes clouds to form in every part of the earth. He sends lightning with the rain and releases the winds 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.
People are senseless, and they know very little [HYP]; those who make idols are [always] disappointed, because their idols [do nothing for them]. The images/statues that they make are not real [gods]; they are lifeless.
18 Son vanos, obra digna de burla. Ellos perecerán en el tiempo de su castigo.
Idols are worthless; they deserve to be ridiculed; there will be a time when they will [all] be destroyed.
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.
But the God whom [we] Israelis [worship] is not like those [idols]; he is the one who created everything [that exists]; [we], the people of Israel, belong to him; his name is ‘the Commander of the armies of angels’.
20 Tú fuiste mi mazo y mis armas de guerra: Por medio de ti quebranté naciones, aniquilé reinos,
Yahweh says [about the army of Babylonia] (OR, [about a nation that will attack Babylonia)], “You have been [like] [MET] my battle-axe and war-club; with your [power] I have shattered nations and destroyed [many] kingdoms.
21 destrocé caballos y jinetes, destrocé el carruaje de guerra y al que lo conduce,
With your [power] I have shattered armies [of other nations]: I destroyed [their] horses and their riders, [their] chariots and [their] chariot-drivers.
22 quebranté hombres y mujeres, quebranté al anciano y al niño, quebranté al joven y a la doncella,
With your [power] I shattered men and women, old people and children, young men and young women.
23 quebranté al pastor y al rebaño, quebranté al labrador y su yunta, y quebranté gobernadores y magistrados.
With your [power] I shattered shepherds and their flocks [of sheep], farmers and their oxen, governors and [their] officials.”
24 Pero ahora pagaré a Babilonia y a todos los caldeos todo el mal que hicieron a Sion en presencia de él, dice Yavé.
But, Yahweh [also] says, “[Soon] I will repay/punish [you] people in Babylon and in the rest of Babylonia for all the evil things that you have done in Jerusalem.
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.
[Babylonia is] [APO] like [MET] a great mountain [from which bandits descend] to (plunder/steal things from) people all over the earth. But I, Yahweh, am the enemy of you [people of Babylonia]. I will raise my fist to strike you. I will knock you down from the cliffs and cause you to be [only] a huge pile of burned rubble.
26 No tomarán piedra angular de ti, ni piedra para cimientos. Porque serás una desolación perpetua, dice Yavé.
Your [city] will be abandoned forever; [even] the stones in your [city] will never [again] be used for buildings. [Your city will be completely destroyed].”
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.
[Tell] the nations to lift up a battle flag! [Tell them to] shout the battle-cry! Gather all their armies to fight against Babylon! Prepare the nations to attack Babylon. Summon [the armies of] the kingdoms [north of Babylonia]—from Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Appoint a commander for them, and bring [a great number of] horses; [there must be a huge number of horses]; that [huge number] will resemble [SIM] a swarm of 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.
Prepare the [armies of other nations], armies that will be led by the kings of Media [and Persia], their governors and [their] officials.
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.
[When they attack Babylon, it will be as though] the earth will shake and writhe [in pain], because [those armies] will accomplish everything that Yahweh has planned to do to Babylon; they will destroy it completely, [with the result that] no one will live there [again].
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.
[When their enemies attack], the strongest warriors in Babylon will not fight. They will remain in their barracks, without any strength. They will be as timid/weak as [SIM] women. [The enemy soldiers] will burn the buildings in the city and pull down the bars [of the city gates].
31 Un corredor releva a otro. Un mensajero releva a otro para anunciar al rey de Babilonia que su ciudad fue totalmente capturada:
Messengers will go quickly, one after another, to tell the king that his city has been captured.
32 Los vados fueron tomados. Las fortificaciones fueron incendiadas. Los guerreros están consternados.
The places at which people can cross the river [to escape from the city] will be blocked. The dry reeds in the marshes/swamps will be set on fire, and the soldiers of Babylon will be terrified.
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.
This is what the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom [we] Israelis [worship], says; “Babylon is like [SIM] wheat on the ground where it is about to be threshed by [animals] tramping on it. Very soon [their enemies] will trample on [the city of] Babylon [MET].”
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.
[The army of] Nebuchadnezzar, the King of Babylon, has attacked and crushed us [Israeli people], and we have no strength [left]. [It is as though] they have swallowed us like a [great] monster that filled its belly with all our tasty parts, and then has spit out [what it did not like].
35 Diga la población de Sion: Que mi carne pisoteada caiga sobre Babilonia. Diga Jerusalén: Que mi sangre derramada caiga sobre los caldeos.
[So] the people of [PRS] Jerusalem say [to Yahweh], “Cause the people of Babylon to suffer like they caused us to suffer! Cause the people of Babylonia to be punished for killing [MTY] our people!”
36 Por tanto Yavé dice: Ciertamente Yo defenderé tu causa y ejecutaré completa venganza por ti. Secaré su mar y secaré sus manantiales.
And this is what Yahweh replies to the people of Jerusalem: “I will [be like your lawyer to] defend you, and I will avenge you. I will dry up the river in Babylon and [all] the springs of water.
37 Babilonia será una pila de escombros, guarida de chacales, sin habitante, objeto de horror y burla.
Babylon will become a heap of ruins, a place where jackals/wolves live. It will become a place that people are horrified about and will ridicule; it will be a place where no one lives.
38 Todos juntamente rugirán como leones. Gruñirán como cachorros de león.
The people of Babylon will [all] roar like young lions; they will growl like baby 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.
But while they are extremely hungry, I will prepare a [different kind of] feast for them. [It is as though] I will cause them to drink wine until they are very drunk, [with the result that] they will fall asleep. But they will never wake up from that sleep!
40 Los bajaré como ovejas al matadero, como carneros y machos cabríos.
I will bring them down to a place where they will be slaughtered, like [SIM] [someone who takes] lambs or rams or goats [to where they will be slaughtered for sacrifices].
41 ¡Cómo es Babilonia capturada, el orgullo de toda la tierra! ¡Cómo se transforma Babilonia en una desolación entre las naciones!
People all over the earth [now] (honor/praise) Babylon; they say that it is a great city. But I will cause it to become a [place about which people of all] nations are horrified.
42 El mar subió sobre Babilonia, y la inundó con sus tumultuosas olas.
The [enemies of Babylon] will cover the city [like] huge waves of the sea [DOU].
43 Sus ciudades quedan desoladas, como tierra seca y desierta, tierra donde nadie vive, donde no pasa algún hombre.
The towns in Babylonia will become ruins, Babylonia will become a dry desert area. It will be a land in which no one lives and which no one walks through.
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 punish Bel, [the god that the people] of Babylon [worship], and I will cause the people to give back what they have stolen [MET]. [People of other] nations will no longer come to [worship] Bel. And the walls of Babylon will collapse.”
45 ¡Salga fuera de ella, pueblo mío! ¡Sálvese cada uno de ustedes de la ardiente ira de Yavé!
[Yahweh also says, ] “My people, come out of Babylon! Run away from there! Run, because [I], Yahweh, am extremely angry [MTY] [with the people of Babylon, and I will get rid of them]!
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.
Do not be discouraged/worried [IDM] or afraid when you hear reports [about what is happening in Babylon]. People will report rumors like that every year, rumors about violent things being done in the land, and rumors about leaders fighting against each other.
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.
But it will soon be the time for me to get rid of the idols in Babylon. [People all over] the land will be ashamed [because of being defeated]; and the corpses of their [soldiers] will lie in the streets.
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.
Then all [the angels in] heaven and all the [people on] [PRS] the earth will rejoice, because from the north will come [armies] that will destroy Babylon.
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.
Like [the soldiers of Babylon] killed the people of Israel and [also] killed others all over the world [HYP], [the people of] Babylon must also be killed.
50 Los que escaparon de la espada, salgan, no se detengan. Invoquen a Yavé desde lejos. Que Jerusalén ocupe sus pensamientos.
You [Israeli people] who have not been killed [MTY], get out of Babylon! Do not wait! [Even though you are in a land] far away [from Israel], think about Yahweh, and think about Jerusalem!”
51 Estamos avergonzados, porque oímos el reproche. La confusión cubre nuestras caras, porque los extranjeros entraron en el Santuario de la Casa de Yavé.
[The Israeli people say], “We are ashamed. We are completely disgraced [DOU], because foreigners have entered Yahweh’s temple [and (defiled it/caused it to become unfit for worship)].”
52 Por tanto, ciertamente vienen días, dice Yavé, cuando Yo destruiré sus ídolos, y los heridos mortalmente gemirán por toda su tierra.
Yahweh replies, “[That is true], but there will soon be a time when I will destroy the idols in Babylon, and throughout Babylonia there will be wounded people who 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.
Even if [the walls around] Babylon could extend up to the sky, and if its walls/fortifications were extremely strong, I will send [armies] that will destroy the city. [That will surely happen because I, ] Yahweh, have said it.”
54 ¡Sonido de un gran clamor desde Babilonia, de gran destrucción en tierra de los caldeos!
Listen to [the people of] Babylon crying [for help]! And listen to the sounds of things being destroyed all over Babylonia!
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.
Yahweh will be destroying Babylon. He will cause the loud noises in the city to cease.
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.
Enemy troops will surge against the city like [SIM] a great wave. They will capture the city’s mighty soldiers and break their weapons. [That will happen] because Yahweh is a God who punishes [his enemies] justly; he will punish them as they deserve.
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.
The king, the Commander of the armies of angels says, “I will cause the city officials and wise men, the army captains and soldiers [in Babylon] to become drunk. They will fall asleep, but they will never wake up [again]!”
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.
Yahweh also says, “The thick walls around Babylon will be flattened to the ground. The city gates will be burned. People [from other countries] will work hard [to save the city], but it will be (in vain/useless), because everything [that they have built] will be destroyed by fire.”
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.
Seraiah was the man who made arrangements for the King of Babylon [whenever he traveled]. He was the son of Neraiah and grandson of Mahseiah. When he was about to go to Babylon with King Zedekiah, after Zedekiah had been ruling Judah for almost four years, the prophet Jeremiah gave him a message.
60 Jeremías escribió en un rollo toda la aflicción que vendría sobre Babilonia, todas estas palabras escritas con respecto a Babilonia.
Jeremiah had written on a scroll a list of all the disasters that he had written about, disasters that would soon occur in Babylon.
61 Jeremías dijo a Seraías: Cuando llegues a Babilonia, y veas y leas todas estas cosas,
He said to Seraiah, “When you arrive in Babylon, read [aloud] everything that I have written [on this scroll].
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.
Then pray, ‘Yahweh, you said that you will thoroughly destroy Babylon, with the result that people and animals will no [longer] live there. You said that it will be desolate forever.’
63 Cuando termines de leer este rollo, átale una piedra y lánzalo en medio del Éufrates,
[Then], when you have finished reading [what I have written on] the scroll, tie it to a [heavy] stone and throw it into the Euphrates [River].
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.
Then say, ‘In the same way, Babylon [and its people] will disappear and never exist again, because of the disasters that Yahweh will cause to occur there’” That is the end of Jeremiah’s messages.
