Jeremías 7
1 La Palabra de Yavé que vino a Jeremías:
Yahweh gave me another message. He said to me,
2 Ponte en pie en la puerta de la Casa de Yavé y proclama allí esta Palabra. Dí: Escuchen la Palabra de Yavé todos ustedes los de Judá que entran por estas puertas para adorar a Yavé.
“Go to the entrance of my temple, and give this message to the people: You people of Judah who worship here, listen to this message from Yahweh!
3 Yavé de las huestes, ʼElohim de Israel, dice: Enmienden sus caminos y sus obras, y los dejaré habitar en este lugar.
The Commander of the armies of angels says to you, ['If you] stop doing evil things and start doing what is right, I will allow you to remain living in your land.'
4 No confíen en palabras engañosas que dicen: ¡Casa de Yavé, Casa de Yavé, ésta es la Casa de Yavé!
[But some people] are repeatedly saying to you, ‘The temple of Yahweh is here, [so we will be safe]; [he will not allow us and the temple to be destroyed].’ But do not pay attention to what they say, because they are deceiving you.
5 Pero si realmente mejoran sus caminos y sus obras, si en verdad administran justicia entre un hombre y su prójimo,
[I will act mercifully to you only] if you change your behavior and stop doing evil things, and if you [start to] act fairly/justly toward others,
6 y no oprimen al extranjero, al huérfano y a la viuda, ni derraman sangre inocente en este lugar, ni andan tras otros ʼelohim para su propia ruina,
and if you stop oppressing foreigners [who live in your country], and orphans and widows, and if you stop murdering people, and if you stop worshiping (foreign gods/idols). However, if you continue to do those things, you will be destroyed.
7 entonces los dejaré habitar en este lugar, en la tierra que di a sus antepasados para siempre jamás.
If you do what I have told you, I will allow you to stay in this land that I promised to your ancestors that it would belong to them [and their descendants] forever.
8 Ciertamente ustedes confían en palabras engañosas que no aprovechan.
[People are repeatedly] telling you, [‘The temple is here, so we are safe]’, and you are trusting/believing [that what they are saying is true], but it is a lie. [Those people are deceiving you, and what they say is] worthless.
9 Roban, asesinan, adulteran, juran en falso, queman incienso a baal y andan tras otros ʼelohim que no conocieron.
You think that [RHQ] you can steal things, murder people, commit adultery, tell lies in court, and worship Baal and all those other gods that you did not know about previously,
10 ¿Vendrán y los pondrán delante de Mí en esta Casa, sobre la cual es invocado mi Nombre, y dirán: Somos libres para hacer todas estas repugnancias?
and then come here and stand in front of this temple, which is my temple, and say ‘Nothing bad will happen to us!’, while you continue to do all those abominable things.
11 ¿Esta Casa, sobre la cual es invocado mi Nombre, es una cueva de ladrones ante los ojos de ustedes? Ciertamente Yo mismo lo veo, dice Yavé.
Do you realize that you are causing this temple, which is my temple, to become like [MET] a den where bandits hide [RHQ]? Do you not know that I see [all the evil things that you people do there]?
12 Ahora pues, vayan a mi lugar que estaba en Silo, donde establecí mi Nombre al principio, y vean lo que hice a causa de la maldad de mi pueblo Israel.
[Long ago] I put my Sacred Tent at Shiloh [city], to be a place where people would worship me [MTY]. Think about how I [destroyed it] because my people, the Israeli people, did [many] wicked things there.
13 Ahora pues, porque cometieron tales acciones, dice Yavé, porque les hablé de madrugada sin cesar y no quisieron escuchar, y los llamé y no respondieron,
And while you were continually doing those wicked things, I told you about it many times, but you refused to listen. I called out to you, but you refused to answer [me].
14 haré también a esta Casa, sobre la cual es invocado mi Nombre, en la cual ustedes confían, y a este lugar que les di a ustedes y a sus antepasados, lo mismo que hice a Silo.
Therefore, just like I destroyed Shiloh, I will [now] destroy this temple that was built for people to worship me [MTY], this temple that you trust in, that is in this place that I gave to you and your ancestors.
15 Los echaré de mi Presencia, como eché a todos sus hermanos, a toda la descendencia de Efraín.
And I will expel you from this land and send you [to other countries] far away from me, just like I did to your relatives, the people of Israel.”
16 Tú, pues, no intercedas por este pueblo, ni levantes clamor por ellos, ni me ruegues, porque no te escucharé.
[Yahweh said to me, “Jeremiah], do not pray for these people [any longer]. Do not cry for them or plead for [me to help] them, because I will not pay any attention to you.
17 ¿No ves lo que hacen éstos en las ciudades de Judá y en las calles de Jerusalén?
Do you see [the wicked things] that they are doing in the streets of Jerusalem and in the [other] towns in Judah?
18 Los hijos recogen la leña, los padres encienden fuego, las mujeres preparan la masa para hacer tortas en honor a la reina del cielo, y dan ofrendas a ʼelohim extraños para provocarme a ira.
The children gather firewood and their fathers use it to make fires [on the altars to burn sacrifices]. The women knead/make dough to make cakes to offer to [their goddess Astarte who is called] the Queen of Heaven. And [on their altars] they pour out offerings of wine to [their] other idols. All of those things cause me to become extremely angry!
19 ¿A Mí me provocan a ira? dice Yavé. ¿No actúan ellos mismos para su propia vergüenza?
But I am not [RHQ] the one whom they are hurting; they are really [RHQ] hurting themselves [by doing these things for which they should be] very ashamed!”
20 Por tanto, ʼAdonay Yavé dice: Ciertamente mi ira y mi ardiente furor serán derramados sobre este lugar, hombres y bestias, los árboles del campo y el fruto de la tierra. Arderá y no será extinguido.
So Yahweh the Lord says this: “Because I am extremely angry with [what happens at] this place, I will punish these people severely [MTY]; my being very angry will be [like] [MET] a fire that will not be extinguished, and I will destroy the people, [their] animals, [their] fruit trees, and [their] crops.”
21 Yavé de las huestes, ʼElohim de Israel, dice: Reúnan sus holocaustos con sus sacrificios y coman la carne.
Therefore, this is what the Commander of the armies of angels says: “Take away [IRO] your offerings that you bring to burn completely on your altars and your [other] sacrifices; [don’t give them to me]; eat them [yourselves]!
22 Porque nada dije a sus antepasados. Nada les mandé el día cuando los saqué de la tierra de Egipto con respecto a holocaustos y sacrificios,
When I led your ancestors out of Egypt, it was not offerings to be completely burned on the altar or [other] sacrifices that I wanted from them.
23 sino les mandé: Escuchen mi voz y Yo seré su ʼElohim y ustedes serán mi pueblo. Anden en todo el camino que les ordené para que les vaya bien.
What I told them was, ‘Obey me; [if you do that], I will be your God and you will be my people. If you do the things that I want you to do, everything will go well for you.’
24 Pero no escucharon ni inclinaron su oído, sino anduvieron con la dureza de su terco corazón, según su propio designio. Fueron hacia atrás y no hacia delante.
But your ancestors would not pay any attention [DOU] to me. They continued to do [the evil things] that they wanted to do, everything that in their stubborn inner beings they desired to do. Instead of coming closer to me, they went further away from me.
25 Les envié a todos mis esclavos profetas. Los envié desde temprano y sin cesar desde el día cuando sus antepasados salieron de la tierra de Egipto hasta hoy.
From the day that your ancestors left Egypt until now, I have continued to send my prophets to you.
26 Pero no me escucharon ni inclinaron su oído. Más bien se volvieron indómitos, y fueron peores que sus antepasados.
But you, [my people], have not listened to me or paid attention to what I said; you have been stubborn, and you have done more sinful things than your ancestors did.”
27 Tú pues, les dirás todas estas palabras, pero no te escucharán. Los llamarás, pero no te responderán.
[Then Yahweh said to me], “When you tell all this to my people, they will not listen to you. When you call to them, they will not answer.
28 Por tanto les dirás: Ésta es la nación que no escucha la voz de Yavé su ʼElohim, ni admite corrección. Pereció la verdad. Fue cortada de la boca de ellos.
Say to them, ‘You people [of Judah] have not obeyed Yahweh, your God; you have not accepted it when he tried to correct you. No one among you is truthful; you do not say anything that is true; [you speak only lies].’
29 Corta tu cabello y tíralo. Levanta llanto en las alturas, porque Yavé desechó y abandonó a la generación que es objeto de su ira.
[So, tell them to] cut off their hair [to show that they are mourning]; tell them to go up into the hills and sing a sad funeral song, because I have completely rejected [DOU] this generation [of people] who have made me angry.”
30 Porque los hijos de Judá hicieron lo malo ante mis ojos, dice Yavé. Pusieron sus ídolos repugnantes en la Casa sobre la cual es invocado mi Nombre, y así la profanaron.
Yahweh says this: “The people of Judah have done many things that I say are evil. They have set up their disgusting idols in my temple, causing it to become an unacceptable [place to worship me].
31 Edificaron los lugares altos de Tófet, que están en el Valle de hijo de Hinom, para quemar a sus hijos y a sus hijas en el fuego, cosa que Yo no les mandé, ni me vino a la mente.
They have built altars at Topheth in Ben-Hinnom Valley [outside Jerusalem], and they sacrifice their sons and daughters on those altars. I never commanded them to do that; I never even thought that anyone would do that.
32 Por tanto, ciertamente vienen días, dice Yavé, cuando ya no será llamado Tófet ni Valle del hijo de Hinom, sino Valle de la Matanza, porque sepultarán en Tófet hasta que no quede lugar.
So they should beware! There will be a time when that place will no longer be called Topheth or the Hinnom Valley; instead, it will be called the Valley of Slaughter. There will be a huge number of people who will be buried there, with the result that there will be no space to bury more bodies.
33 Los cadáveres de este pueblo servirán de alimento a las aves del cielo y a las bestias de la tierra. No habrá quien las espante.
The corpses of my people that are [not buried and are] left on the ground will be eaten by vultures and wild animals, and there will be no one to shoo/chase them away.
34 En las ciudades de Judá y en las calles de Jerusalén ordenaré cesar la voz de gozo y de alegría, la voz del novio y de la novia, porque esta tierra será asolada.
There will be no one singing and laughing any more in the streets of Jerusalem; there will be no more joyful voices of bridegrooms and brides in Judah, because the land will be completely destroyed.”
