Jeremías 1
1 Palabras de Jeremías, hijo de Hilcías, uno de los sacerdotes que vivían en Anatot, en tierra de Benjamín,
The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, one of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin.
2 quien recibió la Palabra de Yavé en los días de Josías, hijo de Amón, rey de Judá, el año 13 de su reinado,
The LORD’s word came to him in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.
3 y también en los días de Joacim, hijo de Josías, rey de Judá, hasta el fin del año 11 de Sedequías, hijo de Josías, rey de Judá, es decir, hasta la deportación de Jerusalén el mes quinto.
It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, to the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, to the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month.
4 La Palabra de Yavé vino a mí:
Now the LORD’s word came to me, saying,
5 Antes que te formara en el vientre te conocí. Antes que salieras de la matriz te consagré. Te di como profeta a las naciones.
“Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you. Before you were born, I sanctified you. I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.”
6 Entonces dije: ¡Ah, ʼAdonay Yavé, ciertamente, no sé hablar, porque soy joven!
Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD! Behold, I do not know how to speak; for I am a child.”
7 Pero Yavé me dijo: No digas: Soy joven. Adondequiera que te envíe, irás, y todo lo que te mande, dirás.
But the LORD said to me, “Do not say, ‘I am a child;’ for you must go to whomever I send you, and you must say whatever I command you.
8 No temas delante de ellos, porque Yo estoy contigo para librarte, dice Yavé.
Do not be afraid because of them, for I am with you to rescue you,” says the LORD.
9 Luego Yavé extendió su mano. Tocó mi boca y me dijo: Mira, pongo mis Palabras en tu boca.
Then the LORD stretched out his hand and touched my mouth. Then the LORD said to me, “Behold, I have put my words in your mouth.
10 Mira, hoy te coloco sobre naciones y sobre reinos para arrancar, destruir, desolar, derribar, edificar y plantar.
Behold, I have today set you over the nations and over the kingdoms, to uproot and to tear down, to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant.”
11 La Palabra de Yavé vino a mí: ¿Qué ves, Jeremías? Y dije: Veo una vara de almendro.
Moreover the LORD’s word came to me, saying, “Jeremiah, what do you see?” I said, “I see a branch of an almond tree.”
12 Yavé me dijo: Bien miraste, porque Yo vigilo mi Palabra para que se cumpla.
Then the LORD said to me, “You have seen well; for I watch over my word to perform it.”
13 La Palabra de Yavé vino a mí por segunda vez: ¿Qué ves? Y dije: Miro una olla hirviente volteada desde el norte.
The LORD’s word came to me the second time, saying, “What do you see?” I said, “I see a boiling cauldron; and it is tipping away from the north.”
14 Entonces Yavé me dijo: Del norte brotará la calamidad sobre todos los habitantes de la tierra.
Then the LORD said to me, “Out of the north, evil will break out on all the inhabitants of the land.
15 Porque ciertamente Yo convoco a todas las familias de los reinos del norte, dice Yavé. Vendrán y pondrán cada uno su trono en la entrada de las puertas de Jerusalén, contra todos sus muros alrededor y contra todas las ciudades de Judá.
For behold, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north,” says the LORD. “They will come, and they will each set his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all its walls all around, and against all the cities of Judah.
16 Pronunciaré mis sentencias contra ellos a causa de toda su perversidad, porque me abandonaron, quemaron incienso a ʼelohim extraños y se postraron ante las obras de sus propias manos.
I will utter my judgments against them concerning all their wickedness, in that they have forsaken me, and have burned incense to other gods, and worshiped the works of their own hands.
17 Ahora pues, ciñe tu cintura y levántate. Háblales todo lo que Yo te mando. No temas delante de ellos, para que Yo no te quebrante ante ellos.
“You therefore put your belt on your waist, arise, and say to them all that I command you. Do not be dismayed at them, lest I dismay you before them.
18 Porque ciertamente, Yo te pongo hoy como una ciudad fortificada, columna de hierro y muro de bronce contra toda la tierra, los reyes de Judá, sus magistrados, sus sacerdotes y el pueblo de la tierra.
For behold, I have made you today a fortified city, an iron pillar, and bronze walls against the whole land—against the kings of Judah, against its princes, against its priests, and against the people of the land.
19 Harán guerra contra ti, pero no prevalecerán, porque Yo estoy contigo para librarte, dice Yavé.
They will fight against you, but they will not prevail against you; for I am with you”, says the LORD, “to rescue you.”
