Jeremías 3

1 Dicen: Si alguno dejare su mujer, y yéndose de él se juntare a otro varón, ¿volverá a ella más? ¿No es ella tierra inmunda de inmundicia? Tú pues has fornicado con muchos amigos: mas vuélvete a mí, dijo Jehová.

“[Moses wrote that] if a man divorces his wife and then she marries another man, her first husband certainly must not [RHQ] take her back again [to be his wife], because that would certainly [RHQ] cause the whole nation to become unacceptable to me. But you have more [idols than] prostitutes have men whom they have slept with! So, [why should I accept you if] you return to me?” [RHQ] says Yahweh.

2 Alza tus ojos a los altos, y ve en que lugar no te hayas publicado: para ellos te sentabas en los caminos, como Árabe en el desierto; y con tus fornicaciones, y con tu malicia has contaminado la tierra.

“Look up at the barren hilltops. On every hilltop there are [RHQ] [idols that you have worshiped]. [It is as though] they are all lovers with whom you have had sex. [It is as though] you have sat along the roadsides like an Arab, waiting [to attack and steal things from] those who pass by. Because of worshiping idols and all the other wicked things that you have done, you have caused the [entire] land to become unacceptable to me.

3 Por esta causa las aguas han sido detenidas, y la lluvia de la tarde faltó; y has tenido frente de mala mujer, ni quisiste tener vergüenza.

That is why I have not sent you any rain at the times of the year when you needed it. But you are like prostitutes [MET] who are not at all ashamed [for what they have done].

4 A lo menos, ¿desde ahora no clamarás a mí: Padre mío, guiador de mi juventud?

Now each of you says to me, ‘You are my father! You have loved me ever since I was young!

5 ¿Guardará su enojo para siempre? ¿guardarle ha eternalmente? He aquí que hablaste, e hiciste maldades, y pudiste.

So surely you will not [RHQ] be angry with me forever!’ But you will not quit sinning!”

6 Y díjome Jehová en días del rey Josías: ¿Has visto lo que ha hecho la rebelde Israel? Váse ella sobre todo monte alto, y debajo de todo árbol sombrío, y allí fornica.

[One day] when Josiah was the king of Judah, Yahweh said to me, “Have you seen what the people of Israel have done? They have turned away from me, like a woman who has abandoned her husband and sleeps with other men. They have gone up on every hilltop and under every big tree and worshiped idols there [MET].

7 Y dije después que hizo todo esto: Vuélvete a mí; y no se volvió. Y vio la rebelde su hermana Judá,

I thought that they would return to me, so I said to them, ‘Come back to me!’ But they refused. So I sent them away [to other countries, like a man] writes a note saying that he is divorcing his wife and then sends his wife away because she has committed adultery [MET].

8 Que yo lo había visto, que por todas estas causas en las cuales fornicó la rebelde Israel yo la envié, y le di la carta de su repudio; y no hubo temor la rebelde Judá su hermana: mas fue también ella, y fornicó.

The people of Judah saw what I did to them. But they are just like the people of Israel. They are not afraid [of what I will do to them]. They also [have turned away from me and are worshiping idols like] women who abandon their husbands and go to other men [MET].

9 Y aconteció que por la facilidad de su fornicación la tierra fue contaminada, y adulteró con la piedra, y con el leño.

They thought that worshiping idols did not matter to me, so they have made the [entire] land unacceptable to me by worshiping idols of wood and stone.

10 Y con todo esto nunca se tornó a mí la rebelde su hermana Judá de todo su corazón, mas mentirosamente, dijo Jehová.

The people of Judah have pretended to return to me, but they have not really done that. [This is true because I], Yahweh, have said it.”

11 Y díjome Jehová: Justificado ha su alma la rebelde Israel, en comparación de la desleal Judá.

Then Yahweh said to me, “The people of Israel have turned away from me, but what the people of Judah have done is worse.

12 Vé, y clama estas palabras hacia el aquilón, y dí: Vuélvete, o! rebelde Israel, dijo Jehová: no haré caer mi ira sobre vosotros; porque misericordioso soy, dijo Jehová; ni guardaré el enojo para siempre.

So go and tell this to the people of Israel: ‘Yahweh says this to you Israeli people who have turned away from him: I am merciful. I will not continue to be angry with you forever. So return to me.

13 Conoce empero tu maldad, porque contra Jehová tu Dios te has rebelado; y tus caminos has derramado a los extraños debajo de todo árbol sombrío, y no oístes mi voz, dice Jehová.

But you must admit/say that you are guilty, and that you have rebelled against me, Yahweh, your God, that you have worshiped idols under big trees everywhere, and you have not obeyed me. You have turned away from me.

14 Convertíos, o! hijos rebeldes, dijo Jehová, porque yo soy vuestro Señor; y yo os tomaré uno de una ciudad, y dos de una familia, y meteros he en Sión.

But you belong to me. So I will take you, one from [each] city and two from [each] clan, and bring you [back] to Jerusalem [from the countries to which you were exiled].

15 Y daros he pastores según mi corazón, que os apacienten de ciencia, y de inteligencia.

[If you do that], I will appoint for you leaders with whom I am pleased, leaders who will guide you [well] because they will know and understand [what pleases me].

16 Y acontecerá que cuando os multiplicareis y creciereis en la tierra, en aquellos días, dijo Jehová, no se dirá más: Arca del concierto de Jehová; ni vendrá en el pensamiento, ni se acordarán de ella, ni visitarán, ni se hará más.

And when you become very numerous [DOU] in your land, you will not need to talk about the Sacred Chest that contained the Ten Commandments. You will not think about it, and you will not want to make a new one.

17 En aquel tiempo llamarán a Jerusalem, trono de Jehová; y todas las naciones se congregarán a ella en el nombre de Jehová en Jerusalem; ni más irán tras la dureza de su corazón malvado.

At that time people will say, “Jerusalem is [the place where] Yahweh’s throne is.” [People from] all nations will come there to worship me. And they will no longer stubbornly do the evil things that they desire.

18 En aquellos tiempos irán de la casa de Judá a la casa de Israel; y vendrán también de tierra del aquilón a la tierra que hice heredar a vuestros padres.

At that time you people [MTY] of Israel and the people of Judah will return from [being (exiled/forced to live) in] lands to the northeast. You will return to the land that I gave to your ancestors to belong to them [forever].

19 Yo empero dije: ¿Cómo te pondré por hijos, y te daré la tierra deseable, la heredad de codicia de los ejércitos de las naciones? Y dije: Padre mío, me llamarás; y de en pos de mí, no te apartarás.

You people of Israel, I wanted to accept you to be my children. I wanted to give you [this] delightful land. It is a land more desirable/pleasant than the land of any other nation! I wanted you to call me ‘father’, and I wanted you to never turn away from me.

20 Mas como la mujer quiebra la fe, de su compañero, así prevaricasteis contra mí, o! casa de Israel, dijo Jehová.

But you have abandoned me like wives who have abandoned their husbands.’” [That is what] Yahweh said, and [I told it] to the people of Israel.

21 Voz sobre las alturas fue oída, llanto de los ruegos de los hijos de Israel; porque han torcido su camino, de Jehová su Dios se han olvidado.

People will hear a noise on the barren hilltops. It will be the noise made by people weeping and pleading [for God to be merciful to them]. They will be admitting/saying that they have forgotten Yahweh their God, and that they turned away from behaving as God wanted them to.

22 Convertíos, hijos rebeldes; sanaré vuestras rebeliones. He aquí, nosotros venimos a ti; porque tú eres Jehová nuestro Dios.

Yahweh will say to them, “You Israeli people, come back to me! [If you do that], I will cause you to never turn away from me again.” [The people will reply], “We are returning to you, because you are Yahweh, our God.

23 Ciertamente vanidad son los collados, la multitud de los montes: ciertamente en Jehová nuestro Dios está la salud de Israel.

We did not get any help from [the idols that we worshiped on] the hilltops; we did not get any help from making all that noise up there.

24 Confusión consumió el trabajo de nuestros padres desde nuestra mocedad; sus ovejas, sus vacas, sus hijos, y sus hijas.

From the time when we were young, the shameful [god Baal] has taken away [from us] everything that our ancestors worked hard to acquire. He has taken away their flocks [of sheep] and herds [of cattle], their sons and their daughters.

25 Echados estamos en nuestra confusión, y nuestra vergüenza nos cubre; porque pecamos a Jehová nuestro Dios, nosotros y nuestros padres, desde nuestra juventud y hasta este día; y no oímos la voz de Jehová nuestro Dios.

So, now we should lie down feeling very ashamed [DOU], because we and our ancestors have sinned against Yahweh our God, and we have never obeyed him.”