Jeremías 44
1 Palabra que fue a Jeremías acerca de todos los Judíos que moraban en la tierra de Egipto, que moraban en Magdad, y en Tafnes, y en Nof, y en tierra de Fatures, diciendo:
[This is] the message that Yahweh gave me concerning the Jews who were living in [northern] Egypt—in Migdol, Tahpenes, and Memphis [cities], and in the Pathros [region in southern Egypt]:
2 Así dijo Jehová de los ejércitos, Dios de Israel: Vosotros, habéis visto todo el mal que traje sobre Jerusalem, y sobre todas las ciudades de Judá; y he aquí que ellas están el día de hoy asoladas, ni hay en ellas morador,
“This is what [I], the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom [you] Israelis [say you belong to], say: ‘You saw the disaster that I caused [the people in] Jerusalem and the other towns in Judah to experience. Those towns are now ruined and deserted.
3 A causa de la maldad de ellos que hicieron, para hacerme enojar, yendo a ofrecer sahumerios, honrando dioses ajenos, que ellos no conocieron, vosotros ni vuestros padres.
[That happened] because I was extremely angry with them on account of their being very wicked. They burned incense to other gods and worshiped them. They were gods that you [previously] did not know about, and your ancestors also [did not know about them].
4 Y envié a vosotros a todos mis siervos profetas, madrugando y enviando, y diciendo: No hagáis ahora esta cosa abominable que yo aborrezco.
Many times I sent my prophets who served me, to say to them, “Do not do those abominable things that I hate!”
5 Y no oyeron, ni abajaron su oído para convertirse de su maldad, para no ofrecer sahumerios a dioses ajenos.
But my people would not pay any attention [DOU] [to what I said to them]. They would not turn away from their wicked behavior, or stop burning incense to [worship/honor] other gods.
6 Y derramóse mi saña y mi furor, y encendióse en las ciudades de Judá, y en las calles de Jerusalem, y tornáronse en soledad, y en destrucción, como parece hoy.
So I poured out my anger [MTY] on them. I punished people on the streets of Jerusalem and on the [other] towns in Judah. It caused those towns to be ruined and deserted, and they are still like that.’
7 Ahora pues, así dijo Jehová de los ejércitos, Dios de Israel: ¿Por qué hacéis tan grande mal contra vuestras almas para ser talados, varón y mujer, niño y mamante de en medio de Judá, para que no os dejéis residuos;
So now [I], the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom [you] Israelis [say you belong to], ask you: ‘Why are you causing yourselves to experience these disasters? [Do you not realize that because of what you are doing], soon there will be no more men or women or children or infants left among you [who have come here to Egypt] from Judah?
8 Para hacerme enojar por las obras de vuestras manos, ofreciendo sahumerios a dioses ajenos en la tierra de Egipto, a donde habéis entrado para morar, para que os acabéis, y seáis por maldición, y por vergüenza a todas las naciones de la tierra?
Why are you [RHQ] provoking me and causing me to be very angry by burning incense to the idols that you have made here in Egypt? [If you continue doing this, ] you will destroy yourselves, and you will cause yourselves to be people whom all the nations on the earth will curse and despise.
9 ¿Habéis os olvidado de las maldades de vuestros padres, y de las maldades de los reyes de Judá, y de las maldades de sus mujeres, y de vuestras maldades, y de las maldades de vuestras mujeres que hicieron en tierra de Judá, y en las calles de Jerusalem?
Have you forgotten [how I punished] your ancestors for the wicked things that they did, and [how I punished] the kings and queens of Judah for what they did, and you and your wives for the sins that you committed in the streets of Jerusalem and [the other towns] in Judah?
10 No se han quebrantado hasta el día de hoy, ni han tenido temor, ni han caminado en mi ley, ni en mis derechos que di delante de vosotros, y delante de vuestros padres.
Up until this day you have not humbled yourselves or revered me. You have not obeyed the laws and decrees [DOU] that I gave to you and your ancestors.’
11 Por tanto así dijo Jehová de los ejércitos, Dios de Israel: He aquí que yo pongo mi rostro en vosotros para mal, y para acabar a todo Judá.
Therefore, this is what [I], the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom [you] Israelis [say you belong to], say: ‘I am determined to cause all of you to experience disasters and to get rid of every one of you.
12 Y tomaré al resto de Judá que pusieron sus rostros para entrar en tierra de Egipto para morar allá, y todos serán consumidos en tierra de Egipto: caerán a cuchillo, serán consumidos de hambre, desde el más pequeño hasta el mayor: a cuchillo y a hambre morirán, y serán por juramento, y por espanto, y por maldición, y por afrenta.
[You] people from Judah who have survived were determined to come and live here in Egypt. So I will get rid of all of you here in Egypt. Every one of you will die, including those who are important and those who are not important. [Some of] you will be killed by [your enemies’] swords, [some will die] from famines. You will become [people whom others] curse, be horrified about, and make fun of.
13 Y visitaré a los que moran en tierra de Egipto, como visité a Jerusalem, con espada, y con hambre, y con pestilencia.
I will punish you here in Egypt like I punished [others in] Jerusalem, [some of whom were killed] by [their enemies’] swords and [some of whom] died from famines or diseases.
14 Y no habrá quien escape, ni quien quede vivo del resto de Judá, que entraron en tierra de Egipto para morar allá, para volver a la tierra de Judá, por la cual ellos suspiran por volver para habitar allá; porque no volverán, si no los que escaparen.
You people who did not die in Judah fled here to Egypt, hoping that [some day] you would return to Judah. But very few [HYP] of you will survive and escape. You are longing/wanting to remain alive and return to Judah, but only a very few of you will escape and be able to do that.’”
15 Y respondieron al mismo Jeremías todos los que sabían que sus mujeres habían ofrecido sahumerios a dioses ajenos, y todas las mujeres que estaban presentes, una grande compañía, y todo el pueblo que habitaba en tierra de Egipto en Patures, diciendo:
Then a large group of the people who had started to live in northern Egypt and southern Egypt, including all the men who knew that their wives had been burning incense to other gods, and all the women who were standing there, said this to me:
16 La palabra que nos has hablado en nombre de Jehová, no oímos de ti:
“You are saying that [MTY] Yahweh gave messages to you, but we will not pay any attention to your messages!
17 Antes haremos de hecho toda palabra que ha salido de nuestra boca para ofrecer sahumerios a la reina del cielo, y derramándole derramaduras como habemos hecho nosotros, y nuestros padres, nuestros reyes, y nuestros príncipes, en las ciudades de Judá, y en las plazas de Jerusalem, y fuimos hartos de pan, y fuimos alegres, y nunca vimos mal.
We will certainly do everything that we said that we would do. We will burn incense to [worship our goddess Astarte, ] the Queen of Heaven, and we will pour out offerings [of wine] to her, just like we and our ancestors and our kings and [their] officials have [always] done in the streets of Jerusalem and in the [other] towns in Judah. At that time, we had plenty of food, and we were prosperous and we did not have any troubles.
18 Mas desde que cesamos de ofrecer sahumerios a la reina del cielo, y de derramarle derramaduras, nos falta todo, y a cuchillo, y a hambre somos consumidos.
But ever since we stopped burning incense to the Queen of Heaven and giving her offerings [of wine], we have had many troubles, and [some of our people] have been killed by [our enemies’] swords and [some have died] from hunger.”
19 Y cuando nosotros ofrecimos sahumerios a la reina del cielo, y le derramamos derramaduras, ¿hicímosle sin nuestros maridos tortas para alegrarla, y derramámosle derramaduras?
And [the women said], “[Furthermore], we burned incense and poured out [wine] offerings to the Queen of Heaven, and we also made small cakes that resembled her idol, to offer to her. But our husbands certainly knew about [and approved of] [RHQ] what we were doing!”
20 Y habló Jeremías a todo el pueblo a los hombres, y a las mujeres, y a toda la plebe que le habían respondido esto, diciendo:
Then I said to all the men and women who had answered me,
21 ¿No se ha acordado Jehová, y no ha venido a su memoria el sahumerio que ofrecisteis en las ciudades de Judá, y en las plazas de Jerusalem, vosotros, y vuestros padres, vuestros reyes, y vuestros príncipes, y el pueblo de la tierra?
“Do not think [RHQ] that Yahweh did not know that you and your ancestors and your kings and their officials and all the other people in Judah were burning incense to [worship/honor] idols in the streets of Jerusalem and in the [other] towns in Judah!
22 Y no pudo sufrir más Jehová a causa de la maldad de vuestras obras, a causa de las abominaciones que habíais hecho: por tanto vuestra tierra fue en asolamiento, y en espanto, y en maldición, hasta no quedar morador, como parece hoy.
It was because Yahweh could no longer endure/tolerate your wicked actions and the detestable things that you were doing that he caused your land to be [a place whose name people say when they] curse someone, a land that is ruined and which has no one living in it. And your land is still like that.
23 Porque ofrecisteis sahumerios, y pecasteis contra Jehová, y no oísteis la voz de Jehová, ni anduvisteis en su ley, ni en sus derechos, ni en sus testimonios: por tanto ha venido sobre vosotros este mal, como parece hoy.
It is because you burned incense to [worship/honor] idols and committed [other] sins against Yahweh that you experienced [all] those disasters. It is because you have not obeyed him or his laws and decrees and commandments.”
24 Y dijo Jeremías a todo el pueblo, y a todas las mujeres: Oíd palabra de Jehová, todo Judá, los que estáis en tierra de Egipto.
[Then] I said to all of them, including the women, “All you [people of] Judah who are [here] in Egypt, listen to this message from Yahweh.
25 Así habló Jehová Dios de los ejércitos, Dios de Israel, diciendo: Vosotros, y vuestras mujeres hablasteis con vuestra boca, y cumplísteislo con vuestras manos, diciendo: Haremos de hecho nuestros votos que votamos de ofrecer sahumerios a la reina del cielo, y de derramarle derramaduras: confirmando confirmáis vuestros votos, y haciendo hacéis vuestros votos.
This is what the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom [we] Israelis [worship], says [to you Israeli men]: ‘You and your wives have said that you would continue to do what you promised, to burn incense and pour out wine to the [goddess whom you call] the Queen of Heaven. [And you have proved by your actions that you intend to continue to do that]. So go ahead and continue doing what you have promised to do [for her].’
26 Por tanto oíd palabra de Jehová, todo Judá los que habitáis en tierra de Egipto: He aquí que yo juré por mi grande nombre, dijo Jehová, que mi nombre no será más invocado en la boca de ningún varón Judío, que diga, Vive el Señor Jehová, en toda la tierra de Egipto.
But now, all you people from Judah who are [now] living [here] in Egypt, listen to this message from Yahweh. He says, ‘I have solemnly declared, using my great name, that [soon] none of [you] people from Judah who are here in Egypt will ever again use my name. [There will be none of you who, when you solemnly promise to do something, ] will ever again say, “[I will do it as surely] as Yahweh lives.”
27 He aquí que yo velo sobre ellos para mal, y no para bien; y todos los varones de Judá que están en tierra de Egipto, serán consumidos a cuchillo, y a hambre, hasta que sean consumidos.
Because I will be watching over you, not to cause good things to happen to you but to cause things to happen that will harm you. [Almost] everyone [HYP] from Judah who is [now here] in Egypt will experience being [killed by their enemies’] swords, or dying from famine.
28 Y los que escaparen del cuchillo, volverán de tierra de Egipto a tierra de Judá, pocos hombres, para que sepan todos los residuos de Judá, que han entrado en Egipto para morar allí, la palabra de quien ha de permanecer, la mía, o la suya.
[Only a very] few [of you] will not die, and will return to Judah. [When that happens], all those who came to Egypt will find out whose words (were true/were fulfilled), theirs or mine.’
29 Y esto tendréis por señal, dice Jehová, de que os visito en este lugar, para que sepáis que permaneciendo permanecerán mis palabras para mal sobre vosotros.
And Yahweh [also] says, ‘I will do something that will prove to you that everything that I have said will happen, and that I will punish you [here] in this place.
30 Así dijo Jehová: He aquí que yo entrego a Faraon-hofra, rey de Egipto, en mano de sus enemigos, y en mano de los que buscan su alma; como entregué a Sedecías, rey de Judá, en mano de Nabucodonosor, rey de Babilonia, su enemigo, y que buscaba su alma.
I will cause Hophra, the king of Egypt, to be captured by his enemies who want to kill him, just like I caused King Zedekiah of Judah to be captured by [the soldiers of] King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon.’” [And that is what happened several years later].
