Jeremías 51
1 Así dijo Jehová: He aquí que yo levanto sobre Babilonia, y sobre sus moradores, que de corazón se levantan contra mí, un viento destruidor.
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 Y enviaré en Babilonia aventadores que la aventen, y vaciarán su tierra; porque serán contra ella de todas partes en el día del mal.
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 Diré al flechero que entesa su arco, y al que se pone orgulloso con su loriga: No perdonéis a sus mancebos; destruíd 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 Y caerán muertos en la tierra de los Caldeos, y alanceados en sus calles.
Their soldiers will fall dead in Babylonia; [they will die after being] wounded in the streets.
5 Porque no ha enviudado Israel y Judá de su Dios, Jehová de los ejércitos, aunque su tierra fue llena de pecado al 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 Huid de en medio de Babilonia, y escapád cada uno su alma, porque no perezcáis a causa de su maldad; porque el tiempo es de venganza de Jehová: darle ha su pago.
[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 Vaso de oro fue Babilonia en la mano de Jehová, que embriaga toda la tierra: de su vino bebieron las naciones, por tanto enloquecerán las naciones.
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 En un momento cayó Babilonia, y se quebrantó: aullád sobre ella: tomád bálsamo para su dolor: quizá sanará.
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 Curamos a Babilonia, y no sanó: dejádla, y vámonos cada uno a su tierra; porque llegado ha hasta el cielo su juicio; y alzádose ha 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 Jehová sacó a luz nuestras justicias: veníd, y contemos en Sión la obra de Jehová nuestro Dios.
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 Limpiád las saetas, embrazád los escudos: despertado ha Jehová el espíritu de los reyes de Media, porque contra Babilonia es su pensamiento para destruirla; porque venganza es de Jehová, venganza es de su templo.
[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 Levantád bandera sobre los muros de Babilonia: fortificád la guarda, ponéd guardas: aparejád celadas; porque aun pensó Jehová, y aun puso en efecto lo que dijo sobre los moradores 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 La que moras entre muchas aguas, rica de tesoros, venido ha tu fin, la medida de tu codicia.
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 Jehová de los ejércitos juró por sí mismo: Si no te hinchiere de hombres como de langostas, y cantarán sobre ti canción de lagareros.
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 El que hace la tierra con su fortaleza, el que afirma el mundo con su sabiduría, y extiende los cielos con su prudencia.
Yahweh created the earth by his power; he established it by his wisdom, and he stretched out the sky by his understanding.
16 El que da con voz multitud de aguas del cielo: después él hace subir las nubes de lo postrero de la tierra: hace relámpagos con la lluvia, y saca el viento de sus tesoros.
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 enloquece a esta sabiduría: todo platero se avergüenza de la escultura, porque mentira es su vaciadizo, que no tienen espíritu.
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 Vanidad son, y obra de escarnios, en el tiempo de su visitación perecerán.
Idols are worthless; they deserve to be ridiculed; there will be a time when they will [all] be destroyed.
19 No es como ellos la parte de Jacob; porque él es el formador de todo: e Israel es la vara de su heredad: Jehová de los ejércitos es su nombre.
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 Martillo me sois, o! armas de guerra, y por ti quebrantaré naciones; y por ti desharé 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 Y por ti quebrantaré caballos y sus caballeros; y por ti quebrantaré carros y los que en ellos suben;
With your [power] I have shattered armies [of other nations]: I destroyed [their] horses and their riders, [their] chariots and [their] chariot-drivers.
22 Y por ti quebrantaré varones y mujeres; y por ti quebrantaré viejos y mozos; y por ti quebrantaré mancebos y vírgenes;
With your [power] I shattered men and women, old people and children, young men and young women.
23 Y por ti quebrantaré al pastor y a su manada; por ti quebrantaré labradores y sus yuntas; y por ti quebrantaré duques y príncipes.
With your [power] I shattered shepherds and their flocks [of sheep], farmers and their oxen, governors and [their] officials.”
24 Y pagaré a Babilonia, y a todos los moradores de Caldea, todo el mal de ellos, que hicieron en Sión delante de vuestros ojos, dijo Jehová.
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 He aquí yo contra ti, o! monte destruidor, dijo Jehová, que destruiste toda la tierra; y extenderé mi mano sobre ti, y hacerte he rodar de las peñas, y tornarte he monte quemado.
[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 Y nadie tomará de ti piedra para esquina, ni piedra para cimiento; porque en perpetuos asolamientos serás, dijo Jehová.
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 Alzád bandera en la tierra, tocád trompeta en las naciones, apercebíd naciones contra ella, juntád contra ella los reinos de Ararat, de Minni, y de Ascenes: señalád contra ella capitán, hacéd subir 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 Apercebíd contra ella naciones: a reyes de Media, a sus capitanes, y a todos sus príncipes, y a toda la tierra de su señorío.
Prepare the [armies of other nations], armies that will be led by the kings of Media [and Persia], their governors and [their] officials.
29 Y temblará la tierra, y afligirse ha; porque confirmado es contra Babilonia todo el pensamiento de Jehová, para poner la tierra de Babilonia en soledad, y que no haya morador.
[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 dejaron de pelear, estuviéronse en los fuertes: faltóles su fortaleza: tornáronse como mujeres: encendieron los enemigos sus casas, quebraron sus cerrojos.
[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 Correo se encontrará con correo, y mensajero se encontrará con mensajero, para dar las nuevas al rey de Babilonia, que su ciudad es tomada por todas partes:
Messengers will go quickly, one after another, to tell the king that his city has been captured.
32 Y los vados fueron tomados, y los carrizos fueron quemados a fuego, y los hombres de guerra se asombraron.
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 Porque así dijo Jehová de los ejércitos, Dios de Israel: la hija de Babilonia es como parva, tiempo es ya de trillarla: de aquí a un poco le vendrá el tiempo de la siega.
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 Comióme, y desmenuzóme Nabucodonosor, rey de Babilonia: paróme como vaso vacío: tragóme como dragón: hinchió su vientre de mis delicadezas, y me echó.
[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 Mi robo y mi carne está en Babilonia, dirá la moradora de Sión; y mi sangre en los moradores de Caldea, dirá Jerusalem.
[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 así dijo Jehová: He aquí que yo juzgo tu causa, y vengaré tu venganza; y secaré su mar, y haré que quede seca su corriente.
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 Y será Babilonia en majanos morada de dragones, espanto, y silbo, sin morador.
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 A una bramarán como leones: bramarán como cachorros de leones.
The people of Babylon will [all] roar like young lions; they will growl like baby lions.
39 En su calor les pondré sus banquetes; y haréles que se embriaguen para que se alegren, y duerman eterno sueño, y no despierten, dijo Jehová.
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 Hacerlos he traer como corderos al matadero, como carneros con machos de cabrío.
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 fue presa Sesac, y fue tomada la que era alabada por toda la tierra? ¿Cómo fue por espanto Babilonia 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 Subió la mar sobre Babilonia, de la multitud de sus ondas fue cubierta.
The [enemies of Babylon] will cover the city [like] huge waves of the sea [DOU].
43 Sus ciudades fueron asoladas, la tierra seca y desierta, tierra que no morará en ella nadie, ni pasará por ella hijo de 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 Y visitaré a Bel en Babilonia, y sacaré de su boca lo que ha tragado; y naciones no vendrán más a él; y el muro de Babilonia caerá.
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 Salíd de en medio de ella, pueblo mío, y escapád cada uno su vida de la ira del furor de Jehová.
[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 Y porque no se enternezca vuestro corazón, y temáis, a causa de la fama que se oirá por la tierra: en un año vendrá la fama, y después en otro año el rumor, y luego vendrá la violencia en la tierra, y el enseñoreador sobre el que enseñorea.
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 Por tanto he aquí que vienen días que yo visitaré las esculturas de Babilonia, y toda su tierra se avergonzará, y todos sus muertos caerán 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 Y los cielos, y la tierra, y todo lo que en ellos está, dirán alabanzas sobre Babilonia; porque de la parte del aquilón vendrán sobre ella destruidores, dijo Jehová.
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 Pues que Babilonia fue causa que cayesen muertos de Israel, también por causa de Babilonia cayeron muertos de 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 escapasteis de la espada, andád, no os detengáis: acordáos por muchos días de Jehová, y acordáos de Jerusalem.
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 la afrenta: cubrió vergüenza nuestros rostros, porque vinieron extranjeros contra los santuarios de la casa de Jehová.
[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, he aquí, vienen días, dijo Jehová, que yo visitaré sus esculturas, y en toda su tierra gemirá herido de muerte.
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 Si se subiese Babilonia al cielo, y si fortaleciere en lo alto su fuerza, de mí vendrán a ella destruidores, dijo Jehová.
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 grito de Babilonia, y quebrantamiento grande de la 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 Jehová destruye a Babilonia, y quitará de ella el mucho estruendo; y bramarán sus ondas: como muchas aguas será el sonido de la voz de ellos:
Yahweh will be destroying Babylon. He will cause the loud noises in the city to cease.
56 Porque vino contra ella, contra Babilonia, destruidor, y sus valientes fueron presos, el arco de ellos fue quebrado; porque el Dios de pagas Jehová pagará pagando.
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 Y embriagaré sus príncipes, y sus sabios, sus capitanes, y sus nobles, y sus fuertes; y dormirán sueño eterno, y no despertarán, dice el Rey, Jehová de los ejércitos es su nombre.
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 Así dijo Jehová de los ejércitos: El muro ancho de Babilonia derribando será derribado, y sus altas puertas serán quemadas a fuego; y trabajarán pueblos y naciones en vano en el fuego, y cansarse han.
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 Palabra que envió Jeremías profeta a Saraías, hijo de Nerías, hijo de Maasías, cuando iba con Sedecías, rey de Judá, a Babilonia, el cuarto año de su reino; y era Saraías el principal camarero.
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 Y escribió Jeremías en un libro todo el mal que había de venir sobre Babilonia: todas las palabras que están escritas contra 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 Y dijo Jeremías a Saraías: Cuando llegares a Babilonia, y vieres, y leyeres todas estas cosas,
He said to Seraiah, “When you arrive in Babylon, read [aloud] everything that I have written [on this scroll].
62 Dirás: Jehová, tú dijiste contra este lugar que lo habías de talar, hasta no quedar en él morador, ni hombre, ni animal, mas que para siempre ha de ser asolado.
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 Y será que cuando acabares de leer este libro, atarle has una piedra, y echarlo has 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 será anegada Babilonia, y no se levantará del mal que yo traigo sobre ella: y cansarse han. Hasta aquí son 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.
