Jeremías 8
1 En aquel tiempo, dijo Jehová, sacarán los huesos de los reyes de Judá, y los huesos de sus príncipes, y los huesos de los sacerdotes, y los huesos de los profetas, y los huesos de los moradores de Jerusalem, fuera de sus sepulcros.
Yahweh says, “At the time [that your corpses are scattered on the ground], [your enemies will] break open the graves of your kings and [other] officials who lived in Judah, and the graves of your priests and prophets and other people who lived there.
2 Y derramarlos han al sol, y a la luna, y a todo el ejército del cielo a quien amaron, y a quien sirvieron, y en pos de quien caminaron, y a quien preguntaron, y a quien se encorvaron. No serán cogidos, ni enterrados: serán por muladar sobre la haz de la tierra.
They will take out their bones [from their graves] and [dishonor them by] scattering them on the ground under the sun and the moon and the stars— those are the gods which my people loved and served and worshiped. No one will gather up their bones and bury them [again]; they will remain scattered on the ground like dung.
3 Y escogerse ha la muerte más bien que las vidas, por todo el resto que quedare de esta mala generación, en todos los lugares a donde yo los arrojaré, a los que quedaren, dijo Jehová de los ejércitos.
And all the people of this wicked nation [who are still alive and] whom I have exiled to other countries will say, ‘We would prefer to die than to continue to stay alive [here in these countries].’ [That will be true because I], Yahweh, have said it.”
4 Decirles has pues: Así dijo Jehová: ¿El que cae, nunca se levanta? ¿El que se aparta, nunca torna?
[Yahweh said to me, “Jeremiah], tell the people that this is what [I], Yahweh, am saying to them: ‘When people fall down, they get up again, do they not [RHQ]? When people are going along a road and find out that they are walking on the wrong road, they go back [and find the correct road], do they not [RHQ]?
5 ¿Por qué es rebelde este pueblo de Jerusalem de rebeldía perpetua? Tomaron el engaño, no quisieron volverse.
[Yes, they do], so why do these people [of Judah] continue [trusting in those idols that have deceived them]? They continue turning away from me, [even though I have warned them].
6 Escuché, y oí: no hablan derecho, no hay hombre que se arrepienta de su mal, diciendo: ¿Qué he hecho? Cada cual se volvió a su carrera, como caballo que arremete con ímpetu a la batalla.
I have listened carefully [DOU] [to what they say], but they do not say what they should say. Not one of them is sorry for having sinned. No one says, “I have done [RHQ] wicked things.” They are [sinning and] doing what they want to as fast as [SIM] a horse that is running into a battle.
7 Aun la cigüeña en el cielo conoció su tiempo, y la tórtola, y la grulla, y la golondrina guardan el tiempo de su venida; y mi pueblo no conoció el juicio de Jehová.
All the birds [that fly south for the (winter/cold season)] know the time that they need to fly south, and they all return at the right time the following year. But my people [are not like those birds]! They do not know what [I], Yahweh, require them to do.
8 ¿Cómo decís: Nosotros somos sabios, y la ley de Jehová tenemos con nosotros? Cierto he aquí que por demás se cortó la pluma, por demás fueron los escribanos.
Your men who teach you [the laws that Moses wrote] have been saying false things [about those laws]. [So], why [RHQ] do they [continue] saying, “We are [very] wise [because] we have the laws of Yahweh”?
9 Los sabios se avergonzaron, espantáronse, y fueron presos: he aquí que aborrecieron la palabra de Jehová; ¿y qué sabiduría tienen?
Those teachers, who think that [IRO] they are wise, will be ashamed/disgraced and dismayed when they are taken [to other countries by their enemies] because they sinned by rejecting what I told them. Truly, they were not [RHQ] very wise to do that!
10 Por tanto daré a otros sus mujeres, y sus heredades a quien las posea; porque desde el chico hasta el grande cada uno sigue la avaricia, desde el profeta hasta el sacerdote todos hacen engaño.
So, I will give their wives to other men; I will give their fields to [the enemy soldiers] who conquer them. All the people, including those who are important and those who are not important, deceive [others] in order to obtain their possessions. Even [my] prophets and my priests do that.
11 Y curaron el quebrantamiento de la hija de mi pueblo con liviandad, diciendo: Paz, paz; y no hay paz.
[They act as though the sins of my people] are not serious, [like] [MET] wounds that do not need to be cleaned and bandaged. They tell the people that everything will go well with them, [but that is not true]; things will not go well with them.
12 ¿Hánse avergonzado de haber hecho abominación? Cierto no se han avergonzado de vergüenza, ni supieron avergonzarse: por tanto caerán entre los que cayeren, cuando los visitaré. Caerán, dice Jehová.
They should be [RHQ] ashamed when they do disgusting things [RHQ], but they do not even know how to show on their faces that they are ashamed [about their sins]. So, [they will be killed, and] their corpses [also] will lie among the corpses of others who have been slaughtered [by their enemies]. They will be killed when I punish them.
13 Cortando los cortaré, dijo Jehová: No hay uvas en la vid, ni higos en la higuera, y la hoja se caerá; y lo que les he dado pasará de ellos.
I will [allow their enemies to] take away the figs and grapes that the people would have harvested from their fields. Their fruit trees will all wither. They will not receive [all] the blessings that I prepared for them. [This will certainly happen because I], Yahweh, have said it.’”
14 ¿Sobre qué nos aseguramos? Juntáos y entrémosnos en las ciudades fuertes, y allí callaremos; porque Jehová nuestro Dios nos hizo callar, y nos dio a beber bebida de hiel, porque pecamos a Jehová.
[Then the people will say], “(Why should we wait here [in these small towns]?/We should not wait here [in these small towns].) [RHQ]! We should go to the cities that have high walls around them, [but even if we do that] we will be killed there, because Yahweh our God has decided that we must be destroyed; [it is as though] [MET] he has given us a cup of poison to drink, because we sinned against him.
15 Esperar paz, y no bien: día de cura, y he aquí turbación.
We hoped/desired that things would go well for us, but things have not gone well. We hoped that bad things would not happen to us any more, but only things that terrify us [are happening to us].
16 Desde Dan se oyó el ronquido de sus caballos: del sonido de los relinchos de sus fuertes tembló toda la tierra; y vinieron, y comieron la tierra y su abundancia, ciudad y moradores de ella.
People [far north in Israel] in [the city of] Dan can already hear the snorting of the horses of their enemies [who are preparing to attack us]. [It is as though] the entire land [of Judah] is shaking as their army approaches; they are coming to destroy our land and everything in it, the people and the cities.”
17 Porque he aquí que yo envío sobre vosotros serpientes basiliscos, contra los cuales no hay encantamento; y morderos han, dijo Jehová.
[Yahweh says], “I will send [those enemy soldiers to Judah], and they will be like [MET] poisonous snakes among you. No one will be able to stop them from attacking you [MET]; they will attack you like snakes do, [and kill you].”
18 A causa de mi fuerte dolor, mi corazón desfallece en mí.
I grieve very much [for the people of Judah], and my grieving does not end. I am very sad [IDM].
19 He aquí voz del clamor de la hija de mi pueblo, que viene de tierra lejana. ¿No está Jehová en Sión? ¿No está en ella su rey? ¿Por qué me hicieron airar con sus imágenes de talla, con vanidades de dios ajeno?
Throughout our land, the people ask, “Has Yahweh abandoned Jerusalem? Is [he], our city’s king, no longer there?” [Yahweh replies], “Why do the people cause me to become very angry by [worshiping] idols and foreign gods?” [RHQ]
20 Pasóse la segada, acabóse el verano, y nosotros no hemos sido salvos.
[The people say], “The harvest [season] is finished, the (summer/hot season) has ended, [and we hoped that we would receive blessings from Yahweh], but he has not rescued us [from our enemies].”
21 Quebrantado estoy por el quebrantamiento de la hija de mi pueblo: entenebrecido estoy: espanto me ha arrebatado.
I cry because my people have been crushed. I mourn, and I am completely dismayed.
22 ¿No hay triaca en Galaad? ¿no hay allí médico? ¿Por qué pues no hubo medicina para la hija de mi pueblo?
[I ask], “Surely there is [RHQ] medicinal balm in the Gilead [region]! Surely there are [RHQ] doctors there!” But my people have been badly wounded [in their spirits], and nothing can heal them.
