Jeremías 12

1 Justo eres tú, oh SEÑOR, aunque yo dispute contigo; hablaré empero juicios contigo. ¿Por qué es prosperado el camino de los impíos? Tienen paz todos los que se rebelan completamente contra ti.

Righteous are you, O Lord, that I may make my defence to you, yes, I will speak to you [of] judgements. Why [is it] that the way of ungodly [men] prospers? [that] all that deal very treacherously are flourishing?

2 Los plantaste, y echaron raíces; progresaron, e hicieron fruto; cercano estás tú en sus bocas, mas lejos de sus riñones.

You have planted them, and they have taken root; they have begotten children, and become fruitful; you are near to their mouth, and far from their reins.

3 Y tú, oh SEÑOR, me conoces; me viste, y probaste mi corazón para contigo; arráncalos como a ovejas para el degolladero, y señálalos para el día de la matanza.

But you, Lord, know me; you have proved my heart before you; purify them for the day of their slaughter.

4 ¿Hasta cuándo estará desierta la tierra, y marchita la hierba de todo el campo por la maldad de los que en ella moran? Faltaron los ganados, y las aves; porque dijeron: No verá él nuestras postrimerías.

How long shall the land mourn, and the grass of the field wither, for the wickedness of them, that dwell in it? the beasts and birds are utterly destroyed; because [the people] said, God shall not see our ways.

5 Si corriste con los de a pie, y te cansaron, ¿cómo contenderás con los caballos? Y si en la tierra de paz donde estabas quieto te cansaron, ¿cómo harás en la hinchazón del Jordán?

Your feet run, and they cause you to faint; how will you prepare [to ride] upon horses? and you have been confident in the land of your peace? how will you do in the roaring of Jordan?

6 Porque aun tus hermanos y la casa de tu padre, aun ellos se levantaron contra ti, aun ellos dieron voces en pos de ti, oh congregación. No les creas, cuando bien te hablaren.

For even your brethren and the house of your father, even these have dealt treacherously with you; and they have cried out, they are gathered together in pursuit of you; trust not you in them, though they shall speak fair [words] to you.

7 Dejé mi casa, desamparé mi heredad, entregué lo que amaba mi alma en manos de sus enemigos.

I have forsaken mine house, I have left mine heritage; I have given my beloved one into the hands of her enemies.

8 Fue para mí mi heredad como león en breña; contra mí dio su voz; por tanto la aborrecí.

My inheritance has become to me as a lion in a forest; she has uttered her voice against me; therefore have I hated her.

9 ¿Me es por ventura mi heredad ave de muchos colores? ¿No están contra ella aves en derredor? Venid, reuníos, vosotras todas las bestias del campo, venid a devorarla.

Is not my inheritance to me a hyaena's cave, or a cave round about her? Go you, gather together all the wild beasts of the field, and let them come to devour her.

10 Muchos pastores destruyeron mi viña, hollaron mi heredad, tornaron en desierto y soledad mi heredad preciosa.

Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard, they have defiled my portion, they have made my desirable portion a trackless wilderness;

11 La tornó en asolamiento, lloró contra mí, asolada; fue asolada toda la tierra, porque no hubo hombre que mirase.

it is made a complete ruin: for my sake the whole land has been utterly ruined, because there is none that lays [the matter] to heart.

12 Sobre todos los lugares altos del desierto vinieron disipadores; porque la espada del SEÑOR devorará desde un extremo de la tierra hasta el otro; no hay paz para ninguna carne.

The ravagers are come to every passage in the wilderness: for the sword of the Lord will devour from one end of the land to the other: no flesh has any peace.

13 Sembraron panes, y segarán espinas; tuvieron la heredad, mas no aprovecharon nada; se avergonzarán a causa de vuestros frutos por la ira del SEÑOR.

Sow wheat, and reap thorns; their portions shall not profit them: be ashamed of your boasting, because of reproach before the Lord.

14 Así dijo el SEÑOR contra todos mis malos vecinos, que tocan la heredad que hice heredar a mi pueblo Israel: He aquí que yo los arrancaré de su tierra, y arrancaré de en medio de ellos la casa de Judá.

For thus says the Lord, concerning all the evil neighbours that touch mine inheritance, which I have divided to my people Israel; Behold, I [will] draw them away from their land, and I will cast out Juda from the midst of them.

15 Y será que, después que los hubiere arrancado, tornaré y tendré misericordia de ellos, y los haré volver cada uno a su heredad, y cada cual a su tierra.

And it shall come to pass, after I have cast them out, [that] I will return, and have mercy upon them, and will cause them to dwell every one in his inheritance, and every one in his land.

16 Y será que, si cuidadosamente aprendieren los caminos de mi pueblo, para jurar en mi Nombre, diciendo: Vive SEÑOR, así como enseñaron a mi pueblo a jurar por Baal; ellos serán prosperados en medio de mi pueblo.

And it shall be, if they will indeed learn the way of my people, to swear by my name, [saying], The Lord lives; as they taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall [that nation] be built in the midst of my people.

17 Mas si no oyeren, arrancaré a los tales gentiles, arrancando de raíz, y desterrandolos, dice el SEÑOR.

But if they will not return, then will I cut off that nation with utter ruin and destruction.