Jeremías 2
1 Y vino a mí palabra del SEÑOR, diciendo:
Yahweh gave me another message
2 Anda, y clama en los oídos de Jerusalén, diciendo: Así dice el SEÑOR: Me he acordado de ti, de la misericordia de tu juventud, del amor de tu desposorio, cuando andabas en pos de mí en el desierto, en tierra no sembrada.
[to proclaim to everyone in Jerusalem. He said that I should tell them this] [MET]: “I, Yahweh, remember that you very much wanted to please me [long ago]. [You tried to please me like] a bride [tries to please her husband]; You loved me, and you followed me through the desert [DOU].
3 Santidad era Israel al SEÑOR, primicias de sus nuevos frutos. Todos los que le devoran pecarán; mal vendrá sobre ellos, dice el SEÑOR.
[At that time you] Israelis (were set apart/belonged only) to me; [you belonged to me like] the first part of the harvests belong to me [MET]. I promised to punish all those who harmed you, my people, and truly I did send disasters on them. [That happened because I], Yahweh, said [that it would happen].”
4 Oíd la palabra del SEÑOR, Casa de Jacob, y todas las familias de la Casa de Israel.
So, you [descendants of] [MTY] Jacob, all you people of [MTY] Israel,
5 Así dijo el SEÑOR: ¿Qué maldad hallaron en mí vuestros padres, que se alejaron de mí, y se fueron tras la vanidad, y se tornaron vanos?
listen to what Yahweh says: “(What sin did I commit [RHQ] that caused your ancestors to turn far away from me?/Though your ancestors found no fault in me, they turned far away from me.) They worshiped worthless idols, and they themselves became worthless.
6 Y no dijeron: ¿Dónde está el SEÑOR, el que nos hizo subir de tierra de Egipto, el que nos hizo andar por el desierto, por una tierra desierta y despoblada, por una tierra seca y de sombra de muerte, por una tierra por la cual no pasó varón, ni allí habitó hombre?
They did not say, ‘Yahweh brought us [safely] out of Egypt, and he led us through a desert where there were a lot of pits; he led us where there was no water and where it was very dangerous, through a land where no one lives, and no one even travels. (So where is Yahweh now?/So he should be helping us now!) [RHQ]’
7 Y os metí en tierra del Carmelo, para que comieseis su fruto y su bien; mas entrasteis, y contaminasteis mi tierra, e hicisteis abominable mi heredad.
And when I brought you into a very fertile land, in order that you could enjoy [all] the fruit and [other] good things that you would harvest, you caused the land that I promised to give to you to be unfit for me and to become disgusting/detestable to me.
8 Los sacerdotes no dijeron: ¿Dónde está el SEÑOR? Y los que tenían la ley no me conocieron; y los pastores se rebelaron contra mí, y los profetas profetizaron por Baal, y anduvieron tras lo que no aprovecha.
[Your] priests also did not say, ‘(Where is Yahweh now?/Yahweh should be helping us now!)’ [RHQ] Those who teach/explain my laws do not [want to] know me, and [your] leaders have rebelled against me. [Your] prophets gave you messages from [their god] Baal, and they worship worthless idols.”
9 Por tanto, entraré aún en juicio con vosotros, dijo el SEÑOR, y con los hijos de vuestros hijos pleitearé.
“So, I will accuse you in court. [In future years], I will say what your children and your grandchildren have done that is wrong. [That will happen because I], Yahweh, have said [that it will happen].
10 Porque pasad a las islas de Quitim y mirad; y enviad a Cedar, y considerad con diligencia y mirad, ¿acaso se ha hecho cosa semejante a ésta?
If you go [west] to the island of Cyprus, or if you go [east] to Kedar [land, ] and if you ask people in those places, they will tell you that no people [from their countries] have ever done the wicked things that you people have done!
11 ¿Acaso alguna gente ha mudado sus dioses? Aunque ellos no son dioses. Pero mi pueblo ha trocado su gloria por lo que no aprovecha.
The people of no other nation have ever [RHQ] abandoned their gods that they thought were glorious and started to worship gods that are not really gods, but you people have abandoned me, your glorious God, and are worshiping gods that are useless.
12 Asolaos, cielos, sobre esto, y alborotaos; desolaos en gran manera, dijo el SEÑOR.
[It is as though everything in] the sky is surprised and dismayed/appalled [about what you have done]; [it is as though] they tremble because they are very horrified.
13 Porque dos males ha hecho mi pueblo: me dejaron a mí, fuente de agua viva, por cavar para sí cisternas, cisternas rotas que no detienen aguas.
[You], my people, have done two evil things: You have rejected me, the one who is [like] [MET] a fountain [where you can obtain] fresh water, and you [are worshiping gods that are like] [MET] pits in the ground that are cracked and which are not able to hold any water.
14 ¿Es Israel siervo? ¿ Es esclavo? ¿Por qué ha sido dado en presa?
You Israeli people, you were certainly not [RHQ] slaves when you were born; you were captured [by your enemies].
15 Los cachorros de los leones bramaron sobre él, dieron su voz; y pusieron su tierra en soledad; desiertas están sus ciudades, sin morador.
[Your enemies] [MET] roared [like] lions, and they destroyed your land. [Now] your towns have been burned, and no one lives in them.
16 Aun los hijos de Menfis y de Tafnes te quebrantaron la coronilla.
Soldiers from Memphis and Tahpenes, [cities in Egypt], have [defeated you] [and] shaved your heads [to show that you are their slaves].
17 Por ventura no te acarreó esto el haber dejado al SEÑOR tu Dios, cuando te hacía andar por el camino.
But it is [RHQ] because you abandoned [me], Yahweh, that these disasters have happened to you.
18 Ahora, pues, ¿qué tienes tú en el camino de Egipto? ¿Para qué bebas agua del Nilo? ¿Y qué tienes tú en el camino de Asiria? ¿Para qué bebas agua del Río ( Eufrates )?
So (why are you trying to make an alliance with [MET] the rulers of Egypt?/it certainly will not help you to make an alliance with the rulers of Egypt) [RHQ]. Why are you trying to make an alliance with [MET] the rulers of Assyria who live near the [Euphrates] River?
19 Tu maldad te castigará, y tu apartamiento te acusará; sabe, pues, y ve cuán malo y amargo es tú dejar al SEÑOR tu Dios, y faltar mi temor en ti, dijo el Señor DIOS de los ejércitos.
[It is because] you have been [very] wicked that I [PRS] will punish you. It is because you have turned away from me that I [PRS] will condemn you. [When I do that], you will realize that painful and evil [DOU] things will happen to you because you have forsaken [me], Yahweh, your God, and you no [longer] revere me. [That will certainly happen because] I, Yahweh, the Commander of the armies of angels in heaven, have said it.
20 Porque desde muy atrás he quebrado tu yugo, y roto tus ataduras; y dijiste: No serviré ( al pecado ). Con todo eso, sobre todo collado alto y debajo de todo árbol umbroso, corrías tú, oh ramera.
Long ago, you stopped obeying [me] [MET], and you would not allow [me] to lead you [MET]; you refused to worship [me]. Instead, you worship idols that are under trees on the top of every hill, and your young women have sex with [EUP] [men at those places].
21 Y yo te planté de buen viñedo, simiente de Verdad toda ella, ¿cómo, pues, te me has tornado sarmientos de vid extraña?
[It is as though] [MET] you were a grapevine that I planted when it was a cutting from a very good vine. So now it is disgusting that [RHQ] you have become [like] a rotten worthless vine.
22 Aunque te laves con salitre, y amontones jabón sobre ti, tu pecado está sellado delante de mí, dijo el Señor DIOS.
Your guilt from your sins is like [MET] very bad stains on a cloth, and you cannot get rid of those stains even by using very strong soap. [This is true because I], Yahweh, have said it.
23 ¿Cómo dices: No soy inmunda, nunca anduve tras los baales? Mira tu proceder en el valle, reconoce lo que has hecho, dromedaria ligera que frecuentas sus carreras;
You say that you have not sinned. You say ‘We have not become unacceptable to God; we have not worshiped Baal.’ But think about [the disgusting things that you do very eagerly] in [Hinnom] Valley [outside Jerusalem]. You are like desperate female camels, running here and there [to find male camels to have sex with].
24 asna montés acostumbrada al desierto, que respira según el deseo de su alma; ¿de su lujuria quién la detendrá? Todos los que la buscaren no se cansarán; la hallarán en su mes.
You are [like] wild female donkeys in the desert. They sniff the air to find where the male donkeys are, and no one can [RHQ] restrain them. The male donkeys that want them do not become tired searching for them, because at mating time they find them [easily].
25 Defiende tus pies de andar desnudos, y tu garganta de la sed. Mas dijiste: Se ha perdido la esperanza; en ninguna manera, porque a extraños he amado y tras ellos tengo que ir.
You constantly run here and there [to find idols to worship], with the result that your sandals are worn out, and your throats have become dry. [I told you to stop doing that], but you said, ‘We cannot stop, because we love foreign gods, and we must worship them.’”
26 Como se avergüenza el ladrón cuando es tomado, así se avergonzarán la Casa de Israel, ellos, sus reyes, sus príncipes, sus sacerdotes, y sus profetas;
[Yahweh says this]: “A robber is disgraced when he is caught. And all of you, including your kings and priests and prophets, are similarly disgraced.
27 que dicen al leño: Mi padre eres tú; y a la piedra: Tú me has engendrado; pues me volvieron la cerviz, y no el rostro; y en el tiempo de su trabajo dicen: Levántate, y líbranos.
You say to [a piece of] wood [that is carved to become a sacred idol], ‘You are our father!’ And you say to a stone [that you have set up], ‘You are our mother!’ You have rejected [IDM] me, but when you experience troubles, you cry out to me to rescue you.
28 ¿Y dónde están tus dioses que hiciste para ti? Levántense, a ver si te podrán librar en el tiempo de tu aflicción; porque según el número de tus ciudades, oh Judá, fueron tus dioses.
Why do you not [RHQ] cry out to the gods that you made? You have as many gods as you have cities [and towns] in Judah. So why do you not plead with them to rescue you when you experience disasters?
29 ¿Por qué porfías conmigo? Todos vosotros os rebelasteis contra mí, dijo el SEÑOR.
You complain that it was wrong for me [not to have rescued you], but you have all rebelled against me.
30 Por demás he azotado vuestros hijos; no han recibido corrección. Vuestro cuchillo devoró a vuestros profetas como león destrozador.
I punished some of you, but you did not learn anything from my doing that. You have killed many of the prophets that I [sent to you], like [SIM] fierce lions kill [other animals].
31 ¡Oh generación! Ved vosotros la palabra del SEÑOR. ¿He sido yo soledad a Israel, o tierra de tinieblas? ¿Por qué ha dicho mi pueblo: Señores somos; nunca más vendremos a ti?
You people of Israel, pay attention to what I say. I have certainly [RHQ] never [abandoned you] in a desert; I have never [left you] in a land full of darkness. So, why do you, my people, say ‘We are free from God’s control; we will not return to [worship] God any more’?
32 ¿Por ventura se olvida la virgen de su atavío, o la desposada de sus galas? Mas mi pueblo se ha olvidado de mí por días que no tienen número.
A young woman would certainly never [RHQ] forget [to wear] her jewelry, and a bride would never [RHQ] forget to wear her wedding dress, but you my people have forgotten me for many years.
33 ¿Para qué abonas tu camino para hallar amor, pues aun a las malvadas enseñaste tus caminos?
You know how to easily find [gods from other countries] whom you can love. You can find them as easily as a prostitute [can find men to sleep with].
34 Aun en tus faldas se halló la sangre de las almas de los pobres, de los inocentes; no los hallaste en ningún delito, sino por todas estas cosas.
Although you have on your clothes the blood of poor people whom you have murdered, people who (were innocent/had not done things that are wrong),
35 Y dices: Porque soy inocente, de cierto su ira se apartó de mí. He aquí yo entraré en juicio contigo, porque dijiste: No pequé.
you say ‘We have not done anything that is wrong; so surely [Yahweh] is not angry with us.’ But I will punish [MTY] you [severely] for saying ‘We have not sinned.’
36 ¿Para qué discurres tanto, mudando tus caminos? También serás avergonzada de Egipto, como fuiste avergonzada de Asiria.
Previously you requested [the army of] Assyria to help you, but they were not able to help you. Now you have requested [the army of] Egypt to help you, but they will not be able to help you, either.
37 También saldrás de él con tus manos sobre tu cabeza, porque el SEÑOR desecha tus confianzas, y en ellas no tendrás buen suceso.
They will capture you, and you will be [their prisoners] [MTY], led to Egypt, [very ashamed] with your hands on your heads. That will happen because I, Yahweh, have rejected those [nations] that you are relying on, and they will not be able to help you at all.”
