< Jeremías 43 >
1 Y aconteció que cuando Jeremías acabó de hablar a todo el pueblo todas las palabras del SEÑOR Dios de ellos, todas estas palabras por las cuales el SEÑOR Dios de ellos le había enviado a ellos mismos,
IN THE FOURTH YEAR OF JOAKIM son of Josias king of Juda, the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
2 dijo Azarías hijo de Osaías, y Johanán hijo de Carea, y todos los varones soberbios dijeron a Jeremías: Mentira dices; no te envió el SEÑOR nuestro Dios para decir: No entréis en Egipto a peregrinar allí.
Take you a roll of a book, and write upon it all the words which I spoke to you against Jerusalem, and against Juda, and against all the nations, from the day when I spoke to you, from the days of Josias king of Juda, even to this day.
3 Sino que Baruc hijo de Nerías te incita contra nosotros, para entregarnos en mano de los caldeos, para matarnos y para hacernos transportar a Babilonia.
Perhaps the house of Juda will hear all the evils which I purpose to do to them; that they may turn from their evil way; and [so] I will be merciful to their iniquities and their sins.
4 Y no oyó Johanán, hijo de Carea, y todos los príncipes de los ejércitos, y todo el pueblo, a la voz del SEÑOR para quedarse en tierra de Judá;
So Jeremias called Baruch the son of Nerias: and he wrote from the mouth of Jeremias all the words of the Lord, which he had spoken to him, on a roll of a book.
5 antes tomó Johanán, hijo de Carea, y todos los príncipes de los ejércitos, a todo el resto de Judá, que de todos los gentiles adonde habían sido echados habían vuelto para morar en tierra de Judá:
And Jeremias commanded Baruch, saying, I am in prison; I can’t enter into the house of the Lord:
6 Hombres, y mujeres, y niños, y las hijas del rey, y a toda alma que había dejado Nabuzaradán capitán de la guardia con Gedalías, hijo de Ahicam, hijo de Safán, y a Jeremías profeta, y a Baruc, hijo de Nerías;
so you shall read in this roll in the ears of the people in the house of the Lord, on the fast day; and in the ears of all Juda that come out of their cities, you shall read to them.
7 Y salieron para tierra de Egipto; porque no escucharon la voz del SEÑOR; y llegaron hasta Tafnes.
Peradventure their supplication will come before the Lord, and they will turn from their evil way: for great is the wrath and the anger of the Lord, which he has pronounced against this people.
8 Y vino Palabra del SEÑOR a Jeremías en Tafnes, diciendo:
And Baruch did according to all that Jeremias commanded him—reading in the book the words of the Lord in the Lord's house.
9 Toma con tu mano piedras grandes, y cúbrelas de barro en un horno de ladrillos que está a la puerta de la casa de Faraón en Tafnes, a vista de hombres judíos;
And it came to pass in the eighth year of king Joakim, in the ninth month, all the people in Jerusalem, and the house of Juda, proclaimed a fast before the Lord.
10 y diles: Así dijo el SEÑOR de los ejércitos, Dios de Israel: He aquí que yo envío, y tomaré a Nabucodonosor rey de Babilonia, mi siervo, y pondré su trono sobre estas piedras que escondí, y tenderá su dosel sobre ellas.
And Baruch read in the book the words of Jeremias in the house of the Lord, in the house of Gamarias son of Saphan the scribe, in the upper court, in the entrance of the new gate of the house of the Lord, and in the ears of all the people.
11 Y vendrá, y herirá la tierra de Egipto; los que a muerte, a muerte, y los que a cautiverio, a cautiverio, y los que a cuchillo, a cuchillo.
And Michaeas the son of Gamarias the son of Saphan heard all the words of the Lord, out of the book.
12 Y pondré fuego a las casas de los dioses de Egipto; y las quemará, y a ellos llevará cautivos; y él se vestirá la tierra de Egipto, como el pastor se viste su capa, y saldrá de allá en paz.
And he went down to the king's house, into the house of the scribe: and, behold, there were sitting there all the princes, Elisama the scribe, and Dalaeas the son of Selemias, and Jonathan the son of Acchobor, and Gamarias the son of Saphan, and Sedekias the son of Ananias, and all the princes.
13 Además, quebrará las estatuas de Bet-semes, que es en tierra de Egipto, y las casas de los dioses de Egipto quemará a fuego.
And Michaeas reported to them all the words which he had heard Baruch reading in the ears of the people.
And all the princes sent to Baruch son of Nerias Judin the son of Nathanias, the son of Selemias, the son of Chusi, saying, Take in your hand the roll in which you read in the ears of the people, and come. So Baruch took the roll, and went down to them.
And they said to him, Read [it] again in our ears. And Baruch read [it].
And it came to pass, when they [had] heard all the words, [that] they took counsel each with his neighbour, and said, Let us by all means tell the king all these words.
And they asked Baruch, saying, Where did you write all these words?
And Baruch said, Jeremias told me from his [own] mouth all these words, and I wrote them in a book.
And they said to Baruch, Go, and hide, you and Jeremias; let no man know where you [are].
And they went in to the king into the court, and gave the roll [to one] to keep in the house of Elisama; and they told the king all these words.
And the king sent Judin to fetch the roll: and he took it out of the house of Elisama: and Judin read in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the princes who stood round the king.
Now the king was sitting in the winter house: and [there was] a fire on the hearth before him.
And it came to pass when Judin had read three or four leaves, he cut them off with a penknife, and cast [them] into the fire that was on the hearth, until the whole roll was consumed in the fire that was on the hearth.
And the king and his servants that heard all these words sought not [the Lord], and tore not their garments.
But Elnathan and Godolias suggested to the king that he should burn the roll.
And the king commanded Jeremeel the king's son, and Saraeas the son of Esriel, to take Baruch and Jeremias: but they were hidden.
Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremias, after the king had burnt the roll, [even] all the words which Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremias, saying,
Again take you another roll, and write all the words that were on the roll, which king Joakim has burnt.
And you shall say, Thus says the Lord; You have burnt this roll, saying, Why have you written therein, saying, The king of Babylon shall certainly come in, and destroy this land, and man and cattle shall fail from off it?
Therefore thus says the Lord concerning Joakim king of Juda; He shall not have [a man] to sit on the throne of David: and his carcass shall be cast forth in the heat by day, and in the frost by night.
And I will visit him, and his family, and his servants: and I will bring upon him, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and upon the land of Juda, all the evils which I spoke of to them; and they listened not.
And Baruch took another roll, and wrote upon it from the mouth of Jeremias all the words of the book which Joakim had burnt: and there were yet more words added to it like the former.