Jeremías 5
1 Discurrid por las plazas de Jerusalén, y mirad ahora, y sabed, y buscad en sus plazas si halláis hombre, si hay alguno que haga juicio, que busque verdad; y yo perdonaré a la ciudad.
[Yahweh said to the people of Jerusalem], “Go up and down every street. Search in the marketplaces to find people who do what is fair/right, who try to be faithful to me. [If you find even one person like that], I will forgive [the people of Jerusalem and not destroy] their city.
2 Y si dijeren: Vive el SEÑOR; por tanto jurarán mentira.
But when people there say, ‘I solemnly declare that as surely as Yahweh lives, [I will do what he says],’ they are lying.”
3 Oh SEÑOR, ¿Por ventura no miran tus ojos a la verdad? Los azotaste, y no les dolió; los consumiste, y no quisieron recibir castigo; endurecieron sus rostros más que la piedra, no quisieron tornarse.
Yahweh, you are certainly [RHQ] searching for [people who tell the] truth. You struck/punished your people, but they did not pay any attention. You crushed them, but they ignored what you were telling them to do. They were extremely stubborn [IDM] and refused to return to you.
4 Pero yo dije: Por cierto ellos son pobres, han enloquecido, pues no conocen el camino del SEÑOR ni el juicio de su Dios.
I thought, “[We cannot expect] these [people to act righteously, because they] are poor; they do not have any sense. They do not know the way Yahweh wants them to conduct their lives; they do not know what God requires them to do.
5 Iré a los grandes, y les hablaré; porque ellos conocieron el camino del SEÑOR, el juicio de su Dios. Ciertamente ellos también quebrantaron el yugo, rompieron las coyundas.
So, I will go and talk to their leaders, because they [surely] know how God wants them to conduct their lives.” But they also have stopped obeying Yahweh [MET], and they will not allow him to lead them.
6 Por tanto, león del monte los herirá, los destruirá lobo del desierto, tigre acechará sobre sus ciudades; cualquiera que de ellas saliere, será arrebatado, porque sus rebeliones se han multiplicado, se han aumentado sus deslealtades.
Because of that, lions will come out of the forests and kill them; wolves from the desert will attack them; leopards that lurk/wait outside their cities will maul anyone who walks outside the cities. [Those things will happen] because the people have sinned very much against God and have turned away from him very frequently.
7 ¿Cómo te he de perdonar por esto? Tus hijos me dejaron, y juraron por lo que no es Dios. Los sacié, y adulteraron, y en casa de ramera se juntaron en compañías.
Yahweh says, “I cannot [RHQ] forgive these people; [even] their children have abandoned me. When they solemnly declare something, they ask their gods [to show that what they say is true]. I gave my people everything that they needed, but they often went to [the shrines of their idols] and committed adultery there.
8 Como caballos bien alimentados fueron a la mañana, cada cual relinchaba a la mujer de su prójimo.
[Just like] [MET] well-fed male horses neigh, wanting sex with female horses, each of the men desires to have sex with his neighbor’s wife.
9 ¿No había de hacer visitación sobre esto? Dijo el SEÑOR. De una gente como ésta ¿no se había de vengar mi alma?
(Should I not punish them for this [RHQ]?/I will certainly get revenge on this nation for this!) I will certainly get revenge [RHQ] on this nation whose people behave like that!
10 Escalad sus muros, y destruid; mas no hagáis consumación; quitad las almenas de sus muros, porque no son del SEÑOR.
[I will say to your enemies], ‘The people [of Judah and Israel are like a vineyard]. Go along the rows in their vineyards and get rid of [most of] the people, but do not kill all of them. These people do not belong to me, [so get rid of them], [like a gardener] [MET] lops/cuts off branches from a vine.
11 Porque resueltamente se rebelaron contra mí la Casa de Israel y la Casa de Judá, dice el SEÑOR.
The people of Israel and Judah have turned away from me completely.’
12 Negaron al SEÑOR, y dijeron: El no es, y no vendrá mal sobre nosotros, ni veremos cuchillo ni hambre;
They have lied about me and said, ‘He will not punish us! He will not cause us to experience disasters! We will not experience wars or famines!
13 antes los profetas serán como viento, y no hay en ellos palabra; así se hará a ellos.
What [God’s] prophets say is nothing but hot air! They do not have messages [from God]! We would like [the disasters that they predict] to happen to them!’”
14 Por tanto, así dijo el SEÑOR Dios de los ejércitos: Porque hablasteis esta palabra, he aquí yo pongo en tu boca mis palabras por fuego, y a este pueblo por leños, y los consumirá.
So, this is what Yahweh, the Commander of the armies of angels in heaven, has said to me: “Because my people are saying those things, I will give you a message to tell them [MTY] that will be [like] [MET] a fire, and [these people will be like] [MET] wood that the fire will burn up.
15 He aquí yo traigo sobre vosotros gente de lejos, oh Casa de Israel, dice el SEÑOR; gente robusta, gente antigua, gente cuya lengua ignorarás, y no entenderás lo que hablare.
Listen to this, you people of Israel: I will bring [the army of] a distant nation to attack you. It is a very powerful nation that has existed for a long time. They speak a language that you do not know and which you will not be able to understand.
16 Su aljaba como sepulcro abierto, todos valientes.
Their soldiers are all very strong, and the arrows from their quivers [MET] will (send many Israeli men to their graves/cause many Israeli people to die).
17 Y comerá tu mies y tu pan, que habían de comer tus hijos y tus hijas; comerá tus ovejas y tus vacas, comerá tus viñas y tus higueras; y tus ciudades fuertes en que tú confías, tornará en nada a cuchillo.
They will eat the food that you have harvested from your fields, and eat your bread. They will kill your sons and daughters, and they will kill your flocks [of sheep] and herds [of cattle]. They will eat your grapes and your figs. They will [also] destroy your cities that have high walls around them and kill the people with their swords.
18 Pero en aquellos días, dice el SEÑOR, no os acabaré del todo.
But even when those things happen, I will not get rid of all of you.
19 Y será que cuando dijereis: ¿Por qué hizo el SEÑOR Dios nuestro con nosotros todas estas cosas? Entonces les dirás: De la manera que me dejasteis a mí, y servisteis a dioses ajenos en vuestra tierra, así serviréis a extraños en tierra ajena.
And when the survivors ask, ‘Why is Yahweh our God doing this to us?’ you will tell them, ‘You rejected him and worshiped foreign gods in your [own] land, so [now] you will become slaves of foreigners in a land that is not your land.’”
20 Denunciad esto en la Casa de Jacob, y haced que esto se oiga en Judá, diciendo:
[Yahweh said to me], “Proclaim this to the people of Israel and Judah:
21 Oíd ahora esto, pueblo loco y sin corazón, que tienen ojos y no ven, que tienen oídos y no oyen.
Listen to this, you people who are foolish and who do not have any sense: You have eyes, but [it is as though] you cannot see; you have ears, but [it is as though] you cannot hear.
22 ¿A mí no me temeréis? Dice el SEÑOR; ¿delante de mi presencia no os amedrentaréis, que puse arena por término al mar por ordenación eterna, la cual no quebrantará? Se levantarán tempestades, mas no prevalecerán; bramarán sus ondas, mas no lo pasarán.
Why do you not revere me [RHQ]? You should [RHQ] tremble when you are in my presence! I, Yahweh, am the one who put a barrier along the shores so that the waters of the ocean cannot cross it [and flood the land]. The waves roll and roar, but they cannot go past that barrier.
23 Pero este pueblo tiene corazón falso y rebelde; se tornaron y se fueron.
But you people [are not like the waves that obey me]. You people are very stubborn and rebellious. You have constantly turned away from me.
24 Y no dijeron en su corazón: Temamos ahora al SEÑOR Dios nuestro, que da lluvia temprana y tardía en su tiempo; las semanas establecidas de la siega nos guardará.
You do not say to yourselves, ‘We should revere Yahweh our God, the one who sends us rain at the times when we need it, the one who causes the grain to become ripe at the harvest season.’
25 Vuestras iniquidades han estorbado estas cosas; y vuestros pecados impidieron de vosotros el bien.
It is because of the wrong things that you have done, that those good things have not happened; it is because of the sins that you have committed that you have been prevented from receiving those blessings.
26 Porque fueron hallados en mi pueblo impíos; asechaban como quien pone lazos; asentaron la perdición para tomar hombres.
Among my people are wicked people who hide along the roads to ambush/attack people like [SIM] men who hunt birds (put out nets/set traps) to catch them.
27 Como jaula llena de pájaros, así están sus casas llenas de engaño; así se hicieron grandes y ricos.
Like [a hunter has] a cage full of birds [that he has captured], their homes are full of things that they have gotten by deceiving others. So now they are [very] rich and powerful.
28 Engordaron y se pusieron lustrosos, y aún sobrepujaron hechos de maldad; no juzgaron la causa, la causa del huérfano; con todo se hicieron prósperos, y la causa de los pobres no juzgaron.
They are big and fat, and there is no limit to the evil things that they have done. They do not try to defend orphans in the courtrooms, and they do not help poor people to get what they have a right to receive.
29 ¿No tengo que visitar sobre esto? Dice el SEÑOR; ¿y de tal gente no se vengará mi alma?
So I will certainly [RHQ] punish them for doing those things. I will certainly [RHQ] (get revenge on their nation/do to their nation what they deserve).
30 Cosa espantosa y fea es hecha en la tierra;
Very appalling/horrible and terrible [DOU] things are happening in this country:
31 los profetas profetizaron mentira, y los sacerdotes dirigían por manos de ellos; y mi pueblo así lo quiso. ¿Qué pues haréis a su fin?
Prophets speak [only] lies and priests rule by their own authority, and you people like that! But when you [start to] experience disasters, what will you do [RHQ]?”
