Jeremías 51
1 Así dijo el SEÑOR: He aquí que yo levanto sobre Babilonia, y sobre sus moradores que de corazón se levantan contra mí, un viento destruidor.
Thus says the Lord: “Behold, I will raise up, over Babylon and over its inhabitants, who have lifted up their heart against me, something like a pestilent wind.
2 Y enviaré a Babilonia aventadores que la avienten, y vaciarán su tierra; porque serán contra ella de todas partes en el día del mal.
And I will send winnowers into Babylon, and they will winnow her, and they will demolish her land. For they will overwhelm her from every side in the day of her affliction.
3 Diré al flechero que entesa su arco, y al que se pone orgulloso con su loriga: No perdonéis a sus jóvenes, destruid todo su ejército.
Let him who draws the bow, not draw his bow. And let him who wears armor, not rise up. Do not spare her young men. Destroy her entire military.
4 Y caerán muertos en la tierra de los caldeos, y alanceados en sus plazas.
And the slain will fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and the wounded in its regions.
5 Porque Israel y Judá no han enviudado de su Dios, el SEÑOR de los ejércitos, aunque su tierra fue llena de pecado contra el Santo de Israel.
Yet Israel and Judah have not been widowed by their God, the Lord of hosts, though their land has been filled with transgression against the Holy One of Israel.
6 Huid de en medio de Babilonia, y librad cada uno su alma, para que no perezcáis a causa de su maldad; porque el tiempo es de venganza del SEÑOR; le dará su pago.
Flee from the midst of Babylon! And let each one save his own life. Do not be silent about her iniquity. For it is the time of revenge from the Lord. He himself will repay her, in her turn.
7 Vaso de oro fue Babilonia en la mano del SEÑOR, que embriaga toda la tierra; de su vino bebieron los gentiles; por tanto, enloquecerán las naciones.
Babylon is a gold cup in the hand of the Lord, inebriating the entire earth. The nations have drunk from her wine, and therefore they have staggered.
8 En un momento cayó Babilonia, y se quebrantó; aullad sobre ella; tomad bálsamo para su dolor, por ventura sanará.
Suddenly, Babylon has fallen and been crushed. Wail over her! Take a balm to her pain, if perhaps she may be healed.”
9 Curamos a Babilonia, y no ha sanado; dejadla, y vámonos cada uno a su tierra; porque ha llegado hasta el cielo su juicio, y se ha alzado hasta las nubes.
“We would have cured Babylon, but there is no cure. Let us abandon her, and let each one of us go to his own land. For her judgment has reached even to the heavens, and has been lifted up even to the clouds.
10 El SEÑOR sacó a luz nuestras justicias; venid, y contemos en Sion la obra del SEÑOR nuestro Dios.
The Lord has brought forth our justices. Come and let us describe in Zion the work of the Lord our God.”
11 Limpiad las saetas, embrazad los escudos; ha despertado el SEÑOR el espíritu de los reyes de Media; porque contra Babilonia es su pensamiento para destruirla; porque venganza es del SEÑOR, venganza es de su templo.
Sharpen the arrows, fill the quivers. The Lord has raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes. And his mind is against Babylon, so that he may destroy her. For this is the vengeance of the Lord, the vengeance of his temple.
12 Levantad bandera sobre los muros de Babilonia, reforzad la guardia, poned centinelas, disponed celadas; porque deliberó el SEÑOR, y aun pondrá en efecto lo que dijo sobre los moradores de Babilonia.
Upon the walls of Babylon, lift up a sign. Increase the watch! Rouse the watchmen! Prepare ambushes! For the Lord has planned and has accomplished all that he has spoken, against the inhabitants of Babylon.
13 La que moras entre muchas aguas, rica en tesoros, ha venido tu fin, la medida de tu codicia.
You who live above many waters, rich in treasures: your end has arrived, your measure has been cut short.
14 El SEÑOR de los ejércitos juró por su vida, diciendo: Yo te llenaré de hombres como de langostas, y cantarán sobre ti canción de lagareros.
The Lord of hosts has sworn by himself, saying: “For I will fill you with men as with locusts, and they will sing a rhythmic chant against you.”
15 El es el que hace la tierra con su fortaleza, el que afirma el mundo con su sabiduría, y extiende los cielos con su entendimiento;
The One who made the earth by his strength, who prepared the world by his wisdom, and who stretched out the heavens by his prudence:
16 el que da con su voz multitud de aguas del cielo; después hace subir las nubes de lo postrero de la tierra; hace relámpagos con la lluvia, y saca el viento de sus tesoros.
when he utters his voice, the waters will be multiplied in the heavens. The One who lifts up the clouds from the ends of the earth: he has turned lightning into rain, and he has brought forth wind from his storehouses.
17 Todo hombre se ha vuelto carnal, y es sin ciencia; avergüéncese todo artífice de la escultura, porque mentira es su vaciadizo, que no tiene aliento.
Each man has become foolish before his own knowledge. Each sculptor has been confounded by his own sculpture. For what he has formed of them is a lie, and there is no spirit in them.
18 Vanidad son, obra de irrisiones; en el tiempo de su visitación perecerán.
They are empty works, deserving of ridicule. In the time of their visitation, they will perish.
19 No es como ellos la parte de Jacob; porque él es el Formador de todo; e Israel es la vara de su heredad, el SEÑOR de los ejércitos es su Nombre.
The portion of Jacob is not like their portion. For the One who made all things is his portion, and Israel is the scepter of his inheritance. The Lord of hosts is his name:
20 Martillo me sois, oh armas de guerra; y por medio de ti quebrantaré gentiles, y por medio de ti desharé reinos;
“For me, you strike together the instruments of war; and with you, I will strike together nations; and with you, I will scatter the kingdoms.
21 y por medio de ti quebrantaré caballos y sus cabalgadores, y por medio de ti quebrantaré carros y los que en ellos suben;
And with you, I will strike together the horse and his rider; and with you, I will strike together the chariot and its rider.
22 asímismo por medio de ti quebrantaré varones y mujeres, y por medio de ti quebrantaré viejos y mozos, y por medio de ti quebrantaré jóvenes y vírgenes;
And with you, I will strike together man and woman; and with you, I will strike together the old man and the boy; and with you, I will strike together the young man and the virgin.
23 también quebrantaré por medio de ti al pastor y a su manada; quebrantaré por medio de ti a labradores y sus yuntas; y duques y príncipes quebrantaré por medio de ti.
And with you, I will strike together the pastor and his flock; and with you, I will strike together the farmer and his yoke of oxen; and with you, I will strike together military leaders and civil leaders.
24 Y pagaré a Babilonia y a todos los moradores de Caldea, todo el mal de ellos que hicieron en Sion delante de vuestros ojos, dijo el SEÑOR.
And I will repay Babylon and all the inhabitants of Chaldea for all their evil that they have done in Zion, before your eyes, says the Lord.
25 He aquí yo contra ti, oh Monte destruidor, dijo el SEÑOR, que destruiste toda la tierra; y extenderé mi mano sobre ti, y te haré rodar de las peñas, y te tornaré monte quemado.
Behold, I am against you, you pestilent mountain, says the Lord, for you are corrupting the entire earth. And I will extend my hand over you, and I will roll you down from the rocks, and I will make you into a burning mountain.
26 Y nadie tomará de ti piedra para esquina, ni piedra para cimiento; porque perpetuos asolamientos serás, dijo el SEÑOR.
And they will not take from you a stone for the corner, nor a stone for the foundations. Instead, you will be destroyed unto eternity,” says the Lord.
27 Alzad bandera en la tierra, tocad trompeta entre los gentiles, apercibid naciones contra ella; juntad contra ella los reinos de Ararat, de Mini, y de Askenaz; señalad contra ella capitán, haced subir caballos como langostas erizadas.
Lift up a sign in the land! Sound the trumpet among the nations! Sanctify the nations against her. Announce against her the kings of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Number against her Taphsar. Lead in the horse, like the stinging locust.
28 Apercibid contra ella naciones; a reyes de Media, a sus capitanes, y a todos sus príncipes, y a toda la tierra de su señorío.
Sanctify the nations against her: the kings of Media, their military leaders, and all their civil leaders, and the entire land under their authority.
29 Y temblará la tierra, y se afligirá; porque confirmado es contra Babilonia todo el pensamiento del SEÑOR, para poner la tierra de Babilonia en soledad, y que no haya morador.
And the earth will be shaken and will be disturbed. For the plan of the Lord against Babylon will awaken, so that he may make the land of Babylon desolate and uninhabitable.
30 Los valientes de Babilonia dejaron de pelear, se estuvieron en sus fuertes; les faltó su fortaleza, se tornaron como mujeres; encendieron los enemigos sus casas, quebraron sus cerrojos.
The strong ones of Babylon have ceased to do battle. They have lived in fortresses. Their health has been devoured, and they have become like women. Her tabernacles have been set ablaze; her bars have been broken.
31 Correo se encontrará con correo, mensajero se encontrará con mensajero, para noticiar al rey de Babilonia que su ciudad es tomada por todas partes;
Runner will go forth to meet runner, and messenger will meet messenger, so as to tell the king of Babylon that his city has been captured, from one end to the other,
32 y los vados fueron tomados, y los carrizos fueron quemados a fuego, y se asombraron los hombres de guerra.
and that the fords were seized in advance, and that the marshes have been burned with fire, and that the men of war have been set in disarray.
33 Porque así dijo el SEÑOR de los ejércitos, Dios de Israel: La hija de Babilonia es como parva; tiempo es ya de trillarla; de aquí a poco le vendrá el tiempo de la siega.
For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor. This is the time of her threshing. A little while longer, and the time of her harvest will arrive.”
34 Me comió, me desmenuzó Nabucodonosor rey de Babilonia; me paró como vaso vacío; me tragó como dragón, llenó su vientre de mis delicadezas, y me echó.
“Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, has consumed me, has devoured me. He has made me like an empty vessel. He has swallowed me like a dragon. He has filled his belly with my tender ones, and he has cast me out.
35 Sobre Babilonia la violencia contra mí y mi carne, dirá la moradora de Sion; y mi sangre sobre los moradores de Caldea, dirá Jerusalén.
This iniquity is against me, and so my flesh is upon Babylon,” says the habitation of Zion. “And my blood is upon the inhabitants of Chaldea,” says Jerusalem.
36 Por tanto, así dijo el SEÑOR: He aquí que yo juzgo tu causa y haré tu venganza; y secaré su mar, y haré que quede seca su corriente.
Because of this, thus says the Lord: “Behold, I will judge your case, and I will avenge your vengeance, and I will make her sea into a desert, and I will dry up her spring.
37 Y será Babilonia para montones, morada de dragones, espanto y silbo, sin morador.
And Babylon will become a tumult, the habitation of dragons, an astonishment, and a hissing, because there is no inhabitant.
38 A una bramarán como leones; como cachorros de leones bramarán.
They will roar together, like lions, they will shake their manes, like young lions.
39 En su calor les pondré sus banquetes; y les haré que se embriaguen, para que se alegren, y duerman eterno sueño, y no despierten, dijo el SEÑOR.
In their heat, I will give them a drink, and I will inebriate them, so that they become drowsy, and sleep an everlasting sleep, and do not rise up, says the Lord.
40 Los haré traer como corderos al matadero, como carneros con cabros.
I will lead them away, like lambs to the slaughter, and like rams with young goats.
41 ¡Cómo fue presa Sesac, y fue tomada la que era alabada por toda la tierra! ¡Cómo fue Babilonia por espanto entre los gentiles!
How was Sesac captured, and how was the renowned one of all the earth seized? How has Babylon become an astonishment among the nations?
42 Subió el mar sobre Babilonia; de la multitud de sus ondas fue cubierta.
The sea has ascended over Babylon; she has been covered by the multitude of its waves.
43 Sus ciudades fueron asoladas, la tierra seca y desierta, tierra que no morará en ella nadie, ni pasará por ella hijo de hombre.
Her cities have become an astonishment, an uninhabited and desolate land, a land in which no one may live, nor may a son of man pass through it.
44 Y visitaré al mismo Bel en Babilonia, y sacaré de su boca lo que ha tragado; y no vendrán más a él gentiles; y el muro de Babilonia caerá.
And I will visit against Bel in Babylon, and I will cast from his mouth what he has swallowed. And the nations will no longer flow together before him. For even the wall of Babylon will also fall.
45 Salid de en medio de ella, pueblo mío, y salvad cada uno su vida de la ira del furor del SEÑOR.
Go forth from her midst, my people, so that each one may save his life from the wrath of the fury of the Lord.
46 Y para que no desmaye vuestro corazón, y temáis a causa de la noticia que se oirá por la tierra, en un año vendrá la noticia, y después en otro año el rumor, y luego vendrá la violencia en la tierra, y el enseñoreador sobre el que enseñorea.
For otherwise, your heart may faint, and you may be afraid at the news that is heard in the land. And the news will arrive within a year, and after that year more news will arrive. And iniquity will be in the land, and one ruler will be over another ruler.
47 Por tanto, he aquí vienen días que yo visitaré las esculturas de Babilonia, y toda su tierra será avergonzada, y todos sus muertos caerán en medio de ella.
Because of this, behold, the days are approaching, when I will visit against the graven images of Babylon. And her entire land will be confounded, and all her slain will fall in her midst.
48 Y los cielos y la tierra, y todo lo que está en ellos, darán alabanzas sobre Babilonia; porque del aquilón vendrán sobre ella destruidores, dijo el SEÑOR.
And the heavens and the earth, and all the things that are in them, will give praise over Babylon. For despoilers will approach her from the north, says the Lord.
49 Pues que Babilonia fue causa que cayesen muertos de Israel, también por causa de Babilonia cayeron muertos de toda la tierra.
And in the manner that Babylon has caused the slain to fall in Israel, so the slain of Babylon will fall over the entire earth.
50 Los que escapasteis del cuchillo, andad, no os detengáis; acordaos por muchos días del SEÑOR, y acordaos de Jerusalén.
You who have fled from the sword, approach, do not stand still. Remember from afar the Lord, and let Jerusalem rise up in your heart.
51 Estamos avergonzados, porque oímos la afrenta; confusión cubrió nuestros rostros, porque vinieron extranjeros contra los Santuarios de la Casa del SEÑOR.
We have been confounded, for we heard reproach. Shame has covered our faces, for strangers have overwhelmed the holiness of the house of the Lord.
52 Por tanto, he aquí vienen días, dijo el SEÑOR, que yo visitaré sus esculturas, y en toda su tierra gemirán los heridos de muerte.
Because of this, behold, the days are approaching, says the Lord, when I will visit against her graven images, and within all her land the wounded will groan.
53 Si subiese Babilonia al cielo, y si fortaleciere en lo alto su fuerza, de mí vendrán a ella destruidores, dijo el SEÑOR.
If Babylon were to ascend to heaven, and establish her strength on high, her despoilers would go forth from me, says the Lord.”
54 ¡Sonido de grito de Babilonia, y quebrantamiento grande de la tierra de los caldeos!
A voice of outcry from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!
55 Porque el SEÑOR destruye a Babilonia, y quitará de ella el mucho estruendo; y bramarán sus ondas, como muchas aguas será el sonido de la voz de ellos;
For the Lord has despoiled Babylon, and he has perished the great voice from her. And their wave will make a sound like many waters. Their voice has uttered a noise.
56 porque vino destruidor contra ella, contra Babilonia, y sus valientes fueron presos, el arco de ellos fue quebrado; porque el SEÑOR, Dios de retribuciones, dará la paga.
For the despoiler has overwhelmed her, that is, Babylon, and her strong ones have been apprehended, and their bow has been weakened. For the Lord, the powerful revenger, will certainly repay.
57 Y embriagaré a sus príncipes y a sus sabios, a sus capitanes y a sus nobles y sus fuertes; y dormirán sueño eterno y no despertarán, dice el Rey, el SEÑOR de los ejércitos es su Nombre.
“And I will inebriate her leaders, and her wise ones, and her military rulers, and her civil rulers, and her strong ones. And they will sleep an everlasting sleep, and they will not awaken,” says the King: the Lord of hosts is his name.
58 Así dijo el SEÑOR de los ejércitos: El muro ancho de Babilonia será derribado enteramente, y sus altas puertas serán quemadas a fuego; y en vano trabajarán pueblos y naciones en el fuego para salvarla, y se cansarán.
Thus says the Lord of hosts: “That very wide wall of Babylon will be utterly overturned, and her exalted gates will be burned with fire, and the labors of the people will be as nothing, and the labors of the nations will be sent into the fire and will perish.”
59 Palabra que envió Jeremías profeta a Seraías hijo de Nerías, hijo de Maasías, cuando iba con Sedequías rey de Judá a Babilonia, el cuarto año de su reinado. Y era Seraías el principal camarero.
The word that Jeremiah, the prophet, instructed to Seraiah, the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, when he traveled with king Zedekiah into Babylon, in the fourth year of his reign. Now Seraiah was the leader of the prophets.
60 Escribió, pues, Jeremías en un libro todo el mal que había de venir sobre Babilonia, todas las palabras que están escritas contra Babilonia.
And Jeremiah wrote in one book all the evil that was to overwhelm Babylon; all these words were written against Babylon.
61 Y dijo Jeremías a Seraías: Cuando llegares a Babilonia, y vieres y leyeres todas estas cosas,
And Jeremiah said to Seraiah: “When you will enter into Babylon, and you will see and read all these words,
62 dirás: Oh SEÑOR, tú has dicho contra este lugar que lo habías de talar, hasta no quedar en él morador, ni hombre ni animal, sino que para siempre ha de ser asolado.
you will say: ‘O Lord, you have spoken against this place so that you may destroy it, so that there would not be anyone, from man even to beast, who may live in it, and so that it may be desolate forever.’
63 Y será que cuando acabares de leer este libro, le atarás una piedra, y lo echarás en medio del Eufrates,
And when you will have completed reading this book, you will tie a stone to it, and you will cast it into the midst of the Euphrates.
64 y dirás: Así será anegada Babilonia, y no se levantará del mal que yo traigo sobre ella; y serán rendidos. Hasta aquí son las profecías de Jeremías.
And you will say: ‘So shall Babylon be submerged! And she will not rise up before the face of the affliction that I will lead over her. And she will be broken.’” The words of Jeremiah thus far.
