Jeremías 15

1 Entonces el Señor me dijo: Aunque Moisés y Samuel vinieran ante mí, Mi voluntad no está con este pueblo; aléjalos de delante de mí y déjalos ir.

Then Yahweh said [this] to me: “Even if Moses and Samuel could [come back from their graves and] and stand in front of me [and plead with me for these Israeli people], I would not act mercifully [IDM] toward these people. [I would tell you], ‘Send them away from me. Cause them to leave me!’

2 Y será cuando te digan: ¿A dónde iremos? entonces tienes que decirles: El Señor ha dicho: Los que son para la muerte, para la muerte; y los que son para la espada, para la espada; y los que se mueran de hambre, morirán de hambre; y como los que han de ser llevados prisioneros, serán prisioneros.

And if they ask you, ‘Where shall we go?’, tell them, ‘This is what Yahweh says: The ones that I say must die, will die: The ones that I say must die in wars [MTY], will die in wars. The ones that I say must die from hunger, will die from hunger. The ones that I say must be captured [and taken to other countries], will be captured [and taken to other countries].

3 Y pondré sobre ellos cuatro clases de males, dice el Señor: la espada que causa la muerte, los perros que arrastran a los cuerpos muertos, y las aves del cielo, y las bestias de la tierra para devorar sus cuerpos y destruirlos.

I will send four things that will get rid of them: I will send [enemy soldiers using] swords to kill them. I will send wild dogs to drag away [their corpses]. I will send vultures to eat [their corpses]. And I will send [other] wild animals to eat what remains [of their corpses].

4 Y les haré temer a todos los reinos de la tierra, a causa de Manasés, el hijo de Ezequías, rey de Judá, y lo que hizo en Jerusalén.

Because of [the wicked things that] King Manasseh did in Jerusalem, I will cause [people in] all the kingdoms of the earth to be horrified about [what will happen in Judah to] my people.

5 Porque ¿quién tendrá compasión de ti, oh Jerusalén? ¿Y quién tendrá pena por ti? o ¿quién va a salir de su camino para ver cómo estás?

You [people of], no one will [RHQ] feel sorry for you. No one will [RHQ] weep/cry for you. No one will [RHQ] ask (how you are/if you are well).

6 Me has dejado, dice el Señor, me diste la espalda, así que mi mano se extiende contra ti para tu destrucción; Estoy cansado de cambiar mi propósito.

You people have abandoned me; you have continued to walk away [from me] [DOU]. So, I will lift up my fist to smash you; I will not act mercifully toward you any longer.

7 Y les he esparcido como la paja a los lugares públicos de la tierra; Les he quitado a sus hijos; Yo he dado a mi pueblo a la destrucción; No se han apartado de sus caminos.

At the gates of your cities, I will [scatter you like a farmer scatters the chaff from his grain by] (winnowing it/throwing it up to allow the wind to blow the chaff away) [MET]. You, my people, have refused to turn away from your evil behavior. [So], I will get rid of you, and I will even cause your children to be killed.

8 He dejado que sus viudas se incrementen en número más que la arena de los mares; he enviado contra ellos, contra la madre y los jóvenes, al destructor al mediodía, causando dolor y pavor para venir sobre ella de repente.

I will cause there to be more widows [in Judah] than [there are grains of] sand on the seashore [HYP]. At noontime, [when people will not be expecting it to happen], I will cause [an enemy army] to attack you, an army that will destroy your young men and cause their mothers to weep. I will cause you to suddenly experience great suffering/pain and become very terrified.

9 La madre de siete no tiene fuerzas; su espíritu se ha ido de ella, su sol se ha puesto mientras aún es de día; ha sido avergonzada y vencida; y el resto de ellos los entregaré a la espada ante sus enemigos, dice el Señor.

A woman who has seven children will become faint and (gasp for breath/be hardly able to breathe); [it will be as though] daylight will become darkness for her, [because most of] her children will be dead, and she will be disgraced and humiliated [DOU]. And her children who are still alive, I will enable your enemies to kill them. [That will surely happen because I], Yahweh, have said it.’”

10 El dolor es mío, madre mía, porque me has dado a luz, ¡motivo de lucha y discusión en toda la tierra! No he convertido a los hombres en mis acreedores y no estoy en deuda con ninguno, pero cada uno de ellos me está maldiciendo.

[I said to] my mother, “I am very sad; I wish that you had not given birth to me; everyone in this land opposes me and quarrels with me. I am not a person who lends [money to people and threatens to sue/harm them if they do not pay me back when they should], and I am not a person who borrows [money from others and then refuses to pay it back], but everyone [HYP] curses me.”

11 Él Señor dijo: ciertamente te libraré para bien; haré que él enemigo te salga a recibir en él tiempo de calamidad y en él tiempo de angustia.

But Yahweh replied to me, “[Jeremiah], I will take care of you. And at times when your enemies have troubles and disasters, they will [come to you and] plead for you [to help them].”

12 ¿Es posible que se rompa el hierro? ¿Incluso hierro del norte, y él bronce?

[Yahweh also told me to say to the people] of Judah, “Your enemies, who are [as strong as] iron or bronze, [will attack you] from the north; no one will be able to stop them.

13 Daré tu riqueza y tus reservas a tus atacantes, sin precio, por todos tus pecados, incluso en cada parte de tus fronteras.

I will give all the valuable possessions [of the people of Judah] to their enemies, without them paying for it. Their valuable possessions will be the payment/reward [that I will give them] because of all the sins that you have committed throughout your country.

14 Se irán con tus enemigos a una tierra que te es extraña, porque mi ira está en llamas con una llama que arderá sobre ustedes.

I will tell your enemies to force you to become their prisoners, and to take you to other lands that you do not [even] know about, and force you to become their slaves. [That will happen] because I am extremely angry [with you]; my being angry is [like] [SIM] a fire that will burn forever.”

15 Señor, tú tienes conocimiento; tenme presente y ven en mi ayuda, y véngame de los que me están atacando; conforme a tu paciencia, no permitas que yo sea arrebatado; mira cómo he sufrido vergüenza por ti;

[Then I said], “Yahweh, you know [what is happening to me]. [Please] come and (help me/take care of me). Punish those who are (persecuting me/causing me to suffer). [Please] do not continue to be patient with them and do not allow me to die now. It is (for your sake/because I serve you) that I am suffering.

16 Pero para mí tu palabra es una alegría, que mi corazón se alegre; porque me llamas por tu nombre, oh Señor Dios de los ejércitos.

Yahweh my God, you are the Commander of the armies of angels; and when you spoke to me, I was delighted with your message; it caused me to be joyful, and I eagerly accepted [MET] what you said because I belong to you. [IDM, MTY]

17 No me senté entre la banda de los que se alegran, y no tuve alegría; Me quedé solo por tu mano; porque me has llenado de ira.

When the people were carousing together, I never joined them; I sat alone, because you [MTY] are the one who controls what I do. I was very angry [with those people because of their sins].

18 ¿Por qué mi dolor es interminable y mi herida sin esperanza de sanar? El dolor es mío, serás para mí como una corriente que ofrece falsas esperanzas y como aguas que no son seguras.

So, (why do you [allow] me to continue to suffer?/I do not understand why you allow me to continue to suffer.) [RHQ] It seems that [RHQ] my wounds cannot be healed. [Sometimes you help me, sometimes you do not help me]. It seems that you are as undependable as a brook that has water in it only during certain seasons; you are like a spring that has dried up.”

19 Por esta causa, el Señor ha dicho: Si vuelves, te dejaré tomar tu lugar delante de mí; y si sacaras lo valioso de lo vil, serás él que hablé de mi parte; que regresen ellos a ti, pero tu no no regreses a ellos.

Then Yahweh [replied], “If you begin again to [trust in] me, I will restore you, in order that you can continue to serve me. If you proclaim good/valuable messages and not worthless ones, you will continue to be the one who speaks what I tell you to say. You must cause the people to pay attention to what you say; you must not pay attention to what they say.

20 Y te haré un fuerte muro de bronce para este pueblo; lucharán contra ti, pero no te vencerán, porque yo estoy contigo para protegerte, dice el Señor.

They will fight against you, but I will protect you, like [SIM] people are protected from their enemies by a bronze wall. They will not defeat you, because I will be with you, and I will protect and rescue [DOU] you.

21 Te mantendré a salvo de las manos de los malhechores, y te daré la salvación de las manos de los crueles.

[Truly], I will keep you safe from those wicked people, I will rescue you when you are seized by cruel people. [That will happen because I], Yahweh, have said it.”