Jeremías 25
1 La palabra que vino a Jeremías acerca de todo el pueblo de Judá en el cuarto año de Joacim, hijo de Josías, rey de Judá; Este fue el primer año de Nabucodonosor, rey de Babilonia.
After Jehoiakim had been ruling Judah for almost four years, Yahweh gave me this message for all the people of Judah. It was during the year that King Nebuchadnezzar started to rule in Babylon.
2 Esta palabra Jeremías repartió a todo el pueblo de Judá y a los que viven en Jerusalén, diciendo:
I spoke this message to all the people in Jerusalem and [other places in] Judah:
3 Desde el año trece de Josías, hijo de Amón, rey de Judá, hasta el día de hoy, durante veintitrés años, la palabra del Señor ha venido a mí, levantándose temprano, y te la he dado y he hablado con ustedes; pero no le has dado oído.
“Yahweh has been giving me messages for 23 years. He started giving me messages when Josiah, the son of Amon, had been ruling Judah for almost 13 years. And I have faithfully told you those messages, but you have not paid any attention to them.
4 Y el Señor te envió a todos sus siervos los profetas, levantándose temprano y hablándoles; pero no han prestado atención y su oído no ha estado abierto para escuchar;
Many times Yahweh has sent to you the prophets who served him, but you have not listened to them or paid any attention to what they said.
5 Diciendo: Regresen ahora, todos, de su mal camino y del mal de sus obras, y guarden su lugar en la tierra que el Señor les ha dado a ustedes y a sus padres, desde tiempos remotos, incluso para siempre:
Each time their message was this: ‘Turn from all your evil behavior [MET], from all the evil things that you have continually been doing. If you do that, you will be able to stay in this land that Yahweh gave to you and to your ancestors, [to belong to you] forever.
6 No vayas tras otros dioses para ser sus sirvientes y darles adoración, y no me hagan enojar con la obra de sus manos, y no les haré ningún mal.
Do not cause Yahweh to become angry by serving and worshiping idols that you have made with your hands. If you do not cause him to be angry, he will not punish/harm you.’
7 Pero no me han oído, dice el Señor; así que me han hecho enojar con la obra de sus manos, causando el mal a ustedes mismos.
And Yahweh says, ‘But you would not pay attention to the messages that I [gave to those prophets]. You caused me to become extremely angry by [your worshiping idols] that you had made with your own hands. That resulted in my punishing you.
8 Esto es lo que ha dicho el Señor de los ejércitos: Porque no has escuchado mis palabras,
So [now, I], the Commander of the armies of angels, say that because you have not paid attention to what I said,
9 Mira, enviaré y tomaré a todas las familias del norte, dice el Señor, y Nabucodonosor, rey de Babilonia, mi siervo, y haré que vengan contra esta tierra, y contra su pueblo, y contra todas estas naciones por todos lados; y los entregaré a la destrucción completa, y los convertiré en una causa de espanto, burla y desolación y para siempre.
I will gather all [the armies of] the nations that will come from the northeast. I have appointed King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon to lead them. I have appointed him to do my work for me. I will bring those [armies] to attack this land and nearby countries. I will completely destroy them, and cause them to be places that people are horrified about, and that people will (ridicule/act contemptuously toward), places that will be ruined forever.
10 Y más que esto, tomaré de ellos el sonido de voces de gozo, la voz de alegría, la voz del hombre recién casado y la voz de la novia, el sonido de las piedras aplastando el grano, y el brillo de las luces.
I will cause happy singing and laughing to cease in your land. There will no longer be brides and bridegrooms talking [joyfully]. There will not be the sound of people grinding [grain] with millstones. There will be no lamps lit [in your houses].
11 Toda esta tierra será ruinas y desolación; y estas naciones serán los siervos del rey de Babilonia por setenta años.
All of this land will become a desert where no one will live. And [the people of] Israel and of the nearby countries will [will be exiled to Babylonia and] (work for/be slaves of) the kings of Babylon for seventy years.
12 Y después de que hayan transcurrido setenta años, sucederá que enviaré castigo al rey de Babilonia y a esa nación, dice el Señor, por su maldad y sobre la tierra de los caldeos; Y lo haré una desolación para siempre.
Then, after [they have been in Babylonia for] seventy years, I will punish the King of Babylonia and his people for the sins that they have committed. I will cause Babylonia to become a wasteland/desert forever.
13 Y haré que esa tierra se someta a todo lo que he dicho en contra, incluso a todo lo que figura en este libro, que el profeta Jeremías dijo contra todas las naciones.
I will cause them to experience all the terrible things that Jeremiah has written about—all the punishments that he predicted will happen to all those nations.
14 Porque varias naciones y grandes reyes harán de ellos sirvientes, incluso de ellos; y les daré la recompensa de sus actos, incluso la recompensa de la obra de sus manos.
The leaders of many nations will cause the people of Babylonia to become their slaves, like the people of Babylonia caused my people to become slaves. I will punish them like they deserve for [having caused my people to suffer].’”
15 Porque esto es lo que el Señor, el Dios de Israel, me ha dicho: Toma de la mano la copa del vino de esta ira, y haz que tomen de ella todas las naciones a las que te envío.
Then Yahweh, the God [we] Israelis [worship], gave me [a vision. In the vision he was holding a cup of wine]. He said, “Take from me this cup that is full of [wine that represents] punishment [MTY]. I will cause all [the leaders of] the nations to which I will send you to drink [some of] the wine in this cup.
16 Y después de beberlo, se moverán violentamente, y se enloquecerán, a causa de la espada que enviaré entre ellas.
When they drink [the wine], they will stagger and act like crazy people, because [they will realize that] I will (massacre many of their people/cause many of their people to be killed) [MTY] with swords.”
17 Entonces tomé la copa de la mano del Señor, y di de ella una bebida a todas las naciones a quienes el Señor me envió;
So, [in the vision, ] I took that cup [full of wine] from Yahweh, and I took it to all the nations to which he sent me, and caused [the leaders of those] nations to drink [some of that wine].
18 Jerusalén y los pueblos de Judá y sus reyes y sus príncipes, para convertirlos en un lugar desolado, causa de horror, burla y espanto como una maldición, como lo es este día;
[I went to] Jerusalem and the [other] towns in Judah, and the king and [the other] officials drank [some of the wine] from that cup. And, starting from that day, they all [eventually] were removed from having authority, and became [people whom others] (ridiculed/acted contemptuously towards), who were despised, and cursed.
19 Faraón, rey de Egipto, y sus siervos y sus príncipes y todo su pueblo;
[In the vision I went to] Egypt [and gave some of the wine] to the king and his officials and many of his people,
20 Y todas las personas mixtas y todos los reyes de la tierra de Uz, y todos los reyes de la tierra de los filisteos, y Ascalón y Gaza y Ecrón y el resto de Asdod;
and to foreigners who were living there. [In the vision I also went to] Uz land and to Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and Ashdod [cities and gave some of the wine] to the kings [of those places].
21 Edom y Moab y los hijos de Amón,
[Then in the vision I went to the] Edom, Moab, and Ammon [people-groups],
22 Y todos los reyes de Tiro, y todos los reyes de Sidón, y los reyes de las tierras al otro lado del mar;
and to Tyre and Sidon [cities] and to areas across the [Mediterranean] Sea, and [gave some of the wine] to the kings [of those places].
23 Dedán y Tema y Buz, y hasta lo más recóndito de la tierra;
[In the vision I then went] to Dedan, Tema, and Buz [cities in Arabia] and to other distant places (OR, places where people cut their hair short), [and gave some of the wine to leaders in those areas].
24 Y todos los reyes de Arabia, y todos los reyes de las diversas razas que viven en el desierto;
[In the vision I also went to other places in] Arabia and to the [kings of tribes] in the desert
25 Y todos los reyes de Zimri, y todos los reyes de Elam, y todos los reyes de los medos;
and to the kings of the Zimri, Elam, and Media [people-groups],
26 Y todos los reyes del norte, lejanos y cercanos, unos con otros; y todos los reinos del mundo sobre la faz de la tierra. por último beberá él rey de babilonia.
and to kings in countries to the north that are near [to Israel] and to countries that are far [from Israel], one after the other— [I went to] all the kingdoms in the world [HYP]. And finally, [in my vision I went to] Babylon, and gave [some of] the wine to the king of Babylon—the wine [that symbolized that Yahweh would punish the people of Babylon because he was angry with them] [MTY].
27 Y debes decirles: Esto es lo que ha dicho el Señor de los ejércitos, el Dios de Israel: Tomen de esta copa y emborráchense, vomiten, y que caigan al suelo para no levantarse; por la espada que enviaré en medio de ustedes.
Then [in the vision Yahweh said to me], “Tell them that this is what the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom we Israelis [worship], says: ‘Drink [from this cup some of the wine that represents the punishment that I will give you]. Drink [a lot of it] and become drunk and vomit. You will fall down and not get up again, because I will cause you to be killed in wars [MTY] that I will send to you.
28 Y será que si no toman la copa en tu mano, entonces debes decirles: Esto es lo que ha dicho el Señor de los ejércitos: Ciertamente la beberás.
If any of those to whom you give this wine [MTY] refuse to drink it, tell them that the Commander of the armies of angels says that they must drink it.
29 Para ver, estoy empezando a enviar el mal a la ciudad que se llama por Mí nombre, ¿y estarás sin castigo? No estarás sin castigo, porque enviaré una espada a todas las personas que viven en la tierra, dice el Señor de los ejércitos.
I am starting to cause the people of my own city to experience disaster. [Do you think that] you should not be punished [RHQ]? No, you will surely be punished [LIT] because I am causing there to be wars in all the nations on the earth. [That will surely happen because] I, the Commander of the armies of angels, have said it.’
30 Entonces, como profeta, di estas palabras entre ellos y diles: La voz del Señor sonará como un rugido de león de lo alto; enviará su voz desde su lugar santo, como él rugir de un león, contra su rebaño; Él dará un grito, como los que están triturando las uvas, contra todas las personas de la tierra.
Now tell them all those things that I have said, and also say this to them: ‘Yahweh will [shout to them] from his holy dwelling [in heaven] [MTY] and [it will sound like] the roar of a lion. He will shout like [SIM] people shout when they are treading on grapes [to make juice for wine]; he will shout to everyone on the earth.
31 Un ruido vendrá hasta el fin de la tierra; porque el Señor tiene una causa contra las naciones, él dará su decisión contra toda carne; En cuanto a los que hacen el mal, los entregará a la espada, dice el Señor.
Even people in very remote places around the earth will hear him shouting, because he will say why he will judge and punish all the nations. He will cause the wicked people to be slaughtered with swords. [That will surely happen because] Yahweh has said it.’
32 Esto es lo que dijo el Señor de los ejércitos: mira, el mal está saliendo de nación en nación, y una gran tormenta subirá desde las partes más internas de la tierra.
Then tell them that this is what the Commander of the armies of angels says: ‘Listen to this! There will be disasters in one nation after another. [I am preparing to punish them like] [MET] a great storm that starts in the most distant places on the earth.
33 Y en ese día, los cuerpos de aquellos a quienes el Señor ha dado muerte serán vistos desde un extremo de la tierra hasta el otro extremo de la tierra; no habrá llanto para ellos, nadie recogerá sus cadáveres para enterrarlos; serán como estiércol sobre la faz de la tierra.
When that happens, [the corpses of] those whom I have [caused to be] slaughtered will fill the earth from the east to the west. And no one will mourn for them, and no one will gather their corpses to bury them. They will be [scattered] on the ground like manure.
34 Den gritos de dolor, pastores de ovejas; Griten pidiendo ayuda, revuélquense en la ceniza, guías del rebaño, porque han llegado los días de su destrucción y matanza; los enviaré en todas direcciones, y su caída será como vaso preciado.
You [evil] leaders, weep and moan! You who should take care of my people, [fall down and] roll in the dust/dirt. It is time for you to be slaughtered; you will fall down and be shattered like a fragile vase [shatters when it falls to the ground].
35 No habrá forma de huir para los poseedores de ovejas, ni camino para que los jefes del rebaño escapen sanos y salvos.
You will not find any place to hide, there will be no place to which you can escape.
36 ¡Voz del clamor de los pastores de las ovejas, y el amargo llanto de los mayorales del rebaño! porque el Señor ha hecho perder sus verdes campos.
[People will] listen to your leaders crying when [I], Yahweh, am ruining your nation.
37 Y no hay sonido en los campos apacibles, a causa de la ira ardiente del Señor.
Your peaceful meadows will become a wasteland/desert because I will be extremely angry.
38 El león ha salido de su lugar secreto, porque la tierra se ha convertido en desolación debido a la espada opresora y al calor de su ira.
I will leave [my dwelling like] [SIM] a lion leaves its den [to attack other animals], and I will cause your land to become desolate when I, because I am very angry [with you], cause [your enemies to slaughter you with their] swords.’”
