Jeremías 5
1 Recorre rápidamente las calles de Jerusalén y ve ahora, adquiere conocimiento y busca en sus lugares amplios si hay un hombre, si hay uno que sea recto, que mantenga la fe; y ella tendrá mi perdón.
[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 aunque dicen: Por el Señor viviente; Verdaderamente sus juramentos son falsos.
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, ¿no ven tus ojos buena fe? Les has dado un castigo, pero no les dolió; les enviaste destrucción, pero rehusaron recibir corrección; les endureció la cara más que una roca; han rechazado arrepentirse.
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 Entonces dije: Pero estos son los pobres; son tontos, porque no tienen conocimiento del camino del Señor ni del comportamiento deseado por 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 hombres y hablaré con ellos; porque tienen conocimiento del camino del Señor y del comportamiento deseado por su Dios. Pero en cuanto a estos, también quebrantaron el yugo y 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 Y así, un león del bosque los matará, un lobo del desierto los destruirá, un leopardo vigilará sus pueblos, y todos los que salgan de ellos serán alimento para las bestias; por el gran número de sus pecados y el aumento de sus malas acciones.
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 es posible que tengas mi perdón por esto? tus hijos me han abandonado, dando su juramento para aquellos que no es Dios; cuando les había dado comida en toda su medida, eran infieles a sus esposas, complaciéndose en las casas de rameras en compañía.
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 Estaban llenos de deseo, como caballos después de una comida de grano; todos iban tras la esposa de su vecino.
[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 debo castigar por estas cosas? dice el Señor: ¿no he de dar su merecido a una nación como esta?
(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 Sube sus paredes y haz destrucción; pero no los destruyas por completo; quita sus ramas, porque no son las 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 el pueblo de Israel y el pueblo de Judá han sido desleales conmigo, dice el Señor.
The people of Israel and Judah have turned away from me completely.’
12 Negaron al Señor, diciendo: él no es, Él no hará nada, y ningún mal vendrá a nosotros; no veremos la espada 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 Y los profetas se convertirán en viento, y la palabra no está en ellos; así se les hará.
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 esta razón, el Señor, el Dios de los ejércitos, ha dicho; Por lo que has dicho, haré que mis palabras en tu boca se conviertan en fuego, y esta gente en madera, y serán quemados por ella.
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 Mira, te enviaré una nación de muy lejos, oh pueblo de Israel, dice el Señor; una nación fuerte y una nación antigua, una nación cuyo lenguaje te es extraño, para que no puedas percibir el sentido de sus palabras.
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 Sus flechas dan muerte segura, todos son hombres de guerra.
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 Ellos comerán todo lo que produzcan en tus campos, que habría sido alimento para tus hijos y tus hijas: comerán tus rebaños y reses; comerán todas tus viñedos y tus higueras: y con la Espada destruirán tus ciudades amuralladas en que tu confias.
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 aun en esos días, dice el Señor, no permitiré que tu destrucción sea completa.
But even when those things happen, I will not get rid of all of you.
19 Y sucederá cuando digas: ¿Por qué el Señor nuestro Dios nos ha hecho todas estas cosas? les dirás: “Así como abandonaron al Señor, haciéndote siervos de dioses extraños en su propia tierra, serán siervos de hombres extranjeros en una tierra que no es tuya”.
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 Di esto abiertamente en la casa de Jacob y procamenlo en Judá, diciendo:
[Yahweh said to me], “Proclaim this to the people of Israel and Judah:
21 Escuchen ahora esto, oh necios sin entendimiento; que tienen ojos pero no ven nada, y oídos sin el poder de oír.
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 ¿No me temes? dice el Señor ¿No tiemblan de miedo ante mí, que he puesto la arena como límite para el mar, por un orden eterno, para que no pueda pasarlo? y aunque está siempre en movimiento, no puede seguir su camino; Aunque el sonido de sus ondas es fuerte, no pueden pasarlo.
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 el corazón de este pueblo está descontrolado y rebelde; Me han abandonado y se han ido.
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 dicen en sus corazones: Ahora, adoremos a nuestro Dios, que da la lluvia, el invierno y la lluvia de la primavera, en el momento adecuado; Quién nos guarda las semanas ordenadas del corte de grano.
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 Por tu maldad, estas cosas han sido rechazadas y tus pecados te han ocultado 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 hay pecadores entre mi pueblo; ellos vigilan, como los hombres que observan las aves; Ponen una red y se llevan 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 la casa de las aves está llena de pájaros, también están sus casas llenas de engaño; por esta razón se han hecho grandes y tienen riqueza.
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 Se han vuelto gordos y fuertes; han ido muy lejos en las obras del mal; no apoyan la causa del huérfano, para que prospere; Ni defienden los derechos del pobre.
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 debo castigar por estas cosas? dice el Señor: ¿no he de dar su merecido a una nación como esta?
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 Una cosa de asombro y temor ha ocurrido en la tierra;
Very appalling/horrible and terrible [DOU] things are happening in this country:
31 Los profetas dan palabras falsas y los sacerdotes toman decisiones por su cuenta; y mi gente se alegra de tenerlo así, ¿y qué harás al final?
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]?”
