Jeremías 51
1 El Señor ha dicho: Mira, haré subir un viento de destrucción contra Babilonia y contra los que viven en Caldea;
This is what Yahweh says: “I will inspire/motivate [an army] to destroy Babylon [like a powerful] wind [MET], and [also] to destroy the people of Babylonia.
2 Y enviaré hombres a Babilonia para limpiarla y limpiar su tierra; porque en el día de la angustia pondrán sus tiendas contra ella por todos lados.
I will send a foreign army to come to get rid of Babylonia [like a strong wind] that blows away chaff. They will attack from every direction on that day of disaster.
3 Contra ella, el arco del arquero está doblado, y él se pone su coraza; no tengan piedad de sus jóvenes, entrega todo su ejército a la destrucción.
[I will tell them, ] ‘Do not allow the archers [of Babylon] to [have time to] put on their armor or draw their bows. Do not spare the young men of Babylon. Completely destroy their army.’
4 Y los muertos serán tendidos en la tierra de los caldeos, y los heridos en sus calles.
Their soldiers will fall dead in Babylonia; [they will die after being] wounded in the streets.
5 Porque Israel no ha sido abandonado, ni Judá, por su Dios, por el Señor de los ejércitos; aunque su tierra está llena de pecado contra el Santo de Israel.
[I, ] the Commander of the armies of angels, the Israelis’ God, have not abandoned Israel and Judah. [Even though] their land was full of people who sinned against [me], the Holy God of Israel, I am still their God.
6 Vete de Babilonia en fuga, para que todo hombre pueda conservar su vida; no mueran por causa de su maldad, porque es el tiempo del castigo del Señor; Él le dará su recompensa.
[You people of Israel and Judah, ] flee from Babylon! Run away from there! Do not stay there and be killed when I punish [the people of Babylon]! It will be the time when I will get revenge; I will do to them what they deserve.
7 Babilonia ha sido una copa de oro en la mano del Señor, que ha embriagado a toda la tierra con vino; las naciones han tomado de su vino, y por esta razón las naciones han perdido el sentido.
Babylon has been [like] [MET] a gold cup in my hand, [a cup that is full of wine] that caused people all over the earth [who drank some of it to become] drunk. [It is as though] the [rulers of] the nations drank the wine from Babylon, and it caused them to become crazy.
8 Es repentina la caída de Babilonia y su destrucción; clama de dolor por ella; traigan bálsamo para su dolor, es posible que se cure.
But suddenly Babylon will be conquered. [You foreigners who live in Babylon, ] weep for its people. Give them medicine for their wounds; perhaps they can be healed.”
9 Hemos curado a Babilonia, pero ella no se curó: déjala, y vámonos de aquí, todos a su país; porque su castigo se extiende hasta el cielo y se eleva hasta los cielos.
We [foreigners] would have [tried to] heal them, but [now] they cannot be healed. [So we will not try to help them; ] we will abandon them, and return to our own lands, because [it is as though] the punishment they are receiving is so great that it reaches up to the clouds in sky, [so great that no one can measure it].
10 El Señor ha dejado clara nuestra justicia; ven, y démosle cuenta en Sión de la obra del Señor nuestro Dios.
Yahweh has (vindicated us/shown that we were right); [so] let’s proclaim in Jerusalem everything that Yahweh our God has done [for us].
11 Haz brillar las flechas; pónganse las corazas; el Señor ha estado moviendo el espíritu del rey de los medos; porque su plan contra Babilonia es su destrucción; porque es el castigo del Señor, la venganza por su Templo.
[You enemy soldiers, ] sharpen your arrows! Lift up your shields, [because] Yahweh has incited your kings of Media [and Persia to march with their armies] to Babylon and to destroy it. That is how Yahweh will get revenge on [those foreigners who entered] his temple [in Jerusalem] and defiled it.
12 Dejen que la bandera se levante contra las paredes de Babilonia, refuercen la guardia, ponga a los vigilantes en su lugar, prepare un ataque sorpresa; porque es el propósito del Señor, y él ha hecho lo que dijo sobre el pueblo de babilonia.
Lift up a battle flag close to the walls of Babylon! (Reinforce the/Appoint more) guards, and tell the watchmen to stand [in their positions]! Prepare an ambush, because Yahweh is about to accomplish all that he has planned to do to the people of Babylon.
13 Oh, tú, cuyo lugar de vida está junto a las amplias aguas, cuyas riquezas son grandes, tu fin ha llegado, tu malvada codicia ha terminado.
Babylon is [a city] near the great [Euphrates] River, a city in which there are many rich people, but it is time for Babylon to be finished; the time [for the city] to exist is ended.
14 El Señor de los ejércitos ha hecho un juramento por sí mismo, diciendo: En verdad, te llenaré de hombres como de langostas, y sus voces de victoria contra ti.
The Commander of the armies of angels has solemnly promised, using his own name, “Your cities will be filled with your enemies; I will cause them to be like [SIM] a swarm of locusts; and they will shout triumphantly [when they conquer your city].”
15 Él ha hecho la tierra por su poder, ha establecido al mundo en su lugar por su sabiduría, y por su sabio diseño los cielos se han extendido:
Yahweh created the earth by his power; he established it by his wisdom, and he stretched out the sky by his understanding.
16 Al sonido de su voz hay un tumulto de las aguas en los cielos, y él hace que las nieblas suban desde los confines de la tierra; hace relámpagos para la lluvia y envía el viento desde sus depósitos.
When he speaks loudly, there is thunder in the sky; he causes clouds to form in every part of the earth. He sends lightning with the rain and releases the winds from his storehouses.
17 Entonces cada hombre se vuelve como una bestia sin conocimiento; Todos los trabajadores del oro son avergonzados por la imagen que han creado; porque su imagen de metal es un engaño, y no hay aliento en ellos.
People are senseless, and they know very little [HYP]; those who make idols are [always] disappointed, because their idols [do nothing for them]. The images/statues that they make are not real [gods]; they are lifeless.
18 No son nada, una obra de error; en el momento de su castigo, la destrucción los alcanzará.
Idols are worthless; they deserve to be ridiculed; there will be a time when they will [all] be destroyed.
19 La herencia de Jacob no es así; porque el creador de todas las cosas escogió a Israel como su propiedad; el Señor de los ejércitos es su nombre.
But the God whom [we] Israelis [worship] is not like those [idols]; he is the one who created everything [that exists]; [we], the people of Israel, belong to him; his name is ‘the Commander of the armies of angels’.
20 Tú eres mi hacha de combate y mi instrumento de guerra; contigo serán quebrantadas las naciones; contigo destruiré reinos;
Yahweh says [about the army of Babylonia] (OR, [about a nation that will attack Babylonia)], “You have been [like] [MET] my battle-axe and war-club; with your [power] I have shattered nations and destroyed [many] kingdoms.
21 Contigo, el caballo y el jinete serán quebrantados; contigo el carruaje de la guerra y el que entra será destrozado;
With your [power] I have shattered armies [of other nations]: I destroyed [their] horses and their riders, [their] chariots and [their] chariot-drivers.
22 Contigo, hombre y mujer serán quebrantados; contigo el viejo y el niño serán quebrantados; contigo el joven y la virgen serán quebrantados;
With your [power] I shattered men and women, old people and children, young men and young women.
23 Contigo será quebrantado el guardián de las ovejas con su rebaño, y contigo el granjero y sus bueyes serán quebrantados, y contigo serán quebrantados los capitanes y los gobernantes.
With your [power] I shattered shepherds and their flocks [of sheep], farmers and their oxen, governors and [their] officials.”
24 Y daré a Babilonia, y a toda la gente de Caldea, su recompensa por todo el mal que han hecho en Sión ante sus ojos, dice el Señor.
But, Yahweh [also] says, “[Soon] I will repay/punish [you] people in Babylon and in the rest of Babylonia for all the evil things that you have done in Jerusalem.
25 Mira, yo estoy contra ti, dice el Señor, oh montaña de destrucción, que causa la destrucción de toda la tierra; y extenderé mi mano sobre ti, derribándote de las rocas y quemándote montaña.
[Babylonia is] [APO] like [MET] a great mountain [from which bandits descend] to (plunder/steal things from) people all over the earth. But I, Yahweh, am the enemy of you [people of Babylonia]. I will raise my fist to strike you. I will knock you down from the cliffs and cause you to be [only] a huge pile of burned rubble.
26 Y no te quitarán una piedra para el ángulo de una pared o la base de un edificio; Pero serás un lugar inútil para siempre, dice el Señor.
Your [city] will be abandoned forever; [even] the stones in your [city] will never [again] be used for buildings. [Your city will be completely destroyed].”
27 Que se levante una bandera en la tierra, que suene el cuerno entre las naciones, que las naciones estén listas contra ella; reúne los reinos de Ararat, Mini y Asquenaz contra ella, prepara un escriba contra ella; Deja que los caballos se enfrenten a ella como langostas en masa.
[Tell] the nations to lift up a battle flag! [Tell them to] shout the battle-cry! Gather all their armies to fight against Babylon! Prepare the nations to attack Babylon. Summon [the armies of] the kingdoms [north of Babylonia]—from Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Appoint a commander for them, and bring [a great number of] horses; [there must be a huge number of horses]; that [huge number] will resemble [SIM] a swarm of locusts.
28 Prepara a las naciones para la guerra contra ella, el rey de los medos y sus gobernantes y todos sus capitanes, y toda la tierra bajo su gobierno.
Prepare the [armies of other nations], armies that will be led by the kings of Media [and Persia], their governors and [their] officials.
29 Y la tierra está temblando y con dolor; porque los propósitos del Señor son fijos, para hacer de la tierra de Babilonia una desolación sin habitantes.
[When they attack Babylon, it will be as though] the earth will shake and writhe [in pain], because [those armies] will accomplish everything that Yahweh has planned to do to Babylon; they will destroy it completely, [with the result that] no one will live there [again].
30 Los hombres de guerra de Babilonia se han alejado de la lucha, esperando en sus fortalezas; Su fuerza se ha agitado, se han vuelto como mujeres; sus casas han sido incendiadas, sus cerraduras están rotas.
[When their enemies attack], the strongest warriors in Babylon will not fight. They will remain in their barracks, without any strength. They will be as timid/weak as [SIM] women. [The enemy soldiers] will burn the buildings in the city and pull down the bars [of the city gates].
31 Un hombre, corriendo, le dará un mensaje a otro, y el que vaya con noticias se lo entregará a otro, para avisar al rey de Babilonia que su ciudad ha sido tomada por completo.
Messengers will go quickly, one after another, to tell the king that his city has been captured.
32 Y los caminos a través del río han sido tomados, y los carrizos han sido quemados con fuego, y los hombres de guerra se llenaron de miedo.
The places at which people can cross the river [to escape from the city] will be blocked. The dry reeds in the marshes/swamps will be set on fire, and the soldiers of Babylon will be terrified.
33 Porque estas son las palabras del Señor de los ejércitos, el Dios de Israel: La hija de Babilonia es como el piso de grano cuando es trillada; En poco tiempo, llegará el momento de su corte de grano.
This is what the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom [we] Israelis [worship], says; “Babylon is like [SIM] wheat on the ground where it is about to be threshed by [animals] tramping on it. Very soon [their enemies] will trample on [the city of] Babylon [MET].”
34 Nabucodonosor, rey de Babilonia, me ha devorado, me aplastó violentamente, me dejó como un vaso vacío sin nada, me tomó en la boca como un dragón, llenó su estómago con mis delicias, y me ha expulsado.
[The army of] Nebuchadnezzar, the King of Babylon, has attacked and crushed us [Israeli people], and we have no strength [left]. [It is as though] they have swallowed us like a [great] monster that filled its belly with all our tasty parts, and then has spit out [what it did not like].
35 Que las cosas violentas que me han hecho, y mi caída, vengan a Babilonia, dirá la hija de Sión; y “Que mi sangre sobre la gente de Caldea”, dirá Jerusalén.
[So] the people of [PRS] Jerusalem say [to Yahweh], “Cause the people of Babylon to suffer like they caused us to suffer! Cause the people of Babylonia to be punished for killing [MTY] our people!”
36 Por esta razón, el Señor ha dicho: Mira, defenderé tu causa y vengaré lo que has sufrido; secaré el mar, y secare sus manantiales.
And this is what Yahweh replies to the people of Jerusalem: “I will [be like your lawyer to] defend you, and I will avenge you. I will dry up the river in Babylon and [all] the springs of water.
37 Y Babilonia se convertirá en una masa de muros rotos, un agujero para los chacales, una causa de espanto y horror, sin un hombre vivo en ella.
Babylon will become a heap of ruins, a place where jackals/wolves live. It will become a place that people are horrified about and will ridicule; it will be a place where no one lives.
38 Estarán rugiendo juntos como leones, y gruñiran como cachorros.
The people of Babylon will [all] roar like young lions; they will growl like baby lions.
39 En su calor les pondré sus banquetes, haré una fiesta para ellos, y los emborracharé con vino, para que puedan quedar inconscientes, durmiendo un sueño eterno sin despertar, dice el Señor.
But while they are extremely hungry, I will prepare a [different kind of] feast for them. [It is as though] I will cause them to drink wine until they are very drunk, [with the result that] they will fall asleep. But they will never wake up from that sleep!
40 Los haré bajar a la muerte como corderos, como chivos y carneros.
I will bring them down to a place where they will be slaughtered, like [SIM] [someone who takes] lambs or rams or goats [to where they will be slaughtered for sacrifices].
41 ¡Cómo ha sido tomada Babilonia! la alabada de toda la tierra! ¿Cómo se ha convertido Babilonia en causa de espanto entre las naciones?
People all over the earth [now] (honor/praise) Babylon; they say that it is a great city. But I will cause it to become a [place about which people of all] nations are horrified.
42 Ha subido el mar sobre Babilonia; Ella está cubierta con la masa de sus olas.
The [enemies of Babylon] will cover the city [like] huge waves of the sea [DOU].
43 Sus pueblos se han convertido en un desperdicio, una tierra seca y sin agua, donde ningún hombre tiene su lugar de vida y ningún hijo de hombre pasa.
The towns in Babylonia will become ruins, Babylonia will become a dry desert area. It will be a land in which no one lives and which no one walks through.
44 Y enviaré un castigo a Bel en Babilonia, y sacaré de su boca lo que ha devorado; las naciones ya no correrán hacia él: en verdad, el muro de Babilonia se caerá.
And I will punish Bel, [the god that the people] of Babylon [worship], and I will cause the people to give back what they have stolen [MET]. [People of other] nations will no longer come to [worship] Bel. And the walls of Babylon will collapse.”
45 Pueblo mío, sal de ella, y que cada uno salga a salvo de la ira ardiente del Señor.
[Yahweh also says, ] “My people, come out of Babylon! Run away from there! Run, because [I], Yahweh, am extremely angry [MTY] [with the people of Babylon, and I will get rid of them]!
46 Para que tus corazones no se vuelvan débiles y llenos de temor a causa de las noticias que sucederán en la tierra; para una historia durará aproximadamente un año, y después de eso, en otro año, otra historia y actos violentos en la tierra, gobernante contra gobernante.
Do not be discouraged/worried [IDM] or afraid when you hear reports [about what is happening in Babylon]. People will report rumors like that every year, rumors about violent things being done in the land, and rumors about leaders fighting against each other.
47 Por esta causa, en verdad, vendrán días cuando enviaré el castigo a las imágenes de Babilonia, y toda su tierra será avergonzada, y sus muertos caerán en ella.
But it will soon be the time for me to get rid of the idols in Babylon. [People all over] the land will be ashamed [because of being defeated]; and the corpses of their [soldiers] will lie in the streets.
48 Y el cielo y la tierra y todo lo que hay en ellos, cantarán de alegría sobre Babilonia; porque los destructores vendrán del norte, dice el Señor.
Then all [the angels in] heaven and all the [people on] [PRS] the earth will rejoice, because from the north will come [armies] that will destroy Babylon.
49 Así como Babilonia mando a los muertos de Israel a la espada, así por Babilonia cayeron los muertos de toda la tierra.
Like [the soldiers of Babylon] killed the people of Israel and [also] killed others all over the world [HYP], [the people of] Babylon must also be killed.
50 Ustedes que se han salvado de la espada, huyan y no se detengan; tengan al Señor en la memoria cuando esté lejos, y tengan presente a Jerusalén.
You [Israeli people] who have not been killed [MTY], get out of Babylon! Do not wait! [Even though you are in a land] far away [from Israel], think about Yahweh, and think about Jerusalem!”
51 Estamos decepcionados porque han llegado a nuestros oídos palabras amargas; nuestros rostros están cubiertos de vergüenza, porque hombres extranjeros han venido a los lugares sagrados de la casa del Señor.
[The Israeli people say], “We are ashamed. We are completely disgraced [DOU], because foreigners have entered Yahweh’s temple [and (defiled it/caused it to become unfit for worship)].”
52 Por esta razón, mira, vienen días, dice el Señor, cuando enviaré un castigo a sus imágenes; y en toda su tierra los heridos estarán gritando de dolor.
Yahweh replies, “[That is true], but there will soon be a time when I will destroy the idols in Babylon, and throughout Babylonia there will be wounded people who will groan.
53 Aun si Babilonia fuera elevada al cielo, y fortifique en lo alto su fortaleza, enviaría contra ella a aquellos que la destruirán, dice el Señor.
Even if [the walls around] Babylon could extend up to the sky, and if its walls/fortifications were extremely strong, I will send [armies] that will destroy the city. [That will surely happen because I, ] Yahweh, have said it.”
54 Se oye un grito de Babilonia, y una gran destrucción de la tierra de los caldeos:
Listen to [the people of] Babylon crying [for help]! And listen to the sounds of things being destroyed all over Babylonia!
55 Porque el Señor está destruyendo Babilonia y poniendo fin a la gran voz que sale de ella; y sus olas retumban como grandes aguas, su voz suena fuerte:
Yahweh will be destroying Babylon. He will cause the loud noises in the city to cease.
56 Porque el destructor ha venido a ella, incluso a Babilonia, y sus hombres de guerra son tomados, sus arcos están rotos: porque el Señor es un Dios que recompensa, y ciertamente dará su pago.
Enemy troops will surge against the city like [SIM] a great wave. They will capture the city’s mighty soldiers and break their weapons. [That will happen] because Yahweh is a God who punishes [his enemies] justly; he will punish them as they deserve.
57 Y haré que sus jefes y sus hombres sabios, sus gobernantes y sus capitanes y sus hombres de guerra, vencidos por vino; su sueño será un sueño eterno sin despertar, dice el Rey; El señor de los ejércitos es su nombre.
The king, the Commander of the armies of angels says, “I will cause the city officials and wise men, the army captains and soldiers [in Babylon] to become drunk. They will fall asleep, but they will never wake up [again]!”
58 El Señor de los ejércitos ha dicho: los anchos muros de Babilonia estarán completamente derribados y sus altas puertas serán quemadas con fuego; así que los pueblos continúan trabajando para nada, y el cansancio de las naciones termina en el humo.
Yahweh also says, “The thick walls around Babylon will be flattened to the ground. The city gates will be burned. People [from other countries] will work hard [to save the city], but it will be (in vain/useless), because everything [that they have built] will be destroyed by fire.”
59 El orden que el profeta Jeremías dio a Seraías, el hijo de Nerías, el hijo de Maasias, cuando iba con Sedequías, rey de Judá, a Babilonia en el cuarto año de su gobierno. Ahora Seraías era el controlador principal de la casa.
Seraiah was the man who made arrangements for the King of Babylon [whenever he traveled]. He was the son of Neraiah and grandson of Mahseiah. When he was about to go to Babylon with King Zedekiah, after Zedekiah had been ruling Judah for almost four years, the prophet Jeremiah gave him a message.
60 Y Jeremías puso en un libro todo el mal que vendría sobre Babilonia.
Jeremiah had written on a scroll a list of all the disasters that he had written about, disasters that would soon occur in Babylon.
61 Y Jeremías dijo a Seraías: Cuando vengas a Babilonia, asegúrate de darles todas estas palabras;
He said to Seraiah, “When you arrive in Babylon, read [aloud] everything that I have written [on this scroll].
62 Y después de leerlos, di: Señor, has dicho acerca de este lugar que has destruirlo, para que nadie viva en él, ni un hombre ni una bestia, desolación eterna será.
Then pray, ‘Yahweh, you said that you will thoroughly destroy Babylon, with the result that people and animals will no [longer] live there. You said that it will be desolate forever.’
63 Y será que, cuando hayas terminado de leer este libro, debes tener una piedra atarle una piedra, y dejarla caer en el río Eufrates:
[Then], when you have finished reading [what I have written on] the scroll, tie it to a [heavy] stone and throw it into the Euphrates [River].
64 Y tienes que decir: Entonces Babilonia descenderá, y nunca más volverá a ser levantada, por el mal que yo le enviaré; y el cansancio los vencerá. Hasta ahora, estas son las palabras de Jeremías.
Then say, ‘In the same way, Babylon [and its people] will disappear and never exist again, because of the disasters that Yahweh will cause to occur there’” That is the end of Jeremiah’s messages.
