Jeremías 8

1 En ese momento, dice el Señor, tomarán los huesos de los reyes de Judá, los huesos de sus gobernantes, los huesos de los sacerdotes, los huesos de los profetas, y los huesos de la gente de Jerusalén fuera de sus tumbas:

Yahweh says, “At the time [that your corpses are scattered on the ground], [your enemies will] break open the graves of your kings and [other] officials who lived in Judah, and the graves of your priests and prophets and other people who lived there.

2 Y los sacarán al sol, a la luna y a todas las estrellas del cielo, cuyos amantes y siervos han sido, quienes han seguido, a quienes han consultado y a quienes han dado adoración; no serán puestos juntos para enterrarlos; serán como estiércol sobre la faz de la tierra.

They will take out their bones [from their graves] and [dishonor them by] scattering them on the ground under the sun and the moon and the stars— those are the gods which my people loved and served and worshiped. No one will gather up their bones and bury them [again]; they will remain scattered on the ground like dung.

3 Y la muerte será deseada más que la vida por el resto de esta familia malvada que todavía vive en todos los lugares donde los he enviado, dice el Señor de los ejércitos.

And all the people of this wicked nation [who are still alive and] whom I have exiled to other countries will say, ‘We would prefer to die than to continue to stay alive [here in these countries].’ [That will be true because I], Yahweh, have said it.”

4 Además, debes decirles: Esto es lo que el Señor ha dicho: ¿No volverán a ser levantados los que están cayendo? ¿No volverá el que se ha ido?

[Yahweh said to me, “Jeremiah], tell the people that this is what [I], Yahweh, am saying to them: ‘When people fall down, they get up again, do they not [RHQ]? When people are going along a road and find out that they are walking on the wrong road, they go back [and find the correct road], do they not [RHQ]?

5 ¿Por qué estas personas de Jerusalén se han desviado en rebeldía perpetua? no renunciarán a su engaño, rehúsan volver.

[Yes, they do], so why do these people [of Judah] continue [trusting in those idols that have deceived them]? They continue turning away from me, [even though I have warned them].

6 Escuché y oí, pero nadie dijo lo que es correcto; ningún hombre se arrepintió de su maldad, diciendo: ¿Qué he hecho? Todo el mundo sigue su camino como un caballo que se apresura a la lucha.

I have listened carefully [DOU] [to what they say], but they do not say what they should say. Not one of them is sorry for having sinned. No one says, “I have done [RHQ] wicked things.” They are [sinning and] doing what they want to as fast as [SIM] a horse that is running into a battle.

7 En verdad, la cigüeña en los cielos es consciente de sus tiempos fijos; la paloma y la golondrina y la grulla siguen los tiempos de su venida; pero mi pueblo no tiene conocimiento de la ley del Señor.

All the birds [that fly south for the (winter/cold season)] know the time that they need to fly south, and they all return at the right time the following year. But my people [are not like those birds]! They do not know what [I], Yahweh, require them to do.

8 ¿Cómo es que dicen: Somos sabios y la ley del Señor está con nosotros? Pero mira, la pluma falsa de los escribas lo ha hecho mentira.

Your men who teach you [the laws that Moses wrote] have been saying false things [about those laws]. [So], why [RHQ] do they [continue] saying, “We are [very] wise [because] we have the laws of Yahweh”?

9 Los sabios son avergonzados, vencidos por el temor y tomados; mira, han abandonado la palabra del Señor; ¿Y de qué les sirve su sabiduría?

Those teachers, who think that [IRO] they are wise, will be ashamed/disgraced and dismayed when they are taken [to other countries by their enemies] because they sinned by rejecting what I told them. Truly, they were not [RHQ] very wise to do that!

10 Así que daré sus esposas a otros, y sus campos a aquellos que las tomarán para sí mismos; para todos, desde los más pequeños hasta los más grandes, sólo codician la avaricia, el dinero para obtener dinero; desde el sacerdote hasta el profeta, todos son falsos.

So, I will give their wives to other men; I will give their fields to [the enemy soldiers] who conquer them. All the people, including those who are important and those who are not important, deceive [others] in order to obtain their possessions. Even [my] prophets and my priests do that.

11 E hicieron poco de las heridas de la hija de Sión, diciendo: Paz, paz; cuando no hay paz.

[They act as though the sins of my people] are not serious, [like] [MET] wounds that do not need to be cleaned and bandaged. They tell the people that everything will go well with them, [but that is not true]; things will not go well with them.

12 Sean avergonzados porque han hecho cosas repugnantes. No tuvieron vergüenza, no pudieron enrojecerse de la vergüenza; entonces caerán con los que caen, en el momento de su castigo serán humillados, dice el Señor.

They should be [RHQ] ashamed when they do disgusting things [RHQ], but they do not even know how to show on their faces that they are ashamed [about their sins]. So, [they will be killed, and] their corpses [also] will lie among the corpses of others who have been slaughtered [by their enemies]. They will be killed when I punish them.

13 Terminaré con ellos por completo, dice el Señor; no hay uvas en la vid ni higos en la higuera, y la hoja está seca, todo lo que les he dado se les quitará.

I will [allow their enemies to] take away the figs and grapes that the people would have harvested from their fields. Their fruit trees will all wither. They will not receive [all] the blessings that I prepared for them. [This will certainly happen because I], Yahweh, have said it.’”

14 ¿Por qué estamos sentados sin hacer nada? vengan juntos, y vayamos a los pueblos amurallados, y dejemos que la destrucción nos alcance allí, porque el Señor nuestro Dios nos envió la destrucción, y nos dio agua amarga para nuestra bebida, porque hemos hecho el mal contra el Señor.

[Then the people will say], “(Why should we wait here [in these small towns]?/We should not wait here [in these small towns].) [RHQ]! We should go to the cities that have high walls around them, [but even if we do that] we will be killed there, because Yahweh our God has decided that we must be destroyed; [it is as though] [MET] he has given us a cup of poison to drink, because we sinned against him.

15 Buscábamos paz, pero no vino nada bueno; y por un tiempo de bienestar, pero solo hay un gran temor.

We hoped/desired that things would go well for us, but things have not gone well. We hoped that bad things would not happen to us any more, but only things that terrify us [are happening to us].

16 Desde Dan nos llega a los oídos los relinchos de los caballos; al oír el clamor de sus caballos de guerra, toda la tierra tiembla de miedo; porque han venido, y han devorado toda la tierra y todo lo que hay en ella; El pueblo y la gente que vive en ella.

People [far north in Israel] in [the city of] Dan can already hear the snorting of the horses of their enemies [who are preparing to attack us]. [It is as though] the entire land [of Judah] is shaking as their army approaches; they are coming to destroy our land and everything in it, the people and the cities.”

17 Mira, enviaré serpientes y serpientes venenosas entre ustedes, contra las cuales el mago no tiene poder; Y te harán heridas que no se curarán, dice el Señor.

[Yahweh says], “I will send [those enemy soldiers to Judah], and they will be like [MET] poisonous snakes among you. No one will be able to stop them from attacking you [MET]; they will attack you like snakes do, [and kill you].”

18 ¡El dolor ha venido sobre mí! mi corazón en mí se desfallece.

I grieve very much [for the people of Judah], and my grieving does not end. I am very sad [IDM].

19 La voz del clamor de la hija de mi pueblo proviene de una tierra lejana: ¿No está el Señor en Sion? no está su rey en ella? ¿Por qué me han hecho enojar con sus imágenes y sus extraños dioses que no son dioses?

Throughout our land, the people ask, “Has Yahweh abandoned Jerusalem? Is [he], our city’s king, no longer there?” [Yahweh replies], “Why do the people cause me to become very angry by [worshiping] idols and foreign gods?” [RHQ]

20 El corte de grano ha pasado, el verano ha terminado, y ninguna salvación ha llegado a nosotros.

[The people say], “The harvest [season] is finished, the (summer/hot season) has ended, [and we hoped that we would receive blessings from Yahweh], but he has not rescued us [from our enemies].”

21 Por la destrucción de la hija de mi pueblo, soy quebrantado; estoy vestido con ropas de dolor; El miedo se ha apoderado de mi.

I cry because my people have been crushed. I mourn, and I am completely dismayed.

22 ¿No hay aceite que da vida en Galaad? ¿No hay un experto en artes médicas? ¿Por qué, entonces, mi gente no ha sido sanada?

[I ask], “Surely there is [RHQ] medicinal balm in the Gilead [region]! Surely there are [RHQ] doctors there!” But my people have been badly wounded [in their spirits], and nothing can heal them.