Jeremiah 9
1 I wish that my head was [like] [MET] a spring of water, and that my eyes were [like] a fountain of tears. Then I would cry night and day for all of my people who have been killed [by our enemies].
Cómo quisiera que mi cabeza fuera un manantial de agua, y mis ojos una fuente de lágrimas. Entonces lloraría día y noche por todo mi pueblo que ha sido asesinado.
2 I wish that I could leave my people and forget them, and go and live in a shack/shelter in the desert, because they have not remained faithful [MET] [to Yahweh]; they are a mob of people who deceive others.
Ojalá tuviera un refugio temporal en el desierto; renunciaría a mi pueblo y lo abandonaría, porque todos son adúlteros, una banda de traidores.
3 [Yahweh replied to me], “They use their tongues [to tell] [MET] lies like people shoot [arrows] with bows. It is because they tell lies that they have become more powerful in this land, and they do not know me.
Sus palabras son como flechas lanzadas desde un arco. La mentira se impone a la verdad en todo el país. Van de mal en peor y se olvidan de mí, declara el Señor.
4 Do not trust your neighbors and [even] your brothers! They all are as deceitful [as Jacob was]. They slander [each other] and tell lies [about each other].
¡Cuidado con tus amigos! ¡Ni siquiera confíes en tu hermano! Todo hermano es engañoso, y todo amigo calumnia a los demás.
5 They deceive their friends and never tell the truth. They lie continually and, because of that, they have become skilled liars; they do one oppressive thing after another, and are unable to stop doing it.
Todos traicionan a sus amigos; nadie dice la verdad. Se han convertido en expertos mentirosos; se cansan de hacer el mal.
6 They habitually lie and deceive [each other], and no one will admit/say that I am God.
Todos se explotan mutuamente, y en medio de todas sus mentiras no quieren conocerme, declara el Señor.
7 Therefore [I], the Commander of the armies of angels, say this: Listen carefully to what I say: I will [cause my people to experience great afflictions, ] [like a metalworker puts metal in a hot fire] [MET] to completely burn out the impure bits. Because of all [the evil things] that my people have done, there is absolutely nothing else [RHQ] that I can do.
Así que esto es lo que dice el Señor Todopoderoso: Mira, voy a probarlos y a purificarlos como el metal en un horno. ¿Qué más puedo hacer por lo que ha hecho mi pueblo?
8 What they say [MTY] [injures people like] [MET] poisoned arrows do. They say to their neighbors, ‘I hope things will go well for you,’ while they are planning to kill them.
Sus palabras son flechas que matan; siempre dicen mentiras. Por fuera son amables con sus amigos, pero por dentro conspiran contra ellos.
9 Should I not punish them for doing that [RHQ]? Yes, I should certainly (get revenge on/give what they deserve to) [the people of] a nation that does things like that!”
¿No debo castigarlos por todo esto? declara el Señor. ¿No debo tomar represalias por lo que ha hecho esta nación?
10 So, I will weep and wail for [the people who live in] the mountains and in the (pastures/places where the livestock eat the grass), because those areas will be desolate, and no one will live there. There will be no cattle there to call to each other, and all the birds and wild animals will have fled [to other places].
Lloraré y me lamentaré por los montes, cantaré un canto fúnebre sobre los pastos del campo, porque han quedado tan quemados que nadie puede pasar por ellos, y no hay ganado que haga ruido. Las aves han volado y los animales salvajes han huido.
11 [Yahweh also says], “I will cause Jerusalem to become a heap of ruins, and [only] jackals/wolves will live there. I will destroy the towns of Judah, with the result that they will be completely deserted; no one will live there.”
Voy a convertir a Jerusalén en un montón de escombros, en un lugar donde viven los chacales. Destruiré las ciudades de Judá, y las dejaré vacías.
12 [I said], “Only people who are very wise [RHQ] can understand these things. Only those who have been taught by Yahweh can [RHQ] explain these things to others. The wise people are [RHQ] the only ones who can explain why the land will be completely ruined with the result that everyone [RHQ] will be afraid to travel through it.”
¿Quién es tan sabio como para entender esto? ¿Le ha dicho el Señor esto a alguien para que pueda explicar lo que ha sucedido? ¿Por qué la tierra ha sido destruida y quemada hasta quedar como un desierto, para que nadie pueda pasar por ella?
13 Yahweh replied, “[These things will happen] because my people have rejected my laws which I gave to them; they have not obeyed me or my instructions.
El Señor respondió: Es porque han dejado de cumplir mis leyes que les puse enfrente. No las han seguido; no han hecho lo que les dije.
14 Instead, they have stubbornly done the things that they wanted to do. They have worshiped the idols that represent the god Baal, which is what their ancestors did.
Por el contrario, han seguido su propia y obstinada manera de pensar, y han ido a adorar a los baales, tal como sus antepasados les enseñaron.
15 So now listen to what [I], the Commander of the armies of angels, the God of the Israelis, say: [What I will do will be like] [MET] giving these people bitter things to eat and poison to drink:
Así que esto es lo que dice el Señor Todopoderoso, el Dios de Israel: ¡Cuidado! Voy a dar a esta gente ajenjo para comer y agua envenenada para beber.
16 I will scatter them to many nations which neither they nor their ancestors have known [anything about]; I will [enable their enemies to] strike them with swords until I have destroyed them.”
Estoy a punto de dispersarlos entre naciones desconocidas para ellos y para sus antepasados, y enviaré enemigos con espadas para que los persigan hasta que los haya aniquilado.
17 This is also what the Commander of the armies of angels says: “Think [about what is happening], [then] summon those women who mourn [when someone has died].
Esto es lo que dice el Señor Todopoderoso: Estén atentos a lo que sucede. Convoquen a las mujeres dolientes profesionales, y pidan lo mejor de ellas.
18 Tell them to come quickly and start to wail, with the result that tears will stream down from your(pl) eyes.
Haz que vengan cuanto antes y canten un canto fúnebre sobre nosotros, para que lloremos a mares, para que nuestras lágrimas fluyan como torrentes.
19 Listen to [the people of] Jerusalem crying/lamenting, saying, ‘We have been ruined/destroyed! We have experienced a terrible disaster! Now we are very ashamed, because our houses have been destroyed [by our enemies], and we [are being forced to] leave our land.’”
El sonido del llanto viene de Sión: “¡Estamos completamente devastados! Estamos totalmente avergonzados, porque hemos tenido que abandonar nuestro país, porque nuestras casas han sido demolidas”.
20 You women, listen to what Yahweh says [MTY]. Pay attention to his words [DOU]. Teach your daughters to wail. Teach each other how to sing funeral songs,
Mujeres, escuchen el mensaje del Señor, oigan lo que tiene que decir. Enséñenle a sus hijas a llorar y a cantar cantos de tristeza.
21 because people will be dying [PRS] in your houses and in palaces. There will be no more children playing in the streets, there will be no more young men [gathering] in the city squares/marketplaces.
La muerte se ha colado por nuestras ventanas; ha entrado en nuestras fortalezas. Ha matado a los niños que juegan en las calles y a los jóvenes que se reúnen en las plazas.
22 There will be corpses scattered across the fields like dung; their dead bodies will lie there like [SIM] grain that has been cut by reapers/farmers, and there will be no one [still alive] to bury them.
Díganle a todos que esto es lo que dice el Señor: Los cadáveres quedarán donde caen como el estiércol en los campos, tirados allí como tallos de grano recién cortado detrás del segador, sin que nadie los recoja.
23 Yahweh says this: “Wise men should not boast about their being wise, strong men should not boast about their being strong; and rich people should not boast about their being rich.
Esto es lo que dice el Señor: El sabio no debe jactarse de su sabiduría. El fuerte no debe presumir de su fuerza. El rico no debe presumir de sus riquezas.
24 Instead, those who want to boast should boast about their knowing me and about understanding that I am Yahweh, that I am kind and just and righteous, that I faithfully love [people], and that I am delighted with [people who act] that way.
El que quiera vanagloriarse, que se jacte de que me conoce y me entiende de verdad, reconociendo que soy el Señor que actúa con amor fiel, que muestra equidad y que hace lo correcto en toda la tierra, porque esto es lo más importante para mí, declara el Señor.
25 There will be a time when I will punish all those people of Egypt and of the Moab people-group and of the Edom [people-group] and of the Ammon [people-group], all those people who live close to desert areas (OR, who cut their hair short [to please their gods]) far from Judah, all those people who have [changed their bodies by] circumcising them [MET] but who have not [changed] their inner beings. I will punish the people of Judah also, because they have not changed their inner beings, [either].”
Cuidado, porque se acerca el momento, declara el Señor, en que castigaré a todos los que sólo se circuncidan físicamente.
Egipto, Judá, Edom, Amón, Moab y todos los pueblos del desierto que se cortan el pelo a los lados de la cabeza: todas estas naciones son incircuncisas, y todos los israelitas son incircuncisos espirituales.
