Jeremías 19

1 Yavé dijo: Vé y compra una vasija de arcilla al alfarero. Lleva contigo ancianos del pueblo y ancianos de los sacerdotes.

Thus said the LORD, "Go, and buy a potter's earthen bottle, and take with you some of the elders of the people, and of the elders of the priests;

2 Saldrás al Valle del Hijo de Hinom, que está en la entrada de la Puerta Oriental y proclama allí las palabras que Yo te diré.

and go forth to the Valley of Ben Hinnom, which is by the entry of the Potsherd Gate, and proclaim there the words that I shall tell you;

3 Y dí: Oh reyes de Judá y habitantes de Jerusalén, oigan la Palabra de Yavé. Yavé de las huestes, el ʼElohim de Israel, dice: Ciertamente Yo traigo una desgracia sobre este lugar de tal clase que a todo el que lo oiga le vibrarán los oídos.

and say, 'Hear the word of the LORD, kings of Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem: thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, "Look, I will bring evil on this place, which whoever hears, his ears shall tingle.

4 Porque me abandonaron y enajenaron este lugar. Ofrecieron en él incienso a otros ʼelohim que ellos no conocieron, ni sus antepasados, ni los reyes de Judá. Llenaron este lugar de sangre de inocentes.

Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, and have burned incense in it to other gods, that they did not know, they and their fathers and the kings of Judah; and have filled this place with the blood of innocents,

5 Edificaron lugares altos a baal para quemar con fuego a sus hijos como holocaustos a baal, cosa que Yo no ordené ni dije, ni me vino a la mente.

and have built the high places of Baal, to burn their sons in the fire for burnt offerings to Baal; which I did not command, nor spoke it, neither came it into my mind:

6 Por tanto ciertamente vienen días, dice Yavé, cuando ya no se llamará este lugar Tófet, ni Valle del Hijo de Hinom, sino Valle de la Matanza.

therefore, look, the days come," says the LORD, "that this place shall no more be called Topheth, nor The Valley of Ben Hinnom, but The Valley of Slaughter.

7 Anularé el consejo de Judá y de Jerusalén en este lugar. Caerán a espada ante sus enemigos y en mano de los que buscan su vida. Daré sus cadáveres como comida a las aves del cielo y a las bestias de la tierra.

I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hand of those who seek their life: and their dead bodies will I give to be food for the birds of the sky, and for the animals of the earth.

8 Convertiré a esta ciudad en espanto y burla. Todo el que pase por ella se asombrará y silbará a causa de todas sus plagas.

I will make this city an astonishment, and a hissing; everyone who passes thereby shall be astonished and hiss because of all its plagues.

9 Dispondré que se coman la carne de sus hijos y sus hijas. Cada uno comerá la carne de su prójimo en el asedio y la aflicción, con los cuales los angustiarán sus enemigos y los que buscan sus vidas.

I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters; and they shall eat everyone the flesh of his friend, in the siege and in the distress, with which their enemies, and those who seek their life, shall distress them."'

10 Luego quebrarás la vasija ante los ojos de los hombres que vayan contigo

Then you shall break the bottle in the sight of the men who go with you,

11 y les dirás: Yavé de las huestes dice: De este modo quebraré a este pueblo y a esta ciudad, como se quiebra una vasija de arcilla, que no se puede restaurar. En Tófet serán enterrados, porque no habrá otro lugar para sepultar.

and shall tell them, 'Thus says the LORD of hosts: "Even so will I break this people and this city, as one breaks a potter's vessel, that can't be made whole again; and they shall bury in Topheth, until there is no place to bury.

12 Así haré a este lugar y a sus habitantes, dice Yavé. Convertiré esta ciudad como a Tófet.

Thus will I do to this place," says the LORD, "and to its inhabitants, even making this city as Topheth:

13 Las casas de Jerusalén y las casas de los reyes de Judá que están contaminadas serán como Tófet, todas las casas sobre cuyas azoteas ofrecen incienso a todo el ejército del cielo y vierten libaciones a otros ʼelohim.

and the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, which are defiled, shall be as the place of Topheth, even all the houses on whose roofs they have burned incense to all the host of heaven, and have poured out drink offerings to other gods."'"

14 Jeremías regresó de Tófet, a donde lo envió Yavé a profetizar. Se puso en pie en el patio de la Casa de Yavé y dijo a todo el pueblo:

Then came Jeremiah from Topheth, where the LORD had sent him to prophesy; and he stood in the court of the LORD's house, and said to all the people:

15 Yavé de las huestes, ʼElohim de Israel, dice: Ciertamente Yo traigo sobre esta ciudad y todas sus aldeas toda calamidad que pronuncié contra ella, porque se volvieron indómitos para no escuchar mis Palabras.

"Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, 'Look, I will bring on this city and on all its towns all the evil that I have pronounced against it; because they have made their neck stiff, that they may not hear my words.'"