Jeremiah 12
1 Certainly, O Lord, you are just. But if I may contend with you, while still speaking what is just to you: Why does the way of the impious prosper? Why is it well with all those who transgress and act unfairly?
Justo eres tú, o! Jehová, aunque yo dispute contigo: hablaré empero juicios contigo. ¿Por qué es prosperado el camino de los impíos? tienen paz todos los que rebelan de rebelión.
2 You planted them, and they took root. They are prospering and bearing fruit. You are near to their mouths, but far from their hearts.
Plantástelos, echaron raíces también: aprovecharon, e hicieron fruto: estando cercano tú en sus bocas, mas lejos de sus riñones.
3 And you, O Lord, have known me well. You have seen me, and you have tested my heart with you. Gather them together like a flock for the sacrifice and sanctify them for the day of slaughter.
Y tú, o! Jehová, me conoces, me viste, y probaste mi corazón para contigo: arráncalos como a ovejas para el degolladero, y señálalos para el día de la matanza.
4 How long shall the earth mourn? And how long shall the plants of every field whither because of the wickedness of the inhabitants within them? It has consumed the wild animals and the birds. For they said: “He will not see our very end.”
¿Hasta cuándo estará la tierra desierta, y la yerba de todo el campo estará seca por la maldad de los que en ella moran? Faltaron los ganados, y las aves, porque dijeron: No verá nuestras postrimerías.
5 “If you have struggled to run on foot, how will you be able to compete with horses? And if you have been secure in a land of peace, what will you do about the arrogance of the Jordan?
Si corriste con los de a pie, y te cansaron, ¿cómo contenderás con los caballos? Y en la tierra de paz estabas quieto, ¿cómo harás en la hinchazón del Jordán?
6 For even your brothers, and the house of your father, even these have fought against you. And they have cried out after you with loud voice: ‘You should not believe them, when they speak good things to you.’”
Porque aun tus hermanos y la casa de tu padre, aun ellos se levantaron contra ti: aun ellos dieron voces en pos de ti: Congregación. No les creas cuando bien te hablaren.
7 “I have abandoned my house. I have disowned my inheritance. I have given my beloved soul into the hand of its enemies.
Dejé mi casa, desamparé mi heredad, entregué lo que amaba mi alma en la mano de sus enemigos.
8 My inheritance has become for me like a lion in the forest. It has uttered a voice against me, therefore, I have hated it.
Fue para mí mi heredad como león en breña: dio contra mí su voz: por tanto la aborrecí.
9 Is my inheritance to me like a discolored bird? Is it like a bird that has entirely changed color? Approach and assemble, all beasts of the earth! Hurry, so that you may devour!
¿Esme mi heredad ave de muchos colores? ¿no están contra ella aves en derredor? Veníd, juntáos todas las bestias del campo, veníd a tragarla.
10 Many pastors have demolished my vineyard. They have trampled my portion. They have made my desirable portion into a desert of solitude.
Muchos pastores destruyeron mi viña, hollaron mi heredad, tornaron en desierto y soledad mi heredad preciosa.
11 They have squandered it, and it has grieved concerning me. The entire earth has become utterly desolate, because there is no one who understands with the heart.”
Tornóla en asolamiento, lloró contra mí asolada: fue asolada toda la tierra, porque no hubo hombre que mirase.
12 The devastators have arrived, over all the ways of the wilderness. For the sword of the Lord will devour, from one end of the earth even to its furthest limits. There is no peace for all that is flesh.
Sobre todos los lugares altos del desierto vinieron disipadores; porque la espada de Jehová traga desde el un extremo de la tierra hasta el otro extremo: no hay paz para ninguna carne.
13 They sowed wheat, but they reaped thorns. They received an inheritance, but it will not benefit them. You will be confounded by your own fruits, because of the wrath of the fury of the Lord.
Sembraron trigo, y segarán espinas: tuvieron la heredad, mas no aprovecharon nada: avergonzarse han a causa de vuestros frutos por la ira de Jehová.
14 Thus says the Lord against all my wicked neighbors, who touch the inheritance that I have distributed to my people Israel: “Behold, I will root them out of their own land, and I will root the house of Judah out of their midst.
Así dijo Jehová contra todos mis malos vecinos, que tocan la heredad que hice poseer a mi pueblo Israel: He aquí que yo los arrancaré de su tierra; y la casa de Judá arrancaré de en medio de ellos.
15 And when I have rooted them out, I will turn back and take pity on them. And I will lead them back, one man to his inheritance, and another man to his land.
Y será que después que los hubiere arrancado, tornaré, y habré misericordia de ellos; y hacerlos he tornar cada uno a su heredad, y cada uno a su tierra.
16 And this shall be: if they are taught and they learn the ways of my people, so that they swear by my name, ‘As the Lord lives,’ just as they had taught my people to swear by Baal, then they will be built up in the midst of my people.
Y será que si aprendiendo aprendieren los caminos de mi pueblo, para jurar en mi nombre: Vive Jehová; como enseñaron a mi pueblo a jurar por Baal; ellos serán prosperados en medio de mi pueblo.
17 But if they will not listen, I will uproot that nation unto utter destruction and perdition, says the Lord.”
Mas si no oyeren, arrancaré a la tal nación, arrancando y perdiendo, dice Jehová.
