Jeremiah 15

1 And the Lord said to me: “Even if Moses and Samuel were to stand before me, my soul would not be toward this people. Cast them away from my face, and let them depart!

Y díjome Jehová: Si Moisés y Samuel se pusiesen delante de mí, mi voluntad no será con este pueblo: échalos de delante de mí, y salgan.

2 And if they say to you, ‘Where shall we go?’ you shall say to them: Thus says the Lord: Those who go to death, shall go to death. And those who go to the sword, shall go to the sword, and those go to famine, shall go to famine, and those who go to captivity, shall go to captivity.

Y será, que si te preguntaren: ¿A dónde saldremos? Responderles has: Así dijo Jehová: El que a muerte, a muerte; y el que a cuchillo, a cuchillo; y el que a hambre, a hambre; y el que a cautividad a cautividad.

3 And I will visit against them in four ways, says the Lord: by the sword, to kill; and by dogs, to tear apart; and by the birds of the air and by the beasts of the earth, to devour and to scatter.

Y visitaré sobre ellos cuatro géneros de males, dijo Jehová: Espada para matar, y perros para despedazar, y aves del cielo, y bestias de la tierra para tragar, y para disipar.

4 And I will give them over to the fervor of all the kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh, the son of Hezekiah, the king of Judah, because of all that he did in Jerusalem.

Y entregarlos he para ser zarandados por todos los reinos de la tierra, a causa de Manasés, hijo de Ezequías, rey de Judá, por lo que hizo en Jerusalem.

5 For who will take pity on you, O Jerusalem? Or who will feel sorrow for you? Or who will go to prayer for the sake of your peace?

Porque ¿quién habrá compasión de ti, o! Jerusalem? ¿o quién se entristecerá por tu causa? ¿o quién vendrá a preguntar por tu paz?

6 You have abandoned me, says the Lord. You have gone backwards. And so, I will extend my hand over you, and I will destroy you. I have labored to plead with you.

Tú me dejaste, dice Jehová, tornástete atrás: por tanto yo extendí sobre ti mi mano, y te eché a perder; y estoy cansado de arrepentirme.

7 And I will scatter them with a winnowing fan at the gates of the land. I have killed and dispersed my people, and yet they have not turned back from their ways.

Y los aventé con aventador hasta las puertas de la tierra: desahijé, desperdicié a mi pueblo, no se tornaron de sus caminos.

8 Their widows have been multiplied by me, more so than the sand of the sea. I have led them against the mother of a youth like an attacker at midday. I have sent a terror suddenly against the cities.

Sus viudas se me multiplicaron sobre la arena de la mar: traje contra ellos destruidor a mediodía sobre compañía de mancebos: hice caer sobre ella de repente ciudad y terrores.

9 She who gave birth to seven has become weak. Her life has faded away. Her sun has set while it was still daytime. She has been confounded and shamed. And the remainder of them I will give over to the sword in the sight of their enemies, says the Lord.”

Enflaquecióse la que parió siete, su alma se hinchió de dolor: púsosele su sol siendo aun de día: avergonzóse, e hinchióse de confusión; y lo que de ella quedare, entregaré a espada delante de sus enemigos, dijo Jehová.

10 “O my mother, woe to me! Why did you conceive me, a man of strife, a man of discord to all the earth? I have not lent money at interest, nor has anyone lent money at interest to me. Yet everyone is cursing me.”

¡Ay de mí, madre mía! porque me engendraste hombre de cuestión, y hombre de discordia a toda la tierra: nunca les di a logro, ni lo tomé de ellos: todos me maldicen.

11 The Lord says: “Certainly, it will be well with your remnant. Certainly, I will run to meet you, in the time of affliction and in the time of tribulation, against the enemy.

Dijo Jehová: Si tus residuos no fueren en bien: si no hiciere al enemigo que te salga a recibir en el tiempo trabajoso, y en el tiempo de la angustia.

12 But how can iron be joined with the iron from the north or with brass?

¿Quebrará el hierro al hierro de la parte de aquilón, y al metal?

13 Your riches and your treasures I will give over to be freely despoiled, because of all your sins, even throughout all your borders.

Tus riquezas y tus tesoros daré a saco sin ningún precio, por todos tus pecados, y en todos tus términos:

14 And I will lead in your enemies from a land that you do not know. For a fire has been kindled in my fury; it will burn upon you.”

Y hacerte he pasar a tus enemigos en tierra que no conoces; porque fuego es encendido en mi furor, y sobre vosotros arderá.

15 “You know me, O Lord. Remember me, and visit me, and watch over me, because of those who persecute me. In your patience, do not choose to let me endure. You know I have suffered reproach because of you.

Tú, o! Jehová, lo sabes, acuérdate de mí, y visítame, y véngame de mis enemigos: no me tomes a tu cargo en la paciencia de tu enojo: sepas que sufro vergüenza a causa de ti.

16 I discovered your words and I consumed them. And your word became to me as the gladness and joy of my heart. For your name has been invoked over me, O Lord, the God of hosts.

Halláronse tus palabras, y yo las comí; y tu palabra me fue por gozo, y por alegría de mí corazón; porque tu nombre se llamó sobre mí, o! Jehová Dios de los ejércitos.

17 I did not sit in the company of mockers, nor did I glorify myself before the presence of your hand. I sat alone, because you filled me with threats.

Nunca me asenté en compañía de burladores, ni me engreí a causa de tu profecía: solo me asenté, porque me henchiste de desabrimiento.

18 Why has my sorrow become never-ending, and why has my wound become so dire that it refuses to be cured? It has become for me like the deception of untrustworthy waters.”

¿Por qué fue perpetuo mi dolor, y mi herida desahuciada, no admitió cura? Eres conmigo como mentiroso, aguas que no son fieles.

19 Because of this, thus says the Lord: “If you will be converted, I will convert you. And you will stand before my face. And you will separate what is precious from what is vile. You will be my mouthpiece. They will be converted to you, but you will not be converted to them.

Por tanto así dijo Jehová: Si te convirtieres, convertirte he, y delante de mí estarás; y si sacares lo precioso de lo vil, serás como mi boca. Conviértanse ellos a ti, y tú no te conviertas a ellos.

20 And I will present you to this people as a strong wall of brass. And they will fight against you, and they will not prevail. For I am with you, so as to save you and to rescue you, says the Lord.

Y darte he a este pueblo por muro de bronce fuerte; y pelearán contra ti, y no te sobrepujarán; porque yo estoy contigo para guardarte y para defenderte, dijo Jehová.

21 And I will free you from hand of those who are most wicked, and I will redeem you from the hand of the powerful.”

Y librarte he de la mano de los malos, y redimirte he de la mano de los fuertes.