Jeremías 50
1 Palabra que habló Jehová contra Babilonia, contra la tierra de los Caldeos, por mano de Jeremías profeta.
The word that the Lord has spoken about Babylon and about the land of the Chaldeans, by the hand of Jeremiah the prophet.
2 Denunciád en las naciones, y hacéd saber: levantád también bandera: hacéd saber, y no encubráis: decíd: Tomada es Babilonia, avergonzado es Bel, deshecho es Merodac, avergonzadas son sus esculturas, quebrados son sus ídolos.
“Announce it among the Gentiles, and make it known. Lift up a sign. Proclaim it and do not conceal it. Say this: ‘Babylon has been captured. Bel has been confounded. Merodach has been conquered. Their graven things have been confounded. Their idols have not survived.’
3 Porque subió contra ella nación de la parte del aquilón, la cual pondrá su tierra en asolamiento; y no habrá quien en ella more: ni hombre ni animal: se movieron, se fueron.
For a nation has ascended against her from the north, which will set her land in desolation. And there will be no one who may live within it, from man even to beast. For they have been removed and have gone away.
4 En aquellos días, y en aquel tiempo, dice Jehová, vendrán los hijos de Israel, ellos, y los hijos de Judá juntamente, irán andando y llorando, y buscarán a Jehová su Dios.
In those days and in that time, says the Lord, the sons of Israel will advance, they and the sons of Judah together. Weeping as they walk, they will hurry on, and they will seek the Lord their God.
5 Por el camino de Sión preguntarán, allí enderezarán sus rostros: Veníd, y juntáos a Jehová con concierto eterno, que jamás se ponga en el olvido.
They will ask the way to Zion; their faces will be set toward this place. They will arrive and will be joined to the Lord by an everlasting covenant, which nothing will wipe away into oblivion.
6 Ovejas perdidas fueron mi pueblo, sus pastores las hicieron errar, por los montes las descarriaron: anduvieron de monte en collado, olvidáronse de sus majadas,
My people have become a lost flock. Their shepherds have led them astray and have caused them to wander in the mountains. They have crossed from mountain to hill. They have forgotten their resting place.
7 Todos los que los hallaban, los comían; y sus enemigos decían: No pecaremos; porque ellos pecaron a Jehová, morada de justicia, y esperanza de sus padres Jehová.
All whom they have found, they have devoured. And their enemies have said: ‘We have not sinned. For it is they who have sinned against the Lord, the beauty of justice, and against the Lord, the hope of their fathers.’
8 Huid de en medio de Babilonia, y salíd de tierra de Caldeos; y sed como los mansos delante del ganado:
Withdraw from the midst of Babylon, and go forth from the land of the Chaldeans. And be like young goats before the flock.
9 Porque he aquí que yo despierto, y hago subir contra Babilonia congregación de grandes naciones de la tierra del aquilón; y desde allí se aparejarán contra ella, y será tomada: sus flechas, como de valiente diestro, no se tornará en vano.
For behold, I am raising up, and I will lead against Babylon, a congregation of great nations from the land of the north. And they will be prepared against her, and from there she will be taken. Their arrows, like those of a strong man, a killer, will not return empty.
10 Y la tierra de los Caldeos será por presa: todos los que la saquearen, saldrán hartos, dijo Jehová.
And Chaldea will become a prey. All who lay waste to her will be filled, says the Lord.
11 Porque os alegrasteis, porque os gozasteis destruyendo mi heredad; porque os henchisteis como becerra de renuevos, y relinchasteis como caballos:
For you exult and you speak great things, plundering my inheritance. For you have spread out like calves upon the grass, and you have bellowed like bulls.
12 Vuestra madre se avergonzó mucho, afrentóse la que os engendró. Veis aquí las postrimerías de las naciones, desierto, sequedad, y páramo.
Your mother has been exceedingly shamed, and she who bore you has become equal to the dust. Behold, she will be the last among the nations, a desert, impassable and dry.
13 Por la ira de Jehová no se habitará, mas será asolada toda ella: todo hombre que pasare por Babilonia se asombrará, y silbará sobre todas sus plagas.
By the wrath of the Lord, it will not be inhabited. Instead, it will be entirely desolate. Everyone who passes by Babylon will be stupefied and will hiss over all her wounds.
14 Apercibíos contra Babilonia al derredor: todos los que entesáis arcos tirád contra ella: no os duelan las saetas, porque pecó contra Jehová.
Prepare yourselves against Babylon, on every side, all you who bend the bow. Make war against her! You should not spare the arrows, for she has sinned against the Lord.
15 Gritád contra ella en derredor: Dio su mano, caído han sus fundamentos, derribados son sus muros; porque venganza es de Jehová. Tomád venganza de ella: hacéd con ella como ella hizo.
Cry out against her! For where she has put forth a hand, her foundations have fallen, her walls have been destroyed. For it is the vengeance of the Lord. Take vengeance against her! Just as she has done, do so to her.
16 Talád de Babilonia sembrador, y el que tiene hoz en tiempo de la siega: delante de la espada forzadora cada uno volverá el rostro hacia su pueblo, cada uno huirá hacia su tierra.
Destroy the founder from Babylon, and the one who holds the sickle in the time of harvest. Before the face of the sword of the dove, each one will turn back to his people, and every one will flee to his own land.
17 Ganado descarriado ha sido Israel, leones le amontaron: el rey de Asiria lo tragó el primero, este Nabucodonosor, rey de Babilonia, lo desosó el postrero.
Israel is a scattered flock. The lions have driven him away. First, the king of Assyria devoured him. And last, this Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, has taken away his bones.
18 Por tanto así dijo Jehová de los ejércitos, Dios de Israel: He aquí que yo visito al rey de Babilonia, y a su tierra, como visité al rey de Asiria.
Because of this, thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will visit the king of Babylon and his land, just as I have visited the king of Assyria.
19 Y tornaré a traer a Israel a su morada, y pacerá al Carmelo, y a Basán; y en el monte de Efraím, y de Galaad se hartará su alma.
And I will lead back Israel to his habitation. And he will pasture on Carmel and Bashan, and his soul will be satiated at mount Ephraim and Gilead.
20 En aquellos días, y en aquel tiempo, dijo Jehová, la maldad de Israel será buscada, y no parecerá; y los pecados de Judá, y no se hallarán; porque perdonaré a los que yo hubiere dejado.
In those days and at that time, says the Lord, the iniquity of Israel will be sought, and there will be none. And the sin of Judah will be sought, and none will be found. For I will be forgiving to them, whom I will leave behind.
21 Sube contra la tierra de contumaces, contra ella, y contra los moradores de la visitación. Destruye, y mata en pos de ellos, dijo Jehová; y haz conforme a todo lo que yo te he mandado.
Ascend against the land of the rulers, and visit against its inhabitants! Scatter and destroy whatever has been left behind them, says the Lord, and act according to all that I have instructed you.
22 Estruendo de guerra en la tierra, y quebrantamiento grande.
A voice of war in the land, and great destruction!
23 ¿Cómo fue cortado y quebrado el martillo de toda la tierra? ¿Cómo se tornó Babilonia en desierto entre las naciones?
How has the mallet of the entire earth been broken and crushed? How has Babylon been turned into a desert among the nations?
24 Púsete lazos, y aun fuiste tomada, o! Babilonia, y tú no lo supiste: fuiste hallada, y aun presa, porque provocaste a Jehová.
I have ensnared you, and you have been captured, O Babylon, and you did not realize it. You have been discovered and seized, because you provoked the Lord.
25 Abrió Jehová su tesoro, y sacó los vasos de su furor; porque esta es obra de Jehová Dios de los ejércitos en la tierra de Caldeos.
The Lord has opened his storehouse, and he has brought forth the instruments of his wrath. For there is work for the Lord, the God of hosts, within the land of the Chaldeans.
26 Veníd contra ella desde el cabo de la tierra: abríd sus alfolíes: holládla como a parva, y destruídla: no le queden residuos.
Advance against her from the furthest regions! Open, so that those who will trample her may go out! Take stones from the road, and gather them into piles, and destroy her. And let there be nothing left of her.
27 Matád a todos sus novillos, vayan al matadero: ¡ay de ellos! que venido es su día, el tiempo de su visitación.
Scatter all her strong ones. Let them descend to the slaughter. Woe to them! For their day has arrived, the time of their visitation.
28 Voz de los que huyen y escapan de la tierra de Babilonia se oye, para que den las nuevas en Sión de la venganza de Jehová nuestro Dios, de la venganza de su templo.
It is the voice of those who are fleeing and of those who have escaped from the land of Babylon: to announce in Zion the revenge of the Lord our God, the revenge of his Temple.
29 Hacéd juntar sobre Babilonia flecheros, a todos los que entesan arco: asentád campo sobre ella al derredor, no escape de ella ninguno: pagádle según su obra; conforme a todo lo que ella hizo hacéd con ella; porque contra Jehová se ensoberbeció, contra el Santo de Israel.
Announce it to the many in Babylon, to all who bend the bow. Stand together against her all around, and let no one escape. Repay her according to her work. In accord with all that she has done, do to her. For she has raised herself up against the Lord, against the Holy One of Israel.
30 Por tanto sus mancebos caerán en sus plazas, y todos sus hombres de guerra serán talados en aquel día, dijo Jehová.
For this reason, her young men will fall in her streets. And all her men of war will be silenced, in that day, says the Lord.
31 He aquí yo contra ti, o! soberbio, dijo el Señor Jehová de los ejércitos, porque tu día es venido, el tiempo en que te visitaré.
Behold, I am against you, O proud one, says the Lord, the God of hosts. For your day has arrived, the time of your visitation.
32 Y el soberbio tropezará, y caerá, y no tendrá quien le levante; y encenderé fuego en sus ciudades, y quemará todos sus al derredores.
And the proud one will fall and be ruined. And there will be no one who may lift him up. And I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it will devour everything around him.”
33 Así dijo Jehová de los ejércitos: Oprimidos fueron los hijos de Israel, y los hijos de Judá juntamente; y todos los que los tomaron cautivos, se los retuvieron: no los quisieron soltar.
Thus says the Lord of hosts: “The sons of Israel and the sons of Judah have endured calumny together. All who have seized them are holding them and refusing to release them.
34 El Redentor de ellos es el fuerte, Jehová de los ejércitos es su nombre: pleiteando pleiteará su pleito para hacer quietar la tierra, y turbar los moradores de Babilonia.
Their redeemer is strong. The Lord of hosts is his name. He will defend their case in judgment, so that he may terrify the land and disturb the inhabitants of Babylon.
35 Espada sobre los Caldeos, dijo Jehová, y sobre los moradores de Babilonia, y sobre sus príncipes, y sobre sus sabios.
A sword is for the Chaldeans, says the Lord, and for the inhabitants of Babylon, and for her leaders, and for her wise ones.
36 Espada sobre los adivinos, y enloquecerán: espada sobre sus valientes, y serán quebrantados.
A sword is for her diviners, who will be fooled. A sword is for her strong ones, who will be afraid.
37 Espada sobre sus caballos, y sobre sus carros, y sobre todo el vulgo que está en medio de ella; y serán como mujeres: espada sobre sus tesoros, y serán saqueados.
A sword is for their horses, and for their chariots, and for all the common people who are in her midst. And they will be like women. A sword is for her storehouses, and they will be plundered.
38 Sequedad sobre sus aguas, y secarse han; porque tierra es de esculturas, y en ídolos enloquecen.
A drought is over her waters, and they will be dried up. For it is a land of graven images, and they glory in portents.
39 Por tanto morarán bestias monteses con gatos: morarán también en ella pollos de avestruz, ni más será poblada para siempre, ni se habitará de generación en generación.
Because of this, dragons will live there with the fig fauns, and ostriches will live in it. And it will no longer be inhabited, even in perpetuity, nor will it be raised up, even from generation to generation.
40 Como en el trastornamiento de Dios a Sodoma, y a Gomorra, y a sus ciudades vecinas, dijo Jehová, no morará allí hombre, ni hijo de hombre la habitará.
Just as the Lord overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and their neighboring towns, says the Lord, no man will live there, and a son of man will not tend it.
41 He aquí que un pueblo viene de la parte del aquilón, y una gran nación, y muchos reyes se levantarán de los lados de la tierra:
Behold, a people arrives from the north, and a great nation. And many kings will rise up from the ends of the earth.
42 Arco y lanza tomarán, serán crueles, y no tendrán piedad: su tropel sonará como la mar, y cabalgarán sobre caballos: apercebirse han como hombre a la pelea contra ti, o! hija de Babilonia.
They will take up the bow and the shield. They are cruel and merciless. Their voice will sound out, like the sea, and they will ride upon horses, like a man prepared for battle against you, O daughter of Babylon.
43 Oyó su fama el rey de Babilonia, y sus manos se descoyuntaron, angustia le tomó, dolor como de mujer de parto.
The king of Babylon has heard the report about them, and his hands have been weakened. Anguish has overtaken him, like the pains of a woman giving birth.
44 He aquí que como león subirá de la hinchazón del Jordán a la morada fuerte; porque haré reposo, y hacerle he correr de sobre ella; y al que fuere escogido la encargaré; porque ¿quién es semejante a mí? ¿o quién me emplazará? ¿o quién será aquel pastor que me osará resistir?
Behold, he will ascend like a lion from the arrogance of the Jordan to the robust beauty. For I will cause him to rush upon her suddenly. And who will be the elect one, whom I may appoint over her? For who is like me? And who can endure me? And who is that pastor who can withstand my countenance?”
45 Por tanto oíd el consejo de Jehová, que ha acordado sobre Babilonia, y sus pensamientos que ha pensado sobre la tierra de los Caldeos. Ciertamente los más pequeños del hato los arrastrarán, y destruirán sus moradas con ellos.
Because of this, listen to the counsel of the Lord, which he has conceived in his mind against Babylon, and to his thoughts, which he has devised against the land of the Chaldeans: “Certainly the little ones of the flocks will pull them down, unless their habitation will have been destroyed with them.
46 Del grito de la toma de Babilonia la tierra tembló; y el clamor se oyó entre las naciones.
At the voice of the captivity of Babylon, the earth has been moved, and an outcry has been heard among the nations.”
