Jeremías 4

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1 ¡Si volvieras, Israel!, oráculo de Yahveh, ¡si a mí volvieras!, si quitaras tus Monstruos abominables, y de mí no huyeras!	1 “O Israel, if you would return, says the Lord, then be converted to me. If you remove your offense from before my face, then you will not be shaken.
2 Jurarías: «¡Por vida de Yahveh!» con verdad, con derecho y con justicia, y se bendecirían por él las naciones, y por él se alabarían.	2 And you will swear, ‘As the Lord lives,’ in truth and in judgment and in justice.” And the Gentiles will bless him, and they will praise him.
3 Porque así dice Yahveh al hombre de Judá y a Jerusalén: - Cultivad el barbecho y no sembréis sobre cardos.	3 For thus says the Lord to the men of Judah and of Jerusalem: “Break new ground, and do not choose to sow upon thorns.
4 Circuncidaos para Yahveh y extirpad los prepucios de vuestros corazones, hombres de Judá y habitantes de Jerusalén; no sea que brote como fuego mi saña, y arda y no haya quien la apague, en vista de vuestras perversas acciones.	4 Be circumcised to the Lord, and take away the foreskins from your hearts, O men of Judah, O inhabitants of Jerusalem. Otherwise my indignation may burst forth and flare up like a fire. And then there will be no one who can extinguish it, because of the wickedness of your thoughts.
5 Avisad en Judá y que se oiga en Jerusalén. Tañed el cuerno por el país, pregonad a voz en grito: ¡Juntaos, vamos a las plazas fuertes!	5 Declare it in Judah, and make it known in Jerusalem! Speak out and sound the trumpet in the land! Cry out strongly and say: ‘Gather yourselves! And let us go forth to fortified cities!’
6 ¡Izad bandera hacia Sión! ¡Escapad, no os paréis! Porque yo traigo una calamidad del norte y un quebranto grande.	6 Lift up a standard in Zion. Be strengthened! Do not choose to stand still. For I am bringing an evil from the north, with great destruction.
7 Se ha levantado el león de su cubil, y el devorador de naciones se ha puesto en marcha: salió de su lugar para dejar la tierra desolada. Tus ciudades quedarán arrasadas, sin habitantes.	7 The lion has ascended from his den, and the pillager of the nations has lifted himself up. He has gone forth from his place, so that he may set your land in desolation. Your cities will be laid waste, remaining without an inhabitant.
8 Por ende, ceñíos de sayal, endechad y plañid: - «¡No; no se va de nosotros la ardiente ira de Yahveh!»	8 Concerning this, wrap yourselves in haircloth, mourn and wail: ‘For the wrath of the fury of the Lord has not been turned away from us.’
9 Sucederá aquel día - oráculo de Yahveh - que se perderá el ánimo del rey y el de los príncipes, se pasmarán los sacerdotes, y los profetas se espantarán.	9 And this shall be in that day, says the Lord: The heart of the king will perish, with the heart of the princes. And the priests will be stupefied, and the prophets will be in consternation.”
10 Y yo digo: «¡Ay, Señor Yahveh! ¡Cómo embaucaste a este pueblo y a Jerusalén diciendo: “Paz tendréis”, y ha penetrado la espada hasta el alma!»	10 And I said: “Alas, alas, alas, O Lord God! Could it be that you have deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying: ‘Peace shall be yours,’ while, behold, the sword reaches even to the soul?”
11 En aquella sazón se dirá a este pueblo y a Jerusalén: - Un viento ardiente viene por el desierto, camino de la hija de mi pueblo, no para beldar, ni para limpiar.	11 “In that time, it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem: ‘A burning wind is in the ways that are in the desert, along the way of the daughter of my people, but not to winnow and not to cleanse.’
12 Un viento lleno de amenazas viene de mi parte. Ahora me toca a mí alegar mis razones respecto a ellos.	12 A full spirit from these places will come to me. And now I will speak my judgments over them.
13 Ved cómo se levanta cual las nubes, como un huracán sus carros, y ligeros más que águilas sus corceles. - ¡Ay de nosotros, estamos perdidos!	13 Behold, he will ascend like a cloud, and his chariot will ascend like a tempest. His horses are swifter than eagles. ‘Woe to us! For we are being devastated!’
14 - Limpia de malicia tu corazón, Jerusalén, para que seas salva. ¿Hasta cuándo durarán en ti tus pensamientos torcidos?	14 Wash your heart from malice, O Jerusalem, so that you may be saved. How long will harmful thoughts abide in you?
15 Una voz avisa desde Dan y da la mala nueva desde la sierra de Efraím.	15 For there is a voice, of someone announcing from Dan, and he is making known the idol from mount Ephraim.
16 Pregonad: «¡Los gentiles! ¡Ya están aquí!»; hacedlo oír en Jerusalén. Los enemigos vienen de tierra lejana y dan voces contra las ciudades de Judá.	16 Say to the nations: ‘Behold, it has been heard in Jerusalem! Guardians are coming from a far away land, to utter their voice against the cities of Judah.’
17 Como guardas de campo se han puesto frente a ella en torno, porque contra mí se rebelaron - oráculo de Yahveh -.	17 They have been stationed over her, like the guardians of fields, all around. For she has provoked me to wrath, says the Lord.
18 Tu proceder y fechorías te acarrearon esto; esto tu desgracia te ha penetrado hasta el corazón porque te rebelaste contra mí.	18 Your ways and your thoughts have brought these things upon you. This is your own wickedness. And it is bitter, because it has touched your heart.
19 - ¡Mis entrañas, mis entrañas!, ¡me duelen las telas del corazón, se me salta el corazón del pecho! No callaré, porque mi alma ha oído sones de cuerno, el clamoreo del combate.	19 I am afflicted in my heart, in my heart. The senses of my heart have been stirred up within me. I will not remain silent. For my soul has heard the voice of the trumpet, the clamor of the battle.
20 Se anuncia quebranto sobre quebranto, porque es saqueada toda la tierra. En un punto son saqueadas mis tiendas, y en un cerrar de ojos mis toldos.	20 Destruction upon destruction has been called forth. And the entire earth has been devastated. My tabernacles have been destroyed suddenly, and my tents in an instant.
21 ¿Hasta cuándo veré enseñas, y oiré sones de cuerno?	21 How long shall I watch those who are fleeing, and listen to the voice of the trumpet?
22 - Es porque mi pueblo es necio: A mí no me conocen. Criaturas necias son, carecen de talento. Sabios son para lo malo, ignorantes para el bien.	22 For my foolish people have not known me. They are foolish and mad sons. They are clever in doing evil, but they do not know how to do good.
23 Miré a la tierra, y he aquí que era un caos; a los cielos, y faltaba su luz.	23 I gazed upon the earth, and behold, it was empty and brought to nothing. And I gazed upon the heavens, but there was no light in them.
24 Miré a los montes, y estaban temblando, y todos los cerros trepidaban.	24 I watched the mountains, and behold, they trembled, and all the hills were shaken.
25 Miré, y he aquí que no había un alma, y todas las aves del cielo se habían volado.	25 I looked, and there was no man. And all the flying things of the air had gone away.
26 Miré, y he aquí que el vergel era yermo, y todas las ciudades estaban arrasadas delante de Yahveh y del ardor de su ira.	26 I gazed, and behold, Carmel was a desert, and all its cities were destroyed before the face of the Lord, and before the face of the wrath of his fury.”
27 Porque así dice Yahveh: Desolación se volverá toda la tierra, aunque no acabaré con ella.	27 For thus says the Lord: “All the earth will be desolate, but I will not yet bring about its consummation.
28 Por eso ha de enlutarse la tierra, y se oscurecerán los cielos arriba; pues tengo resuelta mi decisión y no me pesará ni me volveré atrás de ella.	28 The earth will mourn, and the heavens will lament from above. For I have spoken, I have decided, and I have not regretted. Neither will I be turned away from it.
29 Al ruido de jinetes y flecheros huía toda la ciudad. Se metían por los bosques y trepaban por las peñas. Toda ciudad quedó abandonada, sin quedar en ellas habitantes.	29 Before the voice of the horsemen and of those who send forth arrows, the entire city has fled. They have entered steep places, and they have ascended the cliffs. All of the cities have been abandoned, and no man lives within them.
30 Y tú, asolada, ¿qué vas a hacer? Aunque te vistas de grana, aunque te enjoyes con joyel de oro, aunque te pintes con polvos los ojos, en vano te hermoseas: te han rechazado tus amantes: ¡tu muerte es lo que buscan!	30 So then, when you have been devastated, what will you do? Though you will clothe yourself with scarlet, though you will adorn yourself with a gold necklace and tint your eyes with cosmetics, you will be dressing yourself up in vain. Your lovers have spurned you; they will be seeking your life.
31 Y entonces oí una voz como de parturienta, gritos como de primeriza: era la voz de la hija de Sión, que gimiendo extendía sus palmas: «¡Ay, pobre de mí, que mi alma desfallece a manos de asesinos!»	31 For I have heard a voice, like that of a woman giving birth, during the difficulties of labor. It is the voice of the daughter of Zion, dying, extending her hands: ‘Woe to me! For my soul is failing because of those who have been slain!’ ”