Jeremías 50

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1 La palabra que habló Yahveh contra Babilonia, contra el país de los caldeos, por medio del profeta Jeremías.	1 The word that the Lord has spoken about Babylon and about the land of the Chaldeans, by the hand of Jeremiah the prophet.
2 Anunciadlo y hacedlo oír entre las gentes; levantad bandera; hacedlo oír; no lo calléis; decid: Ha sido tomada Babilonia, está confuso Bel, desmayó Marduk, están confusos sus ídolos, (desmayaron sus inmundicias).	2 “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 una gente del norte, que va a convertir su territorio en desolación, y no habrá en él habitante. Tanto personas como bestias emigraron, se fueron.	3 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 aquella sazón - oráculo de Yahveh - vendrán los hijos de Israel, (y los hijos de Judá junto con ellos), andando y llorando, en busca de Yahveh su Dios.	4 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 De Sión preguntaron por el camino, allá se dirigen: «Venid y aliémonos a Yahveh con pacto eterno, inolvidable».	5 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 era mi pueblo. Sus pastores las descarriaron, extraviándolas por los montes. De monte en collado andaban, olvidaron su aprisco.	6 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 Cualquiera que les topaba los devoraba, y sus contrarios decían: «No cometemos ningún delito, puesto que ellos pecaron contra Yahveh, ¡el pastizal de justicia y la esperanza de sus padres - Yahveh!»	7 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 Emigrad de Babilonia, y del país de los caldeos salid. Sed como los machos cabríos al frente del rebaño.	8 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 mirad que yo hago que despierte y suba contra Babilonia una confederación de grandes naciones del norte, que se organizarán contra ella. Y por allí será tomada. Sus saetas, cual de valiente experto, no volverán de vacío.	9 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 Entonces será entregada Caldea al saqueo: todos los que la saqueen se hartarán, - oráculo de Yahveh.	10 And Chaldea will become a prey. All who lay waste to her will be filled, says the Lord.
11 Porque os alegrasteis, porque gozasteis, depredadores de mi heredad, porque dabais corcovos como novilla en dehesa, y relinchos como animales fuertes.	11 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 Vergonzosa está vuestra madre sobremanera, abochornada la que os dio a luz. Es ahora la última de las naciones: desierto, sequedad y paramera.	12 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 cólera de Yahveh no será poblada, mas estará desolada toda ella. Todo el que pase a la vera de Babilonia quedará atónito, y silbará al ver todas sus heridas.	13 By the wrath of the Lord, it will not be inhabited. Instead, it will be entirely desolate. Every one who passes by Babylon will be stupefied and will hiss over all her wounds.
14 Ordenaos contra Babilonia en derredor, todos los que asestáis arco; tirad contra ella, no escatiméis las flechas pues ha pecado contra Yahveh.	14 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 Dad gritos contra ella en derredor. Ella tiende su mano. Fallaron sus cimientos, se derrumbaron sus muros. Era la venganza de Yahveh. Tomad venganza de ella: Tal cual hizo, haced con ella.	15 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 Suprimid de Babilonia al sembrador y al que maneja la hoz al tiempo de la siega. Ante la espada irresistible, cada uno enfilará hacia su pueblo, cada uno huirá a su tierra.	16 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 Rebaño disperso es Israel: leones lo ahuyentaron. El rey de Asiria lo devoró el primero, y Nabucodonosor, rey de Babilonia, lo quebrantó después.	17 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 dice Yahveh Sebaot, el Dios de Israel: He aquí que yo visito al rey de Babilonia y su territorio, lo mismo que visité al rey de Asiria.	18 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 devolveré a Israel a sus pastizal, y pacerá el Carmelo y el Basán, y en la montaña de Efraím y Galaad se saciará.	19 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 aquella sazón - oráculo de Yahveh -, se buscará la culpa de Israel y no la habrá, y el pecado de Judá y no se hallará, porque seré piadoso con el resto que yo deje.	20 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 a la tierra de Meratáyim, sube contra ella; y a los habitantes de Pecod pásalos a espada y dalos al anatema hasta el último - oráculo de Yahveh -: haz en todo según te lo he mandado».	21 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 Ruido de guerra en el país y quebranto grande.	22 A voice of war in the land, and great destruction!
23 ¡Cómo se partió y fue quebrado el martillo de toda la tierra! ¡Cómo vino a ser pasmo Babilonia entre las naciones!	23 How has the mallet of the entire earth been broken and crushed? How has Babylon been turned into a desert among the nations?
24 Te puse lazo y quedaste atrapada, Babilonia, sin darte cuenta; se dio contigo y fuiste capturada, porque contra Yahveh te sublevaste.	24 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 Yahveh su arsenal y sacó las armas de su ira. Era la tarea del Señor Yahveh Sebaot en tierra de caldeos.	25 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 «Venid a ella desde el confín, abrid sus almacenes. Haced con ellos montones y dadlos al anatema: no quede de ella reliquia.	26 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 Acuchillad todos sus bueyes, bajen a la degollina. ¡Ay de ellos, que llegó su día, la hora de su castigo!»	27 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 ¡Voces de huidos y escapados del país de Babilonia anunciando en Sión la venganza de Yahveh nuestro Dios, la venganza de su santuario!	28 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 Haced leva de flecheros contra Babilonia, todos los que asestáis arco acampad en torno suyo. Que no se escape nadie. Pagadle lo que vale su trabajo, Tal cual hizo, haced con ella, porque contra Yahveh se insolentó, contra el Santo de Israel.	29 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 En verdad, caerán sus mancebos escogidos en sus plazas, y todos sus guerreros perecerán aquel día - oráculo de Yahveh -.	30 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 Heme aquí contra ti, «Insolencia», - oráculo del Señor Yahveh Sebaot - porque ha llegado tu día, la hora en que yo te castigue.	31 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 Tropezará «Insolencia» y caerá, sin tener quien la levante. Prenderé fuego a sus ciudades, y devorará todos sus contornos.	32 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 dice Yahveh Sebaot: Oprimidos estaban los hijos de Israel y los hijos de Judá a una. Todos sus cautivadores los retenían, se negaban a soltarlos.	33 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 Su Redentor esforzado, Yahveh Sebaot se llama. El tomará la defensa de su causa hasta hacer temblar la tierra y estremecerse a los habitantes de Babilonia.	34 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 a los caldeos - oráculo de Yahveh - y a los habitantes de Babilonia, a sus jefes y a sus sabios!	35 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 a sus adivinos, y quedarán por necios. Espada a sus valientes, y desmayarán.	36 A sword is for her diviners, who will be fooled. A sword is for her strong ones, who will be afraid.
37 Espada a sus caballos y a sus carros, a toda la mezcolanza de gentes que hay dentro de ella, y serán como mujeres. Espada a sus tesoros y serán saqueados.	37 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 ¡Sequía a sus aguas y se secarán; porque tierra de ídolos es aquélla, y por sus Espantos pierden la cabeza!	38 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 eso vivirán las hienas con los chacales y vivirán en ella las avestruces, y no será habitada nunca jamás ni será poblada por siglos y siglos.	39 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 la catástrofe causada por Dios a Sodoma, Gomorra y sus vecinas - oráculo de Yahveh - donde no vive nadie, ni reside en ellas ser humano.	40 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 Mirad que un pueblo viene del norte, una gran nación, y muchos reyes se despiertan de los confines de la tierra.	41 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 blanden, crueles son y sin entrañas. Su voz como la mar muge, y a caballo van montados, ordenados como un solo hombre para la guerra contra ti, hija de Babel.	42 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 el rey de Babilonia nuevas de ellos y flaquean sus manos. Angustia le asaltó, dolor como de parturienta.	43 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 Vedlo como león que sube del boscaje del Jordán hacia el pastizal perenne, cuando en un instante le haré salir huyendo de allí, para colocar allí a quien me plazca. Porque ¿quién como yo, y quién me emplazará, y quién es el pastor que aguante en mi presencia?	44 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 Así pues, oíd la decisión que Yahveh ha tomado sobre Babilonia y sus planes sobre el país de los caldeos. Juro que les han de llevar a rastras las crías de los rebaños, que asolarán sobre ellos sus pastizales.	45 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 Al son de la conquista de Babilonia retumbó la tierra, y el griterío de las naciones se dejó oír.	46 At the voice of the captivity of Babylon, the earth has been moved, and an outcry has been heard among the nations.”