Jeremías 8

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1 En aquel tiempo - oráculo de Yahveh - sacarán de sus tumbas los huesos de los reyes de Judá, los huesos de sus príncipes, los huesos de los sacerdotes, los huesos de los profetas y los huesos de los moradores de Jerusalén,	1 “In that time, says the Lord, they will cast out the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of its leaders, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of those who were living in Jerusalem, from their graves.
2 y los dispersarán ante el sol, la luna y todo el ejército celeste a quienes amaron y sirvieron, aquienes siguieron, consultaron y adoraron, para no ser recogidos ni sepultados más: se volverán estiércol sobre la haz de la tierra.	2 And they will spread them out before the sun and the moon and the entire army of the heavens, which they have loved, and served, and followed, and which they have sought and adored. They will not be collected, and they will not be buried. They will be like manure upon the face of the earth.
3 Y será preferible la muerte a la vida para todo el resto que subsistiere de este linaje malo adondequiera que yo les relegue - oráculo de Yahveh Sebaot -.	3 And they will greatly prefer death to life: all those who will have been left from this wicked kindred, in all the forsaken places to which I will cast them out, says the Lord of hosts.
4 Les dirás: Así dice Yahveh: Los que caen ¿no se levantan? y si uno se extravía ¿no cabe tornar?	4 And you will say to them: Thus says the Lord: He who falls, will he not rise again? And he who has been turned away, will he not return?
5 Pues ¿por qué este pueblo sigue apostatando, Jerusalén con apostasía perpetua? Se aferran a la mentira, rehúsan convertirse.	5 Then why have this people in Jerusalem turned away with a contentious loathing? They have taken hold of what is false, and they are not willing to return.
6 He escuchado atentamente: no hablan a derechas. Nadie deplora su maldad diciendo: «¿Qué he hecho?» Todos se extravían, cada cual en su carrera, cual caballo que irrumpe en la batalla.	6 I paid close attention and I listened carefully. No one is speaking what is good. There is no one who does penance for his sin, saying: ‘What have I done?’ They have all turned to their own course, like a horse rushing with fury into battle.
7 Hasta la cigüeña en el cielo conoce su estación, y la tórtola, la golondrina o la grulla observan la época de sus migraciones. Pero mi pueblo ignora el derecho de Yahveh.	7 The hawk in the heavens has known her time. The turtledove, and the swallow, and the stork have kept the time of their arrival. But my people have not known the judgment of the Lord.
8 ¿Cómo decís: «Somos sabios, y poseemos la Ley de Yahveh?» Cuando es bien cierto que en mentira la ha cambiado el cálamo mentiroso de los escribas.	8 How can you say: ‘We are wise, and the law of the Lord is with us?’ Truly, the lying pen of the scribes has wrought falsehood.
9 Los sabios pasarán vergüenza, serán abatidos y presos. He aquí que han desechado la palabra de Yahveh, y su sabiduría ¿de qué les sirve?	9 The wise men have been confounded; they were terrified and captured. For they cast aside the word of the Lord, and there is no wisdom in them.
10 Así que yo daré sus mujeres a otros, sus campos a nuevos amos, porque del más chiquito al más grande todos andan buscando su provecho, y desde el profeta hasta el sacerdote, todos practican el fraude.	10 Because of this, I will give their wives to outsiders and their fields to others as an inheritance. For from the least, even to the greatest, they all pursue avarice; from the prophet, even to the priest, they all act with deceit.
11 Han curado el quebranto de la hija de mi pueblo a la ligera, diciendo: «¡Paz, paz!», cuando no había paz.	11 And they healed the destruction of the daughter of my people with disgrace, by saying: ‘Peace, peace,’ though there was no peace.
12 ¿Se avergonzaron de las abominaciones que hicieron? ¡Avergonzarse, no se avergonzaron; sonrojarse, tampoco supieron! Por tanto caerán con los que cayeren; tropezarán cuando se les visite - dice Yahveh -.	12 They have been confounded because they committed abomination. Or rather, they have not been confounded with shame, for they do not know how to blush. For this reason, they will fall among the fallen. In the time of their visitation, they will fall, says the Lord.
13 Quisiera recoger de ellos alguna cosa - oráculo de Yahveh - pero no hay racimos en la vid ni higos en la higuera, y están mustias sus hojas. Es que yo les he dado quien les despoje.	13 When gathering, I will gather them together, says the Lord. There are no grapes on the vine, and there are no figs on the fig tree. The leaves have fallen. And I have given them the things that have passed away.”
14 - «¿Por qué nos quedamos tranquilos? ¡Juntaos, vamos a las plazas fuertes para enmudecer allí, pues Yahveh nuestro Dios nos hace morir y nos propina agua envenenada, porque hemos pecado contra Yahveh!	14 “Why are we sitting still? Assemble, and let us enter the fortified city, and let us remain silent there. For the Lord our God has brought us to silence, and he has given us the water of gall as a drink. For we have sinned against the Lord.
15 Esperábamos paz, y no hubo bien alguno; el tiempo de la cura, y se presenta el miedo.	15 We expected peace, but there was nothing good. We expected a time of health, and behold, dread.”
16 Desde Dan se deja oír. el resuello de sus caballos. Al relincho sonoro de sus corceles tembló la tierra toda. Vendrán y comerán el país y sus bienes, la ciudad y sus habitantes».	16 “From Dan, the snorting of his horses was heard; the entire land was shaken by the voice of the neighing of his fighters. And they arrived and devoured the land and its plenitude, the city and its inhabitants.
17 - Sí, he aquí que yo envío contra vosotros sierpes venenosas contra las que no existe encantamiento, y os picarán - oráculo de Yahveh -.	17 For behold, I will send among you serpents, king snakes, against which there is no charm, and they will bite you, says the Lord.
18 Sin remedio el dolor me acomete, el corazón me falla;	18 My sorrow is beyond sorrow; my heart mourns within me.
19 he aquí el grito lastimero de la hija de mi pueblo desde todos los rincones del país: «¿No está Yahveh en Sión? ¿su Rey no mora ya en ella? (¿Por qué me han irritado con sus ídolos, con esas Vanidades traídas del extranjero?)	19 Behold, the voice of the daughter of my people from a far away land. Is the Lord not with Zion, and is her king not within her? Then why have they provoked me to wrath by their graven images, and by their strange vanities?
20 La siega pasó, el verano acabó, mas nosotros no estamos a salvo».	20 The harvest has passed by, the summer is at an end, and we have not been saved.
21 Me duele el quebranto de la hija de mi pueblo; estoy abrumado, el pánico se apodera de mí.	21 Over the destruction of the daughter of my people, I am contrite and saddened; astonishment has taken hold of me.
22 ¿No hay sandáraca en Galaad?, ¿no quedan médicos allí? Pues ¿cómo es que no llega el remedio para la hija de mi pueblo?	22 Is there no balm in Gilead? Or is there no physician there? Then why has the wound of the daughter of my people not been closed?”
23 ¡Quién convirtiera mi cabeza en llanto, mis ojos en manantial de lágrimas para llorar día y noche a los muertos de la hija de mi pueblo!