| 1 Es el libro de los mandatos de Dios, | la ley de validez eterna: | los que la guarden vivirán; | los que la abandonen morirán. | 1 “ ‘This is the book of the commandments of God and of the law, which exists in eternity. All those who keep it will attain to life, but those who have forsaken it, to death. |
| 2 Vuélvete, Jacob, a recibirla, | camina al resplandor de su luz; | 2 Convert, O Jacob, and embrace it, walk in the way of its splendor, facing its light. |
| 3 no entregues a otros tu gloria, | ni tu dignidad a un pueblo extranjero. | 3 Do not surrender your glory to another, nor your value to a foreign people. |
| 4 ¡Dichosos nosotros, Israel, | que conocemos lo que agrada al Señor! | 4 We have been happy, O Israel, because the things that are pleasing to God have been made clear to us. |
| 5 ¡Ánimo, pueblo mío, | que llevas el nombre de Israel! | 5 Be ever more peaceful in soul, O people of God, the memorial of Israel. |
| 6 Os vendieron a naciones extranjeras, | pero no para ser aniquilados. | Por la cólera de Dios contra vosotros, | os entregaron en poder del enemigo, | 6 You have been sold to the nations, not into destruction, but because of this, in resentment, you provoked God to wrath, and so you have been delivered to adversity. |
| 7 porque irritasteis a vuestro Creador, | sacrificando a demonios, no a Dios; | 7 For you have exasperated him who made you, the eternal God, by sacrificing to evil spirits, and not to God. |
| 8 os olvidasteis del Señor eterno, | del Señor que os había alimentado, | y afligisteis a Jerusalén que os criaba. | 8 For you have forgotten God, who nurtured you, and you have saddened Jerusalem, your nurse. |
| 9 Cuando ella vio que el castigo | de Dios se avecinaba, dijo: | Escuchad, habitantes de Sión, | Dios me ha cubierto de aflicción. | 9 For she saw the wrath of God approaching you, and she said, “Listen, region of Zion, for God has brought upon me great sorrow. |
| 10 He visto que el Eterno ha mandado | cautivos a mis hijos y a mis hijas; | 10 For I have seen the captivity of my people, my sons and daughters, which the Eternal has led over them. |
| 11 los había criado con alegría, | los despedí con lágrimas de pena. | 11 For I nurtured them with joy, but I sent them away with weeping and sorrow. |
| 12 Que nadie se alegre cuando vea | a esta viuda abandonada de todos. | Si ahora me encuentro desierta, | es por los pecados de mis hijos, | que se apartaron de la ley de Dios. | 12 Let no one rejoice over me, a widow and a desolation, for I am forsaken by many because of the sins of my sons, because they strayed from the law of God. |
| 13 No reconocieron sus mandatos, | no siguieron la senda de sus preceptos, | se resistieron a caminar rectamente. | 13 And they have not known his righteousness, nor walked in the ways of the commandments of God, nor have they advanced with justice along the paths of his truth. |
| 14 Acercaos, vecinas de Sión, | recordad que el Eterno decidió | desterrar a mis hijos y a mis hijas. | 14 Let the region of Zion approach, and remember the captivity of my sons and daughters, which the Eternal led over them. |
| 15 El Eterno envió contra ellos | a un pueblo lejano y despiadado, | a un pueblo de extraño lenguaje, | que no respetaba a los ancianos | ni tenía piedad de los niños. | 15 For he has brought a far away people upon them, a guilty people, and of another language, |
| 16 A pesar de que era yo viuda, | se llevaron a mis hijos queridos, | me dejaron sola y sin hijas. | 16 who have not reverenced the aged, nor had mercy on the children, and who have led away the beloved of the widow, leaving me deserted and alone, without sons. |
| 17 ¿Y qué puedo hacer por vosotros? | 17 But as for me, how am I able to help you? |
| 18 El que os causó semejante desgracia | os librará del poder del enemigo. | 18 For he who has brought these evils upon you, will rescue you from the hands of your enemies. |
| 19 Marchad, hijos míos, marchad, | que aquí quedo yo abandonada. | 19 Walk on, sons, walk on, for I have been abandoned and I am alone. |
| 20 Me he quitado el vestido de la paz | y me he puesto el sayal de suplicante | para clamar ante el Eterno mientras viva. | 20 I have taken off the garment of peace and have put on the sackcloth of supplication, and I will cry out to the most High in my days. |
| 21 ¡Ánimo, hijos! Gritad a Dios | que os libre del poder enemigo. | 21 Be ever more peaceful, sons. Cry out to the Lord, and he will rescue you from the hand of the hostile leaders. |
| 22 Yo espero que el Eterno os salvará, | el Santo ya me llena de alegría, | pues muy pronto el Eterno, vuestro Salvador, | tendrá misericordia de vosotros. | 22 For I have placed my hope in your eternal salvation, and joy approaches me from the Holy One, over the mercy which will come to you by our eternal salvation. |
| 23 Os despedí entre llantos y duelo, | pero Dios os devolverá a mí, | me colmará de alegría para siempre. | 23 For I sent you forth with sorrow and weeping, but the Lord will restore you to me with joy and gladness for eternity. |
| 24 Si las vecinas de Sión hace poco | os vieron caminar al destierro, | muy pronto verán la salvación | que Dios os va a conceder, | pues va a venir acompañada | de la gloria y el esplendor del Eterno. | 24 For just as the neighbors of Zion have seen your captivity from God, so also will they soon see your salvation from God, which will overcome you with great honor and eternal splendor. |
| 25 Hijos míos, llevad con paciencia | el castigo enviado por Dios. | Si te ha perseguido el enemigo, | pronto lo verás derrotado, | con el cuello sometido a tu pie. | 25 Sons, endure patiently the wrath that has come upon you, for your enemy has persecuted you, but you will quickly see his destruction and you will climb over his neck. |
| 26 Mis hijos delicados recorrieron | duros y ásperos caminos, | como rebaño que robó el enemigo. | 26 My delicate ones have walked rough ways, for they were regarded as a flock torn apart by enemies. |
| 27 ¡Ánimo, hijos! Gritad a Dios, | os castigó pero se acordará de vosotros. | 27 Be ever more peaceful in soul, sons, and call out to the Lord, for you will be remembered by him who led you away. |
| 28 Si un día os empeñasteis en alejaros de Dios, | volveos a buscarlo con redoblado empeño. | 28 For as much as you thought to go astray from God, ten times as much again he will require of you when converting. |
| 29 El mismo que os mandó las desgracias | os mandará el gozo eterno de vuestra salvación. | 29 For he who led you into evil, he himself will again lead you to eternal happiness with your salvation.” |
| 30 ¡Ánimo, Jerusalén! El Señor | que te dio su nombre te consolará. | 30 Be ever more peaceful in soul, Jerusalem, for he who has named you, has been affected by you. |
| 31 ¡Malditos los que te han hecho daño, | los que se han alegrado de tu caída! | 31 The criminals who have troubled you, will perish, and those who rejoiced in your ruin, will be punished. |
| 32 ¡Malditas las ciudades que esclavizaron a tus hijos! | ¡Maldita la ciudad donde fueron a parar! | 32 The cities that your sons have served, will be punished, and also, she who received your sons. |
| 33 Si se alegró al verte caer, | si contempló regocijada tu catástrofe, | se lamentará cuando sea devastada. | 33 For just as she was glad at your ruin, and she rejoiced in your fall, so also will she be grieved in her own desolation, |
| 34 Le arrancaré el orgullo de ciudad populosa, | su altivez quedará reducida a duelo. | 34 and the exaltation of her multitude will be cut off, and her gladness will be turned to sorrow. |
| 35 El fuego inextinguible del Eterno la devorará, | durante años será habitada por demonios. | 35 For fire will overcome her from the Eternal for many days, and she will be inhabited by evil spirits for a long time. |
| 36 Vuelve la mirada hacia oriente, Jerusalén; | contempla la alegría que Dios te envía. | 36 Look around, Jerusalem, towards the east, and see the happiness that comes to you from God. |
| 37 Ahí llegan los hijos que viste marchar, | la palabra del Santo los ha convocado; | ya van viniendo de oriente a occidente, | llegan celebrando la gloria de Dios. | 37 For behold, your sons approach, whom you sent away scattered. They approach, gathering together, from the east all the way to the west, at the word of the Holy One, rejoicing in the honor of God. |
