Jeremiah 5

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1 “Travel the streets of Jerusalem; and gaze, and consider, and seek, in its wide streets. If you can find a man exercising judgment and seeking faith, then I will be forgiving to them.	1 Recorred las calles de Jerusalén, mirad bien y enteraos; buscad por sus plazas, a ver si topáis con alguno que practique la justicia, que busque la verdad, y yo la perdonaría.
2 For even though they say, ‘As the Lord lives,’ in this, too, they swear falsely.”	2 Pues, si bien dicen: «¡Por vida de Yahveh!», también juran en falso.
3 O Lord, your eyes look with favor upon faith. You have struck them, and they have not grieved. You have bruised them, and they have refused to accept discipline. They have hardened their faces more than rock, and they are not willing to return.	3 - ¡Oh Yahveh! tus ojos, ¿no son para la verdad? Les heriste, mas no acusaron el golpe; acabaste con ellos, pero no quisieron aprender. Endurecieron sus caras más que peñascos, rehusaron convertirse.
4 But I said: Perhaps these are the poor and the senseless, who are ignorant of the way of the Lord, of the judgment of their God.	4 Yo decía: «Naturalmente, el vulgo es necio, pues ignora el camino de Yahveh, el derecho de su Dios.
5 Therefore, I will go to great men, and I will speak with them. For they have known the way of the Lord, the judgment of their God. And behold, these ones have broken the yoke all the more; they have torn apart the bonds.	5 Voy a acudir a los grandes y a hablar con ellos, porque ésos conocen el camino de Yahveh, el derecho de su Dios». Pues bien, todos a una habían quebrado el yugo y arrancado las coyundas.
6 For this reason, a lion from the forest has struck them down, a wolf toward evening has laid waste to them, a leopard lies in wait over their cities. All who go out from there will be taken. For their transgressions have been multiplied; their rebellions have been strengthened.	6 Por eso los herirá el león de la selva, el lobo de los desiertos los destrozará, el leopardo acechará sus ciudades: todo el que saliere de ellas será despedazado. - Porque son muchas sus rebeldías, y sus apostasías son grandes.
7 “Over which things am I able to be merciful to you? Your sons have forsaken me, and they swear by those who are not gods. I gave them everything, and they committed adultery, and they indulged themselves in the house of the harlot.	7 ¿Cómo te voy a perdonar por ello? Tus hijos me dejaron y juraron por el no - dios. Yo los harté, y ellos se hicieron adúlteros, y el lupanar frecuentaron.
8 They have become like wild horses in heat; each one was neighing after his neighbor’s wife.	8 Son caballos lustrosos y vagabundos: cada cual relincha por la mujer de su prójimo.
9 Shall I not visit against these things, says the Lord? And shall my soul not take vengeance on a nation such as this?	9 ¿Y de esto no pediré cuentas? - oráculo de Yahveh -, ¿de una nación así no se vengará mi alma?
10 Scale its walls and tear them down. But do not be willing to bring about its very end. Take away its plantings, for they are not the Lord’s.	10 Escalad sus murallas, destruid, mas no acabéis con ella. Quitad sus sarmientos porque no son de Yahveh.
11 For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have greatly transgressed against me, says the Lord.	11 Porque bien me engañaron, la casa de Judá y la casa de Israel - oráculo de Yahveh -.
12 They have denied the Lord, and they have said, ‘It is not him,’ and, ‘Evil will not overwhelm us. We will not see famine and the sword.’	12 Renegaron de Yahveh diciendo: «¡El no cuenta!, ¡no nos sobrevendrá daño alguno, ni espada ni hambre veremos!
13 The prophets have spoken into the wind, and there was no answer with them. Therefore, these things will happen to them.”	13 Cuanto a los profetas, el viento se los lleve, pues carecen de Palabra». - Así les será hecho.
14 Thus says the Lord, the God of hosts: “Since you have spoken this word, behold, I will make my words in your mouth like fire and this people like wood, and it will devour them.	14 Por tanto, así dice Yahveh, el Dios Sebaot: Por haber hablado ellos tal palabra, he aquí que yo pongo las mías en tu boca como fuego, y a este pueblo como leños, y los consumirá.
15 Behold, O house of Israel, I will lead over you a far away nation, says the Lord, a robust nation, an ancient nation, a nation whose language you will not know, nor will you understand what they are saying.	15 He aquí que yo traigo sobre vosotros, una nación de muy lejos, ¡oh casa de Israel! - oráculo de Yahveh -; una nación que no mengua, nación antiquísima aquélla, nación cuya lengua ignoras y no entiendes los que habla;
16 Their quiver is like an open sepulcher. They are all strong.	16 cuyo carcaj es como tumba abierta: todos son valientes.
17 And they will consume your grain fields and your bread. They will devour your sons and your daughters. They will consume your flocks and your herds. They will consume your vineyards and your figs. And with the sword, they will crush your fortified cities, in which you have placed your trust.	17 Comerá tu mies y tu pan, comerá a tus hijos e hijas, comerá tus ovejas y vacas, comerá tus viñas e higueras; con la espada destruirá tus plazas fuertes en que confías.
18 Yet truly, in those days, says the Lord, I will not bring the consummation over you.	18 Por lo demás, en los días aquellos - oráculo de Yahveh - todavía no acabaré con vosotros.
19 And if they say, ‘Why has the Lord our God done all these things to us?’ You shall say to them: ‘Just as you have abandoned me and have served a strange god in your own land, so will you serve strangers in a land not your own.’	19 - Y cuando dijereis: «¿Por qué nos hace Yahveh nuestro Dios todo esto?», les dirás: «Lo mismo que me dejasteis a mí y servisteis a dioses extraños en vuestra tierra, así serviréis a extraños en una tierra no vuestra».
20 Announce this to the house of Jacob, and make it known in Judah, saying:	20 Anunciad esto a la casa de Jacob y hacedlo oír en Judá:
21 Listen, O foolish people who have no heart! You have eyes, but you do not see, and ears, but you do not hear.	21 - Ea, oíd esto, pueblo necio y sin seso - tienen ojos y no ven, orejas y no oyen -:
22 So then, will you not fear me, says the Lord. And will you not have sorrow before my face? I have placed the shore as a limit for the sea, as an everlasting precept that it will not transgress. And its waves will crash, but they will not prevail; and its waves will swell, but they will not go across.	22 ¿A mí no me temeréis? - oráculo de Yahveh -, ¿delante de mí no temblaréis, que puse la arena por término al mar, límite eterno, que no traspasará? Se agitará, mas no lo logrará; mugirán sus olas, pero no pasarán.
23 But the heart of this people has become incredulous and provocative; they have turned away and departed.	23 Pero este pueblo tiene un corazón traidor y rebelde: traicionaron llegando hasta el fin.
24 And they have not said in their heart: ‘Let us dread the Lord our God, who gives us the timely and the late rains, in their proper time, who guards the full measure of the yearly harvest for us.’	24 Y no se les ocurrió decir: «Ea, temamos a Yahveh nuestro Dios, que da la lluvia tempranera y la tardía a su tiempo; que nos grarantiza las semanas que regulan la siega».
25 Your iniquities have turned these things away, and your sins have held back good things from you.	25 Todo esto lo trastornaron vuestras culpas y vuestros pecados os privaron del bien.
26 For the impious are found among my people; they lie in ambush like fowlers setting snares, for they set traps to catch men.	26 Porque se encuentran en mi pueblo malhechores: preparan la red, cual paranceros montan celada: ¡hombres son atrapados!
27 Just as a snare is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit. As a result, they have become exalted and enriched.	27 Como jaula llena de aves, así están sus casas llenas de fraudes. Así se engrandecieron y se enriquecieron,
28 They have grown stout and fat. And they have transgressed my words most wickedly. They have not judged the case of the widow; they have not given guidance to the case of the orphan; and they have not judged a judgment for the poor.	28 engordaron, se alustraron. Ejecutaban malas acciones. La causa del huérfano no juzgaban y el derecho de los pobres no sentenciaban.
29 Shall I not visit against these things, says the Lord? Or shall my soul not take vengeance on a nation of this kind?	29 ¿Y de esto no pediré cuentas? - oráculo de Yahveh -, ¿de una nación así no se vengará mi alma?
30 Astonishing and wondrous things have been done upon the earth.	30 Algo pasmoso y horrendo se ha dado en la tierra:
31 The prophets have prophesied lies, and the priests have applauded with their hands, and my people have loved these things. So then, what shall be done at the very end?”	31 los profetas profetizaron con mentira, y los sacerdotes dispusieron a su guisa. Pero mi pueblo lo prefiere así. ¿A dónde vais a parar?