Jeremías 51

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1 Así dice Yahveh: Mirad que yo despierto contra Babilonia y los habitantes de Leb Camay un viento destructor.	1 Thus says the Lord: “Behold, I will raise up, over Babylon and over its inhabitants, who have lifted up their heart against me, something like a pestilent wind.
2 Enviaré a Babilonia beldadores que la bielden y dejen vacío su territorio, porque se la acosará por todas partes el día aciago.	2 And I will send winnowers into Babylon, and they will winnow her, and they will demolish her land. For they will overwhelm her from every side in the day of her affliction.
3 El arquero que no aseste su arco, ni se jacte de su cota. No tengáis piedad para sus jóvenes escogidos: dad al anatema todo su ejército.	3 Let him who draws the bow, not draw his bow. And let him who wears armor, not rise up. Do not spare her young men. Destroy her entire military.
4 Caerán heridos en tierra de Caldea, y traspasados en sus calles.	4 And the slain will fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and the wounded in its regions.
5 Pero no ha enviudado Israel ni Judá de su Dios, de Yahveh Sebaot. Sus tierras estaban llenas de delitos contra el Santo de Israel.	5 Yet Israel and Judah have not been widowed by their God, the Lord of hosts, though their land has been filled with transgression against the Holy One of Israel.
6 Huid del interior de Babilonia, (y salvad cada cual vuestra vida), no perezcáis por su culpa, pues es hora de venganza para Yahveh: le está pagando su merecido.	6 Flee from the midst of Babylon! And let each one save his own life. Do not be silent about her iniquity. For it is the time of revenge from the Lord. He himself will repay her, in her turn.
7 Copa de oro era Babilonia en la mano de Yahveh, que embriagaba toda la tierra. De su vino bebieron las naciones, lo que las hizo enloquecer.	7 Babylon is a gold cup in the hand of the Lord, inebriating the entire earth. The nations have drunk from her wine, and therefore they have staggered.
8 De pronto cayó Babilonia y se rompió. Ululad por ella, tomad bálsamo para su sufrimiento, a ver si sana.	8 Suddenly, Babylon has fallen and been crushed. Wail over her! Take a balm to her pain, if perhaps she may be healed.”
9 Hemos curado a Babilonia, pero no ha sanado, dejadla y vayamos, cada cual a su tierra, porque ha llegado a los cielos el juicio contra ella, se ha elevado hasta las nubes.	9 “We would have cured Babylon, but there is no cure. Let us abandon her, and let each one of us go to his own land. For her judgment has reached even to the heavens, and has been lifted up even to the clouds.
10 Yahveh hizo patente nuestra justicia; venid y cantemos en Sión las obras de Yahveh nuestro Dios.	10 The Lord has brought forth our justices. Come and let us describe in Zion the work of the Lord our God.”
11 Aguzad las saetas, llenad las aljabas. Ha despertado Yahveh el espíritu de los reyes de Media, porque sobre Babilonia está su designio de destruirla, porque esta será la venganza de Yahveh, la venganza de su santuario.	11 Sharpen the arrows, fill the quivers. The Lord has raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes. And his mind is against Babylon, so that he may destroy her. For this is the vengeance of the Lord, the vengeance of his temple.
12 Sobre las murallas de Babilonia izad bandera, reforzad la guardia, apostad centinelas, preparad celadas; que también Yahveh ha tomado un acuerdo, también él va a cumplir lo que dijo sobre los habitantes de Babilonia.	12 Upon the walls of Babylon, lift up a sign. Increase the watch! Rouse the watchmen! Prepare ambushes! For the Lord has planned and has accomplished all that he has spoken, against the inhabitants of Babylon.
13 Tú, la que estás instalada sobre ingentes aguas, la de ingentes tesoros, llegó tu fin, el término de tus ganancias.	13 You who live above many waters, rich in treasures: your end has arrived, your measure has been cut short.
14 Lo ha jurado Yahveh Sebaot por sí mismo: Yo he de colmarte de hombres como de langostas, y entonarán contra ti el cantar de los lagareros.	14 The Lord of hosts has sworn by himself, saying: “For I will fill you with men as with locusts, and they will sing a rhythmic chant against you.”
15 El es quien hizo la tierra con su poder, el que estableció el orbe con su saber, y con su inteligencia expandió los cielos.	15 The One who made the earth by his strength, who prepared the world by his wisdom, and who stretched out the heavens by his prudence:
16 Cuando da voces, hay estruendo de aguas en los cielos, y hace subir las nubes desde el extremo de la tierra. El hace los relámpagos para la lluvia y saca el viento de sus depósitos.	16 when he utters his voice, the waters will be multiplied in the heavens. The One who lifts up the clouds from the ends of the earth: he has turned lightning into rain, and he has brought forth wind from his storehouses.
17 Todo hombre es torpe para comprender, se avergüenza del ídolo todo platero, porque sus estatuas son una mentira y no hay espíritu en ellas.	17 Each man has become foolish before his own knowledge. Each sculptor has been confounded by his own sculpture. For what he has formed of them is a lie, and there is no spirit in them.
18 Vanidad son, cosa ridícula; al tiempo de su visita perecerán.	18 They are empty works, deserving of ridicule. In the time of their visitation, they will perish.
19 No es así la «Parte de Jacob», pues él es el plasmador del universo, y aquel cuy heredero es Israel; Yahveh Sebaot es su nombre.	19 The portion of Jacob is not like their portion. For the One who made all things is his portion, and Israel is the scepter of his inheritance. The Lord of hosts is his name:
20 Un martillo eras tú para mí, un arma de guerra: contigo machaqué naciones, contigo destruí reinos,	20 “For me, you strike together the instruments of war; and with you, I will strike together nations; and with you, I will scatter the kingdoms.
21 contigo machaqué caballo y caballero, contigo machaqué el carro y a quien lo monta.	21 And with you, I will strike together the horse and his rider; and with you, I will strike together the chariot and its rider.
22 contigo machaqué a hombre y mujer, contigo machaqué al viejo y al muchacho, contigo machaqué al joven y a la doncella,	22 And with you, I will strike together man and woman; and with you, I will strike together the old man and the boy; and with you, I will strike together the young man and the virgin.
23 contigo machaqué al pastor y su hato, contigo machaqué al labrador y su yunta, contigo machaqué a gobernadores y magistrados.	23 And with you, I will strike together the pastor and his flock; and with you, I will strike together the farmer and his yoke of oxen; and with you, I will strike together military leaders and civil leaders.
24 Y haré que Babilonia y todos los habitantes de Caldea paguen por todo el daño que hicieron en Sión, delante de vuestros ojos - oráculo de Yahveh -.	24 And I will repay Babylon and all the inhabitants of Chaldea for all their evil that they have done in Zion, before your eyes, says the Lord.
25 Heme aquí en contra tuya, montaña destructora - oráculo de Yahveh -, destructora toda la tierra. Voy a echarte mano y a hacerte rodar desde las peñas, y a convertirte en montaña quemada.	25 Behold, I am against you, you pestilent mountain, says the Lord, for you are corrupting the entire earth. And I will extend my hand over you, and I will roll you down from the rocks, and I will make you into a burning mountain.
26 No tomarán de ti piedra angular ni piedra de cimientos, porque desolación por siempre serás - oráculo de Yahveh -.	26 And they will not take from you a stone for the corner, nor a stone for the foundations. Instead, you will be destroyed unto eternity,” says the Lord.
27 Alzad bandera en la tierra, tocad cuerno en las naciones. Haced leva santa contra ella en las naciones, citad contra ella a los reinos. de Ararat, Minní y Askenaz, estableced contra ella reclutador, haced que ataque la caballería cual langosta.	27 Lift up a sign in the land! Sound the trumpet among the nations! Sanctify the nations against her. Announce against her the kings of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Number against her Taphsar. Lead in the horse, like the stinging locust.
28 Haced leva santa contra ella en las naciones, los reyes de Media, sus gobernadores y todos sus magistrados y todo el país de su dominio.	28 Sanctify the nations against her: the kings of Media, their military leaders, and all their civil leaders, and the entire land under their authority.
29 Y retiembla la tierra, y da vueltas, por haberse cumplido contra Babilonia los planes de Yahveh, de convertir la tierra de Babel en desolación sin habitantes.	29 And the earth will be shaken and will be disturbed. For the plan of the Lord against Babylon will awaken, so that he may make the land of Babylon desolate and uninhabitable.
30 Cesaron de guerrear los valientes de Babilonia, se han quedado en las fortalezas. Agotóse su bravura, se volvieron mujeres; quemaron sus aposentos, se rompieron sus barras.	30 The strong ones of Babylon have ceased to do battle. They have lived in fortresses. Their health has been devoured, and they have become like women. Her tabernacles have been set ablaze; her bars have been broken.
31 Correo al alcance de correo corre, e informador al alcance de informador, para informar al rey de Babilonia que ha sido tomada su ciudad de cabo a cabo,	31 Runner will go forth to meet runner, and messenger will meet messenger, so as to tell the king of Babylon that his city has been captured, from one end to the other,
32 y sus vados fueron ocupados y los cañaverales incendiados, y los guerreros se atemorizaron.	32 and that the fords were seized in advance, and that the marshes have been burned with fire, and that the men of war have been set in disarray.
33 Porque así dice Yahveh Sebaot, el Dios de Israel: La hija de Babel es como era al tiempo de apisonarla; un poco más, y le habrá llegado el tiempo de la siega.	33 For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor. This is the time of her threshing. A little while longer, and the time of her harvest will arrive.”
34 Me comió, me arrebañó el rey de Babilonia, me dejó como cacharro vacío, me tragó como un dragón, llenó su vientre con mis buenos trozos, me expulsó.	34 “Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, has consumed me, has devoured me. He has made me like an empty vessel. He has swallowed me like a dragon. He has filled his belly with my tender ones, and he has cast me out.
35 «Mi atropello y mis sufrimientos sobre Babilonia», dirá la población de Sión; y «mi sangre sobre los habitantes de Caldea», dirá Jerusalén.	35 This iniquity is against me, and so my flesh is upon Babylon,” says the habitation of Zion. “And my blood is upon the inhabitants of Chaldea,” says Jerusalem.
36 Por tanto, así dice Yahveh: Heme aquí, que defiendo tu causa y vengo tu venganza, y deseco el mar de el y dejo enjuto su hontanar,	36 Because of this, thus says the Lord: “Behold, I will judge your case, and I will avenge your vengeance, and I will make her sea into a desert, and I will dry up her spring.
37 y vendrá a ser Babilonia montón de piedras, guarida de chacales, tema de pasmo y rechifla, sin ningún habitante.	37 And Babylon will become a tumult, the habitation of dragons, an astonishment, and a hissing, because there is no inhabitant.
38 A una cual leones rugen, gruñen como cachorros de leonas.	38 They will roar together, like lions, they will shake their manes, like young lions.
39 En teniendo ellos calor les serviré su bebida y les embriagaré de modo que se alegren, y dormirán un sueño eterno y no se despertarán - oráculo de Yahveh -.	39 In their heat, I will give them a drink, and I will inebriate them, so that they become drowsy, and sleep an everlasting sleep, and do not rise up, says the Lord.
40 Les haré bajar como corderos al matadero, como carneros y machos cabríos.	40 I will lead them away, like lambs to the slaughter, and like rams with young goats.
41 ¡Cómo fue tomada Sesac, y ocupada la prez de toda la tierra! ¡Cómo vino a ser pasmo Babilonia entre las naciones!	41 How was Sesac captured, and how was the renowned one of all the earth seized? How has Babylon become an astonishment among the nations?
42 Subió contra Babilonia el mar, por el tropel de sus olas quedó cubierta.	42 The sea has ascended over Babylon; she has been covered by the multitude of its waves.
43 Vinieron a quedar sus ciudades devastadas, tierra reseca y yerma, no vive en ellas nadie, ni discurre por ellas ser humano.	43 Her cities have become an astonishment, an uninhabited and desolate land, a land in which no one may live, nor may a son of man pass through it.
44 Visitaré a Bel en Babilonia, y le sacaré su bocado de la boca, y no afluirán a él ya más las naciones. Hasta la muralla de Babilonia ha caído.	44 And I will visit against Bel in Babylon, and I will cast from his mouth what he has swallowed. And the nations will no longer flow together before him. For even the wall of Babylon will also fall.
45 Salid de en medio de ella, pueblo mío, que cada cual salve su vida del ardor de la ira de Yahveh.	45 Go forth from her midst, my people, so that each one may save his life from the wrath of the fury of the Lord.
46 Y que no se marchite vuestro corazón y tengáis miedo por el rumor que se oirá en la tierra. Cierto correrá un año tal rumor, y luego al año siguiente, otro distinto: violencia en la tierra, y domeñador sobre domeñador.	46 For otherwise, your heart may faint, and you may be afraid at the news that is heard in the land. And the news will arrive within a year, and after that year more news will arrive. And iniquity will be in the land, and one ruler will be over another ruler.
47 Pues bien, mirad que vienen días en que visitaré a los ídolos de Babilonia, y todo su territorio se abochornará, y todos sus heridos caerán en medio de ella.	47 Because of this, behold, the days are approaching, when I will visit against the graven images of Babylon. And her entire land will be confounded, and all her slain will fall in her midst.
48 Y harán corro contra Babilonia cielos y tierra y todo cuanto hay en ellos, cuando del norte lleguen los devastadores - oráculo de Yahveh -.	48 And the heavens and the earth, and all the things that are in them, will give praise over Babylon. For despoilers will approach her from the north, says the Lord.
49 También Babilonia caerá, oh heridos de Israel. También por Babilonia cayeron los heridos de toda la tierra.	49 And in the manner that Babylon has caused the slain to fall in Israel, so the slain of Babylon will fall over the entire earth.
50 Escapados de la espada, andad, no os paréis, recordad desde lejos a Yahveh, y que Jerusalén os venga en mientes.	50 You who have fled from the sword, approach, do not stand still. Remember from afar the Lord, and let Jerusalem rise up in your heart.
51 - «Quedamos abochornados al oír tal afrenta; cubrió la vergüenza nuestros rostros. ¡Habían penetrado extranjeros hasta los santuarios de la Casa de Yahveh!»	51 We have been confounded, for we heard reproach. Shame has covered our faces, for strangers have overwhelmed the holiness of the house of the Lord.
52 - Pues bien, mirad que vienen días - oráculo de Yahveh - en que visitaré a sus ídolos, y en todo su territorio se quejarán los heridos.	52 Because of this, behold, the days are approaching, says the Lord, when I will visit against her graven images, and within all her land the wounded will groan.
53 Aunque suba Babilonia a los cielos y encastille en lo alto su poder, de mi parte llegarán saqueadores hasta ella - oráculo de Yahveh -.	53 If Babylon were to ascend to heaven, and establish her strength on high, her despoilers would go forth from me, says the Lord.”
54 Suenan gritos de socorro desde Babilonia, y un fragor desde Caldea.	54 A voice of outcry from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!
55 Es que devasta Yahveh a Babilonia, apaga de ella el gran ruido, y mugen sus olas como las de alta mar, cuyo son es estruendoso.	55 For the Lord has despoiled Babylon, and he has perished the great voice from her. And their wave will make a sound like many waters. Their voice has uttered a noise.
56 Es que viene sobre ella, sobre Babilonia el devastador, van a ser apresados sus valientes, se han aflojado sus arcos. Porque Dios retribuidor es Yahveh: cierto pagará.	56 For the despoiler has overwhelmed her, that is, Babylon, and her strong ones have been apprehended, and their bow has been weakened. For the Lord, the powerful revenger, will certainly repay.
57 Yo embriagaré a sus jefes y a sus sabios, a sus gobernadores y a sus magistrados y a sus valientes, y dormirán un sueño eterno y no se despertarán - oráculo del Rey cuyo nombre es Yahveh Sebaot -.	57 “And I will inebriate her leaders, and her wise ones, and her military rulers, and her civil rulers, and her strong ones. And they will sleep an everlasting sleep, and they will not awaken,” says the King: the Lord of hosts is his name.
58 Así dice Yahveh Sebaot: Aquella ancha muralla de Babilonia ha de ser socavada, y aquellas sus altas puertas con fuego han de ser quemadas, y se habrán fatigado pueblos para nada, y naciones para el fuego se habrán cansado.	58 Thus says the Lord of hosts: “That very wide wall of Babylon will be utterly overturned, and her exalted gates will be burned with fire, and the labors of the people will be as nothing, and the labors of the nations will be sent into the fire and will perish.”
59 Orden que dio el profeta Jeremías a Seraías, hijo de Neriyías, hijo de Majseías, al partir éste de junto a Sedecías, rey de Judá, para Babilonia el año cuarto de su reinado, siendo Seraías jefe de etapas.	59 The word that Jeremiah, the prophet, instructed to Seraiah, the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, when he traveled with king Zedekiah into Babylon, in the fourth year of his reign. Now Seraiah was the leader of the prophets.
60 Escribió, pues, Jeremías todo el mal que había de sobrevenir a Babilonia en un libro - todas estas palabras arriba escritas acerca de Babilonia -	60 And Jeremiah wrote in one book all the evil that was to overwhelm Babylon; all these words were written against Babylon.
61 y dijo Jeremías a Seraías: «En llegando tú a Babilonia, mira de leer en voz alta todas estas palabras,	61 And Jeremiah said to Seraiah: “When you will enter into Babylon, and you will see and read all these words,
62 y dirás: “Yahveh, tú has hablado respecto a este lugar, de destruirlo sin que haya en él habitante, ya sea persona o animal, sino que soledad por siempre será.”	62 you will say: ‘O Lord, you have spoken against this place so that you may destroy it, so that there would not be anyone, from man even to beast, who may live in it, and so that it may be desolate forever.’
63 Luego, en acabando tú de leer en voz alta ese libro, atas a él una piedra y lo arroja al Eufrates,	63 And when you will have completed reading this book, you will tie a stone to it, and you will cast it into the midst of the Euphrates.
64 y dices: “Así se hundirá Babilonia y no se recobrará del mal que yo mismo voy a traer sobre ella.”» Hasta aquí las palabras de Jeremías.	64 And you will say: ‘So shall Babylon be submerged! And she will not rise up before the face of the affliction that I will lead over her. And she will be broken.’ ” The words of Jeremiah thus far.