1 U ncompromisingly righteous and rigidly just are You, O Lord, when I complain against and contend with You. Yet let me plead and reason the case with You: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are all they at ease and thriving who deal very treacherously and deceitfully?

Justo eres tú, oh Jehová, para que yo dispute contigo; sin embargo, alegaré mi causa ante ti. ¿Por qué es prosperado el camino de los impíos, y tienen bien todos los que se portan deslealmente?

2 Y ou have planted them, yes, they have taken root; they grow, yes, they bring forth fruit. You are near in their mouths but far from their hearts.

Los plantaste, y echaron raíces; crecieron y dieron fruto; cercano estás tú en sus bocas, pero lejos de sus corazones.

3 B ut You, O Lord, know and understand me and my devotion to You; You see me and try my heart toward You. pull out like sheep for the slaughter and devote and prepare them for the day of slaughter.

Pero tú, oh Jehová, me conoces; me viste, y probaste mi corazón para contigo; arrebátalos como a ovejas para el degolladero, y señálalos para el día de la matanza.

4 H ow long must the land mourn and the grass and herbs of the whole country wither? Through the wickedness of those who dwell in it, the beasts and the birds are consumed and are swept away, because men me, saying, He shall not see our final end.

¿Hasta cuándo estará desierta la tierra, y marchita la hierba de todo el campo? Por la maldad de los que en ella moran, faltaron los ganados y las aves; porque dijeron: No verá Dios nuestro fin.

5 I f you have raced with men on foot and they have tired you out, then how can you compete with horses? And if in a land of peace where you feel secure, then what will you do in the swelling and flooding of the Jordan?

Si corriste con los de a pie, y te cansaron, ¿cómo contenderás con los caballos? Y si en la tierra de paz no estabas seguro, ¿cómo harás en la espesura del Jordán?

6 F or even your brethren and the house of your father—even they have dealt treacherously with you; yes, even they are in full cry after you. Believe them not, though they speak fair words and promise good things to you.

Porque aun tus hermanos y la casa de tu padre, aun ellos se levantaron contra ti, aun ellos dieron grito en pos de ti. No los creas cuando bien te hablen.

7 I have forsaken My house, I have cast off My heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of My life into the hands of her enemies.

He dejado mi casa, desamparé mi heredad, he entregado lo que amaba mi alma en mano de sus enemigos.

8 M y heritage has become to Me like a lion in the forest; she has uttered her voice against Me; therefore I have hated her.

Mi heredad fue para mí como león en la selva; contra mí dio su rugido; por tanto, la aborrecí.

9 I s My heritage to Me like a speckled bird of prey? Are the birds of prey against her round about? Go, assemble all the wild beasts of the field; bring them to devour.

¿Es mi heredad para mí como ave de rapiña de muchos colores? ¿No están contra ella aves de rapiña en derredor? Venid, reuníos, vosotras todas las fieras del campo, venid a devorarla.

10 M any shepherds have destroyed My vineyard, they have trampled My portion underfoot; they have made My pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.

Muchos pastores han destruido mi viña, hollaron mi heredad, convirtieron en desierto y soledad mi heredad preciosa.

11 T hey have made it a desolation, and desolate it mourns before Me; the whole land has been made desolate, but no man lays it to heart.

Fue puesta en asolamiento, y lloró sobre mí desolada; fue asolada toda la tierra, porque no hubo hombre que reflexionase.

12 D estroyers have come upon all the bare heights in the desert, for the sword of the Lord devours from one end of the land even to the other; no flesh has peace or can find the means to escape.

Sobre todas las alturas del desierto vinieron destruidores; porque la espada de Jehová devorará desde un extremo de la tierra hasta el otro; no habrá paz para ninguna carne.

13 T hey have sown wheat but have reaped thorns; they have worn themselves out but without profit. And they shall be ashamed of your harvests and revenues because of the fierce and glowing anger of the Lord.

Sembraron trigo, y segaron espinos; tuvieron la heredad, mas no aprovecharon nada; se avergonzarán de sus frutos, a causa de la ardiente ira de Jehová.

14 T hus says the Lord against all My evil neighbor who touch the inheritance which I have caused My people Israel to inherit: Behold, I will pluck them up from their land and I will pluck up the house of Judah from among them.

Así dijo Jehová contra todos mis malos vecinos, que tocan la heredad que hice poseer a mi pueblo Israel: He aquí que yo los arrancaré de su tierra, y arrancaré de en medio de ellos a la casa de Judá.

15 A nd after I have plucked them up, I will return and have compassion on them and will bring them back again, every man to his heritage and every man to his land.

Y después que los haya arrancado, volveré y tendré misericordia de ellos, y los haré volver cada uno a su heredad y cada cual a su tierra.

16 A nd if these will diligently learn the ways of My people, to swear by My name, saying, As the Lord lives—even as they taught My people to swear by Baal—then will they be built up in the midst of My people.

Y si cuidadosamente aprendieren los caminos de mi pueblo, para jurar en mi nombre, diciendo: Vive Jehová, así como enseñaron a mi pueblo a jurar por Baal, ellos serán prosperados en medio de mi pueblo.

17 B ut if any nation will not hear and obey, I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation, says the Lord.

Mas si no oyeren, arrancaré esa nación, sacándola de raíz y destruyéndola, dice Jehová.