1 J usto eres tú, oh SEÑOR, aunque yo dispute contigo; hablaré empero juicios contigo. ¿Por qué es prosperado el camino de los impíos? Tienen paz todos los que se rebelan completamente contra ti.

Righteous are You, O Lord, when I plead with You; Yet let me talk with You about Your judgments. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are those happy who deal so treacherously?

2 L os plantaste, y echaron raíces; progresaron, e hicieron fruto; cercano estás tú en sus bocas, mas lejos de sus riñones.

You have planted them, yes, they have taken root; They grow, yes, they bear fruit. You are near in their mouth But far from their mind.

3 Y tú, oh SEÑOR, me conoces; me viste, y probaste mi corazón para contigo; arráncalos como a ovejas para el degolladero, y señálalos para el día de la matanza.

But You, O Lord, know me; You have seen me, And You have tested my heart toward You. Pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, And prepare them for the day of slaughter.

4 ¿ 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 él nuestras postrimerías.

How long will the land mourn, And the herbs of every field wither? The beasts and birds are consumed, For the wickedness of those who dwell there, Because they said, “He will not see our final end.” The Lord Answers Jeremiah

5 S i corriste con los de a pie, y te cansaron, ¿cómo contenderás con los caballos? Y si en la tierra de paz donde estabas quieto te cansaron, ¿cómo harás en la hinchazón del Jordán?

“If you have run with the footmen, and they have wearied you, Then how can you contend with horses? And if in the land of peace, In which you trusted, they wearied you, Then how will you do in the floodplain of the Jordan?

6 P orque aun tus hermanos y la casa de tu padre, aun ellos se levantaron contra ti, aun ellos dieron voces en pos de ti, oh congregación. No les creas, cuando bien te hablaren.

For even your brothers, the house of your father, Even they have dealt treacherously with you; Yes, they have called a multitude after you. Do not believe them, Even though they speak smooth words to you.

7 D ejé mi casa, desamparé mi heredad, entregué lo que amaba mi alma en manos de sus enemigos.

“I have forsaken My house, I have left My heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of My soul into the hand of her enemies.

8 F ue para mí mi heredad como león en breña; contra mí dio su voz; por tanto la aborrecí.

My heritage is to Me like a lion in the forest; It cries out against Me; Therefore I have hated it.

9 ¿ Me es por ventura mi heredad ave de muchos colores? ¿No están contra ella aves en derredor? Venid, reuníos, vosotras todas las bestias del campo, venid a devorarla.

My heritage is to Me like a speckled vulture; The vultures all around are against her. Come, assemble all the beasts of the field, Bring them to devour!

10 M uchos pastores destruyeron mi viña, hollaron mi heredad, tornaron en desierto y soledad mi heredad preciosa.

“Many rulers have destroyed My vineyard, They have trodden My portion underfoot; They have made My pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.

11 L a tornó en asolamiento, lloró contra mí, asolada; fue asolada toda la tierra, porque no hubo hombre que mirara.

They have made it desolate; Desolate, it mourns to Me; The whole land is made desolate, Because no one takes it to heart.

12 S obre todos los lugares altos del desierto vinieron disipadores; porque la espada del SEÑOR devorará desde un extremo de la tierra hasta el otro; no hay paz para ninguna carne.

The plunderers have come On all the desolate heights in the wilderness, For the sword of the Lord shall devour From one end of the land to the other end of the land; No flesh shall have peace.

13 S embraron panes, y segarán espinas; tuvieron la heredad, mas no aprovecharon nada; se avergonzarán a causa de vuestros frutos por la ira del SEÑOR.

They have sown wheat but reaped thorns; They have put themselves to pain but do not profit. But be ashamed of your harvest Because of the fierce anger of the Lord.”

14 A sí dijo el SEÑOR contra todos mis malos vecinos, que tocan la heredad que hice heredar a mi pueblo Israel: He aquí que yo los arrancaré de su tierra, y arrancaré de en medio de ellos la casa de Judá.

Thus says the Lord: “Against all My evil neighbors who touch the inheritance which I have caused My people Israel to inherit—behold, I will pluck them out of their land and pluck out the house of Judah from among them.

15 Y será que, después que los hubiere arrancado, tornaré y tendré misericordia de ellos, y los haré volver cada uno a su heredad, y cada cual a su tierra.

Then it shall be, after I have plucked them out, that I will return and have compassion on them and bring them back, everyone to his heritage and everyone to his land.

16 Y será que, si cuidadosamente aprendieren los caminos de mi pueblo, para jurar en mi Nombre, diciendo: Vive el SEÑOR, así como enseñaron a mi pueblo a jurar por Baal; ellos serán prosperados en medio de mi pueblo.

And it shall be, if they will learn carefully the ways of My people, to swear by My name, ‘As the Lord lives,’ as they taught My people to swear by Baal, then they shall be established in the midst of My people.

17 M as si no oyeren, arrancaré a los tales gentiles, arrancando de raíz, y desterrándolos, dice el SEÑOR.

But if they do not obey, I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation,” says the Lord.