1 “ Come down and sit in the dust, O pure daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, O people of the Babylonians. For you will no longer be called soft and gentle.

Desciende, y siéntate en el polvo, virgen hija de Babilonia; siéntate en la tierra, sin trono, hija de los caldeos, que nunca más te llamarán tierna, y delicada.

2 T ake the heavy stones and grind grain. Take off your face-covering and your clothing. Take the covering off your legs, and cross the rivers.

Toma el molino, y muele harina; descubre tus guedejas, descalza los pies, descubre las piernas, pasa los ríos.

3 Y our body will not be covered, and your shame will be seen. I will punish, and will not show pity to any man.”

Será descubierta tu vergüenza, y tu deshonor será visto; tomaré venganza, y no ayudaré a hombre.

4 T he One Who bought us and saves us, the Lord of All is His name, the Holy One of Israel.

Nuestro Redentor, el SEÑOR de los ejércitos es su nombre, el Santo de Israel.

5 “ Sit and be quiet, and go into darkness, O people of the Babylonians. For you will no more be called the queen of nations.

Siéntate, calla, y entra en tinieblas, hija de los caldeos, porque nunca más te llamarán señora de reinos.

6 I was angry with My people. I made My chosen nation unclean, and gave them into your hand. You did not show loving-kindness to them. On the older people you made your load very heavy.

Me enojé contra mi pueblo, profané mi heredad, y los entregué en tu mano; no les hiciste misericordias; sobre el viejo agravaste mucho tu yugo.

7 Y ou said, ‘I will be a queen forever.’ So you did not think about these things, or remember what might happen.

Y dijiste: Para siempre seré señora. Hasta ahora no has pensado en esto, ni te acordaste de tu postrimería.

8 “ So now hear this, you who love the desires of the body, who live without fear of danger. You say in your heart, ‘I am, and there is no one besides me. I will not sit as a woman whose husband has died, and I will not lose my children.’

Oye, pues, ahora esto, delicada, la que está sentada confiadamente, la que dice en su corazón: Yo soy, y fuera de mí no hay más; no quedaré viuda, ni conoceré orfandad.

9 B ut these two things will come upon you all at once in one day. You will lose your children and your husband. All this trouble will come to you, even with all your witchcraft and the strong power of your sinful secret ways.

Estas dos cosas te vendrán de repente en un mismo día, orfandad y viudez. En toda su perfección vendrán sobre ti, por la multitud de tus adivinanzas, y por la copia de tus muchos agüeros.

10 Y ou trusted in your sin and said, ‘No one sees me.’ Your wisdom and learning have led you the wrong way, for you have said in your heart, ‘I am, and there is no one besides me.’

Porque te confiaste en tu maldad, diciendo: Nadie me ve. Tu sabiduría, y tu misma ciencia te engañó, ya que dijiste en tu corazón: Yo soy, y nadie más.

11 M uch trouble will come upon you, and you will not know how to get away from it. Trouble will fall on you, and there will be no way for you to pay that it might go away. You will not know it but all at once you will be destroyed.

Vendrá, pues, sobre ti mal, cuyo nacimiento no sabrás; caerá sobre ti quebrantamiento, el cual no podrás remediar; y vendrá de repente sobre ti destrucción, la cual tú no conocerás.

12 “ Keep on with your sinful secret ways and all your witchcraft that you have used since you were young. It might be that you will get something from it. Maybe you can cause fear.

Estate ahora en tus adivinanzas, y en la multitud de tus agüeros, en los cuales te fatigaste desde tu niñez; quizá podrás mejorarte, quizá te fortificarás.

13 Y ou are tired with your many wise men. Now call the star watchers, those who tell by the stars what will happen in the future, those who tell the future by the new moons. Have them stand up and save you from what will come upon you.

Te has fatigado en la multitud de tus consejos: aparezcan ahora y te defiendan los contempladores de los cielos, los especuladores de las estrellas, los que enseñan los cursos de la luna, de lo que vendrá sobre ti.

14 S ee, they have become like dry grass. Fire burns them. They cannot take themselves away from the power of the fire. This is no fire for making one warm, or fire to sit by!

He aquí, que serán como tamo; fuego los quemará; no salvarán sus vidas de la mano de la llama; no quedará brasa para calentarse, ni lumbre a la cual se sienten.

15 T his is how those are to you, with whom you have worked since you were young. Each one has gone on in his own wrong way. There is no one who can save you.

Así te serán aquellos, con quien te fatigaste, tus negociantes desde tu niñez; cada uno echará por su camino, no habrá quien te salve.