1 V ino a mí palabra de Jehová, diciendo:

And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

2 A nda y clama a los oídos de Jerusalén, diciendo: Así dice Jehová: Me he acordado de ti, de la fidelidad de tu juventud, del amor de tu desposorio, cuando andabas en pos de mí en el desierto, en tierra no sembrada.

Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus says the Lord: I remember the kindness and devotion of your youth, your love after your betrothal and marriage when you followed Me in the wilderness, in a land not sown.

3 S anto era Israel a Jehová, primicias de sus nuevos frutos. Todos los que le devoraban eran culpables; mal venía sobre ellos, dice Jehová.

Israel was holiness to the Lord, the firstfruits of His harvest; all who ate of it offended and became guilty; evil came upon them, says the Lord.

4 O íd la palabra de Jehová, casa de Jacob, y todas las familias de la casa de Israel.

Hear the word of the Lord, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel.

5 A sí dijo Jehová: ¿Qué maldad hallaron en mí vuestros padres, que se alejaron de mí, y se fueron tras la vanidad y se hicieron vanos?

Thus says the Lord: What unrighteousness did your fathers find in Me, that they went far from Me and went after emptiness, falseness, and futility and themselves became fruitless and worthless?

6 Y no dijeron: ¿Dónde está Jehová, que nos hizo subir de la tierra de Egipto, que nos condujo por el desierto, por una tierra desierta y despoblada, por tierra seca y de sombra de muerte, por una tierra por la cual no pasó varón, ni allí habitó hombre?

Nor did they say, Where is the Lord, Who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, Who led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and pits, through a land of drought and of the shadow of death and deep darkness, through a land that no man passes through and where no man dwells?

7 Y os introduje en tierra de abundancia, para que comieseis su fruto y su bien; pero entrasteis y contaminasteis mi tierra, e hicisteis abominable mi heredad.

And I brought you into a plentiful land to enjoy its fruits and good things. But when you entered, you defiled My land and made My heritage an abomination.

8 L os sacerdotes no dijeron: ¿Dónde está Jehová? y los que tenían la ley no me conocieron; y los pastores se rebelaron contra mí, y los profetas profetizaron en nombre de Baal, y anduvieron tras lo que no aprovecha.

the priests did not say, Where is the Lord? And those who handle the law knew Me not. The rulers and secular shepherds also transgressed against Me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal and followed after things that do not profit.

9 P or tanto, contenderé aún con vosotros, dijo Jehová, y con los hijos de vuestros hijos pleitearé.

Therefore I will still contend with you, says the Lord, and with your children’s children will I contend.

10 P orque pasad a las costas de Quitim y mirad; y enviad a Cedar, y considerad cuidadosamente, y ved si se ha hecho cosa semejante a esta.

For cross over to the coasts of Cyprus and see, send also to Kedar and carefully consider; and see whether there has been such a thing as this:

11 ¿ Acaso alguna nación ha cambiado sus dioses, aunque ellos no son dioses? Sin embargo, mi pueblo ha trocado su gloria por lo que no aprovecha.

Has a nation changed its gods, even though they are not gods? But My people have changed their Glory for that which does not profit.

12 E spantaos, cielos, sobre esto, y horrorizaos; desolaos en gran manera, dijo Jehová.

Be astonished and appalled, O heavens, at this; be shocked and shrivel up with horror, says the Lord.

13 P orque dos males ha hecho mi pueblo: me dejaron a mí, fuente de agua viva, y cavaron para sí cisternas, cisternas rotas que no retienen agua.

For My people have committed two evils: they have forsaken Me, the Fountain of living waters, and they have hewn for themselves cisterns, broken cisterns which cannot hold water.

14 ¿ Es Israel siervo? ¿es esclavo? ¿Por qué ha venido a ser presa?

Is Israel a servant? Is he a homeborn slave? Why has he become a captive and a prey?

15 L os cachorros del león rugieron contra él, alzaron su voz, y asolaron su tierra; quemadas están sus ciudades, sin morador.

The young lions have roared over him and made their voices heard. And they have made his land a waste; his cities are burned ruins without inhabitant.

16 A un los hijos de Menfis y de Tafnes te quebrantaron la coronilla.

Moreover, the children of Memphis and Tahpanhes (Egypt) have broken and fed on the crown of your head —so do not rely on them as an ally now.

17 ¿ No te acarreó esto el haber dejado a Jehová tu Dios, cuando te conducía por el camino?

Have you not brought this upon yourself by forsaking the Lord your God when He led you in the way?

18 A hora, pues, ¿qué tienes tú en el camino de Egipto, para que bebas agua del Nilo? ¿Y qué tienes tú en el camino de Asiria, para que bebas agua del Eufrates?

And now what have you to gain by allying yourself with Egypt and going her way, to drink the waters of the Nile? Or what have you to gain in going the way of Assyria, to drink the waters of the Euphrates?

19 T u maldad te castigará, y tus rebeldías te condenarán; sabe, pues, y ve cuán malo y amargo es el haber dejado tú a Jehová tu Dios, y faltar mi temor en ti, dice el Señor, Jehová de los ejércitos.

Your own wickedness shall chasten and correct you, and your backslidings and desertion of faith shall reprove you. Know therefore and recognize that this is an evil and bitter thing: you have forsaken the Lord your God; you are indifferent to Me and the fear of Me is not in you, says the Lord of hosts.

20 P orque desde muy atrás rompiste tu yugo y tus ataduras, y dijiste: No serviré. Con todo eso, sobre todo collado alto y debajo de todo árbol frondoso te echabas como ramera.

For long ago I broke your yoke and burst your bonds and long ago you shattered the yoke and snapped the bonds; you said, I will not serve and obey You! For upon every high hill and under every green tree you prostrated yourself, playing the harlot.

21 T e planté de vid escogida, simiente verdadera toda ella; ¿cómo, pues, te me has vuelto sarmiento de vid extraña?

Yet I had planted you a choice vine, wholly of pure seed. How then have you turned into degenerate shoots of wild vine alien to Me?

22 A unque te laves con lejía, y amontones jabón sobre ti, la mancha de tu pecado permanecerá aún delante de mí, dijo Jehová el Señor.

For though you wash yourself with lye and use much soap, yet your iniquity and guilt are still spotted, dirty, and stained before Me, says the Lord.

23 ¿ Cómo puedes decir: No soy inmunda, nunca anduve tras los baales? Mira tu proceder en el valle, conoce lo que has hecho, dromedaria ligera que tuerce su camino,

How can you say, I am not defiled; I have not gone after the Baals ? Look at your way in the valley; know what you have done. You are a restive young female camel running hither and thither,

24 a sna montés acostumbrada al desierto, que en su ardor olfatea el viento. De su lujuria, ¿quién la detendrá? Todos los que la buscaren no se fatigarán, porque en el tiempo de su celo la hallarán.

Or a wild donkey used to the desert, in her heat sniffing the wind. In her mating season who can restrain her? No males seeking her need weary themselves; in her month they will find her.

25 G uarda tus pies de andar descalzos, y tu garganta de la sed. Mas dijiste: No hay remedio en ninguna manera, porque a extraños he amado, y tras ellos he de ir.

Keep your feet from being unshod and your throat from thirst. But you said, It is hopeless! For I have loved strangers and foreigners, and after them I will go.

26 C omo se averg: uenza el ladrón cuando es descubierto, así se avergonzará la casa de Israel, ellos, sus reyes, sus príncipes, sus sacerdotes y sus profetas,

As the thief is brought to shame when he is caught, so shall the house of Israel be brought to shame—they, their kings, their princes, their priests, and their prophets—

27 q ue dicen a un leño: Mi padre eres tú; y a una piedra: Tú me has engendrado. Porque me volvieron la cerviz, y no el rostro; y en el tiempo de su calamidad dicen: Levántate, y líbranos.

they say to a tree, You are my father, and to a stone, You gave me birth. For they have turned their backs to Me and not their faces; but in the time of their trouble, they say, Arise and save us!

28 ¿ Y dónde están tus dioses que hiciste para ti? Levántense ellos, a ver si te podrán librar en el tiempo de tu aflicción; porque según el número de tus ciudades, oh Judá, fueron tus dioses.

But where are your gods that you made for yourself? Let them arise if they can save you in the time of your trouble! For the number of your cities are your gods, O Judah.

29 ¿ Por qué porfías conmigo? Todos vosotros prevaricasteis contra mí, dice Jehová.

Why do you complain and remonstrate against My wrath? You all have rebelled and revolted against Me, says the Lord.

30 E n vano he azotado a vuestros hijos; no han recibido corrección. Vuestra espada devoró a vuestros profetas como león destrozador.

In vain have I stricken your children (your people); they received no discipline (no correction). Your own sword devoured your prophets like a destroying lion.

31 O h generación! atended vosotros a la palabra de Jehová. ¿He sido yo un desierto para Israel, o tierra de tinieblas? ¿Por qué ha dicho mi pueblo: Somos libres; nunca más vendremos a ti?

O generation! Behold, consider, and regard the word of the Lord: Have I been a wilderness to Israel ? A land of deep darkness ? Why do My people say, We have broken loose; we will come no more to You?

32 ¿ Se olvida la virgen de su atavío, o la desposada de sus galas? Pero mi pueblo se ha olvidado de mí por innumerables días.

Can a maid forget and neglect her ornaments, or a bride her girdle ? Yet My people have forgotten Me, days without number.

33 ¿ Por qué adornas tu camino para hallar amor? Aun a las malvadas enseñaste tus caminos.

How you deck yourself and direct your way to procure love! Because of it even wicked women have learned ways from you.

34 A un en tus faldas se halló la sangre de los pobres, de los inocentes. No los hallaste en ningún delito; sin embargo, en todas estas cosas dices:

Also on your skirts is found the lifeblood of the persons of the innocent poor; you did not find them housebreaking, nor have I found it out by secret search. But it is because of all these things—

35 S oy inocente, de cierto su ira se apartó de mí. He aquí yo entraré en juicio contigo, porque dijiste: No he pecado.

Yet you keep saying, I am innocent; surely His anger has turned away from Me. Behold, I will bring you to judgment and will plead against you because you say, I have not sinned.

36 ¿ Para qué discurres tanto, cambiando tus caminos? También serás avergonzada de Egipto, como fuiste avergonzada de Asiria.

Why do you gad or wander about so much to change your way? You shall be put to shame by Egypt as you were put to shame by Assyria.

37 T ambién de allí saldrás con tus manos sobre tu cabeza, porque Jehová desechó a aquellos en quienes tú confiabas, y no prosperarás por ellos.

From also you will come away with your hands upon your head, for the Lord has rejected those in whom you confide, and you will not prosper with them.