1 L a palabra que habló Jehová contra Babilonia, contra la tierra de los caldeos, por medio del profeta Jeremías.

The word that the Lord spoke concerning and against Babylon and concerning and against the land of the Chaldeans through Jeremiah the prophet:

2 A nunciadlo en las naciones, y hacedlo saber; levantad también bandera, publicadlo, y no lo encubráis; decid: Tomada es Babilonia, Bel es avergonzado, desmayó Merodac; confusas están sus esculturas, desmayaron sus ídolos.

Declare it among the nations and publish it and set up a signal —publish and conceal it not; say, Babylon has been taken; Bel is put to shame, Merodach (Bel) is dismayed and broken down. images are put to shame, her idols are thrown down!

3 P orque subió contra ella una nación del norte, la cual pondrá su tierra en asolamiento, y no habrá quien en ella more; huyeron, y se fueron, tanto las personas como las bestias.

For out of the north there has come up a nation against her which will make her land desolate, and none will dwell there. They will have fled, they will be gone—from man even to beast.

4 E n aquellos días y en aquel tiempo, dice Jehová, vendrán los hijos de Israel, ellos y los hijos de Judá juntamente; e irán andando y llorando, y buscarán a Jehová su Dios.

In those days and at that time, says the Lord, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together; they shall come up weeping as they come and seek the Lord their God.

5 P reguntarán acerca de Sión, vueltos sus rostros hacia acá, diciendo: Venid, y juntémonos a Jehová con pacto eterno que jamás se ponga en olvido.

They shall ask the way to Zion, with their faces in that direction, saying, Come, let us join ourselves to the Lord in a perpetual covenant that shall not be forgotten.

6 O vejas perdidas era mi pueblo; sus pastores las hicieron errar, por los montes las descarriaron; anduvieron de monte en collado, y se olvidaron de sus rediles.

My people have been lost sheep; their shepherds have led them astray on mountains. They have gone from mountain to hill; they have forgotten their resting-place.

7 T odos los que los hallaban, los devoraban; y decían sus enemigos: No pecamos, porque ellos pecaron contra Jehová, morada de justicia, contra Jehová, esperanza de sus padres.

All who found them devoured them; and their adversaries said, We are not guilty, because they have sinned against the Lord, their true habitation of righteousness and justice, even the Lord, the hope of their fathers.

8 H uid de en medio de Babilonia, y salid de la tierra de los caldeos, y sed como los machos cabríos que van delante del rebaño.

Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and go forth out of the land of the Chaldeans; and be as the he-goats before the flocks.

9 P orque he aquí que yo hago despertar y subir contra Babilonia una confederación de grandes pueblos de la tierra del norte; desde allí se pondrán en pie de guerra contra ella, y será tomada; sus flechas son como de valiente diestro, que no volverá vacío.

For behold, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the north country. They will equip and set themselves against her; from there she will be taken. Their arrows will be like an expert, mighty warrior and like his arrows—none will return in vain.

10 Y Caldea será para botín; todos los que la saqueen se saciarán, dice Jehová.

And Chaldea shall become plunder; all who plunder her shall be satisfied, says the Lord.

11 P orque os alegrasteis, porque os gozáis los que saqueáis mi heredad, porque rebrincáis como novilla sobre la hierba, y relincháis como caballos.

Though you are glad, though you rejoice, O you who plunder My heritage, though you are wanton and skip about like a heifer at grass and neigh like strong stallions,

12 V uestra madre se avergonzará mucho, se afrentará la que os dio a luz; he aquí será la última de las naciones; desierto, sequedal y páramo.

Your mother shall be put to great shame; she who bore you shall blush and be disgraced. Behold, she shall be at the rear of the nations —a wilderness, waste, and desert.

13 A causa de la ira de Jehová no será habitada, sino que será asolada toda ella; todo hombre que pase por Babilonia quedará atónito y silbará al ver todas sus heridas.

Because of the wrath of the Lord she shall not be inhabited but shall be wholly desolate; everyone who goes by Babylon shall be appalled and hiss and mock at all her wounds and plagues.

14 P oneos en plan de batalla contra Babilonia alrededor, todos los que entesáis arco; tirad contra ella, no escatiméis las saetas, porque pecó contra Jehová.

Set yourselves in array against Babylon round about, all you archers. Shoot at her! Spare not the arrows, for she has sinned against the Lord.

15 G ritad contra ella en derredor; se rindió; han fallado sus cimientos, derribados son sus muros, porque es venganza de Jehová. Tomad venganza de ella; haced con ella como ella hizo.

Raise the battle cry against her round about! She gives her hand and surrenders; her supports and battlements fall, her walls are thrown down. For this is the vengeance of the Lord: take vengeance on her; as she has done, do to her.

16 D estruid en Babilonia al que siembra, y al que mete hoz en tiempo de la siega; delante de la espada destructora cada uno volverá el rostro hacia su pueblo, cada uno huirá hacia su tierra.

Exterminate the sower from Babylon, and the one who handles the sickle in the time of harvest. For fear of the sword of the oppressor everyone shall return to his people, and everyone shall flee to his own land.

17 R ebaño dispersado es Israel; leones lo dispersaron; el rey de Asiria lo devoró primero, Nabucodonosor rey de Babilonia le quebró los huesos después.

Israel is a hunted and scattered sheep; the lions have chased him. First the king of Assyria devoured him, and now at last Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon has broken and gnawed his bones.

18 P or tanto, así dice Jehová de los ejércitos, Dios de Israel: He aquí que yo castigo al rey de Babilonia y a su tierra, como castigué al rey de Asiria.

Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will visit and punish the king of Babylon and his land, just as I visited and punished the king of Assyria.

19 Y volveré a traer a Israel a su pastizal, y pacerá en el Carmel y en Basán; y en los montes de Efraín y en Galaad se saciará su alma.

And I will bring Israel again to his fold and pasturage, and he will feed on Carmel and Bashan, and his soul will be satisfied upon the hills of Ephraim and Gilead.

20 E n aquellos días y en aquel tiempo, dice Jehová, la maldad de Israel será buscada, y no aparecerá; y los pecados de Judá, y no se hallarán; porque perdonaré a los que yo haya dejado como remanente.

In those days and at that time, says the Lord, the iniquity of Israel will be sought, but there will be none, and the sins of Judah, but none will be found, for I will pardon those whom I cause to remain as a remnant (the preserved ones who come forth after a long tribulation).

21 S ube contra la tierra de Meratáyim, contra ella y contra los moradores de Pecod; devasta y destruye totalmente en pos de ellos, dice Jehová, y haz conforme a todo lo que yo te he mandado.

Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it and against the inhabitants of Pekod. Slay and utterly destroy them, says the Lord, and do according to all that I have commanded you.

22 E struendo de guerra en la tierra, y quebrantamiento grande.

The cry and noise of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.

23 ¡ Cómo fue cortado y quebrado el martillo de toda la tierra!; ¡cómo se convirtió Babilonia en desolación entre las naciones!

How the hammer of the whole earth is crushed and broken! How Babylon has become a horror of desolation among the nations!

24 T e puse lazos, y fuiste tomada, oh Babilonia, y tú no te diste cuenta; fuiste hallada, y aun presa, porque te sublevaste contra Jehová.

I set a trap for you, and you also were taken, O Babylon, and you did not know it; you were found and also caught because you have struggled and contended against the Lord.

25 A brió Jehová su arsenal, y sacó las armas de su furor; porque ésta era la tarea que Jehová, Dios de los ejércitos, tenía que hacer en la tierra de los caldeos.

The Lord has opened His armory and has brought forth the weapons of His indignation and wrath, for the Lord God of hosts has work to do in the land of the Chaldeans.

26 V enid contra ella desde el extremo de la tierra; abrid sus almacenes, convertidla en montón de ruinas, y destruidla del todo; que no quede nada de ella.

Come against her from every quarter and from the utmost border. Open her granaries and storehouses; pile up like heaps of rubbish. Burn and destroy her utterly; let nothing be left of her.

27 M atad a todos sus novillos; que vayan al matadero. ¡Ay de ellos!, pues ha venido su día, el tiempo de su castigo.

Slay all her bullocks (her choice youths, the strength of her army); let them go down to the slaughter! Woe to! For their day has come, the time of their visitation (their inspection and punishment).

28 V oz de los que huyen y escapan de la tierra de Babilonia, para dar en Sión las nuevas de la venganza de Jehová nuestro Dios, de la venganza de su templo.

Listen! The voice of those who flee and escape out of the land of Babylon proclaiming in Zion the vengeance of the Lord our God, the vengeance for His temple.

29 H aced juntar contra Babilonia flecheros, a todos los que entesan arco; acampad contra ella alrededor; no escape de ella ninguno; pagadle según su obra; conforme a todo lo que ella hizo, haced con ella; porque contra Jehová se ensoberbeció, contra el Santo de Israel.

Call together archers against Babylon, all those who bend the bow. Encamp against her round about; let none from there escape. Recompense her according to her deeds; just as she has done, do to her. For against the Lord, against the Holy One of Israel, has she been proudly defiant and presumptuous.

30 P or tanto, sus jóvenes caerán en sus plazas, y todos sus hombres de guerra serán destruidos en aquel día, dice Jehová.

Therefore shall her young men fall in her streets and squares, and all her soldiers shall be destroyed on that day, says the Lord.

31 H e aquí yo estoy contra ti, oh tú, la insolencia misma, dice el Señor, Jehová de los ejércitos; porque tu día ha venido, el tiempo en que te castigaré.

Behold, I am against you, O Babylon, says the Lord, the Lord of hosts, for your day has come, the time when I will visit and punish you.

32 Y el que es la insolencia misma tropezará y caerá, y no tendrá quien lo levante; y encenderé fuego en sus ciudades, y devorará todos sus alrededores.

And Pride (the arrogant one) shall stumble (totter) and fall, and none shall raise him up. And I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all who are round about him.

33 A sí dice Jehová de los ejércitos: Oprimidos fueron los hijos de Israel y los hijos de Judá juntamente; y todos los que los tomaron cautivos los retuvieron; se negaban a soltarlos.

Thus says the Lord of hosts: The children of Israel and the children of Judah are oppressed together; all who took them captive have held them fast; they refuse to let them go.

34 E l redentor de ellos es esforzado; Jehová de los ejércitos es su nombre; de cierto abogará la causa de ellos para hacer reposar la tierra, y turbar a los moradores de Babilonia.

Their Redeemer is strong; the Lord of hosts is His name. He will surely and thoroughly plead their case and defend their cause, that He may give rest to the earth, but unrest to the inhabitants of Babylon.

35 E spada contra los caldeos, dice Jehová, y contra los moradores de Babilonia, contra sus príncipes y contra sus sabios.

A sword upon the Chaldeans, says the Lord—upon the inhabitants of Babylon and upon her princes (rulers in civic matters) and upon her wise men (the astrologers and rulers in religious affairs)!

36 E spada contra los adivinos, y se entontecerán; espada contra sus valientes, y desmayarán.

A sword upon the babbling liars (the diviners), that they may become fools! A sword upon her mighty warriors, that they may be dismayed and destroyed!

37 E spada contra sus caballos, contra sus carros, y contra toda la mezcolanza de gentes que hay en medio de ella, y serán como mujeres; espada contra sus tesoros, y serán saqueados.

A sword upon their horses and upon their chariots and upon all the mixed foreign troops that are in the midst of her, that they may become women! A sword upon her treasures, that they may be plundered!

38 S equedad sobre sus aguas, y se secarán; porque es tierra de ídolos, y se entontecen con imágenes de horror.

A sword and a drought upon her waters, that they may be dried up! For it is a land of images, and they are mad over idols (objects of terror in which they foolishly trust).

39 P or tanto, allí morarán hienas y chacales, morarán también en ella los avestruces; nunca más será poblada ni se habitará por generaciones y generaciones.

Therefore wild beasts of the desert shall dwell with the jackals, and ostriches shall dwell there. And it shall never again be inhabited with people, even from generation to generation.

40 C omo en la destrucción que Dios hizo de Sodoma y de Gomorra y de sus ciudades vecinas, dice Jehová, así no morará allí hombre, ni hijo de hombre la habitará.

As when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighboring cities, says the Lord, so no man shall dwell there; neither shall any son of man live there temporarily.

41 H e aquí que viene un pueblo del norte, y una nación grande, y muchos reyes se levantarán de los extremos de la tierra.

Behold, a people is coming from the north; and a great nation and many kings are stirring from the uttermost parts of the earth.

42 A rco y lanza manejarán; son crueles, y no tienen compasión; su voz como el mar cuando ruge, y montan sobre caballos; se prepararán contra ti como hombres a la pelea, oh hija de Babilonia.

They lay hold of bow, lance, and spear; they are cruel and have no mercy or compassion. They sound like the roaring of the sea; they ride upon horses, every man equipped like a man for the battle against you, O Daughter of Babylon!

43 O yó el rey de Babilonia noticias de ellos, y sus manos se debilitaron; angustia le asaltó, dolor como de mujer de parto.

The king of Babylon has heard the news about them, and his hands fall feeble and helpless; anguish has seized him, and pangs like that of a woman in childbirth.

44 H e aquí que como león subirá de la espesura del Jordán a la morada fortificada; porque muy pronto le haré huir de ella, y al que yo escoja la encargaré; porque ¿quién es semejante a mí?; ¿y quién me emplazará?; ¿o quién será aquel pastor que podrá resistirme?

See, there comes up one like a lion from the jungles (the pride) of the Jordan against the strong habitation and into the permanent pasturage and sheepfold; for in a twinkling I will drive him from there. And I will appoint over him the one whom I choose. For who is like Me? And who will challenge Me and prosecute Me for this proceeding? And what shepherd can stand before Me and defy Me?

45 P or tanto, oíd la determinación que Jehová ha acordado contra Babilonia, y los designios que ha trazado contra la tierra de los caldeos: Ciertamente las crías del rebaño los arrastrarán, y asolarán sus pastizales sobre ellos.

Therefore hear the plan of the Lord which He has made against Babylon, and His purposes which He has formed against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely they shall be dragged away, even the little ones of the flock; surely He shall make their habitation desolate because of them and their fold amazed and appalled at their fate.

46 A l grito de la toma de Babilonia la tierra tembló, y el clamor se oyó entre las naciones.

At the cry, Babylon has been taken! the earth shall tremble, and the cry shall be heard among the nations.