“‘At that time, declares the Lord, the bones of the kings and officials of Judah, the bones of the priests and prophets, and the bones(A) of the people of Jerusalem will be removed(B) from their graves. They will be exposed to the sun and the moon and all the stars of the heavens, which they have loved and served(C) and which they have followed and consulted and worshiped.(D) They will not be gathered up or buried,(E) but will be like dung lying on the ground.(F) Wherever I banish them,(G) all the survivors of this evil nation will prefer death to life,(H) declares the Lord Almighty.’

Sin and Punishment

“Say to them, ‘This is what the Lord says:

“‘When people fall down, do they not get up?(I)
    When someone turns away,(J) do they not return?
Why then have these people turned away?
    Why does Jerusalem always turn away?
They cling to deceit;(K)
    they refuse to return.(L)
I have listened(M) attentively,
    but they do not say what is right.
None of them repent(N) of their wickedness,
    saying, “What have I done?”
Each pursues their own course(O)
    like a horse charging into battle.
Even the stork in the sky
    knows her appointed seasons,
and the dove, the swift and the thrush
    observe the time of their migration.
But my people do not know(P)
    the requirements of the Lord.

“‘How can you say, “We are wise,
    for we have the law(Q) of the Lord,”
when actually the lying pen of the scribes
    has handled it falsely?
The wise(R) will be put to shame;
    they will be dismayed(S) and trapped.(T)
Since they have rejected the word(U) of the Lord,
    what kind of wisdom(V) do they have?
10 Therefore I will give their wives to other men
    and their fields to new owners.(W)
From the least to the greatest,
    all are greedy for gain;(X)
prophets(Y) and priests alike,
    all practice deceit.(Z)
11 They dress the wound of my people
    as though it were not serious.
“Peace, peace,” they say,
    when there is no peace.(AA)
12 Are they ashamed of their detestable conduct?
    No, they have no shame(AB) at all;
    they do not even know how to blush.
So they will fall among the fallen;
    they will be brought down when they are punished,(AC)
says the Lord.(AD)

13 “‘I will take away their harvest,
declares the Lord.
    There will be no grapes on the vine.(AE)
There will be no figs(AF) on the tree,
    and their leaves will wither.(AG)
What I have given them
    will be taken(AH) from them.[a]’”

14 Why are we sitting here?
    Gather together!
Let us flee to the fortified cities(AI)
    and perish there!
For the Lord our God has doomed us to perish
    and given us poisoned water(AJ) to drink,
    because we have sinned(AK) against him.
15 We hoped for peace(AL)
    but no good has come,
for a time of healing
    but there is only terror.(AM)
16 The snorting of the enemy’s horses(AN)
    is heard from Dan;(AO)
at the neighing of their stallions
    the whole land trembles.(AP)
They have come to devour(AQ)
    the land and everything in it,
    the city and all who live there.

17 “See, I will send venomous snakes(AR) among you,
    vipers that cannot be charmed,(AS)
    and they will bite you,”
declares the Lord.

18 You who are my Comforter[b] in sorrow,
    my heart is faint(AT) within me.
19 Listen to the cry of my people
    from a land far away:(AU)
“Is the Lord not in Zion?
    Is her King(AV) no longer there?”

“Why have they aroused(AW) my anger with their images,
    with their worthless(AX) foreign idols?”(AY)

20 “The harvest is past,
    the summer has ended,
    and we are not saved.”

21 Since my people are crushed,(AZ) I am crushed;
    I mourn,(BA) and horror grips me.
22 Is there no balm in Gilead?(BB)
    Is there no physician(BC) there?
Why then is there no healing(BD)
    for the wound of my people?

Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 8:13 The meaning of the Hebrew for this sentence is uncertain.
  2. Jeremiah 8:18 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.

En aquel tiempo —declara el Señor— sacarán de sus tumbas los huesos de los reyes de Judá, los huesos de sus príncipes, los huesos de los sacerdotes, los huesos de los profetas y los huesos de los habitantes de Jerusalén(A); y los esparcirán al sol, a la luna y a todo el ejército del cielo(B), a quienes amaron y[a] sirvieron, y a quienes siguieron, a quienes buscaron y[b] adoraron. No serán recogidos ni enterrados(C); serán como estiércol sobre la faz de la tierra(D). Y escogerá la muerte en lugar de la vida(E) todo el remanente que quede de este linaje malvado, los que queden en todos los lugares adonde los he arrojado(F) —declara el Señor de los ejércitos. Y les dirás: «Así dice el Señor:

“Los que caen ¿no se levantan(G)?
Él que se desvía ¿no se arrepiente[c]?
¿Por qué entonces este pueblo, Jerusalén,
se ha desviado en continua apostasía(H)?
Se aferran al engaño(I),
rehúsan volver(J).
He escuchado y oído,
han hablado(K) lo que no es recto;
ninguno se arrepiente de su maldad(L),
diciendo: ‘¿Qué he hecho?’.
Cada cual vuelve a su carrera,
como caballo que arremete en la batalla(M).
Aun la cigüeña en el cielo
conoce sus estaciones(N),
y la tórtola(O), la golondrina y la grulla
guardan la época de sus migraciones[d];
pero mi pueblo no conoce
la ordenanza del Señor(P).

”¿Cómo decís: ‘Somos sabios(Q),
y la ley del Señor está con nosotros’?,
cuando he aquí, la ha cambiado en mentira
la pluma mentirosa de los escribas.
Los sabios son avergonzados(R),
están abatidos y atrapados;
he aquí, ellos han desechado la palabra del Señor(S),
¿y qué clase de sabiduría tienen?
10 (T)Por tanto, daré sus mujeres a otros,
y sus campos a nuevos dueños[e](U);
porque desde el menor hasta el mayor
todos ellos codician ganancias;
desde el profeta hasta el sacerdote
todos practican el engaño(V).
11 Y curan a la ligera el quebranto de la hija de mi pueblo,
diciendo: ‘Paz, paz’,
pero no hay paz(W).
12 ¿Se han avergonzado de la abominación que han cometido?
Ciertamente no se han avergonzado,
tampoco han sabido ruborizarse(X);
por tanto caerán(Y) entre los que caigan,
en la hora de su castigo serán derribados(Z)” —dice el Señor.

13 “Ciertamente los destruiré[f](AA)” —declara el Señor—;
“no habrá uvas en la vid(AB),
ni higos en la higuera(AC),
y la hoja se marchitará;
lo que les he dado, pasará de ellos”».
14 ¿Por qué estamos aún sentados?
Congregaos(AD), y entremos en las ciudades fortificadas(AE),
y perezcamos[g] allí,
pues el Señor nuestro Dios nos hace perecer[h]
y nos ha dado a beber agua envenenada(AF),
porque hemos pecado contra el Señor(AG).
15 Esperábamos[i] paz, y no hubo bien alguno(AH);
tiempo de curación, y he aquí, terror.
16 Desde Dan(AI) se oye el resoplido de sus caballos;
al sonido de los relinchos de sus corceles[j](AJ),
tiembla toda la tierra;
vienen y devoran la tierra y cuanto hay en ella,
la ciudad y los que en ella habitan(AK).
17 Porque he aquí, yo envío contra vosotros(AL) serpientes,
áspides contra los cuales no hay encantamiento(AM),
y os morderán —declara el Señor.

Lamento sobre Sión

18 Mi tristeza no tiene remedio[k](AN),
mi corazón desfallece en mí(AO).
19 He aquí la voz del clamor de la hija de mi pueblo desde una tierra lejana(AP):
¿No está el Señor en Sión? ¿No está su rey en ella?
¿Por qué me han provocado con sus imágenes talladas(AQ), con ídolos(AR) extranjeros[l]?
20 Pasó la siega, terminó el verano,
y nosotros no hemos sido salvados.
21 Por el quebrantamiento de la hija de mi pueblo estoy quebrantado(AS);
ando enlutado(AT), el espanto se ha apoderado de mí.
22 ¿No hay bálsamo en Galaad(AU)?
¿No hay allí médico?
¿Por qué, pues, no se ha restablecido[m] la salud[n] de la hija de mi pueblo(AV)?

Footnotes

  1. Jeremías 8:2 Lit., y a quienes
  2. Jeremías 8:2 Lit., y a quienes
  3. Jeremías 8:4 Lit., no vuelve
  4. Jeremías 8:7 Lit., su venida
  5. Jeremías 8:10 Lit., a los poseedores
  6. Jeremías 8:13 Lit., recogeré
  7. Jeremías 8:14 Lit., y seamos silenciados
  8. Jeremías 8:14 Lit., silenciar
  9. Jeremías 8:15 Lit., Se esperaba
  10. Jeremías 8:16 Lit., fuertes
  11. Jeremías 8:18 Así dicen algunas versiones antiguas
  12. Jeremías 8:19 Lit., vanidades extranjeras
  13. Jeremías 8:22 Lit., subido
  14. Jeremías 8:22 O, curación

犹大全国昏庸必遭灾祸

“到那一天(这是耶和华的宣告),敌人要把犹大列王、首领、祭司、先知和耶路撒冷居民的骸骨,都从他们的坟墓里取出来, 拋散在太阳、月亮和天上的万象之下,就是他们从前所爱慕、服事、跟随、求问、敬拜的。这些骸骨必不再被收殓埋葬,必在地面上成为粪肥。 这邪恶的家族剩下的余民,在我驱逐他们到的各地,宁可选择死,也不要存活。”这是万军之耶和华的宣告。

“你要对他们说:‘耶和华这样说:

人跌倒了,不再起来吗?

人偏离了,不再回转吗?

这人民为甚么背道,

耶路撒冷为甚么长久偏离?

他们定意行诡诈,

不肯回转。

我留心听,

但他们都不说真实的话。

没有人为自己的恶行后悔,

说:“我究竟作了甚么?”

他们各人继续走自己偏差的路,

像战马直冲入战场。

连空中的鹳鸟也知道自己来去的季候;

斑鸠、燕子和白鹤也谨守迁移的时令;

我的子民却不晓得耶和华的法则。

你们怎可以说:“我们是智慧人,

我们有耶和华的律法”呢?

事实上,经学家虚假的笔

已把律法变成谎言了。

智慧人必蒙羞,

惊惶失措。

看哪!他们弃绝了耶和华的话,

他们还有甚么智慧呢?

10 因此,我必把他们的妻子给别人,

把他们的田地给别的主人,

因为他们从最小的到最大的,

个个都贪图不义之财;

从先知到祭司,

全都行事诡诈。

11 他们草率地医治我子民(“我子民”原文作“我子民的女子”)的损伤,

说:“平安了!平安了!”

其实没有平安。’

12 耶和华说:

‘他们行了可憎的事,本应觉得羞愧,

可是他们一点羞愧都没有,

恬不知耻。

因此他们必仆倒在倒下的人中间;

我惩罚他们的时候,他们必倒下来。

13 我要彻底除掉他们的庄稼;

葡萄树上必没有葡萄,

无花果树上必没有无花果,

叶子也必枯干。

我赐给他们的,都离开他们过去了。’”

这是耶和华的宣告。

14 我们为甚么坐着不动呢?

你们要集合起来,我们要进入坚固的城里去,

在那里灭亡吧!

因为耶和华我们的 神要我们灭亡,

又把毒水给我们喝,

因我们得罪了耶和华。

15 我们期待平安,却得不到好处;

期待得医治的时候,不料,只有惊慌。

16 从但那里听见敌人战马的喷气声,

全地因听见壮马的嘶鸣声震动。

他们来是要吞灭土地和地上所有的,

要吞灭城和城中的居民。

17 “看哪!我要打发毒蛇到你们中间,

是没有法术能制伏的,

牠们必咬你们。”

这是耶和华的宣告。

18 我的愁苦无法医治(按照《马索拉文本》,本句意思难确定;现参照《七十士译本》翻译),

我的心在我里面悲痛欲绝。

19 听啊!我同胞(“同胞”原文作“人民的女子”)的呼救声,

从遥远之地传来:

“耶和华不在锡安吗?

锡安的王不在其中吗?”

“他们为甚么以自己雕刻的偶像,

和列国虚无的偶像,来惹我发怒呢?”

20 “收割期已过,夏天也结束;

但我们仍未获救。”

21 因着我的同胞(“同胞”原文作“人民的女子”)被压碎,我的心破碎了;

我悲伤痛哭,惊慌抓住了我。

22 难道基列没有乳香吗?

难道那里没有医生吗?

我的同胞(“同胞”原文作“人民的女子”)为甚么总不痊愈呢?

At that time, saith the Lord, they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves:

And they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, whom they have loved, and whom they have served, and after whom they have walked, and whom they have sought, and whom they have worshipped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried; they shall be for dung upon the face of the earth.

And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue of them that remain of this evil family, which remain in all the places whither I have driven them, saith the Lord of hosts.

Moreover thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord; Shall they fall, and not arise? shall he turn away, and not return?

Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.

I hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright: no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle.

Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the Lord.

How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the Lord is with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain.

The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the Lord; and what wisdom is in them?

10 Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to them that shall inherit them: for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.

11 For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.

12 Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, saith the Lord.

13 I will surely consume them, saith the Lord: there shall be no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig tree, and the leaf shall fade; and the things that I have given them shall pass away from them.

14 Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for the Lord our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against the Lord.

15 We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold trouble!

16 The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan: the whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones; for they are come, and have devoured the land, and all that is in it; the city, and those that dwell therein.

17 For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the Lord.

18 When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me.

19 Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people because of them that dwell in a far country: Is not the Lord in Zion? is not her king in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, and with strange vanities?

20 The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.

21 For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me.

22 Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?