Jeremiah · Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
Jeremiah 37 Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
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1 Nabucodonosor, rey de Babilonia, no nombró a Jeconías, hijo del rey Joacim, como nuevo rey de Judá, sino que eligió a Sedequías, hijo de Josías.
1 Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned as king instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah.
2 Pero ni el rey Sedequías ni sus oficiales ni el pueblo que se quedó en el país prestaron atención a lo que el Señor decía mediante Jeremías.
2 But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, listened to Yahweh’s words, which he spoke by the prophet Jeremiah.
3 Sin embargo, el rey Sedequías envió a Jucal, hijo de Selemías, y al sacerdote Sofonías, hijo de Maseías, a pedirle a Jeremías que orara por ellos.
3 Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, “Pray now to Yahweh our God for us.”
4 (Fue en el tiempo en que Jeremías todavía no había sido encarcelado, así es que podía andar por todas partes).
4 Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people, for they had not put him into prison.
5 Cuando el ejército del faraón Hofra apareció en la frontera sur de Judá para ayudar a la sitiada ciudad de Jerusalén, el ejército babilonio se retiró de Jerusalén para hacer frente a los egipcios.
5 Pharaoh’s army had come out of Egypt; and when the Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem heard news of them, they withdrew from Jerusalem.
6 Entonces el Señor envió este mensaje a Jeremías:
6 Then Yahweh’s word came to the prophet Jeremiah, saying,
7 El Señor, el Dios de Israel, dice: Dile al rey de Judá que envió a preguntarme qué va a ocurrir, que el ejército del faraón, aunque vino acá para ayudarte, está a punto de volverse huyendo a Egipto. Los babilonios derrotarán a los egipcios y los harán regresar corriendo a su país.
7 “Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, ‘You shall tell the king of Judah, who sent you to me to inquire of me: “Behold, Pharaoh’s army, which has come out to help you, will return to Egypt into their own land.
8 Esos babilonios tomarán esta ciudad, la incendiarán y la dejarán convertida en cenizas.
8 The Chaldeans will come again, and fight against this city. They will take it and burn it with fire.”’
9 No te hagas la ilusión de que los babilonios se han retirado definitivamente. ¡No es así!
9 “Yahweh says, ‘Don’t deceive yourselves, saying, “The Chaldeans will surely depart from us;” for they will not depart.
10 Aunque destruyeras a todo el ejército babilónico, aunque sólo quedara un puñado de sobrevivientes que yacieran heridos en sus tiendas, aún así saldrían tambaleantes de sus tiendas, te derrotarían y prenderían fuego a esta ciudad.
10 For though you had struck the whole army of the Chaldeans who fight against you, and only wounded men remained among them, they would each rise up in his tent and burn this city with fire.’”
11 Cuando el ejército babilónico se apartó de Jerusalén para entrar en batalla con el ejército del faraón,
11 When the army of the Chaldeans had withdrawn from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh’s army,
12 Jeremías intentó salir de la ciudad rumbo a la tierra de Benjamín para ver la propiedad que había comprado.
12 then Jeremiah went out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to receive his portion there, in the middle of the people.
13 Pero cuando salía por la llamada puerta de Benjamín un centinela lo detuvo como traidor, acusándolo de querer pasarse al lado de los babilonios. El centinela que lo detuvo era Irías, hijo de Selemías, nieto de Jananías.
13 When he was in Benjamin’s gate, a captain of the guard was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he seized Jeremiah the prophet, saying, “You are defecting to the Chaldeans!”
14 ―¡No es cierto! —dijo Jeremías—. ¡No tengo la menor intención de hacer tal cosa! Pero Irías no le hizo caso; llevó a Jeremías ante los funcionarios de la ciudad.
14 Then Jeremiah said, “That is false! I am not defecting to the Chaldeans.” But he didn’t listen to him; so Irijah seized Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes.
15 Estos, enfurecidos contra Jeremías, lo hicieron azotar y echar en un calabozo subterráneo de la casa del escriba Jonatán, la cual había sido convertida en prisión. Allí tuvieron varios días a Jeremías,
15 The princes were angry with Jeremiah, and struck him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe; for they had made that the prison.
16 Not in this translation
16 When Jeremiah had come into the dungeon house and into the cells, and Jeremiah had remained there many days,
17 pero al fin el rey Sedequías lo mandó a llevar secretamente al palacio. El rey le preguntó si había recibido algún mensaje reciente del Señor. ―Sí —dijo Jeremías—, lo he recibido. ¡Serás derrotado por el rey de Babilonia!
17 then Zedekiah the king sent and had him brought out. The king asked him secretly in his house, “Is there any word from Yahweh?” Jeremiah said, “There is.” He also said, “You will be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.”
18 Entonces Jeremías planteó la cuestión de su encarcelamiento: ―¿Qué hice yo para merecer esto? —le preguntó al rey—. ¿Qué delito he cometido? Dime lo que haya hecho contra ti, tus oficiales o el pueblo.
18 Moreover Jeremiah said to King Zedekiah, “How have I sinned against you, against your servants, or against this people, that you have put me in prison?
19 ¿Dónde están ahora aquellos profetas que te decían que el rey de Babilonia no vendría?
19 Now where are your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, ‘The king of Babylon will not come against you, nor against this land’?
20 Escucha, oh rey, señor mío: Te suplico no enviarme otra vez a aquel calabozo, pues allí moriría.
20 Now please hear, my lord the king: please let my supplication be presented before you, that you not cause me to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there.”
21 Entonces el rey Sedequías mandó que no volvieran a llevar a Jeremías al calabozo, sino que lo pusieran en la cárcel del palacio, y ordenó que le dieran cada día un pedazo de pan fresco mientras en la ciudad quedara qué comer. Así tuvieron a Jeremías en la cárcel del palacio.
21 Then Zedekiah the king commanded, and they committed Jeremiah into the court of the guard. They gave him daily a loaf of bread out of the bakers’ street, until all the bread in the city was gone. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Hananiah
Named as the father of Shelemiah, in the ancestry of Irijah.
Cited in the guide: Jeremiah 37:13
Irijah
Captain of the guard at the Gate of Benjamin who seized Jeremiah and accused him of deserting to the Chaldeans.
Cited in the guide: Jeremiah 37:13
Jehucal
Son of Shelemiah whom King Zedekiah sent to Jeremiah to ask for prayer, and who later heard Jeremiah's words and joined in seeking his death.
Cited in the guide: Jeremiah 37:3; Jeremiah 38:1
Jonathan
A scribe in whose house Jeremiah was beaten and jailed, the house having been made into a prison.
Cited in the guide: Jeremiah 37:15; Jeremiah 37:20
Maaseiah
Named as the father of Zephaniah the priest.
Cited in the guide: Jeremiah 21:1; Jeremiah 29:25; Jeremiah 37:3
Shelemiah
Son of Hananiah and father of Irijah, the captain of the guard.
Cited in the guide: Jeremiah 37:13
Shelemiah
Named as the father of Jehucal, an envoy of Zedekiah.
Cited in the guide: Jeremiah 37:3; Jeremiah 38:1
Cross references (19)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Jeremiah 22:24; 2 Kings 24:17; 2 Kings 24:12; Ezekiel 17:12–21; Jeremiah 52:31
- 2 Proverbs 29:12; 2 Kings 24:19–20; 1 Thessalonians 4:8; 2 Chronicles 36:12–16; Exodus 4:13
- 3 Jeremiah 21:1–2; Jeremiah 29:25; Jeremiah 52:24; Jeremiah 42:2–4; Jeremiah 2:27
- 4 Jeremiah 37:15; Jeremiah 32:2–3
- 5 Ezekiel 17:15; Jeremiah 34:21; 2 Kings 24:7; Jeremiah 37:11; Jeremiah 37:7
- 7 Lamentations 4:17; 2 Kings 22:18; Isaiah 31:1–3; Ezekiel 17:17; Jeremiah 37:3
- 8 Jeremiah 39:2–8; Jeremiah 38:23; Jeremiah 34:21–22; Jeremiah 32:29
- 9 Obadiah 3; Galatians 6:7; 2 Thessalonians 2:3; James 1:22; Matthew 24:4–5
- 10 Jeremiah 50:45; Joel 2:11; Leviticus 26:36–38; Isaiah 30:17; Isaiah 13:15
- 11 Jeremiah 37:5
- 12 Jeremiah 1:1; Matthew 10:23; 1 Chronicles 6:60; Joshua 21:17–18; Nehemiah 6:11
- 13 Zechariah 14:10; Jeremiah 38:7; Acts 24:13; Luke 23:2; Jeremiah 20:10
- 14 Psalm 27:12; Matthew 5:11–12; Jeremiah 40:4–6; Psalm 52:1–2; Psalm 35:11
- 15 Jeremiah 38:26; Matthew 21:35; 2 Chronicles 16:10; Genesis 39:20; Acts 5:18
- 17 Jeremiah 21:7; 1 Kings 22:16; Jeremiah 21:1–2; Ezekiel 12:12–13; Jeremiah 24:8
- 18 John 10:32; Acts 25:8; Acts 25:25; Acts 25:11; Daniel 6:22
- 19 Jeremiah 28:10–17; Jeremiah 2:28; Jeremiah 6:14; 2 Kings 3:13; Jeremiah 8:11
- 20 Jeremiah 36:7; Jeremiah 26:15; Jeremiah 38:6–9; Acts 25:10–11; Acts 28:18–19
- 21 Jeremiah 38:28; Jeremiah 38:13; Jeremiah 32:2; Jeremiah 52:6; Jeremiah 38:9
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences