Ezekiel 22
1 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
Me fue dirigida la palabra de Yahvé, que dijo:
2 And you, son of man, will you be a judge, will you be a judge of the town of blood? then make clear to her all her disgusting ways.
“Tú, hijo de hombre, ¿no vas a juzgar? ¿No quieres juzgar a la ciudad sanguinaria? ¿No le mostrarás todas sus abominaciones?
3 And you are to say, This is what the Lord has said: A town causing blood to be drained out in her streets so that her time may come, and making images in her to make her unclean!
Dirás: Así habla Yahvé, el Señor: Tú eres una ciudad, la cual derrama sangre dentro de sus propios muros, hasta que llegue su día, y que ha fabricado ídolos contra sí misma para contaminarse.
4 You are responsible for the blood drained out by you, and you are unclean through the images which you have made; and you have made your day come near, and the time of your judging has come; for this cause I have made you a name of shame to the nations and a cause of laughing to all countries.
Por la sangre que has derramado, te has hecho culpable, y con los ídolos que has hecho te has contaminado; has apresurado tus días de castigo y has llegado al término de tus años. Por eso te he convertido en el oprobio de los gentiles y en el escarnio de todos los países.
5 Those who are near and those who are far from you will make sport of you; your name is unclean, you are full of sounds of fear.
Los que están cerca de ti y los que están lejos, te insultan, porque con tu grande corrupción has manchado tu nombre.
6 See, the rulers of Israel, every one in his family, have been causing death in you.
He aquí que los príncipes de Israel, cada cual según su poder, no hacen otra cosa que derramar sangre en medio de ti.
7 In you they have had no respect for father and mother; in you they have been cruel to the man from a strange land; in you they have done wrong to the child without a father and to the widow.
En ti se desprecia al padre y a la madre, y en ti tratan con violencia al extranjero, en ti oprimen al huérfano y a la viuda.
8 You have made little of my holy things, and have made my Sabbaths unclean.
Tu desprecias mi santuario y profanas mis sábados.
9 In you there are men who say evil of others, causing death; in you they have taken the flesh with the blood for food; in your streets they have put evil designs into effect.
Hay en ti hombres que usan de calumnias para derramar sangre, y en ti hay quienes banquetean sobre los montes; crímenes se cometen en medio de ti.
10 In you they have let the shame of their fathers be seen; in you they have done wrong to a woman at the time when she was unclean.
En ti se descubre la desnudez del padre, y en ti se hace violencia a la mujer en la inmundicia de su impureza.
11 And in you one man has done what was disgusting with his neighbour's wife; and another has made his daughter-in-law unclean; and another has done wrong to his sister, his father's daughter.
En ti uno comete abominación con la mujer de su prójimo, otro amancilla incestuosamente a su nuera, y otro hace violencia a su hermana, la hija de su padre.
12 In you they have taken rewards as the price of blood; you have taken interest and great profits, and you have taken away your neighbours' goods by force, and have not kept me in mind, says the Lord.
En ti aceptan soborno para derramar sangre; tú cobras usura e interés, despojas a tus vecinos por medio de opresión, y a Mí me echaste en olvido, dice Yahvé, el Señor.
13 See, then, I have made my hands come together in wrath against your taking of goods by force and against the blood which has been flowing in you.
He aquí que Yo he batido mis palmas a causa de las ganancias injustas que has hecho y por la sangre que se ha derramado en ti.
14 Will your heart be high or your hands strong in the days when I take you in hand? I the Lord have said it and will do it.
¿Podrá mantenerse firme tu corazón, o serán fuertes tus manos en los días que Yo te preparo? Yo, Yahvé, he hablado y cumpliré.
15 And I will send you in flight among the nations and wandering among the countries; and I will completely take away out of you everything which is unclean.
Yo te dispersaré entre los gentiles, te desparramaré por los países y quitaré de ti tu inmundicia.
16 And you will be made low before the eyes of the nations; and it will be clear to you that I am the Lord.
Serás profanada en tu propio país, a la vista de los gentiles; y conocerás que Yo soy Yahvé.”
17 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
Y me llegó la palabra de Yahvé en estos términos.
18 Son of man, the children of Israel have become like the poorest sort of waste metal to me: they are all silver and brass and tin and iron and lead mixed with waste.
“Hijo de hombre, la casa de Israel se me ha convertido en escoria; todos ellos son bronce, estaño, hierro y plomo en medio del horno; no son más que escoria de plata.
19 For this cause the Lord has said: Because you have all become waste metal, see, I will get you together inside Jerusalem.
Por eso, así dice Yahvé, el Señor: Porque habéis venido a ser todos como escoria, por tanto, he aquí que Yo os recogeré en medio de Jerusalén.
20 As they put silver and brass and iron and lead and tin together inside the oven, heating up the fire on it to make it soft; so will I get you together in my wrath and in my passion, and, heating the fire with my breath, will make you soft.
Como quien reúne plata y bronce y hierro y plomo y estaño en medio del horno, y sopla allí el fuego para fundirlos, así Yo os juntaré en mi ira y mi indignación; os dejaré allí y os fundiré.
21 Yes, I will take you, breathing on you the fire of my wrath, and you will become soft in it.
Os reuniré y soplaré sobre vosotros el fuego de mi ira, y en medio de (Jerusalén) seréis fundidos.
22 As silver becomes soft in the oven, so you will become soft in it; and you will be certain that I the Lord have let loose my passion on you.
Como se derrite la plata en el horno, así seréis derretidos en medio de ella; y conoceréis que Yo, Yahvé, he derramado mi ira sobre vosotros.”
23 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
Me fue dirigida la palabra de Yahvé, que dijo:
24 Son of man, say to her, You are a land on which no rain or thunderstorm has come in the day of wrath.
“Hijo de hombre, dile a ella: Tú eres una tierra que no ha sido purificada y no ha sido lavada por la lluvia en el día de la indignación.
25 Her rulers in her are like a loud-voiced lion violently taking his food; they have made a meal of souls; they have taken wealth and valued property; they have made great the number of widows in her.
Hay en medio de ella una conjuración de sus profetas. Como león rugiente que arrebata la presa, así devoran ellos las almas, se apoderan de los bienes y tesoros y multiplican el número de viudas en medio de ella.
26 Her priests have been acting violently against my law; they have made my holy things unclean: they have made no division between what is holy and what is common, and they have not made it clear that the unclean is different from the clean, and their eyes have been shut to my Sabbaths, and I am not honoured among them.
Sus sacerdotes violan mi Ley y profanan mi Santuario, no distinguen entre lo sagrado y lo profano, no enseñan a distinguir entre lo inmundo y lo puro, cierran sus ojos ante (las violaciones de) mis sábados, y Yo soy deshonrado entre ellos.
27 Her rulers in her are like wolves violently taking their food; putting men to death and causing the destruction of souls, so that they may get their profit.
Sus príncipes están en medio de ella como lobos: arrebatan la presa para derramar sangre y destruir almas, con el fin de obtener ganancias injustas.
28 And her prophets have been using whitewash, seeing foolish visions and making false use of secret arts, saying, This is what the Lord has said, when the Lord has said nothing.
Sus profetas los revocan con barro, viendo vanidades y vaticinándoles mentiras, diciendo: «Así dice Yahvé, el Señor», cuando Yahvé no ha hablado.
29 The people of the land have been acting cruelly, taking men's goods by force; they have been hard on the poor and those in need, and have done wrong to the man from a strange land.
El pueblo del país practica la opresión y el robo, oprimiendo al pobre y al menesteroso y haciendo violencia e injusticia al extranjero.
30 And I was looking for a man among them who would make up the wall and take his station in the broken place before me for the land, so that I might not send destruction on it: but there was no one.
Busqué entre ellos un varón que construyese un vallado, y que se pusiese en la brecha frente a Mí, en favor de la tierra, a fin de que Yo no la devastase; mas no lo hallé.
31 And I let loose my passion on them, and have put an end to them in the fire of my wrath: I have made the punishment of their ways come on their heads, says the Lord.
Por eso derramaré sobre ellos mi cólera, los consumiré con el fuego de mi ira y echaré sus obras sobre su cabeza”, dice Yahvé, el Señor.
