Ezekiel 21
1 Yahweh gave me another message. [He said, ]
Me fue dirigida la palabra de Yahvé, que dijo:
2 “You human, turn toward Jerusalem. Preach about what will happen to the temple [there]. Preach about what will happen to the Israeli people.
“Hijo de hombre, vuelve tu rostro hacia Jerusalén, y derrama (tu palabra) contra los santuarios y profetiza contra la tierra de Israel.
3 Say to them, ‘This is what Yahweh says: I am opposed to you.
Dirás a la tierra de Israel: Así dice Yahvé: Mira, Yo vengo contra ti; desenvainaré mi espada y exterminaré en ti al justo y al inicuo.
4 [what I will do to you will be as though] [MET] I will pull my sword from its sheath [and strike you]. I will kill everyone, including righteous people and wicked people [DOU]. I will get rid of everyone, from the south to the north.
Y por cuanto voy a exterminar en ti al justo y al inicuo, por eso saldrá mi espada contra toda carne, desde el sur hasta el norte;
5 Then everyone will know [it is as though] I, Yahweh, have struck people with my sword, and I will not put it back in its sheath again.’
y conocerá toda carne que Yo, Yahvé, he sacado mi espada de la vaina, y no retornará más.
6 Therefore, you human, groan! Groan in front of the Israeli people very sadly and sorrowfully [IDM, DOU].
Gime oh hijo de hombre, con quebranto de lomos; gime con amargura a vista de ellos.
7 And when they ask you, ‘Why are you groaning?’ tell them, ‘Because of the news that they soon will hear. Everyone will be very fearful [IDM], and their knees will become as weak as [SIM] water. [A great disaster] will soon occur. That is what Yahweh the Lord is promising.’”
Y cuando te pregunten: ¿Por qué gimes? contestarás: A causa de una noticia. Porque viene ya, y desmayará todo corazón, desfallecerán todos los brazos, decaerá todo espíritu y todas las rodillas se disolverán en agua. He aquí que viene; ya se cumple” —oráculo de Yahvé, el Señor.
8 Yahweh gave me another message. [He said],
Y me llegó la palabra de Yahvé, que dijo:
9 “You human, prophesy and say [to them], ‘This is what Yahweh says: I have sharpened my sword and polished it.
“Hijo de hombre, profetiza y di: Así habla Yahvé, el Señor: Dirás: ¡La espada, la espada afilada y pulida!
10 It is sharpened in order that I can [many people with it]; it is polished so that it will flash like lightning. The people of Judah will not [their being punished like this], but they did not repent [I only struck them] with a stick.
Está afilada para hacer matanza; está pulida para brillar como relámpago. ¡Y nosotros nos regocijamos!, (diciendo): «El cetro de mi hijo se cree mejor que cualquier otro leño».
11 A sword should be polished, and be grasped [in someone’s hand]. It should be sharpened and polished, ready for someone to use it to kill people.
(Dios) La hizo pulir para empuñarla; esta espada ha sido afilada y pulida, para darla en mano del matador.
12 [So, ] you human, cry and wail, because I will use my sword to kill my people, including the leaders of Israel. They and all the other people, my people, will be killed by swords, so beat your [to show that you are sad].
¡Grita y aúlla, oh hijo de hombre! Porque ella se dirige contra mi pueblo, contra todos los príncipes de Israel. Entregados han sido a la espada, juntamente con mi pueblo. Date, pues, golpes en el muslo.
13 I am about to test my people, and the kings [MTY] of Judah will not escape being punished. That is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say.
Está hecha ya la prueba; el cetro altanero ya no subsiste, dice Yahvé, el Señor.
14 So, you human, prophesy; clap your [to show that you are very happy about what is going to happen]. My sword will strike them again and again; it is a sword for slaughtering many people, while I attack them from every side.
Tú oh hijo de hombre, vaticina, y bate una palma contra otra. ¡Duplique y triplique la espada sus golpes! Es la espada de la mortandad, de la grande mortandad que los rodea.
15 In order that people will be very much afraid [IDM] and many people will be killed, I have [soldiers holding] my swords at every [city] gate, ready to slaughter people. Those swords will flash like lightning, as the [soldiers] grasp them to slaughter people.
A fin de que desfallezca el corazón y caigan muchos, he puesto junto a todas las puertas la espada homicida. ¡Ay! ¡Hecha está para fulgurar, afilada para matar!
16 Their swords [APO] will slash to the right and [then] to the left, whichever way they turn the blades.
¡Agúzate (oh espada), da a la derecha, da a la izquierda, a dondequiera se dirija tu filo!
17 Then I will clap my [triumphantly]; and [then] I will no longer be angry. [That will surely happen because] I, Yahweh, have said it.’”
Y también Yo batiré palmas, y desfogaré mi ira. Yo, Yahvé, he hablado.
18 Yahweh gave me another message. [He said, ]
Y me llegó la palabra de Yahvé, que dijo:
19 “You human, [a map], and on it mark two roads for the King of Babylonia to march [along with his army, carrying] their swords. When they depart from their country, they will come to a sign post where the road divides.
“Tú, hijo de hombre, diséñate dos caminos por donde pueda venir la espada del rey de Babilonia. Ambos han de salir de la misma tierra; y pon un indicador; ponlo al principio del camino (que conduce) a la ciudad.
20 [If they continue on the one road, ] they will attack [city], the capital of the Ammon people-group. [If they continue on the other road, ] they will come to Judah and to Jerusalem, [a city] with walls around it.
Traza un camino por el cual la espada vaya a Rabbá de los hijos de Ammón, y otro hacia Judá, contra Jerusalén, la ciudad fuerte.
21 [When the army of] Babylonia comes to where the road divides, [they will stop], and the king will perform magic rituals [to decide which road to go on]. He will throw arrows; [then] consult his [about which road to go on], and he will (examine/look at) the [of a sheep].
Porque el rey de Babilonia se ha detenido en el cruce, donde comienzan los dos caminos, para consultar los oráculos: sacudió las flechas, consultó a los ídolos domésticos, examinó el hígado (de las víctimas).
22 With his right hand he will pick up the arrow marked ‘Jerusalem’. He will [command his soldiers to go to Jerusalem. When they arrive there, they] will set up (rams/devices to [down the walls], ) and [then] the king will give the command for them to slaughter [the people]. They will shout [a battle-cry], and they will set up the rams against the [city] gates. They will build a dirt ramp [against the walls around the city], and set up things to bash those walls.
El oráculo cayó sobre la derecha, sobre Jerusalén, para colocar los arietes, y abrir una entrada por medio de una brecha, para lanzar gritos de guerra, disponer los arietes contra las puertas, levantar terraplenes, y edificar torres.
23 The [in Jerusalem] who had promised [to be loyal to the King of Babylonia will think that those rituals must be wrong. They will think that his army should not be attacking them]. But he will remind them of the sins [MTY] that they had committed, [his army] will capture them.
A los (judíos) esto les parecerá un oráculo mentiroso, pues tienen en su favor juramentos solemnes, mas Él se acuerda de la iniquidad (de ellos) para prenderlos.
24 Therefore, [tell the Israeli people that] this is what Yahweh the Lord says: ‘You people have allowed everyone to see that you are openly [against the King of Babylonia], and by doing that you have shown that everything that you do is sinful. Therefore you will be captured and [to Babylonia].’
Por tanto, así dice Yahvé, el Señor: Porque habéis traído a mi memoria vuestra iniquidad, manifestando vuestras prevaricaciones y mostrando vuestros pecados a través de todas vuestras obras, por eso mismo que las habéis rememorado, seréis tomados presos.
25 Also, say, ‘You very wicked [DOU] king of Israel, it is your [to die]. It is the time for you to be punished.’
Y tú, oh profano e impío príncipe de Israel, para quien ha llegado ya el día en que la iniquidad se acaba,
26 And this is what Yahweh the Lord says [to you soldiers from Babylonia]: ‘Take off [the king’s] turban and his crown, because now things will be different than they were [before]. [in Jerusalem] who had no authority will now be given authority, and those who had authority will have their authority taken from them.
así dice Yahvé, el Señor: ¡Depón la tiara, quítate la corona! No es como antes. Será ensalzado lo humilde, y abatido lo alto.
27 [Jerusalem] will be completely ruined. I will cause it to be ruined, and it will not be rebuilt/restored until the king to whom the city truly belongs comes; I will give it to [to rule it].’”
¡Ruina, ruina! Haré de ella ruina; ni siquiera esta subsistirá, hasta que venga Aquel cuyo es el derecho, y a quien Yo lo daré.
28 “And, you human, prophesy and say [this]: 'This is what Yahweh the Lord says about the Ammon people-group, and about what they have said to insult [Israel]: [“The King of Babylon says, ] ‘[My soldiers have] swords’ [APO]; they have pulled out those swords to slaughter many people. They have polished them in order to kill people, and to make those swords flash like lightning.
Y tú, hijo de hombre, vaticina diciendo: Así habla Yahvé, el Señor, sobre los hijos de Ammón y sus insultos. Dirás: «¡La espada, desenvainada está la espada para la matanza, pulida está para devorar y a fin de relumbrar!»
29 [Your prophets] have given you false visions about [what will happen to] you, and they have given you messages that are not true. So swords will strike the necks of those wicked people; it is time for them to be killed; it is the day when they will be [for their sins].
Te profetizaban vanidades, te vaticinaban mentiras, para hacerla caer sobre el cuello de los profanos, de los impíos, cuyo día ha llegado, el tiempo en que la iniquidad se acaba.
30 You must put your swords back in their sheaths [because the days for you to slaughter your enemies are ended]. I will judge those people in the country where they were born.
¡Vuélvela a su vaina! Te juzgaré en el lugar donde fuiste creado, en la tierra de tu nacimiento.
31 I will pour out my punishment [MTY] on them. Because I am very angry with them, my breath on them will scorch them [like] fire [MET]. I will allow brutal men to capture them, men who are experts in killing people.
Derramaré sobre ti mi ira, soplaré contra ti el fuego de mi cólera; y te entregaré en manos de hombres bárbaros, maestros en matar.
32 You will be [like] fuel [MET] [that is burned] in a fire. Your blood will be shed in your own land. No one will remember you any more. [That will surely happen because] I, Yahweh, have said it.” '”
Serás pasto del fuego y tu sangre se derramará por el suelo. ¡No habrá más memoria de ti! Pues Yo, Yahvé, he hablado.
