Ezekiel 22
1 Yahweh gave me another message. He said,
Me fue dirigida la palabra de Yahvé, que dijo:
2 “You human, are you ready to condemn the people of Jerusalem? It is [RHQ] a city full of murderers [MTY]. Remind them of all the detestable things that they have done.
“Tú, hijo de hombre, ¿no vas a juzgar? ¿No quieres juzgar a la ciudad sanguinaria? ¿No le mostrarás todas sus abominaciones?
3 [Then] say, ‘This is what Yahweh the Lord says: By your murdering people and by (defiling yourselves/making yourselves unacceptable to God) by making idols, you people of this city [APO] have brought to yourselves the time when you [will be destroyed].
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 have become guilty by doing both of those things [DOU]. You have brought to an end your time [to remain alive] [DOU]. Therefore I will cause you to become a group whom the [people of other] nations will scorn; they will all laugh at you [DOU].
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 People in countries that are near you and people who live far from you will make fun of you, because your city is full of lawless people and full of confusion.
Los que están cerca de ti y los que están lejos, te insultan, porque con tu grande corrupción has manchado tu nombre.
6 Think about how each of your Israeli kings have used their power to cause people to be murdered [MTY].
He aquí que los príncipes de Israel, cada cual según su poder, no hacen otra cosa que derramar sangre en medio de ti.
7 Your people do not respect/honor their parents; they have oppressed foreigners; they mistreat orphans and widows.
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 despise my sacred places and (dishonor/do not respect) the Sabbath days.
Tu desprecias mi santuario y profanas mis sábados.
9 Among you are men who tell lies in order to cause others to be executed [MTY]. There are those who [food offered to idols] at the hilltop [shrines], and they perform disgusting sexual acts.
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 There are men who have sex with their father’s wives [EUP], and men who have sex with women during their monthly menstrual periods.
En ti se descubre la desnudez del padre, y en ti se hace violencia a la mujer en la inmundicia de su impureza.
11 There are men who have sex with someone else’s wife. Some men have sex with their daughters-in-law or with their sisters or half-sisters.
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 There are among you men who accept bribes in order to cause someone to be executed [MTY]. You charge high interest when you lend people money. You become rich by forcing people to give you money. [the worst thing is that] you have forgotten me, Yahweh 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 So I will shake my fists at you to show that I am angry with you because of your stealing money from people and murdering [MTY] people who live among 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 When I [punishing] you, you will no longer [RHQ] be courageous/brave [DOU]. I, Yahweh, have said [what I will do to you], and I 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 I will cause you to be scattered among many nations [DOU], and I will cause you to stop your sinful behavior.
Yo te dispersaré entre los gentiles, te desparramaré por los países y quitaré de ti tu inmundicia.
16 When [the people of other] nations see that you have been humiliated, you will know that I, Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do].’”
Serás profanada en tu propio país, a la vista de los gentiles; y conocerás que Yo soy Yahvé.”
17 Yahweh [also] said to me,
Y me llegó la palabra de Yahvé en estos términos.
18 “You human, your Israeli people [MTY] have [useless] to me. They are [like] [MET] dross/slag to me. They are like [SIM] [worthless] copper, tin, iron, and lead that remains after silver is melted in [very hot] furnace.
“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 Therefore, this is what [I], Yahweh the Lord, say: Because you have all become [like] dross/slag, I will gather you in 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 People [ore containing] silver, copper, iron, lead, and tin in a [very hot] furnace and melt them in a blazing [to burn up the impurities]. Similarly [SIM], I will gather you [inside Jerusalem], and because I am very angry with you, [what I will do will be as though] I am melting you.
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 [It will be as though] I will blow on you with a hot breath that shows that I am very angry, [it will be as though] you will be melted,
Os reuniré y soplaré sobre vosotros el fuego de mi ira, y en medio de (Jerusalén) seréis fundidos.
22 as though you will be melted like [SIM] silver is melted in a furnace, and then you will know that I, Yahweh, have poured out my punishment [MTY] 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 Yahweh gave me another message. He said,
Me fue dirigida la palabra de Yahvé, que dijo:
24 “You human, say to the Israeli people, ‘[Yahweh] is angry with you, there has been no rain or showers in your country.’
“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 Your leaders are like [SIM] lions that tear apart the animals that they have killed. Your leaders destroy their people. They steal treasures and [other] valuable things from people, and they cause many women to become [by murdering their husbands].
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 Their priests disobey my laws and disrespect my sacred things by saying that there is no difference between things that are sacred and those that are not sacred, and by ignoring my laws about honoring the Sabbath days. As a result, they no [longer] honor me.
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 Their officials are like [SIM] wolves that tear apart the animals that they have killed: They murder people [DOU] in order to get their money.
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 Their prophets, by falsely saying they have received [from God], and by giving false messages, try to (cover up [MET]/say that it is all right to commit) those sins. They say, ‘This is what Yahweh the Lord says,’ when I have said nothing to them.
Sus profetas los revocan con barro, viendo vanidades y vaticinándoles mentiras, diciendo: «Así dice Yahvé, el Señor», cuando Yahvé no ha hablado.
29 The Israeli people force others to give them money, and they rob people. They oppress poor [DOU] people, and they mistreat foreigners among them by not treating them [in the courts].
El pueblo del país practica la opresión y el robo, oprimiendo al pobre y al menesteroso y haciendo violencia e injusticia al extranjero.
30 I looked among them to find a man who would cause the people of the city to repent [MET] so that I would not need to get rid of them. But I did not find anyone.
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 So because I am very angry with them, I will severely punish them [MTY] for [all] the wicked things that they have done. [That will surely happen because I], Yahweh the Lord, have said it.”
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.
