Ezekiel 8
1 On the fifth day of the sixth month [of that year], almost six years after we Israeli people had been (exiled/forced to go to Babylon), I was sitting in my house. The elders of Judah were sitting in front of me. Suddenly the power [MTY] of Yahweh the Lord came on me.
El año sexto, el día cinco del sexto mes, hallándome yo sentado en mi casa, y estando sentados delante de mí los ancianos de Judá, cayó allí sobre mí la mano del Señor Yahvé.
2 [in a vision] I saw someone who resembled a man. Below his waist, [his body] was like fire, and above his waist [his body] was glowing like very hot metal.
Miré, y he aquí una figura que parecía de fuego. Según se veía, de la cintura para abajo era fuego; y de la cintura para arriba, como una luz resplandeciente, semejante a metal que brilla.
3 He reached out what seemed to be a hand and grabbed me by the hair of my head. The Spirit lifted me up high above the earth, and in visions God took me [from Babylon] to Jerusalem. He took me [to the temple], to the north gate, to the place where there was an idol that caused Yahweh to be very disgusted and furious.
Y alargó algo similar a una mano y me tomó de una guedeja de mi cabeza; y levantándome el Espíritu entre la tierra y el cielo, me llevó en visión divina a Jerusalén, a la entrada de la puerta interior, que mira al norte; donde estaba el asiento del ídolo del celo, que provoca los celos (del Señor).
4 And there in front of me was the brilliant light that indicated the presence of the God whom the Israeli [people previously worshiped. It was] like the vision that I had seen alongside the Kebar River/Canal.
Y he aquí que allí estaba la gloria del Dios de Israel del modo que yo la había visto en la llanura.
5 Yahweh said to me, “You human, look toward the north!” So I looked, and I saw in the entrance of the gate near the altar that idol that caused Yahweh to be disgusted and furious.
Y me dijo: “Hijo de hombre, alza tus ojos hacia el norte.” Alcé mis ojos hacia el norte, y vi que al norte de la puerta del altar, a la entrada misma, estaba la imagen del celo.
6 He said to me, “You human, do you see what those Israeli people [MTY] are doing? They are doing detestable things here, things that will cause me to abandon my temple. But you will see things that are even more detestable.”
Y me dijo: “Hijo de hombre, ¿has visto lo que hacen estos? ¿Las grandes abominaciones que aquí hace la casa de Israel a fin de alejarme de mi Santuario? Pero date vuelta, y verás abominaciones peores.”
7 Then he brought me to the entrance of the courtyard. I looked and saw a hole in the wall.
Y me llevó a la entrada del atrio; y miré, y he aquí un agujero en la pared.
8 He said to me, “You human, dig through the wall here.” So I dug through the wall, and I saw a doorway inside.
Y me dijo: “Hijo de hombre, haz una perforación en la pared.” E hice una perforación en la pared, y he aquí una puerta.
9 He said to me, “Go in and see the wicked and detestable things that they are doing there!”
Y me dijo: “Entra y observa las perversas abominaciones que estos cometen aquí.”
10 So I went in through the doorway and looked, and I saw, all over the [of a big room, drawings of] all kinds of creatures that scurry across the ground and [other] detestable animals, and drawings of all the idols that the people of [were worshiping].
Entré y miré; y he aquí toda clase de imágenes de reptiles y animales abominables, y todos los ídolos de la casa de Israel, pintados en toda la superficie del muro.
11 In front of them stood 70 elders of Israel. Jaazaniah, the son of Shaphan, was standing among them. Each of them was holding a pan in which incense was burning, and fragrant smoke of the burning incense was rising up.
Y setenta varones de los ancianos de Israel, con Jezonías, hijo de Safán, en medio de ellos, estaban de pie delante de las (pinturas), cada uno con su incensario en la mano, y subía una nube olorosa de incienso.
12 Yahweh said to me, “You human, look at [RHQ] what the Israeli elders are doing here in the darkness, each of them standing in front of the shrine of his own idol! They are saying, ‘Yahweh does not see us; Yahweh has deserted this country.’”
Entonces Él me dijo: “¿Has visto, oh hijo de hombre, lo que los ancianos de la casa de Israel hacen en la oscuridad, cada uno en su cámara (cubierta) de imágenes? porque dicen: Yahvé no nos ve, Yahvé ha abandonado esta tierra.”
13 He also said, “But you will see things that are even more detestable!”
Y me dijo: “Verás aún abominaciones peores que las que estos están cometiendo.”
14 Then he took me to the entrance at the north gate of the temple. I saw women sitting there, mourning for [the death of the god of the people of Babylonia], Tammuz.
Luego me llevó a la entrada de la Casa de Yahvé que mira al norte; y he aquí que allí estaban sentadas las mujeres, llorando a Tammuz.
15 He said to me, “You human, you see this [RHQ], but you will see things that are more detestable than this!”
Y me dijo: “¿Has visto, hijo de hombre? Sin embargo, verás aún abominaciones peores que estas.”
16 Then he took me into the courtyard outside the temple. There at the entrance of the temple, between the porch and the altar, were about 25 men. Their backs were toward the temple and their faces were toward the east, and they were bowing down to [worship] the sun [as it rose] in the east.
Y me llevó al atrio interior de la Casa de Yahvé, y he aquí que a la entrada del Templo de Yahvé, entre el vestíbulo y el altar, estaban unos veinte y cinco hombres, con las espaldas vueltas a la Casa de Yahvé, y dirigiendo sus rostros hacia el oriente se postraban hacia el oriente delante del sol.
17 He said to me, “You human, you see [RHQ] what they are doing. [Do you think that] it is not important that these men of Judah are doing these detestable things here? [But they are doing other terrible things]. They are acting violently throughout their country, and continually causing me to be angry. Look at them! They are insulting me by their actions [IDM]!
Y me dijo: “¿Has visto, hijo de hombre? ¿Son acaso de poca importancia para la casa de Judá las abominaciones que aquí se cometen? ¡Y después de llenar la tierra de violencia, vuelven a provocar mi ira y se llevan un ramo a la nariz!
18 So I will show them that I am very angry. I will not pity them or act mercifully toward them. And even if they shout to me [to help them], I will not pay attention to them.”
Por eso Yo también obraré con ira; no perdonará mi ojo, ni tendré piedad; y por más que griten a mis oídos en voz alta, no los escucharé.”
