Ezekiel 17
1 The LORD’s word came to me, saying,
La Palabra de Yavé vino a mí:
2 “Son of man, tell a riddle, and speak a parable to the house of Israel;
Hijo de hombre, presenta un acertijo y narra una parábola a la Casa de Israel:
3 and say, ‘The Lord GOD says: “A great eagle with great wings and long feathers, full of feathers which had various colours, came to Lebanon and took the top of the cedar.
ʼAdonay Yavé dice: Una gran águila de grandes alas, largas plumas remeras, mucho plumaje y muchos colores, voló al Líbano. Tomó el cogollo del cedro y
4 He cropped off the topmost of its young twigs, and carried it to a land of traffic. He planted it in a city of merchants.
arrancó el mejor de sus tallos. Lo llevó a una tierra de mercaderes y lo plantó en una ciudad de comerciantes.
5 “‘“He also took some of the seed of the land and planted it in fruitful soil. He placed it beside many waters. He set it as a willow tree.
Luego tomó semilla de la tierra. La sembró en un campo fértil junto a aguas abundantes, como se planta un sauce.
6 It grew and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose branches turned towards him, and its roots were under him. So it became a vine, produced branches, and shot out sprigs.
Brotó y fue una vid de muchas ramas de poca altura que miraban hacia el águila. Sus raíces estaban debajo de ella. Así se convirtió en una vid. Produjo tallos y extendió sus ramas.
7 “‘“There was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers. Behold, this vine bent its roots towards him, and shot out its branches towards him, from the ground where it was planted, that he might water it.
Pero había también otra gran águila con grandes alas y mucho plumaje. Ciertamente aquella vid extendió sus ramas hacia ella desde el terreno donde estaba plantada, a fin de ser regada por ella,
8 It was planted in a good soil by many waters, that it might produce branches and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a good vine.”’
aunque estaba plantada en buen terreno, junto a aguas abundantes para que produjera ramas, diera frutos y fuera una vid espléndida.
9 “Say, ‘The Lord GOD says: “Will it prosper? Won’t he pull up its roots and cut off its fruit, that it may wither, that all its fresh springing leaves may wither? It can’t be raised from its roots by a strong arm or many people.
Diles: ʼAdonay Yavé dice: ¿Será prosperada? ¿O arrancará sus raíces para que se pierda su fruto y se marchiten sus tallos? Pues no es necesaria gran fuerza ni mucha gente para arrancarla de sus raíces.
10 Yes, behold, being planted, will it prosper? Won’t it utterly wither when the east wind touches it? It will wither in the ground where it grew.”’”
Miren, aunque ya está plantada, ¿prosperará? ¿O se marchitará cuando el viento que sopla del oriente la azote? ¿Se marchitará en los surcos donde creció?
11 Moreover the LORD’s word came to me, saying,
La Palabra de Yavé vino a mí:
12 “Say now to the rebellious house, ‘Don’t you know what these things mean?’ Tell them, ‘Behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, and took its king, and its princes, and brought them to him to Babylon.
Dí ahora a la casa rebelde: ¿No saben qué significa esto? Diles: El rey de Babilonia llegó a Jerusalén, apresó a su rey y a sus magistrados y los llevó consigo a Babilonia.
13 He took one of the royal offspring, and made a covenant with him. He also brought him under an oath, and took away the mighty of the land,
Y al tomar a uno del linaje real, hizo un pacto con él. Lo juramentó y se llevó a los poderosos de la tierra
14 that the kingdom might be brought low, that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping his covenant it might stand.
a fin de que el reino estuviera en sujeción, no se exaltara y observara fielmente el pacto.
15 But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and many people. Will he prosper? Will he who does such things escape? Will he break the covenant, and still escape?
Pero se rebeló contra él. Envió embajadores a Egipto a pedir caballos y muchas tropas. ¿Prosperará? ¿Se salvará el que hizo esas cosas? ¿El que violó el pacto escapará?
16 “‘As I live,’ says the Lord GOD, ‘surely in the place where the king dwells who made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he broke, even with him in the middle of Babylon he will die.
¡Vivo Yo! dice ʼAdonay Yavé, que en el territorio del rey que lo designó como rey, cuyo juramento despreció y el pacto con el cual rompió, morirá en Babilonia.
17 Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company won’t help him in the war, when they cast up mounds and build forts to cut off many persons.
Faraón no lo salvará en la guerra, ni con gran ejército, ni con mucha tropa cuando levanten grande asedio y construyan torres para matar muchas vidas.
18 For he has despised the oath by breaking the covenant; and behold, he had given his hand, and yet has done all these things. He won’t escape.
Despreció el juramento y violó el pacto. Dio la mano y después hizo esto. No escapará.
19 “Therefore the Lord GOD says: ‘As I live, I will surely bring on his own head my oath that he has despised and my covenant that he has broken.
Por tanto ʼAdonay Yavé dice: ¡Vivo Yo, que mi juramento que despreció y mi Pacto que quebrantó, los echaré sobre su cabeza!
20 I will spread my net on him, and he will be taken in my snare. I will bring him to Babylon, and will enter into judgement with him there for his trespass that he has trespassed against me.
Extenderé mi red sobre él, y será atrapado en mi trampa. Luego lo llevaré a Babilonia. Allí entraré en juicio contra él porque se rebeló contra Mí.
21 All his fugitives in all his bands will fall by the sword, and those who remain will be scattered towards every wind. Then you will know that I, the LORD, have spoken it.’
Todos los fugitivos de todas sus tropas caerán a espada. Los que queden serán esparcidos a todos los puntos cardinales. Y sabrán que Yo, Yavé, hablé.
22 “The Lord GOD says: ‘I will also take some of the lofty top of the cedar, and will plant it. I will crop off from the topmost of its young twigs a tender one, and I will plant it on a high and lofty mountain.
ʼAdonay Yavé dice: Yo también tomaré del cogollo de aquel cedro y le sacaré un tallo tierno. Yo mismo lo plantaré sobre una montaña alta y prominente.
23 I will plant it in the mountain of the height of Israel; and it will produce boughs, and bear fruit, and be a good cedar. Birds of every kind will dwell in the shade of its branches.
Lo plantaré en la alta Montaña de Israel. Producirá ramas y dará fruto. Se convertirá en un magnífico cedro. Debajo de él vivirán las aves de todas las especies a la sombra de sus ramas.
24 All the trees of the field will know that I, the LORD, have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree flourish. “‘I, the LORD, have spoken and have done it.’”
Todos los árboles del campo sabrán que Yo, Yavé, humillo el árbol elevado, exalto el árbol humilde, seco el árbol verde y reverdezco el árbol seco. Yo, Yavé, hablé y lo cumpliré.
