Ezequiel 16

1 Me llegó otro mensaje del Señor, que decía:

And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

2 “Hijo de hombre, desafía a Jerusalén por sus prácticas repugnantes.

Son of man, make clear to Jerusalem her disgusting ways,

3 Dile a Jerusalén que esto es lo que el Señor Dios le dice: Realmente eres cananea, tanto por tu nacimiento como por tu parentesco. Tu padre era amorreo y tu madre era hitita.

And say, This is what the Lord has said to Jerusalem: Your start and your birth was from the land of the Canaanite; an Amorite was your father and your mother was a Hittite.

4 El día que naciste no te cortaron el cordón umbilical, ni te lavaron para limpiarte, ni te frotaron con sal, ni te envolvieron en paños.

As for your birth, on the day of your birth your cord was not cut and you were not washed in water to make you clean; you were not salted or folded in linen bands.

5 Nadie te miró con amor para hacer algo así por ti; nadie mostró ningún tipo de cuidado por ti. No, sino que fuiste arrojado a un campo, abandonado y despreciado desde el día en que naciste.

No eye had pity on you to do any of these things to you or to be kind to you; but you were put out into the open country, because your life was hated at the time of your birth.

6 “Pero pasé por allí y te vi dando patadas, cubierto en tu propia sangre. Mientras yacías allí, cubierto de sangre, te dije: ‘¡Quiero que vivas!’ Allí mismo te dije: ‘¡Quiero que vivas!’

And when I went past you and saw you stretched out in your blood, I said to you, Though you are stretched out in your blood, have life;

7 Te ayudé a crecer como una planta en el campo. Creciste hasta convertirte en una hermosa joven. Tus pechos se desarrollaron y el vello de tu cuerpo creció, y estabas completamente desnuda.

And be increased in number like the buds of the field; and you were increased and became great, and you came to the time of love: your breasts were formed and your hair was long; but you were uncovered and without clothing.

8 “Cuando volví a pasar por allí, te miré y vi que estabas en edad de hacer el amor. Así que extendí mi manto sobre ti y cubrí tu cuerpo desnudo. Me comprometí contigo e hice un acuerdo solemne contigo, y te hice mía, declara el Señor Dios.

Now when I went past you, looking at you, I saw that your time was the time of love; and I put my skirts over you, covering your unclothed body: and I gave you my oath and made an agreement with you, says the Lord, and you became mine.

9 Luego te lavé con agua, limpié tu sangre y te ungí con aceite.

Then I had you washed with water, washing away all your blood and rubbing you with oil.

10 Te puse un vestido bellamente bordado y te di sandalias de cuero fino. Te vestí de lino fino y te cubrí de seda.

And I had you clothed with needlework, and put leather shoes on your feet, folding fair linen about you and covering you with silk.

11 Te regalé joyas: te puse brazaletes en las muñecas y un collar en el cuello.

And I made you fair with ornaments and put jewels on your hands and a chain on your neck.

12 Te puse un anillo en la nariz y aretes en las orejas, y coloqué una hermosa corona en tu cabeza.

And I put a ring in your nose and ear-rings in your ears and a beautiful crown on your head.

13 “Llevabas joyas de oro y plata, y tus ropas eran de lino fino, de telas costosas y de telas bordadas. Comiste pan hecho con la mejor harina, y miel y aceite de oliva. Te embelleciste aún más y te convertiste en una reina.

So you were made beautiful with gold and silver; and your clothing was of the best linen and silk and needlework; your food was the best meal and honey and oil: and you were very beautiful.

14 Fuiste famosa en todo el mundo por tu belleza, porque usé mi poder majestuoso para hacerte tan maravillosa, declara el Señor Dios.

You were so beautiful that the story of you went out into all nations; you were completely beautiful because of my glory which I had put on you, says the Lord.

15 “Estabas tan orgullosa de tu belleza que me fuiste infiel. Pensaste que por ser tan famosa podías prostituirte y acostarte con cualquiera que pasara por allí. Tomaron para sí tu hermoso cuerpo.

But you put your faith in the fact that you were beautiful, acting like a loose woman because you were widely talked of, and offering your cheap love to everyone who went by, whoever it might be.

16 Te hiciste santuarios paganos de colores con la ropa que te había dado, y allí actuaste como una prostituta. Cosas así nunca habían sucedido antes, ¡y no deben suceder en el futuro!

And you took your robes and made high places for yourself ornamented with every colour, acting like a loose woman on them, without shame or fear.

17 “También usaste las hermosas joyas de oro y plata que te di para hacer ídolos masculinos y te prostituiste con ellas.

And you took the fair jewels, my silver and gold which I had given to you, and made for yourself male images, acting like a loose woman with them;

18 Usaste tus ropas bordadas para vestirlos, y colocaste ante ellos mi aceite de oliva y mi incienso.

And you took your robes of needlework for their clothing, and put my oil and my perfume before them.

19 Presentaste la comida que te había dado como ofrenda para que la aceptaran -panes hechos con la mejor harina, aceite de oliva y miel que yo te había proporcionado para comer. Eso es exactamente lo que hiciste, declara el Señor Dios.

And my bread which I gave you, the best meal and oil and honey which I gave you for your food, you put it before them for a sweet smell, says the Lord.

20 “Sacrificaste a tus hijos e hijas – los hijos que tuviste para mí – ofreciéndolos como alimento para que los comieran los ídolos. ¿No fue suficiente tu prostitución?

And you took your sons and your daughters whom I had by you, offering even these to them to be their food. Was your loose behaviour so small a thing,

21 Sacrificaste a mis hijos, los sacrificaste a los ídolos.

That you put my children to death and gave them up to go through the fire to them?

22 “Mientras estabas ocupada en todas tus prácticas repugnantes y en tu prostitución, te olvidaste del tiempo en que eras joven, completamente desnuda y yacías pateando en tu propia sangre.

And in all your disgusting and false behaviour you had no memory of your early days, when you were uncovered and without clothing, stretched out in your blood.

23 “¡Viene el desastre! El desastre viene sobre ti, declara el Señor Dios. Además de todas las cosas malas que hiciste,

And it came about, after all your evil-doing, says the Lord,

24 te construiste un santuario pagano, un altar de cultoa losídolos en todas las plazas de la ciudad.

That you made for yourself an arched room in every open place.

25 Te convertiste en lugares altos de adoración de ídolos en lo alto de cada calle; te degradaste, ofreciendo tu hermoso cuerpo a cualquiera que pasara, abriendo tus piernas para ellos, volviéndote cada vez más promiscua.

You put up your high places at the top of every street, and made the grace of your form a disgusting thing, opening your feet to everyone who went by, increasing your loose ways.

26 Te ofreciste como prostituta a tus vecinos egipcios con sus grandes órganos sexuales, haciéndome enojar porque te volviste aún más promiscua.

And you went with the Egyptians, your neighbours, great of flesh; increasing your loose ways, moving me to wrath.

27 “Así que actué para reducir mis bendiciones parati. Dejé que tus enemigos los filisteos hicieran lo que quisieran contigo. Incluso ellos se avergonzaron de tu inmoralidad.

Now, then, my hand is stretched out against you, cutting down your fixed amount, and I have given you up to the desire of your haters, the daughters of the Philistines who are shamed by your loose ways.

28 Como no estabas satisfecha, te prostituiste con los asirios. Pero ni siquiera entonces quedaste satisfecha.

And you went with the Assyrians, because of your desire which was without measure; you were acting like a loose woman with them, and still you had not enough.

29 Entonces llevaste tu conducta promiscua a Babilonia, el país de los mercaderes, ¡pero ni siquiera entonces quedaste satisfecha!

And you went on in your loose ways, even as far as the land of Chaldaea, and still you had not enough.

30 “Realmente eres una mente enferma al hacer todo esto, actuando como una prostituta sin vergüenza, declara el Señor Dios.

How feeble is your heart, says the Lord, seeing that you do all these things, the work of a loose and overruling woman;

31 En realidad, ni siquiera eras una prostituta normal cuando te construiste santuarios paganos en lo alto de cada calle y altos lugares de culto a los ídolos en cada plaza pública, ¡porque te negaste a que te pagaran por tus servicios!

For you have made your arched room at the top of every street, and your high place in every open place; though you were not like a loose woman in getting together your payment.

32 “¡Eres una esposa que ama el adulterio! ¡Te acuestas con extraños y no con tu propio marido!

The untrue wife who takes strange lovers in place of her husband!

33 Normalmente todas las prostitutas reciben pago, pero tú eras la que les daba regalos a todos tus amantes. Incluso los sobornaste para que vinieran de todas partes y tuvieran relaciones sexuales contigo.

They give payment to all loose women: but you give rewards to your lovers, offering them payment so that they may come to you on every side for your cheap love.

34 Así que eres lo contrario de las demás prostitutas. Nadie viene a ti pidiendo sexo, y tú pagas la cuota de la prostituta en lugar de recibirla. Eres todo lo contrario.

And in your loose behaviour you are different from other women, for no one goes after you to make love to you: and because you give payment and no payment is given to you, in this you are different from them.

35 “Así que, prostituta, ¡escucha el mensaje del Señor!

For this cause, O loose woman, give ear to the voice of the Lord:

36 Esto es lo que dice el Señor: Como estabas tan loca de deseo que te desnudaste y cometiste adulterio con tus amantes y con todos tus asquerosos ídolos, y como mataste a tus hijos como sacrificios a esos ídolos,

This is what the Lord has said: Because your unclean behaviour was let loose and your body uncovered in your loose ways with your lovers and with your disgusting images, and for the blood of your children which you gave to them;

37 voy a reunir a todos los amantes con los que te acostaste, tanto si los amabas como si los odiabas, y haré que se reúnan de todas partes y te desnudaré mientras miran para que te vean totalmente desnuda.

For this cause I will get together all your lovers with whom you have taken your pleasure, and all those to whom you have given your love, with all those who were hated by you; I will even make them come together against you on every side, and I will have you uncovered before them so that they may see your shame.

38 Te impondré el castigo de las mujeres que cometen adulterio y de las que asesinan; serás castigada con ira apasionada.

And you will be judged by me as women are judged who have been untrue to their husbands and have taken life; and I will let loose against you passion and bitter feeling.

39 “Luego te entregaré a tus amantes, y ellos demolerán tus santuarios paganos y destruirán tus lugares altos de adoración de ídolos. “Te despojarán de tus ropas, te quitarán tus hermosas joyas y te dejarán completamente desnuda.

I will give you into their hands, and your arched room will be overturned and your high places broken down; they will take your clothing off you and take away your fair jewels: and when they have done, you will be uncovered and shamed.

40 Vendrán con una turba a atacarte. Te apedrearán y te cortarán en pedazos con sus espadas.

And they will get together a meeting against you, stoning you with stones and wounding you with their swords.

41 Quemarán sus casas y los castigarán mientras muchas mujeres lo observan. “Detendré tu prostitución, y no volverás a pagar a tus amantes.

And they will have you burned with fire, sending punishments on you before the eyes of great numbers of women; and I will put an end to your loose ways, and you will no longer give payment.

42 Entonces dejaré de estar celoso y furioso contigo. Me calmaré y no me enfadaré más.

And the heat of my wrath against you will have an end, and my bitter feeling will be turned away from you, and I will be quiet and will be angry no longer.

43 “Como no te acordaste de cómo te cuidé cuando eras joven, sino que me hiciste enojar con todas las cosas que hiciste, me aseguraré de que sufras las consecuencias de lo que has hecho, declara el Señor Dios. Porque esta inmoralidad se sumó a todas las demás cosas repugnantes que hiciste, ¿no lo crees?

Because you have not kept in mind the days when you were young, but have been troubling me with all these things; for this reason I will make the punishment of your ways come on your head, says the Lord, because you have done this evil thing in addition to all your disgusting acts.

44 “Todos los que gustan de usar proverbios citarán éste sobre ti: “‘De tal palo, tal astilla’.

See, in every common saying about you it will be said, As the mother is, so is her daughter.

45 “Tú eres la hija de tu madre, que detestaba a su marido y a sus hijos. Eres igual que ella. Eres la hermana de tus hermanas, igual que ellas, que detestaban a sus maridos e hijos. De hecho, tu madre era hitita y tu padre era amorreo.

You are the daughter of your mother whose soul is turned in disgust from her husband and her children; and you are the sister of your sisters who were turned in disgust from their husbands and their children: your mother was a Hittite and your father an Amorite.

46 Tu hermana mayor era Samaria, que vivía al norte de ti con sus hijas. Tu hermana menor era Sodoma, que vivía al sur de ti con sus hijas.

Your older sister is Samaria, living at your left hand, she and her daughters: and your younger sister, living at your right hand, is Sodom and her daughters.

47 Tú no te limitaste a seguir sus caminos y a hacer las mismas cosas repugnantes que ellas, sino que muy pronto te volviste aún peor que ellas.

Still you have not gone in their ways or done the disgusting things which they have done; but, as if that was only a little thing, you have gone deeper in evil than they in all your ways.

48 “Vivo yo, declara el Señor Dios, que tu hermana Sodoma y sus hijas nunca hicieron lo que tú y tus hijas han hecho.

By my life, says the Lord, Sodom your sister never did, she or her daughters, what you and your daughters have done.

49 Los pecados de tu hermana Sodoma fueron estos: Ella y sus hijas eran orgullosas, codiciosas y perezosas. No ayudaron a los pobres ni a los necesitados.

Truly, this was the sin of your sister Sodom: pride, a full measure of food, and the comforts of wealth in peace, were seen in her and her daughters, and she gave no help to the poor or to those in need.

50 Se volvieron arrogantes e hicieron cosas repugnantes en mi presencia. Así que me deshice de ellas cuando vi esto.

They were full of pride and did what was disgusting to me: and so I took them away as you have seen.

51 “Samaria no pecó ni la mitad de lo que ustedes hicieron. Tú has hecho cosas mucho más repugnantes que ellos. De hecho, ¡todas las cosas repugnantes que has hecho hacen que tus hermanas se vean bien!

And Samaria has not done half your sins; but you have made the number of your disgusting acts greater than theirs, making your sisters seem more upright than you by all the disgusting things which you have done.

52 Ahora vas a tener que soportar tu vergüenza, ya que con tus vergonzosos pecados las hiciste parecer mucho mejores. En comparación con ustedes, ellas se ven bien. Ahora tú también tendrás que soportar tu vergüenza y tu deshonra, ya que con tus pecados vergonzosos hiciste que tus hermanas parecieran buenas.

And you yourself will be put to shame, in that you have given the decision for your sisters; through your sins, which are more disgusting than theirs, they are more upright than you: truly, you will be shamed and made low, for you have made your sisters seem upright.

53 “Aun así, voy a hacer que Sodoma y sus hijas vuelvan del destierro, y Samaria y sus hijas también. Te volveré a juntar con ellas.

And I will let their fate be changed, the fate of Sodom and her daughters, and the fate of Samaria and her daughters, and your fate with theirs.

54 Así tendrás que soportar tu desgracia y avergonzarte de todas las cosas malas que hiciste para que ellas se sintieran mejor.

So that you will be shamed and made low because of all you have done, when I have mercy on you.

55 “Tus hermanas, Sodoma con sus hijas y Samaria con sus hijas, volverán a ser lo que eran antes. Tú y tus hijas también serán devueltas a lo que eran antes.

And your sisters, Sodom and her daughters, will go back to their first condition, and Samaria and her daughters will go back to their first condition, and you and your daughters will go back to your first condition.

56 ¿No os burlabais de vuestra hermana Sodoma cuando os sentíais orgullosas,

Was not your sister Sodom an oath in your mouth in the day of your pride,

57 antes de que se demostrara que vosotras mismas erais tan malvadas? Por supuesto que ahora se burlan de ustedes los edomitas y las naciones circundantes, así como por los filisteos. Todos los que te rodean te miran con desprecio.

Before your shame was uncovered? Now you have become like her a word of shame to the daughters of Edom and all who are round about you, the daughters of the Philistines who put shame on you round about.

58 Tendrás que experimentar las consecuencias de tu inmoralidad y tus prácticas repugnantes, declara el Señor.

The reward of your evil designs and your disgusting ways has come on you, says the Lord.

59 “Esto es lo que dice el Señor: Voy a castigarte según tus pecados, porque trataste con desprecio la promesa que hiciste al romper el acuerdo.

For this is what the Lord has said: I will do to you as you have done, you who, putting the oath on one side, have let the agreement be broken.

60 Pero no olvidaré el acuerdo que hice contigo cuando eras joven, y haré un acuerdo eterno contigo.

But still I will keep in mind the agreement made with you in the days when you were young, and I will make with you an eternal agreement.

61 Entonces recordarás la forma en que debes vivir y te avergonzarás cuando conozcas a tus hermanas mayores y menores cuando regresen a ti. Te las daré como hijas, aunque esto no era parte de nuestro acuerdo original.

Then at the memory of your ways you will be overcome with shame, when I take your sisters, the older and the younger, and give them to you for daughters, but not by your agreement.

62 “Así es como refrendaré mi acuerdo contigo, y sabrás que yo soy el Señor,

And I will make my agreement with you; and you will be certain that I am the Lord:

63 para que te acuerdes y te avergüences, y no vuelvas a defender tu comportamiento vergonzoso cuando te perdone por todo lo que has hecho, declara el Señor Dios”.

So that, at the memory of these things, you may be at a loss, never opening your mouth because of your shame; when you have my forgiveness for all you have done, says the Lord.