Ezequiel 22
1 Me llegó un mensaje del Señor que decía:
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
2 “Entonces, hijo de hombre, ¿estás dispuesto a juzgarlos? ¿Estás listo para juzgar a la gente de esta ciudad que ha causado tanto derramamiento de sangre? Haz que enfrenten todas las cosas repugnantes que han hecho,
And you, son of man, will you be a judge, will you be a judge of the town of blood? then make clear to her all her disgusting ways.
3 y diles que esto es lo que dice el Señor Dios: Ustedes son una ciudad que ha provocado su propia perdición al asesinar a la gente dentro de sus muros, y al hacer ídolos para adorar que los hicieron inmundos.
And you are to say, This is what the Lord has said: A town causing blood to be drained out in her streets so that her time may come, and making images in her to make her unclean!
4 Eres culpable de asesinato, y te has hecho impura por los ídolos que has hecho. Has acortado tu vida: ¡tu tiempo se ha acabado! Por eso los demás se burlan de ti; todos se mofan de ti.
You are responsible for the blood drained out by you, and you are unclean through the images which you have made; and you have made your day come near, and the time of your judging has come; for this cause I have made you a name of shame to the nations and a cause of laughing to all countries.
5 ¡La gente de cerca y de lejos se reirá de ti, ciudad corrupta y llena de confusión!
Those who are near and those who are far from you will make sport of you; your name is unclean, you are full of sounds of fear.
6 “Mira cómo todos tus líderes en Israel usan su poder para asesinar.
See, the rulers of Israel, every one in his family, have been causing death in you.
7 Desprecias a tus padres. Explotas a los extranjeros que viven contigo, y maltratas a los huérfanos y a las viudas.
In you they have had no respect for father and mother; in you they have been cruel to the man from a strange land; in you they have done wrong to the child without a father and to the widow.
8 “Desprecias mis cosas sagradas y violas mis sábados.
You have made little of my holy things, and have made my Sabbaths unclean.
9 Viven entre ustedes personas que acusan falsamente a otros para darles muerte. También tienes a los que comen comidas religiosas en santuarios paganos en las montañas, y cometen actos inmorales dentro de la ciudad.
In you there are men who say evil of others, causing death; in you they have taken the flesh with the blood for food; in your streets they have put evil designs into effect.
10 “Algunos de los que viven en la ciudad tienen relaciones sexuales con las esposas de sus padres o con mujeres durante su período.
In you they have let the shame of their fathers be seen; in you they have done wrong to a woman at the time when she was unclean.
11 Son el hogar de hombres malvados. Uno hace cosas repugnantes con la mujer de otro. Otro seduce a su nuera, mientras que otro viola a su hermana, la hija de su propio padre.
And in you one man has done what was disgusting with his neighbour's wife; and another has made his daughter-in-law unclean; and another has done wrong to his sister, his father's daughter.
12 “Tu gente toma dinero para asesinar a otros. Cobran intereses y se lucran con los préstamos, y utilizan la extorsión para obtener dinero de sus vecinos. Te has olvidado de mí, declara el Señor Dios.
In you they have taken rewards as the price of blood; you have taken interest and great profits, and you have taken away your neighbours' goods by force, and have not kept me in mind, says the Lord.
13 “¡Así que cuidado! Aplaudo en señal de condena tus ganancias deshonestas y todos tus asesinatos.
See, then, I have made my hands come together in wrath against your taking of goods by force and against the blood which has been flowing in you.
14 ¿Van a ser tan valientes, y serán lo suficientemente fuertes para defenderse cuando llegue el momento en que yo me ocupe de ustedes? Yo, el Señor, he hablado, y voy a actuar.
Will your heart be high or your hands strong in the days when I take you in hand? I the Lord have said it and will do it.
15 Voy a dispersarlos entre las naciones y los distintos países. Pondré fin a sus actos impuros.
And I will send you in flight among the nations and wandering among the countries; and I will completely take away out of you everything which is unclean.
16 Porque cuando todos los demás vean cómo ustedes se han contaminado, entonces reconocerán que yo soy el Señor”.
And you will be made low before the eyes of the nations; and it will be clear to you that I am the Lord.
17 Me llegó un mensaje del Señor que decía:
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
18 “Hijo de hombre, el pueblo de Israel ha terminado como las impurezas que quedan al refinar el metal. Son como el cobre, el estaño, el hierro y el plomo en el horno: son las impurezas que quedan al refinar la plata.
Son of man, the children of Israel have become like the poorest sort of waste metal to me: they are all silver and brass and tin and iron and lead mixed with waste.
19 “Así que esto es lo que dice el Señor Dios: Porque todos ustedes han terminado como impurezas, vean cómo los reúno en Jerusalén.
For this cause the Lord has said: Because you have all become waste metal, see, I will get you together inside Jerusalem.
20 De la misma manera que un refinador recoge la plata, el cobre, el hierro, el plomo y el estaño y los mete en el alto horno para fundirlos con fuego, yo voy a recogerlos a ustedes en mi ira ardiente, y los mantendré allí hasta que los funda.
As they put silver and brass and iron and lead and tin together inside the oven, heating up the fire on it to make it soft; so will I get you together in my wrath and in my passion, and, heating the fire with my breath, will make you soft.
21 “Voy a juntarlos a todos y los haré estallar con el fuego de mi ira, y serán fundidos allí en la ciudad.
Yes, I will take you, breathing on you the fire of my wrath, and you will become soft in it.
22 Como la plata se funde en un horno, así serán fundidos en la ciudad. Entonces te darás cuenta de que yo, el Señor, te he hecho experimentar mi ira”.
As silver becomes soft in the oven, so you will become soft in it; and you will be certain that I the Lord have let loose my passion on you.
23 Me llegó otro mensaje del Señor, que decía:
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
24 “Hijo de hombre, dile a la ciudad de Jerusalén que, en el momento del castigo, eres un país que no se ha limpiado, un lugar donde no ha caído lluvia,
Son of man, say to her, You are a land on which no rain or thunderstorm has come in the day of wrath.
25 “Sus dirigentes conspiran juntos y es como ver a un león rugiente destrozando a su presa. Destruyen al pueblo, se apoderan de todo lo que es valioso y hacen que haya muchas más viudas en la ciudad.
Her rulers in her are like a loud-voiced lion violently taking his food; they have made a meal of souls; they have taken wealth and valued property; they have made great the number of widows in her.
26 “Sus sacerdotes pervierten mi ley y hacen impuras mis cosas sagradas. No distinguen entre lo santo y lo ordinario, y no separan lo limpio de lo impuro. Se olvidan de mis sábados y hacen que la gente no me respete.
Her priests have been acting violently against my law; they have made my holy things unclean: they have made no division between what is holy and what is common, and they have not made it clear that the unclean is different from the clean, and their eyes have been shut to my Sabbaths, and I am not honoured among them.
27 “Los funcionarios de su ciudad son como lobos que desgarran a su presa, matan a la gente y destruyen vidas para beneficiarse con el fraude.
Her rulers in her are like wolves violently taking their food; putting men to death and causing the destruction of souls, so that they may get their profit.
28 “Sus profetas encubren lo que hacen, usando visiones falsas como cal y profecías que son mentira, diciendo: ‘Esto es lo que dice el Señor Dios’, cuando el Señor no ha dicho nada.
And her prophets have been using whitewash, seeing foolish visions and making false use of secret arts, saying, This is what the Lord has said, when the Lord has said nothing.
29 “La gente de este país es chantajista y ladrona. Maltratan a los pobres y a los necesitados y explotan a los extranjeros, tratándolos de manera totalmente injusta.
The people of the land have been acting cruelly, taking men's goods by force; they have been hard on the poor and those in need, and have done wrong to the man from a strange land.
30 “Traté de encontrar a uno de ellos que reparara el muro y defendiera la brecha para que cuando viniera no la destruyera, pero no pude encontrar a nadie.
And I was looking for a man among them who would make up the wall and take his station in the broken place before me for the land, so that I might not send destruction on it: but there was no one.
31 Así que les he hecho experimentar mi hostilidad, abrasándolos con el fuego de mi ira. Me he asegurado de que sufran las consecuencias de lo que han hecho, declara el Señor Dios”.
And I let loose my passion on them, and have put an end to them in the fire of my wrath: I have made the punishment of their ways come on their heads, says the Lord.
