Ezequiel 23

1 Me llegó un mensaje del Señor que decía:

The word of the Lord came to me again, saying,

2 “Hijo de hombre, había una vez dos mujeres. Eran hijas de la misma madre.

Son of man, there were two women, daughters of one mother:

3 Se prostituyeron en Egipto. De hecho, fueron prostitutas desde que eran jóvenes. Se dejaban acariciar los pechos vírgenes y apretar los pezones.

They were acting like loose women in Egypt; when they were young their behaviour was loose: there their breasts were crushed, even the points of their young breasts were crushed.

4 La mayor se llamaba Ahola, y su hermana Aholiba. Me casé con ambas y tuvieron hijos e hijas. Ahola representa a Samaria, y Aholiba a Jerusalén.

Their names were Oholah, the older, and Oholibah, her sister: and they became mine, and gave birth to sons and daughters. As for their names, Samaria is Oholah, and Jerusalem, Oholibah.

5 “Ahola se prostituyó mientras estaba casada conmigo. Quería tener relaciones sexuales con sus amantes, los asirios.

And Oholah was untrue to me when she was mine; she was full of desire for her lovers, even for the Assyrians, her neighbours,

6 Eran soldados vestidos de azul, líderes y comandantes, todos ellos jóvenes apuestos de la caballería.

Who were clothed in blue, captains and rulers, all of them young men to be desired, horsemen seated on horses.

7 Se entregó sexualmente a todos los hombres importantes de Asiria. Se hizo impura por su adoración a todos los ídolos de esos hombres con los que quería tener sexo.

And she gave her unclean love to them, all of them the noblest men of Assyria: and she made herself unclean with the images of all who were desired by her.

8 “No dejó la prostitución que había iniciado en Egipto: los hombres se acostaban con ella cuando era joven, estrujaban sus pechos vírgenes y la utilizaban para satisfacer su apetito sexual.

And she has not given up her loose ways from the time when she was in Egypt; for when she was young they were her lovers, and by them her young breasts were crushed, and they let loose on her their unclean desire.

9 Así que la entregué a sus amantes, los asirios con los que quería tener sexo.

For this cause I gave her up into the hands of her lovers, into the hands of the Assyrians on whom her desire was fixed.

10 La desnudaron, se llevaron a sus hijos e hijas y la mataron a espada. Se hizo infame entre las mujeres, y la castigaron.

By these her shame was uncovered: they took her sons and daughters and put her to death with the sword: and she became a cause of wonder to women; for they gave her the punishment which was right.

11 “Aholiba vio lo que le sucedió a su hermana, pero se volvió aún peor que ella en su deseo de tener sexo y practicar la prostitución.

And her sister Oholibah saw this, but her desire was even more unmeasured, and her loose behaviour was worse than that of her sister.

12 También quería tener relaciones sexuales con los asirios: sus líderes y comandantes, sus soldados espléndidamente vestidos, todos ellos jóvenes apuestos de la caballería.

She was full of desire for the Assyrians, captains and rulers, her neighbours, clothed in blue, horsemen going on horses, all of them young men to be desired.

13 Vi que ella también se había ensuciado: ambas hermanas hacían lo mismo.

And I saw that she had become unclean; the two of them went the same way.

14 “Sin embargo, la prostitución de Aholiba era aún peor. Ella vio pintadas en la pared imágenes de soldados babilónicos con uniformes de color rojo intenso.

And her loose behaviour became worse; for she saw men pictured on a wall, pictures of the Chaldaeans painted in bright red,

15 Llevaban cinturones en la cintura y grandes turbantes en la cabeza. Todos se parecían a los oficiales babilónicos de Caldea, el país donde habían nacido.

With bands round their bodies and with head-dresses hanging round their heads, all of them looking like rulers, like the Babylonians, the land of whose birth is Chaldaea.

16 Cuando ella vio las pinturas de ellos, quiso tener relaciones sexuales con ellos y les envió mensajeros a Caldea.

And when she saw them she was full of desire for them, and sent servants to them in Chaldaea.

17 Los babilonios se acercaron a ella y a su lecho de amor, y la mancillaron con su deseo sexual. Sin embargo, después de haber sido deshonrada por ellos, los rechazó con disgusto.

And the Babylonians came to her, into the bed of love, and made her unclean with their loose desire, and she became unclean with them, and her soul was turned from them.

18 “Cuando Aholiba se prostituyó tan descaradamente, exponiéndose desnuda, me aparté de ella con disgusto, tal como había hecho con su hermana.

So her loose behaviour was clearly seen and her shame uncovered: then my soul was turned from her as it had been turned from her sister.

19 Pero ella practicó aún más la prostitución, recordando cómo había sido prostituta en Egipto cuando era joven.

But still she went on the more with her loose behaviour, keeping in mind the early days when she had been a loose woman in the land of Egypt.

20 Quería tener relaciones sexuales con sus amantes, que tenían genitales como los de los burros y que eyaculaban como los de los sementales.

And she was full of desire for her lovers, whose flesh is like the flesh of asses and whose seed is like the seed of horses.

21 “Volvió a los actos indecentes de cuando era joven, cuando los egipcios le apretaban los pezones y acariciaban sus jóvenes pechos.

And she made the memory of the loose ways of her early years come back to mind, when her young breasts were crushed by the Egyptians.

22 Así que Aholiba, esto es lo que dice el Señor Dios: Voy a animar a tus amantes a que te ataquen, a los que rechazaste con disgusto. Los traeré para que te ataquen desde todas las direcciones:

For this cause, O Oholibah, this is what the Lord has said: See, I will make your lovers come up against you, even those from whom your soul is turned away in disgust; and I will make them come up against you on every side;

23 los babilonios y todos los caldeos, los hombres de Pecod, Soa y Coa, y todos los asirios junto con ellos: todos jóvenes apuestos, líderes y comandantes, capitanes de carros y oficiales importantes, todos montando a caballo.

The Babylonians and all the Chaldaeans, Pekod and Shoa and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them: young men to be desired, captains and rulers all of them, and chiefs, her neighbours, all of them on horseback.

24 “Te atacarán desde el norte, invadiendo con un gran ejército, carros y carretas. Vendrán con sus escudos y cascos y os rodearán. Te entregaré a ellos para que te castiguen, y ellos te juzgarán y castigarán siguiendo sus propias leyes.

And they will come against you from the north on horseback, with war-carriages and a great band of peoples; they will put themselves in order against you with breastplate and body-cover and metal head-dress round about you: and I will make them your judges, and they will give their decision against you as seems right to them.

25 Siento tanto lo que has hecho que me opondré a ti, y te tratarán muy mal. Les cortarán las narices y las orejas, y matarán a los que queden de ustedes. Se llevarán a vuestros hijos e hijas como prisioneros, y los que queden serán destruidos por el fuego.

And my bitter feeling will be working against you, and they will take you in hand with passion; they will take away your nose and your ears, and the rest of you will be put to the sword: they will take your sons and daughters, and the rest of you will be burned up in the fire.

26 Les arrancarán sus ropas y les quitarán sus hermosas joyas.

And they will take all your clothing off you and take away your ornaments.

27 Voy a poner fin a su inmoralidad y a su prostitución, que comenzaron en Egipto. No pensarás con nostalgia en esos tiempos, y te olvidarás de Egipto.

So I will put an end to your evil ways and your loose behaviour which came from the land of Egypt: and your eyes will never be lifted up to them again, and you will have no more memory of Egypt.

28 “Porque esto es lo que dice el Señor Dios: Créanme cuando les digo que los voy a entregar al pueblo que odian, al que rechazaron con asco.

For this is what the Lord has said: See, I will give you up into the hands of those who are hated by you, into the hands of those from whom your soul is turned away in disgust:

29 Ellos te tratarán con odio. Te quitarán todo lo que has trabajado, dejándote al desnudo sin nada, de modo que los actos indecentes de tu prostitución quedarán al descubierto. Tu inmoralidad y prostitución

And they will take you in hand with hate, and take away all the fruit of your work, and let you be unveiled and without clothing: and the shame of your loose behaviour will be uncovered, your evil designs and your loose ways.

30 es la razón por la que te ha sucedido todo esto, porque actuaste como una prostituta con las naciones y te ensuciaste adorando a sus ídolos.

They will do these things to you because you have been untrue to me, and have gone after the nations, and have become unclean with their images.

31 Por haber hecho lo que hizo tu hermana, te daré a beber su copa.

You have gone in the way of your sister; and I will give her cup into your hand.

32 “Esto es lo que dice el Señor Dios: Beberás de la copa de tu hermana, una copa grande y profunda. Se reirán de ti y te insultarán. Tendrás que soportar mucho de esto.

This is what the Lord has said: You will take a drink from your sister's cup, which is deep and wide: you will be laughed at and looked down on, more than you are able to undergo.

33 Te embriagará y te llenará de dolor porque es una copa que trae horror y destrucción, la copa de la que bebió tu hermana Samaria.

You will be broken and full of sorrow, with the cup of wonder and destruction, with the cup of your sister Samaria.

34 La beberás toda, la harás pedazos en el suelo y te desgarrarás el pecho. Esto es lo que he dicho, declara el Señor Dios.

And after drinking it and draining it out, you will take the last drops of it to the end, pulling off your breasts: for I have said it, says the Lord.

35 En resumen, esto es lo que dice el Señor Dios: Porque te has olvidado de mí y me has ignorado, tendrás que experimentar las consecuencias de tu inmoralidad y prostitución”.

So this is what the Lord has said: Because you have not kept me in your memory, and because your back has been turned to me, you will even undergo the punishment of your evil designs and your loose ways.

36 Entonces el Señor me dijo “Hijo de hombre, ¿vas a condenar a Ahola y a Aholiba? ¡Denuncia las cosas repugnantes que han hecho!

Then the Lord said to me: Son of man, will you be the judge of Oholibah? then make clear to her the disgusting things she has done.

37 Porque han cometido adulterio y son culpables de asesinato. Han cometido adulterio con sus ídolos, y hasta han ofrecido a sus hijos, que tenían para mí, como sacrificios a sus ídolos.

For she has been false to me, and blood is on her hands, and with her images she has been untrue; and more than this, she made her sons, whom she had by me, go through the fire to them to be burned up.

38 “Ellos también me hicieron esto: El mismo día que ensuciaron mi santuario y violaron mis sábados.

Further, this is what she has done to me: she has made my holy place unclean and has made my Sabbaths unclean.

39 El mismo día en que mataron a sus hijos para sus ídolos, fueron a mi santuario y lo ensuciaron. ¡Miren lo que hicieron dentro de mi Templo!

For when she had made an offering of her children to her images, she came into my holy place to make it unclean; see, this is what she has done inside my house.

40 “Ellos incluso seguía enviando mensajeros para que los hombres vinieran de lejos. Cuando los hombres llegaban, os preparabais para ellos bañándoos, maquillándoos los ojos y poniéndoos las joyas.

And she even sent for men to come from far away, to whom a servant was sent, and they came: for whom she was washing her body and painting her eyes and making herself fair with ornaments.

41 Os sentabais en un costoso sofá, con mi incienso y mi aceite en una mesa colocada delante.

And she took her seat on a great bed, with a table put ready before it on which she put my perfume and my oil.

42 La sala estaba llena del ruido de la gente que estaba de fiesta. Trajeron a hombres borrachos del desierto junto con algunas personas comunes, y te pusieron brazaletes en las muñecas y hermosas coronas en la cabeza.

... and they put jewels on her hands and beautiful crowns on her head.

43 “Entonces dije acerca de la vieja desgastada: ‘¡Ahora pueden tenerla como prostituta, porque eso es lo que es!’.

Then I said ... now she will go on with her loose ways.

44 “Así que tuvieron sexo con ella como una prostituta. Tuvieron relaciones sexuales con Ahola y Aholiba, esas mujeres inmorales.

And they went in to her, as men go to a loose woman: so they went in to Oholibah, the loose woman.

45 Pero los hombres que creen en lo correcto los juzgarán y les impondrán el castigo por cometer adulterio y asesinato, porque son adúlteros y asesinos.

And upright men will be her judges, judging her as false wives and women who take lives are judged; because she has been untrue to me and blood is on her hands.

46 “Esto es lo que dice el Señor Dios: ¡Que una turba las ataque! Aterrorícenlos y rómpanlos.

For this is what the Lord has said: I will make a great meeting of the people come together against her, and will send on her shaking fear and take everything from her.

47 La turba los apedreará y los matará con sus espadas, matando a sus hijos e hijas y quemando sus casas.

And the meeting, after stoning her with stones, will put an end to her with their swords; they will put her sons and daughters to death and have her house burned up with fire.

48 Así acabaré con la inmoralidad en el país, y todas las mujeres serán advertidas de no hacer lo que ustedes han hecho.

And I will put an end to evil in all the land, teaching all women not to do as you have done.

49 Te castigarán por tu inmoralidad, y tendrás que experimentar las consecuencias de tu adoración de ídolos. Entonces sabrás que yo soy el Señor Dios”.

And I will send on you the punishment of your evil ways, and you will be rewarded for your sins with your images: and you will be certain that I am the Lord.