Ezequiel 16

1 Otra vez vino a mí la palabra de Yahvé, diciendo:

Yahweh gave me another message. He said,

2 “Hijo de hombre, haz que Jerusalén conozca sus abominaciones;

“You human, cause the people of Jerusalem to think about their detestable behavior.

3 y di: “El Señor Yahvé dice a Jerusalén: “Tu origen y tu nacimiento es de la tierra del cananeo. Un amorreo fue tu padre, y tu madre fue una hitita.

Say to them, ‘This is what Yahweh the Lord says to you people of Jerusalem: [It is as though you are a woman who] [MET] was born in the country where the Canaan people-group lived. [It is as though] [MET] your father belonged to the Amor people-group and your mother belonged to the Heth people-group.

4 En cuanto a tu nacimiento, el día que naciste no te cortaron el ombligo. No te lavaron en agua para limpiarte. No fuiste salado en absoluto, ni envuelto en mantas en absoluto.

[It is as though] [MET] on the day that you were born, your umbilical cord was not cut, and your body was not washed in water, and it was not rubbed with salt or wrapped in strips of cloth, [like Israeli babies always are].

5 Ningún ojo se apiadó de ti, para hacerte alguna de estas cosas, para compadecerse de ti; sino que fuiste arrojado al campo abierto, porque fuiste aborrecido el día en que naciste.

No one pitied you or acted kindly toward you by doing those things for you. Instead, [it was as though] [MET] you were thrown into a field, because on the day that you were born, you were despised {everyone despised you}.

6 “‘“Cuando pasé junto a ti y te vi revolcándote en tu sangre, te dije: ‘Aunque estés en tu sangre, vive’. Sí, te dije: ‘Aunque estés en tu sangre, vive’”

Then [it was as though] [MET] I passed by and saw you lying in your own blood and kicking. And while you lay there kicking in your own blood, I said to you, “I want you to remain alive!”

7 Hice que te multiplicaras como lo que crece en el campo, y creciste y te engrandeciste, y alcanzaste una excelente belleza. Se te formaron los pechos y te crecieron los cabellos; pero estabas desnuda y descubierta.

[It was as though] I caused you to grow up, like plants in the field grow; you grew up and became tall and became like [MET] a very beautiful jewel. [It was as though] [MET] your breasts (formed/became large), and your hair became long, although you were still naked [DOU].

8 “‘“Cuando pasé junto a ti y te miré, he aquí que tu tiempo era el tiempo del amor; y extendí mi manto sobre ti y cubrí tu desnudez. Sí, me comprometí contigo y entré en un pacto contigo”, dice el Señor Yahvé, “y te hiciste mía.

When I saw you several years later, [it was as though] [MET] I saw that you were old enough to have sex [EUP]. So [it was as though] [MET] I spread the corner of my robe over [to symbolize that I would marry you], with the result that you were no longer naked. I solemnly promised [that I would marry you] and made a marriage agreement with you, and you became my wife. That is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say.

9 “‘“Luego te lavé con agua. Sí, lavé a fondo tu sangre, y te ungí con aceite.

[And then it was as though] [MET] I bathed you and washed the blood from you and put ointment on your body.

10 También te vestí con bordados y te puse sandalias de cuero. Te vestí con lino fino y te cubrí con seda.

[It was as though] [MET] I put a fine linen robe on you and gave you other expensive clothes. I put an embroidered dress on you and put leather sandals on your feet.

11 Te engalané con adornos, te puse brazaletes en las manos y te puse una cadena en el cuello.

[It was as though] [MET] I put bracelets on your arms and a necklace around your neck. Those things all had nice jewels fastened to them.

12 Puse un anillo en tu nariz, pendientes en tus orejas y una hermosa corona en tu cabeza.

I put a gold ring in your nose and fastened earrings to your ears and put a beautiful crown on your head.

13 Así te engalanaste con oro y plata. Tus ropas eran de lino fino, de seda y de bordados. Comías harina fina, miel y aceite. Eras muy hermosa, y prosperaste hasta llegar a la realeza.

So [it was as though] you wore gold and silver ornaments. You had clothes made from fine (linen/white cloth) and other expensive embroidered material/cloth. You ate [bread made from] fine flour, honey, and olive oil. You became very beautiful, like [MET] a queen.

14 Tu fama se extendió entre las naciones por tu belleza, pues era perfecta, por mi majestad que había puesto sobre ti”, dice el Señor Yahvé.

You were very beautiful, with the result that people in other nations heard about you, because they knew that I, Yahweh the Lord, am the one who had caused you to become very beautiful.

15 “‘“Pero tú confiaste en tu belleza, y te hiciste la prostituta por tu fama, y derramaste tu prostitución sobre todo el que pasaba. Era de él.

But [it was as though] [MET] you realized that because people knew that you were very beautiful, you could [earn a lot of money by] becoming a prostitute. [It was as though] you had sex with [EUP] every man who came along, and they all enjoyed your beauty.

16 Tomasteis algunas de vuestras vestimentas y os hicisteis lugares altos engalanados con diversos colores, y jugasteis a la prostitución en ellos. Esto no debe suceder, ni debe ser.

[It was as though] you took some of your clothes to make beautifully decorated shrines, and that is where you had sex with those men. Those things should certainly never occur!

17 También tomasteis vuestras hermosas joyas de mi oro y de mi plata, que yo os había dado, y os hicisteis imágenes de hombres, y os prostituisteis con ellas.

You took the fine gold and silver jewelry that I gave you, and you made male idols for yourself, in order to have sex with them.

18 Tomaste tus vestidos bordados, los cubriste y pusiste mi aceite y mi incienso delante de ellos.

You took some of your embroidered clothes to put on those idols, and you burned oil and incense in front of them [to honor them].

19 También mi pan que te di, harina fina, aceite y miel, con el que te alimenté, lo pusiste delante de ellos como aroma agradable; y así fue”, dice el Señor Yahvé.

And the [bread that was made from] fine flour and the olive oil and honey that I gave to you to eat, you offered to be a fragrant sacrifice to those idols. I, Yahweh the Lord, declare that is what happened.

20 “‘“Además, has tomado a tus hijos y a tus hijas, que me has dado a luz, y los has sacrificado para que sean devorados. ¿Acaso tu prostitución es un asunto menor,

And you even took your sons and daughters who were [as though they were] [MET] my children, and sacrificed them to be food for the idols. That was much worse [RHQ] than your becoming a prostitute.

21 que has matado a mis hijos y los has entregado, haciéndolos pasar por el fuego a ellos?

You slaughtered [those who were like] [MET] my children, and offered them to be sacrifices to the gods!

22 En todas tus abominaciones y tu prostitución no te has acordado de los días de tu juventud, cuando estabas desnuda y descubierta y te revolcabas en tu sangre.

All during the time when you were acting like a prostitute and doing other detestable things, you did not think about the time when [it was as though] you were very young, naked [DOU], lying in your own blood and kicking.

23 “‘“Ha sucedido después de toda vuestra maldad — ¡ay, ay de vosotros!”, dice el Señor Yahvé —

So I, Yahweh the Lord, declare that terrible things will happen to you. In addition to all the other wicked things that you did,

24 “que os habéis edificado un lugar abovedado, y os habéis hecho un lugar elevado en todas las calles.

you built a shrine to worship idols in every [city] square/plaza.

25 Habéis edificado vuestro lugar elevado en la cabecera de todo camino, y habéis hecho de vuestra belleza una abominación, y habéis abierto vuestros pies a todo el que pasaba, y habéis multiplicado vuestra prostitución.

At the beginning of every street you built a shrine, and showed people your beautiful body, offering it to have sex with every man who walked by, becoming a better known prostitute every day.

26 También has cometido inmoralidad sexual con los egipcios, tus vecinos, grandes de carne; y has multiplicado tu prostitución, para provocarme a la ira.

[It was as though] [MET] you had sex with men from Egypt who were eager to have sex with you, men who lived near to Israel. You caused me to become very angry because you became more eager to have sex with more and more of them.

27 Mira, pues, que he extendido mi mano sobre ti, y he disminuido tu porción, y te he entregado a la voluntad de las que te odian, las hijas de los filisteos, que se avergüenzan de tu conducta lasciva.

So I punished [IDM] you and caused your enemies to capture some of your country. I enabled your greedy enemies from Philistia to defeat you; and even they were shocked because of your disgraceful behavior.

28 También has jugado a la prostitución con los asirios, porque eras insaciable; sí, has jugado a la prostitución con ellos, y sin embargo, no quedaste satisfecha.

[It was as though] you had sex with soldiers from Assyria, too, because you always wanted more sex. And after that, you still were not satisfied.

29 Además, has multiplicado tu prostitución con la tierra de los mercaderes, con Caldea; y sin embargo, no te satisfizo esto.

So you also had sex [with soldiers from] Babylonia, a country full of merchants/businessmen, but even that did not satisfy you.

30 “‘Qué débil es tu corazón’, dice el Señor Yahvé, pues haces todas estas cosas, obra de una prostituta impúdica;

I, Yahweh the Lord, declare that when you did all those things, acting like [MET] a bold prostitute, you were showing that you were ready to do anything that you wanted to [IDM].

31 en que construyes tu bóveda a la cabeza de todo camino, y haces tu lugar elevado en toda calle, y no has sido como una prostituta, en que desprecias la paga.

When you built shrines to worship idols on every street corner and in every city square/plaza, you were not like a prostitute: Prostitutes charge money, but you refused to take money for what you did.

32 “‘“¡Esposa adúltera, que toma a extraños en lugar de su marido!

You are like [MET] a woman who commits adultery: You prefer to [have sex with] strangers rather than with your husband.

33 La gente da regalos a todas las prostitutas; pero tú das tus regalos a todos tus amantes, y los sobornas para que vengan a ti de todas partes para tu prostitución.

Prostitutes are paid, but [it is as though] you give gifts to all your lovers; you bribe them to come to you from everywhere to have sex with you.

34 Tú te diferencias de las demás mujeres en tu prostitución, en que nadie te sigue para hacer de prostituta; y en que tú das alquiler, y no te dan alquiler, por eso eres diferente”’.

So although you act like [MET] a prostitute, you are not like other prostitutes: No one needs to request you to have sex [EUP] with them. You are the opposite of other prostitutes; instead of them giving any money to you, you give men money to have sex with you.

35 “Por lo tanto, prostituta, escucha la palabra de Yahvé:

Therefore, [you people of] Jerusalem, who are like a prostitute [MET], listen to what I, Yahweh the Lord, am saying about you!

36 ‘El Señor Yahvé dice: “Por cuanto tu inmundicia fue derramada, y tu desnudez descubierta por tu prostitución con tus amantes; y por todos los ídolos de tus abominaciones, y por la sangre de tus hijos, que les diste;

I say that [what you have done is as though] [MET] you took off your clothes and acted like a prostitute and had sex with men who are not your husband. [What I mean is that you have been worshiping] detestable idols, and you have murdered [MTY] your own children to be sacrifices to them.

37 por lo tanto, mira, yo reuniré a todos tus amantes, con quienes te complaciste, y a todos los que amaste, con todos los que odiaste. Incluso los reuniré contra ti por todos lados, y les descubriré tu desnudez, para que vean toda tu desnudez.

So [what I am going to do is as though] I will gather those who you think have loved you and those whom you hated. I will gather them around you [to attack you], and [what I will do is as though] I will strip your clothes off you, and they will see you when you are completely naked.

38 Te juzgaré como se juzga a las mujeres que rompen el matrimonio y derraman sangre; y traeré sobre ti la sangre de la ira y de los celos.

I will punish you like women who commit adultery and who murder people [MTY] are punished. I will get revenge on you and get rid of you because I am extremely angry with you.

39 También te entregaré en su mano, y derribarán tus bóvedas, y derribarán tus altillos. Te despojarán de tus ropas y se llevarán tus hermosas joyas. Te dejarán desnudo y sin ropa.

I will allow [your enemies who you thought] loved you [IRO] to defeat you, and they will tear down your shrines. [It will be as though] they will strip off your fancy clothes and take away your fine jewelry and cause you to be completely naked [DOU].

40 También traerán una compañía contra ti, y te apedrearán con piedras, y te atravesarán con sus espadas.

They will bring a mob to attack you, and that mob will throw stones at you and cut you to pieces with their swords.

41 Quemarán vuestras casas con fuego y ejecutarán juicios sobre vosotros a la vista de muchas mujeres. Haré que dejes de prostituirte y que no vuelvas a dar un contrato de trabajo.

They will burn down your houses and punish you while many women are watching. I will cause your acting like a prostitute and paying your lovers to have sex with you to end.

42 Así haré que descanse mi ira hacia vosotros, y mis celos se apartarán de vosotros. Me calmaré y no me enojaré más.

Then I will no longer be angry [DOU] with you. I will stop being jealous [because of your worshiping gods other than me only].

43 “‘“Porque no te has acordado de los días de tu juventud, sino que te has ensañado conmigo en todas estas cosas; por eso, he aquí que yo también haré recaer tu camino sobre tu cabeza”, dice el Señor Yahvé: “y no cometerás esta lascivia con todas tus abominaciones.

You have forgotten [the wonderful things that I did for you] in previous years [MET]. You have caused me to become extremely angry because of all the [evil things] that you have done. In addition to all the other detestable things that you did, you committed many sexual sins. So I, Yahweh the Lord, declare that I will punish you [IDM] for doing those things.

44 “‘“He aquí que todos los que usan proverbios usarán este proverbio contra ti, diciendo: ‘Como la madre, así es su hija’.

People who [like to] quote proverbs will quote this proverb about you: “[behave] like their mothers [behave].”

45 Tú eres hija de tu madre, que aborrece a su marido y a sus hijos; y eres hermana de tus hermanas, que aborrecen a sus maridos y a sus hijos. Tu madre era hitita, y tu padre amorreo.

You are like your mother; [it was as though] she detested her husband and her children. You are like your sisters, who also despised their husbands and their children. [It was as though] [MET] your father belonged to the Amor people-group and your mother belonged to the Heth people-group.

46 Tu hermana mayor es Samaria, que habita a tu izquierda, ella y sus hijas; y tu hermana menor, que habita a tu derecha, es Sodoma con sus hijas.

And [it was as though] [MET] your older sister was Samaria, and she and her daughters lived to the north of you, and [it was as though] your younger sister was Sodom, and she and her daughters lived to the south of you.

47 Sin embargo, no anduviste en sus caminos ni hiciste sus abominaciones, sino que pronto te corrompiste más que ellas en todos tus caminos.

You not only imitated all [DOU] their detestable behavior, but you quickly became more sinful than they were.

48 Vivo yo — dice el Señor Yahvé — que Sodoma tu hermana no ha hecho, ni ella ni sus hijas, lo que tú has hecho, tú y tus hijas.

I, Yahweh the Lord, solemnly declare that as surely as I am alive, [the people who lived in] [MTY] Sodom and other nearby cities never did the detestable things that you [people in Jerusalem and other places in Judah] have done.

49 “‘“He aquí que ésta fue la iniquidad de tu hermana Sodoma: soberbia, saciedad de pan y facilidad próspera hubo en ella y en sus hijas. Tampoco fortaleció la mano del pobre y del necesitado.

These are the sins [the people who lived in] Sodom, who were like your sister [MET]: The people who lived there and in nearby cities were arrogant. In spite of having more food to eat than they needed, they refused to help the poor and needy [DOU] people among them.

50 Fueron arrogantes y cometieron abominación ante mí. Por eso los aparté cuando lo vi.

The people of Sodom and nearby cities [MET] were proud and did detestable things in my presence, so I got rid of them when I saw what they had been doing.

51 Samaria no ha cometido ni la mitad de tus pecados; pero tú has multiplicado tus abominaciones más que ellas, y has justificado a tus hermanas por todas tus abominaciones que has hecho.

Also, [the people of] Samaria did not commit half as many sins as you have committed. You have done more disgusting things than they have done. You cause the people of Samaria to appear to be good, compared to you.

52 También tú misma llevas tu propia vergüenza, pues has dado juicio por tus hermanas; por tus pecados que has cometido más abominables que ellas, ellas son más justas que tú. Sí, confúndete también, y lleva tu vergüenza, en que has justificado a tus hermanas.

Your sins are worse than their sins, so they seem to be less wicked than you are. So I will punish you more than I punished them. As a result, you will be ashamed and disgraced [DOU].

53 “‘“Invertiré su cautiverio, el cautiverio de Sodoma y de sus hijas, y el cautiverio de Samaria y de sus hijas, y el cautiverio de vuestras cautivas entre ellas;

However, [some day] I will [the people of] Sodom and Samaria and the cities near to them [MET] to prosper again. And I will cause you to prosper again, too.

54 para que llevéis vuestra propia vergüenza, y os avergoncéis por todo lo que habéis hecho, ya que sois un consuelo para ellas.

You will be very ashamed [DOU] of the wicked things that you have done, and that will cause the people of those cities to be encouraged.

55 Vuestras hermanas, Sodoma y sus hijas, volverán a su estado anterior; y Samaria y sus hijas volverán a su estado anterior; y tú y tus hijas volveréis a vuestro estado anterior.

[The people of] Sodom and Samaria will prosper again, and you and the people in nearby cities will prosper also.

56 Porque tu hermana Sodoma no fue mencionada por tu boca en el día de tu soberbia,

You (sneered at/despised) [the people of] Sodom when you were proud,

57 antes de que se descubriera tu maldad, como en el tiempo de la afrenta de las hijas de Siria y de todas las que la rodean, las hijas de los filisteos, que te desprecian por todas partes.

before it was revealed that you were very wicked. And now [the people of] Edom and [the people of] Philistia all insult you and despise you.

58 Has soportado tu lascivia y tus abominaciones, dice Yahvé.

And you are being punished for all your immoral behavior and other detestable things that you do.

59 “‘Porque el Señor Yahvé dice: “También a ti te trataré como a ti, que has despreciado el juramento rompiendo el pacto.

This is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say: I will continue to punish you like you deserve to be punished, because by rejecting the agreement that I made with you, you have despised that solemn agreement that you promised to obey.

60 Sin embargo, me acordaré de mi pacto con ustedes en los días de su juventud, y estableceré un pacto eterno con ustedes.

But I will not forget the agreement that I made with you long ago [MET], and I will make an agreement with you that will endure forever.

61 Entonces os acordaréis de vuestros caminos y os avergonzaréis cuando recibáis a vuestras hermanas, a vuestras hermanas mayores y a vuestras hermanas menores; y os las daré por hijas, pero no por vuestro pacto.

Then you will think about what you have done, and you will be ashamed about those things when you welcome [the people of] Sodom and Samaria, cities which are like [MET] older and younger sisters to you people of Jerusalem. I will [put them under your control by] causing them to become like [MET] your daughters, but they will not have the same agreement that I will make with you.

62 Yo estableceré mi pacto con ustedes. Entonces sabrás que yo soy Yahvé;

I will establish my agreement with you, and you will know that I, Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do].

63 para que te acuerdes, y te avergüences, y no vuelvas a abrir la boca a causa de tu vergüenza, cuando te haya perdonado todo lo que has hecho”, dice el Señor Yahvé”.

Then when I have forgiven you for all your sins, you will think about all the sins that you committed and you will be ashamed, and you will never again [boast about them], because you will be humiliated.’”