Ezequiel 22
1 Y vino a mí la palabra de Yahvé, diciendo:
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
2 “Tú, hijo de hombre, ¿vas a juzgar? ¿Juzgarás a la ciudad sangrienta? Entonces haz que conozca todas sus abominaciones.
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 Dirás: El Señor Yahvé dice: “¡Ciudad que derrama sangre dentro de sí misma, para que llegue su hora, y que hace ídolos contra sí misma para contaminarla!
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 ¡Te has vuelto culpable por la sangre que has derramado, y te has contaminado por los ídolos que has hecho! Has hecho que se acerquen tus días, y has llegado al final de tus años. Por eso te he convertido en un oprobio para las naciones, y en una burla para todos los países.
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 Los que están cerca y los que están lejos de ti se burlarán de ti, infame, lleno de tumulto.
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 “He aquí que los príncipes de Israel, cada uno según su poder, han estado en ti para derramar sangre.
See, the rulers of Israel, every one in his family, have been causing death in you.
7 En ti han tratado con desprecio al padre y a la madre. En ti han oprimido al extranjero. En ti han agraviado al huérfano y a la viuda.
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 Han despreciado mis cosas sagradas y han profanado mis sábados.
You have made little of my holy things, and have made my Sabbaths unclean.
9 Los calumniadores han estado en ti para derramar sangre. En vosotros han comido en los montes. Han cometido actos de lujuria entre vosotros.
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 En ustedes han descubierto la desnudez de sus padres. En ustedes han humillado a la impura en su impureza.
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 Uno ha cometido abominación con la mujer de su prójimo, y otro ha mancillado a su nuera. Otro en ti ha humillado a su hermana, la hija de su 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 En ti han aceptado sobornos para derramar sangre. Han tomado interés y aumento, y han ganado con avaricia de sus vecinos mediante la opresión, y se han olvidado de mí”, dice el Señor Yahvé.
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 “‘“He aquí, pues, que he golpeado mi mano por la ganancia deshonesta que has hecho, y por la sangre que se ha derramado en ti.
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 ¿Podrá tu corazón soportar, o tus manos ser fuertes, en los días en que voy a tratar contigo? Yo, Yahvé, lo he dicho y lo haré.
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 Te esparciré entre las naciones y te dispersaré por los países. Purificaré de ti tu inmundicia.
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 Serás profanado en ti mismo a la vista de las naciones. Entonces sabrás que yo soy Yahvé”.
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 La palabra de Yahvé vino a mí, diciendo:
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
18 “Hijo de hombre, la casa de Israel se ha convertido en escoria para mí. Todos ellos son bronce, estaño, hierro y plomo en medio del horno. Son la escoria de 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 Por eso el Señor Yahvé dice: ‘Como todos ustedes se han convertido en escoria, he aquí que yo los reuniré en medio de Jerusalén.
For this cause the Lord has said: Because you have all become waste metal, see, I will get you together inside Jerusalem.
20 Como se recoge la plata, el bronce, el hierro, el plomo y el estaño en medio del horno, para soplar el fuego sobre ellos y fundirlos, así los reuniré a ustedes en mi ira y en mi enojo, y los pondré allí y los fundiré.
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 Sí, te reuniré y soplaré sobre ti con el fuego de mi ira, y serás fundido en medio de ella.
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 medio del horno, así seréis fundidos en medio de él; y sabréis que yo, Yahvé, he derramado mi ira sobre vosotros.’”
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 La palabra de Yahvé vino a mí, diciendo:
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
24 “Hijo de hombre, dile que eres una tierra que no se limpia ni llueve en el día de la indignación.
Son of man, say to her, You are a land on which no rain or thunderstorm has come in the day of wrath.
25 Hay una conspiración de sus profetas en ella, como un león rugiente que devora la presa. Han devorado las almas. Se llevan tesoros y objetos preciosos. Han dejado viudas a muchas personas.
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 han violado mi ley y han profanado mis cosas sagradas. No han hecho distinción entre lo santo y lo común, ni han hecho discernir entre lo inmundo y lo limpio, y han ocultado sus ojos de mis sábados. Así he sido profanado entre ellos.
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 Sus príncipes en su interior son como lobos que cazan la presa, para derramar sangre y destruir las almas, a fin de obtener ganancias deshonestas.
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 han enlucido para ellos con cal, viendo visiones falsas, y adivinando mentiras para ellos, diciendo: ‘El Señor Yahvé dice’, cuando Yahvé no ha hablado.
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 El pueblo de la tierra ha usado la opresión y ha ejercido el robo. Sí, han molestado al pobre y al necesitado, y han oprimido al extranjero injustamente.
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 “Busqué entre ellos a un hombre que construyera el muro y se pusiera en la brecha delante de mí para la tierra, a fin de no destruirla; pero no encontré 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 Por eso, he derramado sobre ellos mi indignación. Los he consumido con el fuego de mi ira. He hecho recaer sobre sus cabezas su propio camino”, dice el Señor Yahvé.
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.
