Ezequiel 22
1 Y vino a mí la palabra de Yahvé, diciendo:
Yahweh gave me another message. He said,
2 “Tú, hijo de hombre, ¿vas a juzgar? ¿Juzgarás a la ciudad sangrienta? Entonces haz que conozca todas sus abominaciones.
“You human, are you ready to condemn the people of Jerusalem? It is [RHQ] a city full of murderers [MTY]. Remind them of all the detestable things that they have done.
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!
[Then] say, ‘This is what Yahweh the Lord says: By your murdering people and by (defiling yourselves/making yourselves unacceptable to God) by making idols, you people of this city [APO] have brought to yourselves the time when you [will be destroyed].
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 have become guilty by doing both of those things [DOU]. You have brought to an end your time [to remain alive] [DOU]. Therefore I will cause you to become a group whom the [people of other] nations will scorn; they will all laugh at you [DOU].
5 Los que están cerca y los que están lejos de ti se burlarán de ti, infame, lleno de tumulto.
People in countries that are near you and people who live far from you will make fun of you, because your city is full of lawless people and full of confusion.
6 “He aquí que los príncipes de Israel, cada uno según su poder, han estado en ti para derramar sangre.
Think about how each of your Israeli kings have used their power to cause people to be murdered [MTY].
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.
Your people do not respect/honor their parents; they have oppressed foreigners; they mistreat orphans and widows.
8 Han despreciado mis cosas sagradas y han profanado mis sábados.
You despise my sacred places and (dishonor/do not respect) the Sabbath days.
9 Los calumniadores han estado en ti para derramar sangre. En vosotros han comido en los montes. Han cometido actos de lujuria entre vosotros.
Among you are men who tell lies in order to cause others to be executed [MTY]. There are those who [food offered to idols] at the hilltop [shrines], and they perform disgusting sexual acts.
10 En ustedes han descubierto la desnudez de sus padres. En ustedes han humillado a la impura en su impureza.
There are men who have sex with their father’s wives [EUP], and men who have sex with women during their monthly menstrual periods.
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.
There are men who have sex with someone else’s wife. Some men have sex with their daughters-in-law or with their sisters or half-sisters.
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.
There are among you men who accept bribes in order to cause someone to be executed [MTY]. You charge high interest when you lend people money. You become rich by forcing people to give you money. [the worst thing is that] you have forgotten me, Yahweh 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.
So I will shake my fists at you to show that I am angry with you because of your stealing money from people and murdering [MTY] people who live among 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.
When I [punishing] you, you will no longer [RHQ] be courageous/brave [DOU]. I, Yahweh, have said [what I will do to you], and I will do it.
15 Te esparciré entre las naciones y te dispersaré por los países. Purificaré de ti tu inmundicia.
I will cause you to be scattered among many nations [DOU], and I will cause you to stop your sinful behavior.
16 Serás profanado en ti mismo a la vista de las naciones. Entonces sabrás que yo soy Yahvé”.
When [the people of other] nations see that you have been humiliated, you will know that I, Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do].’”
17 La palabra de Yahvé vino a mí, diciendo:
Yahweh [also] said to me,
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.
“You human, your Israeli people [MTY] have [useless] to me. They are [like] [MET] dross/slag to me. They are like [SIM] [worthless] copper, tin, iron, and lead that remains after silver is melted in [very hot] furnace.
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.
Therefore, this is what [I], Yahweh the Lord, say: Because you have all become [like] dross/slag, I will gather you in 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.
People [ore containing] silver, copper, iron, lead, and tin in a [very hot] furnace and melt them in a blazing [to burn up the impurities]. Similarly [SIM], I will gather you [inside Jerusalem], and because I am very angry with you, [what I will do will be as though] I am melting you.
21 Sí, te reuniré y soplaré sobre ti con el fuego de mi ira, y serás fundido en medio de ella.
[It will be as though] I will blow on you with a hot breath that shows that I am very angry, [it will be as though] you will be melted,
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 though you will be melted like [SIM] silver is melted in a furnace, and then you will know that I, Yahweh, have poured out my punishment [MTY] on you.”
23 La palabra de Yahvé vino a mí, diciendo:
Yahweh gave me another message. He said,
24 “Hijo de hombre, dile que eres una tierra que no se limpia ni llueve en el día de la indignación.
“You human, say to the Israeli people, ‘[Yahweh] is angry with you, there has been no rain or showers in your country.’
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.
Your leaders are like [SIM] lions that tear apart the animals that they have killed. Your leaders destroy their people. They steal treasures and [other] valuable things from people, and they cause many women to become [by murdering their husbands].
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.
Their priests disobey my laws and disrespect my sacred things by saying that there is no difference between things that are sacred and those that are not sacred, and by ignoring my laws about honoring the Sabbath days. As a result, they no [longer] honor me.
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.
Their officials are like [SIM] wolves that tear apart the animals that they have killed: They murder people [DOU] in order to get their money.
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.
Their prophets, by falsely saying they have received [from God], and by giving false messages, try to (cover up [MET]/say that it is all right to commit) those sins. They say, ‘This is what Yahweh the Lord says,’ when I have said nothing to them.
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 Israeli people force others to give them money, and they rob people. They oppress poor [DOU] people, and they mistreat foreigners among them by not treating them [in the courts].
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.
I looked among them to find a man who would cause the people of the city to repent [MET] so that I would not need to get rid of them. But I did not find anyone.
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.
So because I am very angry with them, I will severely punish them [MTY] for [all] the wicked things that they have done. [That will surely happen because I], Yahweh the Lord, have said it.”
