Ezequiel 33
1 La palabra de Yahvé vino a mí, diciendo:
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
2 “Hijo de hombre, habla a los hijos de tu pueblo y diles: ‘Cuando yo traiga la espada sobre una tierra, y el pueblo de la tierra tome a un hombre de entre ellos y lo ponga como vigilante,
Son of man, give a word to the children of your people, and say to them, When I make the sword come on a land, if the people of the land take a man from among their number and make him their watchman:
3 si, cuando ve que la espada viene sobre la tierra, toca la trompeta y advierte al pueblo,
If, when he sees the sword coming on the land, by sounding the horn he gives the people news of their danger;
4 entonces quien oiga el sonido de la trompeta y no haga caso de la advertencia, si la espada viene y se lo lleva, su sangre será sobre su propia cabeza.
Then anyone who, hearing the sound of the horn, does not take note of it, will himself be responsible for his death, if the sword comes and takes him away.
5 El que oyó el sonido de la trompeta y no hizo caso de la advertencia. Su sangre recaerá sobre él, mientras que si hubiera hecho caso de la advertencia, habría librado su alma.
On hearing the sound of the horn, he did not take note; his blood will be on him; for if he had taken note his life would have been safe.
6 Pero si el centinela ve venir la espada y no toca la trompeta, y el pueblo no es advertido, y viene la espada y se lleva a alguien de entre ellos, será llevado en su iniquidad, pero su sangre la exigiré de la mano del centinela’.
But if the watchman sees the sword coming, and does not give a note on the horn, and the people have no word of the danger, and the sword comes and takes any person from among them; he will be taken away in his sin, but I will make the watchman responsible for his blood.
7 “Así que tú, hijo de hombre, te he puesto como centinela de la casa de Israel. Escucha, pues, la palabra de mi boca, y adviérteles de mi parte.
So you, son of man, I have made you a watchman for the children of Israel; and you are to give ear to the word of my mouth and give them news from me of their danger.
8 Cuando yo diga al impío: ‘Oh, impío, ciertamente morirás’, y tú no hables para advertir al impío de su camino, ese impío morirá en su iniquidad, pero yo requeriré su sangre de tu mano.
When I say to the evil-doer, Death will certainly overtake you; and you say nothing to make clear to the evil-doer the danger of his way; death will overtake that evil man in his evil-doing, but I will make you responsible for his blood.
9 Sin embargo, si adviertes al impío de su camino para que se aparte de él, y no se aparta de su camino, morirá en su iniquidad, pero tú habrás librado tu alma.
But if you make clear to the evil-doer the danger of his way for the purpose of turning him from it, and he is not turned from his way, death will overtake him in his evil-doing, but your life will be safe.
10 “Tú, hijo de hombre, di a la casa de Israel: ‘Dices esto: “Nuestras transgresiones y nuestros pecados están sobre nosotros, y nos consumimos en ellos. ¿Cómo, pues, podremos vivir?”
And you, son of man, say to the children of Israel, You say, Our wrongdoing and our sins are on us and we are wasting away in them; how then may we have life?
11 Diles: “Vivo yo — dice el Señor Yahvé — que no me agrada la muerte del impío, sino que el impío se convierta de su camino y viva. ¡Vuélvanse, vuélvanse de sus malos caminos! ¿Por qué van a morir, casa de Israel?”
Say to them, By my life, says the Lord, I have no pleasure in the death of the evil-doer; it is more pleasing to me if he is turned from his way and has life: be turned, be turned from your evil ways; why are you looking for death, O children of Israel?
12 “Tú, hijo del hombre, di a los hijos de tu pueblo: ‘La justicia del justo no lo librará en el día de su desobediencia. Y en cuanto a la maldad del impío, no caerá por ella el día que se convierta de su maldad; ni el que es justo podrá vivir por ella el día que peque.
And you, son of man, say to the children of your people, The righteousness of the upright man will not make him safe in the day when he does wrong; and the evil-doing of the evil man will not be the cause of his fall in the day when he is turned from his evil-doing; and the upright man will not have life because of his righteousness in the day when he does evil.
13 Cuando digo que el justo vivirá, si confía en su justicia y comete iniquidad, no se recordará ninguna de sus obras justas, sino que morirá en su iniquidad que ha cometido.
When I say to the upright that life will certainly be his; if he puts his faith in his righteousness and does evil, not one of his upright acts will be kept in memory; but in the evil he has done, death will overtake him.
14 Además, cuando diga al impío: “Ciertamente morirás”, si se aparta de su pecado y hace lo que es lícito y correcto,
And when I say to the evil-doer, Death will certainly be your fate; if he is turned from his sin and does what is ordered and right;
15 si el impío restituye la prenda, devuelve lo que había tomado por robo, camina en los estatutos de la vida, sin cometer iniquidad, ciertamente vivirá. No morirá.
If the evil-doer lets one who is in his debt have back what is his, and gives back what he had taken by force, and is guided by the rules of life, doing no evil; life will certainly be his, death will not overtake him.
16 Ninguno de sus pecados que haya cometido será recordado contra él. Ha hecho lo que es lícito y correcto. Ciertamente vivirá.
Not one of the sins which he has done will be kept in mind against him: he has done what is ordered and right, life will certainly be his.
17 “‘Sin embargo, los hijos de tu pueblo dicen: “El camino del Señor no es justo”; pero en cuanto a ellos, su camino no es justo.
But the children of your people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: when it is they whose way is not equal.
18 Cuando el justo se aparta de su justicia y comete iniquidad, incluso morirá en ella.
When the upright man, turning away from his righteousness, does evil, death will overtake him in it.
19 Cuando el impío se aparta de su maldad y hace lo que es lícito y correcto, vivirá por ello.
And when the evil man, turning away from his evil-doing, does what is ordered and right, he will get life by it.
20 Pero ustedes dicen: “El camino del Señor no es justo”. Casa de Israel, yo juzgaré a cada uno de vosotros según sus caminos”.
And still you say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O children of Israel, I will be your judge, giving to everyone the reward of his ways.
21 En el duodécimo año de nuestro cautiverio, en el décimo mes, en el quinto día del mes, vino a mí uno que había escapado de Jerusalén, diciendo: “¡La ciudad ha sido derrotada!”
Now in the twelfth year after we had been taken away prisoners, in the tenth month, on the fifth day of the month, one who had got away in flight from Jerusalem came to me, saying, The town has been taken.
22 La mano de Yahvé había estado sobre mí al anochecer, antes de que viniera el que había escapado, y había abierto mi boca hasta que vino a mí por la mañana; y mi boca se abrió, y ya no estaba mudo.
Now the hand of the Lord had been on me in the evening, before the man who had got away came to me; and he made my mouth open, ready for his coming to me in the morning; and my mouth was open and I was no longer without voice.
23 La palabra de Yahvé vino a mí, diciendo:
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
24 “Hijo de hombre, los que habitan los lugares baldíos en la tierra de Israel hablan diciendo: ‘Abraham era uno, y heredó la tierra; pero nosotros somos muchos. La tierra se nos ha dado en herencia’.
Son of man, those who are living in these waste places in the land of Israel say, Abraham was but one, and he had land for his heritage: but we are a great number; the land is given to us for our heritage.
25 Por lo tanto, diles: ‘El Señor Yahvé dice: “Ustedes comen con la sangre, y alzan los ojos a sus ídolos, y derraman sangre. ¿Así debéis poseer la tierra?
For this cause say to them, This is what the Lord has said: You take your meat with the blood, your eyes are lifted up to your images, and you are takers of life: are you to have the land for your heritage?
26 Ustedes se paran sobre su espada, trabajan en la abominación, y cada uno de ustedes profana a la mujer de su prójimo. ¿Así debéis poseer la tierra?”
You put your faith in your swords, you do disgusting things, everyone takes his neighbour's wife: are you to have the land for your heritage?
27 “Les dirás: “El Señor Yahvé dice: “Vivo yo, ciertamente los que están en los lugares baldíos caerán a espada. Entregaré a los animales los que estén en el campo abierto para que los devoren, y los que estén en las fortalezas y en las cuevas morirán de peste.
This is what you are to say to them: The Lord has said, By my life, truly, those who are in the waste places will be put to the sword, and him who is in the open field I will give to the beasts for their food, and those who are in the strong places and in holes in the rocks will come to their death by disease.
28 Haré de la tierra una desolación y un asombro. El orgullo de su poderío cesará. Los montes de Israel quedarán desolados, de modo que nadie pasará por ellos.
And I will make the land a waste and a cause of wonder, and the pride of her strength will come to an end; and the mountains of Israel will be made waste so that no one will go through.
29 Entonces sabrán que yo soy Yahvé, cuando haya convertido la tierra en una desolación y un asombro a causa de todas sus abominaciones que han cometido”.
Then they will be certain that I am the Lord, when I have made the land a waste and a cause of wonder, because of all the disgusting things which they have done,
30 “En cuanto a ti, hijo de hombre, los hijos de tu pueblo hablan de ti junto a las paredes y a las puertas de las casas, y se hablan unos a otros, cada uno a su hermano, diciendo: “Por favor, ven y escucha cuál es la palabra que sale de Yahvé.
And as for you, son of man, the children of your people are talking together about you by the walls and in the doorways of the houses, saying to one another, Come now, give ear to the word which comes from the Lord.
31 Vienen a ti como viene el pueblo, y se sientan ante ti como mi pueblo, y oyen tus palabras, pero no las ponen en práctica; porque con su boca muestran mucho amor, pero su corazón va tras su ganancia.
And they come to you as my people come, and are seated before you as my people, hearing your words but doing them not: for deceit is in their mouth and their heart goes after profit for themselves.
32 He aquí que tú eres para ellos como un canto muy hermoso de quien tiene una voz agradable y sabe tocar bien un instrumento; porque oyen tus palabras, pero no las ponen en práctica.
And truly you are to them like a love song by one who has a very pleasing voice and is an expert player on an instrument: for they give ear to your words but do them not.
33 “Cuando esto suceda — miren, sucede — entonces sabrán que un profeta ha estado entre ellos”.
And when this comes about (see, it is coming), then it will be clear to them that a prophet has been among them.
