Ezequiel 17
1 La Palabra de Yavé vino a mí:
And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,
2 Hijo de hombre, presenta un acertijo y narra una parábola a la Casa de Israel:
Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable to the house of Israel,
3 ʼAdonay Yavé dice: Una gran águila de grandes alas, largas plumas remeras, mucho plumaje y muchos colores, voló al Líbano. Tomó el cogollo del cedro y
and say, Thus says the lord Jehovah: A great eagle with great wings and long pinions, full of feathers, which had various colors, came to Lebanon, and took the top of the cedar.
4 arrancó el mejor de sus tallos. Lo llevó a una tierra de mercaderes y lo plantó en una ciudad de comerciantes.
He cropped off the topmost of the young twigs of it, and carried it to a land of merchandise. He set it in a city of merchants.
5 Luego tomó semilla de la tierra. La sembró en un campo fértil junto a aguas abundantes, como se planta un sauce.
He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful soil. He placed it beside many waters. He set it as a willow tree.
6 Brotó y fue una vid de muchas ramas de poca altura que miraban hacia el águila. Sus raíces estaban debajo de ella. Así se convirtió en una vid. Produjo tallos y extendió sus ramas.
And it grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose branches turned toward him, and the roots of it were under him. So it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs.
7 Pero había también otra gran águila con grandes alas y mucho plumaje. Ciertamente aquella vid extendió sus ramas hacia ella desde el terreno donde estaba plantada, a fin de ser regada por ella,
There was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers. And, behold, this vine bent its roots toward him, and shot forth its branches toward him, from the beds of its plantation, that he might water it.
8 aunque estaba plantada en buen terreno, junto a aguas abundantes para que produjera ramas, diera frutos y fuera una vid espléndida.
It was planted in a good soil by many waters that it might bring forth branches, and that it might bear fruit that it might be a goodly vine.
9 Diles: ʼAdonay Yavé dice: ¿Será prosperada? ¿O arrancará sus raíces para que se pierda su fruto y se marchiten sus tallos? Pues no es necesaria gran fuerza ni mucha gente para arrancarla de sus raíces.
Say thou, Thus says the lord Jehovah: Shall it flourish? Shall he not pull up the roots of it, and cut off the fruit of it, that it may wither? It shall wither in all its fresh springing leaves, even without great power or many people to pluck it up by the roots of it.
10 Miren, aunque ya está plantada, ¿prosperará? ¿O se marchitará cuando el viento que sopla del oriente la azote? ¿Se marchitará en los surcos donde creció?
Yea, behold, being planted, shall it flourish? Shall it not utterly wither when the east wind touches it? It shall wither in the beds where it grew.
11 La Palabra de Yavé vino a mí:
Moreover the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,
12 Dí ahora a la casa rebelde: ¿No saben qué significa esto? Diles: El rey de Babilonia llegó a Jerusalén, apresó a su rey y a sus magistrados y los llevó consigo a Babilonia.
Say now to the rebellious house, Know ye not what these things mean? Tell them, Behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, and took the king of it, and the rulers of it, and brought them to him to Babylon.
13 Y al tomar a uno del linaje real, hizo un pacto con él. Lo juramentó y se llevó a los poderosos de la tierra
And he took of the seed royal, and made a covenant with him. He also brought him under an oath, and took away the mighty of the land,
14 a fin de que el reino estuviera en sujeción, no se exaltara y observara fielmente el pacto.
that the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping his covenant it might stand.
15 Pero se rebeló contra él. Envió embajadores a Egipto a pedir caballos y muchas tropas. ¿Prosperará? ¿Se salvará el que hizo esas cosas? ¿El que violó el pacto escapará?
But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt that they might give him horses and many people. Shall he prosper? Shall he escape who does such things? Shall he break the covenant, and yet escape?
16 ¡Vivo Yo! dice ʼAdonay Yavé, que en el territorio del rey que lo designó como rey, cuyo juramento despreció y el pacto con el cual rompió, morirá en Babilonia.
As I live, says the lord Jehovah, surely in the place where the king dwells who made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he broke, even with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die.
17 Faraón no lo salvará en la guerra, ni con gran ejército, ni con mucha tropa cuando levanten grande asedio y construyan torres para matar muchas vidas.
Nor shall Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company help him in the war when they cast up mounds and build forts to cut off many persons.
18 Despreció el juramento y violó el pacto. Dio la mano y después hizo esto. No escapará.
For he has despised the oath by breaking the covenant. And, behold, he had given his hand, and yet has done all these things. He shall not escape.
19 Por tanto ʼAdonay Yavé dice: ¡Vivo Yo, que mi juramento que despreció y mi Pacto que quebrantó, los echaré sobre su cabeza!
Therefore thus says the lord Jehovah: As I live, surely my oath that he has despised, and my covenant that he has broken, I will even bring it upon his own head.
20 Extenderé mi red sobre él, y será atrapado en mi trampa. Luego lo llevaré a Babilonia. Allí entraré en juicio contra él porque se rebeló contra Mí.
And I will spread my net upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare. And I will bring him to Babylon, and will enter into judgment with him there for his trespass that he has trespassed against me.
21 Todos los fugitivos de todas sus tropas caerán a espada. Los que queden serán esparcidos a todos los puntos cardinales. Y sabrán que Yo, Yavé, hablé.
And all his fugitives in all his groups shall fall by the sword, and those who remain shall be scattered toward every wind. And ye shall know that I, Jehovah, have spoken it.
22 ʼAdonay Yavé dice: Yo también tomaré del cogollo de aquel cedro y le sacaré un tallo tierno. Yo mismo lo plantaré sobre una montaña alta y prominente.
Thus says the lord Jehovah: I will also take of the lofty top of the cedar, and will set it. I will crop off a tender one from the topmost of its young twigs, and I will plant it upon a high and lofty mountain.
23 Lo plantaré en la alta Montaña de Israel. Producirá ramas y dará fruto. Se convertirá en un magnífico cedro. Debajo de él vivirán las aves de todas las especies a la sombra de sus ramas.
I will plant it in the mountain of the height of Israel, and it shall bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a goodly cedar. And all birds of every wing shall dwell under it; they shall dwell in the shade of the branches thereof.
24 Todos los árboles del campo sabrán que Yo, Yavé, humillo el árbol elevado, exalto el árbol humilde, seco el árbol verde y reverdezco el árbol seco. Yo, Yavé, hablé y lo cumpliré.
And all the trees of the field shall know that I, Jehovah, have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish. I, Jehovah, have spoken and have done it.
