Ezequiel 17
1 La Palabra de Yavé vino a mí:
And there is a word of YHWH 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 use an allegory 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 you have said, Thus said Lord YHWH: The great eagle, great-winged, long-pinioned, Full of feathers, that has diverse colors, Has come to Lebanon, And he takes the foliage 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 has cropped the top of its tender twigs, And he brings it to the land of Canaan. He has placed 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.
And he takes of the seed of the land, And puts it in a field of seed, He took [it] by many waters, He has set it in a conspicuous place.
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 springs up, and becomes a spreading vine, humble of stature, To turn its thin shoots toward itself, And its roots are under it, And it becomes a vine, and makes boughs, And sends forth beautiful branches.
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,
And there is another great eagle, Great-winged, and abounding with feathers, And behold, this vine has bent its roots toward him, And it has sent out its thin shoots toward him, To water it from the furrows of its planting,
8 aunque estaba plantada en buen terreno, junto a aguas abundantes para que produjera ramas, diera frutos y fuera una vid espléndida.
On a good field, by many waters, it is planted, to make branches, and to bear fruit, to be for a good 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, Thus said Lord YHWH: It prospers—does he not draw out its roots, And cut off its fruit, and it is withered? [In] all the leaves of its springing it withers, And not by great strength, or by numerous people, To lift it up by its roots.
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?
And behold, the planted thing—does it prosper? When the east wind comes against it, does it not utterly wither? On the furrows of its springing it withers.”
11 La Palabra de Yavé vino a mí:
And there is a word of YHWH 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.
“Now say to the house of rebellion, Have you not known what these [are]? Say, Behold, the king of Babylon has come to Jerusalem, And he takes its king, and its princes, And brings them to himself 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 takes of the seed of the kingdom, And makes a covenant with him, And brings him into an oath, And he has taken 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 may be humble, That it may not lift itself up, To keep his covenant—that it may 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?
And he rebels against him, To send his messengers to Egypt, To give to him horses, and many people, Does he prosper? Does he who is doing these things escape? And has he broken covenant and escaped?
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—a declaration of Lord YHWH, Does he not—in the place of the king who is causing him to reign, Whose oath he has despised, And whose covenant he has broken—die with him in the midst of Babylon?
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.
And not with a great force, and with a numerous assembly, Does Pharaoh maintain him in battle, By pouring out a mound, and in building a fortification, To cut off many souls.
18 Despreció el juramento y violó el pacto. Dio la mano y después hizo esto. No escapará.
And he despised the oath—to break covenant, And behold, he has given his hand, And all these he has done—he does 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 said Lord YHWH: [As] I live—My oath that he has despised, And My covenant that he has broken, Have I not put it on his 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 have spread out My snare for him, And he has been caught in My net, And I have brought him to Babylon, And judged him there [for the] 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, with all his bands, Fall by sword, and those remaining, They are spread out to every wind, And you have known that I, YHWH, have spoken.
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 said Lord YHWH: I have taken of the foliage of the high cedar, And I have set [it], I crop a tender one from the top of its tender shoots, And I have planted [it] on 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.
In a mountain—the high place of Israel, I plant it, And it has borne boughs, and yielded fruit, And become a good cedar, And every bird of every [kind of] wing has dwelt under it, They dwell in the shade of its thin shoots.
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 trees of the field have known That I, YHWH, have made the high tree low, I have set the low tree on high, I have dried up the moist tree, And I have caused the dry tree to flourish, I, YHWH, have spoken, and have done [it]!”
