Ezequiel 23

1 La Palabra de Yavé vino a mí:

The word of the Lord came to me again, saying,

2 Hijo de hombre, hubo dos mujeres, hijas de la misma madre,

Son of man, there were two women, daughters of one mother:

3 y se prostituyeron en Egipto. En su juventud se prostituyeron. Allí fueron apretados sus pechos. Allí fueron estrujados sus senos virginales.

They were acting like loose women in Egypt; when they were young their behaviour was loose: there their breasts were crushed, even the points of their young breasts were crushed.

4 Ahola se llamaba la mayor y Aholiba era su hermana. Después fueron mías, y dieron a luz hijos e hijas. En cuanto a sus nombres, Samaria es Ahola y Jerusalén Aholiba.

Their names were Oholah, the older, and Oholibah, her sister: and they became mine, and gave birth to sons and daughters. As for their names, Samaria is Oholah, and Jerusalem, Oholibah.

5 Ahola, cuando era mía, se prostituyó y se enamoró de sus amantes asirios,

And Oholah was untrue to me when she was mine; she was full of desire for her lovers, even for the Assyrians, her neighbours,

6 guerreros cubiertos de púrpura, gobernadores y sátrapas, todos ellos eran jóvenes codiciables, jinetes que montaban caballos.

Who were clothed in blue, captains and rulers, all of them young men to be desired, horsemen seated on horses.

7 A ellos les brindó sus prostituciones, a los más escogidos hijos de Asiria. Se contaminó con todos los ídolos de ellos.

And she gave her unclean love to them, all of them the noblest men of Assyria: and she made herself unclean with the images of all who were desired by her.

8 Pero no dejó de prostituirse con los egipcios, los cuales en su juventud se unieron con ella, apretaron sus pechos virginales y vertieron en ella su lujuria.

And she has not given up her loose ways from the time when she was in Egypt; for when she was young they were her lovers, and by them her young breasts were crushed, and they let loose on her their unclean desire.

9 Por lo cual la entregué en la mano de sus amantes, en la mano de los asirios, de quienes se enamoró.

For this cause I gave her up into the hands of her lovers, into the hands of the Assyrians on whom her desire was fixed.

10 Ellos la desnudaron. Le quitaron a sus hijos e hijas. A ella la mataron a espada y fue un dicho entre las mujeres por causa de la sentencia que le fue aplicada.

By these her shame was uncovered: they took her sons and daughters and put her to death with the sword: and she became a cause of wonder to women; for they gave her the punishment which was right.

11 Su hermana Aholiba vio esto. Enloqueció de lujuria más que Ahola. Se prostituyó más que su hermana.

And her sister Oholibah saw this, but her desire was even more unmeasured, and her loose behaviour was worse than that of her sister.

12 Se enamoró de los asirios, gobernadores y sátrapas, guerreros cubiertos con esplendidez, jinetes que montaban a caballo. Todos ellos eran jóvenes codiciables.

She was full of desire for the Assyrians, captains and rulers, her neighbours, clothed in blue, horsemen going on horses, all of them young men to be desired.

13 Observé que ella se contaminó. Las dos tomaron el mismo camino.

And I saw that she had become unclean; the two of them went the same way.

14 Aumentó sus prostituciones cuando vio hombres pintados en la pared, imágenes de caldeos pintadas con color,

And her loose behaviour became worse; for she saw men pictured on a wall, pictures of the Chaldaeans painted in bright red,

15 atados con cinturones en la cintura, con turbantes de colores en sus cabezas, todos ellos con apariencia de sátrapas a la manera de los babilonios de Caldea, la tierra de su nacimiento.

With bands round their bodies and with head-dresses hanging round their heads, all of them looking like rulers, like the Babylonians, the land of whose birth is Chaldaea.

16 Cuando los vio, se enamoró de ellos y les envió mensajeros a Caldea.

And when she saw them she was full of desire for them, and sent servants to them in Chaldaea.

17 Los babilonios se unieron a ella en su lecho de amor y la contaminaron con su prostitución. Y cuando fue contaminada por ellos, su alma sintió repugnancia hacia ellos.

And the Babylonians came to her, into the bed of love, and made her unclean with their loose desire, and she became unclean with them, and her soul was turned from them.

18 Así mostró sus prostituciones y descubrió su desnudez. Entonces me disgusté con ella, como mi alma repugnó a su hermana.

So her loose behaviour was clearly seen and her shame uncovered: then my soul was turned from her as it had been turned from her sister.

19 Pero ella multiplicó sus prostituciones. Recordó los días de su juventud en los cuales se prostituyó en la tierra de Egipto.

But still she went on the more with her loose behaviour, keeping in mind the early days when she had been a loose woman in the land of Egypt.

20 Se enardeció por sus amantes que tienen miembro viril como los burros y eyaculan como los caballos.

And she was full of desire for her lovers, whose flesh is like the flesh of asses and whose seed is like the seed of horses.

21 Así añorabas la inmundicia de tu juventud cuando los egipcios estrujaron tus pechos y apretujaron tus pechos juveniles.

And she made the memory of the loose ways of her early years come back to mind, when her young breasts were crushed by the Egyptians.

22 Por tanto Aholiba, ʼAdonay Yavé dice: Ciertamente Yo excito contra ti a tus amantes a los cuales repugnaste. Los traigo contra ti de todas partes:

For this cause, O Oholibah, this is what the Lord has said: See, I will make your lovers come up against you, even those from whom your soul is turned away in disgust; and I will make them come up against you on every side;

23 los de Babilonia y todos los caldeos, los de Pecod, Soa y Coa y todos los de Asiria con ellos, jóvenes codiciables, gobernadores y sátrapas, nobles y varones de renombre. Todos ellos que montan a caballo

The Babylonians and all the Chaldaeans, Pekod and Shoa and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them: young men to be desired, captains and rulers all of them, and chiefs, her neighbours, all of them on horseback.

24 vienen contra ti con carruajes, carretas y una multitud de pueblos. Se pondrán en formación contra ti con escudos oblongos de mano que cubren casi todo el cuerpo y yelmos. Yo les encargaré que te juzguen según sus normas.

And they will come against you from the north on horseback, with war-carriages and a great band of peoples; they will put themselves in order against you with breastplate and body-cover and metal head-dress round about you: and I will make them your judges, and they will give their decision against you as seems right to them.

25 Pondré mi celo contra ti para que ellos te traten con furor. Te amputarán la nariz y las orejas. Tus sobrevivientes caerán a espada. Tomarán a tus hijos y a tus hijas. Tu remanente será consumido por el fuego.

And my bitter feeling will be working against you, and they will take you in hand with passion; they will take away your nose and your ears, and the rest of you will be put to the sword: they will take your sons and daughters, and the rest of you will be burned up in the fire.

26 Te despojarán de tus ropas y tus bellas joyas.

And they will take all your clothing off you and take away your ornaments.

27 Así detendré tu lujuria y tus prostituciones que trajiste de Egipto, de modo que no alces más tus ojos hacia ellos ni recuerdes a Egipto.

So I will put an end to your evil ways and your loose behaviour which came from the land of Egypt: and your eyes will never be lifted up to them again, and you will have no more memory of Egypt.

28 Porque ʼAdonay Yavé dice: En verdad te entrego en la mano de los que tú aborreciste, a quienes tu alma repugnó,

For this is what the Lord has said: See, I will give you up into the hands of those who are hated by you, into the hands of those from whom your soul is turned away in disgust:

29 los cuales te tratarán con odio. Te quitarán todo el fruto de tu labor. Te dejarán desnuda y descubierta. Quedará al descubierto la inmundicia de tus fornicaciones, tu lujuria y prostitución.

And they will take you in hand with hate, and take away all the fruit of your work, and let you be unveiled and without clothing: and the shame of your loose behaviour will be uncovered, your evil designs and your loose ways.

30 Estas cosas te harán porque te prostituiste con las naciones, pues te contaminaste con sus ídolos.

They will do these things to you because you have been untrue to me, and have gone after the nations, and have become unclean with their images.

31 Porque anduviste en el camino de tu hermana, Yo pondré su copa en tu mano.

You have gone in the way of your sister; and I will give her cup into your hand.

32 ʼAdonay Yavé dice: Beberás la profunda y ancha copa de tu hermana. Las naciones se burlarán de ti y te escarnecerán.

This is what the Lord has said: You will take a drink from your sister's cup, which is deep and wide: you will be laughed at and looked down on, more than you are able to undergo.

33 De embriaguez y dolor estarás llena. Es la copa del horror y la desolación. Es la copa de tu hermana Samaria.

You will be broken and full of sorrow, with the cup of wonder and destruction, with the cup of your sister Samaria.

34 La beberás hasta agotarla, lamerás el fondo, destrozarás sus tiestos y rasgarás tus pechos, porque Yo hablé, dice ʼAdonay Yavé.

And after drinking it and draining it out, you will take the last drops of it to the end, pulling off your breasts: for I have said it, says the Lord.

35 Por tanto ʼAdonay Yavé dice: Puesto que te olvidaste de Mí y me diste la espalda, lleva ahora sobre ti tu perversidad y tus prostituciones.

So this is what the Lord has said: Because you have not kept me in your memory, and because your back has been turned to me, you will even undergo the punishment of your evil designs and your loose ways.

36 Y Yavé me dijo: Hijo de hombre, ¿no vas a juzgar tú a Ahola y a Aholiba? Entonces denuncia sus repugnantes prácticas.

Then the Lord said to me: Son of man, will you be the judge of Oholibah? then make clear to her the disgusting things she has done.

37 Porque cometieron adulterio y hay sangre en sus manos. Cometieron adulterio con sus ídolos, y al pasarlos por el fuego mataron a sus hijos que me dieron a luz.

For she has been false to me, and blood is on her hands, and with her images she has been untrue; and more than this, she made her sons, whom she had by me, go through the fire to them to be burned up.

38 Me hicieron también esto: el mismo día contaminaron mi Santuario y profanaron mis sábados,

Further, this is what she has done to me: she has made my holy place unclean and has made my Sabbaths unclean.

39 porque después de matar a sus hijos ante sus ídolos, ese mismo día entraron en mi Santuario para profanarlo. Eso fue lo que hicieron en mi Casa.

For when she had made an offering of her children to her images, she came into my holy place to make it unclean; see, this is what she has done inside my house.

40 Además enviaste mensaje a hombres que llegan de lejos. Les enviabas mensajeros y llegaban en seguida. Por amor a ellos te lavaste, pintaste tus ojos y te ataviaste con adornos.

And she even sent for men to come from far away, to whom a servant was sent, and they came: for whom she was washing her body and painting her eyes and making herself fair with ornaments.

41 Te recostabas en un diván espléndido, ante el cual había una mesa preparada. Sobre ella pusiste mi incienso y mi aceite.

And she took her seat on a great bed, with a table put ready before it on which she put my perfume and my oil.

42 Resonaba allí el rumor de una multitud despreocupada de hombres llevados del desierto, que pusieron brazaletes en los brazos de las mujeres y magníficas coronas en las cabezas de ellas.

... and they put jewels on her hands and beautiful crowns on her head.

43 Entonces dije con respecto a la que estaba desgastada por los adulterios: ¿Ahora cometerán prostitución con ella?

Then I said ... now she will go on with her loose ways.

44 Porque vienen a ella como el que va a una prostituta. Así entraban a estas depravadas mujeres, Ahola y Aholiba.

And they went in to her, as men go to a loose woman: so they went in to Oholibah, the loose woman.

45 Pero los justos las juzgarán según la ley de las adúlteras y según la ley de las mujeres sanguinarias, porque son adúlteras y hay sangre en sus manos.

And upright men will be her judges, judging her as false wives and women who take lives are judged; because she has been untrue to me and blood is on her hands.

46 Por tanto ʼAdonay Yavé dice: Que se convoque una turba contra ellas, y sean entregadas al terror y al pillaje.

For this is what the Lord has said: I will make a great meeting of the people come together against her, and will send on her shaking fear and take everything from her.

47 La turba las lapidará y las cortará con sus espadas. Matarán a sus hijos y a sus hijas, y consumirán sus casas con fuego.

And the meeting, after stoning her with stones, will put an end to her with their swords; they will put her sons and daughters to death and have her house burned up with fire.

48 Así se acabará la lujuria en la tierra. Todas las mujeres se corregirán con rigor de modo que no harán según las perversidades de ustedes.

And I will put an end to evil in all the land, teaching all women not to do as you have done.

49 Pondrán sus perversidades sobre ustedes. Llevarán el castigo de su idolatría. Y sabrán que Yo soy ʼAdonay Yavé.

And I will send on you the punishment of your evil ways, and you will be rewarded for your sins with your images: and you will be certain that I am the Lord.