Ezequiel 24
1 El año noveno, el mes décimo, a los diez días del mes, la Palabra de Yavé vino a mí:
Almost nine [after we had been taken to Babylonia], on the tenth day of the tenth month [of that year], Yahweh gave me this message:
2 Hijo de hombre, escribe la fecha de este día, pues en este mismo día el rey de Babilonia sitió a Jerusalén.
“You human, write down what day of the month this is. On this [the army of] King of Babylon has surrounded Jerusalem.
3 Habla una parábola a la casa rebelde: ʼAdonay Yavé dice: Pon la olla, colócala, y echa agua en ella.
Tell those rebellious Israeli people [MTY] [in Babylon] a parable. Say this to them: This is what Yahweh the Lord says: ‘Pour water into the [cooking] pot and put the pot [the fire].
4 Echa los trozos que te pertenecen en ella: trozos selectos, la pierna y la espaldilla. Llénala de huesos escogidos.
Put into the pot some pieces of [from one of your best sheep]: Put in the leg and shoulder, [which are] the best pieces. [Then] fill [the rest of] the pot with the best bones.
5 Toma lo mejor del rebaño. Apila la leña debajo de la olla para que hierva bien. Cocina sus huesos dentro de ella.
Pile wood on the fire, and cook the bones and the meat in the boiling water.’
6 Pues ʼAdonay Yavé dice: ¡Ay de la ciudad sanguinaria, de la oxidada olla de cocinar cuyo óxido no despega! Vacíala poco a poco. No eches suerte sobre ella
[Do that] because this is what Yahweh the Lord says: ‘Terrible things will happen [Jerusalem]; it is city that is full of murderers [MTY], [a city that is like] [MET] a scorched pot whose black residue inside cannot be removed. Take the pieces [of meat] out of the pot, but do not choose which pieces to take out.
7 porque su sangre está dentro de ella. La derramó sobre una roca lisa, no sobre la tierra para que el polvo la cubriera,
The blood of the people who were murdered in Jerusalem is still there; they were murdered on the bare rocks, not on the soil, where their blood could be covered.
8 a fin de causarme furor y llegue a vengarme. Yo puse su sangre en roca lisa para que no sea cubierta.
But I am the one who caused the blood of those who were murdered [MTY] to be smeared on the bare rock, where their blood could not be covered; I did that in order [I could see it and] then be angry and get revenge.’
9 Por tanto ʼAdonay Yavé dice: ¡Ay de la ciudad sanguinaria! Yo también haré la hoguera grande.
Therefore, this is what [I], Yahweh the Lord say: ‘Terrible things will happen to that city that is full of murderers [MTY]! [It will be as though] I also will pile high [the wood in the fire].
10 Apilen la leña y enciendan el fuego para cocinar bien la carne. Cocinen la carne, hagan la salsa y quemen los huesos.
[So], heap on the wood and light the fire! Cook the meat well, and mix some spices with it; cook it until the bones are charred.
11 Luego pónganla vacía sobre las brasas para que el cobre se caliente y brille, su impureza se derrita y su óxido se consuma.
Then set the empty pot on the [of the fire] until the pot becomes [very] hot and the copper glows, with the result that the impurities and the rust will be burned up.
12 Pero vano es el esfuerzo, pues no salió de ella su mucho óxido. Solo en el fuego será consumido su óxido.
[It is as though] I tried to get rid of that rust, but I was not able to do it, [not even] by putting that pot in a fire.
13 Hay perversidad en tu impureza, porque intenté purificarte, pero no estás purificada. No serás purificada de tu impureza hasta que Yo descargue mi furor sobre ti.
The [in the pot represents] your immoral behavior. I tried to cleanse you from your wicked behavior, but you did not allow me to do that. So you will not be [from the guilt of your sin] [I have punished you and] I am no longer angry.
14 Yo, Yavé, hablé. Se cumplirá. Yo lo cumpliré. No retrocederé ni me compadeceré ni me pesará. Te juzgarán según tu conducta y según tus obras, dice ʼAdonay Yavé.
I, Yahweh, have said [that I will surely punish you]. [And it is time] for me to do that. I will not change my mind; I will not refrain from punishing you, and I will not pity you. I will judge you [and punish you] as you deserve to be punished for your sinful behavior. [That will surely happen because] I, Yahweh the Lord, have said it.”’”
15 La Palabra de Yavé vino a mí:
[One day] Yahweh gave me this message:
16 Hijo de hombre, mira, voy a quitarte de golpe el deleite de tus ojos. No lamentes, ni llores, ni corran tus lágrimas.
“You human, I am going to suddenly take from [your wife], whom you love very much. [when she dies], do [show that you are] sad or lament or cry.
17 Gime en silencio, no hagas el lamento por los muertos, átate el turbante y ponte las sandalias en tus pies. No te cubras el labio ni comas pan de duelo.
Groan quietly; do not cry [openly] for her. [Keep] your turban wrapped around your head, [instead of being barefoot, keep] your sandals on your feet. Do not cover the lower part of your [to show that you are sad]. And do not eat the kind of food that people who are mourning usually eat.”
18 Por tanto hablé al pueblo por la mañana, y al llegar la noche murió mi esposa. En la mañana hice como me fue mandado.
[one morning] I talked to the [as usual], and that evening my wife [suddenly] died. The next morning I did what [Yahweh] had told me to do.
19 El pueblo me decía: ¿No nos dirás qué significan para nosotros estas cosas que haces?
Then the people asked me, “What do the things that you are doing signify to us?”
20 Y les contesté: La Palabra de Yavé vino a mí:
So I said to them, “[This is what] Yahweh told me:
21 Dí a la Casa de Israel: ʼAdonay Yavé dice: Ciertamente voy a profanar mi Santuario, que es la exaltación, la fuerza de ustedes, el deseo de sus ojos y deleite de su alma. Sus hijos y sus hijas que queden caerán a espada.
‘Tell the Israeli people [MTY] that I am about to destroy the temple, [the building] that you are very proud of, the building that you delight to look at. Your children whom you [in Jerusalem when you were forced to come to Babylon] will be killed [their enemies’] swords.
22 Entonces harán lo que yo hice. No se cubrirán su labio, ni comerán pan de duelo.
[When that happens], you will do like I have done: You will not cover the lower part of your faces, or eat the kinds of food that people who are mourning usually eat.
23 Sus turbantes estarán en sus cabezas y sus sandalias en sus pies. No lamentarán ni llorarán, sino desfallecerán en sus iniquidades y gemirán unos con otros.
[You will keep] your turbans wrapped around your heads and [keep] your sandals on your feet. You will not mourn or cry, but your bodies will become very thin and slowly die because of your sins. And you will groan to each other.
24 Ezequiel les servirá de señal. Ustedes harán todo lo que él hizo. Cuando esto ocurra, sabrán que Yo soy ʼAdonay Yavé.
Ezekiel will be a warning to you, and you must do what he has done. When that happens, you will know that I, Yahweh the [have the power to do what I say that I will do].’”
25 Y tú, hijo de hombre, no estarás el día cuando Yo les quite su fortaleza, el gozo de su gloria, el deleite de sus ojos y el anhelo de sus almas y [cuando les quite] a sus hijos e hijas.
[Then Yahweh said to me], “You human, [soon] I will destroy their sacred temple, which they rejoice about and which they respect and delight to look at, and [I will get rid of] their sons and daughters also.
26 Aquel día un fugitivo llegará a ti para comunicar la noticia a tus oídos.
On that day, someone will escape [from Jerusalem] and come and tell you what has happened [there].
27 Aquel día tu boca será abierta para hablar al fugitivo. Hablarás y ya no estarás mudo. Les servirás de señal. Y sabrán que Yo soy Yavé.
When that happens, you will be able to speak again [MTY] [without constraint]. You two will talk together [DOU]. You will be a warning to the people; and they will know that I, Yahweh the Lord, [have the power to do what I say that I will do].”
