Ezequiel 33
1 La Palabra de Yavé vino a mí:
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
2 Hijo de hombre, habla a los hijos de tu pueblo: Cuando Yo traiga la espada sobre una tierra, si el pueblo de la tierra toma a un hombre de su territorio y lo designa 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 y él ve la espada que llega sobre la tierra, toca la trompeta y da la alarma 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 cualquiera que al oír el sonido de la trompeta no se aperciba, y al llegar la espada lo mate, su sangre recaerá sobre su 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 Oyó el sonido de la trompeta, pero no se apercibió. Su sangre recaerá sobre él mismo. Pero si se hubiera apercibido habría librado su vida.
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 vigilante ve la espada que viene y no toca la trompeta, y el pueblo no se apercibe, y llega la espada y mata a alguno de ellos, éste fue tomado por causa de su pecado, pero Yo demandaré su sangre de mano del vigilante.
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 A ti, hijo de hombre, Yo te designé como vigilante de la Casa de Israel. Oirás la Palabra de mi boca y los amonestarás 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 perverso: Perverso, ciertamente morirás, y tú no le adviertas de ello para que se aparte de su mal camino. El perverso morirá por su pecado, pero Yo demandaré 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 Pero si tú adviertes al perverso para que se aparte de su mal camino, y él no se aparta de ese camino, él morirá por su pecado, pero tú librarás tu vida.
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 Por tanto tú, hijo de hombre, dí a la Casa de Israel: Ustedes hablan y dicen: Si nuestras transgresiones y nuestros pecados están sobre nosotros, y en ellos desfallecemos, ¿entonces cómo podemos 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 ʼAdonay Yavé, que no me complazco en la muerte del perverso, sino en que el perverso regrese de su camino y viva! Devuélvanse, devuélvanse de sus malos caminos. ¿Por qué deben morir, oh 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, oh hijo de hombre, dí a los hijos de tu pueblo: La justicia del justo no lo librará el día de su transgresión. La perversidad del perverso no le será estorbo el día cuando regrese de su perversidad. El justo no podrá vivir por su justicia el día cuando 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 Yo diga al justo: Ciertamente vivirás, y él confiado en su justicia cometa iniquidad, ninguna de sus obras de justicia será recordada, sino morirá porque cometió iniquidad.
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 Cuando Yo diga al perverso: Ciertamente morirás, si él se convierte de su pecado y hace lo que es lícito y justo;
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 perverso restituye la prenda, devuelve lo robado, y camina según los Estatutos que aseguran 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 los pecados que cometió se recordará contra él. Practicó equidad y justicia. 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 Pero los hijos de tu pueblo dicen: ¡No es correcto el procedimiento de ʼAdonay! Pero el que no es recto es el camino de ellos.
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, morirá por ello.
When the upright man, turning away from his righteousness, does evil, death will overtake him in it.
19 Pero cuando el perverso se aparta de su perversidad y practica equidad y justicia, vivirá por ellas.
And when the evil man, turning away from his evil-doing, does what is ordered and right, he will get life by it.
20 Sin embargo dices: No es justo el procedimiento de ʼAdonay. Oh Casa de Israel, Yo los juzgaré a cada uno de ustedes según sus propios procedimientos.
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 El año duodécimo de nuestro cautiverio, el mes décimo, a los cinco días del mes, aconteció que vino a mí uno que escapó de Jerusalén, y me dijo: ¡La ciudad fue capturada!
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 Al llegar la noche, antes de llegar el fugitivo, la mano de Yavé estuvo sobre mí y abrió mi boca antes que llegara la mañana siguiente. Al abrir mi boca, ya no estuve callado.
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 Y la Palabra de Yavé vino a mí:
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
24 Hijo de hombre, los que viven en aquellos lugares desolados de la tierra de Israel dicen: Abraham era uno solo, pero poseyó la tierra. Así que a nosotros, que somos muchos, la tierra nos fue dada como una posesión.
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 tanto diles: ʼAdonay Yavé dice: Ustedes comen carne con la sangre, levantan sus ojos a sus ídolos y derraman sangre. ¿Y ustedes poseerán 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 Confían en su espada, cometen repugnancias, cada uno de ustedes contamina a la esposa de su prójimo. ¿Deben ustedes 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 esto: ʼAdonay Yavé dice: Vivo Yo, que los que estén en aquellas ruinas ciertamente caerán a espada. Al que esté en campo abierto lo entregaré a las fieras para que lo devoren y los que estén en las fortalezas y en las cuevas morirán de pestilencia.
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 Convertiré la tierra en desierto y en desolación. Cesará el orgullo de su poderío. Las montañas de Israel serán asoladas de tal modo que nadie pase.
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 Yavé, cuando convierta la tierra en desolación y desierto, por todas las repugnancias que cometieron.
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 se burlan de ti junto a los muros y en las puertas de las casas. Se dicen unos a otros, cada uno a su hermano: ¡Vengan ahora y oigan cual Palabra nos llega de Yavé!
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 Llegan a ti con desorden ruidoso, se sientan delante de ti como pueblo mío y oyen tus palabras, pero no las cumplen, porque con sus bocas dicen halagos, pero sus corazones andan tras su avaricia.
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 Mira, para ellos eres un cantante de amores, de buena voz y que canta bien: oyen tus palabras, pero no las practican.
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 Por tanto cuando pase esto, y ciertamente pasará, sabrán que un profeta estuvo 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.
