Ezequiel 5
1 Tú, oh hijo de hombre, toma una espada afilada, y úsala como una navaja barbera sobre tu cabeza y barba. Después toma una balanza para pesar y divide el cabello [en tres tercios.]
“Also, you human, [when you start doing those things, ] take a sharp sword and use it like [SIM] a razor to shave your head and your beard. Then put the hair that you shaved off on scales, and divide the [into three equal parts].
2 Un tercio lo quemarás en el fuego dentro de la ciudad mientras los días del asedio se acaban. Luego toma otro tercio, y con la espada lo sacudirás alrededor de la ciudad, y un tercio lo esparcirás al viento, porque desenvainaré una espada tras ellos.
When the time during [you will symbolize that] the city will be [by enemy troops] ends, put a third of the hair inside [drawing of the] city and burn it. Take another third of the hair, [scatter it] all [the drawing of] the city, and then strike it with your sword. That will symbolize that I will strike the people of Jerusalem [their enemies’] swords. Then allow the wind to scatter the other third of the hair. That will symbolize [even if they flee from the city], I will [cause their enemies to] pursue them and attack them with swords.
3 Toma también unos pocos de ellos, y átalos en los bordes de tus ropas.
Take a few of your hairs and tuck them into the folds of your robe.
4 Tomarás otra vez algunos de ellos, y los echarás al fuego. Quémalos en el fuego. De él se extenderá un fuego a toda la Casa de Israel.
Then take a few of those hairs, throw them into the fire, and burn them up. [That will symbolize that] a fire will spread from Jerusalem [and destroy things] throughout Israel.
5 ʼAdonay Yavé dice: Ésta es Jerusalén. La coloqué en el centro de las naciones, rodeada de tierras.
This is what [I, ] Yahweh the Lord, say: ‘[drawing will represent] Jerusalem, [the city which] I have set in the center of the nations, with [other] countries around it.
6 Pero ella se rebeló contra mis Ordenanzas y mis Estatutos. Pecó más perversamente que los pueblos que la rodean, porque rechazaron mis Ordenanzas y no practicaron mis Estatutos.
But the wicked people of Jerusalem rebelled against [obeying] my commands, and [they show that] they are more wicked than the people of the surrounding countries. They rejected my laws and refused to obey my commands.’
7 Por tanto ʼAdonay Yavé dice: Porque ustedes se portaron con mayor turbulencia que los demás pueblos que están alrededor de ustedes, y no siguieron mis Estatutos ni cumplieron mis Decretos, ni siquiera actuaron como es costumbre de las naciones que están alrededor de ustedes.
Therefore, this is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say: ‘You people of Jerusalem have been more rebellious than the people of the nations around you; you have not obeyed any of my laws [DOU]. You have not even obeyed the laws of the nations around you!’
8 Por eso ʼAdonay Yavé dice: Aquí estoy también contra ti. Te juzgaré a vista de las naciones.
Therefore, this is [I, ] Yahweh the Lord, say: ‘I am opposed to [you people of] Jerusalem. I will punish you, and the [people of other] nations will see it happen.
9 A causa de todas tus repugnancias, haré contigo lo que nunca hice, ni volveré a hacer cosa semejante.
Because of all your detestable [idols], I will punish [people of Jerusalem] like I have never done before and will never do again.
10 Por tanto los padres se comerán a sus hijos en medio de ti y los hijos se comerán a sus padres. Haré actos de justicia contra ti y esparciré tu remanente a todo punto cardinal.
As a result, parents among you will eat their children, and children will eat their [because there will be nothing else to eat]. I will punish you [severely], and I will cause those who will still be alive to be scattered in all directions [IDM].’
11 Así que ʼAdonay Yavé dice: Vivo Yo, ciertamente porque ustedes contaminaron mi Santuario con todas sus cosas detestables y todas sus repugnancias, Yo también los quebrantaré. Mi ojo no perdonará, ni tendré misericordia de ti.
Therefore, I, Yahweh the Lord, declare that as surely as I am alive, because you have polluted my temple with all your disgusting [statues of idols] and by the other detestable things that you do, I will no longer bless you. I will not pity [you] or act mercifully [toward you].
12 Un tercio de los tuyos morirá de pestilencia, el hambre los consumirá dentro de ti. Un tercio caerá a espada alrededor de ti y un tercio esparciré a todos los puntos cardinales. Yo desenvainaré una espada detrás de ellos.
One-third of your people will die inside the city because of the plagues [they will experience] or by (famine/lack of food). One-third of your people will be killed [your enemies’] swords outside the city. And one-third I will cause to be scattered in all directions; [your enemies] will [still] pursue you and kill you with their swords.
13 De este modo mi furor se desahogará y caerá sobre ellos. Quedaré satisfecho. Y cuando cumpla mi furor sobre ellos, sabrán que Yo, Yavé, hablé con pasión.
Then I will no longer be angry with you; I will stop punishing [MTY] you after I have gotten revenge on you. And when I stop punishing you, you will know that I, Yahweh, have spoken to you because I have been very strongly concerned [what you have done].
14 Además, te convertiré en desolación y en reproche entre las naciones que te rodean, a la vista de todos los que pasen.
I will cause your [city] to be a ruins, with the result that [people of other] nations that are around you will pass by and see it and sneer at you.
15 Cuando Yo ejecute en ti juicios con furor e indignación, y reprensiones con ira, te reduciré a escarnio, afrenta, burla y horror para los pueblos que están alrededor de ti. Yo, Yavé, hablé.
They will make fun of you and taunt you. When I severely punish you because of my being very angry [DOU] with you, they will be horrified and they will be warned. [That will surely happen because] I, Yahweh, have said it.
16 Cuando Yo dispare contra ellos las terribles flechas de la hambruna que serán para destrucción, las cuales dispararé contra ustedes, intensificaré el hambre sobre ustedes y quebraré el sustento del pan.
When I cut off your food supply and cause there to be more famine, [it will be as though] [MET] I am shooting at you with my arrows that will destroy you.
17 Además, enviaré contra ustedes la hambruna y bestias salvajes, que los despojarán de los hijos. Pasarán sobre ti la pestilencia y la matanza. Enviaré la espada contra ti. Yo, Yavé, hablé.
I will cause you to experience a famine, and I will send wild beasts to attack you and your children, and [all] your children will be killed. You will experience plagues and wars, and I will cause [your enemies] to attack you with their swords. [That will surely happen because] I, Yahweh, have said it.”
