Ezequiel 21

1 Y fue palabra de Jehová a mí, diciendo:

Yahweh gave me another message. [He said, ]

2 Hijo del hombre, pon tu rostro contra Jerusalem, y gotéa sobre los santuarios, y profetiza sobre la tierra de Israel.

“You human, turn toward Jerusalem. Preach about what will happen to the temple [there]. Preach about what will happen to the Israeli people.

3 Y dirás a la tierra de Israel: Así dijo Jehová: He aquí que yo contra ti: y yo sacaré mi espada de su vaina, y talaré de ti al justo, y al impío:

Say to them, ‘This is what Yahweh says: I am opposed to you.

4 Y por cuanto talaré de ti al justo y al impío, por tanto mi espada saldrá de su vaina contra toda carne, desde el mediodía hasta el aquilón:

[what I will do to you will be as though] [MET] I will pull my sword from its sheath [and strike you]. I will kill everyone, including righteous people and wicked people [DOU]. I will get rid of everyone, from the south to the north.

5 Y sabrá toda carne que yo Jehová saqué mi espada de su vaina: no volverá más.

Then everyone will know [it is as though] I, Yahweh, have struck people with my sword, and I will not put it back in its sheath again.’

6 Y tú, hijo del hombre, gime con quebrantamiento de tus lomos, y con amargura: gime delante de los ojos de ellos.

Therefore, you human, groan! Groan in front of the Israeli people very sadly and sorrowfully [IDM, DOU].

7 Y será, que cuando te dijeren: ¿por qué gimes tú? dirás: Por la fama que viene; y todo corazón se desleirá, y todas manos se enflaquecerán, y todo espíritu se angustiará, y todas rodillas se irán en aguas: he aquí que viene, y hacerse ha, dijo el Señor Jehová.

And when they ask you, ‘Why are you groaning?’ tell them, ‘Because of the news that they soon will hear. Everyone will be very fearful [IDM], and their knees will become as weak as [SIM] water. [A great disaster] will soon occur. That is what Yahweh the Lord is promising.’”

8 Y fue palabra de Jehová a mí, diciendo:

Yahweh gave me another message. [He said],

9 Hijo del hombre, profetiza, y dí: Así dijo el Señor Jehová: Dí: La espada, la espada está aguzada; y aun está acicalada:

“You human, prophesy and say [to them], ‘This is what Yahweh says: I have sharpened my sword and polished it.

10 Para degollar víctimas está aguzada, para que relumbre está acicalada. ¿Alegrarnos hemos? a la vara de mi hijo menospreciando todo árbol.

It is sharpened in order that I can [many people with it]; it is polished so that it will flash like lightning. The people of Judah will not [their being punished like this], but they did not repent [I only struck them] with a stick.

11 Y dióla a acicalar para tener en la mano: la espada está aguzada, y ella está acicalada para entregarla en mano del matador.

A sword should be polished, and be grasped [in someone’s hand]. It should be sharpened and polished, ready for someone to use it to kill people.

12 Clama, y aulla, o! hijo del hombre, porque esta será sobre mi pueblo, esta será sobre todos los príncipes de Israel: temores de espada serán a mi pueblo: por tanto hiere el muslo:

[So, ] you human, cry and wail, because I will use my sword to kill my people, including the leaders of Israel. They and all the other people, my people, will be killed by swords, so beat your [to show that you are sad].

13 Por que ella será prueba. ¿Y qué sería, si no menospreciase la vara? dijo el Señor Jehová.

I am about to test my people, and the kings [MTY] of Judah will not escape being punished. That is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say.

14 Tú pues, hijo del hombre, profetiza, y bate una mano con otra, y dóblese la espada la tercera vez, la espada de muertos: esta es espada de gran matanza que los penetrará,

So, you human, prophesy; clap your [to show that you are very happy about what is going to happen]. My sword will strike them again and again; it is a sword for slaughtering many people, while I attack them from every side.

15 Para que el corazón se deslía, y los tropezones se multipliquen. En todas las puertas de ellos he dado espanto de espada: ¡ay! que es hecha para que relumbre, y es aderezada para degollar.

In order that people will be very much afraid [IDM] and many people will be killed, I have [soldiers holding] my swords at every [city] gate, ready to slaughter people. Those swords will flash like lightning, as the [soldiers] grasp them to slaughter people.

16 Ponte a una parte, ponte a la diestra, o ponte a la siniestra, hacia donde tu rostro se determinare.

Their swords [APO] will slash to the right and [then] to the left, whichever way they turn the blades.

17 Y yo también batiré mi mano con mi mano, y haré descansar mi ira. Yo Jehová he hablado.

Then I will clap my [triumphantly]; and [then] I will no longer be angry. [That will surely happen because] I, Yahweh, have said it.’”

18 Y fue palabra de Jehová a mí, diciendo:

Yahweh gave me another message. [He said, ]

19 Y tú, hijo del hombre, señálate dos caminos por donde venga la espada del rey de Babilonia: de una misma tierra salgan ambos; y haz un ejército: en el principio del camino de la ciudad lo harás.

“You human, [a map], and on it mark two roads for the King of Babylonia to march [along with his army, carrying] their swords. When they depart from their country, they will come to a sign post where the road divides.

20 El camino señalarás por donde venga la espada a Rabbat de los hijos de Ammón, y a Judá en Jerusalem la fuerte.

[If they continue on the one road, ] they will attack [city], the capital of the Ammon people-group. [If they continue on the other road, ] they will come to Judah and to Jerusalem, [a city] with walls around it.

21 Porque el rey de Babilonia se paró en una encrucijada, al principio de dos caminos, para adivinar adivinación acicaló saetas: consultó en ídolos, miró el hígado.

[When the army of] Babylonia comes to where the road divides, [they will stop], and the king will perform magic rituals [to decide which road to go on]. He will throw arrows; [then] consult his [about which road to go on], and he will (examine/look at) the [of a sheep].

22 La adivinación fue a su mano derecha, sobre Jerusalem, para poner capitanes, para abrir la boca a la matanza, para levantar la voz en grito, para poner ingenios contra las puertas, para fundar baluarte, y edificar fuerte.

With his right hand he will pick up the arrow marked ‘Jerusalem’. He will [command his soldiers to go to Jerusalem. When they arrive there, they] will set up (rams/devices to [down the walls], ) and [then] the king will give the command for them to slaughter [the people]. They will shout [a battle-cry], and they will set up the rams against the [city] gates. They will build a dirt ramp [against the walls around the city], and set up things to bash those walls.

23 Y serles ha como quien adivina mentira en sus ojos, por estar juramentados con juramentos a ellos: mas él trae a la memoria la maldad, para prenderlos.

The [in Jerusalem] who had promised [to be loyal to the King of Babylonia will think that those rituals must be wrong. They will think that his army should not be attacking them]. But he will remind them of the sins [MTY] that they had committed, [his army] will capture them.

24 Por tanto así dijo el Señor Jehová: Por cuanto habéis hecho venir en memoria vuestras maldades, manifestando vuestras traiciones, y descubriendo vuestros pecados en todas vuestras obras: por cuanto habéis venido en memoria, seréis tomados a mano.

Therefore, [tell the Israeli people that] this is what Yahweh the Lord says: ‘You people have allowed everyone to see that you are openly [against the King of Babylonia], and by doing that you have shown that everything that you do is sinful. Therefore you will be captured and [to Babylonia].’

25 Y tú, profano e impío príncipe de Israel, cuyo día vino en el tiempo de la consumación de la maldad.

Also, say, ‘You very wicked [DOU] king of Israel, it is your [to die]. It is the time for you to be punished.’

26 Así dijo el Señor Jehová: Quita la mitra, quita la corona: esta no será siempre esta: al bajo alzaré, y al alto abajaré.

And this is what Yahweh the Lord says [to you soldiers from Babylonia]: ‘Take off [the king’s] turban and his crown, because now things will be different than they were [before]. [in Jerusalem] who had no authority will now be given authority, and those who had authority will have their authority taken from them.

27 Del revés, del revés, del revés la tornaré: y no será esta más, hasta que venga aquel cuyo es el derecho, y yo la entregaré.

[Jerusalem] will be completely ruined. I will cause it to be ruined, and it will not be rebuilt/restored until the king to whom the city truly belongs comes; I will give it to [to rule it].’”

28 Y tú hijo del hombre profetiza, y dirás: Así dijo el Señor Jehová sobre los hijos de Ammón, y su vergüenza: dirás pues: La espada, la espada está desvainada para degollar, acicalada para consumir con resplandor.

“And, you human, prophesy and say [this]: 'This is what Yahweh the Lord says about the Ammon people-group, and about what they have said to insult [Israel]: [“The King of Babylon says, ] ‘[My soldiers have] swords’ [APO]; they have pulled out those swords to slaughter many people. They have polished them in order to kill people, and to make those swords flash like lightning.

29 Profetízante vanidad, adivínante mentira, para entregarte con los cuellos de los malos sentenciados a muerte, cuyo día vino en tiempo de la consumación de la maldad.

[Your prophets] have given you false visions about [what will happen to] you, and they have given you messages that are not true. So swords will strike the necks of those wicked people; it is time for them to be killed; it is the day when they will be [for their sins].

30 ¿Tornarla he a su vaina? En el lugar donde te criaste, en la tierra donde has vivido te tengo de juzgar.

You must put your swords back in their sheaths [because the days for you to slaughter your enemies are ended]. I will judge those people in the country where they were born.

31 Y derramaré sobre ti mi ira: el fuego de mi enojo haré encender sobre ti, y yo te entregaré en mano de hombres temerarios, artífices de destrucción.

I will pour out my punishment [MTY] on them. Because I am very angry with them, my breath on them will scorch them [like] fire [MET]. I will allow brutal men to capture them, men who are experts in killing people.

32 Del fuego serás para ser consumida: tu sangre será en medio de la tierra: no habrá más memoria de ti; porque yo Jehová he hablado.

You will be [like] fuel [MET] [that is burned] in a fire. Your blood will be shed in your own land. No one will remember you any more. [That will surely happen because] I, Yahweh, have said it.” '”