Ezequiel 16

1 Y vino a mí la palabra deL Señor, diciendo:

Yahweh gave me another message. He said,

2 Hijo del hombre, deja en claro a Jerusalén sus caminos asquerosos.

“You human, cause the people of Jerusalem to think about their detestable behavior.

3 Y di: Esto es lo que el Señor Dios ha dicho a Jerusalén: Tu comienzo y tu nacimiento fue en la tierra de los cananeos; un amorreo era tu padre y tu madre una hitita.

Say to them, ‘This is what Yahweh the Lord says to you people of Jerusalem: [It is as though you are a woman who] [MET] was born in the country where the Canaan people-group lived. [It is as though] [MET] your father belonged to the Amor people-group and your mother belonged to the Heth people-group.

4 En cuanto a tu nacimiento, el día de tu nacimiento no se cortó el cordón ni se lavó con agua para limpiarlo; ni te frotaron con sal, ni te fajaron.

[It is as though] [MET] on the day that you were born, your umbilical cord was not cut, and your body was not washed in water, and it was not rubbed with salt or wrapped in strips of cloth, [like Israeli babies always are].

5 Ningún ojo tuvo piedad de ti por hacerte ninguna de estas cosas o por ser amable contigo; pero fuiste expulsada al campo abierto, porque tu vida fue odiada en el momento de tu nacimiento.

No one pitied you or acted kindly toward you by doing those things for you. Instead, [it was as though] [MET] you were thrown into a field, because on the day that you were born, you were despised {everyone despised you}.

6 Y cuando pasé junto a ti y te vi tirada en tu sangre, te dije: Aunque estés en tu sangre, Vive; Dije! Si, ¡ Aunque estés en tu sangre: Vive!

Then [it was as though] [MET] I passed by and saw you lying in your own blood and kicking. And while you lay there kicking in your own blood, I said to you, “I want you to remain alive!”

7 Y aumentará en número como los brotes del campo; y aumentaste y te hiciste grande, y llegaste a la época del amor: tus pechos se formaron y tu cabello era largo; pero fuiste desnuda y sin ropa.

[It was as though] I caused you to grow up, like plants in the field grow; you grew up and became tall and became like [MET] a very beautiful jewel. [It was as though] [MET] your breasts (formed/became large), and your hair became long, although you were still naked [DOU].

8 Ahora, cuando pasé junto a ti, mirándote, vi que tu tiempo era el tiempo del amor; y puse mis faldas sobre ti, cubriendo tu cuerpo desnudo, y te hice mi juramento e hice un acuerdo contigo, dice el Señor Dios, y te hiciste mía.

When I saw you several years later, [it was as though] [MET] I saw that you were old enough to have sex [EUP]. So [it was as though] [MET] I spread the corner of my robe over [to symbolize that I would marry you], with the result that you were no longer naked. I solemnly promised [that I would marry you] and made a marriage agreement with you, and you became my wife. That is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say.

9 Luego te hice lavar con agua, lavando toda tu sangre y te ungí con aceite.

[And then it was as though] [MET] I bathed you and washed the blood from you and put ointment on your body.

10 Y te hice vestir con bordados, y te puse zapatos de cuero, te ceñí de lino fino y te vestí de seda.

[It was as though] [MET] I put a fine linen robe on you and gave you other expensive clothes. I put an embroidered dress on you and put leather sandals on your feet.

11 Y te hice hermosa con adornos, y te puse joyas en las manos y una cadena en el cuello.

[It was as though] [MET] I put bracelets on your arms and a necklace around your neck. Those things all had nice jewels fastened to them.

12 Y puse un anillo en tu nariz y aretes en tus oídos y una hermosa corona en tu cabeza.

I put a gold ring in your nose and fastened earrings to your ears and put a beautiful crown on your head.

13 Así te hiciste hermosa con oro y plata; y tu ropa era de la mejor ropa de lino y seda y bordados; Tu comida fue la mejor comida y miel y aceite, y eras muy hermosa, prosperaste extremadamente hasta reinar.

So [it was as though] you wore gold and silver ornaments. You had clothes made from fine (linen/white cloth) and other expensive embroidered material/cloth. You ate [bread made from] fine flour, honey, and olive oil. You became very beautiful, like [MET] a queen.

14 Eras tan hermosa que tu historia se extendió a todas las naciones; Eras completamente hermosa por mi gloria que te había puesto, dice el Señor.

You were very beautiful, with the result that people in other nations heard about you, because they knew that I, Yahweh the Lord, am the one who had caused you to become very beautiful.

15 Pero confías en el hecho de que eras hermosa, actuando como una mujer prostituta, a causa de tu fama y ofreciendo tu amor barato a todos los que pasaron, sin importar quién fuera.

But [it was as though] [MET] you realized that because people knew that you were very beautiful, you could [earn a lot of money by] becoming a prostitute. [It was as though] you had sex with [EUP] every man who came along, and they all enjoyed your beauty.

16 Y tomaste tus ropas y te colocaste en lugares altos adornados con todos los colores, actuando como una prostituta sobre ellos, sin vergüenza ni miedo.

[It was as though] you took some of your clothes to make beautifully decorated shrines, and that is where you had sex with those men. Those things should certainly never occur!

17 Y tomaste las bellas joyas, mi plata y oro que te había dado, y te hiciste imágenes masculinas, actuando como una prostituta con ellas;

You took the fine gold and silver jewelry that I gave you, and you made male idols for yourself, in order to have sex with them.

18 Y tomaste tu túnica de bordados para su ropa, y pones mi aceite y mi perfume delante de ellos.

You took some of your embroidered clothes to put on those idols, and you burned oil and incense in front of them [to honor them].

19 Y mi pan que te di, la mejor comida, el aceite y la miel que te di para tu comida, lo pones delante de ellos para un dulce olor, dice el Señor.

And the [bread that was made from] fine flour and the olive oil and honey that I gave to you to eat, you offered to be a fragrant sacrifice to those idols. I, Yahweh the Lord, declare that is what happened.

20 Y tomaste a tus hijos y a tus hijas que tuve contigo, ofreciéndoles incluso esto para que sean su alimento. ¿Eran tus fornicaciones poca cosa?

And you even took your sons and daughters who were [as though they were] [MET] my children, and sacrificed them to be food for the idols. That was much worse [RHQ] than your becoming a prostitute.

21 ¿Que mataste a mis hijos y los entregaste para que pasaran por el fuego?

You slaughtered [those who were like] [MET] my children, and offered them to be sacrifices to the gods!

22 Y en toda tu asquerosa y falsa conducta no recordaste tus primeros días, cuando estabas desnuda y sin ropa, tirada en tu sangre.

All during the time when you were acting like a prostitute and doing other detestable things, you did not think about the time when [it was as though] you were very young, naked [DOU], lying in your own blood and kicking.

23 Y sucedió que, después de todo tu maldad, Hay! Hay! De ti dice el Señor Dios:

So I, Yahweh the Lord, declare that terrible things will happen to you. In addition to all the other wicked things that you did,

24 Que te hiciste un santuario y un altar cada plaza.

you built a shrine to worship idols in every [city] square/plaza.

25 Colocaste tus lugares altos en la parte superior de cada calle, e hiciste de la gracia de tu forma algo asqueroso, abriendo tus pies a todos los que pasaban, aumentando tu prostitución.

At the beginning of every street you built a shrine, and showed people your beautiful body, offering it to have sex with every man who walked by, becoming a better known prostitute every day.

26 Y fuiste con los egipcios, tus vecinos, de cuerpos robustos; Incrementando tus fornicaciones, moviéndome a la ira.

[It was as though] [MET] you had sex with men from Egypt who were eager to have sex with you, men who lived near to Israel. You caused me to become very angry because you became more eager to have sex with more and more of them.

27 Ahora, entonces, mi mano se extiende contra ti, reduciendo tu provisión, y te he entregado al deseo de tus enemigos, las hijas de los filisteos que se avergüenzan de tus fornicaciones.

So I punished [IDM] you and caused your enemies to capture some of your country. I enabled your greedy enemies from Philistia to defeat you; and even they were shocked because of your disgraceful behavior.

28 Y fuiste con los asirios, debido a tu deseo que no tenía medida; Estabas actuando como una prostituta con ellos, y aún así no tenías suficiente.

[It was as though] you had sex with soldiers from Assyria, too, because you always wanted more sex. And after that, you still were not satisfied.

29 Y seguiste con tus fornicaciones hasta la tierra de Caldea, y aún no tenías suficiente.

So you also had sex [with soldiers from] Babylonia, a country full of merchants/businessmen, but even that did not satisfy you.

30 Qué enfermo es tu corazón, dice el Señor, al ver que haces todas estas cosas, el trabajo de una prostituta autoritaria;

I, Yahweh the Lord, declare that when you did all those things, acting like [MET] a bold prostitute, you were showing that you were ready to do anything that you wanted to [IDM].

31 Porque has hecho tu santuario en la parte superior de cada calle, y tu altar en cada plaza; al despreciar la paga, no eras como la prostituta.

When you built shrines to worship idols on every street corner and in every city square/plaza, you were not like a prostitute: Prostitutes charge money, but you refused to take money for what you did.

32 ¡Sino como la mujer adúltera, que toma extraños amantes en lugar de su esposo!

You are like [MET] a woman who commits adultery: You prefer to [have sex with] strangers rather than with your husband.

33 Se paga a todas las prostitutas, pero tú das recompensas a tus amantes, ofreciéndoles un pago para que puedan llegar a ti de todas partes por tus prostituciones.

Prostitutes are paid, but [it is as though] you give gifts to all your lovers; you bribe them to come to you from everywhere to have sex with you.

34 Y en tu prostitución eres diferente de otras mujeres, porque nadie te persigue para hacerte el amor; porque les pagas a ellos, ellos no te pagan a ti, en esto eres diferente de ellas.

So although you act like [MET] a prostitute, you are not like other prostitutes: No one needs to request you to have sex [EUP] with them. You are the opposite of other prostitutes; instead of them giving any money to you, you give men money to have sex with you.

35 Por esta causa, oh mujer ramera, oye la voz del Señor:

Therefore, [you people of] Jerusalem, who are like a prostitute [MET], listen to what I, Yahweh the Lord, am saying about you!

36 Esto es lo que el Señor Dios ha dicho: Porque tu comportamiento inmundo se desató y tu cuerpo se descubrió en tu prostitución con tus amantes y con tus repugnantes imágenes, y por la sangre de tus hijos que les diste en sacrificio;

I say that [what you have done is as though] [MET] you took off your clothes and acted like a prostitute and had sex with men who are not your husband. [What I mean is that you have been worshiping] detestable idols, and you have murdered [MTY] your own children to be sacrifices to them.

37 Por esta causa reuniré a todos tus amantes con quienes te has complacido, y a todos aquellos a quienes les has dado tu amor, con todos los que fueron odiados por ti; incluso haré que se junten contra ti por todos lados, y te haré descubrir ante ellos para que puedan ver tu vergüenza.

So [what I am going to do is as though] I will gather those who you think have loved you and those whom you hated. I will gather them around you [to attack you], and [what I will do is as though] I will strip your clothes off you, and they will see you when you are completely naked.

38 Y serás juzgada por mí como las mujeres que son juzgadas como adúlteras, y las mujeres que derraman sangre; Y voy a soltar contra ti sangre y furor de celo.

I will punish you like women who commit adultery and who murder people [MTY] are punished. I will get revenge on you and get rid of you because I am extremely angry with you.

39 Te entregaré en sus manos, y tu santuario será derribado y tus lugares altos destruidos; te quitarán la ropa y te quitarán tus bellas joyas; y cuando hayan terminado, serás descubierta y desnuda.

I will allow [your enemies who you thought] loved you [IRO] to defeat you, and they will tear down your shrines. [It will be as though] they will strip off your fancy clothes and take away your fine jewelry and cause you to be completely naked [DOU].

40 Y se reunirán contra ti una multitud, te apedrearán y te herirán con sus espadas.

They will bring a mob to attack you, and that mob will throw stones at you and cut you to pieces with their swords.

41 Y te quemarán tus casas, y te castigarán ante los ojos de gran número de mujeres; y pondré fin a tus prostituciones, y ya no pagarás a tus amantes.

They will burn down your houses and punish you while many women are watching. I will cause your acting like a prostitute and paying your lovers to have sex with you to end.

42 Y el furor de mi ira contra ti tendrá fin, y mi celo se alejará de ti, y estaré callado y no estaré enojado más.

Then I will no longer be angry [DOU] with you. I will stop being jealous [because of your worshiping gods other than me only].

43 Porque no has tenido en cuenta los días en que eras joven, pero me has estado perturbando con todas estas cosas; por esta razón haré que el castigo de tus acciones llegue a tu cabeza, dice el Señor Dios, porque has hecho esto malo además de todos tus actos repugnantes.

You have forgotten [the wonderful things that I did for you] in previous years [MET]. You have caused me to become extremely angry because of all the [evil things] that you have done. In addition to all the other detestable things that you did, you committed many sexual sins. So I, Yahweh the Lord, declare that I will punish you [IDM] for doing those things.

44 Mira, en cada dicho común sobre ti se dirá: Como la madre es, también lo es su hija.

People who [like to] quote proverbs will quote this proverb about you: “[behave] like their mothers [behave].”

45 Eres la hija de tu madre, cuya alma aborreció a su marido y a sus hijos; y tú eres la hermana de tus hermanas que aborrecieron sus esposos y sus hijos; tu madre era hitita y tu padre amorreo.

You are like your mother; [it was as though] she detested her husband and her children. You are like your sisters, who also despised their husbands and their children. [It was as though] [MET] your father belonged to the Amor people-group and your mother belonged to the Heth people-group.

46 Tu hermana mayor es Samaria, que vive a tu izquierda, ella y sus hijas: y tu hermana menor, que vive a tu derecha, es Sodoma y sus hijas.

And [it was as though] [MET] your older sister was Samaria, and she and her daughters lived to the north of you, and [it was as though] your younger sister was Sodom, and she and her daughters lived to the south of you.

47 Aún no has andado en sus caminos o has hecho las cosas repugnantes que han hecho; pero, como si eso fuera solo una pequeña cosa, has profundizado más en el mal que ellos en todos tus caminos.

You not only imitated all [DOU] their detestable behavior, but you quickly became more sinful than they were.

48 Por mi vida, dice el Señor, Sodoma que tu hermana nunca hizo, ella o sus hijas, lo que tú y tus hijas han hecho.

I, Yahweh the Lord, solemnly declare that as surely as I am alive, [the people who lived in] [MTY] Sodom and other nearby cities never did the detestable things that you [people in Jerusalem and other places in Judah] have done.

49 En verdad, este fue el pecado de tu hermana Sodoma: el orgullo, una gran cantidad de comida y abundancia de ociosidad, se vieron en ella y sus hijas, y ella no brindó ayuda a los pobres ni a los demás en necesidad.

These are the sins [the people who lived in] Sodom, who were like your sister [MET]: The people who lived there and in nearby cities were arrogant. In spite of having more food to eat than they needed, they refused to help the poor and needy [DOU] people among them.

50 Estaban llenos de orgullo e hicieron lo que me repugnaba; y cuando lo vi, las aparte.

The people of Sodom and nearby cities [MET] were proud and did detestable things in my presence, so I got rid of them when I saw what they had been doing.

51 Y Samaria no ha cometido la mitad de tus pecados; pero has hecho que el número de tus actos repugnantes sea mayor que el de ellas, haciendo que tus hermanas parezcan más rectas que tú por todas las cosas repugnantes que has hecho.

Also, [the people of] Samaria did not commit half as many sins as you have committed. You have done more disgusting things than they have done. You cause the people of Samaria to appear to be good, compared to you.

52 Tú también, lleva tu vergüenza en tus pecados, juzgado a tus hermanas; a través de tus pecados que hiciste; son más asquerosos que los de ellas, son más rectas que tú; en verdad, serás avergonzada y abatida, porque has hecho que tus hermanas parezcan más justas.

Your sins are worse than their sins, so they seem to be less wicked than you are. So I will punish you more than I punished them. As a result, you will be ashamed and disgraced [DOU].

53 Y dejaré que se vuelvan los cautivos, los cautivos de Sodoma y sus hijas, los cautivos de Samaria y sus hijas, y haré volver los cautivos de cautiverio entre ellas.

However, [some day] I will [the people of] Sodom and Samaria and the cities near to them [MET] to prosper again. And I will cause you to prosper again, too.

54 Para que lleves tu confusión y te avergüences por todo lo que has hecho, siendo tú motivo de consuelo.

You will be very ashamed [DOU] of the wicked things that you have done, and that will cause the people of those cities to be encouraged.

55 Y sus hermanas, Sodoma y sus hijas, volverán a su primera condición, y Samaria y sus hijas volverán a su primera condición, y tu y tus hijas volverán a su primera condición.

[The people of] Sodom and Samaria will prosper again, and you and the people in nearby cities will prosper also.

56 ¿No fue tu hermana Sodoma un juramento en tu boca en el día de tu orgullo,

You (sneered at/despised) [the people of] Sodom when you were proud,

57 ¿Antes de que tu vergüenza fuera descubierta? Ahora te has vuelto como ella, una palabra de vergüenza para las hijas de Edom y todos los que te rodean, las hijas de los filisteos que te desprecian.

before it was revealed that you were very wicked. And now [the people of] Edom and [the people of] Philistia all insult you and despise you.

58 La recompensa de tus malvados propósitos y tus asquerosos caminos ha llegado a ti, dice el Señor.

And you are being punished for all your immoral behavior and other detestable things that you do.

59 Porque esto es lo que el Señor ha dicho: te haré como tú lo has hecho, tú que, haciendo el juramento a un lado, has dejado que se rompa el pacto.

This is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say: I will continue to punish you like you deserve to be punished, because by rejecting the agreement that I made with you, you have despised that solemn agreement that you promised to obey.

60 Pero aún así tendré en mente el acuerdo hecho contigo en los días en que eras joven, y haré contigo un pacto eterno.

But I will not forget the agreement that I made with you long ago [MET], and I will make an agreement with you that will endure forever.

61 Entonces, al recordar tus caminos, te verás superado por la vergüenza, cuando recibas a tus hermanas, las mayores y las más jóvenes, y te las entregue por hijas, pero no por tu pacto.

Then you will think about what you have done, and you will be ashamed about those things when you welcome [the people of] Sodom and Samaria, cities which are like [MET] older and younger sisters to you people of Jerusalem. I will [put them under your control by] causing them to become like [MET] your daughters, but they will not have the same agreement that I will make with you.

62 Y haré mi pacto contigo; y sabrás que yo soy el Señor Dios.

I will establish my agreement with you, and you will know that I, Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do].

63 Para que, en el recuerdo de estas cosas, te avergüences, nunca abras la boca por tu vergüenza; Cuando tengas mi perdón por todo lo que has hecho, dice el Señor Dios.

Then when I have forgiven you for all your sins, you will think about all the sins that you committed and you will be ashamed, and you will never again [boast about them], because you will be humiliated.’”