Ezequiel 17

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

Yahweh gave me another message. [He said, ]

2 Hijo de hombre, emite una adivinanza, di una parábola para los hijos de Israel.

“You human, tell this story/parable [DOU] to the people [MTY] of Israel.

3 Y dirás: Esto es lo que ha dicho el Señor: Una gran águila con grandes alas, llena de largas plumas de diferentes colores, llegó al Líbano y tomó la parte superior del cedro.

[Say to them, ] ‘This is what Yahweh the Lord says: A huge eagle that had strong wings and long beautiful feathers of many colors flew to Lebanon. It grasped the top of a cedar [tree]

4 Cogiendo él más alto de los brotes, lo llevó a la tierra de Canaán y lo puso en un pueblo de comerciantes.

and broke it off. Then the eagle carried it away to [Babylonia], a country that had many merchants/businessmen, and planted it in one of the cities there.

5 Y tomó parte de la semilla de la tierra, plantándola en tierra fértil, colocándola junto a aguas abundantes y creció como un sauce.

Then that eagle took a seedling from [your] country and planted it in a fertile field. He planted it like people plant a willow tree, alongside [a stream that had] plenty of water.

6 Y su crecimiento continuó y se convirtió en una vid, baja y extensamente extendida, cuyas ramas se volvieron hacia él y sus raíces estaban debajo de él: así se convirtió en una enredadera, que sacaba ramas y nuevos brotes.

It grew and became a low grapevine that spread [along the ground]. Its branches turned up towards the eagle, but its roots grew down into the ground. So it became a [good] vine and produced [lots of] branches and leaves.

7 Y había otra águila con grandes alas y muchas plumas: y ahora esta enredadera, empujando sus raíces hacia él, envió sus ramas en su dirección desde los surcos donde estaba plantada, para que pudiera ser regada.

But there was another huge eagle that had strong wings and beautiful feathers. And [some of] the roots of the vine grew toward that eagle, and its branches [also] turned toward it, hoping that the eagle would bring more water to it.

8 La plantó en un buen campo junto a aguas abundantes para que pudiera sacar ramas, tener fruto y ser una vid magnífica.

[That happened in spite of the fact that] the vine had [already] been planted in good soil, where there was plenty of water, with the result that it had produced branches and produced grapes and had become a very healthy/productive vine.’

9 Di: Esto es lo que el Señor ha dicho: ¿Le irá bien? ¿no tendrá sus raíces arrancadas y sus ramas cortadas, para que todas sus hojas nuevas se sequen y puedan ser arrancadas por sus raíces?

Then [after you have told that to the people, say to them, ‘This is what Yahweh the Lord says: That vine] will certainly not [RHQ] remain healthy/productive. It will be [RHQ] pulled up by its roots by the eagle [that planted it], and all its fruit will be stripped off and its leaves will wither. And it will not need someone with strong arms or many people to pull it out by its roots.

10 Y si se planta, ¿lo hará bien? ¿No se secará del todo al tacto del viento del este, ni hará falta mucha gente para sacarla de su raíz; secándose en la tierra donde se plantó?

Even if that vine is transplanted, it certainly will not continue to grow [RHQ]. When the hot wind from the east blows against it, it will completely wither, there where it was planted! [RHQ]’”

11 Entonces vino a mí la palabra del Señor, diciendo:

Then Yahweh gave this message to me:

12 Di ahora a esta gente incontrolada: ¿No son claras estas cosas? Diles: Mira, el rey de Babilonia vino a Jerusalén y se llevó a su rey y sus gobernantes con él a Babilonia;

“Ask these rebellious [Israeli] people, ‘Do you know what this parable/story means?’ Tell them that it signifies that the King of Babylon went to Jerusalem [with his army] and captured the King of Judah and his officials, and took them back to Babylon.

13 Tomó a uno de los hijos del rey y se puso de acuerdo con él. Lo puso bajo juramento y se llevó a los grandes hombres de la tierra.

Then he took one of the king’s close relatives [and appointed him to be the king], and made an agreement with him, forcing him to solemnly promise [to remain loyal]. The King of Babylon also took to Babylon the other important citizens of Judah,

14 Para que el reino pueda ser abatido, sin poder levantarse, pero guardando su pacto, mantenerse firmes.

in order that the kingdom of Judah would not be able to become powerful again. The King of Babylon intended that the kingdom [of Judah] would not continue to exist if the people did not obey that agreement [that he made with the King of Babylon].

15 Pero él fue en contra de su autoridad al enviar representantes a Egipto para obtener de ellos caballos y un gran ejército. ¿Tendrá éxito? ¿Estará seguro quien hace tales cosas? Si el acuerdo se rompe, ¿estará seguro?

But the King of Judah rebelled against the King of Babylon by sending officials to Egypt to request from them horses and a large army [to fight against the army of Babylonia]. But the King of Judah will certainly not [RHQ] be sucessful. Rulers who [rebel like that and] and refuse to obey solemn agreements will never [RHQ] escape.

16 Por mi vida, dice el Señor, verdaderamente en la tierra del rey que lo hizo rey, cuyo juramento puso de lado y dejó que se rompiera su acuerdo con él, incluso en Babilonia llegará a su muerte.

[I], Yahweh the Lord, declare that [as surely] as I am alive, the King of Judah will die in Babylon, in the city where the King of Babylon appointed him to be the King [MTY] [of Judah]. He will die because he despised the solemn agreement and refused to do what he promised to do.

17 Y el Faraón, con su ejército fuerte y sus grandes fuerzas, no lo ayudarán en la guerra, cuando levanten rampas y hagan muros fuertes para cortar muchas vidas.

The King of Egypt with all his very huge army [DOU] will not [be able to] help the King of Judah: [The soldiers from Babylonia] will build ramps up against the walls of Jerusalem and set up devices to batter the walls. They will [enter Jerusalem and] kill many of its people.

18 Porque despreció su juramento al romper el pacto; y aunque le había dado la mano, hizo todas estas cosas; Él no se escapará a salvo.

The King of Judah despised the solemn agreement by disregarding the treaty. Although he had solemnly promised to be under the control of the King of Babylon, [he sent officials to request help from Egypt]. Therefore he will not escape being punished [by the King of Babylon].

19 Entonces el Señor dijo: Por mi vida, en verdad, por mi juramento que hizo a un lado, y mi acuerdo que se rompió, enviaré un castigo sobre su cabeza.

Therefore this is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say: 'Just as surely as I am alive, I will cause the King of Judah to be punished [IDM] for ignoring the solemn agreement that he made [with the King of Babylon] and then refusing to obey it.

20 Mi red se extenderá sobre él, y él será llevado por mis cuerdas, y lo enviaré a Babilonia, y allí seré su juez por el mal que ha hecho en mi contra.

[It will be as though] I will spread a net to capture him, and he will be caught in it. He will [be captured and] taken to Babylon and punished because he rebelled against me.

21 Todos sus mejores hombres de combate serán juzgados, y el resto serán esparcidos por los cuatro vientos; y sabrán que yo, el Señor, lo he dicho.

Most [HYP] of his soldiers who try to escape will be killed by [their enemies’] swords, and those who survive will be scattered in all directions. Then you will know that I, Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do].'”

22 Esto es lo que el Señor ha dicho: Además, tomaré la punta más alta del cedro y la pondré en la tierra; cortando el más alto de sus retoños, la plantaré en una montaña alta y sublime.

This is [also] what Yahweh the Lord says: “[It will be as though] I will take a shoot from the top of a very tall cedar [tree] and plant it [DOU] in another place. I will plant it on a very high [DOU] mountain.

23 Se plantará en la montaña alta de Israel; sacará ramas y tendrá frutos y será un cedro justo; debajo de él, todas las aves de todo tipo harán su lugar de vida, descansando a la sombra de sus ramas.

[It will be as though] I will plant it on a mountain in Israel, and it will grow and become a beautiful cedar [tree]. Many [HYP] kinds of birds will make their nests in the tree, and they will have shade in its branches.

24 Y será claro para todos los árboles del campo que yo, el Señor, he humillado al árbol alto y elevado al árbol bajo, secando el árbol verde y haciendo que el árbol seco se llene de crecimiento; Yo, el Señor, lo he dicho y lo he hecho.

And [it will be as though] all the trees in the field will know that I, Yahweh, get rid of tall trees and make little ones grow. I cause [big] green trees to wither, and I cause dry trees to become green. I, Yahweh have said this, and I will [certainly] do what I have said that I will do.”