Ezekiel 18
1 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
Y fue palabra de Jehová a mí, diciendo:
2 “Why is it that you circulate among yourselves this parable, as a proverb in the land of Israel, saying: ‘The fathers ate a bitter grape, and the teeth of the sons have been affected.’
¿Qué habéis vosotros, vosotros que refranéais este refrán sobre la tierra de Israel, diciendo: Los padres comieron el agraz, y los dientes de los hijos tienen la dentera?
3 As I live, says the Lord God, this parable shall no longer be a proverb for you in Israel.
Vivo yo, dijo el Señor Jehová, que nunca más tendréis porque refranear este refrán en Israel.
4 Behold, all souls are mine. Just as the soul of the father is mine, so also is the soul of the son. The soul that sins, the same shall die.
He aquí que todas las almas son mías: como el alma del padre, así el alma del hijo, mías son: el alma que pecare, esa morirá.
5 And if a man is just, and he accomplishes judgment and justice,
Y el hombre que fuere justo, e hiciere juicio y justicia:
6 and if he does not eat upon the mountains, nor lift up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, and if he has not violated the wife of his neighbor, nor approached a menstruating woman,
Que no comiere sobre los montes, ni alzare sus ojos a los ídolos de la casa de Israel, ni violare la mujer de su prójimo, ni llegare a la mujer en su mes,
7 and if he has not grieved any man, but has restored the collateral to the debtor, if he has seized nothing by violence, has given his bread to the hungry, and has covered the naked with a garment,
Ni oprimiere a ninguno: al deudor tornare su prenda, no robare robo, diere de su pan al hambriento, y cubriere al desnudo con vestido:
8 if he has not lent upon usury, nor taken any increase, if he has averted his hand from iniquity, and has executed true judgment between man and man,
No diere a logro, ni recibiere más de lo que hubiere dado: de la maldad retrajere su mano: juicio de verdad hiciere entre hombre y hombre:
9 if he has walked in my precepts and kept my judgments, so that he acts in accord with truth, then he is just; he shall certainly live, says the Lord God.
En mis ordenanzas caminare, y guardare mis derechos para hacer según verdad: este es justo: este vivirá, dijo el Señor Jehová.
10 But if he raises a son who is a robber, who sheds blood, and who does any of these things,
Y si engendrare hijo ladrón, derramador de sangre, o que haga alguna cosa de estas,
11 (even though he himself does not do any of these things, ) and who eats upon the mountains, and who defiles the wife of his neighbor,
Y que no haga todas las demás; antes comiere sobre los montes, o violare la mujer de su prójimo,
12 who grieves the needy and the poor, who seizes with violence, who does not restore the collateral, and who lifts up his eyes to idols, committing abomination,
Al pobre, y menesteroso oprimiere, robare robos, o no tornare la prenda, o alzare sus ojos a los ídolos, o hiciere abominación,
13 who lends upon usury, and who takes an increase, then shall he live? He shall not live. Since he has done all these detestable things, he shall certainly die. His blood shall be upon him.
Diere a usura, y recibiere más de lo que dio, ¿este vivirá? No vivirá. ¿Todas estas abominaciones hizo? muerte morirá: su sangre será sobre él.
14 But if he raises a son, who, seeing all his father’s sins that he has done, is afraid and so does not act in a way similar to him,
Y si engendrare hijo, el cual viere todos los pecados que su padre hizo, y viéndolos, no hiciere como ellos:
15 who does not eat upon the mountains, nor lift up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, and who does not violate the wife of his neighbor,
No comiere sobre los montes, ni alzare sus ojos a los ídolos de la casa de Israel: la mujer de su prójimo no violare,
16 and who has not grieved any man, nor withheld the collateral, nor seized by violence, but instead has given his bread to the hungry, and has covered the naked with a garment,
Ni oprimiere a nadie: la prenda no empeñare, ni robare robos: al hambriento diere de su pan, y cubriere de vestido al desnudo:
17 who has averted his hand from injuring the poor, who has not taken usury and an overabundance, who has acted according to my judgments and walked in my precepts, then this one shall not die for the iniquity of his father; instead, he shall certainly live.
Apartare su mano del pobre: usura, ni más de lo que dio, no recibiere, hiciere según mis derechos, anduviere en mis ordenanzas: este no morirá por la maldad de su padre: viviendo vivirá.
18 As for his father, because he oppressed and did violence to his brother, and worked evil in the midst of his people, behold, he has died by his own iniquity.
Su padre, por cuanto hizo agravio, robó robo del hermano, e hizo en medio de su pueblo lo que no es bueno, he aquí que él morirá por su maldad.
19 And you say, ‘Why has not the son borne the iniquity of the father?’ Clearly, since the son has worked judgment and justice, has observed all my precepts, and has done them, he shall certainly live.
Y si dijereis: ¿Por qué el hijo no llevará por el pecado de su padre? Porque el hijo hizo juicio y justicia, guardó todas mis ordenanzas, e hizo según ellas: viviendo vivirá.
20 The soul that sins, the same shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, and the father shall not bear the iniquity of the son. The justice of the just man shall be upon himself, but the impiety of the impious man shall be upon himself.
El alma que pecare, esa morirá: el hijo no llevará por el pecado del padre, ni el padre llevará por el pecado del hijo: la justicia del justo será sobre él, y la impiedad del impío será sobre él.
21 But if the impious man does penance for all his sins which he has committed, and if he keeps all my precepts, and accomplishes judgment and justice, then he shall certainly live, and he shall not die.
Mas el impío, si se apartare de todos sus pecados que hizo, y guardare todas mis ordenanzas, e hiciere juicio y justicia, viviendo vivirá: no morirá.
22 I will not remember all his iniquities, which he has worked; by his justice, which he has worked, he shall live.
Todas sus rebeliones que cometió, no le vendrán en memoria: por su justicia que hizo vivirá.
23 How could it be my will that an impious man should die, says the Lord God, and not that he should be converted from his ways and live?
¿Quiero yo la muerte del impío? dijo el Señor Jehová. ¿No vivirá, si se apartare de sus caminos?
24 But if a just man turns himself away from his justice, and does iniquity in accord with all the abominations that the impious man so often does, why should he live? All his justices, which he has accomplished, shall not be remembered. By the transgression, in which he has transgressed, and by his sin, in which he has sinned, by these he shall die.
Mas si el justo se apartare de su justicia, e hiciere maldad, e hiciere conforme a todas las abominaciones, que el impío hizo, ¿vivirá él? Todas las justicias que hizo no vendrán en memoria: por su rebelión con que rebeló, y por su pecado que pecó, por ellos morirá.
25 And you have said, ‘The way of the Lord is not fair.’ Therefore, listen, O house of Israel. How could it be that my way is not fair? And is it not instead your ways that are perverse?
Y si dijereis: No es derecho el camino del Señor. Oíd ahora casa de Israel: ¿No es derecho mi camino? ¿No son antes torcidos vuestros caminos?
26 For when the just man turns himself away from his justice, and commits iniquity, he shall die by this; by the injustice that he has worked, he shall die.
Apartándose el justo de su justicia, y haciendo iniquidad, él morirá por ello: por su iniquidad que hizo, morirá.
27 And when the impious man turns himself away from his impiety, which he has done, and accomplishes judgment and justice, he shall cause his own soul to live.
Y apartándose el impío de su impiedad que hizo, y haciendo juicio y justicia, hará vivir su alma.
28 For by considering and turning himself away from all his iniquities, which he has worked, he shall certainly live, and he shall not die.
Porque miró, y apartóse de todas sus rebeliones que hizo, viviendo vivirá, no morirá.
29 And yet the sons of Israel say, ‘The way of the Lord is not fair.’ How could it be that my ways are not fair, O house of Israel? And is it not instead your ways that are perverse?
Y si dijeren los de la casa de Israel: No es derecho el camino del Señor. ¿No son derechos mis caminos, casa de Israel? Cierto vuestros caminos no son derechos.
30 Therefore, O house of Israel, I will judge each one according to his ways, says the Lord God. Be converted, and do penance for all your iniquities, and then iniquity will not be your ruin.
Por tanto yo os juzgaré a cada uno según sus caminos, o! casa de Israel, dijo el Señor Jehová. Convertíos, y hacéd convertir de todas vuestras iniquidades; y no os será la iniquidad causa de ruina.
31 Cast all your transgressions, by which you have transgressed, away from you, and make for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. And then why should you die, O house of Israel?
Echád de vosotros todas vuestras iniquidades con que habéis rebelado, y hacéos corazón nuevo, y espíritu nuevo. ¿Y por qué moriréis, casa de Israel?
32 For I do not desire the death of one who dies, says the Lord God. So return and live.”
Que no quiero la muerte del que muere, dijo el Señor Jehová: hacéd pues convertir, y viviréis.
