Ezekiel 33
1 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
Y fue palabra de Jehová a mí, diciendo:
2 “Son of man, speak to the sons of your people, and you shall say to them: Concerning the land, when I will have led the sword over it: if the people of the land take a man, one of their least, and appoint him over themselves as a watchman,
Hijo del hombre, habla a los hijos de tu pueblo, y díles: Cuando yo trajere espada sobre la tierra, y el pueblo de la tierra tomaré un hombre de sus términos, y se le pusiere por atalaya;
3 and if he sees the sword approaching over the land, and he sounds the trumpet, and he announces to the people,
Y él viere venir la espada sobre la tierra, y tocare corneta, y avisare al pueblo:
4 then, having heard the sound of the trumpet, whoever he is, if he also does not take care of himself, and the sword arrives and takes him: his blood will be upon his own head.
Cualquiera que oyere el son de la corneta, y no se apercibiere, y viniere la espada, y le tomare, su sangre será sobre su cabeza.
5 He heard the sound of the trumpet, and he did not take care of himself, so his blood will be upon him. But if he guards himself, he will save his own life.
¿El son de la corneta oyó, y no se apercibió? su sangre será sobre él: mas el que se apercibiere, su vida escapó,
6 And if the watchman sees the sword approaching, and he does not sound the trumpet, and so the people do not guard themselves, and the sword arrives and takes some of their lives, certainly these have been taken due to their own iniquity. But I will attribute their blood to the hand of the watchman.
Mas si el atalaya viere venir la espada, y no tocare la corneta, y el pueblo no se apercibiere, y viniere la espada, y tomare de él alguno, él por causa de su pecado fue tomado: mas su sangre yo la demandaré de la mano del atalaya.
7 And as for you, son of man, I have made you a watchman to the house of Israel. Therefore, having heard the word from my mouth, you shall announce it to them from me.
Tú pues, hijo del hombre, yo te he puesto por atalaya a la casa de Israel, y oirás la palabra de mi boca, y apercebirlos has de mi parte.
8 When I say to the impious, ‘O impious man, you will die a death,’ if you have not spoken so that the impious man will keep himself from his way, then that impious man will die in his iniquity. But I will attribute his blood to your hand.
Diciendo yo al impío: Impío, muerte morirás; y tú no hablares para que se guarde el impío de su camino, el impío morirá por su pecado, mas su sangre yo la demandaré de tu mano,
9 But if you have announced to the impious man, so that he may be converted from his ways, and he has not converted from his way, then he will die in his iniquity. Yet you will have freed your own soul.
Y si tú avisares al impío de su camino, para que se aparte de él, y él no se apartare de su camino, él morirá por su pecado, y tú escapaste tu alma.
10 You, therefore, O son of man, say to the house of Israel: You have spoken in this way, saying: ‘Our iniquities and our sins are upon us, and we waste away in them. So then, how would we be able to live?’
Tú pues, hijo del hombre, di a la casa de Israel: Vosotros habéis hablado así, diciendo: Nuestras rebeliones y nuestros pecados están sobre nosotros, y a causa de ellos somos consumidos; ¿Cómo pues viviremos?
11 Say to them: As I live, says the Lord God, I do not desire the death of the impious, but that the impious should convert from his way and live. Be converted, be converted from your evil ways! For why should you die, O house of Israel?
Díles: Vivo yo, dijo el Señor Jehová, que no quiero la muerte del impío, si no que se torne el impío de su camino, y que viva. Volvéos, volvéos de vuestros malos caminos: ¿y por qué moriréis, o! casa de Israel?
12 And as for you then, son of man, say to the sons of your people: The justice of the just man will not deliver him, on whatever day he will have sinned. And the impiety of the impious man will not harm him, on whatever day he will have been converted from his impiety. And the just man will not be able to live by his justice, on whatever day he will have sinned.
Y tú, o! hijo del hombre, di a los hijos de tu pueblo: La justicia del justo no le escapará el día que se rebelare; y la impiedad del impío no le será estorbo el día que se volviere de su impiedad; y el justo no podrá vivir por su justicia el día que pecare.
13 Even now, if I say to the just man that he shall certainly live, and so, with confidence in his justice, he commits iniquity, all his justices will be delivered into oblivion, and by his iniquity, which he has done, by this he shall die.
Diciendo yo al justo: Viviendo vivirá; y él, confiado en su justicia, hiciere iniquidad, todas sus justicias no vendrán en memoria: mas por su iniquidad que hizo, morirá.
14 And if I say to the impious man, ‘You shall certainly die,’ and yet he repents from his sin, and he does judgment and justice,
Y diciendo yo al impío: Muriendo morirás; y él se volviere de su pecado, e hiciere juicio y justicia;
15 and if that impious man returns the collateral, and repays what he has taken by force, and if he walks in the commandments of life, and does not do anything unjust, then he shall certainly live, and he shall not die.
Si el impío restituyere la prenda, volviere lo que hubiere robado, en las ordenanzas de vida caminare, no haciendo iniquidad: viviendo vivirá, y no morirá.
16 None of his sins, which he has committed, will be imputed to him. He has done judgment and justice, so he shall certainly live.
Todos sus pecados que pecó no le vendrán en memoria: ¿hizo juicio y justicia? viviendo vivirá.
17 And the sons of your people have said, ‘The way of the Lord is not a fair balance,’ even while their own way is unjust.
Y dirán los hijos de tu pueblo: No es recta la vía del Señor: la vía de ellos es la que no es recta.
18 For when the just man will have withdrawn from his justice, and committed iniquities, he shall die by these.
Cuando el justo se apartare de su justicia e hiciere iniquidad, morirá por ello.
19 And when the impious man will have withdrawn from his impiety, and have done judgment and justice, he shall live by these.
Y cuando el impío se apartare de su impiedad e hiciere juicio y justicia, vivirá por ello.
20 And yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not right.’ But I shall judge each one of you according to his own ways, O house of Israel.”
Y dijisteis: No es recta la vía del Señor. Yo os juzgaré, o! casa de Israel, a cada uno conforme a sus caminos.
21 And it happened that, in the twelfth year of our transmigration, in the tenth month, on the fifth of the month, one who had fled from Jerusalem arrived saying, “The city has been laid waste.”
Y aconteció en el año duodécimo de nuestro cautiverio, en el mes décimo, a los cinco del mes, que vino a mí un escapado de Jerusalem, diciendo: la ciudad ha sido herida.
22 But the hand of the Lord had been upon me in the evening, before the one who had fled arrived. And he opened my mouth, until he came to me in the morning. And since my mouth had been opened, I was no longer silent.
Y la mano de Jehová había sido sobre mí la tarde antes que el escapado viniese, y había abierto mi boca, hasta que vino a mí por la mañana; y abrió mi boca, y nunca más callé.
23 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
Y fue palabra de Jehová a mí, diciendo:
24 “Son of man, as for those who live in these ruinous ways on the soil of Israel, when speaking, they say: ‘Abraham was one man, and he possessed the land as an inheritance. But we are many; the land has been given to us as a possession.’
Hijo del hombre, los que habitan estos desiertos en la tierra de Israel, hablando dicen: Abraham era uno, y poseyó la tierra; pues nosotros muchos, a nosotros es dada la tierra en posesión.
25 Therefore, you shall say to them: Thus says the Lord God: You who eat even the blood, and who lift up your eyes to your uncleannesses, and who shed blood: will you possess the land as an inheritance?
Por tanto díles: Así dijo el Señor Jehová: Con sangre comeréis, y a vuestros ídolos alzaréis vuestros ojos, y sangre derramaréis: ¿y poseeréis esta tierra?
26 You stood by your swords, you committed abominations, and each one has defiled his neighbor’s wife. And will you possess the land as an inheritance?
Estuvisteis sobre vuestras espadas, hicisteis abominación, y cada uno contaminasteis la mujer de su prójimo: ¿y poseeréis esta tierra?
27 You shall say these things to them: So says the Lord God: As I live, those who live in ruinous ways will fall by the sword. And whoever is in the field will be delivered over to wild beasts to be devoured. But those who are in fortresses and in caves will die of the pestilence.
Les dirás así: Así dijo el Señor Jehová: Vivo yo que los que están en los desiertos, caerán a cuchillo; y al que estuviere sobre la haz del campo entregaré a las bestias, que lo traguen; y los que estuvieren en las fortalezas y en las cuevas, de pestilencia morirán.
28 And I will make the land into a wilderness and a desert. And its arrogant strength will fail. And the mountains of Israel will be desolate; for there will be no one who crosses through them.
Y pondré la tierra en desierto y en soledad, y cesará la soberbia de su fortaleza; y los montes de Israel serán asolados, que no haya quien pase.
29 And they shall know that I am the Lord, when I will have made their land desolate and deserted, because of all their abominations, which they have worked.
Y sabrán que yo soy Jehová, cuando pusiere la tierra en soledad y desierto, por todas sus abominaciones que han hecho.
30 And as for you, O son of man: the sons of your people speak about you beside the walls and in the doorways of houses. And they speak to one another, each man to his neighbor, saying: ‘Come, and let us hear what may be the word going forth from the Lord.’
Y tú, o! hijo del hombre, los hijos de tu pueblo se mofan de ti junto a las paredes, y a las puertas de las casas, y habla el uno con el otro, cada uno con su hermano, diciendo: Veníd ahora, y oíd qué palabra que sale de Jehová.
31 And they come to you, as if the people were entering, and my people sit before you. And they listen to your words, but they do not do them. For they turn them into a song for their mouth, but their heart pursues their own avarice.
Y vendrán a ti como venida de pueblo, y asentarse han delante de ti mi pueblo, y oirán tus palabras, y no las harán: antes hacen escarnios con sus bocas, y el corazón de ellos anda en pos de su avaricia.
32 And you are to them like a verse set to music, which is sung with a sweet and pleasing voice. And they hear your words, but they do not do them.
Y he aquí que tú eres a ellos como canción de amores, gracioso de voz y que canta bien: y oirán tus palabras, mas no las harán.
33 And when what has been predicted occurs, for behold it is approaching, then they shall know that a prophet was among them.”
Mas cuando ello viniere, he aquí que viene, sabrán que hubo profeta entre ellos.
