Ezequiel 22

1 Y fue palabra de Jehová a mí, diciendo:

Yahweh gave me another message. He said,

2 Y tú, o! hijo del hombre, ¿no juzgarás tú, no juzgarás tú a la ciudad derramadora de la sangre? y le mostrarás todas sus abominaciones.

“You human, are you ready to condemn the people of Jerusalem? It is [RHQ] a city full of murderers [MTY]. Remind them of all the detestable things that they have done.

3 Y dirás: Así dijo el Señor Jehová: Ciudad derramadora de sangre en medio de sí, para que venga su hora; y que hizo ídolos contra sí misma, para contaminarse.

[Then] say, ‘This is what Yahweh the Lord says: By your murdering people and by (defiling yourselves/making yourselves unacceptable to God) by making idols, you people of this city [APO] have brought to yourselves the time when you [will be destroyed].

4 En tu sangre que derramaste, pecaste; y en tus ídolos que hiciste, te contaminaste; y has hecho acercar tus días, y has llegado a tus años: por tanto te he dado en vergüenza a las gentes, y en escarnio a todas las tierras.

You have become guilty by doing both of those things [DOU]. You have brought to an end your time [to remain alive] [DOU]. Therefore I will cause you to become a group whom the [people of other] nations will scorn; they will all laugh at you [DOU].

5 Las que están cerca, y las que están lejos de ti, se reirán de ti: sucia te llamarán de nombre, y grande en quebrantamiento.

People in countries that are near you and people who live far from you will make fun of you, because your city is full of lawless people and full of confusion.

6 He aquí que los príncipes de Israel, cada uno según su poder, fueron en ti para derramar sangre.

Think about how each of your Israeli kings have used their power to cause people to be murdered [MTY].

7 Al padre y a la madre despreciaron en ti: con el extranjero trataron con calumnia en medio de ti: al huérfano y a la viuda despojaron en ti.

Your people do not respect/honor their parents; they have oppressed foreigners; they mistreat orphans and widows.

8 Mis santuarios menospreciaste, y mis sábados ensuciaste.

You despise my sacred places and (dishonor/do not respect) the Sabbath days.

9 Malsines hubo en ti para derramar sangre; y sobre los montes comieron en ti: hicieron suciedades en medio de ti.

Among you are men who tell lies in order to cause others to be executed [MTY]. There are those who [food offered to idols] at the hilltop [shrines], and they perform disgusting sexual acts.

10 La desnudez del padre descubrieron en ti: la inmunda de menstruo forzaron en ti.

There are men who have sex with their father’s wives [EUP], and men who have sex with women during their monthly menstrual periods.

11 Y cada uno hizo abominación con la mujer de su prójimo; y cada uno contaminó su nuera torpemente; y cada uno forzó en ti a su hermana, hija de su padre.

There are men who have sex with someone else’s wife. Some men have sex with their daughters-in-law or with their sisters or half-sisters.

12 Precio recibieron en ti para derramar sangre: usura y logro tomaste; y a tus prójimos defraudaste con violencia: olvidástete de mí, dijo el Señor Jehová.

There are among you men who accept bribes in order to cause someone to be executed [MTY]. You charge high interest when you lend people money. You become rich by forcing people to give you money. [the worst thing is that] you have forgotten me, Yahweh the Lord.

13 Y he aquí que herí mi mano a causa de tu avaricia que cometiste, y a causa de tus sangres que fueron en medio de ti.

So I will shake my fists at you to show that I am angry with you because of your stealing money from people and murdering [MTY] people who live among you.

14 ¿Estará firme tu corazón? ¿tus manos serán fuertes en los días que yo haré contigo? Yo Jehová hablé, y haré.

When I [punishing] you, you will no longer [RHQ] be courageous/brave [DOU]. I, Yahweh, have said [what I will do to you], and I will do it.

15 Y yo te esparciré por las gentes, y te aventaré por las tierras, y haré fenecer de ti tu inmundicia.

I will cause you to be scattered among many nations [DOU], and I will cause you to stop your sinful behavior.

16 Y tomarás heredad en ti en los ojos de las gentes, y sabrás que yo soy Jehová.

When [the people of other] nations see that you have been humiliated, you will know that I, Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do].’”

17 Y fue palabra de Jehová a mí, diciendo:

Yahweh [also] said to me,

18 Hijo del hombre, la casa de Israel se me han tornado en escoria; todos ellos como metal, y estaño, e hierro, plomo en medio del horno, escorias de plata se tornaron.

“You human, your Israeli people [MTY] have [useless] to me. They are [like] [MET] dross/slag to me. They are like [SIM] [worthless] copper, tin, iron, and lead that remains after silver is melted in [very hot] furnace.

19 Por tanto así dijo el Señor Jehová: Por cuanto todos vosotros os habéis tornado en escorias, por tanto, he aquí que yo os junto en medio de Jerusalem.

Therefore, this is what [I], Yahweh the Lord, say: Because you have all become [like] dross/slag, I will gather you in Jerusalem.

20 Como quien junta plata, y metal, e hierro, y plomo, y estaño en medio del horno, para encender fuego en él para fundir: así os juntaré en mi furor, y en mi ira; y haré reposar, y fundiros he.

People [ore containing] silver, copper, iron, lead, and tin in a [very hot] furnace and melt them in a blazing [to burn up the impurities]. Similarly [SIM], I will gather you [inside Jerusalem], and because I am very angry with you, [what I will do will be as though] I am melting you.

21 Yo os juntaré, y soplaré sobre vosotros en el fuego de mi furor; y seréis fundidos en medio de él.

[It will be as though] I will blow on you with a hot breath that shows that I am very angry, [it will be as though] you will be melted,

22 Como se funde la plata en medio del horno, así seréis fundidos en medio de él; y sabréis que yo Jehová habré derramado mi enojo sobre vosotros.

as though you will be melted like [SIM] silver is melted in a furnace, and then you will know that I, Yahweh, have poured out my punishment [MTY] on you.”

23 Y fue palabra de Jehová a mí, diciendo:

Yahweh gave me another message. He said,

24 Hijo del hombre, di a ella: Tú, tierra, eres no limpia, ni rociada con lluvia en el día del furor.

“You human, say to the Israeli people, ‘[Yahweh] is angry with you, there has been no rain or showers in your country.’

25 La conjuración de sus profetas en medio de ella, como león bramando que arrebata presa: tragaron almas, tomaron haciendas y honra, aumentaron sus viudas en medio de ella.

Your leaders are like [SIM] lions that tear apart the animals that they have killed. Your leaders destroy their people. They steal treasures and [other] valuable things from people, and they cause many women to become [by murdering their husbands].

26 Sus sacerdotes hurtaron mi ley, y contaminaron mis santuarios: entre santo y profano no hicieron diferencia, ni entre inmundo y limpio hicieron diferencia, y de mis sábados escondieron sus ojos, y yo era profanado en medio de ellos.

Their priests disobey my laws and disrespect my sacred things by saying that there is no difference between things that are sacred and those that are not sacred, and by ignoring my laws about honoring the Sabbath days. As a result, they no [longer] honor me.

27 Sus príncipes en medio de ella, como lobos que arrebatan presa, derramando sangre, para destruir las almas, para seguir la avaricia.

Their officials are like [SIM] wolves that tear apart the animals that they have killed: They murder people [DOU] in order to get their money.

28 Y sus profetas los embarraban con lodo suelto, profetizándoles vanidad, y adivinándoles mentira, diciendo: Así dijo el Señor Jehová: y Jehová no había hablado.

Their prophets, by falsely saying they have received [from God], and by giving false messages, try to (cover up [MET]/say that it is all right to commit) those sins. They say, ‘This is what Yahweh the Lord says,’ when I have said nothing to them.

29 El pueblo de la tierra oprimía de opresión, y robaba robo; y al afligido y menesteroso hacían violencia, y al extranjero oprimían sin derecho.

The Israeli people force others to give them money, and they rob people. They oppress poor [DOU] people, and they mistreat foreigners among them by not treating them [in the courts].

30 Y busqué de ellos hombre que hiciese vallado, y que se pusiese al portillo delante de mí por la tierra, para que yo no la destruyese, y no lo hallé.

I looked among them to find a man who would cause the people of the city to repent [MET] so that I would not need to get rid of them. But I did not find anyone.

31 Por tanto derramé sobre ellos mi ira, con el fuego de mi ira los consumí; y di el camino de ellos sobre su cabeza, dijo el Señor Jehová.

So because I am very angry with them, I will severely punish them [MTY] for [all] the wicked things that they have done. [That will surely happen because I], Yahweh the Lord, have said it.”