Ezequiel 33
1 Y fue palabra de Jehová a mí, diciendo:
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
2 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;
Son of man, give a word to the children of your people, and say to them, When I make the sword come on a land, if the people of the land take a man from among their number and make him their watchman:
3 Y él viere venir la espada sobre la tierra, y tocare corneta, y avisare al pueblo:
If, when he sees the sword coming on the land, by sounding the horn he gives the people news of their danger;
4 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.
Then anyone who, hearing the sound of the horn, does not take note of it, will himself be responsible for his death, if the sword comes and takes him away.
5 ¿El son de la corneta oyó, y no se apercibió? su sangre será sobre él: mas el que se apercibiere, su vida escapó,
On hearing the sound of the horn, he did not take note; his blood will be on him; for if he had taken note his life would have been safe.
6 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.
But if the watchman sees the sword coming, and does not give a note on the horn, and the people have no word of the danger, and the sword comes and takes any person from among them; he will be taken away in his sin, but I will make the watchman responsible for his blood.
7 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.
So you, son of man, I have made you a watchman for the children of Israel; and you are to give ear to the word of my mouth and give them news from me of their danger.
8 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,
When I say to the evil-doer, Death will certainly overtake you; and you say nothing to make clear to the evil-doer the danger of his way; death will overtake that evil man in his evil-doing, but I will make you responsible for his blood.
9 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.
But if you make clear to the evil-doer the danger of his way for the purpose of turning him from it, and he is not turned from his way, death will overtake him in his evil-doing, but your life will be safe.
10 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?
And you, son of man, say to the children of Israel, You say, Our wrongdoing and our sins are on us and we are wasting away in them; how then may we have life?
11 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?
Say to them, By my life, says the Lord, I have no pleasure in the death of the evil-doer; it is more pleasing to me if he is turned from his way and has life: be turned, be turned from your evil ways; why are you looking for death, O children of Israel?
12 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.
And you, son of man, say to the children of your people, The righteousness of the upright man will not make him safe in the day when he does wrong; and the evil-doing of the evil man will not be the cause of his fall in the day when he is turned from his evil-doing; and the upright man will not have life because of his righteousness in the day when he does evil.
13 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.
When I say to the upright that life will certainly be his; if he puts his faith in his righteousness and does evil, not one of his upright acts will be kept in memory; but in the evil he has done, death will overtake him.
14 Y diciendo yo al impío: Muriendo morirás; y él se volviere de su pecado, e hiciere juicio y justicia;
And when I say to the evil-doer, Death will certainly be your fate; if he is turned from his sin and does what is ordered and right;
15 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.
If the evil-doer lets one who is in his debt have back what is his, and gives back what he had taken by force, and is guided by the rules of life, doing no evil; life will certainly be his, death will not overtake him.
16 Todos sus pecados que pecó no le vendrán en memoria: ¿hizo juicio y justicia? viviendo vivirá.
Not one of the sins which he has done will be kept in mind against him: he has done what is ordered and right, life will certainly be his.
17 Y dirán los hijos de tu pueblo: No es recta la vía del Señor: la vía de ellos es la que no es recta.
But the children of your people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: when it is they whose way is not equal.
18 Cuando el justo se apartare de su justicia e hiciere iniquidad, morirá por ello.
When the upright man, turning away from his righteousness, does evil, death will overtake him in it.
19 Y cuando el impío se apartare de su impiedad e hiciere juicio y justicia, vivirá por ello.
And when the evil man, turning away from his evil-doing, does what is ordered and right, he will get life by it.
20 Y dijisteis: No es recta la vía del Señor. Yo os juzgaré, o! casa de Israel, a cada uno conforme a sus caminos.
And still you say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O children of Israel, I will be your judge, giving to everyone the reward of his ways.
21 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.
Now in the twelfth year after we had been taken away prisoners, in the tenth month, on the fifth day of the month, one who had got away in flight from Jerusalem came to me, saying, The town has been taken.
22 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.
Now the hand of the Lord had been on me in the evening, before the man who had got away came to me; and he made my mouth open, ready for his coming to me in the morning; and my mouth was open and I was no longer without voice.
23 Y fue palabra de Jehová a mí, diciendo:
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
24 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.
Son of man, those who are living in these waste places in the land of Israel say, Abraham was but one, and he had land for his heritage: but we are a great number; the land is given to us for our heritage.
25 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?
For this cause say to them, This is what the Lord has said: You take your meat with the blood, your eyes are lifted up to your images, and you are takers of life: are you to have the land for your heritage?
26 Estuvisteis sobre vuestras espadas, hicisteis abominación, y cada uno contaminasteis la mujer de su prójimo: ¿y poseeréis esta tierra?
You put your faith in your swords, you do disgusting things, everyone takes his neighbour's wife: are you to have the land for your heritage?
27 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.
This is what you are to say to them: The Lord has said, By my life, truly, those who are in the waste places will be put to the sword, and him who is in the open field I will give to the beasts for their food, and those who are in the strong places and in holes in the rocks will come to their death by disease.
28 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.
And I will make the land a waste and a cause of wonder, and the pride of her strength will come to an end; and the mountains of Israel will be made waste so that no one will go through.
29 Y sabrán que yo soy Jehová, cuando pusiere la tierra en soledad y desierto, por todas sus abominaciones que han hecho.
Then they will be certain that I am the Lord, when I have made the land a waste and a cause of wonder, because of all the disgusting things which they have done,
30 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.
And as for you, son of man, the children of your people are talking together about you by the walls and in the doorways of the houses, saying to one another, Come now, give ear to the word which comes from the Lord.
31 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.
And they come to you as my people come, and are seated before you as my people, hearing your words but doing them not: for deceit is in their mouth and their heart goes after profit for themselves.
32 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.
And truly you are to them like a love song by one who has a very pleasing voice and is an expert player on an instrument: for they give ear to your words but do them not.
33 Mas cuando ello viniere, he aquí que viene, sabrán que hubo profeta entre ellos.
And when this comes about (see, it is coming), then it will be clear to them that a prophet has been among them.
