Ezequiel 33

EL LIBRO DEL PUEBLO DE DIOS	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 La palabra del Señor me llegó en estos términos:	1 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
2 Hijo de hombre, habla a la gente de tu pueblo, Tú les dirás: Si yo hago venir la espada contra un país, la gente de ese país toma a uno de sus hombres y lo pone como centinela;	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,
3 cuando este ve venir la espada sobre el país, toca la trompeta para advertir al pueblo.	3 and if he sees the sword approaching over the land, and he sounds the trumpet, and he announces to the people,
4 Si alguien escucha el sonido de la trompeta, pero no hace caso de la alarma, y entonces llega la espada y lo mata, la sangre de este hombre recaerá sobre su propia cabeza.	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.
5 El escuchó el sonido de la trompeta, pero no hizo caso: su sangre recaerá sobre él. En cambio, si hace caso de la alarma, habrá salvado su vida.	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.
6 Pero si el centinela ve venir la espada y no toca la trompeta, de manera que el pueblo no es advertido, y cuando llega la espada mata a alguno de ellos, este perecerá por su culpa, pero al centinela le pediré cuenta de su sangre.	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.
7 También a ti, hijo de hombre, yo te he puesto como centinela de la casa de Israel: cuando oigas una palabra de mi boca, tú les advertirás de mi parte.	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.
8 Cuando yo diga al malvado: «Vas a morir», si tú no hablas para advertir al malvado que abandone su mala conducta, el malvado morirá por su culpa, pero a ti te pediré cuenta de su sangre.	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.
9 Si tú, en cambio, adviertes al malvado para que se convierta de su mala conducta, y él no se convierte, él morirá por su culpa, pero tú habrás salvado tu vida.	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.
10 Y tú, hijo de hombre, di a la casa de Israel: Ustedes andan diciendo: «Nuestras rebeldías y nuestros pecados pesan sobre nosotros, y nos estamos consumiendo a causa de ellos. ¿Cómo podremos vivir?».	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?’
11 Tú diles, en cambio: «Juro por mi vida –oráculo del Señor– que yo no deseo la muerte del malvado, sino que se convierta de su mala conducta y viva. Conviértanse, conviértanse de su conducta perversa! ¿Por qué quieren morir, casa de Israel?».	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?
12 Y tú, hijo de hombre, di a la gente de tu pueblo: Al justo no lo librará su justicia si comete un delito; al impío no lo hará sucumbir su maldad si se convierte de ella. Y cuando un justo peque, no podrá sobrevivir a causa de su justicia.	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 impius 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.
13 Si yo digo al justo: «Vivirás», pero él, confiado en su justicia, comete una iniquidad, no quedará ningún recuerdo de su justicia: él morirá por la iniquidad que cometió.	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.
14 Por el contrario, si digo al malvado: «Morirás», pero él se convierte de su pecado y practica el derecho y la justicia:	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,
15 si devuelve lo que tomó en prenda, si restituye lo que arrebató por la fuerza y observa los preceptos de vida, dejando de cometer la iniquidad, él ciertamente vivirá y no morirá.	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.
16 No quedará contra él el recuerdo de ninguno de los pecados que cometió: ha practicado el derecho y la justicia, por eso vivirá.	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.
17 La gente de tu pueblo dice: «El proceder del Señor no es correcto». Pero es el proceder de ellos el que no es correcto.	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.
18 Cuando el justo se aparta de su justicia y comete la iniquidad, muere a causa de eso.	18 For when the just man will have withdraw from his justice, and committed iniquities, he shall die by these.
19 Y cuando el malvado se convierte de su maldad y practica el derecho y la justicia, vive a causa de eso.	19 And when the impious man will have withdrawn from his impiety, and have done judgment and justice, he shall live by these.
20 Ustedes dicen: «La conducta del Señor no es correcta». Pero yo los juzgaré a cada uno de ustedes según su conducta, pueblo de Israel.	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.”
21 En el año undécimo de nuestro exilio, el día cinco del décimo mes, un fugitivo llegó de Jerusalén y me dio esta noticia: «La ciudad ha sido tomada».	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.”
22 La mano del Señor había descendido sobre mí por la tarde, antes que llegara el fugitivo; y a la mañana siguiente, apenas llegó, el Señor me abrió la boca. Entonces recuperé el habla y ya no me quedé mudo.	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.
23 La palabra del Señor me llegó en estos términos:	23 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
24 Hijo de hombre, los que habitan en esas ruinas, en la tierra de Israel, andan diciendo: «Abraham, que era uno solo, recibió esta tierra en posesión. Nosotros somos muchos, y se nos ha dado esta tierra en posesión».	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.’
25 Por eso, diles: Así habla el Señor: Ustedes comen víctimas sin desangrar, levantan sus ojos a sus ídolos, derraman sangre, ¡y pretenden poseer el país!	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?
26 Ustedes confían en sus espadas, cometen lo que es abominable, contaminan a la mujer de su prójimo, ¡y pretenden poseer el país!	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?
27 Tú les dirás: Así habla el Señor: Juro por mi vida que los que están entre las ruinas caerán bajo la espada, a los que están por el campo los daré como pasto a las fieras, y los que están en las fortalezas y en las cuevas morirán de peste.	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.
28 Haré de este país un desierto desolado, y se acabará su arrogante poderío. Las montañas de Israel quedarán devastadas y nadie más pasará por ellas.	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.
29 Y cuando yo convierte a este país en un desierto desolado, por todas las abominaciones que han cometido, entonces se sabrá que yo soy el Señor.	29 And they shall know that I am the Lord, when I will have make their land desolate and deserted, because of all their abominations, which they have worked.
30 Hijo de hombre, la gente de tu pueblo se reúne para hablar de ti junto a los muros y las puertas de las casas, y se dicen unos a otros: «Vamos a escuchar qué palabra nos dirige el Señor».	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.’
31 Acuden a ti en tropel y se sientan delante de ti; escuchan tus palabras, pero no las practican. Porque hay mucho amor en sus palabras, pero lo único que buscan es su propio interés.	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.
32 Tú eres para ellos como un cantor de canciones de amor, que tiene buena voz y toca armoniosamente. Escuchan tus palabras, y nadie las cumple.	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.
33 Pero cuando todo esto suceda –¡y ya esta a punto de suceder! – sabrán que había un profeta en medio de ellos.	33 And when what has been predicted occurs, for behold it is approaching, then they shall know that a prophet was among them.”