Ezekiel 22

CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN	Biblia Sagrada
1 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:	1 Me fue dirigida esta palabra del Señor:
2 “And you, son of man, should you not judge, should you not judge the city of blood?	2 «Tú, hijo de hombre, juzga, juzga a la ciudad sanguinaria. Échale en cara todas sus acciones detestables.
3 And you shall reveal to her all her abominations. And you shall say: Thus says the Lord God: This is the city which sheds blood in her midst, so that her time may come, and which has made idols against herself, so that she may be defiled.	3 Le dirás: “Esto dice el Señor Dios: ¡Ay de la ciudad que comete crímenes, y así acelera su fin, que fabrica ídolos y se contamina con ellos!
4 You have offended by your blood, which you shed from yourself. And you have been defiled by your idols which you yourself made. And you have caused your days to approach, and you have brought on the time of your years. Because of this, I have made you a disgrace to the Gentiles, and a derision to all the lands.	4 Te hiciste culpable por los crímenes cometidos, te contaminaste con los ídolos que habías fabricado. Así has precipitado tu hora y has llegado al fin de tus años. Por eso te entrego al desprecio de las naciones y a la burla de todos los países.
5 Those that are near and those that are far from you will triumph over you. You are filthy, infamous, great in destruction.	5 Los pueblos cercanos y lejanos harán burla de ti porque tienes mala fama, y grande es tu anarquía.
6 Behold, the leaders of Israel have each used his arm to shed blood within you.	6 En ti, los príncipes de Israel procuraron derramar cuanta sangre podían.
7 They have abused father and mother within you. The new arrival has been oppressed in your midst. They have grieved the orphan and the widow among you.	7 Tus habitantes despreciaban al padre y a la madre, oprimían al inmigrante, maltrataban al huérfano y a la viuda.
8 You have spurned my sanctuaries, and you have defiled my Sabbaths.	8 Habéis despreciado mis cosas santas, habéis profanado mis sábados.
9 Maligning men were within you, in order to shed blood, and they have eaten upon the mountains within you. They have worked wickedness in your midst.	9 En ti había calumniadores que incitaban a cometer crímenes, tomaban parte en las comidas idolátricas, cometían obscenidades.
10 They have uncovered the nakedness of their father within you. They have debased the uncleanness of the menstruous woman within you.	10 Tenían relaciones con la mujer de su padre, abusaban de la mujer durante su menstruación.
11 And each one has committed abomination with the wife of his neighbor. And the father-in-law has heinously defiled his daughter-in-law. The brother has oppressed his sister, the daughter of his father, within you.	11 Uno comete adulterio con la mujer de su prójimo, otro profana con obscenidades a su propia nuera, un tercero violenta a su hermana, hija de su padre.
12 They have accepted bribes among you to shed blood. You have received usury and superabundance, and in avarice you have oppressed your neighbors. And you have forgotten me, says the Lord God.	12 En ti se aceptan sobornos para cometer crímenes; has aceptado intereses y practicado la usura; con violencia extorsionas a tu prójimo, y a mí me has olvidado —oráculo del Señor Dios—.
13 Behold, I have clapped my hands over your avarice, which you have worked, and over the blood that has been shed in your midst.	13 Pero yo ya he decidido actuar contra la ganancia deshonesta y los crímenes cometidos en medio de ti.
14 How can your heart endure, or your hands prevail, in the days that I will bring upon you? I, the Lord, have spoken, and I will act.	14 ¿Resistirá tu corazón, estarán firmes tus manos el día que yo actúe contra ti? Yo, el Señor, lo he dicho y lo haré.
15 And I will disperse you among the nations, and I will scatter you among the lands, and I will cause your uncleanness to fade away from you.	15 Te dispersaré entre las naciones, te esparciré por los países y pondré fin a tu corrupción,
16 And I will possess you in the sight of the Gentiles. And you shall know that I am the Lord.”	16 con la cual te habías manchado delante de las naciones. Así sabrás que yo soy el Señor”».
17 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:	17 Me fue dirigida esta palabra del Señor:
18 “Son of man, the house of Israel has become like dross to me. All these are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead in the midst of the furnace; they have become like the dross of silver.	18 «Hijo de hombre, la casa de Israel se me ha convertido en escoria. Todos ellos, plata o bronce, estaño, hierro o plomo, dentro del horno se han convertido en escoria.
19 Because of this, thus says the Lord God: Since you have all turned into dross, therefore, behold, I will gather you together in the midst of Jerusalem,	19 Por ello, así dice el Señor Dios: “Porque todos os habéis convertido en escoria, por eso os reuniré en Jerusalén.
20 just as they gather silver, and brass, and tin, and iron, and lead in the midst of the furnace, so that I may kindle in it a fire to melt it. So will I gather you together in my fury and in my wrath, and I will be quieted, and I will melt you down.	20 Como se echa en el horno plata, bronce, hierro, plomo y estaño, y se atiza el fuego para fundirlos, así yo en mi ira y en mi furor os reuniré, os meteré en el horno y os fundiré.
21 And I will gather you together, and I will burn you in the fire of my fury, and you will be melted in its midst.	21 Os reuniré y atizaré contra vosotros el fuego de mi furor y os fundiré en la ciudad.
22 Just as silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so will you be in its midst. And you shall know that I am the Lord, when I will have poured out my indignation upon you.”	22 Como se funde la plata en el horno, así seréis fundidos en la ciudad, y sabréis que yo, el Señor, he derramado mi furor contra vosotros”».
23 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:	23 Me vino esta palabra del Señor:
24 “Son of man, say to her: You are a land unclean and not rained upon, in the day of fury.	24 «Hijo de hombre, di a Jerusalén: “Eres una tierra no purificada, privada de lluvia en el día de mi indignación,
25 There is a conspiracy of prophets in her midst. Like a lion, roaring and seizing the prey, they have devoured souls. They have taken riches and a price. They have multiplied widows in her midst.	25 cuyos príncipes son como un león rugiente que desgarra su presa: han devorado a la gente, se apoderaron de sus tesoros y riquezas y multiplicaron las viudas.
26 Her priests have despised my law, and they have defiled my sanctuaries. They have held no distinction between holy and profane. And they have not understood the difference between defiled and clean. And they have averted their eyes from my Sabbaths. And I was profaned in their midst.	26 Sus sacerdotes han violado mi ley y profanado las cosas santas, no distinguen entre sagrado y profano ni enseñan la diferencia entre puro e impuro, cierran sus ojos ante la observancia de mis sábados, y yo quedo deshonrado en medio de ellos.
27 Her leaders in her midst are like wolves seizing the prey: to shed blood, and to perish souls, and to continually pursue profit with avarice.	27 Sus funcionarios son como lobos que desgarran una presa: derraman sangre y eliminan gente para sacar provecho.
28 And her prophets have covered them without tempering the mortar, seeing emptiness, and divining lies for them, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord God,’ when the Lord has not spoken.	28 Sus profetas blanquean las grietas: ofrecen visiones falsas y presagios mentirosos. Dicen: ‘Esto dice el Señor’, cuando el Señor no había hablado.
29 The people of the land have oppressed with slander and have seized with violence. They have afflicted the needy and the poor, and they have oppressed the new arrival by accusations without judgment.	29 Los propietarios cometen atropellos y saqueos, maltratan a los débiles y pobres, y oprimen al inmigrante contra todo derecho.
30 And I sought among them for a man who might set up a hedge, and stand in the gap before me on behalf of the land, so that I might not destroy it; and I found no one.	30 Busqué entre todos ellos alguien que construyera una muralla y se mantuviera en la brecha frente a mí, en favor del país, para que no lo destruyera, pero no pude encontrarlo.
31 And so I poured out my indignation upon them; in the fire of my wrath I consumed them. I have rendered their own way upon their head, says the Lord God.”	31 Entonces derramé mi indignación contra ellos, los consumí en el fuego de mi ira, les pagué conforme a su conducta” —oráculo del Señor Dios—».