Ezequiel 16

BIBLIA	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 La palabra de Yahveh me fue dirigida en estos términos:	1 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
2 Hijo de hombre, haz saber a Jerusalén sus abominaciones.	2 “Son of man, make known to Jerusalem her abominations.
3 Dirás: Así dice el Señor Yahveh a Jerusalén: Por tu origen y tu nacimiento eres del país de Canaán. Tu padre era amorreo y tu madre hitita.	3 And you shall say: Thus says the Lord God to Jerusalem: Your root and your lineage is from the land of Canaan; your father was an Amorite, and your mother was a Cethite.
4 Cuando naciste, el día en que viniste al mundo, no se te cortó el cordón, no se te lavó con agua para limpiarte, no se te frotó con sal, ni se te envolvió en pañales.	4 And when you were born, on the day of your nativity, your umbilical cord was not cut, and you were not washed with water for health, nor salted with salt, nor wrapped with cloths.
5 Ningún ojo se apiadó de ti para brindarte alguno de estos menesteres, por compasión a ti. Quedaste expuesta en pleno campo, porque dabas repugnancia, el día en que viniste al mundo.	5 No eye took pity on you, so as to do even one of these things to you, out of compassion for you. Instead, you were cast upon the face of the earth, in the abjection of your soul, on the day when you were born.
6 Yo pasé junto a ti y te vi agitándote en tu sangre. Y te dije, cuando estabas en tu sangre: «Vive»,	6 But, passing by you, I saw that you were wallowing in your own blood. And I said to you, when you were in your blood: ‘Live.’ I tell you that I said to you, in your blood: ‘Live.’
7 y te hice crecer como la hierba de los campos. Tú creciste, te desarrollaste, y llegaste a la edad núbil. Se formaron tus senos, tu cabellera creció; pero estabas completamente desnuda.	7 I multiplied you like the seedling of the field. And you were multiplied and became great, and you advanced and arrived at the ornament of a woman. Your breasts rose up, and your hair grew. And you were naked and full of shame.
8 Entonces pasé yo junto a ti y te vi. Era tu tiempo, el tiempo de los amores. Extendí sobre ti el borde de mi manto y cubrí tu desnudez; me comprometí con juramento, hice alianza contigo - oráculo del señor Yahveh - y tú fuiste mía.	8 And I passed by you and saw you. And behold, your time was the time of lovers. And I spread my garment over you, and I covered your disgrace. And I swore to you, and I entered into a covenant with you, says the Lord God, and you became mine.
9 Te bañé con agua, lavé la sangre que te cubría, te ungí con óleo.	9 And I washed you with water, and I cleansed you of your blood. And I anointed you with oil.
10 Te puse vestidos recamados, zapatos de cuero fino, una banda de lino fino y un manto de seda.	10 And I covered you with embroidery, and I put violet shoes upon you, and I wrapped you in fine linen, and I clothed you with delicate garments.
11 Te adorné con joyas, puse brazaletes en tus muñecas y un collar a tu cuello.	11 I adorned you with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon your hands and a necklace around your neck.
12 Puse un anillo en tu nariz, pendientes en tus orejas, y una espléndida diadema en tu cabeza.	12 And I put gold upon your face, and earrings in your ears, and a beautiful crown upon your head.
13 Brillabas así de oro y plata, vestida de lino fino, de seda y recamados. Flor de harina, miel y aceite era tu alimento. Te hiciste cada día más hermosa, y llegaste al esplendor de una reina.	13 And you were adorned with gold and silver, and you were clothed in fine linen, woven with many colors. You ate fine flour, and honey, and oil. And you became very beautiful. And you advanced to royal power.
14 Tu nombre se difundió entre las naciones, debido a tu belleza, que era perfecta, gracias al esplendor de que yo te había revestido - oráculo del Señor Yahveh.	14 And your renown went forth among the Gentiles, because of your beauty. For you were perfected by my beauty, which I had placed upon you, says the Lord God.
15 Pero tú te pagaste de tu belleza, te aprovechaste de tu fama para prostituirte, prodigaste tu lascivia a todo transeúnte entregándote a él.	15 But, having confidence in your own beauty, you fornicated in your fame. And you presented your fornication to every passer-by, so as to become his.
16 Tomaste tus vestidos para hacerte altos de ricos colores y te prostituiste en ellos.	16 And taking from your garments, you made for yourself exalted things, having sewed together disparate pieces. And you fornicated upon them, in a way that has not been done before, nor will be in the future.
17 Tomaste tus joyas de oro y plata que yo te había dado y te hiciste imágenes de hombres para prostituirte ante ellas.	17 And you took your beautiful items, made of my gold and my silver, which I gave to you, and you made for yourself images of men, and you fornicated with them.
18 Tomaste tus vestidos recamados y las recubriste con ellos; y pusiste ante ellas mi aceite y mi incienso.	18 And you used your multicolored vestments to cover these things. And you placed my oil and my incense before them.
19 El pan que yo te había dado, la flor de harina, el aceite y la miel con que yo te alimentaba, lo presentaste ante ellas como calmante aroma. Y sucedió incluso - oráculo del Señor Yahveh -	19 And my bread, which I gave to you, the fine flour, and the oil, and the honey, by which I nourished you, you placed in their sight as a sweet fragrance. And so it was done, says the Lord God.
20 que tomaste a tus hijos y a tus hijas que me habías dado a luz y se los sacrificaste como alimento. ¿Acaso no era suficiente tu prostitución,	20 And you took your sons and your daughters, whom you bore for me, and you immolated them to be devoured. Is your fornication a small matter?
21 que inmolaste también a mis hijos y los entregaste haciéndoles pasar por el fuego en su honor?	21 You have immolated my sons, and you have consecrated and delivered my sons to them.
22 Y en medio de todas tus abominaciones y tus prostituciones no te acordaste de los días de tu juventud, cuando estabas completamente desnuda, agitándote en tu sangre.	22 And after all your abominations and fornications, you have not remembered the days of your youth, when you were naked and full of shame, wallowing in your own blood.
23 Y para colmo de maldad - ¡ay, ay de ti!, oráculo del Señor Yahveh -	23 And it happened that, after all your wickedness, (woe, woe to you, says the Lord God)
24 te construiste un prostíbulo, te hiciste una altura en todas las plazas.	24 you built for yourself a brothel, and you made for yourself a place of prostitution in every street.
25 En la cabecera de todo camino te construiste tu altura y allí contaminaste tu hermosura, entregaste tu cuerpo a todo transeúnte y multiplicaste tus prostituciones.	25 At the head of every way, you set up a banner of your prostitution. And you caused your beauty to become abominable. And you distributed your feet to every passer-by. And you multiplied your fornications.
26 Te prostituiste a los egipcios, tus vecinos, de cuerpos fornidos, y multiplicaste tus prostituciones para irritarme.	26 And you fornicated with the sons of Egypt, your neighbors, who have large bodies. And you multiplied your fornications, so as to provoke me.
27 Entonces yo levanté mi mano contra ti. Disminuí tu ración y te entregué a la animosidad de tus enemigas, las hijas de los filisteos, que se avergonzaban de la infamia de tu conducta.	27 Behold, I will extend my hand over you, and I will take away your justification. And I will give you to the souls of those who hate you, the daughters of the Philistines, who are ashamed of your wicked way.
28 Y no harta todavía, te prostituiste a los asirios; te prostituiste sin hartarte tampoco.	28 You also fornicated with the sons of the Assyrians, for you were not yet done. And after you fornicated, even then, you were not satisfied.
29 Luego, multiplicaste tus prostituciones en el país de los mercaderes, en Caldea, y tampoco esta vez quedaste harta.	29 And you multiplied your fornications in the land of Canaan with the Chaldeans. And even then, you were not satisfied.
30 ¡Oh, qué débil era tu corazón - oráculo del Señor Yahveh - para cometer todas estas acciones, dignas de una prostituta descarada!	30 With what can I cleanse your heart, says the Lord God, since you do all these things, the works of a woman who is a shameless prostitute?
31 Cuando te contruías un prostíbulo a la cabecera de todo camino, cuando te hacías una altura en todas las plazas, despreciando el salario, no eras como la prostituta.	31 For you have built your brothel at the head of every way, and you have made your exalted place on every street. And you have not even been like a choosy prostitute, increasing her price,
32 La mujer adúltera, en lugar de su marido, toma ajenos.	32 but instead like a woman who is an adulteress, who prefers strangers to her own husband.
33 A toda prostituta se le da un regalo. Tú, en cambio, dabas regalos a todos tus amantes, y los atraías con mercedes para que vinieron a ti de los alrededores y se prestasen a tus prostituciones.	33 Wages are given to all prostitutes. But you have given wages to all your lovers, and you have given gifts to them, so that they would enter to you from every side, in order to fornicate with you.
34 Contigo ha pasado en tus prostituciones al revés que con las otras mujeres; nadie andaba solicitando detrás de ti; eras tú la que pagabas, y no se te pagaba: ¡ha sido al revés!	34 And it is done with you, in your fornications, contrary to the custom of women, and even after you, there will be no such fornication. For in as much as you have given payment, and not taken payment, what has been done in you is the contrary.”
35 Pues bien, prostituta, escucha la palabra de Yahveh.	35 Because of this, O harlot, listen to the word of the Lord.
36 Así dice el Señor Yahveh: Por haber prodigado tu bronce y descubierto tu desnudez en tus prostituciones con tus amantes y con todas tus abominables basuras, por la sangre de tus hijos que les has dado,	36 Thus says the Lord God: “Because your money has been poured out, and your disgrace has been uncovered, in your fornications with your lovers and with the idols of your abominations, in the blood of your sons, whom you gave to them:
37 por esto he aquí que yo voy a reunir a todos los amantes a quienes complaciste, a todos los que amaste y también a los que aborreciste; los voy a congregar de todas partes contra ti, y descubriré tu desnudez delante de ellos, para que vean toda tu desnudez.	37 Behold, I will gather all your lovers, with whom you have united, and all those whom you have loved, together with all those whom you have hated. And I will gather them together against you on every side. And I will uncover your disgrace before them, and they will see all your indecency.
38 Voy a aplicarte el castigo de las mujeres adúlteras y de las que derraman sangre: te entregaré al furor y a los celos,	38 And I will judge you with the judgment of adulteresses and of those who shed blood. And I will give you over to blood, in fury and in zeal.
39 te entregaré en sus manos, ellos arrasarán tu prostíbulo y demolerán tus alturas, te despojarán de tus vestidos, te arrancarán tus joyas y te dejarán completamente desnuda.	39 And I will deliver you into their hands. And they will destroy your brothel and demolish your place of prostitution. And they will strip you of your vestments. And they will take away the ornaments of your beauty. And they will leave you behind, naked and full of disgrace.
40 Luego, incitarán a la multitud contra ti, te lapidarán, te acribillarán con sus espadas,	40 And they will lead over you a multitude. And they will stone you with stones, and massacre you with their swords.
41 prenderán fuego a tus casas y harán justicia de ti, a la vista de una multitud de mujeres; yo pondré fin a tus prostituciones, y no volverás a dar salario de prostituta.	41 And they will burn up your houses with fire, and they will carry out judgments against you in the sight of many women. And you will cease from fornication, and no longer give payment.
42 Desahogaré mi furor en ti; luego mis celos se retirarán de ti, me apaciguaré y no me airaré más.	42 And my indignation will be quieted in you. And my zeal will be taken from you. And I will rest, and no longer be angry.
43 Porque no te has acordado de los días de tu juventud, y con todas estas cosas me has provocado, he aquí que también yo por mi parte haré recaer tu conducta sobre tu cabeza, oráculo del Señor Yahveh. Pues ¿no has cometido infamia con todas tus abominaciones?	43 For you have not remembered the days of your youth, and you have provoked me in all these things. Because of this, I also have delivered all your ways upon your head, says the Lord God, but I have not acted in accord with your wickedness in all your abominations.
44 Mira, todos los autores de proverbios harán uno a propósito de ti, diciendo: «Cual la madre, tal la hija».	44 Behold, all who speak a common proverb will take this up against you, saying: ‘Like the mother, so also is her daughter.’
45 Hija eres, sí, de tu madre, que dejó de amar a sus maridos y a sus hijos, y hermana de tus hermanas, que dejaron de amar a sus maridos y a sus hijos. Vuestra madre era una hitita y vuestro padre un amorreo.	45 You are your mother’s daughter, for she cast away her husband and her children. And you are the sister of your sisters, for they cast away their husbands and their children. Your mother was a Cethite, and your father was an Amorite.
46 Tu hermana mayor es Samaria, que habita a tu izquierda con sus hijas. Tu hermana menor es Sodoma, que habita a tu derecha con sus hijas.	46 And your older sister is Samaria, she and her daughters are those who live to your left. But your younger sister, who lives to your right, is Sodom and her daughters.
47 No has sido parca en imitar su conducta y en cometer sus abominaciones; te has mostrado más corrompida que ellas en toda tu conducta.	47 But neither have you walked in their ways. For you have done only a little less compared to their wickedness. You have acted almost more wickedly, in all your ways, than they have acted.
48 Por mi vida, oráculo del Señor Yahveh, que tu hermana Sodoma y sus hijas no obraron como habéis obrado vosotras, tú y tus hijas.	48 As I live, says the Lord God, your sister Sodom herself, and her daughters, have not done as you and your daughters have done.
49 Este fue el crimen de tu hermana Sodoma: orgullo, voracidad, indolencia de la dulce vida tuvieron ella y sus hijas; no socorrieron al pobre y al indigente,	49 Behold, this was the iniquity of Sodom, your sister: arrogance, indulgence in bread and abundance, and the idleness of her and her daughters; and they did not reach out their hand to the needy and the poor.
50 se enorgullecieron y cometieron abominaciones ante mí: por eso las hice desaparecer, como tú viste.	50 And they were exalted, and they committed abominations before me. And so I took them away, just as you have seen.
51 En cuanto a Samaria, ni la mitad de tus pecados ha cometido. Tú has cometido muchas más abominaciones que ellas y, al cometer tantas abominaciones, has hecho parecer justas a tus hermanas.	51 But Samaria has not committed even half of your sins. For you have exceeded them in your wickedness, and you have justified your sisters by all your abominations, which you have wrought.
52 Así, pues, carga con tu ignominia por haber decidido el fallo en favor de tus hermanas: a causa de los pecados que has cometido, mucho más abominables que los suyos, ellas resultan ser más justas que tú. Avergüénzate, pues, y carga con tu ignominia por hacer parecer justas a tus hermanas.	52 Therefore, you also bear your shame, for you have exceeded your sisters with your sins, acting more wickedly than they did. So they have been justified above you. By this also, you are confounded, and you bear your disgrace, for you have justified your sisters.
53 Yo las restableceré. Restableceré a Sodoma y a sus hijas, restableceré a Samaria y a sus hijas, y después te restableceré a ti en medio de ella,	53 But I will convert and restore them, by converting Sodom with her daughters, and by converting Samaria and her daughters. And I will convert your return in their midst.
54 a fin de que soportes tu ignominia y te avergüences de todo lo que has hecho, para consuelo de ellas.	54 So may you bear your disgrace and be confounded over all that you have done, consoling them.
55 Tu hermana Sodoma y sus hijas serán restablecidas en su antiguo estado. Samaria y sus hijas serán restablecidas en su antiguo estado. Tú y tus hijas seréis restablecidas también en vuestro antiguo estado.	55 And your sister Sodom and her daughters will return to their ancient state. And Samaria and her daughters will return to their ancient state. And you and your daughters will be returned to your ancient state.
56 ¿No hiciste burla de tu hermana Sodoma, el día de tu orgullo,	56 Your sister Sodom was not heard from your mouth, then, in the day of your pride,
57 antes que fuese puesta al descubierto tu desnudez? Como ella, eres tú ahora el blanco de las burlas de las hijas de Edom y de todas las de los alrededores, de las hijas de los filisteos, que por todas partes te agobian a desprecios.	57 before your malice was revealed, as it is at this time, with the reproach of the daughters of Syria and of all the daughters of Palestine, who surround you, who encircle you on every side.
58 Tú misma soportas las consecuencias de tu infamia y tus abominaciones, oráculo de Yahveh.	58 You have borne your wickedness and your disgrace, says the Lord God.”
59 Pues así dice el Señor Yahveh: Yo haré contigo como has hecho tú, que menospreciaste el juramento, rompiendo la alianza.	59 For thus says the Lord God: “I will act toward you, just as you have despised the oath, so that you would make void the covenant.
60 Pero yo me acordaré de mi alianza contigo en los días de tu juventud, y estableceré en tu favor una alianza eterna.	60 And I will remember my covenant with you in the days of your youth. And I will raise up for you an everlasting covenant.
61 Y tú te acordarás de tu conducta y te avergonzarás de ella, cuando acojas a tus hermanas, las mayores y las menores, y yo te las dé como hijas, si bien no en virtud de tu alianza.	61 And you shall remember your ways and be confounded, when you will have received your sisters, your elder with your younger. And I will give them to you as daughters, but not by your covenant.
62 Yo mismo restableceré mi alianza contigo, y sabrás que yo soy Yahveh,	62 And I will raise up my covenant with you. And you shall know that I am the Lord.
63 para que te acuerdes y te avergüences y no oses más abrir la boca de vergüenza, cuando yo te haya perdonado todo lo que has hecho, oráculo del Señor Yahveh.	63 So may you remember and be confounded. And it will no longer be for you to open your mouth, because of your shame, when I will have been pacified toward you over all that you have done, says the Lord God.”