Ezequiel 18

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1 La palabra de Yahveh me fue dirigida en estos términos:	1 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
2 ¿Por qué andáis repitiendo este proverbio en la tierra de Israel: Los padres comieron el agraz, y los dientes de los hijos sufren la dentera?	2 “Why is it that you circulate among yourselves this parable, as a proverb in the land of Israel, saying: ‘The fathers ate a bitter grape, and the teeth of the sons have been affected.’
3 Por mi vida, oráculo del Señor Yahveh, que no repetiréis más este proverbio en Israel.	3 As I live, says the Lord God, this parable shall no longer be a proverb for you in Israel.
4 Mirad: todas las vidas son mías, la vida del padre lo mismo que la del hijo, mías son. El que peque es quien morirá.	4 Behold, all souls are mine. Just as the soul of the father is mine, so also is the soul of the son. The soul that sins, the same shall die.
5 El que es justo y practica el derecho y la justicia,	5 And if a man is just, and he accomplishes judgment and justice,
6 no come en los montes ni alza sus ojos a las basuras de la casa de Israel, no contamina a la mujer de su prójimo, ni se acerca a una mujer durante su impureza,	6 and if he does not eat upon the mountains, nor lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, and if he has not violated the wife of his neighbor, nor approached a menstruating woman,
7 no oprime a nadie, devuelve la prenda de una deuda, no comete rapiñas, da su pan al hambriento y viste al desnudo,	7 and if he has not grieved any man, but has restored the collateral to the debtor, if he has seized nothing by violence, has given his bread to the hungry, and has covered the naked with a garment,
8 no presta con usura ni cobra intereses, aparta su mano de la injusticia, dicta un juicio honrado entre hombre y hombre,	8 if he has not lent upon usury, nor taken any increase, if he has averted his hand from iniquity, and has executed true judgment between man and man,
9 se conduce según mis preceptos y observa mis normas, obrando conforme a la verdad, un hombre así es justo: vivirá sin duda, oráculo del Señor Yahveh.	9 if he has walked in my precepts and kept my judgments, so that he acts in accord with truth, then he is just; he shall certainly live, says the Lord God.
10 Si éste engendra un hijo violento y sanguinario, que hace alguna de estas cosas	10 But if he raises a son who is a robber, who sheds blood, and who does any of these things,
11 que él mismo no había hecho, un hijo que come en los montes, contamina a la mujer de su prójimo,	11 (even though he himself does not do any of these things,) and who eats upon the mountains, and who defiles the wife of his neighbor,
12 oprime al pobre y al indigente, comete rapiñas, no devuelve la prenda, alza sus ojos a las basuras, comete abominación,	12 who grieves the needy and the poor, who seizes with violence, who does not restore the collateral, and who lifts up his eyes to idols, committing abomination,
13 presta con usura y cobra intereses, éste no vivirá en modo alguno después de haber cometido todas estas abominaciones; morirá sin remedio, y su sangre recaerá sobre él.	13 who lends upon usury, and who takes an increase, then shall he live? He shall not live. Since he has done all these detestable things, he shall certainly die. His blood shall be upon him.
14 Y si éste, a su vez, engendra un hijo que ve todos los pecados que ha cometido su padre, que los ve sin imitarlos,	14 But if he raises a son, who, seeing all his father’s sins that he has done, is afraid and so does not act in a way similar to him,
15 que no come en los montes ni alza sus ojos a las basuras de la casa de Israel, no contamina a la mujer de su prójimo,	15 who does not eat upon the mountains, nor lift up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, and who does not violate the wife of his neighbor,
16 no oprime a nadie, no guarda la prenda, no comete rapiñas, da su pan al hambriento, viste al desnudo,	16 and who has not grieved any man, nor withheld the collateral, nor seized by violence, but instead has given his bread to the hungry, and has covered the naked with a garment,
17 aparta su mano de la injusticia, no presta con usura, ni cobra intereses, practica mis normas y se conduce según mis preceptos, éste no morirá por la culpa de su padre, vivirá sin duda.	17 who has averted his hand from injuring the poor, who has not taken usury and an overabundance, who has acted according to my judgments and walked in my precepts, then this one shall not die for the iniquity of his father; instead, he shall certainly live.
18 Su padre, porque fue violento, cometió rapiñas y no obró bien en medio de su pueblo, por eso morirá a causa de su culpa.	18 As for his father, because he oppressed and did violence to his brother, and worked evil in the midst of his people, behold, he has died by his own iniquity.
19 Y vosotros decís: «¿Por qué no carga el hijo con la culpa de su padre?» Pero el hijo ha practicado el derecho y la justicia, ha observado todos mis preceptos y los ha puesto en práctica: vivirá sin duda.	19 And you say, ‘Why has not the son borne the iniquity of the father?’ Clearly, since the son has worked judgment and justice, has observed all my precepts, and has done them, he shall certainly live.
20 El que peque es quien morirá; el hijo no cargará con la culpa de su padre, ni el padre con la culpa de su hijo: al justo se le imputará su justicia y al malvado su maldad.	20 The soul that sins, the same shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, and the father shall not bear the iniquity of the son. The justice of the just man shall be upon himself, but the impiety of the impious man shall be upon himself.
21 En cuanto al malvado, si se aparta de todos los pecados que ha cometido, observa todos mis preceptos y practica el derecho y la justicia, vivirá sin duda, no morirá.	21 But if the impious man does penance for all his sins which he has committed, and if he keeps all my precepts, and accomplishes judgment and justice, then he shall certainly live, and he shall not die.
22 Ninguno de los crímenes que cometió se le recordará más; vivirá a causa de la justicia que ha practicado.	22 I will not remember all his iniquities, which he has worked; by his justice, which he has worked, he shall live.
23 ¿Acaso me complazco yo en la muerte del malvado - oráculo del Señor Yahveh - y no más bien en que se convierta de su conducta y viva?	23 How could it be my will that an impious man should die, says the Lord God, and not that he should be converted from his ways and live?
24 Pero si el justo se aparta de su justicia y comete el mal, imitando todas las abominaciones que comete el malvado, ¿vivirá acaso? No, no quedará ya memoria de ninguna de las obras justas que había practicado, sino que, a causa de la infidelidad en que ha incurrido y del pecado que ha cometido, morirá.	24 But if a just man turns himself away from his justice, and does iniquity in accord with all the abominations that the impious man so often does, why should he live? All his justices, which he has accomplished, shall not be remembered. By the transgression, in which he has transgressed, and by his sin, in which he has sinned, by these he shall die.
25 Y vosotros decís: «No es justo el proceder del Señor». Escuchad, casa de Israel: ¿Que no es justo mi proceder? ¿No es más bien vuestro proceder el que no es justo?	25 And you have said, ‘The way of the Lord is not fair.’ Therefore, listen, O house of Israel. How could it be that my way is not fair? And is it not instead your ways that are perverse?
26 Si el justo se aparta de su justicia, comete el mal y muere, a causa del mal que ha cometido muere.	26 For when the just man turns himself away from his justice, and commits iniquity, he shall die by this; by the injustice that he has worked, he shall die.
27 Y si el malvado se aparta del mal que ha cometido para practicar el derecho y la justicia, conservará su vida.	27 And when the impious man turns himself away from his impiety, which he has done, and accomplishes judgment and justice, he shall cause his own soul to live.
28 Ha abierto los ojos y se ha apartado de todos los crímenes que había cometido; vivirá sin duda, no morirá.	28 For by considering and turning himself away from all his iniquities, which he has worked, he shall certainly live, and he shall not die.
29 Y sin embargo la casa de Israel dice: «No es justo el proceder del Señor». ¿Que mi proceder no es justo, casa de Israel? ¿No es más bien vuestro proceder el que no es justo?	29 And yet the sons of Israel say, ‘The way of the Lord is not fair.’ How could it be that my ways are not fair, O house of Israel? And is it not instead your ways that are perverse?
30 Yo os juzgaré, pues, a cada uno según su proceder, casa de Israel, oráculo del Señor Yahveh. Convertíos y apartaos de todos vuestros crímenes; no haya para vosotros más ocasión de culpa.	30 Therefore, O house of Israel, I will judge each one according to his ways, says the Lord God. Be converted, and do penance for all your iniquities, and then iniquity will not be your ruin.
31 Descargaos de todos los crímenes que habéis cometido contra mí, y haceos un corazón nuevo y un espíritu nuevo. ¿Por qué habéis de morir, casa de Israel?	31 Cast all your transgressions, by which you have transgressed, away from you, and make for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. And then why should you die, O house of Israel?
32 Yo no me complazco en la muerte de nadie, sea quien fuere, oráculo del Señor Yahveh. Convertíos y vivid.	32 For I do not desire the death of one who dies, says the Lord God. So return and live.”