Ezequiel 33

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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 Hijo de hombre, habla a los hijos de tu pueblo. Les dirás: Si yo hago venir la espada sobre un país, y la gente de ese país escoge a uno de los suyos y le ponen 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 y éste, al ver venir la espada sobre el país, toca el cuerno 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 resulta que alguien oye bien el sonido del cuerno, pero no hace caso, de suerte que la espada sobreviene y le 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 Ha oído el sonido del cuerno y no ha hecho caso: su sangre recaerá sobre él. En cambio, el que haya hecho caso, salvará 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 Si, por el contrario, el centinela ve venir la espada y no toca el cuerno, de suerte que el pueblo no es advertido, y la espada sobreviene y mata a alguno de ellos, perecerá éste por su culpa, pero de su sangre yo pediré cuentas al centinela.	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 A ti, también, hijo de hombre, te he hecho yo centinela de la casa de Israel. Cuando oigas una palabra de mi boca, 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 Si yo digo al malvado: «Malvado, vas a morir sin remedio», y tú no le hablas para advertir al malvado que deje su conducta, él, el malvado, morirá por su culpa, pero de su sangre yo te pediré cuentas a ti.	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 por el contrario adviertes al malvado que se convierta de su conducta, y él no se convierte, morirá él debido a su culpa, mientras que 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: Vosotros andáis diciendo: «Nuestros crímenes y nuestros pecados pesan sobre nosotros y por causa de ellos nos consumimos. ¿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 Diles: «Por mi vida, oráculo del Señor Yahveh, que yo no me complazco en la muerte del malvado, sino en que el malvado se convierta de su conducta y viva. Convertíos, convertíos de vuestra mala conducta. ¿Por qué habéis de 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 los hijos de tu pueblo: La justicia del justo no le salvará el día de su perversión, ni la maldad del malvado le hará sucumbir el día en que se aparte de su maldad. Pero tampoco el justo vivirá en virtud de su justicia el día en que peque.	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, fiándose de su justicia, comete la injusticia, no quedará memoria de toda su justicia, sino que morirá por la injusticia 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 Y si digo al malvado: «Vas a morir», y él se aparta de 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 la prenda, restituye lo que robó, observa los preceptos que dan la vida y deja de cometer injusticia, vivirá ciertamente, 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 Ninguno de los pecados que cometió se le recordará más: ha observado el derecho y la justicia; ciertamente 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 Y los hijos de tu pueblo dicen: «No es justo el proceder del Señor». El proceder de ellos es el que no es justo.	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 para cometer injusticia, muere por ello.	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 aparta de su maldad y observa el derecho y la justicia, vive por ello.	19 And when the impious man will have withdrawn from his impiety, and have done judgment and justice, he shall live by these.
20 Y vosotros decís: «No es justo el proceder del Señor». Yo os juzgaré, a cada uno según su conducta, casa 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 El año duodécimo, el día cinco del décimo mes de nuestra cautividad, llegó donde mí el fugitivo de Jerusalén y me anunció: «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 de Yahveh había venido sobre mí, la tarde antes de llegar el fugitivo, y me había abierto la boca para cuando éste llegó donde mí por la mañana; mi boca se abrió y no estuve más 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 Entonces, la palabra de Yahveh me fue dirigida en estos términos:	23 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
24 Hijo de hombre, los que habitan esas ruinas, en el suelo de Israel, dicen: «Uno solo era Abraham y obtuvo en posesión esta tierra. Nosotros somos muchos; a nosotros 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 Pues bien, diles: Así dice el Señor Yahveh: Vosotros coméis con sangre, alzáis los ojos hacia vuestras basuras, derramáis sangre, ¡y vais a poseer esta tierra!	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 Confiáis en vuestras espadas, cometéis abominación, cada cual contamina a la mujer de su prójimo, ¡y vais a poseer esta tierra!	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 Les dirás: Así dice el Señor Yahveh: Por mi vida, que los que están entre las ruinas caerán a espada, a los que andan por el campo los entregaré a las bestias como pasto, y los que están en las escarpaduras 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 Convertiré esta tierra en soledad desolada, y se acabará el orgullo de su fuerza. Los montes de Israel serán devastados y nadie pasará más por ellos.	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 se sabrá que yo soy Yahveh, cuando convierta esta tierra soledad desolada, por todas las abominaciones que han cometido.	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 En cuanto a ti, hijo de hombre, los hijos de tu pueblo hablan de ti a la vera de los muros y a las puertas de las casas. Se dicen unos a otros: «Vamos a escuchar qué palabra viene de parte de Yahveh».	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 Y vienen a ti en masa, y mi pueblo se sienta delante de ti; escuchan tus palabras, pero no las ponen en práctica. Porque hacen amores con su bosca, pero su corazón sólo anda buscando su 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 una canción de amor, graciosamente cantada, con acompañamiento de buena música. Escuchan tus palabras, pero no hay quien las cumpla.	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 Mas cuando todo esto llegue - y he aquí que ya llega -, 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.”