1 T he Word of the Lord came to me saying,

Y vino Palabra del SEÑOR a mí, diciendo:

2 “ Son of man, will you judge? Will you judge this city of blood? Then tell the people about all their sinful acts.

Y tú, hijo de hombre, ¿no juzgarás tú, no juzgarás tú a la ciudad derramadora de la sangre inocente, y le mostrarás todas sus abominaciones?

3 T ell them, ‘The Lord God says, “O city, because you have killed your own people and have made yourselves false gods to add to your sins, your time will come!

Dirás, pues: Así dijo el Señor DIOS: ¡Ciudad derramadora de sangre en medio de sí, para que venga su hora, y que hizo ídolos contra sí misma para contaminarse!

4 Y ou have become guilty by killing your people, and sinful by the false gods you have made. You have brought the day of your punishment near. The end of your years has come. So I have made you a shame to the nations. All the countries laugh at you.

En tu sangre que derramaste eres culpable, y te has contaminado con tus ídolos que hiciste; y has hecho acercar tus días, y has llegado a tus años; por tanto, te he dado en oprobio a los gentiles, y en escarnio a todas las tierras.

5 P eople both near and far will make fun of you, you who are full of shame and trouble.

Las que están cerca, y las que están lejos de ti, se reirán de ti, amancillada de fama, y de grande turbación.

6 S ee, each of the rulers of Israel who are in you has used his power to kill.

He aquí que los príncipes de Israel, cada uno según su poder, fueron en ti para derramar sangre.

7 T hey have not honored father and mother within you. They have made it hard for the stranger living among you. They have done wrong to those in you who have lost their father or husband.

Al padre y a la madre despreciaron en ti; al extranjero trataron con calumnia en medio de ti; al huérfano y a la viuda despojaron en ti.

8 Y ou have hated My holy things and have not kept My Days of Rest holy.

Mis santuarios menospreciaste, y mis sábados has profanado.

9 T here are men in you who have lied about others to cause them to be put to death. Some have eaten at the altars on the mountains, and have done sex sins there.

Calumniadores hubo en ti para derramar sangre; y sobre los montes comieron en ti; hicieron en medio de ti suciedades.

10 M en have done sex sins with their fathers’ wives. Men have put women to shame during their time of the month when they are unclean.

La desnudez del padre descubrieron en ti; la inmunda de menstruo forzaron en ti.

11 O ne has done sex sins with his neighbor’s wife. Another has done sex sins with his daughter-in-law. And another has put his own sister to shame, his father’s daughter.

Y cada uno hizo abominación con la mujer de su prójimo; y cada uno contaminó su nuera torpemente; y cada uno forzó en ti a su hermana, hija de su padre.

12 I n you they have taken pay to kill people. You have made others pay back more than they owe you. You have hurt your neighbors by making it hard for them to pay you. And you have forgotten Me,” says the Lord God.

Soborno recibieron en ti para derramar sangre; usura y logro tomaste, y a tus prójimos defraudaste con violencia; te olvidaste de mí, dijo el Señor DIOS.

13 “ I will bring My hand down hard upon the money you have made by your sinful ways, and for the blood of those you have killed among you.

Y he aquí, que herí mi mano a causa de tu avaricia que cometiste, y a causa de tus sangres que fueron en medio de ti.

14 C an your strength of heart last? Or can your hands be strong, in the days that I punish you? I, the Lord, have spoken, and I will do what I say.

¿Estará firme tu corazón? ¿Tus manos serán fuertes en los días que obraré yo contra ti? Yo, el SEÑOR, he hablado, y lo haré.

15 I will divide you among the nations and spread you out through the lands. I will take away from you all that is unclean.

Y yo te esparciré por los gentiles, y te aventaré por las tierras; y haré fenecer de ti tu inmundicia.

16 Y ou will become sinful in the eyes of the nations, and you will know that I am the Lord.”’”

Y tomarás heredad en ti a los ojos de los gentiles; y sabrás que yo soy el SEÑOR.

17 T he Word of the Lord came to me saying,

Y vino Palabra del SEÑOR a mí, diciendo:

18 “ Son of man, the people of Israel have become waste to Me. They are like brass, tin, iron, and lead in the fire and have become waste that is left after silver has gone through the fire.

Hijo de hombre, la Casa de Israel se me ha tornado en escoria; todos ellos como bronce, y estaño, y hierro, y plomo, en medio del horno; escorias de plata se tornaron.

19 S o the Lord God says, ‘Because you have all become waste, I am going to gather you together in Jerusalem.

Por tanto, así dijo el Señor DIOS: Por cuanto todos vosotros os habéis tornado en escorias, por tanto, he aquí que yo os junto en medio de Jerusalén.

20 A s men gather silver and brass and iron and lead and tin into the stove to blow fire on it and melt it, so I will gather you in My anger. I will put you in the city and melt you.

Como quien junta plata, bronce, hierro, plomo y estaño en medio del horno, para soplar fuego en él para fundir; así os juntaré en mi furor y en mi ira, y os haré reposar, y os fundiré.

21 I will gather you and blow on you with the fire of My anger, and you will be melted within it.

Yo os juntaré y soplaré sobre vosotros en el fuego de mi furor, y en medio de él seréis fundidos.

22 A s silver is melted in the hot stove, so you will be melted in Jerusalem. Then you will know that I, the Lord, have poured out My anger upon you.’”

Como se funde la plata en medio del horno, así seréis fundidos en medio de él; y sabréis que yo, el SEÑOR, habré derramado mi enojo sobre vosotros.

23 T he Word of the Lord came to me saying,

Y vino Palabra del SEÑOR a mí, diciendo:

24 “ Son of man, tell Israel, ‘You are a land that is not made clean or rained on in the day of anger.’

Hijo de hombre, di a ella: Tú no eres tierra limpia, ni rociada con lluvia en el día del furor.

25 I srael’s false religious leaders are making plans within her. They are like a lion making noise over the food it has killed. They have taken human lives and also riches and things of much worth. They have made many women in Israel lose their husbands.

La conjuración de sus profetas en medio de ella, como león bramando que arrebata presa; devoraron almas, tomaron haciendas y honra, aumentaron sus viudas en medio de ella.

26 H er religious leaders have broken My Law, and have made My holy things unclean. It makes no difference to them if something is holy or unclean. They have not taught the difference between what is clean and unclean. They hide their eyes from My Days of Rest, and I am not honored among them.

Sus sacerdotes violentaron mi ley, y contaminaron mis santuarios, entre lo santo y lo profano no hicieron diferencia, ni entre inmundo y limpio hicieron manifestación; y de mis sábados escondieron sus ojos, y yo era profanado en medio de ellos.

27 H er leaders are like wolves tearing apart the animals they have killed. They kill and destroy lives to get things by doing wrong.

Sus príncipes en medio de ella como lobos que arrebataban presa, derramando sangre, para destruir las almas, para seguir su avaricia.

28 H er men who speak in My name have covered these sins with whitewash for the people. They see false dreams and lie to them using their secret ways, saying, ‘This is what the Lord God says,’ when the Lord has not spoken.

Y sus profetas los pañetaban con lodo suelto, profetizándoles vanidad, y adivinándoles mentira, diciendo: Así dijo el Señor DIOS; y el SEÑOR no había hablado.

29 T he people of the land have made it hard for others and have stolen. They have done wrong to the poor and those in need. And they have made it hard for the stranger who lives among them, taking away his rights.

El pueblo de la tierra usaba de opresión, y cometía robo, y al pobre y menesteroso hacían violencia, y al extranjero oprimían sin derecho.

30 I looked for a man among them who would build up the wall and stand before Me in the place where it is broken, to stop Me from destroying the land, but I found no one.

Y busqué de ellos hombre que hiciera vallado y que se pusiera al portillo delante de mí por la tierra, para que yo no la destruyera; y no le hallé.

31 S o I have become angry with them. I have destroyed them with the fire of My anger. I am punishing them for what they have done,” says the Lord God.

Por tanto, derramé sobre ellos mi ira; con el fuego de mi ira los consumí; torné el camino de ellos sobre su cabeza, dijo el Señor DIOS.