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

Y vino Palabra del SEÑOR a mí, diciendo:

2 “ Son of man, this is what the Lord God says to the land of Israel: ‘The end! The end has come upon the four corners of the land.

Y tú, hijo de hombre, así dijo el Señor DIOS a la tierra de Israel: El fin, el fin viene sobre los cuatro cantones de la tierra.

3 N ow the end is upon you. I will send My anger against you and punish you because of your ways. I will make you pay for all your sinful actions.

Ahora será el fin sobre ti, y enviaré sobre ti mi furor, y te juzgaré según tus caminos; y pondré sobre ti todas tus abominaciones.

4 M y eye will have no pity on you. And I will not let you go without punishment. I will punish you for your ways, and for the hated sins that are among you. Then you will know that I am the Lord!’

Y mi ojo no te perdonará, ni tendré misericordia; antes pondré sobre ti tus caminos, y tus abominaciones estarán en medio de ti; y sabréis que yo soy el SEÑOR.

5 “ The Lord God says, ‘See, much trouble is coming!

Así dijo el Señor DIOS: Un mal, he aquí que viene un mal.

6 A n end has come! The end has come! It has come up against you. See, it has come!

Viene el fin, el fin viene; se ha despertado contra ti; he aquí que viene.

7 Y our punishment has come upon you, O you who live in the land. The time has come. The day is near. The sound of trouble and not of joy is upon the mountains.

La mañana viene para ti, oh morador de la tierra; el tiempo viene, cercano está el día; día del alboroto, y no será eco de los montes.

8 N ow I will soon pour out My anger upon you. I will send My anger against you. I will punish you for your ways and for the hated sins that are among you.

Ahora presto derramaré mi ira sobre ti, y cumpliré en ti mi furor, y te juzgaré según tus caminos; y pondré sobre ti todas tus abominaciones.

9 M y eye will show no pity, and I will not let you go without punishment. I will make you pay for your ways, and for the hated sins that are among you. Then you will know that it is I, the Lord, Who punishes you.

Y mi ojo no perdonará, ni tendré misericordia; según tus caminos pondré sobre ti, y tus abominaciones serán en medio de ti; y sabréis que yo soy el SEÑOR el que hiero.

10 ‘ See, the day! See, it is coming! The time for your punishment has come. The power against you has started to grow. Pride has begun to grow.

He aquí el día, he aquí que viene; la mañana ha salido; la vara ha florecido, la soberbia ha reverdecido.

11 A ngry action has grown into a power of sin. None of them will be left. None of their people, none of their riches, or anything of honor, will be left among them.

La violencia se ha levantado en vara de impiedad; ninguno quedará de ellos, ni de sus riquezas, ni de lo de ellos; ni aun habrá luto por ellos.

12 T he time has come. The day has come. Let not the one who buys have joy, or the one who sells have sorrow. For anger is against all their people.

El tiempo es venido, se acercó el día; el que compra, no se alegre, y el que vende, no llore, porque la ira está sobre toda su multitud.

13 F or the one who sells will not get back what he has sold as long as both of them live. For the punishment of all their people will not be turned back. Because of their sins, not one of them will keep his life.

Porque el que vende no tornará a lo vendido, aunque queden vivos; porque la visión es dada sobre toda su multitud, y no será cancelada; y ninguno en su iniquidad de vida, se esforzará.

14 ‘ They have sounded the horn and made everything ready, but no one is going to the battle. For My anger is against all their people.

Tocarán trompeta, y aparejarán todas las cosas, y no habrá quien vaya a la batalla, porque mi ira está sobre toda su multitud.

15 T he sword is outside, and disease and hunger are inside. He who is in the field will die by the sword. And he who is in the city will be destroyed by disease and hunger.

De fuera espada, de dentro pestilencia y hambre; el que estuviere en el campo morirá a espada; y al que estuviere en la ciudad, lo consumirá hambre y pestilencia.

16 W hoever gets away alive will be on the mountains like doves of the valleys. Each of them will be crying in sorrow because of his sin.

Y los que escaparen de ellos, estarán sobre los montes como palomas de los valles, gimiendo todos, cada uno por su iniquidad.

17 A ll hands will hang without strength, and all knees will be as weak as water.

Todas las manos serán descoyuntadas, y declinarán como aguas todas las rodillas.

18 T hey will dress themselves in cloth made from hair. Much fear will cover them. Shame will be upon all faces, and the hair will be cut from all their heads.

Se ceñirán también de cilicio, y les cubrirá temblor; y en todo rostro habrá vergüenza, y en todas sus cabezas peladura.

19 T hey will throw their silver into the streets, and their gold will become an unclean thing. Their silver and gold will not be able to help them in the day of the Lord’s anger. They cannot stop their hunger or fill their stomachs with it. For riches have been the cause of their falling into sin.

Arrojarán su plata por las plazas, y su oro lejos; su plata ni su oro, no los podrá librar en el día del furor del SEÑOR; no saciarán su alma, ni llenarán sus vientres, porque será caída por su iniquidad.

20 T hey turned the beauty of gold into objects of pride, and made their hated objects of worship with it. So I will make it an unclean thing to them.

Por cuanto la gloria de su ornamento pusieron en soberbia, e hicieron en ella imágenes de sus abominaciones, de sus estatuas, por eso se la torné a ellos en alejamiento;

21 I will give it to the strangers and to the sinful people of the earth as a prize of war, and they will make it sinful.

y en mano de extraños la entregué para ser saqueada, y en despojo a los impíos de la tierra, y la contaminarán.

22 I will turn My face from them, and they will make My secret place sinful. Robbers will go into it and make it sinful.

Y apartaré de ellos mi rostro, y violarán mi lugar secreto; pues entrarán en él destruidores, y lo contaminarán.

23 ‘ Make chains, for the land is guilty of blood and the city is full of angry actions.

Haz una cadena, porque la tierra está llena de juicios de sangre, y la ciudad está llena de violencia.

24 S o I will bring the worst of the nations to take their houses for their own. I will put an end to the pride of the strong ones, and their holy places will become unclean.

Traeré, por tanto, los más malos de todos los gentiles, los cuales poseerán sus casas; y haré cesar la soberbia de los poderosos, y sus santuarios serán profanados.

25 W hen suffering comes, they will look for peace, but there will be none.

Tala viene; y buscarán la paz, y no se hallará.

26 T rouble will come upon trouble, and one story will come after another. They will look for a special dream from a man of God, but the Law will be lost from the religious leader. And wisdom will be lost from the leaders.

Quebrantamiento vendrá sobre quebrantamiento, y rumor será sobre rumor; y buscarán respuesta del profeta, mas la ley perecerá del sacerdote, y el consejo de los ancianos.

27 T he king will be full of sorrow. The king’s son will be covered with fear. And the hands of the people of the land will shake in fear. I will punish them for their ways. I will give them the punishment they have earned. And they will know that I am the Lord.’”

El rey se enlutará, y el príncipe se vestirá de asolamiento, y las manos del pueblo de la tierra serán conturbadas. Según su camino haré con ellos, y con los juicios de ellos les juzgaré; y sabrán que yo soy el SEÑOR.