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

Y vino a mí la palabra del Señor:

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, di: ‘Así dice el Señor Dios a la tierra de Israel: “¡El fin, el fin viene sobre los cuatro extremos de esta 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 viene el fin sobre ti y enviaré Mi ira contra ti; te juzgaré conforme a tus caminos y traeré 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!’

Mi ojo no tendrá piedad de ti ni Yo te perdonaré; sino que te pagaré conforme a tus caminos, y tus abominaciones en medio de ti quedarán; y sabrán que Yo soy el Señor.”’

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

“Así dice el Señor Dios: ‘¡Un desastre! ¡Viene un desastre sin igual!

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

El fin viene, viene el fin; se ha despertado contra ti; ya ha venido.

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.

Te ha llegado tu turno (tu sentencia), oh habitante de la tierra. Ha llegado el tiempo, se acerca el día; pánico, y no júbilo, en 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 pronto derramaré Mi furor sobre ti y descargaré Mi ira contra ti. Te juzgaré conforme a tus caminos y traeré 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.

Mi ojo no tendrá piedad ni Yo perdonaré. Te pagaré conforme a tus caminos, y tus abominaciones quedarán en medio de ti; y sabrán que soy Yo, el Señor, el que hiere.

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.

Llega el día; ya viene. Ha salido tu turno, ha florecido la vara, ha reverdecido la arrogancia.

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.

Se ha levantado la violencia para hacerse vara de impiedad. Nada quedará de ellos, ni de su multitud, ni de su riqueza, ni gloria entre 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 ha llegado, ha venido el día. No se alegre el que compra ni se lamente el que vende, porque el furor 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.

Ciertamente el vendedor no recuperará lo vendido mientras ambos vivan, porque la visión acerca de toda su multitud no será revocada; y nadie, a causa de su iniquidad, podrá conservar su vida.

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.

Han tocado la trompeta y lo han preparado todo, pero nadie va a la batalla; porque Mi furor está contra 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.

La espada está afuera, y la plaga y el hambre están dentro. El que esté en el campo morirá a espada, y al que esté en la ciudad, la plaga y el hambre lo consumirán.

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.

Aun cuando escapen los sobrevivientes, estarán sobre los montes como palomas de los valles, todos ellos gimiendo por su iniquidad.

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

Todas las manos se debilitarán, y todas las rodillas serán como de agua.

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 de cilicio y los cubrirá el terror; en todos los rostros habrá vergüenza y todas las cabezas estarán rapadas.

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 en las calles y su oro se convertirá en cosa abominable; ni su plata ni su oro podrán librarlos el día de la ira del Señor. No saciarán su apetito ni llenarán sus estómagos, porque su iniquidad ha llegado a ser ocasión de tropiezo.

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.

Cambiaron la belleza de Sus ornamentos en orgullo, y de ellos hicieron las imágenes de sus abominaciones y de sus cosas detestables; por tanto, haré que esto sea cosa abominable para ellos.

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.

Lo entregaré todo en manos de extraños por botín y a los impíos de la tierra por despojo, y lo profanarán.

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.

Apartaré de ellos Mi rostro y profanarán Mi lugar secreto; entrarán en él ladrones y lo profanarán.

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

Haz la cadena, porque la tierra está llena de crímenes sangrientos y la ciudad 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.

Por tanto, traeré a las más perversas de las naciones, y se apoderarán de sus casas; haré cesar el orgullo de los poderosos y sus santuarios serán profanados.

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

Cuando llegue la angustia, buscarán la paz, pero no habrá paz.

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.

Vendrá calamidad sobre calamidad, y habrá rumor tras rumor. Entonces buscarán visión del profeta, y la ley desaparecerá 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 hará duelo, el príncipe se vestirá de horror y temblarán las manos del pueblo de la tierra. Según su conducta los trataré, y por sus juicios los juzgaré; y sabrán que Yo soy el Señor.’”