1 V ino a mí palabra de Jehová, diciendo:

Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

2 T ú, hijo de hombre, ¿quieres juzgar tú, quieres juzgar tú a la ciudad derramadora de sangre? Entonces hazles saber todas sus abominaciones.

“And you, son of man, will you judge, will you judge the bloody city? Then cause her to know all her abominations.

3 D irás, pues: Así dice el Señor Jehová: ¡Ciudad derramadora de sangre en medio de ti, para que venga tu hora, y que te haces ídolos para contaminarte!

You shall say, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “A city shedding blood in her midst, so that her time will come, and that makes idols, contrary to her interest, for defilement!

4 E n tu sangre que derramaste has pecado, y te has contaminado en tus ídolos que hiciste; y has hecho acercarse tu día, y has llegado al término de tus años; por tanto, he hecho de ti un oprobio para las naciones, y un escarnio para todas las tierras.

You have become guilty by the blood which you have shed, and defiled by your idols which you have made. Thus you have brought your day near and have come to your years; therefore I have made you a reproach to the nations and a mocking to all the lands.

5 L as que están cerca de ti y las que están lejos se reirán de ti, amancillada de nombre, y llena de desórdenes.

Those who are near and those who are far from you will mock you, you of ill repute, full of turmoil.

6 H e aquí que los príncipes de Israel, cada uno según su poder, han estado en ti para derramar sangre.

“Behold, the rulers of Israel, each according to his power, have been in you for the purpose of shedding blood.

7 E n ti se ha tenido en poco al padre y a la madre; en medio de ti se ha oprimido al extranjero; en ti se ha maltratado al huérfano y a la viuda.

They have treated father and mother lightly within you. The alien they have oppressed in your midst; the fatherless and the widow they have wronged in you.

8 H as menospreciado mis santuarios, y has profanado mis sábados.

You have despised My holy things and profaned My sabbaths.

9 H ubo en ti calumniadores para derramar sangre; y sobre los montes comieron en ti; en medio de ti cometieron infamias.

Slanderous men have been in you for the purpose of shedding blood, and in you they have eaten at the mountain shrines. In your midst they have committed acts of lewdness.

10 D escubrieron en ti la desnudez del padre, y en ti hicieron violencia a la que estaba inmunda por su menstruo.

In you they have uncovered their fathers’ nakedness; in you they have humbled her who was unclean in her menstrual impurity.

11 C ada uno hizo abominación con la mujer de su prójimo, cada uno contaminó pervertidamente a su nuera, y cada uno violó en ti a su hermana, hija de su padre.

One has committed abomination with his neighbor’s wife and another has lewdly defiled his daughter-in-law. And another in you has humbled his sister, his father’s daughter.

12 E n ti recibieron regalos para derramar sangre; interés y usura tomaste, y a tus prójimos explotaste con violencia; te olvidaste de mí, dice el Señor Jehová.

In you they have taken bribes to shed blood; you have taken interest and profits, and you have injured your neighbors for gain by oppression, and you have forgotten Me,” declares the Lord God.

13 Y he aquí que batí mis manos a causa de las ganancias deshonestas que has hecho, y a causa de la sangre que derramaste en medio de ti.

“Behold, then, I smite My hand at your dishonest gain which you have acquired and at the bloodshed which is among you.

14 ¿ Aguantará tu corazón? ¿Serán fuertes tus manos en los días en que yo proceda contra ti? Yo Jehová he hablado, y lo haré.

Can your heart endure, or can your hands be strong in the days that I will deal with you? I, the Lord, have spoken and will act.

15 T e dispersaré por las naciones, y te esparciré por las tierras; y haré fenecer de ti tu inmundicia.

I will scatter you among the nations and I will disperse you through the lands, and I will consume your uncleanness from you.

16 Y por ti misma serás degradada a la vista de las naciones; y sabrás que yo soy Jehová.

You will profane yourself in the sight of the nations, and you will know that I am the Lord.”’”

17 V ino a mí palabra de Jehová, diciendo:

And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

18 H ijo de hombre, la casa de Israel se me ha convertido en escoria; todos ellos son bronce y estaño y hierro y plomo en medio del horno; y en escorias de plata se convirtieron.

“Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to Me; all of them are bronze and tin and iron and lead in the furnace; they are the dross of silver.

19 P or tanto, así ha dicho el Señor Jehová: Por cuanto todos vosotros os habéis convertido en escorias, por tanto, he aquí que yo os reuniré en medio de Jerusalén.

Therefore, thus says the Lord God, ‘Because all of you have become dross, therefore, behold, I am going to gather you into the midst of Jerusalem.

20 C omo quien junta plata y bronce y hierro y plomo y estaño en medio del horno, para encender fuego en él para fundirlos, así os juntaré en mi furor y en mi ira, y os pondré allí, y os fundiré.

As they gather silver and bronze and iron and lead and tin into the furnace to blow fire on it in order to melt it, so I will gather you in My anger and in My wrath and I will lay you there and melt you.

21 S í, yo os juntaré y soplaré sobre vosotros con el fuego de mi furor, y en medio de él os pondré y os fundiré.

I will gather you and blow on you with the fire of My wrath, and you will be melted in the midst of it.

22 C omo se funde la plata en el crisol, así seréis fundidos en medio de él; y sabréis que yo Jehová habré derramado mi enojo sobre vosotros.

As silver is melted in the furnace, so you will be melted in the midst of it; and you will know that I, the Lord, have poured out My wrath on you.’”

23 V ino a mí palabra de Jehová, diciendo:

And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

24 H ijo de hombre, di a ella: Tú eres una tierra que no ha sido limpiada, ni rociada con lluvia en el día del furor.

“Son of man, say to her, ‘You are a land that is not cleansed or rained on in the day of indignation.’

25 H ay conjuración de sus profetas en medio de ella, como león rugiente que arrebata la presa; devoraron almas, tomaron haciendas y objetos preciosos, multiplicaron sus viudas en medio de ella.

There is a conspiracy of her prophets in her midst like a roaring lion tearing the prey. They have devoured lives; they have taken treasure and precious things; they have made many widows in the midst of her.

26 S us sacerdotes violaron mi ley, y contaminaron mis santuarios; entre lo santo y lo profano no hicieron diferencia, ni enseñaron a distinguir entre inmundo y limpio; y de mis sábados apartaron sus ojos, y yo he sido profanado en medio de ellos.

Her priests have done violence to My law and have profaned My holy things; they have made no distinction between the holy and the profane, and they have not taught the difference between the unclean and the clean; and they hide their eyes from My sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.

27 S us príncipes en medio de ella son como lobos que arrebatan la presa, para derramar sangre, para destruir las almas, para obtener ganancias injustas.

Her princes within her are like wolves tearing the prey, by shedding blood and destroying lives in order to get dishonest gain.

28 Y sus profetas revocaban con lodo suelto, profetizándoles vanidad y adivinándoles mentiras, diciendo: Así ha dicho el Señor Jehová, cuando Jehová no había hablado.

Her prophets have smeared whitewash for them, seeing false visions and divining lies for them, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord God,’ when the Lord has not spoken.

29 E l pueblo de la tierra usaba de opresión y cometía robo, hacía violencia al afligido y menesteroso, y oprimía sin derecho al extranjero.

The people of the land have practiced oppression and committed robbery, and they have wronged the poor and needy and have oppressed the sojourner without justice.

30 Y busqué entre ellos algún hombre que reconstruyera el muro y que se pusiese en la brecha delante de mí, a favor de la tierra, para que yo no la destruyese; y no lo hallé.

I searched for a man among them who would build up the wall and stand in the gap before Me for the land, so that I would not destroy it; but I found no one.

31 P or tanto, derramé sobre ellos mi ira; con el ardor de mi ira los consumí; hice recaer el camino de ellos sobre su propia cabeza, dice el Señor Jehová.

Thus I have poured out My indignation on them; I have consumed them with the fire of My wrath; their way I have brought upon their heads,” declares the Lord God.