1 M oreover Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,

La palabra del Señor vino a mí, y me dijo:

2 Y ou, son of man, will you judge, will you judge the bloody city? then cause her to know all her abominations.

«¿Acaso tú, hijo de hombre, no vas a dictar sentencia contra la ciudad que derrama sangre? ¿Acaso no le vas a señalar todos sus actos repugnantes?

3 Y ou shall say, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: A city that sheds blood within herself, that her time may come, and that makes idols against herself to defile her!

Dile que así ha dicho Dios el Señor: “¡Ciudad que en tus calles derramas sangre, ciudad que te contaminas con los ídolos que has hecho, con lo que has provocado tu ruina!

4 Y ou have become guilty in your blood that you have shed, and are defiled in your idols which you have made; and you have caused your days to draw near, and have come even to your years: therefore have I made you a reproach to the nations, and a mocking to all the countries.

Has pecado por la sangre que has derramado; te has contaminado con los ídolos que te hiciste; has hecho que te llegue el día, el fin de tu vida. Por lo tanto, te he puesto en vergüenza y ridículo entre todos los países.

5 T hose who are near, and those who are far from you, shall mock you, you infamous one, full of tumult.

Tu nombre ha quedado mancillado, y las naciones cercanas y lejanas se reirán de ti, pues has quedado presa de gran confusión.”

6 B ehold, the princes of Israel, everyone according to his power, have been in you to shed blood.

»Los príncipes de Israel hacen todo lo que pueden por derramar sangre.

7 I n you have they set light by father and mother; among you they have dealt by oppression with the foreigner; in you they have wronged the fatherless and the widow.

En tus calles se desprecia al padre y a la madre, al extranjero se le trata con violencia, y a las viudas y a los huérfanos se les despoja.

8 Y ou have despised my holy things, and have profaned my Sabbaths.

A mis santuarios los menosprecias, y a mis días de reposo los profanas.

9 S landerous men have been in you to shed blood; and in you they have eaten on the mountains: they have committed lewdness among you.

Tus habitantes calumnian para derramar sangre, y celebran banquetes en la cumbre de los montes. ¡En tus calles cometen actos perversos!

10 I n you have they uncovered their fathers’ nakedness; in you have they humbled her who was unclean in her impurity.

Se deshonra a los padres, y se viola a las mujeres, aun cuando estén menstruando.

11 O ne 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.

No hay nadie en ti que no cometa actos vergonzosos con la mujer de su prójimo, ni quien no manche el honor de su nuera, ni quien no viole a su hermana por parte de padre.

12 I n you have they taken bribes to shed blood; you have taken interest and increase, and you have greedily gained of your neighbors by oppression, and have forgotten me, says the Lord Yahweh.

Hay en ti quienes cobran para derramar sangre; otros prestan dinero con interés y por usura; otros más defraudan y explotan a su prójimo. ¡Te has olvidado de mí! Palabra de Dios el Señor.

13 B ehold, therefore, I have struck my hand at your dishonest gain which you have made, and at your blood which has been within you.

»¡Mira cómo agito mis manos por causa de tus hechos de avaricia, y por la sangre que en ti se ha derramado!

14 C an your heart endure, or can your hands be strong, in the days that I shall deal with you? I, Yahweh, have spoken it, and will do it.

¿Crees que tu corazón y tus manos podrán hacerme frente cuando yo proceda contra ti? Yo, el Señor, he hablado y voy a actuar.

15 I will scatter you among the nations, and disperse you through the countries; and I will consume your filthiness out of you.

Voy a dispersarte por todas las naciones, voy a esparcirte por todos los países, ¡voy a acabar con tu inmundicia!

16 Y ou shall be profaned in yourself, in the sight of the nations; and you shall know that I am Yahweh.

¡Tú misma te rebajarás a la vista de las naciones! Así sabrás que yo soy el Señor.»

17 Y ahweh’s word came to me, saying,

La palabra del Señor vino a mí, y me dijo:

18 S on of man, the house of Israel has become dross to me: all of them are brass and tin and iron and lead, in the middle of the furnace; they are the dross of silver.

«Hijo de hombre, para mí el pueblo de Israel se ha convertido en escoria. Todos ellos son bronce y estaño, hierro y plomo en medio del horno. ¡Se han convertido en escoria de plata!

19 T herefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: Because you have all become dross, therefore, behold, I will gather you into the middle of Jerusalem.

Por tanto, así ha dicho Dios el Señor: Ya que todos ustedes se han convertido en escoria, voy a juntarlos en el centro de Jerusalén,

20 A s they gather silver and brass and iron and lead and tin into the middle of the furnace, to blow the fire on it, to melt it; so will I gather you in my anger and in my wrath, and I will lay you there, and melt you.

como si juntara plata, bronce, hierro, plomo y estaño, para encender fuego en medio del horno y fundirlos allí. En mi furor y enojo voy a juntarlos y a ponerlos allí, para fundirlos.

21 Y es, I will gather you, and blow on you with the fire of my wrath, and you shall be melted in the middle of it.

Voy a juntarlos y, con el fuego de mi furor, soplaré sobre ustedes y los fundiré en medio del horno.

22 A s silver is melted in the middle of the furnace, so you will be melted in the middle of it; and you will know that I, Yahweh, have poured out my wrath on you.

Van a ser fundidos allí, en medio del horno, como se funde la plata. Así sabrán que yo, el Señor, he descargado mi enojo sobre ustedes.»

23 Y ahweh’s word came to me, saying,

La palabra del Señor vino a mí, y me dijo:

24 S on of man, tell her, You are a land that is not cleansed, nor rained on in the day of indignation.

«Hijo de hombre, dile a la tierra de Israel: “Tierra que en el día del furor haya sido limpiada, tú no lo eres; ¡ni siquiera has sido rociada con lluvia!

25 T here is a conspiracy of her prophets within it, like a roaring lion ravening the prey: they have devoured souls; they take treasure and precious things; they have made her widows many within it.

En medio de ti los profetas se han confabulado y, como leones feroces, despedazan a su presa, se devoran a la gente, se apropian de haciendas y de honras, y hacen que aumente el número de viudas.

26 H er priests have done violence to my law, and have profaned my holy things: they have made no distinction between the holy and the common, neither have they caused men to discern between the unclean and the clean, and have hidden their eyes from my Sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.

Sus sacerdotes violan mi ley, contaminan mis santuarios, y no distinguen entre lo santo y lo profano, ni entre lo puro y lo impuro; no observan mis días de reposo, y en medio de ellos se me profana.

27 H er princes within it are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, that they may get dishonest gain.

En sus calles, sus príncipes parecen lobos que arrebatan a su presa; derraman sangre y matan gente, para obtener ganancias injustas.

28 H er prophets have plastered for them with whitewash, seeing false visions, and divining lies to them, saying, Thus says the Lord Yahweh, when Yahweh has not spoken.

Sus profetas disfrazan la realidad al profetizar falsedades y al mentirles con sus adivinaciones. Dicen que yo, su Señor y Dios, he hablado, ¡y yo no les he dicho nada!”

29 T he people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery; yes, they have troubled the poor and needy, and have oppressed the foreigner wrongfully.

»Los poderosos del país cometen robos y opresión, violentan a los pobres y menesterosos, y maltratan sin razón al extranjero.

30 I sought for a man among them, who should build up the wall, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it; but I found no one.

Yo he buscado entre ellos alguien que se enfrente a mí e interceda en favor de la tierra, para que yo no la destruya. ¡Pero no he encontrado a nadie!

31 T herefore have I poured out my indignation on them; I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath: their own way have I brought on their heads, says the Lord Yahweh.

Por lo tanto, derramaré mi enojo sobre ellos, y con el ardor de mi ira los consumiré. ¡Haré que recaigan sobre ellos las consecuencias de su mal proceder!» Palabra de Dios el Señor.