Biblia Platense (Straubinger) · Catholic Public Domain Version
Ezequiel 18
1Me llegó la palabra de Yahvé, que dijo: And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:2“¿Por qué vosotros que sabéis hablar en proverbios aplicáis al país de Israel este refrán: «Los padres comieron el agraz, y los hijos sufren la dentera»? “Why is it that you circulate among yourselves this parable, as a proverb in the land of Israel, saying: ‘The fathers ate a bitter grape, and the teeth of the sons have been affected.’3Por mi vida, dice Yahvé, el Señor, que no tendréis más necesidad de decir este refrán en Israel. As I live, says the Lord God, this parable shall no longer be a proverb for you in Israel.4He aquí que todas las almas son mías; mías son el alma del padre como el alma del hijo, mas el alma que pecare, esa morirá. Behold, all souls are mine. Just as the soul of the father is mine, so also is the soul of the son. The soul that sins, the same shall die.5Si un hombre es justo y vive según derecho y justicia; And if a man is just, and he accomplishes judgment and justice,6si no banquetea en los montes ni alza sus ojos a los ídolos de la casa de Israel; si no mancha a la mujer de su prójimo ni se acerca a mujer durante su impureza; and if he does not eat upon the mountains, nor lift up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, and if he has not violated the wife of his neighbor, nor approached a menstruating woman,7si no oprime a nadie y devuelve al deudor la prenda; si no roba nada; si parte su pan con el hambriento y cubre al desnudo con vestido; and if he has not grieved any man, but has restored the collateral to the debtor, if he has seized nothing by violence, has given his bread to the hungry, and has covered the naked with a garment,8si no presta a usura ni acepta interés; si retira su mano de lo que es malo y juzga entre hombre y hombre según la verdad; if he has not lent upon usury, nor taken any increase, if he has averted his hand from iniquity, and has executed true judgment between man and man,9si sigue mis preceptos y guarda mis juicios para obrar rectamente; ese tal es justo, ese vivirá, dice Yahvé, el Señor. if he has walked in my precepts and kept my judgments, so that he acts in accord with truth, then he is just; he shall certainly live, says the Lord God.10Pero si engendra a un hijo violento que vierte sangre y comete contra su hermano alguna de estas cosas, But if he raises a son who is a robber, who sheds blood, and who does any of these things,11y lejos de hacer aquellas cosas (buenas) banquetea sobre los montes y mancha a la mujer de su prójimo, (even though he himself does not do any of these things,) and who eats upon the mountains, and who defiles the wife of his neighbor,12oprime al pobre y al desvalido, comete rapiñas, no devuelve la prenda y alza los ojos a los ídolos, haciendo abominación, who grieves the needy and the poor, who seizes with violence, who does not restore the collateral, and who lifts up his eyes to idols, committing abomination,13presta a usura y acepta creces ¿acaso este vivirá? No vivirá, habiendo hecho todas estas abominaciones. Morirá sin remedio. Recaerá sobre él su sangre. who lends upon usury, and who takes an increase, then shall he live? He shall not live. Since he has done all these detestable things, he shall certainly die. His blood shall be upon him.14Mas he aquí que (un hombre) engendra un hijo, que ve todos los pecados que cometió su padre, y viéndolos no hace nada semejante: But if he raises a son, who, seeing all his father’s sins that he has done, is afraid and so does not act in a way similar to him,15no banquetea sobre los montes, no alza sus ojos a los ídolos de la casa de Israel, no mancha a la mujer de su prójimo, who does not eat upon the mountains, nor lift up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, and who does not violate the wife of his neighbor,16no oprime a nadie ni exige la prenda, no comete rapiñas, parte su pan con el hambriento y cubre al desnudo con vestido, and who has not grieved any man, nor withheld the collateral, nor seized by violence, but instead has given his bread to the hungry, and has covered the naked with a garment,17retira su mano de la iniquidad, no toma ni usura ni interés, obra según mis leyes y cumple mis preceptos: este no morirá por la iniquidad de su padre; sino que vivirá. who has averted his hand from injuring the poor, who has not taken usury and an overabundance, who has acted according to my judgments and walked in my precepts, then this one shall not die for the iniquity of his father; instead, he shall certainly live.18Su padre, empero, morirá por su iniquidad, porque hizo opresión, despojó a su hermano y obró la maldad en medio de su pueblo. As for his father, because he oppressed and did violence to his brother, and worked evil in the midst of his people, behold, he has died by his own iniquity.19Si preguntáis: «¿Por qué no ha de pagar el hijo la iniquidad de su padre?» Porque el hijo ha obrado según derecho y justicia, ha guardado todos mis mandamientos y los ha cumplido; de seguro vivirá. And you say, ‘Why has not the son borne the iniquity of the father?’ Clearly, since the son has worked judgment and justice, has observed all my precepts, and has done them, he shall certainly live.20El alma que pecare, esa morirá. El hijo no pagará la iniquidad del padre, ni el padre la iniquidad del hijo; la justicia del justo sobre este mismo recaerá, y la iniquidad del inicuo caerá sobre él mismo. The soul that sins, the same shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, and the father shall not bear the iniquity of the son. The justice of the just man shall be upon himself, but the impiety of the impious man shall be upon himself.21Si el malo se convierte de todos sus pecados cometidos y guarda todos mis preceptos y obra según derecho y justicia, ciertamente vivirá; no morirá. But if the impious man does penance for all his sins which he has committed, and if he keeps all my precepts, and accomplishes judgment and justice, then he shall certainly live, and he shall not die.22No le será imputado ninguno de los pecados que haya cometido. A causa de la justicia que ha obrado vivirá. I will not remember all his iniquities, which he has worked; by his justice, which he has worked, he shall live.23¿Acaso quiero Yo la muerte del impío? dice Yahvé, el Señor. ¿No (quiero) más bien que vuelva de sus caminos y viva? How could it be my will that an impious man should die, says the Lord God, and not that he should be converted from his ways and live?24Pero cuando el justo se desviare de su justicia cometiendo iniquidad e imitando todas las abominaciones del impío, ¿acaso vivirá? Ninguna de sus justicias que ha hecho le será imputada. Por la prevaricación en que ha caído, y por el pecado que ha cometido, por ellos morirá. But if a just man turns himself away from his justice, and does iniquity in accord with all the abominations that the impious man so often does, why should he live? All his justices, which he has accomplished, shall not be remembered. By the transgression, in which he has transgressed, and by his sin, in which he has sinned, by these he shall die.25Si decís: «El camino del Señor es torcido», escucha, ¡oh casa de Israel! ¿Acaso es el camino mío el torcido, y no son más bien vuestros caminos los torcidos? And you have said, ‘The way of the Lord is not fair.’ Therefore, listen, O house of Israel. How could it be that my way is not fair? And is it not instead your ways that are perverse?26Si el justo se desvía de su justicia y obra la maldad, y muere a causa de ello, muere por la maldad que ha cometido. For when the just man turns himself away from his justice, and commits iniquity, he shall die by this; by the injustice that he has worked, he shall die.27Asimismo si el impío se convierte de su maldad que ha hecho y obra según derecho y justicia, conserva la vida de su alma. And when the impious man turns himself away from his impiety, which he has done, and accomplishes judgment and justice, he shall cause his own soul to live.28Si abre sus ojos y se convierte de todos los pecados que ha cometido, de seguro vivirá; no morirá. For by considering and turning himself away from all his iniquities, which he has worked, he shall certainly live, and he shall not die.29Y, sin embargo, dice la casa de Israel: «El camino del Señor es torcido». ¿Acaso son torcidos mis caminos, oh casa de Israel? ¿No son más bien vuestros caminos los torcidos? And yet the sons of Israel say, ‘The way of the Lord is not fair.’ How could it be that my ways are not fair, O house of Israel? And is it not instead your ways that are perverse?30Por lo tanto os juzgaré a cada uno conforme a sus caminos, oh casa de Israel, dice Yahvé, el Señor. Convertíos y apartaos de todos vuestros pecados, para que la iniquidad no sea causa de vuestra ruina. Therefore, O house of Israel, I will judge each one according to his ways, says the Lord God. Be converted, and do penance for all your iniquities, and then iniquity will not be your ruin.31Echad lejos de vosotros todos vuestros pecados que habéis cometido, y formaos un corazón nuevo y un nuevo espíritu, pues ¿por qué queréis morir, oh casa de Israel? Cast all your transgressions, by which you have transgressed, away from you, and make for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. And then why should you die, O house of Israel?32Porque Yo no quiero la muerte del que muere, dice Yahvé, el Señor. ¡Convertíos y viviréis! For I do not desire the death of one who dies, says the Lord God. So return and live.”