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Ezekiel 33 Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
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1 Nuevamente me vino un mensaje del Señor, diciendo:
1 Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,
2 «Hombre mortal, di a tu pueblo: “Cuando yo traigo un ejército contra un país, y la gente de ese país escoge un vigía,
2 “Son of man, speak to the children of your people, and tell them, ‘When I bring the sword on a land, and the people of the land take a man from among them, and set him for their watchman,
3 y cuando él ve venir el ejército y suena la alarma para advertirles,
3 if, when he sees the sword come on the land, he blows the trumpet and warns the people,
4 entonces cualquiera que oyendo la alarma rehúsa prestar atención, bien, si él muere la culpa es suya,
4 then whoever hears the sound of the trumpet and doesn’t heed the warning, if the sword comes and takes him away, his blood will be on his own head.
5 pues oyó la alarma pero no quiso escuchar; la culpa es suya. Si él hubiera prestado atención a la advertencia, habría salvado su vida.
5 He heard the sound of the trumpet and didn’t take warning. His blood will be on him; whereas if he had heeded the warning, he would have delivered his soul.
6 »”Pero si el vigía ve venir al enemigo y no suena la alarma para advertir a la gente, él es responsable por sus muertes. Ellos morirán en castigo por sus maldades, pero yo acusaré al vigía por sus muertes”.
6 But if the watchman sees the sword come and doesn’t blow the trumpet, and the people aren’t warned, and the sword comes and takes any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity, but his blood I will require at the watchman’s hand.’
7 »Así es contigo, hombre mortal. Yo te he designado como vigía para el pueblo de Israel, por lo tanto escucha lo que te digo y adviérteles de parte mía.
7 “So you, son of man, I have set you a watchman to the house of Israel. Therefore hear the word from my mouth, and give them warnings from me.
8 Si yo digo al impío: ¡Oh hombre impío, morirás!, y tú no le cuentas lo que yo dije, así que no tiene oportunidad de arrepentirse, esa persona impía morirá en castigo por sus maldades, pero yo te tendré a ti como responsable de su muerte.
8 When I tell the wicked, ‘O wicked man, you will surely die,’ and you don’t speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man will die in his iniquity, but I will require his blood at your hand.
9 Pero si tú le adviertes para que tenga oportunidad de arrepentirse, y no lo hace, él morirá en castigo por sus maldades, y tú no serás responsable.
9 Nevertheless, if you warn the wicked of his way to turn from it, and he doesn’t turn from his way; he will die in his iniquity, but you have delivered your soul.
10 »¡Oh pueblo de Israel!, ustedes están diciendo: “Nuestras acciones perversas pesan sobre nosotros; nos estamos consumiendo por nuestro sentimiento de culpa. ¿Cómo podemos seguir viviendo?”.
10 “You, son of man, tell the house of Israel: ‘You say this, “Our transgressions and our sins are on us, and we pine away in them. How then can we live?”’
11 Diles: “¡Se los aseguro, dice el Señor Dios, que no me complazco para nada en la muerte del impío, sino que deseo que el impío se arrepienta de sus maldades y viva! ¡Dejen de cometer maldades!, pues ¿por qué habrían de morir, oh israelitas?”.
11 Tell them, ‘“As I live,” says the Lord Yahweh, “I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn, turn from your evil ways! For why will you die, house of Israel?”’
12 »Porque las buenas obras de una persona justa no la salvarán si regresa a sus prácticas malvadas, y las obras malvadas de una persona impía no la destruirán si se arrepiente de ellas.
12 “You, son of man, tell the children of your people, ‘The righteousness of the righteous will not deliver him in the day of his disobedience. And as for the wickedness of the wicked, he will not fall by it in the day that he turns from his wickedness; neither will he who is righteous be able to live by it in the day that he sins.
13 Yo he dicho que la persona justa vivirá largamente. Pero si comete maldades, esperando que su piedad y justicia previas la salvarán del castigo, se equivoca, pues en realidad ninguna de sus buenas obras pasadas será recordada. Yo la castigaré por sus maldades.
13 When I tell the righteous that he will surely live, if he trusts in his righteousness and commits iniquity, none of his righteous deeds will be remembered; but he will die in his iniquity that he has committed.
14 Y cuando yo le digo a la persona impía que morirá, pero se arrepiente de sus maldades y hace lo que es justo y cabal,
14 Again, when I say to the wicked, “You will surely die,” if he turns from his sin and does that which is lawful and right,
15 si restituye la prenda del que pide prestado y devuelve lo que ha robado y vive practicando la justicia, no haciendo mal, seguramente vivirá largamente. No haré que muera como castigo.
15 if the wicked restore the pledge, give again that which he had taken by robbery, walk in the statutes of life, committing no iniquity, he will surely live. He will not die.
16 Ninguna de sus maldades pasadas se recordarán contra esta persona, pues se ha vuelto hacia el bien y seguramente vivirá largamente.
16 None of his sins that he has committed will be remembered against him. He has done that which is lawful and right. He will surely live.
17 »Y sin embargo, tu pueblo está diciendo que el Señor no es cabal. ¡El problema es que ellos no son cabales!
17 “‘Yet the children of your people say, “The way of the Lord is not fair;” but as for them, their way is not fair.
18 Pues de nuevo lo digo: ¡cuando la persona buena se vuelve al mal, morirá,
18 When the righteous turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, he will even die therein.
19 pero si la persona impía se vuelve de su maldad y hace lo que es cabal y justo, vivirá!
19 When the wicked turns from his wickedness and does that which is lawful and right, he will live by it.
20 ¡Y aún están diciendo que el Señor no es cabal! Pero yo juzgaré a cada uno de ustedes conforme a sus hechos».
20 Yet you say, “The way of the Lord is not fair.” House of Israel, I will judge every one of you after his ways.’”
21 En el decimosegundo año de nuestro exilio, a fines de diciembre, uno de aquellos que escapó de Jerusalén llegó para decirme: «¡La ciudad ha sido conquistada!».
21 In the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, in the fifth day of the month, one who had escaped out of Jerusalem came to me, saying, “The city has been defeated!”
22 La presencia del Señor había estado conmigo la tarde anterior y me había sanado para que pudiera hablar de nuevo para cuando el hombre llegara.
22 Now Yahweh’s hand had been on me in the evening, before he who had escaped came; and he had opened my mouth until he came to me in the morning; and my mouth was opened, and I was no longer mute.
23 Entonces me vino este mensaje de parte del Señor:
23 Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,
24 «Hombre mortal, los pocos sobrevivientes esparcidos de Judá que viven entre las ciudades arruinadas insisten en decir: “¡Abraham era un hombre solo y sin embargo, obtuvo la posesión de todo el país! ¡Nosotros somos muchos, así que sin duda podremos obtenerla de vuelta!”».
24 “Son of man, those who inhabit the waste places in the land of Israel speak, saying, ‘Abraham was one, and he inherited the land; but we are many. The land is given us for inheritance.’
25 Pero el Señor Dios dice: «¡No tienen poder, porque viven pendientes sólo de hacer el mal! Comen carne con su sangre, rinden homenaje a ídolos y asesinan. ¿Suponen que les dejaré la tierra cuando viven de esta manera?
25 Therefore tell them, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “You eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes to your idols, and shed blood. So should you possess the land?
26 ¡Asesinos! ¡Idólatras! ¡Adúlteros! ¿Debieran en estas condiciones poseer la tierra?
26 You stand on your sword, you work abomination, and every one of you defiles his neighbor’s wife. So should you possess the land?”’
27 »Diles: El Señor Dios dice: “¡Ténganlo por cierto, les aseguro que morirán todos, hasta aquellos que viven en las ruinas y en los lugares más recónditos! Aquellos que viven en los campos serán comidos por las fieras, y los que están en fuertes y cuevas morirán por enfermedad.
27 “You shall tell them, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “As I live, surely those who are in the waste places will fall by the sword. I will give whoever is in the open field to the animals to be devoured, and those who are in the strongholds and in the caves will die of the pestilence.
28 Yo desolaré la tierra y su orgullo, y su poder cesará. Y los pueblos de las montañas de Israel estarán tan arruinados que nadie podrá siquiera caminar por ellos.
28 I will make the land a desolation and an astonishment. The pride of her power will cease. The mountains of Israel will be desolate, so that no one will pass through.
29 Cuando yo haya arruinado la tierra a causa de sus maldades, entonces ellos sabrán que yo soy el Señor”.
29 Then they will know that I am Yahweh, when I have made the land a desolation and an astonishment because of all their abominations which they have committed.”’
30 »Hombre mortal, tu pueblo está murmurando detrás de tu espalda. Ellos hablan mal de ti en sus casas y murmuran en las puertas diciendo: “¡Vengan, tengamos un poco de diversión! ¡Vayamos para que él nos cuente lo que el Señor mismo quiere comunicarnos!”.
30 “As for you, son of man, the children of your people talk about you by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and speak to one another, everyone to his brother, saying, ‘Please come and hear what the word is that comes out from Yahweh.’
31 Así que vienen como si fueran sinceros y se sientan ante ti a escucharte. ¡Pero ellos no tienen ninguna intención de hacer lo que yo les diga! Hablan dulcemente de amar al Señor, pero con sus cabezas están pensando sólo en el robo.
31 They come to you as the people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear your words, but don’t do them; for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goes after their gain.
32 Eres para ellos un entretenimiento, como alguien que canta lindas canciones con una hermosa voz o toca bien un instrumento. ¡Ellos oyen lo que dices pero no prestan atención a ello!
32 Behold, you are to them as a very lovely song of one who has a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument; for they hear your words, but they don’t do them.
33 Pero cuando todas estas cosas terribles les sucedan —¡porque se cumplirán!— entonces sabrán que un profeta ha estado entre ellos».
33 “When this comes to pass—behold, it comes—then they will know that a prophet has been among them.”
Cross references (31)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 2 Ezekiel 33:30; Ezekiel 33:17; Ezekiel 14:17; Ezekiel 3:11; Ezekiel 3:27
- 3 Hosea 8:1; Nehemiah 4:20; Isaiah 58:1; Jeremiah 4:5; Joel 2:1
- 4 Ezekiel 18:13; Acts 18:6; Ezekiel 33:9; Jeremiah 6:17; 2 Chronicles 25:16
- 5 Hebrews 11:7; Exodus 9:19–21; John 8:39; Hebrews 2:1–3; 2 Kings 6:10
- 6 Ezekiel 3:18–20; Genesis 42:22; 2 Samuel 4:11; Ezekiel 33:8–9; Ezekiel 18:20
- 7 Jeremiah 26:2; Ezekiel 3:17–21; Ezekiel 2:7–8; Hebrews 13:17; Acts 5:20
- 8 Acts 20:26–27; Ezekiel 33:6; Ezekiel 33:14; Ezekiel 18:4; Genesis 3:4
- 9 Ezekiel 3:19; Acts 20:26; Proverbs 15:10; Ezekiel 3:21; Acts 28:23–28
- 10 Ezekiel 37:11; Isaiah 49:14; Ezekiel 24:23; Leviticus 26:39; Ezekiel 4:17
- 11 1 Timothy 2:4; Ezekiel 18:23; 2 Peter 3:9; Isaiah 55:6–7; Acts 3:19
- 12 Ezekiel 33:18–19; 2 Chronicles 7:14; Romans 3:25; Ezekiel 33:2; 1 Kings 8:48–50
- 13 Ezekiel 18:24; Hebrews 10:38; Ezekiel 18:4; Luke 18:9–14; Ezekiel 3:20
- 14 Ezekiel 18:27; Jeremiah 18:7–8; Ezekiel 33:8; Hosea 14:1; Isaiah 55:7
- 15 Ezekiel 20:11; Luke 19:8; Exodus 22:1–4; Leviticus 6:2–5; Ezekiel 18:7
- 16 Ezekiel 18:22; Isaiah 43:25; Micah 7:18–19; Romans 5:16; Isaiah 1:18
- 17 Ezekiel 18:25; Ezekiel 18:29; Matthew 25:24–26; Job 35:2; Job 40:8
- 18 Ezekiel 33:12–13; Hebrews 10:38; 2 Peter 2:20–22; Ezekiel 18:26–27; Ezekiel 3:20
- 19 Ezekiel 18:27–28; Ezekiel 33:14
- 20 Matthew 16:27; Ezekiel 18:25; Psalm 62:12; Revelation 20:12–15; Proverbs 19:3
- 21 Ezekiel 1:2; 2 Kings 24:4–7; Jeremiah 39:1–8; Ezekiel 24:26–27; Ezekiel 32:1
- 22 Ezekiel 1:3; Ezekiel 3:26–27; Ezekiel 24:26–27; Ezekiel 37:1; Luke 1:64
- 24 Isaiah 51:2; Ezekiel 33:27; Acts 7:5; Jeremiah 40:7; Ezekiel 36:4
- 25 Jeremiah 7:9–10; Deuteronomy 12:16; Genesis 9:4; Ezekiel 22:6; Leviticus 3:17
- 26 Micah 2:1–2; Genesis 27:40; Zephaniah 3:3; Ezekiel 18:11–12; 1 Peter 4:3
- 27 1 Samuel 13:6; Jeremiah 42:22; Ezekiel 39:4; Jeremiah 41:9; Jeremiah 15:2–4
- 28 Ezekiel 7:24; Jeremiah 44:22; Ezekiel 24:21; Micah 7:13; Jeremiah 44:6
- 29 Ezekiel 6:7; 2 Chronicles 36:14–17; Exodus 14:18; Ezekiel 7:27; Ezekiel 23:49
- 30 Isaiah 58:2; Matthew 15:8; Isaiah 29:13; Matthew 22:16–17; Jeremiah 23:35
- 31 Psalm 78:36–37; Matthew 13:22; James 1:22–24; Luke 11:28; Isaiah 29:13
- 32 Mark 6:20; John 5:35; Mark 4:16–17
- 33 Jeremiah 28:9; 1 Samuel 3:19–20; Ezekiel 2:5; 2 Kings 5:8; Luke 10:11
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What the Fathers said
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
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