1 Y él me dijo: Hijo de hombre, come lo que tienes delante; come este rollo, y ve, habla a la casa de Israel.

He said to me, Son of man, eat that which you find. Eat this scroll, and go, speak to the house of Israel.

2 A brí, pues, mi boca, y me dio a comer el rollo.

So I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat the scroll.

3 E ntonces me dijo: Hijo de hombre, alimenta tu estómago y llena tu cuerpo de este rollo que te doy. Y lo comí, y fue en mi boca dulce como la miel.

He said to me, Son of man, cause your belly to eat, and fill your bowels with this scroll that I give you. Then I ate it; and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth.

4 M e dijo además: Hijo de hombre, ve a la casa de Israel y háblales con mis palabras.

He said to me, Son of man, go to the house of Israel, and speak my words to them.

5 P orque no eres enviado a un pueblo de habla incomprensible y lengua difícil, sino a la casa de Israel;

For you are not sent to a people of a strange speech and of a hard language, but to the house of Israel;

6 t ampoco a pueblos numerosos de habla incomprensible y lengua difícil cuyas palabras no puedes entender. Sino que te he enviado a ellos; ellos te escucharán.

not to many peoples of a strange speech and of a hard language, whose words you can not understand. Surely, if I sent you to them, they would listen to you.

7 P ero la casa de Israel no te querrá escuchar, ya que no quieren escucharme a mí. Ciertamente toda la casa de Israel es terca y de duro corazón.

But the house of Israel will not listen to you; for they will not listen to me: for all the house of Israel are obstinate and hard-hearted.

8 H e aquí, he hecho tu rostro tan duro como sus rostros, y tu frente tan dura como sus frentes.

Behold, I have made your face hard against their faces, and your forehead hard against their foreheads.

9 C omo esmeril, más duro que el pedernal, he hecho tu frente. No les temas ni te atemorices ante ellos, porque son casa rebelde.

As an adamant harder than flint have I made your forehead: don’t be afraid of them, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they are a rebellious house.

10 A demás me dijo: Hijo de hombre, recibe en tu corazón todas mis palabras que yo te hablo, y escúcha las atentamente.

Moreover he said to me, Son of man, all my words that I shall speak to you receive in your heart, and hear with your ears.

11 Y ve a los desterrados, a los hijos de tu pueblo; háblales y diles, escuchen o dejen de escuchar: “Así dice el Señor Dios.”

Go to them of the captivity, to the children of your people, and speak to them, and tell them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh; whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear.

12 E ntonces el Espíritu me levantó, y oí detrás de mí un gran ruido atronador: Bendita sea la gloria del Señor desde su lugar.

Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind me the voice of a great rushing, saying, Blessed be Yahweh’s glory from his place.

13 O í el ruido de las alas de los seres vivientes que se tocaban una a la otra, y el ruido de las ruedas junto a ellos, un gran ruido atronador.

I heard the noise of the wings of the living creatures as they touched one another, and the noise of the wheels beside them, even the noise of a great rushing.

14 Y el Espíritu me levantó y me tomó; yo iba con amargura en la indignación de mi espíritu, y la mano del Señor era fuerte sobre mí.

So the Spirit lifted me up, and took me away; and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; and Yahweh’s hand was strong on me.

15 E ntonces vine a los desterrados de Tel-abib que habitaban junto al río Quebar, y allí donde ellos vivían, estuve sentado siete días, atónito, en medio de ellos.

Then I came to them of the captivity at Tel Aviv, that lived by the river Chebar, and to where they lived; and I sat there overwhelmed among them seven days.

16 Y sucedió que al cabo de los siete días vino a mí la palabra del Señor, diciendo:

At the end of seven days, Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,

17 H ijo de hombre, te he puesto por centinela de la casa de Israel; cuando oigas la palabra de mi boca, adviérteles de mi parte.

Son of man, I have made you a watchman to the house of Israel: therefore hear the word from my mouth, and give them warning from me.

18 C uando yo diga al impío: “Ciertamente morirás”, si no le adviertes, si no hablas para advertir al impío de su mal camino a fin de que viva, ese impío morirá por su iniquidad, pero yo demandaré su sangre de tu mano.

When I tell the wicked, You shall surely die; and you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at your hand.

19 P ero si tú has advertido al impío, y éste no se aparta de su impiedad ni de su camino impío, morirá él por su iniquidad, pero tú habrás librado tu vida.

Yet if you warn the wicked, and he doesn’t turn from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but you have delivered your soul.

20 Y cuando un justo se desvíe de su justicia y cometa iniquidad, yo pondré un obstáculo delante de él, y morirá; porque tú no le advertiste, él morirá por su pecado, y las obras de justicia que había hecho no serán recordadas, pero yo demandaré su sangre de tu mano.

Again, when a righteous man does turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumbling block before him, he shall die: because you have not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteous deeds which he has done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at your hand.

21 S in embargo, si tú has advertido al justo para que el justo no peque, y él no peca, ciertamente vivirá porque aceptó la advertencia, y tú habrás librado tu vida.

Nevertheless if you warn the righteous man, that the righteous not sin, and he does not sin, he shall surely live, because he took warning; and you have delivered your soul.

22 A llí vino sobre mí la mano del Señor, y El me dijo: Levántate y ve a la llanura, y allí te hablaré.

Yahweh’s hand was there on me; and he said to me, Arise, go out into the plain, and I will there talk with you.

23 E ntonces me levanté y salí a la llanura; y he aquí, la gloria del Señor estaba parada allí, como la gloria que vi junto al río Quebar, y caí rostro en tierra.

Then I arose, and went out into the plain: and behold, Yahweh’s glory stood there, as the glory which I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell on my face.

24 Y el Espíritu entró en mí, me hizo ponerme en pie y habló conmigo, y me dijo: Ve, enciérrate en tu casa.

Then the Spirit entered into me, and set me on my feet; and he spoke with me, and said to me, Go, shut yourself inside your house.

25 Y tú, hijo de hombre, mira, te echarán cuerdas y con ellas te atarán, para que no salgas en medio de ellos.

But you, son of man, behold, they shall lay bands on you, and shall bind you with them, and you shall not go out among them:

26 Y haré que tu lengua se te pegue al paladar y enmudecerás, y no serás para ellos el hombre que reprenda, porque son una casa rebelde.

and I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth, that you shall be mute, and shall not be to them a reprover; for they are a rebellious house.

27 P ero cuando yo te hable, te abriré la boca, y les dirás: “Así dice el Señor Dios.” El que oye, que oiga; el que rehúse oír, que rehúse; porque son una casa rebelde.

But when I speak with you, I will open your mouth, and you shall tell them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: He who hears, let him hear; and he who forbears, let him forbear: for they are a rebellious house.