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El río del templo

47 El hombre me trajo de vuelta a la entrada del templo, y vi que brotaba agua por debajo del umbral, en dirección al oriente, que es hacia donde da la fachada del templo. El agua corría por la parte baja del lado derecho del templo, al sur del altar. Luego el hombre me sacó por la puerta del norte, y me hizo dar la vuelta por fuera, hasta la puerta exterior que mira hacia el oriente; y vi que las aguas fluían del lado sur. El hombre salió hacia el oriente con una cuerda en la mano, midió quinientos metros y me hizo cruzar el agua, la cual me llegaba a los tobillos. Luego midió otros quinientos metros y me hizo cruzar el agua, que ahora me llegaba a las rodillas. Midió otros quinientos metros, y me hizo cruzar el agua, que esta vez me llegaba a la cintura. Midió otros quinientos metros, pero la corriente se había convertido ya en un río que yo no podía cruzar. Había crecido tanto que solo se podía cruzar a nado. Entonces me preguntó: «¿Lo has visto, hijo de hombre?»

En seguida me hizo volver a la orilla del río, y al llegar vi que en sus márgenes había muchos árboles. Allí me dijo: «Estas aguas fluyen hacia la región oriental, descienden hasta el Arabá, y van a dar al Mar Muerto. Cuando desembocan en ese mar, las aguas son saneadas. Por donde corra este río, todo ser viviente que en él se mueva vivirá. Habrá peces en abundancia porque el agua de este río será saneada, y todo lo que se mueva en sus aguas vivirá. 10 Junto al río se detendrán los pescadores, desde Engadi hasta Eneglayin, porque allí habrá lugar para secar sus redes. Los peces allí serán tan variados y numerosos como en el mar Mediterráneo.[a] 11 Pero sus pantanos y marismas no serán saneados, sino que quedarán como salinas. 12 Junto a las orillas del río crecerá toda clase de árboles frutales; sus hojas no se marchitarán, y siempre tendrán frutos. Cada mes darán frutos nuevos, porque el agua que los riega sale del templo. Sus frutos servirán de alimento y sus hojas serán medicinales.

Los límites del país

13 »Así dice el Señor omnipotente: Estos son los límites del país que se repartirá como herencia a las doce tribus de Israel, teniendo en cuenta que a José le tocará una doble porción. 14 A vuestros antepasados les juré darles este país como herencia. Ahora cada uno de vosotros recibirá una parte igual, porque este país es vuestra herencia.

15 »Por el lado norte, comenzando desde el mar Mediterráneo y pasando por la ciudad de Hetlón hasta la entrada de Zedad, los límites del país serán: 16 Jamat, Berotá, Sibrayin —que está entre el territorio de Damasco y el de Jamat— y Jazar Haticón, que limita con Jaurán. 17 Así el límite norte se extenderá desde el mar Mediterráneo hasta Jazar Enán. Al norte quedarán los territorios de Jamat y Jaurán.

18 »Por el oriente, la frontera entre la tierra de Israel y Jaurán, Damasco y Galaad será el río Jordán hasta la ciudad de Tamar, que está junto al Mar Muerto; este será el lado oriental.

19 »Por el sur, la frontera irá desde Tamar hasta el oasis de Meribá Cades, en dirección al torrente de Egipto hasta el mar Mediterráneo. Este será el límite sur.

20 »Por el occidente, la frontera será el mar Mediterráneo, desde el límite sur hasta la costa que está a la altura de Lebó Jamat.[b] Este será el límite occidental.

21 »Deberéis repartiros esta tierra entre las doce tribus de Israel. 22 La sortearéis como herencia entre vosotros, y entre los extranjeros que habiten entre vosotros y que entre vosotros hayáis tenido, a los cuales deberéis considerar israelitas de nacimiento. Por tanto, estos extranjeros recibirán una herencia con vosotros entre las tribus de Israel. 23 Y en la tribu donde esté residiendo el extranjero, allí le daréis su herencia. Lo afirma el Señor omnipotente.

Footnotes

  1. 47:10 mar Mediterráneo. Lit. mar grande; también en vv. 15,19,20.
  2. 47:20 Lebó Jamat. Alt. la entrada de Jamat; también en 48:1.

47 Afterward he brought me again unto the door of the house; and, behold, waters issued out from under the threshold of the house eastward: for the forefront of the house stood toward the east, and the waters came down from under from the right side of the house, at the south side of the altar.

Then brought he me out of the way of the gate northward, and led me about the way without unto the utter gate by the way that looketh eastward; and, behold, there ran out waters on the right side.

And when the man that had the line in his hand went forth eastward, he measured a thousand cubits, and he brought me through the waters; the waters were to the ankles.

Again he measured a thousand, and brought me through the waters; the waters were to the knees. Again he measured a thousand, and brought me through; the waters were to the loins.

Afterward he measured a thousand; and it was a river that I could not pass over: for the waters were risen, waters to swim in, a river that could not be passed over.

And he said unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen this? Then he brought me, and caused me to return to the brink of the river.

Now when I had returned, behold, at the bank of the river were very many trees on the one side and on the other.

Then said he unto me, These waters issue out toward the east country, and go down into the desert, and go into the sea: which being brought forth into the sea, the waters shall be healed.

And it shall come to pass, that every thing that liveth, which moveth, whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live: and there shall be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters shall come thither: for they shall be healed; and every thing shall live whither the river cometh.

10 And it shall come to pass, that the fishers shall stand upon it from Engedi even unto Eneglaim; they shall be a place to spread forth nets; their fish shall be according to their kinds, as the fish of the great sea, exceeding many.

11 But the miry places thereof and the marishes thereof shall not be healed; they shall be given to salt.

12 And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow all trees for meat, whose leaf shall not fade, neither shall the fruit thereof be consumed: it shall bring forth new fruit according to his months, because their waters they issued out of the sanctuary: and the fruit thereof shall be for meat, and the leaf thereof for medicine.

13 Thus saith the Lord God; This shall be the border, whereby ye shall inherit the land according to the twelve tribes of Israel: Joseph shall have two portions.

14 And ye shall inherit it, one as well as another: concerning the which I lifted up mine hand to give it unto your fathers: and this land shall fall unto you for inheritance.

15 And this shall be the border of the land toward the north side, from the great sea, the way of Hethlon, as men go to Zedad;

16 Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which is between the border of Damascus and the border of Hamath; Hazarhatticon, which is by the coast of Hauran.

17 And the border from the sea shall be Hazarenan, the border of Damascus, and the north northward, and the border of Hamath. And this is the north side.

18 And the east side ye shall measure from Hauran, and from Damascus, and from Gilead, and from the land of Israel by Jordan, from the border unto the east sea. And this is the east side.

19 And the south side southward, from Tamar even to the waters of strife in Kadesh, the river to the great sea. And this is the south side southward.

20 The west side also shall be the great sea from the border, till a man come over against Hamath. This is the west side.

21 So shall ye divide this land unto you according to the tribes of Israel.

22 And it shall come to pass, that ye shall divide it by lot for an inheritance unto you, and to the strangers that sojourn among you, which shall beget children among you: and they shall be unto you as born in the country among the children of Israel; they shall have inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel.

23 And it shall come to pass, that in what tribe the stranger sojourneth, there shall ye give him his inheritance, saith the Lord God.

The river from the temple

47 The man brought me back to the entrance of the temple. There I saw water that was pouring out from under the entrance. It was pouring towards the east. (The front entrance of the temple opened towards the east.) The river of water came from under the south side of the temple. It went past the south side of the altar. The man took me out through the north gate of the temple. We went around the outside to the gate that opens towards the east. There I saw a small stream of water. It was coming out from the south side of the gate.

The man went towards the east. He measured 500 metres in that direction. He took me through the water there. The water was as high as my ankles. Then he measured another 500 metres along the stream. He took me through the water again. Here, the water was as high as my knees. He measured another 500 metres. He took me through the water and it was now as high as my belt. Then he measured another 500 metres. Here the water had become a deep river. It was too deep for me to go across. Nobody could walk through it. They would need to swim.

The man said to me, ‘Son of man, you must remember what you have seen.’

Then he took me back to the river's edge. When I got there, I saw very many trees. They were on each side of the river. He said to me, ‘This river of water goes towards the land in the east. It goes into the valley of the Jordan River. Then the water goes into the Salt Sea. When it goes into the sea there, the water becomes pure instead of salty.[a] Wherever the river goes, many kinds of animals and fish will live. There will be lots of fish in the Salt Sea because the water that goes in there will make it pure. There will be many living things in places where the river goes. 10 Men will stand on the edge of the sea to catch fish. They will use their nets to catch fish, all the way from En-Gedi to En-Eglaim. They will catch many kinds of fish, like the fish of the Mediterranean Sea. 11 But the water in the pools and the wet places around the Salt Sea will not become pure. There will still be salt for people there. 12 All kinds of fruit trees will live on each side of the river. Their leaves will never become dry. They will always give fruit every month. This is because the water that feeds them comes from the holy temple. The fruit from these trees will provide food. And their leaves will make sick people well.’

The borders of Israel's land

13 This is what the Almighty Lord says: ‘This is the land that you will share among Israel's 12 tribes. Give one part to each tribe, but Joseph's descendants will have two parts.[b] 14 Share the land in equal parts for each tribe. I promised your ancestors that I would give them this land to live in. So now it will belong to you and your descendants.

15 These will be the borders of your land:

The north border goes from the Mediterranean Sea to the city of Hethlon. It continues to go east, past Lebo-Hamath and to Zedad. 16 From there, it continues through Berothah and Sibraim. Those towns are on the border between Damascus and Hamath. Then it goes as far as Hazer-Hattikon, which is on the border of Hauran. 17 The border goes from the Mediterranean Sea to Hazar-Enan. The border of Hamath is on the north side and the border of Damascus is on the south side. That is the north border of your land.

18 On the east side, the border of your land is the Jordan River. It starts between Hauran and Damascus. It goes between the region of Gilead and Israel's land, past the Salt Sea as far as Tamar. That is the east border.

19 On the south side, the border goes from Tamar to the springs of water near Meribath Kadesh. Then it goes along the Stream at Egypt's border to the Mediterranean Sea. That is the south border.

20 On the west side, the Mediterranean Sea is the border of your land. It goes north to a place on the west side of Lebo-Hamath. That is the north border of your land.

21 You must share this land among yourselves so that each tribe of Israel receives a part. 22 Each part that you receive will belong to you and to the foreigners who live among you. Those foreigners have given birth to their own children among you. Accept them as if they were born as Israelites. They must receive land for themselves among Israel's tribes. 23 Give them land among the tribe where they have decided to live.’

That is what the Almighty Lord says.

Footnotes

  1. 47:8 The Salt Sea is called the Dead Sea today.
  2. 47:13 Joseph's two sons were Ephraim and Manasseh. They each made a tribe.