Isaiah 16
1 And they will send ... to the mountain of the daughter of Zion.
Envíen corderos al Soberano de la tierra desde Petra por el desierto a la Montaña de la hija de Sion.
2 For the daughters of Moab will be like wandering birds, like a place from which the young birds have gone in flight, at the ways across the Arnon.
Como ave espantada que huye de su nido serán las hijas de Moab en los vados del Arnón.
3 Give wise directions, make a decision; let your shade be as night in full day: keep safe those who are in flight; do not give up the wandering ones.
¡Den consejo, hagan lo justo! Haz que tu sombra sea grata como la noche en el ardor del mediodía. ¡Esconde a los desterrados, y no descubras al fugitivo!
4 Let those who have been forced out of Moab have a resting-place with you; be a cover to them from him who is making waste their land: till the cruel ones are cut off, and wasting has come to an end, and those who take pleasure in crushing the poor are gone from the land.
Moren contigo mis fugitivos de Moab. Sé para ellos refugio ante el destructor hasta que cese el opresor, hasta que acabe el devastador y el agresor desaparezca de la tierra.
5 Then a king's seat will be based on mercy, and one will be seated on it in the tent of David for ever; judging uprightly, and quick to do righteousness.
Será establecido un trono en el Tabernáculo de David fundado en la misericordia y la verdad. En él se sentará un Juez celoso del justo juicio, solícito de la justicia.
6 We have had word of the pride of Moab, how great it is; how he is lifted up in pride and passion: his high words about himself are false.
Hemos oído del orgullo de Moab, su gran orgullo, su soberbia, su arrogancia y su insolencia. Pero su jactancia es vana,
7 For this cause everyone in Moab will give cries of grief for Moab: crushed to the earth, they will be weeping for the men of Kir-hareseth.
porque Moab gemirá. Toda ella se lamentará por las tortas de pasas de Kir-hareset. Sí, gemirán completamente desconsolados.
8 For the fields of Heshbon are waste, the vine of Sibmah is dead; the lords of nations were overcome by the produce of her vines; her vine-plants went as far as Jazer, and came even to the waste land; her branches were stretched out to the sea.
Los campos de Hesbón se marchitarán como las vides de Sibma. Los jefes de las naciones pisotearán sus mejores vides. Las ramas llegaban hasta Jazer y se desviaban al desierto. Se extendían y cruzaban el agua.
9 For this cause my sorrow for the vine of Sibmah will be like the weeping for Jazer: my eyes are dropping water on you, O Heshbon and Elealeh! For they are sounding the war-cry over your summer fruits and the getting in of your grain;
Por eso lloro con el llanto de Jazer por la viña de Sibma. Te regaré con mis lágrimas, Hesbón, y también a ti, Eleale, porque sobre tus frutos de verano y sobre tu cosecha caerán clamores de guerra.
10 And all joy is gone; no longer are they glad for the fertile field; and in the vine-gardens there are no songs or sounds of joy: the crushing of grapes has come to an end, and its glad cry has been stopped.
Retirarán el gozo y la alegría del campo. No cantarán jubilosos en las viñas, ni pisarán el vino en el lagar, porque cesarán los cánticos.
11 For this cause the cords of my heart are sounding for Moab, and I am full of sorrow for Kir-heres.
Por eso mis órganos internos vibran como un arpa por Moab, y mi pecho, por Kir-hareset.
12 And when Moab goes up to the high place, and makes prayer in the house of his god, it will have no effect.
Cuando Moab se muestre cansado sobre los lugares altos, cuando entre a orar en su santuario, de nada le servirá.
13 This is the word which the Lord said about Moab in the past.
Ésta es la Palabra que Yavé predijo con respecto a Moab.
14 But now the Lord has said, In three years, the years of a servant working for payment, the glory of Moab, all that great people, will be turned to shame, and the rest of Moab will be very small and without honour.
Pero ahora Yavé habla: Dentro de tres años de jornalero el esplendor de Moab será abatida con toda su gran multitud. Los que queden serán pocos, escasos y sin algún valor.
