Isaiah 29
1 Ho! Ariel, Ariel, the town against which David made war; put year to year, let the feasts come round:
¡Ay Ariel, Ariel, ciudad donde acampó David! Añadan un año a otro, sigan su curso las solemnidades.
2 And I will send trouble on Ariel, and there will be weeping and cries of grief; and she will be to me as Ariel.
Pero Yo pondré a Ariel en apuro. Será una ciudad de lamento y llanto, y me será como Ariel.
3 And I will make war on you like David, and you will be shut in by earthworks, and I will make towers round you.
Porque acamparé alrededor de ti. Te sitiaré con campamentos y levantaré empalizadas contra ti.
4 And you will be made low, and your voice will come out of the earth, and your words will be low out of the dust; and your voice will come out of the earth like that of a spirit, making bird-like noises out of the dust.
Entonces serás humillada. Hablarás desde el suelo, y tu voz también será como si fuera de un espíritu que habla desde el polvo. Tu lenguaje susurrará desde el polvo.
5 And the army of your attackers will be like small dust, and all the cruel ones like dry stems gone before the wind; suddenly it will come about.
La multitud de tus enemigos será como granos de polvo fino, la multitud de tus agresores, como nube de pasto seco. Pero de repente, en un momento,
6 The Lord of armies will come in with thunder and earth-shaking and great noise, with rushing wind and storm, and the flame of burning fire.
serás castigada de parte de Yavé de las huestes con terremotos y el estruendo de grandes truenos, gran ruido, huracán, tempestad y llama de fuego consumidor.
7 And all the nations making war on Ariel, and all those who are fighting against her and shutting her in with their towers, will be like a dream, like a vision of the night.
Entonces la multitud de todas las naciones que combaten contra Ariel, que pelean contra ella y su fortaleza y la afligen, serán como un sueño, como una visión nocturna,
8 And it will be like a man desiring food, and dreaming that he is feasting; but when he is awake there is nothing in his mouth: or like a man in need of water, dreaming that he is drinking; but when he is awake he is feeble and his soul is full of desire: so will all the nations be which make war on Mount Zion.
como el hambriento sueña que come y se despierta con el estómago vacío, o como el sediento sueña que bebe. Pero cuando despierta está cansado y tiene sed. Así será la multitud de todas las naciones que pelean contra la Montaña Sion.
9 Be surprised and full of wonder; let your eyes be covered and be blind: be overcome, but not with wine; go with uncertain steps, but not because of strong drink.
¡Asómbrense y maravíllense! ¡Deslúmbrense y queden ciegos! Embriáguense, pero no con vino. Tambaléense, pero no por el licor.
10 For the Lord has sent on you a spirit of deep sleep; and by him your eyes, the prophets, are shut, and your heads, the seers, are covered.
Porque Yavé derramó sobre ustedes, oh profetas, un espíritu de letargo. Cerró sus ojos, oh videntes, y cubrió sus cabezas.
11 And the vision of all this has become to you like the words of a book which is shut, which men give to one who has knowledge of writing, saying, Make clear to us what is in the book: and he says, I am not able to, for the book is shut:
Así, toda visión les es como palabras de un rollo sellado. Si se da a uno que sabe leer y se le dice: Lee ahora esto, él responde: No puedo, porque está sellado.
12 And they give it to one without learning, saying, Make clear to us what is in the book: and he says, I have no knowledge of writing.
Luego se da el rollo al que no sabe leer y se le dice: Lee ahora esto. Y él responde: No sé leer.
13 And the Lord said, because this people come near to me with their mouths, and give honour to me with their lips, but their heart is far from me, and their fear of me is false, a rule given them by the teaching of men;
ʼAdonay dice: Ya que este pueblo se me acerca con la boca y me honra con sus labios, pero su corazón está lejos de Mí. Su temor hacia Mí no es más que un mandamiento de hombres que les fue enseñado.
14 For this cause I will again do a strange thing among this people, a thing to be wondered at: and the wisdom of their wise men will come to nothing, and the sense of their guides will no longer be seen.
Por tanto Yo ciertamente volveré a excitar la admiración de este pueblo con un prodigio grande y espantoso. Porque perecerá la sabiduría de sus sabios y se desvanecerá la inteligencia de sus entendidos.
15 Cursed are those who go deep to keep their designs secret from the Lord, and whose works are in the dark, and who say, Who sees us? and who has knowledge of our acts?
¡Ay de los que esconden sus planes profundamente de Yavé! Hacen sus obras en la oscuridad y dicen: ¿Quién nos ve? ¿Quién nos conoce?
16 You are turning things upside down! Is the wet earth the same to you as the one who is forming it? will the thing made say of him who made it, He made me not: or the thing formed say of him who gave it form, He has no knowledge?
Su perversidad ciertamente será estimada como la arcilla del alfarero. ¿Dirá la obra a su hacedor: No me hiciste? ¿Dirá la vasija al que la formó: No me entendiste?
17 In a very short time Lebanon will become a fertile field, and the fertile field will seem like a wood.
¿No se convertirá el Líbano en un campo fructífero dentro de poco tiempo, y el campo fructífero será considerado como un bosque?
18 And in that day those whose ears are stopped will be hearing the words of the book; and the eyes of the blind will see through the mist and the dark.
Aquel día los sordos oirán las Palabras del Rollo, y los ojos de los ciegos verán desde su neblina y oscuridad.
19 And the poor will have their joy in the Lord increased, and those in need will be glad in the Holy One of Israel.
Los humildes crecerán en alegría de Yavé, y los necesitados de la humanidad se regocijarán con el Santo de Israel.
20 For the cruel one has come to nothing; and those who make sport of the Lord are gone; and those who are watching to do evil are cut off:
Porque no quedarán tiranos, y el burlador será exterminado. Ciertamente todos los que intentan hacer el mal serán destruidos.
21 Who give help to a man in a wrong cause, and who put a net for the feet of him who gives decisions in the public place, taking away a man's right without cause.
Los que inducen al hombre a pecar con palabras, ponen trampas al que reprende en la puerta y pervierten la causa del justo con falsos argumentos.
22 For this reason the Lord, the saviour of Abraham, says about the family of Jacob, Jacob will not now be put to shame, or his face be clouded with fear.
Por tanto Yavé, Quien redimió a Abraham, dice a la casa de Jacob: Ya no se avergonzará Jacob. Tampoco volverá a palidecer su semblante.
23 But when they, the children of Jacob, see the work of my hands among them, they will give honour to my name; yes, they will give honour to the Holy One of Jacob, and go in fear of the God of Israel.
Porque verá en medio de ellos a sus hijos, obra de mis manos, quienes santificarán mi Nombre. Sí, santificarán al Santo de Jacob, y temerán al ʼElohim de Israel.
24 Those whose hearts were turned away from him will get knowledge, and those who made an outcry against him will give attention to his teaching.
Los extraviados de espíritu tendrán entendimiento, y los murmuradores aprenderán la lección.
