Isaiah 47
1 Come and take your seat in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon; come down from your seat of power, and take your place on the earth, O daughter of the Chaldaeans: for you will never again seem soft and delicate.
Desciende, y siéntate en el polvo, virgen hija de Babilonia; siéntate en la tierra, sin trono, hija de los caldeos, que nunca más te llamarán tierna, y delicada.
2 Take the crushing-stones and get the meal crushed: take off your veil, put away your robe, let your legs be uncovered, go through the rivers.
Toma el molino, y muele harina; descubre tus guedejas, descalza los pies, descubre las piernas, pasa los ríos.
3 The shame of your unclothed condition will be seen by all: I will give punishment without mercy,
Será descubierta tu vergüenza, y tu deshonor será visto; tomaré venganza, y no ayudaré a hombre.
4 Says the Lord who takes up our cause; the Lord of armies is his name, the Holy One of Israel.
Nuestro Redentor, el SEÑOR de los ejércitos es su nombre, el Santo de Israel.
5 Be seated in the dark without a word, O daughter of the Chaldaeans: for you will no longer be named, The Queen of Kingdoms.
Siéntate, calla, y entra en tinieblas, hija de los caldeos, porque nunca más te llamarán señora de reinos.
6 I was angry with my people, I put shame on my heritage, and gave them into your hands: you had no mercy on them; you put a cruel yoke on those who were old;
Me enojé contra mi pueblo, profané mi heredad, y los entregué en tu mano; no les hiciste misericordias; sobre el viejo agravaste mucho tu yugo.
7 And you said, I will be a queen for ever: you did not give attention to these things, and did not keep in mind what would come after.
Y dijiste: Para siempre seré señora. Hasta ahora no has pensado en esto, ni te acordaste de tu postrimería.
8 So now take note of this, you who are given up to pleasure, living without fear of evil, saying in your heart, I am, and there is no one like me; I will never be a widow, or have my children taken from me.
Oye, pues, ahora esto, delicada, la que está sentada confiadamente, la que dice en su corazón: Yo soy, y fuera de mí no hay más; no quedaré viuda, ni conoceré orfandad.
9 But these two things will come on you suddenly in one day, the loss of children and of husband: in full measure they will come on you, for all your secret arts, and all your wonders.
Estas dos cosas te vendrán de repente en un mismo día, orfandad y viudez. En toda su perfección vendrán sobre ti, por la multitud de tus adivinanzas, y por la copia de tus muchos agüeros.
10 For you had faith in your evil-doing; you said, No one sees me; by your wisdom and knowledge you have been turned out of the way: and you have said in your heart, I am, and there is no other.
Porque te confiaste en tu maldad, diciendo: Nadie me ve. Tu sabiduría, y tu misma ciencia te engañó, ya que dijiste en tu corazón: Yo soy, y nadie más.
11 Because of this evil will come on you, which may not be turned away for any price: and trouble will overtake you, from which no money will give salvation: destruction will come on you suddenly, without your knowledge.
Vendrá, pues, sobre ti mal, cuyo nacimiento no sabrás; caerá sobre ti quebrantamiento, el cual no podrás remediar; y vendrá de repente sobre ti destrucción, la cual tú no conocerás.
12 Go on now with your secret arts, and all your wonder-working, to which you have given yourself up from your earliest days; it may be that they will be of profit to you, or by them you may put fear into your attackers.
Estate ahora en tus adivinanzas, y en la multitud de tus agüeros, en los cuales te fatigaste desde tu niñez; quizá podrás mejorarte, quizá te fortificarás.
13 But your mind is troubled by the number of your guides: let them now come forward for your salvation: the measurers of the heavens, the watchers of the stars, and those who are able to say from month to month what things are coming on you.
Te has fatigado en la multitud de tus consejos: aparezcan ahora y te defiendan los contempladores de los cielos, los especuladores de las estrellas, los que enseñan los cursos de la luna, de lo que vendrá sobre ti.
14 Truly, they have become like dry stems, they have been burned in the fire; they are not able to keep themselves safe from the power of the flame: it is not a coal for warming them, or a fire by which a man may be seated.
He aquí, que serán como tamo; fuego los quemará; no salvarán sus vidas de la mano de la llama; no quedará brasa para calentarse, ni lumbre a la cual se sienten.
15 Small profit have you had from those who, from your earliest days, got great profit out of you; they have gone in flight, every one straight before him, and you have no saviour.
Así te serán aquellos, con quien te fatigaste, tus negociantes desde tu niñez; cada uno echará por su camino, no habrá quien te salve.
