Isaiah 5
1 Let me make a song about my loved one, a song of love for his vine-garden. My loved one had a vine-garden on a fertile hill:
Cantaré ahora a mi amado un canto, la canción de mi amado acerca de su viña. Tenía mi amado una viña en un collado muy fértil.
2 And after working the earth of it with a spade, he took away its stones, and put in it a very special vine; and he put up a watchtower in the middle of it, hollowing out in the rock a place for the grape-crushing; and he was hoping that it would give the best grapes, but it gave common grapes.
La cavó y la despedregó, la plantó de cepas escogidas, y edificó en medio de ella una torre, y también un lagar, y esperó que diese uvas, pero dio agraces.
3 And now, you people of Jerusalem and you men of Judah, be the judges between me and my vine-garden.
Ahora, pues, habitantes de Jerusalén y hombres de Judá, juzgad entre mí y mi viña.
4 Is there anything which might have been done for my vine-garden which I have not done? why then, when I was hoping for the best grapes did it give me common grapes?
¿Qué más había de hacer yo por mi viña que no le hiciera? ¿Por qué mientras esperaba que diese uvas, dio agraces?
5 And now, this is what I will do to my vine-garden: I will take away the circle of thorns round it, and it will be burned up; its wall will be broken down and the beasts of the field will go through it;
Ahora voy a deciros lo que haré con mi viña: Le quitaré su seto, y será talada, derribaré su muro, y será hollada.
6 And I will make it waste; its branches will not be touched with the knife, or the earth worked with the spade; but blackberries and thorns will come up in it: and I will give orders to the clouds not to send rain on it.
Haré de ella una desolación y no será podada ni cultivada; brotarán allí zarzas y espinas; y mandaré que las nubes no lluevan sobre ella.
7 For the vine-garden of the Lord of armies is the people of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plant of his delight: and he was looking for upright judging, and there was blood; for righteousness, and there was a cry for help.
Pues la viña de Yahvé de los ejércitos es la casa de Israel, y los hombres de Judá son el plantío de su deleite. Esperaba de ellos rectitud, y no veo más que derramamiento de sangre; justicia, y he aquí que no hay más que gritos de dolor.
8 Cursed are those who are joining house to house, and putting field to field, till there is no more living-space for any but themselves in all the land!
¡Ay de los que juntan casa con casa, campo con campo, hasta que no queda más terreno y vosotros sois los únicos habitantes en medio del país!
9 The Lord of armies has said to me secretly, Truly, numbers of great and fair houses will be waste, with no one living in them.
Ha llegado a mis oídos (esta palabra) de Yahvé de los ejércitos: “Estas numerosas casas serán convertidas en ruinas, y por grandes y hermosas que sean, quedarán sin moradores.”
10 For ten fields of vines will only give one measure of wine, and a great amount of seed will only give a small measure of grain.
Porque diez yugadas de viña producirán solamente un bat, y un hómer de semilla no dará más que un efa.
11 Cursed are those who get up early in the morning to give themselves up to strong drink; who keep on drinking far into the night till they are heated with wine!
¡Ay de los que se levantan muy de mañana para correr tras bebidas que embriagan, y que siguen bebiendo hasta la noche, hasta que los enciende el vino!
12 And corded instruments and wind-instruments and wine are in their feasts: but they give no thought to the work of the Lord, and they are not interested in what his hands are doing.
En sus banquetes hay cítaras, liras, tamboriles y flautas y vinos, y no miran la obra de Yahvé ni ven las obras de sus manos.
13 For this cause my people are taken away as prisoners into strange countries for need of knowledge: and their rulers are wasted for need of food, and their loud-voiced feasters are dry for need of water.
Por eso mi pueblo será llevado al cautiverio sin darse cuenta; sus nobles morirán de hambre, y su multitud se abrasará de sed.
14 For this cause the underworld has made wide its throat, opening its mouth without limit: and her glory, and the noise of her masses, and her loud-voiced feasters, will go down into it. (Sheol h7585)
Por eso el scheol ensanchará sus fauces y abrirá sin medida su boca. Descenderá allí la gloria de (Jerusalén) y su multitud turbulenta que se regocija en ella. (Sheol h7585)
15 And the poor man's head is bent, and the great man goes down on his face, and the eyes of pride are put to shame:
Será humillado todo hombre, serán abatidos todos los mortales y bajados los ojos altivos;
16 But the Lord of armies is lifted up as judge, and the Holy God is seen to be holy in righteousness.
mas Yahvé de los ejércitos será grande en el juicio, y el Dios Santo mostrará su santidad por la justicia.
17 Then the lambs will get food as in their grass-lands, and the fat cattle will be feasting in the waste places.
Corderos pacerán allí como si fuese su pastizal, y los extranjeros devorarán los devastados campos de los ricos.
18 Cursed are those who make use of ox-cords for pulling the evil thing, and the bands of a young ox for their sin!
¡Ay de los que arrastran la iniquidad con cuerdas de vanidad, y el pecado como con coyundas de carro;
19 Who say, Let him do his work quickly, let him make it sudden, so that we may see it: let the design of the Holy One of Israel come near, so that it may be clear to us.
y dicen: “Dese prisa; que haga presto su obra, para que la veamos; acérquese y tome cuerpo el plan del Santo de Israel, para que lo conozcamos!”
20 Cursed are those who give the name of good to evil, and of evil to what is good: who make light dark, and dark light: who make bitter sweet, and sweet bitter!
¡Ay de los que al mal llaman bien y al bien mal, que ponen tinieblas por luz, y luz por tinieblas; que dan lo amargo por dulce, y lo dulce por amargo!
21 Cursed are those who seem wise to themselves, and who take pride in their knowledge!
¡Ay de los que son sabios a sus propios ojos, y prudentes ante sí mismos!
22 Cursed are those who are strong to take wine, and great in making mixed drinks!
¡Ay de los que son héroes para beber vino, y valientes para mezclar bebidas embriagadoras,
23 Who for a reward give support to the cause of the sinner, and who take away the righteousness of the upright from him.
que por un regalo absuelven al malhechor y privan a los justos de su derecho!
24 For this cause, as the waste of the grain is burned up by tongues of fire, and as the dry grass goes down before the flame, so their root will be like the dry stems of grain, and their flower will go up in dust: because they have gone against the law of the Lord of armies, and have given no honour to the word of the Holy One of Israel.
Por eso, como la lengua del fuego devora la paja, y como la llama consume la hierba seca, así su raíz será como podredumbre, y su flor será arrebatada como el polvo, por cuanto han rechazado a ley de Yahvé de los ejércitos, y despreciado la palabra del Santo de Israel.
25 For this reason the wrath of the Lord has been burning against his people, and his hand has been stretched out against them in punishment, and the hills were shaking, and their dead bodies were like waste in the open places of the town.
Por eso se ha encendido la ira de Yahvé contra su pueblo, y extendió contra él su mano y lo hirió, por eso tiemblan los montes, y sus cadáveres yacen en las calles como basura. Con todo esto no se ha aplacado su ira; aún está extendida su mano.
26 And he will let a flag be lifted up as a sign to a far-off nation, whistling to them from the ends of the earth: and they will come quickly and suddenly.
Él alzará una bandera para pueblos lejanos, y los llamará con un silbo desde los fines de la tierra; y he aquí que vendrán pronto y apresuradamente.
27 There is no weariness among them, and no man is feeble-footed: they come without resting or sleeping, and the cord of their shoes is not broken.
Entre ellos no hay cansado ni quien tropiece; ningún soñoliento, ningún dormilón; no se desata de sus lomos el cinturón, ni se rompe la correa de su calzado;
28 Their arrows are sharp, and every bow is bent: the feet of their horses are like rock, and their wheels are like a rushing storm.
sus saetas son agudas, y tensos están todos sus arcos; los cascos de sus caballos son como pedernal, y las ruedas de sus carros como el torbellino.
29 The sound of their armies will be like the voice of a lion, and their war-cry like the noise of young lions: with loud cries they will come down on their food and will take it away safely, and there will be no one to take it out of their hands.
Braman como león, rugen como leoncillo, que gruñe y agarra la presa, y se la lleva, sin que nadie se la quite.
30 And his voice will be loud over him in that day like the sounding of the sea: and if a man's eyes are turned to the earth, it is all dark and full of trouble; and the light is made dark by thick clouds.
En aquel día bramarán contra (Israel) como brama el mar; y si uno mirase la tierra, no verá sino tinieblas y angustia; pues la luz se oscurecerá en densas nubes.
