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 en Nombre de mi Amado un canto de amor con respecto a su viña. Tuvo mi Amado una viña en una colina 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, despedregó y plantó una preciada cepa. Construyó una torre en su centro y cavó en ella un lagar. Esperó que diera uvas, pero dio uvas silvestres.
3 And now, you people of Jerusalem and you men of Judah, be the judges between me and my vine-garden.
Y ahora, oh habitantes de Jerusalén y varones de Judá, juzguen 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 se podía hacer a mi viña que Yo no hice en ella? ¿Por qué cuando esperaba que diera uvas dio uvas silvestres?
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;
Les mostraré, pues, lo que haré con mi viña. Le quitaré su cerco de tierra apisonada para que sirva de pasto. Derribaré su cerca para que sea pisoteada.
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.
La dejaré desolada. No será podada ni labrada. Le crecerán las zarzas y los espinos. Mandaré a las nubes que 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.
Ciertamente la viña de Yavé de las huestes es la Casa de Israel, y los hombres de Judá su planta deliciosa. [Yavé] esperaba equidad, pero ve derramamiento de sangre. [Esperaba] justicia, pero oye un clamor de aflicción.
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 y unen campo con campo, hasta ocuparlo todo y viven ustedes solos en medio de la tierra!
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.
Yavé de las huestes dijo a mis oídos: Sus muchas casas serán arrasadas. Sus magníficos palacios quedarán desolados.
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.
Diez yugadas de viña producirán 22 litros, y 220 kilogramos de semilla producirá 22 litros de grano.
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 temprano por la mañana a buscar bebida fuerte y se quedan 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.
Todo es arpa y salterio, flauta y tamboril, y vino en sus banquetes, pero no consideran lo que dijo Yavé, ni miran la obra 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 tanto, mi pueblo va a cautividad por falta de entendimiento. Sus hombres honorables perecen de hambre y su multitud se seca 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 Seol ensancha las partes posteriores de su paladar y abre su boca sin medida. Allá baja el esplendor de ellos, su multitud y su alborozo, y el que se regocija en ello. (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:
Se humilla el hombre. Es abatido el varón. Son 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.
Pero Yavé de las huestes será exaltado en el juicio, el Santo ʼEL mostrará su justicia.
17 Then the lambs will get food as in their grass-lands, and the fat cattle will be feasting in the waste places.
Los corderos pastarán como en sus propios pastizales. Forasteros y extranjeros comerán en los campos abandonados por 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 con sogas de carretas!
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.
Que dicen: ¡Venga ya, apresúrese su obra para que la veamos! ¡Que se cumpla ya el plan del Santo de Israel para que lo comprobemos!
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 a lo malo llaman bueno, y a lo bueno, malo, que sustituyen la luz por la oscuridad y la oscuridad por la luz, que presentan lo amargo como dulce y lo dulce como amargo!
21 Cursed are those who seem wise to themselves, and who take pride in their knowledge!
¡Ay de los que se consideran sabios, y de los prudentes ante sus propios ojos!
22 Cursed are those who are strong to take wine, and great in making mixed drinks!
¡Ay de los valientes para beber vino, y de los fuertes para mezclar bebida fuerte,
23 Who for a reward give support to the cause of the sinner, and who take away the righteousness of the upright from him.
de los que por soborno absuelven al culpable, y a los inocentes les quitan sus derechos!
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.
Porque como la lengua de fuego devora el pasto y el rastrojo se consume en la llama, se pudrirá su raíz y su flor se desvanecerá como el polvo, porque desecharon la Ley de Yavé de las huestes y despreciaron 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 esta causa la ira de Yavé se encendió contra su pueblo, extiende su mano contra él y lo hiere. Las montañas se estremecen y sus cadáveres están tendidos en la calle. A pesar de todo, no se aplaca su ira. Su mano sigue extendida.
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.
Alzará pendón a una nación distante. Silbará para ello desde los fines de la tierra: ¡Miren cómo viene rápida y veloz!
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.
Nadie se cansa ni tropieza. Ninguno se acuesta ni se duerme. No se le afloja el cinturón de su cintura, ni se le rompe la correa de su sandalia.
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 flechas están afiladas y todos sus arcos entesados. Los cascos de sus caballos son pedernal, y las ruedas de sus carruajes como tempestad.
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.
Su rugido es de león. Ruge como los leoncillos. Gruñe, atrapa la presa y la retiene. Nadie se la arrebata.
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.
Rugirá sobre él en aquel día como rugido del mar. Si uno mira la tierra, ciertamente hay oscuridad y aflicción. Aun la luz es oscurecida por sus nubes.
