Isaiah 47
1 Descend, sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon! Sit on the ground. There is no throne for the daughter of the Chaldeans. For you shall no longer be called delicate and tender.
Baja y siéntate en el polvo, oh virgen, hija de Babilonia, siéntate en el suelo sin trono, hija de los caldeos; pues ya no te llamarán tierna y delicada.
2 Take a millstone and grind meal. Uncover your shame, bare your shoulder, reveal your legs, cross the streams.
Toma la rueda del molino y muele harina, quítate el velo, despójate de la falda de tu vestido; desnuda las piernas y vadea los ríos.
3 Your disgrace will be revealed, and your shame will be seen. I will seize vengeance, and no man will withstand me.
Se descubrirá tu desnudez, se verán tus vergüenzas. Yo tomaré venganza, y no perdonaré a nadie.
4 Our Redeemer, the Lord of hosts is his name, the Holy One of Israel.
Nuestro redentor tiene por nombre Yahvé de los ejércitos, el Santo de Israel.
5 Sit in silence, and enter into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans! For you shall no longer be called the noblewoman of kingdoms.
Siéntate en silencio, escóndete en tinieblas, hija de los caldeos, pues ya no te llamarán señora de reinos.
6 I was angry with my people. I have polluted my inheritance, and I have given them into your hand. You have not shown mercy to them. You have greatly increased the burden of your yoke upon the elders.
Estando Yo irritado contra mi pueblo, herí mi herencia, y los entregué en tu mano. Pero tú no tuviste compasión de ellos, hasta sobre los ancianos agravaste en extremo tu yugo.
7 And you have said: “I will be a noblewoman forever.” You have not set these things upon your heart, and you have not remembered your end.
Dijiste: “Para siempre seré señora”, no reflexionaste sobre estas cosas ni pensaste en su fin.
8 And now, hear these things, you who are delicate and have confidence, who say in your heart: “I am, and there is no one greater than me. I will not sit as a widow, and I will not know barrenness.”
Escucha esto, oh voluptuosa, tú que habitas en seguridad, y decías en tu corazón: “Yo, y no hay más que yo, no quedaré viuda, nunca me veré sin hijos.”
9 These two things will suddenly overwhelm you in one day: barrenness and widowhood. All things shall overwhelm you, because of the multitude of your sorceries and because of the great cruelty of your enchantments.
Precisamente estas dos cosas vendrán de repente sobre ti, en un mismo día perderás los hijos y quedarás viuda. Vendrán sobre ti en toda su plenitud, a pesar de tus muchas hechicerías y de tus poderosos encantamientos.
10 And you have trusted in your malice, and you have said: “There is no one who sees me.” Your wisdom and your knowledge, these have deceived you. And you have said in your heart: “I am, and beside me there is no other.”
Confiada en tu maldad, pensabas: “Nadie me ve.” Tu sabiduría y tu ciencia te han engañado, por lo cual dijiste en tu corazón: “Yo, y no hay más que yo.”
11 Evil will overwhelm you, and you will not notice its rising. And calamity will fall violently over you, and you will not be able to avert it. You will suddenly be overwhelmed by a misery such as you have never known.
Vendrá sobre ti la calamidad, y no sabrás conjurarla; caerá sobre ti una desgracia que no podrás alejar, y te sobrevendrá de repente la ruina sin que lo sepas.
12 Stand with your incantations, and with the multitude of your sorceries, in which you have labored from your youth, as if somehow it might benefit you, or as if it were able to make you stronger.
Sigue sumida en tus encantamientos, y en tus muchas hechicerías, en las cuales te has ejercitado desde tu mocedad. Tal vez puedan servirte; quizás infundas (con ellas) espanto.
13 You have failed in the multitude of your plans! Let the seers stand and save you, those who were contemplating the stars, and figuring the months, so that from these they might announce to you the things to come.
Estás cansada de tantas consultas; preséntense y te salven los que observan el cielo, los que contemplan las estrellas, los que en cada novilunio te presagian lo que ha de venir sobre ti.
14 Behold, they have become like stubble. Fire has consumed them. They will not free themselves from the power of the flames. These are not coals by which they may be warmed, nor is this a fire which they may sit beside.
He aquí que son como paja que el fuego consume; no pueden librarse de la llama. No son ascuas calentadoras, ni fuego delante del cual uno pueda sentarse.
15 So have all these things, in which you have labored, become to you. Your merchants from your youth, each one has erred in his own way. There is no one who can save you.
Así serán para ti aquellos por quienes te has esforzado, aquellos con quienes has traficado desde tu juventud. Se dispersarán cada cual por su camino, no hay quien te salve.
