Isaiah 10
1 Tragedy is coming to those who pass evil decrees and who write laws to harm people.
¡Ay de los que dictan leyes injustas y los que registran decisiones inicuas,
2 They pervert the legal rights of the needy, and rob justice from the poor of my people. They steal from widows and cheat orphans.
privan de justicia al débil y niegan el derecho a los pobres de mi pueblo, y tienen a las viudas como presas y despojan a los huérfanos!
3 What are you going to do on the day you're punished, when disaster falls on you from far away? Who are you going to run to so you can get help? Where are you going to leave all your wealth?
¿Qué harán el día del castigo? ¿A quién huirán en busca de auxilio en la devastación que vendrá de lejos? ¿Dónde dejarán su riqueza?
4 All you'll be able to do is to bow down as prisoners, or lie among the dead! In all of this he is still angry and his hand is still raised.
Nada, sino agacharse entre los cautivos, o caer entre los asesinados. A pesar de todo esto, no se aplaca su furor. Su mano sigue extendida.
5 Tragedy is coming to the Assyrians, even though the rod they use represents my anger and the stick they hold in their hands represents my fury!
¡Ay de Asiria, vara de mi furor, en cuyas manos puse el cetro de mi ira!
6 I am sending the Assyrians against a nation that has given up on its God, against a people that make me angry. I order the Assyrians to loot them, to take their possessions, and to trample them down like mud in the street.
La enviaré contra una nación profana. La comisionaré contra el pueblo de mi furor, para que capture el botín, tome el despojo, y lo pisotee como barro de las calles.
7 But this isn't what is behind the thinking of the king of Assyria. This isn't the plan he has in mind. What he wants to do is to destroy and eliminate many nations.
Pero no lo entenderá así, ni serán esos sus designios. Su propósito será destruir y exterminar muchas naciones.
8 He says: “All my commanders are kings!
Porque dijo: ¿No son reyes todos mis ministros?
9 We conquered Calno like we did Carchemish; Hamath like Arpad; Samaria like Damascus.
¿No es Calno como Carquemis? ¿No es Hamat como Arfad? ¿No es Samaria como Damasco?
10 I was the one who conquered these kingdoms along with the idols of their gods. These kingdoms had images of their gods that were better than those of Jerusalem and Samaria.
Así como mi mano alcanzó los reinos de los ʼelohim, aunque sus imágenes eran más que las de Jerusalén y de Samaria,
11 Why shouldn't I do to Jerusalem and her idols just what I did to Samaria and her idols?”
¿no haré así a Jerusalén y a sus ʼelohim, como hice a Samaria y a sus ʼelohim?
12 Once the Lord has finished all his work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, he will punish the king of Assyria for his terrible arrogance and for the conceited look in his eyes.
Por tanto, acontecerá que cuando ʼAdonay acabe toda su obra en la Montaña Sion y en Jerusalén, castigará el fruto del corazón arrogante del rey de Asiria, y la arrogancia altiva de sus ojos.
13 For the king of Assyria says: “I have done this in my own strength. It was through my wisdom, because I'm clever. I have wiped out the boundaries of nations and looted their treasures. Like a bull I knocked their rulers off their thrones.
Porque dijo: Con la fuerza de mi mano hice esto, con mi talento, porque soy entendido. Así quité los territorios de los pueblos. Me apoderé de sus tesoros, y como valiente derribé a los que estaban entronizados.
14 Like robbing a bird's nest, I took the wealth of the nations. Like collecting abandoned eggs, I collected the whole the earth. There wasn't a fluttering wing or an open beak, not even a chirp!”
Como se recogen de un nido los huevos abandonados, mi mano tomó la riqueza de los pueblos. Así me apoderé yo de toda la tierra, y no hubo quien abriera su pico o gorjeara.
15 Does an ax say it's more important than the person swinging it? Does a saw boast that it's greater than the person sawing with it? It would be as if a rod waved the person holding it, or a walking stick lifted up a person—who certainly wasn't wood!
¿Se enaltecerá el hacha contra el que la empuña? ¿Se engrandecerá la sierra sobre el que la maneja? ¡Como si el cetro levantara al que lo levanta, o la vara levantara al que no es madera!
16 So the Lord, the Lord Almighty, will send a disease on the king of Assyria's strong warriors that will make them waste away; a flaming fire will be set under everything he's so proud of.
Por eso ʼAdonay Yavé de las huestes enviará una enfermedad exterminante entre sus robustos guerreros, y debajo de su gloria encenderá una hoguera de fuego ardiente.
17 Israel's light will become a fire, and his Holy One will become a flame. It will burn up his thorns and brambles in just one day.
La luz de Israel se convertirá en fuego, su Santo en llama de fuego que arderá y consumirá sus zarzas y sus espinos en un solo día.
18 It will totally destroy its splendid forests and orchards. Assyria will waste away, staggering off like someone sick.
Él consumirá totalmente alma y cuerpo, la gloria de su bosque y de su campo fértil. Será como cuando un enfermo languidece.
19 The trees left in its forests will be so few that a child could count them.
Los árboles que queden en el bosque serán tan pocos que hasta un niño los podrá contar.
20 At that time those who are left in Israel and the survivors of the house of Jacob will no longer trust in those who turn on them, but they will truly trust in the Lord, the Holy One of Israel.
Acontecerá en aquel día que el remanente de Israel y los de la casa de Jacob ya no se apoyarán en su agresor, sino verdaderamente se apoyarán en Yavé, el Santo de Israel.
21 A remnant will return, a remnant of Jacob will come back to the Mighty God.
Un remanente volverá, el remanente de Jacob, al ʼEL poderoso.
22 Israel, even though your people are as numerous as sand on the seashore, only a remnant will return. The Lord has rightly decided to destroy his people.
Pues aunque tu pueblo, oh Israel, sea como la arena del mar, solo un remanente de ellos volverá. ¡La destrucción decretada rebosará de justicia!
23 The Lord God Almighty has rightly decided to bring destruction throughout the whole country.
ʼAdonay Yavé de las huestes ejecutará la completa destrucción decretada en medio de toda la tierra.
24 So this is what the Lord, the Lord Almighty, says, My people living in Zion, don't be afraid of the Assyrians who beat you with rods and hit you with clubs, just like the Egyptians did.
Por tanto, ʼAdonay Yavé de las huestes dice: Pueblo mío que vive en Sion, no temas a Asiria. Te herirá con vara y alzará su cetro contra ti a la manera de Egipto.
25 Very shortly I will stop being angry with you. Then I will turn my anger on them and I will destroy them.
Porque dentro de muy poco tiempo mi furor y mi enojo se aplicarán a la destrucción de ellos.
26 The Lord Almighty will lash them with a whip, just as he did when he attacked the Midianites at the rock of Oreb. He will hold up his rod over the sea, just as he did in Egypt.
Yavé de las huestes levantará látigo contra ellos, como en la matanza de Madián junto a la peña de Horeb. Alzará su vara sobre el mar, como hizo en Egipto.
27 At that time he will remove the burden from your shoulders and the yoke from your neck. The yoke will be broken because of the anointing with oil.
Acontecerá en aquel tiempo que su carga será quitada de tu hombro y su yugo de tu nuca. El yugo se pudrirá a causa de tu unción.
28 The Assyrians came to Aiath, passed through Migron, and stored their supplies at Michmash.
Viene contra Ajat, pasa por Migrón, y en Micmas pasará revista a sus armas.
29 They cross the pass, saying, “We'll stay overnight at Geba.” The people of Ramah tremble in fear; the inhabitants of Gibeah of Saul run away.
Pasan el vado y dicen: Geba será nuestro alojamiento. Ramá está aterrada, Gabaa de Saúl huyó.
30 Shout out a warning, people of Gallim! Pay attention, those living in Laishah! You poor people of Anathoth!
¡Clama a gran voz, hija de Galim! ¡Escucha, Lais! ¡Pobrecita Anatot!
31 The people of Madmenah, are all running away. The inhabitants of Gebim are looking for somewhere safe.
Madmena huyó, y los habitantes de Gebim buscan refugio.
32 Today the invaders stop at Nob, shaking their fists at the mountain of the Daughter of Zion, at the hill of Jerusalem.
Hoy mismo hace alto en Nob. Ya agita la mano contra la Montaña de la hija de Sion, la Montaña de Jerusalén.
33 Look how the Lord Almighty is going to chop off the branches with great force. The tall trees will be cut down, the proud trees will be brought crashing down.
¡Miren! El ʼAdón Yavé de las huestes desgaja el ramaje con violencia. Los de gran altura son talados. Los más altos serán abatidos.
34 He will cut down the thick forest with an ax, and Lebanon will fall at the hand of the Mighty One.
Cortará con hierro la espesura del bosque. El Líbano caerá por causa del Poderoso.
