Isaiah 24
1 Behold, YHWH is emptying the earth, And is making it desolate, And has overturned [it on] its face, And has scattered its inhabitants.
Ciertamente Yavé vacía la tierra y la deja desolada. Trastorna su superficie y esparce a sus habitantes,
2 And it has been—as a people so a priest, As the servant so his master, As the maidservant so her mistress, As the buyer so the seller, As the lender so the borrower, As the usurer so he who is lifting [it] on himself.
tanto al pueblo como al sacerdote, al esclavo como a su amo, a la esclava como a su ama, al comprador como al vendedor, al prestamista como al que toma prestado, al acreedor como al deudor.
3 The earth is utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled, For YHWH has spoken this word:
La tierra será completamente vaciada, totalmente saqueada. Yavé pronunció esta palabra:
4 The earth has mourned, faded, The world has languished, faded, They have languished—the high place of the people of the earth.
La tierra se lamenta y se marchita. Languidece el mundo, se debilita. Los exaltados del pueblo de la tierra desfallecen.
5 And the earth has been defiled under its inhabitants, Because they have transgressed laws, They have changed a statute, They have made void a perpetual covenant.
La tierra fue contaminada por sus habitantes, porque transgredieron las Leyes, violaron las Ordenanzas y quebrantaron el Pacto eterno.
6 Therefore a curse has consumed the earth, And the inhabitants in it become desolate, Therefore inhabitants of the earth have been consumed, And few men have been left.
Por tanto la maldición devora la tierra, y los que viven en ella son culpables. Como resultado los habitantes de la tierra son consumidos, y quedan pocos hombres.
7 The new wine has mourned, the vine languished, All the joyful of heart have sighed.
El vino nuevo languidece, se marchita la vid y gimen los que eran de corazón alegre.
8 The joy of tambourines has ceased, The noise of exulting ones has ceased, The joy of a harp has ceased.
Se acaba el júbilo de los panderos. Cesa el bullicio de los que se divierten. Se suspende la alegría del arpa.
9 They do not drink wine with a song, Strong drink is bitter to those drinking it.
No beben vino entre canciones. El licor es amargo para los que lo beben.
10 It was broken down—a city of emptiness, Every house has been shut from [its] entrance.
La ciudad está quebrantada por el caos. Toda casa está cerrada para que nadie entre.
11 In out-places [is] a cry over the wine, All joy has been darkened, The joy of the land has been removed.
Hay lamentos en las calles por la falta de vino. Todo gozo se oscurece. La alegría salió de la tierra.
12 Desolation [is] left in the city, And the gate is struck [with] ruin.
La ciudad quedó desolada. Su puerta fue golpeada con destrucción.
13 When thus it is in the heart of the land, In the midst of the peoples, As the surrounding of the olive, As gleanings when harvest has been finished,
Sucederá en medio de la tierra y en medio de los pueblos como cuando se sacude el olivo o en el rebusco después de la cosecha.
14 They lift up their voice, They sing of the excellence of YHWH, They have cried aloud from the sea.
A causa de la majestad de Yavé, alzarán la voz desde el occidente y dirán:
15 Therefore honor YHWH in prosperity, In islands of the sea, the Name of YHWH, God of Israel.
¡Aclamen a Yavé desde el oriente, desde las costas del mar, al Nombre de Yavé, el ʼElohim de Israel!
16 From the skirt of the earth we heard songs, The desire of the righteous. And I say, “Leanness [is] to me, Leanness [is] to me, woe [is] to me.” Treacherous dealers dealt treacherously, Indeed, treachery, treacherous dealers dealt treacherously.
Oímos cánticos desde el extremo de la tierra: ¡Gloria al Justo! Pero yo digo: ¡Qué dolor! ¡Qué dolor! ¡Ay de mí! Los traidores traicionan. Los traidores traicionan con gran traición.
17 Fear, and a snare, and a trap, [Are] on you, O inhabitant of the earth.
¡Terror, fosa y trampa hay contra ti, oh habitante de la tierra!
18 And it has come to pass, He who is fleeing from the noise of the fear falls into the snare, And he who is coming up from the midst of the snare, Is captured by the trap, For windows have been opened on high, And foundations of the earth are shaken.
Acontecerá que el que huya del informe del desastre caerá en la fosa. El que salga de la fosa será atrapado en la red. Las ventanas de lo alto están abiertas. Los cimientos de la tierra se conmueven.
19 The earth has been utterly broken down, The earth has been utterly broken, The earth has been utterly moved.
La tierra será completamente destrozada, completamente desmenuzada. Se deshace en pedazos. En gran manera será derrumbada.
20 The earth staggers greatly as a drunkard, And it has been moved as a lodge, And its transgression has been heavy on it, And it has fallen, and does not add to rise.
La tierra se tambalea como un ebrio y será removida como una choza. ¡Tanto le pesa su pecado! Se desploma y no volverá a levantarse.
21 And it has come to pass in that day, YHWH lays a charge on the host of the high place in the high place, And on the kings of the earth on the earth.
Aquel día Yavé castigará en lo alto al ejército de lo alto, y sobre la tierra a los reyes de la tierra.
22 And they have been gathered—A gathering of bound ones in a pit, And they have been shut up in a prison, And after a multitude of days are inspected.
Serán agrupados como se agrupa a los prisioneros en prisiones subterráneas. Quedarán encerrados, y después de muchos días serán castigados.
23 And the moon has been confounded, And the sun has been ashamed, For YHWH of Hosts has reigned In Mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, And before His elderly—glory!
La luna se avergonzará, y el sol se confundirá, cuando Yavé de las huestes reine en la Montaña Sion y en Jerusalén, y la gloria esté ante sus ancianos.
