Isaiah 10
1 Terrible things will happen to you judges who are unjust and who make unfair laws.
¡Ay de los que establecen leyes inicuas, y de los que ponen por escrito las injusticias decretadas,
2 You refuse to help poor people, and you do not allow them to get the things that they should get. You [allow people to] steal things from widows and do unfair things to orphans.
para apartar del tribunal a los desvalidos, y privar de su derecho a los pobres de mi pueblo, para que las viudas sean su presa y los huérfanos su botín.
3 When I punish you by sending people from distant lands to cause you to experience disasters, (to whom will you run to get help?/there will be no one who can help you.) [RHQ] Your valuable possessions will certainly [not be safe] [RHQ] anywhere.
¿Qué haréis en el día del castigo, en la desolación que viene de lejos? ¿A quién acudiréis en busca de auxilio? Y ¿dónde dejaréis vuestra gloria,
4 You will be able only to stumble along as you are taken away with other prisoners, or [else] your corpses will lie on the ground with others who have been killed. But even after that happens, Yahweh will still be very angry with you. He will still be ready to strike you again with his fist.
para no doblar la cerviz entre los prisioneros y no caer entre los muertos? Con todo esto no se aparta su ira, antes su mano está aún extendida.
5 [Yahweh says], “Terrible things will happen to Assyria. [It is true that their army] is like a rod/club [DOU] with which I [punish other nations] because I am very angry with those nations [DOU].
¡Ay de Asiria, vara de mi ira! el bastón en su mano es (instrumento de) mi furor.
6 [Sometimes] I send the armies of Assyria to attack a godless nation, to fight against [other] people who have caused me to be angry. I send them to capture people and to seize and take away their possessions, and to trample them like [SIM] people walk on mud in the streets.
Contra una nación impía le enviaré, le daré orden de ir contra el pueblo, objeto de mi ira, para saquearlo y llevarse el botín, para pisotearlo como al lodo de las calles.
7 But the [king of Assyria] does not understand, he does not realize [that he is only like a weapon in my hand]. He wants [only] to destroy people, to get rid of many nations.
Pero él no piensa así, y su corazón no tiene tal concepto; pues su corazón piensa en destruir y exterminar naciones en gran número.
8 He says, ‘All of my army commanders will soon be kings [of these nations that I conquer]!
Porque dice: ¿No son todos mis príncipes reyes?
9 We destroyed Calno [city] like we destroyed Carchemish [city], We destroyed Hamath [city] like we destroyed Arpad [city]; we destroyed Samaria just like we destroyed Damascus.
¿No tuvo Calnó la misma suerte que Carquemís, Hamat la misma que Arpad, y Samaria la misma que Damasco?
10 We were able to destroy [all] those kingdoms [that were full] of idols, kingdoms whose idols were greater than the idols in Jerusalem and Samaria.
Como mi mano halló los reinos de los ídolos, cuyas imágenes eran más numerosas que las de Jerusalén y de Samaria,
11 So we will defeat Jerusalem and destroy the idols that are there, just like we destroyed Samaria and the idols that were there!’
y como he hecho con Samaria y sus ídolos, ¿no podré hacer lo mismo con Jerusalén y sus simulacros?
12 [But, I, Yahweh, say that] after I [have used Assyria to] finish what I want to do to punish the people in Jerusalem [DOU], I will punish the king of Assyria because he has been very proud and arrogant/boastful [DOU].
Pero acaecerá que cuando el Señor haya cumplido toda su obra en el monte Sión y en Jerusalén, castigará las empresas orgullosas del rey de Asiria, y la arrogancia de sus altivos ojos,
13 He says, ‘By my own great power [MTY] I have done these things. I have been able to do them because I am very wise and very intelligent. My army removed the barriers [at the borders] of nations and carried away all their valuable things. My army has knocked down their kings like [SIM] a ferocious bull would.
porque él dice: “Con el poder de mi mano he hecho esto, y con mi sabiduría, pues soy inteligente. He mudado los límites de los pueblos y saqueado sus tesoros; y como un héroe he derribado a los sentados (sobre tronos).
14 Like [MET] a farmer reaches into a bird’s nest [to take away the eggs], we have taken away the treasures of other countries [DOU]. The people were not like birds that would flap their wings or chirp loudly [to protest about their eggs being stolen]; the people did not object at all [to their treasures being stolen].’
Mi mano ha hallado, como un nido, las riquezas de los pueblos; y como quien recoge los huevos abandonados, así me he apoderado de toda la tierra: y no hubo quien moviese las alas ni abriese el pico para piar.”
15 [But I, Yahweh, say that] an axe certainly cannot [RHQ] boast about being stronger than the person who uses it, and a saw is not greater than the person who uses it. A rod cannot control the one who holds it [RHQ], and a wooden club cannot lift up a person [RHQ]. [So the king of Assyria should not boast that he has done these things with his own wisdom and strength].
¿Acaso el hacha se gloría contra aquel que corta con ella? ¿o se ensoberbece la sierra contra aquel que la maneja? Como si la vara dirigiera al que la alza, como si el bastón se levantase a sí mismo y no fuese leño.
16 And [I], the Commander of the armies of angels, will send a plague among the proud soldiers of Assyria; it will be like [MET] a fire that will kill them and get rid of their glory/wealth.
Por eso el Señor, Yahvé de los ejércitos, enviará la extenuación entre sus robustos, y por debajo de su gloria arderá un fuego como fuego de incendio.
17 [I], Yahweh, who am like [MET] a light for the people of Israel, will be the fire; [I], the Holy One, will be like a flame. [The soldiers of Assyria are like] [MET] thorns and briers, and I will burn them up in one night.
La Luz de Israel será el fuego, y su Santo la llama, y devorará las zarzas y espinas de (Asiria) en un solo día.
18 There are glorious forests and fertile farmlands in Assyria, but I will completely destroy them; they will be like [SIM] a [very] sick person who shrivels up and then dies.
La gloria de su bosque y de su campo fructífero será consumida completamente así como se consume un enfermo.
19 There will be very few trees left in those forests; even a child will be able to count them.”
Y los árboles que sobraren de su bosque, serán tan pocos en número, que un niño podrá hacer su censo.
20 In the future there will be only a few people left in Israel; not many descendants of Jacob will still be alive. [But] they will no longer rely on [the king of Assyria], [the king of the nation] that tried to destroy them. Instead, they will faithfully/sincerely trust in Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel.
En aquel día los que quedaren de Israel y los salvados de la casa de Jacob, no volverán más a apoyarse en aquel que le hirió, sino que se apoyarán con fidelidad en Yahvé, el Santo de Israel.
21 Those Israelis will return to their mighty God.
Se convertirá un resto, un resto de Jacob, al Dios fuerte.
22 [Now], the people of Israel are as numerous as the grains of sand on the seashore, but only a few of them will return [from the countries to which they were exiled]. Yahweh has decided to destroy [most of the Israelis] and that is what [he must do because he is completely] just/righteous.
Pues aunque tu pueblo, oh Israel, fuese como las arenas del mar, (solo) un resto se convertirá. La destrucción está decretada, desbordará la justicia.
23 [Yes, ] the Commander of the armies of angels has [already] decided to destroy the entire land [of Israel].
Pues el Señor, Yahvé de los ejércitos, va a cumplir la destrucción decretada en toda la tierra.
24 This is what the Commander of the armies of angels says: “My people in Jerusalem, do not be afraid of the army of Assyria when they beat you with rods and clubs, like the men of Egypt did [to your ancestors long ago].
Por lo cual así dice el Señor, Yahvé de los ejércitos: “Pueblo mío, que habitas en Sión, no temas al asirio, que (ahora) te hiere con la vara y levanta contra ti su bastón a la manera de Egipto;
25 Soon I will no longer be angry with you, and [then] I will be angry with the people of Assyria and destroy them!”
porque dentro de muy poco tiempo llegará a su colmo mi ira, por cuanto mi furor los destruirá.
26 The Commander of the armies of angels will whip them. He will do to them like he did when he helped Gideon [and his 300 soldiers] to defeat the [army of the] Midian people-group, and like he did when he showed his mighty power [MTY] [by causing the army of Egypt to drown] in the [Red] Sea.
Yahvé de los ejércitos suscitará contra él un azote como cuando hirió a Madián, junto a la peña de Oreb; y (levantará) su vara sobre el mar, como la levantó contra Egipto.
27 Some day, Yahweh will cause the army of Assyria to stop oppressing you, [his people]; he will end your suffering and your being slaves of the people of Assyria [MET]; he will take away the load that you people of Judah have been carrying, and cause things to go well for you.
En aquel día será quitada su carga de tu hombro, y su yugo de sobre tu cerviz; se pudrirá el yugo a fuerza de grasa.
28 [The army of Assyria will enter northern Judah] near Aiath [town], they will go through Migron [town] and store their supplies at Micmash [town north of Jerusalem].
Llegó ya (el asirio) a Ayat; pasa a Migrón; en Micmás deja su bagaje.
29 They will cross through a mountain pass and set up their tents at Geba [town]. [People in] Ramah [town] will tremble [because of being afraid]. [The people of] Gibeah [town], where King Saul [was born], will [all] run away.
Han pasado el desfiladero y plantado sus reales en Geba; Rama tiembla, Gabaá de Saúl se pone en fuga.
30 You people of Gallim [town] will cry out [for help]. You will shout to [the people of] Laish [city near Jerusalem] to warn them! [The people of] Anathoth [town] will suffer a lot.
Lanza gritos, oh hija de Gallim; escucha, Laís; ¡ay de Anatot!
31 [The people of] Madmenah [town north of Jerusalem will all] be running away, and [the people of] Gebim [town close to Jerusalem] will be trying to hide.
Madmená se dispersa, los habitantes de Gebim huyen.
32 The soldiers of Assyria will stop at Nob [city outside Jerusalem]. They will shake their fists [as they threaten the people] on Zion Hill in Jerusalem.
Hoy todavía hace alto en Nob, y levanta la mano contra el monte de la hija de Sión, contra el monte de Jerusalén.
33 But listen to this! The Commander of the armies of angels with his great power will destroy [MET] the mighty army of Assyria. [It is as though they are] a huge tree [MET] that he will cut down.
Pero, he aquí que el Señor, Yahvé de los ejércitos, cortará con estrépito el ramaje, los más elevados (de sus árboles) serán derribados, y los sublimes serán abatidos.
34 He will destroy the [soldiers of Assyria] like men use big axes to cut down the tall trees in the forests of Lebanon.
La espesura del bosque será cortada a hierro, y el Líbano caerá por mano de un poderoso.
