Isaiah 10
1 Terrible things will happen to you judges who are unjust and who make unfair laws.
Ay! de aquellos que decretan leyes injustas, y los escritores que hacen los registros de sus tiranías,
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.
Que hacen mal a los pobres en su causa, y quitan el derecho de los oprimidos entre mi pueblo, para que puedan tener la propiedad de las viudas, y roban a los huérfanos.
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.
¿Y qué harás en el día del castigo y en la destrucción que viene de lejos? ¿A quién acudirás por ayuda y qué será de tu 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.
Sin mí serán humillados y llevados presos, caerán con los que mueran asesinados. Por todo esto, su ira no se ha calmado, sino que su mano todavía está 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! Asiria, es la vara con que yo en mi ira castigo, en cuyas manos he puesto mi castigo.
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.
Lo enviaré contra una nación de malhechores, y contra la gente causa de mi ira. Le daré órdenes de tomar sus riquezas en la guerra, pisoteando como el barro en 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 esto no es lo que está en su mente, y este no es su diseño; pero su propósito es la destrucción, y el corte de más y más naciones.
8 He says, ‘All of my army commanders will soon be kings [of these nations that I conquer]!
Porque él dice: ¿No son reyes todos mis capitanes?
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 será el destino de Calno como el de Carquemis? ¿No es Hamat como Arfad? ¿No es Samaria como 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 ha encontrado reinos con muchas imágenes, cuyas imágenes representadas eran más numerosas que las de Jerusalén y 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!’
Entonces, como hice con Samaria y sus imágenes, haré con Jerusalén y sus imágenes.
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].
Por esta causa será que, cuando el propósito del Señor contra el monte Sión y Jerusalén sea completo, enviaré un castigo sobre el orgullo del corazón del rey de Asiria y sobre la gloria de sus ojos altivos.
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 ha dicho: Por la fuerza de mi mano lo he hecho, y por lo que sé, porque soy sabio, y he quitado los límites de las tierras de los pueblos, y las reservas de su riqueza han vuelto a mi; y he hecho polvo sus pueblos, enviando destrucción a los que viven en ellos;
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].’
Y he puesto mis manos sobre la riqueza de los pueblos, como en el lugar donde un pájaro ha puesto sus huevos; y como un hombre puede tomar los huevos abandonados, así he tomado toda la tierra para mí: ni un ala se movió, ni un pico emitió un sonido.
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].
¿El hacha se jactara contra el que la usa, o la sierra estará llena de orgullo contra el que corta con eso? Como si una vara tuviera el poder de sacudir al que la estaba usando, o como si una vara levantara al que no es de madera.
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 esta causa, el Señor, el Señor de los ejércitos, hará que sus hombres robustos; pierdan la fuerza y en sus partes internas se encenderá un fuego como una llama ardiente.
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.
Y la luz de Israel será fuego, y su Santo en llama: desperdiciando y quemando sus espinas y matorrales en un 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.
Y pondrá fin a la gloria de sus bosques y de sus campos plantados, alma y cuerpo juntos; y será como cuando un hombre abanderado en derrota.
19 There will be very few trees left in those forests; even a child will be able to count them.”
Y el resto de los árboles de su madera serán pequeños en número, de modo que un niño los pueda poner por escrito.
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.
Y será en ese día que el resto de Israel, y los de Jacob que han superado estas dificultades, ya no buscarán ayuda para él cuya vara estaba sobre su espalda, sino que su fe estará en El Señor, el Santo de Israel.
21 Those Israelis will return to their mighty God.
El resto, incluso el resto de Jacob, regresará 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.
Porque aunque tu pueblo, oh Israel, es como la arena del mar, solo unos pocos volverán; porque la destrucción es fija, desbordante de justicia.
23 [Yes, ] the Commander of the armies of angels has [already] decided to destroy the entire land [of Israel].
Porque el Señor, el Señor de los ejércitos, está a punto de completar la destrucción 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 esta causa, el Señor, el Señor de los ejércitos, dice: Oh pueblo mío que vive en Sión, no tengas miedo del asirio, aunque su vara venga sobre tu espalda y su vara se levante como en 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 en muy poco tiempo terminará mi pasión, y mi ira se convertirá en su destrucción.
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.
Y el Señor de los ejércitos sacudirá un látigo contra él, como cuando venció a Madián en la roca de Oreb, y su vara será levantada contra ellos como lo fue contra los egipcios.
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.
Y en ese día se quitará el peso que él puso en tu espalda, y su yugo se romperá de tu cuello.
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].
Ha subido de Pene-Rimon, ha venido a Ajat; ha pasado por Migrón, en Micmas pone su ejército en orden.
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 cruzado el monte; Geba será nuestro lugar de descanso esta noche, dicen. Rama está temblando de miedo; Guibea de Saúl se ha ido huyendo.
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.
Da un grito, hija de Galim; deja que Laisa oiga; Deja que Anatot le responda.
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.
Madmena se ha ido; Los hombres de Gebim están poniendo sus bienes en un lugar seguro.
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.
Este mismo día se detiene en Nob; él está estrechando su mano contra la montaña de la hija de Sión, la colina 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.
Mira, el Señor, el Señor de los ejércitos, está cortando sus ramas con un gran ruido, y sus fuertes caen y sus altos caen.
34 He will destroy the [soldiers of Assyria] like men use big axes to cut down the tall trees in the forests of Lebanon.
Y él está cortando los lugares espesos de del bosque con un hacha, y el Líbano con sus árboles altos está descendiendo ante él poderoso.
