Isaiah 13
1 [I], Isaiah, the son of Amoz, received [from Yahweh] this message about Babylon [city]:
Visión que tuvo Isaías, hijo de Amoz, como una carga contra Babilonia.
2 Lift up a flag on the bare [top of a] hill, to signal [that an army should come to attack Babylon]. Shout to them and wave your hand [to signal to them] that they should march through the city gates into the palaces of the proud [rulers of Babylon]!
¡Levanten bandera sobre una montaña desolada! ¡Proclamen y agiten la mano para que entren por las puertas de los nobles!
3 [Yahweh says], “I have commanded those soldiers to do that; I have summoned the warriors whom I have chosen to punish [the people of Babylon] because of my being very angry with them, and those soldiers will be very proud [when they do that].”
Di órdenes a mis consagrados. Recluté a los valientes, a los que se alegran en mi triunfo.
4 Listen to the noise on the mountains, which is the noise of a huge army marching! It is the noise made by people of many people-groups shouting. The Commander of the armies of angels has summoned this army to gather together.
Ruido de tumulto hay en las montañas, como de un ejército numeroso, estruendo de reinos y naciones congregados. ¡Yavé de las huestes alista su ejército para la batalla!
5 They come from countries that are far away, from the most remote places [IDM] on the earth. They are [like] [SIM] weapons that Yahweh will use [to punish the people with whom] he is very angry, and to destroy the entire country [of Babylonia].
Yavé viene de tierra lejana, del extremo del cielo, con las armas de su ira para asolar la tierra.
6 [You people of Babylon] will scream because you will be terrified, because it will be the time that Yahweh [has determined/chosen], the time for the all-powerful [God] to destroy [your city].
Giman porque el día de Yavé está cercano. Vendrá como destrucción de ʼEL-Shadday.
7 All of your people will be very afraid [DOU], with the result that they will be unable even to lift their arms.
Toda mano será debilitada. Todo corazón humano desfallecerá.
8 All of you will be terrified. You will have [PRS] severe pains like [SIM] a woman has when she is giving birth to a baby. You will look at each other helplessly, and it will show on your faces that you feel horror.
Se llenarán de terror. Se apoderarán de ellos angustias y dolores. Tendrán dolores como parturienta. Se asombrará cada uno al mirar a su compañero. Sus semblantes arden como con llamas.
9 Listen to this: The day that Yahweh has appointed/chosen is near, the day that he will furiously and fiercely [punish you] because he is very angry [with you]. He will cause your land [of Babylonia] to be desolate/barren, and he will destroy [all] the sinners in it.
Ciertamente el día de Yavé viene sin misericordia, con furor y ardiente ira, para dejar la tierra desolada y extirpar de ella a los pecadores.
10 [When that happens], none of the stars will shine. When the sun rises, it will be dark, and there will be no light from the moon [at night].
Las estrellas del cielo y la constelación de Orión no darán su luz. El sol se oscurecerá al salir y la luna no dará su resplandor.
11 [Yahweh says], “I will punish [everyone in] the world for the evil things that they do; I will punish the wicked people for the sins that they have committed. I will stop arrogant/proud people from being proud, and I will stop ruthless people from acting cruelly.
Castigaré al mundo por su perversidad y a los inicuos por su culpa. Haré cesar la arrogancia de los soberbios y humillaré la altivez de los tiranos.
12 [And because I will cause most people to die], people will be harder to find than gold, harder to find than fine gold from Ophir [in Arabia].
Haré al humano más preciado que el oro y a la humanidad más que el oro de Ofir.
13 I will shake the sky, and the earth will [also] move out of its place. That will happen when [I], the Commander of the armies of angels, punish [wicked people], when [I show them that] I am extremely angry [with them].
Porque haré estremecer el cielo. La tierra será removida de su sitio a causa de la ira de Yavé de las huestes el día del ardor de su ira.
14 And all [the foreigners in Babylon will run around] like [SIM] deer that are being hunted, like sheep that do not have a shepherd. They will try to find other people from their countries, and [then] they will escape [from Babylon] and return to their own countries.
Entonces, como gacela acosada, o como rebaño que no tiene quién lo recoja, cada uno mirará hacia su pueblo, y cada uno huirá a su tierra.
15 Anyone who is captured [in Babylon] will be killed by [their enemies’] swords [DOU].
Todo el que sea hallado, será traspasado, y el que sea capturado caerá a espada.
16 Their little children will be dashed to pieces on the rocks while [their parents] watch; [their enemies] will steal everything valuable from their houses and will rape their wives.
Sus niños serán estrellados delante de ellos, sus casas saqueadas y sus esposas violadas.
17 Look! I am going to incite the people of Media to attack Babylon. The [army of Media] will attack Babylon, even if they are offered [DOU] silver or gold [if they promise to not attack it].
Ciertamente Yo incito contra ellos a los medos, los cuales no estiman la plata ni codician el oro.
18 [With] their arrows, the [soldiers of Media] will shoot the young men [of Babylon]; they will not [even] act mercifully [DOU] toward infants or children!”
Derribarán a los jóvenes con sus arcos, y no tendrán compasión del fruto del vientre, ni su ojo perdonará a los niños.
19 Babylon has been a very beautiful [MTY] city; [all] the people of Babylonia have been very proud of Babylon, [their capital city]; [but] God will destroy Babylon, like [SIM] he destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.
Babilonia, hermosura de los reinos y ornamento de la grandeza de los caldeos, será como cuando ʼElohim arrasó a Sodoma y Gomorra.
20 No one will ever live in Babylon again. It will be deserted forever. (Nomads/People who travel from place to place to live) will refuse to set up their tents there; shepherds will not bring their flocks of sheep to rest there.
Nunca más será habitada, ni vivirán en ella de generación en generación. El árabe no plantará su tienda allí, ni harán allí aprisco los pastores.
21 Instead, animals that live in the desert will be there; jackals/wolves will live in [the ruins of] the houses. Owls (OR, Ostriches) will live in [the ruins], and wild goats will romp/jump around [there].
Sino las fieras del desierto descansarán allí, y sus casas se llenarán de lechuzas. Los avestruces habitarán allí, y las cabras salvajes saltarán.
22 Hyenas will howl in the [ruined] towers, and jackals/wolves will make their dens in [the ruins of] the palaces that [were previously] very beautiful. The time when [Babylon will be destroyed] is very near; Babylon will not exist much longer.
Las hienas aullarán en sus palacios, y los chacales en sus lujosas mansiones. Su hora está a punto de llegar, y sus días no serán prolongados.
