Isaiah 22
1 [I received] this message [from Yahweh] about Jerusalem, about the valley where [Yahweh showed me] this vision. Why is everyone foolishly running up to their [flat] rooftops?
La palabra sobre el valle de la visión. ¿Por qué toda tu gente ha subido a las azoteas?
2 Everyone in the city [seems to] be shouting. [There are a lot of] corpses [in the city], [but they] were not killed by [their enemies’] swords. They did not die in battles; [instead, they died from diseases and hunger].
Tú, que estás lleno de voces fuertes, un pueblo de gritos, entregado a la alegría; tus muertos no han sido puestos a espada, ni han muerto en la guerra.
3 All the leaders of the city fled. [But then] they were captured because they did not have bows [and arrows to defend themselves]. Your [soldiers tried to] flee while the enemy [army] was still far away, but they also were captured.
Todos tus gobernantes, se han ido huyendo; fueron atados sin arco; Todos tus valientes que se encontraron en ti fueron atados aunque habían ido muy lejos.
4 That is why I said, “Allow me to cry alone; do not try to comfort me [about my people being slaughtered].”
Por esto he dicho: “Dejen de mirarme los ojos en mi llanto amargo; No me consolarán por el desperdicio de la hija de mi pueblo.
5 The Commander of the armies of angels has [chosen] a time when there will be a great uproar, [soldiers] marching, and people being terrified in the valley [where I received this] vision. [It will be a time when our city] walls will be battered down and [the people’s] cries [for help] will be heard in the mountains.
Porque es un día de angustia, de pisoteo y de destrucción del Señor, el Señor de los ejércitos, en el valle de la visión; están derribando las murallas llegan los gritos hasta las montañas.
6 The armies from Elam and Kir [in Media] will attack, driving chariots and carrying shields.
Elam estaba armado con flechas y están montados en sus carros y caballos; y sacaron el escudo de Kir.
7 Our beautiful valleys will be filled with [our enemies’] chariots and the men who drive the chariots will stand outside [our city] gates.
Y tus valles más fértiles estaban llenos de carros de guerra, y los jinetes tomaron sus posiciones frente al pueblo.
8 The walls that protect [the cities in] Judah will fall down. You [people of Jerusalem] will run to get the weapons [that are stored in the building called] “the Hall of the Forest”.
Cayó la defensa de Judá; y en ese día mirabas con cuidado el depósito de armas en la casa del bosque.
9 You will see that there are many breaks/holes in the walls of Jerusalem. You will store water in the lower pool [in the city].
Y viste muchas grietas en la muralla de la ciudad de David; y juntaste las aguas del estanque inferior.
10 You will inspect the houses in Jerusalem, and [some of] them you will tear down to use the stones to repair the [city] wall.
Y tenías las casas de Jerusalén numeradas, derribando las casas para fortalecer el muro.
11 Between the walls [of the city] you will build a reservoir to [store] water from the old pool. But you will never request help from the one who made the city; you have never depended on Yahweh, who planned this city long ago.
E hiciste un lugar entre las dos paredes para almacenar las aguas del estanque antiguo, pero no le diste importancia a quien lo había hecho, y no estabas mirando a quien lo había propuesto mucho antes.
12 The Commander of the armies of angels told you to weep and mourn; he told you to shave your heads and to wear rough sackcloth to show that you were sorry for the sins that you had committed.
Y en ese día el Señor, el Señor de los ejércitos, los invito a llorar y llorar de dolor, cortarse el cabello y ponerse la ropa de cilicio.
13 But instead of doing that, you were happy and celebrating; you slaughtered cattle and sheep, [in order to cook their] meat and eat it and drink wine. You said, “Let’s eat and drink [all that we want to], because [it is possible that] we will die tomorrow!”
Pero en lugar de esto había alegría y deleite, los bueyes y las ovejas se preparaban para comer, había banquetes y bebidas, los hombres decían: Ahora es el momento de la comida y el vino, porque mañana viene la muerte.
14 [So] the Commander of the armies of angels revealed this to me: “I will never forgive my people for sinning like this!”
Y el Señor de los ejércitos me dijo en secreto: Verdaderamente, este pecado no te será quitado hasta tu muerte, dice el Señor, el Señor de los ejércitos.
15 The Commander of the armies of angels said this [to me]: “Go to Shebna, the official who supervises the workers in the palace, and give this message to him:
El Señor, el Señor de los ejércitos, dice: Ve a esta persona con autoridad, esta Sebna, que está sobre él templo; que se ha esculpido un sepulcro en lo alto, y cavado un lugar para sí mismo en la roca, y decir,
16 '[Who do you think you are?] Who gave you the authority to build a beautiful tomb where you will be buried, chiseling it out of the rocky cliff high above this valley?
¿Quién eres y con qué derecho te has hecho un sepulcro aquí?
17 You [think that you are] [IRO] a great man, but Yahweh is about to hurl you away. [It will be as though] he will seize you,
Mira, oh hombre fuerte, el Señor te enviará violentamente, agarrándote con fuerza,
18 and roll/crumple you into a ball and throw you away into a large distant land. You will die [and be buried] there, and your beautiful chariots will stay there [in the hands of your enemies]. And [because of what happens to you], your master, [the king], will be [very] ashamed/disgraced.
Te retuerce y da vueltas como una bola que te enviará a un país inmenso. Allí llegarás a tu fin, y allí estarán los carruajes de tu orgullo, ¡oh vergüenza de la casa de tu señor!
19 Yahweh will force you to quit working in the palace; you will be demoted from your important position.
Y te obligará a salir de tu lugar de autoridad, y te derribaré de tu posición.
20 Then I will summon Hilkiah’s son Eliakim, who has served serve me [well], to replace you.
Y en aquel día enviaré por mi siervo, Eliaquim, el hijo de Hilcías.
21 I will allow him to wear your robe, and to fasten your sash around him, and I will give to him the authority that you had. He will be like [MET] a father to the people of Jerusalem and [all the other] towns in Judah.
Y pondré sobre él tu túnica, y pondré tu banda sobre él, y entregaré tu autoridad en sus manos; y él será padre para los hombres de Jerusalén y para la familia de Judá.
22 I will give to him authority [MTY] over [what happens in] the palace where King David [lived]; when he decides something [MET], no one will be able to oppose it; when he refuses to do something, no one will be able to force him to do it.
Y entregaré la llave de la familia de David a su cuidado; y lo que él mantenga abierto no lo cerrará nadie, y lo que él mantenga cerrado, nadie lo abrirá.
23 I will cause his family to be greatly respected, because I will put him firmly in his position [as supervisor of the workers in the palace], like [SIM] a nail that is firmly hammered into a wall.
Y lo pondré como un clavo en un lugar seguro; y será como un trono de gloria para la familia de su padre.
24 Others will enable him to have much responsibility, with the result that all the members of his family, even the most insignificant ones, will be honored.'”
Y toda la gloria de la familia de su padre estará sobre él, toda su descendencia, cada vasija pequeña, incluso las copas y los jarros.
25 [But] the Commander of the armies of angels also says, “[Shebna is like] [MET] a peg that is firmly fastened to the wall. But there will be a time when I will [remove him from his position]; he will lose his power/influence, and everything that he promoted [MET] will fail. [That will surely happen] because [I], Yahweh, have said it.”
En aquel día, dice el Señor de los ejércitos, cederá el clavo fijado en un lugar seguro; y será reducido, y en su caída, el peso colgado en él será destruida, porque el Señor lo ha dicho.
