Isaiah 27
1 At that time, Yahweh will punish Leviathan, the swift-moving monster/dragon, that coiling serpent that lives in the sea. Yahweh will kill it with his sharp, huge, and powerful sword.
En ese día el Señor, con su espada grande, fuerte y cruel, enviará castigo a Leviatán, la serpiente que se mueve rápido, y sobre Leviatán, la serpiente retorcida; y matará al dragón que está en el mar.
2 At that time, [Yahweh will say], “You [Israeli people, who are like] [MET] a fruitful vineyard, must sing!
En ese día se dirá: la viña del vino rojo; un huerto de delicias, haz una canción al respecto.
3 I will [protect you] [like a farmer] [MET] waters his crops carefully [in order that they will grow well]. I will guard you day and night, in order that no one harms you.
Yo, el Señor, lo estoy observando. Le daré agua en todo momento: la guardaré día y noche, por temor a que se produzcan daños.
4 I am no [longer] angry [with my people]; [if any of your enemies try to injure you like briers and thorns injure people] [MET], I will attack them [in battles]; I will get rid of them completely,
Mi furor se acabó: si los espinos pelearán contra mí, les atacaría y se quemarían juntos.
5 unless they request me to protect them; I strongly invite them to make peace with me [DOU]!”
O que él se ponga bajo mi poder y haga las paces conmigo.
6 There will be a time when the (descendants of Jacob/Israeli people) will [prosper like] a plant that has good roots; they will be like [MET] trees that bud and blossom and bear a lot of fruit; [what they do will bless] all the people in the world.
En los próximos días, Jacob echará raíces, Israel echará capullos y flores; y la faz del mundo estará llena de frutos.
7 [But now I ask], has Yahweh punished us Israelis like he punished our enemies? Has he punished us as much as he punished them?
¿Es su castigo como el castigo de aquellos que lo vencieron? ¿O son sus muertos tan numerosos como los que puso en la espada?
8 [No, he has not done that], [but] he punished us Israeli people and (exiled us/forced us to leave our country); we were taken away from our land as though [SIM] we were struck by a windstorm from the east.
Tu ira contra ella se ha aclarado al desterrarla; él se la ha llevado con su viento de tormenta, el día de su viento del este.
9 Yahweh did that in order to punish us for our sins, and remove our guilt. As a result [of our being exiled], all the altars to other gods [in Israel] will be demolished, and we will be forgiven for the sins that we have committed. There will be no more poles for worshiping the goddess Asherah, or altars for burning incense to other gods; they will all be torn down.
Así que con esto se cubrirá el pecado de Jacob, y esto es todo el fruto de quitar su castigo; cuando todas las piedras del altar sean pulverizadas, para que los pilares de madera y las imágenes del sol no se vuelvan a levantar.
10 The cities that have strong walls around them will be empty; like the desert, they will have no one living in them. The houses will be abandoned, and the streets will be full of weeds. Calves will eat grass there and lie down there; they will chew up all the leaves on the trees.
Porque el pueblo fortificado está sin habitantes, un lugar abandonado; y ella se ha convertido en una tierra desolada; allí el becerro tomará su descanso, y pastara y comerá de sus ramas ahí.
11 [The Israeli people are like] [MET] dry branches on a tree; women break them off and use them to make fires [under their cooking pots]. Our Israeli people do not have any sense; so Yahweh, who created them, will not act mercifully toward them or be kind to them.
Cuando sus ramas estén secas, serán rotas; las mujeres vendrán y les pondrán fuego, porque es un pueblo necio; por esta causa el que los hizo no tendrá piedad de ellos, y aquel cuyo trabajo son, no tendrá piedad de ellos.
12 [However], there will be a time when Yahweh will gather them together [again; he will separate them from the people who have conquered them, like people] separate wheat from chaff. He will bring them [back to Israel], one by one, from [the land between] the Euphrates River [in the northeast] and the brook at the border of Egypt [in the southwest].
Y será en ese día que el Señor recogerá su grano, desde el río hasta la corriente de Egipto, y ustedes se reunirán con cuidado, oh hijos de Israel.
13 At that time, a trumpet will be blown very loudly. And those who were exiled to Assyria and Egypt and who almost died there will return to Jerusalem, to worship Yahweh on [Zion], his holy hill.
Y será en ese día que sonará un gran cuerno; y vendrán los que vagaban por la tierra de Asiria, y los que habían sido enviados a la tierra de Egipto; y adorarán al Señor en el monte santo de Jerusalén.
