Isaiah 28
1 Terrible things will happen to [Samaria city, the capital of Israel]! It is on a hill above a fertile valley; the people who live there, who get drunk by drinking too much wine, are very proud; it is a beautiful and glorious city, but some day that beauty will disappear like [MET] a flower that wilts and dries up.
¡Ay de la corona de soberbia de los embriagados de Efraím, de la caduca flor de su magnífico ornato, que se alza sobre la cima del fértil valle de los ebrios de vino!
2 Listen to this: Yahweh will cause a great army to attack Samaria. Their soldiers will be like [SIM] a huge hailstorm [or] a very strong wind; they will be everywhere, like the water of a huge flood, and they will smash to the ground [the buildings in Samaria].
He aquí que viene de Yahvé uno que es fuerte y poderoso, como tempestad de granizo, como huracán destructor, cual torrente de aguas poderosas que inundan, y este lo echará todo por tierra con violencia.
3 The people of Samaria are proud, but everything that the drunks who live there think is wonderful/glorious will be trampled on by their enemies.
Con los pies será hollada la corona de soberbia de los embriagados de Efraím;
4 [Yes], Samaria is beautiful, set on a hill above a fertile valley, but that beauty will disappear like [MET] a flower that wilts and dries up. Whenever someone sees a good fig at the beginning of the season [when figs become ripe], he quickly picks and eats it; [similarly, when the enemies of Israel see all the beautiful things in Samaria], [they will quickly conquer the city and take away all those things].
y la caduca flor de su magnífico ornato que se alza sobre la cima del fértil valle, será como la breva temprana, (que madura) antes del verano: apenas uno la ve, la toma en la mano y se la come.
5 At that time, the Commander of the armies of angels will be [like] a glorious wreath of flowers for [us] Israeli people who are still alive [after being exiled].
En aquel día Yahvé de los ejércitos será corona de gloria y brillante diadema para el resto de su pueblo; será espíritu de justicia para los sentados en el tribunal, y fortaleza para los vencedores en la puerta.
6 He will cause our judges to want to do what is fair/just when they decide people’s cases. He will enable the soldiers who stand at the city gates to strongly defend [the city when our enemies attack it].
También estos se tambalean por el vino, andan extraviados a causa de las bebidas fuertes.
7 [But now, ] our leaders stagger/stumble because they have drunk a lot of wine and [other] alcoholic drinks. The priests and prophets also stagger because of drinking a lot of wine and other alcoholic drinks. They are not able to think right; they see visions but they cannot understand what they mean; they are unable to decide things correctly.
El sacerdote y el profeta vacilan embriagados por los licores; el vino se los tragó; perdieron el seso por las bebidas fuertes; yerran en la visión, ignoran la justicia.
8 All their tables are covered with [their] vomit; filth is everywhere.
Porque todas las mesas están cubiertas de vómito y de inmundicia; no hay ningún lugar (limpio).
9 They ridicule Yahweh saying, “Who does he think that he is teaching? Why is he talking to us like this? [Does he think that] we are little children who have recently been weaned?
(Dicen): “¿A quién quiere este enseñar ciencia y dar la inteligencia de su mensaje? ¿Acaso a los destetados de leche? ¿A los arrancados de los pechos maternos?
10 [He continually tells us], ‘Do this, do that;’ first he tells us one rule, then another rule, he tells us only one line at a time.”
Pues no hay más que precepto sobre precepto, precepto sobre precepto, regla sobre regla, regla sobre regla, un poco aquí, un poco allá.”
11 So now, Yahweh will need to force them to listen to [Assyrians] speaking to them in a language that they do not understand.
Sí, con labios de balbuciente en otra lengua hablará Yahvé a este pueblo.
12 Yahweh told his people [long ago], “[This is] a place where you can rest; you are exhausted [from all your travels through the desert], but you will be able to rest [in this land].” But they refused to pay attention to what he said.
Él les había dicho: “Aquí está el descanso; dejad descansar al cansado, y este es el refrigerio.” Mas no quisieron escuchar.
13 So Yahweh continues to tell the people of Samaria, one line at a time, “Do this, do that,” first one rule and then another rule. But because [of their ignoring what God said], they will be attacked and defeated; they will be wounded and snared and captured.
Por eso la palabra de Yahvé será para ellos: precepto sobre precepto, precepto sobre precepto, regla sobre regla, regla sobre regla, un poco aquí, un poco allá; a fin de que yendo adelante caigan hacia atrás, y sean quebrantados y presos en el lazo.
14 Because of [what will happen in Samaria], you rulers in Jerusalem who make fun of me, listen to this message from Yahweh:
Por tanto, escuchad la palabra de Yahvé, oh hombres burladores, los que gobernáis este pueblo que está en Jerusalén:
15 You [boast] saying, “We have made an alliance with [the leaders of Egypt], so we will not be killed [in battles]; we will never go to the place where the dead people are. When the [army of Assyria] attacks us, they will never defeat us, because we have made [an agreement with Egypt] to protect us!” [But that agreement consists of] a lot of lies [DOU]. (Sheol h7585)
Vosotros decís: “Hemos hecho pacto con la muerte, y convenio con el scheol; cuando pase el azote, cual torrente, no llegará a nosotros; porque nos hemos refugiado en la mentira, y la falsedad es nuestro abrigo.” (Sheol h7585)
16 Therefore, Yahweh [our] Lord says this: “Listen to this! I am going to place in Jerusalem [someone who is like] [MET] a foundation stone, [he is like] a stone that has been tested [to determine if it is solid]. [He will be like] a valuable cornerstone around which it will be safe to build a house; and whoever trusts in him will never be disappointed.
Por eso, así dice el Señor Yahvé: “He aquí que pondré en Sión por fundamento una piedra, piedra probada, piedra angular preciosa, sólidamente asentada; el que confía (en ella) no necesita huir.
17 I will test you [people of Jerusalem] to find out if you will act justly and righteously [like] [MET] someone uses a plumb line [to determine if a wall is straight and vertical]. But because your agreement [with Egypt] to protect you [was made by leaders] lying to each other and deceiving each other, you will be defeated and taken away [from your country] by [an army that will come against you like] [MET] a flood.
Y pondré el derecho por regla, y la justicia por plomada; el pedrisco barrerá el refugio de la mentira, y las aguas inundarán el escondrijo.
18 I will annul/destroy the agreement that you made [with the leaders of Egypt]. You thought that [because of that agreement] you would not be killed, and you would not go to the place where the dead are. [But] when the vast [army of Assyria] overwhelms you like a flood, they will trample you into the ground. (Sheol h7585)
Vuestro pacto con la muerte será anulado, y vuestro convenio con el scheol no subsistirá más; cuando pase el azote, cual torrente, seréis aplastados por él. (Sheol h7585)
19 Their soldiers will come during the morning, at noontime, and at night, and they will carry you all away.” And when you understand this message, you will be terrified.
Siempre que pase, os arrastrará consigo; porque pasará todas las mañanas, de día y de noche, y el solo entender lo que se oye será un espanto.
20 [You have heard people say], “Your bed is very short, you will not be able to sleep in it; your blankets are very narrow; they will not cover you!” [That means for you that your agreement with Egypt is not going to save you].
Porque la cama será demasiado corta para estirarse, y la cubierta demasiado estrecha para poder envolverse.”
21 Yahweh will come [and cause you to be defeated]; he will do to you like he did to the army of Philistia at Perizim Mountain and like he did to the Amor people-group at Gibeon Valley. What he will do will be [very] strange and unusual [DOU].
Pues Yahvé se levantará como en el monte Perasim, y como en el valle de Gabaón se irritará, para cumplir su obra, su obra extraordinaria, para ejecutar su trabajo, su trabajo asombroso.
22 The Commander of the armies of angels has told me that he is going to destroy the entire land. So do not ridicule [what I say any more], because if you do that he will punish you [even] more severely.
Entonces no seáis burladores; de lo contrario se apretarán todavía más vuestras ligaduras; porque la destrucción está decretada, así lo tengo oído, de parte del Señor Yahvé de los ejércitos, contra toda la tierra.
23 Listen [IDM] to what I say; pay attention carefully.
Prestad atención y oíd mi voz; atended y escuchad mi palabra.
24 When a farmer plows some ground, does he never plant seeds [RHQ]? Does he continue to plow it and never plant anything [RHQ]?
¿Acaso para sembrar el arador está siempre arando, abriendo y rastrillando su campo?
25 No, he makes the ground very level, and then he plants seeds— dill and cumin and wheat and barley. He plants each kind of seed in the correct manner.
Después de allanar su superficie, ¿acaso no esparce el eneldo, siembra el comino, pone el trigo en los surcos, la cebada en su lugar, y la espelta en el borde?
26 [He does that] because God has taught him the correct way to do it.
Es Dios quien le enseña esta regla y le instruye.
27 [Farmers] never thresh caraway/dill with a heavy sledge/club; instead, they beat it only with a stick. [Farmers] never thresh cumin by driving a cart over it; instead, they hit it [only] with a rod.
Pues no con el trillo se trilla el eneldo, ni rueda de carro pasa sobre el comino; sino que el eneldo es sacudido con un bastón, y el comino con una vara.
28 And grain for baking bread is crushed easily, so the farmers do not continue to pound it for a long time. They sometimes cause their horses to pull a cart over it [to thresh it], [but] doing that does not grind the grain.
El trigo, en cambio, es trillado, pero no se lo trilla continuamente; y aunque (el labrador) hace pasar sobre él las ruedas de su carro y sus caballos, sin embargo no lo tritura.
29 The Commander of the armies of angels gives [us] wonderful advice [about how to do things]; he causes [us] to be very wise. [So what the farmers do is very smart/wise, but what your leaders are doing is very stupid].
También esto viene de Yahvé de los ejércitos, el cual es admirable en sus designios y grande en sabiduría.
