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 borrachos de Efraím, y de la flor caduca de la hermosura de su gloria, que está sobre la cabeza, del valle fértil, oprimidos del 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 la valentía, y la fortaleza de Jehová viene como turbión de granizo, y como torbellino trastornador, como ímpetu de recias aguas que salen de madre, que con fuerza derriba a tierra.
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 borrachos 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 será la flor caduca de la hermosura de su gloria, que está sobre la cabeza del valle fértil, como la breva temprana, que viene primero que los otros frutos del verano, la cual, en viéndola el que la ve, en teniéndola en la mano, se la traga.
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 Jehová de los ejércitos será por corona de gloria, y diadema de hermosura a los residuos de su pueblo:
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].
Y por espíritu de juicio al que se sentare sobre la silla del juicio; y por fortaleza a los que harán retraer la batalla hasta la puerta.
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.
Mas también estos erraron con el vino, y con la sidra se entontecieron. El sacerdote y el profeta, erraron con la sidra, fueron trastornados del vino, entonteciéronse con la sidra, erraron en la visión, tropezaron en el juicio.
8 All their tables are covered with [their] vomit; filth is everywhere.
Porque todas las mesas están llenas de vómito y suciedad, hasta no haber lugar.
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?
¿A quién se enseñará ciencia, o a quién se hará entender doctrina? ¿a los quitados de la leche? ¿a los arrancados de los pechos?
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.”
Porque mandamiento tras mandamiento, mandamiento tras mandamiento: renglón tras renglón, renglón tras renglón: un poquito allí, otro poquito allí:
11 So now, Yahweh will need to force them to listen to [Assyrians] speaking to them in a language that they do not understand.
Porque con labios tartamudos, y en lengua extraña hablará 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.
A los cuales él dijo: Este es el reposo: dad reposo al cansado; y este es el refrigerio; y no quisieron oír.
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.
Serles ha pues la palabra de Jehová: Mandamiento tras mandamiento, mandamiento tras mandamiento: renglón tras renglón, renglón tras renglón: un poquito allí, otro poquito allí, que vayan, y caigan por las espaldas, y se desmenucen, y se enreden, y sean presos.
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 varones burladores, que estáis enseñoreados sobre este pueblo que está en Jerusalem, oíd la palabra de Jehová.
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)
Porque habéis dicho: Concierto tenemos hecho con la muerte, y con la sepultura: hicimos acuerdo, que cuando pasare el turbión del azote, no llegará a nosotros; porque pusimos nuestra acogida en mentira, y en falsedad nos esconderemos. (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 tanto el Señor Jehová dice así: He aquí que yo fundo en Sión una piedra, piedra de fortaleza, de esquina, de precio, de cimiento cimentado: el que creyere, no se apresure.
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 ajustaré el jucio a cordel, y a nivel la justicia; y granizo barrerá la acogida en mentira, y aguas arroyarán 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)
Y anularse ha vuestro concierto con la muerte; y vuestro acuerdo con la sepultura no será firme: cuando pasare el turbión del azote seréis de él hollados. (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.
Luego que comenzare a pasar, él os arrebatará; porque de mañana de mañana pasará, de día y de noche; y será que el espanto solamente haga entender lo oído.
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 es angosta, que no basta; y la cubierta estrecha para recoger.
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].
Porque Jehová se levantará, como en el monte Perazim, y como en el valle de Gabaón se enojará para hacer su obra, su extraña obra; y para hacer su operación, su extraña operación.
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.
Por tanto no os burléis ahora, porque no se arrecien vuestros castigos; porque consumación y acabamiento sobre toda la tierra he oído del Señor Jehová de los ejércitos.
23 Listen [IDM] to what I say; pay attention carefully.
Estád atentos, y oíd mi voz: estád atentos, y oíd mi dicho.
24 When a farmer plows some ground, does he never plant seeds [RHQ]? Does he continue to plow it and never plant anything [RHQ]?
¿Arará todo el día el que ara para sembrar? ¿romperá, y quebrará los terrones de la tierra?
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 que hubiere igualado su haz, no derramará el ajenuz, sembrará el comino, pondrá el trigo por su orden, y la cebada en su señal, y la avena en su término?
26 [He does that] because God has taught him the correct way to do it.
Porque su Dios le enseña para saber juzgar, 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.
Que el ajenuz no se trillará con trillo, ni sobre el comino rodará rueda de carreta: mas con un palo se sacude el ajenuz, 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 pan se trilla: mas no perpetuamente lo trillará, ni lo molerá con la rueda de su carreta, ni lo quebrantará con los dientes de su trillo.
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].
Aun hasta esto salió de Jehová de los ejércitos, para hacer maravilloso el consejo, y engrandecer la sabiduría.
