Isaiah 30
1 Yahweh says, “Terrible things will happen to you, my people who rebel against me. You make plans, but what you plan is not what I want. You have made an alliance [with the rulers of Egypt], but you did not ask my Spirit [if that was what you should do]. By doing that, you have increased the number of your sins.
¡Ay de los hijos rebeldes —oráculo de Yahvé— que fraguan proyectos sin contar conmigo, que hacen pactos sin mi Espíritu, añadiendo pecados a pecados!
2 You went to Egypt [to ask their rulers for help], without asking for my advice. You have trusted in [the army of] the king of Egypt to protect you; you have [trusted in them] [like] people sit in the shade [to protect themselves from the sun] [MET].
Ya están en camino para bajar a Egipto, sin haber consultado mi boca, esperando socorro del poder del Faraón, y confiando en la sombra de Egipto.
3 [But] the result of your trusting in the king of Egypt is that you will be [disappointed and] disgraced; because of trusting in him, you will be humiliated.
El poder del Faraón será vuestra vergüenza, y la confianza en la sombra de Egipto, vuestra ignominia.
4 Officials/ambassadors [from Judah] have gone to Zoan and Hanes [cities in Egypt to make treaties],
Porque cuando los príncipes de (Judá) estén en Tanis y sus embajadores hayan llegado a Hanés,
5 but all those [who trust in the King of Egypt] will be humiliated, because that nation will not be able to help you; the treaty that you have made [requesting help from them] will be useless; instead, the result will be that you will be humiliated and disgraced [DOU].”
todos ellos se avergonzarán de un pueblo que de nada les sirve, que en vez de prestar auxilio y ayuda, les prepara vergüenza e ignominia.
6 [I received from Yahweh] this message about the animals in the southern part of Judah: That area is one where [people experience a lot of] troubles and difficulties, an area where there are male and female lions and various kinds of poisonous snakes. Caravans go through that area taking donkeys and camels loaded with valuable goods. [They are taking them] to Egypt to seek for protection [by the army of Egypt], [but] it will be useless.
Oráculo contra las bestias (de carga), (que van al) Sur, por tierras de penas y de angustias, de donde (salen) la leona y el león, la víbora y la serpiente que vuela, llevando a lomos de asnos sus riquezas, y sobre la giba de camellos sus tesoros, a un pueblo que de nada les sirve.
7 The promises made by [the king of] Egypt are worthless; therefore I call Egypt ‘the sea monster/dragon that does nothing’.
Porque inútil y en vano será la ayuda de Egipto, por esto la llamo Yo la Soberbia que no se mueve.
8 Yahweh told me to write on a scroll a message, in order that it would be a witness [to the people of Judah] that would endure forever.
Anda, pues, ahora y escribe esto, delante de ellos, en una tablilla, y consígnalo en un libro; será para los días venideros, (un testimonio) para siempre jamás.
9 [It would remind them] that they are deceitful and always rebelling against Yahweh; they refuse to pay attention to what he tells/teaches them.
Porque pueblo rebelde es este, y son hijos mentirosos; hijos que no quieren escuchar la Ley de Yahvé;
10 They tell the people who see/receive visions [from Yahweh], “Stop seeing visions!” They tell the prophets, “Do not reveal to us what is right! Tell us pleasant things; do not tell us visions about things that are true!
que dicen a los videntes: “No veáis”, y a los profetas: “No nos vaticinéis cosas rectas; habladnos de cosas agradables, profetizadnos mentiras.
11 Stop doing what you have been doing [DOU]; stop telling us what the Holy One of Israel [says to us]!”
Apartaos del camino, quitaos del sendero; no nos vengáis siempre con el Santo de Israel.”
12 Therefore, this is what the Holy One of Israel says: “You have rejected my message, and you are relying on those who oppress and deceive others.
Por eso, así dice el Santo de Israel: “Ya que despreciáis esta palabra, y confiáis en violencia y astucia, apoyándoos sobre ellas,
13 Therefore, the result of your sin [of rejecting me] will be that you will [suddenly experience disasters]; what will happen to you will be like [SIM] a cracked wall that suddenly collapses [DOU].
por tanto esta iniquidad os será como una brecha que amenaza ruina, cual saliente en una muralla alta, cuyo derrumbe viene de repente, en un momento.
14 You will be smashed like a clay jar is smashed [when it is dropped], and it shatters completely, with the result that there is not one piece big enough to carry some coals from a stove or to carry a little bit of water from a well.”
Será rota, como un vaso de alfarero, que sin compasión es hecho pedazos; y no será hallado entre sus restos ni siquiera un tejón para sacar del fuego una brasa o agua de la cisterna.”
15 Yahweh, [our] God, the Holy One of Israel, [also] says this: “You will be rescued [from your enemies only] if you repent and trust [in what I will do for you]; you will be strong [only] if you quit worrying and trust in me. But you do not want [to do that].
Porque así dice el Señor; Yahvé, el Santo de Israel: Convirtiéndoos y estando quietos seréis salvos; en la tranquilidad y en la confianza está vuestra fuerza. Pero vosotros no quisisteis,
16 You said, ‘No, we will escape on horses [that the army of Egypt will give us]!’ So, you will [try to] flee. You said, ‘We will [escape from the army of Assyria] by riding on swift horses!’ [But] those who pursue you will [also ride] swiftly.
sino que dijisteis: “No, antes bien huiremos a caballo”, y así tendréis que huir. “Montaremos caballos veloces”; por eso serán veloces vuestros perseguidores.
17 [As a result], 1,000 [of you] will flee when [only] one of them pursues you! When only five [of their soldiers] threaten [to kill you], [all of] will flee. [Only a few of] you will be left, like [SIM] a [single] flagpole on top of a mountain with one signal flag on the pole.”
Mil (temblarán) ante la amenaza de uno solo y ante la amenaza de cinco, echaréis a huir, hasta que quedéis como un mástil en la cumbre de un monte, y como bandera sobre un collado.
18 [But] wants to be kind to you; he desires to show you that he is merciful. [Do not forget that] Yahweh is a God who acts justly; he is pleased with those who patiently trust in him.
Por tanto Yahvé espera para seros propicio, y por eso se levantará para apiadarse de vosotros; pues Yahvé es Dios justo. ¡Bienaventurados cuantos en Él esperan!
19 You people who live in Jerusalem [DOU], [some day] you will not cry any more. Yahweh will be kind to you when you call out to him for help. He will answer/help you as soon as he hears you call.
Porque tú, oh pueblo de Sión, que habitas en Jerusalén, no llorarás más; a la voz de tu clamor tendrá Él compasión de ti; tan pronto como te oyere, te responderá.
20 Although [now] Yahweh has caused you to [daily] experience [MET] great troubles and suffer much, [he], your teacher, will not hide himself from you. He [SYN] will teach you many things clearly.
El Señor os dará pan de angustia y agua de tribulación, y no se esconderán más tus maestros, sino que tus ojos verán a tus doctores;
21 And you will hear him speak to you to guide you. [Right] behind you he will say, “This is the road on which you should walk; walk on this road!”
y tus oídos oirán detrás de ti una voz que dice: “Este es el camino, andad por él”, para que no os desviéis ni a la derecha ni a la izquierda.
22 When that happens, you will destroy [all] your idols that are covered with silver or gold. You will throw them away like you throw away a filthy rag, and you will say to them, “We do not need you any more!”
Entonces tendrás por inmundicia la plata que cubre tus estatuas, y los vestidos de tus imágenes de oro los arrojarás como cosa inmunda. “¡Afuera!” les dirás.
23 [If you do that], Yahweh will bless you by giving you good rain at the time that you plant your crops. You will have good harvests, and plenty of pasture with grass for your cattle to eat.
Yahvé enviará lluvia para tu simiente que siembres en el campo, y el pan que la tierra producirá será rico y suculento. En aquel día pacerán tus ganados en espaciosa dehesa,
24 After the wind [blows away the chaff], the oxen and donkeys that [pull the plow to] plow your ground will have good grain to eat.
y los bueyes y asnos que labran la tierra, comerán forraje sazonado con sal, aventado con pala y aventador.
25 At that time, when [your enemies] have been slaughtered and their towers have (collapsed/been destroyed), there will be streams flowing down every hill and mountain [in Judah].
Sobre toda alta montaña y sobre todo collado elevado, habrá arroyos y corrientes de agua en el día de la gran matanza, cuando caigan las torres.
26 The moon will seem to shine as brightly as the sun, and the sun will seem to shine seven times as brightly as previously. That is what it will be like when Yahweh causes [the suffering of] his people [to cease; it will be as though] [MET] he will be putting bandages on their wounds and healing them.
La luz de la luna será como la luz del sol, y la luz del sol será siete veces mayor, como la luz de siete días, en aquel día en que Yahvé vendare la herida de su pueblo y sanare la llaga producida por sus golpes.
27 [It is as though] we see Yahweh coming from far away; he is extremely angry, and there are thick clouds of smoke around him. By what he says [MTY] he shows that he is angry; what he says is like [SIM] a devastating/destructive fire.
Mira que viene el Nombre de Yahvé de lejos, ardiente de ira y en densa humareda, llenos de indignación sus labios, y cual fuego devorador su lengua.
28 His breath is like [SIM] a flood that covers [his enemies] up to their necks. He will separate [MET] the nations in order to destroy [some of them]; [it is as though] he will put hooks in their mouths and take them away.
Su resuello es como torrente que desborda y llega hasta la garganta, para zarandear las naciones en la criba de la destrucción, y sujetar un freno de engaño en las quijadas de los pueblos.
29 But [his people] will sing joyfully like they sing during the nights when they celebrate a holy festival. They will be very joyful, like [SIM] [a large group of his people] are joyful when they go up to Zion Hill in Jerusalem, along with men playing flutes [when they are all going there to worship Yahweh]. He is [like] [MET] a huge rock under which [we] Israeli people [are safe].
Entonces entonaréis cánticos como en la noche en que se celebra una fiesta sagrada; y tendréis gozo de corazón como quien marcha al son de la flauta, para ir al monte de Yahvé, a la Roca de Israel.
30 And Yahweh will enable [us] to hear him speaking powerfully/majestically. He will show us that he [SYN] is very powerful. [We] will see him [SYN] smash [his enemies]. Being very angry, he will descend with a big rainstorm and thunder and hail [to punish them].
Y Yahvé hará oír su majestuosa voz, mostrará su brazo soltado en medio del ardor de su ira y de llamas de fuego devorador, en medio de lluvia torrencial, tempestad y granizo.
31 [The soldiers of] Assyria will be terrified when they hear the voice of Yahweh and when he strikes them with his rod.
Pues por la voz de Yahvé será abatido el asirio; lo herirá con la vara;
32 And while Yahweh strikes them to punish them, [his people] will [celebrate by] playing tambourines and harps. [It will be as though] Yahweh will lift up his powerful hand/arm and defeat the Assyrian army in battle.
y cada golpe de la vara justiciera que Yahvé descargue sobre él, será al son de panderetas y cítaras, y en combate furioso los derrotará.
33 [The valley of] Topheth [outside Jerusalem] has been prepared for a long time; it is ready for the king [of Assyria]; the (funeral pyre/pile of wood) [for burning his body] is wide and high, and [it will be as though] Yahweh will light the fire with his breath, which will come out like a stream of burning sulfur.
Porque hace ya tiempo que está preparado Tófet, preparado también para el rey, profundo y ancho, lleno de fuego y de leña abundante, que el soplo de Yahvé, cual torrente de azufre, encenderá.
