Isaiah 47
1 [Yahweh also says], “You people of Babylon, you should go and sit in the dust/dirt [to show that you are mourning], because your time to rule [MTY] [other countries] is almost ended. People will never again say that Babylonia is beautiful [like] a very attractive/beautiful young woman.
Baja y siéntate en el polvo, virgen hija de Babilonia. Siéntate en el suelo sin trono, hija de Babilonia! La gente ya no te llamará gentil y delicada.
2 [You will be slaves, so] take heavy stones and grind grain [like slave women do]. Take off your [beautiful] veils and take off your robes [as you prepare to cross streams to go where you will be forced to go].
Ve a trabajar moliendo harina con piedras de molino. Quítate el velo. Quítate la falda, desnuda las piernas, vadea los ríos.
3 You will be naked and [very] ashamed. I will get vengeance on you and not pity you.”
Se te verá desnuda; lo que debería ser privado quedará vergonzosamente expuesto. Me vengaré, no perdonaré a nadie.
4 The one who frees us [people of Judah], whom we call ‘the Commander of the armies of angels’, is the Holy One of Israel.
Nuestro Redentor -su nombre es el Señor Todopoderoso- es el Santo de Israel.
5 [Yahweh says], “You people of Babylon, sit silently in the darkness, because people will never again say that your city is [like] [MET] a queen that rules many kingdoms.
Siéntate tranquila y vete a las tinieblas, hija de Babilonia. Nunca más serás llamada reina de todos los reinos.
6 I was angry with the people whom I chose [to belong to me], and I punished them. I allowed you [people of Babylon] to conquer them. But [when you conquered them], you did not have mercy on them. You (oppressed/treated cruelly) [MET] even the old people.
Me enojé con mi pueblo y abandoné a los que me pertenecían. Te los entregué. Pero no les mostraste misericordia; incluso maltrataste a los ancianos.
7 You said, ‘We will rule [other nations] forever; [it is as though our city] will be the queen [of the world] forever!’ But you did not think about the things [that you were doing], or think about what would result.
Dijiste: “Reinaré para siempre como la reina eterna”. Pero no pensaste en lo que vendría; no recordaste lo que te sucedería al final.
8 You people [of Babylon] who enjoy pleasure and sex, listen to this: You enjoy a luxurious life and you feel secure. You say, ‘We are [like gods], and there are no others like us. Our women will never become widows, and our children will never be killed [in wars].’
Ahora escucha esto, mujer sensual, sentado ahí tan seguro de ti mismo, diciéndote: “Soy supremo—no hay nadie más que yo. Nunca seré viuda ni experimentaré la pérdida de mis hijos”.
9 But both of those things will happen to you suddenly: Many of your women will become widows and many of your children will die, even though you perform much sorcery and many kinds of magic [to prevent bad things from happening to you].
¡Pero ambas cosas te ocurrirán en rápida sucesión! En un solo día perderás a tus hijos y te convertirás en viuda. Tendrás esta experiencia en su totalidad, a pesar de toda tu brujería, a pesar de todos tus hechizos mágicos.
10 You felt protected even though you were doing many wicked things, and you said, ‘No one will see what we [are doing]!’ [You thought that] you were very wise and knew many things, and you said, ‘We are gods, and there are no others like us,’ but you deceived yourselves.
Pusiste tu confianza en tus malas acciones, diciendo Nadie puede ver lo que estoy haciendo. Tu sabiduría y conocimiento te sedujeron, y te dijiste a ti mismo: “Yo soy supremo, no hay nadie más que yo”.
11 So you will experience terrible things, and you will not be able to prevent them by working magic. You will experience disasters, and you will not be able to pay anyone to prevent those things from happening. (A catastrophe/Something terrible) will happen to you suddenly, something that you will not realize [is about to happen].
El mal te va a golpear, y no podrás alejarla por arte de magia. Te caerá un desastre que no podrás evitar pagando un rescate. La destrucción te golpeará de repente y no la esperabas.
12 So you can continue to perform all your magic spells [IRO]! You can perform the many kinds of sorcery that you have practiced for many years! Perhaps [doing those things will enable you to] be successful; perhaps you will be able to cause your enemies to be afraid of you!
Así que sigue con tus hechizos mágicos y toda tu brujería, en la que has trabajado desde que eras joven. Tal vez tengas éxito, tal vez aterrorices a la gente.
13 But [all that has resulted from your] doing all the things that the magicians have told you to do is that you have become tired! The men who look at the stars every month and predict what will happen should come forward and rescue you [from the disasters that you are about to experience].
¡Todos los consejos que has recibido te han agotado! ¿Dónde están tus astrólogos, los que se guían por las estrellas, los que te dan sus predicciones cada mes? ¡Que se levanten y te salven de lo que se te viene encima!
14 But [they cannot do that, because] they are like [SIM] straw that is burning in a fire; they cannot save themselves from being burned up in the flames. Those men are unable to help you [MET]; they are as useless as stubble [that burns quickly and produces no heat] for you.
¡Pero míralos! Son como rastrojos que el fuego quema por completo; ni siquiera pueden salvar sus propias vidas de las llamas. ¡Este no es un fuego para sentarse al lado y calentarse!
15 The people whom you have associated with and worked with since you were young [will not help you], because they will just continue doing their own foolish things, and they will not pay any attention to you [when you cry out for help].”
Toda esa gente con la que has trabajado, todos aquellos con los que has comerciado desde que eras joven, todos seguirán su camino, nadie vendrá a salvarte.
