Isaías 10
1 La tragedia se cierne sobre los que aprueban malos decretos y redactan leyes para perjudicar a la gente.
Terrible things will happen to you judges who are unjust and who make unfair laws.
2 Pervierten los derechos legales de los necesitados y roban la justicia a los pobres de mi pueblo. Roban a las viudas y engañan a los huérfanos.
You refuse to help poor people, and you do not allow them to get the things that they should get. You [allow people to] steal things from widows and do unfair things to orphans.
3 ¿Qué van a hacer el día en que sean castigados, cuando el desastre caiga sobre ustedes desde lejos? ¿A quién vas a correr para que te ayude? ¿Dónde vas a dejar toda tu riqueza?
When I punish you by sending people from distant lands to cause you to experience disasters, (to whom will you run to get help?/there will be no one who can help you.) [RHQ] Your valuable possessions will certainly [not be safe] [RHQ] anywhere.
4 ¡Lo único que podrán hacer es postrarse como prisioneros, o yacer entre los muertos! Con todo esto sigue enfadado y con la mano levantada.
You will be able only to stumble along as you are taken away with other prisoners, or [else] your corpses will lie on the ground with others who have been killed. But even after that happens, Yahweh will still be very angry with you. He will still be ready to strike you again with his fist.
5 ¡La tragedia se acerca a los asirios, aunque la vara que usan representa mi cólera y el bastón que sostienen en sus manos representa mi furia!
[Yahweh says], “Terrible things will happen to Assyria. [It is true that their army] is like a rod/club [DOU] with which I [punish other nations] because I am very angry with those nations [DOU].
6 Envío a los asirios contra una nación que ha renunciado a su Dios, contra un pueblo que me hace enojar. Ordeno a los asirios que los saqueen, que se apoderen de sus bienes y que los pisoteen como el barro en la calle.
[Sometimes] I send the armies of Assyria to attack a godless nation, to fight against [other] people who have caused me to be angry. I send them to capture people and to seize and take away their possessions, and to trample them like [SIM] people walk on mud in the streets.
7 Pero esto no es lo que piensa el rey de Asiria. Este no es el plan que tiene en mente. Lo que él quiere hacer es destruir y eliminar muchas naciones.
But the [king of Assyria] does not understand, he does not realize [that he is only like a weapon in my hand]. He wants [only] to destroy people, to get rid of many nations.
8 Él dice: “¡Todos mis comandantes son reyes!
He says, ‘All of my army commanders will soon be kings [of these nations that I conquer]!
9 Conquistamos Calno como lo hicimos con Carquemis; así también Hamat como Arpad; Samaria como Damasco.
We destroyed Calno [city] like we destroyed Carchemish [city], We destroyed Hamath [city] like we destroyed Arpad [city]; we destroyed Samaria just like we destroyed Damascus.
10 Yo fui quien conquistó estos reinos junto con los ídolos de sus dioses. Estos reinos tenían imágenes de sus dioses que eran mejores que las de Jerusalén y Samaria.
We were able to destroy [all] those kingdoms [that were full] of idols, kingdoms whose idols were greater than the idols in Jerusalem and Samaria.
11 ¿Por qué no voy a hacer con Jerusalén y sus ídolos lo mismo que hice con Samaria y sus ídolos?”
So we will defeat Jerusalem and destroy the idols that are there, just like we destroyed Samaria and the idols that were there!’
12 Una vez que el Señor haya terminado todo su trabajo contra el Monte Sion y Jerusalén, él castigará al rey de Asiria por su terrible arrogancia y por la mirada engreída de sus ojos.
[But, I, Yahweh, say that] after I [have used Assyria to] finish what I want to do to punish the people in Jerusalem [DOU], I will punish the king of Assyria because he has been very proud and arrogant/boastful [DOU].
13 Porque el rey de Asiria dice: “He hecho esto con mi propia fuerza. Lo he hecho con mi sabiduría, porque soy inteligente. He borrado los límites de las naciones y he saqueado sus tesoros. Como un toro derribé a sus gobernantes de sus tronos.
He says, ‘By my own great power [MTY] I have done these things. I have been able to do them because I am very wise and very intelligent. My army removed the barriers [at the borders] of nations and carried away all their valuable things. My army has knocked down their kings like [SIM] a ferocious bull would.
14 Como si robara un nido de pájaros, tomé las riquezas de las naciones. Como si recogiera huevos abandonados, recogí toda la tierra. No hubo ni un aleteo ni un pico abierto, ni siquiera un piar”.
Like [MET] a farmer reaches into a bird’s nest [to take away the eggs], we have taken away the treasures of other countries [DOU]. The people were not like birds that would flap their wings or chirp loudly [to protest about their eggs being stolen]; the people did not object at all [to their treasures being stolen].’
15 ¿Acaso un hacha dice que es más importante que la persona que la afila? ¿Acaso una sierra se jacta de ser más grande que la persona que la usa? Sería como si una vara agitara a la persona que la sostiene, o un bastón levantara a una persona, que ciertamente no es de madera.
[But I, Yahweh, say that] an axe certainly cannot [RHQ] boast about being stronger than the person who uses it, and a saw is not greater than the person who uses it. A rod cannot control the one who holds it [RHQ], and a wooden club cannot lift up a person [RHQ]. [So the king of Assyria should not boast that he has done these things with his own wisdom and strength].
16 Así que el Señor, el Señor Todopoderoso, enviará una enfermedad a los fuertes guerreros del rey de Asiria que los hará marchitarse; un fuego ardiente se pondrá debajo de todo lo que él está tan orgulloso.
And [I], the Commander of the armies of angels, will send a plague among the proud soldiers of Assyria; it will be like [MET] a fire that will kill them and get rid of their glory/wealth.
17 La luz de Israel se convertirá en un fuego, y su Santo se convertirá en una llama. Quemará sus espinas y zarzas en un solo día.
[I], Yahweh, who am like [MET] a light for the people of Israel, will be the fire; [I], the Holy One, will be like a flame. [The soldiers of Assyria are like] [MET] thorns and briers, and I will burn them up in one night.
18 Destruirá totalmente sus espléndidos bosques y huertos. Asiria se consumirá, tambaleándose como un enfermo.
There are glorious forests and fertile farmlands in Assyria, but I will completely destroy them; they will be like [SIM] a [very] sick person who shrivels up and then dies.
19 Los árboles que queden en sus bosques serán tan pocos que un niño podría contarlos.
There will be very few trees left in those forests; even a child will be able to count them.”
20 En ese momento, los que queden en Israel y los sobrevivientes de la casa de Jacob ya no confiarán en los que los traicionan, sino que confiarán verdaderamente en el Señor, el Santo de Israel.
In the future there will be only a few people left in Israel; not many descendants of Jacob will still be alive. [But] they will no longer rely on [the king of Assyria], [the king of the nation] that tried to destroy them. Instead, they will faithfully/sincerely trust in Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel.
21 Un remanente volverá, un remanente de Jacob volverá al Dios Fuerte.
Those Israelis will return to their mighty God.
22 Israel, aunque tu pueblo sea tan numeroso como la arena en la orilla del mar, sólo un remanente regresará. El Señor ha decidido con razón destruir a su pueblo.
[Now], the people of Israel are as numerous as the grains of sand on the seashore, but only a few of them will return [from the countries to which they were exiled]. Yahweh has decided to destroy [most of the Israelis] and that is what [he must do because he is completely] just/righteous.
23 El Señor Dios Todopoderoso ha decidido, con razón, llevar la destrucción a todo el país.
[Yes, ] the Commander of the armies of angels has [already] decided to destroy the entire land [of Israel].
24 Así que esto es lo que dice el Señor, el Señor Todopoderoso: Pueblo mío que vive en Sión, no tengan miedo de los asirios que los golpean con varas y los golpean con garrotes, como hicieron los egipcios.
This is what the Commander of the armies of angels says: “My people in Jerusalem, do not be afraid of the army of Assyria when they beat you with rods and clubs, like the men of Egypt did [to your ancestors long ago].
25 Muy pronto dejaré de estar enojado con ustedes. Entonces volveré mi ira contra ellos y los destruiré.
Soon I will no longer be angry with you, and [then] I will be angry with the people of Assyria and destroy them!”
26 El Señor Todopoderoso los azotará con un látigo, tal como lo hizo cuando atacó a los madianitas en la roca de Oreb. Levantará su vara sobre el mar, como lo hizo en Egipto.
The Commander of the armies of angels will whip them. He will do to them like he did when he helped Gideon [and his 300 soldiers] to defeat the [army of the] Midian people-group, and like he did when he showed his mighty power [MTY] [by causing the army of Egypt to drown] in the [Red] Sea.
27 En ese momento quitará la carga de sus hombros y el yugo de su cuello. El yugo se romperá gracias a la unción con aceite.
Some day, Yahweh will cause the army of Assyria to stop oppressing you, [his people]; he will end your suffering and your being slaves of the people of Assyria [MET]; he will take away the load that you people of Judah have been carrying, and cause things to go well for you.
28 Los asirios llegaron a Ajat, pasaron por Migrón y almacenaron sus provisiones en Micmas.
[The army of Assyria will enter northern Judah] near Aiath [town], they will go through Migron [town] and store their supplies at Micmash [town north of Jerusalem].
29 Cruzaron el paso diciendo: Pasaremos la noche en Geba. El pueblo de Ramá tiembla de miedo; los habitantes de Guibeá de Saúl huyen.
They will cross through a mountain pass and set up their tents at Geba [town]. [People in] Ramah [town] will tremble [because of being afraid]. [The people of] Gibeah [town], where King Saul [was born], will [all] run away.
30 ¡Griten una advertencia, pueblo de Galim! ¡Presten atención, los que viven en Lais! ¡Pobre pueblo de Anatot!
You people of Gallim [town] will cry out [for help]. You will shout to [the people of] Laish [city near Jerusalem] to warn them! [The people of] Anathoth [town] will suffer a lot.
31 Los habitantes de Madmena, todos huyen. Los habitantes de Gebim buscan un lugar seguro.
[The people of] Madmenah [town north of Jerusalem will all] be running away, and [the people of] Gebim [town close to Jerusalem] will be trying to hide.
32 Hoy los invasores se detienen en Nob, agitando sus puños en el monte de la Hija de Sión, en la colina de Jerusalén.
The soldiers of Assyria will stop at Nob [city outside Jerusalem]. They will shake their fists [as they threaten the people] on Zion Hill in Jerusalem.
33 Mira cómo el Señor Todopoderoso va a cortar las ramas con gran fuerza. Los árboles altos serán cortados, los árboles orgullosos serán derribados.
But listen to this! The Commander of the armies of angels with his great power will destroy [MET] the mighty army of Assyria. [It is as though they are] a huge tree [MET] that he will cut down.
34 Cortará el espeso bosque con un hacha, y el Líbano caerá a manos del Poderoso.
He will destroy the [soldiers of Assyria] like men use big axes to cut down the tall trees in the forests of Lebanon.
