Isaías 24
1 ¡Estén atentos! El Señor va a destruir la tierra, para dejarla totalmente devastada. Va a destrozar la superficie de la tierra y a dispersar a sus habitantes.
Behold, the Lord will lay waste to the earth, and he will strip it, and he will afflict its surface, and he will scatter its inhabitants.
2 Sucederá lo mismo con todos, ya sean personas o sacerdotes, siervos o sus amos, criadas o sus amantes, compradores o vendedores, prestamistas o prestados, acreedores o deudores.
And this shall be: as with the people, so with the priest; and as with the servant, so with his master; as with the handmaid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the creditor, so with the debtor.
3 La tierra será completamente asolada y saqueada. Esto es lo que ha dicho el Señor.
The earth will be utterly devastated and utterly plundered. For the Lord has spoken this word.
4 La tierra se seca y se marchita; el mundo se seca y se marchita, los altos y poderosos se marchitan junto con la tierra.
The earth mourned, and slipped away, and languished. The world slipped away; the loftiness of the people of the earth was weakened.
5 La tierra está contaminada por su gente; han despreciado las leyes de Dios, han violado sus reglamentos y han quebrantado el acuerdo eterno con él.
And the earth was corrupted by its inhabitants. For they have transgressed the laws, they have changed the ordinance, they have dissipated the everlasting covenant.
6 Por eso una maldición está destruyendo la tierra. El pueblo sufre por su culpa. Los habitantes de la tierra se consumen y sólo unos pocos sobreviven.
Because of this, a curse will devour the earth, and its inhabitants will sin. And for this reason, its caretakers will become crazed, and few men will be left behind.
7 El vino nuevo se seca y la vid se marchita. Todo el pueblo que celebra gime.
The vintage has mourned. The vine has languished. All those who were rejoicing in their hearts have groaned.
8 El alegre sonido de las panderetas ha terminado; el ruido de los juerguistas ha cesado; la deliciosa música de arpa se ha acabado,
The gladness of the drums has ceased. The sound of rejoicing has quieted. The sweetness of stringed instruments has been silenced.
9 la gente ya no canta mientras bebe vino, y la cerveza sabe amarga.
They will not drink wine with a song. The drink will be bitter to those who drink it.
10 La caótica ciudad se desmorona; todas las casas están cerradas con barrotes para impedir el paso a los demás.
The city of vanity has been worn away. Every house has been closed up; no one enters.
11 Las multitudes en la calle gritan, exigiendo tener vino. La alegría se convierte en oscuridad. No queda felicidad en la tierra.
There will be a clamor for wine in the streets. All rejoicing has been abandoned. The gladness of the earth has been carried away.
12 La ciudad está en un horrible estado de ruina; sus puertas han sido derribadas.
Solitude is what remains in the city, and calamity will overwhelm its gates.
13 Así va a ser en toda la tierra entre las naciones: sólo quedan unas pocas aceitunas después de sacudir el árbol, sólo quedan unas pocas uvas para espigar después de la cosecha.
For so shall it be in the midst of the earth, in the midst of the people: it is as if the few remaining olives are being shaken from the olive tree, and it is like a few clusters of grapes, when the grape harvest has already ended.
14 Estos supervivientes gritan y cantan de alegría. Desde el oeste alaban la majestad del Señor.
These few shall lift up their voice and give praise. When the Lord will have been glorified, they will make a joyful noise from the sea.
15 Desde el oriente glorifican al Señor; desde las orillas del mar alaban el nombre del Señor, el Dios de Israel.
Because of this, glorify the Lord in doctrine: the name of the Lord, the God of Israel, in the islands of the sea.
16 Desde los confines de la tierra se oyen cánticos que dicen: “Gloria al Dios que hace el bien”. Pero yo soy miserable, miserable. Tengan piedad de mí. La gente engañosa sigue traicionando, una y otra vez.
From the ends of the earth, we have heard the praises of the glory of the Just One. And I said: “My secret is for myself! My secret is for myself! Woe to me! Those who would betray us have betrayed us, and they have betrayed us with the betrayal of transgression.”
17 Terrores, trampas y lazos los esperan, pueblos de la tierra.
Dread, and the pit, and the snare are over you, O inhabitant of the earth!
18 Los que huyan aterrorizados caerán en una fosa, y los que escapen de la fosa serán atrapados en un lazo. Las ventanas del cielo se abren; los cimientos de la tierra tiemblan.
And this shall be: whoever will flee from the voice of dread will fall into the pit. And whoever will extricate himself from the pit will be caught in the snare. For the floodgates from above have been opened, and the foundations of the earth will be shaken.
19 La tierra tiembla por completo, se desgarra y se sacude violentamente.
The earth will be utterly broken! The earth will be utterly crushed! The earth will be utterly shaken!
20 La tierra se tambalea de un lado a otro como un borracho, y se balancea de un lado a otro como una choza. La culpa de su rebeldía pesa sobre ella, y se derrumba para no volver a levantarse.
The earth will stagger greatly, like a drunken man, and will be carried away, like the tent of a single night. And its iniquity will be heavy upon it, and it will fall and not rise up again.
21 En ese momento el Señor castigará a todos los altos seres celestiales y a los reyes de la tierra.
And this shall be: in that day, the Lord will visit upon the armies of the sky above, and upon the kings of the earth who are on the ground.
22 Serán reunidos, prisioneros en una fosa. Serán encarcelados, y finalmente serán castigados.
And they will be gathered together like the gathering of one bundle into a pit. And they will be enclosed in that place, as in a prison. And after many days, they will be visited.
23 La luna tendrá vergüenza y el sol ocultará su rostro abochornado, porque el Señor Todopoderoso reinará con gloria en el monte Sión y en Jerusalén en presencia de sus dirigentes.
And the moon will be ashamed, and the sun will be confounded, when the Lord of hosts will reign on mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and when he will have been glorified in the sight of his elders.
