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, YHWH is emptying the earth, And is making it desolate, And has overturned [it on] its face, And has scattered 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 it has been—as a people so a priest, As the servant so his master, As the maidservant so her mistress, As the buyer so the seller, As the lender so the borrower, As the usurer so he who is lifting [it] on himself.
3 La tierra será completamente asolada y saqueada. Esto es lo que ha dicho el Señor.
The earth is utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled, For YHWH 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 has mourned, faded, The world has languished, faded, They have languished—the high place of the people of the earth.
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 has been defiled under its inhabitants, Because they have transgressed laws, They have changed a statute, They have made void a perpetual 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.
Therefore a curse has consumed the earth, And the inhabitants in it become desolate, Therefore inhabitants of the earth have been consumed, And few men have been left.
7 El vino nuevo se seca y la vid se marchita. Todo el pueblo que celebra gime.
The new wine has mourned, the vine languished, All the joyful of heart have sighed.
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 joy of tambourines has ceased, The noise of exulting ones has ceased, The joy of a harp has ceased.
9 la gente ya no canta mientras bebe vino, y la cerveza sabe amarga.
They do not drink wine with a song, Strong drink is bitter to those drinking it.
10 La caótica ciudad se desmorona; todas las casas están cerradas con barrotes para impedir el paso a los demás.
It was broken down—a city of emptiness, Every house has been shut from [its] entrance.
11 Las multitudes en la calle gritan, exigiendo tener vino. La alegría se convierte en oscuridad. No queda felicidad en la tierra.
In out-places [is] a cry over the wine, All joy has been darkened, The joy of the land has been removed.
12 La ciudad está en un horrible estado de ruina; sus puertas han sido derribadas.
Desolation [is] left in the city, And the gate is struck [with] ruin.
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.
When thus it is in the heart of the land, In the midst of the peoples, As the surrounding of the olive, As gleanings when harvest has been finished,
14 Estos supervivientes gritan y cantan de alegría. Desde el oeste alaban la majestad del Señor.
They lift up their voice, They sing of the excellence of YHWH, They have cried aloud from the sea.
15 Desde el oriente glorifican al Señor; desde las orillas del mar alaban el nombre del Señor, el Dios de Israel.
Therefore honor YHWH in prosperity, In islands of the sea, the Name of YHWH, God of Israel.
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 skirt of the earth we heard songs, The desire of the righteous. And I say, “Leanness [is] to me, Leanness [is] to me, woe [is] to me.” Treacherous dealers dealt treacherously, Indeed, treachery, treacherous dealers dealt treacherously.
17 Terrores, trampas y lazos los esperan, pueblos de la tierra.
Fear, and a snare, and a trap, [Are] on 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 it has come to pass, He who is fleeing from the noise of the fear falls into the snare, And he who is coming up from the midst of the snare, Is captured by the trap, For windows have been opened on high, And foundations of the earth are shaken.
19 La tierra tiembla por completo, se desgarra y se sacude violentamente.
The earth has been utterly broken down, The earth has been utterly broken, The earth has been utterly moved.
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 staggers greatly as a drunkard, And it has been moved as a lodge, And its transgression has been heavy on it, And it has fallen, and does not add to rise.
21 En ese momento el Señor castigará a todos los altos seres celestiales y a los reyes de la tierra.
And it has come to pass in that day, YHWH lays a charge on the host of the high place in the high place, And on the kings of the earth on the earth.
22 Serán reunidos, prisioneros en una fosa. Serán encarcelados, y finalmente serán castigados.
And they have been gathered—A gathering of bound ones in a pit, And they have been shut up in a prison, And after a multitude of days are inspected.
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 has been confounded, And the sun has been ashamed, For YHWH of Hosts has reigned In Mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, And before His elderly—glory!
