Isaías 27
1 En ese momento el Señor tomará su espada afilada, grande y fuerte, y castigará a Leviatán, la serpiente escurridiza, y a Leviatán, la serpiente enroscada, y matará al dragón del mar.
At that time, Yahweh will punish Leviathan, the swift-moving monster/dragon, that coiling serpent that lives in the sea. Yahweh will kill it with his sharp, huge, and powerful sword.
2 En ese momento, canta sobre una hermosa viña.
At that time, [Yahweh will say], “You [Israeli people, who are like] [MET] a fruitful vineyard, must sing!
3 Yo, el Señor, la cuido, regándola a menudo. La cuido de noche y de día para que nadie la dañe.
I will [protect you] [like a farmer] [MET] waters his crops carefully [in order that they will grow well]. I will guard you day and night, in order that no one harms you.
4 Ya no me enfado. Si hay espinas y zarzas, yo iría a combatirlas, y las quemaría todas,
I am no [longer] angry [with my people]; [if any of your enemies try to injure you like briers and thorns injure people] [MET], I will attack them [in battles]; I will get rid of them completely,
5 De lo contrario, deberían acudir a mí en busca de protección. Que hagan las paces conmigo, sí, que hagan las paces conmigo.
unless they request me to protect them; I strongly invite them to make peace with me [DOU]!”
6 En el futuro los descendientes de Jacob serán como un árbol que echa raíces. Israel florecerá y echará brotes, y llenará de frutos el mundo entero.
There will be a time when the (descendants of Jacob/Israeli people) will [prosper like] a plant that has good roots; they will be like [MET] trees that bud and blossom and bear a lot of fruit; [what they do will bless] all the people in the world.
7 ¿Ha golpeado el Señor a Israel como golpeó a los que lo atacaron? ¿Los ha matado como mató a sus asesinos?
[But now I ask], has Yahweh punished us Israelis like he punished our enemies? Has he punished us as much as he punished them?
8 Se ocupó de ellos enviándolos al exilio, desterrándolos. Los expulsó con su poderosa fuerza, como cuando sopla el viento del este.
[No, he has not done that], [but] he punished us Israeli people and (exiled us/forced us to leave our country); we were taken away from our land as though [SIM] we were struck by a windstorm from the east.
9 A través de esta experiencia la culpa de Jacob será perdonada. La eliminación de sus pecados dará sus frutos cuando tomen todas las piedras de los altares paganos y las hagan pedazos como si fueran tiza: no quedarán en pie postes de Asera ni altares de incienso.
Yahweh did that in order to punish us for our sins, and remove our guilt. As a result [of our being exiled], all the altars to other gods [in Israel] will be demolished, and we will be forgiven for the sins that we have committed. There will be no more poles for worshiping the goddess Asherah, or altars for burning incense to other gods; they will all be torn down.
10 La ciudad fortificada será abandonada, sus casas estarán vacías y solitarias como un desierto. El ganado pastará y descansará allí, desnudando las ramas de sus árboles.
The cities that have strong walls around them will be empty; like the desert, they will have no one living in them. The houses will be abandoned, and the streets will be full of weeds. Calves will eat grass there and lie down there; they will chew up all the leaves on the trees.
11 Sus ramas secas serán arrancadas y utilizadas por las mujeres para hacer fuego. Este es un pueblo que no tiene sentido común, por lo que su Creador no se compadecerá de él, y su Creador no lo ayudará.
[The Israeli people are like] [MET] dry branches on a tree; women break them off and use them to make fires [under their cooking pots]. Our Israeli people do not have any sense; so Yahweh, who created them, will not act mercifully toward them or be kind to them.
12 En ese momento el Señor trillará el grano cosechado desde el río Éufrates hasta el Wadi de Egipto, y ustedes, israelitas, serán recogidos uno por uno.
[However], there will be a time when Yahweh will gather them together [again; he will separate them from the people who have conquered them, like people] separate wheat from chaff. He will bring them [back to Israel], one by one, from [the land between] the Euphrates River [in the northeast] and the brook at the border of Egypt [in the southwest].
13 En ese momento sonará una fuerte trompeta, y los que estaban muriendo en Asiria regresarán junto con los exiliados en Egipto. Vendrán a adorar al Señor en el monte santo de Jerusalén.
At that time, a trumpet will be blown very loudly. And those who were exiled to Assyria and Egypt and who almost died there will return to Jerusalem, to worship Yahweh on [Zion], his holy hill.
