Isaías 28
1 La tragedia llega a la ciudad de Samaria, la coronación de los borrachos de Efraín, a la flor marchita de maravillosa belleza, asentada sobre un valle fértil, y amada por los martillados por el vino.
Terrible things will happen to [Samaria city, the capital of Israel]! It is on a hill above a fertile valley; the people who live there, who get drunk by drinking too much wine, are very proud; it is a beautiful and glorious city, but some day that beauty will disappear like [MET] a flower that wilts and dries up.
2 ¡Cuidado, porque el Señor tiene a uno que es fuerte y poderoso! Lo va a derribar como una tormenta de granizo y un tornado, como una lluvia torrencial y una inundación abrumadora.
Listen to this: Yahweh will cause a great army to attack Samaria. Their soldiers will be like [SIM] a huge hailstorm [or] a very strong wind; they will be everywhere, like the water of a huge flood, and they will smash to the ground [the buildings in Samaria].
3 Esa gloria suprema de los borrachos de Efraín será pisoteada.
The people of Samaria are proud, but everything that the drunks who live there think is wonderful/glorious will be trampled on by their enemies.
4 Esa flor marchita de maravillosa belleza, asentada sobre un valle fértil, será como los higos maduros antes de la cosecha de verano: tan pronto como la gente los descubra, los agarrará y los comerá.
[Yes], Samaria is beautiful, set on a hill above a fertile valley, but that beauty will disappear like [MET] a flower that wilts and dries up. Whenever someone sees a good fig at the beginning of the season [when figs become ripe], he quickly picks and eats it; [similarly, when the enemies of Israel see all the beautiful things in Samaria], [they will quickly conquer the city and take away all those things].
5 En ese momento, el Señor Todopoderoso será una corona hermosa y gloriosa que enorgullecerá a los que queden de su pueblo.
At that time, the Commander of the armies of angels will be [like] a glorious wreath of flowers for [us] Israeli people who are still alive [after being exiled].
6 Será una inspiración para que los jueces hagan lo correcto, y animará a los que combatan los ataques a la puerta.
He will cause our judges to want to do what is fair/just when they decide people’s cases. He will enable the soldiers who stand at the city gates to strongly defend [the city when our enemies attack it].
7 Pero este pueblo también bebe tanto vino y cerveza que se balancea de un lado a otro y tropieza. Incluso los sacerdotes y los profetas se tambalean, con la mente confundida por la cerveza y el vino. A causa de la bebida, se confunden con las visiones y se equivocan al tomar decisiones.
[But now, ] our leaders stagger/stumble because they have drunk a lot of wine and [other] alcoholic drinks. The priests and prophets also stagger because of drinking a lot of wine and other alcoholic drinks. They are not able to think right; they see visions but they cannot understand what they mean; they are unable to decide things correctly.
8 Todas sus mesas están llenas de vómito: la suciedad está por todas partes.
All their tables are covered with [their] vomit; filth is everywhere.
9 “¿A quién trata de enseñar el conocimiento?”, se preguntan. “¿A quién le está explicando su mensaje? ¿A los niños que acaban de ser destetados de la leche, a los bebés que acaban de ser retirados del pecho?
They ridicule Yahweh saying, “Who does he think that he is teaching? Why is he talking to us like this? [Does he think that] we are little children who have recently been weaned?
10 Nos dice este bla y aquel bla, bla sobre bla, y otra vez bla y bla, y aún más bla y bla! Es un poco de aquí y un poco de allá”.
[He continually tells us], ‘Do this, do that;’ first he tells us one rule, then another rule, he tells us only one line at a time.”
11 Bien: ahora el Señor hablará a este pueblo en lenguas extranjeras que les suenen extrañas!
So now, Yahweh will need to force them to listen to [Assyrians] speaking to them in a language that they do not understand.
12 Les había dicho: “Pueden descansar aquí. Dejen descansar a los que están cansados. Este es el lugar donde pueden descansar con seguridad”. Pero se negaron a escuchar.
Yahweh told his people [long ago], “[This is] a place where you can rest; you are exhausted [from all your travels through the desert], but you will be able to rest [in this land].” But they refused to pay attention to what he said.
13 Por lo tanto, el mensaje del Señor para ellos se convertirá en: “Este bla y ese bla, bla sobre bla, y otra vez bla y bla, y aún más bla y bla, un poco aquí y un poco allá”, de modo que caerán de espaldas, y serán heridos, atrapados y capturados.
So Yahweh continues to tell the people of Samaria, one line at a time, “Do this, do that,” first one rule and then another rule. But because [of their ignoring what God said], they will be attacked and defeated; they will be wounded and snared and captured.
14 Así que presten atención al mensaje del Señor, ustedes, gobernantes despreciables que dirigen a este pueblo en Jerusalén.
Because of [what will happen in Samaria], you rulers in Jerusalem who make fun of me, listen to this message from Yahweh:
15 Ustedes afirman: “Hemos hecho un acuerdo con la muerte; tenemos un contrato con la tumba. Cuando pase el terrible desastre, no nos afectará, porque nuestras mentiras nos protegen y nos escondemos en nuestros propios engaños”. (Sheol h7585)
You [boast] saying, “We have made an alliance with [the leaders of Egypt], so we will not be killed [in battles]; we will never go to the place where the dead people are. When the [army of Assyria] attacks us, they will never defeat us, because we have made [an agreement with Egypt] to protect us!” [But that agreement consists of] a lot of lies [DOU]. (Sheol h7585)
16 En consecuencia, escuchen lo que dice el Señor Dios: ¡Mira! Estoy colocando una piedra fundamental en Jerusalén, una piedra fuerte y bien probada. Es una piedra angular valiosa que proporciona un fundamento firme. El que confía en ella no quedará suelto.
Therefore, Yahweh [our] Lord says this: “Listen to this! I am going to place in Jerusalem [someone who is like] [MET] a foundation stone, [he is like] a stone that has been tested [to determine if it is solid]. [He will be like] a valuable cornerstone around which it will be safe to build a house; and whoever trusts in him will never be disappointed.
17 Haré que la justicia sea tan recta como una línea de medir, y que hacer lo correcto sea la norma estándar. El granizo destruirá la protección de tus mentiras, y el agua inundará el lugar donde te escondes.
I will test you [people of Jerusalem] to find out if you will act justly and righteously [like] [MET] someone uses a plumb line [to determine if a wall is straight and vertical]. But because your agreement [with Egypt] to protect you [was made by leaders] lying to each other and deceiving each other, you will be defeated and taken away [from your country] by [an army that will come against you like] [MET] a flood.
18 Tu acuerdo con la muerte será cancelado; tu contrato con la tumba será revocado. Cuando el terrible desastre se precipite, te pisoteará. (Sheol h7585)
I will annul/destroy the agreement that you made [with the leaders of Egypt]. You thought that [because of that agreement] you would not be killed, and you would not go to the place where the dead are. [But] when the vast [army of Assyria] overwhelms you like a flood, they will trample you into the ground. (Sheol h7585)
19 Se precipitará una y otra vez, arrastrándote mañana tras mañana, día y noche, precipitándose una y otra vez. Una vez que entiendas este mensaje estarás totalmente aterrorizado.
Their soldiers will come during the morning, at noontime, and at night, and they will carry you all away.” And when you understand this message, you will be terrified.
20 La cama es demasiado corta para que puedas estirarte; la manta es demasiado estrecha para que no puedas cubrirte.
[You have heard people say], “Your bed is very short, you will not be able to sleep in it; your blankets are very narrow; they will not cover you!” [That means for you that your agreement with Egypt is not going to save you].
21 El Señor vendrá al ataque como lo hizo con los filisteos en el monte Perazim, como los sacudió en el valle de Gabaón, viniendo a hacer lo que tiene que hacer, su extraña obra; viniendo a actuar como debe, su insólita acción.
Yahweh will come [and cause you to be defeated]; he will do to you like he did to the army of Philistia at Perizim Mountain and like he did to the Amor people-group at Gibeon Valley. What he will do will be [very] strange and unusual [DOU].
22 Así que no te burles, o tu prisión será aún peor, porque el Señor, el Señor Todopoderoso, me ha explicado su decisión de destruir todo el país.
The Commander of the armies of angels has told me that he is going to destroy the entire land. So do not ridicule [what I say any more], because if you do that he will punish you [even] more severely.
23 ¡Escuchen lo que les digo! ¡Escuchen y presten atención! ¡Escuchen mis palabras!
Listen [IDM] to what I say; pay attention carefully.
24 ¿Acaso el agricultor se pasa todo el tiempo arando? ¿O pasa todo el tiempo preparando la tierra?
When a farmer plows some ground, does he never plant seeds [RHQ]? Does he continue to plow it and never plant anything [RHQ]?
25 ¿Acaso, una vez que tiene todo listo, no siembra semillas como el eneldo y el comino, no planta trigo y cebada en hileras, con el grano de la escanda como cerco?
No, he makes the ground very level, and then he plants seeds— dill and cumin and wheat and barley. He plants each kind of seed in the correct manner.
26 Su Dios le da instrucciones y le enseña lo que debe hacer.
[He does that] because God has taught him the correct way to do it.
27 ¡No se usa una herramienta pesada para trillar el eneldo! No se usa la rueda de un carruaje para trillar el comino. En lugar de eso, se usa un palo para trillar el eneldo y una vara para trillar el comino.
[Farmers] never thresh caraway/dill with a heavy sledge/club; instead, they beat it only with a stick. [Farmers] never thresh cumin by driving a cart over it; instead, they hit it [only] with a rod.
28 El grano que se utiliza para el pan se daña fácilmente, por lo que no se trilla siempre. Cuando se pasan las ruedas de los carros con los caballos, no se aplasta.
And grain for baking bread is crushed easily, so the farmers do not continue to pound it for a long time. They sometimes cause their horses to pull a cart over it [to thresh it], [but] doing that does not grind the grain.
29 Esto también viene del Señor Todopoderoso, que es muy sabio y da grandes consejos.
The Commander of the armies of angels gives [us] wonderful advice [about how to do things]; he causes [us] to be very wise. [So what the farmers do is very smart/wise, but what your leaders are doing is very stupid].
