Isaías 8
1 Entonces el Señor me dijo: “Toma una tabla grande y escribe en ella con una pluma ordinaria: ‘Maher Salal Jas Baz’
Then Yahweh said to me, “Make a large signboard. And write clearly on it, ‘Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz’ [which means ‘quickly (plunder/take by force) and steal everything’].”
2 Necesitaré al sacerdote Urías y a Zacarías, hijo de Jeberequías, para que sean mis testigos de confianza”.
[So] I requested Uriah the [Supreme] Priest and Jeberekiah’s son Zechariah, men who were both honest/trustworthy witnesses, to watch me as I was doing that.
3 Entonces me acosté con mi mujer la profetisa, y quedó embarazada y dio a luz un hijo. El Señor me dijo: “Llámalo Maher Salal Jas Baz.
Then I had sex with [EUP] [my wife, who was] a prophetess, and she became pregnant and [then] gave birth to a son. Then Yahweh said to me, “Give him the name Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz (which means ‘suddenly attacked, quickly conquered’),
4 Porque antes de que el niño sepa decir ‘papá’ o ‘mamá’, el rey de Asiria se llevará las riquezas de Damasco y las posesiones de Samaria”.
because before he is old enough to say ‘papa’ or ‘mama’, the King of Assyria will [come with his army and] quickly take away all the valuable things in Damascus and in Samaria.”
5 Entonces el Señor me habló de nuevo, diciendo:
Yahweh spoke to me again and said, “[Tell the people of Judah, ]
6 “Porque este pueblo ha rechazado las aguas de Siloé que fluyen suavemente y en cambio se ha alegrado con Rezín y el hijo de Remalías,
‘[I have taken good care of] you people, but you have rejected that, [thinking that] my help was very little, like [MET] the little canal through which water flows from the Gihon Spring into Jerusalem. Instead, you have been happy [to request help from] King Rezin and King Pekah.
7 el Señor va a traer las poderosas aguas del río Éufrates contra ellos: el rey de Asiria con todo su glorioso ejército. Inundará todos sus cauces y desbordará todas sus orillas.
Therefore, I will cause the people of Judah to be attacked by [the powerful army of] the King of Assyria, which will be [like] a great flood from the [Euphrates] River. Their soldiers will [be everywhere in your country, like] a river that overflows all its banks.
8 Se adentrará en Judá, desbordándose y desbordando, llegando hasta el cuello. Como alas desplegadas, engullirá toda tu tierra, Emanuel.
Those soldiers will go all over Judah— [like a river whose water] [MET] rises as high as a person’s neck. Their army will spread over the land [quickly], like an eagle, and they will cover your entire land! But I will be with you!’”
9 “¡Naciones, presten atención, y tiemblen! Escuchen, todas las tierras lejanas: aunque busquen armas, serán derrotadas. Aunque se preparen, serán aplastadas.
Listen, all you [people in] distant countries! [You can] prepare to attack Judah. [You can] prepare [for battle, and shout your] war-cries, but your [armies will] be crushed/shattered!
10 Pueden planificar su estrategia, pero será frustrada; pueden decir lo que esperan hacer, pero no sucederá porque Dios está con nosotros”.
[You can] prepare for what you will do [to attack Judah], but what you plan to do will not happen! You will not succeed, because God is with us!
11 Pues esto es lo que me dijo el Señor, sujetándome con mano fuerte, instruyéndome para que no siguiera el camino de este pueblo. Me dijo:
Yahweh strongly warned me [MTY] not to act like the [other] people in Judah did. He said to me,
12 No llames conspiración a todo lo que esta gente llama conspiración. No temas lo que ellos temen. No te dejes intimidar.
“Do not say that everything that people do is conspiring/rebelling [against the government], like [other] people say, and do not (be afraid of/worry about) the things that other people are afraid of.
13 El Señor Todopoderoso es a quien deben considerar como santo. A él es a quien debes temer, a él es a quien debes respetar.
[I, ] the Commander of the armies of angels, am the one you should consider to be holy. And I am the one you should fear, the one you should revere.
14 Él será un santuario para ustedes. Pero para las familias reales de Israel y de Judá será una piedra de tropiezo y una roca que será un obstáculo; una trampa y un lazo para la gente que vive en Jerusalén.
I will protect you(sg). [But as for] the [other] people [MTY] in Israel and Judah, I will be [like] [MET] a stone that causes people to stumble, a rock that causes them to fall down. [And as for] the people of Jerusalem, I will be [like] [MET] a trap or a snare [DOU].
15 Mucha gente tropezará con él. Caerán y quedarán destrozados. Quedarán atrapados y enlazados.
Many [people] will stumble and fall down and never get up again. They will experience great troubles; they will be captured [by their enemies].”
16 Guarda este testimonio, sella estas instrucciones: son para mis discípulos.
[So, I say to you who are my disciples], seal up this scroll on which I have written the messages that God has given to me, and give his instructions to [others] who have accompanied me.
17 Esperaré en el Señor, el que oculta su rostro a los descendientes de Jacob. Pondré mi esperanza en él.
I will wait to see what Yahweh [will do]. He has rejected the descendants [MTY] of Jacob, but I will confidently expect him to help me.
18 Aquí estoy junto a los hijos que el Señor me ha dado. Son signo y prodigio en Israel de parte del Señor Todopoderoso, que vive en el monte Sión.
I and the children that Yahweh has given to me are [like] signs to warn [the people of] Israel; we are warnings from the Commander of the armies of angels the one who lives [in his temple] on Zion Hill [in Jerusalem].
19 Cuando alguien les aconseje: “Vayan y pregunten a los médiums y espiritistas que susurran y murmuran”, ¿no debería el pueblo preguntarle a su Dios? ¿Por qué habrían de invocar a los muertos en favor de los vivos?
Some people may urge you(pl) to (consult/go and talk with) those who talk with the spirits of dead people or with those who say that they receive messages from those spirits. They whisper and mutter [about what we should do in the future]. But God is [RHQ] the one whom we should ask to guide us! It is ridiculous [RHQ] for people who are alive to request spirits of dead people to tell us [what we should do]!
20 ¡Vayan y examinen la ley de Dios y sus instrucciones! Si lo que dicen no corresponde con la palabra de Dios, no habrá amanecer para ellos.
Pay attention to God’s instructions and teaching! If people do not say things that agree with what God teaches us, [what they say is worthless]. [It is as though] those people are in darkness.
21 Vagarán por el país, deprimidos y hambrientos. Cuando estén hambrientos se pondrán furiosos, y mirando hacia arriba maldecirán a su rey y a su Dios.
They will wander through the land, worried/discouraged and hungry. And when they become [very] hungry, they will become very angry. They will look up [toward heaven] and curse God and [will also] curse their king.
22 Entonces mirarán hacia la tierra y sólo verán miseria y penumbra y depresión agonizante, y serán arrojados a las tinieblas.
They will look around the land and see only trouble/distress and darkness and things that cause them to despair. And [then] they will be thrown into the very black darkness [of hell]. (questioned)
