Isaías 10
1 ¡Ay de los que decretan decretos injustos, y de los escritores que escriben decretos opresivos
Cursed are those who make evil decisions, and the writers who make the records of their cruel acts:
2 para privar a los necesitados de la justicia, y para despojar a los pobres de mi pueblo de sus derechos, para que las viudas sean su botín, y para que hagan del huérfano su presa!
Who do wrong to the poor in their cause, and take away the right of the crushed among my people, so that they may have the property of widows, and get under their power those who have no father.
3 ¿Qué harás en el día de la visitación y en la desolación que vendrá de lejos? ¿A quién huirás en busca de ayuda? ¿Dónde dejarás tus riquezas?
And what will you do in the day of punishment, and in the destruction which is coming from far? to whom will you go for help, and what will become of your glory?
4 Sólo se inclinarán bajo los prisioneros, y caerá bajo los muertos. Por todo esto su ira no se desvía, pero su mano está extendida todavía.
... For all this his wrath is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
5 ¡Ay, Asirio, vara de mi ira, báculo en cuya mano está mi indignación!
Ho! Assyrian, the rod of my wrath, the instrument of my punishment!
6 Lo enviaré contra una nación profana, y contra el pueblo que me enfurece le daré la orden de tomar el botín y de apoderarse de la presa, y de hollarlos como el lodo de las calles.
I will send him against a nation of wrongdoers, and against the people of my wrath I will give him orders, to take their wealth in war, crushing them down like the dust in the streets.
7 Sin embargo, él no tiene esa intención, ni su corazón piensa así, sino que está en su corazón destruir, y cortar no pocas naciones.
But this is not what is in his mind, and this is not his design; but his purpose is destruction, and the cutting off of more and more nations.
8 Porque dice: “¿No son todos mis príncipes reyes?
For he says, Are not all my captains kings?
9 ¿No es Calno como Carchemish? ¿No es Hamat como Arpad? ¿No es Samaria como Damasco?”
Will not the fate of Calno be like that of Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus?
10 Como mi mano ha encontrado los reinos de los ídolos, cuyas imágenes grabadas superaban a las de Jerusalén y de Samaria,
As my hand has come on the kingdoms of the images, whose pictured images were more in number than those of Jerusalem and Samaria;
11 ¿no haré, como he hecho con Samaria y sus ídolos, lo mismo con Jerusalén y sus ídolos?
So, as I have done to Samaria and her images, I will do to Jerusalem and her images.
12 Por lo tanto, sucederá que cuando el Señor haya realizado toda su obra en el monte Sión y en Jerusalén, castigaré el fruto de la soberbia del corazón del rey de Asiria y la insolencia de su mirada arrogante.
For this cause it will be that, when the purpose of the Lord against Mount Zion and Jerusalem is complete, I will send punishment on the pride of the heart of the king of Assyria, and on the glory of his uplifted eyes.
13 Porque él ha dicho: “Con la fuerza de mi mano lo he hecho, y con mi sabiduría, pues tengo entendimiento. He removido los límites de los pueblos, y he robado sus tesoros. Como un hombre valiente he derribado a sus gobernantes.
For he has said, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my knowledge, for I am wise: and I have taken away the limits of the peoples' lands, and the stores of their wealth have become mine; and I have made towns low in the dust, sending destruction on those living in them;
14 Mi mano ha encontrado las riquezas de los pueblos como un nido, y como se recogen los huevos abandonados, he recogido toda la tierra. No hubo ninguno que moviera el ala, ni que abriera la boca, ni que piara”.
And I have put my hands on the wealth of the peoples, as on the place where a bird has put her eggs; and as a man may take the eggs from which a bird has gone, so I have taken all the earth for myself: and not a wing was moved, and not a mouth gave out a sound.
15 ¿Deberá el hacha jactarse del que corta con ella? ¿Acaso la sierra debe enaltecerse sobre el que sierra con ella? Como si una vara levantara al que la levanta, o como si un bastón levantara al que no es de madera.
Will the axe say high-sounding words against him who is using it, or the blade be full of pride against him who is cutting with it? As if a rod had the power of shaking him who is using it, or as if a stick might take up him who is not wood.
16 Por eso el Señor, Yahvé de los Ejércitos, enviará entre sus gordos la delgadez; y bajo su gloria se encenderá un fuego como el fuego.
For this cause the Lord, the Lord of armies, will make his fat become wasted; and in his inner parts a fire will be lighted like a burning flame.
17 La luz de Israel será como un fuego, y su Santo como una llama; y quemará y devorará sus espinas y sus cardos en un solo día.
And the light of Israel will be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame: wasting and burning up his thorns in one day.
18 Consumirá la gloria de su bosque y de su campo fructífero, tanto el alma como el cuerpo. Será como cuando un abanderado desfallece.
And he will put an end to the glory of his woods and of his planted fields, soul and body together; and it will be as when a man is wasted by disease.
19 El remanente de los árboles de su bosque será escaso, de modo que un niño podría escribir su número.
And the rest of the trees of his wood will be small in number, so that a child may put them down in writing.
20 Sucederá en ese día que el remanente de Israel y los que hayan escapado de la casa de Jacob no volverán a apoyarse en el que los golpeó, sino que se apoyarán en Yahvé, el Santo de Israel, en la verdad.
And it will be in that day that the rest of Israel, and those of Jacob who have come safely through these troubles, will no longer go for help to him whose rod was on their back, but their faith will be in the Lord, the Holy One of Israel.
21 Un remanente volverá, el remanente de Jacob, al Dios poderoso.
The rest, even the rest of Jacob, will come back to the Strong God.
22 Porque aunque tu pueblo, Israel, es como la arena del mar, sólo un remanente de él volverá. Se ha determinado una destrucción desbordante de justicia.
For though your people, O Israel, are as the sand of the sea, only a small number will come back: for the destruction is fixed, overflowing in righteousness.
23 Porque el Señor, Yahvé de los Ejércitos, hará un final completo, y determinado, en toda la tierra.
For the Lord, the Lord of armies, is about to make destruction complete in all the land.
24 Por eso el Señor, Yahvé de los Ejércitos, dice: “Pueblo mío que habitas en Sión, no tengas miedo del asirio, aunque te golpee con la vara y levante su bastón contra ti, como hizo Egipto.
For this cause the Lord, the Lord of armies, says, O my people living in Zion, have no fear of the Assyrian, even if his rod comes on your back, and his stick is lifted up as in Egypt.
25 Todavía falta muy poco, y la indignación contra ustedes se cumplirá, y mi ira se dirigirá a su destrucción.”
For in a very short time my passion will be over, and my wrath will be turned to their destruction.
26 El Señor de los Ejércitos levantará un azote contra él, como en la matanza de Madián en la roca de Oreb. Su vara estará sobre el mar, y la levantará como lo hizo contra Egipto.
And the Lord of armies will be shaking a whip against him, as when he overcame Midian at the rock of Oreb: and his rod will be lifted up against them as it was against the Egyptians.
27 Sucederá en ese día que su carga se apartará de tu hombro, y su yugo de tu cuello, y el yugo será destruido a causa del aceite de la unción.
And in that day the weight which he put on your back will be taken away, and his yoke broken from off your neck.
28 Ha llegado a Aiath. Ha pasado por Migrón. En Michmash guarda su equipaje.
He has gone up from Pene-Rimmon, he has come to Aiath; he has gone past Migron, at Michmash he puts his forces in order.
29 Han atravesado el paso. Se han alojado en Geba. Ramá tiembla. Gabaa de Saúl ha huido.
They have gone across the mountain; Geba will be our resting-place tonight, they say: Ramah is shaking with fear; Gibeah of Saul has gone in flight.
30 ¡Grita con tu voz, hija de Galim! ¡Escucha, Laishah! ¡Pobre Anatot!
Give a loud cry, daughter of Gallim; let Laishah give ear; let Anathoth give answer to her.
31 Madmena es una fugitiva. Los habitantes de Gebim huyen para ponerse a salvo.
Madmenah has gone; the men of Gebim are putting their goods in a safe place.
32 Hoy mismo se detendrá en Nob. Se estrechará en el monte de la hija de Sión, en la colina de Jerusalén.
This very day he is stopping at Nob; he is shaking his hand against the mountain of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.
33 He aquí que el Señor, Yahvé de los Ejércitos, cortará las ramas con terror. Los altos serán cortados, y los altivos serán abatidos.
See, the Lord, the Lord of armies, is cutting off his branches with a great noise, and his strong ones are falling and his high ones are coming down.
34 Élcortará con hierro los matorrales del bosque, y el Líbano caerá por el Poderoso.
And he is cutting down the thick places of the wood with an axe, and Lebanon with its tall trees is coming down.
