Isaías 10
1 ¡Ay de los que decretan decretos injustos, y de los escritores que escriben decretos opresivos
Terrible things will happen to you judges who are unjust and who make unfair laws.
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!
You refuse to help poor people, and you do not allow them to get the things that they should get. You [allow people to] steal things from widows and do unfair things to orphans.
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?
When I punish you by sending people from distant lands to cause you to experience disasters, (to whom will you run to get help?/there will be no one who can help you.) [RHQ] Your valuable possessions will certainly [not be safe] [RHQ] anywhere.
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.
You will be able only to stumble along as you are taken away with other prisoners, or [else] your corpses will lie on the ground with others who have been killed. But even after that happens, Yahweh will still be very angry with you. He will still be ready to strike you again with his fist.
5 ¡Ay, Asirio, vara de mi ira, báculo en cuya mano está mi indignación!
[Yahweh says], “Terrible things will happen to Assyria. [It is true that their army] is like a rod/club [DOU] with which I [punish other nations] because I am very angry with those nations [DOU].
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.
[Sometimes] I send the armies of Assyria to attack a godless nation, to fight against [other] people who have caused me to be angry. I send them to capture people and to seize and take away their possessions, and to trample them like [SIM] people walk on mud 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 the [king of Assyria] does not understand, he does not realize [that he is only like a weapon in my hand]. He wants [only] to destroy people, to get rid of many nations.
8 Porque dice: “¿No son todos mis príncipes reyes?
He says, ‘All of my army commanders will soon be kings [of these nations that I conquer]!
9 ¿No es Calno como Carchemish? ¿No es Hamat como Arpad? ¿No es Samaria como Damasco?”
We destroyed Calno [city] like we destroyed Carchemish [city], We destroyed Hamath [city] like we destroyed Arpad [city]; we destroyed Samaria just like we destroyed Damascus.
10 Como mi mano ha encontrado los reinos de los ídolos, cuyas imágenes grabadas superaban a las de Jerusalén y de Samaria,
We were able to destroy [all] those kingdoms [that were full] of idols, kingdoms whose idols were greater than the idols in Jerusalem and Samaria.
11 ¿no haré, como he hecho con Samaria y sus ídolos, lo mismo con Jerusalén y sus ídolos?
So we will defeat Jerusalem and destroy the idols that are there, just like we destroyed Samaria and the idols that were there!’
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.
[But, I, Yahweh, say that] after I [have used Assyria to] finish what I want to do to punish the people in Jerusalem [DOU], I will punish the king of Assyria because he has been very proud and arrogant/boastful [DOU].
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.
He says, ‘By my own great power [MTY] I have done these things. I have been able to do them because I am very wise and very intelligent. My army removed the barriers [at the borders] of nations and carried away all their valuable things. My army has knocked down their kings like [SIM] a ferocious bull would.
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”.
Like [MET] a farmer reaches into a bird’s nest [to take away the eggs], we have taken away the treasures of other countries [DOU]. The people were not like birds that would flap their wings or chirp loudly [to protest about their eggs being stolen]; the people did not object at all [to their treasures being stolen].’
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.
[But I, Yahweh, say that] an axe certainly cannot [RHQ] boast about being stronger than the person who uses it, and a saw is not greater than the person who uses it. A rod cannot control the one who holds it [RHQ], and a wooden club cannot lift up a person [RHQ]. [So the king of Assyria should not boast that he has done these things with his own wisdom and strength].
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.
And [I], the Commander of the armies of angels, will send a plague among the proud soldiers of Assyria; it will be like [MET] a fire that will kill them and get rid of their glory/wealth.
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.
[I], Yahweh, who am like [MET] a light for the people of Israel, will be the fire; [I], the Holy One, will be like a flame. [The soldiers of Assyria are like] [MET] thorns and briers, and I will burn them up in one night.
18 Consumirá la gloria de su bosque y de su campo fructífero, tanto el alma como el cuerpo. Será como cuando un abanderado desfallece.
There are glorious forests and fertile farmlands in Assyria, but I will completely destroy them; they will be like [SIM] a [very] sick person who shrivels up and then dies.
19 El remanente de los árboles de su bosque será escaso, de modo que un niño podría escribir su número.
There will be very few trees left in those forests; even a child will be able to count them.”
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.
In the future there will be only a few people left in Israel; not many descendants of Jacob will still be alive. [But] they will no longer rely on [the king of Assyria], [the king of the nation] that tried to destroy them. Instead, they will faithfully/sincerely trust in Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel.
21 Un remanente volverá, el remanente de Jacob, al Dios poderoso.
Those Israelis will return to their mighty 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.
[Now], the people of Israel are as numerous as the grains of sand on the seashore, but only a few of them will return [from the countries to which they were exiled]. Yahweh has decided to destroy [most of the Israelis] and that is what [he must do because he is completely] just/righteous.
23 Porque el Señor, Yahvé de los Ejércitos, hará un final completo, y determinado, en toda la tierra.
[Yes, ] the Commander of the armies of angels has [already] decided to destroy the entire land [of Israel].
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.
This is what the Commander of the armies of angels says: “My people in Jerusalem, do not be afraid of the army of Assyria when they beat you with rods and clubs, like the men of Egypt did [to your ancestors long ago].
25 Todavía falta muy poco, y la indignación contra ustedes se cumplirá, y mi ira se dirigirá a su destrucción.”
Soon I will no longer be angry with you, and [then] I will be angry with the people of Assyria and destroy them!”
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.
The Commander of the armies of angels will whip them. He will do to them like he did when he helped Gideon [and his 300 soldiers] to defeat the [army of the] Midian people-group, and like he did when he showed his mighty power [MTY] [by causing the army of Egypt to drown] in the [Red] Sea.
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.
Some day, Yahweh will cause the army of Assyria to stop oppressing you, [his people]; he will end your suffering and your being slaves of the people of Assyria [MET]; he will take away the load that you people of Judah have been carrying, and cause things to go well for you.
28 Ha llegado a Aiath. Ha pasado por Migrón. En Michmash guarda su equipaje.
[The army of Assyria will enter northern Judah] near Aiath [town], they will go through Migron [town] and store their supplies at Micmash [town north of Jerusalem].
29 Han atravesado el paso. Se han alojado en Geba. Ramá tiembla. Gabaa de Saúl ha huido.
They will cross through a mountain pass and set up their tents at Geba [town]. [People in] Ramah [town] will tremble [because of being afraid]. [The people of] Gibeah [town], where King Saul [was born], will [all] run away.
30 ¡Grita con tu voz, hija de Galim! ¡Escucha, Laishah! ¡Pobre Anatot!
You people of Gallim [town] will cry out [for help]. You will shout to [the people of] Laish [city near Jerusalem] to warn them! [The people of] Anathoth [town] will suffer a lot.
31 Madmena es una fugitiva. Los habitantes de Gebim huyen para ponerse a salvo.
[The people of] Madmenah [town north of Jerusalem will all] be running away, and [the people of] Gebim [town close to Jerusalem] will be trying to hide.
32 Hoy mismo se detendrá en Nob. Se estrechará en el monte de la hija de Sión, en la colina de Jerusalén.
The soldiers of Assyria will stop at Nob [city outside Jerusalem]. They will shake their fists [as they threaten the people] on Zion Hill in 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.
But listen to this! The Commander of the armies of angels with his great power will destroy [MET] the mighty army of Assyria. [It is as though they are] a huge tree [MET] that he will cut down.
34 Élcortará con hierro los matorrales del bosque, y el Líbano caerá por el Poderoso.
He will destroy the [soldiers of Assyria] like men use big axes to cut down the tall trees in the forests of Lebanon.
