Isaías 13
1 La carga de Babilonia que vio Isaías, hijo de Amoz.
[I], Isaiah, the son of Amoz, received [from Yahweh] this message about Babylon [city]:
2 ¡Establece una bandera en la montaña desnuda! ¡Alza tu voz hacia ellos! Agita tu mano, para que entren en las puertas de los nobles.
Lift up a flag on the bare [top of a] hill, to signal [that an army should come to attack Babylon]. Shout to them and wave your hand [to signal to them] that they should march through the city gates into the palaces of the proud [rulers of Babylon]!
3 He ordenado a mis consagrados; sí, he llamado a mis valientes para mi ira, a mis orgullosos exaltados.
[Yahweh says], “I have commanded those soldiers to do that; I have summoned the warriors whom I have chosen to punish [the people of Babylon] because of my being very angry with them, and those soldiers will be very proud [when they do that].”
4 ¡El ruido de una multitud está en los montes, como de un gran pueblo; el ruido de un alboroto de los reinos de las naciones reunidos! El Señor de los Ejércitos está reuniendo el ejército para la batalla.
Listen to the noise on the mountains, which is the noise of a huge army marching! It is the noise made by people of many people-groups shouting. The Commander of the armies of angels has summoned this army to gather together.
5 Vienen de un país lejano, del extremo del cielo, Yahvé, y las armas de su indignación, para destruir toda la tierra.
They come from countries that are far away, from the most remote places [IDM] on the earth. They are [like] [SIM] weapons that Yahweh will use [to punish the people with whom] he is very angry, and to destroy the entire country [of Babylonia].
6 ¡Lloren, porque se acerca el día de Yahvé! Vendrá como una destrucción del Todopoderoso.
[You people of Babylon] will scream because you will be terrified, because it will be the time that Yahweh [has determined/chosen], the time for the all-powerful [God] to destroy [your city].
7 Por eso todas las manos se debilitarán, y el corazón de todos se derretirá.
All of your people will be very afraid [DOU], with the result that they will be unable even to lift their arms.
8 Estarán consternados. Se apoderarán de ellos dolores y penas. Tendrán dolores como una mujer de parto. Se mirarán con asombro unos a otros. Sus rostros serán rostros de fuego.
All of you will be terrified. You will have [PRS] severe pains like [SIM] a woman has when she is giving birth to a baby. You will look at each other helplessly, and it will show on your faces that you feel horror.
9 He aquí que viene el día de Yahvé, cruel, con cólera y furor; para hacer de la tierra una desolación, y para destruir de ella a sus pecadores.
Listen to this: The day that Yahweh has appointed/chosen is near, the day that he will furiously and fiercely [punish you] because he is very angry [with you]. He will cause your land [of Babylonia] to be desolate/barren, and he will destroy [all] the sinners in it.
10 Porque las estrellas del cielo y sus constelaciones no darán su luz. El sol se oscurecerá al salir, y la luna no hará brillar su luz.
[When that happens], none of the stars will shine. When the sun rises, it will be dark, and there will be no light from the moon [at night].
11 Castigaré al mundo por su maldad, y a los impíos por su iniquidad. Haré cesar la arrogancia de los soberbios, y humillaré la prepotencia de los terribles.
[Yahweh says], “I will punish [everyone in] the world for the evil things that they do; I will punish the wicked people for the sins that they have committed. I will stop arrogant/proud people from being proud, and I will stop ruthless people from acting cruelly.
12 Haré que las personas sean más raras que el oro fino, que el oro puro de Ofir.
[And because I will cause most people to die], people will be harder to find than gold, harder to find than fine gold from Ophir [in Arabia].
13 Por eso haré temblar los cielos, y la tierra será sacudida de su lugar en la ira del Señor de los Ejércitos, y en el día de su furia.
I will shake the sky, and the earth will [also] move out of its place. That will happen when [I], the Commander of the armies of angels, punish [wicked people], when [I show them that] I am extremely angry [with them].
14 Sucederá que, como gacela cazada y como oveja que nadie recoge, cada uno se volverá a su pueblo y huirá a su tierra.
And all [the foreigners in Babylon will run around] like [SIM] deer that are being hunted, like sheep that do not have a shepherd. They will try to find other people from their countries, and [then] they will escape [from Babylon] and return to their own countries.
15 Todo el que sea encontrado será atravesado. Todo el que sea capturado caerá a espada.
Anyone who is captured [in Babylon] will be killed by [their enemies’] swords [DOU].
16 Sus hijos también serán despedazados ante sus ojos. Sus casas serán saqueadas, y sus mujeres violadas.
Their little children will be dashed to pieces on the rocks while [their parents] watch; [their enemies] will steal everything valuable from their houses and will rape their wives.
17 He aquí que yo despierto contra ellos a los medos, que no valorarán la plata, y en cuanto al oro, no se deleitarán en él.
Look! I am going to incite the people of Media to attack Babylon. The [army of Media] will attack Babylon, even if they are offered [DOU] silver or gold [if they promise to not attack it].
18 Sus arcos harán pedazos a los jóvenes, y no tendrán piedad del fruto del vientre. Sus ojos no perdonarán a los niños.
[With] their arrows, the [soldiers of Media] will shoot the young men [of Babylon]; they will not [even] act mercifully [DOU] toward infants or children!”
19 Babilonia, la gloria de los reinos, la belleza del orgullo de los caldeos, será como cuando Dios derribó a Sodoma y Gomorra.
Babylon has been a very beautiful [MTY] city; [all] the people of Babylonia have been very proud of Babylon, [their capital city]; [but] God will destroy Babylon, like [SIM] he destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.
20 Nunca será habitada, ni se habitará de generación en generación. El árabe no levantará allí una tienda, ni los pastores harán descansar allí sus rebaños.
No one will ever live in Babylon again. It will be deserted forever. (Nomads/People who travel from place to place to live) will refuse to set up their tents there; shepherds will not bring their flocks of sheep to rest there.
21 Pero los animales salvajes del desierto se acostarán allí, y sus casas estarán llenas de chacales. Los avestruces habitarán allí, y las cabras salvajes retozarán.
Instead, animals that live in the desert will be there; jackals/wolves will live in [the ruins of] the houses. Owls (OR, Ostriches) will live in [the ruins], and wild goats will romp/jump around [there].
22 Las hienas gritarán en sus fortalezas, y los chacales en los palacios agradables. Su tiempo está próximo a llegar, y sus días no se prolongarán.
Hyenas will howl in the [ruined] towers, and jackals/wolves will make their dens in [the ruins of] the palaces that [were previously] very beautiful. The time when [Babylon will be destroyed] is very near; Babylon will not exist much longer.
