Isaías 16
1 Envía los corderos para el gobernante de la tierra de Selah al desierto, al monte de la hija de Sion.
[The rulers of Moab will say to each other, ] “We must send some [lambs] from Sela [city] as a gift to the ruler of Judah [to persuade him to not allow his army to attack us any more]. We should send them through the desert to the king.
2 Porque será que como aves errantes, como nido disperso, así serán las hijas de Moab en los vados del Arnón.
The women of Moab will be left alone at the (fords of/places where people can walk across) the Arnon [River]; they will be like [SIM] birds that have been pushed out of their nests.
3 ¡Consejen! ¡Ejecuta la justicia! ¡Haz tu sombra como la noche en medio del mediodía! ¡Esconde a los desterrados! ¡No traiciones al fugitivo!
They will cry out, ‘Help us! Tell us what we should do! Protect us completely [MET], we who are running away [from our enemies], and do not (betray us/tell our enemies where we are).
4 ¡Deja que mis desterrados habiten contigo! En cuanto a Moab, sé un escondite para él de la cara del destructor. Porque el extorsionador es llevado a la nada. La destrucción cesa. Los opresores son consumidos fuera de la tierra.
Allow [those of us] who are fleeing from Moab to stay with you; hide/protect us from [our enemies who want to] destroy us!’ [Some day] there will be no one to oppress us, and our enemies will stop destroying [our land].
5 Un trono será establecido en la bondad amorosa. Uno se sentará en él en la verdad, en la tienda de David, juzgando, buscando la justicia, y rápido para hacer la justicia.
Then [Yahweh] will appoint someone to be king who will be [a descendant of King] David. As he rules [MTY], he will be merciful and truthful. He will always do what is fair/just and quickly do what is righteous.”
6 Hemos oído hablar de la soberbia de Moab, que es muy orgulloso; incluso de su arrogancia, su orgullo y su ira. Sus jactancias no son nada.
We [people of Judah] have heard about [the people of] Moab; we have heard that they are very proud and conceited [DOU]; they are insolent, but what they proudly say about themselves is not true.
7 Por eso Moab se lamentará por Moab. Todos se lamentarán. Se lamentarán por las tortas de pasas de Kir Hareseth, totalmente golpeadas.
[Some day all the people in] Moab will weep. They will all mourn, because [there will be no more] raisin cakes in Kir-Hareseth [city].
8 Porque los campos de Hesbón languidecen con la vid de Sibma. Los señores de las naciones han derribado sus ramas selectas, que llegaban hasta Jazer, que se desviaban hacia el desierto. Sus sarmientos se extendieron por doquier. Pasaron por encima del mar.
The [crops in] the fields at Heshbon [city] will wither, and the vineyards at Sibmah [town] will wither also. The armies of [other] nations will destroy Moab, which is [like] [MET] a beautiful grapevine whose branches spread [north] to Jazer [town] and [east] to the desert. Its branches spread very far [west], to the west side of the [Dead] Sea.
9 Por eso lloraré con el llanto de Jazer por la vid de Sibma. Te regaré con mis lágrimas, Hesbón y Elealeh; porque sobre tus frutos de verano y sobre tu cosecha ha caído el grito de guerra.
So I will weep for Jazer and for the grapevines of Sibmah. I will shed tears for all of you. I will cry because people will no longer shout joyfully, like they usually do when they gather the fruit that ripens in the (summer/hot season) and the other crops that they harvest.
10 Se ha quitado la alegría y el júbilo del campo fructífero; y en las viñas no habrá canto, ni ruido alegre. Nadie pisará el vino en los lagares. He hecho cesar los gritos.
People will no longer be glad at harvest time. No one will sing in the vineyards, no one will shout joyfully. No one will tread on grapes [to get grape juice for wine]; there will be nothing to shout about [joyfully].
11 Por eso mi corazón suena como un arpa por Moab, y mis entrañas por Kir Heres.
I cry inwardly for Moab; my groaning is like [SIM] [a sad song played on] a harp. I am sad about Kir-Hareseth.
12 Sucederá que cuando Moab se presente, cuando se canse en el lugar alto y venga a su santuario a orar, no prevalecerá.
[The people of] Moab will go and pray at their sacred shrines, but that will not help them. They will cry out to their gods in their temples, [but] none of them will be able to rescue the people.
13 Esta es la palabra que Yahvé habló sobre Moab en el pasado.
Yahweh has already spoken those things about Moab.
14 Pero ahora Yahvé ha hablado, diciendo: “Dentro de tres años, como los contaría un obrero obligado por contrato, la gloria de Moab será despreciada, con toda su gran multitud; y el remanente será muy pequeño y débil.”
But now he says that exactly three years from now, he will destroy all the things that [the people of] Moab have been proud of. Even though they have a huge number of people in Moab now, only a few people will remain alive, and they will be weak/helpless.
