Isaías 30
1 “¡Ay de los hijos rebeldes — dice el Señor — que toman consejo, pero no de mí; y que se alían, pero no con mi Espíritu, para añadir pecado al pecado;
Yahweh says, “Terrible things will happen to you, my people who rebel against me. You make plans, but what you plan is not what I want. You have made an alliance [with the rulers of Egypt], but you did not ask my Spirit [if that was what you should do]. By doing that, you have increased the number of your sins.
2 que se proponen bajar a Egipto sin pedir mi consejo, para fortalecerse en la fuerza del Faraón, y para refugiarse en la sombra de Egipto!
You went to Egypt [to ask their rulers for help], without asking for my advice. You have trusted in [the army of] the king of Egypt to protect you; you have [trusted in them] [like] people sit in the shade [to protect themselves from the sun] [MET].
3 Por eso la fuerza del Faraón será su vergüenza, y el refugio en la sombra de Egipto su confusión.
[But] the result of your trusting in the king of Egypt is that you will be [disappointed and] disgraced; because of trusting in him, you will be humiliated.
4 Porque sus príncipes están en Zoán, y sus embajadores han llegado a Hanes.
Officials/ambassadors [from Judah] have gone to Zoan and Hanes [cities in Egypt to make treaties],
5 Todos ellos se avergonzarán a causa de un pueblo que no puede aprovecharles, que no es una ayuda ni un beneficio, sino una vergüenza, y también un oprobio.”
but all those [who trust in the King of Egypt] will be humiliated, because that nation will not be able to help you; the treaty that you have made [requesting help from them] will be useless; instead, the result will be that you will be humiliated and disgraced [DOU].”
6 La carga de los animales del Sur. A través de la tierra de la angustia y del sufrimiento, de la leona y del león, de la víbora y de la serpiente voladora, llevan sus riquezas sobre los hombros de los burros jóvenes, y sus tesoros sobre las jorobas de los camellos, a un pueblo inútil.
[I received from Yahweh] this message about the animals in the southern part of Judah: That area is one where [people experience a lot of] troubles and difficulties, an area where there are male and female lions and various kinds of poisonous snakes. Caravans go through that area taking donkeys and camels loaded with valuable goods. [They are taking them] to Egypt to seek for protection [by the army of Egypt], [but] it will be useless.
7 Porque Egipto ayuda en vano y en vano; por eso la he llamado Rahab, la que se queda quieta.
The promises made by [the king of] Egypt are worthless; therefore I call Egypt ‘the sea monster/dragon that does nothing’.
8 Ahora ve, escríbelo delante de ellos en una tabla, e inscríbelo en un libro, para que quede para los tiempos venideros por siempre y para siempre.
Yahweh told me to write on a scroll a message, in order that it would be a witness [to the people of Judah] that would endure forever.
9 Porque es un pueblo rebelde, hijos mentirosos, hijos que no quieren escuchar la ley de Yahvé;
[It would remind them] that they are deceitful and always rebelling against Yahweh; they refuse to pay attention to what he tells/teaches them.
10 que dicen a los videntes: “¡No veas!” y a los profetas: “No nos profeticen cosas buenas. Dígannos cosas agradables. Profetizad engaños.
They tell the people who see/receive visions [from Yahweh], “Stop seeing visions!” They tell the prophets, “Do not reveal to us what is right! Tell us pleasant things; do not tell us visions about things that are true!
11 Quítate del camino. Apartaos del camino. Haced que el Santo de Israel deje de estar delante de nosotros”.
Stop doing what you have been doing [DOU]; stop telling us what the Holy One of Israel [says to us]!”
12 Por lo tanto, el Santo de Israel dice: “Por cuanto desprecias esta palabra y confías en la opresión y la perversidad, y te apoyas en ella,
Therefore, this is what the Holy One of Israel says: “You have rejected my message, and you are relying on those who oppress and deceive others.
13 por lo tanto, esta iniquidad será para ti como una brecha a punto de caer, que se hincha en un muro alto, cuya ruptura llega de repente en un instante.
Therefore, the result of your sin [of rejecting me] will be that you will [suddenly experience disasters]; what will happen to you will be like [SIM] a cracked wall that suddenly collapses [DOU].
14 La romperá como se rompe una vasija de alfarero, partiéndola en pedazos sin escatimar, de modo que no se encontrará entre los pedazos rotos una pieza lo suficientemente buena para tomar fuego del hogar, o para sacar agua de la cisterna.”
You will be smashed like a clay jar is smashed [when it is dropped], and it shatters completely, with the result that there is not one piece big enough to carry some coals from a stove or to carry a little bit of water from a well.”
15 Porque así ha dicho el Señor Yahvé, el Santo de Israel: “Te salvarás en el retorno y el descanso. Vuestra fuerza estará en la tranquilidad y en la confianza”. Vosotros os negasteis,
Yahweh, [our] God, the Holy One of Israel, [also] says this: “You will be rescued [from your enemies only] if you repent and trust [in what I will do for you]; you will be strong [only] if you quit worrying and trust in me. But you do not want [to do that].
16 pero dijisteis: “No, porque huiremos a caballo”; por tanto, huiréis; y “montaremos en los veloces”; por tanto, los que os persigan serán veloces.
You said, ‘No, we will escape on horses [that the army of Egypt will give us]!’ So, you will [try to] flee. You said, ‘We will [escape from the army of Assyria] by riding on swift horses!’ [But] those who pursue you will [also ride] swiftly.
17 Mil huirán ante la amenaza de uno. Ante la amenaza de cinco, huiréis hasta quedar como un faro en la cima de una montaña, y como un estandarte en una colina.
[As a result], 1,000 [of you] will flee when [only] one of them pursues you! When only five [of their soldiers] threaten [to kill you], [all of] will flee. [Only a few of] you will be left, like [SIM] a [single] flagpole on top of a mountain with one signal flag on the pole.”
18 Por eso Yahvé esperará, para que tenga piedad de ustedes; y por eso será exaltado, para que tenga piedad de ustedes, porque Yahvé es un Dios de justicia. Bienaventurados todos los que lo esperan.
[But] wants to be kind to you; he desires to show you that he is merciful. [Do not forget that] Yahweh is a God who acts justly; he is pleased with those who patiently trust in him.
19 Porque el pueblo habitará en Sión, en Jerusalén. No llorará más. Ciertamente, él se apiadará de ti a la voz de tu clamor. Cuando te escuche, te responderá.
You people who live in Jerusalem [DOU], [some day] you will not cry any more. Yahweh will be kind to you when you call out to him for help. He will answer/help you as soon as he hears you call.
20 Aunque el Señor te dé el pan de la adversidad y el agua de la aflicción, tus maestros ya no estarán ocultos, sino que tus ojos verán a tus maestros;
Although [now] Yahweh has caused you to [daily] experience [MET] great troubles and suffer much, [he], your teacher, will not hide himself from you. He [SYN] will teach you many things clearly.
21 y cuando te gires a la derecha, y cuando te gires a la izquierda, tus oídos oirán una voz detrás de ti, que dirá: “Este es el camino. Camina por él”.
And you will hear him speak to you to guide you. [Right] behind you he will say, “This is the road on which you should walk; walk on this road!”
22 Profanarás el revestimiento de tus imágenes grabadas de plata y el revestimiento de tus imágenes fundidas de oro. Las desecharás como cosa inmunda. Le dirás: “¡Vete!”
When that happens, you will destroy [all] your idols that are covered with silver or gold. You will throw them away like you throw away a filthy rag, and you will say to them, “We do not need you any more!”
23 Él dará la lluvia para tu semilla, con la que sembrarás la tierra; y el pan del crecimiento de la tierra será rico y abundante. En ese día, tu ganado se alimentará en grandes pastos.
[If you do that], Yahweh will bless you by giving you good rain at the time that you plant your crops. You will have good harvests, and plenty of pasture with grass for your cattle to eat.
24 También los bueyes y los asnos jóvenes que cultivan la tierra comerán un alimento sabroso, que ha sido aventado con la pala y con el tenedor.
After the wind [blows away the chaff], the oxen and donkeys that [pull the plow to] plow your ground will have good grain to eat.
25 Habrá arroyos y corrientes de agua en toda montaña elevada y en todo cerro alto en el día de la gran matanza, cuando caigan las torres.
At that time, when [your enemies] have been slaughtered and their towers have (collapsed/been destroyed), there will be streams flowing down every hill and mountain [in Judah].
26 Además, la luz de la luna será como la luz del sol, y la luz del sol será siete veces más brillante, como la luz de siete días, el día en que Yahvé cure la fractura de su pueblo y sane la herida con que fue herido.
The moon will seem to shine as brightly as the sun, and the sun will seem to shine seven times as brightly as previously. That is what it will be like when Yahweh causes [the suffering of] his people [to cease; it will be as though] [MET] he will be putting bandages on their wounds and healing them.
27 He aquí que el nombre de Yahvé viene de lejos, ardiendo con su cólera y en espeso humo creciente. Sus labios están llenos de indignación. Su lengua es como un fuego devorador.
[It is as though] we see Yahweh coming from far away; he is extremely angry, and there are thick clouds of smoke around him. By what he says [MTY] he shows that he is angry; what he says is like [SIM] a devastating/destructive fire.
28 Su aliento es como un torrente desbordante que llega hasta el cuello, para tamizar a las naciones con el cedazo de la destrucción. Un freno que lleva a la ruina estará en las fauces de los pueblos.
His breath is like [SIM] a flood that covers [his enemies] up to their necks. He will separate [MET] the nations in order to destroy [some of them]; [it is as though] he will put hooks in their mouths and take them away.
29 Tendrás un canto, como en la noche en que se celebra una fiesta sagrada, y alegría de corazón, como cuando se va con una flauta a venir al monte de Yahvé, a la Roca de Israel.
But [his people] will sing joyfully like they sing during the nights when they celebrate a holy festival. They will be very joyful, like [SIM] [a large group of his people] are joyful when they go up to Zion Hill in Jerusalem, along with men playing flutes [when they are all going there to worship Yahweh]. He is [like] [MET] a huge rock under which [we] Israeli people [are safe].
30 Yahvé hará oír su voz gloriosa y mostrará el descenso de su brazo, con la indignación de su cólera y la llama de un fuego devorador, con ráfaga, tormenta y granizo.
And Yahweh will enable [us] to hear him speaking powerfully/majestically. He will show us that he [SYN] is very powerful. [We] will see him [SYN] smash [his enemies]. Being very angry, he will descend with a big rainstorm and thunder and hail [to punish them].
31 Porque por la voz de Yahvé el asirio será desalentado. Lo golpeará con su vara.
[The soldiers of] Assyria will be terrified when they hear the voice of Yahweh and when he strikes them with his rod.
32 Cada golpe de la vara de castigo que Yahvé impondrá sobre él, será con el sonido de panderetas y arpas. Luchará con ellos en las batallas, blandiendo armas.
And while Yahweh strikes them to punish them, [his people] will [celebrate by] playing tambourines and harps. [It will be as though] Yahweh will lift up his powerful hand/arm and defeat the Assyrian army in battle.
33 Porque su lugar de ardor está preparado desde hace tiempo. Sí, está preparado para el rey. Ha hecho su pira profunda y grande con fuego y mucha leña. El aliento de Yahvé, como una corriente de azufre, lo enciende.
[The valley of] Topheth [outside Jerusalem] has been prepared for a long time; it is ready for the king [of Assyria]; the (funeral pyre/pile of wood) [for burning his body] is wide and high, and [it will be as though] Yahweh will light the fire with his breath, which will come out like a stream of burning sulfur.
