Isaías 35
1 El desierto y la tierra seca se alegrarán. El desierto se alegrará y florecerá como una rosa.
[Some day, it will be as though] the desert [and other very] dry areas are glad [DOU]; the desert will rejoice and flowers will blossom. Like crocuses/daffodils,
2 Florecerá abundantemente, y se regocijan incluso con alegría y cantos. La gloria del Líbano le será otorgada, la excelencia de Carmel y Sharon. Verán la gloria de Yahvé, la excelencia de nuestro Dios.
the desert will produce flowers abundantly; [it will be as though] everything is rejoicing and singing! The deserts will become as beautiful as [SIM] [the trees in] Lebanon, as fertile [SIM] as the plains of the Sharon and Carmel [areas]. [There] people will see the glory of Yahweh; they will see that he is magnificent.
3 Fortalecer las manos débiles, y hacer firmes las débiles rodillas.
[So], encourage those who are tired and weak.
4 Dile a los que tienen un corazón temeroso: “¡Sé fuerte! No tengas miedo. He aquí que tu Dios vendrá con la venganza, el castigo de Dios. Él vendrá y te salvará.
Say to those who are afraid, “Be strong and do not be afraid, because our God is going to come to get revenge [on his enemies]; he will (pay them back/punish them) for what they have done, and he will rescue you.”
5 Entonces se abrirán los ojos de los ciegos, y los oídos de los sordos no se taparán.
When he does that, [he will enable] blind people to see and [enable] deaf people to hear.
6 Entonces el cojo saltará como un ciervo, y la lengua del mudo cantará; porque las aguas brotarán en el desierto, y arroyos en el desierto.
Lame people will leap like deer, and those who have been unable to speak will sing joyfully. Water will gush out [from springs] in the desert; streams will flow in the desert.
7 La arena ardiente se convertirá en un estanque, y la tierra sedienta manantiales de agua. La hierba con cañas y juncos estará en la morada de los chacales, donde se acuestan.
The very dry ground will become a pool of water, and springs will provide water for the dry land. Grass and reeds and papyrus will grow in places where the jackals/wolves lived previously.
8 Habrá una carretera, un camino, y se llamará “El Camino Santo”. Los impuros no pasarán por encima, sino que será para los que caminan en el Camino. Los tontos malvados no irán allí.
And there will be a highway through that land; it will be called ‘the Holy Highway’. People who are not acceptable to God will not walk on that road; it will be only for those who conduct their lives as God wants them to; foolish people will become lost while walking on that road.
9 No habrá ningún león, ni ningún animal voraz subirá a ella. No se encontrarán allí; pero los redimidos caminarán allí.
There will not be any lions there or any other dangerous animals along that road. Only those who have been freed [from being slaves in Babylonia] will walk on it.
10 Entonces volverán los rescatados de Yahvé, y venir con el canto a Sión; y la alegría eterna estará sobre sus cabezas. Obtendrán alegría y gozo, y la pena y el suspiro huirán”.
Those whom Yahweh has freed will return to Jerusalem; they will sing as they enter the city; they will be extremely joyful [MET, PRS] forever. No longer will they be sad or mourn; they will be [completely] joyful [DOU].
