Isaías 1
1 Visión de Isaías, hijo de Amoz, que vio con respecto a Judá y Jerusalén en días de Uzías, Jotam, Acaz y Ezequías, reyes de Judá.
[I am] Isaiah, the son of Amoz. [Yahweh showed me] visions about Jerusalem and [all the other places in] Judah. He showed me these visions during the years that Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah were kings of Judah.
2 ¡Oye, cielo, y escucha tú, tierra, porque habla Yavé! Crié hijos y los desarrollé, pero ellos se rebelaron contra Mí.
This is what Yahweh says: “All you [angels in] [APO] heaven and [all you people on] [APO] earth, listen to me! The people that I caused to exist and took care of [DOU] have rebelled against me.
3 El buey conoce a su dueño, y el asno el pesebre de su amo, pero Israel no me conoce. Mi pueblo no tiene entendimiento.
Oxen know their owners, and donkeys know who provides food for them, but my Israeli people do not know [me]; they do not realize [that I am the one who takes care of them].”
4 ¡Oh gente pecadora, pueblo cargado de iniquidad, generación de perversos, hijos depravados! Abandonaron a Yavé, despreciaron al Santo de Israel, se volvieron atrás.
Terrible things will happen to that sinful nation, to those people who are guilty of sinning greatly. They are a group of very evil people, who act very unjustly. They have abandoned Yahweh, the holy one of Israel; they have (abandoned/turned away from) him.
5 ¿Por qué aún quieren ser castigados? ¿Aún se rebelarán? Toda la cabeza está enferma, y el corazón doliente.
Why do you [RHQ] continue to [do things for which] you should be punished? Why do you continue to rebel against Yahweh? [You are like] [MET] someone whose head is badly injured and whose mind is sick/corrupt.
6 Desde la planta del pie hasta la cabeza nada hay sano, sino golpes, contusiones, y heridas supurantes. No fueron drenadas, ni vendadas, ni aliviadas con ungüento.
[It is as though] [MET] from the soles/bottoms of your feet to the [tops of your] heads nothing is healthy; there are only open wounds and cuts and sores that have not been cleaned or bandaged, and no [olive] oil has been put on them [to heal them].
7 Su tierra está asolada, sus ciudades incendiadas, su suelo devorado por extranjeros en presencia de ustedes, asolada como con desolación de extraños.
[It is as though] your country is ruined/desolate; your towns have been burned. Foreigners plunder/steal the crops in your fields while you watch; they destroy everything [that they see].
8 La hija de Sion quedó como cobertizo de viñedo, como choza de melonar, como ciudad sitiada.
The city of Jerusalem has [already] been abandoned, it is like [SIM] a shelter in a vineyard that has been abandoned by the watchmen; it is like [SIM] a watchman’s hut in a field of melons that has been deserted. It is a city surrounded by its enemies who are waiting to attack it.
9 Si Yavé de las huestes no nos hubiera dejado un pequeño remanente, seríamos como Sodoma, semejantes a Gomorra.
If the Commander of the armies of angels had not allowed a few of us [his people] to (survive/remain alive), we would have [all] been [destroyed], like [the cities of] Sodom and Gomorrah [were destroyed].
10 ¡Escuchen la Palabra de Yavé, gobernantes de Sodoma! ¡Escuchen la Ley de nuestro ʼElohim, pueblo de Gomorra!
You [leaders of Judah are as wicked as] the rulers of Sodom were, and you [other people in Jerusalem areas are as wicked as] the people in Gomorrah [were]. Listen to this message from Yahweh, [all of you]!
11 ¿De qué me sirve, dice Yavé, la multitud de sus sacrificios? Estoy harto de holocaustos de carneros y de grasa de ganado gordo. No quiero sangre de becerros, ni de corderos, ni de machos cabríos.
He says, “You continue to bring many sacrifices to me, but I do not [RHQ] want them [because you do not worship me sincerely]! You bring me many offerings to be completely burned [on the altar], [but] I (am tired/do not want any more) of your burning all those offerings, the burning rams and the fat from fat cattle. I am not pleased with the blood of bulls and lambs and goats that [the priest] pours [against the altar].
12 ¿Quién demanda esto de sus manos cuando los presentan ante Mí y pisotean mis patios?
When you come to my temple to worship me, no one [RHQ] told you to trample on my courtyard while you perform all those rituals.
13 No sigan presentando ofrendas vanas. El incienso me es repugnancia, también las nuevas lunas, los sábados y el convocar asamblea. ¡No tolero la iniquidad junto con la Asamblea Solemne!
Stop bringing to me those offerings, because they are useless [to me]; I am disgusted with the incense that [the priests burn]. And [your feasts to celebrate] the new moon [each month] and your (Sabbath [days]/days of rest) and your [other] festivals— I detest them because of the wicked things [that you do].
14 Mi alma aborrece sus nuevas lunas y sus solemnidades. Me son molestas. Estoy cansado de soportarlas.
I [SYN] hate [all] your celebrations of each new moon and the [other] festivals that you celebrate each year. They are [like] [MET] a heavy burden that I am tired of carrying.
15 Cuando extiendan sus manos, esconderé de ustedes mi Presencia. Y aunque multipliquen sus oraciones, no escucharé. Sus manos están llenas de sangre.
[So], when you lift up your hands when you pray [to me], I will not [even] look at you. Even if you pray [to me very] frequently, I will not listen [to you], [because it is as though] your hands are covered with the blood [of people whom you have killed].
16 Lávense, purifíquense, y quiten de mi vista la maldad de sus obras. Dejen de hacer el mal.
Cleanse your inner beings, and become [spiritually] clean! Stop your evil behavior! Stop doing things that are wrong!
17 Aprendan a hacer lo bueno, busquen la justicia. Reprendan al opresor, defiendan al huérfano, aboguen por la viuda.
Learn to do [things that are] good! [Try to] cause people to do what is just. Help people who are (oppressed/treated cruelly). Defend orphans and widows [when people take them to court].”
18 Vengan luego y razonemos juntos, dice Yavé. Aunque sus pecados sean como la grana, como la nieve serán emblanquecidos. Aunque sean rojos como el carmesí, serán como lana blanca.
Yahweh says, “You need to think about the results of what you do. Even though [the guilt of] your sins be [as evident and as difficult to get rid of] as [SIM] red [stains on a white garment] [DOU], [I will get rid of them completely] [like someone who can make that stained garment] become as white as snow or wool [DOU].
19 Si ustedes quieren y obedecen, comerán lo bueno de la tierra.
If you are willing to obey [me], [I will enable] you to have plenty to eat.
20 Pero si rehúsan y se rebelan, la espada los devorará, porque lo dijo la boca de Yavé.
But, if you turn away [from me and] rebel against me, you will be killed [by your enemies’] swords. [That will surely happen, because I, ] Yahweh, have said it.”
21 ¡Cómo se convirtió en prostituta la Ciudad Fiel! Estuvo llena de equidad y en ella vivía la justicia. Pero ahora viven los asesinos.
“[You people of Jerusalem previously] faithfully [worshiped only] me, but now you have become like [MET] prostitutes [who are not faithful to any husband]. Previously, people there always acted justly/fairly and righteously, but now your city [is full of] murderers.
22 Tu plata se volvió escoria. Tu vino está mezclado con agua.
Previously, you were [like] [MET] pure silver, but now you have become [like] [MET] the scum that is left [when silver is purified]. Previously you were [like pure] wine, but you have become [like] [MET] wine that has [a lot of] water mixed with it.
23 Tus gobernantes son rebeldes y cómplices de ladrones. Todos aman el soborno y corren tras las dádivas. No hacen justicia al huérfano ni llega a ellos la causa de la viuda.
Your leaders are rebels; they spend time with thieves. They all want to get bribes and force others to give them gifts [in order that they do good things for them]. They do not defend orphans [in court], and they do not do all they can to enable widows to get what they should receive.
24 Por tanto, ʼAdonay Yavé de las huestes, el Fuerte de Israel, dice: ¡Ah, tomaré satisfacción de mis enemigos! ¡Me vengaré de mis enemigos!
Therefore [I, ] the Commander of the armies of angels, the mighty God of Israel, say to my enemies, ‘will get revenge on you; you will not cause me any more trouble. And I will pay you back for the evil things that you did.
25 Volveré mi mano contra ti. Purificaré totalmente tus escorias y quitaré toda tu impureza.
I will raise my fist to strike you. I will [punish you severely] [MET], as though [MET] you were silver [and I needed to heat you very greatly to] melt you and get rid of the impurities.
26 Restauraré tus jueces como al principio y tus consejeros, como los de antaño. Entonces te llamarán Ciudad de Justicia, Ciudad Fiel.
[After that happens, ] I will give you good judges like you had previously; you will have [wise] counselors like you had long ago. Then people will call your city “a city where people [act] righteously, a city where people are loyal to me.”'”
27 Sion será rescatada con equidad, y sus arrepentidos con justicia.
Because the people of Jerusalem will do what is fair/just, their city will be restored; those who repent [will be saved] because of [their acting] righteously.
28 Pero los rebeldes y pecadores serán juntamente quebrantados, y los que abandonan a Yavé serán consumidos.
But rebels and sinners will be crushed by Yahweh, and those who forsake him will disappear.
29 Entonces se avergonzarán de los robles que amaron y tendrán afrenta a causa de los huertos que escogieron.
You will be ashamed because [you worshiped] idols under the oak trees [that you considered to be] sacred; you will be disgraced because [you worshiped idols] in the gardens where you chose [to worship them].
30 Porque serán como roble al cual se le cae la hoja y como huerto que no tiene agua.
You will be like [SIM] a very large tree which has withered leaves, like [SIM] a garden that [is dried up because] it has no water.
31 El fuerte será como estopa, y su obra como chispa. Ambos arderán juntos, y no habrá quien los apague.
Those among you who are [very] strong will become [like] [MET] dry wood, and the work they do will be [like] [MET] a spark; both they and the evil things that they do will burn up completely, and no one will be able to put out the fire.
