Isaías 24
1 Ciertamente Yavé vacía la tierra y la deja desolada. Trastorna su superficie y esparce a sus habitantes,
Behold, the Lord will lay waste to the earth, and he will strip it, and he will afflict its surface, and he will scatter its inhabitants.
2 tanto al pueblo como al sacerdote, al esclavo como a su amo, a la esclava como a su ama, al comprador como al vendedor, al prestamista como al que toma prestado, al acreedor como al deudor.
And this shall be: as with the people, so with the priest; and as with the servant, so with his master; as with the handmaid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the creditor, so with the debtor.
3 La tierra será completamente vaciada, totalmente saqueada. Yavé pronunció esta palabra:
The earth will be utterly devastated and utterly plundered. For the Lord has spoken this word.
4 La tierra se lamenta y se marchita. Languidece el mundo, se debilita. Los exaltados del pueblo de la tierra desfallecen.
The earth mourned, and slipped away, and languished. The world slipped away; the loftiness of the people of the earth was weakened.
5 La tierra fue contaminada por sus habitantes, porque transgredieron las Leyes, violaron las Ordenanzas y quebrantaron el Pacto eterno.
And the earth was corrupted by its inhabitants. For they have transgressed the laws, they have changed the ordinance, they have dissipated the everlasting covenant.
6 Por tanto la maldición devora la tierra, y los que viven en ella son culpables. Como resultado los habitantes de la tierra son consumidos, y quedan pocos hombres.
Because of this, a curse will devour the earth, and its inhabitants will sin. And for this reason, its caretakers will become crazed, and few men will be left behind.
7 El vino nuevo languidece, se marchita la vid y gimen los que eran de corazón alegre.
The vintage has mourned. The vine has languished. All those who were rejoicing in their hearts have groaned.
8 Se acaba el júbilo de los panderos. Cesa el bullicio de los que se divierten. Se suspende la alegría del arpa.
The gladness of the drums has ceased. The sound of rejoicing has quieted. The sweetness of stringed instruments has been silenced.
9 No beben vino entre canciones. El licor es amargo para los que lo beben.
They will not drink wine with a song. The drink will be bitter to those who drink it.
10 La ciudad está quebrantada por el caos. Toda casa está cerrada para que nadie entre.
The city of vanity has been worn away. Every house has been closed up; no one enters.
11 Hay lamentos en las calles por la falta de vino. Todo gozo se oscurece. La alegría salió de la tierra.
There will be a clamor for wine in the streets. All rejoicing has been abandoned. The gladness of the earth has been carried away.
12 La ciudad quedó desolada. Su puerta fue golpeada con destrucción.
Solitude is what remains in the city, and calamity will overwhelm its gates.
13 Sucederá en medio de la tierra y en medio de los pueblos como cuando se sacude el olivo o en el rebusco después de la cosecha.
For so shall it be in the midst of the earth, in the midst of the people: it is as if the few remaining olives are being shaken from the olive tree, and it is like a few clusters of grapes, when the grape harvest has already ended.
14 A causa de la majestad de Yavé, alzarán la voz desde el occidente y dirán:
These few shall lift up their voice and give praise. When the Lord will have been glorified, they will make a joyful noise from the sea.
15 ¡Aclamen a Yavé desde el oriente, desde las costas del mar, al Nombre de Yavé, el ʼElohim de Israel!
Because of this, glorify the Lord in doctrine: the name of the Lord, the God of Israel, in the islands of the sea.
16 Oímos cánticos desde el extremo de la tierra: ¡Gloria al Justo! Pero yo digo: ¡Qué dolor! ¡Qué dolor! ¡Ay de mí! Los traidores traicionan. Los traidores traicionan con gran traición.
From the ends of the earth, we have heard the praises of the glory of the Just One. And I said: “My secret is for myself! My secret is for myself! Woe to me! Those who would betray us have betrayed us, and they have betrayed us with the betrayal of transgression.”
17 ¡Terror, fosa y trampa hay contra ti, oh habitante de la tierra!
Dread, and the pit, and the snare are over you, O inhabitant of the earth!
18 Acontecerá que el que huya del informe del desastre caerá en la fosa. El que salga de la fosa será atrapado en la red. Las ventanas de lo alto están abiertas. Los cimientos de la tierra se conmueven.
And this shall be: whoever will flee from the voice of dread will fall into the pit. And whoever will extricate himself from the pit will be caught in the snare. For the floodgates from above have been opened, and the foundations of the earth will be shaken.
19 La tierra será completamente destrozada, completamente desmenuzada. Se deshace en pedazos. En gran manera será derrumbada.
The earth will be utterly broken! The earth will be utterly crushed! The earth will be utterly shaken!
20 La tierra se tambalea como un ebrio y será removida como una choza. ¡Tanto le pesa su pecado! Se desploma y no volverá a levantarse.
The earth will stagger greatly, like a drunken man, and will be carried away, like the tent of a single night. And its iniquity will be heavy upon it, and it will fall and not rise up again.
21 Aquel día Yavé castigará en lo alto al ejército de lo alto, y sobre la tierra a los reyes de la tierra.
And this shall be: in that day, the Lord will visit upon the armies of the sky above, and upon the kings of the earth who are on the ground.
22 Serán agrupados como se agrupa a los prisioneros en prisiones subterráneas. Quedarán encerrados, y después de muchos días serán castigados.
And they will be gathered together like the gathering of one bundle into a pit. And they will be enclosed in that place, as in a prison. And after many days, they will be visited.
23 La luna se avergonzará, y el sol se confundirá, cuando Yavé de las huestes reine en la Montaña Sion y en Jerusalén, y la gloria esté ante sus ancianos.
And the moon will be ashamed, and the sun will be confounded, when the Lord of hosts will reign on mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and when he will have been glorified in the sight of his elders.
