Isaías 33
1 ¡Ay de ti, destructor que no fuiste destruido, y del que traiciona y no fue traicionado! Tan pronto como acabes de destruir serás destruido. Tan pronto como acabes de traicionar, serás traicionado.
Terrible things will happen to you [people of Assyria]! You have destroyed [others], [but] you have not been destroyed [yet]. You have betrayed/deceived [others], [but] you have not been betrayed/deceived [yet]. When you stop destroying [others], others will destroy you. When you stop betraying/deceiving others, [others] betray you.
2 Oh Yavé, ten misericordia de nosotros. En Ti fijamos nuestra esperanza. Sé nuestra fortaleza cada mañana. Sé también nuestra salvación en el tiempo de aflicción.
Yahweh, be kind to us, because we have patiently waited for you [to help us]. Enable us to be strong every day, and rescue us when we have troubles.
3 Los pueblos huyen ante el sonido de tu voz atronadora. Al levantarte se dispersan las naciones.
Our enemies run away when they hear your voice. When you stand up and show that you are powerful [IDM], the people of all nations flee.
4 Tu despojo será recogido como el saltamonte recoge. Se abalanzarán sobre él como langostas.
[And after our enemies have been defeated], we, your people, will take away all our enemies’ possessions like [SIM] caterpillars and locusts strip off all the leaves of plants.
5 Exaltado es Yavé porque Él mora en las alturas. Él llenó de justicia y equidad a Sion.
Yahweh is greater than anyone else, and he lives in heaven, and he will rule justly and righteously in Jerusalem.
6 Habrá estabilidad de los tiempos de ustedes, una abundancia de salvación, sabiduría y conocimiento. El temor reverente a Yavé es el tesoro de Él.
[When that happens], he will enable you to live securely/safely; he will fully protect your possessions, he will enable you to be wise and to know [all that you need to know]; and revering Yahweh will be [like] [MET] a valuable treasure for you.
7 Ciertamente sus valientes claman en las calles. Los embajadores de paz lloran amargamente.
[But now], look, our brave men are crying out in the streets; our ambassadors [have gone to other countries to make peace treaties], [but they will] cry bitterly [because they will not succeed].
8 Los caminos están abandonados, los caminantes cesaron. Él anuló el Pacto, desprecia las ciudades, a ningún hombre tiene en cuenta.
No one travels on our roads [DOU]. [The leaders of Assyria] have broken/disregarded their peace treaty [with us]; they despise the people who made those treaties, and they do not respect anyone.
9 La tierra gime y languidece. El Líbano está confundido y se marchita. Sarón es como un llano desolado. Basán y la montaña Carmelo pierden [su follaje].
The land [of Judah] is dry and barren. The [cedar trees in] Lebanon are drying up and decaying. The Sharon [Plain along the coast] is now a desert. There are no more leaves on the trees in the Bashan and Carmel [areas].
10 Ahora me levantaré, dice Yavé. Ahora seré exaltado. Ahora seré engrandecido.
Yahweh says, “Now I will begin to show that I am very powerful [DOU].
11 Concibieron hojarasca y dieron a luz rastrojo. Su propia respiración será un fuego que los consumirá.
You [people of Assyria] make plans that are [as useless as] [MET] chaff and straw. Your breath will become a fire that will burn you up.
12 Los pueblos serán completamente calcinados. Como espinos cortados serán quemados en el fuego.
[Your] people will be burned until only ashes remain [MET] like [SIM] thornbushes are cut down and burned up in a fire.
13 Ustedes quienes están lejos, escuchen lo que hice. Ustedes quienes están cerca conozcan mi poder.
You people who live far away and you people who live nearby, pay attention to what I have done and realize that I am [very] powerful.”
14 Los pecadores están atemorizados en Sion. El temblor se apoderó de los impíos. ¿Quién de nosotros puede vivir en el fuego consumidor? ¿Quién de nosotros puede vivir eternamente en carbones encendidos?
The sinners in Jerusalem will tremble because of being very afraid; godless people will be terrified. [They say], “None of us can [RHQ] remain alive because this fire is burning everything; it is like the fire on Yahweh’s altar that will burn forever!”
15 El que anda en justicia y habla con rectitud, el que rehúsa el lucro de violencias, el que sacude su mano para no recibir soborno, el que tapa sus oídos para no escuchar propuestas sanguinarias, el que cierra sus ojos para no ver lo malo.
Those who act honestly and say what is right, those who do not try to become rich by (extortion/forcing people to give them money), those who do not try to get bribes, those who refuse to listen to people who are planning to murder someone, those who do not join others who urge them to do what is wrong,
16 Éste vivirá en las alturas. Una fortaleza de roca será su refugio. Se le dará su pan, y sus aguas estarán seguras.
they are the people who will live safely [MTY]; they will find places to be safe in the caves in the mountains. They will have plenty of food and water.
17 Tus ojos contemplarán al Rey en su esplendor. Verán una gran tierra a la distancia.
You [SYN] [people of Judah] will see the king wearing all his beautiful [robes], and you will see that he rules a land that extends far away.
18 Tu corazón reflexionará con respecto al horror y dirá: ¿Dónde está el escriba? ¿Dónde está el que pesaba el tributo? ¿Dónde está el que inspeccionaba las torres?
When you see that, you will think about when you were previously terrified, [and you will say], “[The officers of Assyria] who counted the tax money that we were forced to pay to them [have disappeared] [RHQ]! Those men who counted our towers [are gone] [RHQ]!
19 Ya no verás más a aquel pueblo fiero, aquel pueblo de lengua difícil de entender, que pronuncia un lenguaje incomprensible.
Those arrogant people who spoke a language that we could not understand are no longer here!”
20 Contempla a Sion, la ciudad de nuestras solemnidades. Tus ojos verán a Jerusalén, morada tranquila, tienda que nunca será desamparada. Sus estacas nunca se arrancarán, ni será rota alguna de sus cuerdas.
[At that time], you will see Zion Hill, the place where we celebrate our festivals; you will see that Jerusalem has become a place that is calm and safe. It will be [secure], [like] [SIM] a tent [that cannot be moved because] its ropes are tight and its stakes are firmly in the ground.
21 Porque ciertamente allí Yavé será poderoso con nosotros, en un lugar de ríos y corrientes amplias en los cuales no navegarán embarcaciones de remos, ni por ellas pasará nave grande.
Yahweh will be our mighty God; he will be [like] [SIM] a mighty river that will protect us because [our enemies] will not be able to cross it; no one will be able to row across it and no ships will be able to sail across it.
22 Porque Yavé es nuestro Juez. Yavé es nuestro Legislador. Yavé es nuestro Rey. Él mismo nos salvará.
Yahweh is our judge; he is the one who gives us laws, and he is our king. He will rescue us.
23 Tus cuerdas se aflojaron. No afirmaron su mástil. No entesaron la vela. Entonces se repartirá un botín de muchos despojos. Los cojos arrebatarán el botín.
The ropes on our enemies’ boats will hang loose, their masts will not be fastened firmly, and their sails will not be spread out. The treasures that they have seized will be divided [among us, God’s people], and even lame [people among us] will get some.
24 Ningún habitante dirá: Estoy enfermo, pues al pueblo que more en ella le será perdonada su iniquidad.
And the people in Jerusalem will no [longer] say, “We are sick,” [because Yahweh] will forgive the sins that have been committed by the people who live there.
