Isaías 37
1 Sucedió que cuando el rey Ezequías lo oyó, también rasgó sus ropas. Se cubrió de tela áspera y fue a la Casa de Yavé.
When King Hezekiah heard what they reported, he tore his clothes and put on clothes made of rough sackcloth [because he was very distressed]. Then he went into the temple of Yahweh [and prayed].
2 Envió a Eliaquim, mayordomo de palacio, a Sebna, el escriba, y a los más ancianos de los sacerdotes, cubiertos de tela áspera, al profeta Isaías, hijo de Amoz,
Then he sent Eliakim, Shebna, and the (older/most important) priests, who were also wearing clothes made of rough sackcloth, to talk to me.
3 y le dijeron: Ezequías dijo: Hoy es un día de angustia, castigo y vergüenza. Los hijos llegaron hasta el cuello del útero, pero no hay fuerza para dar a luz.
He said to them, “Tell this to Isaiah: ‘King Hezekiah says that this is a day when we are greatly distressed. Other nations are causing us to be insulted and disgraced. We are like [SIM] a woman who is about to give birth to a baby, but she does not have the strength that she needs to do it.
4 Quizás Yavé tu ʼElohim haya escuchado las palabras del Rabsaces, a quien su amo, el rey de Asiria, mandó para provocar al ʼElohim viviente, y reprenda las palabras que Yavé tu ʼElohim escuchó. Por tanto, haz oración por el remanente que queda.
[But] perhaps Yahweh our God has heard what the official from Assyria said. Perhaps he knows that his boss, the King of Assyria, sent him to insult the all-powerful God, and that Yahweh will punish the King of Assyria for what he said. And the king requests that you pray for the few of us who are still alive [here in Jerusalem].’”
5 Los esclavos del rey Ezequías fueron a Isaías,
After those men gave me that message,
6 quien les respondió: Digan a su amo: Yavé dice: No temas las palabras que oíste, con las cuales los esclavos del rey de Asiria me vituperaron.
I replied, “Tell the King, ‘This is what Yahweh says: “Those messengers from the King of Assyria have said evil things about me. But do not be disturbed by what they said.
7 Ciertamente pondré cierto espíritu en él. Oirá un rumor, regresará a su tierra, y en su tierra lo haré caer a espada.
Listen to this: I will cause Sennacherib to hear a rumor [that the armies of Babylon are about to attack his country], and that will worry him. So he will return to his own country, and there I will cause him to be assassinated by [men using] swords.”’”
8 Así que el Rabsaces, quien oyó que el rey de Siria se retiró de Laquis, regresó y lo halló cuando combatía contra Libna.
The official from Assyria found out that the King of Assyria [and his army] had captured Lachish [city] and that they were attacking Libnah, [which is a nearby city]. So the official left Jerusalem and went to Libnah [to report to the king what had happened in Jerusalem].
9 Al oír que Tirraca, rey de Etiopía, salió a luchar contra él, [el rey de Asiria] envió mensajeros a Ezequías para que le dijeran:
Soon after that, King [Sennacherib] received a report that King Tirhakah of Ethiopia was leading his army to attack them. So before King Sennacherib left Libnah [with his army to fight against the army from Ethiopia], he sent other messengers to Hezekiah in Jerusalem with a letter. [In the letter he wrote this] to Hezekiah:
10 Digan a Ezequías, rey de Judá: No te engañe tu ʼElohim en Quien confías, al pensar que Jerusalén no será entregada en mano del rey de Asiria.
“Do not allow your god, on whom you are relying, to deceive you by promising you that Jerusalem will not be captured by my army.
11 Ciertamente tú mismo oíste lo que los reyes de Asiria hicieron a todos los países cuando los exterminaron. ¿Tú te librarás?
You have certainly heard what the armies of the kings of Assyria have done to all the other countries; our armies have destroyed them completely. So, (do you think that you will escape?/do not think that your god will save you!) [RHQ]
12 ¿Los ʼelohim de las naciones que mis antepasados destruyeron las libraron? ¿Libraron a Gozán, Harán y Resef, y a los hijos de Edén que estaban en Telasar?
Did the gods of the nations that were about to be destroyed by the armies of the previous kings of Assyria rescue them? Did those gods rescue Gozan [region], and Haran and Rezeph [cities in northern Syria], and the people of Eden [region] who were forced to go to Tel-Assar [city]?
13 ¿Dónde están el rey de Hamat, el rey de Arpad, el rey de la ciudad de Sefarvaim, de Hena y de Iva?
What happened to the King of Hamath and the King of Arpad? What happened to the kings of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah [cities]? [Did their gods rescue them] [RHQ]?”
14 Así que Ezequías recibió la carta de mano de los mensajeros y la leyó. Después Ezequías subió a la Casa de Yavé y la extendió ante Yavé.
Hezekiah received the letter that the messengers gave him, and he read it. Then he went up to the temple and spread out the letter in front of Yahweh.
15 Y Ezequías oró a Yavé:
And [then] Hezekiah prayed this:
16 ¡Oh Yavé de las huestes, ʼElohim de Israel, entronizado por encima de los querubines! Solo Tú eres ʼElohim sobre todos los reinos de la tierra. Tú hiciste [el] cielo y [la] tierra.
“O Yahweh, Commander of the armies of angels, the God to whom [we] Israelis belong, you are seated on your throne above the statues of the creatures with wings, [above the Sacred Chest]. Only you are [truly] God. You rule all the kingdoms on this earth. You are the one who created everything on the earth and in the sky.
17 Inclina tu oído, oh Yavé, y escucha. Abre tus ojos, oh Yavé, y mira. Escucha todas las palabras que Senaquerib envió para provocar al ʼElohim vivo.
[So], Yahweh, [please] listen to what I am saying, and look at [what is happening]! And listen to what Sennacherib has said to insult you, the all-powerful God!
18 Oh Yavé, ciertamente los reyes de Asiria destruyeron todas las naciones y sus tierras.
Yahweh, it is true that [the armies of] the kings of Assyria have completely destroyed many nations and ruined their land.
19 Echaron sus ʼelohim al fuego, porque no son ʼElohim, sino obra de manos de hombre, de madera y de piedra. Por eso fueron destruidos.
And they have thrown all the idols of those nations into fires and burned them. But they were not [really] gods. They were only idols made of wood and stone, [and that is why they were destroyed easily].
20 Ahora pues, Yavé, ʼElohim nuestro, sálvanos de su mano, para que todos los reinos de la tierra sepan que solo Tú eres Yavé ʼElohim.
So now, Yahweh our God, [please] rescue us from the power [MTY] of [the King of Assyria], in order that [the people in] all the kingdoms of the world will know that you, Yahweh, are the only one who is [truly] God.”
21 Entonces Isaías, hijo de Amoz, envió a decir a Ezequías: Yavé, ʼElohim de Israel, dice: En cuanto a lo que pediste en oración con respecto a Senaquerib, rey de Asiria.
Then I sent this message to Hezekiah: “This is what Yahweh, the God to whom [we] Israelis belong, says: Because you prayed about what King Sennacherib of Assyria [said],
22 Ésta es la Palabra que Yavé habló con respecto a él: La virgen hija de Sion te desprecia y se burla de ti. La hija de Jerusalén menea despectivamente la cabeza a tu espalda.
this is what I say to him: ‘The people of Jerusalem despise you and make fun of you. They will wag/shake their heads to mock you while you flee from here.
23 ¿A quién provocaste y vituperaste? ¿Contra quién alzaste la voz y levantaste tus ojos con altivez? ¡Contra el Santo de Israel!
Whom do you think you have been despising and ridiculing? Whom do you think you were shouting at? Whom do you think you were looking at [very] proudly/arrogantly? [It was I], the Holy One whom the Israelis worship!
24 Por medio de tus esclavos afrentaste a ʼAdonay y dijiste: Con la multitud de mis carrozas subí a las alturas de las montañas, a lo más inaccesible del Líbano. Talé sus más altos cedros y sus mejores cipreses. Llegué hasta el último de sus refugios, hasta lo más denso de su bosque.
The messengers whom you sent made fun of me. You said, “With my many chariots I have gone to the highest mountains, [even] to the highest mountains in Lebanon. We have cut down its tallest cedar [trees] and its nicest pine/cypress [trees]. We have been to the most distant/remote peaks and to its densest forests.
25 Cavé y bebí aguas, y sequé todos los ríos de Egipto con la planta de mis pies.
We have dug wells [in many countries] and drunk water [from them]. And by marching through [MTY] the streams of Egypt, we dried them all up [HYP]!”
26 ¿No lo oíste? Desde antaño lo decidí. En tiempos remotos lo preparé y ahora decido que suceda. Tú estás puesto para reducir las ciudades fortificadas a pilas de ruinas,
[But I, Yahweh, reply], “Have you never heard that long ago I determined [those things]; I planned them long ago, and now I have been causing those things to occur. I planned that your army would destroy cities and cause them to become piles of rubble.
27 y que sus habitantes, impotentes, abatidos y confusos, sean como pasto del campo, como hierba verde, como herbaje de tejado que se marchita antes de crecer.
The people in those cities have no power, and as a result they are dismayed and discouraged. They are [as frail as] [MET] grass and plants in the fields, as frail as grass that grows on the roofs of houses and is scorched by the hot east wind.
28 Yo conozco tu sentarte, tu salir, tu entrar y tu ira contra Mí.
[But] I know [everything about you]; I know when you are [in your house and] when you go outside; I also know that you are (raging/speaking very angrily) against me.
29 Por cuanto tu enfurecimiento contra Mí y tu soberbia llegaron a mis oídos, pondré mi garfio en tu nariz y mi rienda en tu boca. Te haré regresar por el camino en el cual viniste.
[So], because you have raged against me and because I have heard you speak very proudly/arrogantly, [it will be as though] I will put a hook in your nose and I will put an iron (bit/metal bar) in your mouth [in order that I can lead you where I want you to go], and I will force you to return [to your own country], on the same road on which you came [here, without conquering Jerusalem].”’
30 Esto te servirá de señal: Este año comerán lo que brota de ella y el segundo año de lo que brote sin sembrar. Al tercer año siembren y cosechen, planten viñas y coman de su fruto.
[Then I said to Hezekiah], ‘This will prove to you [that what I said will happen]: “This year, you(pl) will eat [only the crops] that grow by themselves, and next year the same thing will happen. But in the third year you will plant [crops] and harvest them; you will take care of your vineyards and eat the grapes.
31 El remanente de la Casa de Judá que quede a salvo, de nuevo echará raíces por abajo y dará frutos por arriba.
And [you] people who are still [here] in Judah, will be strong and prosper again [MET].
32 Porque saldrá un remanente de Jerusalén, los sobrevivientes de la Montaña Sion. ¡El celo de Yavé de las huestes hará esto!
A small number of my people will survive, and they will spread out from Jerusalem [DOU].” That will happen because [I], the Commander of the armies of angels, am desiring very much to accomplish it.’
33 Por tanto, Yavé dice con respecto al rey de Asiria: No entrará a esta ciudad, ni disparará flecha allí, ni le opondrá escudo, ni levantará contra ella baluartes.
And this is what [I], Yahweh, say about the King of Assyria: ‘His [armies] will not enter Jerusalem; they will not [even] shoot arrows into it. His soldiers will not [march outside] the city gates holding their shields, and they will not build high mounds of dirt against the walls of the city [to enable them to attack the city].
34 Por el camino que vino regresará, y no entrará en esta ciudad, dice Yavé.
And their king will return [to his own country] on the same road on which he came [here]. He will not enter this city!’ [That will happen because I], Yahweh, have said it!
35 Yo ampararé a esta ciudad para salvarla, por amor a Mí mismo y por amor a David mi esclavo.
For the sake of my own reputation and because of what I promised King David, who served me [well], I will defend this city and prevent it from being destroyed.”
36 El Ángel de Yavé salió y mató a 185.000 hombres en el campamento de los asirios. Cuando se levantaron temprano por la mañana vieron que todos estaban muertos.
[That night], an angel from Yahweh went out to where the army of Assyria had set up their tents and killed 185,000 of their soldiers. When [the rest of the soldiers] woke up the next morning, they saw that there were corpses everywhere.
37 Entonces Senaquerib, rey de Asiria, levantó el campamento, regresó a Nínive y se quedó allí.
Then King Sennacherib left and returned home to Nineveh [in Assyria], and stayed there.
38 Sucedió que mientras estaba postrado en el templo de su ʼelohim Nisroc, sus hijos Adremelec y Sarezer lo asesinaron a espada y huyeron a la tierra de Ararat. Reinó su hijo Esar-hadón en lugar de él.
[One day], when he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his two sons, Adrammelech and Sharezer, killed him with their swords. Then they escaped and went to the Ararat [region northwest of Nineveh]. And another of Sennacherib’s sons, Esarhaddon, became the King of Assyria.
