Isaías 47
1 Baja, siéntate en el polvo, oh virgen hija de Babilonia. Siéntate en el suelo sin trono, oh hija de los caldeos, porque ya no serás llamada tierna y delicada.
Come and take your seat in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon; come down from your seat of power, and take your place on the earth, O daughter of the Chaldaeans: for you will never again seem soft and delicate.
2 Toma las piedras del molino y muele el grano. Quítate tu velo y despójate de tu ropa larga. Descubre piernas y cruza los ríos.
Take the crushing-stones and get the meal crushed: take off your veil, put away your robe, let your legs be uncovered, go through the rivers.
3 Que se descubra tu desnudez y se vea tu vergüenza. Tomaré venganza y no habrá quien interceda.
The shame of your unclothed condition will be seen by all: I will give punishment without mercy,
4 Nuestro Redentor, cuyo Nombre es Yavé de las huestes, el Santo de Israel, dice:
Says the Lord who takes up our cause; the Lord of armies is his name, the Holy One of Israel.
5 Siéntate y calla. Entra en la oscuridad, oh hija de los caldeos, porque nunca más te volverán a llamar soberana de reinos.
Be seated in the dark without a word, O daughter of the Chaldaeans: for you will no longer be named, The Queen of Kingdoms.
6 Airado contra mi pueblo, profané mi heredad y la entregué en tu mano. No tuviste compasión de ellos. Pusiste un yugo muy pesado sobre los ancianos
I was angry with my people, I put shame on my heritage, and gave them into your hands: you had no mercy on them; you put a cruel yoke on those who were old;
7 y dijiste: Seré una reina para siempre. Estas cosas hiciste sin considerar ni recordar el posterior resultado de ellas.
And you said, I will be a queen for ever: you did not give attention to these things, and did not keep in mind what would come after.
8 Ahora pues, escucha esto, oh mujer sensual que vives confiadamente y dices en tu corazón: Yo soy y ninguno hay además de mí. No quedaré viuda, ni experimentaré la pérdida de hijos.
So now take note of this, you who are given up to pleasure, living without fear of evil, saying in your heart, I am, and there is no one like me; I will never be a widow, or have my children taken from me.
9 Estas dos cosas te vendrán de repente en un mismo día: viudez y pérdida de hijos, a pesar de la multitud de tus hechicerías y de tus numerosos encantamientos.
But these two things will come on you suddenly in one day, the loss of children and of husband: in full measure they will come on you, for all your secret arts, and all your wonders.
10 Porque te confiaste en tu maldad y dijiste: Nadie me ve. Tu sabiduría y tu misma ciencia te engañaron. Dijiste en tu corazón: Yo y nadie más.
For you had faith in your evil-doing; you said, No one sees me; by your wisdom and knowledge you have been turned out of the way: and you have said in your heart, I am, and there is no other.
11 Vendrá sobre ti un mal que no podrás conjurar. De repente caerá sobre ti una destrucción de la cual no sabes.
Because of this evil will come on you, which may not be turned away for any price: and trouble will overtake you, from which no money will give salvation: destruction will come on you suddenly, without your knowledge.
12 Persiste ahora en tus encantamientos y en tus numerosas hechicerías, con las cuales te desvelaste desde tu juventud. Quizás puedas sacar algún provecho, quizás puedas ocasionar terror.
Go on now with your secret arts, and all your wonder-working, to which you have given yourself up from your earliest days; it may be that they will be of profit to you, or by them you may put fear into your attackers.
13 Estás agotada con tus numerosos consejos. ¡Que se levanten los astrónomos, los que observan las estrellas y los pronosticadores mensuales, y que te salven de lo que vendrá sobre ti!
But your mind is troubled by the number of your guides: let them now come forward for your salvation: the measurers of the heavens, the watchers of the stars, and those who are able to say from month to month what things are coming on you.
14 Ciertamente serán como pasto seco, y el fuego los consumirá. No podrán librar su vida del poder de las llamas. No quedarán brasas para calentarse, ni lumbre ante la cual se sienten.
Truly, they have become like dry stems, they have been burned in the fire; they are not able to keep themselves safe from the power of the flame: it is not a coal for warming them, or a fire by which a man may be seated.
15 Así fueron para ti aquellos con quienes te afanaste, aquellos con quienes trataste desde tu juventud. Andarán errantes, cada uno vagará por su lado. No habrá quien te salve.
Small profit have you had from those who, from your earliest days, got great profit out of you; they have gone in flight, every one straight before him, and you have no saviour.
