Isaías 5
1 Cantaré en Nombre de mi Amado un canto de amor con respecto a su viña. Tuvo mi Amado una viña en una colina fértil.
[Now] I will sing a song about my dear friend, and about his vineyard. The vineyard was on a very fertile hillside.
2 La cavó, despedregó y plantó una preciada cepa. Construyó una torre en su centro y cavó en ella un lagar. Esperó que diera uvas, pero dio uvas silvestres.
My friend plowed the ground and cleared away the stones. Then he planted very good grapevines on that ground. In the middle of the vineyard, he built a watchtower, and he dug a (winepress/pit for squeezing the grapes). Then he waited [each year] to harvest some good grapes, but the vines produced [only] sour grapes.
3 Y ahora, oh habitantes de Jerusalén y varones de Judá, juzguen entre Mí y mi viña.
Now [this is what Yahweh says]: “You people of Jerusalem and [other places in] Judah, I [am like the friend, and you are like] my vineyard; [so] you judge which of us [has done what is right].
4 ¿Qué más se podía hacer a mi viña que Yo no hice en ella? ¿Por qué cuando esperaba que diera uvas dio uvas silvestres?
What more could I have done for you than what I have already done? I expected you to be doing good deeds [MET], so it is disgusting that [RHQ] you were [doing only evil things] like the vineyard that produced only sour grapes!
5 Les mostraré, pues, lo que haré con mi viña. Le quitaré su cerco de tierra apisonada para que sirva de pasto. Derribaré su cerca para que sea pisoteada.
[So], I will now tell you what I will do to [Judah, the place that is like] my vineyard. I will cut down the hedges, and they will be destroyed. I will tear down the walls [of the cities] and allow [wild animals] to trample the land.
6 La dejaré desolada. No será podada ni labrada. Le crecerán las zarzas y los espinos. Mandaré a las nubes que no lluevan sobre ella.
I will cause it to become a wasteland where the vines are not pruned and the ground is not hoed. It will be a place where briers and thorns [DOU] grow. And I will command that no rain will fall on it.”
7 Ciertamente la viña de Yavé de las huestes es la Casa de Israel, y los hombres de Judá su planta deliciosa. [Yavé] esperaba equidad, pero ve derramamiento de sangre. [Esperaba] justicia, pero oye un clamor de aflicción.
The nation of Israel is [like] [MET] the vineyard of the Commander of the armies of angels. The people of Judah are [like] the garden that was pleasing to him. He expected you to be doing what is just/fair, but instead, [what he saw was people] murdering [MTY] others. [He expected that you would be doing] righteous deeds, but instead, he heard cries from people who were being [attacked] violently.
8 ¡Ay de los que juntan casa con casa y unen campo con campo, hasta ocuparlo todo y viven ustedes solos en medio de la tierra!
Terrible things will happen to you who continually [illegally] acquire houses and fields. You force one family after another to leave their homes until you are the only ones [HYP] [still] living in the land.
9 Yavé de las huestes dijo a mis oídos: Sus muchas casas serán arrasadas. Sus magníficos palacios quedarán desolados.
[But] I heard the Commander of the armies of angels solemnly declare this: “[Some day], many of those huge houses will be empty/deserted; no one will be living in those beautiful mansions.
10 Diez yugadas de viña producirán 22 litros, y 220 kilogramos de semilla producirá 22 litros de grano.
The vines on ten acres of land will not produce enough grapes to make (six gallons/22 liters) [of juice/wine], and ten baskets of seed will produce only one basket [of grain].”
11 ¡Ay de los que se levantan temprano por la mañana a buscar bebida fuerte y se quedan hasta la noche, hasta que los enciende el vino!
Terrible things will happen to those who get up early [each] morning to begin drinking alcoholic drinks, and who stay awake until late at night [drinking a lot of wine] until they are completely drunk.
12 Todo es arpa y salterio, flauta y tamboril, y vino en sus banquetes, pero no consideran lo que dijo Yavé, ni miran la obra de sus manos.
They have [big parties and provide lots of] wine. At their parties, there are [people playing] harps and lyres and tambourines and flutes, but they never think about what Yahweh does or appreciate what he has created.
13 Por tanto, mi pueblo va a cautividad por falta de entendimiento. Sus hombres honorables perecen de hambre y su multitud se seca de sed.
So, my people will be (exiled/taken to other countries) [far away] because they do not know [about me]. Those who are [now very important and] honored will starve, and the other people will die from thirst.
14 Por eso el Seol ensancha las partes posteriores de su paladar y abre su boca sin medida. Allá baja el esplendor de ellos, su multitud y su alborozo, y el que se regocija en ello. (Sheol h7585)
[It is as though] [PRS] the place where the dead people are is eagerly looking for more Israeli people, opening its mouth to swallow them, and a huge number of people will be thrown into that place, including their leaders as well as a noisy crowd of people who enjoy living in Jerusalem. (Sheol h7585)
15 Se humilla el hombre. Es abatido el varón. Son bajados los ojos altivos.
[Yahweh] will get rid of a huge number of people; and he will humble [many more] people who [now] are proud/arrogant.
16 Pero Yavé de las huestes será exaltado en el juicio, el Santo ʼEL mostrará su justicia.
But the Commander of the armies of angels will be exalted/praised because of his acting justly. God will show that he is holy by doing righteous/just deeds.
17 Los corderos pastarán como en sus propios pastizales. Forasteros y extranjeros comerán en los campos abandonados por los ricos.
Then lambs and fat sheep will [be able to] find good grass to eat, [even] among the ruins [of the houses of rich people].
18 ¡Ay de los que arrastran la iniquidad con cuerdas de vanidad, y el pecado con sogas de carretas!
Some people constantly tell lies, and [it is as though] they are dragging behind them the wrong things that they have done. Terrible things will happen to them!
19 Que dicen: ¡Venga ya, apresúrese su obra para que la veamos! ¡Que se cumpla ya el plan del Santo de Israel para que lo comprobemos!
They [make fun of God and] say [to him, ] “Go ahead, do something [to punish us]! We want to see what you will do. You, the Holy One of Israel, should do what you are planning to do, because we want to know what it is.”
20 ¡Ay de los que a lo malo llaman bueno, y a lo bueno, malo, que sustituyen la luz por la oscuridad y la oscuridad por la luz, que presentan lo amargo como dulce y lo dulce como amargo!
Terrible things will happen to those who say that evil is good, and that good is evil, that darkness is light and that light is darkness, that what is bitter is sweet and what is sweet is bitter.
21 ¡Ay de los que se consideran sabios, y de los prudentes ante sus propios ojos!
Terrible things will happen to those who think that they are wise and that they (are very clever/know everything).
22 ¡Ay de los valientes para beber vino, y de los fuertes para mezclar bebida fuerte,
Terrible things will happen to those who [think that] [IRO] they are great/heroes because they are able to drink [lots of] wine, and boast about being able to mix good alcoholic drinks.
23 de los que por soborno absuelven al culpable, y a los inocentes les quitan sus derechos!
If people offer them bribes in order that they will enable wicked people not to be punished, they accept those bribes, and they cause people who are innocent to be punished.
24 Porque como la lengua de fuego devora el pasto y el rastrojo se consume en la llama, se pudrirá su raíz y su flor se desvanecerá como el polvo, porque desecharon la Ley de Yavé de las huestes y despreciaron la Palabra del Santo de Israel.
Therefore, just like [SIM] fires burn up stubble and dry grass shrivels up and quickly burns in flames, [it will be as though] those people have roots that will rot and have flowers that will wither. [That will happen] because they rejected the laws of the Commander of the armies of angels; they have despised the messages of the Holy One of Israel.
25 Por esta causa la ira de Yavé se encendió contra su pueblo, extiende su mano contra él y lo hiere. Las montañas se estremecen y sus cadáveres están tendidos en la calle. A pesar de todo, no se aplaca su ira. Su mano sigue extendida.
That is why Yahweh is [extremely] angry [with his people]; [it is as though] his hand is raised [and he is ready to smash them]. [When he does that], the mountains will shake, and the corpses of people will be scattered in the streets like [SIM] manure. But even when that happens, Yahweh will still be very angry; he will be ready to punish his people [MET] again.
26 Alzará pendón a una nación distante. Silbará para ello desde los fines de la tierra: ¡Miren cómo viene rápida y veloz!
Yahweh will send a signal to summon [armies of] nations far away; [it is as though] he will whistle [to summon those soldiers who are] in very remote places on the earth. They will come very swiftly [DOU] [to Jerusalem].
27 Nadie se cansa ni tropieza. Ninguno se acuesta ni se duerme. No se le afloja el cinturón de su cintura, ni se le rompe la correa de su sandalia.
They will not get tired or stumble. They will not [stop to] rest or to sleep. None of their belts will be loose, and none of them will have sandals with broken straps, [so they will all be ready to fight in battles].
28 Sus flechas están afiladas y todos sus arcos entesados. Los cascos de sus caballos son pedernal, y las ruedas de sus carruajes como tempestad.
Their arrows will be sharp, and their bows will be ready [to shoot those arrows in a battle]. [Because their horses pull the chariots fast], sparks will shoot out from their hooves, and the wheels of the chariots will spin like a whirlwind.
29 Su rugido es de león. Ruge como los leoncillos. Gruñe, atrapa la presa y la retiene. Nadie se la arrebata.
They will roar like [very strong] lions [DOU] that growl and [then] pounce on the animals they want to kill and carry them off, and no one is able to rescue them.
30 Rugirá sobre él en aquel día como rugido del mar. Si uno mira la tierra, ciertamente hay oscuridad y aflicción. Aun la luz es oscurecida por sus nubes.
[Similarly, your enemies] will roar when they see the people they are about to kill, like [SIM] the sea roars. [On that day], if someone looks across the land, he will see [only people who are in] darkness and distressed; [it will be as though] even the sunlight is hidden by dark clouds.
