Isaías 30
1 ¡Ay de los hijos que se apartan, dice Jehová, para hacer consejo, y no de mí: para cubrirse con cobertura, y no por mi Espíritu, añadiendo pecado a pecado!
Yahweh says, “Terrible things will happen to you, my people who rebel against me. You make plans, but what you plan is not what I want. You have made an alliance [with the rulers of Egypt], but you did not ask my Spirit [if that was what you should do]. By doing that, you have increased the number of your sins.
2 Pártense para descender a Egipto, y no han preguntado mi boca: para fortificarse con la fuerza de Faraón, y poner su esperanza en la sombra de Egipto.
You went to Egypt [to ask their rulers for help], without asking for my advice. You have trusted in [the army of] the king of Egypt to protect you; you have [trusted in them] [like] people sit in the shade [to protect themselves from the sun] [MET].
3 Mas la fortaleza de Faraón se os tornará en vergüenza, y el amparo en la sombra de Egipto en confusión.
[But] the result of your trusting in the king of Egypt is that you will be [disappointed and] disgraced; because of trusting in him, you will be humiliated.
4 Porque fueron sus príncipes a Zoán, y sus embajadores vinieron a Hanes.
Officials/ambassadors [from Judah] have gone to Zoan and Hanes [cities in Egypt to make treaties],
5 Todos se avergonzarán con el pueblo que no les aprovechará, ni les ayudará, ni les traerá provecho: antes les será para vergüenza, y aun para confusión.
but all those [who trust in the King of Egypt] will be humiliated, because that nation will not be able to help you; the treaty that you have made [requesting help from them] will be useless; instead, the result will be that you will be humiliated and disgraced [DOU].”
6 Carga de las bestias del mediodía. Por tierra de aflicción y de angustia: leones y leonas en ella, basilisco y áspid volador: llevando sobre hombros de bestias sus riquezas, y sus tesoros sobre corcobas de camellos, a pueblo que no les aprovechará.
[I received from Yahweh] this message about the animals in the southern part of Judah: That area is one where [people experience a lot of] troubles and difficulties, an area where there are male and female lions and various kinds of poisonous snakes. Caravans go through that area taking donkeys and camels loaded with valuable goods. [They are taking them] to Egypt to seek for protection [by the army of Egypt], [but] it will be useless.
7 Ciertamente Egipto en vano y por demás dará ayuda: por tanto yo le di voces; que se reposase en su fuerza.
The promises made by [the king of] Egypt are worthless; therefore I call Egypt ‘the sea monster/dragon that does nothing’.
8 Vé pues ahora, y escribe esta visión en una tabla delante de ellos, y escúlpela en libro, para que quede hasta el postrero día para siempre, por todos los siglos:
Yahweh told me to write on a scroll a message, in order that it would be a witness [to the people of Judah] that would endure forever.
9 Que este pueblo es rebelde, hijos mentirosos, hijos que no quisieron oír la ley de Jehová:
[It would remind them] that they are deceitful and always rebelling against Yahweh; they refuse to pay attention to what he tells/teaches them.
10 Que dicen a los que ven: No veais; y a los profetas: No nos profeticéis lo recto, decídnos halagos, profetizád errores:
They tell the people who see/receive visions [from Yahweh], “Stop seeing visions!” They tell the prophets, “Do not reveal to us what is right! Tell us pleasant things; do not tell us visions about things that are true!
11 Dejád el camino, apartáos de la senda, hacéd apartar de nuestra presencia el Santo de Israel.
Stop doing what you have been doing [DOU]; stop telling us what the Holy One of Israel [says to us]!”
12 Por tanto el Santo de Israel dice así: Porque desachasteis esta palabra, y confiasteis en violencia y en iniquidad, y sobre ella estribasteis:
Therefore, this is what the Holy One of Israel says: “You have rejected my message, and you are relying on those who oppress and deceive others.
13 Por tanto este pecado os será como pared abierta que se va a caer, y como corcoba en muro alto, cuya caída viene súbita, y repentinamente.
Therefore, the result of your sin [of rejecting me] will be that you will [suddenly experience disasters]; what will happen to you will be like [SIM] a cracked wall that suddenly collapses [DOU].
14 Y quebrarle ha como quebrantamiento de vaso de olleros, que sin misericordia le hacen pedazos: ni entre los pedazos se halla un tiesto para traer fuego del hogar, o para coger agua de una poza.
You will be smashed like a clay jar is smashed [when it is dropped], and it shatters completely, with the result that there is not one piece big enough to carry some coals from a stove or to carry a little bit of water from a well.”
15 Porque así dijo el Señor Jehová, el Santo de Israel: En descanso, y en reposo seréis salvos: en quietud, y en confianza, será vuestra fortaleza; y no quisisteis.
Yahweh, [our] God, the Holy One of Israel, [also] says this: “You will be rescued [from your enemies only] if you repent and trust [in what I will do for you]; you will be strong [only] if you quit worrying and trust in me. But you do not want [to do that].
16 Mas dijisteis: No; antes con caballos huiremos: por tanto vosotros huiréis. Sobre ligeros cabalgaremos: por tanto serán más ligeros vuestros perseguidores.
You said, ‘No, we will escape on horses [that the army of Egypt will give us]!’ So, you will [try to] flee. You said, ‘We will [escape from the army of Assyria] by riding on swift horses!’ [But] those who pursue you will [also ride] swiftly.
17 Un millar huirá a la amenaza de uno: a la amenaza de cinco vosotros todos huiréis, hasta que quedéis como mástil en la cumbre del monte, y como bandera sobre cabezo.
[As a result], 1,000 [of you] will flee when [only] one of them pursues you! When only five [of their soldiers] threaten [to kill you], [all of] will flee. [Only a few of] you will be left, like [SIM] a [single] flagpole on top of a mountain with one signal flag on the pole.”
18 Por tanto Jehová os esperará para haber misericordia de vosotros; y por tanto será ensalzado, teniendo de vosotros piedad; porque Jehová es Dios de juicio: bienaventurados todos los que a él esperan.
[But] wants to be kind to you; he desires to show you that he is merciful. [Do not forget that] Yahweh is a God who acts justly; he is pleased with those who patiently trust in him.
19 Ciertamente pueblo morará en Sión, y en Jerusalem: nunca más llorarás: el que tiene misericordia, tendrá misericordia de ti: a la voz de tu clamor, en oyendo te responderá.
You people who live in Jerusalem [DOU], [some day] you will not cry any more. Yahweh will be kind to you when you call out to him for help. He will answer/help you as soon as he hears you call.
20 Mas daros ha el Señor pan de congoja, y agua de angustia: tus enseñadores nunca más te serán quitados, mas tus ojos verán tus enseñadores.
Although [now] Yahweh has caused you to [daily] experience [MET] great troubles and suffer much, [he], your teacher, will not hide himself from you. He [SYN] will teach you many things clearly.
21 Entonces tus oídos oirán a tus espaldas palabra que diga: Este es el camino, andád por él; porque no echéis a la mano derecha, y porque no echéis a la mano izquierda.
And you will hear him speak to you to guide you. [Right] behind you he will say, “This is the road on which you should walk; walk on this road!”
22 Entonces profanarás la cobertura de tus esculturas de plata, y la vestidura de tu vaciadizo de oro; y apartarlas has como trapo manchado de menstruo; y decirles has: Sal fuera.
When that happens, you will destroy [all] your idols that are covered with silver or gold. You will throw them away like you throw away a filthy rag, and you will say to them, “We do not need you any more!”
23 Entonces dará lluvia a tu sementera, cuando sembrares la tierra; y pan del fruto de la tierra; y será fértil y grueso; y tus ganados en aquel tiempo serán apacentados en anchas dehesas.
[If you do that], Yahweh will bless you by giving you good rain at the time that you plant your crops. You will have good harvests, and plenty of pasture with grass for your cattle to eat.
24 Tus bueyes, y tus asnos que labran la tierra, comerán limpio grano, el cual será aventado con pala y zaranda.
After the wind [blows away the chaff], the oxen and donkeys that [pull the plow to] plow your ground will have good grain to eat.
25 Y habrá sobre todo monte alto, y sobre todo collado subido ríos, corrientes de aguas, el día de la gran matanza, cuando caerán las torres.
At that time, when [your enemies] have been slaughtered and their towers have (collapsed/been destroyed), there will be streams flowing down every hill and mountain [in Judah].
26 Y la luz de la luna será como la luz del sol, y la luz del sol siete veces mayor, como luz de siete días, el día que soldará Jehová la quebradura de su pueblo, y curará la llaga de su herida.
The moon will seem to shine as brightly as the sun, and the sun will seem to shine seven times as brightly as previously. That is what it will be like when Yahweh causes [the suffering of] his people [to cease; it will be as though] [MET] he will be putting bandages on their wounds and healing them.
27 He aquí que el nombre de Jehová viene de lejos: su rostro encendido, y grave de sufrir: sus labios llenos de ira, y su lengua como fuego que consume;
[It is as though] we see Yahweh coming from far away; he is extremely angry, and there are thick clouds of smoke around him. By what he says [MTY] he shows that he is angry; what he says is like [SIM] a devastating/destructive fire.
28 Y su espíritu, como arroyo que sale de madre: partirá hasta el cuello, para zarandar las naciones con zaranda de vanidad; y poner freno que haga errar en las mejillas de los pueblos.
His breath is like [SIM] a flood that covers [his enemies] up to their necks. He will separate [MET] the nations in order to destroy [some of them]; [it is as though] he will put hooks in their mouths and take them away.
29 Vosotros tendréis canción, como en noche, en la cual se celebra pascua, y alegría de corazón, como el que va con flauta, para venir al monte de Jehová, al Fuerte de Israel.
But [his people] will sing joyfully like they sing during the nights when they celebrate a holy festival. They will be very joyful, like [SIM] [a large group of his people] are joyful when they go up to Zion Hill in Jerusalem, along with men playing flutes [when they are all going there to worship Yahweh]. He is [like] [MET] a huge rock under which [we] Israeli people [are safe].
30 Y Jehová hará oír la potencia de su voz; y hará ver el descendimiento de su brazo con furor de rostro, y llama de fuego consumidor, con disipación, con avenida, y piedra de granizo.
And Yahweh will enable [us] to hear him speaking powerfully/majestically. He will show us that he [SYN] is very powerful. [We] will see him [SYN] smash [his enemies]. Being very angry, he will descend with a big rainstorm and thunder and hail [to punish them].
31 Porque Asur que hirió con palo, con la voz de Jehová será quebrantado.
[The soldiers of] Assyria will be terrified when they hear the voice of Yahweh and when he strikes them with his rod.
32 Y en todo mal paso habrá madero fundado, el cual Jehová hará hincar sobre él con tamboriles, y vihuelas, y con batallas de altura peleará contra ella.
And while Yahweh strikes them to punish them, [his people] will [celebrate by] playing tambourines and harps. [It will be as though] Yahweh will lift up his powerful hand/arm and defeat the Assyrian army in battle.
33 Porque Tofet está disputada desde ayer; para el rey también está aparejada: a la cual ahondó y ensanchó: su hoguera de fuego, y mucha leña: soplo de Jehová, como arroyo de azufre, que la encienda.
[The valley of] Topheth [outside Jerusalem] has been prepared for a long time; it is ready for the king [of Assyria]; the (funeral pyre/pile of wood) [for burning his body] is wide and high, and [it will be as though] Yahweh will light the fire with his breath, which will come out like a stream of burning sulfur.
