Isaías 32
1 He aquí que para justicia reinará rey, y príncipes presidirán para juicio.
Listen to this! Some day there will be a righteous king, and his officials will help him to rule justly/fairly.
2 Y será aquel varón como escondedero contra el viento, y como acogida contra el turbión, como riberas de aguas en tierra de sequedad, como sombra de gran peñasco en tierra calurosa.
Each [of them] will be like [MET] a shelter from the wind and a (refuge/place to be protected) from the storm. They will be like [SIM] streams of water in the desert, like the shade under a huge rock in a very hot and dry land.
3 No se cegarán entonces los ojos de los que ven, y los oídos de los que oyen oirán.
When that happens, [those leaders will enable] people who have not understood [MET] [God’s truth] to understand it, and [they will enable] those who have not paid attention to [MET] [God’s truth] to pay attention to it.
4 Y el corazón de los tontos entenderá para saber, y la lengua de los tartamudos será desenvuelta para hablar claramente.
[Even] those who act very hastily will have good sense, and those who cannot speak well will speak fluently and clearly.
5 El mezquino nunca más será llamado liberal, ni será dicho largo el avariento.
[At that time], people who are foolish/unwise will no longer be (admired/looked up to), and scoundrels will no longer be respected.
6 Porque el mezquino hablará mezquindades, y su corazón fabricará iniquidad para hacer la impiedad, y para hablar escarnio contra Jehová, dejando vacía el alma hambrienta, y quitando la bebida al sediento.
Foolish people say things that are foolish, and they plan to do evil things. Their behavior is disgraceful, and they say things about Yahweh that are false. They do not give food to those who are hungry, and they do not give water to those who are thirsty.
7 Cierto el avaro malas medidas tiene: él maquina pensamientos para enredar a los simples con palabras cautelosas, y para hablar en juicio contra el pobre.
Scoundrels do things that are evil and that deceive people; they plan to do evil things; by telling lies [in court] they cause poor people to (have trouble/be convicted), even when what the poor [people] are requesting is fair/just.
8 Mas el liberal pensará liberalidades; y por liberalidades subirá.
But honorable people plan to do honorable/good things, and they do the honorable/good things that they plan to do.
9 Mujeres reposadas, levantáos: oíd mi voz, confiadas, escuchád mi razón.
You women [of Jerusalem] who think that you are very secure/safe and think that everything is going well, listen to [IDM] what I say!
10 Días y años tendréis espanto, o! confiadas; porque la vendimia faltará, y la cosecha no acudirá.
One year from now, you who now (are not worried about anything/think that everything is going well) will tremble, because there will be no grapes for you to harvest and no [other] crops to harvest.
11 Temblád, o! reposadas, turbáos, o! confiadas: despojáos, desnudáos, ceñíd los lomos.
[So] tremble [now], you women who are not worried about anything! Take off your [fancy] clothes and put rough sackcloth around your waists.
12 Sobre los pechos endecharán, sobre los campos deleitosos, sobre la vid fértil.
Beat/Hit your breasts to show that you are grieving about [what will happen in] your fertile fields and to your fruitful grapevines,
13 Sobre la tierra de mi pueblo subirán espinas y cardos; y aun sobre todas las casas de placer en la ciudad de alegría.
because [only] thorns and thistles will grow in your soil. Your houses where you had joyful parties and your city where you have been happy will be gone.
14 Porque los palacios serán desiertos, la multitud de la ciudad cesará: las torres y fortalezas se tornarán cuevas para siempre, donde huelguen asnos monteses, y ganados hagan majada:
The [king’s] palace will be empty; there will be no people in the city that [now] is very noisy. Wild donkeys will walk around and flocks of sheep will eat grass in the empty forts and watchtowers.
15 Hasta que sobre nosotros sea derramado espíritu de lo alto, y el desierto se torne campo labrado, y el campo labrado sea estimado por bosque.
[It will be like that] until God pours his Spirit out on us from heaven. [When that happens], the deserts will become fertile fields, and abundant crops will grow in those fertile fields.
16 Y habitará el juicio en el desierto; y en el campo labrado asentará la justicia.
People [PRS] will act/rule justly/fairly in those desert areas, and people will act/rule righteously in those fertile fields.
17 Y el efecto de la justicia será paz, y la labor de justicia reposo, y seguridad para siempre.
And the result of their acting righteously will be that there will be peace, the land will be tranquil/quiet, and people will be secure/safe forever.
18 Y mi pueblo habitará en morada de paz, y en habitaciones de confianzas, y en refrigerios de reposo.
My people will live in their homes peacefully, and safely, and calmly, in places of rest.
19 Y el granizo, cuando descendiere, será en los montes; y la ciudad será asentada en lugar bajo.
[Even if a severe] hailstorm knocks down [the trees in] the forest, and [all the buildings in] the city are blown down,
20 ¡O dichosos vosotros, los que sembráis sobre todas aguas, los que metéis pie de buey y de asno!
Yahweh [will greatly] bless you; you will plant [seeds in fields] alongside the streams [and there will be abundant crops]. Your donkeys and cattle will easily find grass to eat.
