Isaías 35
1 Alegrarse han el desierto y la soledad: el yermo se gozará, y florecerá como lirio.
[Some day, it will be as though] the desert [and other very] dry areas are glad [DOU]; the desert will rejoice and flowers will blossom. Like crocuses/daffodils,
2 Floreciendo florecerá, y también con gozo se alegrará, y cantará: honra del Líbano le será dada, hermosura de Carmelo, y de Sarón. Ellos verán la gloria de Jehová, la hermosura del Dios nuestro.
the desert will produce flowers abundantly; [it will be as though] everything is rejoicing and singing! The deserts will become as beautiful as [SIM] [the trees in] Lebanon, as fertile [SIM] as the plains of the Sharon and Carmel [areas]. [There] people will see the glory of Yahweh; they will see that he is magnificent.
3 Confortád a las manos cansadas: esforzád las rodillas que titubean.
[So], encourage those who are tired and weak.
4 Decíd a los medrosos de corazón: Confortáos, no temáis: he aquí que vuestro Dios viene con venganza, con pago, el mismo Dios vendrá, y os salvará.
Say to those who are afraid, “Be strong and do not be afraid, because our God is going to come to get revenge [on his enemies]; he will (pay them back/punish them) for what they have done, and he will rescue you.”
5 Entonces los ojos de los ciegos serán abiertos, y los oídos de los sordos se abrirán.
When he does that, [he will enable] blind people to see and [enable] deaf people to hear.
6 Entonces el cojo saltará como un ciervo, y la lengua del mudo cantará; porque aguas serán cavadas en el desierto, y arroyos en la soledad.
Lame people will leap like deer, and those who have been unable to speak will sing joyfully. Water will gush out [from springs] in the desert; streams will flow in the desert.
7 El lugar seco será tornado en estanque, y el secadal en manaderos de aguas: en la habitación de dragones, en su cama, será lugar de cañas y de juncos.
The very dry ground will become a pool of water, and springs will provide water for the dry land. Grass and reeds and papyrus will grow in places where the jackals/wolves lived previously.
8 Y habrá allí calzada y camino, y llamarse ha, Camino de santidad: no pasará por él hombre inmundo; y habrá para ellos en él quien vaya camino, de tal manera que los insensatos no yerren.
And there will be a highway through that land; it will be called ‘the Holy Highway’. People who are not acceptable to God will not walk on that road; it will be only for those who conduct their lives as God wants them to; foolish people will become lost while walking on that road.
9 No habrá allí león, ni bestia fiera subirá por él, ni se hallará ahí: para que caminen los redimidos.
There will not be any lions there or any other dangerous animals along that road. Only those who have been freed [from being slaves in Babylonia] will walk on it.
10 Y los redimidos de Jehová volverán, y vendrán a Sión con alegría; y gozo perpetuo será sobre sus cabezas; y retendrán al gozo y a la alegría, y huirá tristeza y gemido.
Those whom Yahweh has freed will return to Jerusalem; they will sing as they enter the city; they will be extremely joyful [MET, PRS] forever. No longer will they be sad or mourn; they will be [completely] joyful [DOU].
