Isaías 5
1 Ahora pues cantaré por mi amado el cantar de mi amado a su viña. Mi amado tenía una viña en un recuesto lugar fértil.
[Now] I will sing a song about my dear friend, and about his vineyard. The vineyard was on a very fertile hillside.
2 Habíala cercado, y despedregádola, y plantádola de plantas escogidas: había edificado en medio de ella una torre, y también asentado en ella un lagar; y esperaba que llevase uvas, y llevó uvas montesinas.
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 Ahora pues, vecinos de Jerusalem, y varones de Judá, juzgád ahora 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 había de hacer a mi viña, que yo no hice en ella? ¿Cómo esperando yo que llevase uvas, llevó uvas montesinas?
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 Ahora, pues, mostraros he lo que yo haré a mi viña: quitarle he su vallado, y será para ser pacida: aportillaré su cerca, y será para ser hollada.
[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 Haré que quede desierta: no será podada, ni cavada; y crecerá el cardo, y las espinas; y aun a las nubes mandaré que no lluevan sobre ella lluvia.
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 Jehová de los ejércitos la casa de Israel es, y todo hombre de Judá planta suya deleitosa. Esperaba de ahí juicio, y he aquí, opresión: justicia, y he aquí, clamor.
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 allegan heredad a heredad, hasta acabar el término! ¿Habitaréis vosotros 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 Esto, a los oídos de Jehová de los ejércitos. Si las muchas casas no fueren asoladas, las grandes y hermosas sin morador.
[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 Y aun, si diez huebras de viña no dieren una arroba, y una hanega de simiente la décima parte.
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 de mañana para seguir la embriaguez, que se están hasta la noche, hasta que el vino los enciende!
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 Y en sus banquetes hay arpas, vihuelas, tamboriles, flautas, y vino; y no miran la obra de Jehová, ni ven 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 fue llevado cautivo, porque no tuvo ciencia; y su gloria pereció de hambre, y su multitud se secó 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 tanto el infierno ensanchó su alma, y sin medida extendió su boca; y su gloria, y su multitud descendió allá; y su fausto, y el que se holgó en él. (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 Y todo hombre será humillado, y todo varón será abatido, y los ojos de los altivos serán abajados.
[Yahweh] will get rid of a huge number of people; and he will humble [many more] people who [now] are proud/arrogant.
16 Mas Jehová de los ejércitos será ensalzado con juicio, y el Dios santo será santificado con 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 Y los corderos serán apacentados según su costumbre, y extraños comerán las gruesas desamparadas.
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 traen tirando la iniquidad con sogas de vanidad, y el pecado como con látigos de carreta:
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 De los que dicen: Venga ya: dése priesa su obra, y veamos: acérquese, y venga el consejo del santo de Israel, para que sepamos!
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 dicen bueno, y a lo bueno malo: que hacen de la luz tinieblas, y de las tinieblas luz: que tornan de lo amargo dulce, y de lo dulce 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 sabios en sus ojos, y de los que son prudentes delante de si mismos!
Terrible things will happen to those who think that they are wise and that they (are very clever/know everything).
22 ¡Ay de los que son valientes para beber vino, y varones fuertes para mezclar bebida:
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 Los que dan por justo al impío por cohechos, y al justo quitan su justicia!
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 Por tanto, como la lengua del fuego consume las aristas, y la paja es deshecha de la llama, así será su raíz como podrición, y su flor se desvanecerá como polvo; porque desecharon la ley de Jehová de los ejércitos, y abominaron 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 se encendió el furor de Jehová contra su pueblo; y extendiendo sobre él su mano le hirió, y los montes se estremecieron, y el cuerpo de ellos cortado en piezas fue echado en medio de las calles; y con todo esto no ha cesado su furor, antes todavía su mano está 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 Y alzará pendón a naciones de lejos, y silbará al que está en el cabo de la tierra, y, he aquí que vendrá ligero y liviano.
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 No habrá entre ellos cansado, ni que tropiece: ninguno se dormirá, ni le tomará sueño: a ninguno se le desatará el cinto de los lomos, ni se le romperá la correa de sus zapatos.
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 saetas aguzadas, y todos sus arcos entesados: las uñas de sus caballos parecerán como de pedernal, y las ruedas de sus carros como torbellino.
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 bramido como de león, bramará como leoncillos: batirá los dientes, y arrebatará la presa: apañará los despojos, y nadie se los quitará.
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 Y bramará sobre él en aquel día como bramido de la mar: entonces mirará hacia la tierra, y he aquí tinieblas de tribulación, y en sus cielos se oscurecerá la luz.
[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.
