Isaías 10

1 ¡Ay de los que establecen leyes injustas, y determinando prescriben tiranía,

Terrible things will happen to you judges who are unjust and who make unfair laws.

2 por apartar del juicio a los pobres, y por quitar el derecho a los afligidos de mi pueblo; por despojar las viudas, y robar los huérfanos!

You refuse to help poor people, and you do not allow them to get the things that they should get. You [allow people to] steal things from widows and do unfair things to orphans.

3 ¿Y qué haréis en el día de la visitación? ¿Y a quién os acogeréis que os ayude, cuando viniere de lejos el asolamiento? ¿Y a dónde dejaréis vuestra gloria?

When I punish you by sending people from distant lands to cause you to experience disasters, (to whom will you run to get help?/there will be no one who can help you.) [RHQ] Your valuable possessions will certainly [not be safe] [RHQ] anywhere.

4 Sino se inclinarán entre los presos, y entre los muertos caerán. Ni con todo esto cesará su furor, antes todavía su mano está extendida.

You will be able only to stumble along as you are taken away with other prisoners, or [else] your corpses will lie on the ground with others who have been killed. But even after that happens, Yahweh will still be very angry with you. He will still be ready to strike you again with his fist.

5 Oh Assur, vara y bastón de mi furor; en su mano he puesto mi ira.

[Yahweh says], “Terrible things will happen to Assyria. [It is true that their army] is like a rod/club [DOU] with which I [punish other nations] because I am very angry with those nations [DOU].

6 Le mandaré contra una gente falsa; y sobre el pueblo de mi ira le enviaré, para que quite despojos, y arrebate presa; y que lo ponga para ser hollado como lodo de las calles.

[Sometimes] I send the armies of Assyria to attack a godless nation, to fight against [other] people who have caused me to be angry. I send them to capture people and to seize and take away their possessions, and to trample them like [SIM] people walk on mud in the streets.

7 Aunque él no lo pensará así, ni su corazón lo imaginará de esta manera; mas su pensamiento será de desarraigar y cortar naciones no pocos.

But the [king of Assyria] does not understand, he does not realize [that he is only like a weapon in my hand]. He wants [only] to destroy people, to get rid of many nations.

8 Porque él dirá: Mis príncipes ¿no son todos reyes?

He says, ‘All of my army commanders will soon be kings [of these nations that I conquer]!

9 ¿No es Calno como Carquemis; Hamat como Arfad; y Samaria como Damasco?

We destroyed Calno [city] like we destroyed Carchemish [city], We destroyed Hamath [city] like we destroyed Arpad [city]; we destroyed Samaria just like we destroyed Damascus.

10 Como halló mi mano los reinos de los ídolos, siendo sus imágenes más que Jerusalén y Samaria;

We were able to destroy [all] those kingdoms [that were full] of idols, kingdoms whose idols were greater than the idols in Jerusalem and Samaria.

11 Como hice a Samaria y a sus ídolos, ¿no haré también así a Jerusalén y a sus ídolos?

So we will defeat Jerusalem and destroy the idols that are there, just like we destroyed Samaria and the idols that were there!’

12 Mas acontecerá que después que el Señor hubiere acabado toda su obra en el Monte de Sion, y en Jerusalén, visitaré sobre el fruto de la soberbia del corazón del rey de Asiria, y sobre la gloria de la altivez de sus ojos.

[But, I, Yahweh, say that] after I [have used Assyria to] finish what I want to do to punish the people in Jerusalem [DOU], I will punish the king of Assyria because he has been very proud and arrogant/boastful [DOU].

13 Porque dijo: Con la fortaleza de mi mano lo he hecho, y con mi sabiduría; porque he sido prudente; y quité los términos de los pueblos, y saqueé sus tesoros, y derribé como valientes a los que estaban sentados;

He says, ‘By my own great power [MTY] I have done these things. I have been able to do them because I am very wise and very intelligent. My army removed the barriers [at the borders] of nations and carried away all their valuable things. My army has knocked down their kings like [SIM] a ferocious bull would.

14 y halló mi mano como nido las riquezas de los pueblos; y como se cogen los huevos dejados, así me apoderé yo de toda la tierra; y no hubo quien moviese ala, o abriese boca y graznase.

Like [MET] a farmer reaches into a bird’s nest [to take away the eggs], we have taken away the treasures of other countries [DOU]. The people were not like birds that would flap their wings or chirp loudly [to protest about their eggs being stolen]; the people did not object at all [to their treasures being stolen].’

15 ¿Se gloriará el hacha contra el que con ella corta? ¿Se ensoberbecerá la sierra contra el que la mueve? Como si el bordón se levantase contra los que lo levantan; como si se levantase la vara, ¿no es leño?

[But I, Yahweh, say that] an axe certainly cannot [RHQ] boast about being stronger than the person who uses it, and a saw is not greater than the person who uses it. A rod cannot control the one who holds it [RHQ], and a wooden club cannot lift up a person [RHQ]. [So the king of Assyria should not boast that he has done these things with his own wisdom and strength].

16 Por tanto el Señor DIOS de los ejércitos, enviará flaqueza sobre sus gordos; y debajo de su gloria encenderá encendimiento, como encendimiento de fuego.

And [I], the Commander of the armies of angels, will send a plague among the proud soldiers of Assyria; it will be like [MET] a fire that will kill them and get rid of their glory/wealth.

17 Y la luz de Israel será por fuego, y su Santo por llama que abrase y consuma en un día sus cardos y sus espinas.

[I], Yahweh, who am like [MET] a light for the people of Israel, will be the fire; [I], the Holy One, will be like a flame. [The soldiers of Assyria are like] [MET] thorns and briers, and I will burn them up in one night.

18 La gloria de su bosque y de su campo fértil consumirá, desde el alma hasta la carne; y vendrá a ser como abanderado en derrota.

There are glorious forests and fertile farmlands in Assyria, but I will completely destroy them; they will be like [SIM] a [very] sick person who shrivels up and then dies.

19 Y los árboles que quedaren en su bosque, serán en número que un niño los pueda contar.

There will be very few trees left in those forests; even a child will be able to count them.”

20 Y acontecerá en aquel tiempo, que los que hubieren quedado de Israel, y los que hubieren quedado de la casa de Jacob, nunca más estriben sobre el que los hirió; sino que se apoyarán sobre el SEÑOR, el Santo de Israel con verdad.

In the future there will be only a few people left in Israel; not many descendants of Jacob will still be alive. [But] they will no longer rely on [the king of Assyria], [the king of the nation] that tried to destroy them. Instead, they will faithfully/sincerely trust in Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel.

21 El remanente se convertirá, el remanente de Jacob, al Dios fuerte.

Those Israelis will return to their mighty God.

22 Porque si tu pueblo, oh Israel, fuere como las arenas del mar, el remanente de él se convertirá; la consumación fenecida inunda justicia.

[Now], the people of Israel are as numerous as the grains of sand on the seashore, but only a few of them will return [from the countries to which they were exiled]. Yahweh has decided to destroy [most of the Israelis] and that is what [he must do because he is completely] just/righteous.

23 Por tanto, el Señor DIOS de los ejércitos, hará consumación y fenecimiento en medio de toda la tierra.

[Yes, ] the Commander of the armies of angels has [already] decided to destroy the entire land [of Israel].

24 Por tanto, el Señor DIOS de los ejércitos, dice así: Pueblo mío, morador de Sion, no temas de Assur. Con vara te herirá, y contra ti alzará su palo, por la vía de Egipto;

This is what the Commander of the armies of angels says: “My people in Jerusalem, do not be afraid of the army of Assyria when they beat you with rods and clubs, like the men of Egypt did [to your ancestors long ago].

25 mas de aquí a muy poco tiempo, se acabará el furor y mi enojo, para fenecimiento de ellos.

Soon I will no longer be angry with you, and [then] I will be angry with the people of Assyria and destroy them!”

26 Y levantará el SEÑOR de los ejércitos azote contra él, como la matanza de Madián a la peña de Oreb; y alzará su vara sobre el mar, por la vía de Egipto.

The Commander of the armies of angels will whip them. He will do to them like he did when he helped Gideon [and his 300 soldiers] to defeat the [army of the] Midian people-group, and like he did when he showed his mighty power [MTY] [by causing the army of Egypt to drown] in the [Red] Sea.

27 Y acaecerá en aquel tiempo, que su carga será quitada de tu hombro, y su yugo de tu cerviz; y el yugo se pudrirá delante de la unción.

Some day, Yahweh will cause the army of Assyria to stop oppressing you, [his people]; he will end your suffering and your being slaves of the people of Assyria [MET]; he will take away the load that you people of Judah have been carrying, and cause things to go well for you.

28 Vino hasta Ajat, pasó hasta Migrón; en Micmas contará su ejército.

[The army of Assyria will enter northern Judah] near Aiath [town], they will go through Migron [town] and store their supplies at Micmash [town north of Jerusalem].

29 Pasaron el vado; se alojaron en Geba; Ramá tembló; Gabaa de Saúl huyó.

They will cross through a mountain pass and set up their tents at Geba [town]. [People in] Ramah [town] will tremble [because of being afraid]. [The people of] Gibeah [town], where King Saul [was born], will [all] run away.

30 Grita en alta voz, hija de Galim; Lais haz que te oiga la pobre Anatot.

You people of Gallim [town] will cry out [for help]. You will shout to [the people of] Laish [city near Jerusalem] to warn them! [The people of] Anathoth [town] will suffer a lot.

31 Madmena se alborotó; los moradores de Gebim se juntarán.

[The people of] Madmenah [town north of Jerusalem will all] be running away, and [the people of] Gebim [town close to Jerusalem] will be trying to hide.

32 Aún vendrá día cuando reposará en Nob; alzará su mano al Monte de la hija de Sion, al collado de Jerusalén.

The soldiers of Assyria will stop at Nob [city outside Jerusalem]. They will shake their fists [as they threaten the people] on Zion Hill in Jerusalem.

33 He aquí el Señor DIOS de los ejércitos, desgajará el ramo con fortaleza; y los de grande altura serán cortados, y los altos serán humillados.

But listen to this! The Commander of the armies of angels with his great power will destroy [MET] the mighty army of Assyria. [It is as though they are] a huge tree [MET] that he will cut down.

34 Y cortará con hierro la espesura del bosque, y el Líbano caerá con fortaleza.

He will destroy the [soldiers of Assyria] like men use big axes to cut down the tall trees in the forests of Lebanon.