Isaías 24
1 He aquí que el SEÑOR vacía la tierra, y la desnuda, y trastorna su faz, y hace esparcir sus moradores.
Some day, Yahweh is going to destroy everything on the earth. He will devastate it and cause it to become a desert and scatter its people.
2 Y será como el pueblo, tal el sacerdote; como el siervo, tal su señor; como la criada, tal su señora; tal el que compra, como el que vende; tal el que da prestado, como el que toma prestado; tal el que da a logro, como el que lo recibe.
He will scatter everyone— priests and common people, servants and their masters, maids and their mistresses, buyers and sellers, lenders and borrowers, people who owe money and people who are owed money.
3 Del todo será vaciada la tierra, y enteramente saqueada; porque el SEÑOR ha pronunciado esta palabra.
Nothing that is worth anything will be left on earth; everything valuable will be destroyed. [That will surely happen because] Yahweh has said it.
4 Se destruyó, cayó la tierra; enfermó, cayó el mundo; enfermaron los altos pueblos de la tierra.
[Everything on] the earth will dry up and die [DOU]; its important people will become weak and unimportant.
5 Y la tierra hizo bancarrota bajo sus moradores, porque traspasaron las leyes, falsearon el derecho, rompieron el pacto sempiterno.
The earth has become unacceptable to Yahweh because the people who live on it have disobeyed his laws; they have rejected the agreement that he intended to last forever.
6 Por esta causa la maldición consumió la tierra, y sus moradores fueron asolados. Por esta causa fueron consumidos los moradores de la tierra, y los hombres se apocaron.
Therefore, [Yahweh] will curse the earth; the people who live on it must be punished because of the sins that they have committed. They will be destroyed by fire, and [only a] few people will remain [alive].
7 Se perdió el vino, enfermó la vid, gimieron todos los que eran alegres de corazón.
The grapevines will wither, and there will be no [grapes to make] wine. All [the people] who were previously happy will then groan and mourn.
8 Cesó el regocijo de los panderos, se acabó el estruendo de los que se alegran, paró la alegría del arpa.
People will no longer play cheerful songs with tambourines, people will no longer play joyfully on their harps, and people will no longer shout noisily [during their celebrations].
9 No beberán vino con cantar; la bebida será amarga a los que la bebieren.
People will no longer sing while they drink wine, and [all] their alcoholic drinks will taste bitter.
10 Quebrantada es la ciudad de la vanidad; toda casa se ha cerrado, para que no entre nadie.
[Towns and] cities will be desolate; every house will be locked to prevent thieves from entering.
11 Voces sobre el vino en las plazas; todo gozo se oscureció, se desterró la alegría de la tierra.
[Mobs] will gather in the streets, wanting wine; no one on the earth will be happy [DOU] any more.
12 En la ciudad quedó soledad, y con asolamiento fue herida la puerta.
Cities will be ruined and [all] their gates will be battered/broken into pieces.
13 Porque así será en medio de la tierra, en medio de los pueblos, como aceituno sacudido: como rebuscos, acabada la vendimia.
It will be like that all over the earth: [there will only be a few people still alive], like what happens when [workers] beat all the olives off a tree [and there are only a few left], [or] when they harvest the grapes and there are only a few left [on the vines].
14 Estos alzarán su voz; cantarán gozosos en la grandeza del SEÑOR, desde el mar darán voces.
But [those who are left alive] will sing joyfully; people [in nations] to the west [of Israel] will declare that Yahweh is very great;
15 Glorificad por esto al SEÑOR en los valles; en las islas del mar sea nombrado el SEÑOR Dios de Israel.
people in nations to the east [of Israel will also] praise Yahweh [MTY]; in countries across the sea, people will praise Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis [worship].
16 De lo postrero de la tierra oímos salmos: Gloria al justo. Y yo dije: ¡Mi flaqueza, mi flaqueza, ay de mí! Prevaricadores han prevaricado; y han prevaricado con prevaricación de desleales.
We will hear [people] in the most distant places on the earth singing praise to [Yahweh], the [truly] righteous one. But [now], I am [SYN] very sad. Weep for me, [because] I have become thin and weak. Terrible things are happening! Treacherous [people still] betray/deceive others everywhere [DOU].
17 Terror, sima y lazo sobre ti, oh morador de la tierra.
You people all over the earth, you will be terrified, and you will fall into deep pits and traps/snares.
18 Y acontecerá que el que huirá de la voz del terror, caerá en el foso; y el que saliere de en medio del foso, será preso del lazo: porque de lo alto se abrieron ventanas, y temblarán los fundamentos de la tierra.
Those who [try to] flee because they are terrified will fall into [deep] pits, and those who climb out of the pits will be caught by traps/snares. The sky will split open and torrents [SIM] [of rain will fall]; the foundations of the earth will shake.
19 Se quebrantará del todo la tierra, enteramente desmenuzada será la tierra, en gran manera será la tierra conmovida.
The earth will split apart and be shattered; it will shake violently.
20 Temblará la tierra vacilando como un borracho; y será removida como una choza; y se agravará sobre ella su pecado, y caerá, y nunca más se levantará.
[It will be as though] the earth will stagger like [SIM] a drunk; it will shake like [SIM] a hut [shakes in a windstorm]. It will collapse and not [be able to] rise again, [because] the guilt of the people who rebel [against Yahweh] is very great.
21 Y acontecerá en aquel día, que el SEÑOR visitará sobre el ejército sublime en lo alto, y sobre los reyes de la tierra, sobre la tierra.
At that time, Yahweh will punish the [wicked] powerful beings in the skies and the wicked kings on the earth.
22 Y serán amontonados como se amontona a los encarcelados en mazmorra; y en prisión quedarán encerrados, y serán visitados después de muchos días.
They will [all] be gathered together and thrown into a dungeon/pit. They will be shut/locked in that dungeon/pit, and later they will be punished.
23 La luna se avergonzará, y el sol se confundirá, cuando el SEÑOR de los ejércitos reinare en el Monte de Sion, y en Jerusalén, y delante de sus ancianos fuere glorioso.
At that time the light of the moon and the sun will be lessened; [it will be as though] they are ashamed [in the presence of] Yahweh, because he, the Commander of the armies of angels, will rule gloriously (on Zion Hill/in Jerusalem), in the presence of the leaders [of his people].
