Isaías 28
1 ¡Ay! Corona de orgullo de los ebrios de Efraín, y la flor marchita de su gloria que está sobre la cabeza de los vencidos por él vino.
Terrible things will happen to [Samaria city, the capital of Israel]! It is on a hill above a fertile valley; the people who live there, who get drunk by drinking too much wine, are very proud; it is a beautiful and glorious city, but some day that beauty will disappear like [MET] a flower that wilts and dries up.
2 Mira, el Señor tiene un hombre fuerte y poderoso; Como una lluvia de granizo, una tormenta de destrucción, como el desbordamiento de un río fuerte, los vencerá violentamente.
Listen to this: Yahweh will cause a great army to attack Samaria. Their soldiers will be like [SIM] a huge hailstorm [or] a very strong wind; they will be everywhere, like the water of a huge flood, and they will smash to the ground [the buildings in Samaria].
3 La corona de orgullo de los que se entregan al vino en Efraín será aplastada bajo el pie;
The people of Samaria are proud, but everything that the drunks who live there think is wonderful/glorious will be trampled on by their enemies.
4 Y la flor marchita él adorno de su gloria, que está en la cabeza del valle fértil, será como el primer fruto temprano antes del verano; que un hombre toma y pone en su boca en el momento en que lo ve.
[Yes], Samaria is beautiful, set on a hill above a fertile valley, but that beauty will disappear like [MET] a flower that wilts and dries up. Whenever someone sees a good fig at the beginning of the season [when figs become ripe], he quickly picks and eats it; [similarly, when the enemies of Israel see all the beautiful things in Samaria], [they will quickly conquer the city and take away all those things].
5 En aquel día, el Señor de los ejércitos será una corona de gloria y un hermoso adorno para el resto de su pueblo;
At that time, the Commander of the armies of angels will be [like] a glorious wreath of flowers for [us] Israeli people who are still alive [after being exiled].
6 Y un espíritu de sabiduría para el juez, y fortaleza para los que rechazan a los atacantes en la puerta de la ciudad.
He will cause our judges to want to do what is fair/just when they decide people’s cases. He will enable the soldiers who stand at the city gates to strongly defend [the city when our enemies attack it].
7 Y además, estos se tambalean por él vino, y han salido del camino correcto a través de una bebida fuerte: el sacerdote y el profeta se tambalean por la bebida fuerte, son vencidos por el vino, han salido del camino a través de bebida fuerte; Su visión es falsa, se equivocan en sus decisiones.
[But now, ] our leaders stagger/stumble because they have drunk a lot of wine and [other] alcoholic drinks. The priests and prophets also stagger because of drinking a lot of wine and other alcoholic drinks. They are not able to think right; they see visions but they cannot understand what they mean; they are unable to decide things correctly.
8 Porque todas las mesas están cubiertas de vómito asqueroso, y no hay un lugar limpio.
All their tables are covered with [their] vomit; filth is everywhere.
9 ¿A quién dará conocimiento? ¿Y a quién hará entender el mensaje? ¿Será para aquellos que han dejado de tomar leche y son como niños chiquitos?
They ridicule Yahweh saying, “Who does he think that he is teaching? Why is he talking to us like this? [Does he think that] we are little children who have recently been weaned?
10 Porque es una regla tras otra; una línea tras otra, Aquí un poco, Allí un poco.
[He continually tells us], ‘Do this, do that;’ first he tells us one rule, then another rule, he tells us only one line at a time.”
11 No, pero con palabras raras y con una lengua extraña, dará su palabra a este pueblo:
So now, Yahweh will need to force them to listen to [Assyrians] speaking to them in a language that they do not understand.
12 A quien dijo: Este es el reposo, dale descanso al cansado; y por esto puedes obtener nueva fuerza; pero ellos no quisieron oír.
Yahweh told his people [long ago], “[This is] a place where you can rest; you are exhausted [from all your travels through the desert], but you will be able to rest [in this land].” But they refused to pay attention to what he said.
13 Por esta causa, la palabra del Señor será para ellos regla tras regla, línea tras línea, aquí un poco, allí un poco; para que puedan seguir su camino, y al retroceder, sean quebrantados, enlazados y presos.
So Yahweh continues to tell the people of Samaria, one line at a time, “Do this, do that,” first one rule and then another rule. But because [of their ignoring what God said], they will be attacked and defeated; they will be wounded and snared and captured.
14 Escuchen, pues, la palabra del Señor, hombres de orgullo, gobernantes de este pueblo en Jerusalén.
Because of [what will happen in Samaria], you rulers in Jerusalem who make fun of me, listen to this message from Yahweh:
15 Porque han dicho: Hemos hecho de la muerte nuestro amigo, y con el inframundo hemos llegado a un acuerdo; cuando las aguas desbordantes pasen, no se acercarán a nosotros; porque estamos buscando la mentira por nuestro refugio, y en él engaño nos hemos escondido. (Sheol h7585)
You [boast] saying, “We have made an alliance with [the leaders of Egypt], so we will not be killed [in battles]; we will never go to the place where the dead people are. When the [army of Assyria] attacks us, they will never defeat us, because we have made [an agreement with Egypt] to protect us!” [But that agreement consists of] a lot of lies [DOU]. (Sheol h7585)
16 Por esta causa dice el Señor Dios: Mira, estoy colocando en Sión como una base, una piedra, una piedra escogida, una piedra angular de cimiento firme y de gran valor, y el que crea no se apresure.
Therefore, Yahweh [our] Lord says this: “Listen to this! I am going to place in Jerusalem [someone who is like] [MET] a foundation stone, [he is like] a stone that has been tested [to determine if it is solid]. [He will be like] a valuable cornerstone around which it will be safe to build a house; and whoever trusts in him will never be disappointed.
17 Tomaré la decisión correcta, la línea de medición, y la justicia, el peso. Y la tormenta de hielo destruirá el lugar de refugio de las mentiras, y el lugar de protección será arrasado por las aguas que fluyen.
I will test you [people of Jerusalem] to find out if you will act justly and righteously [like] [MET] someone uses a plumb line [to determine if a wall is straight and vertical]. But because your agreement [with Egypt] to protect you [was made by leaders] lying to each other and deceiving each other, you will be defeated and taken away [from your country] by [an army that will come against you like] [MET] a flood.
18 Y tu pacto con la muerte, será anulado, y tu acuerdo con el inframundo se romperá; cuando pase el azote abrumador, serán pisoteados por él. (Sheol h7585)
I will annul/destroy the agreement that you made [with the leaders of Egypt]. You thought that [because of that agreement] you would not be killed, and you would not go to the place where the dead are. [But] when the vast [army of Assyria] overwhelms you like a flood, they will trample you into the ground. (Sheol h7585)
19 Cuantas veces pase, los alcanzará; porque vendrán mañana tras mañana, día y noche, y será por espanto él solo entender el reporte.
Their soldiers will come during the morning, at noontime, and at night, and they will carry you all away.” And when you understand this message, you will be terrified.
20 Porque la cama no es lo suficientemente larga para que un hombre se estire, y la cubierta no es lo suficientemente ancha como para cubrirse.
[You have heard people say], “Your bed is very short, you will not be able to sleep in it; your blankets are very narrow; they will not cover you!” [That means for you that your agreement with Egypt is not going to save you].
21 Porque el SEÑOR subirá como en el monte Perazim, será llevado a la ira como en el valle de Gabaón; para que pueda hacer su obra, su extraña obra; y dar efecto a su acto, su acto extraordinario.
Yahweh will come [and cause you to be defeated]; he will do to you like he did to the army of Philistia at Perizim Mountain and like he did to the Amor people-group at Gibeon Valley. What he will do will be [very] strange and unusual [DOU].
22 Y ahora, cuídate de no burlarte de él, o tus cadenas se harán fuertes; porque he recibido una palabra del Señor, el Señor de los ejércitos, de un fin, de un final completo, que ha de venir a toda la tierra.
The Commander of the armies of angels has told me that he is going to destroy the entire land. So do not ridicule [what I say any more], because if you do that he will punish you [even] more severely.
23 Sean tus oídos abiertos a mi voz; Pon atención a lo que digo.
Listen [IDM] to what I say; pay attention carefully.
24 ¿Está el arado para arar siempre? ¿No prepara la tierra y la rompe para la semilla?
When a farmer plows some ground, does he never plant seeds [RHQ]? Does he continue to plow it and never plant anything [RHQ]?
25 Cuando se ha nivelado la faz de la tierra, ¿no pone las diferentes clases de semillas, y el grano en líneas, y la cebada y el centeno en los bordes?
No, he makes the ground very level, and then he plants seeds— dill and cumin and wheat and barley. He plants each kind of seed in the correct manner.
26 Porque su Dios es su maestro, que le da el conocimiento de estas cosas.
[He does that] because God has taught him the correct way to do it.
27 Porque las piezas no se aplastan con un instrumento afilado, y una rueda de carro no se hace rodar sobre el comino; pero el grano de las hendiduras se martilla con un palo, y del comino con una varilla.
[Farmers] never thresh caraway/dill with a heavy sledge/club; instead, they beat it only with a stick. [Farmers] never thresh cumin by driving a cart over it; instead, they hit it [only] with a rod.
28 ¿Se tritura el grano para el pan? No lo sigue aplastando para siempre, pero deja que sus ruedas de carro y sus caballos lo pasen sin aplastarlo.
And grain for baking bread is crushed easily, so the farmers do not continue to pound it for a long time. They sometimes cause their horses to pull a cart over it [to thresh it], [but] doing that does not grind the grain.
29 Esto viene del Señor de los ejércitos, haciendo maravillosos sus consejos y grande su sabiduría.
The Commander of the armies of angels gives [us] wonderful advice [about how to do things]; he causes [us] to be very wise. [So what the farmers do is very smart/wise, but what your leaders are doing is very stupid].
