Isaías 29
1 ¡Ay! Ariel, Ariel, la ciudad donde acampó David; Añadan año a año, que las fiestas, sigan ofreciendo sacrificios,
[This is a message from Yahweh: ] Terrible things will happen to Jerusalem, the city where [King] David lived. You people continue to celebrate your festivals each year.
2 Y enviaré problemas a Ariel, y allí será el llanto y los gritos de dolor; y ella será para mí como Ariel.
But I will cause you to experience a great disaster, [and when that happens], people will weep and lament [very much]. Your city will become like [MET] an altar [to me] [where people are burned as sacrifices].
3 Y te haré la guerra como a David, y serás sitiada, y haré torres a tu alrededor.
I will cause your enemies [to come to your city]; they will surround it by [building] towers and putting in place other things with which to attack you.
4 Y serás humillada, y tu voz saldrá del polvo; y tu voz saldrá de la tierra como la de un espíritu, haciendo susurros desde el polvo.
Then you will talk [as though you were] buried deep in the ground [DOU]; it will sound like someone whispering from under the ground, like [SIM] a ghost speaking from a grave.
5 Y el ejército de tus atacantes será como polvo, y todos los crueles, como paja, desaparecerán ante el viento; de repente en un instante.
But, suddenly your enemies will be blown away like dust; their armies will disappear like [SIM] chaff that is blown away [by the wind]. [It will happen] very suddenly.
6 El Señor de los ejércitos entrará con truenos, temblores de tierra y gran ruido, con viento y tormenta, y la llama de fuego ardiente.
The Commander of the armies of angels will come [to help you] with thunder and an earthquake and a very loud noise, with a strong wind and a big storm and a fire that will burn up everything.
7 Y todas las naciones que hacen la guerra a Ariel, y todos los que están luchando contra ella y su fortaleza los mismos que la oprimen, serán como un sueño, como una visión de la noche.
[Then] the armies of all the nations that will be attacking Jerusalem will quickly disappear like a dream in the night [DOU]. Those who will be attacking Jerusalem will suddenly vanish/disappear.
8 Y será como un hombre que desea comer y soñar que está festejando; pero cuando está despierto no hay nada en su boca; o como un hombre que necesita agua, soñando que está bebiendo; pero cuando está despierto, es débil y su sed no ha sido aplacada. Así serán todas las naciones que harán la guerra en el monte Sión.
People who are asleep dream about eating food, [but] when they wake up, they are still hungry. People who are thirsty dream about drinking something, [but] when they wake up they are still thirsty. It will be like that when your enemies come to attack Zion Hill; [they will dream about conquering you, but when they wake up, ] [they will realize that they have not succeeded].
9 Detente y maravíllate; que tus ojos estén cubiertos y ciegos; sigan borrachos, pero no con vino; Vaya con pasos tambaleantes, pero no por una bebida fuerte.
You [people of Jerusalem], be amazed and surprised [about this] [IRO]! Do not believe [what I have said] [SAR]! And continue to be blind [IRO] [about what Yahweh is doing]. You are stupid, but it is not because you have drunk a lot of wine. You stagger, but not from drinking alcoholic drinks.
10 Porque el Señor te ha enviado un espíritu de sueño profundo; y por él tus ojos, los profetas, están cubiertos, y tus cabezas, los videntes, están cubiertos.
Because Yahweh has prevented the prophets [DOU] from understanding [and telling you his messages], [it is as though] he has caused you to be fast/deeply asleep.
11 Y la visión de todo esto se ha vuelto para ti como las palabras de un libro que está cerrado, que los hombres le dan a alguien que tiene conocimientos de escritura, diciendo: Aclaran lo que hay en el libro; y él dice: No puedo, porque el libro está cerrado.
[Yahweh gave me] this vision; [but] for you, it is only words on a scroll that is sealed shut. If you give it to those who can read [and request that they read it], they will say, “We cannot read it because the scroll is sealed.”
12 Y si le dan a uno que no sabe leer, diciendo: Aclaran lo que hay en el libro: y él dice: No se leer.
When you give it to [others] who cannot read, they will say, “[We cannot read it because] we do not know how to read.”
13 Y el Señor dijo, porque esta gente se me acerca con la boca y me honran con la boca, pero su corazón está lejos de mí y su temor a mí es falso, una regla que les ha sido dada por la enseñanza de los hombres;
[So] the Lord says, “These people say that they belong to me. They honor me by what they say [MTY], but they do not think [IDM] about what I [desire]. When they worship me, all they do is recite rules that people have made and that they have memorized.
14 Por esta causa, volveré a hacer maravillas entre este pueblo, algo en lo que hay que asombrarse; prodigios y milagros y la sabiduría de sus hombres sabios se quedará en nada, y esconderé la inteligencia del entendido.
Therefore, again I will do something to amaze these people; I will perform many miracles. And [I will show that] the people [who tell others that they] are wise are not really wise, and [I will show that] the people [who tell others that they] are intelligent are not really intelligent.
15 Malditos son aquellos que se esconden para mantener sus designios en secreto al Señor, y cuyas obras están en la oscuridad, y quienes dicen: ¿Quién nos ve? ¿Y quién tiene conocimiento de nuestros actos?
Terrible things will happen to those who try to conceal from me, Yahweh, the [evil] things that they plan to do; they do those things in the darkness and they think, ‘Yahweh certainly cannot [RHQ] see us; he cannot [RHQ] know what we are doing!’
16 ¡Estás poniendo las cosas al revés! ¿Es él barro igual a aquel que lo está formando? ¿Él objeto que se hizo va a decir de quien lo hizo, Él no me hizo? O lo que se formó, diga a quien lo dio forma, no sabes lo que está haciendo?
They are extremely foolish! [They act as though] they were the potters and I was the clay! Something that was created should certainly never [RHQ] say to the one who made it, ‘You did not make me!’ A jar should never say, ‘The potter who made me did not know what he was doing!’”
17 En muy poco tiempo, el Líbano se convertirá en un campo fértil, y el campo fértil parecerá un bosque.
Soon [the forests in] Lebanon will become fertile fields, and abundant crops will grow in those fields, and that will happen very soon.
18 Y en aquel día, aquellos cuyos oídos de los sordos, oirán las palabras del libro; y los ojos de los ciegos verán a través de la niebla y la oscuridad.
At that time, deaf people will [be able to hear]; [they will be able to] hear when someone reads from a book; and blind people will [be able to see]; [they will be able to] see things when it is gloomy and [even] when it is dark.
19 Y los pobres tendrán mayor gozo en el Señor, y los necesitados se alegrarán en el Santo de Israel.
Yahweh will enable humble people to be very joyful again. Poor people will rejoice about what the Holy One of Israel [has done].
20 Porque el cruel se ha quedado en nada; y los que se burlan del Señor se han ido; y los que están mirando para hacer el mal desaparecerán,
There will be no more people who ridicule [others] and no more arrogant people. And those who plan to do evil things will be executed.
21 Quien ayuda a un hombre por una causa equivocada y pone una red a los pies de quien toma las decisiones en el lugar público, quitando el derecho de un hombre inocente.
Those who testify falsely in order to persuade judges to punish innocent people will vanish/disappear. Similar things will happen to those who by lying in court [persuade judges to] make unjust decisions.
22 Por esta razón, el Señor, el salvador de Abraham, dice acerca de la familia de Jacob, que ahora Jacob no será avergonzado, o que su rostro se pondrá pálido.
That is why Yahweh, who rescued Abraham, says about the people of Israel, “My people will no longer be ashamed; no longer will they show on their faces that they are ashamed.
23 Pero cuando ellos, los hijos de Jacob, vean la obra de mis manos entre ellos, honrarán mi nombre; Sí, darán honor al Santo de Jacob y temerán al Dios de Israel.
When they see that I have blessed them by giving them many children and doing many other things for them, they will realize that I am the Holy One of Israel, and they will revere me, the God to whom they, the descendants of Jacob, belong.
24 Aquellos cuyos corazones se apartaron de él obtendrán conocimiento, y aquellos que protestaron contra él prestarán atención a su enseñanza.
When that happens, those who have not been able to think well will think clearly, and those who complain [about what I am doing] will accept what I am teaching them.”
