Isaías 35
1 Se alegrarán las tierras baldías y el desierto; la tierra baja tendrá alegría y florecerá como las rosas.
[Some day, it will be as though] the desert [and other very] dry areas are glad [DOU]; the desert will rejoice and flowers will blossom. Like crocuses/daffodils,
2 Florecerá en abundancia; Se gozarán con júbilo; se le dará la gloria del Líbano; El orgullo de Carmel y Saron; verán la gloria del Señor, el poder de nuestro Dios.
the desert will produce flowers abundantly; [it will be as though] everything is rejoicing and singing! The deserts will become as beautiful as [SIM] [the trees in] Lebanon, as fertile [SIM] as the plains of the Sharon and Carmel [areas]. [There] people will see the glory of Yahweh; they will see that he is magnificent.
3 Fortalezcan las manos débiles, fortalece las rodillas temblando.
[So], encourage those who are tired and weak.
4 Di a los que están llenos de temor: Sé fuerte y confía: mira, con venganza vendrá tu Dios; la recompensa de Dios vendrá; Él mismo vendrá a ser tu salvador.
Say to those who are afraid, “Be strong and do not be afraid, because our God is going to come to get revenge [on his enemies]; he will (pay them back/punish them) for what they have done, and he will rescue you.”
5 Entonces verán los ojos de los ciegos, y los oídos de los sordos se abrirán.
When he does that, [he will enable] blind people to see and [enable] deaf people to hear.
6 Entonces, los débiles pies saltarán como venado, y los mudos cantarán; porque en la tierra baldía brotarán las aguas, y arroyos en la tierra seca.
Lame people will leap like deer, and those who have been unable to speak will sing joyfully. Water will gush out [from springs] in the desert; streams will flow in the desert.
7 Y la arena ardiente se convertirá en un estanque, y la tierra seca brotará de aguas; los campos donde los chacales toman su morada se convertirán en tierra húmeda, y las plantas acuáticas ocupan el lugar de la hierba.
The very dry ground will become a pool of water, and springs will provide water for the dry land. Grass and reeds and papyrus will grow in places where the jackals/wolves lived previously.
8 Y habrá una carretera allí; Su nombre será, El Camino Sagrado; El inmundo y el pecador no pueden pasar por él, sino que será para él que anda en ese camino.
And there will be a highway through that land; it will be called ‘the Holy Highway’. People who are not acceptable to God will not walk on that road; it will be only for those who conduct their lives as God wants them to; foolish people will become lost while walking on that road.
9 No habrá león, ni bestia feroz; no serán vistos allí; pero aquellos que han sido redimidos.
There will not be any lions there or any other dangerous animals along that road. Only those who have been freed [from being slaves in Babylonia] will walk on it.
10 Aun aquellos que él ha hecho libres, volverán; vendrán con canciones a Sión; sobre sus cabezas habrá alegría eterna; El deleite y la alegría serán de ellos, y la tristeza y los gemidos y dolor desaparecerán para siempre.
Those whom Yahweh has freed will return to Jerusalem; they will sing as they enter the city; they will be extremely joyful [MET, PRS] forever. No longer will they be sad or mourn; they will be [completely] joyful [DOU].
