Isaías 5
1 Déjame hacer una canción sobre mi ser querido, una canción de amor por su jardín de vid. Mi ser querido tenía un huerto en una colina fértil.
[Now] I will sing a song about my dear friend, and about his vineyard. The vineyard was on a very fertile hillside.
2 Después de trabajar la tierra con una pala, tomó sus piedras y puso en ella una vid muy especial. y él puso una torre de vigilancia en medio de ella, ahuecando en la roca un lugar para el aplastamiento de la uva; y esperaba que diera las mejores uvas, pero dio uvas silvestres.
My friend plowed the ground and cleared away the stones. Then he planted very good grapevines on that ground. In the middle of the vineyard, he built a watchtower, and he dug a (winepress/pit for squeezing the grapes). Then he waited [each year] to harvest some good grapes, but the vines produced [only] sour grapes.
3 Y ahora, ustedes, habitantes de Jerusalén y ustedes, hombres de Judá, sean los jueces entre mí y mi viña.
Now [this is what Yahweh says]: “You people of Jerusalem and [other places in] Judah, I [am like the friend, and you are like] my vineyard; [so] you judge which of us [has done what is right].
4 ¿Se podría haber hecho algo por mi huerto que no haya hecho? ¿Por qué entonces, cuando esperaba las mejores uvas, me dio uvas silvestres?
What more could I have done for you than what I have already done? I expected you to be doing good deeds [MET], so it is disgusting that [RHQ] you were [doing only evil things] like the vineyard that produced only sour grapes!
5 Y ahora, esto es lo que haré con mi jardín de viñas: quitaré el círculo de espinas que lo rodea, y será comido; su muro será derribado.
[So], I will now tell you what I will do to [Judah, the place that is like] my vineyard. I will cut down the hedges, and they will be destroyed. I will tear down the walls [of the cities] and allow [wild animals] to trample the land.
6 Y lo haré desecho; sus ramas no se podarán, o la tierra trabajada con la pala; pero en él aparecerán espinos y maleza, y daré órdenes a las nubes para que no envíen lluvia.
I will cause it to become a wasteland where the vines are not pruned and the ground is not hoed. It will be a place where briers and thorns [DOU] grow. And I will command that no rain will fall on it.”
7 Porque el huerto de la vid del Señor de los ejércitos es el pueblo de Israel, y los hombres de Judá son la planta de su deleite: y él estaba buscando juicios rectos, y había sangre; por la justicia, y hubo un clamor de auxilio.
The nation of Israel is [like] [MET] the vineyard of the Commander of the armies of angels. The people of Judah are [like] the garden that was pleasing to him. He expected you to be doing what is just/fair, but instead, [what he saw was people] murdering [MTY] others. [He expected that you would be doing] righteous deeds, but instead, he heard cries from people who were being [attacked] violently.
8 ¡Malditos los que unen casa por casa, y ponen campo a campo, hasta que no haya más espacio vital para nadie excepto ellos mismos en toda la tierra!
Terrible things will happen to you who continually [illegally] acquire houses and fields. You force one family after another to leave their homes until you are the only ones [HYP] [still] living in the land.
9 El Señor de los ejércitos me ha dicho en secreto: En verdad, el número de casas grandes y hermosas será un desperdicio, y nadie vivirá en ellas.
[But] I heard the Commander of the armies of angels solemnly declare this: “[Some day], many of those huge houses will be empty/deserted; no one will be living in those beautiful mansions.
10 Porque diez campos de viñas sólo darán una medida de vino, y una gran cantidad de semilla solo dará una pequeña cantidad de grano.
The vines on ten acres of land will not produce enough grapes to make (six gallons/22 liters) [of juice/wine], and ten baskets of seed will produce only one basket [of grain].”
11 Malditos son los que se levantan temprano en la mañana para entregarse a una bebida fuerte; que siguen bebiendo hasta la noche hasta que se encienden con vino!
Terrible things will happen to those who get up early [each] morning to begin drinking alcoholic drinks, and who stay awake until late at night [drinking a lot of wine] until they are completely drunk.
12 Y en sus fiestas hay arpas, panderos, salterios y vino, pero no piensan en la obra del Señor, y no les interesa la obra de sus manos.
They have [big parties and provide lots of] wine. At their parties, there are [people playing] harps and lyres and tambourines and flutes, but they never think about what Yahweh does or appreciate what he has created.
13 Por esta causa, mi gente es llevada como prisionera a países extranjeros por falta de conocimiento; y sus gobernantes se morirán de hambre, y su multitud se secó por necesidad de agua.
So, my people will be (exiled/taken to other countries) [far away] because they do not know [about me]. Those who are [now very important and] honored will starve, and the other people will die from thirst.
14 Por esta causa el inframundo ha ensanchado su garganta, abriendo su boca sin límite; y su gloria, y el ruido de sus multitudes, y sus ruidosas fiestas, descenderán a ella. (Sheol h7585)
[It is as though] [PRS] the place where the dead people are is eagerly looking for more Israeli people, opening its mouth to swallow them, and a huge number of people will be thrown into that place, including their leaders as well as a noisy crowd of people who enjoy living in Jerusalem. (Sheol h7585)
15 Y la cabeza del pobre hombre es humillado, y el gran hombre será abatido, y los ojos del orgulloso son bajados.
[Yahweh] will get rid of a huge number of people; and he will humble [many more] people who [now] are proud/arrogant.
16 Pero el Señor de los ejércitos es levantado como juez, y el Dios santo es visto como santo en justicia.
But the Commander of the armies of angels will be exalted/praised because of his acting justly. God will show that he is holy by doing righteous/just deeds.
17 Entonces los corderos obtendrán comida como en sus pastizales, y el ganado gordo comerá en los lugares desolados.
Then lambs and fat sheep will [be able to] find good grass to eat, [even] among the ruins [of the houses of rich people].
18 ¡Malditos los que usan cuerdas de buey para tirar de la maldad y quien jala su pecado como si jalara de una carreta!
Some people constantly tell lies, and [it is as though] they are dragging behind them the wrong things that they have done. Terrible things will happen to them!
19 Que dicen: Dejen que él haga su trabajo rápidamente, que sea repentino, para que podamos verlo; que se acerque el designio del Santo de Israel, para que sepamos.
They [make fun of God and] say [to him, ] “Go ahead, do something [to punish us]! We want to see what you will do. You, the Holy One of Israel, should do what you are planning to do, because we want to know what it is.”
20 Malditos son los que dan el nombre de bien al mal, y de mal a lo que es bueno: los que hacen que la luz sea oscura y la oscuridad en luz: los que hacen lo amargo en dulce, y lo dulce en amargo.
Terrible things will happen to those who say that evil is good, and that good is evil, that darkness is light and that light is darkness, that what is bitter is sweet and what is sweet is bitter.
21 ¡Malditos los que parecen sabios para sí mismos y que se enorgullecen de su conocimiento!
Terrible things will happen to those who think that they are wise and that they (are very clever/know everything).
22 ¡Malditos los que son fuertes para tomar vino, y excelentes para hacer bebidas mixtas!
Terrible things will happen to those who [think that] [IRO] they are great/heroes because they are able to drink [lots of] wine, and boast about being able to mix good alcoholic drinks.
23 Que por su recompensa da apoyo a la causa del pecador, y que le quita la justicia a los rectos.
If people offer them bribes in order that they will enable wicked people not to be punished, they accept those bribes, and they cause people who are innocent to be punished.
24 Por esta causa, como la maleza del grano se quema con lenguas de fuego, y cuando la hierba seca desciende ante la llama, su raíz será como los tallos secos del grano y su flor se irá en polvo: porque han ido en contra de la ley del Señor de los ejércitos, y no han dado honor a la palabra del Santo de Israel.
Therefore, just like [SIM] fires burn up stubble and dry grass shrivels up and quickly burns in flames, [it will be as though] those people have roots that will rot and have flowers that will wither. [That will happen] because they rejected the laws of the Commander of the armies of angels; they have despised the messages of the Holy One of Israel.
25 Por esta razón, la ira del Señor ha estado ardiendo contra su pueblo, y su mano se ha extendido contra ellos en castigo, y las colinas temblaban, y sus cadáveres eran como basura en los lugares abiertos de la ciudad.
That is why Yahweh is [extremely] angry [with his people]; [it is as though] his hand is raised [and he is ready to smash them]. [When he does that], the mountains will shake, and the corpses of people will be scattered in the streets like [SIM] manure. But even when that happens, Yahweh will still be very angry; he will be ready to punish his people [MET] again.
26 Y dejará que se levante una bandera como señal a una nación lejana, silbando desde los confines de la tierra: y vendrán rápida y repentinamente.
Yahweh will send a signal to summon [armies of] nations far away; [it is as though] he will whistle [to summon those soldiers who are] in very remote places on the earth. They will come very swiftly [DOU] [to Jerusalem].
27 No hay cansancio entre ellos, y ningún hombre tiene pies débiles; vienen sin descansar ni dormir, a ninguno se le ha desatado el cinturón de la cintura, y el cordón de sus zapatos no se ha roto.
They will not get tired or stumble. They will not [stop to] rest or to sleep. None of their belts will be loose, and none of them will have sandals with broken straps, [so they will all be ready to fight in battles].
28 Sus flechas son afiladas, y todo arco está inclinado; los pies de sus caballos son como rocas, y sus ruedas son como una tormenta apresurada.
Their arrows will be sharp, and their bows will be ready [to shoot those arrows in a battle]. [Because their horses pull the chariots fast], sparks will shoot out from their hooves, and the wheels of the chariots will spin like a whirlwind.
29 El sonido de sus ejércitos será como la voz de un león, y su grito de guerra como el ruido de los leoncillos; con fuertes gruñidos atrapa la presa y se la lleva, y allí no hay quien se lo quite de las manos.
They will roar like [very strong] lions [DOU] that growl and [then] pounce on the animals they want to kill and carry them off, and no one is able to rescue them.
30 Y su voz sonará sobre ella en ese día como el bramido del mar, y si los ojos de un hombre se vuelven hacia la tierra, y he aquí todo está oscuro y lleno de problemas; y la luz se oscurece por espesas nubes.
[Similarly, your enemies] will roar when they see the people they are about to kill, like [SIM] the sea roars. [On that day], if someone looks across the land, he will see [only people who are in] darkness and distressed; [it will be as though] even the sunlight is hidden by dark clouds.
