Isaías 13

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1 Oráculo contra Babilonia, que contempló Isaías, hijo de Amós.	1 The burden of Babylon which Isaiah, the son of Amoz, saw.
2 Sobre el monte pelado izad la bandera, levantad la voz a ellos, agitad la mano y que entren por las puertas de los nobles.	2 Over the foggy mountain lift up a sign! Raise the voice, lift up the hand, and let the rulers enter through the gates!
3 Yo he mandado a mis consagrados y también he llamado a mis valientes, para ejecutar mi ira a mis gallardos.	3 In my wrath, I commanded my sanctified ones, and I called my strong ones, those who exult in my glory.
4 ¡Ruido estruendoso en los montes, como de mucha gente! ¡Ruido estrepitoso de reinos, naciones reunidas! Yahveh Sebaot pasa revista a su tropa de combate.	4 On the mountains, there is the voice of a multitude, as if of a numerous people, a voice with the sound of kings, of nations gathered together. For the Lord of hosts has given orders to soldiers of war,
5 Vienen de tierra lejana, del cabo de los cielos, Yahveh y los instrumentos de su enojo para arrasar toda la tierra.	5 to those who are arriving from a far off land, from the heights of the heavens. It is the Lord and the instruments of his fury, so that he may bring ruin to all the earth.
6 Ululad, que cercano está el Día de Yahveh, como la destrucción de Sadday viene.	6 Wail aloud! For the day of the Lord draws near! It will arrive like a devastation from the Lord.
7 Por eso todos los brazos decaen y todo corazón humano se derrite.	7 Because of it, every hand will fail, and every heart of man will waste away and be crushed.
8 Se empavorecen, angustias y apuros les sobrecogen, cual parturienta se duelen. Cada cual se asusta de su prójimo. Son los suyos rostros llameantes.	8 Writhing and pain will seize them. They will be in pain, like a woman in labor. Each one will appear stupefied to his neighbor. Their countenances will be like faces which have been burned up.
9 He aquí que el Día de Yahveh viene implacable, el arrebato, el ardor de su ira, a convertir la tierra en yermo y exterminar de ella a los pecadores.	9 Behold, the day of the Lord approaches: a cruel day, full of indignation and wrath and fury, which will place the earth in solitude and crush the sinners from it.
10 Cuando las estrellas del cielo y la constelación de Orión no alumbren ya, esté oscurecido el sol en su salida y no brille la luz de la luna,	10 For the stars of the heavens, in their splendor, will not display their light. The sun will be obscured at its rising, and the moon will not shine in her brightness.
11 pasaré revista al orbe por su malicia y a los malvados por su culpa. Haré cesar la arrogancia de los insolentes, y la soberbia de los desmandados humillaré.	11 And I will act against the evils of the world, and against the impious for their iniquity. And I will cause the pride of the unfaithful to cease, and I will bring down the arrogance of the strong.
12 Haré que el hombre sea más escaso que el oro fino, y la humanidad más que metal de Ofir.	12 A man will be more precious than gold, and mankind will become like pure refined gold.
13 Por eso haré temblar los cielos, y se removerá la tierra de su sitio, en el arrebato de Yahveh Sebaot, en el día de su ira hirviente.	13 For this purpose, I will stir up heaven, and the earth will be moved from its place, because of the indignation of the Lord of hosts, because of the day of his furious wrath.
14 Será como gacela acosada, como ovejas cuando no hay quien las reúna: cada uno enfilará hacia su pueblo, cada uno huirá hacia su tierra.	14 And they will be like a doe fleeing away, or like sheep; and there will be no one who may gather them together. Each one will turn to his own people, and every one will flee to his own land.
15 Todo el que fuere descubierto será traspasado, y todo el que fuere apresado caerá por la espada.	15 All who are found will be killed, and all who are caught unaware will fall by the sword.
16 Sus párvulos serán estrellados ante sus ojos, serán saqueadas sus casas, y sus mujeres violadas.	16 Their infants will be thrown down violently before their eyes. Their houses will be plundered, and their wives will be violated.
17 He aquí que yo despierto contra ellos a los medos, que no estiman la plata, ni desean el oro.	17 Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them. They will not seek silver, nor desire gold.
18 Machacarán a todos sus muchachos, estrellarán a todas sus muchachas, del fruto del vientre no se apiadarán ni de las criaturas tendrán lástima sus ojos.	18 Instead, with their arrows, they will put the little children to death, and they will take no pity on breastfeeding women, and their eye will not spare their children.
19 Babilonia, la flor de los reinos, prez y orgullo de Caldea, será semejante a Sodoma y Gomorra, destruidas por Dios.	19 And then Babylon, the glorious one among kingdoms, that famous pride of the Chaldeans, will be destroyed, even as the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.
20 No será habitada jamás ni poblada en generaciones y generaciones, ni pondrá tienda allí el árabe, ni pastores apacentarán allí.	20 It will not be inhabited, even unto the end, and it will not be reestablished, even from generation to generation. The Arab will not pitch his tents there, nor will the shepherds take rest there.
21 Allí tendrán aprisco bestias del desierto y se llenarán sus casas de mochuelos. Allí morarán las avestruces y los sátiros brincarán allí.	21 Instead, the wild beasts will rest there, and their houses will be filled with serpents, and ostriches will live there, and the hairy ones will leap about there.
22 Se responderán las hienas en sus alcázares y los chacales en sus palacios de recreo. Su hora está para llegar y sus días no tendrán prórroga.	22 And the tawny owls will answer one another there, in its buildings, and the Sirens in its shrines of pleasure.