| 1 ¡Ay de los hijos rebeldes! —oráculo del Señor—, | que hacen planes sin contar conmigo, | que sellan alianzas contrarias a mi espíritu | añadiendo así pecado a pecado, | 1 “Woe to the sons of apostasy!” says the Lord. For you would take advice, but not from me. And you would begin to weave, but not by my spirit. Thus do you add sin upon sin! |
| 2 que bajan a Egipto | sin consultar mi parecer, | para buscar la protección del faraón | y refugiarse a la sombra de Egipto. | 2 You are walking so as to descend into Egypt, and you have not sought answers from my mouth, instead hoping for assistance from the strength of Pharaoh and placing trust in the shadow of Egypt. |
| 3 Pues bien, la protección del faraón será su deshonra, | y refugiarse a la sombra de Egipto, su oprobio. | 3 And so, the strength of Pharaoh will be your confusion, and trust in the shadow of Egypt will be your disgrace. |
| 4 Cuando estén sus funcionarios en Soán | y lleguen a Janés sus mensajeros, | 4 For your leaders were at Tanis, and your messengers have traveled even as far as Hanes. |
| 5 todos quedarán desilusionados de un pueblo inútil, | incapaz de auxiliar, | que no sirve sino de deshonra y afrenta. | 5 They have all been confounded because of a people who were not able to offer profit to them, who were not of assistance, nor of other usefulness, except to offer confusion and reproach. |
| 6 Oráculo contra los animales del Negueb: | Por una tierra de angustia y opresión, | tierra de leonas y leones, | de víboras y áspides voladores, | llevan sus riquezas a lomo de asno | y sus tesoros sobre la giba de los camellos, | a un pueblo sin provecho, | 6 The burden of the beasts in the south. In a land of tribulation and anguish, from which go forth the lioness and the lion, the viper and the flying king snake, they carry their riches upon the shoulders of beasts of burden, and their valuables upon the humps of camels, to a people who are not able to offer profit to them. |
| 7 a Egipto, cuyo auxilio es viento y vacío. | Por eso lo llamo así: «Rahab inmóvil». | 7 For Egypt will offer assistance, but without purpose or success. Therefore, concerning this, I cried out: “It is only arrogance! Remain calm.” |
| 8 Ahora ve y escríbelo en una tablilla en su presencia, | inscríbelo en un libro: | quede para la posteridad | como testimonio perpetuo. | 8 Now, therefore, enter and write for them upon a tablet, and note it diligently in a book, and this shall be a testimony in the last days, and even unto eternity. |
| 9 Es un pueblo rebelde, | son hijos renegados, | hijos que no quieren escuchar la ley del Señor; | 9 For they are a people who provoke to wrath, and they are lying sons, sons unwilling to listen to the law of God. |
| 10 que dicen a los videntes: | «No veáis»; | y a los que tienen visiones: | «Evitad visiones verdaderas, | decidnos cosas halagüeñas, | profetizad ilusiones; | 10 They say to the seers, “Do not see,” and to those who behold: “Do not behold for us the things that are right. Speak to us of pleasing things. See errors for us. |
| 11 apartaos del camino, | desviaos de la senda, | quitad de vuestra vista al Santo de Israel». | 11 Take me from the way. Avert me from the path. Let the Holy One of Israel cease from before our face.” |
| 12 Por eso, así dice el Santo de Israel: | «Vosotros rechazáis esta palabra, | confiáis en la opresión y la perversidad, | y os apoyáis en ellas; | 12 Because of this, thus says the Holy One of Israel: Since you have rejected this word, and you have hoped in calumny and rebellion, and since you have depended upon these things, |
| 13 por eso será para vosotros esta culpa | como una grieta que baja | y se profundiza en una alta muralla, | hasta que de repente, de un golpe, se desmorona; | 13 for this reason, this iniquity will be to you like a breach that has fallen, and like a gap in a high wall. For its destruction will happen suddenly, when it is not expected. |
| 14 y se rompe como una vasija de alfarero, | hecha añicos sin piedad. | Entre sus fragmentos no se encuentra un pedazo | con que sacar brasas del brasero | o agua de la cisterna». | 14 And it will be crushed, just as the earthen vessel of a potter is destroyed by a sharp blow. And not even a fragment of its earthenware will be found, which might carry a little fire from the hearth, or which might draw a little water from a hollow. |
| 15 Porque así os decía el Señor, Dios, el Santo de Israel: | «Vuestra salvación está en convertiros y en tener calma, | vuestra fuerza está en confiar y estar tranquilos»; | pero no quisisteis | 15 For thus says the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel: If you return and are quiet, you shall be saved. Your strength will be found in silence and in hope. But you are not willing! |
| 16 y dijisteis: «No. Huiremos a caballo». | Está bien, tendréis que huir. | «Correremos a galope». | Más correrán los que os persiguen. | 16 And you have said: “Never! Instead, we will flee by horseback.” For this reason, you will be put to flight. And you have said, “We will climb upon swift ones.” For this reason, those who pursue you will be even swifter. |
| 17 Huirán mil ante la amenaza de uno | y huiréis ante el reto de cinco; | hasta que quedéis | como mástil en la cumbre de un monte, | como enseña sobre una colina. | 17 A thousand men will flee in terror from the face of one, and you will flee in terror from the face of five, until you who have been left behind are like the mast of a ship at the top of a mountain, or like a sign on a hill. |
| 18 Pero el Señor espera el momento de apiadarse, | se pone en pie para compadecerse; | porque el Señor es un Dios de la justicia: | dichosos los que esperan en él. | 18 Therefore, the Lord waits, so that he may take pity on you. And therefore, he will be exalted for sparing you. For the Lord is the God of judgment. Blessed are all those who wait for him. |
| 19 Pueblo de Sión, que habitas en Jerusalén, | no tendrás que llorar, | se apiadará de ti al oír tu gemido: | apenas te oiga, te responderá. | 19 For the people of Zion will live in Jerusalem. Bitterly, you will not weep. Mercifully, he will take pity on you. At the voice of your outcry, as soon as he hears, he will respond to you. |
| 20 Aunque el Señor te diera | el pan de la angustia y el agua de la opresión | ya no se esconderá tu Maestro, | tus ojos verán a tu Maestro. | 20 And the Lord will give you thick bread and accessible water. And he will not cause your teacher to fly away from you anymore. And your eyes will behold your instructor. |
| 21 Si te desvías a la derecha o a la izquierda, | tus oídos oirán una palabra a tus espaldas | que te dice: «Este es el camino, camina por él». | 21 And your ears will listen to the word of one admonishing you behind your back: “This is the way! Walk in it! And do not turn aside, neither to the right, nor to the left.” |
| 22 Tendrás por impuros tus ídolos revestidos en plata | y tus estatuas fundidas en oro; | los arrojarás como inmundicia, | los llamarás basura. | 22 And you will defile the plates of your silver graven images and the vestment of your gold molten idols. And you will throw these things away like the uncleanness of a menstruating woman. You will say to it, “Go away!” |
| 23 Te dará lluvia para la semilla | que siembras en el campo, | y el grano cosechado en el campo | será abundante y suculento; | aquel día, tus ganados pastarán en anchas praderas; | 23 And wherever you sow seed upon the earth, rain will be given to the seed. And bread from the grain of the earth will be very plentiful and full. In that day, the lamb will pasture in the spacious land of your possession. |
| 24 los bueyes y asnos que trabajan en el campo | comerán forraje fermentado, | aventado con pala y con rastrillo. | 24 And your bulls, and the colts of the donkeys that work the ground, will eat a mix of grains like that winnowed on the threshing floor. |
| 25 En toda alta montaña, | en toda colina elevada | habrá canales y cauces de agua | el día de la gran matanza, cuando caigan las torres. | 25 And there will be, on every lofty mountain, and on every elevated hill, rivers of running water, in the day of the slaughter of many, when the tower will fall. |
| 26 La luz de la luna será como la luz del sol, | y la luz del sol será siete veces mayor, | como la luz de siete días, | cuando el Señor vende la herida de su pueblo | y cure las llagas de sus golpes. | 26 And the light of the moon will be like the light of the sun, and the light of the sun will be sevenfold, like the light of seven days, in the day when the Lord will bind the wound of his people, and when he will heal the stroke of their scourge. |
| 27 He aquí que el Nombre del Señor viene de lejos, | arde su ira como incendio imponente, | están llenos sus labios de furor, | su lengua es un fuego que devora. | 27 Behold, the name of the Lord arrives from far away. His fury is burning and heavy to bear. His lips have been filled with indignation, and his tongue is like a devouring fire. |
| 28 Su aliento es un torrente desbordado | que alcanza hasta el cuello, | para cribar a los pueblos con criba de exterminio, | para poner en la quijada de las naciones un freno que los pierda. | 28 His Spirit is like a torrent, inundating, even as high as the middle of the neck, in order to reduce the nations to nothing, along with the bridle of error that was in the jaws of the people. |
| 29 Entonaréis un cántico | como cuando se celebra una fiesta por la noche, | se alegrará el corazón al compás de la flauta, | mientras vais al monte del Señor, a la roca de Israel. | 29 There will be a song for you, as in the night of a sanctified solemnity, and a joy of heart, as when one travels with music to arrive at the mountain of the Lord, to the Strong One of Israel. |
| 30 El Señor hará resonar la majestad de su voz, | mostrará su brazo que descarga | el ataque de su ira, fuego devorador, | tempestad, aguacero y granizo. | 30 And the Lord will cause the glory of his voice to be heard, and, with a threatening fury and a devouring flame of fire, he will reveal the terror of his arm. He will crush with the whirlwind and with hailstones. |
| 31 A la voz del Señor temblará Asiria, | golpeada con la vara. | 31 For at the voice of the Lord, Assur will dread being struck with the staff. |
| 32 Cada golpe de vara del castigo | que el Señor descargue sobre ella | será entre panderos, cítaras y danzas. | El Señor combate a mano alzada. | 32 And when the passage of the staff has been begun, the Lord will cause it to rest upon him, with timbrels and harps. And with special battles, he will fight against them. |
| 33 Hace tiempo que está preparada la hoguera, | ancha y profunda, también para el rey; | una pira con fuego y leña abundante: | y el soplo del Señor, como torrente de azufre, | le prenderá fuego. | 33 For a burning place, deep and wide, has been prepared from yesterday, prepared by the King. Its nourishment is fire and much wood. The breath of the Lord, like a torrent of brimstone, kindles it. |
