| 1 ¡Ay de la ciudad rebelde, | impura, tiránica! | 1 Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city! |
| 2 No ha escuchado la llamada, | no ha aceptado la lección; | no ha confiado en el Señor, | no ha recurrido a su Dios. | 2 She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in the LORD; she drew not near to her God. |
| 3 Los jefes que habitan en ella | son como leones rugientes; | sus jueces, igual que lobos: | nada dejan para roer | de la noche a la mañana; | 3 Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow. |
| 4 sus profetas, fanfarrones y traidores; | sus sacerdotes profanan lo sagrado | y quebrantan la ley. | 4 Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law. |
| 5 El Señor que habita en ella | es justo, no comete injusticia; | cada mañana va sacando a la luz | el derecho; nunca falla; | pero el malvado no sabe | lo que es la vergüenza. | 5 The just LORD is in the midst thereof; he will not do iniquity: every morning doth he bring his judgment to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame. |
| 6 Aniquilé pueblos, arruiné torreones, | asolé calles hasta vaciarlas, | sus ciudades han sido devastadas, | han quedado sin nadie que las habite. | 6 I have cut off the nations: their towers are desolate; I made their streets waste, that none passeth by: their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, that there is none inhabitant. |
| 7 Me decía: «A ver si así me respetan | y aceptan la lección, | y no cae sobre ella | todo lo que he decidido». | ¡Pero, no! Se apresuraron a pervertir | aún más todas sus acciones. | 7 I said, Surely thou wilt fear me, thou wilt receive instruction; so their dwelling should not be cut off, howsoever I punished them: but they rose early, and corrupted all their doings. |
| 8 Por eso —oráculo del Señor— | preparaos para el día que me levante | como testigo, pues he decretado | acabar con los pueblos, | convocar a los reinos para derramar | sobre ellos mi furor, | todo el ardor de mi ira, | pues en el fuego de mi celo | se consumirá toda la tierra. | 8 Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the LORD, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy. |
| 9 Entonces purificaré | los labios de los pueblos | para que invoquen todos ellos | el nombre del Señor | y todos lo sirvan a una. | 9 For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the LORD, to serve him with one consent. |
| 10 Desde las orillas de los ríos de Cus, | mis adoradores, los deportados, | traerán mi ofrenda. | 10 From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia my suppliants, even the daughter of my dispersed, shall bring mine offering. |
| 11 Aquel día, ya no te avergonzarás | de las acciones con que me ofendiste, | pues te arrancaré tu orgullosa arrogancia, | y dejarás de engreírte en mi santa montaña. | 11 In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy doings, wherein thou hast transgressed against me: for then I will take away out of the midst of thee them that rejoice in thy pride, and thou shalt no more be haughty because of my holy mountain. |
| 12 Dejaré en ti un resto, | un pueblo humilde y pobre | que buscará refugio en el nombre del Señor. | 12 I will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people, and they shall trust in the name of the LORD. |
| 13 El resto de Israel no hará más el mal, | no mentirá ni habrá engaño en su boca. | Pastarán y descansarán, | y no habrá quien los inquiete. | 13 The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies; neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid. |
| 14 Alégrate hija de Sión, grita de gozo Israel, | regocíjate y disfruta con todo tu ser, hija de Jerusalén. | 14 Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem. |
| 15 El Señor ha revocado tu sentencia, | ha expulsado a tu enemigo. | El rey de Israel, el Señor, | está en medio de ti, | no temas mal alguno. | 15 The LORD hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast out thine enemy: the king of Israel, even the LORD, is in the midst of thee: thou shalt not see evil any more. |
| 16 Aquel día se dirá a Jerusalén: | «¡No temas! ¡Sión, no desfallezcas!». | 16 In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not: and to Zion, Let not thine hands be slack. |
| 17 El Señor tu Dios está en medio de ti, | valiente y salvador; | se alegra y goza contigo, | te renueva con su amor; | exulta y se alegra contigo | 17 The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing. |
| 18 como en día de fiesta. | Acabé con tu mal, | con el peso de tu oprobio. | 18 I will gather them that are sorrowful for the solemn assembly, who are of thee, to whom the reproach of it was a burden. |
| 19 En aquel tiempo me ocuparé | de todos tus opresores; | salvaré a los tullidos, | reuniré a los dispersos, | les daré alabanza y renombre | a cambio de la vergüenza que pasaron. | 19 Behold, at that time I will undo all that afflict thee: and I will save her that halteth, and gather her that was driven out; and I will get them praise and fame in every land where they have been put to shame. |
| 20 Cuando os haga volver, cuando os reúna, | os daré renombre y alabanza | entre todas las naciones de la tierra, | cuando cambie vuestro destino, | ante vuestros ojos, dice el Señor. | 20 At that time will I bring you again, even in the time that I gather you: for I will make you a name and a praise among all people of the earth, when I turn back your captivity before your eyes, saith the LORD. |
