Isaiah 14

CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN	EL LIBRO DEL PUEBLO DE DIOS
1 Her time is drawing near, and her days will not be prolonged. For the Lord will take pity on Jacob, and he will still choose from Israel, and he will cause them to rest upon their own soil. And the new arrival will be joined to them, and he will adhere to the house of Jacob.	1 Porque el Señor tendrá compasión de Jacob y elegirá de nuevo a Israel, y los instalará en su propio suelo. Los extranjeros se unirán a ellos y serán agregados a casa de Jacob.
2 And the people will take them, and lead them to their place. And the house of Israel will possess them, in the land of the Lord, as men and women servants. And they will take captive those who had taken them captive. And they will subjugate their oppressors.	2 Los pueblos los acogerán y los llevarán a su lugar. La casa de Israel los poseerá como esclavos y esclavos, en el suelo del Señor. Así harán cautivos a los que los habían hecho cautivos y dominarán a sus tiranos.
3 And this shall be in that day: when God will have given you rest from your labor, and from your oppression, and from the difficult servitude under which you served before,	3 Y el día en que el Señor te haga descansar de tu pena y tu tormento, y de la dura servidumbre a la que fuiste sometido,
4 you will accept this parable against the king of Babylon, and you will say: “How is it that the oppressor has ceased, along with his tribute?	4 entonarás esta sátira contra el rey de Babilonia. Tú dirás: ¡Qué fin ha tenido el tirano, en qué acabó su frenes!
5 The Lord has crushed the staff of the impious, the scepter of despots,	5 El Señor quebró el bastón de los malvados, el cetro de los déspotas;
6 which struck the people in wrath with an incurable wound, which subjugated the nations in fury, which persecuted with cruelty.	6 al que golpeaba con saña a los pueblos, dando golpes incesantes, al que dominaba con furia a las naciones persiguiendo sin tregua.
7 All the earth has become quiet and still; it has been gladdened and has rejoiced.	7 Toda la tierra descansa tranquila, se lanzan gritos de júbilo.
8 The evergreens, too, have rejoiced over you, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying: ‘Since you have slept, no one has ascended who would cut us down.’	8 Hasta los cipreses, los cedros del Líbano, se regocijan de tu suerte: «¡Desde que yaces tendido, nadie sube a talamos!».
9 Hell below was stirred up to meet you at your advent; it has awakened the giants for you. All the leaders of the earth have risen from their thrones, all the leaders among the nations.”	9 Abajo, se estremeció el Abismo al anuncio de tu llegada; por ti, él despierta a las Sombras, a los potentados de la tierra; hace levantar de sus tronos a todos los reyes de las naciones.
10 Everyone will respond and will say to you: “Now you are wounded, just as we were; you have become like us.	10 Todos ellos hablan a coro y te dicen: «¡Tú también has perdido las fuerzas como nosotros, te has vuelto igual que nosotros!
11 Your arrogance has been dragged down to Hell. Your body has fallen dead. The moths will be strewn beneath you, and the worms will be your covering.	11 Tu majestad ha sido precipitada al Abismo, junto con el sonido de tus arpas; tienes debajo de ti un colchón de gusanos y te cubren las lombrices».
12 How is it that you have fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, who used to rise like the sun? How is it that you have fallen to the earth, you who wounded the peoples?	12 ¡Cómo has caído del cielo, Lucero, hijo de la aurora! ¡Cómo has sido precipitado por tierra, tú que subyugabas a las naciones,
13 And you said in your heart: ‘I will climb up to heaven. I will exalt my throne above the stars of God. I will be enthroned upon the mountain of the covenant, on the northern parts.	13 tú que decías en tu corazón: «Subiré a los cielos; por encima de las estrellas de Dios erigiré mi trono. me sentaré en la montaña de la asamblea divina. en los extremos del norte;
14 I will ascend above the tops of the clouds. I will be like the Most High.’	14 escalaré las cimas de las nubes, seré semejante al Altísimo!».
15 Yet truly, you shall be dragged down to Hell, into the depths of the pit.	15 ¡Pero te han hecho bajar al Abismo, a las profundidades de la Fosa!
16 Those who see you, will lean toward you, and will gaze upon you, saying: ‘Could this be the man who disturbed the earth, who shook kingdoms,	16 Los que te ven, fijan en ti la mirada meditan tu suerte: «¿Es este el hombre que hacía temblar la tierra, que sacudía los reinos,
17 who made the world into a desert and destroyed its cities, who would not even open a prison for his prisoners?’ ”	17 que hacía del mundo un desierto, demolía sus ciudades y no soltaba a sus prisioneros?».
18 All the kings of the nations throughout the whole world have slept in glory, each man in his own house.	18 Todos los reyes de las naciones descansan llenos de gloria, cada uno en su tumba.
19 But you have been rejected from your grave, like a useless polluted plant, and you have been bound up with those who were slain by the sword, and who descended to the bottom of the pit, like a rotting carcass.	19 Pero tú has sido arrojado lejos de tu sepulcro como un aborto abominable, como un cadáver pisoteado. Los que han sido masacrados, traspasados sobre las piedras de la fosa.
20 You will not be associated with them, even in the grave. For you have destroyed your own land; you have slain your own people. The offspring of the wicked ones will not be called upon for eternity.	20 Pero tú no te unirás con ellos en una sepultura, porque has destruido tu país, has asesinado a tu pueblo. ¡Nunca más será nombrada una raza de malhechores!
21 Prepare his sons for the slaughter, according to the iniquity of their fathers. They will not rise up, nor inherit the earth, nor fill the face of the world with cities.	21 Preparen la masacre de los hijos por los crímenes de sus padres que no se levanten para adueñarse de la tierra y cubrir de ciudades del mundo.
22 But I will rise up against them, says the Lord of hosts. And I will perish the name of Babylon and its remnants: both the plant and its progeny, says the Lord.	22 Yo me alzaré contra ellos –oráculo del Señor de los ejércitos– y extirparé de Babilonia el nombre y el resto, el vástago y la posteridad –oráculo del Señor –
23 And I will appoint it as a possession for the hedgehog, with swamps of water. And I will sweep it out and wear it away with a brush, says the Lord of hosts.	23 La convertiré en propiedad de erizos, en agua estancada, y la barreré con la escoba del exterminio –oráculo del Señor de los ejércitos–.
24 The Lord of hosts has sworn, saying: Surely, just as I have considered it, so shall it be, and in the same manner as I have drawn it through my mind,	24 El Señor de los ejércitos pronunció este juramento: «Sí, como lo he proyectado, así será; como lo he planeado, así sucederá.
25 so shall it occur. So shall I crush the Assyrian in my land, and I will trample him upon my mountains, and his yoke will be taken away from them, and his burden will be removed from their shoulder.	25 Yo haré pedazos a Asiría en mi tierra y la pisotearé sobre mis montañas su yugo será quitado de encima de ellos y su carga se apartará de sus espaldas»
26 This is the plan that I have decided, concerning the entire earth, and this is the hand which is extended over all the nations.	26 Esta es la decisión tomada contra toda la tierra; ésta es la mano extendida contra todas las naciones.
27 For the Lord of hosts has decreed it, and who is able to weaken it? And his hand is extended, so who can avert it?	27 Si el Señor de los ejércitos ha tomado una decisión. ¿quien la hará fracasar? Su mano está extendida, ¿quién la hará volver atrás?
28 In the year in which king Ahaz died, this burden was given:	28 El año de la muerta del rey Ajaz se pronunció este oráculo:
29 You should not rejoice, all you of Philistia, that the rod of him who struck you has been crushed. For from the root of the serpent will go forth a king snake, and his offspring will engulf that which flies.	29 No te alegres. Filistea entera, porque se ha quebrado la vara que te golpeaba: de la raíz de la serpiente saldrá una víbora y su fruto será una serpiente voladora.
30 And the firstborn of the poor will be pastured, and the poor will rest in faithfulness. And I will cause your root to pass away by famine, and I will put to death your remnant.	30 Los pobres pacerán en mi pradera y los indigentes se recostarán seguros; pero yo haré morir de hambre a tu raíz y mataré lo que aún quede de ti.
31 Wail, O gate! Cry out, O city! All of Philistia has been prostrated. For a smoke will arrive from the north, and there is no one who will escape his army.	31 ¡Gime, Puerta! ¡Grita, Ciudad! ¡Desfallece, Filistea toda entera! ¡Porque del Norte viene una humareda y nadie se desbanda en sus formaciones.
32 And what will be the response to this news among the nations? It will be that the Lord has established Zion, and that the poor of his people will hope in him.	32 ¿Qué responder a los enviados de esa nación? Que el Señor ha fundado a Sión y que en ella se refugian los pobres de su pueblo.