Isaías 24
1 Ciertamente Yavé vacía la tierra y la deja desolada. Trastorna su superficie y esparce a sus habitantes,
Some day, Yahweh is going to destroy everything on the earth. He will devastate it and cause it to become a desert and scatter its people.
2 tanto al pueblo como al sacerdote, al esclavo como a su amo, a la esclava como a su ama, al comprador como al vendedor, al prestamista como al que toma prestado, al acreedor como al deudor.
He will scatter everyone— priests and common people, servants and their masters, maids and their mistresses, buyers and sellers, lenders and borrowers, people who owe money and people who are owed money.
3 La tierra será completamente vaciada, totalmente saqueada. Yavé pronunció esta palabra:
Nothing that is worth anything will be left on earth; everything valuable will be destroyed. [That will surely happen because] Yahweh has said it.
4 La tierra se lamenta y se marchita. Languidece el mundo, se debilita. Los exaltados del pueblo de la tierra desfallecen.
[Everything on] the earth will dry up and die [DOU]; its important people will become weak and unimportant.
5 La tierra fue contaminada por sus habitantes, porque transgredieron las Leyes, violaron las Ordenanzas y quebrantaron el Pacto eterno.
The earth has become unacceptable to Yahweh because the people who live on it have disobeyed his laws; they have rejected the agreement that he intended to last forever.
6 Por tanto la maldición devora la tierra, y los que viven en ella son culpables. Como resultado los habitantes de la tierra son consumidos, y quedan pocos hombres.
Therefore, [Yahweh] will curse the earth; the people who live on it must be punished because of the sins that they have committed. They will be destroyed by fire, and [only a] few people will remain [alive].
7 El vino nuevo languidece, se marchita la vid y gimen los que eran de corazón alegre.
The grapevines will wither, and there will be no [grapes to make] wine. All [the people] who were previously happy will then groan and mourn.
8 Se acaba el júbilo de los panderos. Cesa el bullicio de los que se divierten. Se suspende la alegría del arpa.
People will no longer play cheerful songs with tambourines, people will no longer play joyfully on their harps, and people will no longer shout noisily [during their celebrations].
9 No beben vino entre canciones. El licor es amargo para los que lo beben.
People will no longer sing while they drink wine, and [all] their alcoholic drinks will taste bitter.
10 La ciudad está quebrantada por el caos. Toda casa está cerrada para que nadie entre.
[Towns and] cities will be desolate; every house will be locked to prevent thieves from entering.
11 Hay lamentos en las calles por la falta de vino. Todo gozo se oscurece. La alegría salió de la tierra.
[Mobs] will gather in the streets, wanting wine; no one on the earth will be happy [DOU] any more.
12 La ciudad quedó desolada. Su puerta fue golpeada con destrucción.
Cities will be ruined and [all] their gates will be battered/broken into pieces.
13 Sucederá en medio de la tierra y en medio de los pueblos como cuando se sacude el olivo o en el rebusco después de la cosecha.
It will be like that all over the earth: [there will only be a few people still alive], like what happens when [workers] beat all the olives off a tree [and there are only a few left], [or] when they harvest the grapes and there are only a few left [on the vines].
14 A causa de la majestad de Yavé, alzarán la voz desde el occidente y dirán:
But [those who are left alive] will sing joyfully; people [in nations] to the west [of Israel] will declare that Yahweh is very great;
15 ¡Aclamen a Yavé desde el oriente, desde las costas del mar, al Nombre de Yavé, el ʼElohim de Israel!
people in nations to the east [of Israel will also] praise Yahweh [MTY]; in countries across the sea, people will praise Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis [worship].
16 Oímos cánticos desde el extremo de la tierra: ¡Gloria al Justo! Pero yo digo: ¡Qué dolor! ¡Qué dolor! ¡Ay de mí! Los traidores traicionan. Los traidores traicionan con gran traición.
We will hear [people] in the most distant places on the earth singing praise to [Yahweh], the [truly] righteous one. But [now], I am [SYN] very sad. Weep for me, [because] I have become thin and weak. Terrible things are happening! Treacherous [people still] betray/deceive others everywhere [DOU].
17 ¡Terror, fosa y trampa hay contra ti, oh habitante de la tierra!
You people all over the earth, you will be terrified, and you will fall into deep pits and traps/snares.
18 Acontecerá que el que huya del informe del desastre caerá en la fosa. El que salga de la fosa será atrapado en la red. Las ventanas de lo alto están abiertas. Los cimientos de la tierra se conmueven.
Those who [try to] flee because they are terrified will fall into [deep] pits, and those who climb out of the pits will be caught by traps/snares. The sky will split open and torrents [SIM] [of rain will fall]; the foundations of the earth will shake.
19 La tierra será completamente destrozada, completamente desmenuzada. Se deshace en pedazos. En gran manera será derrumbada.
The earth will split apart and be shattered; it will shake violently.
20 La tierra se tambalea como un ebrio y será removida como una choza. ¡Tanto le pesa su pecado! Se desploma y no volverá a levantarse.
[It will be as though] the earth will stagger like [SIM] a drunk; it will shake like [SIM] a hut [shakes in a windstorm]. It will collapse and not [be able to] rise again, [because] the guilt of the people who rebel [against Yahweh] is very great.
21 Aquel día Yavé castigará en lo alto al ejército de lo alto, y sobre la tierra a los reyes de la tierra.
At that time, Yahweh will punish the [wicked] powerful beings in the skies and the wicked kings on the earth.
22 Serán agrupados como se agrupa a los prisioneros en prisiones subterráneas. Quedarán encerrados, y después de muchos días serán castigados.
They will [all] be gathered together and thrown into a dungeon/pit. They will be shut/locked in that dungeon/pit, and later they will be punished.
23 La luna se avergonzará, y el sol se confundirá, cuando Yavé de las huestes reine en la Montaña Sion y en Jerusalén, y la gloria esté ante sus ancianos.
At that time the light of the moon and the sun will be lessened; [it will be as though] they are ashamed [in the presence of] Yahweh, because he, the Commander of the armies of angels, will rule gloriously (on Zion Hill/in Jerusalem), in the presence of the leaders [of his people].
