Isaiah 47

1 Descend, sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon! Sit on the ground. There is no throne for the daughter of the Chaldeans. For you shall no longer be called delicate and tender.

Desciende, y asiéntate en el polvo virgen hija de Babilonia: asiéntate en la tierra sin trono, hija de los Caldeos: que nunca más te llamarán tierna, y delicada.

2 Take a millstone and grind meal. Uncover your shame, bare your shoulder, reveal your legs, cross the streams.

Toma el molino, y muele harina: descubre tus guedejas, descalza los pies, descubre las piernas, pasa los ríos.

3 Your disgrace will be revealed, and your shame will be seen. I will seize vengeance, and no man will withstand me.

Será descubierta tu vergüenza, y tu deshonor será visto: tomaré venganza, y no encontraré como hombre.

4 Our Redeemer, the Lord of hosts is his name, the Holy One of Israel.

Nuestro Redentor, Jehová de los ejércitos es su nombre, Santo de Israel.

5 Sit in silence, and enter into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans! For you shall no longer be called the noblewoman of kingdoms.

Siéntate, calla, y entra en tinieblas, hija de los Caldeos; porque nunca más te llamarán Señora de reinos.

6 I was angry with my people. I have polluted my inheritance, and I have given them into your hand. You have not shown mercy to them. You have greatly increased the burden of your yoke upon the elders.

Enojéme contra mi pueblo; profané mi heredad, y los entregué en tu mano: no les hiciste misericordias: sobre el viejo agravaste mucho tu yugo,

7 And you have said: “I will be a noblewoman forever.” You have not set these things upon your heart, and you have not remembered your end.

Y dijiste: Para siempre seré señora. Hasta ahora no has pensado en esto, ni te acordaste de tu postrimería.

8 And now, hear these things, you who are delicate and have confidence, who say in your heart: “I am, and there is no one greater than me. I will not sit as a widow, and I will not know barrenness.”

Oye pues ahora esto, delicada, la que está sentada confiadamente, la que dice en su corazón: Yo soy, y fuera de mi no hay más: no quedaré viuda, ni conoceré orfandad.

9 These two things will suddenly overwhelm you in one day: barrenness and widowhood. All things shall overwhelm you, because of the multitude of your sorceries and because of the great cruelty of your enchantments.

Estas dos cosas te vendrán de repente en un mismo día, orfandad, y viudez: en toda su perfección vendrán sobre ti, por la multitud de tus adivinanzas, y por la copia de tus muchos agüeros.

10 And you have trusted in your malice, and you have said: “There is no one who sees me.” Your wisdom and your knowledge, these have deceived you. And you have said in your heart: “I am, and beside me there is no other.”

Porque te confiaste en tu maldad, diciendo: Nadie me ve. Tu sabiduría, y tu misma ciencia te engañó, a que dijeses en tu corazón: Yo, y no más.

11 Evil will overwhelm you, and you will not notice its rising. And calamity will fall violently over you, and you will not be able to avert it. You will suddenly be overwhelmed by a misery such as you have never known.

Vendrá pues sobre ti mal, cuyo nacimiento no sabrás: caerá sobre ti quebrantamiento, el cual no podrás remediar; y vendrá sobre ti de repente destrucción, la cual tú no conocerás.

12 Stand with your incantations, and with the multitude of your sorceries, in which you have labored from your youth, as if somehow it might benefit you, or as if it were able to make you stronger.

Estáte ahora entre tus adivinanzas, y en la multitud de tus agüeros, en los cuales te fatigaste desde tu niñez: quizá podrás mejorarte, quizá te fortificarás.

13 You have failed in the multitude of your plans! Let the seers stand and save you, those who were contemplating the stars, and figuring the months, so that from these they might announce to you the things to come.

Háste fatigado en la multitud de tus consejos: parezcan ahora, y defiéndante los contempladores de los cielos, los especuladores de las estrellas, los que enseñan los cursos de la luna, de lo que vendrá sobre ti.

14 Behold, they have become like stubble. Fire has consumed them. They will not free themselves from the power of the flames. These are not coals by which they may be warmed, nor is this a fire which they may sit beside.

He aquí que serán como tamo, fuego los quemará: no salvarán sus vidas de la mano de la llama: no quedará brasa para calentarse, ni lumbre a la cual se sienten.

15 So have all these things, in which you have labored, become to you. Your merchants from your youth, each one has erred in his own way. There is no one who can save you.

Así te serán aquellos con quienes te fatigaste, tus negociantes, desde tu niñez: cada uno echará por su camino, no habrá quien te escape.