Isaiah 37
1 When King Hezekiah heard what they reported, he tore his clothes and put on clothes made of rough sackcloth [because he was very distressed]. Then he went into the temple of Yahweh [and prayed].
Aconteció pues que el rey Ezequías, oído esto, rompió sus vestidos, y cubierto de saco vino a la casa de Jehová.
2 Then he sent Eliakim, Shebna, and the (older/most important) priests, who were also wearing clothes made of rough sackcloth, to talk to me.
Y envió a Eliacim mayordomo, y a Sobna escriba, y a los ancianos de los sacerdotes cubiertos de sacos a Isaías profeta, hijo de Amós.
3 He said to them, “Tell this to Isaiah: ‘King Hezekiah says that this is a day when we are greatly distressed. Other nations are causing us to be insulted and disgraced. We are like [SIM] a woman who is about to give birth to a baby, but she does not have the strength that she needs to do it.
Los cuales le dijeron: Ezequías dice así: día de angustia, de reprensión, y de blasfemia es este día; porque los hijos han llegado hasta la rotura, y no hay fuerza en la que pare.
4 [But] perhaps Yahweh our God has heard what the official from Assyria said. Perhaps he knows that his boss, the King of Assyria, sent him to insult the all-powerful God, and that Yahweh will punish the King of Assyria for what he said. And the king requests that you pray for the few of us who are still alive [here in Jerusalem].’”
Quizá oirá Jehová tu Dios las palabras de Rabsaces, al cual envió el rey de Asiria su señor a blasfemar al Dios vivo, y a reprender con las palabras que oyó Jehová tu Dios: alza pues oración tú por los restos que han aun quedado.
5 After those men gave me that message,
Vinieron pues los siervos de Ezequías a Isaías.
6 I replied, “Tell the King, ‘This is what Yahweh says: “Those messengers from the King of Assyria have said evil things about me. But do not be disturbed by what they said.
Y díjoles Isaías: Diréis así a vuestro señor: Jehová dice así: No temas por las palabras que has oído, con las cuales me han blasfemado los siervos del rey de Asiria.
7 Listen to this: I will cause Sennacherib to hear a rumor [that the armies of Babylon are about to attack his country], and that will worry him. So he will return to his own country, and there I will cause him to be assassinated by [men using] swords.”’”
He aquí que yo doy en él un espíritu, y oirá un rumor, y volverse ha a su tierra; y yo haré que en su tierra caiga a cuchillo.
8 The official from Assyria found out that the King of Assyria [and his army] had captured Lachish [city] and that they were attacking Libnah, [which is a nearby city]. So the official left Jerusalem and went to Libnah [to report to the king what had happened in Jerusalem].
Vuelto pues Rabsaces halló al rey de Asiria, que batía a Lebna; porque ya había oído que se había apartado de Laquis.
9 Soon after that, King [Sennacherib] received a report that King Tirhakah of Ethiopia was leading his army to attack them. So before King Sennacherib left Libnah [with his army to fight against the army from Ethiopia], he sent other messengers to Hezekiah in Jerusalem with a letter. [In the letter he wrote this] to Hezekiah:
Mas oyendo decir de Taraca, rey de Etiopía: He aquí que ha salido para hacerte guerra: en oyéndolo, envió mensajeros a Ezequías, diciendo:
10 “Do not allow your god, on whom you are relying, to deceive you by promising you that Jerusalem will not be captured by my army.
Diréis así a Ezequías, rey de Judá: No te engañe tu Dios, en quien tú confías, diciendo: Jerusalem no será entregada en mano del rey de Asiria.
11 You have certainly heard what the armies of the kings of Assyria have done to all the other countries; our armies have destroyed them completely. So, (do you think that you will escape?/do not think that your god will save you!) [RHQ]
He aquí que tu oíste lo que hicieron los reyes de Asiria a todas las tierras, como las destruyeron: ¿escaparte has tú?
12 Did the gods of the nations that were about to be destroyed by the armies of the previous kings of Assyria rescue them? Did those gods rescue Gozan [region], and Haran and Rezeph [cities in northern Syria], and the people of Eden [region] who were forced to go to Tel-Assar [city]?
¿Libraron los dioses de las naciones a los que destruyeron mis antepasados, a Gozán, y Harán, Rezef, y a los hijos de Edén, que moraban en Telasar?
13 What happened to the King of Hamath and the King of Arpad? What happened to the kings of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah [cities]? [Did their gods rescue them] [RHQ]?”
¿Dónde está el rey de Hamat, y el rey de Arfad, el rey de la ciudad de Sefarvaim, de Ana, y de Hava?
14 Hezekiah received the letter that the messengers gave him, and he read it. Then he went up to the temple and spread out the letter in front of Yahweh.
Y tomó Ezequías las cartas de las manos de los mensajeros, y leyólas, y subió a la casa de Jehová, y extendiólas delante de Jehová.
15 And [then] Hezekiah prayed this:
Entonces Ezequías oró a Jehová, diciendo:
16 “O Yahweh, Commander of the armies of angels, the God to whom [we] Israelis belong, you are seated on your throne above the statues of the creatures with wings, [above the Sacred Chest]. Only you are [truly] God. You rule all the kingdoms on this earth. You are the one who created everything on the earth and in the sky.
Jehová de los ejércitos, Dios de Israel, que moras entre los querubines, tú eres Dios solo sobre todos los reinos de la tierra: tú hiciste los cielos, y la tierra.
17 [So], Yahweh, [please] listen to what I am saying, and look at [what is happening]! And listen to what Sennacherib has said to insult you, the all-powerful God!
Inclina, o! Jehová, tu oído, y oye: abre, o! Jehová, tus ojos, y mira, y oye todas las palabras de Senaquerib, el cual envió a blasfemar al Dios viviente.
18 Yahweh, it is true that [the armies of] the kings of Assyria have completely destroyed many nations and ruined their land.
Ciertamente, o! Jehová, los reyes de Asiria destruyeron todas las tierras, y sus comarcas;
19 And they have thrown all the idols of those nations into fires and burned them. But they were not [really] gods. They were only idols made of wood and stone, [and that is why they were destroyed easily].
Y a los dioses de ellos pusieron en fuego; porque no eran dioses, mas obra de manos de hombre, madero y piedra; por eso los deshicieron.
20 So now, Yahweh our God, [please] rescue us from the power [MTY] of [the King of Assyria], in order that [the people in] all the kingdoms of the world will know that you, Yahweh, are the only one who is [truly] God.”
Ahora pues, Jehová Dios nuestro, líbranos de su mano, para que todos los reinos de la tierra conozcan, que tú, o! Jehová, eres solo.
21 Then I sent this message to Hezekiah: “This is what Yahweh, the God to whom [we] Israelis belong, says: Because you prayed about what King Sennacherib of Assyria [said],
Entonces Isaías, hijo de Amós, envió a decir a Ezequías: Jehová Dios de Israel dice así: Acerca de lo que me rogaste de Senaquerib, rey de Asiria;
22 this is what I say to him: ‘The people of Jerusalem despise you and make fun of you. They will wag/shake their heads to mock you while you flee from here.
Esto es lo que Jehová habló de él: ¿Háte menospreciado? ¿ha hecho escarnio de ti, o! virgen hija de Sión? ¿meneó su cabeza a tus espaldas, o! hija de Jerusalem?
23 Whom do you think you have been despising and ridiculing? Whom do you think you were shouting at? Whom do you think you were looking at [very] proudly/arrogantly? [It was I], the Holy One whom the Israelis worship!
¿A quién injuriaste, y a quién blasfemaste? ¿Contra quién alzaste tu voz, y alzaste tus ojos en alto? Contra el alto Santo de Israel.
24 The messengers whom you sent made fun of me. You said, “With my many chariots I have gone to the highest mountains, [even] to the highest mountains in Lebanon. We have cut down its tallest cedar [trees] and its nicest pine/cypress [trees]. We have been to the most distant/remote peaks and to its densest forests.
Por mano de tus siervos denostaste al Señor, y dijiste: Yo con la multitud de mis carros subiré a las alturas de los montes, a las cuestas del Líbano: cortaré sus altos cedros, sus hayas escogidas: después vendré a lo alto de su fin, al monte de su Carmelo.
25 We have dug wells [in many countries] and drunk water [from them]. And by marching through [MTY] the streams of Egypt, we dried them all up [HYP]!”
Yo cavé, y bebí las aguas: con las pisadas de mis pies secaré todos los ríos de munición.
26 [But I, Yahweh, reply], “Have you never heard that long ago I determined [those things]; I planned them long ago, and now I have been causing those things to occur. I planned that your army would destroy cities and cause them to become piles of rubble.
¿No has oído decir, que yo la hice de luengo tiempo, que yo la formé de días antiguos? Ahora la he hecho venir, y será para destrucción de ciudades fuertes en montones de asolamiento.
27 The people in those cities have no power, and as a result they are dismayed and discouraged. They are [as frail as] [MET] grass and plants in the fields, as frail as grass that grows on the roofs of houses and is scorched by the hot east wind.
Y sus moradores, cortos de manos, quebrantados, y avergonzados: serán grama del campo, y hortaliza verde: yerba de los tejados, que antes de madura se seca.
28 [But] I know [everything about you]; I know when you are [in your house and] when you go outside; I also know that you are (raging/speaking very angrily) against me.
Tu estada, tu salida, y tu entrada, he entendido; y tu furor contra mí.
29 [So], because you have raged against me and because I have heard you speak very proudly/arrogantly, [it will be as though] I will put a hook in your nose and I will put an iron (bit/metal bar) in your mouth [in order that I can lead you where I want you to go], and I will force you to return [to your own country], on the same road on which you came [here, without conquering Jerusalem].”’
Porque te airaste contra mí, y tu estruendo ha subido a mis oídos: pondré pues mi anzuelo en tu nariz, y mi freno en tus labios, y hacerte he tornar por el camino por donde veniste.
30 [Then I said to Hezekiah], ‘This will prove to you [that what I said will happen]: “This year, you(pl) will eat [only the crops] that grow by themselves, and next year the same thing will happen. But in the third year you will plant [crops] and harvest them; you will take care of your vineyards and eat the grapes.
Y esto te será por señal: Comerás este año lo que nace de suyo; y el año segundo también lo que nace de suyo; y el año tercero sembraréis, y segaréis, y plantaréis viñas, y comeréis el fruto de ellos.
31 And [you] people who are still [here] in Judah, will be strong and prosper again [MET].
Y lo que hubiere escapado de la casa de Judá, tornará a echar raíz abajo, y hará fruto arriba.
32 A small number of my people will survive, and they will spread out from Jerusalem [DOU].” That will happen because [I], the Commander of the armies of angels, am desiring very much to accomplish it.’
Porque de Jerusalem saldrán residuos, y del monte de Sión escapada. El zelo de Jehová de los ejércitos hará esto.
33 And this is what [I], Yahweh, say about the King of Assyria: ‘His [armies] will not enter Jerusalem; they will not [even] shoot arrows into it. His soldiers will not [march outside] the city gates holding their shields, and they will not build high mounds of dirt against the walls of the city [to enable them to attack the city].
Por tanto así dice Jehová acerca del rey de Asiria: No entrará en esta ciudad, ni echará saeta en ella: no vendrá delante de ella escudo, ni será echado sobre ella baluarte.
34 And their king will return [to his own country] on the same road on which he came [here]. He will not enter this city!’ [That will happen because I], Yahweh, have said it!
Por el camino que vino, se tornará, y no entrará en esta ciudad, dice Jehová.
35 For the sake of my own reputation and because of what I promised King David, who served me [well], I will defend this city and prevent it from being destroyed.”
Y yo ampararé a esta ciudad para salvarla por amor de mí, y por amor de David mi siervo.
36 [That night], an angel from Yahweh went out to where the army of Assyria had set up their tents and killed 185,000 of their soldiers. When [the rest of the soldiers] woke up the next morning, they saw that there were corpses everywhere.
Y salió el ángel de Jehová, e hirió ciento y ochenta y cinco mil en el campo de los Asirios; y cuando se levantaron por la mañana, he aquí que todo era cuerpos de muertos.
37 Then King Sennacherib left and returned home to Nineveh [in Assyria], and stayed there.
Entonces Senaquerib rey de Asiria partiéndose se fue, y se tornó; e hizo su morada en Nínive.
38 [One day], when he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his two sons, Adrammelech and Sharezer, killed him with their swords. Then they escaped and went to the Ararat [region northwest of Nineveh]. And another of Sennacherib’s sons, Esarhaddon, became the King of Assyria.
Y acaeció, que estando orando en el templo de Nisroc su dios, Adramelec y Sarezer sus hijos le hirieron a cuchillo, y huyeron a la tierra de Armenia; y reinó en su lugar Asaradón su hijo.
