Isaías 24
1 He aquí que Yahvé devastará la tierra, y la dejará desolada, trastornará la superficie de ella y dispersará 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 Y será del pueblo como del sacerdote, del siervo como de su amo, de la sierva como de su dueña, del comprador como del vendedor, del que presta, como del que toma prestado, del acreedor como del 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 devastada y saqueada del todo, por cuanto Yahvé así lo ha decretado.
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 consume de luto, el orbe se deshace y se marchita; desfallecen los magnates de la tierra.
[Everything on] the earth will dry up and die [DOU]; its important people will become weak and unimportant.
5 La tierra está profanada por sus habitantes; pues han traspasado las leyes y violado los mandamientos, han quebrantado la alianza eterna.
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 eso la maldición devora la tierra, y son culpables sus moradores; por eso serán consumidos los habitantes de la tierra, y quedará solamente un corto número.
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 Llora el vino, languidece la cepa, gimen cuantos se alegraban de corazón.
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 Ha cesado el júbilo del tamboril, se acabó la algazara de la gente alegre, ya no se oye más el alegre son de la cítara.
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 se bebe ya vino entre cantares, y las bebidas dulces son amargas para los bebedores.
People will no longer sing while they drink wine, and [all] their alcoholic drinks will taste bitter.
10 Devastada está la ciudad de la vanidad, cerrada toda casa, nadie puede entrar.
[Towns and] cities will be desolate; every house will be locked to prevent thieves from entering.
11 Gritan por vino en las calles, ha desaparecido todo regocijo, desterrada está de la tierra la alegría,
[Mobs] will gather in the streets, wanting wine; no one on the earth will be happy [DOU] any more.
12 Lo que queda de la ciudad son escombros, y la puerta destruida, convertida en ruinas.
Cities will be ruined and [all] their gates will be battered/broken into pieces.
13 En medio de la tierra, en medio de los pueblos (pasará esto): será como un olivo vareado, y como los rebuscos después de acabada la vendimia.
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 Entonces levantarán su voz, y cantarán, aclamando la majestad de Yahvé desde el mar:
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 “Glorificad a Yahvé en las regiones del Oriente, el nombre de Yahvé, el Dios de Israel, en las islas del mar.”
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 Desde el extremo de la tierra oímos cantar: “Gloria al Justo.” Mas yo dije: “¡Estoy perdido! ¡perdido estoy! ¡Ay de mí!” Los prevaricadores prevarican, los prevaricadores siguen prevaricando.
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 El espanto, la fosa y el lazo están sobre ti, oh morador de la tierra.
You people all over the earth, you will be terrified, and you will fall into deep pits and traps/snares.
18 El que huyere del grito de espanto, caerá en la fosa, y el que subiere de la fosa, será preso en el lazo; porque se abrirán las cataratas de lo alto y se conmoverán los cimientos de la tierra.
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 se rompe con gran estruendo, la tierra se parte con estrépito, la tierra es sacudida con violencia,
The earth will split apart and be shattered; it will shake violently.
20 la tierra tambalea como un borracho; vacila como una choza; pesan sobre ella sus prevaricaciones; caerá, 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 En aquel día Yahvé juzgará a la milicia del cielo en lo alto, y aquí abajo 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 juntados como se junta a los presos en la mazmorra, quedarán encerrados en el calabozo, y después de muchos días serán juzgados.
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 enrojecerá y el sol se oscurecerá, porque Yahvé de los ejércitos reinará en el monte Sión y en Jerusalén, y delante de sus ancianos (resplandecerá) su gloria.
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].
