Isaías, 22

1. Oráculo contra el valle de la Visión. ¿Qué tienes ahora, que has subido en pleno a las azoteas,

1. The oracle concerning the valley of vision. What do you mean that you have gone up, all of you, to the housetops,

2. de rumores henchida, ciudad alborotada, villa bullanguera? Tus caídos no son caídos a espada ni muertos en guerra.

2. you who are full of shoutings, tumultuous city, exultant town? Your slain are not slain with the sword or dead in battle.

3. Todos sus jefes huyeron a una: del arco escapaban. Todos tus valientes fueron apresados a una: lejos huían.

3. All your rulers have fled together, without the bow they were captured. All of you who were found were captured, though they had fled far away.

4. Por eso he dicho: «¡Apartaos de mí! Voy a llorar amargamente. No os empeñéis en consolarme por la devastación de la hija de mi pueblo.»

4. Therefore I said: "Look away from me, let me weep bitter tears; do not labor to comfort me for the destruction of the daughter of my people."

5. Porque es día de perturbación, de extravío y de aplastamiento para el Señor Yahveh Sebaot. En el valle de la Visión se zapa un muro y el grito de socorro llega a la montaña,

5. For the Lord GOD of hosts has a day of tumult and trampling and confusion in the valley of vision, a battering down of walls and a shouting to the mountains.

6. Elam lleva el carcaj, Aram monta a caballo, Quir desnuda el escudo.

6. And Elam bore the quiver with chariots and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield.

7. Tus mejores valles se vieron llenos de carros, y los de a caballo formaron frente a la puerta.

7. Your choicest valleys were full of chariots, and the horsemen took their stand at the gates.

8. Entonces cayó la defensa de Judá. Contemplasteis aquel día el arsenal de la Casa del Bosque.

8. He has taken away the covering of Judah. In that day you looked to the weapons of the House of the Forest,

9. Y las brechas de la ciudad de David visteis que eran muchas, y reunisteis las aguas de la alberca inferior.

9. and you saw that the breaches of the city of David were many, and you collected the waters of the lower pool,

10. Las casas de Jerusalén contasteis, y demolisteis casas para fortificar la muralla.

10. and you counted the houses of Jerusalem, and you broke down the houses to fortify the wall.

11. Un estanque hicisteis entre ambos muros para las aguas de la alberca vieja; pero no os fijasteis en su Hacedor, al que desde antiguo lo ideó de lejos no le visteis.

11. You made a reservoir between the two walls for the water of the old pool. But you did not look to him who did it, or have regard for him who planned it long ago.

12. Llamaba el Señor Yahveh Sebaot aquel día a lloro y a lamento y a raparse y ceñirse de sayal,

12. In that day the Lord GOD of hosts called to weeping and mourning, to baldness and girding with sackcloth;

13. mas lo que hubo fue jolgorio y alegría, matanza de bueyes y degüello de ovejas, comer carne y beber vino: «¡Comamos y bebamos, que mañana moriremos!»

13. and behold, joy and gladness, slaying oxen and killing sheep, eating flesh and drinking wine. "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die."

14. Entonces me reveló al oído Yahveh Sebaot: «No será expiada esa culpa hasta que muráis» - ha dicho el Señor Yahveh Sebaot -.

14. The LORD of hosts has revealed himself in my ears: "Surely this iniquity will not be forgiven you till you die," says the Lord GOD of hosts.

15. Así dice el Señor Yahveh Sebaot: Preséntate al mayordomo, a Sebná, encargado del palacio,

15. Thus says the Lord GOD of hosts, "Come, go to this steward, to Shebna, who is over the household, and say to him:

16. el que labra en alto su tumba, el que se talla en la peña una morada: «¿Qué es tuyo aquí y a quién tienes aquí, que te has labrado aquí una tumba?»

16. What have you to do here and whom have you here, that you have hewn here a tomb for yourself, you who hew a tomb on the height, and carve a habitation for yourself in the rock?

17. He aquí que Yahveh te hace rebotar, hombre, y te vuelve a agarrar.

17. Behold, the LORD will hurl you away violently, O you strong man. He will seize firm hold on you,

18. Te enrolla en ovillo, como una pelota en tierra de amplios espacios. Allí morirás, y allí irán tus carrozas gloriosas, vergüenza del palacio de tu señor.

18. and whirl you round and round, and throw you like a ball into a wide land; there you shall die, and there shall be your splendid chariots, you shame of your master's house.

19. Te empujaré de tu peana y de tu pedestal te apearé.

19. I will thrust you from your office, and you will be cast down from your station.

20. Aquel día llamaré a mi siervo Elyaquim, hijo de Jilquías.

20. In that day I will call my servant Eli'akim the son of Hilki'ah,

21. Le revestiré de tu túnica, con tu fajín le sujetaré, tu autoridad pondré en su mano, y será él un padre para los habitantes de Jerusalén y para la casa de Judá.

21. and I will clothe him with your robe, and will bind your girdle on him, and will commit your authority to his hand; and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah.

22. Pondré la llave de la casa de David sobre su hombro; abrirá, y nadie cerrará, cerrará, y nadie abrirá.

22. And I will place on his shoulder the key of the house of David; he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open.

23. Le hincaré como clavija en lugar seguro, y será trono de gloria para la casa de su padre.

23. And I will fasten him like a peg in a sure place, and he will become a throne of honor to his father's house.

24. Colgarán allí todo lo de valor de la casa de su padre - sus descendientes y su posteridad -, todo el ajuar menudo, todas las tazas y cántaros.

24. And they will hang on him the whole weight of his father's house, the offspring and issue, every small vessel, from the cups to all the flagons.

25. Aquel día - oráculo de Yahveh Sebaot - se removerá la clavija hincada en sitio seguro, cederá y caerá, y se hará añicos el peso que sostenía, porque Yahveh ha hablado.

25. In that day, says the LORD of hosts, the peg that was fastened in a sure place will give way; and it will be cut down and fall, and the burden that was upon it will be cut off, for the LORD has spoken."