1 W oe to those who issue unrighteous decrees, and to the magistrates who keep causing unjust and oppressive decisions to be recorded,

¡Ay de los que establecen leyes injustas, y determinando prescriben tiranía,

2 T o turn aside the needy from justice and to make plunder of the rightful claims of the poor of My people, that widows may be their spoil, and that they may make the fatherless their prey!

por apartar del juicio a los pobres, y por quitar el derecho a los afligidos de mi pueblo; por despojar las viudas, y robar a los huérfanos!

3 A nd what will you do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from afar? To whom will you flee for help? And where will you deposit your wealth and with whom leave your glory?

¿Y qué haréis en el día de la visitación? ¿Y a quién os acogeréis que os ayude, cuando viniere de lejos el asolamiento? ¿Y a dónde dejaréis vuestra gloria?

4 W ithout Me they shall bow down among the prisoners, and they shall fall under the heaps of the slain. For all this, anger is not turned away, but His hand is still stretched out.

Sino se inclinarán entre los presos, y entre los muertos caerán. Ni con todo esto cesará su furor, antes todavía su mano está extendida.

5 W oe to the Assyrian, the rod of My anger, the staff in whose hand is My indignation and fury!

Oh Assur, vara y bastón de mi furor; en su mano he puesto mi ira.

6 I send against a hypocritical and godless nation and against the people of My wrath; I command him to take the spoil and to seize the prey and to tread them down like the mire in the streets.

Le mandaré contra una gente falsa; y sobre el pueblo de mi ira le enviaré, para que quite despojos, y arrebate presa; y que lo ponga para ser hollado como lodo de las calles.

7 H owever, this is not his intention, neither does his mind so think and plan; but it is in his mind to destroy and cut off many nations.

Aunque él no lo pensará así, ni su corazón lo imaginará de esta manera; mas su pensamiento será de desarraigar y cortar naciones no pocas.

8 F or says, Are not my officers all either kings or their equal?

Porque él dirá: Mis príncipes ¿no son todos reyes?

9 I s not Calno like Carchemish ? Is not Hamath like Arpad ? Is not Samaria like Damascus ?

¿No es Calno como Carquemis; Hamat como Arfad; y Samaria como Damasco?

10 A s my hand has reached to the kingdoms of the idols whose graven images were more to be feared and dreaded and more mighty than those of Jerusalem and of Samaria—

Como halló mi mano los reinos de los ídolos, siendo sus imágenes más que Jerusalén y Samaria;

11 S hall I not be able to do to Jerusalem and her images as I have done to Samaria and her idols?

Como hice a Samaria y a sus ídolos, ¿no haré también así a Jerusalén y a sus ídolos?

12 T herefore when the Lord has completed all His work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, it shall be that He will inflict punishment on the fruit of the stout and arrogant heart of the king of Assyria and the haughtiness of his pride.

Mas acontecerá que después que el Señor hubiere acabado toda su obra en el Monte de Sion, y en Jerusalén, visitaré sobre el fruto de la soberbia del corazón del rey de Asiria, y sobre la gloria de la altivez de sus ojos.

13 F or has said, I have done it solely by the power of my own hand and wisdom, for I have insight and understanding. I have removed the boundaries of the peoples and have robbed their treasures; and like a bull I have brought down those who sat on thrones and the inhabitants.

Porque dijo: Con la fortaleza de mi mano lo he hecho, y con mi sabiduría; porque he sido prudente; y quité los términos de los pueblos, y saqueé sus tesoros, y derribé como valientes a los que estaban sentados;

14 A nd my hand has found like a nest the wealth of the people; and as one gathers eggs that are forsaken, so I have gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved its wing, or that opened its mouth or chirped.

y halló mi mano como nido las riquezas de los pueblos; y como se cogen los huevos dejados, así me apoderé yo de toda la tierra; y no hubo quien moviera ala, o abriera boca y graznara.

15 S hall the ax boast itself against him who chops with it? Or shall the saw magnify itself against him who wields it back and forth? As if a rod should wield those who lift it up, or as if a staff should lift itself up as if it were not wood!

¿Se gloriará el hacha contra el que con ella corta? ¿Se ensoberbecerá la sierra contra el que la mueve? Como si el bordón se levantara contra los que lo levantan; como si se levantara la vara, ¿no es leño?

16 T herefore will the Lord, the Lord of hosts, send leanness among fat ones; and instead of his glory or under it He will kindle a burning like the burning of fire.

Por tanto el Señor DIOS de los ejércitos, enviará flaqueza sobre sus gordos; y debajo de su gloria encenderá encendimiento, como encendimiento de fuego.

17 A nd the Light of Israel shall become a fire and His Holy One a flame, and it will burn and devour thorns and briers in one day.

Y la luz de Israel será por fuego, y su Santo por llama que abrase y consuma en un día sus cardos y sus espinas.

18 w ill consume the glory of the forest and of his fruitful field, both soul and body; and it shall be as when a sick man pines away or a standard-bearer faints.

La gloria de su bosque y de su campo fértil consumirá, desde el alma hasta la carne; y vendrá a ser como abanderado en derrota.

19 A nd the remnant of the trees of his forest shall be few, so that a child may make a list of them.

Y los árboles que quedaren en su bosque, serán en número que un niño los pueda contar.

20 A nd it shall be in that day that the remnant of Israel, and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more lean upon him who smote them, but will lean upon the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.

Y acontecerá en aquel tiempo, que los que hubieren quedado de Israel, y los que hubieren quedado de la casa de Jacob, nunca más estriben sobre el que los hirió; sino que se apoyarán sobre el SEÑOR, el Santo de Israel con verdad.

21 A remnant will return, a remnant of Jacob, to the mighty God.

El remanente se convertirá, el remanente de Jacob, al Dios fuerte.

22 F or though your population, O Israel, be as the sand of the sea, only a remnant of it will return. The destruction is decreed (decided upon and brought to an issue); it overflows with justice and righteousness.

Porque si tu pueblo, oh Israel, fuere como las arenas del mar, el remanente de él se convertirá; la consumación fenecida inunda justicia.

23 F or the Lord, the Lord of hosts, will make a full end, whatever is determined or decreed, in the midst of all the earth.

Por tanto, el Señor DIOS de los ejércitos, hará consumación y fenecimiento en medio de toda la tierra.

24 T herefore thus says the Lord, the Lord of hosts, O My people who dwell in Zion, do not be afraid of the Assyrian, who smites you with a rod and lifts up his staff against you, as Egypt did.

Por tanto, el Señor DIOS de los ejércitos, dice así: Pueblo mío, morador de Sion, no temas de Assur. Con vara te herirá, y contra ti alzará su palo, por la vía de Egipto;

25 F or yet a little while and My indignation against you shall be accomplished, and My anger shall be directed to destruction.

mas de aquí a muy poco tiempo, se acabará el furor y mi enojo, para fenecimiento de ellos.

26 A nd the Lord of hosts shall stir up and brandish a scourge against them as when He smote Midian at the rock of Oreb; and as His rod was over the Sea, so shall He lift it up as He did in Egypt.

Y levantará el SEÑOR de los ejércitos azote contra él, como la matanza de Madián a la peña de Oreb; y alzará su vara sobre el mar, por la vía de Egipto.

27 A nd it shall be in that day that the burden of shall depart from your shoulders, and his yoke from your neck. The yoke shall be destroyed because of fatness.

Y acaecerá en aquel tiempo, que su carga será quitada de tu hombro, y su yugo de tu cerviz; y el yugo se pudrirá delante de la unción.

28 H e arrives at Aiath; he passes through Migron; at Michmash he gets rid of his baggage.

Vino hasta Ajat, pasó hasta Migrón; en Micmas contará su ejército.

29 T hey go through the pass, they make Geba their camping place for the night; Ramah is afraid and trembles, Gibeah of Saul flees.

Pasaron el vado; se alojaron en Geba; Ramá tembló; Gabaa de Saúl huyó.

30 C ry aloud, O Daughter of Gallim! Hearken, O Laishah! O you poor Anathoth!

Grita en alta voz, hija de Galim; Lais haz que te oiga la pobre Anatot.

31 M admenah is in flight; the inhabitants of Gebim seize their belongings and make their households flee for safety.

Madmena se alborotó; los moradores de Gebim se juntarán.

32 T his very day will halt at Nob, shaking his fist at the mountain of the Daughter of Zion, at the hill of Jerusalem.

Aún vendrá día cuando reposará en Nob; alzará su mano al Monte de la hija de Sion, al collado de Jerusalén.

33 b ehold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts, will lop off the beautiful boughs with terrorizing force; the high in stature will be hewn down and the lofty will be brought low.

He aquí el Señor DIOS de los ejércitos, desgajará el ramo con fortaleza; y los de grande altura serán cortados, y los altos serán humillados.

34 A nd He will cut down the thickets of the forest with an ax, and Lebanon with its majestic trees shall fall by the Mighty One and mightily.

Y cortará con hierro la espesura del bosque, y el Líbano caerá con fortaleza.