1 ¡ Ay de los que decretan estatutos inicuos, y de los que constantemente escriben decisiones injustas,

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

2 p ara privar de justicia a los necesitados, para robar de sus derechos a los pobres de mi pueblo, para hacer de las viudas su botín, y despojar a los huérfanos!

To 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!

3 ¿ Y que haréis en el día del castigo, en la devastación que vendrá de lejos ? ¿A quién huiréis por auxilio ? ¿Y dónde dejaréis vuestra riqueza ?

And 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?

4 S ólo queda encorvarse entre los cautivos o caer entre los muertos. Con todo eso no se aparta su ira, y aún está su mano extendida. Asiria, instrumento de castigo

Without 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.

5 ¡ Ay de Asiria, vara de mi ira y báculo en cuyas manos está mi indignación!

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

6 C ontra una nación impía la envío y contra el pueblo de mi furor la mandaré, para que capture botín y tome despojos y los pisotee como el lodo de las calles.

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.

7 P ero ella no tiene tal intento, ni piensa así en su corazón, sino que su intención es destruir y exterminar no pocas naciones.

However, 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.

8 P orque dice: ¿No son mis príncipes todos ellos reyes?

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

9 ¿ No es Calno como Carquemis ? ¿No es Hamat como Arfad? ¿No es Samaria como Damasco ?

Is not Calno like Carchemish ? Is not Hamath like Arpad ? Is not Samaria like Damascus ?

10 C omo alcanzó mi mano los reinos de los ídolos, cuyas imágenes talladas excedían a las de Jerusalén y Samaria,

As 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—

11 c omo hice a Samaria y a sus ídolos, ¿no haré así también a Jerusalén y a sus imágenes?

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

12 Y sucederá que cuando el Señor haya terminado toda su obra en el monte Sion y en Jerusalén, dirá: Castigaré el fruto del corazón orgulloso del rey de Asiria y la ostentación de su altivez.

Therefore 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.

13 P orque ha dicho: Con el poder de mi mano lo hice, y con mi sabiduría, pues tengo entendimiento; quité las fronteras de los pueblos, saqueé sus tesoros, y como hombre fuerte abatí a sus habitantes.

For 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.

14 A lcanzó mi mano las riquezas de los pueblos como a un nido; como se recogen los huevos abandonados, yo junté toda la tierra, y no hubo quien aleteara ni abriera el pico ni gorgojeara.

And 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.

15 ¿ Ha de enaltecerse el hacha sobre el que corta con ella? ¿Ha de engrandecerse la sierra sobre el que la maneja ? ¡Como si un báculo manejara a los que lo levantan, como si una vara levantara al que no es madera!

Shall 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!

16 P or eso el Señor, Dios de los ejércitos, enviará una enfermedad extenuante entre sus robustos guerreros; y debajo de su gloria encenderá una hoguera como fuego abrasador.

Therefore 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.

17 L a luz de Israel se convertirá en fuego y su Santo en llama, y quemará y consumirá sus espinos y sus zarzas en un solo día.

And 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.

18 E l destruirá la gloria de su bosque y de su fértil huerto, tanto el alma como el cuerpo, y será como cuando un enfermo languidece;

will 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.

19 y los árboles que queden de su bosque serán tan pocos que un niño podrá contarlos.

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

20 S ucederá en aquel día que el remanente de Israel y los de la casa de Jacob que hayan escapado, no volverán a apoyarse más en el que los hirió, sino que en verdad se apoyarán en el Señor, el Santo de Israel.

And 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.

21 U n remanente volverá, el remanente de Jacob, al Dios poderoso.

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

22 P ues aunque tu pueblo, oh Israel, sea como la arena del mar, sólo un remanente de él volverá; la destrucción está decidida, rebosando justicia.

For 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.

23 P ues una destrucción completa, ya decretada, ejecutará el Señor, Dios de los ejércitos, en medio de toda la tierra.

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

24 P or tanto, así dice el Señor, Dios de los ejércitos: Pueblo mío que moras en Sion, no temas al asirio que te hiere con vara y levanta su báculo contra ti a la manera de Egipto.

Therefore 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.

25 P orque dentro de muy poco mi indignación contra ti terminará, y mi ira la dirigiré a su destrucción.

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

26 Y el Señor de los ejércitos levantará un azote contra él como la matanza de Madián en la peña de Oreb; su báculo estará sobre el mar y lo levantará de la manera que lo hizo en Egipto.

And 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.

27 Y sucederá en aquel día que la carga de Asiria será quitada de tus hombros y su yugo de tu cerviz, y el yugo será quebrado a causa de la grosura.

And 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.

28 E l ha venido contra Ajat, ha pasado por Migrón; en Micmas dejó su bagaje.

He arrives at Aiath; he passes through Migron; at Michmash he gets rid of his baggage.

29 H an pasado por el desfiladero, diciendo: Geba será nuestro alojamiento. Ramá está aterrada, y Guibeá de Saúl ha huido.

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

30 ¡ Clama a gran voz, oh hija de Galim! ¡Pon atención, Lais; desdichada de ti, Anatot!

Cry aloud, O Daughter of Gallim! Hearken, O Laishah! O you poor Anathoth!

31 H a huido Madmena. Los habitantes de Gebim han buscado refugio.

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

32 H oy mismo él se detendrá en Nob, agitará su mano contra el monte de la hija de Sion, la colina de Jerusalén.

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

33 H e aquí, el Señor, Dios de los ejércitos, desgajará el ramaje con terrible crujido; los árboles de gran altura serán cortados, los elevados serán abatidos.

behold, 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.

34 E l cortará la espesura del bosque con hacha de hierro, y el Líbano caerá ante el Poderoso.

And 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.