1 A CERCA de Moab. Así ha dicho Jehová de los ejércitos, Dios de Israel: ­Ay de Nebo! que fué destruída, fué avergonzada; Chîriathaim fué tomada; fué confusa Misgab, y desmayó.

About Moab, the Lord of All, the God of Israel, says, “It is bad for Nebo, for it has been destroyed. Kiriathaim has been put to shame and taken. The high, strong-place has been put to shame and crushed.

2 N o se alabará ya más Moab; contra Hesbón maquinaron mal, diciendo: Venid, y quitémosla de entre las gentes. También tú, Madmén, serás cortada, espada irá tras ti.

The praise for Moab has come to an end. In Heshbon they have planned trouble against her, saying, ‘Come, let us destroy her from being a nation!’ You, O Madmen, will be made quiet also. The sword will follow you.

3 V oz de clamor de Horonaim, destrucción y gran quebrantamiento!

Listen, the sound of a cry from Horonaim, saying, ‘Laid waste and all destroyed!’

4 M oab fué quebrantada; hicieron que se oyese el clamor de sus pequeños.

Moab is destroyed. The cry of her little ones is heard.

5 P orque á la subida de Luhith con lloro subirá el que llora; porque á la bajada de Horonaim los enemigos oyeron clamor de quebranto.

They go up the hill of Luhith crying all the time. For at the hill of Horonaim they have heard the troubled cry of those who are being destroyed.

6 H uid, salvad vuestra vida, y sed como retama en el desierto.

Run fast! Run for your lives! You will be like a bush in the desert.

7 P ues por cuanto confiaste en tus haciendas, en tus tesoros, tú también serás tomada: y Chêmos saldrá en cautiverio, los sacerdotes y sus príncipes juntamente.

Because you have trusted in your own works and riches, you also will be taken. And Chemosh will go away to a strange land together with his religious leaders and important men.

8 Y vendrá destruidor á cada una de las ciudades, y ninguna ciudad escapará: arruinaráse también el valle, y será destruída la campiña, como ha dicho Jehová.

The destroyer will come to every city. No city will be free from him. The valley and the plain will be destroyed also, as the Lord has said.

9 D ad alas á Moab, para que volando se vaya; pues serán desiertas sus ciudades hasta no quedar en ellas morador.

Give wings to Moab, for she will fly away. Her cities will become a waste, with no people living in them.

10 M aldito el que hiciere engañosamente la obra de Jehová, y maldito el que detuviere su cuchillo de la sangre.

The one who does the Lord’s work without care is cursed. Cursed is the one who keeps his sword from blood.

11 Q uieto estuvo Moab desde su mocedad, y sobre sus heces ha estado él reposado, y no fué trasegado de vaso en vaso, ni nunca fué en cautiverio: por tanto quedó su sabor en él, y su olor no se ha trocado.

“Moab has been at rest since he was young. He has been like wine which sits a long time, not being poured from jar to jar. He has not gone away to a strange land. So he keeps his taste, and his smell is not changed.

12 P or eso, he aquí que vienen días, ha dicho Jehová, en que yo le enviaré trasportadores que lo harán trasportar; y vaciarán sus vasos, y romperán sus odres.

The days are coming,” says the Lord, “when I will send to him those who turn over jars, and they will turn him over. They will empty his jars and break them in pieces.

13 Y avergonzaráse Moab de Chêmos, á la manera que la casa de Israel se avergonzó de Beth-el, su confianza.

Then Moab will be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel that they trusted.

14 ¿ Cómo diréis: Somos valientes, y robustos hombres para la guerra?

How can you say, ‘We are strong soldiers and powerful men of war’?

15 D estruído fué Moab, y sus ciudades asoló, y sus escogidos mancebos descendieron al degolladero, ha dicho el Rey, cuyo nombre es Jehová de los ejércitos.

Moab has been destroyed, and men have gone up to his cities. His best young men have gone down to be killed,” says the King, Whose name is the Lord of All.

16 C ercano está el quebrantamiento de Moab para venir, y su mal se apresura mucho.

The trouble of Moab will soon come. His suffering comes in a hurry.

17 C ompadeceos de él todos los que estáis alrededor suyo; y todos los que sabéis su nombre, decid: ¿Cómo se quebró la vara de fortaleza, el báculo de hermosura?

Have sorrow for him, all you who live around him, and all who know his name. Say, ‘How his power has been broken, the greatness of his power!’

18 D esciende de la gloria, siéntate en seco, moradora hija de Dibón; porque el destruidor de Moab subió contra ti, disipó tus fortalezas.

Come down from your greatness and sit on the hot ground, O you who live in Dibon. For the destroyer of Moab has come up against you. He has destroyed your strong-places built for battle.

19 P árate en el camino, y mira, oh moradora de Aroer: pregunta á la que va huyendo, y á la que escapó; dile: ¿Qué ha acontecido?

Stand by the road and keep watch, O you who live in Aroer. Ask the man or woman who runs away, ‘What has happened?’

20 A vergonzóse Moab, porque fué quebrantado: aullad y clamad: denunciad en Arnón que Moab es destruído.

Moab has been put to shame, for it is broken down. Cry out. Let it be known by the Arnon that Moab has been destroyed.

21 Y que vino juicio sobre la tierra de la campiña; sobre Holón, y sobre Jahzah, y sobre Mephaath,

Punishment has come upon the plain, against Holon, Jahzah, Mephaath,

22 Y sobre Dibón, y sobre Nebo, y sobre Beth-diblathaim,

Dibon, Nebo, Beth-diblathaim,

23 Y sobre Chîriathaim, y sobre Beth-gamul, y sobre Beth-meon,

Kiriathaim, Beth-gamul, Beth-meon,

24 Y sobre Chêrioth, y sobre Bosra, y sobre todas las ciudades de tierra de Moab, las de lejos y las de cerca.

Kerioth, Bozrah, and all the cities of the land of Moab, far and near.

25 C ortado es el cuerno de Moab, y su brazo quebrantado, dice Jehová.

Moab’s strength has been cut off, and his arm broken,” says the Lord.

26 E mbriagadlo, porque contra Jehová se engrandeció; y revuélquese Moab sobre su vómito, y sea también él por escarnio.

“Make him drunk, for he has become proud before the Lord. So Moab will roll in the food he has thrown up, and be laughed at.

27 ¿ Y no te fué á ti Israel por escarnio, como si lo tomaran entre ladrones? porque desde que de él hablaste, tú te has movido.

Did you not laugh at Israel? Or was he found among robbers? For each time you speak about him you laugh and shake your head.

28 D esamparad las ciudades, y habitad en peñascos, oh moradores de Moab; y sed como la paloma que hace nido detrás de la boca de la caverna.

Leave the cities and live among the rocks, O people of Moab. Be like a dove that has its nest in a hole in the side of the rock.

29 O ído hemos la soberbia de Moab, que es muy soberbio: su hinchazón y su orgullo, y su altivez y la altanería de su corazón.

We have heard of the pride of Moab. He is very proud. We have heard of all his pride and how he honors himself.

30 Y o conozco, dice Jehová, su cólera; mas no tendrá efecto: sus mentiras no han de aprovechar le.

I know his anger,” says the Lord, “but it is of no use. His proud words have done nothing.

31 P or tanto yo aullaré sobre Moab, y sobre todo Moab haré clamor, y sobre los hombres de Kir-heres gemiré.

So I will cry in a loud voice for Moab. I will cry out for all Moab. I will have sorrow for the men of Kir-heres.

32 C on lloro de Jazer lloraré por ti, oh vid de Sibma: tus sarmientos pasaron la mar, llegaron hasta la mar de Jazer: sobre tu agosto y sobre tu vendimia vino destruidor.

I will cry for you more than for Jazer, O vine of Sibmah! Your branches have gone over the sea, even to the sea of Jazer. The destroyer has fallen upon your summer fruits and your grapes.

33 Y será cortada la alegría y el regocijo de los campos labrados, y de la tierra de Moab: y haré cesar el vino de los lagares: no pisarán con canción; la canción no será canción.

Happiness and joy have been taken away from the land of Moab with all its fruit. I have stopped the crushing of the grapes to make wine. No one crushes them under foot. The noise they make is not the sound of joy.

34 E l clamor, desde Hesbón hasta Eleale; hasta Jaaz dieron su voz: desde Zoar hasta Horonaim, becerra de tres años: porque también las aguas de Nimrin serán destruídas.

They cry out from Heshbon even to Elealeh, even to Jahaz, and from Zoar even to Horonaim and to Eglath-shelishiyah. Even the waters of Nimrim have become a waste.

35 Y haré cesar de Moab, dice Jehová, quien sacrifique en altar, y quien ofrezca sahumerio á sus dioses.

And I will make an end of Moab,” says the Lord. “I will destroy the one who gives gifts of worship on the high place and burns special perfume to his gods.

36 P or tanto, mi corazón resonará como flautas por causa de Moab, asimismo resonará mi corazón á modo de flautas por los hombres de Kir-heres: porque perecieron las riquezas que había hecho.

“So My heart cries out for Moab like a horn. My heart cries like a horn also for the men of Kir-heres. The riches they had for themselves have been lost.

37 P orque en toda cabeza habrá calva, y toda barba será raída; sobre todas manos rasguños, y sacos sobre todos los lomos.

The hair has been cut from every head, and the hair has been cut short on every face. There are cuts on all the hands, and they wear clothes made from hair.

38 S obre todas las techumbres de Moab y en sus calles, todo él será llanto; porque yo quebranté á Moab como á vaso que no agrada, dice Jehová.

On all the roofs of Moab and in its streets there are cries of sorrow everywhere. For I have broken Moab like a pot that is not wanted,” says the Lord.

39 A ullad: ­Cómo ha sido quebrantado! ­cómo volvió la cerviz Moab, y fué avergonzado! Y fué Moab en escarnio y en espanto á todos los que están en sus alrededores.

“How broken it is! How they cry! How Moab has turned his back in shame! So Moab has become something to laugh at and hate to all those around him.”

40 P orque así ha dicho Jehová: He aquí que como águila volará, y extenderá sus alas á Moab.

For the Lord says, “One will fly fast like an eagle, and spread out his wings against Moab.

41 T omadas son las ciudades, y tomadas son las fortalezas; y será aquel día el corazón de los valientes de Moab como el corazón de mujer en angustias.

Kerieth has been taken, and the strong-places built for battle have been taken. In that day the hearts of the strong men of Moab will be like the heart of a woman giving birth.

42 Y Moab será destruído para dejar de ser pueblo: porque se engrandeció contra Jehová.

Moab will be destroyed and will no longer be a nation, because he was proud before the Lord.

43 M iedo y hoyo y lazo sobre ti, oh morador de Moab, dice Jehová.

Fear, traps and nets are coming upon you, O you who live in Moab,” says the Lord.

44 E l que huyere del miedo, caerá en el hoyo; y el que saliere del hoyo, será preso del lazo: porque yo traeré sobre él, sobre Moab, año de su visitación, dice Jehová.

“The one who runs from trouble will fall into the trap. And the one who comes up out of the trap will be caught in the net. For I will bring these things upon Moab in the year of their punishment,” says the Lord.

45 A la sombra de Hesbón se pararon los que huían de la fuerza; mas salió fuego de Hesbón, y llama de en medio de Sihón, y quemó el rincón de Moab, y la mollera de los hijos revoltosos.

“In the shadow of Heshbon, those who have run for their lives stand without strength. For a fire has gone out from Heshbon and from Sihon. It has destroyed the forehead of Moab and the top of the heads of the trouble-makers.

46 A y de ti, Moab! pereció el pueblo de Chêmos: porque tus hijos fueron presos para cautividad, y tus hijas para cautiverio.

It is bad for you, Moab! The people of Chemosh have been destroyed. Your sons and daughters have been taken away in chains.

47 E mpero haré tornar el cautiverio de Moab en lo postrero de los tiempos, dice Jehová. Hasta aquí es el juicio de Moab.

Yet I will return the people of Moab to their land in the last days,” says the Lord. This is the punishment of Moab.