Isaiah · Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
Isaiah 5 Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
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1 Voy a cantar acerca de mi amado, un canto de amor por su viñedo. Mi amado tenía un viñedo en una colina fértil.
1 Let me sing for my well beloved a song of my beloved about his vineyard. My beloved had a vineyard on a very fruitful hill.
2 Trabajó la tierra con una pala, quitó las piedras y plantó una vid de la mejor calidad. Construyó una torre de vigilancia en medio y excavó en la roca un lugar para pisar las uvas. Esperaba que diera las mejores uvas, pero dio uvas comunes.
2 He dug it up, gathered out its stones, planted it with the choicest vine, built a tower in the middle of it, and also cut out a wine press in it. He looked for it to yield grapes, but it yielded wild grapes.
3 Ahora, habitantes de Jerusalén y hombres de Judá, juzguen entre mi viñedo y yo.
3 “Now, inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, please judge between me and my vineyard.
4 ¿Qué más podía hacer por mi viñedo que no haya hecho? ¿Por qué, cuando esperaba las mejores uvas, dio uvas comunes?
4 What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? Why, when I looked for it to yield grapes, did it yield wild grapes?
5 Ahora les diré qué haré con mi viñedo: quitaré el cerco de espinos y será quemado. Derribaré su muro, y los animales del campo lo recorrerán.
5 Now I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard. I will take away its hedge, and it will be eaten up. I will break down its wall, and it will be trampled down.
6 Lo dejaré desolado. Nadie podará sus ramas ni trabajará la tierra con la pala. Crecerán zarzas y espinos, y ordenaré a las nubes que no dejen caer lluvia sobre él.
6 I will lay it a wasteland. It won’t be pruned or hoed, but it will grow briers and thorns. I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain on it.”
7 El viñedo del Señor de los ejércitos es el pueblo de Israel, y los hombres de Judá son la planta que le agrada. Esperaba decisiones justas, pero encontró sangre; esperaba justicia, pero oyó gritos de auxilio.
7 For the vineyard of Yahweh of Armies is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant. He looked for justice, but behold, oppression, for righteousness, but behold, a cry of distress.
8 ¡Malditos los que añaden una casa a otra y un campo a otro, hasta que solo queda espacio para ellos en toda la tierra!
8 Woe to those who join house to house, who lay field to field, until there is no room, and you are made to dwell alone in the middle of the land!
9 El Señor de los ejércitos me ha dicho en secreto: Muchas casas grandes y hermosas quedarán desoladas, sin habitantes.
9 In my ears, Yahweh of Armies says: “Surely many houses will be desolate, even great and beautiful, unoccupied.
10 Diez campos de viñas darán apenas una medida de vino, y una gran cantidad de semilla dará apenas una pequeña medida de grano.
10 For ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and a homer of seed shall yield an ephah.”
11 ¡Malditos los que madrugan para entregarse a bebidas fuertes y siguen bebiendo hasta muy entrada la noche, hasta que el vino los enciende!
11 Woe to those who rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink, who stay late into the night, until wine inflames them!
12 En sus fiestas hay instrumentos de cuerda y de viento, y vino. Pero no piensan en la obra del Señor ni se interesan por lo que hacen sus manos.
12 The harp, lyre, tambourine, and flute, with wine, are at their feasts; but they don’t respect the work of Yahweh, neither have they considered the operation of his hands.
13 Por falta de conocimiento, mi pueblo es llevado prisionero a otros países. Sus gobernantes se consumen de hambre y sus ruidosos invitados a las fiestas desfallecen de sed.
13 Therefore my people go into captivity for lack of knowledge. Their honorable men are famished, and their multitudes are parched with thirst.
14 Por eso el lugar de los muertos ha ensanchado su garganta y abierto su boca sin límite. A él bajarán la gloria de la ciudad, el ruido de sus multitudes y sus ruidosos invitados a las fiestas.
14 Therefore Sheol has enlarged its desire, and opened its mouth without measure; and their glory, their multitude, their pomp, and he who rejoices among them, descend into it.
15 El pobre inclina la cabeza, el poderoso se postra y los ojos orgullosos son humillados.
15 So man is brought low, mankind is humbled, and the eyes of the arrogant ones are humbled;
16 Pero el Señor de los ejércitos es exaltado como juez, y el Dios santo muestra su santidad mediante la justicia.
16 but Yahweh of Armies is exalted in justice, and God the Holy One is sanctified in righteousness.
17 Entonces los corderos pastarán como en sus prados, y el ganado gordo se alimentará en los lugares desolados.
17 Then the lambs will graze as in their pasture, and strangers will eat the ruins of the rich.
18 ¡Malditos los que arrastran la maldad con cuerdas de buey y el pecado con sogas de novillo!
18 Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of falsehood, and wickedness as with cart rope,
19 Dicen: Que haga su obra pronto y de repente, para que la veamos. Que se acerque el plan del Santo de Israel, para que lo conozcamos.
19 who say, “Let him make haste, let him hasten his work, that we may see it; let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw near and come, that we may know it!”
20 ¡Malditos los que llaman bueno a lo malo y malo a lo bueno, que convierten la luz en oscuridad y la oscuridad en luz, lo amargo en dulce y lo dulce en amargo!
20 Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
21 ¡Malditos los que se creen sabios y se enorgullecen de su conocimiento!
21 Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
22 ¡Malditos los que son fuertes para beber vino y grandes para preparar bebidas mezcladas,
22 Woe to those who are mighty to drink wine, and champions at mixing strong drink;
23 que por una recompensa defienden al pecador y le niegan la justicia al justo!
23 who acquit the guilty for a bribe, but deny justice for the innocent!
24 Así como las lenguas de fuego consumen la paja y las llamas hacen caer la hierba seca, sus raíces serán como tallos secos y sus flores se desharán en polvo. Porque han rechazado la ley del Señor de los ejércitos y despreciado la palabra del Santo de Israel.
24 Therefore as the tongue of fire devours the stubble, and as the dry grass sinks down in the flame, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust, because they have rejected the law of Yahweh of Armies, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
25 Por eso la ira del Señor ha ardido contra su pueblo y ha extendido su mano para castigarlo. Los montes temblaron, y sus cadáveres quedaron como basura en las plazas de la ciudad.
25 Therefore Yahweh’s anger burns against his people, and he has stretched out his hand against them and has struck them. The mountains tremble, and their dead bodies are as refuse in the middle of the streets. For all this, his anger is not turned away, but his hand is still stretched out.
26 Levantará una bandera como señal para una nación lejana y la llamará con un silbido desde los confines de la tierra. Vendrán rápida y repentinamente.
26 He will lift up a banner to the nations from far away, and he will whistle for them from the end of the earth. Behold, they will come speedily and swiftly.
27 Ninguno está cansado ni tiene los pies débiles. Vienen sin descansar ni dormir, y no se les rompe el cordón de sus zapatos.
27 No one shall be weary nor stumble among them; no one shall slumber nor sleep, neither shall the belt of their waist be untied, nor the strap of their sandals be broken,
28 Sus flechas son afiladas y todos sus arcos están tensos. Las patas de sus caballos son como roca, y las ruedas de sus carros como una tormenta impetuosa.
28 whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent. Their horses’ hoofs will be like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind.
29 Sus ejércitos rugirán como un león, y su grito de guerra será como el de los leoncillos. Con fuertes rugidos se lanzarán sobre su presa y se la llevarán a salvo; nadie se la quitará.
29 Their roaring will be like a lioness. They will roar like young lions. Yes, they shall roar, and seize their prey and carry it off, and there will be no one to deliver.
30 En ese día rugirán contra ella como el mar. Si alguien mira la tierra, verá oscuridad y angustia; las nubes espesas oscurecerán la luz.
30 They will roar against them in that day like the roaring of the sea. If one looks to the land, behold, darkness and distress. The light is darkened in its clouds.
Cross references (30)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Mark 12:1; Luke 20:9; John 15:1; Jeremiah 2:21; Matthew 21:33
- 2 Jeremiah 2:21; Deuteronomy 32:32–33; Isaiah 1:2–4; 1 Corinthians 9:7; Mark 11:13
- 3 Micah 6:2–3; Jeremiah 2:4–5; Psalm 50:4–6; Romans 2:5; Psalm 51:4
- 4 Matthew 23:37; Micah 6:3–4; Jeremiah 2:5; Acts 7:51–60; Jeremiah 6:29–30
- 5 Luke 21:24; Lamentations 1:15; Isaiah 28:18; Revelation 11:2; Isaiah 28:3
- 6 Isaiah 7:23–25; Jeremiah 25:11; Isaiah 24:1–3; Isaiah 24:12; Deuteronomy 28:23–24
- 7 Psalm 80:8–11; Matthew 3:8–10; Jeremiah 12:10; James 5:4; Zechariah 7:9–14
- 8 Micah 2:2; Habakkuk 2:9–12; Jeremiah 22:13–17; Luke 12:16–24; 1 Kings 21:16–20
- 9 Matthew 23:38; Amos 5:11; Isaiah 22:14; Amos 3:7; Isaiah 6:11–12
- 10 Leviticus 26:26; Haggai 2:16; Haggai 1:6; Haggai 1:9–11; Leviticus 27:16
- 11 Proverbs 23:29–30; Romans 13:13; Proverbs 20:1; Isaiah 5:22; Ecclesiastes 10:16–17
- 12 Psalm 28:5; Job 21:11–14; Job 34:27; Amos 6:4–6; Jude 12
- 13 Hosea 4:6; Isaiah 1:3; Isaiah 27:11; Isaiah 1:7; Romans 1:28
- 14 Luke 21:34; Habakkuk 2:5; Proverbs 30:16; Psalm 55:15; Matthew 7:13
- 15 Isaiah 2:11; Isaiah 2:9; Jeremiah 5:4–5; 1 Peter 5:5; Isaiah 37:29
- 16 Psalm 46:10; 1 Chronicles 29:11; Isaiah 12:4; Ezekiel 36:23; Isaiah 29:23
- 17 Zephaniah 2:6; Zephaniah 2:14; Isaiah 7:25; Isaiah 10:16; Psalm 17:14
- 18 Jeremiah 23:14; Psalm 36:2; Jeremiah 5:31; Jeremiah 23:10; Ezekiel 13:22
- 19 Ezekiel 12:22; Jeremiah 17:15; Isaiah 66:5; Jeremiah 23:36; 2 Peter 3:3–4
- 20 Proverbs 17:15; 2 Timothy 3:1–5; Luke 16:15; Malachi 2:17; Job 17:12
- 21 1 Corinthians 3:18–20; Proverbs 3:7; Romans 12:16; Proverbs 26:12; Proverbs 26:16
- 22 Isaiah 5:11; Habakkuk 2:15; Isaiah 28:7; Isaiah 56:12; Proverbs 23:19–20
- 23 Isaiah 10:2; Psalm 94:21; James 5:6; Proverbs 17:15; Proverbs 31:4–5
- 24 Isaiah 30:12; Job 18:16; Joel 2:5; Luke 3:17; Isaiah 47:14
- 25 Isaiah 10:4; Isaiah 9:21; Isaiah 9:17; 2 Kings 9:37; Daniel 9:16
- 26 Zechariah 10:8; Isaiah 7:18; Deuteronomy 28:49; Isaiah 18:3; Isaiah 11:12
- 27 Job 12:18; Joel 2:7–8; Job 12:21; Isaiah 45:1; Isaiah 45:5
- 28 Psalm 45:5; Ezekiel 21:9–11; Nahum 2:3–4; Jeremiah 5:16; Psalm 7:12–13
- 29 Isaiah 42:22; Micah 5:8; Zechariah 11:3; Isaiah 49:24–25; Jeremiah 49:19
- 30 Isaiah 8:22; Joel 2:10; Jeremiah 4:23–28; Revelation 16:10–11; Luke 21:25–26
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Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
For it is no longer "a flying sickle," nor "the taking down of a hedge," nor "the treading under foot of the vineyard;" but an axe exceeding sharp, and what is worse, it is even at the doors.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
… Esaias aforetime bewail you, saying, My well-beloved had a vineyard in a hill in a fruitful place; and (not to recite the whole) I waited, he says, that it should bring forth grapes; I thirsted that it should give wine; but it brought forth thorns; for thou seest the crown, wherewith I am adorned.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)