Isaiah 21 Darby Translation
Audio: World English Bible (WEB), read by Winfred W. Henson · About the recordings
1 The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through, so it cometh from the desert, from a terrible land.
1 CARGA del desierto de la mar. Como los torbellinos que pasan por el desierto en la región del mediodía, [así] vienen de la tierra horrenda.
1 The burden of the wilderness of the sea. As whirlwinds in the South sweep through, it comes from the wilderness, from an awesome land.
2 A grievous vision is declared unto me: the treacherous dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, Elam! besiege, Media! All the sighing thereof have I made to cease.
2 Visión dura me ha sido mostrada. El prevaricador prevarica, y el destructor destruye. Sube, Persa; cerca, Medo. Todo su gemido hice cesar.
2 A grievous vision is declared to me. The treacherous man deals treacherously, and the destroyer destroys. Go up, Elam; attack! I have stopped all of Media’s sighing.
3 Therefore are my loins filled with pain; anguish hath taken hold upon me, as the anguish of a woman in travail: I am bowed down so as not to hear, I am dismayed so as not to see.
3 Por tanto mis lomos se han llenado de dolor; angustias se apoderaron de mí, como angustias de mujer de parto: agobiéme oyendo, y al ver heme espantado.
3 Therefore my thighs are filled with anguish. Pains have seized me, like the pains of a woman in labor. I am in so much pain that I can’t hear. I am so dismayed that I can’t see.
4 My heart panteth, horror affrighteth me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into trembling unto me.
4 Pasmóse mi corazón, el horror me ha intimidado; la noche de mi deseo se me tornó en espanto.
4 My heart flutters. Horror has frightened me. The twilight that I desired has been turned into trembling for me.
5 Prepare the table, appoint the watch; eat, drink: arise, ye princes, anoint the shield.
5 Pon la mesa, mira del atalaya, come, bebe: levantaos, príncipes, ungid el escudo.
5 They prepare the table. They set the watch. They eat. They drink. Rise up, you princes, oil the shield!
6 For thus hath the Lord said unto me: Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth.
6 Porque el Señor me dijo así: Ve, pon centinela que haga saber lo que viere.
6 For the Lord said to me, “Go, set a watchman. Let him declare what he sees.
7 And he saw chariots, horsemen by pairs, a chariot with asses, a chariot with camels; and he hearkened diligently with much heed.
7 Y vió un carro de un par de caballeros, un carro de asno, y un carro de camello. Luego miró muy más atentamente.
7 When he sees a troop, horsemen in pairs, a troop of donkeys, a troop of camels, he shall listen diligently with great attentiveness.”
8 And he cried [as] a lion, Lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights.
8 Y gritó como un león: Señor, sobre la atalaya estoy yo continuamente de día, y las noches enteras sobre mi guarda:
8 He cried like a lion: “Lord, I stand continually on the watchtower in the daytime, and every night I stay at my post.
9 — And behold, there cometh a chariot of men; horsemen by pairs. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground.
9 Y he aquí este carro de hombres viene, un par de caballeros. Después habló, y dijo: Cayó, cayó Babilonia; y todos los ídolos de sus dioses quebrantó en tierra.
9 Behold, here comes a troop of men, horsemen in pairs.” He answered, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon; and all the engraved images of her gods are broken to the ground.
10 O my threshing, and the corn of my floor! What I have heard of Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared unto you.
10 Trilla mía, y paja de mi era: os he dicho lo que oí de Jehová de los ejércitos, Dios de Israel.
10 You are my threshing, and the grain of my floor!” That which I have heard from Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, I have declared to you.
11 The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?
11 Carga de Duma. Danme voces de Seir: Guarda, ¿qué de la noche? Guarda, ¿qué de la noche?
11 The burden of Dumah. One calls to me out of Seir, “Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?”
12 The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will inquire, inquire; return, come.
12 El guarda respondió: La mañana viene, y después la noche: si preguntareis, preguntad; volved, venid.
12 The watchman said, “The morning comes, and also the night. If you will inquire, inquire. Come back again.”
13 The burden against Arabia. In the forest of Arabia shall ye lodge, [ye] caravans of Dedanites.
13 Carga sobre Arabia. En el monte tendréis la noche en Arabia, oh caminantes de Dedanim.
13 The burden on Arabia. You will lodge in the thickets in Arabia, you caravans of Dedanites.
14 Bring ye water to meet the thirsty! The inhabitants of the land of Tema come forth with their bread for him that fleeth.
14 Salid á encontrar al sediento; llevadle aguas, moradores de tierra de Tema, socorred con su pan al que huye.
14 They brought water to him who was thirsty. The inhabitants of the land of Tema met the fugitives with their bread.
15 For they flee from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.
15 Porque de la presencia de las espadas huyen, de la presencia de la espada desnuda, de la presencia del arco entesado, de la presencia del peso de la batalla.
15 For they fled away from the swords, from the drawn sword, from the bent bow, and from the heat of battle.
16 For thus hath the Lord said unto me: Within a year, according to the years of a hired servant, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail;
16 Porque así me ha dicho Jehová: De aquí á un año, semejante á años de mozo de soldada, toda la gloria de Cedar será deshecha;
16 For the Lord said to me, “Within a year, as a worker bound by contract would count it, all the glory of Kedar will fail,
17 and the residue of the number of the archers, the mighty men of the sons of Kedar, shall be diminished: for Jehovah, the God of Israel, hath spoken.
17 Y las reliquias del número de los valientes flecheros, hijos de Cedar, serán apocadas: porque Jehová Dios de Israel lo ha dicho.
17 and the residue of the number of the archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, will be few; for Yahweh, the God of Israel, has spoken it.”
Cross references (17)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Isaiah 14:23; Isaiah 13:1; Jeremiah 51:42; Zechariah 9:14; Isaiah 17:1
- 2 Jeremiah 49:34; Isaiah 33:1; Isaiah 24:16; Psalm 60:3; Revelation 13:10
- 3 Isaiah 13:8; Isaiah 26:17; Psalm 48:6; 1 Thessalonians 5:3; Jeremiah 48:41
- 4 Luke 21:34–36; Esther 5:12; 2 Samuel 13:28–29; Esther 7:6–10; Deuteronomy 28:67
- 5 Jeremiah 51:11; Jeremiah 51:39; Jeremiah 51:57; Daniel 5:1–5; Isaiah 45:1–3
- 6 Habakkuk 2:1–2; Ezekiel 33:2–7; Ezekiel 3:17; 2 Kings 9:17–20; Jeremiah 51:12–13
- 7 Isaiah 21:9; Hebrews 2:1; Isaiah 37:24
- 8 Habakkuk 2:1–2; Psalm 127:1; Isaiah 56:10; 1 Peter 5:8; Jeremiah 50:44
- 9 Revelation 18:2; Jeremiah 51:8; Revelation 14:8; Jeremiah 51:44; Isaiah 13:19
- 10 Jeremiah 51:33; Micah 4:13; Ezekiel 3:17–19; Isaiah 41:15–16; Matthew 3:12
- 11 Genesis 25:14; Obadiah 1–16; Amos 1:6; Joel 3:19; 1 Chronicles 1:30
- 12 Acts 17:30–32; Acts 2:37–38; Ezekiel 14:1–6; Ezekiel 7:5–7; Acts 17:19–20
- 13 Jeremiah 25:23–24; 1 Chronicles 1:32; Genesis 25:3; Ezekiel 27:15; Jeremiah 49:28–33
- 14 Job 6:19; Genesis 25:15; Romans 12:20; Proverbs 25:21; Judges 8:4–8
- 15 Job 6:19–20; Isaiah 13:14
- 16 Isaiah 16:14; Psalm 120:5; Isaiah 60:7; Song of Songs 1:5; Jeremiah 49:28
- 17 Numbers 23:19; Zechariah 1:6; Isaiah 1:20; Matthew 24:35; Isaiah 17:4–5
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