Isaiah 5 Darby Translation
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1 I will sing to my well-beloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard: My well-beloved had a vineyard upon a fruitful hill.
1 AHORA cantaré por mi amado el cantar de mi amado á su viña. Tenía mi amado una viña en un recuesto, lugar 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 And he dug it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine; and he built a tower in the midst of it, and also hewed out a winepress therein; and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, but it brought forth wild grapes.
2 Habíala cercado, y despedregádola, y plantádola de vides escogidas: había edificado en medio de ella una torre, y también asentado un lagar en ella: y esperaba que llevase uvas, y llevó uvas silvestres.
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 And now, inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, between me and my vineyard.
3 Ahora pues, vecinos de Jerusalem y varones de Judá, juzgad ahora entre mí y mi viña.
3 “Now, inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, please judge between me and my vineyard.
4 What was there yet to do to my vineyard that I have not done in it? Wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes? —
4 ¿Qué más se había de hacer á mi viña, que yo no haya hecho en ella? ¿Cómo, esperando yo que llevase uvas, ha llevado uvas silvestres?
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 And now, let me tell you what I am about to do to my vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it shall be eaten up; I will break down its wall, and it shall be trodden under foot;
5 Os mostraré pues ahora lo que haré yo á mi viña: Quitaréle su vallado, y será para ser consumida; aportillaré su cerca, y será para ser hollada;
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 and I will make it a waste — it shall not be pruned nor cultivated, but there shall come up briars and thorns; and I will command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
6 Haré que quede desierta; no será podada ni cavada, y crecerá el cardo y las espinas: y aun á las nubes mandaré que no derramen lluvia sobre ella.
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 For the vineyard of Jehovah of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah the plant of his delight: and he looked for justice, and behold, blood-shedding; for righteousness, and behold, a cry.
7 Ciertamente la viña de Jehová de los ejércitos es la casa de Israel, y los hombres de Judá planta suya deleitosa. Esperaba juicio, y he aquí vileza; justicia, y he aquí clamor.
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 Woe unto them that add house to house, that join field to field, until there is no more room, and that ye dwell yourselves alone in the midst of the land!
8 ¡Ay de los que juntan casa con casa, y allegan heredad á heredad hasta acabar el término! ¿Habitaréis vosotros solos en medio de 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 In mine ears Jehovah of hosts [hath said], Many houses shall assuredly become a desolation, great and excellent ones, without inhabitant.
9 [Ha llegado] á mis oídos de parte de Jehová de los ejércitos, que las muchas casas han de quedar asoladas, sin morador las grandes y hermosas.
9 In my ears, Yahweh of Armies says: “Surely many houses will be desolate, even great and beautiful, unoccupied.
10 Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and a homer of seed shall yield an ephah.
10 Y diez huebras de viña producirán un zaque, y treinta modios de simiente darán tres modios.
10 For ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and a homer of seed shall yield an ephah.”
11 Woe unto them that, rising early in the morning, run after strong drink; that linger till twilight, [till] wine inflameth them!
11 ¡Ay de los que se levantan de mañana para seguir la embriaguez; que se están hasta 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 And harp and lyre, tambour and flute, and wine are in their banquets; but they regard not the work of Jehovah, nor do they see the operation of his hands.
12 Y en sus banquetes hay arpas, vihuelas, tamboriles, flautas, y vino; y no miran la obra de Jehová, ni consideran la obra de 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 Therefore my people are led away captive from lack of knowledge, and their nobility die of famine, and their multitude are parched with thirst.
13 Por tanto mi pueblo fué llevado cautivo, porque no tuvo ciencia: y su gloria pereció de hambre, y su multitud se secó 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 Therefore doth Sheol enlarge its desire, and open its mouth without measure; and her splendour shall descend [into it], and her multitude, and her tumult, and [all] that is joyful within her.
14 Por eso ensanchó su interior el sepulcro, y sin medida extendió su boca; y [allá] descenderá la gloria de ellos, y su multitud, y su fausto, y el que en él se holgaba.
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 And the mean man shall be bowed down, and the great man brought low, and the eyes of the lofty shall be brought low;
15 Y el hombre será humillado, y el varón será abatido, y bajados serán los ojos de los altivos.
15 So man is brought low, mankind is humbled, and the eyes of the arrogant ones are humbled;
16 and Jehovah of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and the holy God hallowed in righteousness.
16 Mas Jehová de los ejércitos será ensalzado en juicio, y el Dios Santo será santificado con justicia.
16 but Yahweh of Armies is exalted in justice, and God the Holy One is sanctified in righteousness.
17 And the lambs shall feed as on their pasture, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.
17 Y los corderos serán apacentados según su costumbre; y extraños comerán las gruesas desamparadas.
17 Then the lambs will graze as in their pasture, and strangers will eat the ruins of the rich.
18 Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as with cart-ropes!
18 ¡Ay de los que traen la iniquidad con cuerdas de vanidad, y el pecado como con coyundas de carreta,
18 Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of falsehood, and wickedness as with cart rope,
19 who say, Let him hasten, let him speed his work, that we may see [it]; and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it!
19 Los cuales dicen: Venga ya, apresúrese su obra, y veamos: acérquese, y venga el consejo del Santo de Israel, para que lo sepamos!
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 Woe unto them 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!
20 ¡Ay de los que á lo malo dicen bueno, y á lo bueno malo; que hacen de la luz tinieblas, y de las tinieblas luz; que ponen lo amargo por dulce, y lo dulce por 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 Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and intelligent in their own esteem!
21 ¡Ay de los sabios en sus ojos, y de los que son prudentes delante de sí mismos!
21 Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
22 Woe unto them that are mighty for drinking wine, and men valiant to mix strong drink;
22 ¡Ay de los que son valientes para beber vino, y hombres fuertes para mezclar bebida;
22 Woe to those who are mighty to drink wine, and champions at mixing strong drink;
23 who justify the wicked for a bribe, and turn away the righteousness of the righteous from them!
23 Los que dan por justo al impío por cohechos, y al justo quitan su justicia!
23 who acquit the guilty for a bribe, but deny justice for the innocent!
24 Therefore as a tongue of fire devoureth the stubble, and dry grass sinketh down in the flame, their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust; for they have rejected the law of Jehovah of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
24 Por tanto, como la lengua del fuego consume las aristas, y la llama devora la paja, así será su raíz como pudrimiento, y su flor se desvanecerá como polvo: porque desecharon la ley de Jehová de los ejércitos, y abominaron 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 Therefore is the anger of Jehovah kindled against his people, and he hath stretched out his hand against them and hath smitten them; and the mountains trembled, and their carcases are become as dung in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, and his hand is stretched out still.
25 Por esta causa se encendió el furor de Jehová contra su pueblo, y extendió contra él su mano, é hirióle; y se estremecieron los montes, y sus cadáveres fueron arrojados en medio de las calles. Con todo esto no ha cesado su furor, antes está su mano todavía extendida.
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 And he will lift up a banner to the nations afar off, and will hiss for one from the end of the earth; and behold, it will come rapidly [and] lightly.
26 Y alzará pendón á gentes de lejos, y silbará al [que está] en el cabo de la tierra; y he aquí que vendrá pronto y velozmente.
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 None among them is weary, none stumbleth; they slumber not, nor sleep; none hath the girdle of his loins loosed, nor the thong of his sandals broken;
27 No habrá entre ellos cansado, ni que vacile; ninguno se dormirá ni le tomará sueño; á ninguno se le desatará el cinto de los lomos, ni se le romperá la correa 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 their arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent; their horses' hoofs are reckoned as the flint, and their wheels as a whirlwind.
28 Sus saetas amoladas, y todos sus arcos entesados; las uñas de sus caballos parecerán como de pedernal, y las ruedas [de sus carros] como torbellino.
28 whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent. Their horses’ hoofs will be like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind.
29 Their roaring is like a lioness, they roar as the young lions; yea, they growl, and snatch the prey, and carry it away safe, and there is none to deliver;
29 Su bramido como de león; rugirá á manera de leoncillos, rechinará los dientes, y arrebatará la presa; la apañara, y 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 and they shall roar against them in that day like the roaring of the sea. And if one look upon the earth, behold darkness [and] distress, and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof.
30 Y bramará sobre él en aquel día como bramido de la mar: entonces mirará hacia la tierra, y he aquí tinieblas de tribulación, y en sus cielos se oscurecerá 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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