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16 Envíen corderos de Sela como tributo
    al gobernante de la tierra.
Envíenlos a través del desierto
    hasta el monte de la hermosa Sion.
Las mujeres de Moab fueron abandonadas como aves sin nido
    en los vados del río Arnón.
«Ayúdennos—claman—,
    defiéndannos de nuestros enemigos.
Protéjannos de sus ataques implacables;
    no nos traicionen ahora que hemos escapado.
Permitan que nuestros refugiados se queden entre ustedes;
    escóndanlos de nuestros enemigos hasta que haya pasado el terror».

Cuando hayan terminado la opresión y la destrucción,
    y hayan desaparecido los saqueadores enemigos,
Dios establecerá como rey a uno de los descendientes de David.
    Él reinará con misericordia y verdad;
hará siempre lo que es justo
    y estará deseoso de hacer lo correcto.

Hemos oído hablar del soberbio Moab,
    de su orgullo, de su arrogancia y de su furia;
    pero todo su alarde ha desaparecido.
Toda la tierra de Moab llora;
    sí, todos se lamentan en Moab
por los pasteles de pasas de Kir-hareset.
    Ya no queda ninguno.
Las granjas de Hesbón están abandonadas;
    los viñedos de Sibma están desiertos.
Los gobernantes de las naciones han quebrantado a Moab,
    esa vid tan hermosa.
Sus zarcillos se extendían hacia el norte hasta la ciudad de Jazer
    y trepaban hacia el oriente hasta entrar en el desierto.
Sus sarmientos se extendían tan lejos hacia el occidente
    que cruzaban por encima del mar Muerto.[a]

Así que ahora lloro por Jazer y por los viñedos de Sibma;
    mis lágrimas correrán por Hesbón y Eleale.
Ya no hay gritos de júbilo
    por sus frutos de verano y sus cosechas.
10 Se acabó la alegría;
    desapareció el gozo de la cosecha.
No habrá cantos en los viñedos
    ni más gritos felices,
ni se pisarán las uvas en los lagares.
    Yo puse fin a la alegría por sus cosechas.
11 El clamor de mi corazón por Moab es como el lamento de un arpa;
    estoy lleno de angustia por Kir-hareset.[b]
12 El pueblo de Moab rendirá culto en sus santuarios paganos,
    pero no le servirá de nada.
Clamará a los dioses en sus templos,
    pero nadie lo podrá salvar.

13 El Señor ya ha dicho estas cosas acerca de Moab en el pasado. 14 Pero ahora, el Señor dice: «Dentro de tres años, contando cada día,[c] se acabará la gloria de Moab. De su gran población, solo unos cuantos débiles quedarán vivos».

Footnotes

  1. 16:8 En hebreo del mar.
  2. 16:11 En hebreo Kir-heres, una variante de Kir-hareset.
  3. 16:14 En hebreo Dentro de tres años, como los contaría un siervo obligado por un contrato.

Prophecy of Moab’s Devastation

16 (A)Send the tribute lamb to the ruler of the land,
From [a](B)Sela by way of the wilderness to the (C)mountain of the daughter of Zion.
Then, like (D)fluttering birds or scattered nestlings,
The daughters of (E)Moab will be at the crossing places of the (F)Arnon.
[b]Give us advice, make a decision;
[c]Cast your (G)shadow like night [d]at high noon;
(H)Hide the outcasts, do not betray the fugitive.
Let the [e]outcasts of Moab stay with you;
Be a hiding place to them from the destroyer.”
For the oppressor has come to an end, destruction has ceased,
(I)Oppressors have been removed from the land.
A (J)throne will be established in faithfulness,
And a judge will sit on it in trustworthiness in the tent of (K)David;
Moreover, he will seek justice,
And be prompt in righteousness.

(L)We have heard of the pride of Moab, an excessive pride;
Even of his arrogance, pride, and fury;
(M)His idle boasts are [f]false.
Therefore Moab will wail; everyone of Moab will wail.
You will moan for the (N)raisin cakes of (O)Kir-hareseth
As those who are utterly stricken.
For the fields of (P)Heshbon have [g]withered, the vines of (Q)Sibmah as well;
The lords of the nations have trampled down its choice clusters
Which reached as far as Jazer and wandered to the deserts;
(R)Its [h]tendrils spread themselves out and passed over the sea.
Therefore I will (S)weep bitterly for Jazer, for the vine of Sibmah;
I will drench you with my tears, (T)Heshbon and Elealeh;
For the shouting over your (U)summer fruits and your harvest has fallen away.
10 (V)Gladness and joy are taken away from the fruitful field;
In the (W)vineyards also there will be no cries of joy or jubilant shouting,
No (X)treader treads out wine in the presses,
For I have made the shouting to cease.
11 Therefore my [i](Y)inner being sounds like a harp for Moab.
And my [j]heart for Kir-hareseth.
12 So it will come about when Moab (Z)presents himself,
When he (AA)tires himself upon his (AB)high place
And comes to his sanctuary to pray,
That he will not prevail.

13 This is the word which the Lord spoke earlier concerning Moab. 14 But now the Lord has spoken, saying, “Within three years, as [k](AC)a hired worker would count them, the glory of (AD)Moab will become contemptible along with all his great population, and his remnant will be very small and [l]impotent.”

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 16:1 I.e., Petra in Edom
  2. Isaiah 16:3 Lit Bring
  3. Isaiah 16:3 Lit Set
  4. Isaiah 16:3 Lit in the midst of the noon
  5. Isaiah 16:4 As in most ancient versions; MT My outcasts, as for Moab
  6. Isaiah 16:6 Lit not so
  7. Isaiah 16:8 Or dried out
  8. Isaiah 16:8 I.e., parts of a climbing plant that attach to its support
  9. Isaiah 16:11 Lit entrails murmur
  10. Isaiah 16:11 Lit inward parts
  11. Isaiah 16:14 Lit the years of a hired
  12. Isaiah 16:14 Lit not mighty
'以 賽 亞 書 16 ' not found for the version: Chinese New Testament: Easy-to-Read Version.
Book name not found: Isaías for the version: 1881 Westcott-Hort New Testament.

16 Send lambs(A) as tribute(B)
    to the ruler of the land,
from Sela,(C) across the desert,
    to the mount of Daughter Zion.(D)
Like fluttering birds
    pushed from the nest,(E)
so are the women of Moab(F)
    at the fords(G) of the Arnon.(H)

“Make up your mind,” Moab says.
    “Render a decision.
Make your shadow like night—
    at high noon.
Hide the fugitives,(I)
    do not betray the refugees.
Let the Moabite fugitives stay with you;
    be their shelter(J) from the destroyer.”

The oppressor(K) will come to an end,
    and destruction will cease;(L)
    the aggressor will vanish from the land.
In love a throne(M) will be established;(N)
    in faithfulness a man will sit on it—
    one from the house[a] of David(O)
one who in judging seeks justice(P)
    and speeds the cause of righteousness.

We have heard of Moab’s(Q) pride(R)
    how great is her arrogance!—
of her conceit, her pride and her insolence;
    but her boasts are empty.
Therefore the Moabites wail,(S)
    they wail together for Moab.
Lament and grieve
    for the raisin cakes(T) of Kir Hareseth.(U)
The fields of Heshbon(V) wither,(W)
    the vines of Sibmah(X) also.
The rulers of the nations
    have trampled down the choicest vines,(Y)
which once reached Jazer(Z)
    and spread toward the desert.
Their shoots spread out(AA)
    and went as far as the sea.[b](AB)
So I weep,(AC) as Jazer weeps,
    for the vines of Sibmah.
Heshbon and Elealeh,(AD)
    I drench you with tears!(AE)
The shouts of joy(AF) over your ripened fruit
    and over your harvests(AG) have been stilled.
10 Joy and gladness are taken away from the orchards;(AH)
    no one sings or shouts(AI) in the vineyards;
no one treads(AJ) out wine at the presses,(AK)
    for I have put an end to the shouting.
11 My heart laments for Moab(AL) like a harp,(AM)
    my inmost being(AN) for Kir Hareseth.
12 When Moab appears at her high place,(AO)
    she only wears herself out;
when she goes to her shrine(AP) to pray,
    it is to no avail.(AQ)

13 This is the word the Lord has already spoken concerning Moab. 14 But now the Lord says: “Within three years,(AR) as a servant bound by contract(AS) would count them,(AT) Moab’s splendor and all her many people will be despised,(AU) and her survivors will be very few and feeble.”(AV)

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 16:5 Hebrew tent
  2. Isaiah 16:8 Probably the Dead Sea