1Cantaré en nombre de mi amado un canto de amor respecto a su viña: Tuvo mi amado una viña en un collado fértil.2La cavó y despedregó, y plantó una preciada cepa. Construyó una torre en su centro, y cavó en ella un lagar. Esperó a que diera uvas, pero dio agrazones.3Y ahora, oh habitantes de Jerusalem y varones de Judá, Juzgad entre mí y mi viña.4¿Qué más cabía hacer por mi viña que Yo no hubiera hecho? ¿Por qué, esperando que diera uvas, dio agrazones?5Os mostraré pues lo que haré con mi viña: Quitaré su vallado para que sirva de pasto, Derribaré su cerca para que la pisoteen.6La dejaré arrasada, no será podada ni labrada, Le crecerán las zarzas y los espinos Y a las nubes impondré mandato para que no lluevan sobre ella.7La viña de YHVH Sebaot es la casa de Israel, Y los hombres de Judá su plantel preferido. Esperaba equidad, y he aquí iniquidad; Rectitud, ¡y he aquí acritud!
Seis ayes
8¡Ay de los que añaden casas a casas y juntan campos con campos, Hasta que todo lo ocupan y viven ellos solos en medio del país!9YHVH Sebaot ha dicho a mis oídos: Sus muchas casas serán arrasadas, sus magníficos palacios quedarán desolados;10Diez yugadas de viña darán un tonel, Y un homer de semilla un efa.11¡Ay de los que madrugan en busca de licores, y el vino los enardece hasta el crepúsculo!12Todo es arpa y salterio, flauta y tamboril, y vino en sus banquetes, Pero no consideran lo que YHVH ha hecho, Ni miran la obra de sus manos.13Y así mi pueblo, sin darse cuenta, marcha al cautiverio; Sus nobles mueren de hambre, y el vulgo se abrasa de sed.14Por eso el Seol ensancha sus fauces, y dilata su boca sin medida: Allá bajan nobles y plebeyos, Con su gloria y su alborozo, Y el que se regocijaba en ella.15Se doblegará el mortal, será humillado el hombre, Los ojos altivos se bajarán,16Pero YHVH Sebaot será exaltado al juzgar, Al sentenciar el Dios Santo mostrará su santidad.17Los chivos cebados tascarán en sus ruinas, Los corderos pastarán como en sus propios pastizales;18¡Ay de los que arrastran la iniquidad con cuerdas de bueyes, Y el pecado con sogas de carretas!19Que dicen: ¡Venga ya, apresúrese su obra para que la veamos! ¡Cúmplase ya el plan del Santo de Israel, para que lo comprobemos!20¡Ay de los que llaman al mal bien y al bien mal; Que hacen de la luz tinieblas y de las tinieblas luz; Que ponen lo amargo por dulce y lo dulce por amargo!21¡Ay de los que se tienen por sabios, Y a sí mismos se consideran prudentes!22¡Ay de los valientes para beber vino, Y de los aguerridos para mezclar licor;23De los que por soborno absuelven al culpable, Y a los inocentes le quitan su derecho!24Porque como la lengua de fuego devora el rastrojo, y la paja se consume en la llama, Su raíz se pudrirá y sus brotes se desvanecerán como el tamo, Porque desecharon la Ley de YHVH Sebaot, Y despreciaron la palabra del Santo de Israel.25Por eso la ira de YHVH se ha inflamado contra su pueblo, Y extiende su mano para herirlo. Los montes se estremecen y sus cadáveres yacen como basura en la calle; Y con todo, no se aplaca su ira: Su mano sigue extendida.26Alzará pendón a un pueblo lejano; Silbará hacia el extremo de la tierra: ¡Mirad cuán rápida y velozmente viene!27Nadie se cansa ni tropieza, Ninguno se acuesta ni se adormece, No se le afloja el cinto de sus lomos Ni se le rompe la correa de la sandalia.28Sus saetas están afiladas y todos sus arcos entesados; Los cascos de sus caballos son pedernal, Y las ruedas, torbellinos.29Su rugido es de león, ruge como los leoncillos, Gruñe, atrapa la presa, y la retiene, Y nadie se la arrebata.30Pero un día rugirán contra ella como rugen las olas del mar. Mirarán al país en tinieblas y en angustia, Y en sus cielos se oscurecerá la luz.
1Let me sing for my beloved my love song concerning his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill. (Sal 80:8; Os 9:10; Mt 21:33; Mr 12:1; Lc 20:9)2He dug it and cleared it of stones, and planted it with choice vines; he built a watchtower in the midst of it, and hewed out a wine vat in it; and he looked for it to yield grapes, but it yielded wild grapes. (Jer 2:21; Mt 21:19; Mr 11:13; Lc 13:6)3And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, judge between me and my vineyard.4What more was there to do for my vineyard, that I have not done in it? When I looked for it to yield grapes, why did it yield wild grapes? (Is 5:2; Miq 6:3)5And now I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard. I will remove its hedge, and it shall be devoured;[1] I will break down its wall, and it shall be trampled down. (Sal 80:12; Pr 24:31; Jer 5:10)6I will make it a waste; it shall not be pruned or hoed, and briers and thorns shall grow up; I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it. (1 R 17:1; Is 7:23; Jer 14:1; Jer 14:22)7For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are his pleasant planting; and he looked for justice, but behold, bloodshed;[2] for righteousness, but behold, an outcry![3] (Sal 80:8; Is 3:14)
Woe to the Wicked
8Woe to those who join house to house, who add field to field, until there is no more room, and you are made to dwell alone in the midst of the land. (Miq 2:2)9The Lord of hosts has sworn in my hearing: “Surely many houses shall be desolate, large and beautiful houses, without inhabitant. (Is 6:12)10For ten acres[4] of vineyard shall yield but one bath, and a homer of seed shall yield but an ephah.”[5] (Lv 26:26; Ez 45:11; Hag 1:6; Hag 2:16)11Woe to those who rise early in the morning, that they may run after strong drink, who tarry late into the evening as wine inflames them! (Pr 23:29; Ec 10:16; Is 5:22)12They have lyre and harp, tambourine and flute and wine at their feasts, but they do not regard the deeds of the Lord, or see the work of his hands. (Is 26:11; Am 6:5)13Therefore my people go into exile for lack of knowledge;[6] their honored men go hungry,[7] and their multitude is parched with thirst. (Is 1:3; Lm 4:2; Lm 4:7; Os 4:6)14Therefore Sheol has enlarged its appetite and opened its mouth beyond measure, and the nobility of Jerusalem[8] and her multitude will go down, her revelers and he who exults in her. (Job 1:18; Sal 141:7; Is 5:12; Hab 2:5)15Man is humbled, and each one is brought low, and the eyes of the haughty[9] are brought low. (Is 2:9)16But the Lord of hosts is exalted[10] in justice, and the Holy God shows himself holy in righteousness. (Is 2:11; Is 2:17)17Then shall the lambs graze as in their pasture, and nomads shall eat among the ruins of the rich. (Jue 6:3; Miq 2:12)18Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of falsehood, who draw sin as with cart ropes, (Pr 5:22)19who say: “Let him be quick, let him speed his work that we may see it; let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw near, and let it come, that we may know it!” (Ez 12:22; 2 P 3:4)20Woe 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! (Job 17:12; Am 5:7; Mt 6:22; Lc 11:34)21Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and shrewd in their own sight! (Pr 3:7; Ro 12:16)22Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine, and valiant men in mixing strong drink, (Is 5:11)23who acquit the guilty for a bribe, and deprive the innocent of his right! (Ex 23:8; Pr 17:15)24Therefore, as the tongue of fire devours the stubble, and as dry grass sinks down in the flame, so their root will be as rottenness, and their blossom go up like dust; for they have rejected the law of the Lord of hosts, and have despised the word of the Holy One of Israel. (Ex 15:7; Job 18:16; Is 1:4; Is 30:9; Is 47:14; Os 5:12; Jl 2:5)25Therefore the anger of the Lord was kindled against his people, and he stretched out his hand against them and struck them, and the mountains quaked; and their corpses were as refuse in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger has not turned away, and his hand is stretched out still. (2 R 9:37; 2 R 22:13; 2 R 22:17; Sal 97:5; Is 9:12; Is 9:17; Is 9:21; Is 10:4; Jer 4:24; Jer 36:30; Hab 3:6)26He will raise a signal for nations far away, and whistle for them from the ends of the earth; and behold, quickly, speedily they come! (Dt 28:49; Is 7:18; Is 10:3; Is 11:12; Is 13:2; Is 18:3; Zac 10:8)27None is weary, none stumbles, none slumbers or sleeps, not a waistband is loose, not a sandal strap broken; (Is 10:28)28their arrows are sharp, all their bows bent, their horses’ hoofs seem like flint, and their wheels like the whirlwind. (Sal 7:12; Is 21:1)29Their roaring is like a lion, like young lions they roar; they growl and seize their prey; they carry it off, and none can rescue. (2 R 18:13)30They will growl over it on that day, like the growling of the sea. And if one looks to the land, behold, darkness and distress; and the light is darkened by its clouds. (Is 8:22)