Isaiah 40
1 Give comfort, give comfort, to my people, says your God.
Consolad, consolad a mi pueblo, dice vuestro Dios.
2 Say kind words to the heart of Jerusalem, crying out to her that her time of trouble is ended, that her punishment is complete; that she has been rewarded by the Lord's hand twice over for all her sins.
Hablad al corazón de Jerusalén y gritadle que se ha acabado su servidumbre, que ha sido expiada su culpa, que ha recibido de la mano de Yahvé el doble por todos sus pecados.
3 A voice of one crying, Make ready in the waste land the way of the Lord, make level in the lowland a highway for our God.
Voz de uno que clama: “Preparad el camino de Yahvé en el desierto, enderezad en el yermo una senda para nuestro Dios.
4 Let every valley be lifted up, and every mountain and hill be made low, and let the rough places become level, and the hilltops become a valley,
Que se alce todo valle, y sea abatido todo monte y cerro; que la quebrada se allane y el roquedal se torne en valle.
5 And the glory of the Lord will be made clear, and all flesh will see it together, for the mouth of the Lord has said it.
Y se manifestará la gloria de Yahvé, y la verá toda carne a una; pues ha hablado la boca de Yahvé.”
6 A voice of one saying, Give a cry! And I said, What is my cry to be? All flesh is grass, and all its strength like the flower of the field.
Una voz dice: “¡Clama!” y se le da por respuesta: “¿Qué he de clamar?” Toda carne es heno, y toda su gloria como flor del campo;
7 The grass becomes dry, the flower is dead; because the breath of the Lord goes over it: truly the people is grass.
se seca el heno, se marchita la flor; cuando el soplo de Yahvé pasa sobre ella. Sí, el hombre es heno;
8 The grass is dry, the flower is dead; but the word of our God is eternal.
se seca la hierba, la flor se marchita, mas la palabra de nuestro Dios permanece eternamente.
9 You who give good news to Zion, get up into the high mountain; you who give good news to Jerusalem, let your voice be strong; let it be sounding without fear; say to the towns of Judah, See, your God!
Oh Sión, anunciadora de buenas noticias, súbete a un monte alto, oh Jerusalén, heraldo de alegres nuevas, levanta con fuerza tu voz. Levántala, no temas. Di a las ciudades de Judá: “¡He ahí a vuestro Dios!
10 See, the Lord God will come as a strong one, ruling in power: see, those made free by him are with him, and those whom he has made safe go before him.
He aquí que Yahvé, el Señor, viene con poder, y su brazo dominará, he aquí que su premio está con Él y delante de Él va su recompensa.
11 He will give food to his flock like a keeper of sheep; with his arm he will get it together, and will take up the lambs on his breast, gently guiding those which are with young.
Como pastor apacentará su rebaño, recogerá con su brazo los corderitos, para llevarlos en su regazo, y conducirá a las ovejas paridas.”
12 In the hollow of whose hand have the waters been measured? and who is able to take the heavens in his stretched-out fingers? who has got together the dust of the earth in a measure? who has taken the weight of the mountains, or put the hills into the scales?
¿Quién midió las aguas con el cuenco de su mano y fijó las dimensiones de los cielos con el palmo? ¿Quién encerró en el tercio de una medida todo el polvo de la tierra, pesó en la romana los montes, y en la balanza los collados?
13 By whom has the spirit of the Lord been guided, or who has been his teacher?
¿Quién ha dirigido al Espíritu de Yahvé, y quién fue su consejero para instruirle?
14 Who gave him suggestions, and made clear to him the right way? who gave him knowledge, guiding him in the way of wisdom?
¿A quién consultó Él para aprender inteligencia? ¿Quién le mostró el camino de la justicia, y le enseñó la ciencia? ¿Quién le dio a conocer el camino de la sabiduría?
15 See, the nations are to him like a drop hanging from a bucket, and like the small dust in the scales: he takes up the islands like small dust.
Son los pueblos como una gota (suspendida) del balde, y como polvo en la balanza son reputados. He aquí que Él alza las islas como un granito de polvo.
16 And Lebanon is not enough to make a fire with, or all its cattle enough for a burned offering.
El Líbano no basta para leña, ni sus bestias para holocausto.
17 All the nations are as nothing before him; even less than nothing, a thing of no value.
Todas las naciones son delante de Él como una nonada. Él las considera menos que la nada y menos que la vacuidad.
18 Whom then is God like, in your opinion? or what will you put forward as a comparison with him?
¿Con quién, pues, compararéis a Dios, o qué imagen haréis de Él?
19 The workman makes an image, and the gold-worker puts gold plates over it, and makes silver bands for it.
El ídolo es fundido por el artífice, el orfebre le cubre de oro, y le funde cadenillas de plata.
20 The wise workman makes selection of the mulberry-tree of the offering, a wood which will not become soft; so that the image may be fixed to it and not be moved.
El pobre que no puede ofrecer mucho, elige una madera que no se pudre, y busca un hábil artífice, que le haga un ídolo que no se caiga.
21 Have you no knowledge of it? has it not come to your ears? has not news of it been given to you from the first? has it not been clear to you from the time when the earth was placed on its base?
¿No lo sabéis, y no lo habéis oído? ¿No se os ha anunciado desde el principio? ¿No lo habéis entendido desde que se fundó la tierra?
22 It is he who is seated over the arch of the earth, and the people in it are as small as locusts; by him the heavens are stretched out like an arch, and made ready like a tent for a living-place.
Él es quien está sentado sobre el orbe terráqueo, cuyos habitantes son como langostas. Él extiende los cielos como un velo, y los despliega como una tienda, en que se habita.
23 He makes rulers come to nothing; the judges of the earth are of no value.
Él reduce a los poderosos a la nulidad, y a los jueces de la tierra a la nada.
24 They have only now been planted, and their seed put into the earth, and they have only now taken root, when he sends out his breath over them and they become dry, and the storm-wind takes them away like dry grass.
Apenas plantados, apenas sembrados, apenas arraigado su tronco en la tierra, sopla Él sobre ellos, y se agostan, y como pajuela se los lleva el torbellino.
25 Who then seems to you to be my equal? says the Holy One.
“¿Con quién, pues, me vais a comparar para que le sea semejante?” dice el Santo.
26 Let your eyes be lifted up on high, and see: who has made these? He who sends out their numbered army: who has knowledge of all their names: by whose great strength, because he is strong in power, all of them are in their places.
Levantad vuestros ojos a lo alto y mirad: ¿Quién creó estas cosas? Aquel que hace marchar ordenadamente su ejército, y a cada uno de ellos lo llama por su nombre. No falta ninguno, tan enorme es su poder y tan inmensa su fuerza.
27 Why do you say, O Jacob, such words as these, O Israel, The Lord's eyes are not on my way, and my God gives no attention to my cause?
¿Por qué dices tú, oh Jacob, y hablas tú, oh Israel: “Yahvé no conoce mi camino, Dios no tiene interés en mi causa”?
28 Have you no knowledge of it? has it not come to your ears? The eternal God, the Lord, the Maker of the ends of the earth, is never feeble or tired; there is no searching out of his wisdom.
¿No lo sabes y nunca lo has oído? Yahvé es el Dios eterno, el Creador de los confines de la tierra, no se fatiga, ni se cansa; su sabiduría es insondable.
29 He gives power to the feeble, increasing the strength of him who has no force.
Él da fuerzas al desfallecido y aumenta el vigor del que carece de fortaleza,
30 Even the young men will become feeble and tired, and the best of them will come to the end of his strength;
Desfallecerán hasta los jóvenes, y se cansarán, y los mismos guerreros llegarán a vacilar.
31 But those who are waiting for the Lord will have new strength; they will get wings like eagles: running, they will not be tired, and walking, they will have no weariness.
Pero los que esperan en Yahvé renovarán sus fuerzas; echarán a volar como águilas; correrán sin cansarse, caminarán sin desfallecer.
