Isaiah 41
1 Come quietly before me, O sea-lands, and let the peoples get together their strength: let them come near; then let them say what they have to say: let us put forward our cause against one another.
Enmudeced en mi presencia, oh islas, y los pueblos reanimen sus fuerzas. Acérquense, y después hablen; entremos juntos en juicio.
2 Who sent out from the east one who is right wherever he goes? he gives the nations into his hands, and makes him ruler over kings; he gives them as the dust to his sword, as dry stems before the wind to his bow.
¿Quién llamó del Oriente al justo para que siguiese sus pasos? ¿Quién le entregó naciones, y le sometió reyes? Él reduce su espada a polvo, y su arco a paja, que arrebata el viento.
3 He goes after them safely, not touching the road with his feet.
Los persigue, y avanza sin peligro por una senda que sus pies jamás han pisado.
4 Whose purpose and work was it? His who sent out the generations from the start. I the Lord, the first, and with the last, I am he.
¿Quién hizo esto? ¿Quién lo ha realizado? El que llamó las generaciones desde el principio: Yo, Yahvé, que soy el primero Y estaré también con los últimos.
5 The sea-lands saw it, and were in fear; the ends of the earth were shaking: they came near.
Lo ven las islas y tiemblan; se llenan de temor los confines de la tierra; se acercan y vienen.
6 They gave help everyone to his neighbour; and everyone said to his brother, Take heart!
Ayuda el uno al otro y dice a su compañero: “¡Esfuérzate!”
7 So the metal-worker put heart into the gold-worker, and he who was hammering the metal smooth said kind words to the iron-worker, saying of the plate, It is ready: and he put it together with nails, so that there might be no slipping.
El artífice anima al orfebre, y el que desbasta con el martillo al que bate en el yunque, dice de la soldadura: “Bien hecha está”; y la sujeta con clavos, para que no se mueva.
8 But as for you, Israel, my servant, and you, Jacob, whom I have taken for myself, the seed of Abraham my friend:
Mas tú, oh Israel, siervo mío, y tú, oh Jacob, a quien he escogido, de la estirpe de Abrahán, mi amigo;
9 You whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and sent for from its farthest parts, saying to you, You are my servant, whom I have taken for myself, and whom I have not given up:
tú, a quien he sacado de los extremos de la tierra, llamándote de los cabos de ella, y diciéndote: Tú eres mi siervo; Yo te he escogido, y no te he desechado.
10 Have no fear, for I am with you; do not be looking about in trouble, for I am your God; I will give you strength, yes, I will be your helper; yes, my true right hand will be your support.
No temas, que Yo estoy contigo; no desmayes, que Yo soy tu Dios; Yo te he dado fuerza y te ayudo; te sostengo con la diestra de mi justicia.
11 Truly, all those who are angry with you will be made low and put to shame: those desiring to do you wrong will come to nothing and never again be seen.
Confundidos quedarán y avergonzados todos los que contra ti se irritan, serán como la nada, y perecerán los que te hacen guerra.
12 You will make search for your haters but they will not be there; those who make war against you will be as nothing and will come to destruction.
Buscarás, y no hallarás a los que te combaten; serán como nada y como reducidos al polvo los que pelean contigo.
13 For I, the Lord your God, have taken your right hand in mine, saying to you, Have no fear; I will be your helper.
Pues Yo, Yahvé, tu Dios, soy quien te tomo por la diestra, y te digo: No temas, Yo soy tu auxiliador.
14 Have no fear, you worm Jacob, and you men of Israel; I will be your helper, says the Lord, even he who takes up your cause, the Holy One of Israel.
No temas, gusanillo de Jacob, ni vosotros, oh hombres de Israel. Yo soy tu auxilio, dice Yahvé; y tu redentor es el Santo de Israel.
15 See, I will make you like a new grain-crushing instrument with teeth, crushing the mountains small, and making the hills like dry stems.
He aquí, Yo haré de ti un trillo cortante nuevo, armado de dientes. Trillarás los montes y los desmenuzarás, y reducirás como a tamo los collados.
16 You will send the wind over them, and it will take them away; they will go in all directions before the storm-wind: you will have joy in the Lord, and be glad in the Holy One of Israel.
Los aventarás, y el viento se los llevará, y los esparcirá el torbellino; pero tú te alegrarás en Yahvé, te gloriarás en el Santo de Israel.
17 The poor and crushed are looking for water where no water is, and their tongue is dry for need of it: I the Lord will give ear to their prayer, I the God of Israel will not give them up.
Los desdichados y pobres buscan agua y no la hay, su lengua esta seca por la sed; más Yo, Yahvé, los escucharé; Yo, el Dios de Israel, no los desampararé.
18 I will make rivers on the dry mountain-tops, and fountains in the valleys: I will make the waste land a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
Les abriré ríos en los altos montes, y fuentes en medio de los valles; convertiré el desierto en estanque, y la tierra árida en corrientes de agua.
19 I will put in the waste land the cedar, the acacia, the myrtle, and the olive-tree; and in the lowland will be planted the fir-tree, the plane, and the cypress together:
En el despoblado plantaré cedros y acacias, mirtos y olivos; y en el yermo pondré abetos, olmos y bojes juntamente;
20 So that they may see and be wise and give their mind to it, and that it may be clear to them all that the hand of the Lord has done this, and that the Holy One of Israel has made it.
para que vean y conozcan y atiendan y comprendan todos que la mano de Yahvé ha hecho esto, y el Santo de Israel lo ha creado.
21 Put forward your cause, says the Lord; let your strong argument come out, says the King of Jacob.
Venid a defender vuestra causa, dice Yahvé; alegad vuestras razones, dice el Rey de Jacob.
22 Let the future be made clear to us: give us news of the past things, so that we may give thought to them; or of the things to come, so that we may see if they are true.
Que nos enseñen y anuncien lo que ha de suceder. Explicad cómo fueron las cosas pasadas, para que las contemplemos y reconozcamos su cumplimiento; o indicadnos las cosas futuras.
23 Give us word of what will be after this, so that we may be certain that you are gods: yes, do good or do evil, so that we may all see it and be surprised.
Anunciad lo que ha de venir, para que sepamos que sois dioses; haced algo, sea bueno o malo, para que viéndolo todos quedemos asombrados.
24 But you are nothing, and your work is of no value: foolish is he who takes you for his gods.
Pero vosotros sois menos que la nada, y vuestra obra menos que lo vacío. ¡Abominable aquel que os escoge!
25 I have sent for one from the north, and from the dawn he has come; in my name he will get rulers together and go against them; they will be like dust, even as the wet earth is stamped on by the feet of the potter.
Yo he suscitado a uno del norte, y ya llega; uno (que viene) desde el oriente e invoca mi nombre; que pisa a los príncipes como si fuesen lodo y como el alfarero pisa el barro.
26 Who has given knowledge of it from the first, so that we may be certain of it? and from the start, so that we may say, His word is true? There is no one who gives news, or says anything, or who gives ear to your words.
¿Quién anunció esto desde el principio, para que lo sepamos; y anticipadamente, para que digamos: “Es justo”? Mas nadie lo anunció; nadie lo dio a conocer; nadie oyó vuestras palabras.
27 I was the first to give word of it to Zion, and I gave the good news to Jerusalem.
Yo soy el primero que anuncié a Sión: “Helos aquí”, y mandé a Jerusalén un portador de buenas nuevas.
28 And I saw that there was no man, even no wise man among them, who might give an answer to my questions.
Estuve mirando y no hubo nadie, entre ellos no hay ningún consejero; si les pregunto, no responden palabra.
29 Truly they are all nothing, their works are nothing and of no value: their metal images are of no more use than wind.
Ved, pues, que todos son una nada, y vanas todas sus obras. Viento y vanidad son sus ídolos.
