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.
Escuchádme islas, y esfuércense los pueblos: alléguense, y entonces hablen: estemos juntamente a 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 despertó del oriente la justicia, y le llamó para que le siguiese? entregó delante de él naciones, e hízole enseñorear de reyes: como polvo los entregó a su espada, y como hojarascas arrebatadas a su arco.
3 He goes after them safely, not touching the road with his feet.
Siguiólos; pasó en paz por camino por donde sus pies nunca habían entrado.
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 obró, e hizo? ¿Quién llama las generaciones desde el principio? Yo Jehová primero, y yo mismo con los postreros.
5 The sea-lands saw it, and were in fear; the ends of the earth were shaking: they came near.
Las islas vieron, y tuvieron temor: los términos de la tierra se espantaron: congregáronse, y vinieron.
6 They gave help everyone to his neighbour; and everyone said to his brother, Take heart!
Cada cual ayudó a su cercano, y dijo a su hermano: 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 carpintero animó al platero, y el que alisa con martillo al que batía en el yunque, diciendo: Buena es la soldadura. Y afirmólo con clavos, porque no se moviese.
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 Israel, siervo mío, Jacob a quien yo escogí, simiente de Abraham 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:
Porque te eché mano de los extremos de la tierra, y de sus principales te llamé, y te dije: Mi siervo serás tú; te escogí, y no te deseché.
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 soy contigo: no desmayes, que yo soy tu Dios: que te esfuerzo: siempre te ayudaré, siempre te sustentaré 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.
He aquí que todos los que se enojan contra ti, se avergonzarán, y serán confusos: serán como nada: los que contigo contendieren, perecerán.
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.
Mirarás por ellos, y no los hallarás: los que tienen contienda contigo, serán como nada; y los que contigo tienen pendencia, como cosa que no es.
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.
Porque yo Jehová soy tu Dios, que te traba de tu mano derecha, y te dice: No temas, yo te ayudé.
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 gusano de Jacob, apocados de Israel; yo te socorrí, dice Jehová, y tu Redentor 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 que yo te he puesto por trillo, trillo nuevo, lleno de dientes: trillarás montes, y molerlos has; y collados tornarás en tamo.
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.
Aventarlos has, y el viento los llevará, y el torbellino los esparcirá. Tu, empero, exultarás en Jehová: en el Santo de Israel te glorificarás.
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 afligidos y menesterosos buscan las aguas, que no hay: su lengua se secó de sed: yo Jehová los oiré: 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.
En los cabezos altos abriré ríos, y fuentes en mitad de los llanos: tornaré el desierto en estanques de aguas; y la tierra seca en manederos de aguas.
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:
Daré en el desierto cedros, espinos, arrayanes, y olivas: pondré en la soledad hayas, olmos, y álamos 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.
Porque vean, y conozcan, y adviertan, y entiendan todos, que la mano de Jehová hace esto; y que el Santo de Israel lo creó.
21 Put forward your cause, says the Lord; let your strong argument come out, says the King of Jacob.
Alegád por vuestra causa, dice Jehová: traed vuestros fundamentos, 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.
Traigan, y anúnciennos lo que ha de venir: dígannos lo que ha pasado desde el principio, y pondremos nuestro corazón: y sepamos su postrimería, y hacédnos entender lo que ha de venir.
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.
Dádnos nuevas de lo que ha de ser después, para que sepamos que vosotros sois dioses: o a lo menos hacéd bien o mal, para que tengamos que contar, y juntamente nos maravillemos.
24 But you are nothing, and your work is of no value: foolish is he who takes you for his gods.
He aquí que vosotros sois de nada, y vuestras obras de vanidad: abominación os escogió.
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.
Del norte le desperté, y vendrá: del nacimiento del sol llamará en mi nombre; y vendrá sobre príncipes como sobre lodo, y como el ollero 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 dio nuevas desde el principio, para que sepamos; y de antes, y diremos: Justo es? Cierto no hay quien lo anuncie, cierto no hay quien lo enseñe, cierto no hay quien oiga 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 he enseñado estas cosas a Sión, y a Jerusalem di la nueva.
28 And I saw that there was no man, even no wise man among them, who might give an answer to my questions.
Miré, y no había ninguno; y pregunté de estas cosas, y ningún consejero hubo: les pregunté, y no respondieron 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.
He aquí, todos son iniquidad; y las obras de ellos nada: viento y vanidad sus vaciadizos.
