Isaiah 43

1 But now, says the Lord your Maker, O Jacob, and your life-giver, O Israel: have no fear, for I have taken up your cause; naming you by your name, I have made you mine.

Y ahora, dice Yahvé, el que te creó, oh Jacob, y el que te formó, oh Israel: “No temas; porque Yo te he rescatado, te he llamado por tu nombre; tú eres mío.

2 When you go through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they will not go over you: when you go through the fire, you will not be burned; and the flame will have no power over you.

Si pasas por las aguas, Yo estoy contigo, si por los ríos, no te anegarás; si andas por el fuego, no te quemarás, ni te abrasarán las llamas.

3 For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your saviour; I have given Egypt as a price for you, Ethiopia and Seba for you.

Porque Yo soy Yahvé, tu Dios, el Santo de Israel, el que te salva. Yo doy a Egipto por tu rescate, a Etiopía y a Sabá en lugar tuyo.

4 Because of your value in my eyes, you have been honoured, and loved by me; so I will give men for you, and peoples for your life.

Llegaste a ser precioso a mis ojos, y estimable y objeto de mi amor; por eso daré hombres en lugar de ti, y pueblos a cambio de tu vida.

5 Have no fear, for I am with you: I will take your seed from the east, and get you together from the west;

No temas; Yo estoy contigo; desde el Oriente traeré tus hijos, y del Occidente te congregaré.

6 I will say to the north, Give them up; and to the south, Do not keep them back; send back my sons from far, and my daughters from the end of the earth;

Diré al Norte: “¡Dámelos!” y al Sur: “¡No los retengas!” Trae a mis hijos de lejos, y a mis hijas de los confines del orbe,

7 Every one who is named by my name, and whom I have made for my glory, who has been formed and designed by me.

a todos los que llevan mi nombre, a los que Yo creé, formé e hice para mi gloria.

8 Send out the blind people who have eyes, and those who have ears, but they are shut.

Haced salir al pueblo ciego, que tiene ojos, y a los sordos, que tienen oídos.

9 Let all the nations come together, and let the peoples be present: who among them is able to make this clear, and give us word of earlier things? let their witnesses come forward, so that they may be seen to be true, and that they may give ear, and say, It is true.

¡Júntense a una todas las naciones, y reúnanse los pueblos! ¿Quién entre ellos ha anunciado esto, y nos hizo oír las predicciones antiguas? Que presenten ellos sus testigos para justificarse, y que se los escuche y diga: “Verdad es.”

10 You are my witnesses, says the Lord, and my servant whom I have taken for myself: so that you may see and have faith in me, and that it may be clear to you that I am he; before me there was no God formed, and there will not be after me.

Vosotros sois mis testigos, dice Yahvé, y mi siervo, a quien he escogido; para que conozcáis, y me creáis, y comprendáis que Yo soy (Dios). Antes de Mí no fue formado dios alguno, y no habrá ninguno después de Mí.

11 I, even I, am the Lord; and there is no saviour but me.

Yo, Yo soy Yahvé, y fuera de Mí no hay salvador.

12 I gave the word, and made it clear, and there was no strange god among you: for this reason you are my witnesses, says the Lord.

Yo lo he anunciado, y soy Yo quien salvo y lo hago saber; no hay (dios) extraño entre vosotros; vosotros sois mis testigos, dice Yahvé, y Yo soy Dios.

13 From time long past I am God, and from this day I am he: there is no one who is able to take you out of my hand: when I undertake a thing, by whom will my purpose be changed?

Yo soy antes de todo tiempo, y no hay quien libre de mi mano: lo que hago Yo ¿quién podrá impedirlo?

14 The Lord, who has taken up your cause, the Holy One of Israel, says, Because of you I have sent to Babylon, and made all their seers come south, and the Chaldaeans whose cry is in the ships.

Así dice Yahvé vuestro redentor, el Santo de Israel: Por vosotros enviaré gentes contra Babilonia, y pondré en fuga a todos los que se jactan de sus naves.

15 I am the Lord, your Holy One, the Maker of Israel, your King.

Yo soy Yahvé, vuestro Santo, el Creador de Israel, vuestro Rey.

16 This is the word of the Lord, who makes a way in the sea, and a road through the deep waters;

Así dice Yahvé, el que abrió camino en el mar, y senda a través de impetuosas aguas;

17 Who sends out the war-carriages and the horses, the army with all its force; they have come down, they will not get up again; like a feebly burning light they are put out.

el que hizo salir carros y caballos, ejércitos y guerreros. Juntos se acostaron y no se levantaron más; fueron extinguidos, quedaron apagados cual pabilo.

18 Give no thought to the things which are past; let the early times go out of your minds.

“Mas no penséis en las cosas antiguas, ni os preocupéis de lo pasado.

19 See, I am doing a new thing; now it is starting; will you not take note of it? I will even make a way in the waste land, and rivers in the dry country.

Pues ved que voy a hacer una cosa nueva, que ya está por aparecer; ¿no lo sabéis? Haré un camino en el desierto, y ríos en el yermo.

20 The beasts of the field will give me honour, the jackals and the ostriches: because I send out waters in the waste land, and rivers in the dry country, to give drink to the people whom I have taken for myself:

Las bestias del campo, los chacales y los avestruces, me glorificarán, porque haré brotar aguas en el desierto, y ríos en el yermo, para dar de beber a mi pueblo, a mi escogido,

21 Even the people whom I made to be the witnesses of my praise.

a este pueblo que he formado para Mí, y que narrará mis alabanzas.

22 But you have made no prayer to me, O Jacob: and you have given no thought to me, O Israel.

Pero tú, oh Jacob, no me invocaste, no te fatigaste por Mí, oh Israel.

23 You have not made me burned offerings of sheep, or given me honour with your offerings of beasts; I did not make you servants to give me an offering, and I did not make you tired with requests for perfumes.

No me ofreciste tus corderos para holocausto, ni me honraste con tus sacrificios; y sin embargo, no te he fatigado (pidiéndote) ofrendas, ni te tenía cansado con el incienso.

24 You have not got me sweet-smelling plants with your money, or given me pleasure with the fat of your offerings: but you have made me a servant to your sins, and you have made me tired with your evil doings.

No compraste para Mí con dinero caña aromática, ni me saciaste con la grosura de tus sacrificios; antes bien me fatigaste con tus pecados, y me tienes cansado con tus iniquidades.

25 I, even I, am he who takes away your sins; and I will no longer keep your evil doings in mind.

Yo, Yo borro tus transgresiones por amor a Mí mismo, y no me acordaré más de tus pecados.

26 Put me in mind of this; let us take up the cause between us: put forward your cause, so that you may be seen to be in the right.

Despierta tú mi memoria, y entremos ambos en juicio; habla tú mismo para justificarte.

27 Your first father was a sinner, and your guides have gone against my word.

Pecó ya tu primer padre, y tus guías se rebelaron contra Mí.

28 Your chiefs have made my holy place unclean, so I have made Jacob a curse, and Israel a thing of shame.

Por eso he declarado inmundo a los príncipes del Santuario, y he entregado a Jacob al anatema, y a Israel al oprobio.”