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.
Pero ahora Yahvé, que te ha creado, Jacob, y el que te formó, Israel, dice: “No tengas miedo, porque te he redimido. 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.
Cuando pases por las aguas, yo estaré contigo, y por los ríos, no te desbordarán. Cuando pases por el fuego, no te quemarás, y la llama no te abrasará.
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, tu Salvador. He dado a Egipto como su rescate, Etiopía y Seba en su lugar.
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.
Ya que has sido precioso y honrado ante mis ojos, y te he amado, por lo que daré a la gente en su lugar, y naciones en lugar de su 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 tengas miedo, porque yo estoy contigo. Traeré tu descendencia desde el este, y te recogerá desde el oeste.
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;
Le diré al norte: “¡Ríndanse! y dile al sur: “¡No los retengas! Trae a mis hijos desde muy lejos, y mis hijas de los confines de la tierra —
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.
todos los que son llamados por mi nombre, y que he creado para mi gloria, que he formado, sí, a quien he hecho’”.
8 Send out the blind people who have eyes, and those who have ears, but they are shut.
Saca a los ciegos que tienen ojos, y 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.
Que se reúnan todas las naciones, y que se reúnan los pueblos. ¿Quién de ellos puede declarar esto? y mostrarnos cosas anteriores? Que traigan sus testigos, para que sean justificados, o que escuchen y digan: “Eso es verdad”.
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, “Con mi siervo que he elegido; para que me conozcas y me creas, y entender que yo soy él. Antes de mí no se había formado ningún Dios, tampoco lo habrá después de mí.
11 I, even I, am the Lord; and there is no saviour but me.
Yo mismo soy Yahvé. Además de mí, no hay ningún 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.
He declarado, he salvado y he mostrado, y no había ningún dios extraño entre vosotros. Por tanto, 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?
Sí, desde el día que fue, yo soy. No hay nadie que pueda liberar de mi mano. Voy a trabajar, ¿y quién puede 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.
Yahvé, tu Redentor, el Santo de Israel, dice: “Por ti, he enviado a Babilonia, y haré descender a todos ellos como fugitivos, incluso a los caldeos, en las naves de su regocijo.
15 I am the Lord, your Holy One, the Maker of Israel, your King.
Yo soy Yahvé, tu Santo, el Creador de Israel, tu Rey”.
16 This is the word of the Lord, who makes a way in the sea, and a road through the deep waters;
Yahvé, que hace un camino en el mar, y un camino en las poderosas 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.
que saca el carro y el caballo, el ejército y el hombre poderoso (se acuestan juntos, no se levantarán; se extinguen, se apagan como una mecha) dice:
18 Give no thought to the things which are past; let the early times go out of your minds.
“No te acuerdes de las cosas anteriores, y no consideres las cosas de antaño.
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.
He aquí que voy a hacer una cosa nueva. Ahora sale a la luz. ¿No lo sabes? Incluso haré un camino en el desierto, y ríos en el desierto.
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:
Los animales del campo, los chacales y las avestruces, me honrarán, porque yo doy agua en el desierto y ríos en la soledad, para dar de beber a mi pueblo, a mis elegidos,
21 Even the people whom I made to be the witnesses of my praise.
el pueblo que formé para mí, para que declaren mi alabanza.
22 But you have made no prayer to me, O Jacob: and you have given no thought to me, O Israel.
Sin embargo, no me has invocado, Jacob; pero te has cansado de mí, 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 has traído ninguna de tus ovejas para los holocaustos, tampoco me has honrado con tus sacrificios. No te he cargado con ofrendas, ni te cansaste 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 me has comprado ninguna caña dulce con dinero, ni me has llenado con la grasa de tus sacrificios, pero me has cargado con tus pecados. Me has 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 mismo, soy el que borra tus transgresiones por mi cuenta; y no me acordaré 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.
Hazme acordar. Roguemos juntos. Declare su caso, para que puedas ser justificado.
27 Your first father was a sinner, and your guides have gone against my word.
Tu primer padre pecó, y tus maestros han transgredido 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 tanto, profanaré los príncipes del santuario; y haré de Jacob una maldición, e Israel un insulto”.
