Isaiah 48
1 Give ear to this, O family of Jacob, you who are named by the name of Israel, and have come out of the body of Judah; who take oaths by the name of the Lord, and make use of the name of the God of Israel, but not truly and not in good faith.
Oídlo, casa de Jacob, los que lleváis el nombre de Israel, y habéis salido de la fuente de Judá; los que juráis por el nombre de Yahvé y celebráis al Dios de Israel, mas no en verdad, ni con rectitud,
2 For they say that they are of the holy town, and put their faith in the God of Israel: the Lord of armies is his name.
aunque lleváis el nombre de la ciudad santa, y os apoyáis en el Dios de Israel, cuyo nombre es Yahvé de los ejércitos.
3 I gave word in the past of the things which came about; they came from my mouth, and I made them clear: suddenly I did them, and they came about.
Yo anuncié mucho antes las cosas pasadas; salieron de mi boca, y las di a conocer; de repente obré y se cumplieron.
4 Because I saw that your heart was hard, and that your neck was an iron cord, and your brow brass;
Pues sabía Yo que eres dura, que tu cerviz es de nervios de hierro, y tu frente de bronce.
5 For this reason I made it clear to you in the past, before it came I gave you word of it: for fear that you might say, My god did these things, and my pictured and metal images made them come about.
Por eso te las anuncié muy de antemano, antes que se cumplieran las di a conocer, a fin de que nunca dijeses: “Mi ídolo las ha hecho; mi estatua, mi imagen fundida las ha ordenado.”
6 All this has come to your ears and you have seen it; will you not give witness to it? I am now making clear new things, even secret things, of which you had no knowledge.
Todo lo que oíste, ahora lo ves. Y vosotros, ¿no queréis anunciarlo? Desde ahora te doy a conocer cosas nuevas, cosas ocultas que tú no conoces.
7 They have only now been effected, and not in the past: and before this day they had not come to your ears; for fear that you might say, I had knowledge of them.
Han sido creadas ahora y no en tiempos antiguos; antes del día de hoy no oíste hablar de ellas, a fin de que no dijeras: “He aquí, ya lo sabía.”
8 Truly you had no word of them, no knowledge of them; no news of them in the past had come to your ears; because I saw how false was your behaviour, and that your heart was turned against me from your earliest days.
Tú nada oíste, nada sabías, nada percibiste de antemano con tus oídos, pues Yo sabía que eres muy infiel y que tu nombre es “Rebelde”, desde que naciste.
9 Because of my name I will put away my wrath, and for my praise I will keep myself from cutting you off.
A causa de mi Nombre detengo mi ira, y por mi gloria tengo paciencia contigo para no exterminarte.
10 See, I have been testing you for myself like silver; I have put you through the fire of trouble.
Mira, te he acrisolado, mas no (hallé) plata, te he probado en el horno de la aflicción.
11 For myself, even because of my name, I will do it; for I will not let my name be shamed; and my glory I will not give to another.
Por Mí, por amor mío hago esto, porque no permito que me blasfemen, y mi gloria no cedo a ningún otro.
12 Give ear to me, Jacob, and Israel, my loved one; I am he, I am the first and I am the last.
Escúchame, Jacob, y tú, Israel, a quien he dado mi nombre: Yo soy; Yo soy el primero, y soy también el último.
13 Yes, by my hand was the earth placed on its base, and by my right hand the heavens were stretched out; at my word they take up their places.
Mi mano fundó la tierra, y mi derecha extendió los cielos; Yo los llamo, y se presentan a una.
14 Come together, all of you, and give ear; who among you has given news of these things? the Lord's loved one will do his pleasure with Babylon, and with the seed of the Chaldaeans.
Congregaos, todos vosotros, y escuchad: ¿Quién de entre ellos ha anunciado esto? Aquel a quien ama Yahvé ejecutará la voluntad de Él contra Babilonia, y su brazo (se levantará) contra los caldeos.
15 I, even I, have given the word; I have sent for him: I have made him come, and have given effect to his undertakings.
Yo, Yo he hablado, y Yo le he llamado, Yo le hice venir, y su empresa será coronada de éxito.
16 Come near to me, and give ear to this; from the start I did not keep it secret; from the time of its coming into existence I was there: and now the Lord God has sent me, and given me his spirit.
Acercaos a Mí, oíd esto: Desde el principio nunca he hablado en secreto, y cuando se cumplan estas cosas, Yo estoy allí —mas ahora Yahvé, el Señor, me ha enviado con su espíritu—,
17 The Lord who takes up your cause, the Holy One of Israel, says, I am the Lord your God, who is teaching you for your profit, guiding you by the way in which you are to go.
Así dice Yahvé, tú redentor, el Santo de Israel: Yo soy Yahvé, tú Dios, que te enseño cosas provechosas; que te conduce por el camino que debes seguir.
18 If only you had given ear to my orders, then your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness as the waves of the sea:
¡Ojalá hubieras atendido mis mandamientos! entonces tu paz sería como un río, y tu justicia como las olas del mar.
19 Your seed would have been like the sand, and your offspring like the dust: your name would not be cut off or come to an end before me.
Tu descendencia sería como la arena, y como sus granitos el fruto de tus entrañas. No sería cortado ni destruido delante de Mí tu nombre.
20 Go out of Babylon, go in flight from the Chaldaeans; with the sound of song make it clear, give the news, let the word go out even to the end of the earth: say, The Lord has taken up the cause of his servant Jacob.
¡Salid de Babilonia, huid de los caldeos! Anunciadlo con voz de júbilo, publicad esta nueva, hacedla llegar hasta los confines de la tierra. Decid: “Yahvé ha rescatado a su siervo Jacob.
21 They had no need of water when he was guiding them through the waste lands: he made water come out of the rock for them: the rock was parted and the waters came flowing out.
Y no padecieron sed, cuando los condujo por el desierto; de la peña les hizo salir agua, hendió la peña, y brotaron las aguas.
22 There is no peace, says the Lord, for the evil-doers.
No hay paz para los malvados, dice Yahvé.
