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.
Escuchen esto, oh casa de Jacob, ustedes, que llevan el nombre de Israel y brotan de la fuente de Judá, que juran por el Nombre de Yavé e invocan al ʼElohim de Israel, pero no con verdad ni con justicia.
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.
Porque ellos se identifican con la Ciudad Santa y se apoyan en el ʼElohim de Israel, cuyo Nombre es Yavé de las huestes.
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.
Las cosas primeras las anuncié con anticipación. De mi boca salieron. Yo las anuncié. De repente las hice y existieron.
4 Because I saw that your heart was hard, and that your neck was an iron cord, and your brow brass;
Porque sé que eres obstinado. Tu nuca es un tendón de hierro y tu frente es 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 lo anuncié con anticipación. Antes de suceder te lo anuncié, para que no digas: Mi ídolo lo hizo. Mi imagen de escultura o de fundición ordenó estas cosas.
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.
Lo oíste y lo viste todo. ¿Y no lo anuncian ustedes? Desde ahora te hago saber cosas nuevas, cosas ocultas, que tú no sabes.
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.
Ahora fueron creadas y no desde hace tiempo, ni las oíste antes de hoy para que no digas: Ciertamente yo 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.
No habías oído con respecto a ellas, ni las conociste, aún no estaba abierto tu oído, porque Yo sabía que tú eres desleal e ibas a desobedecer. Por tanto, desde el vientre te llamé rebelde.
9 Because of my name I will put away my wrath, and for my praise I will keep myself from cutting you off.
Por causa de mi Nombre refreno mi ira. Para alabanza mía la reprimo a fin de no destruirte.
10 See, I have been testing you for myself like silver; I have put you through the fire of trouble.
Mira, te purifiqué, pero no como a plata. Te probé en el crisol 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 a Mí mismo lo hago, para que mi Nombre no sea profanado, porque a otro no daré mi gloria.
12 Give ear to me, Jacob, and Israel, my loved one; I am he, I am the first and I am the last.
Escúchame, oh Jacob, tú oh Israel, a quien llamé. Yo soy. Soy el Primero, también soy 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.
Ciertamente mi mano fundó la tierra y mi mano derecha extendió los cielos. Cuando Yo los llamo, ellos se presentan juntamente.
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.
Reúnanse todos ustedes y escuchen: ¿Quién de ustedes predijo estas cosas? Aquél a quien Yavé ama cumplirá la voluntad de Él en Babilonia, y su brazo actuará sobre 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 mismo hablé y Yo lo llamé. Lo traje y prosperaré su camino.
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.
Acérquense a Mí y escuchen esto: Yo no hago predicciones en secreto. Cuando suceden, Yo ya estoy allí. Y ahora me envió ʼAdonay Yavé y 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.
Yavé tu Redentor, el Santo de Israel, dice: Yo soy Yavé tu ʼElohim, Quien te enseña para provecho, y te conduce en el camino por el cual debes andar.
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:
Si atiendes mis Mandamientos, entonces tu paz será 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 será como la arena, las ramas de tus órganos internos como sus granos y tu nombre nunca será cortado ni raído de mi Presencia.
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.
¡Salgan de Babilonia! ¡Huyan de los caldeos! ¡Anuncien con voz de júbilo y proclámenlo! ¡Publíquenlo hasta los confines de la tierra! Digan: ¡Yavé redimió a su esclavo 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.
No padecieron sed cuando los guió por el desierto. Hizo brotar agua de la roca para ellos. Partió la peña, y corrieron aguas.
22 There is no peace, says the Lord, for the evil-doers.
No hay paz para los perversos, dice Yavé.
