Isaiah 59
1 Truly, the Lord's hand has not become short, so that he is unable to give salvation; and his ear is not shut from hearing:
En verdad la mano de Yavé no se acortó para salvar, ni su oído se endureció para no escuchar.
2 But your sins have come between you and your God, and by your evil doings his face has been veiled from you, so that he will give you no answer.
Pero las iniquidades de ustedes los separaron de su ʼElohim y sus pecados ocultaron su rostro de ustedes para no escuchar.
3 For your hands are unclean with blood, and your fingers with sin; your lips have said false things, and your tongue gives out deceit.
Porque sus manos están contaminadas de sangre, y sus dedos, con iniquidad. Sus labios dicen mentira, su lengua murmura perversidad.
4 No one puts forward an upright cause, or gives a true decision: their hope is in deceit, and their words are false; they are with child with sin, and give birth to evil.
No hay quien clame por justicia. No hay quien discuta con fidelidad. Se apoyan en palabras vanas y dicen falsedad. Conciben perversidad y dan a luz iniquidad.
5 They give birth to snake's eggs, and make spider's threads: whoever takes their eggs for food comes to his death, and the egg which is crushed becomes a poison-snake.
Incuban huevos de víboras y tejen tela de araña. El que come de sus huevos muere y del que es aplastado sale una víbora.
6 Their twisted threads will not make clothing, and their works will give them nothing for covering themselves: their works are works of sin, and violent acts are in their hands.
Sus telarañas no sirven para ropa. Son tejidos que no cubren. Sus obras son de iniquidad y un hecho de violencia está en sus manos.
7 Their feet go quickly to evil, and they take delight in the death of the upright; their thoughts are thoughts of sin; wasting and destruction are in their ways.
Sus pies corren hacia el mal. Se apresuran a derramar sangre inocente. Sus pensamientos son de iniquidad. Desolación y destrucción hay en sus caminos.
8 They have no knowledge of the way of peace, and there is no sense of what is right in their behaviour: they have made for themselves ways which are not straight; whoever goes in them has no knowledge of peace.
No conocen camino de paz, ni hay justicia en sus senderos. Sus caminos son torcidos. Cualquiera que ande por ellos no tendrá paz.
9 For this cause our right is far from us, and righteousness does not overtake us: we are looking for light, but there is only the dark; for the shining of the sun, but our way is in the night.
Por eso se aleja de nosotros la justicia y la rectitud no nos alcanza. Esperamos luz, pero hay tenebrosidad. [Esperamos] claridad, [pero] andamos en oscuridad.
10 We go on our way, like blind men feeling for the wall, even like those who have no eyes: we are running against things in daylight as if it was evening; our place is in the dark like dead men.
Como ciegos palpamos la pared. Andamos a tientas como si no tuviéramos ojos. Tropezamos tanto al mediodía como cuando llega la noche. Estamos como muertos entre los vigorosos.
11 We make noises of grief, like bears, and sad sounds like doves: we are looking for our right, but it is not there; for salvation, but it is far from us.
Todos nosotros gruñimos como osos, y gemimos con lástima como palomas. Esperamos justicia y no la hay, salvación, y está lejos de nosotros.
12 For our evil doings are increased before you, and our sins give witness against us: for our evil doings are with us, and we have knowledge of our sins:
Porque nuestras transgresiones se multiplicaron delante de Ti. Nuestros pecados testifican contra nosotros, porque nuestras transgresiones permanecen con nosotros. Reconocemos nuestras iniquidades.
13 We have gone against the Lord, and been false to him, turning away from our God, our words have been uncontrolled, and in our hearts are thoughts of deceit.
Transgredimos y negamos a Yavé. Volvimos atrás y dejamos de seguir a nuestro ʼElohim. Hablamos de opresión y rebelión. Concebimos y expresamos de corazón palabras de mentira.
14 And the right is turned back, and righteousness is far away: for good faith is not to be seen in the public places, and upright behaviour may not come into the town.
La justicia es rechazada y la equidad está lejos. Porque la verdad tropezó en la calle y la rectitud no puede entrar.
15 Yes, faith is gone; and he whose heart is turned from evil comes into the power of the cruel: and the Lord saw it, and he was angry that there was no one to take up their cause.
La verdad está ausente. El que se aparta del mal se convierte en un despojo. Ahora Yavé vio esto. Es desagradable a Él que no haya justicia.
16 And he saw that there was no man, and was surprised that there was no one to take up their cause: so his arm gave salvation, and he made righteousness his support.
Vio que no había alguno y se asombró de que no haya quien se interponga. Lo salvó su brazo y lo afirmó su misma justicia.
17 Yes, he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and salvation as a head-dress; and he put on punishment as clothing, and wrath as a robe.
Se cubrió con la coraza de justicia y con casco de salvación sobre su cabeza. Se envolvió en ropas de venganza y se cubrió de celo como con un manto.
18 He will give them the right reward of their doings, wrath to his attackers, punishment to his haters, and even on the sea-lands he will send punishment.
Él retribuirá ira para sus enemigos según sus obras, recompensa para sus adversarios. Retribuirá por completo a las tierras de las costas.
19 So they will see the name of the Lord from the west, and his glory from the east: for he will come like a rushing stream, forced on by a wind of the Lord.
Desde el occidente temerán al Nombre de Yavé, y su gloria desde donde nace el sol, porque vendrá como río encajonado impulsado por el soplo de Yavé.
20 And as a saviour he will come to Zion, turning away sin from Jacob, says the Lord.
Vendrá el Redentor a Sion, a los que regresaron de la iniquidad de Jacob, dice Yavé.
21 And as for me, this is my agreement with them, says the Lord: my spirit which is on you, and my words which I have put in your mouth, will not go away from your mouth, or from the mouth of your seed, or from the mouth of your seed's seed, says the Lord, from now and for ever.
Este será mi Pacto con ellos, dice Yavé: Mi Espíritu que derramé sobre ti. Mis Palabras que puse en tu boca no se apartarán jamás de tu boca, ni de la boca de tus descendientes, ni de la boca de los descendientes de ellos desde ahora y para siempre, dice Yavé.
