Isaiah 1
1 The vision of Isaiah, the son of Amoz, which he saw about Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
Visión de Isaías, hijo de Amoz, que vio con respecto a Judá y Jerusalén en días de Uzías, Jotam, Acaz y Ezequías, reyes de Judá.
2 Give ear, O heavens, and you, O earth, to the word which the Lord has said: I have taken care of my children till they became men, but their hearts have been turned away from me.
¡Oye, cielo, y escucha tú, tierra, porque habla Yavé! Crié hijos y los desarrollé, pero ellos se rebelaron contra Mí.
3 Even the ox has knowledge of its owner, and the ass of the place where its master puts its food: but Israel has no knowledge, my people give no thought to me.
El buey conoce a su dueño, y el asno el pesebre de su amo, pero Israel no me conoce. Mi pueblo no tiene entendimiento.
4 O nation full of sin, a people weighted down with crime, a generation of evil-doers, false-hearted children: they have gone away from the Lord, they have no respect for the Holy One of Israel, their hearts are turned back from him.
¡Oh gente pecadora, pueblo cargado de iniquidad, generación de perversos, hijos depravados! Abandonaron a Yavé, despreciaron al Santo de Israel, se volvieron atrás.
5 Why will you have more and more punishment? why keep on in your evil ways? Every head is tired and every heart is feeble.
¿Por qué aún quieren ser castigados? ¿Aún se rebelarán? Toda la cabeza está enferma, y el corazón doliente.
6 The body, from head to foot, is all diseased; it is a mass of open wounds, marks of blows, and broken flesh: the flow of blood has not been stopped, and no oil has been put on the wounds.
Desde la planta del pie hasta la cabeza nada hay sano, sino golpes, contusiones, y heridas supurantes. No fueron drenadas, ni vendadas, ni aliviadas con ungüento.
7 Your country has become waste; your towns are burned with fire; as for your land, it is overturned before your eyes, made waste and overcome by men from strange lands.
Su tierra está asolada, sus ciudades incendiadas, su suelo devorado por extranjeros en presencia de ustedes, asolada como con desolación de extraños.
8 And the daughter of Zion has become like a tent in a vine-garden, like a watchman's house in a field of fruit, like a town shut in by armies.
La hija de Sion quedó como cobertizo de viñedo, como choza de melonar, como ciudad sitiada.
9 If the Lord of armies had not kept some at least of us safe, we would have been like Sodom, and the fate of Gomorrah would have been ours.
Si Yavé de las huestes no nos hubiera dejado un pequeño remanente, seríamos como Sodoma, semejantes a Gomorra.
10 Give ear to the word of the Lord, you rulers of Sodom; let your hearts be turned to the law of our God, you people of Gomorrah.
¡Escuchen la Palabra de Yavé, gobernantes de Sodoma! ¡Escuchen la Ley de nuestro ʼElohim, pueblo de Gomorra!
11 What use to me is the number of the offerings which you give me? says the Lord; your burned offerings of sheep, and the best parts of fat cattle, are a weariness to me; I take no pleasure in the blood of oxen, or of lambs, or of he-goats.
¿De qué me sirve, dice Yavé, la multitud de sus sacrificios? Estoy harto de holocaustos de carneros y de grasa de ganado gordo. No quiero sangre de becerros, ni de corderos, ni de machos cabríos.
12 At whose request do you come before me, making my house unclean with your feet?
¿Quién demanda esto de sus manos cuando los presentan ante Mí y pisotean mis patios?
13 Give me no more false offerings; the smoke of burning flesh is disgusting to me, so are your new moons and Sabbaths and your holy meetings.
No sigan presentando ofrendas vanas. El incienso me es repugnancia, también las nuevas lunas, los sábados y el convocar asamblea. ¡No tolero la iniquidad junto con la Asamblea Solemne!
14 Your new moons and your regular feasts are a grief to my soul: they are a weight in my spirit; I am crushed under them.
Mi alma aborrece sus nuevas lunas y sus solemnidades. Me son molestas. Estoy cansado de soportarlas.
15 And when your hands are stretched out to me, my eyes will be turned away from you: even though you go on making prayers, I will not give ear: your hands are full of blood.
Cuando extiendan sus manos, esconderé de ustedes mi Presencia. Y aunque multipliquen sus oraciones, no escucharé. Sus manos están llenas de sangre.
16 Be washed, make yourselves clean; put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes; let there be an end of sinning;
Lávense, purifíquense, y quiten de mi vista la maldad de sus obras. Dejen de hacer el mal.
17 Take pleasure in well-doing; let your ways be upright, keep down the cruel, give a right decision for the child who has no father, see to the cause of the widow.
Aprendan a hacer lo bueno, busquen la justicia. Reprendan al opresor, defiendan al huérfano, aboguen por la viuda.
18 Come now, and let us have an argument together, says the Lord: how may your sins which are red like blood be white as snow? how may their dark purple seem like wool?
Vengan luego y razonemos juntos, dice Yavé. Aunque sus pecados sean como la grana, como la nieve serán emblanquecidos. Aunque sean rojos como el carmesí, serán como lana blanca.
19 If you will give ear to my word and do it, the good things of the land will be yours;
Si ustedes quieren y obedecen, comerán lo bueno de la tierra.
20 But if your hearts are turned against me, I will send destruction on you by the sword; so the Lord has said.
Pero si rehúsan y se rebelan, la espada los devorará, porque lo dijo la boca de Yavé.
21 The upright town has become untrue; there was a time when her judges gave right decisions, when righteousness had a resting-place in her, but now she is full of those who take men's lives.
¡Cómo se convirtió en prostituta la Ciudad Fiel! Estuvo llena de equidad y en ella vivía la justicia. Pero ahora viven los asesinos.
22 Your silver is no longer true metal, your wine is mixed with water.
Tu plata se volvió escoria. Tu vino está mezclado con agua.
23 Your chiefs have gone against the Lord, they have become friends of thieves; every one of them is looking for profit and going after rewards; they do not give right decisions for the child who has no father, and they do not let the cause of the widow come before them.
Tus gobernantes son rebeldes y cómplices de ladrones. Todos aman el soborno y corren tras las dádivas. No hacen justicia al huérfano ni llega a ellos la causa de la viuda.
24 For this reason the Lord, the Lord of armies, the Strong One of Israel, has said, I will put an end to my haters, and send punishment on those who are against me;
Por tanto, ʼAdonay Yavé de las huestes, el Fuerte de Israel, dice: ¡Ah, tomaré satisfacción de mis enemigos! ¡Me vengaré de mis enemigos!
25 And my hand will again be on you, washing away what is unclean as with soap, and taking away all your false metal;
Volveré mi mano contra ti. Purificaré totalmente tus escorias y quitaré toda tu impureza.
26 And I will give you judges again as at the first, and wise guides as in the past; then you will be named, The Town of Righteousness, the true town.
Restauraré tus jueces como al principio y tus consejeros, como los de antaño. Entonces te llamarán Ciudad de Justicia, Ciudad Fiel.
27 Upright acts will be the price of Zion's forgiveness, and by righteousness will men be living there.
Sion será rescatada con equidad, y sus arrepentidos con justicia.
28 But a common destruction will overtake sinners and evil-doers together, and those who have gone away from the Lord will be cut off.
Pero los rebeldes y pecadores serán juntamente quebrantados, y los que abandonan a Yavé serán consumidos.
29 For you will be put to shame because of the trees of your desire, and because of the gardens of your pleasure.
Entonces se avergonzarán de los robles que amaron y tendrán afrenta a causa de los huertos que escogieron.
30 For you will be like a tree whose leaves have become dry, and like a garden without water.
Porque serán como roble al cual se le cae la hoja y como huerto que no tiene agua.
31 And the strong will be as food for the fire, and his work as a flame; and they will be burned together, with no one to put out the fire.
El fuerte será como estopa, y su obra como chispa. Ambos arderán juntos, y no habrá quien los apague.
