Isaiah 43
1 And now thus says the Lord who created you, O Jacob, and who formed you, O Israel: Do not be afraid. For I have redeemed you, and I have called you by your name. You are mine.
Y ahora, dice Yahvé, el que te creó, oh Jacob, y el que te formó, oh Israel: “No temas; porque Yo te he rescatado, te he llamado por tu nombre; tú eres mío.
2 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you, and the rivers will not cover you. When you walk through fire, you will not be burned, and the flames will not scorch you.
Si pasas por las aguas, Yo estoy contigo, si por los ríos, no te anegarás; si andas por el fuego, no te quemarás, ni te abrasarán las llamas.
3 For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. I have presented Egypt as your atonement, Ethiopia and Seba on your behalf.
Porque Yo soy Yahvé, tu Dios, el Santo de Israel, el que te salva. Yo doy a Egipto por tu rescate, a Etiopía y a Sabá en lugar tuyo.
4 Since then, you have become honorable in my eyes, and glorious. I have loved you, and I will present men on behalf of you, and people on behalf of your life.
Llegaste a ser precioso a mis ojos, y estimable y objeto de mi amor; por eso daré hombres en lugar de ti, y pueblos a cambio de tu vida.
5 Fear not, for I am with you. I will lead your offspring from the East, and I will gather you from the West.
No temas; Yo estoy contigo; desde el Oriente traeré tus hijos, y del Occidente te congregaré.
6 I will say to the North, “Release him,” and to the South, “Do not turn him away.” Bring my sons from far away, and my daughters from the ends of the earth.
Diré al Norte: “¡Dámelos!” y al Sur: “¡No los retengas!” Trae a mis hijos de lejos, y a mis hijas de los confines del orbe,
7 And each one who calls upon my name, I have created for my glory. I have formed him, and I have made him.
a todos los que llevan mi nombre, a los que Yo creé, formé e hice para mi gloria.
8 Lead forth the people who are blind and have eyes, who are deaf and have ears.
Haced salir al pueblo ciego, que tiene ojos, y a los sordos, que tienen oídos.
9 All the nations have been assembled together, and the tribes have been collected. Who among you will announce this, and who will cause us to listen to the things that are first? Let them present their witnesses. Let them act justly, and listen, and say: “It is true.”
¡Júntense a una todas las naciones, y reúnanse los pueblos! ¿Quién entre ellos ha anunciado esto, y nos hizo oír las predicciones antiguas? Que presenten ellos sus testigos para justificarse, y que se los escuche y diga: “Verdad es.”
10 You are my witnesses, says the Lord, and you are my servant, whom I have chosen, so that you may know, and may believe in me, and so that you may understand that I am the same. Before me, there was no god formed, and after me there will be none.
Vosotros sois mis testigos, dice Yahvé, y mi siervo, a quien he escogido; para que conozcáis, y me creáis, y comprendáis que Yo soy (Dios). Antes de Mí no fue formado dios alguno, y no habrá ninguno después de Mí.
11 I am. I am the Lord. And there is no savior apart from me.
Yo, Yo soy Yahvé, y fuera de Mí no hay salvador.
12 I have announced, and I have saved. I have caused it to be heard. And there was no stranger among you. You are my witnesses, says the Lord, and I am God.
Yo lo he anunciado, y soy Yo quien salvo y lo hago saber; no hay (dios) extraño entre vosotros; vosotros sois mis testigos, dice Yahvé, y Yo soy Dios.
13 And from the beginning, I am the same. And there is no one who can rescue from my hand. I act, and who can turn it aside?
Yo soy antes de todo tiempo, y no hay quien libre de mi mano: lo que hago Yo ¿quién podrá impedirlo?
14 Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: For your sake, I sent to Babylon, and tore down all their bars, with the Chaldeans who glory in their ships.
Así dice Yahvé vuestro redentor, el Santo de Israel: Por vosotros enviaré gentes contra Babilonia, y pondré en fuga a todos los que se jactan de sus naves.
15 I am the Lord, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your King.
Yo soy Yahvé, vuestro Santo, el Creador de Israel, vuestro Rey.
16 Thus says the Lord, who gave you a way through the sea and a path through the torrent of waters,
Así dice Yahvé, el que abrió camino en el mar, y senda a través de impetuosas aguas;
17 who led out the chariot and the horse, the column of robust troops. They went to sleep together, and they will not arise. They have been crushed like flax, and they have been extinguished.
el que hizo salir carros y caballos, ejércitos y guerreros. Juntos se acostaron y no se levantaron más; fueron extinguidos, quedaron apagados cual pabilo.
18 You need not call to mind the past, nor consider the things of antiquity.
“Mas no penséis en las cosas antiguas, ni os preocupéis de lo pasado.
19 Behold, I am accomplishing new things. And presently, they will spring forth. With certainty, you will know them. I will make a way in the desert, and rivers in an impassible place.
Pues ved que voy a hacer una cosa nueva, que ya está por aparecer; ¿no lo sabéis? Haré un camino en el desierto, y ríos en el yermo.
20 The wild beasts of the field will glorify me, with the serpents and the ostriches. For I have brought waters to the desert, rivers to inaccessible places, in order to give drink to my people, to my elect.
Las bestias del campo, los chacales y los avestruces, me glorificarán, porque haré brotar aguas en el desierto, y ríos en el yermo, para dar de beber a mi pueblo, a mi escogido,
21 This is the people whom I have formed for myself. They will speak my praise.
a este pueblo que he formado para Mí, y que narrará mis alabanzas.
22 But you have not called upon me, O Jacob, nor have you struggled for me, O Israel.
Pero tú, oh Jacob, no me invocaste, no te fatigaste por Mí, oh Israel.
23 You have not offered me the ram of your holocaust, and you have not glorified me with your victims. I have not burdened you with oblations, nor have I wearied you with incense.
No me ofreciste tus corderos para holocausto, ni me honraste con tus sacrificios; y sin embargo, no te he fatigado (pidiéndote) ofrendas, ni te tenía cansado con el incienso.
24 You have bought me no sweet cane with money, and you have not inebriated me with the fat of your victims. Yet truly, you have burdened me with your sins; you have wearied me with your iniquities.
No compraste para Mí con dinero caña aromática, ni me saciaste con la grosura de tus sacrificios; antes bien me fatigaste con tus pecados, y me tienes cansado con tus iniquidades.
25 I am. I am the very One who wipes away your iniquities for my own sake. And I will not remember your sins.
Yo, Yo borro tus transgresiones por amor a Mí mismo, y no me acordaré más de tus pecados.
26 Call me to mind, and let us go to judgment together. If you have anything to justify yourself, explain it.
Despierta tú mi memoria, y entremos ambos en juicio; habla tú mismo para justificarte.
27 Your first father sinned, and your interpreters have betrayed me.
Pecó ya tu primer padre, y tus guías se rebelaron contra Mí.
28 And so, I have defiled the holy leaders. I have handed over Jacob to slaughter, and Israel to calumny.
Por eso he declarado inmundo a los príncipes del Santuario, y he entregado a Jacob al anatema, y a Israel al oprobio.”
