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, así dice el SEÑOR Creador tuyo, oh Jacob, y Formador tuyo, oh Israel: No temas, porque yo te redimí; yo te puse nombre, mío eres tú.
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.
Cuando pasares por las aguas, yo seré contigo; y en los ríos, no te anegarán. Cuando pasares por el fuego, no te quemarás, ni la llama arderá en ti.
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 el SEÑOR, Dios tuyo, el Santo de Israel, guardador tuyo. A Egipto he dado por tu rescate, a Etiopía y a Seba por ti.
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.
Porque en mis ojos fuiste de gran estima, fuiste digno de honra, y yo te amé.
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, porque yo soy contigo; del oriente traeré tu generación, y del occidente te recogeré.
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 aquilón: Da acá, y al mediodía: No detengas. Trae de lejos mis hijos, y mis hijas de los términos de la tierra,
7 And each one who calls upon my name, I have created for my glory. I have formed him, and I have made him.
Todos los llamados de mi nombre; y para gloria mía los críe; los formé y los hice:
8 Lead forth the people who are blind and have eyes, who are deaf and have ears.
Sacad 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.”
Congréguense a una todos los gentiles, y júntense todos los pueblos. ¿Quién de ellos hay, que nos dé nuevas de esto, y que nos haga oír las cosas primeras? Presenten sus testigos, y serán sentenciados por justos; oigan, y digan: Verdad.
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 el SEÑOR, y mi siervo que yo escogí, para que me conozcáis y creáis, y entendáis, que yo mismo soy; antes de mí no fue formado Dios, ni lo será después de mí.
11 I am. I am the Lord. And there is no savior apart from me.
Yo, yo soy el SEÑOR; y fuera de mí no hay quien salve.
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 anuncié, y salvé, e hice oír, y no hubo entre vosotros extraño. Vosotros pues sois mis testigos, dice el SEÑOR, que 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?
Aun antes que hubiera día, yo era; y no hay quien de mi mano escape; si yo hiciere, ¿quién lo estorbará?
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 el SEÑOR, Redentor vuestro, el Santo de Israel: Por vosotros envié a Babilonia, e hice descender fugitivos a todos ellos; y clamor de caldeos en las naves.
15 I am the Lord, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your King.
Yo soy el SEÑOR, Santo vuestro, Criador 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 el SEÑOR, el que da camino en el mar, y senda en las aguas impetuosas;
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.
cuando él saca, carro, y caballo, ejército, y fuerza caen juntamente, para no levantarse; quedan apagados, como pábilo quedan apagados.
18 You need not call to mind the past, nor consider the things of antiquity.
No os acordéis de las cosas pasadas, ni traigáis a memoria las cosas antiguas.
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.
He aquí que yo hago cosa nueva; presto saldrá a luz; ¿no la conoceréis? Otra vez pondré camino en el desierto, y ríos en la soledad.
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.
La bestia del campo me honrará, los dragones, y los pollos del avestruz; porque daré aguas en el desierto, ríos en la soledad, para que beba mi pueblo, mi escogido.
21 This is the people whom I have formed for myself. They will speak my praise.
Este pueblo crié para mí; mis alabanzas contará.
22 But you have not called upon me, O Jacob, nor have you struggled for me, O Israel.
Y no me invocaste a mí, oh Jacob, antes de mí te cansaste, 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 trajiste a mí los animales de tus holocaustos, ni a mí me honraste con tus sacrificios; no te hice servir con presente, ni te hice fatigar con perfume.
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 caña aromática por dinero, ni me saciaste con la grosura de tus sacrificios; antes me hiciste servir en tus pecados, y en tus maldades me hiciste fatigar.
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 soy el que arraigo tus rebeliones por amor de mí; y no me acordaré de tus pecados.
26 Call me to mind, and let us go to judgment together. If you have anything to justify yourself, explain it.
Hazme acordar, entremos en juicio juntamente; cuenta tú para abonarte.
27 Your first father sinned, and your interpreters have betrayed me.
Tu primer padre pecó, y tus enseñadores prevaricaron contra mí.
28 And so, I have defiled the holy leaders. I have handed over Jacob to slaughter, and Israel to calumny.
Por tanto, yo profané los príncipes del Santuario, y puse por anatema a Jacob, y a Israel por vergüenza.
