Isaiah 59
1 Behold, the hand of the Lord has not been shortened, so that it cannot save, and his ear has not been blocked, so that it cannot hear.
En verdad la mano de Yavé no se acortó para salvar, ni su oído se endureció para no escuchar.
2 But your iniquities have made a division between you and your God, and your sins have concealed his face from you, so that he would not hear.
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 have been polluted by blood, and your fingers by iniquity. Your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue utters iniquity.
Porque sus manos están contaminadas de sangre, y sus dedos, con iniquidad. Sus labios dicen mentira, su lengua murmura perversidad.
4 There is no one who calls for justice, and there is no one who judges truly. For they trust in nothing, and they speak emptiness. They have conceived hardship, and they have given birth to iniquity.
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 have ruptured the eggs of asps, and they have woven the webs of spiders. Whoever will eat of their eggs will die. For what has been incubated will hatch into a king 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 weavings will not be for clothing, nor will they cover themselves with their handiwork. Their works are useless things, and the work of iniquity is 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 run to evil, and they rush to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are useless thoughts; devastation 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 not known the way of peace, and there is no judgment in their steps. Their paths have become crooked for them. Anyone who treads in them knows no 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 Because of this, judgment is far from us, and justice will not take hold of us. We waited for light, and behold, darkness; we waited for brightness, and we walked in darkness.
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 groped for the wall, like one who is blind, and we felt our way, like one without eyes. We stumbled at midday, as if in darkness; and in darkness, as if in death.
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 will all roar like bears, and we will sigh like despondent doves. We hoped for judgment, and there is none; for salvation, and 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 iniquities have been multiplied in your sight, and our sins have answered us. For our wickedness is with us, and we have acknowledged our iniquities:
Porque nuestras transgresiones se multiplicaron delante de Ti. Nuestros pecados testifican contra nosotros, porque nuestras transgresiones permanecen con nosotros. Reconocemos nuestras iniquidades.
13 sinning and lying against the Lord. And we have turned away, not so as to go after our God, and so that we were speaking calumny and transgression. We have conceived, and spoken from the heart, words of falsehood.
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 judgment has been turned backwards, and justice has stood far away. For truth has fallen down in the street, and fairness was not able to enter.
La justicia es rechazada y la equidad está lejos. Porque la verdad tropezó en la calle y la rectitud no puede entrar.
15 And the truth has gone into oblivion. And he who withdraws from evil endures plunder. And the Lord saw this, and it seemed evil in his eyes. For there is no judgment.
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 good man. And he was astonished that there was no one to meet him. And his own arm brought salvation to him, and his own justice strengthened him.
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 He clothed himself with justice as with a breastplate, and with a helmet of salvation upon his head. He put on the vestments of vengeance, and he was covered with zeal as with a cloak.
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 This was for vindication, as a repayment of indignation to his adversaries, and as a sudden reversal for his enemies. He will repay the islands in their turn.
Él retribuirá ira para sus enemigos según sus obras, recompensa para sus adversarios. Retribuirá por completo a las tierras de las costas.
19 And those from the west will fear the name of the Lord, and those from the rising of the sun will fear his glory, when he arrives like a violent river, which the Spirit of the Lord urges on.
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 the Redeemer will arrive in Zion, and to those who return from the iniquity within Jacob, says the Lord.
Vendrá el Redentor a Sion, a los que regresaron de la iniquidad de Jacob, dice Yavé.
21 This is my pact with them, says the Lord. My Spirit is within you, and my words, which I have put in your mouth, will not withdraw from your mouth, nor from the mouth of your offspring, nor from the mouth of your offspring’s offspring, says the Lord, from this moment, and even forever.
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.
