Isaiah 26
1 At that time, this will be the song that is sung in the land of Judah: “Ours is a strong city! Its walls and defenses are our salvation!
Aquel día se cantará este cántico en la tierra de Judá: Ciudad fuerte tenemos. Le puso salvación como muro y antemuro.
2 Open the gates so the nation who follows the right can come in, the nation that stays faithful.
Abran las puertas y entrará un pueblo justo Que guarda la fidelidad.
3 You will keep in complete peace those who keep their minds focused on you, because they trust in you.
Tú guardarás en completa paz a aquel cuyo pensamiento persevera en ti, porque en Ti confió.
4 Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord God is the eternal Rock.
Confíen en Yavé perpetuamente, porque YA Yavé es la Roca de los siglos.
5 He brings down those who live so high and mighty; he demolishes the proud city with its high walls, bringing it down to the ground, into the dust.
Derribó a los que vivían en las alturas. Humilló a la ciudad exaltada. La abatió hasta la tierra y la derribó hasta el polvo.
6 The poor tread it underfoot; the oppressed walk on top of it.
Será pisoteada por los pies del afligido, por las pisadas de los necesitados.
7 You God, do what is right, and you straighten out the way for those who live right; you smooth out their path.
La senda del justo es recta. Tú allanas la senda del justo.
8 Yes, we follow your instructions, Lord, we put our hope in you. What we most want is to remember you and your wonderful character.
Oh Yavé, en la senda de tus juicios te esperamos. Tu Nombre y tu memoria son el anhelo de nuestra alma.
9 I look for you in the night; deep inside me I long for you. When your laws are shown to the earth, then the people of the world learn what is right.
Mi alma te anhela de noche, mientras haya aliento en mí madrugaré a buscarte. Porque cuando hay juicios tuyos en la tierra los habitantes del mundo aprenden justicia.
10 Though grace is shown to the wicked, they don't learn to do right. Even in a country where people do what's right, they continue to do evil and they don't think about how great the Lord is.
Aunque se muestre compasión al perverso, no aprenderá justicia. Aunque esté en tierra de rectitud, él hace iniquidad y no considera la majestad de Yavé.
11 Lord, you are holding your hand up, but they don't see it. Let them see your passionate commitment for your people, and be embarrassed; may the fire reserved for your enemies destroy them!
Oh Yavé, tu mano está levantada, pero ellos no la miran. La mirarán al fin y los que envidian a tu pueblo se avergonzarán. Fuego consumirá a tus enemigos.
12 Lord, you give us peace and prosperity; everything we've achieved you have done for us.
Tú, oh Yavé, estableces paz para nosotros, porque también todas nuestras obras las realizas por nosotros.
13 Lord our God, there have been other lords besides you who have ruled us, but you are the only one we worship.
Oh Yavé ʼElohim nuestro, otros amos aparte de Ti nos dominaron, aunque solo confesamos tu Nombre.
14 They are dead, they will not live again; they will not rise from the grave. Lord, you punished them and destroyed them—even wiping out every memory about them.
Están muertos, no vivirán. Murieron, no se levantarán, porque los castigaste. Los destruiste y deshiciste su recuerdo.
15 You have made the nation grow, Lord, you have made the nation grow. You have expanded our borders of the land, and we honored you.
Multiplicaste el pueblo, oh Yavé. Aumentaste el pueblo y lo hiciste glorioso. Ensanchaste todas las fronteras de la tierra.
16 Lord, when we were suffering we came to you, pouring out our prayers like whispers as you disciplined us.
Oh Yavé, en la tribulación te buscaron. Solo pudieron susurrar una oración. Tu castigo estaba sobre ellos.
17 Just as a pregnant woman giving birth tosses about and cries out in pain, that's what we were like in your presence, Lord.
Como la mujer embarazada que se acerca al parto se retuerce y grita de dolor, así estuvimos en tu Presencia, oh Yavé.
18 However, even though we became pregnant and we tossed about in pain, we gave birth to nothing but air. We did not bring about the salvation of the earth, and the people of the world have not become alive.
Concebimos, tuvimos dolores de parto, pero dimos a luz viento. No logramos liberación para la tierra, ni nacieron habitantes del mundo.
19 But those who died in you, Lord, will live! Their bodies will rise again! Wake up, and sing for joy, you people sleeping in the dust, for the dew you receive is like the dew of the morning giving life to those in the grave.
Tus muertos vivirán. Tus cadáveres resucitarán. Ustedes los que están tendidos en el polvo despierten y canten jubilosos. Porque tu rocío es como rocío de la aurora. La tierra dará a luz a sus fallecidos.
20 My people, go inside your homes and close your doors behind you. Hide there for a little while until the fury has passed.
Anda, pueblo mío, entra en tus aposentos. Cierra tras ti tus puertas. Escóndete por un breve momento hasta que pase la ira.
21 Watch out! The Lord is coming from where he lives to punish the people of the earth for their sins. The earth will reveal the blood that has been shed on it; the earth won't hide those who have been killed any no longer.”
Ciertamente Yavé sale de su morada para castigar a los habitantes de la tierra por su iniquidad. La tierra mostrará la sangre derramada y ya no encubrirá a sus asesinados.
