Isaiah 43
1 But now thus says the LORD who created you, Jacob, and he who formed you, Israel: "Do not be afraid, for I have redeemed you. I have called you by your name. You are mine.
Pero ahora, oh Jacob, Yavé, el que te creó, El que te formó, oh Israel, dice: No temas, porque Yo te redimí. Te di nombre. Mío eres tú.
2 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they will not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned, and the flame will not scorch you.
Cuando pases por las aguas Yo estaré contigo. La corriente no te anegará. Cuando andes 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 given Egypt as your ransom, Ethiopia and Seba in your place.
Porque Yo, Yavé tu ʼElohim, el Santo de Israel, soy tu Salvador. A Egipto di por tu rescate, a Etiopía y a Seba, a cambio de ti.
4 Since you have been precious and honored in my sight, and I have loved you; therefore I will give people in your place, and nations instead of your life.
Porque eres precioso a mis ojos. Fuiste exaltado porque Yo te amo. Daré hombres por ti y naciones por tu vida.
5 Do not be afraid; for I am with you. I will bring your descendants from the east, and gather you from the west.
No temas porque Yo estoy contigo. Del oriente traeré tu descendencia y del occidente te recogeré.
6 I will tell the north, 'Give them up.' and tell the south, 'Do not hold them back. Bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the farthest parts of the earth—
Diré al norte: ¡Da acá! Y al sur: ¡No retengas! Traigan a mis hijos desde lejos y a mis hijas de los confines de la tierra,
7 everyone who is called by my name, and whom I have created for my glory, whom I have formed, yes, whom I have made.'"
a todos los llamados con mi Nombre, a los que para gloria mía los crié, los formé y los hice.
8 Bring out the blind people who have eyes, and the deaf who have ears.
Comparezca el pueblo ciego que tiene ojos, los sordos que tienen oídos.
9 Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the peoples be assembled. Who among them can declare this, and show us former things? Let them bring their witnesses, that they may be justified; or let them hear, and say, "That is true."
Congréguense las naciones como si fueran una y reúnanse todos los pueblos. ¿Quién de ellos hay que nos anuncie esto, que nos anuncie las cosas primeras? Preséntense testigos para ganar su causa, y que se oiga y se diga: ¡Es verdad!
10 "You are my witnesses," says the LORD, "With my servant whom I have chosen; that you may know and believe me, and understand that I am he. Before me there was no God formed, neither will there be after me.
Ustedes son mis testigos, dice Yavé, y mi Esclavo que Yo escogí para que me conozcan, me crean y entiendan que Yo Soy. Antes de Mí no fue formado algún ʼEL, ni existirá después de Mí.
11 I, I am the LORD; and besides me there is no savior.
Yo, Yo soy Yavé, y fuera de Mí no hay quien salve.
12 I have declared, I have saved, and I have shown; and there was no strange god among you. Therefore you are my witnesses," says the LORD, "and I am God.
Yo predije y Yo salvé. Yo se lo informé, y no hubo testigo extraño entre ustedes. Por tanto, dice Yavé, ustedes son mis testigos: Yo soy ʼEL.
13 Yes, since the day was I am he; and there is no one who can deliver out of my hand. I will work, and who can hinder it?"
Aun antes que hubiera día, Yo Soy. No hay quien libre de mi mano. Lo que Yo hago, ¿quién puede revertirlo?
14 Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: "For your sake, I have sent to Babylon, and I will bring all of them down as fugitives, even the Chaldeans, in the ships of their rejoicing.
Yavé, Redentor de ustedes, el Santo de Israel, dice: Por amor a ustedes envié un mensaje a Babilonia, y los haré bajar a todos como fugitivos, aun a los caldeos, en las naves en las cuales se regocijan.
15 I am the LORD, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your King."
Yo soy Yavé, su Santo, el Creador de Israel, su Rey.
16 Thus says the LORD, who makes a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters;
Yavé, Quien abrió camino en el mar y sendero en las aguas impetuosas,
17 who brings forth the chariot and horse, the army and the mighty man (they lie down together, they shall not rise; they are extinct, they are quenched like a wick):
el que saca a batalla el carruaje y el caballo, el ejército y sus valientes, dice: Ellos caerán juntamente y no volverán a levantarse. Son apagados y se extinguen como un pabilo.
18 "Do not remember the former things, and do not consider the things of old.
No se acuerden de las cosas pasadas, ni traigan a la memoria las cosas antiguas.
19 Look, I will do a new thing. It springs forth now. Do you not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.
Ciertamente Yo hago algo nuevo. Pronto saldrá a la luz. ¿No la conocerán? Abriré un camino en el desierto, ríos en la región despoblada.
20 The animals of the field shall honor me, the jackals and the ostriches; because I give water in the wilderness and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen,
Me darán honra las fieras del campo, los chacales y los avestruces, porque daré aguas en el desierto y ríos en la región despoblada para dar de beber a mi pueblo escogido,
21 the people which I formed for myself, that they might set forth my praise.
el pueblo que Yo formé para Mí mismo a fin de que proclame mi alabanza.
22 Yet you have not called on me, Jacob; but you have been weary of me, Israel.
Sin embargo, oh Jacob, no me invocaste. Te cansaste de Mí, oh Israel.
23 You have not brought me of your sheep for burnt offerings; neither have you honored me with your sacrifices. I have not burdened you with offerings, nor wearied you with frankincense.
No me trajiste corderos para tus holocaustos, ni me honraste con tus sacrificios. No te obligué a servir con ofrendas, ni te fatigué al pedirte incienso.
24 You have bought me no sweet cane with money, nor have you filled me with the fat of your sacrifices; but you have burdened me with your sins. You have wearied me with your iniquities.
No me compraste canela con dinero, ni me saciaste con la sustancia de tus sacrificios, sino pusiste la carga de tus pecados sobre Mí. Me fatigaste con tus iniquidades.
25 I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake; and I will not remember your sins.
Yo, Yo soy el que borro tus rebeliones por amor a Mí mismo y no me acordaré de tus pecados.
26 Put me in remembrance. Let us plead together. Set forth your case, that you may be justified.
Recuérdamelo y entremos juntos a juicio. Habla tú para justificarte.
27 Your first father sinned, and your teachers have transgressed against me.
Tu primer antepasado pecó. Tus representantes se rebelaron contra Mí.
28 Therefore I will profane the princes of the sanctuary; and I will make Jacob a curse, and Israel a reviling."
Por tanto, Yo deshonré a los jefes del Santuario, entregué a Jacob como maldición y a Israel como oprobio.
