Isaiah 40
1 Our God says, “Encourage my people! Encourage them!
¡Consuelen, consuelen a mi pueblo, dice su ʼElohim!
2 Speak kindly to [the people of] Jerusalem; tell them that their suffering is ended, and that I have forgiven them for the sins that they have committed; I [SYN] have fully punished them for their sins.”
¡Hablen al corazón de Jerusalén! ¡Proclámenle que su dura milicia terminó, y su culpa fue cancelada! Pues de mano de Yavé recibió el doble por todos sus pecados.
3 I hear someone who is shouting, “Prepare in the desert a way for Yahweh to come [to you]; make a smooth road for our God (OR, Prepare yourselves to receive Yahweh when he comes, like people make a straight road for an important official [MET]).
Una voz clama: ¡Preparen el camino a Yavé en el desierto! ¡Allanen una calzada a nuestro ʼElohim en la soledad!
4 Fill in the valleys; flatten every hill and every mountain. Make the uneven ground smooth, and make the rough places smooth.
Todo valle sea levantado, toda montaña y colina rebajadas, lo torcido se enderece, y lo escabroso se allane.
5 [If you do that], it will become known that Yahweh is glorious/great, and all people will realize it at the same time. [Those things will surely happen] because it is Yahweh who has said [MTY] it.”
La gloria de Yavé se manifestará. Todo humano juntamente la verá, porque habló la boca de Yavé.
6 Someone said to me, “Shout!” I replied, “What should I shout?” [He replied], “[Shout that] people are like [SIM] grass; their influence fades as quickly as flowers in the field.
Una voz dice: ¡Proclama! Y respondí: ¿Qué proclamaré? Que todo humano es como hierba, y todo su esplendor como la flor del campo.
7 Grass withers and flowers dry up when Yahweh causes a hot wind from the desert to blow on them. And people are [MET] like that.
Se seca la hierba. Se marchita la flor cuando el aliento de Yavé sopla sobre ellas. En verdad el pueblo es hierba.
8 The grass withers and the flowers dry up, but what our God promises will last forever.”
Se seca la hierba, se marchita la flor, pero la Palabra del ʼElohim nuestro permanece para siempre.
9 You [people of] Jerusalem, you have good news to tell to people, so, shout it from the top of a high mountain! Shout it loudly, and do not be afraid! Tell the people in the towns of Judah, “Your God is coming here!”
¡Súbete a una montaña alta, oh Sion, anunciadora de buenas noticias! ¡Levanta fuerte tu voz, oh Jerusalén, anunciadora de buenas noticias! ¡Levántala, no temas! Dí a las ciudades de Judá: ¡Aquí está tu ʼElohim!
10 Yahweh your God will be coming with power; he will rule powerfully [MTY]. And when he comes, he will bring with him the people whom he has freed [MET] [from being slaves in Babylonia].
¡Miren: ʼAdonay Yavé viene con poder, y su brazo señorea! ¡Ciertamente su galardón viene con Él y su recompensa lo precede!
11 He will take care of his people like [SIM] a shepherd takes care of his sheep, and carries the young lambs in his arms. He carries them close to his chest and he gently leads the female sheep that are nursing their young lambs.
Apacentará su rebaño como pastor. Recogerá a los corderitos con su brazo. Los llevará en su seno, y pastoreará suavemente a las recién paridas.
12 [There is no one like Yahweh]! (Who else has measured the water in the oceans in the palm of his hand?/No one else has measured the water in the oceans in the palm of his hand!) [RHQ] (Who else has measured the sky with his fingers?/No one else has measured the sky with his fingers!) [RHQ] (Who else knows how much the earth weighs?/No one else knows how much the earth weighs!) [RHQ] (Who else has weighed the mountains and hills on scales?/No one else has weighed the mountains and hills on scales!) [RHQ]
¿Quién midió el agua en el hueco de su mano, o calculó la extensión del cielo con su palmo y juntó el polvo de la tierra con tres dedos? ¿Quién pesó en balanza las montañas y con pesas las colinas?
13 And (who else can advise Yahweh’s Spirit?/No one else can advise Yahweh’s Spirit!) [RHQ] (Who can teach him or advise/tell him what he should do?/No one can teach him or advise/tell him what he should do!) [RHQ]
¿Quién escudriñó el Espíritu de Yavé, y le enseñó como consejero suyo?
14 (Has Yahweh consulted anyone else to get advice?/Yahweh has certainly not consulted anyone else to get advice!) [RHQ] (Does he need someone to tell him what is right to do and how to act justly?/He certainly does not need someone to tell him what is right to do and how to act justly!) [RHQ]
¿De quién tomó consejo, quién lo instruyó, lo adoctrinó en el camino de la justicia, le enseñó el conocimiento o le mostró el camino del discernimiento?
15 [Yahweh considers that] the nations are [as insignificant as] [MET] one drop from a bucket [full of water]. They are [as insignificant as] dust on scales. He is able to weigh islands [as though they weighed no more than] grains of sand.
Ciertamente, las naciones le son gotas en un cubo. Valen lo que vale el polvillo de la balanza. Las islas le pesan como un grano de polvo.
16 There would be [not] enough wood from all the trees in Lebanon to make a suitable fire for [sacrificing animals to] him, and there are not enough animals in Lebanon to offer as sacrifices to him.
El Líbano no basta para el fuego, ni todos sus animales alcanzan para el holocausto.
17 The nations of the world are completely insignificant/unimportant to him; he considers that they are worthless and less than nothing [HYP, DOU].
Todas las naciones son como nada delante de Él. Son estimadas como cosa vana.
18 So, to whom can you compare God? What image resembles him?
¿Con quién compararán a ʼEL? ¿Con cuál imagen lo compararán ustedes?
19 Can you compare him to an idol that is made in a mold, and then is covered with [a thin sheet of] gold and decorated with silver chains?
El escultor funde una estatua, el orfebre la recubre de oro y el platero le suelda cadenillas de plata.
20 A man who is poor [cannot buy silver or gold for his idol]; [so] he selects a piece of wood that will not rot, and he gives it to a craftsman to carve an idol that will not fall down!
El pobre escoge para ofrecerle un leño que no se pudra. Se busca un hábil tallador que le haga una estatua que no se mueva.
21 Have you(pl) not heard this? Do you not understand it? Are you unable to hear what God said long ago— [messages that he gave] before he created the earth?
¿No saben ni oyeron? ¿No se lo anunciaron desde un principio? ¿No lo entendieron desde la fundación del mundo?
22 God sits [on his throne] above the earth, and the people [on the earth] below seem to be [as small] as [SIM] grasshoppers. He spreads out the sky like a curtain; it is like [SIM] a tent for him to live in.
Él se sienta sobre el círculo de la tierra, y sus habitantes son como saltamontes. Él extendió los cielos como una cortina y los despliega como una tienda para morar.
23 He causes kings to have no more power, and he causes the rulers to be worth nothing.
Él convierte en nada a los poderosos y a los que gobiernan la tierra en cosa vana
24 They start to rule, like small plants start to grow and form roots; but then [he gets rid of them] as though [MET] they withered when he blew on them, like [SIM] chaff that is blown away by the wind.
cuando solo son plantados, son sembrados, son arraigados en la tierra, sopla sobre ellos y se marchitan. El remolino de viento los arrebata como pasto seco.
25 The Holy One asks, “To whom will you compare me? Is anyone equal to me?”
El Santo dice: ¿A quién me compararán ustedes, o me asemejarán?
26 Look up toward the sky: Consider who [RHQ] created all the stars. [Yahweh created them], and at night he causes them to appear; he calls each one by its name. Because he is extremely powerful [DOU], all of the stars are there [LIT] [when he calls out their names].
Levanten sus ojos a lo alto y miren: ¿Quién creó estas cosas? Él saca y cuenta sus huestes, las cuales llama por sus nombres. Ninguna faltará. Tal es la grandeza de su fuerza y la fortaleza de su poder.
27 You people of Israel [DOU], why do you complain that Yahweh does not see the [troubles that you are experiencing]? Why do you say that he does not act fairly toward you?
¿Por qué hablas, oh Jacob, y dices, oh Israel: Mi camino está oculto de Yavé? ¿Mi ʼElohim ignora mi causa?
28 Have you never heard and have you never understood that Yahweh is the everlasting God; he is the one who created the earth, [even the] most distant places on the earth. He never becomes weak or weary, and no one can find out how much he understands.
¿No lo sabes ni lo oíste? El eterno ʼElohim, Yavé, el Creador de los confines de la tierra, no se cansa ni se fatiga. Su entendimiento es insondable.
29 He strengthens [DOU] those who feel weak and tired.
Él fortalece al cansado y aumenta la fuerza al que no tiene vigor.
30 Even youths become faint and weary, and young men will fall when they are exhausted.
Aun los muchachos se fatigan y se cansan. Los jóvenes tropiezan y caen,
31 But those who trust in Yahweh will become strong again; [it will be as though] they will soar/fly high like [SIM] eagles do. They will run [for a long time] and not become weary; they will walk [long distances] and not faint.
pero los que esperan en Yavé tienen nuevas fuerzas. Levantarán las alas como águilas, correrán y no se cansarán, caminarán y no se fatigarán.
