Isaiah 43
1 But now, you people of Israel, listen to Yahweh, the one who established your nation. The one who caused you to become a nation [DOU] says this: “Do not be afraid, because I previously rescued you. I enabled you to have a personal relationship with me [MTY], and you belong to me.
Y ahora, dice Yahvé, el que te creó, oh Jacob, y el que te formó, oh Israel: “No temas; porque Yo te he rescatado, te he llamado por tu nombre; tú eres mío.
2 When you [experience dangerous situations], and [you feel like] [MET] you are crossing deep rivers, I will be with you. When you have very big troubles/difficulties, you will [LIT] be able to endure them. When [people try to kill you like they tried to kill Daniel’s three friends by] throwing them in a fire, you will not [die, just like Daniel’s three friends were not] burned up,
Si pasas por las aguas, Yo estoy contigo, si por los ríos, no te anegarás; si andas por el fuego, no te quemarás, ni te abrasarán las llamas.
3 because I am Yahweh, your God, the Holy One of Israel, the one who rescues you. I will enable [the army of the emperor of Persia] to conquer Egypt instead of conquering you; similarly I will enable them to conquer Ethiopia, and Seba [in Arabia], in order that you can be saved.
Porque Yo soy Yahvé, tu Dios, el Santo de Israel, el que te salva. Yo doy a Egipto por tu rescate, a Etiopía y a Sabá en lugar tuyo.
4 I will cause other countries to be conquered, instead of your country; I will trade them for you, in order that you will not be killed, because you are very precious [DOU] to me and because I love you.
Llegaste a ser precioso a mis ojos, y estimable y objeto de mi amor; por eso daré hombres en lugar de ti, y pueblos a cambio de tu vida.
5 Do not be afraid, because I am with you. [Some day] I will gather your descendants from the east and from the west.
No temas; Yo estoy contigo; desde el Oriente traeré tus hijos, y del Occidente te congregaré.
6 I will command the [rulers of the nations to] the north and to the south, ‘Allow all the people of Israel to return [to their country], from the most distant places on the earth.
Diré al Norte: “¡Dámelos!” y al Sur: “¡No los retengas!” Trae a mis hijos de lejos, y a mis hijas de los confines del orbe,
7 Allow all those who belong to me [MTY] to return, because I have caused them to become a nation in order that they would honor me; I am the one who has done that [DOU].’
a todos los que llevan mi nombre, a los que Yo creé, formé e hice para mi gloria.
8 Summon the people who have eyes but [it is as though] they are blind; summon those who have ears but [because they do not listen to me, it is as though] they are deaf.
Haced salir al pueblo ciego, que tiene ojos, y a los sordos, que tienen oídos.
9 Gather people of all nations together, ones from all people-groups, [and ask them this]: ‘Has any of their idols foretold the things that are happening now? And can any of them predict what will happen in the future?’ Then bring people who will testify and say ‘I heard them predict things, and what they predicted was what happened,’ [but they will be lying].”
¡Júntense a una todas las naciones, y reúnanse los pueblos! ¿Quién entre ellos ha anunciado esto, y nos hizo oír las predicciones antiguas? Que presenten ellos sus testigos para justificarse, y que se los escuche y diga: “Verdad es.”
10 But Yahweh says, “You people of Israel (are my witnesses/know what I have done), and you are the ones who serve me. I chose you in order that you would know me, believe in me, and understand that I am the only one who is [truly] God. There is no other [true] God. There was no other [true] God previously, and there will never be another [true] God.
Vosotros sois mis testigos, dice Yahvé, y mi siervo, a quien he escogido; para que conozcáis, y me creáis, y comprendáis que Yo soy (Dios). Antes de Mí no fue formado dios alguno, y no habrá ninguno después de Mí.
11 I, [only] I, am Yahweh, and there is no other one who can save you.
Yo, Yo soy Yahvé, y fuera de Mí no hay salvador.
12 I said that I would rescue [your ancestors], and then I rescued them, and I proclaimed [that I had done it]. No foreign god among you did that! And you are witnesses that only I, Yahweh, am God.
Yo lo he anunciado, y soy Yo quien salvo y lo hago saber; no hay (dios) extraño entre vosotros; vosotros sois mis testigos, dice Yahvé, y Yo soy Dios.
13 I am God, the one who has existed forever and who will exist forever; no one can snatch people from my hand, and no one can alter/change what I have done.”
Yo soy antes de todo tiempo, y no hay quien libre de mi mano: lo que hago Yo ¿quién podrá impedirlo?
14 Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel, is the one who rescues you; and this is what he says: “For your sake, I will send [an army] to [attack] Babylon. They will force the people of that city to flee in ships which they have been proud of.
Así dice Yahvé vuestro redentor, el Santo de Israel: Por vosotros enviaré gentes contra Babilonia, y pondré en fuga a todos los que se jactan de sus naves.
15 I am Yahweh, your Holy One, the one who caused Israel to become a nation, and the one who is really your king.
Yo soy Yahvé, vuestro Santo, el Creador de Israel, vuestro Rey.
16 I am Yahweh, the one who opened a path through the water, making a road through the [Red] Sea.
Así dice Yahvé, el que abrió camino en el mar, y senda a través de impetuosas aguas;
17 Then I summoned the great army [of Egypt] to come with all their chariots and horses. [But when they tried to pursue my people], I caused the waves to flow over them [and they drowned]; their lives ended [like the light of a candle ends when someone] [MET] snuffs out the wick.
el que hizo salir carros y caballos, ejércitos y guerreros. Juntos se acostaron y no se levantaron más; fueron extinguidos, quedaron apagados cual pabilo.
18 But do not think [only] about what happened in the past, long ago [DOU].
“Mas no penséis en las cosas antiguas, ni os preocupéis de lo pasado.
19 Instead, consider the new thing that I am going to do. I have already started to do it; can you see it? I am going to make a road through the desert. And I will cause there to be streams in the wasteland/desert.
Pues ved que voy a hacer una cosa nueva, que ya está por aparecer; ¿no lo sabéis? Haré un camino en el desierto, y ríos en el yermo.
20 The jackals/wolves and owls and other wild creatures will thank me for giving them water in the desert. I will cause streams to appear in the dry desert in order that my people, the ones whom I have chosen, will have water;
Las bestias del campo, los chacales y los avestruces, me glorificarán, porque haré brotar aguas en el desierto, y ríos en el yermo, para dar de beber a mi pueblo, a mi escogido,
21 I will do that for the people whom I have created [and chosen] to belong to me, and [some day] they will cause many others to praise me.
a este pueblo que he formado para Mí, y que narrará mis alabanzas.
22 But now, you descendants of Jacob, you refuse to request my help. It seems that you people of Israel have become tired of worshiping me.
Pero tú, oh Jacob, no me invocaste, no te fatigaste por Mí, oh Israel.
23 You have not brought to me sheep or goats for offerings that will be completely burned [on the altar]; you have not honored me by [bringing to me any] sacrifices, even though the offerings of grain and incense [that I asked you] to bring to me were not a burden to you.
No me ofreciste tus corderos para holocausto, ni me honraste con tus sacrificios; y sin embargo, no te he fatigado (pidiéndote) ofrendas, ni te tenía cansado con el incienso.
24 You have bought for me fragrant reeds, and you have brought me the fat from your sacrifices. But these have not pleased me, because you have burdened me by all the sins that you have committed, and made me weary because of all (your iniquities/the wrong things that you have done).
No compraste para Mí con dinero caña aromática, ni me saciaste con la grosura de tus sacrificios; antes bien me fatigaste con tus pecados, y me tienes cansado con tus iniquidades.
25 I am the one who is able to forgive you for all your sins; I am the only one who can do that, with the result that I will never think about them again.
Yo, Yo borro tus transgresiones por amor a Mí mismo, y no me acordaré más de tus pecados.
26 Tell me what I have done that you do not like. Do you think that when you state your case, you will prove that you (are innocent/have done nothing wrong) [IRO]?
Despierta tú mi memoria, y entremos ambos en juicio; habla tú mismo para justificarte.
27 No, [what has happened is that] the first ancestor of you Israelis sinned [against me], and since then, all your leaders have rebelled against me.
Pecó ya tu primer padre, y tus guías se rebelaron contra Mí.
28 That is why I have caused your priests to be disgraced; and I have allowed others to destroy you people of Israel and caused you to be despised.”
Por eso he declarado inmundo a los príncipes del Santuario, y he entregado a Jacob al anatema, y a Israel al oprobio.”
