Isaiah 45
1 Cyrus is the one whom Yahweh has appointed [to be the emperor of Persia] and to whom he will give great power [IDM]; Yahweh will enable him to defeat other nations and to take away the power of their kings. He will cause gates of cities to be opened, and no one will ever be able to shut them.
Yavé dice esto a su ungido, a Ciro, a quien tomé por su mano derecha para someter naciones ante él y aflojar los cinturones de los reyes, para abrir delante de él los batientes a fin de que las puertas no queden cerradas.
2 This is what Yahweh says to him: “Cyrus, I will go ahead of you and level the mountains. I will smash down bronze gates and cut through iron bars.
Yo iré delante de ti y allanaré los lugares escabrosos. Quebraré los batientes de bronce y haré pedazos las barras de hierro.
3 I will give you treasures [that people have hidden] in dark secret places [DOU]. I will do that in order that you will know that I am Yahweh, the God to whom the Israelis belong, the God who calls you by your name.
Te daré los tesoros escondidos, riquezas ocultas en los lugares secretos, para que sepas que Yo, Yavé, te llamo por tu nombre. Soy el ʼElohim de Israel.
4 I have summoned you, calling out your name, for the sake of [the people of] Israel [DOU] whom I have chosen, who serve me. Even though you do not know me, I will give you a title which has great honor.
Por amor a mi esclavo Jacob y a mi escogido Israel, te llamé por tu nombre. Aunque no me conoces te doy un título de honor,
5 I am Yahweh, and there is no other God [DOU]. Even though you do not know me, I will give you power
Yo soy Yavé, y no hay otro. Fuera de Mí no hay ʼelohim. Yo te fortalecí, aunque no me conoces,
6 in order that everyone in the world, from the east to the west, will know that there is no other [God]. I am Yahweh, and there is no other [God].
para que sepan desde el nacimiento del sol hasta su ocaso que no hay otro fuera de Mí. Yo, Yavé, y no hay otro.
7 I created the light and the darkness. I cause there to be peace and I cause there to be disasters. I, Yahweh, do all those things.”
Yo formo la luz y creo la oscuridad. Establezco la paz y creo la adversidad. Yo, Yavé, hago todas estas cosas.
8 [And Yahweh also says, “I want my] rescue [of my people] [MET] to fall from the sky like rain. Just like the earth opens wide to accept rain, I will rescue/save my people and cause them to be treated justly. I, Yahweh, am the one who will cause both of those things to happen.
Destila, oh cielo, desde arriba, y derramen las nubes la justicia. Que se abra la tierra y brote la salvación, y juntamente con ella la justicia. Yo, Yavé, lo creé.
9 Terrible things will happen to those who argue with me, the one who created them. [They are like] [MET] a clay pot and [I am like] the one who made it; so they certainly cannot [RHQ] criticize me. A lump of clay certainly cannot [RHQ] argue with the one who shapes it [to form a pot], saying, ‘Why are you making me like this?’ The pot cannot say ‘[You have no skill, because] what you made has no handles!’
¡Ay del que contiende con su Hacedor, aunque es nada más que un trozo de tiesto entre los tiestos de arcilla! ¿Dirá la arcilla al alfarero: Qué haces? O: ¿Tu vasija no tiene asas?
10 And it would be terrible if an unborn baby would say to its father, ‘Why are you [RHQ] causing me to be born?’ or if it said to its mother, ‘The result of your labor pains will be useless?’”
Ay del que le dice al padre: ¿Por qué engendras? Y a la mujer: ¿Por qué das a luz?
11 Yahweh, the Holy One of the Israeli people, the one who created Israel, says this to them: “(Why do you ask questions about [what I do for you], my children?/You should not ask questions about [what I do for you], my children.) [RHQ] (Why do you tell me about the work that I should do?/You should not tell me about the work that I should do.) [RHQ]
Yavé, el Santo de Israel, tu Formador, dice: ¿Me pedirán cuenta de mis hijos? ¿Me darán órdenes para la obra de mis manos?
12 I am the one who created the earth and created people to live on it. I stretched out the sky with my hands, and I put the stars in their places.
Yo hice la tierra y creé al hombre sobre ella. Yo mismo desplegué los cielos con mis manos. Yo doy órdenes a toda su hueste.
13 And I will appoint Cyrus to do things that are right/just, and I will enable him to do all those things easily [MET]. His [workers] will rebuild my city, and he will free my people who have been (exiled/forced to leave their country). And he will do it without my rewarding/paying him! [Those things will surely happen because] I, the Commander of the armies of angels, have said it.
Yo lo levanté en justicia y allanaré todos sus caminos. Él reconstruirá mi ciudad y dejará a mis cautivos salir, no por precio ni por soborno, dice Yavé de las huestes.
14 And this is [also] what [I], Yahweh, say [to you, my people]: ‘You will rule the people of Egypt and Ethiopia, and the tall people of Seba [in Arabia] will become your slaves. They will come to you bringing all the things that they sell, and it will all be yours. [As prisoners], they will have chains on their arms as they follow you. They will prostrate themselves in front of you and say, “God is with/helping you and he is the only God; there is no other God.” '”
Yavé dice: El trabajo de Egipto, las mercaderías de Etiopía, y los sabeos, hombres de gran estatura, se pasarán a ti. Tuyos serán. Marcharán detrás de ti. Irán con grillos. Se inclinarán ante ti y suplicarán: En verdad ʼElohim está contigo, y no existe algún otro ʼelohim.
15 God, although we cannot see you, you are the one to whom [we] Israeli people belong, the one who saves us.
¡En verdad Tú eres ʼEL encubierto! ¡El ʼElohim de Israel, el Salvador!
16 All those who make idols will be humiliated. They will all be disgraced together.
Todos ellos serán avergonzados y humillados. [Todos] los fabricantes de ídolos irán juntos con deshonra.
17 But you, Yahweh, will rescue [us, your] Israeli people, and we will be free forever. Never again will we again be humiliated and disgraced.
Israel será salvado por Yavé con salvación eterna. Nunca jamás serán avergonzados ni humillados.
18 Yahweh is God; he is the one who created the sky and created and formed the earth. He did not want it to remain with nothing living on it; he wanted people to live on it. [He says], “I am Yahweh; there is no other [God].
Porque Yavé, Quien creó los cielos, dice: Él es el ʼElohim, Quien formó la tierra, la hizo y la estableció. No la creó para que esté vacía. La formó para que sea habitada. Yo, Yavé, y no hay otro.
19 [What I proclaimed], I did not speak secretly or [hide what I was saying by speaking] in a dark place. When I spoke to the descendants of Jacob, I did not tell them ‘It will be useless for you to (seek for/pray to) me!’ I, Yahweh, speak [only] what is true and what is right.
No hablé en secreto en un lugar oscuro de la tierra, ni dije a la descendencia de Jacob: En vano me buscan. Yo, Yavé, hablo justicia, anuncio rectitud.
20 You people who are still alive after experiencing great disasters, should come and gather together [and listen to this]: The people who carry around their wooden idols and pray to them are foolish, because those idols cannot rescue them!
¡Reúnanse y vengan! ¡Acérquense todos los sobrevivientes entre las naciones! Nada saben los que cargan un ídolo de madera y adoran a un ʼel que no puede salvar.
21 Talk among yourselves, and decide what you will say to prove that [your praying to idols is good]. [And when you do that, I will ask you], ‘Who predicted long ago [what has now happened]? Did any idol tell you [that those things would happen] [RHQ]?’ No, it was [RHQ] only I, Yahweh, who told you, because I am the only God; there is no other God. I am a God who acts righteously and saves people; there is no other one [who does these things].
Declaren, expongan pruebas y entren todos en consulta: ¿Quién proclamó esto desde antaño? ¿Quién lo dijo desde entonces? ¿No fui Yo, Yavé? Y no hay otro ʼelohim fuera de Mí, ʼEL justo y salvador. No hay alguno, excepto Yo.
22 Everyone in the world should ask me to save them, because I am the only God who can do that; there is no other one.
Miren a Mí y sean salvos todos los confines de la tierra, porque Yo soy ʼEL, y no hay otro.
23 I have solemnly declared, using my own name; I [SYN] have spoken what is true, and I will never change what I have said: [Some day], everyone [SYN] will bow in front of me, and they will all solemnly promise to be loyal to me.
Por Mí mismo juré. De mi boca salió la sentencia y no será revocada: Que ante Mí se doblará toda rodilla y jurará toda lengua.
24 They will declare, ‘Yahweh is the one who enables us to live righteously and to be strong.’” And all those who have been angry at him will come to him, and they will be ashamed [for having been angry with him].
De Mí se dirá: ¡Ciertamente en Yavé está la justicia y el poder! A Él vendrán y serán avergonzados todos los que se enfurecen contra Él.
25 Yahweh is the only one who will enable [us] Israeli people in the future to defeat our enemies, [and then] we will boast about what he [has done for us].
Toda la descendencia de Israel será justificada y se ufanará en Yavé.
