Isaiah 46
1 [It is as though] Bel and Nebo, the statues of the gods [of Babylonia], are bowing down as those statues are put on animals and carried away! The statues are heavy burdens and will cause the animals to become tired [SAR]!
Bel se dobla, Nebo se encorva; sus imágenes son puestas sobre bestias y jumentos; esos (ídolos) que solíais llevar, son para las bestias carga abrumadora.
2 [It seems like] both gods are bowing down; not only can they not save themselves, but they themselves are being (exiled/taken to another country)!
Se encorvan y se postran a una, no pueden salvar al que los lleva, porque ellos mismos son llevados cautivos.
3 [Yahweh says], “You descendants of Jacob who were exiled, [I am not like the gods of Babylonia that must be carried]; [instead, it is as though] I have carried you since you first became a nation [MET]. I carried you [even] before you became a nation.
Escuchadme, casa de Jacob, y todo lo que queda de la casa de Israel; vosotros, los que llevo Yo desde el nacimiento, y que sois mi carga desde el seno materno.
4 I will be your God, and I will carry you for many years, until [it is as though] [MET] your nation is an old man with gray hair. I caused [you to become a nation], and I will sustain you and rescue you.
Hasta vuestra vejez soy Yo el mismo, y os soportaré hasta que encanezcáis. Ya lo hice, y seguiré llevándoos; cargaré con vosotros y os salvaré.
5 There is certainly [RHQ] no one to whom I can be compared. There is [RHQ] no one who is equal to me [DOU].
¿A quién queréis compararme? ¿A quién igualarme? ¿Con quién parangonarme, para que seamos semejantes?
6 [So it is stupid/ridiculous that] some people pour out gold and silver from their bags and weigh it on a scale. [Then] they hire a man who makes things from gold to make an idol from it. [After he makes an idol], they bow down and worship it!
Sacan ellos del bolsillo el oro, y pesan la plata en la balanza; pagan a un platero, para que les haga un dios, ante el cual se postran y adoran.
7 They lift it up and carry it on their shoulders. They put it in a [special] place, and it stays there. It cannot move! And when someone prays to it, it does not answer. So [obviously] it cannot rescue anyone from his troubles!
Lo cargan sobre los hombros y lo llevan, lo colocan en su lugar y allí se queda, sin moverse de su sitio. Aun cuando le invocan no responde, ni los salva de la tribulación.
8 [You people of Judah], do not forget this; keep thinking about it, you sinful people!
Recordad esto, y sed hombres; tenedlo en cuenta, oh transgresores de la Ley.
9 Think about the things [that I did] long ago. Only I am God; I am God, and there is no one like me.
Acordaos de lo que pasó desde los tiempos antiguos; que Yo soy Dios, y no hay otro. Yo soy Dios, y no hay quien sea semejante a Mí.
10 Only I can tell what will happen in the future before it occurs; I tell it long before it happens. I will accomplish everything that I plan to accomplish, and I will do everything that I want to do.
Yo anuncio desde el principio lo que ha de venir, y mucho tiempo antes lo que aún no se ha hecho. Yo digo: “Mi designio subsistirá, ejecutaré toda mi voluntad.”
11 So I will summon [someone to come] from the east [like a swift and powerful] eagle; he will come from a distant country. He will accomplish what I want him to. [He is the one who] will do what I have said that I want him to do, what I have planned.
Yo llamo del Oriente un ave de rapiña, y de tierra remota a un varón que Yo he designado. Lo he dicho y lo cumpliré, lo he ideado, y lo voy a realizar.
12 You stubborn people [of Israel], [you think that] it will be a long time before you are allowed to return to your own country.
Escuchadme hombres de duro corazón, que estáis lejos de la justicia.
13 But I will rescue you, and it will not be a long time [before that happens]. I will do it soon. I will rescue Jerusalem and show to you Israeli [people] that I am glorious.”
Yo hago venir mi justicia, que no está lejos, y mi salvación que no tardará. Yo pondré en Sión la salud, y mi gloria en Israel.
