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]!
¡Se postró Bel, se doblegó Nebo! Sus ídolos son cargados sobre bestias. Las estatuas que ustedes solían llevar son pesadas. Son carga para las bestias cansadas.
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 doblegan y se postran juntamente. No pueden rescatar la carga, y ellos mismos van en cautiverio.
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.
Escúchame, oh casa de Jacob, todo el remanente de la Casa de Israel, que desde el nacimiento son cargados por Mí, llevados desde la matriz.
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 su vejez y hasta las canas Yo seré el mismo. Yo los sostendré. Yo lo hice así y los llevaré. Yo los sostendré y los libraré.
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 me asemejarán, me igualarán o me compararán, 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 oro de la bolsa, pesan plata en la balanza. Contratan a un orfebre para que haga con eso un ʼelohim. Se postran, lo 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 sus hombros y lo transportan. Lo pusieron en su lugar. Allí permanece. No se mueve de su sitio. Aunque alguno lo invoque, no responde ni lo libra de la tribulación.
8 [You people of Judah], do not forget this; keep thinking about it, you sinful people!
Acuérdense de esto y avergüéncense. Vuelvan en ustedes, transgresores.
9 Think about the things [that I did] long ago. Only I am God; I am God, and there is no one like me.
Acuérdense de las cosas pasadas desde la antigüedad: Yo soy ʼEL y no hay otro. No hay otro ʼelohim 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 lo que viene desde el principio, desde la antigüedad, lo que aún no estaba hecho. Digo: Mi designio se realizará y haré todo lo que quiero.
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.
Llamo del oriente al ave de rapiña y de tierra lejana al varón que cumplirá mi propósito. Yo hablé y lo haré llegar. También haré lo que me propuse.
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.
Escúchenme, duros de corazón que están 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.”
Impondré que mi justicia se acerque. No se alejará. Mi salvación no se detendrá. Pondré salvación en Sion, y en Israel mi gloria.
