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]!
Postróse Bel, abatióse Nebo, sus imágenes fueron puestas sobre bestias, y sobre animales de carga, que os llevarán, cargadas de vosotros, carga de cansancio.
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)!
Fueron encorvados, fueron abatidos juntamente; y no pudieron escaparse de la carga; y su alma hubo de ir en cautividad.
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.
Oídme, o! casa de Jacob, y todo el resto de la casa de Israel, los que sois traídos de vientre, los que sois llevados de 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.
Y hasta la vejez yo mismo, y hasta las canas yo suportaré: yo hice, yo llevaré, yo suportaré y guardaré.
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 hacéis semejante, y me igualáis, y me comparáis para ser semejante?
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 su talegón, y pesan plata con balanzas: alquilan un platero para hacer dios de él: humíllanse, 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!
Echánsele sobre los hombros, llévanle, y asiéntanle en su lugar, y allí se está, y no se mueve de su lugar: dánle voces, y tampoco responde, ni libra de la tribulación.
8 [You people of Judah], do not forget this; keep thinking about it, you sinful people!
Acordáos de esto, y tenéd vergüenza: tornád en vosotros, prevaricadores.
9 Think about the things [that I did] long ago. Only I am God; I am God, and there is no one like me.
Acordáos de las cosas pasadas desde el siglo; porque yo soy Dios; y no hay más dios; y nada hay a mí semejante:
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.
Que anuncio lo por venir desde el principio; y desde antiguamente lo que aun no era hecho: que digo: Mi consejo permanecerá, y haré todo lo que quisiere:
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.
Que llamo desde el oriente al ave, y de tierra lejana al varón de mi consejo: yo hablé, por eso lo haré venir: lo pensé, hacerlo he también.
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.
Oídme, duros de 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.”
Haré a mí justicia que se acerque, y no se alejará; y mi salud no se detendrá. Y pondré salud en Sión; y mi gloria, en Israel.
