Isaías 42
1 He aquí mi Siervo, a quien sostengo, mi escogido, en el que se complace mi alma. Sobre Él he puesto mi Espíritu, y Él será Legislador de las naciones.
See my servant, whom I am supporting, my loved one, in whom I take delight: I have put my spirit on him; he will give the knowledge of the true God to the nations.
2 No gritará, ni levantará su voz, ni la hará oír por las calles.
He will make no cry, his voice will not be loud: his words will not come to men's ears in the streets.
3 No quebrará la caña cascada, ni apagará la mecha humeante; hará justicia conforme a la verdad.
He will not let a crushed stem be quite broken, and he will not let a feebly burning light be put out: he will go on sending out the true word to the peoples.
4 No desmayará ni se desalentará, hasta que establezca en la tierra la justicia; su ley esperan las islas.
His light will not be put out, and he will not be crushed, till he has given the knowledge of the true God to the earth, and the sea-lands will be waiting for his teaching.
5 Así dice Yahvé, el Dios que creó los cielos y los desplegó; el que extendió la tierra con sus frutos, dio hálito a los hombres que la habitan, y espíritu a los que por ella caminan.
God the Lord, even he who made the heavens, measuring them out on high; stretching out the earth, and giving its produce; he who gives breath to the people on it, and life to those who go about on it, says:
6 “Yo, Yahvé, te he llamado en justicia; te he tomado de la mano y te he guardado; y te he puesto para que seas alianza con (mi) pueblo, y luz de las naciones;
I the Lord have made you the vessel of my purpose, I have taken you by the hand, and kept you safe, and I have given you to be an agreement to the people, and a light to the nations:
7 para abrir los ojos de los ciegos, para sacar de la cárcel a los presos, y del calabozo a los que viven en tinieblas.
To give eyes to the blind, to make free the prisoners from the prison, to let out those who are shut up in the dark.
8 Yo soy Yahvé; este es mi nombre; no doy mi gloria a ningún otro ni mi honor a las imágenes fundidas.
I am the Lord; that is my name: I will not give my glory to another, or my praise to pictured images.
9 Se han cumplido ya las (predicciones) anteriores, ahora anuncio cosas nuevas, que os doy a conocer antes que sucedan.”
See, the things said before have come about, and now I give word of new things: before they come I give you news of them.
10 Cantad a Yahvé un cántico nuevo, sus alabanzas hasta los términos de la tierra. Exulte el mar y su plenitud, las islas y sus habitantes.
Make a new song to the Lord, and let his praise be sounded from the end of the earth; you who go down to the sea, and everything in it, the sea-lands and their people.
11 Alcen su voz el desierto y sus ciudades, los caseríos habitados por Cedar. Canten los moradores de Petra; den gritos de alegría desde la cumbre de las montañas.
Let the waste land and its flocks be glad, the tent-circles of Kedar; let the people of the rock give a glad cry, from the top of the mountains let them make a sound of joy.
12 Tributen gloria a Yahvé, y pregonen sus alabanzas en las islas.
Let them give glory to the Lord, sounding his praise in the sea-lands.
13 Pues Yahvé avanza como un héroe, como un guerrero despierta su furor, vocea y lanza gritos, y muestra su fuerza contra sus enemigos.
The Lord will go out as a man of war, he will be moved to wrath like a fighting-man: his voice will be strong, he will give a loud cry; he will go against his attackers like a man of war.
14 “Mucho tiempo estuve callado, guardé silencio, me contuve, mas ahora doy voces como una mujer que da a luz, lanzo ayes y suspiro jadeando.
I have long been quiet, I have kept myself in and done nothing: now I will make sounds of pain like a woman in childbirth, breathing hard and quickly.
15 Devastaré los montes y los collados, y agostaré todo su verdor; convertiré los ríos en desierto, y secaré los lagos.
I will make waste mountains and hills, drying up all their plants; and I will make rivers dry, and pools dry land.
16 Conduciré a los ciegos por un camino que no sabían, por sendas desconocidas los guiaré; tornaré ante ellos las tinieblas en luz y la región montuosa en llanura. Estas son las cosas que cumpliré, y no las dejaré sin efecto.”
And I will take the blind by a way of which they had no knowledge, guiding them by roads strange to them: I will make the dark places light before them, and the rough places level. These things will I do and will not give them up.
17 Entonces volverán atrás, llenos de vergüenza, los que confían en las estatuas; los que dicen a las imágenes fundidas: “Vosotros sois nuestros dioses.”
They will be turned back and be greatly shamed who put their hope in pictured images, who say to metal images, You are our gods.
18 ¡Sordos, oíd; ciegos, abrid los ojos, para que veáis!
Give ear, you whose ears are shut; and let your eyes be open, you blind, so that you may see.
19 Pero, ¿quién es el ciego sino el siervo mío? ¿Quién es tan sordo como el mensajero que Yo envío? ¿quién tan ciego como mi amado, tan ciego como el siervo de Yahvé?
Who is blind, but my servant? who has his ears stopped, but he whom I send? who is blind as my true one, or who has his ears shut like the Lord's servant?
20 Tantas cosas has visto, mas no les prestaste atención; tenías abiertos los oídos, mas no oíste.
Seeing much, but keeping nothing in mind; his ears are open, but there is no hearing.
21 Movido por su propia justicia Yahvé se ha complacido en hacer grande y magnífica la Ley.
It was the Lord's pleasure, because of his righteousness, to make the teaching great and give it honour.
22 Mas este es un pueblo saqueado y despojado; todos están encadenados en calabozos y encerrados en cárceles; han sido robados sin que nadie los libre; despojados y nadie dice: “¡Restituye!”
But this is a people whose property has been taken away from them by force; they are all taken in holes, and shut up in prisons: they are made prisoners, and no one makes them free; they are taken by force and no one says, Give them back.
23 ¿Quién hay entre vosotros que preste oído a esto? ¿Quién lo escucha atentamente para lo por venir?
Who is there among you who will give ear to this? who will give attention to it for the time to come?
24 ¿Quién entregó a Jacob al pillaje, y a Israel a los saqueadores? ¿No es Yahvé, contra quien han pecado, Aquel cuyos caminos no quisieron seguir, ni escuchar su Ley?
Who gave up Jacob to those who took away his goods, and Israel to his attackers? Did not the Lord? he against whom they did wrong, and in whose ways they would not go, turning away from his teaching.
25 Por eso derramó sobre Israel el fuego de su ira, y el furor de la guerra. Pegó fuego alrededor de él, pero no comprendió; le consumía, mas no hizo caso.
For this reason he let loose on him the heat of his wrath, and his strength was like a flame; and it put fire round about him, but he did not see it; he was burned, but did not take it to heart.
