Isaías 48
1 Oídlo, casa de Jacob, los que lleváis el nombre de Israel, y habéis salido de la fuente de Judá; los que juráis por el nombre de Yahvé y celebráis al Dios de Israel, mas no en verdad, ni con rectitud,
[Yahweh says], “You descendants [MTY] of Jacob, who are [also] descendants of Judah and are now called [the people of] Israel, Listen to me! You make solemn promises using my name, Yahweh, and you request that I, the God to whom you Israeli people belong, [will hear you], but you do not do it sincerely.
2 aunque lleváis el nombre de la ciudad santa, y os apoyáis en el Dios de Israel, cuyo nombre es Yahvé de los ejércitos.
You say that you live in the holy city [of Jerusalem], and [you insincerely say] that you are relying on me, the God to whom you [people of] Israel belong, the one who is the Commander of the armies of angels.
3 Yo anuncié mucho antes las cosas pasadas; salieron de mi boca, y las di a conocer; de repente obré y se cumplieron.
Long ago I [MTY] predicted what would happen [DOU]. And then suddenly, I caused those things to happen.
4 Pues sabía Yo que eres dura, que tu cerviz es de nervios de hierro, y tu frente de bronce.
I knew that you people are very stubborn; I knew that your heads are [MET] [as hard as] iron or brass [DOU].
5 Por eso te las anuncié muy de antemano, antes que se cumplieran las di a conocer, a fin de que nunca dijeses: “Mi ídolo las ha hecho; mi estatua, mi imagen fundida las ha ordenado.”
That is why I told you those things long ago. Long before they occurred, I announced that they would occur, in order that [when they happened] you could not say ‘Our idols did it; our statue made of wood and our idol made of metal caused them to happen.’
6 Todo lo que oíste, ahora lo ves. Y vosotros, ¿no queréis anunciarlo? Desde ahora te doy a conocer cosas nuevas, cosas ocultas que tú no conoces.
You have heard those things [that I predicted] and now you have seen that they have all occurred, so why do you not admit it [RHQ]? Now I will tell you new things, things that you have not known previously.
7 Han sido creadas ahora y no en tiempos antiguos; antes del día de hoy no oíste hablar de ellas, a fin de que no dijeras: “He aquí, ya lo sabía.”
I am causing them to happen now; they are not things I did long ago. So you cannot say, ‘We already knew about those things.’
8 Tú nada oíste, nada sabías, nada percibiste de antemano con tus oídos, pues Yo sabía que eres muy infiel y que tu nombre es “Rebelde”, desde que naciste.
[I will tell you about] things that you have never heard about or understood before. Even long ago you did not pay attention to me [IDM]. I know that you act very deceitfully/treacherously; you have rebelled against me since you first became a nation [MTY].
9 A causa de mi Nombre detengo mi ira, y por mi gloria tengo paciencia contigo para no exterminarte.
But, for my own sake, in order that I will be honored, I will not punish [MTY] you immediately and I will not completely get rid of you.
10 Mira, te he acrisolado, mas no (hallé) plata, te he probado en el horno de la aflicción.
I have purified you, but not the way [people refine] silver. Instead, I have caused you to suffer very much [to get rid of your impure behavior], like [MET] [people put metal in a very hot] furnace [to get rid of the impurities].
11 Por Mí, por amor mío hago esto, porque no permito que me blasfemen, y mi gloria no cedo a ningún otro.
But for my [MTY] own sake I will delay punishing you more; I will do it for my own sake in order that my reputation will not be damaged [RHQ]. I will not allow any [person or any idol] to be honored as I [deserve to be] honored.”
12 Escúchame, Jacob, y tú, Israel, a quien he dado mi nombre: Yo soy; Yo soy el primero, y soy también el último.
“You descendants [MTY] of Jacob, you people of Israel whom I have chosen, listen to me! [Only] I am God; I am the one who begins everything and who causes everything to end.
13 Mi mano fundó la tierra, y mi derecha extendió los cielos; Yo los llamo, y se presentan a una.
I [SYN] am the one who laid the foundation of the earth. I stretched out the sky with my hand. And when I tell [the stars] to appear, they all do what I tell them.
14 Congregaos, todos vosotros, y escuchad: ¿Quién de entre ellos ha anunciado esto? Aquel a quien ama Yahvé ejecutará la voluntad de Él contra Babilonia, y su brazo (se levantará) contra los caldeos.
All of you, gather together and listen to me. None of your idols has [RHQ] told this to you: I, Yahweh, have chosen [Cyrus] to assist me, and he will do to Babylon what I want him to do, and his army will get rid of [the army of] Babylonia.
15 Yo, Yo he hablado, y Yo le he llamado, Yo le hice venir, y su empresa será coronada de éxito.
I have said it; I have summoned [Cyrus]. I have appointed him, and he will accomplish everything that he attempts to do.
16 Acercaos a Mí, oíd esto: Desde el principio nunca he hablado en secreto, y cuando se cumplan estas cosas, Yo estoy allí —mas ahora Yahvé, el Señor, me ha enviado con su espíritu—,
Come close to me and listen to what I say. Long ago [MTY] I told you plainly/clearly [LIT] [what would happen], and when those things occurred, I was [causing them to happen].” And now Yahweh the Lord and his Spirit have sent me [to give you a message].
17 Así dice Yahvé, tú redentor, el Santo de Israel: Yo soy Yahvé, tú Dios, que te enseño cosas provechosas; que te conduce por el camino que debes seguir.
This is what Yahweh, the one who saves you, the Holy God of [us] Israelis, says: “I am Yahweh, your God; I teach you what is important for you [to know]; I direct you and lead you to the roads that you should walk on [MET].
18 ¡Ojalá hubieras atendido mis mandamientos! entonces tu paz sería como un río, y tu justicia como las olas del mar.
I wish that you had paid attention to my commands! If you had done that, things would have gone well for you like [SIM] a river that flows gently; you would have been successful again and again, like [SIM] waves that come without ceasing.
19 Tu descendencia sería como la arena, y como sus granitos el fruto de tus entrañas. No sería cortado ni destruido delante de Mí tu nombre.
Your descendants would have been [as many as] [MET] the grains of sand [on the seashore] [which no one can count]. I would not have needed to get rid of you; the country of [MTY] [Israel] would not have been destroyed.”
20 ¡Salid de Babilonia, huid de los caldeos! Anunciadlo con voz de júbilo, publicad esta nueva, hacedla llegar hasta los confines de la tierra. Decid: “Yahvé ha rescatado a su siervo Jacob.
[However, now I tell you], leave Babylon! Flee from [being slaves of the people of] Babylonia! Proclaim this message joyfully; send it to the most remote/distant places on the earth: Yahweh freed the people of Israel [from being slaves in Egypt].
21 Y no padecieron sed, cuando los condujo por el desierto; de la peña les hizo salir agua, hendió la peña, y brotaron las aguas.
They were not thirsty when he led them through the desert, because he split open the rock and caused water to gush/flow out for them [to drink].
22 No hay paz para los malvados, dice Yahvé.
“But things will not go well [like that] for wicked people,” says Yahweh.
