Isaías 56

1 Así dice Yahvé: “Observad el derecho y practicad la justicia; porque pronto vendrá mi salvación, y va a revelarse mi justicia.”

Yahweh says [to all the people of Judah], “Do the things that are fair and just, because I will soon come to rescue [DOU] you.

2 Bienaventurado el hombre que así obra, y el hijo del hombre que a esto se atiene, que observa el sábado sin profanarlo, y que guarda su mano de toda obra mala.

I will bless those who faithfully obey my laws about the Sabbath/rest days. I will bless those who (keep sacred/honor) my Sabbath/rest days, and who do not do any work on those days, and who refrain from [MTY] doing anything that is evil.

3 No diga el extranjero que se ha adherido a Yahvé: “Yahvé me excluye totalmente de su pueblo”, ni diga el eunuco: “He aquí que soy un árbol seco.”

And foreigners who have believed in me should not say, ‘Yahweh will surely not allow me to belong to his people.’ And eunuchs should not say, ‘[Because I am unable to have children, I cannot belong to Yahweh]; I am like [MET] a tree that has completely withered.’

4 Porque así dice Yahvé a los eunucos que guardan mis sábados y escogen lo que me es grato y se atienen a mi alianza:

They should not say that, because [I], Yahweh, say this to the eunuchs who obey my laws about the Sabbath, and who choose to do the things that please me, and who obey all [the other laws of] the agreement that I [made with the Israeli people]:

5 “Yo les daré en mi Casa y dentro de mis muros, valor y nombre, mejor que hijos e hijas; les daré un nombre eterno que nunca perecerá.

I will cause to be put inside the walls of my temple a monument [DOU] to them; because of that monument, they will be honored more than they would have if they had children; they will be honored forever.

6 Y a los extranjeros que se unen a Yahvé, para servirle, y para amar el nombre de Yahvé, y ser sus siervos; a cuantos guardan el sábado sin profanarlo y se atienen a mi alianza,

I will also bless those who are not Israelis, who (join themselves to/believe in) me, and who serve me and worship and love me, and who obey my laws about the Sabbath, and who faithfully obey [all the other laws of] the agreement that I [made with the Israeli people].

7 los conduciré a mi santo monte, y los llenaré de gozo en mi Casa de oración; sus holocaustos y sus sacrificios serán gratos sobre mi altar: porque mi Casa será llamada Casa de oración para todos los pueblos.”

I will bring them to my sacred hill [in Jerusalem], I will cause them to be [very] joyful in my temple where people pray to me, and I will accept the sacrifices that they completely burn [on my altar] and other sacrifices that they offer. I will do those things for them because I want my temple to be a building where people of all nations pray to me.

8 Oráculo de Yahvé, el Señor, que recoge a los desterrados de Israel: “Conduciré hacia él también a otros, además de los ya recogidos.”

[I], Yahweh, the Lord, the one who will bring back the people of Israel who have been (forced to go/exiled) to other countries, say this: 'I will bring [from other countries] many more people to join those Israelis whom I have brought back.'”

9 Todas las bestias del campo, venid y comed, y vosotras, todas las fieras del bosque.

“You [surrounding nations have armies that are like] [MET] animals in the forest; come and attack/destroy [Israel]!

10 Los atalayas de (Israel) son ciegos todos, no entienden nada; todos son perros mudos que no pueden ladrar; soñolientos, dormilones que aman el sueño.

The Israeli leaders [should be like] watchdogs to protect the people, but [it is as though] they are blind. They are stupid. They are all [like] [MET] dogs that cannot bark. [Good watchdogs bark when strangers approach], [but the Israeli leaders do not warn the people that their enemies are coming]. Instead, they just want to lie down and sleep and dream.

11 Y estos perros son voraces, jamás se hartan; los mismos pastores no entienden, cada uno de ellos sigue su propio camino; cada cual va tras su propio interés, hasta el último.

[And they are like] greedy dogs; they never get all that they want. They are [supposed to lead the people, like good] shepherds [lead their flocks], but they are ignorant, and they each do whatever they want to do.

12 “Venid, yo traeré vino y tomaremos bebidas embriagantes; y mañana será como hoy, día grande, muy grande.”

They say to each other, ‘Come, let’s go and get some wine and [other] alcoholic/strong drinks, and let’s become drunk! And tomorrow we will enjoy drinking even more!’”