Isaías 58

1 ¡Ruge desde la garganta! ¡No te contengas! ¡Grita como una trompeta! Anuncia a mi pueblo lo rebelde que es; denuncia a los descendientes de Jacob sus pecados.

[Yahweh said to me], “Shout loudly! Shout like [SIM] a loud trumpet! Shout to warn my Israeli people about their sins [DOU]!

2 ¡Cada día se acercan a mí, encantados de conocer mis caminos como si fueran una nación que hace lo correcto y sigue las leyes de su Dios! Me piden que los trate bien; les gusta estar cerca de su Dios.

They worship me every day; [they come to my temple because they say that] they are eager to know what I want them to do. They act as though they are a nation that does things that are righteous, who would never abandon their God. They request me to decide matters justly, and they delight to come to worship me.

3 “¿No has visto que hemos ayunado?”, me preguntan. “¿No has visto que nos negamos a nosotros mismos?” Eso es porque siempre que se ayuna se hace lo que se quiere, y se trata mal a los trabajadores.

[They say], ‘We have (fasted/abstained from eating food) to please you, but you did not [RHQ] notice our doing that. We humbled ourselves, but you did not [RHQ] pay any attention!’ I will tell you why I did not pay attention. It is because when you fast, you do it only to please yourselves, and you act cruelly toward all your workers.

4 ¿No ven que cuando ayunan, se pelean y discuten, y acaban teniendo una pelea a puñetazos? Si ayunan así, no pueden esperar que sus oraciones sean escuchadas en las alturas.

You fast, but you also quarrel and fight [with each other] with your fists. [Doing things like that while] you fast will [certainly] not cause [me] to hear your prayers [where I am], high in heaven.

5 ¿Es éste el tipo de ayuno que quiero, cuando la gente manifiesta su humildad inclinando la cabeza como un junco y yaciendo en saco y ceniza? ¿Es eso lo que llamas ayuno, un día que el Señor aprecia?

You [act as though] [IRO] you humble yourselves [RHQ] by bowing your heads like [SIM] [the tops of] reeds bend [when the wind blows], and you wear [RHQ] rough clothes and cover your heads with ashes [like people do when they are grieving]. That is what you do when you are fasting, but do you really think [RHQ] that will please me?

6 No, este es el ayuno que yo quiero: libera a los que han sido injustamente encarcelados, desata las cuerdas del yugo utilizado para agobiar a la gente, libera a los oprimidos y deshazte de toda forma de abuso.

No, that is not the kind of fasting that I desire. What I really want [RHQ] is for you to free those who have been unjustly put in prison [DOU], and to encourage those who are (treated cruelly/oppressed); I want you to free those who have been oppressed in any way.

7 Comparte tu comida con los hambrientos, acoge en tu casa a los pobres y a los que no tienen techo. Cuando veas a alguien desnudo, dale ropa, y no rechaces a tus propios parientes.

I want you to [RHQ] share your food with those who are hungry and to allow those who have no houses to stay in your houses. Give clothes to those who do not have clothes, and do not hide from your relatives who need help from you.

8 Entonces tu luz brillará como la aurora, y serán curados rápidamente; tu salvación irá delante de ti, y la gloria del Señor irá detrás de ti.

If you do those things, [what you do for others will be like] [SIM] a light that shines when it dawns. The troubles [that have been caused by your sins] will end quickly. Others will know about your righteous behavior, and with my glorious presence I will protect you from behind [like I protected the Israeli people when they left Egypt].

9 Entonces, cuando llames, el Señor responderá; cuando clames por ayuda, el Señor dirá: “Aquí estoy”. Si se deshacen de la opresión entre ustedes, si dejan de señalar con el dedo y de calumniar a los demás,

Then you will call out to me, and I will [quickly] answer [and say that I will help you].’ Stop (oppressing people/treating people cruelly); stop falsely accusing people; and stop saying evil [things about people].

10 si se dedican a ayudar a los hambrientos y a dar a los pobres lo que necesitan, entonces su luz brillará en las tinieblas, y su noche será como el sol del mediodía.

Give food to those who are hungry, and give to people who are afflicted/suffering the things that they need. [Your doing that will be like] [MET] a light that shines in the darkness; instead of doing evil to people [MET], [the good things that you do for them will be like] [SIM] sunshine at noontime.

11 El Señor los guiará siempre; les dará todo lo que necesitan en una tierra desolada; los hará fuertes de nuevo. Serán como un jardín bien regado, como un manantial que nunca se seca.

[I], Yahweh, will guide you continually, and I will give you good things to satisfy you. I will enable you to remain strong and healthy. You will be like [SIM] a garden that is well watered, like [SIM] a spring that never dries up.

12 Algunos de ustedes reconstruirán las antiguas ruinas; restaurarán los cimientos de generaciones. Serás llamados reparadores muros rotos, restauradores de caminos de vida.

[Your people] will rebuild the cities that were destroyed long ago; they will build [houses] on top of the old foundations. People will say that you are the ones who are repairing the holes [in the city walls], and who are repairing the streets where people live.

13 Si se aseguran de no quebrantar el sábado haciendo lo que les place en mi día sagrado, si dicen que el sábado les produce placer y que el día del Señor debe ser honrado, y si lo honran dejando de lado sus propias costumbres, no haciendo lo que les place y evitando las charlas cotidianas,

Do not travel [MTY] long distances on Sabbath/rest days, and on Sabbath days do not do only the things that you delight to do. Enjoy the Sabbath days, and consider them to be delightful. The Sabbath days are my holy days. Honor me, Yahweh, in everything that you do [on the Sabbath days]. Do not talk about and do things [only] to please yourselves. If you do all the things that I have just now told you to do,

14 entonces descubrirán que el Señor es quien verdaderamente los hace feliz, y les daré altos cargos en la tierra y también lo que le prometí a Jacob, su antepasado. Yo, el Señor, he hablado.

I will enable you to be joyful. I will greatly honor you; [I will honor you everywhere!] I will give to you the [blessings] that I gave to your ancestor Jacob. [Those things will surely happen because I], Yahweh, have said it.”