Isaías 59
1 ¿No lo ves? El brazo del Señor no es demasiado débil para salvarte, y su oído no es demasiado sordo para escucharte.
Listen to this! Yahweh’s power [MTY] is not ended/gone, with the result that he cannot save [you]. He has not become deaf [MTY], with the result that he cannot hear [you when you call to him for help].
2 Es tu culpa la que ha creado una barrera entre tú y tu Dios; tus pecados han ocultado su rostro de ti para que no pueda escucharte.
But, you have separated yourselves from your God by the sins that you have committed. Because of your sins, he has turned away from you, with the result that he does not pay attention to what you request him to do.
3 Tus manos están cubiertas de sangre y tus dedos manchados de culpa, tus labios hablan mentiras y tu boca susurra cosas malas.
You do violent things [MTY] [to others], with the result that your hands are stained with their blood. You [constantly] tell [MTY] lies, and you say [MTY] evil things [about others].
4 Nadie quiere justicia, nadie alega su caso con honestidad. Se apoyan en falsos testimonios y dicen mentiras. Conciben planes malvados, y dan a luz problemas.
When you accuse someone in court, what you say is not fair and it is not true. You accuse people falsely. You are [constantly] planning to cause trouble for others, and then you do those evil things that you planned.
5 Incuban huevos de víbora y tejen una tela de araña. Si te comes sus huevos, morirás; si aplastas sus huevos, sólo nacerán serpientes.
What you plan to do to harm people [MET] is as dangerous as the eggs of a (cobra/poisonous snake), because cobras will hatch from those eggs. You trap people like [MET] spiders trap/catch insects in their webs.
6 Sus telas no se pueden convertir en ropa; no pueden cubrirse con lo que producen. Lo que hacen es perverso; usan sus manos para cometer violencia.
We people cannot hide/cover our skin with clothes made of spider webs [MET], and similarly you cannot hide the evil things that you have done. You are [constantly] acting [MTY] violently.
7 Corren para hacer el mal; se apresuran a asesinar a inocentes. Sus mentes están llenas de pensamientos pecaminosos; sólo causan estragos y destrucción.
You [SYN] are very quick to go and do evil things, and you hurry to murder people [MTY] who are innocent. You are [continually] thinking about sinning. Wherever you go, you destroy things and cause people to suffer.
8 No saben vivir en paz; no son rectos ni justos con los demás. Su camino es totalmente torcido, y cualquiera que los siga no experimentará ninguna paz.
You do not know how to act peacefully or to treat others fairly. You always are (dishonest/deceiving others) [MET], and those who imitate your behavior never have any inner peace.
9 Por eso no tenemos justicia, y no hacemos lo que es justo. Buscamos la luz, pero sólo encontramos la oscuridad; buscamos la luz brillante, pero caminamos en la oscuridad profunda.
Because of that, God does not rescue us [from our enemies]; [it seems that] he is not acting fairly/righteously toward us. We expect [God to give us] light, but all [he gives us] is darkness [DOU].
10 Andamos a tientas como ciegos a lo largo de una pared, palpando con las manos como si no tuviéramos ojos. Tropezamos al mediodía como si fuera la tarde. Entre los que están llenos de vida, somos como los muertos.
We are like [SIM] blind people who have to feel along a wall to be able to walk anywhere. We stumble [and trip] at noontime like [SIM] we would when it is dark. We are like [SIM] dead people who are among healthy people.
11 Todos nosotros gruñimos como osos y arrullamos como palomas mientras esperamos que se haga justicia, pero nunca sucede; esperamos la salvación, pero nunca la recibimos.
We growl like [SIM] [hungry] bears; we continually moan like [SIM] doves. We seek [people who do] what is just/fair, but we cannot find any [anywhere]. [We want God] to rescue us, but [it seems that] he is far away.
12 Tú estás al tanto de todas nuestras rebeldías; nuestros pecados atestiguan contra nosotros. Sí, reconocemos nuestros actos rebeldes; conocemos todos nuestros pecados.
[But these things are happening] because [it is as though] our sins are piled high in the presence of God, and that they testify [PRS] against us. We cannot deny it; we know that we have done many wrong things.
13 Te hemos desobedecido y negado, Señor; hemos dado la espalda a nuestro Dios. Hemos fomentado la opresión y la rebelión, diciendo mentiras que hemos pensado cuidadosamente.
[We know that] we have rebelled against Yahweh; we have turned away from him. We (oppress people/treat people cruelly) by what we testify [against them]; we do not allow them to get what they have a right to get. We [SYN] think about the lies that we can tell, and then we tell them.
14 Se rechaza la justicia, y nunca se hace lo correcto. La verdad cae en la calle, y la honestidad está prohibida.
[In our courts, the judges] do not decide cases/matters fairly; no one is acting righteously. In plazas where people gather together, no one tells the truth [PRS]; [it seems that people] are not allowed to say what is true.
15 No hay verdad en ninguna parte, y quien abandona el mal es robado. El Señor vio lo que sucedía, y se molestó porque no había justicia.
No one tells the truth, and people try to ruin [the reputations of] those who quit doing evil. Yahweh looked around, and he saw that no one was doing what is just/fair, and he was [very] displeased.
16 Miró a su alrededor, y se horrorizó al ver que no había nadie que hiciera nada al respecto, así que intervino él mismo, y su sentido de lo que era justo le hizo seguir adelante.
He was disgusted when he saw that no one tried to help [those who were being treated cruelly]. So he used his own power [MTY] to rescue them; it is because he is always righteous that he did that [PRS].
17 Se puso la integridad como coraza y el casco de la salvación en la cabeza. Se vistió con ropas de venganza y se envolvió con determinación como un manto.
[It is as though he is a soldier who] [MET] puts on his armor and a helmet; his continually doing what is right is like [MET] his armor, and his ability to rescue people is [like] his helmet. His being extremely angry and his being ready to get revenge [on those who do evil] are like [MET] his robes.
18 Pagará a todos por lo que han hecho: furia a sus enemigos, venganza a los que se le oponen, revancha a las tierras lejanas.
He will repay his enemies for the evil things that they have done. He will severely punish [MTY] even those who live far [from Jerusalem].
19 Los de occidente se asombrarán ante el Señor, y los de oriente se asombrarán ante su gloria, porque llegará como un torrente impetuoso, impulsado por el Espíritu del Señor.
When that happens, people everywhere, from the east to the west, will respect and honor Yahweh [MTY], because he will come like [SIM] a rushing river that is pushed along by the strong wind that Yahweh sent.
20 El Redentor vendrá a Sión, a los descendientes de Jacob que se conviertan de sus pecados, declara el Señor.
And Yahweh says that he will come to Jerusalem to free [his people]; he will come to rescue those in Judah who have quit (doing sinful things/their sinful behavior).
21 Este es mi acuerdo con ellos, dice el Señor. Mi Espíritu, que está sobre ti, no te dejará, y mis palabras que te he dado para que las pronuncies estarán siempre en tus labios, en los de tus hijos y en los de tus descendientes, desde ahora hasta siempre, dice el Señor.
This is what Yahweh says to his people: “This is the agreement that I will make with you: My Spirit will not leave you, and you will always have my message. You will [be able to] declare it [MTY], and your children and grandchildren will [be able to] declare it forever.”
