Isaías 41
1 “Guardad silencio ante mí, islas, y que los pueblos renueven sus fuerzas. Que se acerquen, entonces que hablen. Reunámonos para el juicio.
Let the islands be silent before me, and let the nations take new strength. Let them draw near, and then speak. Let us apply for judgment together.
2 ¿Quién ha levantado a uno del este? ¿Quién lo llamó a sus pies con justicia? Le entrega las naciones y lo hace gobernar sobre los reyes. Los da como el polvo a su espada, como el rastrojo conducido a su arco.
Who has raised up a just man from the east, and has called him to follow him? He will place the nations under his gaze, and he will rule over kings. He will cause them to be like dust before his sword, like chaff driven by the wind before his bow.
3 Los persigue y pasa con seguridad, incluso por un camino que no había recorrido con sus pies.
He will pursue them. He will pass by in peace. No trace will appear after his feet.
4 Que ha trabajado y lo ha hecho, llamando a las generaciones desde el principio? Yo, Yahvé, el primero, y con el último, yo soy”.
Who has worked and accomplished these things, calling to the generations from the beginning? “It is I, the Lord! I am the first and the last.”
5 Las islas han visto y temen. Los confines de la tierra tiemblan. Se acercan y vienen.
The islands saw it and were afraid. The ends of the earth were stupefied. They drew near and arrived.
6 Cada uno ayuda a su prójimo. Dicen a sus hermanos: “¡Sed fuertes!”
Each one will help his neighbor and will say to his brother, “Be strengthened.”
7 Así que el carpintero anima al orfebre. El que alisa con el martillo anima al que golpea el yunque, diciendo de la soldadura: “Es buena;” y la sujeta con clavos, para que no se tambalee.
The coppersmith striking with the mallet encouraged him who was forging at that time, saying, “It is ready for soldering.” And he strengthened it with nails, so that it would not be moved.
8 “Pero tú, Israel, mi siervo, Jacob, a quien he elegido, la descendencia de Abraham mi amigo,
But you, O Israel, are my servant, O Jacob, whom I have chosen, the offspring of my friend Abraham.
9 a vosotros, a los que he cogido de los confines de la tierra, y llamado desde sus rincones, y te dijo: ‘Tú eres mi siervo. Te he elegido y no te he desechado’.
For his sake, I have taken you from the ends of the earth, and I have called you from its distant places. And I said to you: “You are my servant. I have chosen you, and I have not cast you aside.”
10 No tengas miedo, porque yo estoy contigo. No te desanimes, porque yo soy tu Dios. Yo te fortaleceré. Sí, te ayudaré. Sí, te sostendré con la diestra de mi justicia.
Do not be afraid, for I am with you. Do not turn away, for I am your God. I have strengthened you, and I have assisted you, and the right hand of my just one has upheld you.
11 He aquí que todos los que se indignan contra ti se verán defraudados y confundidos. Los que luchan contigo serán como nada, y perecerán.
Behold, all who fight against you shall be confounded and ashamed. They will be as if they did not exist, and the men who contradict you will perish.
12 Los buscarás y no los encontrarás, incluso a los que se enfrentan a ti. Los que te hacen la guerra serán como nada, como algo inexistente.
You will seek them, and you will not find them. The men who rebel against you will be as if they did not exist. And the men who make war against you will be like something that has been consumed.
13 Porque yo, Yahvé, tu Dios, te tomaré de la mano derecha, diciéndote: “No tengas miedo. Yo te ayudaré’.
For I am the Lord your God. I take you by your hand, and I say to you: Do not be afraid. I have helped you.
14 No tengas miedo, gusano Jacob, y vosotros, hombres de Israel. Yo te ayudaré”, dice Yahvé. “Tu Redentor es el Santo de Israel.
Fear not, O worm of Jacob, you who are dead within Israel. I have helped you, says the Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
15 He aquí que te he convertido en un nuevo instrumento de trilla afilado y con dientes. Trillarás las montañas, y los golpeó en pequeño, y hará que las colinas sean como la paja.
I have established you like a new threshing cart, having serrated blades. You will thresh the mountains and crush them. And you will turn the hills into chaff.
16 Tú los aventarás, y el viento se los llevará, y el torbellino los dispersará. Te alegrarás en Yahvé. Te glorificarás en el Santo de Israel.
You will winnow them, and the wind will blow them away, and the whirlwind will scatter them. And you shall exult in the Lord; you shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
17 El pobre y el necesitado buscan agua, y no la hay. Su lengua falla por la sed. Yo, Yahvé, les responderé. Yo, el Dios de Israel, no los abandonaré.
The indigent and the poor are seeking water, but there is none. Their tongue has been dried up by thirst. I, the Lord, will heed them. I, the God of Israel, will not abandon them.
18 Abriré ríos en las alturas desnudas, y manantiales en medio de los valles. Haré del desierto un estanque de agua, y la tierra seca manantiales de agua.
I will open rivers in the high hills, and fountains in the midst of the plains. I will turn the desert into pools of water, and the impassable land into streams of water.
19 Pondré árboles de cedro, acacia, mirto y aceite en el desierto. Pondré juntos cipreses, pinos y bojes en el desierto;
I will plant the cedar in a deserted place, with the thorn, and the myrtle, and the olive tree. In the desert, I will plant the pine, and the elm, and the box tree together,
20 para que vean, conozcan, consideren y comprendan juntos, que la mano de Yahvé ha hecho esto, y el Santo de Israel lo ha creado.
so that they may see and know, acknowledge and understand, together, that the hand of the Lord has accomplished this, and that the Holy One of Israel has created it.
21 Produce tu causa”, dice Yahvé. “¡Saca tus fuertes razones!”, dice el Rey de Jacob.
Bring your case forward, says the Lord. Bring it here, if you have anything to allege, says the King of Jacob.
22 “¡Que nos anuncien y declaren lo que va a pasar! Declarar las cosas anteriores, lo que son, para que los consideremos y conozcamos su fin último; o mostrarnos lo que está por venir.
Let them approach and announce to us the things that will occur. Announce to us the things that were before. And we will apply our heart to them, and we will know their end. And so, reveal to us the things that will occur.
23 Anuncia las cosas que han de venir después, para que sepamos que sois dioses. Sí, haz el bien o haz el mal, para que podamos estar consternados, y verlo juntos.
Announce the things that will occur in the future, and we will know that you are gods. Likewise, accomplish good or evil, if you are able, and let us speak of it and see it together.
24 Mira, no eres nada, y tu trabajo no es nada. El que te elige es una abominación.
Behold, you exist out of nothing, and your work is from what does not exist; he who has chosen you is an abomination.
25 “He levantado a uno del norte, y ha venido, desde la salida del sol, el que invoca mi nombre, y vendrá sobre los gobernantes como sobre el mortero, y como el alfarero pisa la arcilla.
I have raised up one from the north, and he will arrive from the rising of the sun. He will call upon my name, and he will reduce magistrates to mud, like a potter working with clay.
26 ¿Quién lo ha declarado desde el principio para que lo sepamos? y antes, para que podamos decir: “Tiene razón”. Seguramente, no hay nadie que declare. Seguramente, no hay nadie que lo demuestre. Seguramente, no hay nadie que escuche tus palabras.
Who has announced this from its rising, so that we may know it, or from its beginning, so that we may say, “You are just.” There is no one who either announces, or predicts, or hears your words.
27 Yo soy el primero en decir a Sión: “Mira, míralos”. y daré a uno que traiga buenas noticias a Jerusalén.
The first one will say to Zion: “Behold, they are here,” and to Jerusalem, “I will present an evangelist.”
28 Cuando miro, no hay ningún hombre, incluso entre ellos no hay ningún consejero que, cuando pregunto, pueda responder una palabra.
And I saw, and there was no one among any of them to consult, or who, when I asked, could answer a word.
29 He aquí que todas sus obras son vanidad y nada. Sus imágenes fundidas son viento y confusión.
Behold, they are all unjust, and their works are empty. Their idols are wind and emptiness.
