Isaías 43

1 Pero ahora Yahvé, que te ha creado, Jacob, y el que te formó, Israel, dice: “No tengas miedo, porque te he redimido. Te he llamado por tu nombre. Tú eres mío.

And now thus says the Lord who created you, O Jacob, and who formed you, O Israel: Do not be afraid. For I have redeemed you, and I have called you by your name. You are mine.

2 Cuando pases por las aguas, yo estaré contigo, y por los ríos, no te desbordarán. Cuando pases por el fuego, no te quemarás, y la llama no te abrasará.

When you pass through the waters, I will be with you, and the rivers will not cover you. When you walk through fire, you will not be burned, and the flames will not scorch you.

3 Porque yo soy Yahvé, tu Dios, el Santo de Israel, tu Salvador. He dado a Egipto como su rescate, Etiopía y Seba en su lugar.

For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. I have presented Egypt as your atonement, Ethiopia and Seba on your behalf.

4 Ya que has sido precioso y honrado ante mis ojos, y te he amado, por lo que daré a la gente en su lugar, y naciones en lugar de su vida.

Since then, you have become honorable in my eyes, and glorious. I have loved you, and I will present men on behalf of you, and people on behalf of your life.

5 No tengas miedo, porque yo estoy contigo. Traeré tu descendencia desde el este, y te recogerá desde el oeste.

Fear not, for I am with you. I will lead your offspring from the East, and I will gather you from the West.

6 Le diré al norte: “¡Ríndanse! y dile al sur: “¡No los retengas! Trae a mis hijos desde muy lejos, y mis hijas de los confines de la tierra —

I will say to the North, “Release him,” and to the South, “Do not turn him away.” Bring my sons from far away, and my daughters from the ends of the earth.

7 todos los que son llamados por mi nombre, y que he creado para mi gloria, que he formado, sí, a quien he hecho’”.

And each one who calls upon my name, I have created for my glory. I have formed him, and I have made him.

8 Saca a los ciegos que tienen ojos, y los sordos que tienen oídos.

Lead forth the people who are blind and have eyes, who are deaf and have ears.

9 Que se reúnan todas las naciones, y que se reúnan los pueblos. ¿Quién de ellos puede declarar esto? y mostrarnos cosas anteriores? Que traigan sus testigos, para que sean justificados, o que escuchen y digan: “Eso es verdad”.

All the nations have been assembled together, and the tribes have been collected. Who among you will announce this, and who will cause us to listen to the things that are first? Let them present their witnesses. Let them act justly, and listen, and say: “It is true.”

10 “Vosotros sois mis testigos”, dice Yahvé, “Con mi siervo que he elegido; para que me conozcas y me creas, y entender que yo soy él. Antes de mí no se había formado ningún Dios, tampoco lo habrá después de mí.

You are my witnesses, says the Lord, and you are my servant, whom I have chosen, so that you may know, and may believe in me, and so that you may understand that I am the same. Before me, there was no god formed, and after me there will be none.

11 Yo mismo soy Yahvé. Además de mí, no hay ningún salvador.

I am. I am the Lord. And there is no savior apart from me.

12 He declarado, he salvado y he mostrado, y no había ningún dios extraño entre vosotros. Por tanto, vosotros sois mis testigos”, dice Yahvé, “y yo soy Dios.

I have announced, and I have saved. I have caused it to be heard. And there was no stranger among you. You are my witnesses, says the Lord, and I am God.

13 Sí, desde el día que fue, yo soy. No hay nadie que pueda liberar de mi mano. Voy a trabajar, ¿y quién puede impedirlo?”

And from the beginning, I am the same. And there is no one who can rescue from my hand. I act, and who can turn it aside?

14 Yahvé, tu Redentor, el Santo de Israel, dice: “Por ti, he enviado a Babilonia, y haré descender a todos ellos como fugitivos, incluso a los caldeos, en las naves de su regocijo.

Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: For your sake, I sent to Babylon, and tore down all their bars, with the Chaldeans who glory in their ships.

15 Yo soy Yahvé, tu Santo, el Creador de Israel, tu Rey”.

I am the Lord, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your King.

16 Yahvé, que hace un camino en el mar, y un camino en las poderosas aguas,

Thus says the Lord, who gave you a way through the sea and a path through the torrent of waters,

17 que saca el carro y el caballo, el ejército y el hombre poderoso (se acuestan juntos, no se levantarán; se extinguen, se apagan como una mecha) dice:

who led out the chariot and the horse, the column of robust troops. They went to sleep together, and they will not arise. They have been crushed like flax, and they have been extinguished.

18 “No te acuerdes de las cosas anteriores, y no consideres las cosas de antaño.

You need not call to mind the past, nor consider the things of antiquity.

19 He aquí que voy a hacer una cosa nueva. Ahora sale a la luz. ¿No lo sabes? Incluso haré un camino en el desierto, y ríos en el desierto.

Behold, I am accomplishing new things. And presently, they will spring forth. With certainty, you will know them. I will make a way in the desert, and rivers in an impassible place.

20 Los animales del campo, los chacales y las avestruces, me honrarán, porque yo doy agua en el desierto y ríos en la soledad, para dar de beber a mi pueblo, a mis elegidos,

The wild beasts of the field will glorify me, with the serpents and the ostriches. For I have brought waters to the desert, rivers to inaccessible places, in order to give drink to my people, to my elect.

21 el pueblo que formé para mí, para que declaren mi alabanza.

This is the people whom I have formed for myself. They will speak my praise.

22 Sin embargo, no me has invocado, Jacob; pero te has cansado de mí, Israel.

But you have not called upon me, O Jacob, nor have you struggled for me, O Israel.

23 No me has traído ninguna de tus ovejas para los holocaustos, tampoco me has honrado con tus sacrificios. No te he cargado con ofrendas, ni te cansaste con el incienso.

You have not offered me the ram of your holocaust, and you have not glorified me with your victims. I have not burdened you with oblations, nor have I wearied you with incense.

24 No me has comprado ninguna caña dulce con dinero, ni me has llenado con la grasa de tus sacrificios, pero me has cargado con tus pecados. Me has cansado con tus iniquidades.

You have bought me no sweet cane with money, and you have not inebriated me with the fat of your victims. Yet truly, you have burdened me with your sins; you have wearied me with your iniquities.

25 Yo, yo mismo, soy el que borra tus transgresiones por mi cuenta; y no me acordaré de tus pecados.

I am. I am the very One who wipes away your iniquities for my own sake. And I will not remember your sins.

26 Hazme acordar. Roguemos juntos. Declare su caso, para que puedas ser justificado.

Call me to mind, and let us go to judgment together. If you have anything to justify yourself, explain it.

27 Tu primer padre pecó, y tus maestros han transgredido contra mí.

Your first father sinned, and your interpreters have betrayed me.

28 Por tanto, profanaré los príncipes del santuario; y haré de Jacob una maldición, e Israel un insulto”.

And so, I have defiled the holy leaders. I have handed over Jacob to slaughter, and Israel to calumny.