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.

But now, you people of Israel, listen to Yahweh, the one who established your nation. The one who caused you to become a nation [DOU] says this: “Do not be afraid, because I previously rescued you. I enabled you to have a personal relationship with me [MTY], and you belong to me.

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 [experience dangerous situations], and [you feel like] [MET] you are crossing deep rivers, I will be with you. When you have very big troubles/difficulties, you will [LIT] be able to endure them. When [people try to kill you like they tried to kill Daniel’s three friends by] throwing them in a fire, you will not [die, just like Daniel’s three friends were not] burned up,

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.

because I am Yahweh, your God, the Holy One of Israel, the one who rescues you. I will enable [the army of the emperor of Persia] to conquer Egypt instead of conquering you; similarly I will enable them to conquer Ethiopia, and Seba [in Arabia], in order that you can be saved.

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.

I will cause other countries to be conquered, instead of your country; I will trade them for you, in order that you will not be killed, because you are very precious [DOU] to me and because I love you.

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

Do not be afraid, because I am with you. [Some day] I will gather your descendants from the east and 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 command the [rulers of the nations to] the north and to the south, ‘Allow all the people of Israel to return [to their country], from the most distant places on 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’”.

Allow all those who belong to me [MTY] to return, because I have caused them to become a nation in order that they would honor me; I am the one who has done that [DOU].’

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

Summon the people who have eyes but [it is as though] they are blind; summon those who have ears but [because they do not listen to me, it is as though] they are deaf.

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”.

Gather people of all nations together, ones from all people-groups, [and ask them this]: ‘Has any of their idols foretold the things that are happening now? And can any of them predict what will happen in the future?’ Then bring people who will testify and say ‘I heard them predict things, and what they predicted was what happened,’ [but they will be lying].”

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.

But Yahweh says, “You people of Israel (are my witnesses/know what I have done), and you are the ones who serve me. I chose you in order that you would know me, believe in me, and understand that I am the only one who is [truly] God. There is no other [true] God. There was no other [true] God previously, and there will never be another [true] God.

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

I, [only] I, am Yahweh, and there is no other one who can save you.

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 said that I would rescue [your ancestors], and then I rescued them, and I proclaimed [that I had done it]. No foreign god among you did that! And you are witnesses that only I, Yahweh, 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?”

I am God, the one who has existed forever and who will exist forever; no one can snatch people from my hand, and no one can alter/change what I have done.”

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.

Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel, is the one who rescues you; and this is what he says: “For your sake, I will send [an army] to [attack] Babylon. They will force the people of that city to flee in ships which they have been proud of.

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

I am Yahweh, your Holy One, the one who caused Israel to become a nation, and the one who is really your king.

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

I am Yahweh, the one who opened a path through the water, making a road through the [Red] Sea.

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:

Then I summoned the great army [of Egypt] to come with all their chariots and horses. [But when they tried to pursue my people], I caused the waves to flow over them [and they drowned]; their lives ended [like the light of a candle ends when someone] [MET] snuffs out the wick.

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

But do not think [only] about what happened in the past, long ago [DOU].

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.

Instead, consider the new thing that I am going to do. I have already started to do it; can you see it? I am going to make a road through the desert. And I will cause there to be streams in the wasteland/desert.

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 jackals/wolves and owls and other wild creatures will thank me for giving them water in the desert. I will cause streams to appear in the dry desert in order that my people, the ones whom I have chosen, will have water;

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

I will do that for the people whom I have created [and chosen] to belong to me, and [some day] they will cause many others to praise me.

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

But now, you descendants of Jacob, you refuse to request my help. It seems that you people of Israel have become tired of worshiping me.

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 brought to me sheep or goats for offerings that will be completely burned [on the altar]; you have not honored me by [bringing to me any] sacrifices, even though the offerings of grain and incense [that I asked you] to bring to me were not a burden to you.

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 for me fragrant reeds, and you have brought me the fat from your sacrifices. But these have not pleased me, because you have burdened me by all the sins that you have committed, and made me weary because of all (your iniquities/the wrong things that you have done).

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

I am the one who is able to forgive you for all your sins; I am the only one who can do that, with the result that I will never think about them again.

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

Tell me what I have done that you do not like. Do you think that when you state your case, you will prove that you (are innocent/have done nothing wrong) [IRO]?

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

No, [what has happened is that] the first ancestor of you Israelis sinned [against me], and since then, all your leaders have rebelled against me.

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

That is why I have caused your priests to be disgraced; and I have allowed others to destroy you people of Israel and caused you to be despised.”