Isaías 45
1 Yahvé dice a su ungido, a Ciro, cuya mano derecha he sostenido para someter a las naciones ante él y despojar a los reyes de sus armaduras, que abra las puertas ante él, y que las puertas no se cierren:
Cyrus is the one whom Yahweh has appointed [to be the emperor of Persia] and to whom he will give great power [IDM]; Yahweh will enable him to defeat other nations and to take away the power of their kings. He will cause gates of cities to be opened, and no one will ever be able to shut them.
2 “Iré delante de ti y alisar las asperezas. Romperé las puertas de bronce en pedazos y cortar las barras de hierro.
This is what Yahweh says to him: “Cyrus, I will go ahead of you and level the mountains. I will smash down bronze gates and cut through iron bars.
3 Te daré los tesoros de la oscuridad y las riquezas ocultas de los lugares secretos, para que sepas que soy yo, Yahvé, quien te llama por tu nombre, el Dios de Israel.
I will give you treasures [that people have hidden] in dark secret places [DOU]. I will do that in order that you will know that I am Yahweh, the God to whom the Israelis belong, the God who calls you by your name.
4 Por el bien de Jacob, mi siervo, e Israel mis elegidos, Te he llamado por tu nombre. Te he dado un título, aunque no me hayas conocido.
I have summoned you, calling out your name, for the sake of [the people of] Israel [DOU] whom I have chosen, who serve me. Even though you do not know me, I will give you a title which has great honor.
5 Yo soy Yahvé, y no hay nadie más. Además de mí, no hay ningún Dios. Te fortaleceré, aunque no me hayas conocido,
I am Yahweh, and there is no other God [DOU]. Even though you do not know me, I will give you power
6 para que sepan desde la salida del sol, y desde el oeste, que no hay nadie más que yo. Yo soy Yahvé, y no hay nadie más.
in order that everyone in the world, from the east to the west, will know that there is no other [God]. I am Yahweh, and there is no other [God].
7 Formo la luz y crear oscuridad. Hago las paces y crear calamidades. Yo soy Yahvé, que hace todas estas cosas.
I created the light and the darkness. I cause there to be peace and I cause there to be disasters. I, Yahweh, do all those things.”
8 Llueve, cielos, desde arriba, y que los cielos derramen justicia. Que la tierra se abra, para que produzca la salvación, y que haga brotar la justicia con ella. Yo, Yahvé, lo he creado.
[And Yahweh also says, “I want my] rescue [of my people] [MET] to fall from the sky like rain. Just like the earth opens wide to accept rain, I will rescue/save my people and cause them to be treated justly. I, Yahweh, am the one who will cause both of those things to happen.
9 Ay de aquel que lucha con su Hacedor — ¡una olla de barro entre las ollas de barro de la tierra! ¿Preguntará el barro al que lo moldea: “Qué estás haciendo”? o su trabajo, ‘No tiene manos’?
Terrible things will happen to those who argue with me, the one who created them. [They are like] [MET] a clay pot and [I am like] the one who made it; so they certainly cannot [RHQ] criticize me. A lump of clay certainly cannot [RHQ] argue with the one who shapes it [to form a pot], saying, ‘Why are you making me like this?’ The pot cannot say ‘[You have no skill, because] what you made has no handles!’
10 Ay del que diga a un padre: “¿De qué te has convertido en padre?”. o a una madre: “¿Qué has dado a luz?”
And it would be terrible if an unborn baby would say to its father, ‘Why are you [RHQ] causing me to be born?’ or if it said to its mother, ‘The result of your labor pains will be useless?’”
11 Yahvé, el Santo de Israel y su Hacedor dice: “Me preguntas sobre las cosas que están por venir, sobre mis hijos, ¡y tú me mandas sobre la obra de mis manos!
Yahweh, the Holy One of the Israeli people, the one who created Israel, says this to them: “(Why do you ask questions about [what I do for you], my children?/You should not ask questions about [what I do for you], my children.) [RHQ] (Why do you tell me about the work that I should do?/You should not tell me about the work that I should do.) [RHQ]
12 Yo hice la tierra y creé al hombre sobre ella. Yo, hasta mis manos, he extendido los cielos. He comandado todo su ejército.
I am the one who created the earth and created people to live on it. I stretched out the sky with my hands, and I put the stars in their places.
13 Yo lo he resucitado en la justicia, y enderezaré todos sus caminos. Él construirá mi ciudad, y dejará libres a mis exiliados, no por precio ni por recompensa”, dice Yahvé de los Ejércitos.
And I will appoint Cyrus to do things that are right/just, and I will enable him to do all those things easily [MET]. His [workers] will rebuild my city, and he will free my people who have been (exiled/forced to leave their country). And he will do it without my rewarding/paying him! [Those things will surely happen because] I, the Commander of the armies of angels, have said it.
14 Yahvé dice: “El trabajo de Egipto, y las mercancías de Etiopía, y los sabeos, hombres de talla, se acercarán a ti, y serán tuyos. Irán a por ti. Vendrán encadenados. Se inclinarán ante ti. Te harán una súplica: Ciertamente, Dios está en ti, y no hay nadie más. No hay otro dios.
And this is [also] what [I], Yahweh, say [to you, my people]: ‘You will rule the people of Egypt and Ethiopia, and the tall people of Seba [in Arabia] will become your slaves. They will come to you bringing all the things that they sell, and it will all be yours. [As prisoners], they will have chains on their arms as they follow you. They will prostrate themselves in front of you and say, “God is with/helping you and he is the only God; there is no other God.” '”
15 Ciertamente eres un Dios que se ha escondido, Dios de Israel, el Salvador”.
God, although we cannot see you, you are the one to whom [we] Israeli people belong, the one who saves us.
16 Se sentirán decepcionados, sí, confundidos, todos ellos. Los que son fabricantes de ídolos irán juntos a la confusión.
All those who make idols will be humiliated. They will all be disgraced together.
17 Israel será salvado por Yahvé con una salvación eterna. No serás defraudado ni confundido por los siglos de los siglos.
But you, Yahweh, will rescue [us, your] Israeli people, and we will be free forever. Never again will we again be humiliated and disgraced.
18 Porque Yahvé, que creó los cielos, el Dios que formó la tierra y la hizo, que lo estableció y no lo creó un desperdicio, que lo formó para ser habitado dice: “Yo soy Yahvé. No hay otra.
Yahweh is God; he is the one who created the sky and created and formed the earth. He did not want it to remain with nothing living on it; he wanted people to live on it. [He says], “I am Yahweh; there is no other [God].
19 No he hablado en secreto, en un lugar de la tierra de las tinieblas. No he dicho a la descendencia de Jacob: “Buscadme en vano”. Yo, Yahvé, hablo de justicia. Declaro cosas que son correctas.
[What I proclaimed], I did not speak secretly or [hide what I was saying by speaking] in a dark place. When I spoke to the descendants of Jacob, I did not tell them ‘It will be useless for you to (seek for/pray to) me!’ I, Yahweh, speak [only] what is true and what is right.
20 “Reúnanse y vengan. Acercaos juntos, los que habéis escapado de las naciones. No tienen conocimiento los que llevan la madera de su imagen grabada, y rezar a un dios que no puede salvar.
You people who are still alive after experiencing great disasters, should come and gather together [and listen to this]: The people who carry around their wooden idols and pray to them are foolish, because those idols cannot rescue them!
21 Decláralo y preséntalo. Sí, que se asesoren juntos. ¿Quién lo ha demostrado desde la antigüedad? ¿Quién lo ha declarado de antiguo? ¿No es así, Yahvé? No hay otro Dios más que yo, un Dios justo y un Salvador. No hay nadie más que yo.
Talk among yourselves, and decide what you will say to prove that [your praying to idols is good]. [And when you do that, I will ask you], ‘Who predicted long ago [what has now happened]? Did any idol tell you [that those things would happen] [RHQ]?’ No, it was [RHQ] only I, Yahweh, who told you, because I am the only God; there is no other God. I am a God who acts righteously and saves people; there is no other one [who does these things].
22 “Miradme y salvaos, todos los confines de la tierra; porque yo soy Dios y no hay otro.
Everyone in the world should ask me to save them, because I am the only God who can do that; there is no other one.
23 He jurado por mí mismo. La palabra ha salido de mi boca en justicia, y no será revocada, que ante mí se doblará toda rodilla, toda lengua prestará juramento.
I have solemnly declared, using my own name; I [SYN] have spoken what is true, and I will never change what I have said: [Some day], everyone [SYN] will bow in front of me, and they will all solemnly promise to be loyal to me.
24 Dirán de mí, ‘Sólo en Yahvé hay justicia y fuerza’”. Incluso a él vendrán los hombres. Todos los que se ensañaron con él se sentirán decepcionados.
They will declare, ‘Yahweh is the one who enables us to live righteously and to be strong.’” And all those who have been angry at him will come to him, and they will be ashamed [for having been angry with him].
25 Toda la descendencia de Israel será justificada en Yahvé, y se alegrará.
Yahweh is the only one who will enable [us] Israeli people in the future to defeat our enemies, [and then] we will boast about what he [has done for us].
