Isaías 58

1 “¡Grita en voz alta! ¡No escatimes! ¡Levanta tu voz como una trompeta! Declara a mi pueblo su desobediencia, y a la casa de Jacob sus pecados.

[Yahweh said to me], “Shout loudly! Shout like [SIM] a loud trumpet! Shout to warn my Israeli people about their sins [DOU]!

2 Sin embargo, cada día me buscan, y se deleitan en conocer mis caminos. Como una nación que hizo justicia, y no abandonaron la ordenanza de su Dios, me piden juicios justos. Se deleitan en acercarse a Dios.

They worship me every day; [they come to my temple because they say that] they are eager to know what I want them to do. They act as though they are a nation that does things that are righteous, who would never abandon their God. They request me to decide matters justly, and they delight to come to worship me.

3 “¿Por qué hemos ayunado — dicen — y no lo veis? ¿Por qué hemos afligido nuestra alma y no te das cuenta? “He aquí que en el día de tu ayuno encuentras placer, y oprimir a todos sus trabajadores.

[They say], ‘We have (fasted/abstained from eating food) to please you, but you did not [RHQ] notice our doing that. We humbled ourselves, but you did not [RHQ] pay any attention!’ I will tell you why I did not pay attention. It is because when you fast, you do it only to please yourselves, and you act cruelly toward all your workers.

4 He aquí que ayunáis para la contienda y el pleito, y golpear con el puño de la maldad. Hoy no ayunas para que tu voz sea escuchada en lo alto.

You fast, but you also quarrel and fight [with each other] with your fists. [Doing things like that while] you fast will [certainly] not cause [me] to hear your prayers [where I am], high in heaven.

5 ¿Es este el ayuno que he elegido? ¿Un día para que un hombre humille su alma? ¿Es para agachar la cabeza como una caña, y que extienda saco y ceniza debajo de sí mismo? ¿Llamará a esto un ayuno? y un día aceptable para Yahvé?

You [act as though] [IRO] you humble yourselves [RHQ] by bowing your heads like [SIM] [the tops of] reeds bend [when the wind blows], and you wear [RHQ] rough clothes and cover your heads with ashes [like people do when they are grieving]. That is what you do when you are fasting, but do you really think [RHQ] that will please me?

6 “¿No es éste el ayuno que he elegido: para liberar las ataduras de la maldad, para desatar las correas del yugo, para dejar libres a los oprimidos, y que rompas todo yugo?

No, that is not the kind of fasting that I desire. What I really want [RHQ] is for you to free those who have been unjustly put in prison [DOU], and to encourage those who are (treated cruelly/oppressed); I want you to free those who have been oppressed in any way.

7 ¿No es para repartir su pan a los hambrientos, y que traigas a tu casa a los pobres expulsados? Cuando veas el desnudo, que lo cubra; y que no te escondas de tu propia carne?

I want you to [RHQ] share your food with those who are hungry and to allow those who have no houses to stay in your houses. Give clothes to those who do not have clothes, and do not hide from your relatives who need help from you.

8 Entonces tu luz brotará como la mañana, y su curación aparecerá rápidamente; entonces tu justicia irá delante de ti, y la gloria de Yahvé será su retaguardia.

If you do those things, [what you do for others will be like] [SIM] a light that shines when it dawns. The troubles [that have been caused by your sins] will end quickly. Others will know about your righteous behavior, and with my glorious presence I will protect you from behind [like I protected the Israeli people when they left Egypt].

9 Entonces llamarás, y el Señor responderá. Pedirás ayuda y él dirá: “Aquí estoy”. “Si quitáis de entre vosotros el yugo, señalando con el dedo, y hablando con maldad;

Then you will call out to me, and I will [quickly] answer [and say that I will help you].’ Stop (oppressing people/treating people cruelly); stop falsely accusing people; and stop saying evil [things about people].

10 y si derramas tu alma al hambriento, y satisfacer el alma afligida, entonces tu luz se alzará en la oscuridad, y tu oscuridad será como el mediodía;

Give food to those who are hungry, and give to people who are afflicted/suffering the things that they need. [Your doing that will be like] [MET] a light that shines in the darkness; instead of doing evil to people [MET], [the good things that you do for them will be like] [SIM] sunshine at noontime.

11 y Yahvé te guiará continuamente, saciar tu alma en lugares secos, y hacer que tus huesos sean fuertes. Serás como un jardín regado, y como un manantial de agua cuyas aguas no fallan.

[I], Yahweh, will guide you continually, and I will give you good things to satisfy you. I will enable you to remain strong and healthy. You will be like [SIM] a garden that is well watered, like [SIM] a spring that never dries up.

12 Los que serán de vosotros construirán los antiguos lugares de desecho. Levantarás los cimientos de muchas generaciones. Se le llamará Reparador de la Brecha, Restaurador de caminos con viviendas.

[Your people] will rebuild the cities that were destroyed long ago; they will build [houses] on top of the old foundations. People will say that you are the ones who are repairing the holes [in the city walls], and who are repairing the streets where people live.

13 “Si apartas tu pie del sábado, de hacer tu placer en mi día sagrado, y llamar al sábado una delicia, y lo sagrado de Yahvé honorable, y honrarlo, no haciendo sus propios caminos, ni encontrar su propio placer, ni hablar de sus propias palabras,

Do not travel [MTY] long distances on Sabbath/rest days, and on Sabbath days do not do only the things that you delight to do. Enjoy the Sabbath days, and consider them to be delightful. The Sabbath days are my holy days. Honor me, Yahweh, in everything that you do [on the Sabbath days]. Do not talk about and do things [only] to please yourselves. If you do all the things that I have just now told you to do,

14 entonces te deleitarás en Yahvé, y te haré cabalgar sobre las alturas de la tierra, y te alimentaré con la herencia de Jacob, tu padre”. porque la boca de Yahvé lo ha dicho.

I will enable you to be joyful. I will greatly honor you; [I will honor you everywhere!] I will give to you the [blessings] that I gave to your ancestor Jacob. [Those things will surely happen because I], Yahweh, have said it.”