Isaías 41
1 ¡Guarden silencio delante de Mí, oh costas! Renueven fuerza las naciones. Acérquense y hablen. Reunámonos para 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 lo despertó del oriente lo llamó para que lo siguiera, le entregó pueblos, le sometió reyes y los entregó como polvo a su espada y como hojarasca arrebatada por 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 perseguirá. Pasará adelante con seguridad por una senda que sus pies nunca pisaron.
He will pursue them. He will pass by in peace. No trace will appear after his feet.
4 ¿Quién planeó y ejecutó esto, y llamó las generaciones desde el principio? Yo, Yavé el que anuncia el futuro desde el principio. Yo, Yavé, el Primero. También Yo estoy con los últimos.
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 costas vieron esto y temen. Tiemblan los confines de la tierra. Se congregan y acuden.
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 vecino. Cada uno dice a su hermano: ¡Esfuérzate!
Each one will help his neighbor and will say to his brother, “Be strengthened.”
7 El escultor anima al platero, y el que forja a martillo al que golpea en el yunque, y dicen: ¡Buena soldadura! Y la aseguran con clavos para que no se mueva.
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, oh Israel, eres esclavo mío, Jacob, a quien escogí, descendiente de Abraham, mi amigo.
But you, O Israel, are my servant, O Jacob, whom I have chosen, the offspring of my friend Abraham.
9 Yo te llamé de los confines de la tierra. Te llamé de las regiones más remotas y te dije: Tú eres mi esclavo. Te escogí y no te deseché.
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 temas, porque Yo estoy contigo. No desmayes, porque Yo soy tu ʼElohim que te esfuerzo. Te ayudaré siempre. Te sostendré siempre con la mano derecha 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 Ciertamente todos los que se aíran contra ti serán avergonzados y confundidos. Serán como nada. Los que contienden contra ti 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 Buscarás a los que contienden contigo, pero no los hallarás. Los que guerrean contra ti serán como nada, como cosa que no existe.
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 soy Yavé tu ʼElohim, el que sostiene tu mano derecha y te dice: No temas, 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 temas, gusanillo de Jacob, ustedes, los pocos de Israel. Yo soy tu Socorro, dice Yavé, tu Redentor, 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 Ciertamente te pongo como trillo, como rastrillo nuevo lleno de dientes. Trillarás las montañas y las triturarás. Como a pasto seco reducirás las colinas.
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 Las aventarás. El viento se los llevará y los esparcirá el remolino de aire. Pero tú te regocijarás en Yavé. Te ufanas 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 Los pobres y necesitados buscan agua, y no hay. Su lengua está reseca de sed. Yo mismo, Yavé, les responderé. Yo, el ʼElohim de Israel, no los desampararé.
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 cumbres altas y manantiales en medio de los valles. Convertiré el desierto en lagunas, la tierra reseca en fuentes 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 Haré crecer juntamente en el desierto cedros, acacias, arrayanes y olivos. En la tierra árida plantaré cipreses junto con olmos y abetos
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 y conozcan, para que reflexionen y entiendan de una vez que la mano de Yavé hace esto, que el Santo de Israel lo creó.
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 Presenten su causa, dice Yavé. Expongan sus 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 se acerquen y nos anuncien lo que va a suceder. Declaren lo que ha sucedido desde el principio para que lo consideremos y comprendamos en qué pararon. Anúnciennos las cosas que vienen.
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 Declaren las cosas que vienen después para que sepamos que son ʼelohim. Hagan algo, bueno o malo, para que todos lo veamos y nos maravillemos.
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 Ciertamente ustedes son nada. Sus obras no existen. ¡Repugnante es el que los elige!
Behold, you exist out of nothing, and your work is from what does not exist; he who has chosen you is an abomination.
25 Yo levanté a uno del norte, y vendrá. Desde el nacimiento del sol invocará mi Nombre. Pisoteará a gobernantes como al lodo de la manera 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 anunció esto desde el principio para que lo sepamos? ¿Quién lo dijo por adelantado para que digamos: Tenía razón? Ciertamente ninguno lo declara. Ninguno lo predice. Tampoco hay quien escuche sus 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 Ciertamente Yo fui el primero que declaré a Sion estas cosas: ¡Daré a Jerusalén heraldo de buenas noticias!
The first one will say to Zion: “Behold, they are here,” and to Jerusalem, “I will present an evangelist.”
28 Miré, y no había alguno. De ellos no había consejero al cual preguntar para que me respondiera.
And I saw, and there was no one among any of them to consult, or who, when I asked, could answer a word.
29 ¡Ciertamente todos ellos son vanidad! ¡Todas sus obras son nada! ¡Viento y vanidad son sus imágenes fundidas!
Behold, they are all unjust, and their works are empty. Their idols are wind and emptiness.
