Isaías 43

1 Pero ahora, oh Jacob, Yavé, el que te creó, El que te formó, oh Israel, dice: No temas, porque Yo te redimí. Te di nombre. Mío eres tú.

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. La corriente no te anegará. Cuando andes por el fuego no te quemarás, ni la llama arderá en ti.

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, Yavé tu ʼElohim, el Santo de Israel, soy tu Salvador. A Egipto di por tu rescate, a Etiopía y a Seba, a cambio de ti.

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 Porque eres precioso a mis ojos. Fuiste exaltado porque Yo te amo. Daré hombres por ti y naciones por tu 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 temas porque Yo estoy contigo. Del oriente traeré tu descendencia y del occidente te recogeré.

Do not be afraid, because I am with you. [Some day] I will gather your descendants from the east and from the west.

6 Diré al norte: ¡Da acá! Y al sur: ¡No retengas! Traigan a mis hijos desde lejos y a 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 a todos los llamados con mi Nombre, a los que para gloria mía los crié, los formé y los hice.

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 Comparezca el pueblo ciego que tiene ojos, 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 Congréguense las naciones como si fueran una y reúnanse todos los pueblos. ¿Quién de ellos hay que nos anuncie esto, que nos anuncie las cosas primeras? Preséntense testigos para ganar su causa, y que se oiga y se diga: ¡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 Ustedes son mis testigos, dice Yavé, y mi Esclavo que Yo escogí para que me conozcan, me crean y entiendan que Yo Soy. Antes de Mí no fue formado algún ʼEL, ni existirá 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, Yo soy Yavé, y fuera de Mí no hay quien salve.

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

12 Yo predije y Yo salvé. Yo se lo informé, y no hubo testigo extraño entre ustedes. Por tanto, dice Yavé, ustedes son mis testigos: Yo soy ʼEL.

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 Aun antes que hubiera día, Yo Soy. No hay quien libre de mi mano. Lo que Yo hago, ¿quién puede revertirlo?

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 Yavé, Redentor de ustedes, el Santo de Israel, dice: Por amor a ustedes envié un mensaje a Babilonia, y los haré bajar a todos como fugitivos, aun a los caldeos, en las naves en las cuales se regocijan.

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 Yavé, su Santo, el Creador de Israel, su 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 Yavé, Quien abrió camino en el mar y sendero en las aguas impetuosas,

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

17 el que saca a batalla el carruaje y el caballo, el ejército y sus valientes, dice: Ellos caerán juntamente y no volverán a levantarse. Son apagados y se extinguen como un pabilo.

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 se acuerden de las cosas pasadas, ni traigan a la memoria las cosas antiguas.

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

19 Ciertamente Yo hago algo nuevo. Pronto saldrá a la luz. ¿No la conocerán? Abriré un camino en el desierto, ríos en la región despoblada.

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 Me darán honra las fieras del campo, los chacales y los avestruces, porque daré aguas en el desierto y ríos en la región despoblada para dar de beber a mi pueblo escogido,

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 Yo formé para Mí mismo a fin de que proclame 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, oh Jacob, no me invocaste. Te cansaste de Mí, oh 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 trajiste corderos para tus holocaustos, ni me honraste con tus sacrificios. No te obligué a servir con ofrendas, ni te fatigué al pedirte 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 compraste canela con dinero, ni me saciaste con la sustancia de tus sacrificios, sino pusiste la carga de tus pecados sobre Mí. Me fatigaste 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 soy el que borro tus rebeliones por amor a Mí mismo 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 Recuérdamelo y entremos juntos a juicio. Habla tú para justificarte.

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 antepasado pecó. Tus representantes se rebelaron 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, Yo deshonré a los jefes del Santuario, entregué a Jacob como maldición y a Israel como oprobio.

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.”