Isaías 44
1 Ahora escucha, esclavo mío Jacob, Israel, a quien escogí.
“And now, hear, O Jacob, My servant, And Israel, whom I have fixed on—
2 Yavé, Hacedor tuyo, el que te formó desde el seno materno, tu Ayudador, dice: No temas, esclavo mío Jacob, y tú, Israel, a quien Yo escogí.
Thus said YHWH, your Maker, and your Former, From the womb He helps you: Do not fear, My servant Jacob, And Yeshurun, whom I have fixed on.
3 Yo derramaré aguas sobre el sequedal y torrentes sobre la tierra seca. Derramaré mi Espíritu sobre tu descendencia y mi bendición sobre tus ramas.
For I pour waters on a thirsty one, And floods on a dry land, I pour My Spirit on your seed, And My blessing on your offspring.
4 Brotarán como hierba junto a la fuente, como sauces junto a las riberas.
And they have sprung up as among grass, As willows by conduits of water.
5 Éste dirá: Soy de Yavé. A éste llamarán Jacob, y aquél se escribirá en su mano: Soy de Yavé, y se llamará Israel.
This [one] says, For I [am] YHWH’s, And this calls [himself] by the name of Jacob, And this [one] writes [with] his hand, For YHWH, And surnames himself by the name of Israel.”
6 Yavé, Rey de Israel, su Redentor, Yavé de las huestes, dice: Yo soy el Primero y Yo soy el Último. Fuera de Mí no hay ʼelohim.
Thus said YHWH, King of Israel, And his Redeemer, YHWH of Hosts: “I [am] the first, and I [am] the last, And besides Me there is no God.
7 ¿Quién, como Yo, puede proclamarlo? Que lo diga y lo exponga ante Mí. ¡Sí! Que anuncie las cosas venideras, las que van a suceder como Yo lo hice desde cuando establecí el pueblo antiguo.
And who [is] as I, call and declare it, And arrange it for Me, Since My placing the people of antiquity, And things that are coming, And those that come, they declare to them.
8 No teman ni se atemoricen. ¿No se lo anuncié y predije? Entonces ustedes son mis testigos: ¿Hay ʼeloha o roca fuera de Mí? No lo conozco.
Do not fear, nor be afraid, Have I not caused you to hear from that time, and declared? And you [are] My witnesses, Is there a God besides Me? Indeed, there is none, I have not known another Rock.”
9 Los que hacen imágenes de talla, todos son vanidad. Sus obras más preciadas para nada sirven. Ellos mismos son testigos de su confusión, de que los ídolos no ven ni entienden.
Framers of a carved image, all of them [are] emptiness, And their desirable things do not profit, And they [are] their own witnesses, They do not see, nor know, that they may be ashamed.
10 ¿Quién modeló o fundió un ʼel que para nada sirve?
Who has formed a god, And poured out a molten image—not profitable?
11 Ciertamente todos sus artífices serán avergonzados porque ellos mismos son solo hombres. ¡Que todos ellos se reúnan! ¡Que comparezcan! ¡Que tiemblen! ¡Que juntamente sean avergonzados!
Behold, all his companions are ashamed, As for artisans—they [are] of men, All of them gather together, they stand up, They fear, they are ashamed together.
12 El artífice en hierro prepara la herramienta, lo fabrica en los carbones encendidos, lo forma con martillos, lo trabaja con su brazo robusto. Luego tiene hambre, se agota, no bebe agua y desfallece.
He has worked iron [with] an axe, And has worked with coals, And forms it with hammers, And works it by his powerful arm, Indeed, he is hungry, and there is no power, He does not drink water, and he is wearied.
13 El tallista en madera extiende la cuerda de medir, hace el trazo con un marcador, lo labra con los cepillos, le da figura con el compás, le da forma de varón para ponerlo en un templo.
He has worked [with] wood, He has stretched out a rule, He marks it out with a line, He makes it with carving tools, And he marks it out with a compass, And makes it according to the form of a man, According to the beauty of a man, To remain in the house.
14 Corta cedros, toma ciprés y roble, los cuales crecen entre los árboles del bosque, o planta un pino que crece con la lluvia.
Cutting down cedars for himself, He also takes a cypress, and an oak, And he strengthens [it] for himself Among the trees of a forest, He has planted an ash, and the shower nourishes [it].
15 Luego se sirve de ellos como leña y toma de ellos para calentarse. También enciende el horno y hornea panes. Además hace un ʼel y lo adora. Fabrica una imagen de talla y se postra ante ella.
And it has been for man to burn, And he takes of them, and becomes warm, Indeed, he kindles [it], and has baked bread, Indeed, he makes a god, and bows himself, He has made it a carved image, And he falls down to it.
16 Parte del leño quema en el fuego y asa la carne sobre él, come y se sacia. Después se calienta y dice: ¡Ah, me calenté, contemplé el fuego!
Half of it he has burned in the fire, By [this] half of it he eats flesh, He roasts a roasting and is satisfied, Indeed, he is warm and says: “Aha, I have become warm, I have enjoyed the light.”
17 Con el resto hace un ʼel. Se postra ante él y lo adora. También le ruega y le dice: Líbrame, porque tú eres mi ʼel.
And he has made its remnant for a god—For his carved image, He falls down to it, and worships, And prays to it, and he says, “Deliver me, for you [are] my god.”
18 No saben ni entienden. Sus ojos fueron cegados para que no vean y sus mentes cerradas para que no entiendan.
They have not known, nor do they understand, For He has coated their eyes from seeing, Their heart from acting wisely.
19 Nadie medita en su corazón. No hay conocimiento ni criterio para decir: La mitad quemé en el fuego. Asé pan y carne para comer sobre sus brasas. ¿Haré con el resto una repugnancia? ¿Me postraré ante un leño?
And none turn [it] back to his heart, Nor has knowledge nor understanding to say, “I have burned half of it in the fire, Indeed, I have also baked bread over its coals, I roast flesh and I eat, And I make its remnant for an abomination, I fall down to the stock of a tree.”
20 Se alimenta de ceniza. Una mente ilusa lo extravía para que no libre su alma, ni diga: ¿No es pura mentira lo que tengo en mi mano derecha?
Feeding on ashes, the heart is deceived, It has turned him aside, And he does not deliver his soul, nor says: “Is there not a lie in my right hand?”
21 Oh Jacob, acuérdate de esto, porque eres mi esclavo Israel. Te formé. Mi esclavo eres tú, oh Israel. No serás olvidado por Mí.
“Remember these, O Jacob, and Israel, For you [are] My servant, I formed you, you [are] a servant to Me, O Israel, you do not forget Me.
22 Deshice como niebla tus rebeliones, como nube tus pecados. Regresa a Mí, porque Yo te redimí.
I have blotted out, as [by] a thick cloud, Your transgressions, And as [by] a cloud, your sins, Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.”
23 ¡Canten alabanzas, oh cielos, porque Yavé los hizo! ¡Griten de júbilo, oh profundidades de la tierra! ¡Entonen cánticos las montañas, el bosque y todo árbol que hay en él! ¡Porque Yavé redimió a Jacob y será glorificado en Israel!
Sing, O heavens, for YHWH has worked, Shout, O lower parts of earth, Break forth, O mountains, with singing, Forest, and every tree in it, For YHWH has redeemed Jacob, And He beautifies Himself in Israel.
24 Yavé, tu Redentor, Quien te formó desde el vientre, dice: Yo, Yavé, soy el Hacedor de todas las cosas. Yo solo despliego los cielos y extiendo la tierra sin la ayuda de alguno.
Thus said YHWH, your Redeemer, And your Framer from the womb: “I [am] YHWH, doing all things, Stretching out the heavens by Myself, Spreading out the earth—who [is] with Me?
25 Yo soy Quien deshace los presagios de los adivinos, Quien enloquece a los hechiceros, Quien hace retroceder a los sabios y convierte en necedad su conocimiento.
Making void the tokens of devisers, And makes diviners mad, Turning the wise backward, And makes their knowledge foolish.
26 Yo soy Quien confirma la Palabra a su esclavo y cumple el plan de sus mensajeros, Quien dice: ¡Jerusalén, serás habitada! Ciudades de Judá, serán reconstruidas. Ruinas, Yo las levantaré.
Confirming the word of His servant, He perfects the counsel of His messengers, Who is saying of Jerusalem, She is inhabited, And of cities of Judah, They will be built, and her ruins I raise up,
27 El que dice a las profundidades del mar: Séquense. Haré que sequen tus corrientes.
Who is saying to the deep, Be dry, and your rivers I cause to dry up,
28 El que dice: ¡Ciro, tú eres mi pastor y cumplirás todos mis designios! El que dice: ¡Jerusalén, serás reconstruida! ¡Templo, serás cimentado!
Who is saying of Cyrus, My shepherd, And he perfects all My delight, So as to say of Jerusalem, You are built, And of the temple, You are founded.”
