Isaías 45
1 Yavé dice esto a su ungido, a Ciro, a quien tomé por su mano derecha para someter naciones ante él y aflojar los cinturones de los reyes, para abrir delante de él los batientes a fin de que las puertas no queden cerradas.
This is what the Lord says to Cyrus, the one he has anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have grasped to direct him to defeat nations and to make kings weak, to open doors before him and gates that will not be shut.
2 Yo iré delante de ti y allanaré los lugares escabrosos. Quebraré los batientes de bronce y haré pedazos las barras de hierro.
I will go ahead of you and level the mountains. I will break down bronze gates and cut through iron bars.
3 Te daré los tesoros escondidos, riquezas ocultas en los lugares secretos, para que sepas que Yo, Yavé, te llamo por tu nombre. Soy el ʼElohim de Israel.
I will give you hidden treasure, treasure concealed in secret places, so that you can know for sure that I am the Lord, the God of Israel, the one who calls you by name.
4 Por amor a mi esclavo Jacob y a mi escogido Israel, te llamé por tu nombre. Aunque no me conoces te doy un título de honor,
I call you by name and I have given you a title of honor, for the sake of Jacob my servant, and Israel the one I chose, even though you don't know me.
5 Yo soy Yavé, y no hay otro. Fuera de Mí no hay ʼelohim. Yo te fortalecí, aunque no me conoces,
I am the Lord, there is no God apart from me. Apart from me there is no God. I will make you strong, even though you don't know me,
6 para que sepan desde el nacimiento del sol hasta su ocaso que no hay otro fuera de Mí. Yo, Yavé, y no hay otro.
so that everyone, from the east to the west, will know that there is no God apart from me, that I am the Lord, and there is none apart from me.
7 Yo formo la luz y creo la oscuridad. Establezco la paz y creo la adversidad. Yo, Yavé, hago todas estas cosas.
I create light, and I make darkness, I bring peace and I bring about disaster. I am the Lord and I do all this.
8 Destila, oh cielo, desde arriba, y derramen las nubes la justicia. Que se abra la tierra y brote la salvación, y juntamente con ella la justicia. Yo, Yavé, lo creé.
Let the rain fall from the sky above, let goodness fall from the clouds, let the earth open up to receive goodness and salvation so they can grow together. I, the Lord, created them.
9 ¡Ay del que contiende con su Hacedor, aunque es nada más que un trozo de tiesto entre los tiestos de arcilla! ¿Dirá la arcilla al alfarero: Qué haces? O: ¿Tu vasija no tiene asas?
What trouble people face when they fight with their Creator—they're just pots among all the other pots on earth! Does the clay tell the potter who is shaping it, “What are you doing?” or “What you're making is so bad it's like you have no hands!”
10 Ay del que le dice al padre: ¿Por qué engendras? Y a la mujer: ¿Por qué das a luz?
How bad it would be if you said to your father, “Why did you have me?” or to your mother, “Why was I ever born?”!
11 Yavé, el Santo de Israel, tu Formador, dice: ¿Me pedirán cuenta de mis hijos? ¿Me darán órdenes para la obra de mis manos?
This is what the Lord says, the Holy One of Israel, your Creator: You can ask me about things to come. But are you going to lecture me about my children and what I do?
12 Yo hice la tierra y creé al hombre sobre ella. Yo mismo desplegué los cielos con mis manos. Yo doy órdenes a toda su hueste.
I'm the one who made the earth, and I created human beings to live there. It was my hands that stretched out the heavens, and I ordered all the stars to come into being.
13 Yo lo levanté en justicia y allanaré todos sus caminos. Él reconstruirá mi ciudad y dejará a mis cautivos salir, no por precio ni por soborno, dice Yavé de las huestes.
Because I do what's right, I will encourage him and smooth out all the roads he takes. He will rebuild my city and will set my exiles free without being paid or bribed to do so, says the Lord Almighty.
14 Yavé dice: El trabajo de Egipto, las mercaderías de Etiopía, y los sabeos, hombres de gran estatura, se pasarán a ti. Tuyos serán. Marcharán detrás de ti. Irán con grillos. Se inclinarán ante ti y suplicarán: En verdad ʼElohim está contigo, y no existe algún otro ʼelohim.
This is what the Lord says: “The productive Egyptians and the Ethiopian traders, as well as the tall Sabean people, will come over to you and will belong to you. They will walk behind you in chains and bow down to you, pleading with you, saying, ‘God is certainly with you, and there is no other God besides him.’”
15 ¡En verdad Tú eres ʼEL encubierto! ¡El ʼElohim de Israel, el Salvador!
Yet you are a God who hides himself, God of Israel, Savior.
16 Todos ellos serán avergonzados y humillados. [Todos] los fabricantes de ídolos irán juntos con deshonra.
Everyone who makes idols are ashamed and humiliated, all of them are disgraced.
17 Israel será salvado por Yavé con salvación eterna. Nunca jamás serán avergonzados ni humillados.
But Israel will be saved by the Lord with a salvation that lasts forever. You will never be ashamed or disgraced for all eternity.
18 Porque Yavé, Quien creó los cielos, dice: Él es el ʼElohim, Quien formó la tierra, la hizo y la estableció. No la creó para que esté vacía. La formó para que sea habitada. Yo, Yavé, y no hay otro.
For this is what the Lord says, the God who created the heavens, who formed and made the earth, he founded it. He didn't make it to be left empty, but formed it to be inhabited. He is the one who says, I am the Lord, and there is no God apart from me.
19 No hablé en secreto en un lugar oscuro de la tierra, ni dije a la descendencia de Jacob: En vano me buscan. Yo, Yavé, hablo justicia, anuncio rectitud.
I haven't been talking in secret in an obscure place. I didn't tell the descendants of Jacob: Look for me in a place where no one can be found. I, the Lord, tell the truth—I say what's right.
20 ¡Reúnanse y vengan! ¡Acérquense todos los sobrevivientes entre las naciones! Nada saben los que cargan un ídolo de madera y adoran a un ʼel que no puede salvar.
Gather yourselves together, and come, come close, you refugees of the nations. Aren't they stupid, these people who carry around their wooden idols, and who pray to a god that can't save them?
21 Declaren, expongan pruebas y entren todos en consulta: ¿Quién proclamó esto desde antaño? ¿Quién lo dijo desde entonces? ¿No fui Yo, Yavé? Y no hay otro ʼelohim fuera de Mí, ʼEL justo y salvador. No hay alguno, excepto Yo.
Discuss this together, and then speak up, present your case. Who predicted this long ago? Who said what would happen in the future back in the past? Wasn't that me, the Lord? There is no other God except me, no other God who does what is right, and who saves. There is no God apart from me.
22 Miren a Mí y sean salvos todos los confines de la tierra, porque Yo soy ʼEL, y no hay otro.
Everyone on earth, come to me and be saved, for I am God and there is no God apart from me.
23 Por Mí mismo juré. De mi boca salió la sentencia y no será revocada: Que ante Mí se doblará toda rodilla y jurará toda lengua.
I have sworn by my own self, I have spoken what is right, and I won't ever go back on it. Everyone shall bow before me; everyone shall acknowledge me.
24 De Mí se dirá: ¡Ciertamente en Yavé está la justicia y el poder! A Él vendrán y serán avergonzados todos los que se enfurecen contra Él.
They will say about me, “Salvation and strength can only be found in the Lord.” Everyone who has fought against him will come to him and will be ashamed.
25 Toda la descendencia de Israel será justificada y se ufanará en Yavé.
But in the Lord all the descendants of Israel will be made right, and they will glory in him.
