Isaías 46
1 ¡Se postró Bel, se doblegó Nebo! Sus ídolos son cargados sobre bestias. Las estatuas que ustedes solían llevar son pesadas. Son carga para las bestias cansadas.
[It is as though] Bel and Nebo, the statues of the gods [of Babylonia], are bowing down as those statues are put on animals and carried away! The statues are heavy burdens and will cause the animals to become tired [SAR]!
2 Se doblegan y se postran juntamente. No pueden rescatar la carga, y ellos mismos van en cautiverio.
[It seems like] both gods are bowing down; not only can they not save themselves, but they themselves are being (exiled/taken to another country)!
3 Escúchame, oh casa de Jacob, todo el remanente de la Casa de Israel, que desde el nacimiento son cargados por Mí, llevados desde la matriz.
[Yahweh says], “You descendants of Jacob who were exiled, [I am not like the gods of Babylonia that must be carried]; [instead, it is as though] I have carried you since you first became a nation [MET]. I carried you [even] before you became a nation.
4 Hasta su vejez y hasta las canas Yo seré el mismo. Yo los sostendré. Yo lo hice así y los llevaré. Yo los sostendré y los libraré.
I will be your God, and I will carry you for many years, until [it is as though] [MET] your nation is an old man with gray hair. I caused [you to become a nation], and I will sustain you and rescue you.
5 ¿A quién me asemejarán, me igualarán o me compararán, para que seamos semejantes?
There is certainly [RHQ] no one to whom I can be compared. There is [RHQ] no one who is equal to me [DOU].
6 Sacan oro de la bolsa, pesan plata en la balanza. Contratan a un orfebre para que haga con eso un ʼelohim. Se postran, lo adoran,
[So it is stupid/ridiculous that] some people pour out gold and silver from their bags and weigh it on a scale. [Then] they hire a man who makes things from gold to make an idol from it. [After he makes an idol], they bow down and worship it!
7 lo cargan sobre sus hombros y lo transportan. Lo pusieron en su lugar. Allí permanece. No se mueve de su sitio. Aunque alguno lo invoque, no responde ni lo libra de la tribulación.
They lift it up and carry it on their shoulders. They put it in a [special] place, and it stays there. It cannot move! And when someone prays to it, it does not answer. So [obviously] it cannot rescue anyone from his troubles!
8 Acuérdense de esto y avergüéncense. Vuelvan en ustedes, transgresores.
[You people of Judah], do not forget this; keep thinking about it, you sinful people!
9 Acuérdense de las cosas pasadas desde la antigüedad: Yo soy ʼEL y no hay otro. No hay otro ʼelohim semejante a Mí.
Think about the things [that I did] long ago. Only I am God; I am God, and there is no one like me.
10 Yo anuncio lo que viene desde el principio, desde la antigüedad, lo que aún no estaba hecho. Digo: Mi designio se realizará y haré todo lo que quiero.
Only I can tell what will happen in the future before it occurs; I tell it long before it happens. I will accomplish everything that I plan to accomplish, and I will do everything that I want to do.
11 Llamo del oriente al ave de rapiña y de tierra lejana al varón que cumplirá mi propósito. Yo hablé y lo haré llegar. También haré lo que me propuse.
So I will summon [someone to come] from the east [like a swift and powerful] eagle; he will come from a distant country. He will accomplish what I want him to. [He is the one who] will do what I have said that I want him to do, what I have planned.
12 Escúchenme, duros de corazón que están lejos de la justicia:
You stubborn people [of Israel], [you think that] it will be a long time before you are allowed to return to your own country.
13 Impondré que mi justicia se acerque. No se alejará. Mi salvación no se detendrá. Pondré salvación en Sion, y en Israel mi gloria.
But I will rescue you, and it will not be a long time [before that happens]. I will do it soon. I will rescue Jerusalem and show to you Israeli [people] that I am glorious.”
