< Isaías 49 >

1 Escúchenme, costas, y atiendan, pueblos lejanos. Yavé me llamó desde el vientre. Desde los órganos internos de mi madre tuvo en mente mi nombre.
All you people who live on islands [in the ocean] and in other distant areas, pay attention [DOU] to what I will say! Yahweh called/chose me before I was born; he chose/appointed me when I was still in my mother’s womb.
2 Hizo de mi boca una espada afilada. Me cubrió con la sombra de su mano. Hizo de mí una flecha aguda. Me guardó en su caja portátil para flechas
[When I grew up], he caused my messages to be like [SIM] a sharp sword. He has protected me with his hand [SYN]. [He protects me] [MET] like someone protects sharp arrows in a quiver.
3 y me dijo: Israel, tú eres mi esclavo. En ti me glorificaré.
He said to me, “You will serve my Israeli [people], and you will cause people to honor me.”
4 Pero yo dije: En vano me fatigué. En vano y sin provecho gasté mis fuerzas. Pero mi causa está delante de Yavé y mi recompensa está con mi ʼElohim.
I replied, “My work has been useless; I have used my strength, but I have accomplished nothing worthwhile; everything that I have done has been (in vain/useless). However, Yahweh can honor me as he pleases; my God is the one who will reward me [as I deserve].”
5 Ahora pues, Yavé, Quien me formó desde el vientre como esclavo suyo para que le devuelva a Jacob a fin de que se reúna a Él, porque soy estimado ante los ojos de Yavé, y mi ʼElohim, Quien es mi fuerza,
Yahweh formed me when I was in [my mother’s] womb in order that I would serve him; he appointed me to bring [the people of] Israel back to himself [DOU]. Yahweh has honored me, and he is the one who has caused me to be strong.
6 dice: Poca cosa es que tú seas mi esclavo para levantar a las tribus de Jacob y restaurar el remanente de Israel. También te designo como luz de los gentiles para que mi salvación llegue hasta el confín de la tierra.
He says to me, “It is not enough for you to serve me by bringing the descendants of Jacob back to worship me again [DOU]; I also want you to be like [MET] a light for the non-Jews; I want you to take my [my message] about how to be saved to [people] all over the world.”
7 Yavé, el Redentor y el Santo de Israel al despreciado por los hombres, al repugnado por los gentiles, al esclavo de los tiranos, dice: Lo verán reyes y se levantarán gobernantes, y adorarán a Yavé, porque fiel es el Santo de Israel, Quien te escogió.
Yahweh, the one who saves us, the Holy God of us Israeli [people], says to the one who was despised and rejected by the [people of many] nations, the one who is the slave of rulers, “[Some day] kings will stand up to respect you when they see you, and princes will bow down before you because [you serve] me, Yahweh, the one who faithfully [does what I promise]. I am the Holy God to whom you Israelis belong, the one who has chosen you.”
8 Yavé dice: Te respondí en tiempo favorable. Te ayudé en el día de salvación. Te guardaré y te daré como Pacto al pueblo para que restaures la tierra con el propósito de que posean las heredades desoladas,
This is also what Yahweh says: “At a time when it pleases me, I will answer your prayers. On the day when you will be rescued [from your oppressors], I will help you. I will protect you and enable you to establish an agreement with other nations. And by what you do, I will re-establish your nation of Israel and allow you to live/settle again in your land that was abandoned.
9 para que digas a los cautivos: ¡Salgan! Y a los que están en la oscuridad: ¡Muéstrense! En los caminos serán apacentados, y en todas las cumbres tendrán pastos.
I will say to those who were captured [and (exiled/taken to Babylonia)], ‘Leave [Babylonia] and return to your own country!’ And I will say to those who are in dark prisons, ‘Come out into the light!’ When that happens, they will again be like [MET] sheep that eat grass in green pastures, on hills where [previously] there was no grass.
10 No tendrán hambre ni sed, ni los golpeará el calor ni el sol, porque el que se compadece de ellos los conduce y los guía a manantiales de aguas.
They will not be hungry or thirsty [any more]; the hot sun will not beat upon them again [DOU]. I, Yahweh, will act mercifully toward them and lead them; I will lead them to where there are springs of cool water.
11 Convertiré todas mis montañas en camino, y mis calzadas serán niveladas.
And I will cause the mountains to become [as though they were] level roads, and I will prepare good highways [for my people to travel on, to return to Jerusalem].
12 ¡Miren! Éstos vendrán de lejos. ¡Miren! Éstos [vendrán] del norte, del occidente y de la tierra de Sinim.
My people will return from far away; some will come from the north, some from the west, some from southern Egypt.”
13 ¡Canten de júbilo, oh cielos! ¡Alégrate, oh tierra! ¡Prorrumpan en alabanzas, oh montañas! Porque Yavé consoló a su pueblo, y se compadeció de sus afligidos.
[Because of what Yahweh has promised to do], everything should shout joyfully— the sky and the earth and the mountains should sing, because Yahweh comforts his people, and he will pity those who are suffering.
14 Sion decía: Yavé me abandonó. ʼAdonay se olvidó de mí.
[The people of] Jerusalem say, “Yahweh has abandoned us; he has forgotten about us.”
15 ¿Se olvidará una madre de lo que dio a luz? ¿Dejará de compadecerse del hijo de su vientre? Aunque éstas se olviden, Yo no te olvidaré.
But [Yahweh replies], “That is not true! (Can a woman forget the infant that she is nursing?/A woman certainly cannot forget the infant that she is nursing!) [RHQ] (Can she stop being kind to the child to whom she has given birth?/She certainly cannot stop being kind to the child to whom she has given birth!) [RHQ] But even if a woman would do that, I will not forget you!
16 Te tengo grabada en las palmas de mis manos. Tus muros están siempre delante de Mí.
Note that I have written your [names] on the palms of my hands; in my mind I can always see the walls of your city.
17 Tus edificadores vendrán aprisa, y tus destructores y tus asoladores se alejarán de ti.
Soon your children will be returning there (OR, Those who rebuild your city will work more quickly than those who destroyed it), and all those who destroyed your city will leave.
18 Levanta tus ojos alrededor y mira: Todos ellos se reunieron y vinieron a ti. ¡Vivo Yo, dice Yavé, que ciertamente te los pondrás a todos ellos como joyas y te adornarás con ellos como una novia!
You will look around and see all of your children coming back to you. As surely as I live, they will be around you [for you to show to people] like [SIM] a bride shows her wedding ornaments!
19 Porque tu tierra devastada, arruinada y desolada, ahora será estrecha para tus habitantes. Tus destructores estarán lejos.
Your land has been ruined and caused to become desolate/abandoned [DOU], but [some day] it will be filled with people, and those who conquered you will be far away.
20 Los hijos que perdiste te dirán: Para mí es estrecho este lugar. Déjame espacio para que yo viva.
The children who were born while you were (exiled/in Babylonia) [MET] will return [to Jerusalem] and say, ‘This city is too small for us; We need more space to live in!’
21 Entonces te preguntarás: ¿Quién me dio a luz a éstos? Yo estaba sin hijos y era estéril. ¿Quién me los crió? Yo me quedé sola. ¿Dónde estaban éstos?
Then you will think to yourselves [MTY], ‘It is amazing that we have [RHQ] all these children! Most of our children were dead, and the rest were exiled. We were left here alone; so we do not know [RHQ] where all these children have come from! Who raised them?'”
22 Yavé dice: Ciertamente hago seña a las naciones con mi mano. Alzo mi estandarte a los pueblos para que traigan a tus hijos en brazos y tus hijas sean llevadas al hombro.
This is what Yahweh our God says: “Watch! [It is as though] I will lift up my hand to signal to those who are not Israelis. And they will carry your little sons and daughters on their shoulders and bring them back to you.
23 Reyes serán tus tutores, princesas, tus madres de crianza. Te darán homenaje rostro en tierra y lamerán el polvo de tus pies. Sabrás que Yo soy Yavé, y que los que esperan en Mí no serán avergonzados.
Kings will serve you and will tutor/teach your children, and their queens will take care of your young children. They will prostrate themselves in front of you and [humble themselves by] licking the dust off your feet. When that happens, you will know that I, Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do]; and those who trust in me will never be disappointed.”
24 ¿El botín le será arrebatado al valiente? ¿Serán rescatados los cautivos del tirano?
There is no one [RHQ] who can snatch valuable things from a soldier who has captured those things [in a war]; there is no one [RHQ] who can force a (tyrant/cruel man) to free the people whom he has captured.
25 Yavé dice: Ciertamente el cautivo será quitado del valiente y el botín será arrebatado del tirano. Yo defenderé tu causa y salvaré a tus hijos.
But Yahweh says this: “[Some day], those who have been captured will be freed, and the valuable things that (tyrants/cruel men) have snatched from others will be returned, because I will fight against those who fight against you, and I will rescue your children.
26 Daré orden a tus opresores para que coman su propia carne, y se embriaguen con su propia sangre como con vino. Todo humano sabrá que Yo soy Yavé tu Salvador y que tu Redentor es el Fuerte de Jacob.
And I will cause your enemies to destroy themselves [MET] instead of murdering others. When that happens, everyone [in the world] will know that I, Yahweh, am the one who saves you, the one who rescues you from your enemies; everyone will know that I am the mighty God to whom [you descendants of] [MTY] Jacob belong.”

< Isaías 49 >