Isaías 59
1 En verdad la mano de Yavé no se acortó para salvar, ni su oído se endureció para no escuchar.
Listen to this! Yahweh’s power [MTY] is not ended/gone, with the result that he cannot save [you]. He has not become deaf [MTY], with the result that he cannot hear [you when you call to him for help].
2 Pero las iniquidades de ustedes los separaron de su ʼElohim y sus pecados ocultaron su rostro de ustedes para no escuchar.
But, you have separated yourselves from your God by the sins that you have committed. Because of your sins, he has turned away from you, with the result that he does not pay attention to what you request him to do.
3 Porque sus manos están contaminadas de sangre, y sus dedos, con iniquidad. Sus labios dicen mentira, su lengua murmura perversidad.
You do violent things [MTY] [to others], with the result that your hands are stained with their blood. You [constantly] tell [MTY] lies, and you say [MTY] evil things [about others].
4 No hay quien clame por justicia. No hay quien discuta con fidelidad. Se apoyan en palabras vanas y dicen falsedad. Conciben perversidad y dan a luz iniquidad.
When you accuse someone in court, what you say is not fair and it is not true. You accuse people falsely. You are [constantly] planning to cause trouble for others, and then you do those evil things that you planned.
5 Incuban huevos de víboras y tejen tela de araña. El que come de sus huevos muere y del que es aplastado sale una víbora.
What you plan to do to harm people [MET] is as dangerous as the eggs of a (cobra/poisonous snake), because cobras will hatch from those eggs. You trap people like [MET] spiders trap/catch insects in their webs.
6 Sus telarañas no sirven para ropa. Son tejidos que no cubren. Sus obras son de iniquidad y un hecho de violencia está en sus manos.
We people cannot hide/cover our skin with clothes made of spider webs [MET], and similarly you cannot hide the evil things that you have done. You are [constantly] acting [MTY] violently.
7 Sus pies corren hacia el mal. Se apresuran a derramar sangre inocente. Sus pensamientos son de iniquidad. Desolación y destrucción hay en sus caminos.
You [SYN] are very quick to go and do evil things, and you hurry to murder people [MTY] who are innocent. You are [continually] thinking about sinning. Wherever you go, you destroy things and cause people to suffer.
8 No conocen camino de paz, ni hay justicia en sus senderos. Sus caminos son torcidos. Cualquiera que ande por ellos no tendrá paz.
You do not know how to act peacefully or to treat others fairly. You always are (dishonest/deceiving others) [MET], and those who imitate your behavior never have any inner peace.
9 Por eso se aleja de nosotros la justicia y la rectitud no nos alcanza. Esperamos luz, pero hay tenebrosidad. [Esperamos] claridad, [pero] andamos en oscuridad.
Because of that, God does not rescue us [from our enemies]; [it seems that] he is not acting fairly/righteously toward us. We expect [God to give us] light, but all [he gives us] is darkness [DOU].
10 Como ciegos palpamos la pared. Andamos a tientas como si no tuviéramos ojos. Tropezamos tanto al mediodía como cuando llega la noche. Estamos como muertos entre los vigorosos.
We are like [SIM] blind people who have to feel along a wall to be able to walk anywhere. We stumble [and trip] at noontime like [SIM] we would when it is dark. We are like [SIM] dead people who are among healthy people.
11 Todos nosotros gruñimos como osos, y gemimos con lástima como palomas. Esperamos justicia y no la hay, salvación, y está lejos de nosotros.
We growl like [SIM] [hungry] bears; we continually moan like [SIM] doves. We seek [people who do] what is just/fair, but we cannot find any [anywhere]. [We want God] to rescue us, but [it seems that] he is far away.
12 Porque nuestras transgresiones se multiplicaron delante de Ti. Nuestros pecados testifican contra nosotros, porque nuestras transgresiones permanecen con nosotros. Reconocemos nuestras iniquidades.
[But these things are happening] because [it is as though] our sins are piled high in the presence of God, and that they testify [PRS] against us. We cannot deny it; we know that we have done many wrong things.
13 Transgredimos y negamos a Yavé. Volvimos atrás y dejamos de seguir a nuestro ʼElohim. Hablamos de opresión y rebelión. Concebimos y expresamos de corazón palabras de mentira.
[We know that] we have rebelled against Yahweh; we have turned away from him. We (oppress people/treat people cruelly) by what we testify [against them]; we do not allow them to get what they have a right to get. We [SYN] think about the lies that we can tell, and then we tell them.
14 La justicia es rechazada y la equidad está lejos. Porque la verdad tropezó en la calle y la rectitud no puede entrar.
[In our courts, the judges] do not decide cases/matters fairly; no one is acting righteously. In plazas where people gather together, no one tells the truth [PRS]; [it seems that people] are not allowed to say what is true.
15 La verdad está ausente. El que se aparta del mal se convierte en un despojo. Ahora Yavé vio esto. Es desagradable a Él que no haya justicia.
No one tells the truth, and people try to ruin [the reputations of] those who quit doing evil. Yahweh looked around, and he saw that no one was doing what is just/fair, and he was [very] displeased.
16 Vio que no había alguno y se asombró de que no haya quien se interponga. Lo salvó su brazo y lo afirmó su misma justicia.
He was disgusted when he saw that no one tried to help [those who were being treated cruelly]. So he used his own power [MTY] to rescue them; it is because he is always righteous that he did that [PRS].
17 Se cubrió con la coraza de justicia y con casco de salvación sobre su cabeza. Se envolvió en ropas de venganza y se cubrió de celo como con un manto.
[It is as though he is a soldier who] [MET] puts on his armor and a helmet; his continually doing what is right is like [MET] his armor, and his ability to rescue people is [like] his helmet. His being extremely angry and his being ready to get revenge [on those who do evil] are like [MET] his robes.
18 Él retribuirá ira para sus enemigos según sus obras, recompensa para sus adversarios. Retribuirá por completo a las tierras de las costas.
He will repay his enemies for the evil things that they have done. He will severely punish [MTY] even those who live far [from Jerusalem].
19 Desde el occidente temerán al Nombre de Yavé, y su gloria desde donde nace el sol, porque vendrá como río encajonado impulsado por el soplo de Yavé.
When that happens, people everywhere, from the east to the west, will respect and honor Yahweh [MTY], because he will come like [SIM] a rushing river that is pushed along by the strong wind that Yahweh sent.
20 Vendrá el Redentor a Sion, a los que regresaron de la iniquidad de Jacob, dice Yavé.
And Yahweh says that he will come to Jerusalem to free [his people]; he will come to rescue those in Judah who have quit (doing sinful things/their sinful behavior).
21 Este será mi Pacto con ellos, dice Yavé: Mi Espíritu que derramé sobre ti. Mis Palabras que puse en tu boca no se apartarán jamás de tu boca, ni de la boca de tus descendientes, ni de la boca de los descendientes de ellos desde ahora y para siempre, dice Yavé.
This is what Yahweh says to his people: “This is the agreement that I will make with you: My Spirit will not leave you, and you will always have my message. You will [be able to] declare it [MTY], and your children and grandchildren will [be able to] declare it forever.”
