Isaías 66

1 Yavé dice: El cielo es mi trono, y la tierra el estrado de mis pies. ¿Dónde está la casa que me edificarán, y dónde el lugar de mi reposo?

Yahweh [also] said this: “[All of] heaven is [like] my throne, and the whole earth is [like] my footstool. So you could certainly not [RHQ] build a house [that would be adequate] for me to live in and rest!

2 Mi mano hizo todas estas cosas. Por tanto existen todas ellas, dice Yavé. Pero Yo miraré al humilde y de espíritu contrito, y que tiembla ante mi Palabra.

I [MTY] have created everything; all things exist because I made them. [That is true because I], Yahweh, have said it. The people I am [most] pleased with are those who are humble, who [patiently endure it when they] (suffer/are afflicted), and who tremble when they hear me [rebuking them].

3 El que mata un buey es como el que mata a un hombre. El que sacrifica un cordero es como el que desnuca un perro. El que da ofrenda vegetal es como el que ofrece sangre de cerdo. El que invoca y ofrece incienso es como el que bendice a un ídolo. Todos ellos escogieron sus procedimientos, y sus almas se deleitan en sus repugnancias.

You have enjoyed [continually] doing the things that you want to do: [Some of] you slaughter oxen [to sacrifice them to me], but you also bring human sacrifices [to your idols]! You sacrifice lambs [to me], but you kill dogs [to offer them to your gods]. You offer grain to me, but you also bring pigs’ blood [to your idols]. You burn incense [to me], but you also praise your idols. You enjoy doing those disgusting things.

4 Yo también escogeré escarnios para ellos y traeré sobre ellos lo que temen. Porque llamé, y nadie respondió. Hablé, y no escucharon. Hicieron lo malo ante mis ojos y escogieron lo que no me deleita.

When I called [out to you], you did not answer. When I spoke, you did not pay attention. You did [many] things that I say are evil; you chose [to do] things that I did not like. So [now] I will punish you by causing you to experience the things that you are [very] afraid of.”

5 Escuchen la Palabra de Yavé ustedes los que tiemblan ante su Palabra: Dicen sus hermanos que los aborrecen y los echan fuera por causa de mi Nombre: ¡Que Yavé sea glorificado! Pero Él se mostrará para gozo de ustedes, y ellos serán avergonzados.

But you people who tremble when you hear what Yahweh says, listen to what he says [now]: “Some of your people hate you and reject you because you belong to me. They make fun of you, and they say, ‘Yahweh should show his glorious power! We want to see him [do something to cause] you to be truly happy.’ But [some day] those people will be [very] disgraced.”

6 Un murmullo sale de la ciudad. Sale del Templo. Es el sonido de Yavé, Quien da el pago a sus enemigos.

[At that time], you will listen to the noise in the city. You will hear the shouting in the temple. It will be the sound of Yahweh shouting while he is punishing his enemies!

7 Antes que estuviera de parto, dio a luz. Antes que le vinieran los dolores, dio a luz un varón.

No one [RHQ] ever heard that a woman gave birth to a baby when she was just starting to have birth pains.

8 ¿Quién oyó cosa semejante? ¿Quién vio esas cosas? ¿Concebirá la tierra en un instante? ¿Nacerá una nación de una vez? Pues cuando Sion estuvo de parto dio a luz sus hijos.

Certainly no one [RHQ] ever heard about such a thing happening, and no one has ever seen it happen. [Similarly], no one ever [RHQ] heard that a nation was created in one instant, not even in one day. But Jerusalem is like [MET] [a woman who] gives birth to children as soon as she starts to have birth pains.

9 Yo, Quien abre la matriz, ¿no incitaré a que dé a luz? dice Yavé. Yo, que permito engendrar, ¿impediré el nacimiento? dice tu ʼElohim.

Women certainly do not [RHQ] bring infants to the time when they are ready to be born and then do not allow them to be born. [Similarly, he will do for Jerusalem] [MET] [what he has promised to do]: [He will cause Jerusalem to be full of people again]. [That will happen because] Yahweh has said it.

10 ¡Alégrense con Jerusalén! ¡Gócense con ella todos los que la aman! Regocíjense todos los que están de duelo por ella,

You people in [APO] Jerusalem, rejoice! And all you people who love Jerusalem should also be happy. You people who were sad because of [what happened to Jerusalem], you should now be glad.

11 para que mamen, se sacien de los pechos de sus consolaciones y succionen gozosos la abundancia de su seno.

[You people in Jerusalem] will [have everything that you need] like [MET] a baby that gets all it needs from its mother’s breasts. You will enjoy all the abundant and glorious things [MET] in the city.

12 Porque Yavé dice: Yo extiendo sobre ella paz como un río y el esplendor de las naciones como un torrente que se desborda. Mamarán, serán llevadas en brazos, y sobre las rodillas las acariciarán.

Yahweh has promised, “I will cause Jerusalem to be full of valuable things that come from other nations; those things will pour into Jerusalem; it will be like [SIM] a big flood. I will take care of the people of Jerusalem like women care for the babies that they nurse.

13 Como a uno a quien su madre consuela, así Yo los consolaré. En Jerusalén serán consolados.

I will comfort you people in Jerusalem like [MET] mothers comfort their children.”

14 Al verlo, su corazón se regocijará y sus huesos rejuvenecerán como la hierba tierna. La mano de Yavé se manifestará a sus esclavos, y su ira sobre sus enemigos.

When you see [those things happen], you [SYN] will rejoice. Your [old] bones will become strong [again] like [SIM] grass [that grows quickly/well in the springtime]. [When that happens, everyone] will know that Yahweh has power [MTY] to help those who worship and obey him, but that he is angry with his enemies.

15 Porque ciertamente Yavé viene en fuego y como remolino de viento con sus carrozas, para descargar su ira con furor y su reprensión con llama de fuego.

Yahweh will come down with flames of fire, and his chariots [will come down] like [SIM] a whirlwind; he will be extremely angry, and he will punish [his enemies] by burning them in a fire.

16 Porque Yavé juzgará con fuego y espada a todo hombre. Los muertos de Yavé serán multiplicados.

[It is as though] [MET] Yahweh has a [big] sword, and he will judge and execute many people.

17 Los que se consagran y se purifican para entrar a los huertos, tras uno que está en el centro, los que comen carne de cerdo y de reptiles repugnantes como el ratón, serán juntamente aniquilados, dice Yavé.

Yahweh says, “Some of you people purify/bathe yourselves and [then] go to a garden to worship your gods. You eat the meat of pigs and lizards and mice, [and other things that I have forbidden you to eat]. So I will get rid of you [for doing that].

18 Porque Yo conozco sus obras y sus pensamientos. Llegará el tiempo de congregar a todas las naciones y lenguas. Vendrán y contemplarán mi gloria.

I know [all] the [evil] things that you think and do. [It is now time] for me to gather together the people who live in all nations and who speak all languages, and to show them that I am very great.

19 Haré una señal entre ellas, y enviaré a los que huyeron de ellas a Tarsis, a Etiopía, a Libia, a Mesec, a Rosh, a Tubal y a Javán, a las costas lejanas que no oyeron mi fama ni vieron mi gloria, para que proclamen mi gloria entre las naciones.

I will put a mark on them, and those whom I have spared will go to various [distant] countries: to Tarshish, Put, Lud, Meshech, Tubal, Javan, and to distant islands. I will send them to proclaim to nations that have never heard about me that I am very great and glorious.

20 Como los hijos de Israel traen su ofrenda en utensilios puros a la Casa de Yavé, así traerán de todas las naciones a todos sus hermanos en caballos, en carrozas, en literas, en mulas y dromedarios hasta mi Santa Montaña en Jerusalén, como ofrenda a Yavé, dice Yavé.

Then they will bring back here your relatives [who have been (exiled/forced to go to other countries)], to be like [SIM] an offering to me. They will come on horses, in chariots, on mules, and on camels. They will come to [Zion, ] my sacred hill in Jerusalem. That will be like [SIM] the offerings that [my] Israeli people used to bring in the correct manner to the temple.

21 Entre ellos escogeré sacerdotes y levitas, dice Yavé.

[I solemnly promise that] I will appoint some of them to be priests, and others to do other work in my temple. [That will surely happen because I], Yahweh, have said it.

22 Porque permanecerán delante de Mí como los nuevos cielos y la nueva tierra que haré, dice Yavé. Así permanecerán su linaje y su nombre.

I [also] promise that just like the new heaven and the new earth will last forever, you will always have descendants, and you [MTY] will always be honored.

23 Sucederá de nueva luna en nueva luna, y de sábado en sábado, que toda criatura vendrá para postrarse delante de Mí, dice Yavé.

At every festival to celebrate the Sabbath [each week] and the new moon [each month], everyone will [come and] worship me. [That will surely happen because] I, Yahweh, have said it.

24 Saldrán y mirarán los cadáveres de los hombres que se rebelaron contra Mí: Su gusano no morirá, ni su fuego se extinguirá. Serán una repugnancia para toda la humanidad.

Then they will go out [of Jerusalem] and look at the corpses of those who rebelled against me. The maggots in those corpses will never die, the fire will never stop burning them, and everyone [who sees their corpses] will detest them.”