Isaías 26
1 En aquel día cantarán este cantar en tierra de Judá: Fuerte ciudad tenemos: salud puso por muros y antemuro.
At that time, this will be the song that is sung in the land of Judah: “Ours is a strong city! Its walls and defenses are our salvation!
2 Abríd las puertas, y entrará la nación justa, guardadora de verdades.
Open the gates so the nation who follows the right can come in, the nation that stays faithful.
3 Sentencia firme: Que guardarás paz, paz; porque en ti se han confiado,
You will keep in complete peace those who keep their minds focused on you, because they trust in you.
4 Confiád en Jehová perpetuamente; porque en Jah Jehová está la fortaleza de los siglos.
Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord God is the eternal Rock.
5 Porque él derribó los que moraban en lugar sublime: humilló la ciudad ensalzada, humillóla hasta la tierra, la derribó hasta el polvo.
He brings down those who live so high and mighty; he demolishes the proud city with its high walls, bringing it down to the ground, into the dust.
6 Hollarla ha pie, pies de afligido, pasos de menesterosos.
The poor tread it underfoot; the oppressed walk on top of it.
7 Camino derecho para el justo: Tú, recto, pesas el camino del justo.
You God, do what is right, and you straighten out the way for those who live right; you smooth out their path.
8 Aun en el camino de tus juicios, o! Jehová, te esperamos: a tu nombre, y a tu memoria es el deseo del alma.
Yes, we follow your instructions, Lord, we put our hope in you. What we most want is to remember you and your wonderful character.
9 Con mi alma te deseo en la noche; y entre tanto que me durare el espíritu en medio de mí, madrugaré a buscarte; porque desde que hay juicios tuyos en la tierra, los moradores del mundo aprenden justicia.
I look for you in the night; deep inside me I long for you. When your laws are shown to the earth, then the people of the world learn what is right.
10 Alcanzará piedad el impío, no aprendará justicia: en tierra de rectitud hará iniquidad, y no mirará a la majestad de Jehová.
Though grace is shown to the wicked, they don't learn to do right. Even in a country where people do what's right, they continue to do evil and they don't think about how great the Lord is.
11 Jehová, por mucho que se levante tu mano, no verán: verán, y avergonzarse han con zelo del pueblo; y a tus enemigos fuego los consumirá.
Lord, you are holding your hand up, but they don't see it. Let them see your passionate commitment for your people, and be embarrassed; may the fire reserved for your enemies destroy them!
12 Jehová, aparejarnos has paz; porque también obraste en nosotros todas nuestras obras,
Lord, you give us peace and prosperity; everything we've achieved you have done for us.
13 Jehová Dios nuestro, señores se enseñorearon de nosotros sin ti; mas en ti solamente nos acordaremos de tu nombre.
Lord our God, there have been other lords besides you who have ruled us, but you are the only one we worship.
14 Muertos, no vivirán: privados de la vida no resucitarán; porque los visitaste, y destruiste, y deshiciste toda su memoria.
They are dead, they will not live again; they will not rise from the grave. Lord, you punished them and destroyed them—even wiping out every memory about them.
15 Añadiste a la nación, o! Jehová, añadiste a la nación: hicístete glorioso: extendiste hasta todos los términos de la tierra.
You have made the nation grow, Lord, you have made the nation grow. You have expanded our borders of the land, and we honored you.
16 Jehová, en la tribulación te visitaron: derramaron oración cuando los castigaste.
Lord, when we were suffering we came to you, pouring out our prayers like whispers as you disciplined us.
17 Como la preñada cuando se acerca al parto gime, y da gritos con sus dolores, así hemos sido delante de ti, o! Jehová.
Just as a pregnant woman giving birth tosses about and cries out in pain, that's what we were like in your presence, Lord.
18 Concebimos, tuvimos dolores de parto, parimos como viento: saludes no se hicieron en la tierra, ni cayeron los moradores del mundo.
However, even though we became pregnant and we tossed about in pain, we gave birth to nothing but air. We did not bring about the salvation of the earth, and the people of the world have not become alive.
19 Tus muertos vivirán, y junto con mi cuerpo resucitarán. Despertád, y cantád moradores del polvo, porque tu rocío, como rocío de hortalizas; y la tierra echará los muertos.
But those who died in you, Lord, will live! Their bodies will rise again! Wake up, and sing for joy, you people sleeping in the dust, for the dew you receive is like the dew of the morning giving life to those in the grave.
20 Anda pues, pueblo mío, éntrate en tus cámaras, cierra tus puertas tras ti: escóndete un poquito, por un momento, entre tanto que pasa la ira.
My people, go inside your homes and close your doors behind you. Hide there for a little while until the fury has passed.
21 Porque he aquí que Jehová sale de su lugar, para visitar la maldad del morador de la tierra contra él; y la tierra descubrirá sus sangres, y más no encubrirá sus muertos.
Watch out! The Lord is coming from where he lives to punish the people of the earth for their sins. The earth will reveal the blood that has been shed on it; the earth won't hide those who have been killed any no longer.”
