Isaías 44
1 Ahora pues oye, Jacob, siervo mío, Israel, a quien yo escogí.
“And now, hear, O Jacob, My servant, And Israel, whom I have fixed on—
2 Así dice Jehová, Hacedor tuyo, y el que te formó desde el vientre: Ayudarte ha. No temas, siervo mío Jacob, el Recto a quien yo escogí:
Thus said YHWH, your Maker, and your Former, From the womb He helps you: Do not fear, My servant Jacob, And Yeshurun, whom I have fixed on.
3 Porque yo derramaré aguas sobre el secadal, y ríos sobre la secura: derramaré mi Espíritu sobre tu generación, y mi bendición sobre tus renuevos;
For I pour waters on a thirsty one, And floods on a dry land, I pour My Spirit on your seed, And My blessing on your offspring.
4 Y brotarán como entre yerba, como sauces junto a las riberas de las aguas.
And they have sprung up as among grass, As willows by conduits of water.
5 Este dirá: Yo soy de Jehová: el otro se llamará del nombre de Jacob. El otro escribirá con su mano: A Jehová: otro se pondrá por sobre nombre: De Israel.
This [one] says, For I [am] YHWH’s, And this calls [himself] by the name of Jacob, And this [one] writes [with] his hand, For YHWH, And surnames himself by the name of Israel.”
6 Así dice Jehová, Rey de Israel, y su Redentor, Jehová de los ejércitos: Yo el primero, y yo el postrero, y fuera de mi no hay Dios.
Thus said YHWH, King of Israel, And his Redeemer, YHWH of Hosts: “I [am] the first, and I [am] the last, And besides Me there is no God.
7 ¿Y quién llamará como yo, y denunciará antes esto, y me ordenará lo otro, desde que hice el pueblo del mundo? Anúncienles lo que viene de cerca, y lo que está por venir.
And who [is] as I, call and declare it, And arrange it for Me, Since My placing the people of antiquity, And things that are coming, And those that come, they declare to them.
8 No temáis, ni os amedrentéis: ¿No te hice oír desde entonces, y te dije antes lo que estaba por venir? Luego vosotros sois mis testigos, que no haya Dios si no yo; y que no haya fuerte, que yo no conozca.
Do not fear, nor be afraid, Have I not caused you to hear from that time, and declared? And you [are] My witnesses, Is there a God besides Me? Indeed, there is none, I have not known another Rock.”
9 Los formadores de la escultura, todos ellos son vanidad, y lo más precioso de ellos para nada es útil; y testigos de ellos ellos mismos, que ni ven, ni entienden: por tanto se avergonzarán.
Framers of a carved image, all of them [are] emptiness, And their desirable things do not profit, And they [are] their own witnesses, They do not see, nor know, that they may be ashamed.
10 ¿Quién formó a Dios? ¿y quién fundió escultura que para nada es de provecho?
Who has formed a god, And poured out a molten image—not profitable?
11 He aquí que todos sus compañeros serán avergonzados; porque los mismos artífices son de los hombres. Todos ellos se juntarán, estarán, asombrarse han y avergonzarse han a una.
Behold, all his companions are ashamed, As for artisans—they [are] of men, All of them gather together, they stand up, They fear, they are ashamed together.
12 El herrero tomará la tenaza, obrará en las ascuas, darle ha forma con los martillos, obrará en ella con el brazo de su fortaleza: aunque esté hambriento, y le falten las fuerzas, no beberá agua, aunque se desmaye.
He has worked iron [with] an axe, And has worked with coals, And forms it with hammers, And works it by his powerful arm, Indeed, he is hungry, and there is no power, He does not drink water, and he is wearied.
13 El carpintero tiende la regla, señálala con almagre, lábrala con los cepillos, dále figura con el compás, hácela a forma de varón, a semejanza de hombre hermoso, para estar en casa.
He has worked [with] wood, He has stretched out a rule, He marks it out with a line, He makes it with carving tools, And he marks it out with a compass, And makes it according to the form of a man, According to the beauty of a man, To remain in the house.
14 Cortarse ha cedros, y tomará encina y alcornoque, y esforzarse ha contra los árboles del bosque: plantará pino, que se crie con la lluvia.
Cutting down cedars for himself, He also takes a cypress, and an oak, And he strengthens [it] for himself Among the trees of a forest, He has planted an ash, and the shower nourishes [it].
15 El hombre después se servirá de él para quemar, y tomará de ellos para calentarse: encenderá también el horno, y cocerá panes: hará también un dios, y adorarle ha: fabricará un ídolo, y arrodillarse ha delante de él.
And it has been for man to burn, And he takes of them, and becomes warm, Indeed, he kindles [it], and has baked bread, Indeed, he makes a god, and bows himself, He has made it a carved image, And he falls down to it.
16 Parte de él quemará en el fuego, con otra parte de él comerá carne, asará asado, y hartarse ha: después se calentará, y dirá: O! calentádome he, fuego he visto.
Half of it he has burned in the fire, By [this] half of it he eats flesh, He roasts a roasting and is satisfied, Indeed, he is warm and says: “Aha, I have become warm, I have enjoyed the light.”
17 Las sobras de él torna en dios, en su escultura: humíllase delante de él, le adora, y ruégale, diciendo: Líbrame, que mi dios eres tú.
And he has made its remnant for a god—For his carved image, He falls down to it, and worships, And prays to it, and he says, “Deliver me, for you [are] my god.”
18 No supieron, ni entendieron; porque untó sus ojos, porque no vean, su corazón, porque no entiendan.
They have not known, nor do they understand, For He has coated their eyes from seeing, Their heart from acting wisely.
19 No torna en sí, no tiene sentido, ni entendimiento para decir: Parte de ello quemé en el fuego, y sobre sus brasas cocí pan: asé carne, y comí: ¿lo que de él quedó tengo de tornar en abominación? ¿delante de un tronco de árbol me tengo de humillar?
And none turn [it] back to his heart, Nor has knowledge nor understanding to say, “I have burned half of it in the fire, Indeed, I have also baked bread over its coals, I roast flesh and I eat, And I make its remnant for an abomination, I fall down to the stock of a tree.”
20 La ceniza apacienta: su corazón engañado le inclina para que no libre su alma, y diga: ¿No está la mentira a mi mano derecha?
Feeding on ashes, the heart is deceived, It has turned him aside, And he does not deliver his soul, nor says: “Is there not a lie in my right hand?”
21 Acuérdate de estas cosas, o! Jacob, e Israel, que mi siervo eres: Yo te formé, mi siervo eres: Israel, no me olvides.
“Remember these, O Jacob, and Israel, For you [are] My servant, I formed you, you [are] a servant to Me, O Israel, you do not forget Me.
22 Yo deshice, como nube, tus rebeliones, y tus pecados, como niebla: tórnate a mí, porque yo te redimí.
I have blotted out, as [by] a thick cloud, Your transgressions, And as [by] a cloud, your sins, Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.”
23 Cantád loores, o! cielos, que Jehová hizo: jubilád, o! lugares bajos de la tierra: montes, rompéd en alabanza: bosque, y todo árbol que en él está; porque Jehová redimió a Jacob, y en Israel será glorificado.
Sing, O heavens, for YHWH has worked, Shout, O lower parts of earth, Break forth, O mountains, with singing, Forest, and every tree in it, For YHWH has redeemed Jacob, And He beautifies Himself in Israel.
24 Así dice Jehová, Redentor tuyo, y formador tuyo desde el vientre: Yo Jehová, que lo hago todo, que extiendo solo los cielos, que extiendo la tierra por mi mismo:
Thus said YHWH, your Redeemer, And your Framer from the womb: “I [am] YHWH, doing all things, Stretching out the heavens by Myself, Spreading out the earth—who [is] with Me?
25 Que deshago las señales de los adivinos, que enloquezco los agoreros, que hago tornar atrás los sabios, y que desvanezco su sabiduría:
Making void the tokens of devisers, And makes diviners mad, Turning the wise backward, And makes their knowledge foolish.
26 Que despierta la palabra de su siervo, y que cumple el consejo de sus mensajeros: que dice a Jerusalem: Serás habitada; y a las ciudades de Judá: Serán reedificadas, y sus ruinas levantaré:
Confirming the word of His servant, He perfects the counsel of His messengers, Who is saying of Jerusalem, She is inhabited, And of cities of Judah, They will be built, and her ruins I raise up,
27 Que digo al profundo: Sécate; y tus ríos haré secar:
Who is saying to the deep, Be dry, and your rivers I cause to dry up,
28 Que llamo a Ciro, mi pastor; y todo lo que yo quiero cumplirá; en diciendo a Jerusalem: Serás edificada; y al templo: Serás fundado.
Who is saying of Cyrus, My shepherd, And he perfects all My delight, So as to say of Jerusalem, You are built, And of the temple, You are founded.”
