Isaías 26
1 En aquel día cantarán este cantar en tierra de Judá: Fuerte ciudad tenemos; salud puso Dios 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 Abrid las puertas, y entrará la gente justa, guardadora de verdades.
Open the gates so the nation who follows the right can come in, the nation that stays faithful.
3 Tú le guardarás en completa paz, cuyo pensamiento en ti persevera; porque en ti se ha confiado.
You will keep in complete peace those who keep their minds focused on you, because they trust in you.
4 Confiad en el SEÑOR perpetuamente, porque en JAH, el SEÑOR está la fortaleza de los siglos.
Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord God is the eternal Rock.
5 Porque él derribó a los que moraban en lugar sublime; humilló a la ciudad ensalzada, la humilló 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 La hollará pie, los pies del pobre, los pasos de los menesterosos.
The poor tread it underfoot; the oppressed walk on top of it.
7 El camino del justo es rectitud; 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, oh SEÑOR, 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 dure 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, y no aprenderá justicia; en tierra de rectitud hará iniquidad, y no mirará a la majestad del SEÑOR.
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 SEÑOR, cuando se levante tu mano, no verán; verán al cabo, y se avergonzarán con celo 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 SEÑOR, tú nos depararás 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 SEÑOR Dios nuestro, señores se han enseñoreado 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 son, 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 los gentiles, oh SEÑOR, añadiste a los gentiles; te hiciste 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 SEÑOR, en la tribulación te buscaron, 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 mujer encinta cuando se acerca el parto, gime, y da gritos con sus dolores, así hemos sido delante de ti, oh SEÑOR.
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; salud ninguna hicimos 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. ¡Despertad y cantad, moradores del polvo! Porque tu rocío, es cual cubierta de luz; 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, entra en tus aposentos, cierra tras ti tus puertas; 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 el SEÑOR sale de su lugar, para visitar la maldad del morador de la tierra contra él; y la tierra descubrirá su sangre, y no encubrirá más 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.”
