Isaías 42
1 He aquí mi siervo, me reclinaré sobre él; escogido mío, en quien mi alma toma contentamiento; puse mi Espíritu sobre él, dará juicio a los gentiles.
[Yahweh says, “I want you people to know about] my servant, whom I encourage. I have chosen him, and I am pleased with him. I have given him my Spirit, and he will make certain that all the people-groups do what is right/just.
2 No clamará, ni alzará, ni hará oír su voz en las plazas.
He will not [show his power by] shouting [DOU] or by talking very loudly.
3 No acabará de quebrar la caña cascada, ni apagará el pábilo que humeare; sacará el juicio a verdad.
He will not get rid of [anyone who is weak like] [MET] a smashed reed, and he will not [end the life of anyone who is helpless like] [MET] someone would extinguish a dimly burning wick [of an oil lamp]. He will faithfully/continually make sure that judges decide cases justly.
4 No se cansará, ni desmayará, hasta que ponga en la tierra juicio, y las islas esperarán su ley.
He will not become exhausted or discouraged all during the time that he is causing things to be done justly throughout the earth. Even [people living on the islands in] [MTY] the oceans will confidently wait for [him to teach them] his laws.”
5 Así dice el SEÑOR Dios, el Creador de los cielos, y el que los extiende; el que extiende la tierra y sus verduras; el que da resuello al pueblo que mora sobre ella, y espíritu a los que por ella andan:
Yahweh our God created the sky and spread it out. He also created the earth and everything on it. He gives breath to all the people on the earth; he causes them to live [DOU]. [And he is the one who says to his special servant],
6 Yo, el SEÑOR, te llamé en justicia, y por tu mano te tendré; te guardaré y te pondré por alianza del pueblo, por luz de los gentiles;
“I, Yahweh, have chosen you to show people that I always act righteously/fairly. I will grasp your hand and protect you, and I will present you to [my Israeli] people to be the one who will put into effect my agreement with them. [You will be like] a light to the [other] nations.
7 Para que abras los ojos de los ciegos; para que saques de la cárcel a los presos, y de casas de prisión a los asentados en tinieblas.
You will enable blind [IDM] people to see, you will free those who are in prison (OR, who are bound [by the guilt of their sins]) [MET] and release those who are in dark dungeons.
8 Yo soy el SEÑOR. Este es mi nombre; y a otro no daré mi gloria, ni mi alabanza a esculturas.
I am Yahweh; that is my name. I will not allow anyone else to receive the honor that only I deserve. And I will not allow idols to be praised like only I should be praised.
9 Las cosas primeras he aquí vinieron, y yo anuncio nuevas cosas, antes que salgan a luz, yo os las haré notorias.
Everything that I have prophesied has happened, and now I will tell about other things that will happen. I will tell you things that will happen before they happen.”
10 Cantad al SEÑOR un nuevo cántico, su alabanza desde el fin de la tierra; los que descendéis al mar, y cuanto hay en él, las islas y los moradores de ellas.
Sing a new song to Yahweh! Sing to praise him throughout the world! All you people who sail across the oceans, and all you creatures that live in the oceans, and all you people who live on islands far away, sing!
11 Alcen la voz el desierto y sus ciudades, las aldeas donde habita Cedar; canten los moradores de la Piedra, y desde las cumbres de los montes jubilen.
You people who live in towns in the desert, sing loudly! You people who live in the Kedar [area in the north of Arabia], you rejoice also! You people in Sela [city in Edom], you also should sing joyfully; shout [to praise him] from the tops of your mountains!
12 Den gloria al SEÑOR, y prediquen sus loores en las islas.
Even people who live on distant islands should honor Yahweh and sing to praise him.
13 El SEÑOR saldrá como gigante, y como hombre de guerra despertará celo; gritará, voceará, y se esforzará sobre sus enemigos.
[It will be as though] Yahweh will march out like [SIM] a mighty soldier; he will show that he is very angry. He will shout a battle-cry, and [then] he will defeat all his enemies.
14 Desde el siglo he callado, he tenido silencio, y me he detenido; daré voces, como mujer que está de parto; asolaré y devoraré juntamente.
[He will say], “I have remained silent [DOU] for a long time; I have restrained myself [from doing what I need to do]. But now, like [SIM] a woman who is giving birth to a baby, I will cry out and gasp and pant.
15 Tornaré en soledad montes y collados; haré secar toda su hierba; los ríos tornaré en islas, y secaré los estanques.
I will level off the hills and mountains, and I will cause all the plants and trees to dry up. I will cause the rivers to become small streams, and little islands will appear in them, and I will cause all the pools to become dry.
16 Y guiaré a los ciegos por camino, que nunca supieron, les haré pisar por las sendas que nunca conocieron; delante de ellos tornaré las tinieblas en luz, y los rodeos en llanura. Estas cosas les haré, y nunca los desampararé.
[My people who have been taken to Babylonia are like] [MET] blind people, [but] I will lead them along a road on which they have not walked before, on a road that they have not seen before. They have felt [very helpless, as though] they were walking in the darkness, but I will take away that darkness and I will make smooth the road that is in front of them. Those are the things that I will do for them; I will not abandon them.
17 Serán tornados atrás, y serán avergonzados de vergüenza, los que confían en la escultura; y dicen al vaciadizo: Vosotros sois nuestros dioses.
But those who trust in carved idols, and say to images, ‘You are our gods,’ will be completely humiliated/disgraced.”
18 Oh sordos, oíd; y ciegos, mirad para ver.
You [Israeli people who have acted toward God like] deaf [people], listen [to what Yahweh says]! “You [who have been like] [MET] blind [people], look!
19 ¿Quién es ciego, sino mi siervo? ¿Quién tan sordo, como mi mensajero, a quién envío? ¿Quién es ciego como el perfecto, y ciego como el siervo del SEÑOR,
No people are [RHQ] as blind as my people, who [should have been] serving me. No people are [RHQ] as much like [MET] deaf people as [the Israelis, who should have been] my messengers. No people are [RHQ] as much like [MET] blind people as those whom I chose to serve me.
20 que ve muchas cosas y no advierte, que abre los oídos y no oye?
You see and know what are the right things to do, but you do not do them. You hear [what I say to you], but you do not pay attention.”
21 El SEÑOR celoso por su justicia, magnificará la ley y la engrandecerá.
Because Yahweh is righteous, he has honored his glorious laws.
22 Por tanto éste es pueblo saqueado y hollado; todos ellos han de ser enlazados en cavernas, y escondidos en cárceles. Serán puestos a despojo, y no habrá quien los libre; serán hollados, y no habrá quien diga: Restituid.
But [the armies of Babylon have destroyed Jerusalem] and have completely (plundered/taken away) [DOU] all the valuable things, and they have captured Yahweh’s people and taken them away and put them in prison. They have been captured easily, because there was no one to protect them; there was no one to say that they should be allowed to return home.
23 ¿Quién de vosotros oirá esto? ¿Advertirá y considerará respecto al porvenir?
Who among you will listen carefully to these things? Who will pay attention from now on?
24 ¿Quién dio a Jacob en presa, y entregó a Israel a saqueadores? ¿No fue el SEÑOR? Porque pecamos contra él, y no quisieron andar en sus caminos, ni oyeron su Ley.
Who allowed the valuable possessions of the people of Israel to be stolen [RHQ, DOU]? It was Yahweh, because he is he one against whom we had sinned; we did not conduct our lives like he wanted us to, and we did not obey his laws.
25 Por tanto, derramó sobre él el furor de su ira, y fortaleza de guerra; le puso fuego de todas partes, y se descuidó; y encendió en él, y no echó de ver.
Therefore, he was extremely angry with us, and he caused our soldiers to be destroyed in battles. [It was as though] [MET] he lit a fire around us, but we did not understand [what he was trying to tell us]. [His being angry with us was like] a fire that would burn us up, but we did not pay attention [IDM].
