Isaías 43
1 Y ahora, así dice el SEÑOR Creador tuyo, oh Jacob, y Formador tuyo, oh Israel: No temas, porque yo te redimí; yo te puse nombre, mío eres tú.
But now the LORD who created you, Jacob, and he who formed you, Israel, says: “Don’t be afraid, for I have redeemed you. I have called you by your name. You are mine.
2 Cuando pasares por las aguas, yo seré contigo; y en los ríos, no te anegarán. Cuando pasares por el fuego, no te quemarás, ni la llama arderá en ti.
When you pass through the waters, I will be with you, and through the rivers, they will not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burnt, and flame will not scorch you.
3 Porque yo soy el SEÑOR, Dios tuyo, el Santo de Israel, guardador tuyo. A Egipto he dado por tu rescate, a Etiopía y a Seba por ti.
For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Saviour. I have given Egypt as your ransom, Ethiopia and Seba in your place.
4 Porque en mis ojos fuiste de gran estima, fuiste digno de honra, y yo te amé.
Since you have been precious and honoured in my sight, and I have loved you, therefore I will give people in your place, and nations instead of your life.
5 No temas, porque yo soy contigo; del oriente traeré tu generación, y del occidente te recogeré.
Don’t be afraid, for I am with you. I will bring your offspring from the east, and gather you from the west.
6 Diré al aquilón: Da acá, y al mediodía: No detengas. Trae de lejos mis hijos, y mis hijas de los términos de la tierra,
I will tell the north, ‘Give them up!’ and tell the south, ‘Don’t hold them back! Bring my sons from far away, and my daughters from the ends of the earth—
7 Todos los llamados de mi nombre; y para gloria mía los críe; los formé y los hice:
everyone who is called by my name, and whom I have created for my glory, whom I have formed, yes, whom I have made.’”
8 Sacad al pueblo ciego que tiene ojos, y a los sordos que tienen oídos.
Bring out the blind people who have eyes, and the deaf who have ears.
9 Congréguense a una todos los gentiles, y júntense todos los pueblos. ¿Quién de ellos hay, que nos dé nuevas de esto, y que nos haga oír las cosas primeras? Presenten sus testigos, y serán sentenciados por justos; oigan, y digan: Verdad.
Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the peoples be assembled. Who amongst them can declare this, and show us former things? Let them bring their witnesses, that they may be justified, or let them hear, and say, “That is true.”
10 Vosotros sois mis testigos, dice el SEÑOR, y mi siervo que yo escogí, para que me conozcáis y creáis, y entendáis, que yo mismo soy; antes de mí no fue formado Dios, ni lo será después de mí.
“You are my witnesses,” says the LORD, “With my servant whom I have chosen; that you may know and believe me, and understand that I am he. Before me there was no God formed, neither will there be after me.
11 Yo, yo soy el SEÑOR; y fuera de mí no hay quien salve.
I myself am the LORD. Besides me, there is no saviour.
12 Yo anuncié, y salvé, e hice oír, y no hubo entre vosotros extraño. Vosotros pues sois mis testigos, dice el SEÑOR, que yo soy Dios.
I have declared, I have saved, and I have shown, and there was no strange god amongst you. Therefore you are my witnesses”, says the LORD, “and I am God.
13 Aun antes que hubiera día, yo era; y no hay quien de mi mano escape; si yo hiciere, ¿quién lo estorbará?
Yes, since the day was, I am he. There is no one who can deliver out of my hand. I will work, and who can hinder it?”
14 Así dice el SEÑOR, Redentor vuestro, el Santo de Israel: Por vosotros envié a Babilonia, e hice descender fugitivos a todos ellos; y clamor de caldeos en las naves.
The LORD, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel says: “For your sake, I have sent to Babylon, and I will bring all of them down as fugitives, even the Kasdim, in the ships of their rejoicing.
15 Yo soy el SEÑOR, Santo vuestro, Criador de Israel, vuestro Rey.
I am the LORD, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your King.”
16 Así dice el SEÑOR, el que da camino en el mar, y senda en las aguas impetuosas;
The LORD, who makes a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters,
17 cuando él saca, carro, y caballo, ejército, y fuerza caen juntamente, para no levantarse; quedan apagados, como pábilo quedan apagados.
who brings out the chariot and horse, the army and the mighty man (they lie down together, they shall not rise; they are extinct, they are quenched like a wick) says:
18 No os acordéis de las cosas pasadas, ni traigáis a memoria las cosas antiguas.
“Don’t remember the former things, and don’t consider the things of old.
19 He aquí que yo hago cosa nueva; presto saldrá a luz; ¿no la conoceréis? Otra vez pondré camino en el desierto, y ríos en la soledad.
Behold, I will do a new thing. It springs out now. Don’t you know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.
20 La bestia del campo me honrará, los dragones, y los pollos del avestruz; porque daré aguas en el desierto, ríos en la soledad, para que beba mi pueblo, mi escogido.
The animals of the field, the jackals and the ostriches, shall honour me, because I give water in the wilderness and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen,
21 Este pueblo crié para mí; mis alabanzas contará.
the people which I formed for myself, that they might declare my praise.
22 Y no me invocaste a mí, oh Jacob, antes de mí te cansaste, oh Israel.
Yet you have not called on me, Jacob; but you have been weary of me, Israel.
23 No me trajiste a mí los animales de tus holocaustos, ni a mí me honraste con tus sacrificios; no te hice servir con presente, ni te hice fatigar con perfume.
You have not brought me any of your sheep for burnt offerings, neither have you honoured me with your sacrifices. I have not burdened you with offerings, nor wearied you with frankincense.
24 No compraste para mí caña aromática por dinero, ni me saciaste con la grosura de tus sacrificios; antes me hiciste servir en tus pecados, y en tus maldades me hiciste fatigar.
You have bought me no sweet cane with money, nor have you filled me with the fat of your sacrifices, but you have burdened me with your sins. You have wearied me with your iniquities.
25 Yo, yo soy el que arraigo tus rebeliones por amor de mí; y no me acordaré de tus pecados.
I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake; and I will not remember your sins.
26 Hazme acordar, entremos en juicio juntamente; cuenta tú para abonarte.
Put me in remembrance. Let us plead together. Declare your case, that you may be justified.
27 Tu primer padre pecó, y tus enseñadores prevaricaron contra mí.
Your first father sinned, and your teachers have transgressed against me.
28 Por tanto, yo profané los príncipes del Santuario, y puse por anatema a Jacob, y a Israel por vergüenza.
Therefore I will profane the princes of the sanctuary; and I will make Jacob a curse, and Israel an insult.”
