Isaías 46
1 Se postró Bel, se abatió Nebo. Sus imágenes fueron puestas sobre bestias, y sobre animales de carga, que os llevarán, cargadas de vosotros, carga de cansancio.
[It is as though] Bel and Nebo, the statues of the gods [of Babylonia], are bowing down as those statues are put on animals and carried away! The statues are heavy burdens and will cause the animals to become tired [SAR]!
2 Fueron encorvados, fueron abatidos juntamente; y no pudieron escaparse de la carga; y su alma tuvo que ir en cautividad.
[It seems like] both gods are bowing down; not only can they not save themselves, but they themselves are being (exiled/taken to another country)!
3 Oídme, oh casa de Jacob, y todo el resto de la casa de Israel: los que sois traídos de vientre, los que sois llevados de matriz.
[Yahweh says], “You descendants of Jacob who were exiled, [I am not like the gods of Babylonia that must be carried]; [instead, it is as though] I have carried you since you first became a nation [MET]. I carried you [even] before you became a nation.
4 Y hasta la vejez yo mismo; y hasta las canas, yo os soportaré. Yo hice, yo llevaré, yo soportaré, y guardaré.
I will be your God, and I will carry you for many years, until [it is as though] [MET] your nation is an old man with gray hair. I caused [you to become a nation], and I will sustain you and rescue you.
5 ¿A quién me asemejáis, y me igualáis, y me comparáis, para ser semejante?
There is certainly [RHQ] no one to whom I can be compared. There is [RHQ] no one who is equal to me [DOU].
6 Sacan oro de su talegón, y pesan plata con balanzas; alquilan un platero para hacer un dios de él; se humillan y adoran.
[So it is stupid/ridiculous that] some people pour out gold and silver from their bags and weigh it on a scale. [Then] they hire a man who makes things from gold to make an idol from it. [After he makes an idol], they bow down and worship it!
7 Se lo echan sobre los hombros, lo llevan, y lo sientan en su lugar. Allí se está, y no se mueve de su lugar; le dan voces, y tampoco responde, ni libra de la tribulación.
They lift it up and carry it on their shoulders. They put it in a [special] place, and it stays there. It cannot move! And when someone prays to it, it does not answer. So [obviously] it cannot rescue anyone from his troubles!
8 Acordaos de esto, y tened vergüenza; tornad en vosotros, prevaricadores.
[You people of Judah], do not forget this; keep thinking about it, you sinful people!
9 Acordaos de las cosas pasadas desde el siglo, porque yo soy Dios, y no hay más Dios; y nada hay a mí semejante.
Think about the things [that I did] long ago. Only I am God; I am God, and there is no one like me.
10 Que anuncio lo por venir desde el principio: y desde antiguamente, lo que aún no era hecho. Que digo: Mi consejo permanecerá, y haré todo lo que quisiere.
Only I can tell what will happen in the future before it occurs; I tell it long before it happens. I will accomplish everything that I plan to accomplish, and I will do everything that I want to do.
11 Que llamo desde el oriente al ave de rapiña, y de tierra lejana al varón de mi consejo. Yo hablé, por eso lo haré venir; lo pensé, y también lo haré.
So I will summon [someone to come] from the east [like a swift and powerful] eagle; he will come from a distant country. He will accomplish what I want him to. [He is the one who] will do what I have said that I want him to do, what I have planned.
12 Oídme duros de corazón, que estáis lejos de la justicia.
You stubborn people [of Israel], [you think that] it will be a long time before you are allowed to return to your own country.
13 Haré a mi justicia que se acerque, y no se alejará; y mi salud no se detendrá. Y pondré salud en Sion; y mi gloria en Israel.
But I will rescue you, and it will not be a long time [before that happens]. I will do it soon. I will rescue Jerusalem and show to you Israeli [people] that I am glorious.”
