Isaías 49

1 Oídme, islas, y escuchad, pueblos lejanos. El SEÑOR me llamó desde el vientre; desde las entrañas de mi madre tuvo mi nombre en memoria.

Listen to me, you islands; and attend, you Gentiles; after a long time it shall come to pass, says the Lord: from my mother's womb he has called my name:

2 Y puso mi boca como espada aguda, con la sombra de su mano me cubrió; y me puso por saeta limpia, me guardó en su aljaba.

and he has made my mouth as a sharp sword, and he has hid me under the shadow of his hand; he has made me as a choice shaft, and he has hid me in his quiver;

3 Y me dijo: Mi siervo eres, oh Israel, que en ti me gloriaré.

and said to me, You are my servant, O Israel, and in you I will be glorified.

4 Pero yo dije: Por demás he trabajado; en vano y sin provecho, he consumido mi fortaleza; mas mi juicio está delante del SEÑOR, y mi recompensa con mi Dios.

Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have given my strength for vanity and for nothing: therefore is my judgement with the Lord, and my labour before my God.

5 Ahora pues, dice el SEÑOR, el que me formó desde el vientre para ser su siervo, para que se convierta a él a Jacob. Mas si Israel no se juntara, con todo, yo sin embargo estimado seré en los ojos del SEÑOR, y el Dios mío será mi fortaleza.

And now, thus says the Lord that formed me from the womb to be his own servant, to gather Jacob to him and Israel. I shall be gathered and glorified before the Lord, and my God shall be my strength.

6 Y dijo: Poco es que tú me seas siervo para despertar las tribus de Jacob, y para que restituyas los asolamientos de Israel; también te di por luz de los gentiles, para que seas mi salud hasta lo postrero de la tierra.

And he said to me, [It is] a great thing for you to be called my servant, to establish the tribes of Jacob, and to recover the dispersion of Israel: behold, I have given you for the covenant of a race, for a light of the Gentiles, that you should be for salvation to the end of the earth.

7 Así dijo el SEÑOR, Redentor de Israel, Santo suyo, al menospreciado de alma, al abominado de los gentiles, al siervo de los tiranos: Verán reyes, y se levantarán príncipes, y adorarán por el SEÑOR, porque fiel es el Santo de Israel, el cual te escogió.

Thus says the Lord that delivered you, the God of Israel, Sanctify him that despises his life, him that is abhorred by the nations that are the servants of princes: kings shall behold him, and princes shall arise, and shall worship him, for the Lord's sake: for the Holy One of Israel is faithful, and I have chosen you.

8 Así dijo el SEÑOR: En hora de contentamiento te oí, y en el día de salud te ayudé; y te guardaré, y te daré por alianza de pueblo, para que despiertes la tierra, para que heredes asoladas heredades.

Thus says the Lord, In an acceptable time have I heard you, and in a day of salvation have I succored you: and I have formed you, and given you for a covenant of the nations, to establish the earth, and to cause to inherit the desert heritages:

9 Para que digas a los presos: Salid; y a los que están en tinieblas: Manifestaos. Sobre los caminos serán apacentados, y en todas las cumbres serán sus pastos.

saying to them that are in bonds, Go forth; and [bidding] them that are in darkness show themselves. They shall be fed in all the ways, and in all the paths [shall be] their pasture.

10 Nunca tendrán hambre, ni sed; ni el calor los afligirá, ni el sol; porque el que tiene de ellos misericordia, los guiará, y en manaderos de aguas los pastoreará.

They shall not hunger, neither shall they thirst; neither shall the heat nor the sun strike them; but he that has mercy on them shall comfort [them], and by fountains of waters shall he lead them.

11 Y tornaré en camino todos mis montes; y mis calzadas serán levantadas.

And I will make every mountain a way, and every path a pasture to them.

12 He aquí, éstos vendrán de lejos; y he aquí, éstos del norte y del occidente; y éstos de la tierra del mediodía.

Behold, these shall come from far: [and] these from the north and the west, and others from the land of the Persians.

13 Cantad alabanzas, oh cielos, y alégrate tierra; y prorrumpid en alabanzas, oh montes; porque el SEÑOR ha consolado su pueblo, y de sus pobres tendrá misericordia.

Rejoice, you heavens; and let the earth be glad: let the mountains break forth [with] joy; for the Lard has had mercy on his people, and has comforted the lowly ones of his people.

14 Mas Sion dijo: Me dejó el SEÑOR, y el Señor se olvidó de mí.

But Sion said, The Lord has forsaken me, and, The Lord has forgotten me.

15 ¿Se olvidará la mujer de lo que dio a luz, para dejar de compadecerse del hijo de su vientre? Aunque se olviden ellas, yo no me olvidaré de ti.

Will a woman forget her child, so as not to have compassion upon the offspring of her womb? but if a woman should even forget these, yet I will not forget you, says the Lord.

16 He aquí que en las palmas te tengo esculpida; delante de mí están siempre tus muros.

Behold, I have painted your walls on my hands, and you are continually before me.

17 Tus edificadores vendrán aprisa; tus destruidores, y tus asoladores saldrán de ti.

And you shall soon be built by those by whom you were destroyed, and they that made you desolate shall go forth of you.

18 Alza tus ojos alrededor, y mira: todos éstos se han ayuntado, han venido a ti. Vivo yo, dice el SEÑOR, que de todos, como de vestidura de honra, serás vestida; y de ellos serás ceñida como novia.

Lift up your eyes round about, and look on them all; behold, they are gathered together, and are come to you. [As] I live, says the Lord, you shall clothe yourself with them all as with an ornament, and put them on as a bride her attire.

19 Porque tus asolamientos, y tus destrucciones, y tu tierra desierta, ahora será angosta por la multitud de los moradores; y tus destruidores serán apartados lejos.

For your desert and marred and ruined [places] shall now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants, and they that devoured you shall be removed far from you.

20 Aun los hijos de tu orfandad dirán a tus oídos: Angosto es para mí este lugar; apártate por amor de mí, a otra parte para que yo more.

For your sons whom you have lost shall say in your ears, The place [is too] narrow for me: make room for me that I may dwell.

21 Y dirás en tu corazón: ¿Quién me engendró éstos? Porque yo deshijada, y sola, peregrina y desterrada era; ¿quién pues crió éstos? He aquí yo estaba dejada sola, ¿éstos de dónde vinieron?

And you shall say in your heart, Who has begotten me these? whereas I [was] childless, and a widow; but who has brought up these for me? and I was left alone; but whence came these to me?

22 Así dijo el Señor DIOS: He aquí, que yo alzaré mi mano a los gentiles, y a los pueblos levantaré mi bandera; y traerán en brazos tus hijos, y tus hijas serán traídas sobre hombros.

Thus says the Lord, [even] the Lord, Behold, I lift up mine hand to the nations, and I will lift up my signal to the islands: and they shall bring your sons in [their] bosom, and shall bear your daughters on [their] shoulders.

23 Y reyes serán tus ayos; y sus reinas, tus amas de leche; el rostro inclinado a tierra te adorarán, y lamerán el polvo de tus pies; y conocerás que yo soy el SEÑOR, que no se avergonzarán los que me esperan.

And kings shall be your nursing fathers, and their princesses your nurses, they shall bow down to you on the face of the earth, and shall lick the dust of your feet; and you shall know that I am the Lord, and they that wait on me shall not be ashamed.

24 ¿Quitarán la presa al valiente? o ¿la cautividad justa será dada por libre?

Will any one take spoils from a giant? and if one should take [a man] captive unjustly, shall he be delivered?

25 Así pues dice el SEÑOR: Ciertamente, la cautividad será quitada al valiente; y la presa será dada por libre; y tu pleito yo lo pleitearé, y a tus hijos yo los salvaré.

For thus says the Lord, If one should take a giant captive, he shall take spoils, and he who takes [them] from a mighty [man] shall be delivered: for I will plead your cause, and I will deliver your children.

26 Y a los que te despojaron, haré comer sus propias carnes, y con su sangre serán embriagados como con mosto; y toda carne conocerá que yo soy el SEÑOR, Salvador tuyo, y Redentor tuyo, el Fuerte de Jacob.

And they that afflicted you shall eat their own flesh; and they shall drink their own blood as new wine, and shall be drunken: and all flesh shall perceive that I am the Lord that delivers you, and that upholds the strength of Jacob.