Isaías 59
1 He aquí que no es acortada la mano del SEÑOR para salvar, ni es agravado su oído para oír;
Truly, the Lord's hand has not become short, so that he is unable to give salvation; and his ear is not shut from hearing:
2 pero vuestras iniquidades han hecho división entre vosotros y vuestro Dios, y vuestros pecados han hecho cubrir su rostro de vosotros, para no oiros.
But your sins have come between you and your God, and by your evil doings his face has been veiled from you, so that he will give you no answer.
3 Porque vuestras manos están contaminadas de sangre, y vuestros dedos, de iniquidad; vuestros labios pronuncian mentira, y vuestra lengua habla maldad.
For your hands are unclean with blood, and your fingers with sin; your lips have said false things, and your tongue gives out deceit.
4 No hay quien clame por la justicia, ni quien juzgue por la verdad; confían en vanidad, y hablan vanidades; conciben trabajo, y dan a luz iniquidad.
No one puts forward an upright cause, or gives a true decision: their hope is in deceit, and their words are false; they are with child with sin, and give birth to evil.
5 Ponen huevos de áspides, y tejen telas de arañas; el que comiere de sus huevos, morirá; y si se lo apretaren, saldrá un basilisco.
They give birth to snake's eggs, and make spider's threads: whoever takes their eggs for food comes to his death, and the egg which is crushed becomes a poison-snake.
6 Sus telas no servirán para vestir, ni de sus obras serán cubiertos; sus obras son obras de iniquidad, y obra de iniquidad está en sus manos.
Their twisted threads will not make clothing, and their works will give them nothing for covering themselves: their works are works of sin, and violent acts are in their hands.
7 Sus pies corren al mal, y se apresuran para derramar sangre inocente; sus pensamientos, pensamientos de iniquidad; destrucción y quebrantamiento son sus caminos.
Their feet go quickly to evil, and they take delight in the death of the upright; their thoughts are thoughts of sin; wasting and destruction are in their ways.
8 No conocieron camino de paz; ni hay derecho en sus caminos; sus veredas torcieron a sabiendas, cualquiera que por ellas fuere, no conocerá paz.
They have no knowledge of the way of peace, and there is no sense of what is right in their behaviour: they have made for themselves ways which are not straight; whoever goes in them has no knowledge of peace.
9 Por esto se alejó de nosotros el juicio, y justicia nunca nos alcanzó, esperamos luz, y he aquí tinieblas, resplandores y andamos en oscuridad.
For this cause our right is far from us, and righteousness does not overtake us: we are looking for light, but there is only the dark; for the shining of the sun, but our way is in the night.
10 Tentamos como ciegos la pared, y como sin ojos andamos a tiento; tropezamos en el mediodía como de noche; en sepulcros como muertos.
We go on our way, like blind men feeling for the wall, even like those who have no eyes: we are running against things in daylight as if it was evening; our place is in the dark like dead men.
11 Aullamos, como osos todos nosotros, y gemimos lastimeramente como palomas; esperamos juicio, y no lo hay; salud, y se alejó de nosotros.
We make noises of grief, like bears, and sad sounds like doves: we are looking for our right, but it is not there; for salvation, but it is far from us.
12 Porque nuestras rebeliones se han multiplicado delante de ti, y nuestros pecados han atestiguado contra nosotros; porque nuestras iniquidades están con nosotros, y conocemos nuestros pecados:
For our evil doings are increased before you, and our sins give witness against us: for our evil doings are with us, and we have knowledge of our sins:
13 Rebelar, y mentir contra el SEÑOR, y tornar de en pos de nuestro Dios; el hablar calumnia, y rebelión, concebir, y hablar de corazón palabras de mentira.
We have gone against the Lord, and been false to him, turning away from our God, our words have been uncontrolled, and in our hearts are thoughts of deceit.
14 Y el derecho se retiró, y la justicia se puso lejos; porque la verdad tropezó en la plaza, y la equidad no pudo venir.
And the right is turned back, and righteousness is far away: for good faith is not to be seen in the public places, and upright behaviour may not come into the town.
15 Y la verdad fue detenida; y el que se apartó del mal, fue puesto en presa. Y lo vio el SEÑOR, y desagradó en sus ojos, porque pereció el derecho.
Yes, faith is gone; and he whose heart is turned from evil comes into the power of the cruel: and the Lord saw it, and he was angry that there was no one to take up their cause.
16 Y vio que no había hombre, y abominó que no hubiera quien se interpusiese; y lo salvó su brazo, y le afirmó su misma justicia.
And he saw that there was no man, and was surprised that there was no one to take up their cause: so his arm gave salvation, and he made righteousness his support.
17 Y se vistió de justicia, como de loriga, con capacete de salud en su cabeza; y se vistió de vestido de venganza por vestidura, y se cubrió de celo como de manto,
Yes, he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and salvation as a head-dress; and he put on punishment as clothing, and wrath as a robe.
18 como para dar pagos, como para tornar venganza de sus enemigos, y dar el pago a sus adversarios; a las islas dará el pago.
He will give them the right reward of their doings, wrath to his attackers, punishment to his haters, and even on the sea-lands he will send punishment.
19 Y temerán desde el occidente el nombre del SEÑOR; y desde el nacimiento del sol, su gloria; porque vendrá como río violento impelido por el aliento del SEÑOR.
So they will see the name of the Lord from the west, and his glory from the east: for he will come like a rushing stream, forced on by a wind of the Lord.
20 Y vendrá el Redentor a Sion, y a los que se volvieren de la iniquidad en Jacob, dijo el SEÑOR.
And as a saviour he will come to Zion, turning away sin from Jacob, says the Lord.
21 Y éste será mi Pacto con ellos, dijo el SEÑOR: el Espíritu mío que está sobre ti; y mis palabras, que puse en tu boca, no faltarán de tu boca, y de la boca de tu simiente, y de la boca de la simiente de tu simiente, dijo el SEÑOR, desde ahora y para siempre.
And as for me, this is my agreement with them, says the Lord: my spirit which is on you, and my words which I have put in your mouth, will not go away from your mouth, or from the mouth of your seed, or from the mouth of your seed's seed, says the Lord, from now and for ever.
