Isaías 40
1 Da consuelo, dale consuelo a mi pueblo, dice tu Dios.
Our God says, “Encourage my people! Encourage them!
2 Digan palabras amables al corazón de Jerusalén diganle a ella que su tiempo de angustia ha terminado, que su castigo es completo; que ya ha recibido por la mano del Señor dos veces por todos sus pecados.
Speak kindly to [the people of] Jerusalem; tell them that their suffering is ended, and that I have forgiven them for the sins that they have committed; I [SYN] have fully punished them for their sins.”
3 Voz de uno que clama: Preparen el camino en el desierto, el camino del Señor, nivela el camino en el desierto para nuestro Dios supremo.
I hear someone who is shouting, “Prepare in the desert a way for Yahweh to come [to you]; make a smooth road for our God (OR, Prepare yourselves to receive Yahweh when he comes, like people make a straight road for an important official [MET]).
4 Todo valle sea elevado, y toda montaña y cada colina sean reducidas, y los lugares torcidos se enderezan, y lo abrupto se allane.
Fill in the valleys; flatten every hill and every mountain. Make the uneven ground smooth, and make the rough places smooth.
5 Y la gloria del Señor será revelada, y toda carne la verá junta, porque la boca del Señor lo ha dicho.
[If you do that], it will become known that Yahweh is glorious/great, and all people will realize it at the same time. [Those things will surely happen] because it is Yahweh who has said [MTY] it.”
6 Una voz de uno que dice: ¡Da un grito! Y respondí: ¿Qué debo gritar? Toda carne es hierba, y toda su fuerza como la flor del campo.
Someone said to me, “Shout!” I replied, “What should I shout?” [He replied], “[Shout that] people are like [SIM] grass; their influence fades as quickly as flowers in the field.
7 La hierba se seca, la flor está muerta; porque el aliento del Señor sopla sobre ella. verdaderamente la gente es hierba.
Grass withers and flowers dry up when Yahweh causes a hot wind from the desert to blow on them. And people are [MET] like that.
8 La hierba está seca, la flor se muere; Pero la palabra de nuestro Dios es eterna.
The grass withers and the flowers dry up, but what our God promises will last forever.”
9 Tú, que das buenas noticias a Sión, sube a la montaña alta; tú, que das buenas nuevas a Jerusalén, que tu voz sea fuerte; Que suene sin miedo. Di a los pueblos de Judá: Mira, tu Dios.
You [people of] Jerusalem, you have good news to tell to people, so, shout it from the top of a high mountain! Shout it loudly, and do not be afraid! Tell the people in the towns of Judah, “Your God is coming here!”
10 Mira, el Señor Dios vendrá fuerte, gobernando con poder; mira, aquellos que él ha liberado están con él, y los que él ha salvado van delante de él.
Yahweh your God will be coming with power; he will rule powerfully [MTY]. And when he comes, he will bring with him the people whom he has freed [MET] [from being slaves in Babylonia].
11 Él dará comida a su rebaño como un guardián de ovejas; con su brazo lo juntará, y tomará los corderos en su pecho, guiando suavemente a los que están recién paridos.
He will take care of his people like [SIM] a shepherd takes care of his sheep, and carries the young lambs in his arms. He carries them close to his chest and he gently leads the female sheep that are nursing their young lambs.
12 ¿Quién ha medido en el hueco de su mano las aguas? ¿Y quién puede calcular la extensión de los cielos con sus dedos extendidos? ¿Quién ha reunido el polvo de la tierra en una medida? ¿Quién ha tomado el peso de las montañas, o ha puesto las colinas en las escalas?
[There is no one like Yahweh]! (Who else has measured the water in the oceans in the palm of his hand?/No one else has measured the water in the oceans in the palm of his hand!) [RHQ] (Who else has measured the sky with his fingers?/No one else has measured the sky with his fingers!) [RHQ] (Who else knows how much the earth weighs?/No one else knows how much the earth weighs!) [RHQ] (Who else has weighed the mountains and hills on scales?/No one else has weighed the mountains and hills on scales!) [RHQ]
13 ¿Por quién ha sido guiado el espíritu del Señor, o quién ha sido su maestro?
And (who else can advise Yahweh’s Spirit?/No one else can advise Yahweh’s Spirit!) [RHQ] (Who can teach him or advise/tell him what he should do?/No one can teach him or advise/tell him what he should do!) [RHQ]
14 . ¿Quién le dio sugerencias y le explicó el camino correcto? ¿Quién le dio conocimiento, guiándolo en el camino de la sabiduría?
(Has Yahweh consulted anyone else to get advice?/Yahweh has certainly not consulted anyone else to get advice!) [RHQ] (Does he need someone to tell him what is right to do and how to act justly?/He certainly does not need someone to tell him what is right to do and how to act justly!) [RHQ]
15 Mira, las naciones son para él como una gota un cubo, y como un grano de polvo en las balanzas: desaparece las islas como polvo fino.
[Yahweh considers that] the nations are [as insignificant as] [MET] one drop from a bucket [full of water]. They are [as insignificant as] dust on scales. He is able to weigh islands [as though they weighed no more than] grains of sand.
16 Y el Líbano no es suficiente para hacer un fuego, o todo su ganado es suficiente para una ofrenda quemada.
There would be [not] enough wood from all the trees in Lebanon to make a suitable fire for [sacrificing animals to] him, and there are not enough animals in Lebanon to offer as sacrifices to him.
17 Todas las naciones son como nada delante de él; Incluso menos que nada, una cosa sin valor.
The nations of the world are completely insignificant/unimportant to him; he considers that they are worthless and less than nothing [HYP, DOU].
18 Entonces, ¿a quién se parece a Dios, en tu opinión? ¿O a qué imagen es en comparación con él?
So, to whom can you compare God? What image resembles him?
19 El obrero hace una imagen, y el joyero pone placas de oro sobre ella, y hace bandas de plata para ella.
Can you compare him to an idol that is made in a mold, and then is covered with [a thin sheet of] gold and decorated with silver chains?
20 Él que es pobre para tal ofrenda; busca un sabio artesano para erigir una imagen, de una madera que no se pudra; para que la imagen pueda ser fijada y no ser movida.
A man who is poor [cannot buy silver or gold for his idol]; [so] he selects a piece of wood that will not rot, and he gives it to a craftsman to carve an idol that will not fall down!
21 ¿No tienes conocimiento de ello? ¿No ha llegado a tus oídos? ¿No se les ha dado noticias de esto desde el principio? ¿no ha sido claro para ustedes desde el momento en que la tierra se colocó en su base?
Have you(pl) not heard this? Do you not understand it? Are you unable to hear what God said long ago— [messages that he gave] before he created the earth?
22 Es el que está sentado sobre el arco de la tierra, y las personas en él son tan pequeñas como los saltamontes; junto a él, los cielos se extienden como un arco, y se alistan como una tienda para vivir.
God sits [on his throne] above the earth, and the people [on the earth] below seem to be [as small] as [SIM] grasshoppers. He spreads out the sky like a curtain; it is like [SIM] a tent for him to live in.
23 Él hace que los gobernantes se queden en la nada; Los jueces de la tierra no tienen valor.
He causes kings to have no more power, and he causes the rulers to be worth nothing.
24 Solo ahora han sido plantados, y su semilla ha sido puesta en la tierra, y que apenas han echado raíces, cuando él lanza su aliento sobre ellos y se secan, y el viento de tormenta los quita como la hierba seca.
They start to rule, like small plants start to grow and form roots; but then [he gets rid of them] as though [MET] they withered when he blew on them, like [SIM] chaff that is blown away by the wind.
25 ¿Con Quién entonces me comparan; Quien te parece mi igual? dice el Santo.
The Holy One asks, “To whom will you compare me? Is anyone equal to me?”
26 Levanten sus ojos en lo alto, y vean: ¿quién los ha hecho? El que hace salir en orden a su ejército numerado; que tiene conocimiento de todos sus nombres; por cuya gran fuerza, porque él es fuerte en poder, todos ellos están en su lugar.
Look up toward the sky: Consider who [RHQ] created all the stars. [Yahweh created them], and at night he causes them to appear; he calls each one by its name. Because he is extremely powerful [DOU], all of the stars are there [LIT] [when he calls out their names].
27 ¿Por qué dices, oh Jacob, palabras como éstas, oh Israel, que los ojos del Señor no están en mi camino, y mi Dios no presta atención a mi causa?
You people of Israel [DOU], why do you complain that Yahweh does not see the [troubles that you are experiencing]? Why do you say that he does not act fairly toward you?
28 ¿No tienes conocimiento de ello? ¿No ha llegado a tus oídos? El Dios eterno, el Señor, el Creador de los confines de la tierra, nunca es débil ni cansado; su sabiduría es infinita.
Have you never heard and have you never understood that Yahweh is the everlasting God; he is the one who created the earth, [even the] most distant places on the earth. He never becomes weak or weary, and no one can find out how much he understands.
29 Él le da poder a los débiles, aumentando la fuerza de quien no tiene fuerza.
He strengthens [DOU] those who feel weak and tired.
30 Incluso los jóvenes se volverán débiles y cansados, y el mejor de ellos llegará al final de su fortaleza;
Even youths become faint and weary, and young men will fall when they are exhausted.
31 Pero los que esperan al Señor tendrán nuevas fuerzas; obtendrán alas como las águilas; correrán, y no se cansarán, caminarán, y no se fatigarán.
But those who trust in Yahweh will become strong again; [it will be as though] they will soar/fly high like [SIM] eagles do. They will run [for a long time] and not become weary; they will walk [long distances] and not faint.
