Isaías 43

1 Pero ahora, dice el Señor tu Creador, Jacob, y tú dador de vida, Israel: no temas, porque te he redimido; Te nombro por tu nombre, te he hecho mío.

But now, you people of Israel, listen to Yahweh, the one who established your nation. The one who caused you to become a nation [DOU] says this: “Do not be afraid, because I previously rescued you. I enabled you to have a personal relationship with me [MTY], and you belong to me.

2 Cuando pases por las aguas, yo estaré contigo; y por los ríos, no te ahogarán; cuando pases por el fuego, no te quemarás; y la llama no arderá en ti.

When you [experience dangerous situations], and [you feel like] [MET] you are crossing deep rivers, I will be with you. When you have very big troubles/difficulties, you will [LIT] be able to endure them. When [people try to kill you like they tried to kill Daniel’s three friends by] throwing them in a fire, you will not [die, just like Daniel’s three friends were not] burned up,

3 Porque yo soy el Señor tu Dios, el Santo de Israel, tu salvador; He dado a Egipto como un precio de rescate por ti, Etiopía y Saba por ti.

because I am Yahweh, your God, the Holy One of Israel, the one who rescues you. I will enable [the army of the emperor of Persia] to conquer Egypt instead of conquering you; similarly I will enable them to conquer Ethiopia, and Seba [in Arabia], in order that you can be saved.

4 Por tu valor ante mis ojos, has sido honrado y amado por mí; Así daré hombres por ti, y pueblos por tu vida.

I will cause other countries to be conquered, instead of your country; I will trade them for you, in order that you will not be killed, because you are very precious [DOU] to me and because I love you.

5 No temas, porque yo estoy contigo: tomaré tu simiente del este y te reuniré del oeste;

Do not be afraid, because I am with you. [Some day] I will gather your descendants from the east and from the west.

6 Diré al norte: Renuncia a ellos; y al sur, no los guardes; devuelve a mis hijos de lejos, y mis hijas desde el fin de la tierra;

I will command the [rulers of the nations to] the north and to the south, ‘Allow all the people of Israel to return [to their country], from the most distant places on the earth.

7 Cada uno que se nombra por mi nombre, y que he hecho para mi gloria, que ha sido formado y diseñado por mí.

Allow all those who belong to me [MTY] to return, because I have caused them to become a nation in order that they would honor me; I am the one who has done that [DOU].’

8 Envía a mi pueblo, los ciegos que tienen ojos, y los que tienen oídos, pero están sordos.

Summon the people who have eyes but [it is as though] they are blind; summon those who have ears but [because they do not listen to me, it is as though] they are deaf.

9 Que todas las naciones se unan, y que los pueblos estén presentes: ¿quién de ellos puede aclarar esto y darnos noticias de cosas anteriores? dejen que sus testigos se presenten, para que se los vea como verdaderos, y para que oigan y digan: Es verdad.

Gather people of all nations together, ones from all people-groups, [and ask them this]: ‘Has any of their idols foretold the things that are happening now? And can any of them predict what will happen in the future?’ Then bring people who will testify and say ‘I heard them predict things, and what they predicted was what happened,’ [but they will be lying].”

10 Ustedes son mis testigos, dice el Señor, y mi siervo, a quien he tomado por mí mismo; para que puedan ver y tener fe en mí, y para que les quede claro que yo soy él; antes de mí no se formó otro Dios, y no habrá otro después de mí.

But Yahweh says, “You people of Israel (are my witnesses/know what I have done), and you are the ones who serve me. I chose you in order that you would know me, believe in me, and understand that I am the only one who is [truly] God. There is no other [true] God. There was no other [true] God previously, and there will never be another [true] God.

11 Yo, yo soy el Señor; y no hay salvador sino yo.

I, [only] I, am Yahweh, and there is no other one who can save you.

12 Di la palabra, y la dejé en claro, y no hubo ningún dios extraño entre ustedes: por esta razón ustedes son mis testigos, dice el Señor.

I said that I would rescue [your ancestors], and then I rescued them, and I proclaimed [that I had done it]. No foreign god among you did that! And you are witnesses that only I, Yahweh, am God.

13 Desde hace mucho tiempo soy Dios, y desde este día soy él: no hay nadie que pueda sacarte de mi mano; cuando me comprometo, ¿por quién cambiare mi propósito?

I am God, the one who has existed forever and who will exist forever; no one can snatch people from my hand, and no one can alter/change what I have done.”

14 El Señor, que los ha redimido, el Santo de Israel, dice: Por tu causa he enviado a Babilonia, e hice que todos sus videntes vinieran al sur, y clamor de caldeos en las naves.

Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel, is the one who rescues you; and this is what he says: “For your sake, I will send [an army] to [attack] Babylon. They will force the people of that city to flee in ships which they have been proud of.

15 Yo soy el Señor, tu Santo, el Hacedor de Israel, tu Rey.

I am Yahweh, your Holy One, the one who caused Israel to become a nation, and the one who is really your king.

16 Esta es la palabra del Señor, que hace un camino en el mar, y un camino a través de las aguas profundas;

I am Yahweh, the one who opened a path through the water, making a road through the [Red] Sea.

17 Que envía los carros de guerra y los caballos, el ejército con toda su fuerza; han bajado, no volverán a levantarse; Como una luz que arde débilmente, se apagan.

Then I summoned the great army [of Egypt] to come with all their chariots and horses. [But when they tried to pursue my people], I caused the waves to flow over them [and they drowned]; their lives ended [like the light of a candle ends when someone] [MET] snuffs out the wick.

18 No pienses en las cosas que han pasado; ni consideres él ayer.

But do not think [only] about what happened in the past, long ago [DOU].

19 Mira, estoy haciendo algo nuevo; ahora está empezando ¿No lo tomarás en cuenta? Incluso abriré camino en los terrenos baldíos y los ríos en la tierra seca.

Instead, consider the new thing that I am going to do. I have already started to do it; can you see it? I am going to make a road through the desert. And I will cause there to be streams in the wasteland/desert.

20 Las bestias del campo me darán honor, los chacales y los avestruces; porque envío aguas a las tierras baldías y ríos en el desierto, para dar de beber a las personas que he tomado para mí.

The jackals/wolves and owls and other wild creatures will thank me for giving them water in the desert. I will cause streams to appear in the dry desert in order that my people, the ones whom I have chosen, will have water;

21 Las personas que he creado para mi, contará mis alabanzas.

I will do that for the people whom I have created [and chosen] to belong to me, and [some day] they will cause many others to praise me.

22 Pero tú no me has hecho ninguna oración, oh Jacob; y no me has invocado, oh Israel.

But now, you descendants of Jacob, you refuse to request my help. It seems that you people of Israel have become tired of worshiping me.

23 No me has hecho quemar ofrendas de ovejas, ni me has dado honor con tus ofrendas de bestias; No te hice servir para darme una ofrenda, y no te canse pidiéndote incienso.

You have not brought to me sheep or goats for offerings that will be completely burned [on the altar]; you have not honored me by [bringing to me any] sacrifices, even though the offerings of grain and incense [that I asked you] to bring to me were not a burden to you.

24 No me has conseguido con tu dinero plantas de olor dulce, ni me has dado placer con la grasa de tus ofrendas; pero al contrario me cansaste de tus pecados, y me has cansado de tus males.

You have bought for me fragrant reeds, and you have brought me the fat from your sacrifices. But these have not pleased me, because you have burdened me by all the sins that you have committed, and made me weary because of all (your iniquities/the wrong things that you have done).

25 Yo, yo soy el que quita tus pecados; y ya no tendré en cuenta tus malas acciones.

I am the one who is able to forgive you for all your sins; I am the only one who can do that, with the result that I will never think about them again.

26 Hazme recordar; Permítanos abordar la causa entre nosotros: expon tu caso, para que pueda verse quién está en lo correcto.

Tell me what I have done that you do not like. Do you think that when you state your case, you will prove that you (are innocent/have done nothing wrong) [IRO]?

27 Tu primer padre fue un pecador, y tus guías han ido en contra de mi palabra.

No, [what has happened is that] the first ancestor of you Israelis sinned [against me], and since then, all your leaders have rebelled against me.

28 Los jefes del santuario lo han hecho inmundo, así que he hecho de Jacob una maldición, e Israel una vergüenza.

That is why I have caused your priests to be disgraced; and I have allowed others to destroy you people of Israel and caused you to be despised.”