Isaías 45
1 El Señor le dice al hombre de su ungido, a Ciro, a quien he tomado por la mano derecha, sometiendo a las naciones delante de él, y desarmando a los reyes; haciendo que las puertas se abran delante de él, para que los caminos de los pueblos no puedan cerrarse;
Cyrus is the one whom Yahweh has appointed [to be the emperor of Persia] and to whom he will give great power [IDM]; Yahweh will enable him to defeat other nations and to take away the power of their kings. He will cause gates of cities to be opened, and no one will ever be able to shut them.
2 Iré delante de ti y nivelaré los lugares difíciles; las puertas de bronce se romperán y las barras de hierro serán despedazadas.
This is what Yahweh says to him: “Cyrus, I will go ahead of you and level the mountains. I will smash down bronze gates and cut through iron bars.
3 Y te daré los almacenes de la oscuridad y la riqueza de los lugares secretos, para que puedas estar seguro de que yo soy el Señor, quien te dio tu nombre, el Dios de Israel.
I will give you treasures [that people have hidden] in dark secret places [DOU]. I will do that in order that you will know that I am Yahweh, the God to whom the Israelis belong, the God who calls you by your name.
4 Debido a que mi siervo Jacob, e Israel a quien he tomado por mí, te he llamado por tu nombre, y te he dado un nombre de honor, aunque no me conocías.
I have summoned you, calling out your name, for the sake of [the people of] Israel [DOU] whom I have chosen, who serve me. Even though you do not know me, I will give you a title which has great honor.
5 Yo soy el Señor, y no hay otro; no hay Dios sino yo; te prepararé para la guerra, aunque no me hayas conocido.
I am Yahweh, and there is no other God [DOU]. Even though you do not know me, I will give you power
6 Para que vean desde el este donde sale el sol, y desde el oeste que no hay más dios que yo; Yo soy el Señor, y no hay otro.
in order that everyone in the world, from the east to the west, will know that there is no other [God]. I am Yahweh, and there is no other [God].
7 Soy el dador de la luz y el que hace la oscuridad; causando bendiciones, y enviando problemas; Yo soy el Señor, que hace todas estas cosas.
I created the light and the darkness. I cause there to be peace and I cause there to be disasters. I, Yahweh, do all those things.”
8 Dejen que descienda la justicia, oh cielos, y que el cielo la baje como lluvia; que la tierra esté abierta para dar el fruto de la salvación, haciendo que la justicia salga con ella; Yo, el Señor, he hecho que suceda.
[And Yahweh also says, “I want my] rescue [of my people] [MET] to fall from the sky like rain. Just like the earth opens wide to accept rain, I will rescue/save my people and cause them to be treated justly. I, Yahweh, am the one who will cause both of those things to happen.
9 ¡Ay! el que tiene una discusión con su Creador, la olla que tiene una discusión con él alfarero! ¿Le dirá el barro al que está trabajando con ella, qué estás haciendo, o tu obra; no tienes manos?
Terrible things will happen to those who argue with me, the one who created them. [They are like] [MET] a clay pot and [I am like] the one who made it; so they certainly cannot [RHQ] criticize me. A lump of clay certainly cannot [RHQ] argue with the one who shapes it [to form a pot], saying, ‘Why are you making me like this?’ The pot cannot say ‘[You have no skill, because] what you made has no handles!’
10 AY! el que dice a un padre: ¿A quien engendras? o a una mujer, ¿Porque diste a luz?
And it would be terrible if an unborn baby would say to its father, ‘Why are you [RHQ] causing me to be born?’ or if it said to its mother, ‘The result of your labor pains will be useless?’”
11 El Señor, el Santo de Israel y su Hacedor, dice: ¿Me harás una pregunta acerca de las cosas que están por venir, o me darás órdenes sobre mis hijos y la obra de mis manos?
Yahweh, the Holy One of the Israeli people, the one who created Israel, says this to them: “(Why do you ask questions about [what I do for you], my children?/You should not ask questions about [what I do for you], my children.) [RHQ] (Why do you tell me about the work that I should do?/You should not tell me about the work that I should do.) [RHQ]
12 He hecho la tierra, formando al hombre sobre ella; por mis manos se han extendido los cielos, y todas las estrellas han sido colocadas en sus lugares ordenados.
I am the one who created the earth and created people to live on it. I stretched out the sky with my hands, and I put the stars in their places.
13 Lo he enviado a vencer a las naciones, y haré rectos todos sus caminos; le daré el trabajo de construir mi ciudad, y él dejará que mis prisioneros salgan libres, sin precio ni recompensa, dice el Señor de los ejércitos.
And I will appoint Cyrus to do things that are right/just, and I will enable him to do all those things easily [MET]. His [workers] will rebuild my city, and he will free my people who have been (exiled/forced to leave their country). And he will do it without my rewarding/paying him! [Those things will surely happen because] I, the Commander of the armies of angels, have said it.
14 El Señor dice: Los obreros de Egipto, los mercaderes de Etiopía y los altos de Saba vendrán a ti sobre el mar, y serán tuyos; ellos irán tras de ti vendrán encadenados, y se arremeterán ante ti, y te harán oración, diciendo: Verdaderamente, Dios está entre ustedes; y no hay otro dios.
And this is [also] what [I], Yahweh, say [to you, my people]: ‘You will rule the people of Egypt and Ethiopia, and the tall people of Seba [in Arabia] will become your slaves. They will come to you bringing all the things that they sell, and it will all be yours. [As prisoners], they will have chains on their arms as they follow you. They will prostrate themselves in front of you and say, “God is with/helping you and he is the only God; there is no other God.” '”
15 ¡En verdad, tu eres un Dios que se oculta, el Dios de Israel es un Salvador!
God, although we cannot see you, you are the one to whom [we] Israeli people belong, the one who saves us.
16 Todos los que han ido contra él serán avergonzados; Los creadores de imágenes se harán más bajos.
All those who make idols will be humiliated. They will all be disgraced together.
17 Pero el Señor hará que Israel sea libre con una salvación eterna: no será avergonzado ni humillado por los siglos de los siglos.
But you, Yahweh, will rescue [us, your] Israeli people, and we will be free forever. Never again will we again be humiliated and disgraced.
18 Porque esta es la palabra del Señor que hizo los cielos; él es Dios; el fabricante y diseñador de la tierra; quien no la hizo en vano, sino como un lugar de vida para el hombre; Yo soy el Señor, y no hay otro.
Yahweh is God; he is the one who created the sky and created and formed the earth. He did not want it to remain with nothing living on it; he wanted people to live on it. [He says], “I am Yahweh; there is no other [God].
19 No he dado mi palabra en secreto, en un lugar en el inframundo; No en balde dije a la simiente de Jacob: Búscame: Yo, el Señor, digo lo que es verdad, mi palabra es justicia.
[What I proclaimed], I did not speak secretly or [hide what I was saying by speaking] in a dark place. When I spoke to the descendants of Jacob, I did not tell them ‘It will be useless for you to (seek for/pray to) me!’ I, Yahweh, speak [only] what is true and what is right.
20 Reúnanse y vengan, naciones que aún viven: no tienen conocimiento que toman su imagen de la madera y rezan a un dios en el que no hay salvación.
You people who are still alive after experiencing great disasters, should come and gather together [and listen to this]: The people who carry around their wooden idols and pray to them are foolish, because those idols cannot rescue them!
21 Pronuncien la palabra, expongan su causa, discutamos juntos: ¿quién ha dado noticias de esto en el pasado? ¿Quién ha anunciado esto desde el principio del tiempo? no fui yo, el Señor? y no hay más Dios que Yo; un verdadero Dios y un salvador; no hay otro.
Talk among yourselves, and decide what you will say to prove that [your praying to idols is good]. [And when you do that, I will ask you], ‘Who predicted long ago [what has now happened]? Did any idol tell you [that those things would happen] [RHQ]?’ No, it was [RHQ] only I, Yahweh, who told you, because I am the only God; there is no other God. I am a God who acts righteously and saves people; there is no other one [who does these things].
22 Vuélvase tu corazón a mí, para que tengas la salvación, todos los confines de la tierra; porque yo soy Dios, y no hay otro.
Everyone in the world should ask me to save them, because I am the only God who can do that; there is no other one.
23 Por mí mismo he hecho un juramento, una palabra de justicia salió de mi boca y no se cambiará, ante mí toda rodilla se doblará y toda lengua jurará lealtad.
I have solemnly declared, using my own name; I [SYN] have spoken what is true, and I will never change what I have said: [Some day], everyone [SYN] will bow in front of me, and they will all solemnly promise to be loyal to me.
24 Solo en el Señor, Hay justicia y fuerza: todos los que se enojaron con él serán avergonzados y destruidos.
They will declare, ‘Yahweh is the one who enables us to live righteously and to be strong.’” And all those who have been angry at him will come to him, and they will be ashamed [for having been angry with him].
25 En el Señor, toda la simiente de Israel será justificada, y se gloriará.
Yahweh is the only one who will enable [us] Israeli people in the future to defeat our enemies, [and then] we will boast about what he [has done for us].
