Isaías 48

1 Escucha esto, oh familia de Jacob, tú, que llevas el nombre de Israel y has salido del cuerpo de Judá; que hacen juramentos por el nombre del Señor, y hacen uso del nombre del Dios de Israel, pero no verdaderamente y no de buena fe.

[Yahweh says], “You descendants [MTY] of Jacob, who are [also] descendants of Judah and are now called [the people of] Israel, Listen to me! You make solemn promises using my name, Yahweh, and you request that I, the God to whom you Israeli people belong, [will hear you], but you do not do it sincerely.

2 Porque dicen que son del pueblo santo, y ponen su fe en el Dios de Israel, el Señor de los ejércitos es su nombre.

You say that you live in the holy city [of Jerusalem], and [you insincerely say] that you are relying on me, the God to whom you [people of] Israel belong, the one who is the Commander of the armies of angels.

3 Dije en el pasado las cosas que sucederían; salieron de mi boca, y las proclamé; de repente actué y se cumplieron.

Long ago I [MTY] predicted what would happen [DOU]. And then suddenly, I caused those things to happen.

4 Porque vi que tu corazón estaba duro, y que tu cuello era un tendón de hierro y tu frente de bronce;

I knew that you people are very stubborn; I knew that your heads are [MET] [as hard as] iron or brass [DOU].

5 Por esta razón las declare en el pasado, antes de que sucediera te las proclame, te dije que lo hicieras; por temor a que pudieras decir: Fue mi ídolo quien hizo estas cosas, mi imagen tallada y las imágenes fundidas las hicieron aparecer.

That is why I told you those things long ago. Long before they occurred, I announced that they would occur, in order that [when they happened] you could not say ‘Our idols did it; our statue made of wood and our idol made of metal caused them to happen.’

6 Todo esto ha llegado a tus oídos y lo has visto; ¿No le darás testimonio? Ahora estoy haciendo cosas nuevas, incluso cosas secretas, de las que no tenías conocimiento.

You have heard those things [that I predicted] and now you have seen that they have all occurred, so why do you not admit it [RHQ]? Now I will tell you new things, things that you have not known previously.

7 Solo ahora se han efectuado, y no en el pasado y antes de este día no habían llegado a tus oídos; Por temor a que pudieras decir, tenía conocimiento de ellos.

I am causing them to happen now; they are not things I did long ago. So you cannot say, ‘We already knew about those things.’

8 En verdad, no tenías palabra de ellos, ni conocimiento de ellos; ninguna noticia de ellos en el pasado había llegado a tus oídos; porque vi lo falso que era tu comportamiento y que tu corazón se volvió contra mí desde los primeros días.

[I will tell you about] things that you have never heard about or understood before. Even long ago you did not pay attention to me [IDM]. I know that you act very deceitfully/treacherously; you have rebelled against me since you first became a nation [MTY].

9 Por mi nombre guardaré mi ira, y por mi alabanza me guardaré de destruirlos.

But, for my own sake, in order that I will be honored, I will not punish [MTY] you immediately and I will not completely get rid of you.

10 Mira, te he estado probando como a mí mismo, no como a la plata; Te he hecho pasar por el fuego de la angustia.

I have purified you, but not the way [people refine] silver. Instead, I have caused you to suffer very much [to get rid of your impure behavior], like [MET] [people put metal in a very hot] furnace [to get rid of the impurities].

11 Por mí mismo, por mi nombre, lo haré; porque no dejaré que mi nombre sea avergonzado; Y mi gloria no la daré a otro.

But for my [MTY] own sake I will delay punishing you more; I will do it for my own sake in order that my reputation will not be damaged [RHQ]. I will not allow any [person or any idol] to be honored as I [deserve to be] honored.”

12 Escúchame, Jacob, e Israel, mi amado; Yo soy el, soy el primero y el último.

“You descendants [MTY] of Jacob, you people of Israel whom I have chosen, listen to me! [Only] I am God; I am the one who begins everything and who causes everything to end.

13 Sí, por mi mano estaba la tierra puesta sobre su base, y por mi mano derecha se extendían los cielos; en mi palabra ellos toman sus lugares.

I [SYN] am the one who laid the foundation of the earth. I stretched out the sky with my hand. And when I tell [the stars] to appear, they all do what I tell them.

14 Vengan todos, y escuchen; ¿Quién de ustedes ha dado noticias de estas cosas? El amado del Señor hará su placer con Babilonia y con la simiente de los caldeos.

All of you, gather together and listen to me. None of your idols has [RHQ] told this to you: I, Yahweh, have chosen [Cyrus] to assist me, and he will do to Babylon what I want him to do, and his army will get rid of [the army of] Babylonia.

15 Yo, incluso yo, he dado la palabra; He enviado por él; lo he hecho venir, y donde vaya prosperará.

I have said it; I have summoned [Cyrus]. I have appointed him, and he will accomplish everything that he attempts to do.

16 Acérquense a mí, y escuchen esto; Desde el principio no he hablado en secreto; Desde el momento de su existencia, estuve allí, y ahora el Señor Dios me ha enviado y su espíritu.

Come close to me and listen to what I say. Long ago [MTY] I told you plainly/clearly [LIT] [what would happen], and when those things occurred, I was [causing them to happen].” And now Yahweh the Lord and his Spirit have sent me [to give you a message].

17 El Señor tu redentor, el Santo de Israel, dice: Yo soy el Señor, tu Dios, que te está enseñando para tu beneficio, guiándote por el camino por el que debes ir.

This is what Yahweh, the one who saves you, the Holy God of [us] Israelis, says: “I am Yahweh, your God; I teach you what is important for you [to know]; I direct you and lead you to the roads that you should walk on [MET].

18 Si tan solo hubieras escuchado mis órdenes, entonces tu paz habría sido como un río, y tu justicia como las olas Del Mar.

I wish that you had paid attention to my commands! If you had done that, things would have gone well for you like [SIM] a river that flows gently; you would have been successful again and again, like [SIM] waves that come without ceasing.

19 Tu semilla habría sido como la arena, y tu descendencia como sus granos; tu nombre no sería destruido ni se borraría ante mí presencia.

Your descendants would have been [as many as] [MET] the grains of sand [on the seashore] [which no one can count]. I would not have needed to get rid of you; the country of [MTY] [Israel] would not have been destroyed.”

20 Salgan de Babilonia, huyan de los caldeos; con cantos de alegría, den la noticia, que la palabra salga hasta el fin de la tierra; digan: El Señor ha libertado a su siervo Jacob.

[However, now I tell you], leave Babylon! Flee from [being slaves of the people of] Babylonia! Proclaim this message joyfully; send it to the most remote/distant places on the earth: Yahweh freed the people of Israel [from being slaves in Egypt].

21 No tenían necesidad de agua cuando los guiaba a través del desierto; hizo que el agua saliera de la roca para ellos; la roca se separó y las aguas salieron.

They were not thirsty when he led them through the desert, because he split open the rock and caused water to gush/flow out for them [to drink].

22 No hay paz, dice el Señor, para los que hacen el mal.

“But things will not go well [like that] for wicked people,” says Yahweh.