Isaiah 45
1 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.
Esto es lo que dice el Señor a Ciro, el que ha ungido, a Ciro, cuya mano derecha he agarrado para dirigirlo a derrotar naciones y debilitar reyes, para abrir ante él puertas y portones que no se cerrarán.
2 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.
Iré delante de ti y arrasaré los montes. Derribaré las puertas de bronce y cortaré las barras de hierro.
3 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.
Te daré un tesoro oculto, un tesoro escondido en lugares secretos, para que sepas con certeza que yo soy el Señor, el Dios de Israel, el que te llama por tu nombre.
4 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.
Te llamo por tu nombre y te he dado un título de honor, por el bien de Jacob, mi siervo, y de Israel, el que elegí, aunque no me conozcas.
5 I am Yahweh, and there is no other God [DOU]. Even though you do not know me, I will give you power
Yo soy el Señor, no hay Dios fuera de mí. Aparte de mí no hay Dios. Te haré fuerte, aunque no me conozcas,
6 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].
para que todos, desde el este hasta el oeste, sepan que no hay Dios aparte de mí, que yo soy el Señor y no hay ninguno aparte de mí.
7 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.”
Yo creo la luz y hago las tinieblas, traigo la paz y hago el desastre. Yo soy el Señor y hago todo esto.
8 [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.
Que la lluvia caiga del cielo, que la bondad caiga de las nubes, que la tierra se abra para recibir la bondad y la salvación para que crezcan juntas. Yo, el Señor, los he creado.
9 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!’
Qué problemas tiene la gente cuando se pelea con su Creador: ¡sólo son vasijas entre todas las demás vasijas de la tierra! ¿Acaso la arcilla le dice al alfarero que la está moldeando: “¿Qué estás haciendo?” o “¡Lo que estás haciendo es tan malo que parece que no tienes manos!”?
10 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?’”
¡Qué malo sería que le dijeras a tu padre: “¿Por qué me has tenido?” o a tu madre: “¿Por qué he nacido?”
11 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]
Esto es lo que dice el Señor, el Santo de Israel, tu Creador: Puedes preguntarme sobre las cosas que vendrán. Pero, ¿vas a sermonearme sobre mis hijos y lo que hago?
12 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.
Yo soy el que hizo la tierra y creé a los seres humanos para que vivieran en ella. Fueron mis manos las que extendieron los cielos, y ordené que todas las estrellas llegaran a existir.
13 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.
Porque hago lo correcto, lo animaré y allanará todos los caminos que tome. Reconstruirá mi ciudad y liberará a mis exiliados sin que le paguen ni le sobornen para hacerlo, dice el Señor Todopoderoso.
14 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.” '”
Esto es lo que dice el Señor: “Los egipcios productivos y los comerciantes etíopes, así como el pueblo alto de Sabe, se acercarán a ti y te pertenecerán. Caminarán detrás de ti encadenados y se inclinarán ante ti, suplicándote, diciendo: ‘Ciertamente Dios está contigo, y no hay otro Dios fuera de él’”.
15 God, although we cannot see you, you are the one to whom [we] Israeli people belong, the one who saves us.
Pero tú eres un Dios que se esconde, Dios de Israel, Salvador.
16 All those who make idols will be humiliated. They will all be disgraced together.
Todos los que fabrican ídolos se avergüenzan y se humillan, todos son deshonrados.
17 But you, Yahweh, will rescue [us, your] Israeli people, and we will be free forever. Never again will we again be humiliated and disgraced.
Pero Israel será salvado por el Señor con una salvación que dura para siempre. No se avergonzará ni caerá en desgracia por toda la eternidad.
18 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].
Porque esto es lo que dice el Señor, el Dios que creó los cielos, que formó e hizo la tierra, él la fundó. No la hizo para dejarla vacía, sino que la formó para ser habitada. Él es quien dice: Yo soy el Señor, y no hay Dios fuera de mí.
19 [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.
No he hablado en secreto en un lugar oscuro. No se lo he dicho a los descendientes de Jacob: Búscame en un lugar donde no se pueda encontrar a nadie. Yo, el Señor, digo la verdad: digo lo que es justo.
20 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!
Reúnanse y vengan, acérquense, refugiados de las naciones. ¿No son estúpidos estos pueblos que llevan sus ídolos de madera y que rezan a un dios que no puede salvarlos?
21 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].
Discutan esto juntos, y luego hablen, presenten su caso. ¿Quién predijo esto hace tiempo? ¿Quién dijo lo que pasaría en el futuro en el pasado? ¿No fui yo, el Señor? No hay otro Dios aparte de mí, no hay otro Dios que haga lo correcto y que salve. No hay otro Dios sino yo.
22 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.
Vengan a mí todos los que están en la tierra y sálvense, porque yo soy Dios y no hay Dios fuera de mí.
23 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.
He jurado por mí mismo, he dicho lo que es justo y no me retractaré jamás. Todos se inclinarán ante mí; todos me reconocerán.
24 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].
Dirán de mí: “La salvación y la fuerza sólo se encuentran en el Señor”. Todos los que han luchado contra él vendrán a él y se avergonzarán.
25 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].
Pero en el Señor todos los descendientes de Israel serán reconciliados, y se gloriarán en él.
