Isaiah 64
1 “[Yahweh], I wish that you would tear open the sky and come down, and cause the mountains to shake in your presence.
Si tan sólo desgarraras los cielos y bajaras. Las montañas temblarían en tu presencia!
2 [Be] like a fire that burns twigs and causes water to boil! [Come down] in order that your enemies will know who you are, and the [people of other] nations will tremble in your presence.
De la misma manera que el fuego quema la madera y hace hervir el agua, ¡haz que tu reputación sea conocida por tus enemigos, para que las naciones tiemblen en tu presencia!
3 You have done awesome things which we were not expecting you to do; the mountains shook when you came down [at Horeb Mountain].
En el pasado hiciste cosas que no esperábamos. Bajaste y las montañas temblaron en tu presencia.
4 Since (long ago/the world began), no one [SYN] has [ever] seen or heard about a God like you; you help those who (depend on/trust in) you.
Desde el principio, nadie ha oído hablar, nadie ha prestado atención y nadie ha visto a ningún Dios excepto a ti, el que ayuda a los que ponen su confianza en ti.
5 You help those who joyfully do what is right, those who conduct their lives as you want them to. But [we did not do that]; we continued to sin, and so you became angry with us. We have been sinning for a long time, so only if we continually do what you want us to do will we be saved.
Te unes a los que se alegran y a los que hacen lo correcto y se acuerdan de seguir tus caminos. Pero cuando seguimos pecando, te enfadaste. ¿Cómo podemos salvarnos si seguimos así?
6 We have all become people who are not fit to worship you; all of the good things that we have done are only like [SIM] filthy/blood-stained rags. Because of our sins, we are like [SIM] leaves that dry up and are blown away by the wind.
Todos nos hemos vuelto impuros, y todas las cosas buenas que hacemos son como trapos sucios. Nos marchitamos y morimos como hojas de otoño, y nuestros pecados, como el viento, se los lleva.
7 None [of our people] worships you, and no one is completely dedicated to [IDM] you. You have turned away from us. [It is as though] you have caused us to be forced to continue our sinful behavior.
No hay nadie que te invoque ni que quiera realmente aferrarse a ti, porque nos has ocultado tu rostro y has dejado que nos ahoguemos en nuestros propios pecados.
8 Yahweh, you are our father. We are [like] [MET] clay, and you created us, [like] [MET] a potter [creates pottery].
Pero tú, Señor, eres nuestro Padre. Nosotros somos el barro, tú eres el alfarero. Nos has hecho con tus propias manos.
9 Yahweh, do not continue to be angry [with us]; do not keep thinking about [our] sins forever. Do not forget that we are all your people.
Por favor, limita tu ira, Señor, y no recuerdes nuestros pecados para siempre. Míranos, y mira que todos somos tu pueblo.
10 [All of] your towns [in Judah] have become like [MET] deserts; [even] Jerusalem has been destroyed.
Tus ciudades santas se han convertido en un desierto; Sión se ha convertido en un desierto; sí, incluso Jerusalén es una ruina abandonada.
11 Your glorious temple on Zion Hill, where our ancestors worshiped you, has been destroyed by fire. And all our [other] beautiful things have been ruined.
Nuestro hermoso y santo Templo, donde nuestros antepasados te alababan, ha sido incendiado, y todo lo que atesorábamos ha sido destruido.
12 Yahweh, you see all those things, so we worry that you will refrain [from helping us], and that you will cause us to suffer much more.
En vista de todo esto, ¿vas a seguir negándote a ayudarnos? ¿Vas a quedarte callado y castigarnos tan severamente?
