Isaías 43

1 Y ahora, así dice Jehová, Creador tuyo, o! Jacob, y formador tuyo, o! Israel: No temas, porque yo te redimí: yo te puse nombre, mío eres tú.

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 pasares por las aguas, yo seré contigo; y en los ríos, no te anegarán. Cuando pasares por el mismo fuego, no te quemarás, ni la llama 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 Jehová Dios tuyo, Santo de Israel, Guardador tuyo: A Egipto he dado por tu rescate; a Etiopía, y a Sabá 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 Porque en mis ojos fuiste de grande estima: fuiste honorable, y yo te amé; y daré hombres por ti, y naciones por tu alma.

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 soy contigo: del oriente traeré tu generación, y del occidente te recogeré.

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 aquilón: Da acá; y al mediodía: No detengas: trae de luengas tierras mis hijos, y mis hijas de lo postrero 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 Todos llamados de mi nombre; y para gloria mía los crié, los formé, y los hice:

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 Sacando al pueblo ciego, que tiene ojos; y a los sordos, que tienen oídos.

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 Congréguense juntamente todas las naciones, y júntense pueblos: ¿Quién de ellos hay que nos dé nuevas de esto, y que nos haga oír las cosas primeras? Presenten sus testigos, y serán sentenciados por justos: oigan, y digan 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 Vosotros sois mis testigos, dice Jehová, y mi siervo, que yo escogí: para que me conozcáis, y creáis, y entendáis, que yo mismo soy: antes de mí no fue formado Dios, ni lo será 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 Jehová; y fuera de mí no hay quien salve.

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

12 Yo anuncié, y salvé, e hice oír, y no hubo entre vosotros dios extraño. Vosotros pues sois mis testigos, dice Jehová, que yo soy Dios.

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 Aun antes que hubiera día, yo era; y no hay quien de mi mano escape: si yo hiciere, ¿quién lo estorbará?

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 Así dice Jehová, Redentor vuestro, Santo de Israel: Por vosotros envié a Babilonia, e hice descender fugitivos todos ellos, 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 Jehová, Santo vuestro, Creador de Israel, Rey vuestro.

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

16 Así dice Jehová, el que da camino en la mar, y senda en las aguas impetuosas.

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

17 Cuando él saca carro, y caballo, ejército y fuerza caen juntamente, para no levantarse: quedan apagados, como pábilo quedan apagados.

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 os acordéis de las cosas pasadas, ni traigáis a memoria las cosas antiguas.

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

19 He aquí que yo hago cosa nueva: presto saldrá a luz: ¿No la sabréis? Otra vez, pondré camino en el desierto, y ríos en la soledad.

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 La bestia del campo me honrará, los dragones, y los pollos del avestruz; porque daré aguas en el desierto, ríos en la soledad, para que beba mi pueblo, mi escogido.

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 Este pueblo crié para mí, mis alabanzas contará.

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 Y no me invocaste a mí, o! Jacob: antes en mí te cansaste, o! 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 trajiste a mí los animales de tus holocaustos, ni me honraste a mí con tus sacrificios; no te hice servir con presente, ni te hice fatigar con perfume.

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 compraste para mí caña aromática por dinero, ni me hartaste con la grosura de tus sacrificios: antes me hiciste servir en tus pecados, y en tus maldades me hiciste fatigar.

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 raigo tus rebeliones por amor de mí; y no me acordaré de tus pecados.

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 Házme acordar, entremos en juicio juntamente: cuenta tú para abonarte.

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 pecó, y tus enseñadores prevaricaron contra mí.

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 Por tanto yo profané los príncipes del santuario, y puse por anatema a Jacob, y a Israel por 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.”