Isaías 48
1 Oíd esto, casa de Jacob, que os llamáis del nombre de Israel: los que salieron de las aguas de Judá, los que juran en el nombre de Jehová, y hacen memoria del Dios de Israel, no en verdad, ni en justicia:
Give ear to this, O family of Jacob, you who are named by the name of Israel, and have come out of the body of Judah; who take oaths by the name of the Lord, and make use of the name of the God of Israel, but not truly and not in good faith.
2 Porque de la santa ciudad se nombran, y en el Dios de Israel confían: su nombre, Jehová de los ejércitos.
For they say that they are of the holy town, and put their faith in the God of Israel: the Lord of armies is his name.
3 Lo que pasó, ya días ha que lo dije, y de mi boca salió: lo publiqué; hícelo presto, y vino.
I gave word in the past of the things which came about; they came from my mouth, and I made them clear: suddenly I did them, and they came about.
4 Porque conozco que eres duro, y nervio de hierro tu cerviz, y tu frente de metal.
Because I saw that your heart was hard, and that your neck was an iron cord, and your brow brass;
5 Díjetelo ya días ha: antes que viniese te lo enseñé; porque no dijeses: Mi ídolo lo hizo, mi escultura y mi vaciadizo mandó estas cosas.
For this reason I made it clear to you in the past, before it came I gave you word of it: for fear that you might say, My god did these things, and my pictured and metal images made them come about.
6 Oístelo, vístelo todo: ¿vosotros pues no lo anunciaréis? Ahora pues, ya te hice oír nuevas y ocultas cosas, que tú no sabías.
All this has come to your ears and you have seen it; will you not give witness to it? I am now making clear new things, even secret things, of which you had no knowledge.
7 Ahora fueron criadas, no en días pasados, ni antes de este día las habías oído; porque no digas: He aquí que yo lo sabía.
They have only now been effected, and not in the past: and before this day they had not come to your ears; for fear that you might say, I had knowledge of them.
8 Cierto nunca lo habías oído, cierto nunca lo habías conocido, cierto nunca antes se abrió tu oído; porque sabía que desobedeciendo habías de desobedecer, por tanto te llamé rebelde desde el vientre.
Truly you had no word of them, no knowledge of them; no news of them in the past had come to your ears; because I saw how false was your behaviour, and that your heart was turned against me from your earliest days.
9 Por causa de mi nombre dilataré mi furor, y para alabanza mía te esperaré luengamente, para no talarte.
Because of my name I will put away my wrath, and for my praise I will keep myself from cutting you off.
10 He aquí, te he purificado, y no como a plata: héte escogido en horno de aflicción.
See, I have been testing you for myself like silver; I have put you through the fire of trouble.
11 Por mí, por mí, haré: de otra manera, ¿cómo sería profanado? y mi honra no la daré a otro.
For myself, even because of my name, I will do it; for I will not let my name be shamed; and my glory I will not give to another.
12 Oyeme, Jacob, e Israel, llamado mío: Yo mismo, yo el primero, también yo el postrero.
Give ear to me, Jacob, and Israel, my loved one; I am he, I am the first and I am the last.
13 Ciertamente mi mano fundó la tierra, y mi mano derecha midió los cielos con el palmo: en llamándolos yo, parecieron juntamente.
Yes, by my hand was the earth placed on its base, and by my right hand the heavens were stretched out; at my word they take up their places.
14 Juntáos, todos vosotros, y oíd: ¿Quién hay entre ellos que anuncie estas cosas? Jehová le amó, el cual ejecutará su voluntad en Babilonia, y su brazo en los Caldeos.
Come together, all of you, and give ear; who among you has given news of these things? the Lord's loved one will do his pleasure with Babylon, and with the seed of the Chaldaeans.
15 Yo, yo hablé, y le llamé, y le traje: por tanto será prosperado su camino.
I, even I, have given the word; I have sent for him: I have made him come, and have given effect to his undertakings.
16 Allegáos a mí, oíd esto: Desde el principio no hablé en escondido: desde que la cosa se hizo, estuve allí; y ahora el Señor Jehová me ha enviado, y su Espíritu.
Come near to me, and give ear to this; from the start I did not keep it secret; from the time of its coming into existence I was there: and now the Lord God has sent me, and given me his spirit.
17 Así dijo Jehová, Redentor tuyo, el Santo de Israel: yo Jehová Dios tuyo, que te enseña provechosamente, que te encamina por el camino en que andas.
The Lord who takes up your cause, the Holy One of Israel, says, I am the Lord your God, who is teaching you for your profit, guiding you by the way in which you are to go.
18 ¡Ojalá tú miraras a mis mandamientos! fuera entonces tu paz como un río, y tu justicia como las ondas de la mar:
If only you had given ear to my orders, then your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness as the waves of the sea:
19 Fuera como la arena tu simiente, y los renuevos de tus entrañas como las pedrezuelas de ella: nunca su nombre fuera cortado, ni raído de mi presencia.
Your seed would have been like the sand, and your offspring like the dust: your name would not be cut off or come to an end before me.
20 Salíd de Babilonia, huid de entre los Caldeos: dad nuevas de esto con voz de alegría: publicádlo, llevádlo hasta lo postrero de la tierra: decíd: Redimió Jehová a su siervo Jacob.
Go out of Babylon, go in flight from the Chaldaeans; with the sound of song make it clear, give the news, let the word go out even to the end of the earth: say, The Lord has taken up the cause of his servant Jacob.
21 Y nunca tuvieron sed cuando los llevó por los desiertos: hízoles correr agua de la piedra: cortó la peña, y corrieron aguas.
They had no need of water when he was guiding them through the waste lands: he made water come out of the rock for them: the rock was parted and the waters came flowing out.
22 No hay paz para los malos, dijo Jehová.
There is no peace, says the Lord, for the evil-doers.
