Isaías 1

1 Visión de Isaías, hijo de Amós, la cual vio sobre Judá y Jerusalem, en días de Ozías, Joatam, Acaz, y Ezequías, reyes de Judá,

The vision of Isaiah, the son of Amoz, which he saw about Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.

2 Oíd, cielos, y escucha, tierra; porque habla Jehová. Crié hijos, y los levanté a grandes; y ellos se rebelaron contra mí.

Give ear, O heavens, and you, O earth, to the word which the Lord has said: I have taken care of my children till they became men, but their hearts have been turned away from me.

3 El buey conoció a su dueño, y el asno el pesebre de su señor: Israel no conoció, mi pueblo no entendió.

Even the ox has knowledge of its owner, and the ass of the place where its master puts its food: but Israel has no knowledge, my people give no thought to me.

4 ¡Oh gente pecadora, pueblo cargado de maldad, generación de malignos, hijos corrompedores! Dejaron a Jehová, provocaron a ira al santo de Israel, tornáronse atrás.

O nation full of sin, a people weighted down with crime, a generation of evil-doers, false-hearted children: they have gone away from the Lord, they have no respect for the Holy One of Israel, their hearts are turned back from him.

5 ¿Para qué seréis castigados aun? todavía os rebelaréis. Toda cabeza enferma, y todo corazón doliente.

Why will you have more and more punishment? why keep on in your evil ways? Every head is tired and every heart is feeble.

6 Desde la planta del pie hasta la cabeza no hay en él cosa entera: herida, hinchazón, y llaga podrida: no son curadas, ni vendadas, ni ablandadas, con aceite.

The body, from head to foot, is all diseased; it is a mass of open wounds, marks of blows, and broken flesh: the flow of blood has not been stopped, and no oil has been put on the wounds.

7 Vuestra tierra destruida, vuestras ciudades puestas a fuego, vuestra tierra delante de vosotros comida de extranjeros, y asolada como en asolamiento de extraños.

Your country has become waste; your towns are burned with fire; as for your land, it is overturned before your eyes, made waste and overcome by men from strange lands.

8 Y quedará la hija de Sión como choza en viña, y como cabaña en melonar, como ciudad asolada.

And the daughter of Zion has become like a tent in a vine-garden, like a watchman's house in a field of fruit, like a town shut in by armies.

9 Si Jehová de los ejércitos no hubiera hecho que nos quedasen sobras muy pocas, como Sodoma fuéramos, y semejantes a Gomorra.

If the Lord of armies had not kept some at least of us safe, we would have been like Sodom, and the fate of Gomorrah would have been ours.

10 Príncipes de Sodoma, oíd la palabra de Jehová: escuchád la ley de nuestro Dios, pueblo de Gomorra.

Give ear to the word of the Lord, you rulers of Sodom; let your hearts be turned to the law of our God, you people of Gomorrah.

11 ¿Para qué a mí la multitud de vuestros sacrificios? dice Jehová. Harto estoy de holocaustos de carneros, y de sebo de animales gruesos: no quiero sangre de bueyes, ni de ovejas, ni de machos de cabrío.

What use to me is the number of the offerings which you give me? says the Lord; your burned offerings of sheep, and the best parts of fat cattle, are a weariness to me; I take no pleasure in the blood of oxen, or of lambs, or of he-goats.

12 ¿Quién demandó esto de vuestras manos, cuando vinieseis a ver mi rostro, a hollar mis patios?

At whose request do you come before me, making my house unclean with your feet?

13 No me traigáis más presente vano: el perfume me es abominación. Luna nueva, y sábado, convocar convocación, no podré sufrir: iniquidad y solemnidad.

Give me no more false offerings; the smoke of burning flesh is disgusting to me, so are your new moons and Sabbaths and your holy meetings.

14 Vuestras lunas nuevas, y vuestras solemnidades tiene aborrecidas mi alma: hánme sido carga: cansado estoy de llevar las.

Your new moons and your regular feasts are a grief to my soul: they are a weight in my spirit; I am crushed under them.

15 Cuando extendiereis vuestras manos, yo esconderé de vosotros mis ojos; también cuando multiplicareis la oración, yo no oiré: llenas están de sangre vuestras manos.

And when your hands are stretched out to me, my eyes will be turned away from you: even though you go on making prayers, I will not give ear: your hands are full of blood.

16 Lavád, limpiaos, quitád la iniquidad de vuestras obras de la presencia de mis ojos: dejád de hacer lo malo:

Be washed, make yourselves clean; put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes; let there be an end of sinning;

17 Aprendéd a bien hacer, buscád juicio, restituíd al agraviado, oíd a derecho al huérfano, amparád la viuda.

Take pleasure in well-doing; let your ways be upright, keep down the cruel, give a right decision for the child who has no father, see to the cause of the widow.

18 Veníd pues, dirá Jehová, y estemos a cuenta: si vuestros pecados fueren como la grana, como la nieve serán emblanquecidos: si fueren rojos como el carmesí, serán tornados como la lana.

Come now, and let us have an argument together, says the Lord: how may your sins which are red like blood be white as snow? how may their dark purple seem like wool?

19 Si quisiereis, y oyereis, comeréis el bien de la tierra.

If you will give ear to my word and do it, the good things of the land will be yours;

20 Si no quisiereis, y fuereis rebeldes, seréis consumidos a cuchillo; porque la boca de Jehová lo ha dicho.

But if your hearts are turned against me, I will send destruction on you by the sword; so the Lord has said.

21 ¡Cómo te has tornado ramera, o ciudad fiel! Llena estuvo de juicio, y equidad habitó en ella: mas ahora, homicidas.

The upright town has become untrue; there was a time when her judges gave right decisions, when righteousness had a resting-place in her, but now she is full of those who take men's lives.

22 Tu plata se ha tornado escorias; y tu vino es mezclado con agua.

Your silver is no longer true metal, your wine is mixed with water.

23 Tus príncipes prevaricadores, y compañeros de ladrones: todos aman los presentes, y siguen los salarios: no oyen a juicio al huérfano, ni llega a ellos la causa de la viuda.

Your chiefs have gone against the Lord, they have become friends of thieves; every one of them is looking for profit and going after rewards; they do not give right decisions for the child who has no father, and they do not let the cause of the widow come before them.

24 Por tanto dice el Señor Jehová de los ejércitos, Fuerte de Israel: Ea, tomaré satisfacción de mis enemigos, vengarme he de mis adversarios.

For this reason the Lord, the Lord of armies, the Strong One of Israel, has said, I will put an end to my haters, and send punishment on those who are against me;

25 Y volveré mi mano sobre ti, y limpiaré hasta lo más puro tus escorias, y quitaré todo tu estaño.

And my hand will again be on you, washing away what is unclean as with soap, and taking away all your false metal;

26 Y restituiré tus jueces como al principio, y tus consejeros como de primero: entonces te llamarán, ciudad de justicia, ciudad fiel.

And I will give you judges again as at the first, and wise guides as in the past; then you will be named, The Town of Righteousness, the true town.

27 Sión con juicio será rescatada, y los que a ella volvieren, con justicia.

Upright acts will be the price of Zion's forgiveness, and by righteousness will men be living there.

28 Mas los rebeldes y pecadores a una serán quebrantados; y los que dejaron a Jehová serán consumidos.

But a common destruction will overtake sinners and evil-doers together, and those who have gone away from the Lord will be cut off.

29 Entonces los olmos que amasteis os avergonzarán; y los bosques que escogisteis os afrentarán.

For you will be put to shame because of the trees of your desire, and because of the gardens of your pleasure.

30 Porque seréis como el olmo que se le cae la hoja, y como huerto que le faltaron las aguas.

For you will be like a tree whose leaves have become dry, and like a garden without water.

31 Y el fuerte será como estopa, y el que lo hizo, como centella; y ambos serán encendidos juntamente, y no habrá quien apague.

And the strong will be as food for the fire, and his work as a flame; and they will be burned together, with no one to put out the fire.