Isaías 41

EL LIBRO DEL PUEBLO DE DIOS	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 ¡Silencio delante de mí, costas lejanas, y que los pueblos renueven su fuerza! ¡Que se acerquen y entonces hablen! Comparezcamos juntos a juicio:	1 Let the islands be silent before me, and let the nations take new strength. Let them draw near, and then speak. Let us apply for judgment together.
2 ¿Quién suscitó desde el Oriente a aquel a quien la victoria le sale al paso? ¿Quién le entrega las naciones y le somete a los reyes? Su espada los reduce a polvo, su arco, a paja que se avienta.	2 Who has raised up a just man from the east, and has called him to follow him? He will place the nations under his gaze, and he will rule over kings. He will cause them to be like dust before his sword, like chaff driven by the wind before his bow.
3 El los persigue y pasa sano y salvo, sin tocar el camino con sus pies.	3 He will pursue them. He will pass by in peace. No trace will appear after his feet.
4 ¿Quién obró así, quién hizo esto? El que llama a las generaciones desde el principio, yo, el Señor, el Primero, y que seré el mismo al final.	4 Who has worked and accomplished these things, calling to the generations from the beginning? “It is I, the Lord! I am the first and the last.”
5 Las costas lo ven y sienten temor, tiemblan los confines de la tierra: ¡Ya se acercan, ya llegan!	5 The islands saw it and were afraid. The ends of the earth were stupefied. They drew near and arrived.
6 Ellos se ayudan mutuamente y uno dice al otro: «¡Fuerza!».	6 Each one will help his neighbor and will say to his brother, “Be strengthened.”
7 El artesano anima al orfebre; el que forja a martillo, al que golpea el yunque, diciendo de la soldadura: «¡Está bien!». Luego se sujeta al ídolo con clavos, para que no se tambalee.	7 The coppersmith striking with the mallet encouraged him who was forging at that time, saying, “It is ready for soldering.” And he strengthened it with nails, so that it would not be moved.
8 Pero tú, Israel, mi servidor, Jacob, a quien yo elegí, descendencia de Abraham, mi amigo;	8 But you, O Israel, are my servant, O Jacob, whom I have chosen, the offspring of my friend Abraham.
9 tú, a quien tomé de los confines de la tierra y llamé de las regiones más remotas, yo te dije: «Tú eres mi servidor, yo te elegí y no te rechacé».	9 For his sake, I have taken you from the ends of the earth, and I have called you from its distant places. And I said to you: “You are my servant. I have chosen you, and I have not cast you aside.”
10 No temas, porque yo estoy contigo, no te inquietes, porque yo soy tu Dios; yo te fortalezco y te ayudo, yo te sostengo con mi mano victoriosa.	10 Do not be afraid, for I am with you. Do not turn away, for I am your God. I have strengthened you, and I have assisted you, and the right hand of my just one has upheld you.
11 Sí, quedarán avergonzados y confundidos los que se enfurecen contra ti; serán como nada y desaparecerán aquellos que te desafían,	11 Behold, all who fight against you shall be confounded and ashamed. They will be as if they did not exist, and the men who contradict you will perish.
12 Buscarás, pero no los encontrarás, a aquellos que te provocan; serán como nada, absolutamente nada, los que te hacen la guerra.	12 You will seek them, and you will not find them. The men who rebel against you will be as if they did not exist. And the men who make war against you will be like something that has been consumed.
13 Porque yo, el Señor, soy tu Dios, el que te sostengo de la mano derecha y te digo: ¿No temas, yo vengo en tu ayuda».	13 For I am the Lord your God. I take you by your hand, and I say to you: Do not be afraid. I have helped you.
14 Tú eres un gusano, Jacob, eres una lombriz, Israel, pero no temas, yo vengo en tu ayuda –oráculo del Señor– y tu redentor es el Santo de Israel.	14 Fear not, O worm of Jacob, you who are dead within Israel. I have helped you, says the Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
15 Yo te convertiré en una trilladora, afilada, nueva, de doble filo: trillarás las montañas y las pulverizarás, y dejarás las colinas como rastrojo.	15 I have established you like a new threshing cart, having serrated blades. You will thresh the mountains and crush them. And you will turn the hills into chaff.
16 Las aventarás y el viento se las llevará, y las dispersará la tormenta; y tú te alegrarás en el Señor, te gloriarás en el Santo de Israel.	16 You will winnow them, and the wind will blow them away, and the whirlwind will scatter them. And you shall exult in the Lord; you shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
17 Los pobres y los indigentes buscan agua en vano, su lengua está reseca por la sed. Pero yo, el Señor, les responderé, yo, el Dios de Israel, no los abandonaré.	17 The indigent and the poor are seeking water, but there is none. Their tongue has been dried up by thirst. I, the Lord, will heed them. I, the God of Israel, will not abandon them.
18 Haré brotar ríos en las cumbres desiertas y manantiales en medio de los valles; convertiré el desierto en estanques, la tierra árida en vertientes de agua.	18 I will open rivers in the high hills, and fountains in the midst of the plains. I will turn the desert into pools of water, and the impassable land into streams of water.
19 Pondré en el desierto cedros, acacias, mirtos y olivos silvestres; plantaré en la estepa cipreses, junto con olmos y pinos,	19 I will plant the cedar in a deserted place, with the thorn, and the myrtle, and the olive tree. In the desert, I will plant the pine, and the elm, and the box tree together,
20 para que ellos vean y reconozcan, para que reflexionen y comprendan de una vez que la mano del Señor ha hecho esto, que el Santo de Israel lo ha creado.	20 so that they may see and know, acknowledge and understand, together, that the hand of the Lord has accomplished this, and that the Holy One of Israel has created it.
21 ¡Expongan su caso, dice el Señor, presenten sus pruebas, dice el rey de Jacob!	21 Bring your case forward, says the Lord. Bring it here, if you have anything to allege, says the King of Jacob.
22 Que se adelanten, y nos anuncien lo que está por suceder. ¿Qué aconteció en el pasado? Díganlo, y prestaremos atención. O bien, predigan lo que va a venir, para que conozcamos su desenlace.	22 Let them approach and announce to us the things that will occur. Announce to us the things that were before. And we will apply our heart to them, and we will know their end. And so, reveal to us the things that will occur.
23 Anuncien lo que pasará después y así sabremos que ustedes son dioses. Hagan algo, sea bueno o malo, para que lo veamos con asombro y temor.	23 Announce the things that will occur in the future, and we will know that you are gods. Likewise, accomplish good or evil, if you are able, and let us speak of it and see it together.
24 ¡Pero no, ustedes no son nada y sus obras, menos que nada! ¡Qué abominable el que los elige a ustedes!	24 Behold, you exist out of nothing, and your work is from what does not exist; he who has chosen you is an abomination.
25 Yo lo suscité desde el Norte, y él vino; desde el Oriente lo llamé por su nombre. El pisotea a los gobernantes como barro, como un alfarero que pisa la arcilla.	25 I have raised up one from the north, and he will arrive from the rising of the sun. He will call upon my name, and he will reduce magistrates to mud, like a potter working with clay.
26 ¿Quién lo anunció desde el principio, para que pudiéramos saberlo? ¿Quién lo declaró desde hace tiempo, para que dijéramos: «¡Tiene razón!»? No, nadie lo anuncia, nadie lo predice, nadie oyó las palabras de ustedes.	26 Who has announced this from its rising, so that we may know it, or from its beginning, so that we may say, “You are just.” There is no one who either announces, or predicts, or hears your words.
27 Yo, el Primero, dije a Sión: «¡Aquí están, sí, aquí están!» y envié a Jerusalén un heraldo de buenas noticias.	27 The first one will say to Zion: “Behold, they are here,” and to Jerusalem, “I will present an evangelist.”
28 Miré, y no había nadie, no había entre ellos ni un solo consejero, para poder interrogarlos y tener una respuesta.	28 And I saw, and there was no one among any of them to consult, or who, when I asked, could answer a word.
29 ¡Ahí están! ¡Todos ellos no son nada, sus obras, absolutamente nada, sus estatuas, viento y vacío!	29 Behold, they are all unjust, and their works are empty. Their idols are wind and emptiness.