Isaiah 66

CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN	Biblia Sagrada
1 Thus says the Lord: Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. What is this house that you would build for me? And what is this place of my rest?	1 Esto dice el Señor: «El cielo es mi trono, | y la tierra, el estrado de mis pies: | ¿Qué templo podréis construirme | o qué lugar para mi reposo?
2 My hand has made all these things, and all these things have been made, says the Lord. But upon whom will I look with favor, except upon a poor little one, who is contrite in spirit, and who trembles at my words?	2 Todo esto lo hicieron mis manos, | todo es mío —oráculo del Señor—. | En ese pondré mis ojos: | en el humilde y abatido | que se estremece ante mis palabras».
3 Whoever immolates an ox, it is as if he slaughters a man. Whoever sacrifices a sheep, it is as if he is smashing the head of a dog. Whoever offers an oblation, it is as if he is offering swine’s blood. Whoever makes remembrance with incense, it is as if he is blessing an idol. All these things, they have chosen according to their own ways, and their soul has taken delight in their own abominations.	3 El mismo que inmola un toro, golpea a muerte a un hombre, | el mismo que sacrifica una oveja, desnuca un perro, | el mismo que presenta una ofrenda, ofrece a la vez sangre de cerdo, | el mismo que hace un memorial de incienso, bendice un ídolo. | Ellos eligieron sus caminos, | estaban encantados con sus abominaciones.
4 Therefore, I also will choose their illusions, and I will lead over them the things that they feared. For I called, and there was no one who would respond. I have spoken, and they have not listened. And they have done evil in my eyes; and what I did not will, they have chosen.	4 También yo elijo mis caprichos | y traigo sobre ellos el terror. | Porque he llamado y nadie respondía, | he hablado y no escuchaban. | Hicieron el mal ante mis ojos | y eligieron lo que no me agradaba.
5 Listen to the word of the Lord, you who tremble at his word. Your brothers, who hate you and who cast you out because of my name, have said: “Let the Lord be glorified, and we will see by your rejoicing.” But they themselves will be confounded.	5 Escuchad la palabra del Señor | los que os estremecéis ante su palabra. | Dicen vuestros hermanos, | que os detestan y rechazan | por causa de mi nombre: | «Muestre el Señor su gloria | y veremos vuestra alegría». | Pero ellos quedarán avergonzados.
6 A voice of the people from the city! A voice from the temple! The voice of the Lord repaying retribution to his enemies!	6 ¡Escuchad! Un estrépito viene de la ciudad, | una voz viene del templo: | es la voz del Señor, | que toma represalias contra sus enemigos.
7 Before she was in labor, she gave birth. Before her time arrived for delivery, she gave birth to a male child.	7 Sin estar de parto ha dado a luz, | no le habían llegado los dolores | y ha tenido un varón.
8 Who has ever heard of such a thing? And who has seen anything like this? Will the earth give birth in one day? Or will a nation be born all at once? For Zion has been in labor, and she has given birth to her sons.	8 ¿Quién escuchó o ha visto cosa semejante? | ¿Se puede parir un país en un solo día, | se da a luz a todo un pueblo de una vez? | Apenas sintió los espasmos, | Sión dio a luz a sus hijos.
9 Will I, who causes others to give birth, not also give birth myself, says the Lord? Will I, who bestows generation upon others, be barren myself, says the Lord your God?	9 ¿Acaso abriré yo la matriz y no dejaré parir? | —dice el Señor—. | ¿Acaso yo, que hago parir, cerraré la matriz? | —dice tu Dios—.
10 Rejoice with Jerusalem, and exult in her, all you who love her! Rejoice greatly with her, all you who mourn over her!	10 Festejad a Jerusalén, gozad con ella, | todos los que la amáis; | alegraos de su alegría, | los que por ella llevasteis luto;
11 So may you nurse and be filled, from the breasts of her consolations. So may you receive milk and overflow with delights, from every portion of her glory.	11 mamaréis a sus pechos | y os saciaréis de sus consuelos, | y apuraréis las delicias | de sus ubres abundantes.
12 For thus says the Lord: Behold, I will turn a river of peace toward her, with an inundating torrent: the glory of the Gentiles, from which you will nurse. You will be carried at the breasts, and they will caress you upon the knees.	12 Porque así dice el Señor: | «Yo haré derivar hacia ella, | como un río, la paz, | como un torrente en crecida, | las riquezas de las naciones. | Llevarán en brazos a sus criaturas | y sobre las rodillas las acariciarán;
13 In the manner of one whom a mother caresses, so will I console you. And you will be consoled in Jerusalem.	13 como a un niño a quien su madre consuela, | así os consolaré yo, | y en Jerusalén seréis consolados.
14 You will see, and your heart will be glad, and your bones will flourish like a plant, and the hand of the Lord will be known to his servants, and he will be angry with his enemies.	14 Al verlo, se alegrará vuestro corazón, | y vuestros huesos florecerán como un prado, | se manifestará a sus siervos la mano del Señor, | y su ira a sus enemigos».
15 For behold, the Lord will arrive with fire, and his four-horse chariots will be like a whirlwind: to render his wrath with indignation, and his rebuke with flames of fire.	15 Porque el Señor llegará como fuego, | y sus carros como torbellino, | para restituir con ardor su ira | y su indignación con llamas.
16 For the Lord will divide with fire, and with his sword among all flesh, and those slain by the Lord will be many.	16 Por su fuego y por su espada, | el Señor se hace juez de todo ser viviente | y muchas serán las víctimas del Señor:
17 Those who were sanctified, who thought themselves to be clean in the gardens behind the inner gate, who were eating swine’s flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse: they will be consumed all at once, says the Lord.	17 los que se consagran y purifican | para ir a los jardines, | detrás del ídolo que está en el centro, | que comen carne de cerdo, reptiles y ratas, | todos juntos perecerán —oráculo del Señor—.
18 But I know their works and their thoughts. I am arriving, so that I may gather them together with all nations and languages. And they will approach, and they will see my glory.	18 Yo, conociendo sus obras y sus pensamientos, | vendré para reunir | las naciones de toda lengua; | vendrán para ver mi gloria.
19 And I will set a sign among them. And I will send some of those who will have been saved to the Gentiles in the sea, to Africa, and to those who draw the bow in Lydia, to Italy and Greece, to islands far away, to those who have not heard of me, and to those who have not seen my glory. And they will announce my glory to the Gentiles.	19 Les daré una señal, y de entre ellos | enviaré supervivientes a las naciones: | a Tarsis, Libia y Lidia (tiradores de arco), | Túbal y Grecia, a las costas lejanas | que nunca oyeron mi fama ni vieron mi gloria. | Ellos anunciarán mi gloria a las naciones.
20 And they will lead all of your brothers from all of the Gentiles as a gift to the Lord, on horses, and in four-horse chariots, and on stretchers, and on mules, and in coaches, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, says the Lord, in the same manner that the sons of Israel would carry an offering in a pure vessel into the house of the Lord.	20 Y de todas las naciones, como ofrenda al Señor, | traerán a todos vuestros hermanos, | a caballo y en carros y en literas, | en mulos y dromedarios, | hasta mi santa montaña de Jerusalén | —dice el Señor—, | así como los hijos de Israel traen ofrendas, | en vasos purificados, al templo del Señor.
21 And I will take from them to be priests and Levites, says the Lord.	21 También de entre ellos escogeré | sacerdotes y levitas —dice el Señor—.
22 For in like manner as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will cause to stand before me, says the Lord, so will your offspring and your name stand.	22 Porque, como el cielo nuevo y la tierra nueva | que yo haré subsisten ante mí | —oráculo del Señor—, | así subsistirán vuestra estirpe y vuestro nombre.
23 And there will be month after month, and Sabbath after Sabbath. And all flesh will approach, so as to adore before my face, says the Lord.	23 Cada novilunio y cada sábado | todo viviente se postrará ante mí | —dice el Señor—.
24 And they will go out, and they will view the carcasses of the men who have transgressed against me. Their worm will not die, and their fire will not be extinguished. And they will be a sight to all flesh even unto revulsion.	24 Y al salir verán los cadáveres | de los que se rebelaron contra mí: | su gusano no muere, su fuego no se extingue. | Serán el horror de todos los vivientes.