Isaías 40

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1 Consolad, consolad a mi pueblo - dice vuestro Dios.	1 “Be consoled, be consoled, O my people!” says your God.
2 Hablad al corazón de Jerusalén y decidle bien alto que ya ha cumplido su milicia, ya ha satisfecho por su culpa, pues ha recibido de mano de Yahveh castigo doble por todos sus pecados.	2 Speak to the heart of Jerusalem, and call out to her! For her malice has reached its end. Her iniquity has been forgiven. She has received double for all her sins from the hand of the Lord.
3 Una voz clama: «En el desierto abrid camino a Yahveh, trazad en la estepa una calzada recta a nuestro Dios.	3 The voice of one crying out in the desert: “Prepare the way of the Lord! Make straight the paths of our God, in a solitary place.
4 Que todo valle sea elevado, y todo monte y cerro rebajado; vuélvase lo escabroso llano, y las breñas planicie.	4 Every valley will be exalted, and every mountain and hill will be brought low. And the crooked will be straightened, and the uneven will become level ways.
5 Se revelará la gloria de Yahveh, y toda criatura a una la verá. Pues la boca de Yahveh ha hablado».	5 And the glory of the Lord will be revealed. And all flesh together will see that the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”
6 Una voz dice: «¡Grita!» Y digo: «¿Qué he de gritar?» - «Toda carne es hierba y todo su esplendor como flor del campo.	6 The voice of one saying, “Cry out!” And I said, “What should I cry out?” “All flesh is grass, and all its glory is like the flower of the field.
7 La flor se marchita, se seca la hierba, en cuanto le dé el viento de Yahveh (pues, cierto, hierba es el pueblo).	7 The grass has dried up, and the flower has fallen. For the Spirit of the Lord has blown over it. Truly, the people are like grass.
8 La hierba se seca, la flor se marchita, mas la palabra de nuestro Dios permanece por siempre.	8 The grass has dried up, and the flower has fallen. But the Word of our Lord remains for eternity.”
9 Súbete a un alto monte, alegre mensajero para Sión; clama con voz poderosa, alegre mensajero para Jerusalén, clama sin miedo. Di a las ciudades de Judá: «Ahí está vuestro Dios».	9 You who evangelize Zion, climb a high mountain! You who evangelize Jerusalem, lift up your voice with strength! Lift it up! Do not be afraid! Say to the cities of Judah: “Behold, your God!”
10 Ahí viene el Señor Yahveh con poder, y su brazo lo sojuzga todo. Ved que su salario le acompaña, y su paga le precede.	10 Behold, the Lord God will arrive in strength, and his arm will rule. Behold, his reward is with him, and his work is before him.
11 Como pastor pastorea su rebaño: recoge en brazos los corderitos, en el seno los lleva, y trata con cuidado a las paridas.	11 He will pasture his flock like a shepherd. He will gather together the lambs with his arm, and he will lift them up to his bosom, and he himself will carry the very young.
12 ¿Quién midió los mares con el cuenco de la mano, y abarcó con su palmo la dimensión de los cielos, metió en un tercio de medida el polvo de la tierra, pesó con la romana los montes, y los cerros con la balanza?	12 Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and who has weighed the heavens with his palm? Who has suspended the mass of the earth with three fingers, and who has weighed the mountains on a balance and the hills on a scale?
13 ¿Quién abarcó el espíritu de Yahveh, y como consejero suyo le enseñó?	13 Who has assisted the Spirit of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor and has revealed things to him?
14 ¿Con quién se aconsejó, quién le explicó y le enseñó la senda de la justicia, y le enseñó la ciencia, y el camino de la inteligencia le mostró?	14 With whom has he consulted? And who has instructed him, and taught him the path of justice, and guided him to knowledge, and revealed the way of understanding to him?
15 Las naciones son como gota de un cazo, como escrúpulo de balanza son estimadas. Las islas como una chinita pesan.	15 Behold, the nations are like a drop of water in a bucket, and they are considered as the smallest grain on a balance. Behold, the islands are like a little dust.
16 El Líbano no basta para la quema, ni sus animales para holocausto.	16 And Lebanon will not be sufficient to start a fire, and its animals will not be sufficient for a burnt offering.
17 Todas las naciones son como nada ante él, como nada y vacío son estimadas por él.	17 All the nations in his sight are as if they did not exist, and they are considered by him as if they were nothingness and emptiness.
18 Pues ¿con quién asemejaréis a Dios, qué semejanza le aplicaréis?	18 Therefore, to whom would you liken God? Or with what image would you replace him?
19 El fundidor funde la estatua, el orfebre con oro la recubre y funde cadenas de plata.	19 Should the workman cast a statue? Or has the goldsmith formed it with gold, or the silversmith with plates of silver?
20 El que presenta una ofrenda de pobre escoge madera incorruptible, se busca un hábil artista para erigir una estatua que no vacile.	20 He has chosen strong wood that will not decay. The skillful artisan seeks a way to set up an idol that cannot be moved.
21 ¿No lo sabíais? ¿No lo habíais oído? ¿No os lo había mostrado desde el principio? ¿No lo entendisteis desde que se fundó la tierra?	21 Do you not know? Have you not heard? Has it not been announced to you from the beginning? Have you not understood the foundations of the earth?
22 El está sentado sobre el orbe terrestre, cuyos habitantes son como saltamontes; él expande los cielos como un tul, y los ha desplegado como una tienda que se habita.	22 He is the One who sits upon the globe of the earth, and its inhabitants are like locusts. He extends the heavens as if they were nothing, and he spreads them out like a tent, in which to dwell.
23 El aniquila a los tiranos, y a los árbitros de la tierra los reduce a la nada.	23 He has brought those who examine what is secret to nothingness. He has brought the judges of the earth to emptiness.
24 Apenas han sido plantados, apenas sembrados, apenas arraiga en tierra su esqueje, cuando sopla sobre ellos y se secan, y una ráfaga como tamo se los lleva.	24 And certainly, their stalk was neither planted, nor sown, nor rooted in the ground. He has suddenly blown them across them, and they have withered, and a whirlwind will carry them away like chaff.
25 ¿Con quién me asemejaréis y seré igualado?, dice el Santo.	25 “And to whom would you compare me or equate me?” says the Holy One.
26 Alzad a lo alto los ojos y ved: ¿quién ha hecho esto? El que hace salir por orden al ejército celeste, y a cada estrella por su nombre llama. Gracias a su esfuerzo y al vigor de su energía, no falta ni una.	26 Lift up your eyes on high, and see who has created these things. He leads forth their army by number, and he calls them all by name. Because of the fullness of his strength and robustness and virtue, not one of them was left behind.
27 ¿Por qué dices, Jacob, y hablas, Israel: «Oculto está mi camino para Yahveh, y a Dios se le pasa mi derecho?»	27 Why do you say this, O Jacob, and why do you speak this way, O Israel? “My way has been hidden from the Lord, and my judgment escaped notice by my God.”
28 ¿Es que no lo sabes? ¿Es que no lo has oído? Que Dios desde siempre es Yahveh, creador de los confines de la tierra, que no se cansa ni se fatiga, y cuya inteligencia es inescrutable.	28 Do you not know, or have you not heard? The Lord is the eternal God, who has created the limits of the earth. He does not diminish, and he does not struggle. Neither is his wisdom searchable.
29 Que al cansado da vigor, y al que no tiene fuerzas la energía le acrecienta.	29 It is he who gives strength to the weary, and it is he who increases fortitude and strength in those who are failing.
30 Los jóvenes se cansan, se fatigan, los valientes tropiezan y vacilan,	30 Servants will struggle and fail, and young men will fall into infirmity.
31 mintras que a los que esperan en Yahveh él les renovará el vigor, subirán con alas como de águilas, correrán sin fatigarse y andarán sin cansarse.	31 But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will take up wings like eagles. They will run and not struggle. They will walk and not tire.