Isaías 57

BIBLIA	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 El justo perece, y no hay quien haga caso; los hombres buenos son arrebatados, y no hay quien lo considere. Cuando ante la desgracia es arrebatado el justo,	1 The just man perishes, and there is no one who acknowledges it in his heart; and men of mercy are taken away, for there is no one who understands. For the just man has been taken away before the face of malice.
2 se va en paz. ¡Descansen en sus lechos todos los que anduvieron en camino recto!	2 Let peace arrive. Let he who has walked in his righteousness find rest on his bed.
3 Pero vosotros venid acá, hijos de hechicera, raza adúltera que te prostituyes:	3 But come here, you sons of the prophetess, you offspring of an adulterous man and a fornicating woman.
4 ¿De quién os mofáis? ¿Contra quién abrís la boca y sacáis la lengua? ¿No sois vosotros engendros de pecado, prole bastarda?	4 Whom are you mocking? Against whom have you opened your mouth wide and wagged your tongue? Are you not sons of wickedness, a lying offspring,
5 Los que entráis en calor entre terebintos, bajo cualquier árbol frondoso, degolladores de niños en las torrenteras, debajo de los resquicios de las peñas.	5 who are being consoled by idols under every leafy tree, immolating little children at the torrents, under the high rocks?
6 En las piedras lisas del torrente tengas tu parte: ¡ellas, ellas te toquen en suerte! Que también sobre ellas vertiste libaciones, hiciste oblación. ¿Acaso con estas cosas me voy a aplacar?	6 Your portion is in the currents of the torrent; this is your lot! And you yourselves have poured out libations to them; you have offered sacrifice. Should I not be angry over these things?
7 Sobre montaña alta y empinada pusiste tu lecho. Hasta allí subiste a hacer el sacrificio.	7 Upon a high and lofty mountain, you have placed your bed, and you have ascended to that place to immolate victims.
8 Detrás de la puerta y de la jamba pusiste tu memorial. Sí, te desnudaste, subiste, y no conmigo, a tu lecho, y lo extendiste. Llegaste a un acuerdo con aquellos con quienes te plugo acostarte, mirando el monumento.	8 And behind the door, and beyond the post, you have set up your memorial. For you uncovered yourself next to me, and you received an adulterer. You widened your bed, and you formed a pact with them. You loved their bed with an open hand.
9 Te has acercado con aceite para Mélek, multiplicaste tus aromas. Enviaste a tus emisarios muy lejos, y los hiciste bajar hasta el seol.	9 And you have adorned yourself for the king with ointments, and you have increased your cosmetics. You have sent your representatives to distant places, and you have debased yourself all the way to Hell.
10 De tanto caminar te cansaste, pero sin decir: «Me rindo». Hallaste el vigor de tu mano, y así no quedaste debilitada.	10 You have been wearied by the multitude of your own ways. Yet you did not say, “I will cease.” You have found life by your own hand; because of this, you have not prayed.
11 Pues bien, ¿de quién te asustaste y tuviste miedo, que fuiste embustera, y de mí no te acordaste, no hiciste caso de ello? ¿No es que porque me callé desde siempre, a mí no me temiste?	11 For whose sake have you been anxiously afraid, so that you would lie and not be mindful of me, nor consider me in your heart? For I am silent, and I am like someone who does not see, and so you have forgotten me.
12 Yo voy a denunciar tu virtud y tus hechos, y no te aprovecharán.	12 I will announce your justice, and your works will not benefit you.
13 Cuando grites, que te salven los reunidos en torno a ti, que a todos ellos los llevará el viento, los arrebatará el aire. Pero aquel que se ampare en mí poseerá la tierra y heredará mi monte santo.	13 When you cry out, let your followers free you. But the wind will carry them all away; a breeze will take them up. But he who has faith in me will inherit the earth and will possess my holy mountain.
14 Entonces se dirá: Reparad, reparad, abrid camino, quitad los obstáculos del camino de mi pueblo.	14 And I will say: “Make way! Grant passage! Move to the side of the path! Take the obstacles out of the way of my people!”
15 Que así dice el Excelso y Sublime, el que mora por siempre y cuyo nombre es Santo. «En lo excelso y sagrado yo moro, y estoy también con el humillado y abatido de espíritu, para avivar el espíritu de los abatidos, para avivar el ánimo de los humillados.	15 For this is said by the Most High, the Sublime One, who dwells in eternity. And his name is Holy, for he dwells in the exalted and holy place, and he acts with a restrained and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.
16 Pues no disputaré por siempre ni estaré eternamente enojado, pues entonces el espíritu ante mí desmayaría y las almas que yo he creado.	16 For I will not contend unceasingly, and I will not be angry to the end. For I will exhale my breath, and the Spirit will go forth from my face.
17 Por culpa de su codicia me enojé y le herí, ocultándome en mi enojo. Pero el rebelde seguía su capricho.	17 Because of the iniquity of his avarice, I was angry, and I struck him down. I concealed my face from you, and I was angry. And he went astray by wandering in his heart.
18 Sus caminos vi. Yo le curaré y le guiaré, y le daré ánimos a él y a los que con él lloraban,	18 I saw his ways, and I healed him, and I led him back again, and I restored consolations to him and to those who mourn for him.
19 poniendo alabanza en los labios: ¡Paz, paz al de lejos y al de cerca! - dice Yahveh -. Yo le curaré».	19 I created the fruit of the lips: peace, peace to him who is far away, and peace to him who is near, said the Lord, and I healed him.
20 Los malos son como mar agitada cuando no puede calmarse, cuyas aguas lanzan cieno y lodo.	20 But the impious are like the raging sea, which is not able to be quieted, and its waves stir up dirt and mud.
21 «No hay paz para los malvados» - dice mi Dios -.	21 There is no peace for the impious, says the Lord God.