Isaías 59

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1 Mirad, no es demasiado corta la mano de Yahveh para salvar, ni es duro su oído para oír,	1 Behold, the hand of the Lord has not been shortened, so that it cannot save, and his ear has not been blocked, so that it cannot hear.
2 sino que vuestras faltas os separaron a vosotros de vuestro Dios, y vuestros pecados le hicieron esconder su rostro de vosotros para no oír.	2 But your iniquities have made a division between you and your God, and your sins have concealed his face from you, so that he would not hear.
3 Porque vuestras manos están manchadas de sangre y vuestros dedos de culpa, vuestros labios hablan falsedad y vuestra lengua habla perfidia.	3 For your hands have been polluted by blood, and your fingers by iniquity. Your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue utters iniquity.
4 No hay quien clame con justicia ni quien juzgue con lealtad. Se confían en la nada y hablan falsedad, conciben malicia y dan a luz iniquidad.	4 There is no one who calls for justice, and there is no one who judges truly. For they trust in nothing, and they speak emptiness. They have conceived hardship, and they have given birth to iniquity.
5 Hacen que rompan su cascarón las víboras y tejen telas de araña; el que come de sus huevos muere, y si son aplastados sale una víbora.	5 They have ruptured the eggs of asps, and they have woven the webs of spiders. Whoever will eat of their eggs will die. For what has been incubated will hatch into a king snake.
6 Sus hilos no sirven para vestido ni con sus tejidos se pueden cubrir. Sus obras son obras inicuas y acciones violentas hay en sus manos.	6 Their weavings will not be for clothing, nor will they cover themselves with their handiwork. Their works are useless things, and the work of iniquity is in their hands.
7 Sus pies corren al mal y se apresuran a verter sangre inocente. Sus proyectos son proyectos inicuos, destrucción y quebranto en sus caminos.	7 Their feet run to evil, and they rush to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are useless thoughts; devastation and destruction are in their ways.
8 Camino de paz no conocen, y derecho no hay en sus pasos. Tuercen sus caminos para provecho propio, ninguno de los que por ellos pasan conoce la paz.	8 They have not known the way of peace, and there is no judgment in their steps. Their paths have become crooked for them. Anyone who treads in them knows no peace.
9 Por eso se alejó de nosotros el derecho y no nos alcanzó la justicia. Esperábamos la luz, y hubo tinieblas, la claridad, y anduvimos en oscuridad.	9 Because of this, judgment is far from us, and justice will not take hold of us. We waited for light, and behold, darkness; we waited for brightness, and we walked in darkness.
10 Palpamos la pared como los ciegos y como los que no tienen ojos vacilamos. Tropezamos al mediodía como si fuera al anochecer, y habitamos entre los sanos como los muertos.	10 We groped for the wall, like one who is blind, and we felt our way, like one without eyes. We stumbled at midday, as if in darkness; and in darkness, as if in death.
11 Todos nosotros gruñimos como osos y zureamos sin cesar como palomas. Esperamos el derecho y no hubo, la salvación, y se alejó de nosotros.	11 We will all roar like bears, and we will sigh like despondent doves. We hoped for judgment, and there is none; for salvation, and it is far from us.
12 Porque fueron muchas nuestras rebeldías delante de ti, y nuestros pecados testifican contra nosotros, pues nuestras rebeldías nos acompañan y conocemos nuestras culpas:	12 For our iniquities have been multiplied in your sight, and our sins have answered us. For our wickedness is with us, and we have acknowledged our iniquities:
13 rebelarse y renegar de Yahveh, apartarse de seguir a nuestro Dios, hablar de opresión y revueltas, concebir y musitar en el corazón palabras engañosas.	13 sinning and lying against the Lord. And we have turned away, not so as to go after our God, and so that we were speaking calumny and transgression. We have conceived, and spoken from the heart, words of falsehood.
14 Porque ha sido rechazado el juicio y la justicia queda lejos. Porque la verdad en la plaza ha tropezado y la rectitud no puede entrar.	14 And judgment has been turned backwards, and justice has stood far away. For truth has fallen down in the street, and fairness was not able to enter.
15 La verdad se echa en falta y el que se aparta del mal es despojado. Lo vio Yahveh y pareció mal a sus ojos que no hubiera derecho.	15 And the truth has gone into oblivion. And he who withdraws from evil endures plunder. And the Lord saw this, and it seemed evil in his eyes. For there is no judgment.
16 Vio que no había nadie y se maravilló de que no hubiera intercesor. Entonces le salvó su brazo y su justicia le sostuvo.	16 And he saw that there was no good man. And he was astonished that there was no one to meet him. And his own arm brought salvation to him, and his own justice strengthened him.
17 Se puso la justicia como coraza y el casco de salvación en su cabeza. Se puso como túnica vestidos de venganza y se vistió el celo como un manto.	17 He clothed himself with justice as with a breastplate, and with a helmet of salvation upon his head. He put on the vestments of vengeance, and he was covered with zeal as with a cloak.
18 Según los merecimientos así pagará: ira para sus opresores y represalia para sus enemigos. Dará a las islas su merecido.	18 This was for vindication, as a repayment of indignation to his adversaries, and as a sudden reversal for his enemies. He will repay the islands in their turn.
19 Temerán desde Occidente el nombre de Yahveh y desde el Oriente verán su gloria, pues vendrá como un torrente encajonado contra el que irrumpe con fuerza el soplo de Yahveh.	19 And those from the west will fear the name of the Lord, and those from the rising of the sun will fear his glory, when he arrives like a violent river, which the Spirit of the Lord urges on.
20 Vendrá a Sión para rescatar, a aquellos de Jacob que se conviertan de su rebeldía. - Oráculo de Yahveh -.	20 And the Redeemer will arrive in Zion, and to those who return from the iniquity within Jacob, says the Lord.
21 Cuanto a mí, esta es la alianza con ellos, dice Yahveh. Mi espíritu que ha venido sobre ti y mis palabras que he puesto en tus labios no caerán de tu boca ni de la boca de tu descendencia ni de la boca de la descendencia de tu descendencia, dice Yahveh, desde ahora y para siempre.	21 This is my pact with them, says the Lord. My Spirit is within you, and my words, which I have put in your mouth, will not withdraw from your mouth, nor from the mouth of your offspring, nor from the mouth of your offspring’s offspring, says the Lord, from this moment, and even forever.