Isaiah 57

CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN	EL LIBRO DEL PUEBLO DE DIOS
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.	1 El justo desaparece y a nadie le llama la atención; los hombres de bien son arrebatados, sin que nadie comprenda que el justo es arrebatado a consecuencia de la maldad.
2 Let peace arrive. Let he who has walked in his righteousness find rest on his bed.	2 Pero llegará la paz: los que van por el camino recto descansarán en sus lechos.
3 But come here, you sons of the prophetess, you offspring of an adulterous man and a fornicating woman.	3 ¡Y ustedes, acérquense aquí, hijos de una hechicera, raza de un adúltero y una prostituta!
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,	4 ¿De quién se burlan? ¿Contra quién abren la boca y sacan la lengua? ¿No son ustedes hijos de la rebeldía, una raza bastarda?
5 who are being consoled by idols under every leafy tree, immolating little children at the torrents, under the high rocks?	5 ¡Ustedes, que arden de lujuria junto a los terebintos, bajo todo árbol frondoso, e inmolan niños en los torrentes, en las hendiduras de las rocas!
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?	6 Las piedras lisas del torrente son tu parte: ¡sí, ellas te han tocado en suerte! En su honor has derramado libaciones, has presentado ofrendas, y yo ¿me dejaré aplacar con esas cosas?
7 Upon a high and lofty mountain, you have placed your bed, and you have ascended to that place to immolate victims.	7 Sobre una montaña alta y empinada has instalado tu lecho, y allí has subido a ofrecer sacrificios.
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.	8 Detrás de los postes de la puerta has colocado tu memorial; y has subido al lecho que habías tendido; has hecho un trato con uno de esos con quienes te gusta acostarte, y has contemplado la insignia.
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.	9 Corres hacia Mélec con el aceite, prodigas tus perfumes; envías muy lejos a tus mensajeros, los haces descender hasta el Abismo.
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.	10 Te has cansado de tanto caminar, pero no dices: «¡Es inútil!». Has renovado la fuerza de tu brazo, y por eso no te has debilitado.
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.	11 ¿De quién tenías miedo, a quién temías, para mentir y no acordarte de mí, para no prestarme ninguna atención? ¿Será porque me quedé callado y cerré los ojos que tú no me temes?
12 I will announce your justice, and your works will not benefit you.	12 ¡Pero yo voy a denunciar tu justicia y tus obras: ellas no te servirán de nada!
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.	13 Cuando clames, que te libren tus ídolos: ¡el viento se los llevará a todos ellos, un soplo los disipará! Pero el que se refugia en mí heredará la tierra y entrará en posesión de mi santa Montaña.
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!”	14 Entonces se dirá: ¡Abran paso, abran paso, preparen un camino, quiten los obstáculos del camino de mi Pueblo!
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.	15 Porque así habla él que es alto y excelso, el que habita en una morada eterna, aquel cuyo Nombre es santo; Yo habito en una altura santa, pero estoy con el contrito y humillado, para reavivar los espíritus humillados, para reavivar los corazones contritos.
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.	16 No, yo no recrimino para siempre ni me irrito eternamente, porque entonces desfallecerían ante mí el espíritu y el aliento de vida que yo mismo hice.
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.	17 Por sus ganancias injustas, yo me irrité, y lo herí, ocultándome en mi irritación, pero el rebelde siguió el camino que quería.
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.	18 Yo he visto sus caminos, pero lo sanaré, lo guiaré y lo colmaré de consuelos; y de los labios de los que están de duelo,
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.	19 haré brotar la acción de gracias. ¡Paz al que está lejos, paz al que está cerca! Yo lo sanaré, dice el Señor.
20 But the impious are like the raging sea, which is not able to be quieted, and its waves stir up dirt and mud.	20 Pero los impíos son como un mar agitado, que no se puede calmar y cuyas aguas arrojan fango y cieno.
21 There is no peace for the impious, says the Lord God.	21 ¡No hay paz para los impíos!, dice el Señor.