1 B ut now, thus says the Lord, He Who created you, O Jacob, and He Who formed you, O Israel: Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; you are Mine.

Ahora, así dice Jehová, Creador tuyo, Jacob, y Formador tuyo, Israel: «No temas, porque yo te redimí; te puse nombre, mío eres tú.

2 W hen you pass through the waters, I will be with you, and through the rivers, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned or scorched, nor will the flame kindle upon you.

Cuando pases por las aguas, yo estaré contigo; y si por los ríos, no te anegarán. Cuando pases por el fuego, no te quemarás ni la llama arderá en ti.

3 F or I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I give Egypt for your ransom, Ethiopia and Seba in exchange.

Porque yo, Jehová, Dios tuyo, el Santo de Israel, soy tu Salvador; a Egipto he dado por tu rescate, a Etiopía y a Seba a cambio de ti.

4 B ecause you are precious in My sight and honored, and because I love you, I will give men in return for you and peoples in exchange for your life.

Porque a mis ojos eres de gran estima, eres honorable y yo te he amado; daré, pues, hombres a cambio de ti y naciones a cambio de tu vida.

5 F ear not, for I am with you; I will bring your offspring from the east and gather you from the west.

No temas, porque yo estoy contigo; del oriente traeré tu descendencia y del occidente te recogeré.

6 I will say to the north, Give up! and to the south, Keep not back. Bring My sons from afar and My daughters from the ends of the earth—

Diré al norte: “¡Da acá!”, y al sur: “¡No los retengas; trae de lejos a mis hijos, y a mis hijas de los confines de la tierra,

7 E ven everyone who is called by My name, whom I have created for My glory, whom I have formed, whom I have made.

a todos los llamados de mi nombre, que para gloria mía los he creado, los formé y los hice!”» Israel como testigo

8 B ring forth the blind people who have eyes and the deaf who have ears.

Sacad al pueblo ciego que tiene ojos y a los sordos que tienen oídos.

9 L et all the nations be gathered together and let the peoples be assembled. Who among could predict this and show us the former things? Let them bring their witnesses, that they may be justified, or let them hear and acknowledge, It is the truth.

Congréguense a una todas las naciones y júntense todos los pueblos. ¿Quién de ellos hay que nos dé noticias de esto y que nos haga oír las cosas primeras? Presenten sus testigos y justifíquense; oigan y digan: «Verdad es.»

10 Y ou are My witnesses, says the Lord, and My servant whom I have chosen, that you may know Me, believe Me and remain steadfast to Me, and understand that I am He. Before Me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after Me.

«Vosotros sois mis testigos, dice Jehová, y mi siervo que yo escogí, para que me conozcáis y creáis y entendáis que yo mismo soy; antes de mí no fue formado dios ni lo será después de mí.

11 I , even I, am the Lord, and besides Me there is no Savior.

Yo, yo soy Jehová, y fuera de mí no hay quien salve.

12 I have declared and have saved, and I have shown —when there was no strange and alien god among you; therefore you are My witnesses, says the Lord, that I am God.

Yo anuncié y salvé, hice oír y no hubo entre vosotros dios ajeno. Vosotros, pues, sois mis testigos, dice Jehová, que yo soy Dios.

13 Y es, from the time of the first existence of day and from this day forth I am He; and there is no one who can deliver out of My hand. I will work, and who can hinder or reverse it?

Aun antes que hubiera día, yo era, y no hay quien de mis manos libre. Lo que hago yo, ¿quién lo estorbará?»

14 T hus says the Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and I will bring down all of them as fugitives, all their nobles, even the Chaldeans, into the ships over which they rejoiced.

Así dice Jehová, Redentor vuestro, el Santo de Israel: «Por vosotros envié a Babilonia e hice descender como fugitivos a todos ellos, aun a los caldeos en las naves de que se gloriaban.

15 I am the Lord, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your King.

Yo, Jehová, Santo vuestro, Creador de Israel, vuestro Rey.

16 T hus says the Lord, Who makes a way through the sea and a path through the mighty waters,

Así dice Jehová, el que abre camino en el mar y senda en las aguas impetuosas;

17 W ho brings forth chariot and horse, army and mighty warrior. They lie down together, they cannot rise; they are extinguished, they are quenched like a lampwick:

el que saca carro y caballo, ejército y fuerza; caen juntamente para no levantarse; se extinguen, como pábilo son apagados.

18 D o not remember the former things; neither consider the things of old.

No os acordéis de las cosas pasadas ni traigáis a la memoria las cosas antiguas.

19 B ehold, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs forth; do you not perceive and know it and will you not give heed to it? I will even make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.

He aquí que yo hago cosa nueva; pronto saldrá a luz, ¿no la conoceréis? Otra vez abriré camino en el desierto y ríos en la tierra estéril.

20 T he beasts of the field honor Me, the jackals and the ostriches, because I give waters in the wilderness and rivers in the desert, to give drink to My people, My chosen,

Las fieras del campo me honrarán, los chacales y los pollos del avestruz; porque daré aguas en el desierto, ríos en la tierra estéril, para que beba mi pueblo, mi escogido.

21 T he people I formed for Myself, that they may set forth My praise.

Este pueblo he creado para mí; mis alabanzas publicará.

22 Y et you have not called upon Me, O Jacob; but you have been weary of Me, O Israel!

»Y no me invocaste a mí, Jacob, sino que de mí te cansaste, Israel.

23 Y ou have not brought Me your sheep and goats for burnt offerings, or honored Me with your sacrifices. I have not required you to serve with an offering or treated you as a slave by demanding tribute or wearied you with offering incense.

No me trajiste los animales de tus holocaustos ni me honraste con tus sacrificios; no te hice servir con ofrenda ni te hice fatigar con incienso.

24 Y ou have not bought Me sweet cane with money, or satiated Me with the fat of your sacrifices. But you have only burdened Me with your sins; you have wearied Me with your iniquities.

No compraste para mí caña aromática por dinero ni me saciaste con la grasa de tus sacrificios, sino que pusiste sobre mí la carga de tus pecados, me fatigaste con tus maldades.

25 I , even I, am He Who blots out and cancels your transgressions, for My own sake, and I will not remember your sins.

»Yo, yo soy quien borro tus rebeliones por amor de mí mismo, y no me acordaré de tus pecados.

26 P ut Me in remembrance; let us plead and argue together. Set forth your case, that you may be justified (proved right).

Hazme recordar, entremos juntos a juicio. ¡Habla tú para justificarte!

27 Y our first father sinned, and your teachers transgressed against Me.

Tu primer padre pecó y tus enseñadores se rebelaron contra mí.

28 A nd so I will profane the chief ones of the sanctuary and will deliver Jacob to the curse (the ban, a solemn anathema or excommunication) and Israel to reproaches and reviling.

Por tanto, yo profané a los príncipes del santuario, entregué a maldición a Jacob y por ultraje a Israel.