1 E scuchadme, islas, y esfuércense los pueblos; acérquense, y entonces hablen; estemos juntamente a juicio.

“ Coastlands, listen to Me in silence, And let the peoples gain new strength; Let them come forward, then let them speak; Let us come together for judgment.

2 ¿ Quién despertó del oriente la justicia, y lo llamó para que le siguiera? Entregó delante de él gentiles, y le hizo enseñorear de reyes; como polvo los entregó a su espada, y como hojarasca arrebatada a su arco.

“ Who has aroused one from the east Whom He calls in righteousness to His feet? He delivers up nations before him And subdues kings. He makes them like dust with his sword, As the wind-driven chaff with his bow.

3 L os siguió, pasó en paz por camino por donde sus pies nunca habían entrado.

“He pursues them, passing on in safety, By a way he had not been traversing with his feet.

4 ¿ Quién obró e hizo? ¿Quién llama las generaciones desde el principio? Yo, el SEÑOR, primero, y yo mismo con los postreros.

“ Who has performed and accomplished it, Calling forth the generations from the beginning? ‘ I, the Lord, am the first, and with the last. I am He.’”

5 L as islas vieron, y tuvieron temor; los términos de la tierra se espantaron; se congregaron, y vinieron.

The coastlands have seen and are afraid; The ends of the earth tremble; They have drawn near and have come.

6 C ada cual ayudó a su cercano, y a su hermano dijo: Esfuérzate.

Each one helps his neighbor And says to his brother, “Be strong!”

7 E l carpintero animó al platero; y el que alisa con martillo al que batía en el yunque, diciendo: Buena es la soldadura. Y lo afirmó con clavos, para que no se moviera.

So the craftsman encourages the smelter, And he who smooths metal with the hammer encourages him who beats the anvil, Saying of the soldering, “It is good”; And he fastens it with nails, So that it will not totter.

8 M as tú, Israel, siervo mío, Jacob, a quien yo escogí; simiente de Abraham mi amigo.

“But you, Israel, My servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, Descendant of Abraham My friend,

9 P orque te eché mano de los extremos de la tierra, y de sus mojones te llamé, y te dije: Mi siervo serás tú, te escogí, y no te deseché.

You whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, And called from its remotest parts And said to you, ‘You are My servant, I have chosen you and not rejected you.

10 N o temas, que yo estoy contigo; no desmayes, que yo soy tu Dios, que te esfuerzo; siempre te ayudaré, siempre te sustentaré con la diestra de mi justicia.

‘Do not fear, for I am with you; Do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, surely I will help you, Surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.’

11 H e aquí que todos los que se enojan contra ti, se avergonzarán y serán confusos; serán como nada; perecerán, los que contienden contigo.

“Behold, all those who are angered at you will be shamed and dishonored; Those who contend with you will be as nothing and will perish.

12 M irarás por ellos, y no los hallarás. Los que tienen contienda contigo, serán como nada; y los que contigo tienen pendencia, como cosa que no es.

“ You will seek those who quarrel with you, but will not find them, Those who war with you will be as nothing and non-existent.

13 P orque yo, el SEÑOR, soy tu Dios, que te sostiene de tu mano derecha, y te dice: No temas, yo te ayudaré.

“For I am the Lord your God, who upholds your right hand, Who says to you, ‘ Do not fear, I will help you.’

14 N o temas, gusano de Jacob, muertos de Israel; yo te socorreré, dice el SEÑOR, y tu Redentor el Santo de Israel.

“Do not fear, you worm Jacob, you men of Israel; I will help you,” declares the Lord, “ and your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.

15 H e aquí, que yo te he puesto por trillo, trillo nuevo, lleno de dientes; trillarás montes y los molerás: y collados tornarás en tamo.

“Behold, I have made you a new, sharp threshing sledge with double edges; You will thresh the mountains and pulverize them, And will make the hills like chaff.

16 L os aventarás, y los llevará el viento, y los esparcirá el torbellino. Pero tú te regocijarás en el SEÑOR, te gloriarás en el Santo de Israel.

“You will winnow them, and the wind will carry them away, And the storm will scatter them; But you will rejoice in the Lord, You will glory in the Holy One of Israel.

17 L os pobres y menesterosos buscan las aguas, que no hay; su lengua se secó de sed; yo, el SEÑOR, los oiré; yo, el Dios de Israel, no los desampararé.

“The afflicted and needy are seeking water, but there is none, And their tongue is parched with thirst; I, the Lord, will answer them Myself, As the God of Israel I will not forsake them.

18 E n las altas colinas abriré ríos, y fuentes en la mitad de los llanos; tornaré el desierto en estanques de aguas; y en manaderos de aguas la tierra seca.

“I will open rivers on the bare heights And springs in the midst of the valleys; I will make the wilderness a pool of water And the dry land fountains of water.

19 D aré en el desierto cedros, espinos, arrayanes, y olivas; pondré en la soledad hayas, olmos, y álamos juntamente;

“I will put the cedar in the wilderness, The acacia and the myrtle and the olive tree; I will place the juniper in the desert Together with the box tree and the cypress,

20 p ara que vean y conozcan, y adviertan y entiendan todos, que la mano del SEÑOR hace esto, y que el Santo de Israel lo crió.

That they may see and recognize, And consider and gain insight as well, That the hand of the Lord has done this, And the Holy One of Israel has created it.

21 A legad por vuestra causa, dice el SEÑOR; traed vuestros fundamentos, dice el Rey de Jacob.

“ Present your case,” the Lord says. “Bring forward your strong arguments,” The King of Jacob says.

22 T raigan, y anúnciennos lo que ha de venir; dígannos lo que ha pasado desde el principio, y pondremos nuestro corazón; y sepamos su postrimería, y hacednos entender lo que ha de venir.

Let them bring forth and declare to us what is going to take place; As for the former events, declare what they were, That we may consider them and know their outcome. Or announce to us what is coming;

23 D adnos nuevas de lo que ha de ser después, para que sepamos que vosotros sois dioses; o a lo menos haced bien, o mal, para que tengamos qué contar, y juntamente nos maravillemos.

Declare the things that are going to come afterward, That we may know that you are gods; Indeed, do good or evil, that we may anxiously look about us and fear together.

24 H e aquí que vosotros sois nada, y vuestras obras de vanidad; abominación el que os escogió.

Behold, you are of no account, And your work amounts to nothing; He who chooses you is an abomination.

25 D el norte desperté, y vino; del nacimiento del Sol llamó en mi nombre; y vino a príncipes como sobre lodo, y como pisa el barro el alfarero.

“I have aroused one from the north, and he has come; From the rising of the sun he will call on My name; And he will come upon rulers as upon mortar, Even as the potter treads clay.”

26 Q uién lo anunció desde el principio, para que sepamos; y de antes, y diremos: justo. Ciertamente, no hay quién lo anuncie, ciertamente, no hay quién enseñe, ciertamente no hay quién oiga vuestras palabras.

Who has declared this from the beginning, that we might know? Or from former times, that we may say, “ He is right!”? Surely there was no one who declared, Surely there was no one who proclaimed, Surely there was no one who heard your words.

27 Y o soy el primero que he enseñado estas cosas a Sion, y a Jerusalén di la nueva.

“ Formerly I said to Zion, ‘Behold, here they are.’ And to Jerusalem, ‘I will give a messenger of good news.’

28 M iré, y no había ninguno; y pregunté de estas cosas, y ningún consejero hubo; les pregunté, y no respondieron palabra.

“But when I look, there is no one, And there is no counselor among them Who, if I ask, can give an answer.

29 H e aquí, todos son vanidad; y las obras de ellos nada. Viento y confusión son sus vaciadizos.

“Behold, all of them are false; Their works are worthless, Their molten images are wind and emptiness.