Isaías, 26

1. Aquel día se cantará este cantar en tierra de Judá: «Ciudad fuerte tenemos; para protección se le han puesto murallas y antemuro.

1. In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have a strong city; salvation will [God] appoint [for] walls and bulwarks.

2. Abrid las puertas, y entrará una gente justa que guarda fidelidad;

2. Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in.

3. de ánimo firme y que conserva la paz, porque en ti confió.

3. Thou wilt keep [him] in perfect peace, [whose] mind [is] stayed [on thee]: because he trusteth in thee.

4. Confiad en Yahveh por siempre jamás, porque en Yahveh tenéis una Roca eterna.

4. Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH [is] everlasting strength:

5. Porque él derroca a los habitantes de los altos, a la villa inacessible; la hace caer, la abaja hasta la tierra, la hace tocar el polvo;

5. For he bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, he layeth it low; he layeth it low, [even] to the ground; he bringeth it [even] to the dust.

6. la pisan pies, pies de pobres, pisadas de débiles.»

6. The foot shall tread it down, [even] the feet of the poor, [and] the steps of the needy.

7. La senda del justo es recta; tú allanas la senda recta del justo.

7. The way of the just [is] uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just.

8. Pues bien, en la senda de tus juicios te esperamos, Yahveh; tu nombre y tu recuerdo son el anhelo del alma.

8. Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for thee; the desire of [our] soul [is] to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.

9. Con toda mi alma te anhelo en la noche, y con todo mi espíritu por la mañana te busco. Porque cuando tú juzgas a la tierra, aprenden justicia los habitantes del orbe.

9. With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments [are] in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.

10. Aunque se haga gracia al malvado, no aprende justicia; en tierra recta se tuerce, y no teme la majestad de Yahveh.

10. Let favour be shewed to the wicked, [yet] will he not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the LORD.

11. Yahveh, alzada está tu mano, pero no la ven; verán tu celo por el pueblo y se avergonzarán, tu ira ardiente devorará a tus adversarios.

11. LORD, [when] thy hand is lifted up, they will not see: [but] they shall see, and be ashamed for [their] envy at the people; yea, the fire of thine enemies shall devour them.

12. Yahveh, tú nos pondrás a salvo, que también llevas a cabo todas nuestras obras.

12. LORD, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou also hast wrought all our works in us.

13. Yahveh, Dios nuestro, nos han dominado otros señores fuera de ti, pero no recordaremos otro Nombre sino el tuyo.

13. O LORD our God, [other] lords beside thee have had dominion over us: [but] by thee only will we make mention of thy name.

14. Los muertos no vivirán, las sombras no se levantarán, pues los has castigado, los has exterminado y has borrado todo recuerdo de ellos.

14. [They are] dead, they shall not live; [they are] deceased, they shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish.

15. Has aumentado la nación, Yahveh, has aumentado la nación y te has glorificado, has ampliado todos los límites del país.

15. Thou hast increased the nation, O LORD, thou hast increased the nation: thou art glorified: thou hadst removed [it] far [unto] all the ends of the earth.

16. Yahveh, en el aprieto de tu castigo te buscamos; la angustia de la opresión era tu castigo para nosotros.

16. LORD, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer [when] thy chastening [was] upon them.

17. Como cuando la mujer encinta está próxima al parto sufre, y se queja en su trance, así éramos nosotros delante de ti, Yahveh.

17. Like as a woman with child, [that] draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain, [and] crieth out in her pangs; so have we been in thy sight, O LORD.

18. Hemos concebido, tenemos dolores como si diésemos a luz viento; pero no hemos traído a la tierra salvación, y no le nacerán habitantes al orbe.

18. We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have as it were brought forth wind; we have not wrought any deliverance in the earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.

19. Revivirán tus muertos, tus cadáveres resurgirán, despertarán y darán gritos de júbilo los moradores del polvo; porque rocío luminoso es tu rocío, y la tierra echará de su seno las sombras.

19. Thy dead [men] shall live, [together with] my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew [is as] the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.

20. Vete, pueblo mío, entra en tus cámaras y cierra tu puerta tras de ti, escóndete un instante hasta que pase la ira.

20. Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast.

21. Porque he ahí a Yahveh que sale de su lugar a castigar la culpa de todos los habitantes de la tierra contra él; descubre la tierra sus manchas de sangre y no tapa ya a sus asesinados.

21. For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.