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Isaiah 41 Bible in Basic English
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1 Come quietly before me, O sea-lands, and let the peoples get together their strength: let them come near; then let them say what they have to say: let us put forward our cause against one another.
1 ESCUCHADME, islas, y esfuércense los pueblos; alléguense, y entonces hablen: estemos juntamente á juicio.
2 Who sent out from the east one who is right wherever he goes? he gives the nations into his hands, and makes him ruler over kings; he gives them as the dust to his sword, as dry stems before the wind to his bow.
2 ¿Quién despertó del oriente al justo, lo llamó para que le siguiese, entregó delante de él naciones, é hízolo enseñorear de reyes; entrególos á su espada como polvo, y á su arco como hojarascas arrebatadas?
3 He goes after them safely, not touching the road with his feet.
3 Siguiólos, pasó en paz por camino por donde sus pies nunca habían entrado.
4 Whose purpose and work was it? His who sent out the generations from the start. I the Lord, the first, and with the last, I am he.
4 ¿Quién obró é hizo esto? ¿Quién llama las generaciones desde el principio? Yo Jehová, el primero, y yo mismo con los postreros.
5 The sea-lands saw it, and were in fear; the ends of the earth were shaking: they came near.
5 Las islas vieron, y tuvieron temor; los términos de la tierra se espantaron: congregáronse, y vinieron.
6 They gave help everyone to his neighbour; and everyone said to his brother, Take heart!
6 Cada cual ayudó á su cercano; y á su hermano dijo: Esfuérzate.
7 So the metal-worker put heart into the gold-worker, and he who was hammering the metal smooth said kind words to the iron-worker, saying of the plate, It is ready: and he put it together with nails, so that there might be no slipping.
7 El carpintero animó al platero, y el que alisa con martillo al que batía en el yunque, diciendo, Buena está la soldadura; y afirmólo con clavos, porque no se moviese.
8 But as for you, Israel, my servant, and you, Jacob, whom I have taken for myself, the seed of Abraham my friend:
8 Mas tú, Israel, siervo mío eres; [tú], Jacob, á quien yo escogí, simiente de Abraham mi amigo.
9 You whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and sent for from its farthest parts, saying to you, You are my servant, whom I have taken for myself, and whom I have not given up:
9 Porque te tomé de los extremos de la tierra, y de sus principales te llamé, y te dije: Mi siervo eres tú; te escogí, y no te deseché.
10 Have no fear, for I am with you; do not be looking about in trouble, for I am your God; I will give you strength, yes, I will be your helper; yes, my true right hand will be your support.
10 No temas, que yo soy contigo; no desmayes, que yo soy tu Dios que te esfuerzo: siempre te ayudaré, siempre te sustentaré con la diestra de mi justicia.
11 Truly, all those who are angry with you will be made low and put to shame: those desiring to do you wrong will come to nothing and never again be seen.
11 He aquí que todos los que se airan contra ti, serán avergonzados y confundidos: serán como nada y perecerán, los que contienden contigo.
12 You will make search for your haters but they will not be there; those who make war against you will be as nothing and will come to destruction.
12 Los buscarás, y no los hallarás, los que tienen contienda contigo; serán como nada, y como cosa que no es, aquellos que te hacen guerra.
13 For I, the Lord your God, have taken your right hand in mine, saying to you, Have no fear; I will be your helper.
13 Porque yo Jehová [soy] tu Dios, que te ase de tu mano derecha, y te dice: No temas, yo te ayudé.
14 Have no fear, you worm Jacob, and you men of Israel; I will be your helper, says the Lord, even he who takes up your cause, the Holy One of Israel.
14 No temas, gusano de Jacob, oh vosotros los pocos de Israel; yo te socorrí, dice Jehová, y tu Redentor el Santo de Israel.
15 See, I will make you like a new grain-crushing instrument with teeth, crushing the mountains small, and making the hills like dry stems.
15 He aquí que yo te he puesto por trillo, trillo nuevo, lleno de dientes: trillarás montes y los molerás, y collados tornarás en tamo.
16 You will send the wind over them, and it will take them away; they will go in all directions before the storm-wind: you will have joy in the Lord, and be glad in the Holy One of Israel.
16 Los aventarás, y los llevará el viento, y esparcirálos el torbellino. Tú empero te regocijarás en Jehová, te gloriarás en el Santo de Israel.
17 The poor and crushed are looking for water where no water is, and their tongue is dry for need of it: I the Lord will give ear to their prayer, I the God of Israel will not give them up.
17 Los afligidos y menesterosos buscan las aguas, que no hay; secóse de sed su lengua; yo Jehová los oiré, yo el Dios de Israel no los desampararé.
18 I will make rivers on the dry mountain-tops, and fountains in the valleys: I will make the waste land a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
18 En los altos abriré ríos, y fuentes en mitad de los llanos: tornaré el desierto en estanques de aguas, y en manaderos de aguas la tierra seca.
19 I will put in the waste land the cedar, the acacia, the myrtle, and the olive-tree; and in the lowland will be planted the fir-tree, the plane, and the cypress together:
19 Daré en el desierto cedros, espinos, arrayanes, y olivas; pondré en la soledad hayas, olmos, y álamos juntamente;
20 So that they may see and be wise and give their mind to it, and that it may be clear to them all that the hand of the Lord has done this, and that the Holy One of Israel has made it.
20 Porque vean y conozcan, y adviertan y entiendan todos, que la mano de Jehová hace esto, y que el Santo de Israel lo crió.
21 Put forward your cause, says the Lord; let your strong argument come out, says the King of Jacob.
21 Alegad por vuestra causa, dice Jehová: exhibid vuestros fundamentos, dice el Rey de Jacob.
22 Let the future be made clear to us: give us news of the past things, so that we may give thought to them; or of the things to come, so that we may see if they are true.
22 Traigan, y anúnciennos lo que ha de venir: dígannos lo que ha pasado desde el principio, y pondremos nuestro corazón en ello: sepamos también su postrimería, y hacednos entender lo que ha de venir.
23 Give us word of what will be after this, so that we may be certain that you are gods: yes, do good or do evil, so that we may all see it and be surprised.
23 Dadnos nuevas de lo que ha de ser después, para que sepamos que vosotros sois dioses; ó á lo menos haced bien, ó mal, para que tengamos qué contar, y juntamente nos maravillemos.
24 But you are nothing, and your work is of no value: foolish is he who takes you for his gods.
24 He aquí que vosotros sois de nada, y vuestras obras de vanidad; abominación el que os escogió.
25 I have sent for one from the north, and from the dawn he has come; in my name he will get rulers together and go against them; they will be like dust, even as the wet earth is stamped on by the feet of the potter.
25 Del norte desperté uno, y vendrá; del nacimiento del sol llamará en mi nombre: y hollará príncipes como lodo, y como pisa el barro el alfarero.
26 Who has given knowledge of it from the first, so that we may be certain of it? and from the start, so that we may say, His word is true? There is no one who gives news, or says anything, or who gives ear to your words.
26 ¿Quién lo anunció desde el principio, para que sepamos; ó de tiempo atrás, y diremos: [Es] justo? Cierto, no hay quien anuncie, sí, no hay quien enseñe, ciertamente no hay quien oiga vuestras palabras.
27 I was the first to give word of it to Zion, and I gave the good news to Jerusalem.
27 [Yo soy] el primero que he enseñado estas cosas á Sión, y á Jerusalem daré un portador de alegres nuevas.
28 And I saw that there was no man, even no wise man among them, who might give an answer to my questions.
28 Miré, y no había ninguno; y [pregunté] de estas cosas, y ningún consejero hubo: preguntéles, y no respondieron palabra.
29 Truly they are all nothing, their works are nothing and of no value: their metal images are of no more use than wind.
29 He aquí, todos iniquidad, y las obras de ellos nada: viento y vanidad son sus vaciadizos.
Cross references (29)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Isaiah 1:18; Habakkuk 2:20; Zechariah 2:13; Psalm 46:10; Isaiah 41:6–7
- 2 Isaiah 45:1; 2 Samuel 22:43; Ezra 1:2; Isaiah 46:11; Isaiah 40:24
- 3 Isaiah 57:2; Job 5:24
- 4 Isaiah 48:12; Revelation 22:13; Revelation 1:17; Isaiah 46:10; Isaiah 44:6–7
- 5 Ezekiel 26:15–16; Psalm 67:7; Joshua 5:1; Psalm 65:8; Psalm 66:3
- 6 1 Samuel 4:7–9; Isaiah 35:4; Isaiah 40:19; Isaiah 44:12; Daniel 3:1–7
- 7 Isaiah 40:19–20; Daniel 3:1–7; Isaiah 44:12–15; Judges 18:24; Jeremiah 10:3–5
- 8 James 2:23; Exodus 19:5–6; Deuteronomy 14:2; 2 Chronicles 20:7; John 15:14–15
- 9 1 Samuel 12:22; Psalm 94:14; Deuteronomy 7:6–7; James 2:5; Joshua 24:2–4
- 10 Joshua 1:9; Isaiah 43:1–2; Romans 8:31; Deuteronomy 31:6–8; Philippians 4:13
- 11 Exodus 23:22; Isaiah 45:24; Revelation 3:9; Isaiah 54:17; Acts 16:39
- 12 Psalm 37:35–36; Job 20:7–9; Isaiah 17:14
- 13 Isaiah 41:10; Psalm 73:23; Psalm 63:8; Psalm 109:31; Isaiah 42:6
- 14 Isaiah 54:5; Isaiah 43:14; Psalm 22:6; Jeremiah 50:34; Job 25:6
- 15 Micah 4:13; 2 Corinthians 10:4–5; Zechariah 4:7; Habakkuk 3:12; Isaiah 21:10
- 16 Jeremiah 51:2; Isaiah 61:10–11; Isaiah 45:24–25; Habakkuk 3:18; Jeremiah 9:23–24
- 17 Isaiah 55:1; Isaiah 44:3; Isaiah 30:19; Matthew 5:6; Psalm 72:12–13
- 18 Isaiah 35:6–7; Psalm 107:35; Isaiah 58:11; Isaiah 30:25; Revelation 7:17
- 19 Isaiah 55:13; Isaiah 37:31–32; Isaiah 35:1; Isaiah 60:13; Isaiah 60:21
- 20 Job 12:9; Psalm 109:27; Isaiah 43:21; Isaiah 44:23; Exodus 9:16
- 21 Job 23:3–4; Job 38:3; Micah 6:1–2
- 22 Isaiah 45:21; Isaiah 46:10; Isaiah 44:7; Isaiah 48:14; Isaiah 42:9
- 23 John 13:19; Isaiah 42:9; Jeremiah 10:5; Isaiah 44:7–8; Isaiah 46:9–10
- 24 1 Corinthians 8:4; Psalm 115:8; Isaiah 41:29; Jeremiah 10:14; Jeremiah 10:8
- 25 Isaiah 41:2; 2 Samuel 22:43; Isaiah 10:6; Isaiah 46:10–11; Zechariah 10:5
- 26 Isaiah 44:7; Isaiah 41:22; Isaiah 45:21; Habakkuk 2:18–20; Isaiah 43:9
- 27 Isaiah 40:9; Isaiah 52:7; Isaiah 44:28; Nahum 1:15; Isaiah 48:3
- 28 Isaiah 63:5; Isaiah 50:2; Daniel 2:10–11; Isaiah 40:13–14; Daniel 5:8
- 29 Jeremiah 5:13; Isaiah 41:24; Isaiah 44:9–20; Psalm 115:4–8; Habakkuk 2:18
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences
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