Isaiah · Free Bible Version (Spanish)
Isaiah 40 Free Bible Version (Spanish)
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1 “¡Consuela, sí consuela a mi pueblo!” dice tu Dios.
1 “Comfort, comfort my people,” says your God.
2 “Háblale con amor al pueblo de Jerusalén, diciéndole que sus tiempos difíciles han terminado, que sus pecados han sido perdonados y que el Señor les ha pagado dos veces por sus pecados”.
2 “Speak comfortably to Jerusalem, and call out to her that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received of Yahweh’s hand double for all her sins.”
3 Se oye una voz que dice: “Preparen el camino al Señor en el desierto, hagan una calzada recta para nuestro Dios a través del desierto.
3 The voice of one who calls out, “Prepare the way of Yahweh in the wilderness! Make a level highway in the desert for our God.
4 Rellenen todos los valles; allanen todos los montes y colinas; allanen el terreno irregular; allanen los lugares escabrosos.
4 Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low. The uneven shall be made level, and the rough places a plain.
5 La gloria del Señor se manifestará, y todos la verán juntos. Esto es lo que ha declarado el Señor”.
5 Yahweh’s glory shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together; for the mouth of Yahweh has spoken it.”
6 Se oye una voz que dice: “Grítalo”. Pregunté: “¿Qué debo gritar?” “Todos los seres humanos son como la hierba, y toda su confianza es como las flores del campo.
6 The voice of one saying, “Cry out!” One said, “What shall I cry?” “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory is like the flower of the field.
7 La hierba se marchita y la flor se desvanece cuando el Señor sopla sobre ellos. Sí, las personas son como la hierba.
7 The grass withers, the flower fades, because Yahweh’s breath blows on it. Surely the people are like grass.
8 Sin embargo, aunque la hierba se marchite y la flor se desvanezca, la palabra de nuestro Dios perdurará para siempre”.
8 The grass withers, the flower fades; but the word of our God stands forever.”
9 Sión, portadora de buenas noticias, sube a un monte alto. Jerusalén, portadora de buenas noticias, levanta tu voz y grita fuerte. ¡No tengas miedo de gritar muy fuerte! Di a los pueblos de Judá: “¡Aquí está tu Dios!”.
9 You who tell good news to Zion, go up on a high mountain. You who tell good news to Jerusalem, lift up your voice with strength! Lift it up! Don’t be afraid! Say to the cities of Judah, “Behold, your God!”
10 ¡Mira! ¡El Señor Dios viene con poder! Gobernará con mano firme. Mira! Trae consigo su recompensa, viene a dar su regalo.
10 Behold, the Lord Yahweh will come as a mighty one, and his arm will rule for him. Behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him.
11 Cuida de su rebaño como un pastor. Coge a los corderos en brazos y los estrecha contra su pecho. Conduce a los que amamantan a las crías.
11 He will feed his flock like a shepherd. He will gather the lambs in his arm, and carry them in his bosom. He will gently lead those who have their young.
12 ¿Quién ha medido las aguas que tiene en la palma de su mano? ¿Quién ha marcado los cielos con la extensión de su mano? ¿Quién ha calculado la cantidad de polvo de la tierra? ¿Quién ha pesado los montes con una balanza y las colinas con una balanza?
12 Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and marked off the sky with his span, and calculated the dust of the earth in a measuring basket, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
13 ¿Quién ha medido el Espíritu del Señor, o le ha enseñado lo que debe hacer como su consejero?
13 Who has directed Yahweh’s Spirit, or has taught him as his counselor?
14 ¿A quién acudió el Señor en busca de consejo para ayudarle a entender? ¿Quién le enseñó el bien y el mal? ¿Quién le dio conocimiento y le mostró el camino de la sabiduría?
14 Who did he take counsel with, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of justice, and taught him knowledge, and showed him the way of understanding?
15 Es obvio que las naciones son sólo una gota en un cubo. Son como polvo en una balanza. Puede recoger las islas como si no pesaran nada.
15 Behold, the nations are like a drop in a bucket, and are regarded as a speck of dust on a balance. Behold, he lifts up the islands like a very little thing.
16 Toda la madera del Líbano para un fuego y todos sus animales como sacrificio no serían suficientes para un holocausto.
16 Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor its animals sufficient for a burnt offering.
17 Para él todas las naciones son como nada. Las considera menos que nada, como si no existieran.
17 All the nations are like nothing before him. They are regarded by him as less than nothing, and vanity.
18 ¿Quién crees que es como Dios? ¿A qué imagen crees que se parece?
18 To whom then will you liken God? Or what likeness will you compare to him?
19 ¿Acaso es un ídolo de metal que un artesano funde en un molde, y luego un orfebre lo recubre de oro y le hace cadenas de plata?
19 A workman has cast an image, and the goldsmith overlays it with gold, and casts silver chains for it.
20 Los que son demasiado pobres para pagar eso eligen madera que no se pudra, y luego buscan a un hábil tallador de madera para que haga un ídolo que no se caiga.
20 He who is too impoverished for such an offering chooses a tree that will not rot. He seeks a skillful workman to set up a carved image for him that will not be moved.
21 ¿No lo sabes? ¿No te has enterado? ¿No se te ha explicado desde el principio? ¿No has entendido desde que se creó el mundo?
21 Haven’t you known? Haven’t you heard? Haven’t you been told from the beginning? Haven’t you understood from the foundations of the earth?
22 Dios se sienta en su trono sobre el horizonte de la tierra; los pueblos que la habitan son como saltamontes. Él extiende los cielos como una cortina, los extiende como una tienda para vivir.
22 It is he who sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers; who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in,
23 Derriba a los líderes; hace que los gobernantes del mundo sean como nada.
23 who brings princes to nothing, who makes the judges of the earth meaningless.
24 Apenas si están plantados, apenas si están sembrados, apenas si echan raíces, cuando sopla sobre ellos y se marchitan, y el viento se los lleva como paja.
24 They are planted scarcely. They are sown scarcely. Their stock has scarcely taken root in the ground. He merely blows on them, and they wither, and the whirlwind takes them away as stubble.
25 “¿Con quién me vas a comparar? ¿Quién es igual a mí?”, pregunta el Santo.
25 “To whom then will you liken me? Who is my equal?” says the Holy One.
26 Mira los cielos. ¿Quién ha creado todo esto? Él dirige las estrellas como un ejército, y llama a cada una por su nombre. Porque tiene un gran poder y una fuerza increíble, no falta ni una sola de ellas.
26 Lift up your eyes on high, and see who has created these, who brings out their army by number. He calls them all by name. By the greatness of his might, and because he is strong in power, not one is lacking.
27 ¿Por qué hablas así, Jacob, y por qué dices, Israel: “¡El Señor no ve lo que me pasa, y se desentiende de mis derechos!”
27 Why do you say, Jacob, and speak, Israel, “My way is hidden from Yahweh, and the justice due me is disregarded by my God”?
28 ¿No lo sabes? ¿No has oído? El Señor es el Dios eterno, el creador de toda la tierra. Él nunca es débil ni está cansado; no puedes averiguar todo lo que sabe.
28 Haven’t you known? Haven’t you heard? The everlasting God, Yahweh, the Creator of the ends of the earth, doesn’t faint. He isn’t weary. His understanding is unsearchable.
29 Él da fuerza a los cansados y poder a los impotentes.
29 He gives power to the weak. He increases the strength of him who has no might.
30 Incluso los jóvenes se debilitan y se cansan; caen cuando están agotados.
30 Even the youths faint and get weary, and the young men utterly fall;
31 Pero los que confían en el Señor verán renovadas sus fuerzas. Volarán alto con alas como las águilas. Correrán y no se cansarán. Caminarán y no se agotarán.
31 but those who wait for Yahweh will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint.
Cross references (31)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 2 Corinthians 1:4; Isaiah 51:12; Isaiah 51:3; Zephaniah 3:14–17; Zechariah 1:13
- 2 Zechariah 9:12; Isaiah 61:7; Hosea 2:14; Jeremiah 33:8–9; Revelation 18:6
- 3 Malachi 3:1; Mark 1:2–5; John 1:23; Matthew 3:1–3; Luke 1:16–17
- 4 Luke 3:5; Ezekiel 21:26; Luke 18:14; Isaiah 42:15–16; Isaiah 45:2
- 5 Habakkuk 2:14; Isaiah 52:10; Joel 2:28; 2 Corinthians 4:6; Luke 3:6
- 6 Psalm 103:15–16; 1 Peter 1:24–25; Psalm 102:11; James 1:10–11; Job 14:2
- 7 Job 41:21
- 8 Mark 13:31; Matthew 24:35; 1 Peter 1:25; Psalm 119:89–91; Matthew 5:18
- 9 Isaiah 52:7–8; Ephesians 6:19; Isaiah 12:2; Isaiah 25:9; Isaiah 61:1
- 10 Revelation 22:12; Isaiah 62:11; Revelation 17:14; Matthew 28:18; Isaiah 49:4
- 11 Revelation 7:17; Psalm 23:1–6; Micah 5:4; Ezekiel 34:23; John 10:11–16
- 12 Proverbs 30:4; Hebrews 1:10–12; Psalm 102:25–26; Job 38:4–11; Isaiah 48:13
- 13 1 Corinthians 2:16; Romans 11:34; Job 36:22–23; Job 21:22; Luke 10:22
- 14 Job 21:22; Colossians 2:3; 1 Corinthians 12:4–6; James 1:17
- 15 Jeremiah 10:10; Isaiah 40:22; Job 34:14–15; Isaiah 29:5; Isaiah 11:11
- 16 Micah 6:6–7; Psalm 50:9–12; Psalm 40:6; Hebrews 10:5–10
- 17 Psalm 62:9; Daniel 4:34–35; Isaiah 29:7
- 18 Isaiah 46:5; 1 Samuel 2:2; Isaiah 40:25; Exodus 15:11; Acts 17:29
- 19 Jeremiah 10:9; Isaiah 46:6–7; Exodus 32:2–4; Habakkuk 2:18–19; Psalm 115:4–8
- 20 Jeremiah 10:3–4; Isaiah 41:7; Isaiah 46:7; Isaiah 2:8–9; Daniel 5:23
- 21 Isaiah 46:8; Isaiah 48:13; Acts 14:17; Romans 1:19–21; Psalm 50:6
- 22 Proverbs 8:27; Isaiah 42:5; Psalm 104:2; Isaiah 66:1; Jeremiah 10:12
- 23 Psalm 107:40; Job 12:21; Jeremiah 25:18–27; Isaiah 34:12; Isaiah 24:21–22
- 24 Isaiah 41:16; Isaiah 17:13; Jeremiah 23:19; Haggai 1:9; Proverbs 1:27
- 25 Isaiah 40:18; Deuteronomy 4:15–18; Deuteronomy 4:33; Deuteronomy 5:8
- 26 Colossians 1:16–17; Jeremiah 32:17–19; Isaiah 48:13; Isaiah 51:6; Psalm 147:4–5
- 27 Isaiah 49:4; Luke 18:7–8; Isaiah 49:14; Job 27:2
- 28 Romans 11:33–34; Psalm 147:5; 1 Timothy 1:17; Isaiah 55:8–9; Philippians 1:6
- 29 Isaiah 41:10; Philippians 4:13; 2 Corinthians 12:9–10; Colossians 1:11; Zechariah 10:12
- 30 Amos 2:14; Psalm 34:10; Psalm 33:16; Ecclesiastes 9:11; Isaiah 9:17
- 31 Lamentations 3:25–26; 2 Corinthians 4:16; Psalm 27:13–14; Psalm 103:5; 2 Corinthians 12:9–10
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences
What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
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