Isaiah · Young's Literal Translation
Isaiah 49 Young's Literal Translation
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1 Hearken, O isles, unto me, And attend, O peoples, from afar, Jehovah from the womb hath called me, From the bowels of my mother He hath made mention of my name.
1 OIDME, islas, y escuchad, pueblos lejanos: Jehová me llamó desde el vientre; desde las entrañas de mi madre tuvo mi nombre en memoria.
1 Listen, islands, to me. Listen, you peoples, from afar: Yahweh has called me from the womb; from the inside of my mother, he has mentioned my name.
2 And he maketh my mouth as a sharp sword, In the shadow of His hand He hath hid me, And He maketh me for a clear arrow, In His quiver He hath hid me.
2 Y puso mi boca como espada aguda, cubrióme con la sombra de su mano; y púsome por saeta limpia, guardóme en su aljaba;
2 He has made my mouth like a sharp sword. He has hidden me in the shadow of his hand. He has made me a polished shaft. He has kept me close in his quiver.
3 And He saith to me, 'My servant Thou art, O Israel, In whom I beautify Myself.'
3 Y díjome: Mi siervo eres, oh Israel, que en ti me gloriaré.
3 He said to me, “You are my servant, Israel, in whom I will be glorified.”
4 And I said, 'For a vain thing I laboured, For emptiness and vanity my power I consumed, But my judgment [is] with Jehovah, And my wage with my God.
4 Yo empero dije: Por demás he trabajado, en vano y sin provecho he consumido mi fortaleza; mas mi juicio está delante de Jehová, y mi recompensa con mi Dios.
4 But I said, “I have labored in vain. I have spent my strength in vain for nothing; yet surely the justice due to me is with Yahweh, and my reward with my God.”
5 And now, said Jehovah, who is forming me from the belly for a servant to Him, To bring back Jacob unto Him, (Though Israel is not gathered, Yet I am honoured in the eyes of Jehovah, And my God hath been my strength.)
5 Ahora pues, dice Jehová, el que me formó desde el vientre por su siervo, para que convierta á él á Jacob. Bien que Israel no se juntará, con todo, estimado seré en los ojos de Jehová, y el Dios mío será mi fortaleza.
5 Now Yahweh, he who formed me from the womb to be his servant, says to bring Jacob again to him, and to gather Israel to him, for I am honorable in Yahweh’s eyes, and my God has become my strength.
6 And He saith, 'It hath been a light thing That thou art to Me for a servant To raise up the tribes of Jacob, And the preserved of Israel to bring back, And I have given thee for a light of nations, To be My salvation unto the end of the earth.'
6 Y dijo: Poco es que tú me seas siervo para levantar las tribus de Jacob, y para que restaures los asolamientos de Israel: también te dí por luz de las gentes, para que seas mi salud hasta lo postrero de la tierra.
6 Indeed, he says, “It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel. I will also give you as a light to the nations, that you may be my salvation to the end of the earth.”
7 Thus said Jehovah, Redeemer of Israel, His Holy One, To the despised in soul, To the abominated of a nation, To the servant of rulers: 'Kings see, and have risen, princes, and worship, For the sake of Jehovah, who is faithful, The Holy of Israel, and He chooseth thee.'
7 Así ha dicho Jehová, Redentor de Israel, el Santo suyo, al menospreciado de alma, al abominado de las gentes, al siervo de los tiranos: Verán reyes, y levantaránse príncipes, y adorarán por Jehová; porque fiel [es] el Santo de Israel, el cual te escogió.
7 Yahweh, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, says to him whom man despises, to him whom the nation abhors, to a servant of rulers: “Kings shall see and rise up, princes, and they shall worship, because of Yahweh who is faithful, even the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.”
8 Thus said Jehovah: 'In a time of good pleasure I answered thee, And in a day of salvation I helped thee, And I keep thee, and give thee, For a covenant of the people, To establish the earth, To cause to inherit desolate inheritances.
8 Así dijo Jehová: En hora de contentamiento te oí, y en el día de salud te ayudé: y guardarte he, y te daré por alianza del pueblo, para que levantes la tierra, para que heredes asoladas heredades;
8 Yahweh says, “I have answered you in an acceptable time. I have helped you in a day of salvation. I will preserve you and give you for a covenant of the people, to raise up the land, to make them inherit the desolate heritage,
9 To say to the bound, Go out, To those in darkness, Be uncovered. On the ways they feed, And in all high places is their pasture.
9 Para que digas á los presos: Salid; y á los que están en tinieblas: Manifestaos. En los caminos serán apacentados, y en todas las cumbres serán sus pastos.
9 saying to those who are bound, ‘Come out!’; to those who are in darkness, ‘Show yourselves!’ “They shall feed along the paths, and their pasture shall be on all treeless heights.
10 They do not hunger, nor thirst, Nor smite them doth mirage and sun, For He who is pitying them doth lead them, And by fountains of waters doth tend them.
10 No tendrán hambre ni sed, ni el calor ni el sol los afligirá; porque el que tiene de ellos misericordia los guiará, y los conducirá á manaderos de aguas.
10 They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun strike them, for he who has mercy on them will lead them. He will guide them by springs of water.
11 And I have made all My mountains for a way, And My highways are lifted up.
11 Y tornaré camino todos mis montes, y mis calzadas serán levantadas.
11 I will make all my mountains a road, and my highways shall be exalted.
12 Lo, these from afar come in, And lo, these from the north, and from the sea, And these from the land of Sinim.
12 He aquí estos vendrán de lejos; y he aquí estotros del norte y del occidente, y estotros de la tierra de los Sineos.
12 Behold, these shall come from afar, and behold, these from the north and from the west, and these from the land of Sinim.”
13 Sing, O heavens, and joy, O earth, And break forth, O mountains, with singing, For comforted hath Jehovah His people, And His afflicted ones He doth pity.
13 Cantad alabanzas, oh cielos, y alégrate, tierra; y prorrumpid en alabanzas, oh montes: porque Jehová ha consolado su pueblo, y de sus pobres tendrá misericordia.
13 Sing, heavens, and be joyful, earth! Break out into singing, mountains! For Yahweh has comforted his people, and will have compassion on his afflicted.
14 And Zion saith, 'Jehovah hath forsaken me, And my Lord hath forgotten me.'
14 Mas Sión dijo: Dejóme Jehová, y el Señor se olvidó de mí.
14 But Zion said, “Yahweh has forsaken me, and the Lord has forgotten me.”
15 Forget doth a woman her suckling, The loved one — the son of her womb? Yea, these forget — but I — I forget not thee.
15 ¿Olvidaráse la mujer de lo que parió, para dejar de compadecerse del hijo de su vientre? Aunque se olviden ellas, yo no me olvidaré de ti.
15 “Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yes, these may forget, yet I will not forget you!
16 Lo, on the palms of the hand I have graven thee, Thy walls [are] before Me continually.
16 He aquí que en las palmas te tengo esculpida: delante de mí están siempre tus muros.
16 Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands. Your walls are continually before me.
17 Hastened have those building thee, Those destroying thee, and laying thee waste, go out from thee.
17 Tus edificadores vendrán aprisa; tus destruidores y tus asoladores saldrán de ti.
17 Your children hurry. Your destroyers and those who devastated you will leave you.
18 Lift up round about thine eyes and see, All of them have been gathered, They have come to thee. I live, an affirmation of Jehovah! Surely all of them as an ornament thou puttest on, And thou bindest them on like a bride.
18 Alza tus ojos alrededor, y mira: todos estos se han reunido, han venido á ti. Vivo yo, dice Jehová, que de todos, como de vestidura de honra, serás vestida; y de ellos serás ceñida como novia.
18 Lift up your eyes all around, and see: all these gather themselves together, and come to you. As I live,” says Yahweh, “you shall surely clothe yourself with them all as with an ornament, and dress yourself with them, like a bride.
19 Because thy wastes, and thy desolate places, And the land of thy ruins, Surely now are straitened because of inhabitants, And far off have been those consuming thee.
19 Porque tus asolamientos, y tus ruinas, y tu tierra desierta, ahora será angosta por la multitud de los moradores; y tus destruidores serán apartados lejos.
19 “For, as for your waste and your desolate places, and your land that has been destroyed, surely now that land will be too small for the inhabitants, and those who swallowed you up will be far away.
20 Again do the sons of thy bereavement say in thine ears: 'The place is too strait for me, Come nigh to me — and I dwell.'
20 Aun los hijos de tu orfandad dirán á tus oídos: Angosto es para mí este lugar; apártate por amor de mí, para que yo more.
20 The children of your bereavement will say in your ears, ‘This place is too small for me. Give me a place to live in.’
21 And thou hast said in thy heart: 'Who hath begotten for me — these? And I bereaved and gloomy, A captive, and turned aside, And these — who hath nourished? Lo, I — I was left by myself, these — whence [are] they?
21 Y dirás en tu corazón: ¿Quién me engendró estos? porque yo deshijada estaba y sola, peregrina y desterrada: ¿quién pues crió éstos? He aquí yo estaba dejada sola: éstos ¿dónde estaban?
21 Then you will say in your heart, ‘Who has conceived these for me, since I have been bereaved of my children and am alone, an exile, and wandering back and forth? Who has brought these up? Behold, I was left alone. Where were these?’”
22 Thus said the Lord Jehovah: 'Lo, I lift up unto nations My hand, And unto peoples I raise up Mine ensign, And they have brought thy sons in the bosom, And thy daughters on the shoulder are carried.
22 Así dijo el Señor Jehová: He aquí, yo alzaré mi mano á las gentes, y á los pueblos levantaré mi bandera; y traerán en brazos tus hijos, y tus hijas serán traídas en hombros.
22 The Lord Yahweh says, “Behold, I will lift up my hand to the nations, and lift up my banner to the peoples. They shall bring your sons in their bosom, and your daughters shall be carried on their shoulders.
23 And kings have been thy nursing fathers, And their princesses thy nursing mothers; Face to the earth — they bow down to thee, And the dust of thy feet they lick up, And thou hast known that I [am] Jehovah, That those expecting Me are not ashamed.
23 Y reyes serán tus ayos, y sus reinas tus amas [de leche]; el rostro inclinado á tierra te adorarán, y lamerán el polvo de tus pies: y conocerás que yo soy Jehová, que no se avergonzarán los que me esperan.
23 Kings shall be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow down to you with their faces to the earth, and lick the dust of your feet. Then you will know that I am Yahweh; and those who wait for me won’t be disappointed.”
24 Is prey taken from the mighty? And the captive of the righteous delivered?
24 ¿Será quitada la presa al valiente? ó ¿libertaráse la cautividad legítima?
24 Shall the plunder be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captives be delivered?
25 For thus said Jehovah: Even the captive of the mighty is taken, And the prey of the terrible is delivered, And with thy striver I strive, and thy sons I save.
25 Así empero dice Jehová: Cierto, la cautividad será quitada al valiente, y la presa del robusto será librada; y tu pleito yo lo pleitearé, y yo salvaré á tus hijos.
25 But Yahweh says, “Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the plunder retrieved from the fierce, for I will contend with him who contends with you and I will save your children.
26 And I have caused thine oppressors to eat their own flesh, And as new wine they drink their own blood, And known have all flesh that I, Jehovah, Thy saviour, and thy redeemer, [Am] the Mighty One of Jacob!'
26 Y á los que te despojaron haré comer sus carnes, y con su sangre serán embriagados como con mosto; y conocerá toda carne que yo Jehová soy Salvador tuyo, y Redentor tuyo, el Fuerte de Jacob.
26 I will feed those who oppress you with their own flesh; and they will be drunk on their own blood, as with sweet wine. Then all flesh shall know that I, Yahweh, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”
Cross references (26)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Jeremiah 1:5; Galatians 1:15; Isaiah 44:2; Isaiah 49:5; Luke 1:31
- 2 Hebrews 4:12; Revelation 1:16; Isaiah 50:4; Revelation 2:12; Isaiah 51:16
- 3 Isaiah 42:1; 1 Peter 2:9; Isaiah 44:23; John 17:1; Isaiah 52:13
- 4 Isaiah 35:4; Galatians 4:11; 2 Corinthians 12:15; Isaiah 62:11; Isaiah 40:10
- 5 John 3:35; Matthew 17:5; Romans 15:8; 1 Peter 3:22; Matthew 28:18
- 6 Acts 13:47; Isaiah 42:6; Luke 2:32; Psalm 98:2–3; Isaiah 52:10
- 7 1 Peter 2:4; Matthew 26:67; Isaiah 53:3; Isaiah 48:17; Psalm 72:10–11
- 8 2 Corinthians 6:2; Isaiah 42:6; Psalm 69:13; Hebrews 12:24; Isaiah 61:4
- 9 1 Peter 2:9; Isaiah 42:16; Isaiah 42:7; Luke 4:18; Psalm 69:33
- 10 Revelation 7:16–17; Matthew 5:6; Ezekiel 34:23; Isaiah 33:16; Psalm 121:5–6
- 11 Isaiah 11:16; Isaiah 62:10; Luke 3:4–5; Isaiah 35:8–10; Isaiah 40:3–4
- 12 Isaiah 43:5–6; Luke 13:29; Isaiah 2:2–3; Psalm 72:17; Psalm 72:10–11
- 13 Isaiah 44:23; Isaiah 51:3; Psalm 96:11–13; Isaiah 52:9; Isaiah 40:1–2
- 14 Isaiah 40:27; Psalm 22:1; Romans 11:1–5; Lamentations 5:20; Psalm 89:38–46
- 15 Isaiah 44:21; Psalm 103:13; Matthew 7:11; Jeremiah 31:20; Hosea 11:1
- 16 Haggai 2:23; Isaiah 60:18; Isaiah 62:6; Song of Songs 8:6; Isaiah 26:1
- 17 Isaiah 51:13; Isaiah 62:5; Isaiah 51:22–23; Ezekiel 28:24; Isaiah 51:18–20
- 18 Isaiah 54:1–3; Isaiah 61:10; Isaiah 66:12–13; Isaiah 54:9; Isaiah 54:7
- 19 Zechariah 10:10; Isaiah 54:1–2; Jeremiah 30:18–19; Isaiah 49:25–26; Isaiah 51:3
- 20 Joshua 17:14–16; Galatians 4:26–28; Hosea 1:10; Isaiah 60:4; 2 Kings 6:1
- 21 Isaiah 64:10; Galatians 3:29; Isaiah 54:3–8; Isaiah 5:13; Matthew 24:29–30
- 22 Luke 13:29; Psalm 86:9; Isaiah 14:2; Malachi 1:11; Psalm 67:4–7
- 23 Isaiah 60:14; Isaiah 60:16; Isaiah 60:3; Micah 7:17; Isaiah 45:14
- 24 Luke 11:21–22; Psalm 124:6–7; Matthew 12:29; Ezekiel 37:3; Isaiah 42:22
- 25 Isaiah 54:15–17; Isaiah 35:4; Isaiah 41:11–12; Jeremiah 50:33–34; Isaiah 54:13
- 26 Isaiah 9:20; Isaiah 41:14–20; Isaiah 9:4; Revelation 16:6; Ezekiel 39:7
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences
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