Isaías · Versión Estándar Americana (1901)
Isaías 40 Versión Estándar Americana (1901)
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1 Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.
1 CONSOLAOS, consolaos, pueblo mío, dice vuestro Dios.
1 “Comfort, comfort my people,” says your God.
2 Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem; and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she hath received of Jehovah’s hand double for all her sins.
2 Hablad al corazón de Jerusalem: decidle á voces que su tiempo es ya cumplido, que su pecado es perdonado; que doble ha recibido de la mano de Jehová por todos 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 The voice of one that crieth, Prepare ye in the wilderness the way of Jehovah; make level in the desert a highway for our God.
3 Voz que clama en el desierto: Barred camino á Jehová: enderezad calzada en la soledad á nuestro Dios.
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 Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low; and the uneven shall be made level, and the rough places a plain:
4 Todo valle sea alzado, y bájese todo monte y collado; y lo torcido se enderece, y lo áspero se allane.
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 and the glory of Jehovah shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together; for the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken it.
5 Y manifestaráse la gloria de Jehová, y toda carne juntamente la verá; que la boca de Jehová habló.
5 Yahweh’s glory shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together; for the mouth of Yahweh has spoken it.”
6 The voice of one saying, Cry. And one said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field.
6 Voz que decía: Da voces. Y [yo] respondí: ¿Qué tengo de decir á voces? Toda carne es hierba, y toda su gloria como flor 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 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth, because the breath of Jehovah bloweth upon it; surely the people is grass.
7 La hierba se seca, y la flor se cae; porque el viento de Jehová sopló en ella: ciertamente hierba es el pueblo.
7 The grass withers, the flower fades, because Yahweh’s breath blows on it. Surely the people are like grass.
8 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth; but the word of our God shall stand forever.
8 Sécase la hierba, cáese la flor: mas la palabra del Dios nuestro permanece para siempre.
8 The grass withers, the flower fades; but the word of our God stands forever.”
9 O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion, get thee up on a high mountain; O thou that tellest good tidings to Jerusalem, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold, your God!
9 Súbete sobre un monte alto, anunciadora de Sión; levanta fuertemente tu voz, anunciadora de Jerusalem; levántala, no temas; di á las ciudades de Judá: ¡Veis aquí el Dios vuestro!
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 Behold, the Lord Jehovah will come as a mighty one, and his arm will rule for him: Behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him.
10 He aquí que el Señor Jehová vendrá con fortaleza, y su brazo se enseñoreará: he aquí que su salario viene con él, y su obra delante de su rostro.
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 He will feed his flock like a shepherd, he will gather the lambs in his arm, and carry them in his bosom, [and] will gently lead those that have their young.
11 Como pastor apacentará su rebaño; en su brazo cogerá los corderos, y en su seno los llevará; pastoreará suavemente las paridas.
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 Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
12 ¿Quién midió las aguas con su puño, y aderezó los cielos con su palmo, y con tres dedos allegó el polvo de la tierra, y pesó los montes con balanza, y con peso los collados?
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 Who hath directed the Spirit of Jehovah, or being his counsellor hath taught him?
13 ¿Quién enseñó al espíritu de Jehová, ó le aconsejo enseñándole?
13 Who has directed Yahweh’s Spirit, or has taught him as his counselor?
14 With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of justice, and taught him knowledge, and showed to him the way of understanding?
14 ¿A quién demandó consejo para ser avisado? ¿Quién le enseñó el camino del juicio, ó le enseñó ciencia, ó le mostró la senda de la prudencia?
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 Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are accounted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.
15 He aquí que las naciones son reputadas como la gota de un acetre, y como el orín del peso: he aquí que hace desaparecer las islas como polvo.
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 And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt-offering.
16 Ni el Líbano bastará para el fuego, ni todos sus animales para el sacrificio.
16 Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor its animals sufficient for a burnt offering.
17 All the nations are as nothing before him; they are accounted by him as less than nothing, and vanity.
17 Como nada son todas las gentes delante de él; y en su comparación serán estimadas en menos que nada, y que lo que no es.
17 All the nations are like nothing before him. They are regarded by him as less than nothing, and vanity.
18 To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?
18 ¿A qué pues haréis semejante á Dios, ó qué imagen le compondréis?
18 To whom then will you liken God? Or what likeness will you compare to him?
19 The image, a workman hath cast [it], and the goldsmith overlayeth it with gold, and casteth [for it] silver chains.
19 El artífice apareja la imagen de talla, el platero le extiende el oro, y le funde cadenas de plata.
19 A workman has cast an image, and the goldsmith overlays it with gold, and casts silver chains for it.
20 He that is too impoverished for [such] an oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a skilful workman to set up a graven image, that shall not be moved.
20 El pobre escoge, para ofrecerle, madera que no se corrompa; búscase un maestro sabio, que le haga una imagen de talla que no se mueva.
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 Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?
21 ¿No sabéis? ¿no habéis oído? ¿nunca os lo han dicho desde el principio? ¿no habéis sido enseñados desde que la tierra se fundó?
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 [It is] he that sitteth above the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in;
22 El está asentado sobre el globo de la tierra, cuyos moradores son como langostas: él extiende los cielos como una cortina, tiéndelos como una tienda para morar:
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 that bringeth princes to nothing; that maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
23 El torna en nada los poderosos, y á los que gobiernan la tierra hace como cosa vana.
23 who brings princes to nothing, who makes the judges of the earth meaningless.
24 Yea, they have not been planted; yea, they have not been sown; yea, their stock hath not taken root in the earth: moreover he bloweth upon them, and they wither, and the whirlwind taketh them away as stubble.
24 Como si nunca fueran plantados, como si nunca fueran sembrados, como si nunca su tronco hubiera tenido raíz en la tierra; así que sopla en ellos se secan, y el torbellino los lleva como hojarascas.
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 To whom then will ye liken me, that I should be equal [to him]? saith the Holy One.
25 ¿A qué pues me haréis semejante, ó seré asimilado? dice el Santo.
25 “To whom then will you liken me? Who is my equal?” says the Holy One.
26 Lift up your eyes on high, and see who hath created these, that bringeth out their host by number; he calleth them all by name; by the greatness of his might, and for that he is strong in power, not one is lacking.
26 Levantad en alto vuestros ojos, y mirad quién crió estas cosas: él saca por cuenta su ejército: á todas llama por sus nombres; ninguna faltará: [tal] es la grandeza de su fuerza, y [su] poder y virtud.
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 Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from Jehovah, and the justice [due] to me is passed away from my God?
27 ¿Por qué dices, oh Jacob, y hablas tú, Israel: Mi camino es escondido de Jehová, y de mi Dios pasó mi juicio?
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 Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard? The everlasting God, Jehovah, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary; there is no searching of his understanding.
28 ¿No has sabido, no has oído que el Dios del siglo es Jehová, el cual crió los términos de la tierra? No se trabaja, ni se fatiga con cansancio, y su entendimiento no hay quien lo alcance.
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 He giveth power to the faint; and to him that hath no might he increaseth strength.
29 El da esfuerzo al cansado, y multiplica las fuerzas al que no tiene ningunas.
29 He gives power to the weak. He increases the strength of him who has no might.
30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:
30 Los mancebos se fatigan y se cansan, los mozos flaquean y caen:
30 Even the youths faint and get weary, and the young men utterly fall;
31 but they that wait for Jehovah shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint.
31 Mas los que esperan á Jehová tendrán nuevas fuerzas; levantarán las alas como águilas; correrán, y no se cansarán; caminarán, y no se fatigarán.
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.
Referencias cruzadas (31)
Pasajes relacionados con cada versículo, del Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, tal como los reúnen y ordenan los lectores de OpenBible.info.
- 1 2 Corintios 1:4; Isaías 51:12; Isaías 51:3; Sofonías 3:14–17; Zacarías 1:13
- 2 Zacarías 9:12; Isaías 61:7; Oseas 2:14; Jeremías 33:8–9; Apocalipsis 18:6
- 3 Malaquías 3:1; Marcos 1:2–5; Juan 1:23; Mateo 3:1–3; Lucas 1:16–17
- 4 Lucas 3:5; Ezequiel 21:26; Lucas 18:14; Isaías 42:15–16; Isaías 45:2
- 5 Habacuc 2:14; Isaías 52:10; Joel 2:28; 2 Corintios 4:6; Lucas 3:6
- 6 Salmo 103:15–16; 1 Pedro 1:24–25; Salmo 102:11; Santiago 1:10–11; Job 14:2
- 7 Job 41:21
- 8 Marcos 13:31; Mateo 24:35; 1 Pedro 1:25; Salmo 119:89–91; Mateo 5:18
- 9 Isaías 52:7–8; Efesios 6:19; Isaías 12:2; Isaías 25:9; Isaías 61:1
- 10 Apocalipsis 22:12; Isaías 62:11; Apocalipsis 17:14; Mateo 28:18; Isaías 49:4
- 11 Apocalipsis 7:17; Salmo 23:1–6; Miqueas 5:4; Ezequiel 34:23; Juan 10:11–16
- 12 Proverbios 30:4; Hebreos 1:10–12; Salmo 102:25–26; Job 38:4–11; Isaías 48:13
- 13 1 Corintios 2:16; Romanos 11:34; Job 36:22–23; Job 21:22; Lucas 10:22
- 14 Job 21:22; Colosenses 2:3; 1 Corintios 12:4–6; Santiago 1:17
- 15 Jeremías 10:10; Isaías 40:22; Job 34:14–15; Isaías 29:5; Isaías 11:11
- 16 Miqueas 6:6–7; Salmo 50:9–12; Salmo 40:6; Hebreos 10:5–10
- 17 Salmo 62:9; Daniel 4:34–35; Isaías 29:7
- 18 Isaías 46:5; 1 Samuel 2:2; Isaías 40:25; Éxodo 15:11; Hechos 17:29
- 19 Jeremías 10:9; Isaías 46:6–7; Éxodo 32:2–4; Habacuc 2:18–19; Salmo 115:4–8
- 20 Jeremías 10:3–4; Isaías 41:7; Isaías 46:7; Isaías 2:8–9; Daniel 5:23
- 21 Isaías 46:8; Isaías 48:13; Hechos 14:17; Romanos 1:19–21; Salmo 50:6
- 22 Proverbios 8:27; Isaías 42:5; Salmo 104:2; Isaías 66:1; Jeremías 10:12
- 23 Salmo 107:40; Job 12:21; Jeremías 25:18–27; Isaías 34:12; Isaías 24:21–22
- 24 Isaías 41:16; Isaías 17:13; Jeremías 23:19; Hageo 1:9; Proverbios 1:27
- 25 Isaías 40:18; Deuteronomio 4:15–18; Deuteronomio 4:33; Deuteronomio 5:8
- 26 Colosenses 1:16–17; Jeremías 32:17–19; Isaías 48:13; Isaías 51:6; Salmo 147:4–5
- 27 Isaías 49:4; Lucas 18:7–8; Isaías 49:14; Job 27:2
- 28 Romanos 11:33–34; Salmo 147:5; 1 Timoteo 1:17; Isaías 55:8–9; Filipenses 1:6
- 29 Isaías 41:10; Filipenses 4:13; 2 Corintios 12:9–10; Colosenses 1:11; Zacarías 10:12
- 30 Amós 2:14; Salmo 34:10; Salmo 33:16; Eclesiastés 9:11; Isaías 9:17
- 31 Lamentaciones 3:25–26; 2 Corintios 4:16; Salmo 27:13–14; Salmo 103:5; 2 Corintios 12:9–10
Referencias cruzadas: OpenBible.info (CC BY), tomadas sobre todo del Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (dominio público). · Fuentes y licencias
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