犹大的凯歌

26 到那日,犹大境内的人必唱这首歌:

“我们有一座坚城,
耶和华使祂的拯救成为保护我们的城墙和屏障。
打开城门,
让忠信的公义之民进来。
你使坚信不移的人全然平安,
因为他们信靠你。
要永远信靠耶和华,
因为耶和华是永远屹立的磐石。
祂贬抑高傲的人,
拆毁他们高耸的城邑,
把它们夷为平地、化为尘土,
被困苦人的脚践踏,被贫穷人的足踩踏。”

义人的道路是平坦的,
公正的主啊,你必修平义人所走的道路。
耶和华啊,我们等候你,
遵从你的法令,
我们心里渴慕尊崇你的名。
在夜间,我思慕你,
我切切地寻求你。
你在世上施行审判的时候,
世人就知道何为公义。
10 你恩待恶人,
但他们仍然不学习行义。
即使在公义之地,
他们依然作恶,
全不把耶和华的威严放在眼里。
11 你惩罚的手高高举起,
他们却看不见。
愿他们因看见你向你子民所发的热心而感到羞愧。
愿你为敌人预备的火烧灭他们。
12 耶和华啊,你必赐我们平安,
因为我们所做的事都是你为我们成就的。
13 我们的上帝耶和华啊!
在你以外曾有别的主人管辖我们,
但我们只尊崇你的名。
14 他们都已死去,再不能复生,
逝去的灵魂不能回来。
因为你惩罚他们,毁灭他们,
使他们被人彻底遗忘。
15 耶和华啊,你增添我们的人口,
增添我们的人口,
扩张我们的疆界,
你得到了荣耀。

16 耶和华啊,我们是你的子民,
我们在危难中寻求你。
你管教我们的时候,
我们就向你祈求。
17 耶和华啊,我们在你面前呼求,
如临产的妇人在阵痛中喊叫。
18 我们曾怀胎,痛苦呻吟,
但产下来的却是一阵风。
我们没有给世界带来拯救,
也没有给世上带来生命。
19 然而,属你的人必复活,
他们的尸体必站起来。
睡在尘土中的人必醒来欢唱!
你必使死人复活,
如清晨的甘露使大地恢复生机。
20 我的百姓啊,
回到你们的房子里,
关上门躲藏一会儿,
等耶和华的愤怒平息。
21 看啊,耶和华要走出祂的居所,
惩罚世上犯罪的人。
大地必不再隐藏被杀之人的尸首,
必将所流的血显露出来。

26 On that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah: “We have a strong city, God shall set salvation for walls and bulwarks.

“Open the gates so that the righteous nation, which keeps the truth, may enter in.

“By an assured purpose will You preserve perfect peace, because they trusted in You.

“Trust in the LORD forever, For in the LORD God is strength forevermore.

“For He will bring down those who dwell on high, The high city He will lay low, He will cast it down to the ground and bring it to dust.

“The foot shall tread it down, the feet of the poor, the steps of the needy.

“The way of the just is righteousness, You will make equal the righteous path of the just.

“Also, we, O LORD, have waited for You in the way of Your judgments. The desire of our soul is to Your Name and to the remembrance of You.

“With my soul have I desired You in the night. And with my spirit within me will I seek You in the morning. For seeing Your judgments on the Earth, the inhabitants of the world shall learn righteousness.

10 “Let mercy be shown to the wicked, he will not learn righteousness. In the land of uprightness, he will do wickedly, and will not behold the majesty of the LORD.

11 “O LORD, they will not behold Your high Hand. They shall see it and be confounded with the zeal of the people. And the fire of Your enemies shall devour them.

12 “LORD, to us You will ordain peace. For You also have wrought all our works for us.

13 “O LORD our God, lords besides You have ruled us. We will remember You only, Your Name.

14 “The dead shall not live, nor shall the dead arise, because You have visited and scattered them, and destroyed all their memory.

15 “You have increased the nation, O LORD. You have increased the nation. You are made glorious, You have enlarged all the territories of the Earth.

16 “LORD, in trouble have they visited You. They poured out a prayer when Your chastening was upon them.

17 “Like a woman with child who draws near to the birth is in sorrow and cries in her pains, so have we been in Your sight, O LORD.

18 “We have conceived, we have born in pain, as though we should have brought forth wind. There was no help on the Earth, nor did the inhabitants of the world fall.

19 “Your dead men shall live, with my body shall they rise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in dust. For your dew is as the dew of herbs, and the Earth shall cast out the dead.

20 “Come, my people, enter into your chambers and shut your doors after you. Hide yourself for a very little while, until the indignation passes over.

21 “For lo, the LORD comes out of His place, to visit the iniquity of the inhabitants of the Earth upon them. And the Earth shall disclose her blood, and shall hide her slain no more.”

Cántico de confianza

26 En aquel día(A) se cantará este cántico en la tierra de Judá:

Ciudad fuerte(B) tenemos;
para protección[a] Él pone murallas y baluartes(C).
Abrid las puertas(D) para que pueda entrar la nación justa(E),
la que permanece fiel[b].
Al de firme propósito guardarás en perfecta paz(F),
porque en ti confía.
Confiad en el Señor para siempre(G),
porque en Dios[c] el Señor, tenemos una Roca eterna(H).
Porque Él ha abatido a los que moran en lo alto, a la ciudad inexpugnable;
la humilla, la humilla hasta la tierra, la derriba hasta el polvo(I).
La hollará el pie(J):
los pies de los afligidos(K), las pisadas de los desvalidos.

La senda del justo es rectitud(L);
tú, que eres recto, allana el sendero del justo(M).
Ciertamente, siguiendo la senda de tus juicios(N),
oh Señor, te hemos esperado;
tu nombre(O) y tu memoria(P) son el anhelo del alma.
En la noche te desea mi alma[d](Q),
en verdad mi espíritu dentro de mí te busca[e](R) con diligencia;
porque cuando la tierra tiene conocimiento de tus juicios,
aprenden justicia los habitantes del mundo(S).
10 Aunque se le muestre piedad al impío,
no aprende justicia(T);
obra injustamente en tierra de rectitud,
y no ve la majestad del Señor(U).

11 Oh Señor, alzada está tu mano, mas ellos no la ven(V).
Que vean tu celo(W) por el pueblo y se avergüencen;
ciertamente el fuego devorará a tus enemigos[f](X).
12 Señor, tú establecerás paz para nosotros(Y),
ya que también todas nuestras obras tú las hiciste por nosotros.
13 Oh Señor, Dios nuestro, otros señores fuera de ti nos han gobernado(Z);
pero en ti solo confesamos[g] tu nombre(AA).
14 Los muertos no vivirán, los espíritus[h] no se levantarán(AB),
pues los castigaste[i] y destruiste(AC),
y has borrado todo recuerdo de ellos.
15 Has aumentado la nación(AD), oh Señor,
has aumentado la nación, te has glorificado,
has ensanchado todos los límites de la tierra(AE).
16 Oh Señor, en la angustia te buscaron(AF);
apenas susurraban una oración[j],
cuando tu castigo estaba sobre ellos.
17 Como la mujer encinta, al acercarse el momento de dar a luz,
se retuerce y grita en sus dolores de parto(AG),
así éramos nosotros delante de ti, oh Señor.
18 Estábamos encinta, nos retorcíamos en los dolores,
dimos a luz(AH), al parecer, solo viento.
No logramos liberación para la tierra,
ni nacieron[k] habitantes del mundo(AI).
19 Tus muertos vivirán(AJ),
sus[l] cadáveres se levantarán.
¡Moradores del polvo, despertad(AK) y dad gritos de júbilo!,
porque tu rocío es como el rocío del alba[m],
y la tierra dará a luz[n] a los espíritus[o].

20 Ven, pueblo mío, entra en tus aposentos(AL)
y cierra tras ti tus puertas;
escóndete por corto tiempo[p](AM)
hasta que pase la indignación(AN).
21 Porque he aquí, el Señor va a salir de su lugar(AO)
para castigar[q] la iniquidad de los habitantes de la tierra[r](AP),
y la tierra pondrá de manifiesto su sangre derramada(AQ)
y no ocultará más a sus asesinados.

Footnotes

  1. Isaías 26:1 O, salvación
  2. Isaías 26:2 Lit., mantiene fidelidad
  3. Isaías 26:4 Heb., YHWH, generalmente traducido Señor
  4. Isaías 26:9 Lit., con mi alma te deseo
  5. Isaías 26:9 Lit., con mi espíritu dentro de mí te busco
  6. Isaías 26:11 O, que el fuego para tus adversarios los devore
  7. Isaías 26:13 O, hacemos que sea recordado
  8. Isaías 26:14 O, las sombras
  9. Isaías 26:14 Lit., visitaste
  10. Isaías 26:16 Lit., emitían un susurro
  11. Isaías 26:18 Lit., ni cayeron
  12. Isaías 26:19 Así en algunas versiones antiguas; en heb., mis
  13. Isaías 26:19 Lit., de las luces
  14. Isaías 26:19 Lit., hará caer
  15. Isaías 26:19 O, las sombras
  16. Isaías 26:20 Lit., momento
  17. Isaías 26:21 Lit., visitar
  18. Isaías 26:21 Así en la sept., el texto heb. añade «contra El»

A Song of Praise

26 In that day(A) this song will be sung(B) in the land of Judah:

We have a strong city;(C)
    God makes salvation
    its walls(D) and ramparts.(E)
Open the gates(F)
    that the righteous(G) nation may enter,
    the nation that keeps faith.
You will keep in perfect peace(H)
    those whose minds are steadfast,
    because they trust(I) in you.
Trust(J) in the Lord forever,(K)
    for the Lord, the Lord himself, is the Rock(L) eternal.
He humbles those who dwell on high,
    he lays the lofty city low;
he levels it to the ground(M)
    and casts it down to the dust.(N)
Feet trample(O) it down—
    the feet of the oppressed,(P)
    the footsteps of the poor.(Q)

The path of the righteous is level;(R)
    you, the Upright One,(S) make the way of the righteous smooth.(T)
Yes, Lord, walking in the way of your laws,[a](U)
    we wait(V) for you;
your name(W) and renown
    are the desire of our hearts.
My soul yearns for you in the night;(X)
    in the morning my spirit longs(Y) for you.
When your judgments(Z) come upon the earth,
    the people of the world learn righteousness.(AA)
10 But when grace is shown to the wicked,(AB)
    they do not learn righteousness;
even in a land of uprightness they go on doing evil(AC)
    and do not regard(AD) the majesty of the Lord.
11 Lord, your hand is lifted high,(AE)
    but they do not see(AF) it.
Let them see your zeal(AG) for your people and be put to shame;(AH)
    let the fire(AI) reserved for your enemies consume them.

12 Lord, you establish peace(AJ) for us;
    all that we have accomplished you have done(AK) for us.
13 Lord our God, other lords(AL) besides you have ruled over us,
    but your name(AM) alone do we honor.(AN)
14 They are now dead,(AO) they live no more;
    their spirits(AP) do not rise.
You punished them and brought them to ruin;(AQ)
    you wiped out all memory of them.(AR)
15 You have enlarged the nation, Lord;
    you have enlarged the nation.(AS)
You have gained glory for yourself;
    you have extended all the borders(AT) of the land.

16 Lord, they came to you in their distress;(AU)
    when you disciplined(AV) them,
    they could barely whisper(AW) a prayer.[b]
17 As a pregnant woman about to give birth(AX)
    writhes and cries out in her pain,
    so were we in your presence, Lord.
18 We were with child, we writhed in labor,
    but we gave birth(AY) to wind.
We have not brought salvation(AZ) to the earth,
    and the people of the world have not come to life.(BA)

19 But your dead(BB) will live, Lord;
    their bodies will rise—
let those who dwell in the dust(BC)
    wake up and shout for joy—
your dew(BD) is like the dew of the morning;
    the earth will give birth to her dead.(BE)

20 Go, my people, enter your rooms
    and shut the doors(BF) behind you;
hide(BG) yourselves for a little while
    until his wrath(BH) has passed by.(BI)
21 See, the Lord is coming(BJ) out of his dwelling(BK)
    to punish(BL) the people of the earth for their sins.
The earth will disclose the blood(BM) shed on it;
    the earth will conceal its slain no longer.

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 26:8 Or judgments
  2. Isaiah 26:16 The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.

26 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.

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

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

Trust ye in the Lord for ever: for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength:

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.

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

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

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.

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

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 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 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 Lord, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them.

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 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 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 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 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.