Isaías 1
Dios Habla Hoy
Judá, nación pecadora
1 Profecías que Isaías, hijo de Amós, recibió por revelación acerca de Judá y Jerusalén, durante los reinados de Ozías, Jotam, Ahaz y Ezequías en Judá.
2 Cielo y tierra,
escuchen lo que el Señor dice:
«Crié hijos hasta que fueron grandes,
pero ellos se rebelaron contra mí.
3 El buey reconoce a su dueño
y el asno el establo de su amo;
pero Israel, mi propio pueblo,
no reconoce ni tiene entendimiento.»
4 ¡Ay, gente pecadora,
pueblo cargado de maldad,
descendencia de malhechores,
hijos pervertidos!
Se han alejado del Señor,
se han apartado del Dios Santo de Israel,
lo han abandonado.
5 Ustedes se empeñan en ser rebeldes,
y en su cuerpo ya no hay donde castigarlos.
Tienen herida toda la cabeza,
han perdido las fuerzas por completo.
6 De la punta del pie a la cabeza
no hay nada sano en ustedes;
todo es heridas, golpes, llagas abiertas;
nadie se las ha curado ni vendado,
ni les ha calmado los dolores con aceite.
7 Su país ha quedado hecho un desierto,
y arden en llamas las ciudades.
En la propia cara de ustedes
los enemigos se comen lo que ustedes sembraron.
Todo ha quedado hecho un desierto,
como Sodoma cuando fue destruida.
8 Sión nada más ha quedado en pie,
sola cual choza en medio de un viñedo,
sola cual cobertizo en medio de un melonar,
sola cual ciudad rodeada por el enemigo.
9 Si el Señor todopoderoso
no hubiera dejado a unos cuantos de nosotros,
ahora mismo estaríamos como Sodoma y Gomorra.
El verdadero culto a Dios
10 Jefes de Sodoma, escuchen la palabra del Señor;
pueblo de Gomorra, oye atentamente
lo que nuestro Dios te va a enseñar.
11 El Señor dice:
«¿Para qué me traen tantos sacrificios?
Ya estoy harto de sus holocaustos de carneros
y de la grasa de los terneros;
me repugna la sangre de los toros, carneros y cabritos.
12 Ustedes vienen a presentarse ante mí,
pero ¿quién les pidió que pisotearan mis atrios?
13 No me traigan más ofrendas sin valor;
no soporto el humo de ellas.
Ustedes llaman al pueblo
a celebrar la luna nueva y el sábado,
pero yo no soporto las fiestas de gente que practica el mal.
14 Aborrezco sus fiestas de luna nueva y sus reuniones;
¡se me han vuelto tan molestas
que ya no las aguanto!
15 Cuando ustedes levantan las manos para orar,
yo aparto mis ojos de ustedes;
y aunque hacen muchas oraciones,
yo no las escucho.
Tienen las manos manchadas de sangre.
16 ¡Lávense, límpiense!
¡Aparten de mi vista sus maldades!
¡Dejen de hacer el mal!
17 ¡Aprendan a hacer el bien,
esfuércense en hacer lo que es justo,
ayuden al oprimido,
hagan justicia al huérfano,
defiendan los derechos de la viuda!»
18 El Señor dice:
«Vengan, vamos a discutir este asunto.
Aunque sus pecados sean como el rojo más vivo,
yo los dejaré blancos como la nieve;
aunque sean como tela teñida de púrpura,
yo los dejaré blancos como la lana.
19 Si aceptan ser obedientes,
comerán de lo mejor que produce la tierra;
20 pero si insisten en ser rebeldes,
morirán sin remedio en la guerra.»
El Señor mismo lo ha dicho.
El Señor purificará a Jerusalén
21 ¡Cómo has llegado, ciudad fiel,
a ser igual que una prostituta!
Antes toda tu gente actuaba con justicia
y vivía rectamente,
pero ahora no hay más que asesinos.
22 Eras plata y te has convertido en basura,
eras buen vino y te has vuelto agua.
23 Tus gobernantes son rebeldes
y amigos de bandidos.
Todos se dejan comprar con dinero
y buscan que les hagan regalos.
No hacen justicia al huérfano
ni les importan los derechos de la viuda.
24 Por eso, el Señor todopoderoso,
el Poderoso de Israel, afirma:
«¡Basta! Yo ajustaré las cuentas a mis enemigos.
Me vengaré de ellos.
25 Voy a levantar de nuevo mi mano contra ti
y a quemar por completo tu basura;
voy a limpiarte de toda tu impureza.
26 Haré que vuelvas a tener jueces como antes
y consejeros como los del principio.
Después que yo lo haya hecho, volverán a llamarte
“Ciudad de justicia”, “Ciudad fiel”.
27 Con mi justicia y acción salvadora
libertaré a los habitantes de Sión que se vuelvan a mí;
28 pero haré pedazos a los rebeldes y pecadores,
y los que me abandonen morirán.
29 Se avergonzarán ustedes de esas encinas y jardines
que tanto les gustan,
donde dan culto a los ídolos.
30 Ustedes serán como encina de hojas marchitas,
y semejantes a un jardín sin agua.
31 El hombre fuerte se convertirá en paja,
y sus obras en chispa:
los dos arderán al mismo tiempo
y no habrá quien los apague.»
Isaiah 1
English Standard Version
1 The (A)vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem (B)in the days of (C)Uzziah, (D)Jotham, (E)Ahaz, and (F)Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
The Wickedness of Judah
2 (G)Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O (H)earth;
for the Lord has spoken:
“Children[a] (I)have I reared and brought up,
but they have rebelled against me.
3 The ox (J)knows its owner,
and the donkey its master's crib,
but Israel does (K)not know,
my people do not understand.”
4 Ah, sinful nation,
a people laden with iniquity,
(L)offspring of evildoers,
children who deal corruptly!
They have forsaken the Lord,
they have (M)despised (N)the Holy One of Israel,
they are utterly (O)estranged.
5 Why will you still be (P)struck down?
Why will you (Q)continue to rebel?
The whole head is sick,
and the whole heart faint.
6 (R)From the sole of the foot even to the head,
there is no soundness in it,
but bruises and sores
and raw wounds;
they are (S)not pressed out or bound up
or softened with oil.
7 (T)Your country lies desolate;
your cities are burned with fire;
in your very presence
foreigners devour your land;
it is desolate, as overthrown by foreigners.
8 And (U)the daughter of Zion is left
like a (V)booth in a vineyard,
like a lodge in a cucumber field,
like a besieged city.
9 (W)If the Lord of hosts
had not left us (X)a few survivors,
we should have been like (Y)Sodom,
and become like (Z)Gomorrah.
10 Hear the word of the Lord,
you rulers of (AA)(AB)Sodom!
Give ear to the teaching[b] of our God,
you people of (AC)Gomorrah!
11 (AD)“What to me is the multitude of your sacrifices?
says the Lord;
I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams
and the fat of well-fed beasts;
I do not delight in the blood of bulls,
or of lambs, or of goats.
12 “When you come to (AE)appear before me,
who has required of you
this trampling of my courts?
13 Bring no more vain offerings;
incense is an abomination to me.
(AF)New moon and Sabbath and the (AG)calling of convocations—
I cannot endure (AH)iniquity and (AI)solemn assembly.
14 Your (AJ)new moons and your appointed feasts
my soul hates;
they have become a burden to me;
I am weary of bearing them.
15 When you (AK)spread out your hands,
I will hide my eyes from you;
(AL)even though you make many prayers,
I will not listen;
(AM)your hands are full of blood.
16 (AN)Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean;
remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes;
(AO)cease to do evil,
17 learn to do good;
(AP)seek justice,
correct oppression;
(AQ)bring justice to the fatherless,
plead the widow's cause.
18 “Come now, (AR)let us reason[c] together, says the Lord:
though your sins are like scarlet,
they shall be as (AS)white as snow;
though they are red like crimson,
they shall become like wool.
19 (AT)If you are willing and obedient,
you shall eat the good of the land;
20 but if you refuse and rebel,
you shall be eaten by the sword;
(AU)for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”
The Unfaithful City
21 How the faithful city
(AV)has become a whore,[d]
(AW)she who was full of justice!
Righteousness lodged in her,
but now murderers.
22 (AX)Your silver has become dross,
your best wine mixed with water.
23 Your princes are rebels
and companions of thieves.
Everyone (AY)loves a bribe
and runs after gifts.
(AZ)They do not bring justice to the fatherless,
and the widow's cause does not come to them.
24 Therefore the (BA)Lord declares,
the Lord of hosts,
the (BB)Mighty One of Israel:
“Ah, I will get relief from my enemies
(BC)and avenge myself on my foes.
25 (BD)I will turn my hand against you
and will smelt away your (BE)dross as with lye
and remove all your alloy.
26 And I will restore your judges (BF)as at the first,
and your counselors as at the beginning.
Afterward (BG)you shall be called the city of righteousness,
the faithful city.”
27 (BH)Zion shall be redeemed by justice,
and those in her who repent, by righteousness.
28 (BI)But rebels and sinners shall be broken together,
and those who forsake the Lord shall be consumed.
29 (BJ)For they[e] shall be ashamed of (BK)the oaks
that you desired;
and you shall blush for (BL)the gardens
that you have chosen.
30 For you shall be (BM)like an oak
whose leaf withers,
and like a garden without water.
31 And the strong shall become (BN)tinder,
and his work a spark,
and both of them shall burn together,
with (BO)none to quench them.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 1:2 Or Sons; also verse 4
- Isaiah 1:10 Or law
- Isaiah 1:18 Or dispute
- Isaiah 1:21 Or become unchaste
- Isaiah 1:29 Some Hebrew manuscripts you
Isaiah 1
King James Version
1 The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
2 Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the Lord hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.
3 The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
4 Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the Lord, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward.
5 Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
6 From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment.
7 Your country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.
8 And the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city.
9 Except the Lord of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah.
10 Hear the word of the Lord, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.
11 To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the Lord: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats.
12 When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts?
13 Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting.
14 Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them.
15 And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
16 Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
17 Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
19 If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:
20 But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
21 How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.
22 Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water:
23 Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.
24 Therefore saith the Lord, the Lord of hosts, the mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies:
25 And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin:
26 And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city.
27 Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and her converts with righteousness.
28 And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be together, and they that forsake the Lord shall be consumed.
29 For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.
30 For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water.
31 And the strong shall be as tow, and the maker of it as a spark, and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them.
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