Isaiah 58
Names of God Bible
Worship the Lord as He Wants to Be Worshiped
58 Cry aloud! Don’t hold back!
Raise your voice like a ram’s horn.
Tell my people about their rebellion
and the descendants of Jacob about their sins.
2 They look for me every day and want to know my ways.
They act as if they were a nation that has done what is right
and as if they haven’t disregarded Elohim’s judgment on them.
They ask me for just decrees.
They want Elohim to be near them.
3 Why have we fasted if you are not aware of it?
Why have we inflicted pain on ourselves if you don’t pay attention?
Don’t you see that on the days you fast,
you do what you want to do?
You mistreat all your workers.
4 Don’t you see that when you fast,
you quarrel and fight and beat your workers?
The way you fast today keeps you from being heard in heaven.
5 Is this the kind of fasting I have chosen?
Should people humble themselves for only a day?
Is fasting just bowing your head like a cattail
and making your bed from sackcloth and ashes?
Is this what you call fasting?
Is this an acceptable day to Yahweh?
6 This is the kind of fasting I have chosen:
Loosen the chains of wickedness,
untie the straps of the yoke,[a]
let the oppressed go free,
and break every yoke.
7 Share your food with the hungry,
take the poor and homeless into your house,
and cover them with clothes when you see them naked.
Don’t refuse to help your relatives.
8 Then your light will break through like the dawn,
and you will heal quickly.
Your righteousness will go ahead of you,
and the glory of Yahweh will guard you from behind.
9 Then you will call, and Yahweh will answer.
You will cry for help, and he will say, “Here I am!”
Get rid of that yoke.
Don’t point your finger and say wicked things.
10 If you give some of your own food to feed those who are hungry
and to satisfy the needs of those who are humble,
then your light will rise in the dark,
and your darkness will become as bright as the noonday sun.
11 Yahweh will continually guide you
and satisfy you even in sun-baked places.
He will strengthen your bones.
You will become like a watered garden
and like a spring whose water does not stop flowing.
12 Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins
and restore the foundations of past generations.
You will be called the Rebuilder of Broken Walls
and the Restorer of Streets Where People Live.
13 If you stop trampling on the day of worship
and doing as you please on my holy day,
if you call the day of worship a delight
and Yahweh’s holy day honorable,
if you honor it by not going your own way,
by not going out when you want, and by not talking idly,
14 then you will find joy in Yahweh.
I will make you ride on the heights of the earth.
I will feed you with the inheritance of your ancestor Jacob.
Yahweh has spoken.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 58:6 A yoke is a wooden bar placed over the necks of work animals so that they can pull plows or carts.
Isaías 58
Reina Valera Contemporánea
El ayuno verdadero
58 «¡Grita a voz en cuello y sin descanso! ¡Levanta la voz como una trompeta, y denuncia la rebelión de mi pueblo! ¡Denuncia el pecado de la casa de Jacob! 2 Dicen que me buscan todos los días, y que quieren conocer mis caminos, ¡como si fueran gente que practicara la justicia y que nunca hubiera abandonado las enseñanzas de su Dios! Me piden emitir juicios justos, dicen que quieren acercarse a mí, 3 y me preguntan: “¿Qué sentido tiene que ayunemos, si no nos haces caso? ¿Para qué afligir nuestro cuerpo, si tú no te das por enterado?” Pero resulta que cuando ayunan sólo buscan su propia satisfacción, ¡y mientras tanto oprimen a todos sus trabajadores! 4 Sólo ayunan para estar peleando y discutiendo, y para dar de puñetazos impunemente. Si quieren que su voz sea escuchada en lo alto, no ayunen como hoy día lo hacen. 5 ¿Acaso lo que yo quiero como ayuno es que un día alguien aflija su cuerpo, que incline la cabeza como un junco, y que se acueste sobre el cilicio y la ceniza? ¿A eso le llaman ayuno, y día agradable al Señor?
6 »Más bien, el ayuno que yo quiero es que se desaten las ataduras de la impiedad, que se suelten las cargas de la opresión, que se ponga en libertad a los oprimidos, ¡y que se rompa todo yugo! 7 Ayunar es que compartas tu pan con quien tiene hambre, que recibas en tu casa a los pobres vagabundos, que cubras al que veas desnudo, ¡y que no le des la espalda a tu hermano! 8 Si actúas así, entonces tu luz brillará como el alba, y muy pronto tus heridas sanarán; la justicia será tu vanguardia, y la gloria del Señor será tu retaguardia.
9 »Entonces clamarás, y el Señor te responderá; lo invocarás, y él te dirá: “Aquí estoy. Si quitas de tu medio el yugo, el dedo amenazador, y el lenguaje hueco; 10 y si compartes tu pan con el hambriento y satisfaces el hambre de los afligidos, entonces tu luz brillará entre las tinieblas, y la oscuridad que te rodea será como el mediodía.” 11 Entonces yo, el Señor, te guiaré siempre, y en tiempos de sequía satisfaré tu sed; infundiré nuevas fuerzas a tus huesos, y serás como un huerto bien regado, como un manantial cuyas aguas nunca faltarán. 12 De generación en generación tus descendientes edificarán las ruinas y los cimientos de antaño, y tú serás conocido como reparador de ruinas y restaurador de calzadas otrora intransitables.
La observancia del día de reposo
13 »Si en el día de reposo, que es mi día santo, te refrenas de hacer tu voluntad y lo llamas día santo y glorioso del Señor; y si lo honras no siguiendo tu propio camino ni buscando tu voluntad, ni hablando por hablar, 14 entonces hallarás tu deleite en mí. Yo, el Señor, te llevaré a las alturas de la tierra, y allí te daré a comer de la herencia de tu padre Jacob.»
La boca del Señor lo ha dicho.
Isaiah 58
New Life Version
Going without Food Pleases God
58 “Cry with a loud voice. Do not hold back. Raise your voice like a horn, and show My people their wrong-doing and the family of Jacob their sins. 2 Yet they look for Me day by day, and are happy to know My ways, as a nation that has done what is right and good, and has not turned away from the Law of their God. They ask Me to be fair in what I decide, and they are happy to come near to God. 3 They say, ‘Why have we gone without food, and You do not see it? Why have we put away our pride, and You do not know it?’ See, on the day you do not eat, you do what you want to do, and make it hard for all your workers. 4 See, while you go without food you argue and fight and hit with a sinful hand. Going without food as you do today will not help your voice to be heard on high. 5 Is it a time without eating like this that I choose, a day for a man to put away his pride? Is it for bowing his head like a piece of grass, and to spread ashes and cloth made from hair for his bed? Will you call this time without eating a day that pleases the Lord? 6 Is not the time without eating which I choose, a time to take off the chains of sin, and to take the heavy load of sin off the neck? Is it not a time to let those who suffer under a sinful power go free, and to break every load from their neck? 7 Is it not a time to share your food with the hungry, and bring the poor man into your house who has no home of his own? Is it not a time to give clothes to the person you see who has no clothes, and a time not to hide yourself from your own family? 8 Then your light will break out like the early morning, and you will soon be healed. Your right and good works will go before you. And the shining-greatness of the Lord will keep watch behind you. 9 Then you will call, and the Lord will answer. You will cry, and He will say, ‘Here I am.’ If you take the weight of sin away, and stop putting the blame on others and stop speaking sinful things, 10 and if you give what you have to the hungry, and fill the needs of those who suffer, then your light will rise in the darkness, and your darkness will be like the brightest time of day. 11 The Lord will always lead you. He will meet the needs of your soul in the dry times and give strength to your body. You will be like a garden that has enough water, like a well of water that never dries up. 12 And your cities which were destroyed long ago will be built again. You will set up the stones of the bases of the old buildings. You will be called the one who builds again the broken walls, and who makes the streets on which people live like new.
13 “If you keep from doing what pleases you on the Day of Rest, on My holy day and call the Day of Rest a happy time, and respect the holy day of the Lord, and if you honor it by turning from your own ways, and from following your own desire and by not talking in a foolish way, 14 then you will have joy in the Lord. I will cause you to ride on the high places of the earth. And I will feed you with the best from the land given to your father Jacob. The mouth of the Lord has spoken.”
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