Isaiah 43
New Catholic Bible
Chapter 43
Redemption and Restoration Promised
1 But now this is the word of the Lord,
he who created you, O Jacob,
and formed you, O Israel.
Have no fear, for I have redeemed you.
I have called you by name; you are mine.
2 When you pass through the waters,
I will be with you;
nor will the waters engulf you.
When you walk through fire,
you will not be burned;
the flames will not consume you.
3 For I am the Lord, your God,
the Holy One of Israel, your savior.
I give Egypt as your ransom,
Ethiopia and Seba[a] in exchange for you.
4 Because in my eyes you are precious,
because you are honored and I love you,
I will give people in exchange for you
and nations in return for your life.
5 Do not be afraid, for I am with you.
I will bring your offspring from the east,
and from the west I will gather you.
6 I will say to the north, “Give them up,”
and to the south, “Do not hold them back.”
Bring back my sons from afar
and my daughters from the ends of the earth—
7 everyone who bears my name,
whom I created for my glory,
whom I formed and made.
8 Bring forth my people,
those who have eyes yet are blind,
those who have ears yet are deaf.
9 Let all the nations gather together
and let the peoples assemble.
Who among them foretold this
and proclaimed to us former events?
Let them produce witnesses to prove themselves right;
let those who hear them say, “It is true!”
10 You are my witnesses, says the Lord,
and my servants whom I have chosen,
so that you may know and believe in me
and understand that it is I.
No god was formed before me,
nor will there be any after me.
11 I am the Lord,
and there is no other savior but me.
12 I have revealed and saved and proclaimed,
and not some strange god among you;
you are my witnesses to this, says the Lord.
13 I am God, and from eternity I am he;
no one can deliver from my hand;
no one can overrule or alter what I do.
14 Thus says the Lord, your redeemer,
the Holy One of Israel:
For your sake I will send an army to Babylon
to uproot all the prison bars,
and the triumphant shouts of the Chaldeans
will turn to cries of lamentation.
15 I am the Lord, your Holy One,
the Creator of Israel, your king.
16 Thus says the Lord,
who opened a way through the sea,
a path through raging waters,
17 who led out chariots and horsemen
and an army of formidable strength,
until the enemy lay prostrate, unable to rise,
extinguished and snuffed out like a wick.
18 Do not linger thinking about events of the past;
consider not the things of old.
19 I am about to do something new.
Now it comes to fruition;
can you not perceive it?
I will make a path through the wilderness
and rivers in the desert.
20 The wild beasts will honor me,
the jackals and the ostriches,
because I will provide water in the desert
and rivers in the wasteland
where my chosen people may drink,
21 the people whom I formed for myself
so that they may proclaim my praise.
22 Yet you did not call upon me, O Jacob;
you grew weary of me, O Israel.
23 You have not brought me sheep for burnt offerings
or honored me with your sacrifices.
I have not exacted grain offerings from you
or wearied you with demands for incense.
24 You have not purchased aromatic cane for me
or sated me with the fat of your sacrifices.
Rather, you have burdened me with your sins;
you have wearied me with your crimes.
25 I, I alone, am the one
who blots out your transgressions for my own sake,
and I will remember your sins no more.
26 If you choose to review the past,
let us go to trial;
state your defense and prove your innocence.
27 Your first ancestor sinned,
and your spokesmen rebelled against me.
28 Therefore, I expelled the leaders of the sanctuary,
placing Jacob under the curse of destruction
and subjecting Israel to scorn.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 43:3 Seba: Nubia. God grants Cyrus this territory as a reward for having freed Israel. In fact, it was Cambyses, Cyrus’s successor, who conquered Egypt.
Isaías 43
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El único Salvador de Israel
43 Pero ahora, así dice el Señor,
el que te creó, Jacob,
el que te formó, Israel:
«No temas, que yo te he redimido;
te he llamado por tu nombre; tú eres mío.
2 Cuando cruces las aguas,
yo estaré contigo;
cuando cruces los ríos,
no te cubrirán sus aguas;
cuando camines por el fuego,
no te quemarás ni te abrasarán las llamas.
3 Yo soy el Señor, tu Dios,
el Santo de Israel, tu Salvador;
yo he entregado a Egipto como precio por tu rescate,
a Cus y a Seba en tu lugar.
4 A cambio de ti entregaré hombres;
¡a cambio de tu vida entregaré pueblos!
Porque te amo y eres ante mis ojos
precioso y digno de honra.
5 No temas, porque yo estoy contigo;
desde el oriente traeré a tu descendencia,
desde el occidente te reuniré.
6 Al norte le diré: “¡Entrégalos!”
y al sur: “¡No los retengas!
Trae a mis hijos desde lejos
y a mis hijas desde los confines de la tierra.
7 Trae a todo el que sea llamado por mi nombre,
al que yo he creado para mi gloria,
al que yo hice y formé”».
8 Sacad al pueblo ciego, aunque tiene ojos,
al pueblo sordo, aunque tiene oídos.
9 Que se reúnan todas las naciones
y se congreguen los pueblos.
¿Quién de entre ellos profetizó estas cosas
y nos anunció lo ocurrido en el pasado?
Que presenten a sus testigos
y demuestren tener razón,
para que otros oigan y digan:
«Es verdad».
10 «Vosotros sois mis testigos —afirma el Señor—,
sois mis siervos escogidos,
para que me conozcáis y creáis en mí,
y entendáis que Yo soy.
Antes de mí no hubo ningún otro dios,
ni habrá ninguno después de mí.
11 Yo, yo soy el Señor,
fuera de mí no hay ningún otro salvador.
12 Yo he anunciado, salvado y proclamado;
yo entre vosotros, y no un dios extraño.
Vosotros sois mis testigos —afirma el Señor—,
y yo soy Dios.
13 Desde los tiempos antiguos, yo soy.
No hay quien pueda librar de mi mano.
Lo que yo hago, nadie puede desbaratarlo».
La misericordia de Dios y la infidelidad de Israel
14 Así dice el Señor,
vuestro Redentor, el Santo de Israel:
«Por vosotros enviaré gente a Babilonia;
abatiré a todos como fugitivos.
En los barcos que eran su orgullo,
abatiré también a los caldeos.
15 Yo soy el Señor, vuestro santo;
soy vuestro rey, el creador de Israel».
16 Así dice el Señor,
el que abrió un camino en el mar,
una senda a través de las aguas impetuosas;
17 el que hizo salir carros de combate y caballos,
ejército y guerrero al mismo tiempo,
los cuales quedaron tendidos para nunca más levantarse,
extinguidos como mecha que se apaga:
18 «Olvidad las cosas de antaño;
ya no viváis en el pasado.
19 ¡Voy a hacer algo nuevo!
Ya está sucediendo, ¿no os dais cuenta?
Estoy abriendo un camino en el desierto,
y ríos en lugares desolados.
20 Me honran los animales salvajes,
los chacales y los avestruces;
yo hago brotar agua en el desierto,
ríos en lugares desolados,
para dar de beber a mi pueblo escogido,
21 al pueblo que formé para mí mismo,
para que proclame mi alabanza.
22 »Pero tú, Jacob, no me has invocado;
tú, Israel, te has cansado de mí.
23 No me has traído el cordero de tus holocaustos,
ni me has honrado con tus sacrificios.
No te he abrumado exigiendo ofrendas de grano,
ni te he agobiado reclamando incienso.
24 No me has comprado caña aromática,
ni me has saciado con el sebo de tus sacrificios.
¡En cambio, tú me has abrumado con tus pecados
y me has agobiado con tus iniquidades!
25 »Yo soy el que por amor a mí mismo
borra tus transgresiones
y no se acuerda más de tus pecados.
26 ¡Hazme recordar! Presentémonos a juicio;
plantea el argumento de tu inocencia.
27 Tu primer antepasado pecó;
tus voceros se rebelaron contra mí.
28 Por eso humillé a las autoridades del templo;
entregué a Jacob a la destrucción total,
entregué a Israel al menosprecio.
Isaiah 43
King James Version
43 But now thus saith the Lord that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.
2 When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.
3 For I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.
4 Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honourable, and I have loved thee: therefore will I give men for thee, and people for thy life.
5 Fear not: for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west;
6 I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth;
7 Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.
8 Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have ears.
9 Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the people be assembled: who among them can declare this, and shew us former things? let them bring forth their witnesses, that they may be justified: or let them hear, and say, It is truth.
10 Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.
11 I, even I, am the Lord; and beside me there is no saviour.
12 I have declared, and have saved, and I have shewed, when there was no strange god among you: therefore ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, that I am God.
13 Yea, before the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who shall let it?
14 Thus saith the Lord, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and have brought down all their nobles, and the Chaldeans, whose cry is in the ships.
15 I am the Lord, your Holy One, the creator of Israel, your King.
16 Thus saith the Lord, which maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters;
17 Which bringeth forth the chariot and horse, the army and the power; they shall lie down together, they shall not rise: they are extinct, they are quenched as tow.
18 Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.
19 Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.
20 The beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons and the owls: because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen.
21 This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise.
22 But thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been weary of me, O Israel.
23 Thou hast not brought me the small cattle of thy burnt offerings; neither hast thou honoured me with thy sacrifices. I have not caused thee to serve with an offering, nor wearied thee with incense.
24 Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices: but thou hast made me to serve with thy sins, thou hast wearied me with thine iniquities.
25 I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.
26 Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified.
27 Thy first father hath sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against me.
28 Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and have given Jacob to the curse, and Israel to reproaches.
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