Isaiah 31
1 Tragedy is coming to those who appeal to Egypt for help, depending on their horses and trusting in all their chariots and charioteers! They don't look to the Holy One of Israel for help; they don't ask the Lord for advice.
¡Ay de los que descienden a Egipto por ayuda; y confían en caballos, y en carros ponen su esperanza, porque son muchos, y en caballeros, porque son valientes; y no miraron al Santo de Israel, ni buscaron a Jehová!
2 Yet he's also wise! He will bring disaster and won't withdraw his orders. He will take action against this wicked nation and the evil people who help them.
Mas él también es sabio para guiar el mal, ni hará mentirosas sus palabras. Levantarse ha pues contra la casa de los malignos, y contra el auxilio de los obradores de iniquidad.
3 The Egyptians are only human beings—they're not God! Their horses are only physical, not spiritual. When the Lord lifts up his hand to attack, those who came to help will stumble, and those who are helped will fall. They will all die together.
Y los Egipcios hombres son, no Dios; y sus caballos, carne, y no espíritu: de manera que en extendiendo Jehová su mano, caerá el ayudador, y caerá el ayudado, y todos ellos desfallecerán a una.
4 This is what the Lord told me: It's like a young lion growling as it stands over its prey. Even though a lot of shepherds come to protest, it's not frightened off by their shouting or intimidated by all their noise. In the same way the Lord Almighty will come down to fight on Mount Zion.
Porque Jehová me dijo a mí de esta manera: Como el león, y el cachorro del león, brama sobre su presa, contra el cual si es allegada cuadrilla de pastores, por las voces de ellos no temerá, ni se acobardará por su tropel: así Jehová de los ejércitos descenderá a pelear por el monte de Sión, y por su collado.
5 Like birds that hover above, so the Lord Almighty will take care of Jerusalem. He will protect it and save it; he will pass over it and rescue it.
Como las aves que vuelan, así amparará Jehová de los ejércitos a Jerusalem, amparando, librando, pasando, y salvando.
6 Come back, Israelites, to the one you so blatantly rebelled against.
Convertíos al que habéis profundamente rebelado, o! hijos de Israel.
7 For at that time every one of you will throw away all the idols of silver and gold made by your own sinful hands.
Porque en aquel día arrojará el hombre los ídolos de su plata, y los ídolos de su oro, que os hicieron vuestras manos pecadoras.
8 The Assyrians will be killed by the sword of one who is not a man. They will destroyed by the sword of one who is not mortal. They will run away at the sight of the sword, and the young Assyrian men will be taken away as slave laborers.
Entonces caerá el Asur por espada, no de varón; y espada, no de hombre, le consumirá; y huirá de la presencia de la espada, y sus mancebos serán tributarios.
9 Their “rock” will be scared to death, and their officers will be terrified and in panic at the sight of the battle flag, declares the Lord, who has his fire in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem.
Y de miedo se pasará a su fortaleza; y sus príncipes tendrán pavor de la bandera, dice Jehová, cuyo fuego está en Sión, y su horno en Jerusalem.
