Ezekiel 29
1 Almost ten [after we had been taken to Babylonia], on the twelfth day of the tenth [of that year], Yahweh gave me another message. [He said to me],
El año décimo, el día doce del décimo mes, recibí la palabra de Yahvé, que dijo:
2 “You human, turn toward Egypt and proclaim the terrible things that will happen to the king of Egypt and all his people.
“Hijo de hombre, vuelve tu rostro contra el Faraón, rey de Egipto, y vaticina contra él, y contra todo Egipto.
3 Give the king this message from [me], Yahweh the Lord: ‘You king of Egypt, I am your enemy; [you are like] [MET] a great monster/crocodile that lies in the [along the Nile River]. You say, “The Nile [River] is mine; I made it [for myself].”
Habla y di: Así dice Yahvé, el Señor: Heme aquí contra ti, Faraón, rey de Egipto, cocodrilo gigantesco que yaces en medio de sus ríos y dices: «Mi río, es mío, pues yo lo hice.»
4 But [it will be as though] I will put hooks in your jaws and drag you out [from the river] onto the land, with fish sticking to your scales.
Por eso pondré garfios en tus quijadas, y haré que se peguen los peces de tus ríos a tus escamas, y te sacaré de en medio de tus ríos, con todos los peces de tus ríos, pegados a tus escamas;
5 I will leave you and all those fish to die in the desert; you will fall onto the ground, and your [corpse] will not be picked up and buried, because I have declared that your flesh will be food for the wild animals and birds.
y te echaré al desierto, con todos los peces de tus ríos; sobre la superficie del campo caerás, y no serás recogido ni levantado; a las fieras de la tierra y a las aves del cielo te daré como pasto.
6 When that happens, all the people of Egypt will know that it is I, Yahweh, [who have the power to do what I say that I will do]. The Israeli people [trusted that you would help them]. But you have been [like] [MET] a reed pole in their hands.
Y conocerán todos los habitantes de Egipto que Yo soy Yahvé; porque has sido un báculo de caña para los hijos de Israel.
7 And when they leaned on that pole, it splintered and tore open their shoulders. When they leaned on you, [it was as though] you were a pole that broke, and as a result you wrenched their backs.
Cuando te tomaban con la mano, te rompías lastimándoles todo el hombro; y cuando en ti se apoyaban, te hacías pedazos, paralizándoles todo el cuerpo.
8 Therefore, this is what [I], Yahweh the Lord, say: “I will bring [your enemies to attack] you with their swords, and they will kill your people and your animals.
Por tanto, así dice, Yahvé, el Señor: He aquí que haré venir sobre ti la espada, y exterminaré en ti hombres y bestias.
9 Egypt will become an empty desert. Then the people of Egypt will know that I, Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do].” You [proudly] said, “The Nile [River] is mine; I made it!”
Y la tierra de Egipto quedará hecha un desierto y una soledad; y conocerán que Yo soy Yahvé; porque (el Faraón) ha dicho: «El río es mío, y yo lo he hecho».
10 Therefore I am opposed to you and your streams, and I will cause Egypt to be ruined, and cause it to be an empty desert, from Migdol [in the north] to Aswan [in the south], as far [south] as the border of Ethiopia.
Por eso, he aquí que estoy contra ti y contra tus ríos, y convertiré la tierra de Egipto en desierto desolado, desde Migdol hasta Siene, y hasta los confines de Etiopía.
11 For 40 years no one will walk through that area, and no one will live there.
No pasará por ella pie de hombre; ni transitará por allí pie de bestia; ni será habitada por cuarenta años.
12 Egypt will be barren/empty, and it will be surrounded by other desolate nations. The cities in Egypt will be empty and deserted for 40 years, surrounded by ruined cities in nearby nations. I will cause the people of Egypt to be scattered to countries [far away].
Y haré del país de Egipto un yermo en medio de (otros) países yermos, y sus ciudades quedarán desoladas por cuarenta años en medio de las ciudades devastadas; y dispersaré a los egipcios entre las naciones y los esparciré por los países.
13 But this is what [I], Yahweh the Lord, [also] say: “At the end of 40 years, I will enable the people of Egypt to return home [again] from the nations to which they were scattered.
Pues así dice Yahvé, el Señor: Al cabo de los cuarenta años congregaré a los egipcios de entre los pueblos donde han estado dispersos.
14 I will bring back the people of Egypt who had been captured, and I will enable them to live again in the Pathros area [in the south], where they lived previously. But Egypt will be a very unimportant [DOU] kingdom.
Y pondré término al cautiverio de Egipto, y los conduciré a la tierra de Patros, tierra de su origen, y allí formarán un modesto reino.
15 It will be the least important of [all] the nations; it will never again be greater than the nearby countries. I will cause Egypt to be very weak, with the result that it will never again rule over other nations.
Será más humilde que los (demás) reinos; y no se alzará más sobre las naciones; Yo los disminuiré, para que no dominen más sobre los pueblos.
16 [When that happens, the leaders of] Israel will no longer be tempted to ask Egypt to help them. Egypt will be punished, and that will cause the Israeli people to not forget that they previously sinned by trusting that Egypt could help them. And the people of Israel will know that I, Yahweh the Lord, [have the power to do what I say that I will do].” '”
No serán ya para la casa de Israel un objeto de confianza sino un recuerdo de la iniquidad (que cometieron) al volverse hacia ellos; y conocerán que Yo soy Yahvé, el Señor.”
17 Almost twenty-seven years [after we had been taken to Babylonia], on the first day [of the new year], Yahweh gave me this message:
El año veinte y siete, el primer día del primer mes, recibí la palabra de Yahvé, el cual me dijo:
18 “You human, the army of king Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon fought very hard against Tyre, with the result that their heads were rubbed bare and their shoulders became (raw/full of blisters). But Nebuchadnezzar and his army did not get any valuable things from Tyre to reward them for their hard work [to destroy Tyre].
“Hijo de hombre: Nabucodonosor, rey de Babilonia, ha fatigado mucho a su ejército contra Tiro; todas las cabezas quedaron calvas y todos los hombros pelados; sin embargo, ni él ni su ejército recibieron de Tiro recompensa alguna por el servicio que prestaron contra ella.
19 Therefore, this is what [I], Yahweh the Lord, say: 'I will enable King Nebuchadnezzar’s army to conquer Egypt. They will carry away from there all the valuable things, in order that the king can give them to his soldiers.
Por eso, así dice Yahvé, el Señor: He aquí que voy a dar a Nabucodonosor, rey de Babilonia, el país de Egipto y él se llevará sus riquezas; tomará sus despojos y saqueará su botín y esta será la paga para su ejército.
20 I will enable them to conquer Egypt as a reward for what they did [to Tyre], because [I], Yahweh say that [it was as though] his army was working for me, [doing what I wanted them to do, when they destroyed Tyre].
Por su servicio prestado contra (Tiro) le he dado la tierra de Egipto; pues han trabajado para Mí, dice Yahvé, el Señor.
21 And some day Israel will become a glorious nation [MET] again. When that happens, I will cause the Israeli people to respect what you say [MTY]. And then they will know that [it has happened because] I, Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do].'”
En aquel día haré crecer un cuerno a la casa de Israel, y a ti te abriré la boca en medio de ellos; y conocerán que Yo soy Yahvé.”
