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],
La Palabra de Yavé vino a mí el día 12 del mes décimo del año décimo:
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, levanta tu rostro contra Faraón, rey de Egipto, y profetiza contra él y 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].”
ʼAdonay Yavé dice así: Ciertamente Yo estoy contra ti, Faraón, rey de Egipto, gran monstruo recostado en medio de sus ríos, el cual dice: Mío es el Nilo. Lo hice para mí.
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.
Yo, pues, pondré garfios en tus quijadas. Ordenaré que los peces de tus ríos se peguen a tus escamas. Te sacaré de en medio de tus ríos. Todos los peces de tus ríos saldrán 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.
Te lanzaré al desierto, a ti y a todos los peces de tus ríos. Caerás sobre campo abierto. No serás recogido ni enterrado. Te daré como alimento a las fieras de la tierra y a las aves del espacio.
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.
Todos los habitantes de Egipto sabrán que Yo soy Yavé, por cuanto tú fuiste un bastón de caña para la Casa 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 su mano te empuñaba, te quebraste y les rompiste la mano. Cuando se apoyaban en ti, te quebraste y estremeciste sus caderas.
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 ʼAdonay Yavé dice: Ciertamente Yo traigo la espada contra ti. Cortaré de 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!”
La tierra de Egipto quedará asolada y desierta. Y sabrán que Yo soy Yavé, por cuanto dijo: Mío es el Nilo, Yo lo hice.
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 tanto ciertamente Yo estoy contra ti y contra tus ríos. Convertiré la tierra de Egipto en ruinas, en un desierto desolado, desde Migdol hasta Sevene, 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 pie de hombre por ella, ni pata de bestia, ni será habitada durante 40 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].
Convertiré la tierra de Egipto en una desolación en medio de las tierras desoladas. Sus ciudades estarán entre las ciudades destruidas. Estarán desoladas 40 años. Esparciré a los egipcios entre las naciones y lo dispersaré por las tierras.
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.
Pero ʼAdonay Yavé dice así: Al fin de los 40 años recogeré a los egipcios de entre los pueblos en los cuales fueron dispersados.
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.
Regresará la cautividad de Egipto. Los devolveré a la tierra de Patros, tierra de su origen. Allí serán un reino moderado.
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 modesto que otros reinos. Nunca más se levantará sobre las naciones, porque Yo los disminuiré para que no vuelvan a tener dominio sobre las naciones.
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].” '”
La Casa de Israel ya no fijará la confianza en ellos, ni recaerá en el pecado de ir tras ellos. Y sabrán que Yo soy ʼAdonay Yavé.
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 día primero del mes primero del año 27 aconteció que la Palabra de Yavé vino a mí:
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, ordenó a su ejército que prestara un arduo servicio contra Tiro. Causó calvicie a toda cabeza y toda espalda fue despedazada. Sin embargo, él no tuvo remuneración en Tiro, ni tampoco su ejército, 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 tanto así dice ʼAdonay Yavé: Ciertamente Yo doy la tierra de Egipto a Nabucodonosor, rey de Babilonia, quien se llevará sus riquezas, tomará sus despojos y arrebatará el botín. Eso será la remuneración 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 trabajo con el cual sirvió contra Tiro le di la tierra de Egipto, porque trabajaron para Mí, dice ʼAdonay Yavé.
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].'”
Aquel día brotará el poder de la Casa de Israel, y tú abrirás la boca en medio de ellos. Y sabrán que Yo soy Yavé.
