Isaiah 19
1 [I received] this message [from Yahweh] about Egypt: “Listen to this! I, Yahweh, am coming to Egypt, riding on a fast-moving cloud. The idols in Egypt will tremble when [I appear], and the people of Egypt will be extremely afraid [IDM].
Carga sobre Egipto. ¡Miren, Yavé cabalga sobre nube veloz y entra en Egipto! Ante Él se estremecen los ídolos de Egipto. El corazón de los egipcios desfallece.
2 I will cause the people of Egypt to fight against each other: men will fight against their brothers, neighbors will fight against each other, people of one city will fight against the people of another city, people of one province will fight against the people of another province.
Incitaré a egipcios contra egipcios, cada uno peleará contra su hermano, cada uno contra su prójimo: ciudad contra ciudad y reino contra reino.
3 The people of Egypt will become very discouraged, and I will cause their plans not to be successful. They will plead with idols and sorcerers and those who talk with spirits of dead people to tell them what they should do.
El espíritu de Egipto se trastornará dentro de ellos, y confundiré sus planes. Consultarán a los ídolos, hechiceros, nigromantes y adivinos.
4 Then I will enable someone who will treat them very cruelly to become their king [DOU].” That is what I, the Commander of the armies of angels, say.
Entregaré a Egipto en mano de un déspota. Un rey cruel los dominará, dice ʼAdonay Yavé de las huestes.
5 [Some day] the water in the [Nile] River will dry up, and the riverbed will become very dry [DOU].
Las aguas del mar fallarán. El río quedará seco y árido.
6 The branches of the river will all dry up [DOU] The canals along the river will stink because of the rotting reeds and (bulrushes/tall grass).
Los brazos del río hederán. Menguarán y se secarán las corrientes del delta, las cañas y los juncos se marchitarán.
7 All the plants along the river and all the crops will dry up; then they will blow away and disappear.
Los cañaverales de papiro junto a la boca del Nilo y todo sembradío junto al Nilo se secarán. Se perderán y desaparecerán.
8 The fishermen will throw into the river lines with hooks on them and nets, and then they will groan and be very discouraged; they will be sad [because there will be no fish in the river].
Los pescadores se lamentarán. Todos los que echan anzuelo en el Nilo harán duelo, y desfallecerán los que extienden su red sobre el río.
9 Those who weave cloth from flax will not know what to do, because there will be no thread for them to weave.
Los que tejen el lino cardado serán confundidos, y palidecerán los que tejen el lino fino.
10 They will all despair and be very discouraged.
Los tejedores estarán consternados, los jornaleros, apesadumbrados.
11 The officials in Zoan [city in northern Egypt] are foolish. The advice that they gave to the king was worthless. Why do they continue to tell the king that they are wise, that they are descendants of wise kings who lived long ago [RHQ]?
Ciertamente los magistrados de Zoán son necios. Los sabios de Faraón dieron un desatinado consejo. ¿Cómo dirán a Faraón: Soy hijo de sabios e hijo de antiguos reyes?
12 King, (where are your wise counselors now?/You have no wise counselors now!) [RHQ] If you had any wise counselors, they could tell you what the Commander of the armies of angels has planned to do to Egypt [SAR]!
¿Dónde están tus sabios? ¡Que te digan qué decidió Yavé de las huestes con respecto a Egipto!
13 [Yes], the officials of Zoan have become foolish, and the leaders in Memphis [city in northern Egypt] have deceived themselves. [All] leaders of the people have (caused their people to do wrong things/led their people astray).
Se desvanecieron los magistrados de Zoán. Los magistrados de Menfis fueron engañados. Los jefes de sus tribus extraviaron a Egipto.
14 Yahweh has caused them to be very foolish, with the result that in everything that they do, [it is as though the people of] Egypt stagger like [SIM] a drunken person staggers [and slips] in his own vomit.
Yavé mezcló un espíritu de vértigo en medio de ellos, e hicieron errar a Egipto en toda su obra. Como el borracho da traspiés y vomita, sus consejeros descarrían a Egipto en toda su obra.
15 There is no one in Egypt, rich or poor, important or unimportant, [who will be able to help them].
Nada de lo que haga la cabeza o la cola, la palma o el junco, aprovechará a Egipto.
16 At that time, the people of Egypt will be [as helpless] as [SIM] women. They will tremble, being terrified [because they know that] the Commander of the armies of angels has raised his fist, [ready to strike/punish them].
Aquel día los egipcios serán como mujeres: Temblarán y estarán aterrorizados por el movimiento de la mano de Yavé de las huestes contra ellos.
17 The people of Egypt will be afraid of the people of Judah, and anyone who mentions Judah to them will cause them to be terrified, because [that will remind them] of what Yahweh, the Commander of the armies of angels, is planning to do to them.
La tierra de Judá será espanto para Egipto. Su sola mención le producirá terror, por el designio que Yavé de las huestes determinó contra Egipto.
18 At that time, [people in] five cities in Egypt will solemnly declare that they will serve Yahweh. They will [learn to] speak the Hebrew language. One of those cities will be called ‘City of the Sun’.
Aquel día habrá cinco ciudades en la tierra de Egipto que hablarán la lengua de Canaán, y jurarán por Yavé de las huestes. Una de ellas será llamada Ciudad Herez.
19 At that time, there will be an altar for worshiping Yahweh in the center of Egypt, and there will be a (pillar/large rock) to honor Yahweh at the border [between Egypt and Israel].
Aquel día habrá un altar a Yavé en medio de la tierra de Egipto, y una columna dedicada a Yavé cerca de su frontera.
20 That will be a sign to indicate that the Commander of the armies of angels is worshiped in the land of Egypt. And when the people cry out to Yahweh to help them because others are (oppressing them/causing them to suffer), he will send to them someone who will defend and rescue them.
Será señal y testimonio de Yavé de las huestes en la tierra de Egipto. Cuando clamen a Yavé a causa de su opresor, Él les enviará un Salvador y Defensor, y los librará.
21 Yahweh will enable the people of Egypt to know who he is, and at that time they will have a close relationship with Yahweh and worship him and bring to him offerings of grain and other sacrifices. They will solemnly promise to do things for Yahweh, and they will do what they promise.
Aquel día Yavé se dará a conocer en Egipto, y los egipcios conocerán a Yavé. Presentarán sacrificios y ofrendas vegetales. Harán votos a Yavé y los cumplirán.
22 After Yahweh has punished Egypt, he will cause their troubles to end. The people of Egypt will turn to Yahweh, and he will listen when they plead to him [for help], and he will cause their troubles to cease.
Yavé herirá a Egipto. Lo herirá, lo sanará, y ellos se convertirán a Yavé. Y Él les responderá y los sanará.
23 At that time, there will be a highway between Egypt and Assyria. [As a result], the people of Egypt will [be able to] travel [easily] to Assyria, and the people of Assyria [will be able to travel easily] to Egypt. And the people of both countries will worship [Yahweh].
Aquel día habrá un amplio camino desde Egipto a Asiria. Los asirios entrarán en Egipto y los egipcios en Asiria. Entonces los egipcios y los asirios servirán juntos a Yavé.
24 And Israel will be their ally. All three nations will be [friendly to] each other, and the people of Israel will be a blessing to the people of the entire world.
Aquel día Israel será tercero con Egipto y con Asiria, para bendición en medio de la tierra.
25 The Commander of the armies of angels will bless them, saying, “[You people of] Egypt are now my people. You people of Assyria, I have established your country. You people of Israel are the people whom I have chosen to belong to me.”
Porque Yavé de las huestes los bendecirá: ¡Bendito sea mi pueblo, Egipto, y Asiria, obra de mis manos y mi heredad, Israel!
