Jeremías 46
1 Oráculos de Yahvé que el profeta Jeremías recibió sobre los gentiles.
These are messages that Yahweh gave to the prophet Jeremiah about [other] nations.
2 Para Egipto. Contra el ejército del Faraón Necao, rey de Egipto, que estaba en Cárquemis, junto al río Éufrates, al que derrotó Nabucodonosor, rey de Babilonia, el año cuarto de Joakim, hijo de Josías, rey de Judá:
After Jehoiakim, son of King Josiah, had been ruling Judah for almost four years, this message about Egypt was given [by Yahweh]. It was when the army of King Neco of Egypt was defeated by the army of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon along the Euphrates River. [This is what Yahweh said: “The officers of the army of Egypt are saying to their troops],
3 “Preparad escudo y broquel, y salid a la batalla.
‘Prepare your shields and march out to fight the battle!
4 Uncid los caballos; jinetes, montad; poneos en filas con los morriones; acicalad las lanzas, ceñíos las corazas.
Put harnesses on your horses, and get on their backs. (Get into your positions/Line up) [for the battle]; put on your helmets. Sharpen your spears, and put on your armor!’
5 Pero ¿qué veo? Despavoridos vuelven la espalda, batidos sus valientes, huyen apresuradamente, sin mirar atrás, por todos lados terror, dice Yahvé.
But what [RHQ] do I see? I see that the soldiers of Egypt will be terrified and will be fleeing. [Even] the bravest of their soldiers will be running away, without [even] looking backward! [I, ] Yahweh, say that [their soldiers] will be terrified on all sides!
6 No se libra el ligero ni escapa el valiente. Al norte, junto al río Éufrates, tropiezan y caen.
[Even] the fastest [runners] will try to run away, but [even the greatest of] their warriors will not escape. In the north, by the Euphrates [River], they will stumble and fall.
7 ¿Quién es este que se hincha como el Nilo, y cuyas aguas se alborotan como los ríos?
What group is this that will be covering the land like the water of the Nile [River] covers the land when it floods?
8 Es Egipto, que se hincha como el Nilo, y cuyas aguas se alborotan como los ríos; que dice: «Me hincharé, cubriré la tierra, destruiré la ciudad y sus habitantes.»
[It is the army of] Egypt that will be covering the land like a surging/huge flood, and they will boast that they will cover the earth and will destroy cities and the people [who live in them].
9 ¡Adelante, caballos! ¡Carros, corred! Pónganse en marcha los guerreros, etíopes y libios, que empuñan el escudo, lidios que manejan y entesan el arco.
You [riders of] horses, charge/rush [into the battle]! You [drivers of] chariots, drive furiously! [All] you warriors from Ethiopia and Libya who carry your shields, you warriors from Lydia who shoot arrows, you come!
10 Día de venganza es este para el Señor, Yahvé de los ejércitos, para vengarse de sus enemigos. Devorará la espada y se saciará; se embriagará de la sangre de ellos; pues un gran sacrificio celebra Yahvé de los ejércitos, el Señor, en tierras del norte, junto al río Éufrates.
But, [you need to know that] this is the day when [I], Yahweh, the Commander of the armies of angels, will get revenge on my enemies. With my sword [PRS] I will kill [my enemies] until I am satisfied; my sword will [be like a monster that] [MET, PRS] drinks the blood [of the animals it kills] until it is no longer thirsty. [The enemy soldiers who will be killed] in the north beside the Euphrates River [will be like] [MET] a sacrifice to [me], the Commander of the armies of angels.
11 ¡Sube a Galaad y busca bálsamo, virgen hija de Egipto! En vano te multiplicarás los remedios; para ti no hay cura.
You people [IDM] of Egypt, go up to the Gilead [region] to obtain medicine; but it will be useless to take all those medicines; you will not be healed.
12 Las naciones conocen ya tu oprobio; tus alaridos llenan la tierra; chocó el fuerte con el fuerte, y cayeron ambos juntamente.”
[People in] the [other] nations will hear how you were humiliated. [People] all over the earth will hear you wailing. [Your mighty] warriors will stumble over each other and they will all fall down together.”
13 He aquí la palabra que dijo Yahvé al profeta Jeremías, acerca de la venida de Nabucodonosor, rey de Babilonia, para derrotar la tierra de Egipto:
[Then] Yahweh gave me this message about King Nebuchadnezzar when he planned to attack Egypt [with his army]:
14 “Anunciadlo en Egipto, llevad la nueva a Migdol; proclamadlo en Nof y en Tafnis. Decid: «Ponte en pie y prevente, pues ya devora la espada en torno tuyo».
“Shout [this message] throughout Egypt! Proclaim it in Migdol, Memphis, and Tahpenes [cities]! ‘(Get into your positions/Line up) [for the battle]; Prepare to defend yourselves, because [everyone] around you will be killed.’ [PRS, MTY]
15 ¿Cómo ha sido derribado tu Toro? No se mantuvo en pie, porque Yahvé le derribó.
Your god is a bull; Why does he fall down? He will not be able to stand up, because Yahweh will knock him down.
16 Él multiplica el número de los que tropiezan, y cayendo unos sobre otros dicen: «¡Levantémonos, volvámonos a nuestro pueblo y a la tierra en que nacimos, huyendo de la espada destructora!»
The soldiers from other countries will stumble and fall over each other, and [then] they will say to each other, ‘Let’s get up and go back to our own people, to our own land. Let’s get away from the swords of our enemies!’
17 Claman allí: El Faraón, rey de Egipto, está perdido, ha dejado pasar el tiempo fijado.
There [in Egypt] they will say, ‘The king of Egypt talks loudly, but when our [army] had an opportunity [to defeat our enemies], they failed.’
18 Vivo Yo, dice el Rey, cuyo Nombre es Yahvé de los ejércitos. Como el Tabor entre los montes, y el Carmelo junto al mar, así Él se presenta.
[I, ] the King, who am called the Commander of the armies of angels, say this: ‘As [surely as] I live, someone’s army will be coming [to fight against the army of Egypt]. They will be [extremely powerful], [as though they were as tall] as Tabor Hill, or [as high] as Carmel [Mountain] close to the [Mediterranean] Sea.
19 Prepárate el bagaje para el cautiverio, oh hija que habitas en Egipto, pues Nof se convertirá en un desierto, será abrasada y quedará sin habitantes.
[All] you people who live in Egypt, pack your possessions/clothes and prepare to be exiled. Memphis [city] will be destroyed; it will become a ruin, and no one will be living there.
20 Novilla muy hermosa es Egipto; pero del Septentrión viene un tábano, sí, ya viene.
Egypt is [like] [SIM] a beautiful young cow, but [the army of a powerful king] from the northeast will come to attack it [like] a horsefly [MET] [bites a cow].
21 Y sus mercenarios en medio de ella, que son como becerros cebados, también ellos vuelven las espaldas, huyen todos, sin detenerse, porque vino sobre ellos el día de su ruina, el tiempo de su castigo.
The (mercenaries/soldiers [from other countries] who have been hired) will become like [SIM] fat calves; but they also will turn around and run away; they will not stand [there and fight], because it will be a day when there will be a [great] disaster in Egypt, a day when their people will be [greatly] punished.
22 Su voz es como de sierpe que se desliza; porque vienen con gran poderío, vienen contra ella con hachas, como leñadores de árboles.
[The soldiers of] Egypt will run away, as silently as a snake scurries/crawls away. [The army of] the enemy will advance; they will march along carrying their axes like [SIM] men who cut down trees.
23 Talan su bosque, dice Yahvé, su bosque impenetrable, pues son más numerosos que las langostas, y no tienen cuenta.
[I, ] Yahweh, say that they will kill the soldiers [of Egypt] as though [SIM] they were a forest of trees, because the enemy soldiers will be as numerous as [a swarm of] locusts.
24 Quedará confundida la hija de Egipto; será entregada en manos del pueblo del Norte.”
The people of Egypt will be humiliated; they will be conquered by people from the northeast.’
25 Dice Yahvé de los ejércitos, el Dios de Israel: “He aquí que Yo castigaré a Amón de No, al Faraón y a Egipto; a sus dioses y a sus reyes; al Faraón y a los que en él confían.
[I, ] the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom the Israelis [worship], say, ‘I will punish Amon, [the god whom the people] of Thebes [city] worship, and [all] the [other] gods in Egypt. [I will punish] the King of Egypt and [all] those who trust in him.
26 Y los entregaré en manos de los que buscan exterminarlos, en manos de Nabucodonosor, rey de Babilonia, y en manos de sus servidores. Mas después de esto será otra vez habitado, como en los tiempos antiguos —oráculo de Yahvé.
I will cause them to be captured by those who want to kill them—Nebuchadnezzar the King of Babylon, and his army officers. But many years later, people will live in Egypt again. [That will surely happen because] I, Yahweh, have said it.’
27 Pero tú, siervo mío Jacob, no temas; no te amedrentes, oh Israel; porque he aquí que te sacaré de (tierras) lejanas, y a tu descendencia del país de su cautiverio. Volverá Jacob y vivirá en plena tranquilidad, sin que haya quien le espante.
But you people of Israel who serve me, do not be at all dismayed [DOU] now, because some day I will bring you back from distant places; I will bring your descendants from the land to which they were exiled. [Then you] Israeli people will again live peacefully and safely, and there will not be any [nation] to cause you to be terrified.
28 No temas tú, siervo mío Jacob, dice Yahvé; pues Yo estoy contigo. Exterminaré a todas las naciones adonde te he arrojado, pero a ti no te exterminaré, aunque te corregiré con equidad y no te dejaré del todo impune.”
[I, ] Yahweh, say to you people of Israel who serve me, ‘Do not be afraid, because I will be with you. I will completely destroy the nations among whom I have scattered you, but I will not completely get rid of you. I will punish you, but I will punish you only as severely as you deserve: It would be wrong if I did not punish you at all.’”
