Ezequiel 29
1 En el décimo año, en el décimo mes, en el duodécimo día del mes, vino a mí la palabra de Yahvé, diciendo:
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],
2 “Hijo de hombre, pon tu rostro contra Faraón, rey de Egipto, y profetiza contra él y contra todo Egipto.
“You human, turn toward Egypt and proclaim the terrible things that will happen to the king of Egypt and all his people.
3 Habla y di: ‘Dice el Señor Yahvé: “He aquí que estoy contra ti, Faraón rey de Egipto, el gran monstruo que se encuentra en medio de sus ríos, que ha dicho: “Mi río es mío”, y lo he hecho para mí”.
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].”
4 Pondré anzuelos en sus mandíbulas, y haré que los peces de tus ríos se peguen a tus escamas. Te sacaré del medio de tus ríos, con todos los peces de tus ríos que se pegan a tus escamas.
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.
5 Te echaré al desierto, tú y todos los peces de tus ríos. Caerás en el campo abierto. No se les reunirá ni se les reunirá. Te he dado como alimento a los animales de la tierra y a las aves del cielo.
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.
6 “‘“Todos los habitantes de Egipto sabrán que yo soy Yahvé, porque han sido un bastón de caña para la casa de Israel.
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.
7 Cuando te tomaron de la mano, rompiste y desgarraste todos sus hombros. Cuando se apoyaron en ti, rompiste y paralizaste todos sus muslos”.
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.
8 “‘Por eso dice el Señor Yahvé: “He aquí que traigo sobre ti una espada, y cortaré de ti hombres y animales.
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.
9 La tierra de Egipto será una desolación y una ruina. Entonces sabrán que yo soy Yahvé. “Porque ha dicho: ‘El río es mío, y yo lo he hecho’,
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!”
10 por lo tanto, he aquí que estoy contra ti y contra tus ríos. Convertiré la tierra de Egipto en una completa ruina y desolación, desde la torre de Seveneh hasta la frontera de Etiopía.
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.
11 Ningún pie de hombre pasará por ella, ni ningún pie de animal pasará por ella. No será habitada durante cuarenta años.
For 40 years no one will walk through that area, and no one will live there.
12 Haré de la tierra de Egipto una desolación en medio de los países desolados. Sus ciudades entre las ciudades asoladas serán una desolación durante cuarenta años. Esparciré a los egipcios entre las naciones y los dispersaré por los países”.
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].
13 “‘Porque el Señor Yahvé dice: “Al cabo de cuarenta años reuniré a los egipcios de entre los pueblos donde estaban dispersos.
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.
14 Invertiré el cautiverio de Egipto y los haré volver a la tierra de Patros, a la tierra de su nacimiento. Allí serán un reino humilde.
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.
15 Será el más bajo de los reinos. Ya no se alzará por encima de las naciones. Los disminuiré de tal manera que ya no gobernarán sobre las naciones.
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.
16 Ya no será la confianza de la casa de Israel, trayendo la iniquidad a la memoria, cuando se vuelvan a mirar hacia ellos. Entonces sabrán que yo soy el Señor Yahvé”.
[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].” '”
17 Sucedió que en el año veintisiete, en el primer mes, en el primer día del mes, vino a mí la palabra de Yahvé, diciendo:
Almost twenty-seven years [after we had been taken to Babylonia], on the first day [of the new year], Yahweh gave me this message:
18 “Hijo de hombre, Nabucodonosor, rey de Babilonia, hizo que su ejército prestara un gran servicio contra Tiro. Todas las cabezas se quedaron calvas y todos los hombros se desgastaron; sin embargo, él no tuvo salario, ni su ejército, de Tiro, por el servicio que había prestado contra ella.
“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].
19 Por eso dice el Señor Yahvé: ‘He aquí que yo entrego la tierra de Egipto a Nabucodonosor, rey de Babilonia. Él se llevará su multitud, tomará su botín y se apoderará de su presa. Ese será el salario de su ejército.
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.
20 Le he dado la tierra de Egipto como pago por lo que sirvió, porque trabajaron para mí’, dice el Señor Yahvé.
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].
21 “En aquel día haré brotar un cuerno para la casa de Israel, y abriré tu boca entre ellos. Entonces sabrán que yo soy Yahvé”.
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].'”
