Ezequiel 30
1 La Palabra de Yavé vino a mí:
Yahweh gave me another message. [He said, ]
2 Hijo de hombre, profetiza: ʼAdonay Yavé dice: Lamenten. ¡Ay de aquel día!
“You human, prophesy [about what will happen to Egypt]. Say, ‘This is what Yahweh the Lord says: “Weep and wail [DOU], because terrible things will happen some day.
3 Porque cercano está el día. En verdad el día de Yavé está cercano, día de nubarrones. Será el tiempo de las naciones.
That day is near, the day when I, Yahweh, [will punish people]; it will be a day of [dark] clouds and disaster for [many] nations.
4 Llegará la espada sobre Egipto. Habrá angustia en Etiopía cuando caigan a espada en Egipto. Tomen sus riquezas y sean destruidos sus cimientos.
[An enemy army] [PRS] will come to attack Egypt with their swords, and there will be great distress [among the people] in Ethiopia. [Many] people will be killed in Egypt; everything valuable will be taken away, and [even] the foundations [of the buildings] will be torn down.
5 Etiopía, Fut, Lud, toda Arabia y Libia, y los hijos de las tierras aliadas caerán con ellos a filo de espada.
[Soldiers of] Ethiopia, Libya, Lydia, and from all of Arabia, and [all the other] groups who are their allies, will be killed in the battles.”
6 Yavé dice: También caerán los que apoyan a Egipto. Caerá la altivez de su poderío. Desde Migdol hasta Sevene caerán a filo de espada, dice ʼAdonay Yavé.
This is what [I], Yahweh say: “The allies of Egypt will be defeated, and the power that [the people of Egypt] are proud of will end. From Migdol [city in the north] to Aswan [city in the south], the soldiers of Egypt will be killed by their enemies’ swords”; [that is what I], Yahweh the Lord, declare.
7 Serán desolados en las tierras que están desoladas y sus ciudades estarán entre las ciudades que quedaron desiertas.
Egypt will become the most deserted country in the world, and its cities will be ruined, surrounded by ruined cities [in nearby nations].
8 Sabrán que Yo soy Yavé cuando encienda fuego en Egipto, y todos sus ayudadores sean quebrantados.
Then, when I cause [everything in] Egypt to be burned in fires, and all their allies are defeated, people will know that I, Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do].
9 En aquel tiempo saldrán mensajeros de delante de Mí en barcos para aterrorizar a la confiada Etiopía. La angustia vendrá sobre ellos como en el día de Egipto, porque viene ciertamente.
At that time, I will send messengers to go [swiftly up the Nile River] in boats to cause the people of Ethiopia who (are complacent/confident/think that nothing terrible will happen to them) to become afraid. They will be terrified [PRS] when Egypt is destroyed; and it will soon be that time!”
10 ʼAdonay Yavé dice: Destruiré las riquezas de Egipto por medio de Nabucodonosor, rey de Babilonia.
This is what [I], Yahweh the Lord, say: “By the power of [MTY] of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon I will get rid of very many people in Egypt.
11 Él, y su pueblo con él, los más terribles de las naciones, serán traídos para destruir la tierra. Desenvainarán sus espadas contra Egipto. Llenarán la tierra de cadáveres.
Nebuchadnezzar and his army, whose soldiers are extremely ruthless, will come to destroy Egypt. They will pull out their swords and fill Egypt with [the corpses of] those whom they have killed.
12 Secaré los canales y entregaré la tierra en manos de perversos. La tierra y todo lo que hay en ella será desolado por mano de extranjeros. Yo, Yavé, hablé.
I will cause the Nile [River] to become dry, and I will sell the nation to evil men. By the power [MTY] of foreigners I will ruin the land and everything that is in it. [That will surely happen because] I, Yahweh, have predicted it.”
13 ʼAdonay Yavé dice: Destruiré también los ídolos. Destruiré las imágenes de Menfis. Ya no habrá un príncipe en la tierra de Egipto. Impondré temor en la tierra de Egipto.
This is [also] what [I], Yahweh the Lord, say: “I will cause the idols and statues [of idols] [DOU] in Memphis [city] to be destroyed. No longer will there be a king in Egypt, and all over the land, people will be terrified. I will cause [the people of] Egypt to be very afraid.
14 Asolaré a Patros. Encenderé fuego en Zoán y haré juicios en Tebas.
I will cause the Pathros [area in southern Egypt] to be abandoned. I will start fires in Zoan [city in northeast Egypt] and punish [the people in] Thebes, [the capital of southern Egypt].
15 Derramaré mi furor sobre Sin, fortaleza de Egipto. Exterminaré a la multitud de Tebas.
I will pour out my punishment [MTY] on [the fortress in] Pelusium [at the eastern end of Egypt], and I will get rid of very many people in Thebes.
16 Encenderé fuego en Egipto. Sin tendrá gran calor. Tebas será destrozada. Menfis tendrá una aflicción continua.
I will burn Egypt by fires; [the people in] Pelusium will suffer severe pain. [Enemies] will conquer Thebes, and [the people in] Memphis will constantly be terrified.
17 Los jóvenes de Avén y de Pibeset caerán a filo de espada, y las mujeres irán a cautividad.
[Many] young men in Heliopolis and Bubastis [cities in northern Egypt] will be killed by [their enemies] swords, and the others [from those cities] will be captured and taken [to Babylon].
18 El día se oscurecerá en Tafnes cuando Yo quebrante allí el poder de Egipto y acabe en ella la soberbia de su poderío. Oscuridad la cubrirá. Los habitantes de sus aldeas irán a cautividad.
It will be a dark day [of destruction] at Tahpenes [city in northeast Egypt] when I cause the power [MET] of Egypt to end; that country will no longer be proud of being strong. [It will be as though] a dark cloud will cover Egypt, because the people of its villages will be captured and forced to go [to Babylon].”
19 Así ejecutaré juicios en Egipto. Y sabrán que Yo soy Yavé.
That is how I will punish Egypt, and people will know that I, Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do].’”
20 Aconteció que la Palabra de Yavé vino a mí el séptimo día del mes primero del año undécimo:
Almost eleven years [after we had been taken to Babylon], on the seventh day of the first month [of that year], Yahweh gave me another message. [He said, ]
21 Hijo de hombre, quebré el brazo de Faraón, rey de Egipto. Ciertamente no lo vendaron ni le aplicaron medicinas, ni le pusieron faja, ni lo entablillaron para fortalecerlo a fin de que pueda empuñar la espada.
“You human, I [have enabled the army of Nebuchadnezzar to defeat the army of] the King of Egypt. [It is as though] I have broken one of the arms of the King of Egypt, and it has not been bandaged in order that it could be healed, and it has not been put in splints in order that [after it heals] the arm will be strong [enough] to hold a sword.
22 Por tanto ʼAdonay Yavé dice: Aquí estoy contra Faraón, rey de Egipto. Quebraré sus brazos, tanto el fuerte como el fracturado, y caerá la espada de su mano.
Therefore, this is what [I], Yahweh the Lord, say: ‘I am the enemy of the King of Egypt. [I will completely destroy the power of Egypt; it is as though] now I will break both of the king’s arms, the good/strong one and the broken one, and cause the sword to fall from his hand.
23 Esparciré a los egipcios entre las naciones y los dispersaré por las tierras.
I will cause the people of Egypt to be scattered among the nations [DOU].
24 Fortaleceré los brazos del rey de Babilonia. Pondré mi espada en su mano. Quebraré los brazos de Faraón. Gemirá ante él con los gemidos de un hombre mortalmente herido.
[It is as though] I will strengthen the arms of the King of Babylon and put a sword in his hand, and [as though] I will break the arms of the king of Egypt, and he will groan in front of the King of Babylon like [SIM] a soldier who is wounded and about to die.
25 De este modo fortaleceré los brazos del rey de Babilonia y caerán los brazos de Faraón. Y sabrán que Yo soy Yavé cuando ponga mi espada en la mano del rey de Babilonia, y él la extienda contra la tierra de Egipto.
I will cause the power [MTY] of the King of Babylon to become greater, and the power of the king of Egypt will be useless [MET]. When that happens, when I give power to the army of the King of Babylon, they will use that power to attack Egypt.
26 Esparciré a los egipcios entre las naciones y los dispersaré por las tierras. Y sabrán que Yo soy Yavé.
I will cause the people of Egypt to be scattered among the nations [DOU]. And when that happens, the people [of Egypt] will know that I, Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do] [DOU].’”
