Isaías 19
1 Carga de Egipto. He aquí que Jehová cabalga sobre una nube ligera, y vendrá en Egipto, y los ídolos de Egipto se moverán delante de él, y el corazón de Egipto se desleirá en medio de él.
[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].
2 Y revolveré Egipcios con Egipcios, y cada uno peleará contra su hermano, cada uno contra su prójimo, ciudad contra ciudad, y reino contra reino.
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.
3 Y el espíritu de Egipto se desvanecerá en medio de él, y destruiré su consejo; y pregunten a sus imágenes, a sus mágicos, a sus pitones, y a sus adivinos.
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.
4 Y entregaré a Egipto en manos de señor duro; y rey violento se enseñoreará de ellos, dice el Señor Jehová de los ejércitos.
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.
5 Y las aguas de la mar faltarán; y el río se agotará, y se secará.
[Some day] the water in the [Nile] River will dry up, and the riverbed will become very dry [DOU].
6 Y los ríos se alejarán: agotarse han, y secarse han las corientes de los fosos: la caña y el carrizo serán cortados.
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).
7 Las verduras de junto al río, de junto a la ribera del río, y toda sementera del río se secará; perderse ha, y no será.
All the plants along the river and all the crops will dry up; then they will blow away and disappear.
8 Los pescadores también se entristecerán; y enlutarse han todos los que echan anzuelo en el río; y los que extienden red sobre las aguas desfallecerán.
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].
9 Avergonzarse han los que labran lino fino, y los que tejen redes.
Those who weave cloth from flax will not know what to do, because there will be no thread for them to weave.
10 Porque todas sus redes serán rotas; y todos los que hacen estanques para criar peces se entristecerán.
They will all despair and be very discouraged.
11 Ciertamente son insensatos los príncipes de Zoán: el consejo de los prudentes consejeros de Faraón se ha desvanecido: ¿Cómo diréis por Faraón: Yo soy hijo de los sabios, e hijo de los reyes antiguos?
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]?
12 ¿Dónde están ahora aquellos tus prudentes? Dígante ahora, o hágante saber que es lo que Jehová de los ejércitos ha determinado sobre Egipto.
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]!
13 Desvanecido se han los príncipes de Zoán: engañádose han los príncipes de Nof: engañaron a Egipto las esquinas de sus familias.
[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).
14 Jehová mezcló espíritu de perversidades en medio de él; e hicieron errar a Egipto en toda su obra, como yerra el borracho en su vómito.
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.
15 Y no aprovechará a Egipto cosa que haga, cabeza o cola, ramo o junco.
There is no one in Egypt, rich or poor, important or unimportant, [who will be able to help them].
16 En aquel día será Egipto como mujeres; porque se asombrará, y temerá en la presencia de la mano alta de Jehová de los ejércitos, que él ha de levantar sobre él.
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].
17 Y la tierra de Judá será espantable a Egipto: todo hombre que de ella se acordare, se asombrará de ella, por causa del consejo que Jehová de los ejércitos acordó sobre él.
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.
18 En aquel tiempo habrá cinco ciudades en la tierra de Egipto, que hablen la lengua de Canaán, y que juren por Jehová de los ejércitos: la una se llamará ciudad Herez.
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’.
19 En aquel tiempo habrá altar para Jehová en medio de la tierra de Egipto, y título a Jehová junto a su término.
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].
20 Y será por señal, y por testimonio a Jehová de los ejércitos en la tierra de Egipto; porque a Jehová clamarán por sus opresores, y él les enviará salvador y príncipe que los libre.
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.
21 Y Jehová será conocido de Egipto, y los de Egipto conocerán a Jehová en aquel día; y harán sacrificio, y oblación; y hará votos a Jehová, y pagarlos han.
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.
22 Y herirá Jehová a Egipto hiriendo, y sanando; y convertirse han a Jehová; y serles ha clemente, y sanarlos ha.
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.
23 En aquel tiempo habrá una calzada de Egipto en Asiria; y Asirios vendrán en Egipto, y Egipcios en Asiria; y los Egipcios servirán con los Asirios a Jehová.
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].
24 En aquel tiempo Israel será tercero con Egipto, y con Asiria, naciones benditas en medio de la tierra.
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.
25 Porque Jehová de los ejércitos los bendecirá, diciendo: Bendito el pueblo mío Egipto, y el Asirio obra de mis manos, y heredad mía Israel.
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.”
