1 ¡ Ay de los que van a Egipto en busca de ayuda! ¡Ay de los que ponen su esperanza en la multitud de sus caballos y carros, y en la fuerza de sus jinetes, y no vuelven los ojos al Santo de Israel, ni buscan al Señor!

Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses and trust in chariots because they are many and in horsemen because they are very strong, but they look not to the Holy One of Israel, nor seek and consult the Lord!

2 P ero Dios también es sabio, y les traerá el mal, y no retirará sus palabras. Se levantará contra la casa de los malvados, y contra la ayuda de los malhechores.

And yet He is wise and brings calamity and does not retract His words; He will arise against the house (the whole race) of evildoers and against the helpers of those who work iniquity.

3 L os egipcios son simples hombres, y no dioses; sus caballos son carne, y no espíritu; cuando el Señor extienda su mano, juntos caerán el que ayuda y el ayudado, y todos ellos rodarán por el suelo.

Now the Egyptians are men and not God, and their horses are flesh and not spirit; and when the Lord stretches out His hand, both who helps will stumble, and who is helped will fall, and they will all perish and be consumed together.

4 A sí me dijo el Señor: «El Señor de los ejércitos bajará a pelear sobre el monte de Sión; sobre su colina. Será como cuando el león y su cachorro rugen sobre su presa, que no se espantan por los gritos de la cuadrilla de pastores que se junta para atacarlos, ni se acobardan ante su alboroto.»

For the Lord has said to me, As the lion or the young lion growls over his prey—and though a large band of shepherds is called out against him, he will not be terrified at their voice or daunted at their noise—so the Lord of hosts will come down to fight upon Mount Zion and upon its hills.

5 E l Señor de los ejércitos protegerá a Jerusalén como protegen las aves a sus polluelos: la librará, la preservará y la salvará.

Like birds hovering, so will the Lord of hosts defend Jerusalem; He will protect and deliver it, He will pass over and spare and preserve it.

6 U stedes, israelitas: ¡vuélvanse a aquel contra quien tanto se han rebelado!

Return, O children of Israel, to Him against Whom you have so deeply plunged into revolt.

7 C iertamente, cuando llegue ese día, todos ustedes arrojarán los ídolos de oro y plata que se hicieron con sus manos pecadoras.

For in that day every man of you will cast away his idols of silver and his idols of gold, which your own hands have sinfully made for you.

8 A siria caerá a filo de espada, pero no de espada humana; delante de esa espada huirá, y sus jóvenes serán obligados a pagar tributo.

Then the Assyrian shall fall by a sword not of man; and a sword, not of men, shall devour him. And he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall be subjected to forced labor.

9 D e miedo sucumbirá su fortaleza, y llenos de pavor sus príncipes abandonarán sus banderas. —Palabra del Señor, cuyo fuego está en Sión y cuyo horno está en Jerusalén.

he shall pass beyond his rock because of terror; even his officers shall desert the standard in fear and panic, says the Lord, Whose fire is in Zion and Whose furnace is in Jerusalem.