1 ¡ Ay de los que descienden a Egipto en busca de ayuda, confían en los caballos y ponen su esperanza en los carros, porque son muchos, y en los jinetes, porque son valientes; pero no miran al Santo de Israel ni buscan a Jehová!

¶ Woe to those that go down to Egypt for help; and trust in horses and place their hope in chariots because they are many and in horsemen, because they are valiant, but they did not look unto the Holy One of Israel, neither did they seek the LORD!

2 P ero él también es sabio, traerá el mal y no retirará sus palabras. Se levantará, pues, contra la casa de los malignos y contra el auxilio de los que hacen iniquidad.

Yet he also is wise to guide evil and will not cause his words to lie but will arise against the house of the evildoers and against the help of those that work iniquity.

3 L os egipcios son hombres y no Dios; sus caballos, carne y no espíritu; de manera que al extender Jehová su mano, caerá el ayudador y caerá el ayudado. Todos ellos desfallecerán a una.

Now the Egyptian is a man, and not God, and his horses flesh, and not spirit, so that as the LORD shall stretch out his hand, both he that helps shall fall, and he that is helped shall fall down, and they shall all fail together.

4 J ehová me habló de esta manera: «Como al león o al cachorro de león que ruge sobre la presa no lo espantan las voces de una cuadrilla de pastores que se reúne contra él, ni se acobarda por el tropel de ellos, así Jehová de los ejércitos descenderá a pelear sobre el monte Sión y sobre su collado.

For thus has the LORD spoken unto me, Like the lion and the young lion roaring on his prey, even if a multitude of shepherds come forth against him, he will not be afraid of their voices, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so shall the LORD of the hosts come down to fight for Mount Zion and for his hill.

5 C omo las aves que vuelan, así amparará Jehová de los ejércitos a Jerusalén, amparando, librando, preservando y salvando.»

As birds flying, so will the LORD of the hosts defend Jerusalem; defending, delivering, passing over, and saving it.

6 ¡ Volved a aquel contra quien se rebelaron gravemente los hijos de Israel!

¶ Turn ye unto him against whom ye have deeply revolted, O sons of Israel.

7 P orque en aquel día arrojará el hombre sus ídolos de plata y sus ídolos de oro, que para vosotros han hecho vuestras manos pecadoras.

For in that day every man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your own hands have made unto you as a sin.

8 E ntonces caerá Asiria por espada no de varón; la consumirá espada no de hombre. Y aun si escapa de la presencia de la espada, sus jóvenes serán tributarios.

Then the Assyrian shall fall by the sword, not of a mighty man; and the sword, not of a mean man, shall devour him: but he shall flee from the presence of the sword, and his young men shall faint.

9 D e miedo huirá su fortaleza y sus príncipes, con pavor, dejarán sus banderas, dice Jehová, cuyo fuego está en Sión y su horno en Jerusalén.

And he shall pass over to his strong hold for fear, and his princes shall be afraid of the banner, saith the LORD, unto whom there is fire in Zion, and unto whom there is a furnace in Jerusalem.