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 who go down to Egypt for help, And rely on horses, Who trust in chariots because they are many, And in horsemen because they are very strong, But who do not look to the Holy One of Israel, Nor 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 and will bring disaster, And will not call back His words, But will arise against the house of evildoers, And against the help of those who 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 Egyptians are men, and not God; And their horses are flesh, and not spirit. When the Lord stretches out His hand, Both he who helps will fall, And he who is helped will fall down; They all will perish together. God Will Deliver Jerusalem

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 the Lord has spoken to me: “As a lion roars, And a young lion over his prey (When a multitude of shepherds is summoned against him, He will not be afraid of their voice Nor be disturbed by their noise), So the Lord of hosts will come down To fight for Mount Zion and for its hill.

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

Like birds flying about, So will the Lord of hosts defend Jerusalem. Defending, He will also deliver it; Passing over, He will preserve it. ”

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

Return to Him against whom the children of Israel have deeply revolted.

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 throw away his idols of silver and his idols of gold—sin, which your own hands have made for yourselves.

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 Assyria shall fall by a sword not of man, And a sword not of mankind shall devour him. But he shall flee from the sword, And his young men shall become forced labor.

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.

He shall cross over to his stronghold for fear, And his princes shall be afraid of the banner,” Says the Lord, Whose fire is in Zion And whose furnace is in Jerusalem.